SECTION 39.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER.
   If this Charter is approved by a majority of the legal votes cast at the election thereon, the Charter shall take effect on July first after the date of the election, if the interim exceeds sixty days; otherwise, on July first the second fiscal year after its approval.
 
Editor’s Note.  – The Charter was approved by the voters on March 3, 1975, and became effective on July 1, 1975..