Section 31. (1) A municipal committee shall, from time to time, at a special meeting, appoint one of its members

31. (1) A municipal committee shall, from time to time, at a special meeting, appoint one of its members or some other person to be its secretary, and may at a like meeting remove any person so appointed. (2) If a secretary is a member of the committee, he shall receive no remuneration in respect of his services. If he is not a member of the committee, the committee may, with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, assign to him any such pay as it thinks fit.