SWORD COMP SOFT CORP
SB-2, EX-3, 2000-10-19
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                                  Exhibit 3.2

                                    BY - LAWS

                                       OF

                              SWORD COMP-SOFT CORP.

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                               ARTICLE I - OFFICES

SECTION 1.  REGISTERED  OFFICE.  The registered  office shall be established and
maintained at 721 S.E. 17th Street,  suite 200, Fort  Lauderdale in the state of
Florida.

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may have other offices,  either within
or  without  the  State of  Delaware,  at such  place or  places as the Board of
Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the  corporation  may
require.

                      ARTICLE II - MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION I. ANNUAL MEETINGS.  Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of
directors  and for such  other  business  as may be stated in the  notice of the
meeting,  shall be held at such  place,  either  within or without  the State of
Delaware,  and at such time and date as the Board of Directors,  by  resolution,
shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting.  In the event the
Board of Directors  fails to so determine  the time,  date and place of meeting,
the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the
corporation in Florida on 721 S.E. 17th Street, suite 200, Fort Lauderdale.

If the date of the annual meeting shall upon a legal holiday,  the meeting shall
be held on the  next  succeeding  business  day.  At each  annual  meeting,  the
stockholders  entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and may transact
such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2. OTHER MEETINGS.  Meetings of stockholders  for any purpose other than
the election of directors may be held at such time and place,  within or without
the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 3. VOTING.  Each  stockholder  entitled to vote in  accordance  with the
terms and provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws shall
be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled
to vote held by such stockholder,  but no proxy shall be voted after three years
from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Upon the demand of
any stockholder, the vote for directors and upon any question before the meeting
shall be by ballot.  All elections  for  directors  shall be decided by majority
vote except as otherwise  provided by the  Certificate of  Incorporation  or the
laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 4.  STOCKHOLDER  LIST.The  officer who has charge of the stock ledger of
the  corporation  shall at least 10 days  before  each  meeting of  stockholders
prepare a complete  alphabetical  addressed list of the stockholders entitled to
vote at the ensuing election,  with the number of shares held by each. Said list
shall be open to the examination of any stockholder,  for any purpose germane to
the meeting,  during ordinary  business hours, for a period of at least ten days
prior to the meeting,  either at a place within the city where the meeting is to
be held. Which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not
so  specified,  at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list shall be
available for inspection at the meeting.

SECTION 5. QUORUM.  Except as otherwise  required by law, by the  Certificate of
Incorporation  or by these  By-Laws,  the  presence,  in person or by proxy,  of
stockholders  holding  twenty  percent  (20 %) of the  stock of the  corporation
entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the  stockholders.
In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting,  a majority in interest of
the stockholders entitled to vote thereat,  present in person or by proxy, shall
have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time,  without  notice other than
announcement  at the meeting,  until the requisite  amount of stock  entitled to
vote shall be  present.  At any such  adjourned  meeting at which the  requisite
amount of stock  entitled  to vote shall be  represented,  any  business  may be
transacted  which  might  have been  transacted  at the  meeting  as  originally
noticed;  but  only  those  stockholders  entitled  to  vote at the  meeting  as
originally  noticed shall be entitled to vote at any  adjournment or adjournment
thereof.

SECTION 6.  SPECIAL  MEETINGS.  Special  meetings of the  stockholders,  for any
purpose,  unless  otherwise  prescribed  by  statute  or by the  Certificate  of
Incorporation,  may be  called  by the  president  and  shall be  called  by the
president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the  directors
or  stockholders  entitled to vote.  Such request shall state the purpose of the
proposed meeting.

SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS.  Written notice, stating the place, date and time
of the meeting,  and the general nature of the business to be considered,  shall
be given to each  stockholder  entitled  to vote  thereat  at his  address as it
appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor more than fifty
days before the date of the meeting.

SECTION 8. BUSINESS TRANSACTED. No business other than that stated in the notice
shall be  transacted  at any meeting  without the  unanimous  consent of all the
stockholders entitled to vote threat.

SECTION  9.  ACTION  WITHOUT  MEETING.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  the
Certificate of  Incorporation,  whenever the vote of  stockholders  at a meeting
thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection  with any  provisions
of the  statutes or the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  or these  By-Laws,  the
meeting and vote of  stockholders  who would have been entitled by vote upon the
action if such meeting  were held,  shall  consent in writing to such  corporate
action being taken.


                             ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

         SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM. The number of directors shall be three (3).
The directors  shall be elected at the annual  meeting of the  stockholders  and
each  directors  shall be elected to serve until his successor  shall be elected
and shall qualify. The number of directors nay not be less than three (3) except
where all the shares of the corporation are owned  beneficially and of record by
either one or two  stockholders,  the number of directors may be less than three
(3) but not less than the number of stockholders.

         SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS.  Any director,  member of a committee or other
officer may resign at any time. Such resignation  shall be made in writing,  and
shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at
the time of its receipt by the  President  or  Secretary.  The  acceptance  of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

         SECTION  3.  VACANCIES.  If the  office  of any  director,  member of a
committee or other officer  becomes vacant,  the remaining  directors in office,
though less than a quorum by a majority vote,  may appoint any qualified  person
to fill such  vacancy,  who shall hold office for  unexpired  term and until his
successor shall be duly chosen.

         SECTION 4. REMOVAL. Any director or directors may be removed either for
or  without  cause  at any  time by the  affirmative  vote of the  holders  of a
majority  of all the shares of stock  outstanding  and  entitled  to vote,  at a
special meeting of the stockholders  called for a purpose and the vacancies thus
created  may be filled at the meeting  held for the  purpose of removal,  by the
affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote.

         SECTION 5. INCREASE OF NUMBER. The number of directors may be increased
by  amendment  of these  By-Laws by the  affirmative  vote of a majority  of the
directors,  though less than a quorum, or, by the affirmative vote of a majority
in interest of the  stockholders,  at the annual meeting or at a special meeting
called for that purpose, and by like vote the additional directors may be chosen
at such  meeting to hold office  until the next annual  election and until their
successors are elected and qualify.

         SECTION 6. COMPENSATION.  Directors shall not receive any stated salary
for their services as directors or as a member of committees,  but by resolution
of the  board  a  fixed  fee and  expenses  of  attendance  may be  allowed  for
attendance  at each  meeting.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall be construed to
preclude any director from serving the  corporation  in any other capacity as an
officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation thereof.

         SECTION 7. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.  Any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may
be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is
signed by all members of the board,  or such  committee  as the case may be, and
such written  consent is filed with the minutes of  proceedings  of the board or
committee.
                              ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

         SECTION 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall consist of a
President,  a Treasurer,  and a Secretary,  and shall be elected by the Board of
Directors  and  shall  hold  office  until  their  successors  are  elected  and
qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect a Chairman, one or more
Vice-Presidents  and such Assistant  Secretaries and Assistant  Treasurers as it
may deem proper.  None of the officers of  corporation  need be  directors.  The
officers  shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors  after
each annual meeting. More than two offices may be held by the same person.

         SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS.The Board of Directors may appoint
such officers and agents as it may deem advisable,  who shall hold their offices
for such terms and shall exercise such power and perform such duties as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 3.  CHAIRMAN.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors if one be
elected,  shall  preside at all meeting of the Board of  Directors  and he shall
have and perform  such other  duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
by the Board of Directors.

         SECTION  4.  PRESIDENT.  The  President  shall be the  chief  executive
officer  of the  corporation  and shall  have the  general  powers and duties of
supervision  and  management  usually  vested in the  office of  President  of a
corporation.  He shall  preside at all  meeting of the  stockholders  if present
thereat,  and in the  absence or  non-election  of the  Chairman of the Board of
Directors,  at all  meeting of the Board of  Directors,  and shall have  general
supervision, direction and control of the business of the corporation. Except as
the Board of  Directors  shall  authorize  the  execution  thereof in some other
manner, he shall execute bonds, mortgages,  and other contracts in behalf of the
corporation,  and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring
it and when so  affixed  the seal  shall be  attested  by the  signature  of the
Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer.

         SECTION 5.   VICE-PRESIDENT.  Each  Vice-President  shall  have such
powers and shall  perform  such duties as shall be assigned to him
by the directors.

         SECTION 6.  TREASURER.  The  Treasurer  shall  have the  custody of the
corporate  funds and  securities  and shall  keep full and  accurate  account of
receipts  and  disbursements  in books  belonging to the  corporation.  He shall
deposit  all  moneys  and other  valuables  in the name and to the credit of the
corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

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         The Treasurer  shall  disburse the funds of the  corporation  as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors, or the President,  taking proper vouchers for
such  disbursements.  He shall render to the President and Board of Directors at
the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it,
an account of all his  transactions as Treasurer and of the financial  condition
of the  corporation.  If required by the Board of  Directors,  he shall give the
corporation  a bond for the faithful  discharge of his duties in such amount and
with such surety as the board shall prescribe.

         SECTION 7.  SECRETARY.  The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given,
notice of all meetings of  stockholders  and  directors,  and all other  notices
required  by law or by these  By-Laws,  and in case of his absence or refusal or
neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto  directed
by the President, or by the directors,  or stockholders,  upon whose requisition
the  meeting is called as  provided in these  By-Laws.  He shall  record all the
proceedings of the meetings of the  corporation and of directors in a book to be
kept  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  keep  in  safe  custody  the  seal  of the
corporation,  and when  authorized by the Board of Directors,  affix the same to
any  instrument  requiring it, and when so affixed,  it shall be attested by his
signature or by the signature of any assistant secretary.

         SECTION 8.  ASSISTANT  TREASURERS  & ASSISTANT  SECRETARIES.  Assistant
Treasurers  and Assistant  Secretaries,  if any, shall be elected and shall have
such  powers  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  shall   assigned  to  them,
respectively, by the directors.

