1995 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 20 - NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP
Sec. 438 - Board of Directors
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES CHAPTER 20 - NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP Sec. 438 - Board of Directors |
| Contains | section 438 |
| Date | 1995 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 427, §8, 67 Stat. 564. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 67 Stat. 564 |
§438. Board of Directors (a) Composition
From August 13, 1953, until the final session of the next following annual conference, the governing body of the corporation, which shall exercise the powers herein granted to the corporation, shall be the persons named in section 431 of this title and such additional persons as shall be named by them. Thereafter, the governing body of the corporation shall be a board of directors consisting of such number (not less than ten including ex officio members) as the bylaws may prescribe. The Board of Directors shall be selected from the officers or members of the member agencies or organizations participating in the conference.
(b) ElectionThe members of the board of directors shall be elected for such term as the bylaws shall prescribe by a majority vote of the agencies and organizations sending delegates to, and participating in the annual conference, one vote to each such agency and to each such organization.
(c) MeetingsThe board shall meet at least once each year at such time and place as may be prescribed by the bylaws. The annual report of the board shall be presented at such meeting. Special meetings of the board may be called as prescribed by the bylaws.
(d) Executive committeeThe board shall designate three of its own members, who together with the president and the three vice presidents shall constitute the executive committee which, when the board is not in session, shall have and exercise the powers of the board subject to its direction and have the power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
(e) Executive director; professional staff membersAn executive director for the corporation shall be selected by the executive committee in keeping with qualifications and terms of employment adopted by such committee. Other professional staff members shall be nominated by the executive director and approved by the executive committee.
(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 427, §8, 67 Stat. 564.)
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 439 of this title.
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