§ 163 -   Composition

§ 3-163. Composition

The board of school commissioners of said city shall be composed of fourteen school commissioners, two each from wards one through seven inclusive, who shall be elected as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided. Anything contained herein or in the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, all candidates for the board of school commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis. No reference shall be made on an election ballot to a candidate's political affiliation or to the endorsement of any such candidate by political party or parties.