9-231. Common council; date of election
A. The corporate powers of a town incorporated under the provisions of section
9-101 shall be vested in a common council. The first common council shall be appointed
by the board of supervisors, upon declaring the town incorporated, and the members shall
continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. The successors
shall be elected by qualified electors residing in the town at an election held for that
purpose on the third Tuesday in May following, and on the third Tuesday in May each two
years thereafter, unless and until the date of such election is changed pursuant to the
provisions of subsection C of this section.
B. The common council of every town shall consist of five members if the population
is fifteen hundred persons or less, or seven members if the population exceeds fifteen
hundred persons at the time of incorporation. If thereafter the population of such town
exceeds fifteen hundred persons as determined by the latest official United States
census, the council may pass an ordinance increasing the membership to seven, with the
additional two members to be elected at the first election subsequent to the passage of
the ordinance.
C. A city or town may only hold a general election on a date prescribed by section
16-204.
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