This article shall supersede § 24 of the Town Law
insofar as it is inconsistent with such section.
A proposition for the approval of this article shall be submitted
to the electors of the Town of Smithtown at the general election to
be held in November 1988, and this article shall become operative
only if approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified
electors voting upon such proposition.
If this article is approved by the affirmative vote of majority of the qualified electors of the Town voting thereon at said general election, any of the Town officers mentioned in §
53-10 hereof elected at a biennial Town election held after this article takes effect shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the first day of January next succeeding such election.