1909_private laws_301_11
CHAPTER 300 AN ACT TO REVISE AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WEST HICKORY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the present trustees of the schools of said district shall serve until Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and until their successors are elected and duly qualified; that on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and nine, there shall be elected two schoo! trustees for the term of two years; that on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, there shall be elected three school trustees for the term of two years, and at each annual municipal election thereafter trustees shall be elected to succeed those whose terms expire, to hold for a term of two years. Any vacancy in the board of school trustees shall be filled by the other members of such board, and the position of school trustee shall not be deemed an office or place of trust, within the meaning of article seven, section fourteen, of the Constitution of North Carolina. That the board of school trustees of said district shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of Board of School Trustees of West Hickory, with the powers and privileges usually appertaining to such corporations, and shall have control over the funds and other property of said district, as well as the management of the schools therein, the employment of teachers, the dismissal and reinstatement of pupils, and shall make or adopt rules and regulations for the government of such schools. Said board of trustees shall appoint a treasurer, who shall enter into sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duty as such, and who shall have the custody of the funds belonging to said district, and shall pay out the same on the order of the board of trustees, and not otherwise.