                                    ARTICLE V

         SECTION  1.  CERTIFICATES  OF  STOCK.  Every  holder  of  stock  in the
corporation  shall entitled to have a certificate,  signed by, or in the name of
the corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors,  or
the president or a vice-president  and the treasurer or an assistant  treasurer,
or the secretary of the  corporation,  certifying  the number of shares owned by
him in the  corporation.  If the  corporation  shall be authorized to issue more
than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the  designations,
preferences  and relative,  participating,  optional or other special  rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the  qualifications,  limitations,  or
restrictions  of such  preferences  and/or  rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate  which the  corporation  shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as other
wise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu
of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the
certificate  which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series
of stock, a statement that the  corporation  will furnish without charge to each
stockholder  who requests the powers,  designations,  preferences  and relative,
participating,  optional or other special  rights of each class of stock of such
preferences  and/or  rights.  Where  a  certificate  is  countersigned  (1) by a
transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar
other than the corporation or its employee, the signatures of such directors may
be facsimiles.

         SECTION 2. LOST  CERTIFICATES.  New certificates of stock may be issued
in the place of any certificate therefore issued by the corporation,  alleged to
have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their discretion, require
the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or his legal representatives,  to
give the  corporation  a bond,  in such sum as they may  direct,  not  exceeding
double  the value of the  stock,  to  indemnify  the  corporation  against it on
account of the alleged loss of any such new certificate.

         SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES.  The shares of stock of the  corporation
shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by
their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer
the old  certificates  shall be surrendered  to the  corporation by the delivery
thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers,  or
to such  other  persons as the  directors  may  designate,  by who they shall be
cancelled,  and new  certificates  shall thereupon be issued.  A record shall be
made of each  transfer  and  whenever  a transfer  shall be made for  collateral
security,  and not  absolutely,  it shall be so  expressed  in the  entry of the
transfer.

         SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS  RECORD DATE. In order that the corporation may
determine  the  stockholders  entitled  to notice of or vote at any  meeting  of
stockholders  or any  adjournment  thereof,  or to express  consent to corporate
action in  writing  without a meeting,  or  entitled  to receive  payment of any
dividend  or other  distribution  or  allotment  of any  rights,  or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or
for the purpose of any other lawful  action,  the Board of Directors may fix, in
advance,  a record  date,  which  shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten
days before the day of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other
action.  A  determination  of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting.

         SECTION 5.  DIVIDENDS.  Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available thereof
at any regular or special meeting,  declare  dividends upon the capital stock of
the corporation as and when they deem expedient.  Before declaring any dividends
there  may be set  apart  out of any  funds  of the  corporation  available  for
dividends,  such  sum or  sums as the  directors  from  time  to  time in  their
discretion   deem  proper  working   capital  or  as  a  reserve  fund  to  meet
contingencies  or for  equalizing  dividends  or for such other  purposes as the
directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the corporation.

         SECTION 6, SEAL. The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall
contain the name of the  corporation,  the year of its  creation  and the worlds
"CORPORATE  SEAL  DELAWARE".  Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile
thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

         SECTION 7. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the  corporation  shall
be  determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 8. CHECKS. All checks,  drafts, or other orders for the payment
of money,  notes or other  evidences of  indebtedness  issued in the name of the
corporation  shall be signed by the officer or officers,  agent or agents of the
corporation,  and in such  manner  as shall be  determined  from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors.

         SECTION 9. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required
by these  By-Laws to be given,  personal  notice is not meant  unless  expressly
stated,  and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by
depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
person  entitled  thereto at his  address  as it  appears in the  records of the
corporation,  and such  notice  shall be deemed to have been given on the day of
such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive
notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by statute.

         Whenever  any  notice  whatever  is  required  to be  given  under  the
provisions  of  any  law,  or  under  the  provisions  of  the   Certificate  of
Incorporation  of the corporation or these By-Laws,  a waiver thereof in writing
signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after
the time stated therein, shall be deemed proper notice.

          ARTICLE VI - CLOSE CORPORATIONS : MANAGEMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS

         If the certificate of Incorporation of the corporation  states that the
business and affairs of the corporation  shall be managed by the shareholders of
the corporation rather than by a board of directors,  then, whenever the context
so requires the shareholders of the corporation shall be deemed the directors of
the corporation for purpose of applying any provision of these By-Laws.

                            ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS

         These  By-Laws may be altered and  repealed  and By-Laws may be made at
any annual  meeting of the  stockholders  or at any special  meeting  thereof if
notice  thereof  is  contained  in the  notice of such  special  meeting  by the
affirmative  vote of a majority of the stock issued and  outstanding or entitled
to vote thereat,  or by the regular  meeting of the Board of  Directors,  at any
regular  meeting of the Board of  Directors,  or at any  special  meeting of the
Board of  Directors,  if  notice is  contained  in the  notice  of such  special
meeting.



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