Any vacancy occurring in the Town Council, or in any other elective office of the town, shall be filled by appointment by the Town Council, at a regular or special meeting of the Town Council, called for that purpose, of which meeting not less than ten-days’ notice in writing shall be given to each member of the Town Council by the Clerk-Treasurer of the town; but the appointments, if to fill a vacancy in the office of Town Council, shall be made from the ward in which the vacancy occurred, and no appointment shall extend beyond the remainder of that term.
(I.C. 3-13-9-4)