Section 154. Committees

1.  The board of supervisors may create standing
  committees for the purpose of aiding and  assisting  the  board  in  the
  transaction  of  its  business. Any local law or resolution creating any
  such committee shall specify  the  powers,  duties  and  number  of  its
  members. A member of any standing committee shall serve until the end of
  the calendar year in which he shall have been selected, unless the board
  shall  have  fixed  a different period, but in any event not longer than
  the term for which he shall have been elected as a supervisor.
    2. The board may from time to time create  special  committees.    Any
  resolution  creating  a  special  committee shall specify the powers and
  duties of the committee and the number of its members.  Each  member  of
  any  special  committee  shall  serve  for  the period specified in such
  resolution but in any event not longer than the term for which he  shall
  have been elected as a supervisor.
    3.  Members  of all standing and special committees shall be appointed
  by the chairman of the board from its membership.
    4. Vacancies in standing and special committees shall be filled by the
  chairman of the board from its membership.
    5. The board may authorize committees to accept advice and counsel  of
  citizens not members of the board.
    6.  Nothing  herein shall be deemed to authorize the delegation of any
  of the powers, duties or responsibilities of the board of supervisors or
  of any officer except as otherwise expressly authorized by law.