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153A -22 <br />rein; upon <br />pa-icular <br />he others. <br />Lan, 171 <br />itv of Ra. <br />1990), <br />iting or <br />of the <br />Fritten <br />=ant <br />clerk, <br />itibn <br />ents <br />mis- <br />each <br />the <br />Via <br />:e of <br />hall <br />the <br />a of <br />for <br />on's <br />ion <br />of a <br />:for <br />3ve <br />Iles <br />the <br />14 <br />§153A -23 ARr } FOM,1OFGOV'ERNyENT §153A -27 <br />k qualified voters of the entire county nominate all candidates for and elect all <br />members of the board. (1981, c. 790 ) <br />Local - Modification, — Dar=_: 1991, Es. any previous action under G S. 153.k.22." Sec- <br />Sess, c 2. ss 4.6 1 l?s to applicability and tion 1 provides: "Chapter 136, Session Laws of <br />contingency provisions, see 1991 Session Laws. 1991. lrelating to expanding and redistricting <br />E.Y. Sess.. c. 2. s. 7). the Guilford County Board of Commissionersi <br />Editor's Vote. — Session Laws 1993, c 521, is reenacted " <br />s. 2 provides: "Section 1 of this act supersedes <br />t <br />§§ 153A -23, 153A -24: Reserved for future codification purposes <br />ARTICLE 4. <br />is <br />Form of Government.. <br />i' <br />Part 1. General Provisions. <br />§ 153A -25. Qualifications for appointive of ice. <br />The board of commissioners may fix qualifications for any appointive office, <br />including a requirement that a person serving in such an office reside within <br />the county. The board may not waive qualifications fixed by law for an <br />appointive office but may fix additional qualifications for that office. (1973, c. <br />822, s. 1,) <br />§ 153A -26. Oath of office. <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 by law to administer oaths and shall <br />be filed with the clerk. <br />On the first Monday in December following each general election at which <br />county officers are elected, the persons who have been elected to county office <br />in that election shall assemble at the regular meeting place of the board of <br />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, c. 20, s, 8; 1874 -5, c 237, s. 3; Code, as. 707, 708; 1895, c. <br />135, ss 3, 4; Rev., ss 1316, 1318; C.S., ss 1295, 1297; 1965, c. 26; 1973, c, 822, <br />s 1) <br />CASE NOTES <br />Applied in Ratcliff v County of Buncombe. <br />663 F Supp 1003 (wD N 1967). <br />§ 153A -27. Vacancies on the board of commissioners. <br />If a vacancy occurs on the board of commissioners, the remaining members <br />of the board shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. If the number <br />of vacancies on the board is such that a quorum of the board cannot be <br />913 <br />