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An unincorporated club, society or association organized for purposes 

 for which a membership corporation may be created, may, by unanimous 

 vote of its members present and voting at a reguhir or reguhirly called 

 meeting thereof, authorize its directors to incorporate for the same pur- 

 poses, with a corporate name adopted at such meeting, if notice of such 

 intention so to incorporate be given at least thirty days before such meet- 

 ing, personally or by mail, to each member of such association, whose post- 

 office or post-office address is known. 



Such corporations cannot issue certificates of stock or be organized 

 for profit. 



The proper form of resolution authorizing the directors to incorporate 

 is as follows: 



WHEREAS, is an unincorporated club (society 



or association), organized for the following purposes, namely, 



and 



WHEREAS, thirty days prior to the date of this regularly convened 

 meeting notice of the intention to incorporate under the general provisions 

 of the law^s of the State of New York relating to membership corporations 

 was given to each member of said club (society or association), whose resi- 

 dence or post-office address is known, and a quorum being present, 



NOW, THEREFORE, upon motion duly made, seconded and unani- 

 mously carried, 



BE IT RESOLVED : That the directors of said 



be and they hereby are authorized 

 to incorporate the same, for the same purposes, namely, 

 under Article III of the Membership Corporations Law^ of the State of 

 New York, with a corporate name of 



which is hereby adopted as the 

 name of such membership corporation. 



After such a resolution has been adopted the corporation must be 

 organized by the directors, by five or more of them executing and filing a 

 certificate of incorporation. The members of such club or association then 

 become members of the corporation and all of the property or assets of 

 the association become the property of the corporation. 



The fees of the secretary of state are approximately $12.50. A form 

 of constitution suited to the purposes of such an organization as is sug- 

 gested will be found in the appendix. 



It is obviously impossible to give information similar to the above for 

 any considerable number of states and New York was selected as affording 

 as good an example as any. In nearly every community will be found a 

 sportsman attorney who will furnish information to any group of enthusi- 

 asts wishing to organize along the lines indicated. 



