Articles of Incorporation...
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To all whom these presents shall come, Greetings:

I, ELAINE F. MARSHALL, Secretary of State of the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify the following and hereto attached to be a true copy of

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED

The original of which is now on file and a matter of record of this office.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed my official seal at the
City of Raleigh, this 8th Day of December, 2000.

Elaine F. Marshall

Secretary of State

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED

This is to certify that we, the undersigned, do hereby associate ourselves into a non-stock, non-profit corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the State of North Carolina, and to that end do hereby set forth:

1. The name of this corporation is Pitt County Memorial Hospital,
Incorporated.

2. The location of the principal office of the corporation is in the
City of Greenville, in the County of Pitt, and in the State of North Carolina.

3. The objects for which this corporation is formed are:

A. To lease, establish, maintain and operate hospitals, clinics,
nurses homes and other related facilities to provide for the care and treatment of persons suffering from illnesses, injuries or disabilities which require hospital care.

B. To supply modern equipment and facilities to aid in the
Diagnosis and treatment of disease, and to furnish to the staff of physicians and surgeons who practice in its hospitals an opportunity, by their close association and cooperation, to offer to their patients, quickly and economically, the sum of their combined skill and expertise.

C. To furnish to the said staff of physicians and surgeons the use of such physical equipment for the practice of their profession as will enable them without undue hardships to give their best efforts without compensation to those unable to pay for their services, as well as to facilitate them in their service to patients who are unable to pay compensation therefor.

D.To furnish the equipment and organization for the instruction and training of doctors, nurses, and technicians in order to carry forward in the future the plan herein set out for the alleviation of disease, and to grant diplomas or certificates in connection with such instruction or training.

E. To carry on any educational activities related to the care of the sick and disabled and the promotion of health and preventative medicine, which in the opinion of the Board of Trustees may be justified by the facilities, personnel, funds or other resources that are, or can be made, available.

F. To aid as far as practicable in the instruction and promotion of research and scientific investigation in all branches of medicine and surgery.

G. To participate, as far as circumstances may warrant, in any
activity designed and carried on to promote the general health of the community.

H. To appoint a medical staff composed of such physicians and surgeons as, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees, are properly qualified to conduct the professional work of the hospital, and including trained and experienced technicians, and to promulgate suitable rules governing the conduct of all physicians, surgeons, and technicians who are permitted to practice in said hospital.

I. To use the revenues of this corporation and the profits, if any, for the purposes of affording hospital care to those unable to pay for the same, promoting betterment of public health, to maintain its hospitals and equipment in good repair and modern condition, and in general to use, invest and hold all revenues and the profits, if any, for the purposes for which this corporation is organized.

J. And in connection with the purposes above set forth and in order to carry them out, to solicit, accept, receive and acquire by gift, devise, bequest, conveyance or otherwise donations, money, tax funds and property of every kind, nature and description, from any person, form or corporation, including any municipality, county, state or the United States of America, and to hold, manage, spend, administer, use and invest as may be directed by the donor, or as the Board of Trustees of the corporation may determine in the absence of such direction.

4. The corporation shall have and issue no capital stock, and shall be operated without profit to the members or their successors, and no part of the net earnings shall inure, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any member or individual. It shall not be its purpose to engage in carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation.

5. In the event of the dissolution of this corporation as provided by law or upon its failure at any time to operate a hospital or hospitals as herein provided, the Board of Trustees shall donate, transfer, deliver and convey all its moneys, properties and other assets to the County of Pitt to be used by said County exclusively for the accomplishment of the purposes for which this corporation is formed.

