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                                                                  EXHIBIT 3(b)

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                                HECHINGER COMPANY

                                 RESTATED BYLAWS

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                                 RESTATED BYLAWS

                                       OF

                                HECHINGER COMPANY
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                     (hereinafter called the "Corporation")

                                    ARTICLE I

                                     OFFICES

       Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation
shall be in the City of Dover, County of Kent, State of Delaware.

       Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such
other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine.

                                   ARTICLE II

                            MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
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       Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the
election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and
place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the
meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

       Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall be
held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by
the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which
meetings the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors,
and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

       Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be
called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President, or
by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at the
meeting. Upon request in writing to the Chairman of the Board, the President,
any Vice President or the Secretary by any person (other than the board)
entitled to call a special meeting of stockholders, the officer forthwith shall
cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote that a meeting
will be held at a time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting,
not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt
of the request. If the notice is not given within 20 days after receipt of the
request, the persons entitled to call the meeting may give the notice.

       Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the place, date, and
time of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10)
nor more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be
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vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or as required from
time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of
Incorporation.

       Section 5. Quorum; Adjournment. At any meeting of the stockholders, the
holders of a majority of all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the
meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all
purposes, unless or except to the extent that the presence of a larger number
may be required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum shall
fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a
majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or
by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to another place, date, or time without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or
represented.

       When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written
notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time
thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken;
provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty
(30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a
new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place,
date, and time of the adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity herewith.
At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the original meeting.

       Section 6. Proxies and Voting. At any meeting of the stockholders, every
stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an
instrument in writing filed in accordance with the procedure established for the
meeting.

       Each stockholder shall have one vote for every share of stock entitled to
vote which is registered in his name on the record date for the meeting, except
as otherwise provided herein or required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation.

       All voting, including on the election of directors but excepting where
otherwise provided herein or required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, may be by a voice vote; provided, however, that upon demand
therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote or such stockholder's proxy, a stock
vote shall be taken. Every stock vote shall be taken by ballots, each of which
shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other
information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting.
Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by an inspector or inspectors
appointed by the chairman of the meeting.

       All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, and
except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, all
other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast.

       Section 7. Stock List. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote
at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of
stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares
registered in such stockholder's name, shall be open to the examination of any
such stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
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ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.

       The stock list shall also be kept at the place of the meeting during the
whole time thereof and shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder
who is present. This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by
each of them.

       Section 8. Actions by Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or
special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be
taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken
without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in
writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of
outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be
necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares
entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of
the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent
shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

                                  ARTICLE III

                               BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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       Section 1. Duties and Powers. The business of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise
all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or
required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

       Section 2. Number and Term of Office. The Board of Directors shall
consist of one (1) or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed and
may be changed from time to time by resolution duly adopted by the Board of
Directors or the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation. Except as provided in Section 3 of this Article,
directors shall be elected by the holders of record of a plurality of the votes
cast at Annual Meetings of Stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold
office until the next Annual Meeting and until his or her successor is duly
elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any
director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.
Directors need not be stockholders.

       Section 3. Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director or by the stockholders entitled to vote at any Annual or
Special Meeting held in accordance with Article II, and the directors so chosen
shall hold office until the next Annual or Special Meeting duly called for that
purpose and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until
their earlier resignation or removal.

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       Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold
meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Delaware. The first meeting of each newly-elected Board of Directors shall be
held immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and no notice of
such meeting shall be necessary to be given the newly-elected directors in order
legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. Regular
meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and
at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the
Board, the President or a majority of the directors then in office. Notice
thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each
director either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of
the meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four (24) hours' notice, or on
such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem
necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Meetings may be held at any time
without notice if all the directors are present or if all those not present
waive such notice in accordance with Section 2 of Article VI of these Bylaws.

       Section 5. Quorum. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the
Board of Directors, a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the
directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of
the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the
Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum shall be present.

       Section 6. Actions of Board Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise provided
by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any
committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of
Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the
writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee.

       Section 7. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise
provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board
of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such
committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other,
and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting.

       Section 8. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed
by a majority of the directors then in office, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members
of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of any such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of
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Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified
member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any committee,
to the extent allowed by law and provided in the Bylaw or resolution
establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be
affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular
minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.

       Section 9. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the
authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their
expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and
may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors
or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from
serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like
compensation for attending committee meetings.

       Section 10.  Removal. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled
to vote at an election of directors.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    OFFICERS
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       Section 1. General. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by
the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chairman of the Board or a
President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position with the duties
and responsibilities of a Treasurer). The Board of Directors may also appoint
one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries or assistant treasurers, and
such other officers as the Board of Directors, in its discretion, shall deem
necessary or appropriate from time to time. Any number of offices may be held by
the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws
otherwise provide.

