Exhibit 3.1(f)(i)
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW MEXICO CHECK MART, INC.
127,160-0
The State Corporation Commission certifies that duplicate
originals of the Articles of Incorporation attached hereto, duly
signed and verified pursuant to the provisions of the BUSINESS
Corporation Act, have been received by it and are found to conform to
law.
Accordingly, by virtue of the authority vested in it by law,
the State Corporation Commission issues this Certificate of
Incorporation, and attaches hereto a duplicate original of the
Articles of Incorporation.
In Testimony Whereof, the State Corporation
Commission of the State of New Mexico has
caused this certificate to be signed by its
Chairman and the Seal of said Commission to
be affixed at the City of Santa Fe on
MAY 24, 1985
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Chairman
By:
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Director
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW MEXICO CHECK MART, INC.
The undersigned natural persons of the age of 21 years or
more, acting as incorporators of a corporation (the "Corporation")
under the provisions of the New Mexico Business Corporation Act (this
act as amended from time to time is referred to herein as the Act),
adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I.
Name
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The name of the Corporation is New Mexico Check Mart, Inc.
ARTICLE II.
Duration
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The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE III.
Purposes and Powers
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The Corporation is organized for the following purposes and
shall have the following powers:
A. To operate a check cashing service; and
B. To participate in any other lawful business for which
corporations may be organized under the Act.
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The Corporation shall have the power to do everything
necessary, proper, advisable, or convenient to accomplish any of the
purposes hereinabove set forth, including all things incidental to or
connected with their accomplishment, that are not forbidden by the
Act, by other law, or by these Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE IV.
Authorized Shares
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The Corporation shall have authority to issue 50,000 shares
of common stock of a single class.
ARTICLE V.
Preemptive Rights
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The holders of the common stock of the Corporation shall
have no preemptive rights, as such holders, to acquire any shares or
securities of any class that may at any time be or have been issued by
the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
Provisions for Regulation of the
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Internal Affairs of the Corporation
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Section 1. Bylaws. The initial Bylaws of the Corporation
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shall be adopted by its Board of Directors. The power to alter,
amend, or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws shall be vested in
the Board of Directors. The Bylaws may contain any provisions for the
regulation and management of the
affairs of the Corporation not inconsistent with the Act, or these
Articles of Incorporation.
Section 2. Transactions in which Directors have an
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Interest. Any contract or other transaction between the Corporation
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and one or more of its directors, or between the Corporation and any
firm of which one or more of its directors are members or employees,
or in which they are interested, or between the Corporation and any
corporation or association of which one or more of its directors are
shareholders, members, directors, officers, or employees, or in which
they are interested, shall be valid for all purposes, notwithstanding
the presence of the director or directors at the meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation, which acts upon, or in reference to,
the contract or transaction, and notwithstanding his or their
participation in the action, if the fact of such interest shall be
disclosed or known to the Board of Directors and the Board of
Directors shall, nevertheless, authorize or ratify the contract or
transaction, the interested director or directors to be counted in
determining whether a quorum is present and to be entitled to vote on
such authorization or ratification. This section shall not be
construed to invalidate any contract or other transaction that would
otherwise be valid under the common and statutory law applicable to
it.
ARTICLE VII.
Address of Initial Registered Office and
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Name of Initial Registered Agent
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Section 1. Registered Office. The address of the initial
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registered office of the Corporation is 4521 Central Avenue, N.E.,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Section 2. Registered Agent. The name of the initial reg
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istered agent of the Corporation, an individual resident in New Mexico
whose business office is at the above address, is William Beamish.
ARTICLE VIII.
Board of Directors
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Section 1. Initial Board of Directors. The initial Board
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of Directors shall consist of two members, and the names and addresses
of the persons who are to serve as directors until the first annual
meeting of shareholders, or until their successors shall have been
elected and qualified, are:
Name Address
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William Beamish 4521 Central Avenue, N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Brent Therrien 10024-82nd Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Section 2. Increase or Decrease of Directors. The number
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of Directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by
amendment to, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws;
but no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any
incumbent director.
ARTICLE IX.
Incorporators
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The name and address of the Incorporators of the Corporation
are:
Name Address
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William Beamish 4521 Central Avenue, N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Brent Therrien 10024-82nd Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
EXECUTED this 8 day of May, 1985.
/s/ William Beamish
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William Beamish
/s/ Brent Therrien
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Brent Therrien
STATE OF )
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) ss:
COUNTY OF )
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The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 8
day of May, 1985, by William Beamish and Brent Therrien.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
Barrister & Solicitor
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No Expiry Date
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