1907_private laws_485_12
CHAPTER 482 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CARTHAGE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That if any person who shall be elected mayor shall refuse to be qualified, or there is any vacancy in the office after election and qualification by reason of resignation or otherwise, or if the mayor be temporarily absent from the town, or be unable to discharge the duties of his office from sickness or otherwise, the commissioners shall choose one of their number to act as mayor pro tempore, or to fill the unexpired term; and likewise in case of commissioner refusing to qualify, or in case of resignation or inability to act, the remaining commissioners shall elect some suitable person within the limits of said town to fill the vacancy.