At the annual City Election held in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and at the annual City Election held in each fourth year thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the City, in the same manner as other elective officers and upon the same election ballot, one Justice of the Peace, who may be referred to in all processes, pleadings and proceedings as Judge of the Municipal Court; and the Justice Court over which said Justice shall preside may be referred to in all processes, pleadings and proceedings as The Municipal Court of the City of Negaunee.
Said Justice shall enter upon the duties of his or her office on the first day of January next succeeding his or her election, and his or her term of office shall be four years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. It is provided, however, that the incumbent Justice of the Peace shall continue to hold office until there shall be elected and qualified a Justice of the Peace in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.