Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 3173. Board of trustees; composition

A. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Mayor of Bogalusa, the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, and three active members of the Fire Department, who shall be elected on the first Tuesday of December, 1944 and annually thereafter by secret ballot, one platoon meeting therefor at 10:00 A.M. and the other at 7:30 P.M. Notice of said meeting shall be posted in each fire-house for five days preceding said election date. The election shall be supervised by three Commissioners of Election to be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety.

B. In case of a vacancy on the Board of Trustees from among the members of the Fire Department on said Board, said vacancy shall be filled by an election conducted as herein provided and to be held within sixty days from the creation of the vacancy.

C. Said Board of Trustees shall elect a president and a Secretary, and the Commissioner of the City of Bogalusa, who is the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, shall be Treasurer of said fund.