Bisbee daily review., 1917-05-18
LEGAL NOTICES
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 OF F. w. WOOlWORTH co.

States, and at least one of us resi- dent of the State of New York, de string to form . stock corporation (other than a moneyed corporation or a corporation provided for by the banking, the insurance, the railroad and the transportation corporations laws, or an educational institution or corporation which may be incorpo rated as provided in the educational iaw) pursuant to the provisions oi the Business Corporations Law of the State of New York, do hereby make sign. acknowledge and file this Ger tificate for that purpose as follows:
 First-The name of tthe proposed corporation shall be IF. W. Wool worth Co." Hereinafter referred to as the "Companv-l.
 Second-The location, of its prin cinal office in the State of New York shall be in the City of Watertown. in the County of Jefferson and State oi New York.
 Third-The purpose or purposes for which the Company is formed are as follows:
 G) To purchase. acquire. receive and take over upon such terms and conditions and in such manner as the board of directors of the Com ranv shall detarnine or agree to. all or any part of the assets and prop ertv of every character whether fan- gible or intangible and including oood-will of (al F. W. Woolworth &. Co. a corporation organized and
 1arr- 0f no or of New York: (b) z H. Knox & Co.,. a corpcration organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York: Gel F. M Kirby X Co. cor roration organized pnd existirg under the laws of the State of Pennsvl- vania: (dl The F. P Charlton & Co. a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Con- necticut: Gel The five and ten cent" store business of c. S. Woolworth: :: and ffl The five and ten cent" store businesses of W. H. Moore. w. H. Moore & Son - subject to the debts. liabilities and obligations of said corporations and busi- resses. and to nav therefor either the sum of se4 9es nnO bv the issue and delivery of 15O0O0 shares of its fully paid and non-assessable seven per cent cumulative preferred capital stock and 499.9S0 shares of it's fully paid and non-assessable common cap- ital stock or such other amount or amounts pavable in such manner. as the board of directors shall in it's dis cretion determine
 To empower any of the officers or disnctors of said F. W. Woolworth & Co. s. H Knox & O.. F. M. Kirby & Co. and The P. P Charlton & Co.,. and said C. S. Woolworth and w. H. Moore to be and become incorpora- tors directors and stockholders in this Corpanv and as such incorDora- tors, directors and stockholders teI vote for and authorize the acquisi- fion of the property and shares of stock Cor either) of said F. W. Wool worth & Co., S. H. Knox & Co.. F.. NJ. Kirby & Co., and the E. P. Charl- ton, & Co.,, and said five and ten cent" store businesses of said C. &. Woolworth w H. Moore and W. H.. Moore & Son. and to relieve the in- corporators and directors of this Com panv from any disqualification which might;setherwise exist from so act ing O.
 CD To establish and conduct a general department store business and five and ten cent store busi- ness.
 (3) To carry on all or any of the businesses of dry goods merchants, cloth manufacturers. furriers, haber- dashers, hosiers'. manufacturers, im- porters. wholesale and retail dealers of and in textile fabrics of all kinds: milliners. dressmakers. mantuamak- CTS. tailors. matters. clothiers, furnish CTS. outfitters, glovers, lace manufac- turers. feather dressers. boot and shoe makers; manufacturers and i'm porters. and wholesale and retail dealers of and in leather goods house hold furniture, ironmongery. china and glassware. crockery and other household fittings and utensils. orn- amerts, bric-a-brac. stationery. no fions. toys and fancy goods; dealers in meats and provisions, drugs, chem icals and other articles and commodi- ties of personal and household use and consumption: and generally of and in all manufactured goods, ma terials. provisions and produce.
 (4) To buy. sell. manufacture. re- pair, alter and exchange. let on hire, export. and deal in all kinds of arti- cles and things which may be re- ouired for the purposes of any of the said businesses. or commonly sup piled or dealt in by persons engaged in any such businesses, or which may seem capable of being profitably dealt with in connection herewith.
 (5) In furtheranoe, and not in linn itation. of the general powers con- ferred by the laws of the State of New York. and of the above stated pur- poses it is hereby expressly provided that the Company shall have the fol lowing further and additional powers, that is to say:
 (a) As principal. agent. commis- sion merchant or consignee. to ac- auire, by purchase or otherwise, own, hold take on lease or in exchange. nsortgage. lease. sell or otherw3sN dispose of any and all real and per sonal property, rights and privileges, suitable or convenient for any of the purposes or businesses of the Com pany, and to acquire. by purchase or ofhar-u-ica oun hold leasp mort gage