12-1005a. Cities of second class of over 8,000, city-manager plan; election of commissioners; term.
12-1005a
12-1005a. Cities of second class of over 8,000, city-manager plan;
election of commissioners; term.
In all cities of the second class having a population in excess of eight
thousand now governed by the city-manager act, where commissioners for such
cities have heretofore been selected according to existing law, the city
commissioners shall be selected hereafter at regular city elections as
follows, to wit: Two commissioners shall be elected to hold office until
the next regular city election in 1927, one commissioner shall be elected
to hold office until the regular election in 1929, all of which
commissioners shall be elected at the next regular city election in 1925,
the person receiving the largest number of votes at said election shall
thereby be elected to the four-year term of office last above mentioned.
All commissioners elected as provided herein shall hold office until the
dates above designated or until their successors shall have been elected
and qualified. At the regular election in 1927 one commissioner shall be
elected for a two-year term of office and one commissioner shall be elected
for a four-year term of office, or until their successors shall have been
elected and qualified, the person receiving the largest number of votes at
such regular city election to be thereby elected to the four-year term of
office. Thereafter, at each ensuing regular city election there shall be
elected one city commissioner for a two-year term of office and one city
commissioner for a four-year term of office, or until their successors
shall have been respectively elected and qualified. At each regular city
election as last above provided the person receiving the largest number of
votes shall thereby be elected to the four-year term of office as city
commissioner.
History: L. 1925, ch. 122, § 1; Feb. 28.