61 - Directors from districts.

§ 61. Directors from districts. The by-laws may provide for the use of  one  or  more  of  the  following:  (a)  that the territory in which the  corporation has members shall be divided into designated districts,  and  that  directors  shall be nominated or elected therefrom in a designated  number and  manner,  either  by  the  members  therein  or  by  district  delegates  elected  by  such  members or by the membership at large; (b)  that primary nominations or elections shall be held in each district  to  nominate the directors apportioned to such districts and that the result  of  all  such  primary  elections  may  be  ratified by the next regular  meeting of the  corporation  or  may  be  considered  final  as  to  the  corporation;  (c)  that,  in  the  case  of  a  corporation having local  associations, incorporated or otherwise, affiliated with it or a  member  of  it,  election  of  a  designated  number  of directors may be by the  members of such local association at  a  meeting  thereof,  followed  by  transmission  of  the  ballots and of a certified canvass thereof to the  annual meeting of the corporation; (d) that one or more directors may be  appointed  by  any  public  official  or  commission  or  by  the  other  directors. Directors so appointed shall represent primarily the interest  of  the  general  public in such corporation; need not be members of the  corporation; and shall not constitute more than one-fifth of the  entire  number of directors.