(a) Nine members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn. Officers may be appointed for the occasion in the absence of the regular officers.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 5108

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(b) The place of a trustee, who shall be absent from 3 successive stated meetings, shall be vacated unless the Board shall otherwise specially direct, and a vacancy thus created shall be filled as in other cases. A trustee appointed and not accepting at or before the next stated meeting shall be considered as declining and a new appointment shall be made.

Code 1852, §§ ?778, 779; 13 Del. Laws, c. 513, § ?5; Code 1915, § ?2336; Code 1935, § ?2778; 14 Del. C. 1953, § ?5108;