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HISTORIC PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF TEMPLE

A Non Profit Corporation

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

1. Registered Office and Agent

The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation. The registered office or the registered agent may be changed by resolution of the Board of Directors, upon making the appropriate filing with the Secretary of State.

2. Principal Office

The principal office of the Corporation shall be at 1302 North 7th Street, Temple, Texas 76501, provided that the Board of Directors shall have the power to change the location of the principal office.

3. Other Offices

The Corporation may also have other offices at such places, within or without the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors may designate, or as the business of the Corporation may require or as may be desirable.

ARTICLE II MEMBERS

1. Classes of Members

The Corporation shall have one class of members. Members must meet the following qualifications for membership: applying for membership in the Corporation by meeting such qualifications, completing such forms, and paying such membership fee or fees as shall from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.

2. Resignation

Any member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Secretary.

3. Transfer of Membership

Membership in this Corporation is not transferable or assignable.

4. Place of Meeting

The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Texas, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. If all of the members shall meet at any time and place either within or without the State of Texas and consent to the holding of a meeting, such meeting shall be valid without call or notice, and any corporate action may be taken at such meeting.

5. Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of members shall be held in November. The date, time and place shall be set by the board of directors. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work dissolution of the Corporation. In the event the Board of Directors fails to call the annual meeting at the designated time, any member may make demand that such meeting be held within a reasonable time, such demand to be made in writing by registered mail directed to any officer of the Corporation. If the annual meeting of members is not called within sixty (60) days following such demand, any member may compel the holding of such annual meeting by legal action directed against the Board of Directors, and all of the extraordinary writs of common law and of courts of equity shall be available to such member to compel the holding of such annual meeting.

6. Notice of Members' Meeting

Written or printed notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special

meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than five (5) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.

7. Special Members' Meetings

Special meetings of the members may be called by the President, the Board of Directors, by members having not less than one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting. Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the notice or executed waiver of notice may be conducted at a special meeting of the members. Any person or persons entitled hereunder to call a special meeting of members may do so only by written request sent by certified mail or delivered in person to the President or Secretary. The officer receiving the written request shall within ten (10) days from the date of its receipt cause notice of the meeting to be given in the manner provided by these Bylaws to all members entitled to vote at the meeting. If the officer does not give notice of the meeting within ten (10) days after the date of receipt of the written request, the person or persons calling the meeting may fix the time of meeting and give the notice in the manner provided in these Bylaws. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time or date when a meeting of members called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.

8. Voting of Members

Each member shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members, The vote of the majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the members present, or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present, shall be the act of the members meeting .

Any vote may be taken by voice or show of hands unless a member entitled to vote, either in person or by proxy objects, in which case written ballots shall be used.

9. Quorum of Members

Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or in these Bylaws, members holding ten percent (10%) of the votes entitled to be cast, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, once a quorum is present at a meeting of members, the members represented in person or by proxy at the meeting may conduct such business as may be properly brought before the meeting until it is adjourned, and the subsequent withdrawal from the meeting of any member or the refusal of any member represented in person or by proxy to vote shall not affect the presence of a quorum at the meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the members represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of members at which a quorum is not present may adjourn the meeting until such time and to such place as may be determined by a vote of the majority of the members represented in person or by proxy at that meeting.

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Board of Directors

To the extent not limited or prohibited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Directors need not be residents of the State of Texas or members of the Corporation unless the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws so require.

2. Number, Nomination and Election of Directors

a. Number of Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall be comprised of: The officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Past President) and a minimum of fifteen (15) at large members

b. Nomination of Board members

These Board of Directors Members shall be nominated by a nominating committee appointed by the president or by nomination from the floor at the annual meeting of the membership.

c. Election of Board of Directors

At the first annual meeting of members and at each annual meeting thereafter, the members shall elect directors. A director shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until said director's successor shall have been elected, appointed, or designated and qualified.

3. Removal

A director may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the persons entitled to elect, designate, or appoint the director. If the director was elected to office, removal requires an affirmative vote equal to the vote necessary to elect the director.

4. Resignation

A director may resign by providing written notice of such resignation to the Corporation. The resignation shall be effective upon the date of receipt of the notice of resignation or the date specified in such notice. Acceptance of the resignation shall not be required to make the resignation effective.

5. Vacancies and Increase in Number of Directors

Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of the previous director. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of members called for that purpose.

6. Regular Meeting of Directors

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held with notice at such time and place as may be from time to time determined by the Board of Directors.

