<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000763563-13-000165.txt : 20131223
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20131223120233
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000763563-13-000165
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131220
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20131223

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000763563
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				161237038
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CHEMUNG CANAL PLZ
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1522
		CITY:			ELMIRA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14902
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6077373711

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CHEMUNG CANAL PLZ
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1522
		CITY:			ELMIRA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14902

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Carr Richard G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001299394

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35741
		FILM NUMBER:		131293831

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CHEMUNG CANAL PLAZA
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 1522
		CITY:			ELMIRA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14902-1522
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        <footnote id="F1">Inlcudes dividends issued periodically under issuer's dividend reinvestment plan.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Ronald M. Bentley, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney dated June 17, 2009</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-12-23</signatureDate>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Power of Attorney</P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>The undersigned hereby appoints each of Jane H. Adamy, Ronald M. Bentley, and James E. Corey III, signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">(1)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder or any other form, statement, certification or representation required under the federal securities laws including Forms 144 and 13D (hereinafter collectively referred to as &quot;Forms&quot;);</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned  which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Forms and the filing of such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other federal securities laws.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 17<SUP>th</SUP>   day of June, 2009.</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">______/s/Richard G. Carr_______</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Richard G. Carr</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>State of New York</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>ss.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>County of Chemung</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>On the 17th day of June, in the year 2009, before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared Richard G. Carr, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/Kathleen S. McKillip</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">________________________________</FONT></TD>
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