Section 96
SEC. 96. (a) Municipalities organized before the date of this Act under General Order Numbered Forty, issued by the Military Governor March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred, shall continue to exercise the powers conferred upon them by that order, in the manner therein prescribed, until the first day of April, nineteen hundred and one. (b) On that date this Act shall become operative in such municipalities, and the office of municipal attorney shall he abolished alcaldes and municipal lieutenants,elected or appointed under General Order Numbered Forty, will continue to serve until January first, nineteen hundred and three, and until their successors are duly chosen and qualified. They will be known as presidents and vice-presidents respectively, and will assume the duties herein prescribed for these officers. The remaining municipal officers provided for under General Order Numbered Forty are identical with those provided for by this Act, and shall assume the duties and hold office for the terms herein prescribed for them. (c) The next general municipal election in towns organized under General Order Numbered Forty shall take place on the first Tuesday of December, nineteen hundred and one and shall be for all elective municipal offices, except those of the councilors with the longest time to serve under General Order Numbered Forty, who shall continue to hold office until January, nineteen hundred and three, and until their successors are duly chosen and qualified. (d) The municipality and its officers shall thereafter exercise all the powers conferred by this Act under the limitations and in the manner herein provided.