The president shall be a member and the chairman of the board of commissioners. In case he is absent from any meeting of the board, the vice president and president-elect shall preside; and in case the vice president and president-elect is absent from any meeting of the board, some other member of the board shall be selected by the members in attendance to preside at that meeting.Codes, 1942, § 8702; Laws, 1932, ch. 121; Laws, 1977, ch. 333, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1983, ch. 302, § 16; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 526, § 17; reenacted, Laws, 1992, ch. 515, § 17, eff. 7/1/1992.
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