Mohave County miner., 1911-09-09
Certificate of Amendment
 to the Articles of Incorporation
 of the Bingham Mercantile Company
STATE OF UTAH. Ice SALT LAKE COUNTY. S

SALT LAKE COUNTY
 We. A. F. Holden. the President. and c. E. Allen. the Secretary. of the Bingham Mercan- tile Company, a corporation, duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of Utah. do hereby certify:
 First-That on the 17th day of February. A. D. 1904. resolution of the Board of Directors of the Bingham Mercantile Company. corpOr- atiOn of Utah. was duly passed and adopted authorizing C. E., Allen. the Secretary of the Company. to call a special meeting of the stock holders of said corporation for the purpose of amending the articles of incorporation in the respect hereinafter mentioned. by giving notice of such special meeting in the manner provided by the statutes of Utah in such case made and provided; and on the same date the Board of Directors of said company also passed and adopted a resolution adopting the corporate seal of the corporation. to be affixed when and where necessary and proper. a scroll or device containing inside thereof the words; Bingham Mercantile Company Corporate Seal
 SecOnd:-That pursuant to such authOriza- ton said C. E. Allen. Secretary. caused to be published in the Deseret Evening News. daily newspaper printed in the English language and having a general circulation in Salt Lake county. Utah. wherein said corporation had and has it's place of general business in the State of Utah. a notice of such special stockholders meeting. for the period of at least 2l days next prior to the time of holding said meeting. as is more fully sworn by the proof of publication of such notice attached hereto. made a part hereof and marked Exhibit A
 Third.-That at the time and place men toned in said notice there was duly represented at said meeting in person and by proxies in due and legal form. all the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of said corporation tO-wit: 500 shares of stOck. That said meeting was declared to be and was regularly organized with F. Holden. the President of the Com pany. acting as Chairman. and W. M. Bradley acting as Secretary thereof. by unanimous con sent of all the stockholders prt sent and rep rented
 Fourth.-That after discussion the following resolution was passed and adopted by the vote by ballot of SOO shares of the capital stock vOt ing in favor thereof. no shares voting against the passage or adoption thereof. tO-wit:
 RESOLVED. That the name of this
 corporation be changed from the BnE-
 ham Mercantile Company tOthe United
 States Stores Company, and that
 Article I of the Articles of IncOrpora-
 ton of this company be and the same
 is hereby amended so as to read as
 follows:
 The name of this corporation shall be
 United States Stores Company"
 The stockholders also passed and adopted at said meeting the following resolution. by the vote of all the shares of the corporation in favor thereof. no shares voting against the same. to- wit:
 Resolved, That this corporation adopts as it's corporate seal to be affixed to all papers dOcu- ments and instruments whatsoever. a scroll or device containing the words: Bingham Mer- cantile Company. Corporate Seal
 Fifth-That 1t appeared. and the records of said corporation in our lawful custody show. that all the issued and outstanding stock voted by ballot at said meeting in favor of the pas sage and adoption of said resolution changing the name of said company aforesaid. and that thereupOn the articles of incorporation of said Bingham Mercantile Company were de clared to be amended in accordance with said resolution.
 And we. such President and Secretary. do hereby certify that the Articles of IHcOrpOTa- tiou of said Bingham Mercantile Company are therefore amended and Article I thereof is so amended that the same shall hereafter read as follows. tO-wit:
 a,ftl
 United States Stores Company"
 A. r. HOLDEN. President Attest:
 C. E. ALLEN. Secretary.
 Corporate Seal)