Paragraph 4

For article 14 there shall be substituted the following:—

“The board shall appoint from its own number a chairman and vice-chairman who shall hold office, if they continue to be members of the board, from the date of their appointment until the next four yearly appointment of members of the board.

The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board. In the event of the chairman being absent from any meeting the vice-chairman shall preside and in the absence of both the chairman and the vice-chairman the members present shall appoint a chairman for that meeting.

An appointment shall be made by lot in the event of an equality of votes in the appointment of (a) the chairman of the board (b) the vice-chairman of the board and (c) the chairman for any meeting in the absence of both the chairman and vice-chairman of the board.” .