If no person is elected mayor, or if the person elected declines, the convention shall make a record of the fact and appoint a day for another election; and the mayor and aldermen shall issue their precept to the selectmen of the several wards, requiring them to call meetings of their wards on the day so appointed; and the same proceedings shall be had from time to time until a mayor is chosen.
RSA 45:4
1846, 384:7. 1849, 837:2. 1855, 1699:9. GS 41:4. GL 45:4. PS 47:4. PL 51 :4. RL 63:4.