47:3 Election of Officers. – The city councils shall, at the times fixed by ordinance for that purpose, meet in convention, and by joint ballot elect a city treasurer and all other subordinate officers who are not chosen in the ward meetings, appointed by the mayor and aldermen or otherwise appointed by law; and all such officers shall hold their respective offices until others are elected or appointed and qualified in their stead. Source. 1846, 384:23. GS 44:3. GL 48:3. PS 50:3. PL 54:3. RL 66:4.
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