Section 2631. Board of visitors; special provision

The board of visitors
  of each such home shall consist  of  nine  members  appointed  from  the
  members  of  the  New York departments of the major organizations of war
  veterans to which charters have been issued by Acts of  Congress  or  of
  their  women's  auxiliaries.  The  terms  of  office  of  such  visitors
  hereafter appointed shall be five years, and they shall be so  appointed
  that  the  terms  of two of the members shall expire on the first day of
  February of each year, except that the term of but one member  shall  so
  expire  every  fifth year. Appointments shall be so made that there will
  be at all times four women and five men members of such board.