218 - Stewards at race meetings.

§  218.  Stewards  at  race meetings. There shall be three stewards to  supervise each running race meeting conducted pursuant to  sections  two  hundred  five  and two hundred six of this article. One of such stewards  shall be the official steward of the board, one shall  be  appointed  by  the  jockey club or by the national steeplechase and hunt association as  may be appropriate, and  one  shall  be  appointed  by  the  corporation  conducting  such  race meeting. Such stewards shall exercise such powers  and perform such duties at each race meeting as may be prescribed by the  rules of the state racing and wagering  board.  During  the  absence  or  inability to act of an official steward of the board, or in the event of  the  failure  or  inability to appoint either of the other two stewards,  the powers and duties of such steward shall be exercised  and  performed  without  compensation  by  a member of the board designated by the board  for that purpose.