Section 11. Five or more persons may form a corporation, under this chapter, by making, acknowledging and filing a certificate of incorporation which shall state: 1  


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  • Its name. The name shall include the word "Cooperative."
        2. Its purposes, as permitted by this chapter.
        3. Its duration.
        4. The  city, village or town and the county in which its office is to
      be located.
        5. The names and post office addresses of its incorporators.
        6. The number of its directors, or that the number of directors  shall
      be  within  a stated minimum and maximum as the by-laws may from time to
      time provide.  In either case, the number shall be not less than five.
        7. The names and post office addresses  of  the  directors  until  the
      first annual meeting.
        8. Whether  organized with or without capital stock. If organized with
      stock, the total amount thereof, the total number, if any, of the shares
      without par value, and the total number and  par  value  of  any  shares
      having  a  par value.  If the shares are to be classified, the number of
      shares to be included  in  each  class  and  all  of  the  designations,
      preferences,   privileges,   and   voting  rights  or  restrictions  and
      qualifications of the shares of each class.
        9. That all of  the  subscribers  are  of  full  age;  that  at  least
      two-thirds  of them are citizens of the United States; that at least one
      of them is a resident of the state of New York; and that of the  persons
      named  as directors at least one is a citizen of the United States and a
      resident of the state of New York.
        10. A  designation  of  the  secretary  of  state  as  agent  of   the
      corporation  upon  whom  process  against  it may be served and the post
      office address within or without this state to which  the  secretary  of
      state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him.
        11. If  the  corporation  is  to have a registered agent, his name and
      address within this state and a statement that the registered  agent  is
      to  be  the agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be
      served.