WEPNESDA, JUNE 19, 1946
ROCKINGHAM POST-DISPATCH. MCHMQND COUNTY, N. a
PAGE FIFTEEN
Richmond
County
Memorial
Hospital Charter Incorporated
A meeting was held at the Richmond County Courthouse on
Monday night, June 10th, at which time the Charter for Rich
mond County Memorial Hospital was presented for amendments,
changes and approval and signed by the Steering- Committee and
other interested persons present.
The following is a copy of the Charter:
This is to certify that we, the undersigned, desiring to form
a non-stock, non-profit Corporation, doj hereby associate our
selves into such Corporation under and by virtue of the laws of
the State of North Carolina, as contained in Chapter 55 of the
General Status of North Carolina, 1943,1 entitled "Corporations",
and amendments thereto and do hereby severally agree to be-
hereby set forth: . 1 -
office of the Corporation in this
ARTICLE I state is County of Rich-
The name of the Corporation mn- t?e. sJfte Norh
is RICHMOND COUNTY MEM- Carolina, and its Post Office ad
ORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. dress 1S Richmond County, North
Carolina. -
ARTICLE II ARTICLE HI
The location of the principal The objects for which this
Corporation is formed are:
(a) To erect, acquire, main
tain and operate a general com
munity hospital or hospitals, or
institution or institutions, for
the treatment of sick people and
( to provide facilities for the care
and treatment of sick people and
to that end to acquire by gift,
purchase or otherwise and to
own, hold, manage, control, sell
and convey a site or sites for the
. construction and equipment of
! such general community hospital
or hospitals, institution or in
stitutions, clinic or clinics, and
including a home or homes for
nurses in Richmond County,
North Carolina.
(b) To hold the title to the
lands, buildings and all other
physical property and equip
ment of said hospital, hospitals,
institution or institutions, clinic
or clinics, home or homes for
nurses.
(c) To supply modern phys
ical aids for diagnosis and treat
ment of disease and to furnish
to the staff of physicians and
surgeons who practice in its
hospital or hospitals an oppor
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experienced technicians, and to
promulgate suitable rules gov
erning the conduct of all phy
sicians, surgeons and technicians
who are permitted to .practice in
said hospital or hospitals.
(i) To solicit, receive, accept
and acquire by gift, grant, trans
fer, purchase, exchange devise
bequest or otherwise money and
property of every kind nature
and description, from any indi
vidual firm, corporation or as-
j sociation, including any munici
pality, County, State or irom
the United States of America,
and to hold manage, deal with
administer and use and to invest
such money and property of the
Corporation and any and all in
come therefrom to promote any
one or more of the objects speci
fied hereinbefore. If, in order
to qualify for the acceptance of
any grant or gift or contribution
of money or other property from
any municipality or County or
from the United States of Amer
ica, it is found necessary to con
vey the title to the physical
property, lands and personal and
otherwise, to any municipality
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and cooperation to offer to their 7 transfer and
patients, quickly and econom- er to ff sti
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skill and experience the property of the Corporation
(d) To furnish to the staff 2 inc0me there
of physicians and surgeons the J.gf purchase of any
use of such physical equipment irom f ariH riersonal
for the practice of their profes- property, real and personal,
tor tne practice oi tneir proies securities and
sion in such a manner as to en- Jzi of indebtedness cre
ate them to give their best J5 Corporations and
efforts without compensation to ate oy ot e evidences of
those unable to pay ; for their J of the United
services, as well as to facilitate uucuvcui
them in their practice on patients gge.
who majrbe called upon to pay gatou ny evidence of in-
compensation therefor. , of n pers0n, firm,
(e) To furnish the equipment aeDieuue&s w ai 5 . ' , '
and organization for the instruc- partnership or Z
tion and training of doctors, seU, lease 2S7teiStinS
nurses and technicians to carry of any such P1
forward in the future the pur- . to time, and to reinvest the
poses herein set out for the al- e. h hold own
leviation and cure of disease. K' ,A "? ' , rt
.(f) To aid, so far as a Corp- sell and .Pose of and tourort
oration can, in the instruction the Uf Cornor
and promotion of research and tal stockr of any other Corpor-
scientific investigation in all ;
branches of medicine and surg
ery.
