(620 ILCS 50/48) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 152)
Sec. 48.
Within ten days after the election of the five members of the
Commission as hereinbefore provided, the chairman of the county board shall
call a meeting of such members and he shall act as temporary chairman
thereof. Two-thirds of the membership shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Newly-elected members shall cast lots for their
respective terms. The newly-elected members shall elect one of their number
as President and one as Secretary. The President and Secretary so elected
shall take office immediately and the County Airport Commission, so
organized shall be reorganized on the first Wednesday in July of each
succeeding year. The Commission shall elect such other officers as they may
deem necessary. They shall thereafter be officially known as the "....
County Airports Commission". They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules
and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the
airports under their control as may be expedient, not inconsistent with
this act, or the regulations of Federal and State Authorities. All
records of such county airport commission shall be kept by and in the
custody of the county clerk and shall be open to public inspection at all
reasonable times. The members of the Commission shall be county officers
and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of such officers
including quarters in the Court House, if convenient, and such stationery
and office supplies as may be required to discharge their duties as such
commissioners.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 594.)
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