9-218. Election of trustees and officers;
vacancies
A. There shall be elected in each year after the first year of the corporate
existence of the town one trustee as successor to the trustee whose term of office will
expire as provided in this article. The first election shall be held on Monday of the
week preceding the week in which the term of office of the trustee appointed by the board
of supervisors will expire. The election of all other elective officers of the
corporation shall be on the same day. An election for all the elective officers of the
corporation shall be held annually thereafter. The board by ordinance shall change the
time for holding the annual election after the first election to a date prescribed by
section 16-204.
B. In case of a vacancy in the office of trustee, the vacancy shall, on certificate
of the fact by the clerk of the board of trustees to the board of supervisors of the
proper county, be filled by the board of supervisors for the unexpired term.
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