CHARTER OF THE CLAIBORNE COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Articles of Incorporation of the undersigned, all of whom are citizens
of the United States, desiring to form a Non-Profit Corporation under
the Non-Profit Corporation Law of Tennessee do hereby certify:
First: The name of the Corporation shall be
The Claiborne County Historical and Genealogical Society.
Second: The place in this state where the principal
office of the Corporation is the city of Tazewell, Claiborne County.
Third: Insignia. A suitable in insignia may be
designated and proudly displayed on the stationary and publications of
the society.
Fourth: Motto. Our motto shall be
"We ore Proud Products or Our Past"
and shall be included in the insignia and elsewhere.
Fifth: Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable,
religious, educational, historical, genealogical and scientific
purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to
organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under
section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding
section of any future federal tax code.
Sixth: No part of the net earnings of the corporation
shall inure to benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees
officers, or other private persons, except that the corporation shall be
authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services
rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the
purposes set forth in Article Third hereof. No substantial part of the
activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or
otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the corporation shall
not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or
distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or
in opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any
other provision of these articles, the corporation shall not carry on
any other activities not permitted to be carried on
(a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under
section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding
section of any future federal tax code, or
(b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under
section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding
section of any future deferral tax code.
Seventh: Upon the dissolution of the corporation,
assets shall be
distributed for one or more exempt proposes within the meaning of
section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding
section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the
deferral government, or to a state or local government, for a public
purpose. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a
Court of Competent Jurisdiction of the county in which the principal
office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes
or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine,
which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.