§ 174. Fire district officers. 1. Whenever a fire district shall be\nestablished, within ten days thereafter the town board of the town in\nwhich such district is located or, in the case of a district including\nterritory in two or more towns, the town boards of such towns acting\njointly by a majority vote of the members of each of such town boards,\nshall appoint five fire district commissioners and a treasurer for such\ndistrict who shall hold their respective offices until the thirty-first\nday of December next succeeding; provided, however, that if such\ndistrict be established subsequent to the first day of October in any\nyear, the officers so appointed by the town board shall hold office\nuntil the thirty-first day of December of the next succeeding calendar\nyear. A person so appointed as fire district commissioner shall not\nserve as chief or assistant chief of the fire district fire department\nafter taking his oath of office as such commissioner and during the time\nhe serves as such commissioner pursuant to such appointment. The town\nclerk shall immediately notify the appointees of their appointment and\nof the time and place which he shall fix for the organization meeting of\nthe board of fire commissioners, which meeting shall be held not later\nthan ten days after the appointment of said officers. At such\norganization meeting, the treasurer shall preside until such time as a\nchairman of the board of fire commissioners shall be chosen, but such\ntreasurer shall not be entitled to a vote at such meeting. The board of\nfire commissioners shall appoint a secretary who shall hold office until\nthe thirty-first day of December following the first election of fire\ndistrict officers.\n 2. The first election of fire district officers shall be held on the\nsecond Tuesday in December next succeeding the establishment or\nconsolidation of such fire district; provided, however, that if such\ndistrict be established at a time subsequent to the first day of October\nin any year, the first election of fire district officers shall be held\non the second Tuesday in the month of December of the next succeeding\ncalendar year. At the first annual election of fire district officers,\nfive district commissioners shall be elected and a treasurer. Every\nregistered fire district voter shall be entitled to cast one vote for\neach vacant position on a board of fire commissioners to be filled in\nthe first annual election of fire district officers. The person\nreceiving the greatest number of votes for the office of fire\ncommissioner shall be elected for a term of five years; the person\nreceiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a term\nof four years; the person receiving the third highest number of votes\nshall be elected for a term of three years; the person receiving the\nfourth highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years\nand the person receiving the fifth highest number of votes shall be\nelected for a term of one year. In the event that two persons shall\nreceive the same number of votes the terms of office shall be decided by\nlot. At each subsequent election of fire district officers a\ncommissioner shall be elected for the full term of five years. In the\nevent that two or more persons receive the same number of votes thereat,\na special election between the tying parties receiving the highest\nnumber of votes to fill the vacancy shall be held within forty-five days\nafter such election. The fire district treasurer shall be elected for a\nterm of three years. The fire district secretary shall be appointed by\nthe fire district commissioners and shall serve for a period of one\nyear. The fire district secretary in office at the time such election is\nheld shall immediately notify the officers elected of their election and\nthat an organization meeting will be held on the day specified in said\nnotice, which shall not be later than the fifteenth day of January next\nensuing. At su
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