Articles of Incorporation

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

DUNBAR, HAYWOOD COUNTY TRAINING

AND CARVER HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC

 

1.      The name of the corporation is Dunbar, Haywood

County Training and Carver High School Alumni Association, Inc.

 

2.      The duration of the corporation is perpetual.

 

3.      the address of the principal office of the

corporation in the State of Tennessee shall be 709 E.

Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 466, Brownsville, Tenn. 38012

 

4.      The corporation is not for profit.

 

5.      The purpose for which the corporation is

organized are:

 

A.  To preserve, promote, and record the cultural,

educational and social heritage of the institutions

formerly of Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, known

as Dunbar School, Haywood Training School and Carver High

School;

 

B.  To operate and function exclusively for charitable,

scientific literary, religions and educational purposes;

 

C.  To establish, own, operate, support, lease, manage,

conduct and or/or maintain one or more offices, institutions,

and/or other facilities within and/or outside the State of

Tennessee for use in the accomplishment of its purposes;

 

D. To establish, join, cooperate with and/or engage in

joint ventures, associations, groups corporations and/or

any other entity to advance and promote the purpose for

which it is organized and the general welfare within and

outside the State of Tennessee;

 

E.  To make loans, grants, awards, prizes and scholarships

Designed to accomplish its purposes;

 

F.  To engage in any activities which are appropriate or

Incidental to its purposes;

 

G.  To have and exercise all of the powers which are

permitted corporations by the Tennessee General Corporation

Act;

 

H.  Provided; no substantial part of the activities of the

corporation shall be to carry on propaganda or otherwise

attempt to influence legislation, and the corporation shall

not participate in any political campaign.

 

I.  Provided further, notwithstanding any other provision

of these articles, this corporation shall not carry on any

activity not permitted to be carried on by (1) a

corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section

501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the

corresponding provisions of any future United States

Internal Revenue Law or (ii) a corporation, contributions

to which are deductible under Section 170(c) (2) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding

provision of any future United States Internal Revenue

Law.

 

            6.  This corporation shall have members and any

person who has attended as a student, or been a paid faculty

member of any of the named institutions shall be eligible

for membership in the corporation.

 

            7.  The governing body of the corporation shall be a

Board of Directors. The directors shall be members and

shall be elected by the members for the term and in the

manner provided by the by-laws, except that there shall not

be less than seven (7) directors. By-laws of the

corporation shall be adopted by and may be amended or

repealed by a majority of the Board of Directors.

 

            8.  In the event of dissolution of the corporation,

the residual assets will be transferred and delivered to

one or more organizations which are exempt organizations

pursant to Sections 501 (c) (3) and 170(c) (2) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or corresponding provisions

of any prior or future Internal Revenue Code or to federal,

state or local governments exclusively for public

purposes.

 

            Dated:  August 15, 1985.

                                                    ____________________________

                                                    LAYMON A. JOHNSON, Incor-

                                                     porator



 

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