12-1004.   Election and tenure of commissioners in cities of 18,000 orless.In all cities of the first class with a population of 18,000 or less nowgoverned by the city-manager act, where commissioners for such cities haveheretofore been selected according to existing law, the city commissionersshall be selected hereafter at regular city elections as follows, to wit:Two commissioners shall be elected to hold office until the next regularcity election in 1925; one commissioner shall be elected to hold officeuntil the regular election in 1927; all of which commissioners shall beelected at the next regular city election in 1923, the person receiving thelargest number of votes at said election shall thereby be elected to thefour-year term of office last above mentioned.

      All commissioners elected as provided herein shall hold office until thedates above designated or until their successors shall have been electedand qualified. At the regular election in 1925 one commissioner shall beelected to a two-year term of office and one commissioner shall be electedfor a four-year term of office, or until their successors shall have beenelected and qualified, the person receiving the largest number of votes atsuch regular city election to be thereby elected to the four-year term ofoffice. Thereafter, at each ensuing regular city election there shall beelected one city commissioner for a two-year term of office and one citycommissioner for a four-year term of office, or until their successorsshall have been respectively elected and qualified. At each regular cityelection as last above provided the person receiving the largest number ofvotes shall thereby be elected to the four-year term of office as citycommissioner.

      History:   L. 1923, ch. 91, § 1; March 3; R.S. 1923, § 12-1004.