At the election of officers to be held upon the second Tuesday of June 1931, after the passage of this Act, there shall be elected a Mayor, City Collector and Treasurer, Chief of Police and one councilman from each ward; and thereafter the Mayor, City Collector and Treasurer and Chief of Police shall be elected every four years and shall hold their respective offices for the terms of four years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified; pro-
vided, further, that a referendum may be had on the question of whether or not the office of Chief of Police shall be an elective or appointive position, and if and upon, its submission to the voters of said City, a majority of said votes shall favor said office as being an appointive one, then the City Council shall make such appointment and the duties of said officers shall be and remain the same, as herein provided.
The City Clerk elected in said City at the election held therein on the second Tuesday of April, 1930 shall hold his office until the first day of July, 1932, and thereafter a City Clerk shall be elected every four years, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. However, at the election to be held on the second Tuesday of June 1958, the City Clerk shall be elected for a term of one year, to provide for the short term made necessary by this amendment, and at the election to be held on the second Tuesday of June 1959, the City Clerk shall be elected for a term of four years.
(Acts 1931, ch. 82; 2-25-57.)