Section 7
SEC. 7. Section four hundred and thirteen of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 413. First election in new municipality.—For the first election in a new municipality the provincial board shall divide the new territory into election precincts and shall appoint the necessary inspectors of election and poll clerks and a suitable person to perform the duties of municipal secretary with respect to such election, all of whom shall act until their successors are chosen and qualified, and shall designate the necessary polling places and provide the supplies for such election, the expense of all of which shall be payable by the new municipality: Provided, however, That in case the municipal council is already acting at the time when a general election is held, all the powers vested by this section in the provincial board shall pass to the municipal council, and the appointment of the inspectors and poll clerk shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section four hundred and seventeen, on the basis of the preceding election of the governing or original municipality."