32-1-108. Investment company defined -- purposes for which may be formed. The term "investment company" means any corporation which is incorporated under the laws of this state for any one or more of the following purposes:

(1) to receive moneys in trust and to accumulate the same at such rates of interest as may be obtained or agreed upon or to allow such interest as may be agreed upon and to issue and sell its contracts or certificates of indebtedness, directly or through an agent or broker, bearing fixed rates of interest, in whole or in part, with participation or nonparticipation in the profits of the corporation and maturing at fixed periods of time, or otherwise, as may be fully set forth in said contracts or certificates;

(2) to buy and sell government, state, county, municipal, and other bonds and all kinds of negotiable and nonnegotiable and commercial paper, stocks, and other investment securities;

(3) to accept, receive, and hold money on deposit, payable either on time or on demand, with or without interest, as may be agreed upon with depositors, and to collect coupons, interest, and dividends on securities described in (2).