§ 2. Board of fair commissioners—Created; membership; term and compensation of members.  


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  • There shall be, and there hereby is, created a board of fair commissioners, which shall be known as the "board of fair commissioners," and shall consist of seven (7) members, one of whom shall be the county judge, who shall ex officio be a member thereof; the remaining six (6) members shall be elected by the quarterly county court for a term of six (6) years, when and as the terms of office of the present members of said board expire. Not more than two members of the county court shall be eligible to election and to serve on said board at one time. The members of said board shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to have all expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties as such commissioners, on properly certified statements submitted to and approved by the financial agent of such court. These expenses, as all others, are to be paid out of the fair funds.

    (Pr. Acts 1931, ch. 178, § 1.)

    4. Editor's note— The membership and term of office of the board of fair commissioners is now controlled by section 11.601 of the Metropolitan Charter.