Section 444. Annual meeting; notice; voting

The  annual meeting of the
  shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in  January  in
  each  year  at a place within the state to be determined by the board of
  directors. Notice of the time and place of holding such  election  shall
  be  given  by  publication  thereof,  at least once in each week for two
  successive weeks immediately preceding such  election,  in  a  newspaper
  published  in  the city of New York and by mailing a copy of such notice
  postage prepaid to each shareholder of the savings  and  loan  bank  not
  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  forty  days before the holding of such
  meeting. Each member  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  to  such
  additional  votes  not exceeding one vote for every share of the capital
  standing in its name on the books of the savings and loan  bank  as  the
  by-laws  may  prescribe.  Such vote or votes may be cast by mail when so
  provided in the by-laws.