1995 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 25 - THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION
Sec. 577 - Board of directors

The governing body of the corporation is its board of directors, which during 1954, will comprise the following:

Bettin Stalling, of Illinois;

Stanley N. Barnes, of California;

Clarence A. Davis, of Nebraska;

Earl W. Kintner, of Indiana;

Lawrence H. Axman, District of Columbia;

Wendell Barnes, of Oklahoma;

William L. Ellis, of Michigan; and

Arthur J. Klayman, of Illinois,

who are currently members of the executive committee of the Federal Bar Association.

Thereafter the board of directors will consist of twelve persons elected, and subject to removal at any time, by majority vote of the members of the corporation. The term of office of the elected members of the board is for six years, except that, for the first elected board, four shall be elected for a term of two years, four for a term of four years, and four for a term of six years. Vacancies in the board of directors, caused by expiration of the members’ terms or otherwise, shall be filled by a majority vote of the members of the corporation.

The board of directors may exercise, or provide for the exercise of, the powers herein granted to the corporation, and each member of the board shall have one vote upon all matters determined. The board shall meet at least annually. The board may delegate its powers to a prudential committee subject to the direction of, and reporting to, the board. The president of the corporation shall act as chairman of the board and of the committee.

(Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 911, §7, 68 Stat. 798.)