The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-19

poration is, Consumers United Stores
| Company. :
Article 2-The purposes for which
this corporation is formed are: Ca)
To buy, lease. establish or otherwise
| acquire, operate and maintain. in
any State Of the United States, or
in foreign countries, a store or chain
or stores, central buying and selling
| agencies, wholesale establishments.
warehouses, cold storage plants; and
generally to conduct a wholesale and
retail business.
OBJ To manufacture. export inn
port, buy, sell, exchange and general
ly deal in goods, wares, merchandise,
and property of every class and
| description.
(c) To purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire, and dispose Of all kinds OF
personal and real property which
the corporation may deem necessary
or convenient for the purpose of it's
business.
to) To buy, sell, own, lease, trans
Ter assign, improve, exchange or
otherWlse acquire and dispose OF ALI
dnos or personal property, including
DtIls, oraIts' notes, bonds, mortgages,
STOCKS and all other commercial ma
per and securities, whether negotiable
or non-negotiabIe, of corporations
and individuals.
Ael TO endorse and guarantee
payment Of bills, drafts, notes. bonds
mortgages, stocks, and all other
Kinds OF commercial paper and
securities secured and unsecured.
whether negotiable or non-negotia
OF corporations and individuals.
u) To make loans with or with
out security upon personal or real
property, and to invest all the funds
OF the corporation in any way deem
ed advisable by the Board of Dlrec-
tors.
(g) To borrow money, give ifs
necessary promissory note, or notes,
70 issue bonds and other evidences of
Indebtedness for the purpose of
securing funds for corporate pllr-
poses' and to secure the payment Of
the same by mortgage, pledge. or
deed OF trust upon the whole or any
part OF the real and personal prom
erty of 1.-THE corporation.
(h) To purchase its own capital
stock, and to subscribe for, purchase
or Otherwise acquire and to hold
with the same rights of ownershiD
therein as may be permitted tn nat
ural persons, the shares of stock.
bonds and obligations OF other cor
porations.
I'D To sell, transfer, assign. mort
gage, convey or otherwise dispose Of
all the property and assets Of the
corporation, on such terms and
conditions as the directors shall pre-
scribe, whether for cash or pr0perty
or stock and bonds in other corpora
lions.
CD To act as general agent for
individuals and corporations and to
DO any and all other things and TO
carry out any and all kinds and
classes Of business, that a natural
person May carry on in the state ~
North Dakota or elsewhere.
(k) To carry on educational work
or propaganda along all lines deemed
by the Board OF Directors TO be ia
the interest Of or beneficial to the
producers and consumers of this ma
ton, and to assist farmers organizs.
tons for the promotion of the
economic educational or political
welfare of the producers and con-
sumers OF this nation.
Cd To aid and assist the pro-
ducers and consumers OF this nation.
IN educating themselves to efficient
cooperative buying and selling, and
to assist In making democracy 4. real
factor in our political, educational
and economic life.
Article 3-The principal place of
transacting the business fof this cor
poration. shall be in the City of Far /
go, County Of Cass, State Of North |
Dakota, but III may have branch ON |
cea within or without the State. ana |
do business in any state or territory |
of the United States. or foreign /
country. The postofnce address OF