49-30-3. Certificate of incorporation--Name of corporation--Powers.After filing of the articles of incorporation and affidavit pursuant to §49-30-2, a certificate of corporate existence, under the seal of the state and signed by the Governor and secretary of state, shall be issued to the subscribers to such articles; and all such persons who shall thereafter become stockholders in such corporation shall be a corporation by the name specified in such articles, and shall possess all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the provisions of this chapter applicable thereto. Source: SDC 1939, §52.1303.
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