The Coconino sun., 1925-01-23
CERTIFICATION OF INCOR-
PORATION
J. C. PENNEY COMPANY
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NAME:
The name of this corporation is J.
&c. Penney Company.
Article III
PRINCIPAL OFFICE:
It's principal office in the State of
Delaware is located at No. West
Tenth Street, in the City of Whining
ton, County of New Castle. The name
the Corporation Trust Company of
America, No. 7 West Tenth Street,
Wilmington, Delaware.
Article III
PURPOSES:
The nature of the business, or OBJ
jects or purposes proposed to be trans
acted, promoted or carried on are:
To establish, maintain, conduct and
carry on a general merchandising
business, and to manufacture, buy, ac-
quire, own, lease, sell, import, export
or otherwise deal in, either at whole
sale or retail, either as principal or as
agent, for others or on commission,
either upon consignment or otherwise,
generally, goods, wares, commodities,
merchandise, live stock and property
of every class, name, nature and de-
scription, both within and without the
State of Delaware, and elsewhere in
the United States, its territories, dis
tricts, colonies and possessions, and
in any foreign countries, without re-
striction.
To establish and maintain stores,
wherein all such goods, wares, mer-
chandise, commodities, live stock and
other tangible property of any and all
kinds, will or may be kept for sale,
lease or disposition, or other dealings
may be had with relation thereto; and
in which stores there will or may be
shops, booths, counters, refreshment,
rest and other rooms and places set
apart for the carrying on and con-
duct of any and all kinds of trades,
occupations, vocations, pursuits, arts
and crafts, either by the corporation
as principal or as agent, or by its
lessees or licensees, as may be lawful
where carried on or conducted.
To lease, let or demise sections,
rooms, parts or portions of such store
or stores to such individuals, firms,
associations or corporations, who will
or may use and occupy the same for
one or more of the purposes aforesaid.
TO take, lease, purchase, acquire,
own, improve; mortgage, sell and con-
vey real estate, for the purposes of
said business and for any other law
ful purpose whatever in connection
with the aforesaid business or Incl
dental thereto.
To guarantee, purchase, acquire, re-
ceive, hold, own, sell, mortgage,
pledge or otherwise dispose of notes,
bonds, mortgages, trust deeds, deben-
lures, shares of capital stock and
other securities, obligations, contracts
and evidences of indebtedness of any
other corporation whatever; and to
receive, collect and dispose of interest,
dividends and income upon and from
any and all notes, bonds, mortgages,
trust deeds, debentures, shares of
capital stock, securities, obligations,
contracts, evidences of indebtedness
and other personal property held or
owned by it and to exercise in respect
to al such notes, bonds, mortgages,
trust deeds, debentures, shares of
capital stock, obligations, contracts,
evidences of indebtedness and other
property, all the rights, powers and
privileges that are usually accorded to
Individual owners of like property, in
Guiding the right to vote upon the
shares of capital stock SO held by it.
And this corporation shall also have
power to purchase, acquire, use, rent,
lease, own, hold, improve, operate,
Ihypothecate, mortgage, sell or con-