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ARTICLE I. 



THE TRUSTEES 



1 . The Board of Trustees shall consist of fifteen members with 

 power to increase its membership to not more than twenty-one oi to reduce 

 its number to not less than seven. Provided, however, that a two-thirds 

 (7<3) vote of the full Board shall be necessary to effect an increase or decrease 

 in the number of members of the Board of Trustees. The reduction of the 

 number of Trustees may be effected by not filling vacancies or otherwise, 

 in such manner as the Board may from time to time determine. The 

 Trustees shall hold office continuously and not for a stated term. 



2. In case any Trustee shall fail to attend three successive annual 

 meetings of the Board, he shall thereupon cease to be a Trustee. 



3. If any Trustee shall be continuously absent from the Territory of 

 Hawaii for a period of six months without an especial commission from the 

 Board of Trustees, the Board shall have power to declare his office vacant. 



4. The place in the Board occupied by any Trustee absent from the 

 Island of Oahu for a period of six months or more, may be temporarily 

 filled by the Board of Trustees. 



5. No Trustee shall receive any compensation for his services as such. 



6. All vacancies in the Board of Trustees shall be filled by the 

 Trustees by ballot. No person shall be elected a Trustee who shall not 

 have been nominated at a preceding meeting, except by the unanimous 

 consent of the members present at the meeting. 



7. A majority of the members of the Board of Trustees shall cons- 

 titute a quorum. Less than a quorum, however, may fill vacancies in the 

 Board of Trustees or transact current business by the unanimous consent of 

 the members present, provided always, that there is not a quorum of the 

 Board on the Island of Oahu at the time the meeting is held. 



8. The Board shall have power to act by written resolution without 

 meeting, except as otherwise required by these by-laws with respect to 

 called meetings of the Board, in the following manner. A resolution in wri- 



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