Membership of Board: Number of Members; Manner of Appointment

The Board of the Law Library established in § 9202 of this Chapter shall consist of nine

(9)members and shall be constituted as follows:

(a)the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam may appoint himself or herself, or one

(1)Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to serve ex officio as a trustee or, in the event a Justice chooses not to so serve, he shall appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee for a term of three

(3)years;

(b)the Judge of the District Court may appoint himself or herself to serve ex officio as a trustee or, in the event he chooses not to serve, he may appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the District Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee; provided, that if there be more than one

(1)Judge of the District Court, such Judges may appoint one

(1)of their number to so serve, they may appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the District Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee to a term of four

(4)years;

(c)the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court may appoint himself or herself, or one

(1)Judge of the Superior Court to serve ex officio as a trustee or, in the event a Judge chooses not to serve, the Presiding Judge shall appoint a Law Clerk in the employ of the Superior Court or a member of the Guam Bar to serve as trustee for a term of three

(3)years;

(d)the Judicial Council shall appoint one

(1)trustee who is a member of the Guam Bar for a term of four

(4)years;

(e)the Chairman of the committee that has oversight of the judiciary of I Liheslaturan Guåhan shall appoint one

(1)trustee who is a member of the Guam Bar for a term of two

(2)years expiring no later than the last day of the legislative term in which the appointment occurred;

(f)the Director of the Guam Public Library System shall be a trustee ex officio;

(g)I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall appoint one

(1)trustee who is a member of the Guam Bar for a term of four

(4)years expiring no later than the last day of I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi’s term in which the appointment occurred; and

(h)the President of the Guam Bar Association shall appoint two

(2)trustees who are members of the Guam Bar for a term of two

(2)years.