The first members were appointed by the Government alone, and after each year 12 of them would resign, after which the Council proposed a list from which the Government would then pick 12 new candidates and appoint them to serve on the Council.
Prve članove imenovala je vlada sama, a poslije bi svake godine, nakon što bi 12 njih istupalo, vijeće predložilo vladi popis između kojih bi onda vlada birala članove.