For accomplishing the purposes of this article there is hereby created a board of
supervisors for the said Jaudon Drainage and Improvement District, which shall be
the governing body of the said district, and whose duties, authority and powers shall
be as hereinafter provided. D. A. McDougal, J. H. McCord and J. F. Jaudon shall constitute
and compose the first board of supervisors of said drainage and improvement district,
and they shall hold such positions in the order they are named for the term of two,
three and four years, respectively, from the date this act becomes a law, and until
their successors are elected and qualified; and all vacancies or expiration of terms
on said board shall be filled as provided by this act. The board of supervisors shall
elect one of their number president of the board, and shall also elect a secretary,
and a treasurer, who may or may not be members of the board, and who may be required
to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties; and the offices of secretary
and treasurer may be filled by one person if the board of supervisors shall so decide.
The board of supervisors shall adopt a common seal with a suitable device, and shall
keep a permanent record of their proceedings in a substantially bound book to be kept
for the purpose, which shall be open to inspection by any interested person, his agent
or attorney. The board of supervisors shall report to the landowners of said drainage
and improvement district at the annual meetings what work has been done by engineers
or otherwise. The members of the board shall receive their actual expenses incurred
in attending the meetings of the board, or in attending to any business for and in
behalf of said district, which expense account shall be audited by the board before
payment, but said board shall receive no compensation for their services unless the
landowners at the annual meeting shall determine to pay compensation, which in no
event shall exceed $5.00 per day for the time actually engaged in work for the district,
and $0.05 per mile for miles actually traveled; provided, however, that if the secretary
be a member of the board he shall be entitled to compensation as hereinafter provided.
(Laws of Fla. ch. 9791 (1923), § 2)
Code reference—
Boards, commissions, committees and authorities, § 2-816 et seq.
