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ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
3.1 Officers
The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer or a President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The
Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board of Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, a
Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.3 of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
3.2 Appointment of Officers
The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3 of these Bylaws,
shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any
contract of employment.
3.3 Subordinate Officers
The Board of Directors may appoint, or may empower the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President
to appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority
and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
3.4 Term of Office and Compensation
The term of office and salary of each of said officers and the manner and time of the payment of such salaries shall be fixed and determined
by the Board of Directors and may be altered by the Board of Directors from time to time at its pleasure, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer
under any contract of employment.
3.5 Removal or Resignation
(a) Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, all officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors
and any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of
Directors, or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be
conferred by the Board of Directors.
(b) Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation
under any contract to which the officer is a party. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time
specified in that notice, and, unless otherwise necessary to make it effective, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
3.6 Vacancies
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed
by these Bylaws for regular appointments to that office.
3.7 Chairman of the Board
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall have the power to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall
have such other powers and shall be subject to such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as may be
prescribed by these
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