The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants (1912)

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Exhibit 6. CHARTER OF GENERAL FILM COMPANY, APRIL 18, 1910. State of Maine: Certificate of organization of a corporation under the general law. The undersigned^ officers of a corporation organized at Portland, Maine, at a meeting of the signers of the articles of agreement therefor, duly called and held at No. 95 Exchange Street, in the city of Portland, State of Maine, on Monday, the eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1910, hereby certify as follows: The name of said corporation is General Film Company. The purposes of said corporation are — For the purpose of buying, selling, or otherwise acquiring or disposing of letters patent and licenses under letters patent for inventions pertaining to the production and use of photographic or other negatives and photographic or other positives, of objects at rest and objects in motion; manufacturing, buying, using, selling, or otherwise acquiring or disposing of. o^ leasing, apparatus, materials, processes, and rights, pertaining to the production and use of photographic or other negatives and photographic or other positives, of objects at rest and objects in motion; manufacturing, buying, using, selling, or otherwise acquiring or disposing of, or leasing, photographic or other negatives and photographic or other positives of objects at rest and objects in motion; manufacturing, buying, using, selhng, or otherwise acquiring or disposing of, or leasing, apparatus and materials of every character used in exhibitions, entertainments, motion-picture shows and theatrical performances, and in equipping theaters, halls, and similar 99