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Show CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES FIRST: The name of the corporation is AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES. SECOND: Its principal office in the State of Delaware is located at No. 100 West Tenth Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name and address of its resident agent is THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, No. 1*00 West !fenth--Street, •Jilmington 99, Delaware. THIRD: The objects and purposes to be promoted or carried on are: To support the advancement of knowledge and understanding of India, primarily through studies in that country by Americans with respect to India and related countries and cultures by means which shall include, but shall not be limited to, providing educational facilities and opportunities to qualified scholars and students, by the prosecution of research and training, by cooperation with others in such undertakings, and by giving assistance in the publication and dissemination of the results of these endeavors. No part of the receipts of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of any individual member. All such receipts shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of the corporation as aforesaid. Upon dissolution, none of the assets of the corporation shall be transferred to any organization not an exempt organization under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The corporation shall not engage in or make expenditures for lobbying, political activities, the promotion or defeat of legislation, or for the development or exploitation of propaganda relating to the foregoing. In furtherance of, and not in limitation of the general powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, and the objects and purposes herein set forth, it is expressly provided that this corporation shall also have the following powers, viz:- Acting through its Board of Trustees, Its President and other officers, subject to the powers and restrictions of this Certificate of Incorporation, and its By-Laws, to do all such acts as are necessary or convenient to the attainment of the objects and purposes herein set forth, and to the same extent and as fully as any natural person might or could do. |
