§ 4803. Board of managers. The board of managers of such school shall
consist of not less than five members to be appointed by the mayor of
such city and of which board the superintendent of schools in any such
city shall be one member ex-officio. Members of the board other than
the said superintendent shall be appointed from resident taxpayers of
the city who shall serve for terms of four years commencing upon the
first day of January succeeding the appointment. Such terms shall be so
arranged that the terms of no two of the members so appointed shall
expire in the same year, and for this purpose the terms of members first
appointed hereunder shall be as follows: In case one member shall be
appointed the term shall be four years; in case two members are
appointed the term shall be four and two years respectively; in case
three members are appointed the term shall be four, three and two years;
in case four members shall be appointed the terms shall be four, three,
two and one year respectively. Such terms shall commence on the first
day of January succeeding the appointment and their successors shall be
appointed for a full term of four years as above provided. Appointments
to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired portion of the terms. The
members of the board shall serve without compensation. They shall
receive their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties. The amount of such expenses shall be charged against the city
and paid in the same manner as other city charges. The board shall
organize by the election of one of its members as chairman and another
as secretary.