7-4-4402. Term of office. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an alderman shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until the qualification of his successor.
     (2) At the first annual election held after the organization of a city or town under this title, the electors of the city or town must elect two aldermen from each ward, who must, at the first meeting of the council, decide by lot their terms of office, with one from each ward to hold for a term of 4 years and one, for a term of 2 years and until the qualification of their successors. In the succeeding election and thereafter, one alderman from each ward will be elected for a 4-year term.

     History: Ap. p. Sec. 4, p. 122, L. 1893; amd. Sec. 4748, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3224, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5003, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 60, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5003, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 193, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 343, L. 1971; Sec. 11-709, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 4750, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3226, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5005, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5005, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-711, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-709(part), 11-711; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 443, L. 1979.