TAZEWELL, TENNESSEE
May 9, 2024
CHARTER OF
THE CLAIBORNE COUNTY HISTORICAL &
GENEALOGCAL 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 ection 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.