Section 33-4-5

Chairman; acting chairman.

The commissioners shall elect a chairman to preside at its meetings. It shall be the further duty of the chairman to supervise the official conduct of all the officers and employees of the commission. He may administer official oaths to the officers and employees of the commission, except the other commissioners, and to all other persons in relation to the business of the commission. In the absence of the chairman, the remaining commissioners shall select from their number an acting chairman to hold office during the absence of the chairman. The acting chairman shall have all the power and authority possessed by the chairman.

(Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154; Code 1940, T. 38, §50.)