       Section 2. Election; Term of Office. The Board of Directors at its first
meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect a Chairman of
the Board or a President, or both, a Secretary and a Treasurer (or a position
with the duties and responsibilities of a Treasurer), and may also elect at that
meeting or any other meeting, such other officers and agents as it shall deem
necessary or appropriate. Each officer of the Corporation shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the
Board of Directors together with the powers and duties customarily exercised by
such officer; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such
officer's successor is elected and qualified or until such officer's earlier
resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice
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Corporation. The Board of Directors may at any time, with or without cause, by
the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office, remove any
officer.

       Section 3. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if there
shall be such an officer, shall be the chief executive officer of the
Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors and shall have such other duties and
powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

        Section 4. President. The President shall be the chief operating officer
of the Corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of
the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of
Directors are carried into effect. The President shall have and exercise such
further powers and duties as may be specifically delegated to or vested in the
President from time to time by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors. In the
absence of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of his inability or refusal
to act, or if the Board has not designated a Chairman, the President shall
perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and when so acting, shall have
all of the powers and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the Chairman of
the Board.

       Section 5. Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the
event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event
there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order
designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the
order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so
acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon
the President. The vice presidents shall perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time
prescribe.

       Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the
Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the
proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the
Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees when
required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the
President. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given
notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of
Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of
Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be
given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to
affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be
attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such
Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by
his or her signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports,
statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be
kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

       Section 7. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided in
these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties
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powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors,
the President, or the Secretary, and shall have the authority to perform all
functions of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and
be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

       Section 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer,
shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep
complete and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the
Corporation, and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects of the
Corporation in its name and to its credit in such banks and other depositories
as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer
shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers and receipts
for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its
regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all
his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the
Corporation. The Treasurer shall, when and if required by the Board of
Directors, give and file with the Corporation a bond, in such form and amount
and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of
Directors, for the faithful performance of his or her duties as Treasurer. The
Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the
Board of Directors or the President shall from time to time prescribe.

       Section 9. Assistant Treasurers. Except as may be otherwise provided in
these Bylaws, Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties
and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board
of Directors, the President, or the Treasurer, and shall have the authority to
perform all functions of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer.

       Section 10. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors
may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time
may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may
delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other
officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                      STOCK
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       Section 1. Form of Certificates. Every holder of stock in the Corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the Corporation
(i) by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and (ii)
by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such
holder in the Corporation.

       Section 2. Signatures. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may
be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed
or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have
ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate
is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such
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registrar at the date of issue.

       Section 3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the
Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be
lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the
Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate, or such owner's legal representative, to advertise the same in such
manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a
bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be
made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed.

       Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in
the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be
made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate
or by such person's attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the
surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new
certificate shall be issued.

       Section 5. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or
any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of
any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record
date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days
before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any
other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or
to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.

       Section 6. Beneficial Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner
of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable
for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of
shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not
it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
law.

       Section 7. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of
attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments
relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of
and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the President,
any Vice President or the Secretary and any such officer may, in the name of and
on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem
advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of
any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such
meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to
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Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of
Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any
other person or persons.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                     NOTICES
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       Section 1. Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director,
member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail,
addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such
person's address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage
thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when
the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also
be given personally or by telegram, telex or cable and such notice shall be
deemed to be given at the time of receipt thereof if given personally or at the
time of transmission thereof if given by telegram, telex or cable.

       Section 2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given to any director, member
or a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person
or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS
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       Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if
any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting
or by any Committee of the Board of Directors having such authority at any
meeting thereof, and may be paid in cash, in property, in shares of the capital
stock or in any combination thereof. Before payment of any dividend, there may
be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such
sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute
discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for
equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or
abolish any such reserve.

       Section 2. Disbursements. All notes, checks, drafts and orders for the
payment of money issued by the Corporation shall be signed in the name of the
Corporation by such officers or such other persons as the Board of Directors may
from time to time designate.

       Section 3. Corporation Seal. The corporate seal, if the Corporation shall
have a corporate seal, shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation,
the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or
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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                    DIRECTORS' LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
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       Section 1. Directors' Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not
be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General
Corporation Law is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or
limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director
of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended. Any repeal or
modification of this provision shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.

      This Section 1 is also contained in Article SEVENTH of the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation, and accordingly, may be altered, amended or 
repealed only to the extent and at the time such Certificate Article is 
altered, amended or repealed.

