Tennessee § 48-101-106 - First meeting and organization.
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§ 48-101-106. First meeting and organization.
The first meeting of the corporation shall be called by a notice signed by three (3) or more of the incorporators, stating the time, place, and purpose of the meeting, a copy of which notice shall be mailed, or delivered, to each incorporator at least five (5) days before the day appointed for the meeting. The first meeting may be held without such notice upon agreement in writing to that effect, signed by all the incorporators. There shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting a copy of the notice or of such unanimous agreement of the incorporators. At such first meeting, the incorporators shall organize by choice by ballot of a temporary clerk, by the adoption of bylaws, by the election by ballot of directors, and by action upon such other matters within the powers of the corporation as the incorporators may see fit. The temporary clerk shall be sworn and shall make and attest a record of the proceedings. Ten (10) of the incorporators shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. Acts 1959, ch. 170, § 14; T.C.A., §§ 48-1706, 48-3-106.
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