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- ~3 . <br />r <br />C <br />x_22 p §1j3~-23 P.RT. ~ FORi1 OF G04~RIv'YlE~T §1j3A-27 <br />z <br />upon quali~ed voters of the entire county r_ominata all candidates for and elect all <br />nilar members of the board. (1981, c.. 755.) <br />hers. - <br />' 174 ~ Local 3foditication.. -Dare: 1991, E.e. anY previous action under G S. 153A-22." Sea <br />. ~: ~=. Sess., c 3, ss. 4-5.1 t?s to applicability and Gan 1 provides: "Chapter 136, Sessiaa Laws et <br />contiagencyprociiens,see'9915essionLaws. 139i, (relaiin; io es_nanding and redistricting <br />a Er. Sess.., c. ?, s.. 7). the Guilford County Board of Commissionersl. <br />~` Editor's Note. -Session Laws 1993, c. 521, is reenacted." <br />it s, 2 proridas: "Section 1 of this act supersedes <br />„' ~. <br />`he F §§ 153A-23, 153A-2~: Reserved for firture codi&cation purposes.. <br />.ARTICLE a. <br />Form of Government. <br />Part 1. General Provisions, <br />§ 153A-~5. Qnali$cations for appointive oS5ice. <br />The board of commissionars'may fix qualifications for any appointive office, <br />induding a requirement that a person sen~ing in such an office reside within <br />the 'county The board may not waive qualifications fixed by law for an <br />appointive oince but may fix addifional qualifications for that office. (1973, c, <br />822, s. 1.) <br />} § 153A-26. Oath. of office. <br />k_ . <br />~. <br />' Each person elected by the people or appointed to a county office shall, before <br />entering upon the duties of the office, take and subscribe the oath of office <br />prescribed in Article VI, Sec. 7 of the Constitution, The oath of office shall be <br />~' administered by some person authorized bylaw to administer oaths and shall <br />be filed with the clerk. <br />F On the first ?Monday in December following each general election at which <br />county officers aze elected, the persons who have been elected to county office <br />r;: in that election shall assemble at the regular mee±ing place of the board of <br />z"", commissioners. At that time each such officer shall take and subscribe the oath <br />of office. An officer not present at this time may take and subscribe the oath at <br />~`"~ a later time. (1868, o. 20, s. 9; 1874-j, c. 237, s.. 3; Code, s. 707, 708; 1895, c, <br />~ 135, ss. 3, 4; Rev, ss, 1316, 1318; C.S., ss. 1'295, 1297; 1965, c. 26; 1973, c. 822, <br />,,, s. 1.) <br />of <br />a <br />CASE NOTES <br />Applied in P.atclin` v. County of Buncombe, <br />663 F. Supp. 103 (W.D.N.C. 19871,. <br />§ 153A-27. Vacancies on the board of commissioners. <br />If a vacancy occurs on the boazd of commisioaers, the remaining members <br />~; of the board shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy If the number <br />of vacancies on the bcazd is such that a quorum of the board cannot be <br />h <br />_ 9i3 <br />%: <br />