14-1806.   Election to adopt commission form; election of new city officers,when.Before the provisions of this act shall apply to any city of the secondclass in this state, it shall be submitted, in the manner provided in K.S.A.12-184, to a vote of the legallyqualified electors of such city for adoption and shall receive a majorityof all votes cast at such election.

      Such election shall be held in all respects according to the law for holdingcity elections on questions submitted.

      If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be in favorof the adoption of this act, then at the next city election in anodd-numbered year a mayor and two (2) commissioners shall be elected, and upontheir election and qualification the rights, powers, duties and emolumentsof the then governing body of such city shall cease and terminate.

      History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 36; R.S. 1923, § 14-1806; L. 1968,ch. 274, § 41; L. 1976, ch. 76, § 15; July 1.