Election of vice-presidents and municipal councilors.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Election of vice-presidents and municipal councilors.—for the purpose of the first election of vice-presidents and councilors of the municipalities of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, provided for in section thirty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-four hundred and eight, the governor of the department shall fix by executive order the date for the holding of such election. The vice-presidents chosen in said election shall hold office until their qualified successors, chosen in the next general election under the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, as amended, shall take office. Of the number of councilors to be elected, the one-half receiving the smaller number of votes shall be declared elected for a term which shall expire upon the assumption of duties by their successors chosen in the next general election under the general election law, and the one-half receiving the larger number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of four years longer.