North Dakota Century Code Title 10. Corporations § 10-30-07. Board of directors

1. All the corporate powers of the corporation shall be exercised by a board of not less than fifteen elected directors who shall be residents of North Dakota and, except in the case of the first board, representative of the various sections of the state as determined in the bylaws. The number of directors and their term of office shall be determined in the bylaws. If any vacancy occurs in the board of directors through death, resignation, or otherwise, the remaining directors may elect a person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting of the corporation.

2. The first board of directors shall adopt bylaws, which remain effective until amended or repealed by action of a subsequent board.

3. The first annual meeting shall be held at a date to be fixed by the board of directors as soon as reasonably possible after a minimum of twenty-five percent of the capital stock of the corporation shall have been paid into its treasury. The annual meeting shall be called in the manner provided by the bylaws. At the first annual meeting, and at each annual meeting thereafter, a majority of the elected directors shall be elected by a vote of the nonstockholder members of the corporation hereinafter provided for, and the remaining elected directors shall be elected by a vote of the stockholder members. The stockholder members shall have one vote for each share of stock. The nonstockholder members shall each have one vote, and each nonstockholder member having a loan limit as herein defined of more than ten thousand dollars shall have one additional vote in such election.