20 BULLETIN 530, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 



Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. 



We, the undersigned, residents of County, State of , who 



severally own property within said County, having a total insurable 



value of dollars, which we desire to insure, said property consisting of 



separate risks, hereby associate ourselves together as a body corporate, 



and for that purpose subscribe to and adopt the following articles of incorpora- 

 tion : 



Article I. The name of the corporation shall be Farmers' Mutual Fire 



Insurance Company. 



Art. II. The principal office of this company shall be located in . 



Art. III. The business of this company shall be to safeguard its members, so 

 far as possible, against property losses by reason of fire or lightning, and to 

 distribute among all the members, on the mutual-insurance plan, any loss by 

 fire or lightning which may occur in spite of all reasonable precautions. 



Art. IV. The business territory of this company shall be confined to . 



Art. V. Membership in this company shall be limited to persons who own or 

 have a substantial interest in farm or country risks or similar detached risks 

 within the limits of cities and villages which may be insurable under the rules 

 of the company, in compliance with the laws of the State of . 



Art. VI. The management of this company shall be vested in a board of 

 nine (9) directors, who shall be elected for such term and in such manner as 

 the by-laws shall provide. 



Art. VII. These articles of incorporation may be amended by a two-thirds 

 vote of the members present at any annual meeting or any regularly called special 

 meeting (a quorum being present), at least thirty (30) days' notice of such 

 proposed amendment having been given. 



Art. VIII. The duration of this corporation shall be years. 



Art. IX. Until the first regular meeting of the members, the following shall 

 act as a board of directors : 



( Name. ) ( Address. ) 



1. 



2. 



3. 



Etc, 



Signed (by incorporators) : 



(Name.) (Address.) 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 Etc 



