Council shall appoint three commissioners and two clerks in each ward, before each annual election, who shall hold the election herein provided for. Said commissioners shall make return of the elections so held by them, to the Council of said City, as soon as practicable after such elections are held; and Council shall thereupon ascertain and publish the result of such election and enter said result upon the journal thereof. The City Clerk shall provide the necessary poll books and ballot boxes for such elections, at the expense of the City, and the provisions of section 3-1-1 et seq., of the Code of West Virginia, insofar as they are applicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall apply to and govern such elections.