(620 ILCS 50/48) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 152)
    Sec. 48. Within ten days after the election of the five members of the Commission as hereinbefore provided, the chairman of the county board shall call a meeting of such members and he shall act as temporary chairman thereof. Two-thirds of the membership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Newly-elected members shall cast lots for their respective terms. The newly-elected members shall elect one of their number as President and one as Secretary. The President and Secretary so elected shall take office immediately and the County Airport Commission, so organized shall be reorganized on the first Wednesday in July of each succeeding year. The Commission shall elect such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall thereafter be officially known as the ".... County Airports Commission". They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the airports under their control as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this act, or the regulations of Federal and State Authorities. All records of such county airport commission shall be kept by and in the custody of the county clerk and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. The members of the Commission shall be county officers and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of such officers including quarters in the Court House, if convenient, and such stationery and office supplies as may be required to discharge their duties as such commissioners.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 594.)