New York Laws
Article 2 - Incorporation
2-242 - First Election of Officers, Terms of Office.

§ 2-242 First election of officers, terms of office. 1. Except as
provided in section 17-1703 of this chapter, an election, which shall be
deemed a special election, shall be held pursuant to the election law in
the village no more than sixty days after the appointment of the village
clerk.

2. At such first election a mayor and four trustees shall be chosen.

3. If such first election be held on or after the first Monday in
April and before the first Monday of October in any one year, the terms
of office of two of the trustees shall expire at noon on the first
Monday in April next succeeding such first election.

4. If such first election be held at any other time, the terms of
office of such two trustees shall expire one year after the first Monday
in April next succeeding such first election.

5. The terms of office of the mayor and the other two trustees shall
expire at noon on the first Monday in April next succeeding the
expiration of the terms of office of the first two trustees above
mentioned.

6. The terms of office of officers elected under this section commence
as soon as they have qualified in the manner hereinafter provided in
this chapter.

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