The office of municipal loca! councillor lasts three

years, except in the cases of

articles 116 and 279.

278. At the first general municipal election held after the coming into force of this code, as well as at the first general election held in every local municipal erected thereafter, or in which there is no council in operation, seven councillors must be elected, or, in default of election, appointed, and they go out of office and are replaced in the manner set forth in the follywing article.

279. Of the seven councillors elected at such election, or appointed by the lieutenantgovernor in default of an election,

1. Two must be replaced at the time of the next general municipal election ;

2. Two others at the same period in the year which follows that lastly mentioned ;

8. And the three last, also at the same period in the following year.

And so on, in such manner that tvo local councillors must be elected or appointed two years consecutively, and three every three years.

280. The councillors mentioned in paragraphs one and two of the preceding article must be selected by lot ata session of the council, in the month of december preceding

quel ils doivent étre remplecés; |they must be teplaced; jn deà défaut de ce faire, ils sont | fault of this tirés au sort par

le président | Tetiring de l'élection, en présence des | by lot b électeurs muni

gnés par Je lieutenant-gonyer-| tho municipal electors, neur, lorsqu’il doit es rem-} designated by the Placer. | governor, when the

Nulle élection ou nomination ‘Teplaced by him.

ne peut être faite pour rempla-/ No election or cer Ces conseillers avant qwils/ can take aient été ainsi tirés au sort ou! of such councillors until the désignés,—s, p. Q. 6074. [have been so selected

| designated.

onseil local | 281. Tho head o

council is called the

councillors

2S1. Le chefdue se nomme maire, |

est également désigné et | Le is also known Connu sous le nom de « maire gnated as U conseil,” ou “maire de Ja CHS corpuration,” gy « maire de la | tion,” Municipalité” oy simplement | cipality,” or simply as “mayor sous le nom de « maire,” quand} when the name ofthe le nom de la Municipalité, du | Pality, of the cou Conseil ou de Ja eo I

mayor.

r “mayor of th

neil, or of the SrPoration | corporation is sufficiently indj. est suffisamment indiqué dans cated in the document. le document.

282. Tout Conseiller local] 282, Every local councillor reste en charge depuis la Pres-|remains in Office from the tation de son serment d'office |takine of hi jusqu’à l’époque de l'élection générale municipale à laquelle nicipal election at Which he il doit être remplacé, et pas au- is to be Teplaced, and not bedelà de cette époque. yond that period.