§ 176. Powers and duties of fire district commissioners. Subject to\nlaw and the provisions of this chapter, the fire district commissioners\nof every fire district shall constitute and be known as the board of\nfire commissioners of such fire district. Such board of fire\ncommissioners\n 1. Shall elect one of their members as chairman at the first meeting\nof fire commissioners after such district shall have been established\nand annually thereafter at the first meeting thereof following each\nelection of fire district officers. Such chairman, when present, shall\npreside at the meetings of the board of fire commissioners. In the\nabsence of the chairman the other members may designate one of their\nmembers to act as temporary chairman.\n 2. Shall appoint a fire district secretary.\n 2-a. May, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section\none hundred seventy-four of this chapter, provide by resolution that a\nproposition shall be submitted at any annual fire district election,\nother than one at which a fire district treasurer is required to be\nelected, determining that the office of fire district treasurer shall be\nan appointive office in such district. If such proposition be approved\nat such election, the office of fire district treasurer shall thereafter\nbe an appointive office in such district and no fire district treasurer\nshall be elected at the expiration of the term of office of the\nincumbent elected fire district treasurer. The board of fire\ncommissioners at its organization meeting shall annually appoint a fire\ndistrict treasurer to hold office until the thirty-first day of December\nnext succeeding his appointment. In any fire district in which the\noffice of fire district treasurer has been made appointive, the fire\ndistrict commissioners shall designate one of their members to act as\ntemporary chairman at the organization meeting each year until such time\nas a chairman of the board of fire commissioners shall be chosen.\n In any fire district in which the office of appointed fire district\ntreasurer may exist, the board of fire commissioners may provide by\nresolution that a proposition shall be submitted at any annual fire\ndistrict election determining that the office of fire district treasurer\nshall be an elective office in such district. If such proposition be\napproved at such election, the office of fire district treasurer shall\nthereafter be an elective office in such district and a fire district\ntreasurer shall be elected at the next succeeding annual fire district\nelection in accordance with the provisions of subdivision two of section\none hundred seventy-four of this chapter and the term of office of the\nappointive fire district treasurer for whom such successor shall be\nelected shall expire on the thirty-first day of December next succeeding\nsuch annual fire district election.\n 3. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any fire district office, the\nboard of fire commissioners of such district, or a majority of the\nmembers thereof in office may appoint a qualified person to fill the\nvacancy. If the appointment be made to fill a vacancy in an appointive\noffice, the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of\nthe unexpired term. If the appointment be made to fill a vacancy in an\nelective office, the person so appointed shall hold office until the\nthirty-first day of December next succeeding the first annual fire\ndistrict election held thereafter and at such election a successor shall\nbe elected for the unexpired portion of the term beginning on the first\nday of January next succeeding. If a vacancy shall occur in any elective\nfire district office after the first day of October in any year, the\nperson so appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office until the\nthirty-first day of December of the following calendar year and a\nsuccessor shall be elected at the annual fire district election held\nimmediately prior thereto to serve for the unexp
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