ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
Eugene Folklore Society,
a Non-Profit Corporation
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT
Percy Hilo,
Nancy Hohl Campbell,
David Reich,
a natural person, or if more than one,
each a natural person of the age of eighteen years or more,
do hereby incorporate the corporation named herein
and hereby do adopt, execute and verify,
in duplicate,
the following Articles of Incorporation thereof:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is
Eugene Folklore Society
and its duration shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE II
The purpose or purposes for which said corporatrion is organized are:
Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable,
religious, educational, 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 of 1954
(or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).
ARTICLE III
The address, including street and number,
of the initial registered office of the corporation is:
2240-12 Patterson St., Eugene, Oregon, 97405
and the name of the initial registered agent at such address is:
Nancy Hohl Campbell.
ARTICLE IV
The number of the directors constituting the initial board of directors
shall be three (3)
and the respective names and addresses (including street and number)
of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors are:
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Name
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Address
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(Include city, state, ZIP)
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Percy Hilo
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264 High St., Eugene, Oregon 97401
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Nancy Hohl Campbell
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2240-12 Patterson St., Eugene, Oregon 97405
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David Lee Reich
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1769 Orchard St., Eugene, Oregon 97403
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ARTICLE V
The name and address, including number and street, of each of the incorporators, is:
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Name
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Address
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(Include city, state, ZIP)
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Percy Hilo
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264 High St., Eugene, Oregon 97401
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Nancy Hohl Campbell
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2240-12 Patterson St., Eugene, Oregon 97405
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David Lee Reich
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1769 Orchard St., Eugene, Oregon 97403
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ARTICLE VI
(1)
No part of the net earnings of the corporation
shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to
its members, directors, 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 Second 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 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 of 1954
(or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal revenue Law)
or
(b)
by corporation, contribtions 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).
ARTICLE VII
(1)
Upon dissolution of the corporation,
the Board of Directors shall,
after paying of making provision for the payment
of all the liabilities of the corporation,
dispose of all of the assets of the corporation
exclusively for the purposes of the corporation
in such manner, or to such organization or organizations
organized and operated exclusively
for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes
as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations
under section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue code of 1954
(or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal revenue Law),
as the Board of Directors shall determine.
Any such assets not so disposed of
shall be disposed of by the Court of common Pleas
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
we, the undersigned incorporators,
declare under penalties of perjury
that we have examined the foregoing document
and to the best of our knowledge and belief,
it is true, correct, and complete.
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Dated
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(signed) David Lee Reich
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(signed) Nancy Hohl Campbell
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February 25, 1978.
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(signed) Percy Hilo
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NOTE:
See the Oregon Non-profit Corporation Law,
Chapter 61 of the Oregon Revised Statutes,
which provides that one or more persons may incorporate a corporation
under Oregon's Non-profit Corporation Law
by signing, verifying and delivering
Articles of Incorporation in duplicate
to the Oregon Corporation Commissioner at Salem, Oregon
accompanied by a filing fee of $10
and that at least three directors are required;
space is provided in Article VI of the form
for setting forth any provision not inconsistent with the law
for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation,
including any provision for the distribution of assets
on dissolution or final liquidation.
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