P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 115
A Mining Commission is hereby created, attached to the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico and consisting of one representative of the Planning Board, another of the Department of Transportation and Public Works, another of the Department of Agriculture, another of the Department of Justice, another of the Department of Health, another of the Department of the Treasury, another of the Economic Development Administration and two representatives of the public interest. The said Commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor and each of them shall perform his duties until the Governor shall have designated his successor. The Governor shall designate one of the said Commissioners as Chairman of the Commission, and the said Chairman may, in turn, designate any other Commissioner to act as chairman in the event of his absence or inability to act as such. The Commission shall appoint with the approval of the Governor, an Executive Secretary who shall fulfill the office at the will of the Commission and until his successor is appointed and qualifies. The Commission shall determine the duties, powers and compensation of the Executive Secretary.
History —Aug. 18, 1933, No. 9, p. 32, § 4; Oct. 6, 1954, No. 6, p. 48, § 1; subdivided and renumbered as § 3 and amended on June 27, 1969, No. 96, p. 257, § 4; May 28, 1970, No. 47, p. 113, § 1.