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14.3 Reliance by Third Parties. Any certificate executed byan individual who, according to the records of the 4M Fund, or of any official or public body or office in which this Declaration of Trust may be recorded, appears to be a Trustee hereunder or the Secretary or the Treasurer of the 4M Fund, certifying to: (i) the number or identity of Trustees or Participants; (ii) the due authorization of the execution of any instrument or writing; (iii) the form of any vote passed at a meeting of Trustees or Participants or taken pursuant to a vote of Participants; (iv) the fact that the number of Trustees or Participants present at any meeting or executing any written instrument satisfies the requirements of this Declaration of Trust; (v) the form of any By~ Law adopted by or the identity of any officers elected by the Trustees; or (vi) the existence of any fact or facts which in any manner relate to the affairs of the aM Fund, shall be conclusive evidence as to the matters so certified in favor of any Person dealing with the Trustees or any of them or the 4M Fund and the successors of such Person. 14.4 Provisions in Conflict with Law. The provisions of this Declaration of Trust are severable, and if the Trustees shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any one of more of such provisions (the "Conflicting Provisions") are in conflict with applicable federal or Minnesota Laws, the Conflicting Provisions shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of this Declaration of Trust; provided, however, that such determination by the Trustees shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this Declaration of Trust or render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted (including, but not limited to, the election of Trustees) prior to such determination. 14.5 Gender: Section Headines. (a) Words of the masculine gender shall mean and include correlative words of the feminine and neuter genders and words importing the singular number shall mean and include the plural number and vice versa. (b) Any headings preceding the texts of the several Articles and Sections of this Declaration of Trust and any table of contents or marginal notes appended to copies hereof, shall be solely for convenience of references and shall neither constitute a part of this Declaration of Trust nor affect its meaning, construction or effect. 14.6 Adoption by Municipalities Electin~ to Become Additional Participants: Resignation of Participants. (a) Any Municipality meeting the requirements of Section 1.2 hereof, may become an additional Participant of this 4M Fund by (i) taking any appropriate official action to adopt this Declaration of Trust, (ii) furnishing the Trustees with satisfactory evidence that such official action has been taken, and (iii) if requested by the Trustees, providing the Trustees with an opinion of counsel to the effect that such party desiring to become a Participant of the 4M Fund is a Municipality as defined herein. A copy of this Declaration of Trust may be adopted by executing a written instrument of adoption in such form as may be prescribed by the Trustees. Delivering an acknowledged copy of such instrument shall constitute satisfactory evidence of the adoption contemplated by this Section 14.6. (b) Any Participant may resign and withdraw from the 4M Fund by sending a written notice to such effect to the Chairman of the 4M Fund and the Administrator and by requesting the withdrawal of all funds then credited to its account within the 4M Fund. The written notice shall be in the form of a certified resolution of the Municipality Board or Council of the Participant, stating the Municipality Board or Council's intention to resign from the 4M Fund. 32 4,z