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Exhibit 3.61
Filing Fee $150.00
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CORPORATIONS DIVISION
100 NORTH MAIN STREET
PROVIDENCE, RI 02903
Corp. I.D. # 81596
BUSINESS CORPORATION
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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The undersigned acting as incorporator(s) of a corporation under Chapter
7-1.1 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended, adopt(s) the following Articles of
Incorporation for such corporation:
FIRST. The name of the corporation is PJC of Cranston, Inc.
(A close corporation pursuant to Section 7-1.1-51 of the General Laws, 1956,
as amended) (strike if inapplicable)
SECOND. The period of its duration is (if perpetual, so state) Perpetual.
THIRD. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are:
Performing the operation and management of a retail liquor store, and all such
related activities, as well as for any lawful purpose for which corporations may
be formed under the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act.
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FOURTH. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue is:
(a) IF ONLY ONE CLASS: Total number of shares 8,000, $1.00 par value shares
(If the authorized shares are to consist of one class only, state the
par value of such shares or a statement that all of such shares are to be
without par value.)
OR
(b) IF MORE THAN ONE CLASS: Total number of shares
(State (A) the number of shares of each class thereof that are to have
a par value and the par value of each share of each such class, and/or (B)
the number of such shares that are to be without par value, and (C) a
statement of all or any of the designations and the powers, preferences and
rights, including voting rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, which are permitted by the provisions of title 7 of
the General Laws in respect of any class or classes of stock of the
corporation and the fixing of which by the articles of association is
desired, and an express grant of such authority as it may then be desired
to grant to the board of directors to fix by vote or votes any thereof that
may be desired but which shall not be fixed by the articles.)
FIFTH. Provisions (if any) dealing with the preemptive right of
shareholders pursuant to Section 7-1.1-24 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended:
None.
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SIXTH. Provisions (if any) for the regulation of the internal affairs of
the corporation:
None.
SEVENTH. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is
222 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, RI 02889 (add Zip Code) and the name of its
initial registered agent at such address is: Parasearch, Inc.
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SIGNATURE OF REGISTERED AGENT
EIGHTH. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors
of the corporation is One (1) 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 are elected and shall qualify are:
(If this is a close corporation pursuant to Section 7-1.1-51 of the General
Laws, 1956, as amended, state the name(s) and address(es) of the officers of the
corporation.)
NAME ADDRESS
Michel Coutu 440 George Washington Highway
Smithfield, RI 02917
NINTH. The name and address of each incorporator is:
NAME ADDRESS
Megan Walsh Cummings & Lockwood
4 Stamford Plaza
Stamford, CT 06904
TENTH. Date when corporate existence to begin (not more than 30 days
after filing of these articles of incorporation): As of filing.
Dated October 12, 1994
/s/ Megan Walsh
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SIGNATURE OF EACH INCORPORATOR
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT City
} In the } of Stamford
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD Town
in said county this 12th day of October, A.D. 1994 then personally appeared
before me Megan Walsh each and all known to me and known by me to be the parties
executing the foregoing instrument, and they severally acknowledged said
instrument by them subscribed to be their free act and deed.
/s/ Bridget E. Bilgrei
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NOTARY PUBLIC
BRIDGET E. BILGREI
NOTARY PUBLIC
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAY 31, 1999