(1) Definition. Except as further provided in this section, in this chapter "ward" means the municipal wards created under s. 5.15 based on the results of the 1980 federal census of population and in effect on January 1, 1982.
(2) Milwaukee, city of. Any reference to a ward of the city of Milwaukee means the wards created by ordinance 142 dated November 17, 1981 (file number 80-1517-D), as affected by the elections commission adjustments of August 1982.
(3) Oshkosh, city of. Ward 42 of the city of Oshkosh includes the annexation from the town of Algoma.