Private Acts of 1953 Chapter 39

SECTION 1. That the counties of this State having a population of not less than 15,800 and not more than 16,000 by the Federal Census of 1950, or any subsequent census, the County Board of Education, shall consist of nine members, two of whom shall come from the county at large, and the other seven shall be allocated to the five civil districts of said county, each to be a resident of the district from which elected. The county town being located in the Third Civil District, the said third district shall be represented by three members.

SECTION 2. That at the August election in 1954, the qualified voters of the Civil Districts represented by Fred Griffith, R. E. Spainhour, Haynes Brown and Carl Nelson shall elect a resident or residents of such Civil District as a member or members of the County Board of Education, as provided for herein, and that at the August election in 1956, the qualified voters of the Civil Districts represented by T. R. Masters, Richard Jones and Perrell Ferrell, shall elect a resident of such Civil District as a member of the County Board of Education, as provided for herein, and that at the August election in 1956, the qualified voters of the entire County shall elect two members to said Board of Education as members at large and which are now filled by Dr. Earl Peterson and N. C. Duncan. The term of office of each such member of the said County Board of Education shall be for four years from and after the September 1st. following the election at which they are elected, and they shall serve until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

SECTION 3. That the compensation, powers and duties of the members of the said County Board of Education as herein provided for, shall be the same as those provided for members of the County Board of Education by general law.

SECTION 4. That to the end that the schools of said County may be properly administered until the election of a new County Board of Education, as herein provided, the following citizens are hereby appointed to fill the vacancies of the said County Board of Education, and to serve until their successors are elected and qualified as provided for herein. Those appointed are as follows:

For the First District--Fred Griffith
For the Second District--T. R. Griffith
For the Third District--Richard Jones, R. E. Spainhour, M. Haynes Brown
For the Fourth District--Carl Nelson
For the Fifth District--Ferrell Miller
For the County at Large--Nat C. Duncan, Dr. Earl Peterson

SECTION 5. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: February 24, 1953