(a) The board of directors of each association shall consist of not less than 5 members. The board shall manage the affairs of the association and shall perform such other duties as are specifically imposed upon the board by this chapter.

(b) The bylaws of the association shall provide a method by which directors shall be nominated and elected, and may provide that the territory in which the association has stockholders shall be divided into districts, and may apportion the directors to be elected to the respective districts on the basis either of the number of stockholders or the quantity of the commodities produced for sale through the association in the respective districts. Meetings for the nomination and election of directors may be held by the stockholders either at the principal office of the corporation, or at district or local meetings of the stockholders held at the usual meeting places of local groups of stockholders that are organized for administrative purposes in the several communities, or by delegates or representatives chosen for that purpose by the stockholders in meetings assembled in the several local communities, as the bylaws may direct. Directors shall hold office until their successors enter upon the discharge of their duties. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms by the board of directors at any regular meeting, or at any special meeting called for that purpose.

(c) The board of directors shall be a continuing body, the term of one-third, or as near as may be, of whom shall expire each year, and the bylaws of the association shall so regulate the terms of directors, including the terms of additional directors that may be authorized from time to time, in order to make this principle effective.

41 Del. Laws, c. 132, § ?13; 3 Del. C. 1953, § ?8521;