Section 1520. County mosquito control commission; appointment; membership

1. Within ten  days  after  the  presentation  of  a  petition  for  the
  establishment  of  a  county  mosquito  control  commission,  signed and
  acknowledged by two hundred residents of the county in the  same  manner
  as  are  deeds  entitled  to  be recorded, the board of supervisors of a
  county, adjacent to a county in the state of New York which contains not
  more than three  towns  and  which  is  adjacent  to  a  city  having  a
  population  of  over  three  million,  shall  appoint  a county mosquito
  control commission as hereinafter provided.
    2. Each county mosquito control commission shall consist of
    (a) four resident taxpayers of the county,  to  be  appointed  by  the
  board of supervisors of the county duly convened by the chairman thereof
  for the purpose of making the said appointments; and,
    (b)  one  member,  to be appointed by the commissioner, who shall be a
  resident of the county for which such commission is appointed,  and  who
  shall have equal powers, privileges and duties with the other members of
  such  commission,  and  who  shall,  in  addition  thereto represent the
  commissioner in all matters as the commissioner may direct; and,
    (c) the chairman of the board of supervisors of the said  county,  who
  shall be a member ex-officio of said commission and who shall have equal
  powers, privileges and duties with the other members of such commission.
    3.  Each  county  mosquito  control  commission shall be known as "The
  (here shall be inserted the name of the county  in  and  for  which  the
  commissioners are to be appointed) County Mosquito Control Commission."
    4. The chairman of the board of supervisors of each county for which a
  county  mosquito  control  commission is to be appointed pursuant to the
  provisions of this section shall convene the  said  board  at  the  most
  suitable and convenient place, or otherwise arrange for concerted action
  for  the  purpose  of  acting as a board for the appointment of the four
  resident taxpayers in such county, as herein provided.  The  members  of
  such appointing board shall serve without pay, except that the necessary
  expenses  of  each  member  for actual attendance at any meeting of such
  board shall be allowed and paid.