Any community fund or community chest corporation organized under the laws of this state for which a charter has been issued may amend its articles of incorporation in any particular competent to have been embodied or inserted in the original articles of incorporation of such company, including any provision authorized by this act. In order to amend its articles of incorporation, it shall be necessary for such amendment to have been authorized at any regular meeting of its members, or at a special meeting of such members called for the purpose of making such amendment. When so authorized, new articles signed by the president and secretary of the corporation and entitled "Amended Articles of Incorporation" shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who upon the payment of the fees provided by Section 541, of Title 18, O.S. 1951, shall cause an amended charter to issue, signed by him as Secretary of State and attested by the seal of the state, for which date the amendment shall relate back and be considered a part of the original articles of incorporation to the same effect as if originally set forth therein.
Laws 1945, p. 48, § 2.