7. Special Meetings of Directors

The Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board of Directors whenever requested to do so by the President or by two (3) or more directors. Such special meeting shall be held at the date and time specified in the notice of meeting. Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given at least two (2) days prior to the meeting.

8. Quorum and Voting of Directors

A quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors will consist of a majority of officers (3 out of 5) plus two (2) additional directors physically present

A director may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the director. No proxy shall be valid after three months from the date of its execution. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable, and unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.

In accordance with section 22.213 of the Texas Business Organizations Code, a director present by proxy at a meeting may not be counted toward a quorum.

9. Compensation

Directors, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at any meeting of the Board or Directors. A director shall not be precluded from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such services. Member of committees may be allowed similar compensation and reimbursement of expenses for attending committee meetings.

10. Action by Directors Without Meeting

Any action required by law to be taken at a meeting of Directors, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the Directors.

11. Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors in office, may designate and appoint one or more committees.

Committee Chairmen shall be nominated by the Board of Directors and elected by the membership at the annual meeting.

Each chairman of a committee shall continue as such until the next annual meeting of the members of the Corporation and until a successor is appointed, unless the committee shall be sooner terminated, or unless such member be removed from such committee, or unless such member cease to qualify as a member thereof.

Vacancies in the chairmanship of any committee may be filled by appointments approved by the Board of Directors.

Each committee may adopt rules for its own government not inconsistent with these Bylaws or with rules adopted by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

1. Number of Officers

The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Past President, and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of the Article. The Board of Directors may nominate such other officers, including one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers, as it shall deem desirable, such officers to have the authority and perform the duties prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary.

2. Nomination and Election of Officers and Term of Office

Officers shall be nominated by a nominating committee appointed by the president and/or by nomination from the floor at the annual meeting of the members. Officers shall then be elected by a majority vote at the annual meeting held in November of each year.The term of office shall be one year, except for the vice president who shall be president-elect, and until successors are elected and assume office.

3. Removal of Officers, Vacancies

Any officer elected or appointed may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in their judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby. The removal of an officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the officer so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

4. Powers of Officers

Each officer shall have, subject to these Bylaws, in addition to the duties and powers specifically set forth herein, such powers and duties as are commonly incident to that office and such duties and powers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate. All officers shall perform their duties subject to the directions and under the supervision of the Board of Directors. The President may secure the fidelity of any and all officers by bond or otherwise.

All officers and agents of the Corporation, as between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in theses Bylaws, or as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent with these Bylaws.

In the discharge of a duty imposed or power conferred on an officer of a Corporation, the officer may in good faith and with ordinary care rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, concerning the Corporation or another person, that were prepared or presented by: (1) one or more other officers or employees of the Corporation, including members of the Board of Directors; or (2) legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters the officer reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence.

An officer is not relying in good faith within the meaning of this section if the officer has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by this subsection unwarranted.

5. President

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall preside at all meetings of all directors and members. Such officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are carried out, subject however, to the right of the directors to delegate specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officers of the Corporation.

The President or any Vice-President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other instruments requiring a seal, in the name of the Corporation. When authorized by the board, the President or any Vice-President may affix the seal to any instrument requiring the same, and the seal when so affixed shall be attested by the signature of either the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

The President shall be ex-officio a member of all standing committees.

The President shall submit a report of the operations of the Corporation for the year to the directors and to the members at their annual meeting.

6. Vice-Presidents

The Vice-President, or Vice-Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and they shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

7. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the members and shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of the members and all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Assistant Secretaries shall in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary, and they shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

In the absence of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, the minutes of all meetings of the board and members shall be recorded by such person as shall be designated by the President or by the Board of Directors.

8. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of

Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain the Corporation's books of account and shall render to the President and directors an account of all of the Treasurer's transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation and exhibit the books, records and accounts to the President or directors at any time. The Treasurer shall disburse funds for capital expenditures as authorized by the Board of Directors and in accordance with the orders of the President, and present to the President's attention any requests for disbursing funds if in the judgment of the Treasurer any such request is not properly authorized. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Board of Directors or by the President.

If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the incumbent's possession or under the incumbent's control belonging to the Corporation.

The Assistant Treasurers in the order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the

Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer, and they shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

ARTICLE VI - INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

1. Indemnification

The Corporation shall have the full power to indemnify and advance expenses pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Business Organizations Code to any person entitled to indemnification under the provisions of the Texas Business Organizations Code.

