§ 3.1. Election, qualification and term of office of councilmen and mayor.

(a)

The Town of New Market shall be governed by a town council composed of six councilmen and a mayor, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the town.

(b)

The mayor and councilmen in office at the time of the passage of this act [Charter] shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. An election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1972, and the mayor and councilmen shall constitute the town council, who shall hold office for a term of four years from the first day of July, next following the date of their election and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; provided, that at said municipal election, to be held the first Tuesday in May, 1972, the six persons elected as councilmen shall hold office as follows, to wit: The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes at said election shall hold office for four years each, and the three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes at said election shall hold office for two years each. In the year 1974, and every second year thereafter, a municipal election of councilmen shall be held on the first Tuesday in May. In the year 1972, and every fourth year thereafter, a municipal election of mayor shall be held on the first Tuesday in May.

State Law reference— "General election" defined, Code of Virginia, § 24.2-101.

State law reference

"General election" defined, Code of Virginia, § 24.2-101.