1. 1. There is created in all the counties of this state the office of county treasurer.
2. 2. In counties of classes one and two the qualified electors shall elect a county treasurer at the general election in 1956 and every four years thereafter.
3. 3. In counties of classes three and four the qualified electors shall elect a county treasurer at the general election in the year 1954, and every four years thereafter, except that in those counties having adopted the township alternative form of county government the qualified electors shall elect a county treasurer at the November election in 1956, and every four years thereafter.

(RSMo 1939 § 13789, A.L. 1945 p. 1392, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 429; L. 1947 V. I p. 429 §§ 13789a, 13789b, A. 1949 H.B. 2159; A.L. 1959 S.B. 66)