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 lie articles shall be subscribed by the incorporators and atiinowledged
 Sone ofu them, f individuals, or hb the president or any vice president of
 one of them. if cipolIr.tions, before an office authorized bh law to take
 iand celitif aknoui tedgments of dieds and conveyances, and shall be filed
 inl the oliee of HlIe seLIetaiv of state accompanied hI a fee of ten dollars
 which shall be lte only fee leqiined theefoi, iand ltereupon the assolia-
 lion shall be and constitute a body coipolate under the divisions of this
 chapter, and a cop; of said aItieles of mcoipoiation certified by [he scre-
 tLIy oi state shall be received in all the courts iif tis state and otier
 plIees, as pinia hicie evidence of the facts conitainled therein and of the
 dule ilcolportiion of such assoeration
 618.05 Aimendment of articles of inco ploration.-The articles of in
 roIpoiation .IIIy be alrilld io amended .it lny regular meeting oi any
 special neelllii called for the piipose Aln iiiendmcnt nmEis first be ap-
 piLved by tu o thulds of the directors and then adopted by a vote lepiesent
 ing a nlajoiiti ol a cliorlllin of the members attending a mIILiting of which
 notice of tile proposed amn.lIdlmcnt shall .have been given Thleicipon the
 association shall make under its corporate seal and the hands of its presi
 dent oi vir -p resident arnd secretal or .Lsslstlnt secretary, a certificLt
 accordingly, and tie president or vice president shall duly execute and
 acknowledge such certificate before an offiiee authorized by law to take
 and eerldy ak]nolledgmn'nts of deeds, and such ce'tifiato so e'reeted
 and acknowledged shall lie filed in the oflrce of the seeretarv of state, and
 lpon Si filmb the same, tile articles of incorpolation of such association
 hall be deemed to be amended aecoidmigl), provided, however, a fee of
 only five dolLu.s shall be required therefore by the secretary of state
 618 06 Purposes of incornporation.-An association may be organized
 Itludei tlis chiaptel foi the purpose of engaging in any cooperative activity
 in conInet ion th thie producing, nmaket ng e selling of agricultural
 product. or with the growing, haivestmg, preserving, drying, processing,
 canning, paickng, giadig, storing, warehousing, handling, sipping, or
 tilli/nig slch products, or tif maniifacltuing or marketing of the by-
 prodults thclcof, or in co llUcin with anll of the ac htiies lluntioned
 herein, the manuiactuiing, selling or supplying of laiiinmely, equipment
 i suIpplies, o0 in the financing of any of the above enumelated activities,
 i0 in peiloiiung or furnisling business or educational services, on a co
 operative basis for those engaged in agiilllltile as bIon fide podlucers of
 ag lcultmial products or in anI one or more of the activities specified herein

 618,07 Fowels ol coeporations.-Except as the same may be limited
in its articles of incorporation, each association organized undei this chap-
ter shall have the following powers:
 (1) To engage in any activity in connection with the producing, mar-
keing, selling, pieseiving, growing, harvesting, drying, processing, manu-
fieturing, canning, packing, grading, warehousing, storing, handling o
itill/Ing of agicnltllmal products or ini tile nmanufacuiimg or marketing of
tie by-products thereof, or in any activities in connection with 1he manu-
fact[rminig, purchasing, lhing ol using supplies, machinery or equipment,
i in tile financing of any of tie above enumelated activities, or In pei-
forming business or edtcatlmonal services, on a coopieative basis, fol those