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The commission under such rules as it may adopt, may elect one of its members vice-<span class=\"dictionary\">chairman<\/span>, and may appoint a secretary, or secretary-treasurer, who shall not be a member of the commission; in the event that the commission appoints a secretary-treasurer, his compensation shall be fixed by the commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS OF COMMISSION (\u00a7 21-238)\n\nThe commission, at its organization meeting and thereafter at its first meeting\nin each calendar year, shall elect one of the members of the commission,\nchairman thereof. The commission under such rules as it may adopt, may elect one\nof its members vice-chairman, and may appoint a secretary, or\nsecretary-treasurer, who shall not be a member of the commission; in the event\nthat the commission appoints a secretary-treasurer, his compensation shall be\nfixed by the commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 350; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 1560iii4.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}