A board of three members to be known as the
"Wilton Police Commission" hereby is established for the purpose of
organizing and maintaining a Police Department in the Town of Wilton.
The Police Commission members shall be known
as "Commissioners," all of whom shall be appointed by the Board of
Selectmen, no more than two of whom shall be members of the same political
party and none of whom shall hold any other office or membership on
any other board of the Town while serving as a Commissioner.
Commissioners shall serve without compensation,
except that their actual expenses and disbursements, where incurred
with the approval of the Board of Selectmen and in the performance
of their duties, shall be paid from the Town treasury.
Commissioners shall be sworn to the faithful
performance of their duties and shall be appointed for a term of two
years commencing on the first day of December except that of the original
three commissioners appointed by the Board of Selectmen, the term
of the first appointed shall end on December 1, 1969, and the term
of the second appointed shall end on December 1, 1970, and the term
of the third appointed shall end on December 1, 1971.
In the event of any vacancy upon the Police
Commission, the Board of Selectmen promptly shall appoint a Commissioner
to the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term.