(g) To provide an adequate
m In order to properly pros
ecute the objects and purposes
above set forth, the Corporation
nurlihF service for the patients ! shall have full power and au
1 1 i i 1 ui-ir - riirchase lease. an
oi tne.. nospnai or nuspiicus, eiuicr
with or without a school for the
thority to purchase, lease, and
Vivirf7iR arauire. hold, morx-
training of professional nurses. gage convey and otherwise ais
(h) To appoint a medical pose of all kinds of property,
staff composed of such physicians both real and personal, both in
and surgeons as, in the judgment this State and all other States,
of the Directors or Trustees, are territories and dependencies oi
properly qualified to conduct the the United States; and generally
professional work of the hos- ' to perform all acts-which- may
pital, and including trained and be deemed necessary or expedi-
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To the Citizens of Richmond
County who supported me in the
May 25th primary I urge you to
return to the polls June 22nd, and
renew your efforts in my behalf .
Your vote and your work for
me will be most gratefully appre
ciated. And to you who did not vote for
me, I earnestly ask that you give
me your careful consideration. I
assure you that your trust and
confidence in me will not be mis
placed. My appreciation to all,
I am very truly yours,
Raymond LI oodman
Candidate for Sheriff
22nd Primary.
ent for the proper and success
ful prosecution of the obiects
and purposes for which the Cor
poration is created.
ARTICLE IV
The Corporation shall have
and issue no capital stock and is
not organized for the purpose
of profit or gain to the members
and no member of the Corpora
tion shall, under any circum
stances, be entitled to receive
nor shall receive as dividends,
or otherwise, any part whatever
of any of the moneys, income or
other property of the Corpora
tion, and in the event of the dis
solution of this Corporation as
provided by law, the Board of
Directors, or Trustees, shall have
the power to donate all its mon
eys, property and other assets to
any institution devoted exclus
ively to the propagation of the
purposes and objects for which'
this Corporation is formed, such
institution to be selected by such
Board, or shall be, by said
Board, disposed of in any other
way, in its discretion provided
only that the same shall be do-
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poses and objects exclusively.
ARTICLE V
The membership of this Cor
poration shall be unlimited as to
the number of members.
Any person who has made or
may hereafter make any gift or
contribution, whether in cash, or
in other property, shall be a
member of the corporation for a
term of five (5) years, terminat
ing at the end of five (5) years
from the date of the organiza
tion of this Corporation under
this certificate of incorporation.
Subsequent to the organization
of this Corporation and the ad
journment of the first annual
meeting of the members, annual
membership shall be conferred
on any and all persons making
a gift or ontribution of One
Dollar ($1.00) or more, in cash
or other property, for a term
expiring with the adjournment
of the next annual meeting of
the members for the current
year in which such contribution
or gift shall have been made.
ARTICLE VI
That at any annual, regular or
special meeting of the members
ot this Corporation One Hundred
(100) members shall constitute
a quorum and at any meeting of
the members of said Corpora
tion properly called as provided
in the by-laws of this Corpora
tion, any business matters may
be legally attended to at said
meeting when One Hundred (100)
members of said Corporation are
present, either in person or by
pioxy.
ARTICLE VH
The names and post office ad
dresses of the persons subscrib
ing their names to this certificate
of incorporation as incorpora
tors thereof are as follows:
ARTICLE Vm
The period of existence of this
Corporation shall be unlimited.
