Each member of the board shall, before entering upon the duties of the member's office, be sworn to a faithful and impartial discharge thereof. The board shall organize at once by the choice of one of their number as chairperson, and one of their number as secretary, and shall have the power to employ all clerks and stenographers necessary to properly carry out the duties of their appointment.
Iowa Code § 679B.19
86 Acts, ch 1245, §944