1885_private laws_86_6
CHAPTER 85 An act to extend the corporate limits and to amend the charter of the town of Greenville. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That the municipal affairs of said town shall be controlled by a mayor and six councilmen, who shall be known as the board of councilmen of Greenville. Each of the three wards shall elect two councilmen, who shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are qualified. The said officers shall be elected at an election on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and on the same day every year thereafter. In case of vacancies occurring in said board of councilmen from any cause, the said board shall fill the same by an election among themselves.