Section 77-5-133 - Term and oath of directors

Directors selected from odd numbered subdistricts shall for the first term serve for a period which shall end two (2) years after the first Monday of May of the next even numbered year. Directors selected from even numbered subdistricts shall for the first term serve for a period which shall end four (4) years after the first Monday of May of the next even numbered year.The regular term of directors of the district after the first term shall be for four (4) years. Each director shall hold office until his successor is selected and qualifies.Each director shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by Section 268 of the Constitution of 1890. Such oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district.Codes, 1942, § 5443; Laws, 1936, ch. 187.