Section 5-A. There shall be established and constituted in such cities a civil service commission, consisting of five civil service commissioners, two of whom shall be appointed by the mayor of such cities, and two of whom shall be appointed by the city controller of such cities, and the four commissioners so appointed shall elect a fifth commissioner within thirty days after their appointment, and they shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are severally appointed and qualified. Vacancies in the office of civil service commissioner shall, in like manner, be filled for the remainder of the term by the appointing power which appointed the person whose vacancy is to be filled. The commissioners shall elect from among their own number a president and secretary. Each commissioner shall qualify by filing with the mayor an oath to perform the duties of his office faithfully and without fear or favor. The civil service commission existing prior to the thirtieth day of of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, as constituted and provided for by section five A of article nineteen of the said act, approved the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, as amended by said act, approved the thirteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, abolished.
(5-A amended May 19, 1937, P.L.722, No.187)