EVERGREEN ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

In compliance with the requirements of Title 2 of the Corporations
and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1975), the
undersigned, Robert L. Brownell, whose post office address is 930 Bonifant
Street, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, being at least eighteen (18) years of
age, has this day, by execution of these Articles, voluntarily declared
himself to be incorporator for the purpose of forming a non-stock, non-
profit corporation pursuant to the general laws of Maryland, and does
hereby certify:

ARTICLE I

NAME OF CORPORATION

The name of the Corporation is Evergreen Estates Homeowners
Association, Inc., hereinafter called the "Association."

ARTICLE II

PRINCIPAL OFFICE

The post office address of the principal office of the Association is
14990 London Lane, Bowie, Maryland 20715.

ARTICLE III

RESIDENT AGENT

The name of its Resident Agent is Alfred R. Guerieri, whose post office
address is 14990 London Lane, Bowie, Maryland 20715. Said Resident Agent
is a citizen of the State of Maryland and actually resides therein.

ARTICLE IV

POWERS AND PURPOSES

This Association does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit, direct
or indirect, to the members thereof, and the specific purposes for which it
is formed are to provide for or assure maintenance, preservation and
architectural control of the Lots and Common Area within the Property
described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, including
such additions thereto as may be hereafter brought within the jurisdiction
of the Association, and to promote the health, safety and welfare of the
Owners within the Property and any additions thereto as may hereafter be
brought within the jurisdiction this Association. For this purpose, the
Association shall have the power and authority to:

(a) Exercise all of the powers and privileges and perform all of the
duties and obligations of the Association as set forth in the Declaration of
Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, hereinafter called the
"Declaration," applicable to the Property and recorded or to be recorded
among the Land Records of Prince George's County, Maryland, and as the
same may be amended from time to time as therein provided, said
Declaration being incorporated herein as if set forth and made a part
hereof.

(b) Have and exercise any and all powers, rights and privileges
which a non-stock, non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Maryland by law may now or hereafter have or exercise, subject to
the terms of the Declaration.

ARTICLE V

NO CAPITAL STOCK

This Association is not authorized to issue any capital stock and shall
not be operated for profit. This Association does not anticipate
distributing dividends, gains or profits to its members. No member shall
have any personal liability for the debts or obligations of the Association.

ARTICLE VI

MEMBERSHIP

As provided in the Declaration, every person or entity who is a record
owner of a fee or undivided fee interest of any Lot, which is subject to
assessment by the Association, shall be a member of the Association;
provided that any such person or entity who or which holds such interest
merely as security for the performance of an obligation shall not be a
member. Membership shall be appurtenant to and may not be separated
from ownership of any Lot which is subject to assessment by the
Association.

ARTICLE VII

VOTING RIGHTS

Voting rights shall be as set forth in the Delaration.

The members of the Association shall have no preemptive rights, as
such members, to acquire any memberships of this Association that may at
any time be issued by this Association except as may be specifically provided
in these Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Association.

ARTICLE VIII

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The affairs of this Association shall be managed by a Board of
Directors initially consisting of (3) directors whose names and
addresses are hereinafter listed. Commencing with the first annual
meeting of the Association, the Board shall consist of (9) directors.
The directors need not be members of the Association. The names and
addresses of the persons who are to initially act in the capacity of directors
until the selection of their successors are:

Alfred R. Guerieri	14990 London Lane
	Bowie, Maryland 20715
Dorothy Sheldon	14990 London Lane
	Bowie, Maryland 20715
William Ryan	14990 London Lane
	Bowie, Maryland 20715

At the first annual meeting, the members shall elect one (1) director
for a term of one (1) year, one (1) director for a term of two (2) years, and
the remaining directors for a term of three (3) years; and at each annual
meeting thereafter, the members shall elect a director to each vacancy for
a term of three (3) years.

ARTICLE IX

DURATION

This Association shall exist perpetually.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Any provision in these Articles of Incorporation that is also contained
in the Declaration may be amended only pursuant to Article X of the
Declaration. In addition, amendments to these Articles of Incorporation
shall be subject to the provisions of the Declaration that require certain
approvals or voting percentages for designated amendments. Otherwise,
these Articles of Incorporation may be amended in the same manner as
amendments to the By-Laws.

ARTICLE XI

FHA/VA APPROVAL

As long as there is Class B membership, certain actions described in
Article X of the Declaration will require the prior approval of the Federal
Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration.

In Witness Whereof, Robert L. Brownell has signed, sealed and
delivered these Articles of Incorporation as his own free act and deed on
this 17th day of Sept., 1987.

EXHIBIT A

All those lots and parcels on the Plats of Evergreen Estates
recorded among the Land Records of Prince George's County,
Maryland in Plat Book 134, Plats 60-63.

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