14-658.   Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election;qualifications.Whenever any election shall have been held for the purpose ofdetermining whether bonds shall be issued for the purpose of acquiring asite, building and equipping such hospital and the electors of such cityhave declared by their votes in favor of the issuance of the same, thegoverning body shall proceed at once to appoint three trustees, chosen fromthe citizens of said city with reference to their fitness for such office,who shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The saidtrustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election,when three trustees shall be elected and hold their offices, one for oneyear, one for two years and one for three years. At each subsequent cityelection, the trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by thenomination and election of hospital trustee in the same manner as otherofficers are elected but at no time shall more than one member of the boardbe a physician.

      History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 4; L. 1971, ch. 59, §2; July 1.