§ 23-11-213 - Board of directors -- Members.
23-11-213. Board of directors -- Members.
(a) The directors of every railroad corporation shall have the power to make bylaws, and the bylaws shall provide for a board of directors composed of not fewer than three (3) persons.
(b) (1) Directors shall be chosen at the stockholders' meeting by ballot and by a majority of the votes of the stockholders being present in person or by proxy.
(2) Every stockholder who is present, in person or by proxy, at the election or at any subsequent election of directors shall be entitled to vote the number of shares of stock which he or she owns for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or to cumulate his or her shares so as to give one (1) candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of shares of stock which he or she owns shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he or she shall determine.
(c) The directors shall serve for terms of one (1) year and until their successors are elected and qualified.