NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 65

HOUSE BILL 194

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 713 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1965, BEING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 713, Session Laws of 1965, being the Charter of the City of Charlotte, is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       Section 2.42 is hereby amended by deleting the word "10th" in the fourth line and substituting in lieu thereof, the word "14th".

(b)       Section 2.45 is hereby amended by deleting the entire section and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"Names on Ballots Listed Alphabetically. In both the primary and regular elections, the ballots containing the names of the respective candidates shall be printed so that the names of the opposing candidates for any office are listed in alphabetical order."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of March, 1969.