The qualified voters of each ward in cities of the third class shall, at the municipal election in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and every four years thereafter, vote for and elect a properly qualified person, according to law, to act as county assessor in each of said wards under the provisions of this act, who shall serve for four years. All county assessors in boroughs, towns, townships and wards thereof shall be elected at the times and for the terms prescribed by existing laws.
This section does not apply in counties of the first, second and third classes where assessors, under existing law, are appointed.
72 P.S. § 5020-301