Section 11-42-105
Continuation of officers and corporate organization of municipalities; qualification and assumption of duties of officers elected for consolidated municipalities.
The officers of the several municipalities shall continue in office, and the corporate organization of the several municipalities shall continue unaffected until the officers of the consolidated town or city are elected and qualified as provided for in the applicable provisions of this title or any other applicable provisions of law, and such officers so elected shall immediately qualify and assume the duties of their office.
(Code 1907, §1131; Code 1923, §1825; Code 1940, T. 37, §193.)