                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION (§ 56-488)

The certificate of incorporation shall be entitled and endorsed
&#8220;Certificate of Incorporation of the&#8230;&#8230;.. Telephone
Co-operative&#8221; (the blank space being filled in with the distinguishing
part of the name of the cooperative) and shall state:

1. The name of the cooperative, which name need not contain the word
&#8220;corporation&#8221; or &#8220;incorporated&#8221; but shall be such as to
distinguish it from any other cooperative.

2. A reasonable designation of the territory in which its operations are
principally to be conducted.

3. The location of its principal office and post-office address thereof.

4. The maximum number of directors, not less than five.

5. The names and post-office addresses of the officers and directors who are to
manage the affairs of the cooperative for the first year of its existence, or
until their successors are chosen.

6. The period, if any, limited for the duration of the cooperative.

7. The terms and conditions upon which persons shall be admitted to membership
in the cooperative, and in the case of a cooperative incorporating with capital
stock a statement of the maximum and minimum amount of the capital stock of the
cooperative, and its division into shares.
			The certificate of incorporation may also contain any provision not
inconsistent with Title 13.1 which the incorporators may choose to insert for
the regulation of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the
cooperative; and any provision as to the plan of financial organization, or
relating to the internal regulation or government of the cooperative, its
directors and members.

HISTORY: 1950, p. 589; 1956, c. 434.