32-2-206. Directors -- meetings -- officers. (1) The conduct and management of the affairs and business of such association shall be vested in a board of directors which shall consist of not less than five or more than nine members.
     (2) Within 30 days after the corporate existence of an association begins, the directors of the association shall hold an organizational meeting and shall elect officers pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the bylaws. At the organizational meeting the directors shall take such other action as is appropriate in connection with beginning the transaction of business by the association. The department may extend, by order, the time within which the organizational meeting must be held.
     (3) The incorporators of the association shall serve as directors until the first meeting of the stockholders to be held at the time provided for by this chapter or until their successors are elected and qualified, after which the directors shall be elected by the stockholders of the association in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the bylaws of the association.
     (4) The directors, unless it is otherwise provided by the bylaws of the association, shall elect or appoint all the officers of the association. Such directors when appointed or elected shall file with the department their oath of office, as provided in election or appointment of bank directors. Meetings of the board of directors must be held at least once each month.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 57, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6355.7, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 170, Ch. 431, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 7-107; (2)En. Sec. 29, Ch. 5, L. 1983.