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<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.)
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<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
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<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.
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<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,
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<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
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