Section 3
SEC. 3. The government of each municipality established under this Act is herein vested in a president, a vice-president, and a municipal council. The president and the councilors, together with the vice-president, shall be chosen at large by the qualified electors of the municipality, and their term of office shall be for two years from and after the first Monday in January next after their election and until their successors are duly chosen and qualified: Provided, That the president and vice-president elected in nineteen hundred and one shall bold office until the first Monday in January, nineteen hundred and three, or until their successors are duly chosen and qualified and that the councilors elected in nineteen hundred and one shall divide themselves by lot into two classes. The seats of those of the first class shall be vacated on the first Monday of January, nineteen hundred and two and those of the second class one year thereafter, or when their successors are duly chosen and qualified, so that one-half of the municipal council shall be chosen annually.