(a) The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor for terms to expire with the beginning of the term of the governor next elected, or whenever their successors shall be appointed and qualified.(b) Each commissioner shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor.Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 2; Shan. Supp., § 373a33; Acts 1933, ch. 92, § 1(1); 1935, ch. 169, § 1; Code 1932, § 258; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 2; 1939, ch. 11, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-302.
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