N.Y. Town Law § 211: District commissioners

§ 211. District commissioners. In each such improvement district,

there shall be an annual election on the second Tuesday in the month of

December of each year. The terms of office of all district commissioners

elected or appointed prior to the time this chapter takes effect, shall

terminate on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred

thirty-three. The first annual election shall be held on the fifth day

of December, nineteen hundred thirty-three and at such election the

qualified voters of the district shall elect one commissioner for a term

of one year, one commissioner for a term of two years and one

commissioner for a term of three years. At each annual election

thereafter one commissioner shall be elected for a term of three years

except as otherwise provided in section two hundred eleven-a of this

article. Every resident of the district who is qualified to vote for a

town officer, shall be eligible to hold the office of district

commissioner.