ARTICLE IX
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There shall be one Director of
this Corporation for each thou
sand population or major frac
tion thereof from each townsnip
in Richmond County based on
the 1940 official United States
census of each township and at
each first annual meeting or tne
membership of this corporation
following, the official periodic
census of the U. S.. the Trustees
or Directors of this corporation
shall be re-appointed to eacn
township according to the official
census, and the members of this
Corporation from each township
shall have the right to nomi
nate th THreptor or- Directors
from their township. However, I
each township shall be entitled
to at least one Director of this
Corporation. The Directors so
nominated by the members from
each . .township shall be electea
bv the members of said Cor
poration at a special, regular or
call meeting for said purpose.
The Board of Directors as elect
ed shall constitute and be known
as the Board of Trustees for tnis
Corporation. At the first meet
ing of the Board of Directors or
Trustees they shall select by lot
one-third of said members of
said Board of Trustees or Di
rectors, or as near one-third as
can be computed, to serve for a
term of office which shall expire
at the adjournment of the first
annual meetme of the mempers
thereafter; another one-third of
said Trustees whose term of 01
fice shall expire at the adjourn
ment of the second annual meet
ing of the members, and the re
maining one-third whose term
of office shall expire at the ad
journment of the third annual
meeting of said members, but
each of said Trustees shall con
tinue to serve until his or her
successor has been elected and
qualified. All vacancies occurring
on said Board of Trustees shall
be filled by th remaining Trust
ees in such manner as may be
provided by the by-laws. The
Directors, constituting and known
as the Board of Trustees, shall
elect all officers of the Corpor
ation and shall adopt, alter,
change and amend the by-laws
of the Corporation without the
consent or vote of the members.
Any adult citizen of the United
States of America shall be eli
gible to membership on said
Board of Trustees, except that
no person who is a physician,
surgeon or a dentist, who is ac
tively engaged in the practice
of his profession shall be elected
to the Board of Directors or
Trustees of the Corporation. At
each regular annual meeting of
the members of the Corporation
hold after the Corporation is
open and operating shall elect
to the Board of Trustees, or Di
rectors, successors to all then
members of said Board whose
terms expire at the termination
of such meeting, and such suc
cessors so elected to said Board
shall be elected for a term of 3
years. All meetings of the Board
of Directors, or Trustees, and of
the members shall be held at
such time or times and at such
place or places as may be here
after fixed by the by-laws of
the Corporation.
Notices of all meetings 01 me
members of the Corporation
shall be given by publication in
some newspaper published in
Richmond County, North Caro
lina, at least five (5) days before
the time of such meeting, there
in stating the time and ulace of
such meeting, which notice shall
be all the notice required to be
given to the members of such
meetings. Such notice of all
meetings, regular, annual and
special of the Board of Directors,
,vr Trustees shall be given as
may be hereinafter fixed by the
by-laws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X
The Board of Directors or
Trustees of this Corporation shall
appoint from the members of
v,Q -Richmond County Medical
Society and the Richmond County
Dental Society an Advisory um
mission with whom said Board
of Trustees or Directors shall
consult concerning the selection
of surgeons and other members
of he 'medical staff of said hos
pital and on such other matters
concerning the management and
operation of said hospital as the
said Board of Directors or Trust
ees shall deem expedient
ARTICLE XI
That Walter S. Covington of
Rockingham,- North Carolina, is
hereby named and appointed as
Treasurer of this Corporation
until the first annual meeting "of
the members of said Corporation
after the operation of said hos
pital has begun, and the said
Walter S. Covington, Treasurer,
shall be an ex officio member
of the Board of Directors or
Trustees of said Corporation
until his successor is elected and
qualified.
ARTICLE XH
A majority- of the Board of
Directors shall constitute a quor
um for the transaction of busi
ness at any regular or special
meeting of said Board. The num
ber of members equal to the
whole established number of Di
rectors of the Corporation, pres
"j ent in' person or by proxy, at any
duly called regular or special
meeting of the members shall
constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. ,
ARTICLE Xin
Membership in the Corporation
may be terminated by the term
ination of period, of membership
'as hereinbefore t fixed, by resig
nation, by death, or by suspen
sion, but to constitute suspen
sion, at least 2-3 of a quorum at
a meeting of the members shall
vote in the affirmative.
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