PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 2.--CITY OFFICERS
14-204.Council members, election, residence,
vacancies
in offices of mayor or council member, how filled; president of
council.
Each ward of each city governed by this act shall have two
council members,
who shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective wards.
No person shall be eligible for the office of
council member who is not at
the time of election an actual resident of the ward
from which elected. If any council member moves from the ward from
which elected, the office
shall be deemed vacant. Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the governing body shall appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy
occurs to be council member for the balance of the unexpired term.
The council shall elect from its membership a president of the council.
The president of the council shall preside in the absence of the mayor.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council shall become mayor
until the next regular city election and the vacancy
created in the
office of the council member becoming mayor shall be filled by the governing
body of the city. Thereupon the council shall elect
from its membership a new president of the council.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 15; R.S. 1923, § 14-204; L. 1968,
ch. 274, § 33; L. 1982, ch. 83, § 3; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 2.--CITY OFFICERS
14-204.Council members, election, residence,
vacancies
in offices of mayor or council member, how filled; president of
council.
Each ward of each city governed by this act shall have two
council members,
who shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective wards.
No person shall be eligible for the office of
council member who is not at
the time of election an actual resident of the ward
from which elected. If any council member moves from the ward from
which elected, the office
shall be deemed vacant. Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the governing body shall appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy
occurs to be council member for the balance of the unexpired term.
The council shall elect from its membership a president of the council.
The president of the council shall preside in the absence of the mayor.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council shall become mayor
until the next regular city election and the vacancy
created in the
office of the council member becoming mayor shall be filled by the governing
body of the city. Thereupon the council shall elect
from its membership a new president of the council.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 15; R.S. 1923, § 14-204; L. 1968,
ch. 274, § 33; L. 1982, ch. 83, § 3; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 2.--CITY OFFICERS
14-204.Council members, election, residence,
vacancies
in offices of mayor or council member, how filled; president of
council.
Each ward of each city governed by this act shall have two
council members,
who shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective wards.
No person shall be eligible for the office of
council member who is not at
the time of election an actual resident of the ward
from which elected. If any council member moves from the ward from
which elected, the office
shall be deemed vacant. Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the governing body shall appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy
occurs to be council member for the balance of the unexpired term.
The council shall elect from its membership a president of the council.
The president of the council shall preside in the absence of the mayor.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council shall become mayor
until the next regular city election and the vacancy
created in the
office of the council member becoming mayor shall be filled by the governing
body of the city. Thereupon the council shall elect
from its membership a new president of the council.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 15; R.S. 1923, § 14-204; L. 1968,
ch. 274, § 33; L. 1982, ch. 83, § 3; July 1.
