The Coolidge examiner., 1943-04-16
No. 27670
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
GllA RIVER COOPERATIVE
NTERPRISES, INC.

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signed, five or more natural per
sons. do hereby voluntarily asso.
ciate ourselves together for the
purpose of forming a non-profit
corporation under the Act of Con
gress approved June 10, 1910, Pub
lie Law No. 642, 10th Congress
(the District of Columbia Coopera-
tive Association Act) and to that
end duly adopt and acknowledge
the following Articles of Incorpor-
alton:
ARTICLE
The name of this corporation is
ella River Cooperative Enter
prises. Inc.
ARTICLE II
The purposes for which this CO
operation is formed are as follows:
To engage in the manufacture,
production. processing. distribu-
ton. marketing. storing. handling.
sale or trade of goods and com
mOdities. at wholesale and retail;
to furnish personal, business. edu-
cational. recreational, and all 9th
| er types of services: to construct
or acquire and operate establish
ments and facilities for supplying
any kind of commodities TO the
general public. both at wholesale
and retail: TO construct or acquire
establishments and facilities for
furnishing any kind of personal.
business, educational. recreation
al. or other type of services to the
general public; and to engage in
any activity in connection with
any one or more of the foregoing
purposes.
ARTICLE III
In furtherance Of. and not in
limitation of. the general powers
conferred by the District of Co
lumbia Cooperative Association
Act and the purposes herein set
forth. il is expressly provided that
this corporation shall have the
power 10 do any or all of the fol-
lowing enumerated things:
(a) To engage in copera-
tive enterprises relating to the
manufacture. production. pro-
cessing. distribution. market
ing. storing. handling. sale or
trade OF goods and commodi-
ties OF all kinds and TO fur
nish personal. business. edu-
cational. recreatlonal. and all
other types of services.
(b) To borrow money and
To execute necessary instru-
ments OF credit. with authori
ty to give any kind or form OF
obligation or security there
for.
(cl To act as the agent or
representative OF any member
of the corporation in any of
the above mentioned activi-
ties.
Id To acquire In any man.
ner. hold. sell. assign. transfer.
mortgage. pledge. or otherwise
deal in or with the capital
stock. bonds. Or other securi-
ties or evidences of indebted
ness of any domestic or for
eign. public or private corpor-
alton, and to exercise fully the
rights OF ownership of such
stock and other securities.
(e) To establish reserves
and to invest the funds there
OF In bonds or such other prop
erty as may be provided in
the bylaws.
(f) To cooperate with or
deal with any governmental
agency, or agencies, whether
national. state. county. or mu-
nicipal. or with any public or
private agency whatsoever In
the purchase, construction,
equipment. operation, main
tenance, or supervision OF any
undertaking OF this corporation
designed to effectuate the pur-
poses herein set forth.
(g) To enter into, make
and perform contracts OF every
kind and description with any
person. firm, association, cor
poration, municipality, county,
state. body polite or govern
ment, or any agency or agen-
cies thereof including agree
ments of mutual aid or feder-
alton with other associations,
other groups organized on a
cooperative basis, and other
non-profit groups.
(h) To establish, secure,
own and develop patents,
trademarks and copyrights.
G) To do each and every
thing necessary, subsidiary, or
convenient for the accomplish
ment of any one Of the pur-
poses of the organization of
this corporation; and in addi-
tion to exercise and possess all
papers, rights and privileges
necessary or incidental to the
purposes for which the corpor-
alton is organized or to the ac-
tivities in which it is engaged;
and to do any such thing any
where.
Cd To conduct its affairs
within or without the District
of Columbia.
ARTICLE "
The term of existence of this
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