Except by procedures provided in this charter, the terms of Commissioners and of members of boards or commissions appointed for a definite term shall not be shortened or extended beyond the period for which the officer was elected or appointed, except that a Commissioner shall, after his term has expired, continue to hold office until his successor is elected or appointed and has qualified. Where several terms of Commissioners expire simultaneously, the Commissioners who were elected by the highest number of votes (or any appointee who filled his position) shall be deemed to be succeeded by the candidate who received the highest number of votes, that Commissioner who was elected by the second highest number of votes, by the candidate who received the second highest number of votes, etc.
The salary of any elective officer shall not be changed from the day he is elected until the end of the term of office for which he was elected. No Commissioner shall serve more than two consecutive terms.