Section 3
SEC. 3. The Chairman of the Commission shall be the chief executive officer thereof and shall have the powers conferred generally on heads of Bureaus and Offices. He shall equitably distribute the work of the Commission among the Associate Commissioners and the other employees thereof and see that these perform their duties to the best of their abilities: Provided, however, That the Commission shall meet as a body for consultation matters of special importance connected with its work, functions and aims. In such meetings, a majority the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In case of the absence, for any reason, of the Chairman, the Associate Commissioner who is senior according to the date of his appointment, or whose commission has been issued first in case the commissions of two or more members bear the same date, shall act as Chairman of the Commission; and in case of the absence, for any reason, of both the Chairman and said Associate Commissioner with seniority of appointment, the President shall designate one of the remaining Associate Commissioners to have charge of the Commission as Acting Chairman.