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Bylaws. If there is not a President or a Chief Executive Officer, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also be the chief executive
officer of the Corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 3.8 of these Bylaws.
3.8 Chief Executive Officer
The powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer are:
(a) To act as the general manager and chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, to
have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation.
(b) To preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or if there be no Chairman
of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors.
(c) To call meetings of the shareholders and meetings of the Board of Directors to be held at such times and, subject to the limitations
prescribed by law or by these Bylaws, at such places as he or she shall deem proper.
(d) To affix the signature of the Corporation to all deeds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, obligations, bonds, certificates and other papers
and instruments in writing which have been authorized by the Board of Directors or which, in the judgment of the Chief Executive Officer,
should be executed on behalf of the Corporation; to sign certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation; and, subject to the direction of the
Board of Directors, to have general charge of the property of the Corporation and to supervise and control all officers, agents and employees of
the Corporation.
3.9 President
The powers and duties of the President are:
(a) To act as the general manager of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, to have general supervision,
direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation.
(b) To preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive
Officer or if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer, at all meetings of the Board of Directors.
(c) To affix the signature of the Corporation to all deeds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, obligations, bonds, certificates and other papers
and instruments in writing which have been authorized by the Board of Directors or which, in the judgment of the President, should be executed
on behalf of the Corporation; to sign certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation; and, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, to
have general charge of the property of the Corporation and to supervise and control all officers, agents and employees of the Corporation.
3.10 President Pro Tem
If neither the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, nor any Vice President is present at any
meeting of the Board of Directors, a President pro tem may be chosen to preside and act at such meeting. If neither the Chief Executive Officer,
the President nor any Vice President is present at any meeting of the shareholders, a President pro tem may be chosen to preside at such meeting.
3.11 Vice President
The titles, powers and duties of the Vice President or Vice Presidents shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. In case of the absence,
disability or death of the Chief Executive Officer, the
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