The inspectors of election, appointed as provided in the preceding section, shall constitute boards of registration for their respective wards for the purpose of making the first registry of the electors therein. They shall take and file with the clerk the oath of office required in this act to be taken by city officers, and shall meet in their respective wards on the day and place appointed in the notice mentioned in the preceding section, and there make a registry of all persons in the wards qualified by law to be registered as electors therein. In making such registry they shall proceed in the manner provided by law for making the registry of electors in cities. Such registry, when completed, shall be the registry of electors of the several wards of the city.