7-3-4214. First term of office. (1) The mayor and councilmen elected at such special election shall qualify and their terms of office shall begin on the first Monday after their election. The terms of office of the mayor and councilmen or aldermen in such city in office at the beginning of the term of office of the councilmen first elected under the provisions of this part shall then cease and determine, and the terms of office of all their appointed officers in force in such city, except as hereinafter provided, shall cease and determine as soon as the council shall by resolution declare.
     (2) The terms of office of the mayor and all councilmen elected at such special election shall expire on the first Monday in January of the first even-numbered year following their election. At the first regular city election held in the year prior to the year in which the terms of office of the mayor and councilmen elected at such special election shall expire, a mayor and two councilmen shall be elected in cities having a population of less than 25,000. The mayor elected at such first general city election shall hold office for 4 years, one of the councilmen elected at such first city election shall hold office for 2 years, and the other of such councilmen elected at such first general city election shall hold office for 4 years, beginning with the first Monday in January of the year following their election. A mayor and four councilmen shall be elected in cities having a population of 25,000 or more, and the mayor elected at such first general city election shall hold office for 4 years. Two of the councilmen elected at such first general city election shall hold office for 2 years, and the other two of the councilmen elected at such first general city election shall hold office for 4 years, beginning with the first Monday in January of the year following their election.
     (3) The councilmen elected at the first general city election shall decide by lot, in such manner as they may select, which thereof shall hold the office of councilman the term of which expires 2 years thereafter and which thereof shall hold the office of councilman the term of which expires 4 years thereafter.

     History: En. Secs. 10, 11, Ch. 57, L. 1911; re-en. Secs. 5375, 5376, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Secs. 5375, 5376, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947; 11-3110, 11-3111(part); amd. Sec. 386, Ch. 571, L. 1979.