A Township Planning Commission, composed of nine members, appointed
in the manner provided by law, is hereby created and established in
and for the Township. The Township Planning Commission shall perform
all of the duties and may exercise any and all of the powers vested
by law in planning agencies in townships, provided that the individuals
constituting the Township Planning Commission now functioning in the
Township shall constitute the Planning Commission hereby created,
and nothing in this chapter shall affect the tenure of the present
Township Planning Commission. All vacancies hereafter occurring in
the Planning Commission, regardless of their cause, shall be filled
in accordance with the provisions of the law governing planning agencies
in townships at the time of the occurrence of the vacancy.