(a) Except when vacancies create shorter terms, at each municipal election, the electors of each township shall elect one auditor to serve for a term of six years from the first Monday of January after the election. Auditors shall reside in the township from which elected and shall have resided in that township continuously for at least one year immediately preceding their election.(b) No auditor shall at the same time hold any other elective or appointive township office or position or be an employe of the township for which he has been elected or appointed.(c) In the event that there concurrently exists two or more vacancies for the position of township auditor, a person shall be ineligible to seek nomination or election to fill more than one such vacancy.1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 404, added 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days. Amended 1996, Dec. 18, P.L. 1142, No. 172, § 1, effective in 60 days.