ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles, if any, may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, in rights or warrants relating thereto, or in any other form authorized by law.
Section 2. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board, or officers authorized by the Board, may, from time to time, designate.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on October 1, and close on September 30.
Section 4. Seal. The Corporation’s seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the numeral “1890” being the year of the incorporation of the Corporation, and the words “Corporate Seal, Missouri”. The seal may be used by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed, affixed, reproduced or otherwise.
Section 5. Closing of Transfer Books and Fixing of Record Dates. The Board shall have power to close the share transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change, conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that, in lieu of closing the share transfer books as aforesaid, the Board may fix in advance a date, not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or to any such allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares; and, in each such case, such shareholders and only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date of closing the share transfer books, or on the record date so fixed, shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares after such date of closing of the share transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.
Section 6. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of these Bylaws will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, and to give effect, to the fullest extent possible, the intent manifested thereby. If any provision or provisions of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any persons, entities or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions to any other persons or entities or in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including, without limitation,
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