       Section 2. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a
party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is involuntarily involved in
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (a "Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving (during his or her
tenure as director and/or officer) at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether the basis of such Proceeding
is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity as a director or
officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall
be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law (or other applicable law), as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and
loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or
penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection with such Proceeding. Such director or
officer shall have the right to be paid by the Corporation for expenses incurred
in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided,
however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law (or other applicable law)
requires, the payment of such expenses in advance of the final disposition of
any such Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt by the Corporation of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all amounts so
advanced if it should be determined ultimately that he or she is not entitled to
be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

       Section 3. Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 2 of
this Article is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days
after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at
any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim, together with interest thereon, and, if successful in whole
or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim, including reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in
connection therewith. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an
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brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any Proceeding in
advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is
required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met
the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General
Corporation Law (or other applicable law) for the Corporation to indemnify the
claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (or of its full Board
of Directors, its directors who are not parties to the Proceeding with respect
to which indemnification is claimed, its stockholders, or independent legal
counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action
that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he
or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware
General Corporation Law (or other applicable law), nor an actual determination
by any such person or persons that such claimant has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to such action or create a presumption
that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

       Section 4. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred by this
Article shall not be exclusive of any other right which any director, officer,
representative, employee or other agent may have or hereafter acquire under the
Delaware General Corporation Law or any other statute, or any provision
contained in the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or any
agreement, or pursuant to a vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise.

       Section 5. Insurance and Trust Fund. In furtherance and not in limitation
of the powers conferred by statute:

                  (1) the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of law; and

                  (2) the Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security
interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters of
credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter into
contracts providing indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and
including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the
foregoing, to ensure the payment of such amount as may become necessary to
effect indemnification as provided therein, or elsewhere.

       Section 6. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
Directors, grant rights to indemnification, including the right to be paid by
the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any Proceeding in advance of
its final disposition, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the
fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII or otherwise with respect
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directors and officers of the Corporation.

       Section 7. Amendment. Any repeal or modification of this Article VIII
shall not change the rights of an officer or director to indemnification with
respect to any action or omission occurring prior to such repeal or
modification.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   AMENDMENTS
                                   ----------

       Except as otherwise specifically stated within an Article to be altered,
amended or repealed, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new
Bylaws may be adopted at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of the
stockholders, provided notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of
the meeting.







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THIS IS TO CERTIFY:

       That I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Hechinger
Company and that the foregoing Restated Bylaws were adopted as the Bylaws of
said corporation as of the 25th day of September, 1997, by the Sole Stockholder
of said corporation.

       Dated as of September __, 1997.

                                               --------------------------------
                                               Mark R. Adams, Secretary





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 ARTICLE I OFFICES.........................................................   1

                  Section 1.  Registered Office............................   1

                  Section 2.  Other Offices................................   1

 ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS.......................................   1

                  Section 1.  Place of Meetings............................   1

                  Section 2.  Annual Meetings..............................   1

                  Section 3.  Special Meetings.............................   1

                  Section 4.  Notice of Meetings...........................   2

                  Section 5.  Quorum; Adjournment..........................   2

                  Section 6.  Proxies and Voting...........................   2

                  Section 7.  Stock List...................................   3

                  Section 8.  Actions by Stockholders......................   3

 ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS............................................   3

                  Section 1.  Duties and Powers............................   3

                  Section 2.  Number and Term of Office....................   3

                  Section 3.  Vacancies....................................   4

                  Section 4.  Meetings.....................................   4

                  Section 5.  Quorum.......................................   4

                  Section 6.  Actions of Board Without a Meeting...........   4

                  Section 7.  Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone....   4

                  Section 8.  Committees...................................   5

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                  Section 9.  Compensation.................................   5

                  Section 10.  Removal.....................................   5

 ARTICLE IV OFFICERS.......................................................   5

                  Section 1.  General......................................   5

                  Section 2.  Election; Term of Office.....................   6

                  Section 3.  Chairman of the Board........................   6

                  Section 4.  President....................................   6

                  Section 5.  Vice President...............................   6

                  Section 6.  Secretary....................................   6

                  Section 7.  Assistant Secretaries........................   7

                  Section 8.  Treasurer....................................   7

                  Section 9.  Assistant Treasurers.........................   7

                  Section 10.  Other Officers..............................   7

 ARTICLE V STOCK...........................................................   8

                  Section 1.  Form of Certificates.........................   8

                  Section 2.  Signatures...................................   8

                  Section 3.  Lost Certificates............................   8

                  Section 4.  Transfers....................................   8

                  Section 5.  Record Date..................................   8

                  Section 6.  Beneficial Owners............................   9

                  Section 7.  Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation...   9

 ARTICLE VI NOTICES........................................................   9

                  Section 1.  Notices......................................   9
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                  Section 2.  Waiver of Notice.............................   9

 ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS............................................  10

                  Section 1.  Dividends....................................  10

                  Section 2.  Disbursements................................  10

                  Section 3.  Corporation Seal.............................  10

 ARTICLE VIII DIRECTORS' LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION.....................  10

                  Section 1.  Directors' Liability.........................  10

                  Section 2.  Right to Indemnification.....................  11

                  Section 3.  Right of Claimant to Bring Suit..............  11

                  Section 4.  Non-Exclusivity of Rights....................  12

                  Section 5.  Insurance and Trust Fund.....................  12

                  Section 6.  Indemnification of Employees and Agents of
                            the Corporation................................  12

                  Section 7.  Amendment....................................  12

 ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS.....................................................  12
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