2005 Montana Code Annotated - 7-3-4319 — Designation of mayor.

     7-3-4319. Designation of mayor. (1) The mayor shall be that member of the commission who, at the regular municipal election at which the commissioners were elected, received the highest number of votes. In case two candidates receive the same number of votes, one of them shall be chosen mayor by the remaining members of the commission.
     (2) In event of a vacancy in the office of the mayor by the expiration of his term of office, the holdover commissioner having received the highest number of votes shall be the mayor. In the event there is a vacancy in the office of the mayor for any other cause, the remaining members of the commission shall choose his successor for the unexpired term from their own number by lot.
     (3) In the event that the commissioner who is acting as mayor shall be recalled, the remaining members of the commission shall select one of their number to serve as mayor for the unexpired term. In the event of the recall of all the commissioners, the person receiving the highest number of votes at the election held to determine their successors shall serve as the mayor.

     History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 46, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5444, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 31, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5444, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3245, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 47, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5445, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5445, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3246, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3245(part), 11-3246.