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continuing westerly a straight line to where the northerly line of the city
limits is intersected by Highway No. 1403 commonly known as the Ramseur
Road; thence easterly along the northerly city limits line to Highway No.
1448; thence southerly along said highway and 12th Street to the beginning.
Ward 2: Beginning at the intersection of Mickley Avenue and the
southerly line of the city limits and running westerly along said city limits
line to the southwesterly corner of the city limits line; thence northerly
along the city limits line to the northwesterly corner of the city limits line;
thence easterly along the city limits line to where it is intersected by
Highway No. 1403; thence easterly a straight line to the westerly end of
Virginia Avenue in the Mountain Road; thence southerly along the Mountain
Road to Mickley Avenue; thence southerly along Mickley Avenue to the
beginning.
Ward 3: Beginning at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and 12th Street
and running southerly along 12th Street to the southerly city limits line;
thence westerly along the city limits line to Mickley Avenue; thence
northerly along Mickley Avenue to the Mountain Road; thence northerly
along the Mountain Road to the westerly end of Virginia Avenue; thence
easterly along Virginia Avenue to the beginning.
Ward 4: Beginning at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and 12th
Street and running easterly along Virginia Avenue to 8th Street; thence
southerly along 8th Street to the southerly city limits line; thence westerly
along the city limits line to 12th Street; thence northerly along 12th Street
to the beginning.
Ward 5: Beginning where the southerly city limits line is intersected
by 8th Street and running northerly along 8th Street to the northerly
end of the street and continuing northerly a straight line to the northerly
city limits line; thence easterly along the city limits line to the northeast-erly
corner of the city limits line; thence along the easterly city limits
line to the southeasterly corner of the city limits line; thence westerly along
the southerly city limits line to the beginning.
Ward 6: Beginning at the intersection of 8th Street and Virginia
Avenue and running westerly along Virginia Avenue to 12th Street; thence
northerly along 12th Street and Highway No. 1448 to the northerly city
limits line; thence along the old and the new city limits line to a point
in the city limits line northeasterly from the northerly end of 8th Street;
thence a straight line along 8th Street in a southerly direction to the
beginning.
(c) G. S. 160-31, insofar as it requires a separate polling place in each
ward, shall not apply to the Town of Bessemer City. The Board of Town
Commissioners may establish one or more polling places in its discretion
and may alter or abolish polling places in its discretion. The board shall,
however, provide a separate registration book for each ward and a separate
ballot box for each ward and an extra ballot box for spoiled ballots.
(d) Any qualified elector of the town who has been a resident of the
ward, from which he or she is elected, for at least four months prior to
election shall be eligible to serve as town commissioner. If a vacancy occurs
on the board by reason of the death of a member, or if a member moves
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