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PUBLIC LAW 389-JUNE 8, 1954

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documents or certificates shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated. UNAUTHORIZED ASSUMPTION OF CORPORATE POWERS

SEC. 139. All persons who assume to act as a corporation without authority so to do shall be jointly and severally liable for all debts and liabilities incurred or arising as a result thereof. FORMS TO B E F U R N I S H E D B T COMMISSIONERS

SEC. 140. All reports required by this Act to be filed in the office of the Commissioners shall be made on forms which shall be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioners. Forms for all other documents to be filed in the office of the Commissioners shall be furnished by the Commissioners on request therefor, but the use thereof, unless otherwise specifically prescribed in this Act, shall not be mandatory. REINCORPORATION OR INCORPORATION OF EXISTING CORPORATIONS

SEC. 141. Any corporation which is either— (1) organized and existing under the laws of the District of Columbia on the date this Act takes effect and which is organized for profit and for a purpose or purposes authorized by this Act; or (2) created under the provisions of a special Act of Congress to transact business in the District of Columbia for profit and for purposes authorized by this Act; may avail itself of the provisions of this Act and may become reincorporated or incorporated hereunder in the following alternative manner: I. REINCORPORATION

(a) The board of directors shall adopt a resolution declaring it advisable in the judgment of the board that the corporation should be reincorporated under the provisions of this Act and further setting forth the following statements for articles of incorporation under this Act: (1) The name which the corporation elects to be reincorporated under and which shall contain the word "corporation", "company", "incorporated", or "limjited", or shall contain an abbreviation of one of said words. (2) The designation of the address, including street and number, if any, of its registered office in the District of Columbia; and the name of its registered agent at such address. (3) The purpose or purposes for which the corporation was organized and which it will hereafter carry on. (4) The aggregate number of shares which the corporation was authorized to issue and, if said shares were of one class only, the par value of such shares, or a statement that all were without par value, as the case may be; or if said shares were divided into classes, tli«». number of shares of each class, if any, that have a par value and the par value of each share of each such class, and the number of shares of each class, if any, that are without par value. (5) If the shares were divided into classes, the designation of each class and a statement of the preferences, qualificat^ions, limitations, restrictions, and the special or relative rights in respect of the shares of each class and whether the shares of any class have full, limited, or no voting power. (6) The number of directors of the corporation.

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