Section 41622 - First council; terms; vacancies; new mayor(a) At the municipal election next succeeding the adoption of one of the optional charter plans provided for in this act, the number of councilmen prescribed by the terms of the charter less the number of councilmen then in office whose terms do not expire on the first Monday of January next following, shall be elected. For the purpose of this section, an existing mayor shall be considered as a member of council, and after the new charter plan goes into effect, his duties shall be only those of a member of council as prescribed by the new charter plan and a new mayor shall be elected at this election or appointed as provided by the plan adopted.(b) At such election, if two, three or four councilmen are elected, they shall each serve for terms of four years. If five are elected, the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for terms of four years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for a term of two years. If six or seven are elected, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for terms of four years, and the one or two candidates, as the case may be, receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for a term of two years. Thereafter, all councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years.(c) If any vacancies in council occurring by reason of resignation, death or removal shall exist ninety days or more before such election, they shall be filled for the remainder of the term of the person originally elected to that office.1957, July 15, P.L. 901, § 622.