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Patrick]. Keill Stephen Kelly Pacre 3. CA I corn-menciernient of the A.L term" of of is not at issue. There is no question that the term of the office of mayor conune,n,ced in January of 1998 and wfill end ' J an u of 2002. e election in arY Th held, in November of 19919 was to choose someone to serve for the remainder of that . term. Therefore, the January date has no special significance in these circumstances. By the to of s u 'division 2a qu , the appointed mayor may only serve until alification of the successor elected to , fill the remainder- of the term. There would seem no Impediment to the person recently elected taking the oath and ass 'no office at any time after re * " ceing a certificate of election. While Nve are aware of no previous Opinions directly addressing this question as applied to Minn. tat. § 412.012, sued.; 2a, this conclusion is consistent with a number of previous opin-ioris that have construed similar statutory language as applied to vacancies in other offices. See . eg., Ops. Atty. Gen. 161 -A-25 . Febmary 6, 1958 (school board); 126H, September 2 1950 and November, 8, 1 2 (county board and 371-A-5 October 21, 1944 (railroad and warehouse comnlission). The September 2, 1950 opinion acknowliedcred. that some prev* Z� IOUs opiruons had reached a different conclusion. However it noted that." The opinions contrary to this view have been based uporl the provision in Art. 7,, Sec. 9 of the State Constitution, that all, terms of off-ice shall terminate on t�he first Monday in January of each year. It appears clear to us that this applIes only to the statutory term for wh'ch officers are elec�ted and does not apply to vacancies which, are filled pending. an election for an UnexPirecl term of office. i Thus, the previous inconsistent opinions Nvere reversed', t,ermi.nate at that tine. The creneTal elect' Z: ion shall be hel,d on the first Tuesday after the first NNIonday in November in each even numb't.-ne-d vea- "..,/ Ir