1. If the assent is obtained as provided in section 379.605, the directors of the company, or a majority of them, or any five stockholders, or if a mutual company, any five policyholders, may sign and acknowledge the articles of association adopted, in the same manner provided for acknowledgment of deeds, and the president and secretary of the meeting shall draw up a declaration in the form of an affidavit, verified by them, which shall set forth the proceedings of the meeting, the propositions acted upon, the number of votes cast upon each proposition submitted to which declaration shall be attached the articles of association as adopted by the meeting and acknowledged as aforesaid.

2. Said declaration and articles of association shall thereupon be delivered to the board of directors, and shall be by them submitted to and filed with the director of the department of commerce and insurance of this state.