Board of Directors - Membership - Succession - Agents of

state.

A. The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society

shall consist of not more than twenty-five (25) members, with the

Governor as an ex officio member. In addition to any appointing

authority of the Governor, the Governor shall appoint one at-large

member of the Board of Directors who shall be a surviving lineal

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descendant of Will Rogers, if there is a descendant who chooses to

serve and if such descendant otherwise satisfies the conditions and

qualifications of the Society’s constitution or bylaws for

appointment as an at-large member. The number of members of the

Board may be decreased by act of the Legislature or by act of the

Society by amending its constitution. Each member of the Board of

Directors shall hold office until the successor of the member is

elected and qualified pursuant to the provisions of the constitution

of the Society or as otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Historical

Preservation Act, Section 1.1 et seq. of this title. If at any time

the provisions of the Society's constitution or bylaws are in

conflict with statutory provisions relating to appointment of

members by congressional district, statutory provisions shall

prevail.

B. Members of the Board of Directors are hereby declared to be

agents of the State of Oklahoma.