All the provisions of this revised Charter shall become in force and effect upon the adoption of the Charter by majority vote of the people of the City of Weirton at an election called for said purpose by ordinance and resolution of the Council. Excepting, that those provisions in this revised Charter pertaining to the changing of the Wards, from five to seven and the number of Councilmen to be increased from five to seven shall not become into force and effect until the first day of April, 1951, so that the necessary Councilmen can legally be nominated and elected for the designated seven wards.
All officers elected under the present Charter shall continue in office until July 1, 1951, or until their successors are legally elected and qualified, and they shall exercise all the powers conferred upon them by the Charter and general law.
Editor's note: “Present Charter” as used in the above section refers to the 1925 Charter of the City of Holliday's Cove, as amended.