Sec. 3. (a) The county executive of the county owning the tuberculosis hospital shall appoint a board of managers for the hospital consisting of four (4) residents of the county. Two (2) of the members must be licensed and practicing physicians. Not more than two (2) of the members may belong to the same political party. The board is a body corporate and politic.
(b) The term of office of each member of the board is four (4) years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. However, the first term of one (1) of the members expires annually. The members of the governing board are entitled to receive annual salaries not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) each and payment for actual and necessary traveling and other expenses.