§ 3.1. Election, qualification and term of office for councilmen.

The Town of Abingdon shall be governed by a town council composed of five councilmen, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the town, to be elected from the town at large. Any person qualified to vote in the town shall be eligible for the office of councilman. The councilmen in office at the time of the adoption of this Charter shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. An election for councilmen shall be held on the first Tuesday in May, 1978, and on the first Tuesday in May of every second year thereafter. The councilmen elected the first Tuesday in May, 1978, and thereafter shall enter upon their duties on the first day of July next succeeding their election, and shall each serve for a term of four years or until their successors have qualified.