2. Insurance

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a member, director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, employee benefit plan, other enterprise, or other entity, against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in such a capacity or arising out of his or her status as such a person, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against that liability. If the insurance or other arrangement is with a person or entity that is not regularly engaged in the business of providing insurance coverage, the insurance or arrangement may provide for payment of a liability with respect to which the Corporation would not have the power to indemnify the person only if including coverage for the additional liability has been approved by the members of the Corporation.

Without limiting the power of the Corporation to procure or maintain any kind of insurance or other arrangement, the Corporation may, for the benefit of persons indemnified by the Corporation, (1) create a trust fund; (2) establish any form of self-insurance; (3) secure its indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or other lien on the assets of the Corporation; or (4) establish a letter of credit, guaranty, or surety arrangement. The insurance or other arrangement may be procured, maintained, or established within the Corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors regardless of whether all or part of the stock or other securities of the insurer or other person are owned in whole or part by the Corporation. In the absence of fraud, the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other person participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability, on any ground, regardless of whether directors participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance or arrangement.

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

1. Waiver of Notice

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any member or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the Texas Business Organizations Code, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

2. Meetings by Telephone Conference, Electronic or Other Remote Communications

Technology

Subject to the provisions required or permitted by the Texas Business Organizations Code and these Bylaws for notice of meetings, members of the Corporation, members of the Board of Directors, or members of any committee may participate in and hold a meeting of such members, board, or committee by means of: (1) conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other; or (2) another suitable electronic communications system, including videoconferencing technology or the Internet, only if: (a) each member entitled to participate in the meeting consents to the meeting being held by means of that system; and (b) the system provides access to the meeting in a manner or using a method by which each member participating in the meeting can communicate concurrently with each other participant. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

3. Seal

The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal in such form as the Board of Directors may determine.

The Corporation shall not be required to use the corporate seal and the lack of the corporate seal shall not affect an otherwise valid contract or other instrument executed by the Corporation.

4. Contracts

The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, in addition to the officers so authorized by these Bylaws, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

5. Checks, Drafts, etc.

All checks, drafts or other instruments for payment of money or notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

6. Deposits

All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

7. Gifts

The Board of Directors may accept on behalf of the Corporation any contribution, gift, bequest or devise for the general purposes or for any special purpose of the Corporation.

8. Books and Records

The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the members, Board of Directors, and committees and shall keep at the registered office or principal office in this State a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote. A member of the Corporation, on written demand stating the purpose of the demand, has the right to examine and copy, in person or by agent, accountant, or attorney, at any reasonable time, for any proper purpose, the books and records of the Corporation relevant to that purpose, at the expense of the member.

9. Financial Records and Annual Reports

The Corporation shall maintain current true and accurate financial records with full and correct entries made with respect to all financial transactions of the Corporation, including all income and expenditures, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices. All records, books, and annual reports (if required by law) of the financial activity of the Corporation shall be kept at the registered office or principal office of the Corporation in this state for at least three years after the closing of each fiscal year and shall be available to the public for inspection and copying there during normal business hours. The Corporation may charge for the reasonable expense of preparing a copy of a record or report.

10. Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as determined by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VIII - CONSTRUCTION

1. Pronouns and Headings

All personal pronouns used in these Bylaws shall include the other gender whether used in masculine or feminine or neuter gender, and the singular shall include the plural whenever and as often as may be appropriate. All headings herein are for convenience only and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of these Bylaws.

2. Invalid Provisions

If any one or more of the provisions of these Bylaws, or the applicability of any such provision to a specific situation, shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable, and the validity and enforceability of all other provisions of these Bylaws and all other applications of any such provision shall not be affected thereby.

ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

The Board of Directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws, or adopt new Bylaws, unless the

Articles of Incorporation or the Texas Business Organizations Code limits such powers. Unless the Articles of Incorporation or a bylaw adopted by the members provides otherwise as to all or some portion of these Bylaws, the members may amend or repeal these Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws even though the Bylaws may also be amended, repealed, or adopted by the Board of Directors.

Two (2) weeks written notice is required before a vote can be taken to change the bylaws.

A 2/3 majority of the board of directors at a board of directors meeting/ or the members present at the annual meeting or a called meeting of the membership is required to amend the bylaws.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on October 21, 2007.

CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

I certify that I am the duly elected and acting secretary of HISTORIC PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF TEMPLE and that these Bylaws constitute the Corporations Bylaws. These Bylaws were duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on October 21, 2007.

Dated: October 21, 2007

By: ____________________________

Name: CHRISTIE HOUSTON

Title: Secretary