The articles of consolidation shall be executed, acknowledged, filed and recorded in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation of a corporation organized under sections 70-701 to 70-738. As soon as the Secretary of State shall have accepted the articles of consolidation for filing and recording, and issued a certificate of consolidation, the proposed consolidated corporation, described in the articles under its designated name, shall be a body corporate with all of the powers of a corporation as originally organized hereunder.