1. In case the director shall find all the provisions of the law have been complied with and shall have satisfied himself or herself by such investigation as to the facts as above provided, he or she shall grant a certificate setting forth that such corporation has been duly organized and the amount of its capital subscribed and paid up in full. All certificates granted by the director shall designate the address and location in the city and town at which the corporation shall be authorized to conduct its business as its main banking house until such time as said address or location is changed after the approval of the director of finance has first been obtained.

2. A certified copy of such certificate shall be filed in the public records of the division of finance, and a copy of such certificate, so filed, or certified copies thereof, shall be taken in all the courts of this state as evidence of such incorporation; and the existence of such corporation shall continue for the period limited in its articles of agreement, if there fixed, and if not there fixed, then until the corporation is dissolved by consent of its stockholders or until its corporate existence ends pursuant to the laws of this state.