The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-14

least three persons and shall DO no.
knowlcdged by them before an officer
by the law Of this state to
take acknowledgements to deeds. The
said certificate, so signed and ncknowl-
edged. shall be presented to the Stnte
Corporation Commission which shall ex-
anime the Same and ascertain whether
the applicants have, BY complying with
the requirements OF law. entitled them,
selves to q charter. II the state Corpora
ton Commission finds that the appll-
cants have become entitled to a charter,
they shall SO notify them, or their agent
or attorney. SO soon thereafter. provided
1t be- within period OF thirty days, as
the applicants may present to the State
Corporation Commission receipt show
Ing the payment OF the fee. II any, re-
qulred by law to be paid to the Sta to
upon the said charter. then the Sta to
Corporation Commission shall issue an or
der to be attached to said certificate. or
endorsed thereon. In such form as It
may devise, showing that the applicants
have entitled themselves to a charter.
and may become corporation under
the corporate name set forth In the ap-s
plication. The original certificate, with
the order Of the commission attached
thereto or endorsed thereon, shall be pre-
served among the records Of said COM
mission. The said commission shall fur
nish to the applicants. or their agent or
attorney, a copy OF the said charter, un-,
der the seal OF the comm Ission, for which
lhe charges allowed by law may be made.
The applicants shall, within thirty days
from the time they receive said copy Of
the charter cause the same to be lodged
for recordation In the office OF the clerk
OF the Circuit Court OF the county, or
OF the Circuit. Corporation or Chancery
Courts OF the corpora ton. wherein the
principal office OF the corporation Is to be
located. to the end that the said copy
may be recorded In the said clerks Of
flee. The clerk Of the said court shall
forthwith record the said copy of the
charter in book, to be provided and
kept for that purpose In his office, and
when so recorded the fact and date Of
recordatlon shall be endorsed upon the
said copy. and the clerk shall at once
return the same to the State Corporation.
Commission, where It shall be preserved
as a record OF the charter in the office
OF the, said commission.
AS soon as the saidscopy Of the charter
shall have been lodged for recordation
In the office. of the clerk Of the said
court the persons who signed and ac-
knowledged said certificate. and their sue
cessors, and such other persons as
may be associated with them, according
to the provisions Of the law. or Of their
charter, shall be a body polite and cor
porate, by the name set forth n5the said
certificate. with the powers and upon the
terms set forth therein; and. In addition.
shall have all the general powers and be
subject to all the general restrictions and
liabilities conferred and imposed by this.
act and by the laws OF this State, now
existing, or as the same may. be altered
and amended from time to time. in so
far as they may he applicable to the said
corporation and the business It proposes
to conduct. @
"A copy OF the said charter, duly certi-
fled BY the clerk Of the court wherein
the same is recorded. as hereinbefore pro-
vlded, shall be received as evidence OF
the incorporation OF the corporation in
all the courts OF this Commonwealth.