§ 11-2-105. Division into wards - Number of wards.  


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  • Persons intending to apply for incorporation of a municipality shall divide the proposed municipality into the following number of wards, having due regard to the equitable apportionment of the population and the convenience and contiguity of the wards:

    1.  A town shall be divided into three (3) or five (5) wards.

    2.  A city to be operated under the statutory aldermanic form of government shall be divided into at least four (4) wards.  A city to be operated under the statutory council-manager or statutory strong-mayor-council form shall be divided into four (4) or six (6) wards.

Laws 1977, c. 256, § 2-105, eff. July 1, 1978.