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10-Q/A, 1996-10-25
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  FORM 10-Q/A


(MARK ONE)

   [X]       Amendment No. 1 to
             QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
             OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the third quarter ended July 31, 1996


                                      OR

   [ ]       TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
             OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ______________  to  ______________________

                         Commission File Number 1-3013

                             WESTVACO CORPORATION
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

           Delaware                                     13-1466285
   (State of Incorporation)                (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



                   299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

                         Telephone Number 212-688-5000
                        (Registrants' telephone number)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements 
for the past 90 days.  YES   X     NO
                           ____  _____

At July 31, 1996 the latest practicable date, there were 101,857,421 shares 
outstanding of Common Stock, $5 par value.

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Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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(a)     Exhibits:

        3.ii Bylaws of Westvaco Corporation, as of November 30, 1995

        27. Financial Data Schedules

(b)     Report on Form 8-K:  There were no Form 8-K reports filed during the 
        quarter ended July 31, 1996.

SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                        WESTVACO CORPORATION
                                        (Registrant)


October 25, 1996                        John E. Banu
                                        ------------
                                        John E. Banu
                                        Comptroller


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               BYLAWS 
               OF 
               WESTVACO CORPORATION
 













November 1995
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                                     BYLAWS



                                      OF 



                             WESTVACO CORPORATION
 



                    INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE
 
                          Principal Business Office 
                               299 Park Avenue 
                           New York, New York 10171
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      BYLAWS
 
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       Article I   Meetings of Stockholders
        Section  1 Place of Meetings.....................................  1-1
                 2 Annual Meetings.......................................  1-1
                 3 Special Meetings......................................  1-1
                 4 Notice of Meetings....................................  1-1
                 5 Postponement..........................................  1-1
                 6 Quorum................................................  1-1
                 7 Chairman; Secretary...................................  1-2
                 8 Inspectors of Election; Opening and Closing the    
                   Polls.................................................  1-2
                 9 Voting................................................  1-2
                10 Business Combination; Vote Required...................  1-2
                11 Meeting Required......................................  1-3
                12 Notification of Proposals.............................  1-3
       Article II  Board of Directors
        Section  1 General Powers, Number, Qualifications and Term of
                   Office................................................  2-1
                 2 Age Limitation........................................  2-1
                 3 Election of Directors; Vacancies; New Directorships...  2-1
                 4 Removal of Directors..................................  2-1
                 5 Notification of Nomination............................  2-2
                 6 Place of Meetings.....................................  2-2
                 7 Regular Meetings......................................  2-2
                 8 Special Meetings......................................  2-2
                 9 Notice of Special Meetings............................  2-3
                10 Quorum and Manner of Acting...........................  2-3
                11 Chairman; Secretary...................................  2-3
                12 Compensation..........................................  2-3
                13 Directors, Officers and Stockholders Interested in
                   Transactions..........................................  2-3
                14 Indemnity.............................................  2-4
       Article III Committees
        Section  1 Committees of Directors...............................  3-1
                 2 Removal; Vacancies....................................  3-1
                 3 Compensation..........................................  3-1
       Article IV  Officers
        Section  1 Number................................................  4-1
                 2 Election; Term of Office and Qualifications...........  4-1
                 3 Removal...............................................  4-1
                 4 Salaries..............................................  4-1
                 5 The Chairman of the Board.............................  4-1
                 6 The President.........................................  4-2
                 7 The Vice Presidents...................................  4-2
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                 8 The General Counsel...................................  4-2
                 9 The Assistant Vice Presidents.........................  4-2
                10 The Secretary.........................................  4-2
                11 The Assistant Secretaries.............................  4-2
                12 The Treasurer.........................................  4-3
                13 The Assistant Treasurers..............................  4-3
                14 The Comptroller.......................................  4-3
                15 The Assistant Comptrollers............................  4-3
       Article V   Authority to Act and Sign for the Corporation
        Section  1 Contracts, Agreements, Checks and Other Instruments...  5-1
                 2 Real Estate Transactions..............................  5-1
                 3 Bank Accounts; Deposits; Checks, Drafts and Orders
                   Issued in the Corporation's Name......................  5-2
                 4 Operating Authority...................................  5-3
                 5 Delegation of Authority...............................  5-3
                 6 Stock Certificates....................................  5-4
                 7 Voting of Stock in Other Corporations.................  5-4
                 8 Sale and Transfer of Securities.......................  5-4
       Article VI  Stock
       Section  1  Certificates of Stock.................................  6-1
                 2 Transfer of Stock.....................................  6-1
                 3 Transfer Agents and Registrars........................  6-1
                 4 Record Dates..........................................  6-1
       Article VII Sundry Provisions
       Section  1  Offices...............................................  7-1
                 2 Seal..................................................  7-1
                 3 Books and Records.....................................  7-1
                 4 Fiscal Year...........................................  7-1
                 5 Independent Public Accountants........................  7-1
                 6 Waiver of Notice......................................  7-1
                 7 Authorization to Transact Business....................  7-2
                 8 Amendments............................................  7-2
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WESTVACO CORPORATION
 
BYLAWS
 
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     Article I--Meetings of Stockholders
 

SECTION     PLACE OF MEETINGS
  1         The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and
            all special meetings for that or for any other purpose shall be held
            at the principal business office of the Corporation at 299 Park
            Avenue, New York, New York, or at such other place within or without
            the State of Delaware as may from time to time be designated by the
            Board of Directors.
 
