To carry on a general merchandising, mercantile, commission, trading and/or manufacturing business and any one or more or all of them in any or all of its or their branches and without limiting its said general powers; to buy, sell, import, export, demonstrate, manufacture, process, prepare for market, market, store, advertise and/or otherwise deal in and with gelatines, acidulated bones, prepared phosphates, chemical compounds, glue, hair, hides, skins, leather, fertilizers, greases, oils, extracts for tanning, cleaning, dyeing and other purposes and any and all other things capable of being dealt with in connection therewith; to acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise and to construct, hold, improve, operate, lease, mortgage and sell lands, manufacturing plants, workrooms, shops, salesrooms, warehouses, offices, stores and any other structures in any part of the United States or elsewhere incidental to the purposes of the corporation and to acquire by purchase or otherwise, hold, pledge, sell, or otherwise dispose of and deal in and with all kinds of personal property of every nature and description; to acquire all or part of the property and assets of any person, firm, corporation or association carrying on any business similar or incidental to or capable of being carried on in connection with any business which this corporation is authorized to carry on and to assume all the liabilities of such corporation, person, firm or association and to take over and proceed to conduct or liquidate any business or property so acquired; to purchase, acquire and hold for investment or otherwise use, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of and to guarantee any shares of stock, bonds, securities or other obligations of any other corporation or association of this or any other state, territory or country and to aid in any manner any such corporation or association of which shares of stock, bonds, or other obligations are held or in any manner guaranteed by this corporation, and to do any other act or thing permitted by law for the preservation, protection, improvements or enhancement of the value of such shares of stock, bonds, securities or other obligations, and, while the owner thereof, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon, and to acquire, hold and dispose of its own shares of stock of any class; to own, acquire, buy or sell inventions, patents and patent applications of the United States and foreign countries, patent rights, privileges, and improvements, processes, secrets and trade marks and to acquire or grant rights and licenses thereunder; to borrow money and from time to time to make and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures and obligations and evidences of indebtedness of all kinds when and as the same may be convenient for the accomplishment of the purposes of the company or any of them; and if deemed advisable to secure the same by mortgage or deed of trust or pledge of any or all of the property or franchises of the corporation; to carry on any business in any state or territory of the United States or in any foreign country or place which may in the discretion of the Board of Directors seem capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of the company’s property or rights and to do any and all of the above things or any part thereof as principals, agents, contractors or otherwise and by or any part thereof as principals, agents, contractors or otherwise and by or through agents or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others, and generally to attain and further any of the purposes herein set forth; to make, guarantee (so far as may be permitted to corporations organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and perform any contracts of any kind and description, and to do any and all other acts and things and exercis e any and all other powers which a copartnership or natural person could do and exercise, and which now or hereafter may be authorized by law. The foregoing clauses shall be construed as both purposes and powers, and the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the corporation. The corporation shall not carry on any business, or exercise any powers, in any state, Territory or country which a similar corporation organized under the laws of such state, territory, or country could not carry on or exercise, except to the extent permitted or authorized by the laws of such state, territory, or country. |