A person present at the meeting electing him or her to municipal office shall be treated as accepting, unless he or she declines before the meeting is adjourned. When not present, he or she shall be served as soon as possible with a written notice of election, signed and mailed by the municipal clerk. No person elected shall assume the duties of the office until he or she has signed the oath of office as required by law.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 105, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.