6. The fifteen (15) incorporators whose names are signed to this
certificate shall constitute the first Board of Trustees. The trustees shall hold their office for a term of six years from the date of the first annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, provided that the term of office of the first Board of Trustees herein designated shall be staggered to the end that five (5) members shall serve a term of two year; five (5) members shall serve a term of four years, and five (5) members shall serve a term of six years from the date of the first annual meeting of the Board of Trustees. All appointments, made every two years at the expiration of the terms herein set forth, shall be for a full term of six years. Each member of the first Board of Trustees shall serve for the term set forth after his name, as follows:

W. Alex Allen For a term of six years
S. C. Ives For a term of six years
Mrs. J. P. Davenport, Sr. For a term of six years
M. L. Starkey For a term of six years
Jerome Perkins For a term of six years

John T. Barnhill For a term of four years
T. J. Williams For a term of four years
Jesse R. Moye For a term of four years
Wayland L. Hunsucker For a term of four years
Woodrow W. Wooten For a term of four years

C. M. Smith For a term of two years
Bruce Strickland For a term of two years
McAlvin Turner For a term of two years
L. C. Venters For a term of two years
Arthur Williams For a term of two years

At least sixty (60) days before the expiration of the term of office of any member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees shall notify the Board of Commissioners of Pitt County, and ask the Board of Commissioners to fill the vacancy to be created, by appointment, for the new term. All vacancies in the membership of said trustees by reason of death, resignation, or as otherwise provided by By-Laws shall also be immediately reported to the Board of Commissioners of Pitt County, and said report shall ask the Board of Commissioners to fill said vacancy by appointment for the residue of the unexpired term only.

The Board of Commissioners in making appointments to membership on the Board of Trustees shall be requested as far as practicable to give representation to all sections of Pitt County, and said Trustees shall be chosen with reference to their fitness for such office.

7. All members of the Board of Trustees shall be citizens and
Residents of Pitt County and at least twenty-one (21) years of age. No person shall be eligible for membership on the Board of Trustees who is a doctor or physician in any field of medicine. No person shall be nominated or appointed or eligible to serve more than two consecutive full terms as a member of the Board of Trustees.

8. The Board of Trustees of this corporation shall have power, by a vote of a majority of all the trustees, to make, alter, amend and rescind the By-Laws of this corporation.

9. The period of existence of this corporation is unlimited.

10. The names and post office addresses of the incorporators are
as follows:

NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS

Mr. W. Alex Allen Farmville, North Carolina
Mr. S. C. Ives Bethel, North Carolina
Mrs. J. P. Davenport, Sr. Pactolus, North Carolina
Mr. M. L. Starkey Greenville, North Carolina
Mr. Jerome Perkins Stokes, North Carolina
Mr. John T. Barnhill Greenville, North Carolina
Mr. T. J. Williams Grifton, North Carolina
Mr. Jesse R. Moye Greenville, North Carolina
Mr. Wayland L. Hunsucker Winterville, North Carolina
Mr. Woodrow W. Wooten Falkland, North Carolina
Mr. C. M. Smith Fountain, North Carolina
Mr. Bruce Strickland Greenville, North Carolina
Mr. McAlvin Turner Greenville, North Carolina
Mr. L. C. Venters Greenville, North Carolina
Mr. Arthur Williams Winterville, North Carolina

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals, this the 6th day of February, 1953.

W. Alex Allen
S. C. Ives
Mrs. J. P. Davenport, Sr.
M. L. Starkey
Jerome Perkins
John T. Barnhill
T. J. Williams
Jesse R. Moye
-Wayland L. Hunsucker
Woodrow W. Wooten
C. M. Smith
Bruce Strickland
McAlvin Turner
L. C. Venters
Arthur William

This is to certify that on the 6th day of February, 1953, before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared W. Alex Allen, S. C. Ives, Mrs. J. P. Davenport, Sr., M. L. Starkey, Jerome Perkins, John T. Barnhill, T. J. Williams, Jesse R. Moye, Wayland L. Hunsucker, Woodrow W. Wooten, C. M. Smith, Bruce Strickland, McAlvin Turner, L. C. Venters and Arthur Williams, who, I am satisfied, are the persons named in and who executed the foregoing certificate of incorporation of Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Incorporated, and I having first made known to them the contents thereof, they did each acknowledge that they signed, sealed and delivered the same as their voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein expressed.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, this the 6th day of February, 1953.

Margaret L. Windham
Notary Public

My commission expires: August 25, 1954

FILED
Feb. 9, 1953
Thad Eure
Secretary of State