After appointment, the members of the Board of Park Commissioners shall qualify by taking and filing with the City Clerk the oath prescribed by law for public officials, and the members of the Board shall not be permitted to serve upon the Board until they have so qualified. If any member of the Board shall fail to so qualify on or before the date on which he should assume the duties of his office, Council may declare his position vacant and appoint a successor as provided in Section 133.03.
At the first meeting held after the Board has been appointed and thereafter biannually on the first Monday of September, except for the first Board appointed after the passage of this article, which shall organize as soon as possible, the members of the Board shall organize by electing one of their number president and another vice-president, and by electing a secretary, who need not be a member of the Board. The secretary shall keep an account of all the fiscal affairs of the Board and shall keep a minute book in which he shall record the procedures and transactions of the Board. The secretary shall be paid such compensation for his services as the Board shall fix from year to year. The City Director of Finance shall be ex officio treasurer of the Board and he shall take the oath prescribed by law and shall furnish such bond as may be required by the Board.
(1969 Code §2-92)