1965_session laws_283_10
CHAPTER 282 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 115, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, THE SAME BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Subsection (b) of Section 3, Article II, Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, is hereby amended by striking all of the last two sentences thereof beginning with the word In in line 19, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter, the municipal elections in the City of Lumberton shall be held on the last Saturday in May of 1965, and biennially thereafter. In the municipal election in 1965, and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected one councilman from each ward or precinct. The person from each ward or precinct, receiving the highest number of votes of the persons running from said ward or precinct, shall be declared elected.