The municipal officers of the City of South Charleston shall consist of a Mayor, City Clerk, Municipal Judge and members of the City Council. The first officers elected under these Charter amendments shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City, as hereinafter provided, and shall serve for a term of three years commencing on July 1, 1968, and continuing until the thirtieth day of June, 1971, or as soon thereafter as their respective successors shall have been elected or appointed and qualified.
Except for the municipal officers first elected under these Charter amendments, at the general election held on the first Tuesday in June in the year 1968, said municipal officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City, as hereinafter provided, for a term commencing on the first day of July in each election year provided for herein and continuing for a period of four years, or until such time thereafter as their respective successors shall have been elected or appointed and qualified.
Editor's note.--The "Charter amendments" here re-
ferred to are those affected by Ordinance No. 1040.