For the purposes of the first election of officers under this Act the Council and officers of the Town of Point Pleasant, so far as may be necessary, are hereby created the Council and officers of the City of Point Pleasant, and authorized and empowered to designate the places of voting in the several wards of said City as herein established, and to hold and conduct said election, and in the conduct thereof, and the ascertainment and declaration of the result thereof, they shall be governed by the law applicable to Municipal elections.