1953_session laws_319_4
CHAPTER 318 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO DE- TERMINE WHETHER CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SHALL BE AMENDED INSOFAR AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE NUMBER AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAYETTE- VILLE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
This Act shall apply only to the City of Fayetteville in Cumberland County and Sections 1 and 2 shall not take effect until they have been approved by a majority of the voters participating in the next mu- 218 nicipal election held following the ratification of this Act. In the event a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in the election herein provided for shall be for the approval of Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, the next succeeding municipal primary and election, and all subsequent primaries and elections, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of said Sections 1 and 2 insofar as the nomination and election of a mayor and members of the city council are concerned. The mayor and members of the city council so elected according to the provisions of said Sections 1 and 2 shall assume their duties on the date now prescribed by law for the members of the city governing body.