Sec. 225. - Commencement of terms of officers.

All officers whose election is provided for herein shall be first elected at the regular municipal election in the year 1915; the terms of all elective officers shall begin on the first day of January next following their election. The term of office of all members of boards and commissions herein provided for shall commence on the first day of February of the year wherein the terms of the present members expire, and the terms of such present members shall be regarded for the purpose of this charter as expiring on such first day of February, regardless of the precise time of their original appointment. Officers shall hold their respective offices until their successors are chosen and qualified.