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Okla. Bar Ass'n Bylaws art. IV
DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 1. PRESIDENT
The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, except where he or she shall designate the Vice-President to preside. He or she shall perform such other duties as the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors may entrust to him or her. He or she shall appoint the members of all standing committees and such special committees as may be deemed available and fill all vacancies in any committee. He or she shall also serve as a member of the Board of Governors.
Section 2. PRESIDENT-ELECT
The President-Elect shall serve on the Board of Governors. He or she shall generally inform himself or herself on the operation of the Association and the duties to be performed by him or her as President during the next year, and he or she shall perform any duties as may be imposed upon him or her by these Bylaws. At the request of the President, he may represent the Association on appropriate ceremonial occasion.
Section 3. VICE-PRESIDENT
The Vice-President shall preside at the meetings of the Association and of the House of Delegates in the absence of or at the request of the President-Elect. He or she shall perform such other duties as the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors may entrust to him or her. He or she shall also serve as member of the Board of Governors. Upon the disability of the President, or upon an emergency during the absence of the President from the State, the Board of Governors, in its discretion, may direct the Vice-President to discharge the duties of the President until the disability or the emergency ceases.
Section 4. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(a). The Executive Director shall keep the roster of the members of the Association and of the House of Delegates entitled to vote therein. He or she shall record and be the custodian of the minutes, journal and records of the Association and of the House of Delegates and of the Board of Governors.
(b). The Executive Director shall act as Treasurer, and be the custodian of the funds of the Association. No funds shall be withdrawn except in the manner approved by the Board of Governors.
(1) The expenditures of the Association shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association as promulgated by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
(2) The Executive Director shall maintain at all times a fidelity bond executed by a surety company as surety, the amount thereof and the surety to be approved by the Board of Governors.
(c). He shall supervise the office of the Association and its personnel and shall see that the work of the Association properly is performed. He or she shall also perform such other duties as the House of Delegates, the Board of Governors or the President of the Association may direct.
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