Legal Authorities Governing Construction of By-Laws
15.01 The By-Laws shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. All references in the By-Laws to statutes, regulations, or other sources of legal authority shall refer to the authorities cited, or their successors, as they may be amended from time to time. Legal Construction
15.02 If any By-Law provision is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision and the By-Laws shall be construed as if the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had not been included in the By-Laws. Headings
15.03 The headings used in the By-Laws are used for convenience and shall not be considered in construing the terms of the By-Laws. 15.04 Wherever the context requires, all words in the By-Laws in the male gender shall be deemed to include the female or neuter gender, all singular words shall include the plural, and all plural words shall include the singular. Seal
15.05 The Board may provide for a corporate seal. Power of Attorney
15.06 A person may execute any instrument related to the Corporation by means of a power of attorney if an original executed copy of the power of attorney is provided to the Secretary of the Corporation to be kept with the Corporation records. Parties Bound
15.07 The By-Laws shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the members, Directors, Officers, committee members, employees, and agents of the Corporation and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors, and assigns except as otherwise provided in the By-Laws. CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
15.08. I certify that I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of the Corporation and that the foregoing By-Laws constitute the By-Laws of the Corporation. These By-Laws were duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on October 28, 1990, and amended at meetings of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 1992; October 25, 1992; October 23, 1994; November 5, 1995; March 31, 1996; October 27, 1996; June 1, 1997; August 22, 1999, May 19, 2001, August 20, 2004, April 25, 2007. Date : April 25, 2007
Jeremy B. Fein
University of Notre Dame
Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
156 Fitzpatrick Hall
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