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10 15 III. Organization of the Board The board shall hold an or- Rule 4.Organizational Meeting. ganizational meeting at its regular meeting place at 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday in December of each year. The former chair shall call the meeting to order and shall preside until a chair elected. The agenda shall be as follows: (1) special recognition of any outgoing commissioners, (2) taking and subscribing the oath of office by the newly elected members of the board, (3) election of a chair and vice-chair, (4) designation of voting de egate for all NCACC and NACo meetings, (5) seating arrange- ment and (6) appointment of the manager, clerk and county attorney. The bonds of the Register of Deeds and the Sheriff shall be approved as part of the consent agenda. Comment: This rule incorporates the requirements of G.S. 153A- 26 concerning the times for organizational meetings and the qualifications of new members and the requirements of G.S. 153A-39 concerning the election of the chair and the vice-chair, G.S. 161-4 (for the Register of Deeds), G.S. 162-9 (for the Sher iff), require the board to approve the bonds of these officials. G.S. 153A-26 provides that the oath of office is that prescribed by Article VI, Section 7, of the North Carolina Constitution (see also G.S. 11-6 and G.S. 11-7) and may be administered by any person authorized by law to administer oaths. The writ- ten statement of the oath shall be signed by each new member and filed with the clerk to the board. The statute also provides that a new member who cannot be present at the organiza- tional meeting may take and subscribe the oath later. The chair of the board shall be Rule 5. Election of the Chair. elected annually for a term of one year and shall not be re- moved from the office of chair unless he or she becomes dis- qualified to serve as a member of the board. Comment: G.S. 153A-39 provides for the election of a chair and states that he or she is chosen Ñfor the ensuing year.Ò