§ 262-123. Same—Initial composition, terms, etc.

The following shall be and constitute the first board of commissioners:

E. W. Crayton, whose term of office shall be for a period of three years;

E. G. Wilkinson, whose term of office shall be for a period of two years;

F. K. Espenhain, whose term of office shall be for a period of one year.

Provided that each shall hold office until the election and qualification of his successor. Successor commissioners shall hold office until the end of the term. At an election to be held in 1938 one commissioner shall be elected for said district to succeed the commissioner whose term expires that year. At an election to be held in the year 1939 one commissioner shall be elected for said district to succeed the commissioner whose term of office expires that year. At an election to be held in 1940 one commissioner shall be elected for said district to succeed the commissioner whose term of office expires that year. At an election to be held annually thereafter one commissioner shall be elected to succeed the commissioner whose term of office expires that year. The term of office of each commissioner shall be for three years and until the election or appointment and qualification of his successor. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor or by an election to fill the vacancy for an unexpired term. No person shall be qualified to hold office as commissioner under this article unless such person be a duly qualified elector of Collier County, Florida, and be a freeholder in said Naples Harbor District, and live within its boundaries. The commissioners as named herein shall have 90 days from the passage of this Act and its becoming a law in which to file their respective bonds as commissioners of said Naples Harbor District. Failure to file said bond or bonds within 90 days, as provided herein, shall create a vacancy or vacancies in said board of commissioners for every commissioner herein named that fails within said 90 days to file bond or bonds, as required by this section. Each commissioner under this article, before he assumes the duties of such, shall be required to give to the Naples Harbor District a good and sufficient bond with not less than two sureties or a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, in the sum of $5,000.00 conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The bonds so given by each commissioner shall be approved by and filed with the secretary of the board of commissioners of Naples Harbor District, except the bonds so given by the three commissioners herein named shall be approved by the board of county commissioners of Collier County, Florida, and failure of any person at any time elected as commissioner, within 30 days after his election or appointment to give such bond shall create a vacancy in said commission.

The commissioners under this article shall be paid not to exceed $5.00 a day for each day's actual service rendered by such commissioners to the Naples Harbor District in pursuance of their duties as such commissioners, provided, however, that no commissioner or commissioners shall be paid more than the sum of $150.00 during any one year and that the per diem herein provided shall apply to services rendered in the inspection of work performed under this article.

At least once each year the board of commissioners of said Naples Harbor District shall have and cause to be made an audit by a competent accountant of all the books, accounts and records of said board of commissioners and of the secretary and engineer of said district, the compensation for such auditor or accountant to be fixed by the board of commissioners of said Naples Harbor District.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 14766 (1931), § 3; Laws of Fla. ch. 18036 (1937), § 2)