J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1065

Said articles of incorporation shall be executed by each incorporat-
ing county by its proper officers and shall be filed with the [State Tax
Commission] State Department of Assessments and Taxation which
shall receive the same and endorse thereon the date and time of such
receipt. If [the Chairman or Secretary of] said [Commission] De-
partment finds that the articles of incorporation conform to law [he]
it shall forthwith endorse [his] its approval thereon and issue a cer-
tificate of approval to which shall be attached a copy of the approved
articles. Upon the issuance of such certificate of approval by [the
Chairman or the Secretary of] said [Commission] Department the
corporate existence of said District shall begin and thereupon such
District shall be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully and prop-
erly created and established and authorized to exercise its powers un-
der this sub-title. Promptly thereafter the said [Commission] De-
partment shall record said articles of incorporation, together with
the endorsements thereon, in a book to be kept for that purpose.

When the District has been organized and its officers elected, the
Secretary shall certify to the [State Tax Commission] State Depart-
ment of Assessments and Taxation the names and addresses of its
officers, as well as the principal office of the District. Any change in
the location of the principal office shall likewise be certified to the
[State Tax Commission] State Department of Assessments and
Taxation within ten days after such change.

647. Every District so incorporated may, from time to time, and
in the manner hereinafter provided, amend its articles of incorpora-
tion and thereby accomplish any one or more of the following: the
adoption of a new name; and changes in, additions to, and diminu-
tions of its powers and purposes, provided that such amendment
shall contain only such provisions as it would be lawful or proper to
insert in articles of incorporation made at the time of such
amendment.

Such amendment or amendments shall be made in the following
manner:

(1)   Such amendment or amendments shall first be proposed by the
Commission by the adoption of a resolution setting forth the proposed
amendment or amendments and directing that it or they be submitted
to the governing body or governing bodies of the county or counties
composing INCORPORATING the District. Said resolution shall con-
tain the language of the proposed amendment or amendments to the
articles of incorporation by providing that said articles shall be
amended so as to read as therein set forth in full, or that any provi-
sion be amended so as to read as therein set forth in full, or that the
matter stated in said resolution be added to or stricken from the
articles of incorporation. After the amendment or amendments have
been submitted to the governing body or governing bodies of the
county or counties composing INCORPORATING the District, such
governing body or governing bodies shall adopt or reject the same by
resolution or ordinance.

(2)  After an amendment or amendments have been adopted by the
said governing body or governing bodies, Articles of amendment shall
be executed under the seal of the District by two duly authorized
officers of the District who shall also verify under oath the matters
and facts set forth in said articles of amendment.