Members of the council shall hold office for a term of four years from and after the first day of December following their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. The election for the offices of councilperson of the first district, councilperson of the second district, and council-person of the fifth district shall take place in the year 1974, and every fourth year thereafter. The election for the offices of councilperson of the third district and councilperson of the fourth district shall take place in the year 1976, and every fourth year there-after. In the case of the incumbents holding any of the foregoing offices whose terms of office expire in the year 1973 or in the year 1975, all such terms of office shall be extended until their successors are elected and qualified.
Editor's note: This section was amended by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 72, which was approved by the voters of the city at an election held June 7, 1966, by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 92, which was approved by the voters of the city at a special municipal election held November 7, 1972, and by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 111, which was approved by the voters of the city at a special municipal election held November 6, 1973. This section was further amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.