No person, except the ex officio member, shall be eligible to serve for or during more than two successive four-year terms; but after the expiration of a term of two years or less, or after the expiration of the remainder of a term to which appointed to fill a vacancy, two additional four-year terms may be served by such a member if appointed thereto. Incumbents on April 5, 1945, appointed for full terms prior to June 1, 1944, shall be deemed to be serving their first terms.

History

Code 1919, § 859; 1944, p. 345; 1945, p. 55; 1980, c. 559.