SECTION     ANNUAL MEETINGS
  2         The annual meeting of stockholders for elections of directors, and
            for the transaction of such other business as may be required or
            authorized to be transacted by stockholders, shall be held on the
            fourth Tuesday in February each year or on such other date as a
            resolution of the Board of Directors may designate.
 
SECTION     SPECIAL MEETINGS
  3         A special meeting of stockholders for any purpose may be called at
            any time only by order of the Board of Directors pursuant to a
            resolution approved by a majority of the Board of Directors, by the
            Chairman of the Board, or by the President. At any such special
            meeting the only business transacted shall be in accordance with the
            purposes specified in the notice calling such meeting.
 
SECTION     NOTICE OF MEETINGS
  4         Except as may otherwise be provided by statute or the Certificate of
            Incorporation, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall cause
            written notice of the place, date and hour for holding each annual
            and special meeting of stockholders to be given not less than ten
            days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each
            stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting by mailing the notice,
            postage prepaid, to the stockholder at his post office address as it
            appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of each special
            meeting shall contain a statement of the purpose or purposes for
            which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided by
            statute, no notice of an adjourned meeting need be given other than
            by announcement at the meeting which is being adjourned of the time
            and place of the adjourned meeting.
 
SECTION     POSTPONEMENT
  5         Any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders
            may be postponed by resolution of the Board of Directors, upon
            public notice given prior to the date scheduled for such meeting.
 
SECTION     QUORUM
  6         The holders of shares of the outstanding stock of the Corporation
            representing a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast at
            any meeting of stockholders, if present in person or by proxy, shall
 
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            constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a larger
            proportion shall be required by statute or the Certificate of
            Incorporation. The Chairman of a meeting of stockholders may adjourn
            such meeting from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum of
            stockholders at such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any
            stockholders' meeting, the stockholders present in person or by
            proxy and entitled to vote may, by majority vote, adjourn the
            meeting from time to time until a quorum shall attend. At any such
            adjourned meeting, at which a quorum shall be present, any business
            may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
            originally called. The lack of the required quorum at any meeting of
            stockholders for action upon any particular matter, shall not
            prevent action at such meeting upon other matters which may properly
            come before the meeting, if the quorum required for taking action
            upon such other matters shall be present.
 
SECTION     CHAIRMAN; SECRETARY
  7         The Chairman of the Board (if one is then in office) shall call
            meetings of the stockholders to order and shall act as Chairman. If
            there is no Chairman of the Board, or in the event of his absence or
            disability, the President, or in his absence, one of the Executive
            Vice Presidents (in order of first designation as an Executive Vice
            President) present, or in absence of all Executive Vice Presidents,
            one of the Senior Vice Presidents (in order of first designation as
            a Senior Vice President) present, or in the absence also of all
            Senior Vice Presidents, one of the Vice Presidents (in order of
            first designation as a Vice President) present, shall call meetings
            of the stockholders to order and shall act as Chairman thereof. The
            Secretary of the Corporation, or any person appointed by the
            Chairman, shall act as Secretary of the meeting of stockholders.
 
SECTION     INSPECTORS OF ELECTION; OPENING AND CLOSING THE POLLS
  8         The Board of Directors in advance of any meeting of stockholders
            shall appoint two or more inspectors of election to act at such
            meeting or any adjournment thereof. In the event of the failure of
            the Directors to make such appointments, or if any inspector shall
            for any reason fail to attend or to act at any meeting, or shall for
            any reason cease to be an inspector before completion of his duties,
            the appointments shall be made by the Chairman of the meeting.
 
            The Chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting
            the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for
            each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting.
 
SECTION     VOTING
  9         At each meeting of the stockholders each stockholder entitled to
            vote thereat shall, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate
            of Incorporation, be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for
            each share of the stock of the Corporation registered in his name on
            the books of the Corporation on the date fixed pursuant to Section 4
            of Article VI of these Bylaws as the record date fixed for such
            meeting.
 
            At each meeting of the stockholders at which a quorum is present,
            all matters (except as otherwise provided in Section 10 of Article
            I, Section 4 of Article II, or Section 8 of Article VII of these
            Bylaws, in the Certificate of Incorporation, or by statute) shall be
            decided by the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares
            present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting and
            entitled to vote on the subject matter.
 
            The votes for directors shall be by ballot.
 
SECTION     BUSINESS COMBINATION; VOTE REQUIRED
  10        The vote required for the adoption or authorization of a Business
            Combination as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation shall be
            as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
 

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SECTION     MEETING REQUIRED
  11        Any action by stockholders of the Corporation shall be taken at a
            meeting of stockholders and no corporate action may be taken by
            written consent of stockholders entitled to vote upon such action.
 
SECTION     NOTIFICATION OF PROPOSALS
  12        The proposal of business, other than nominations, which are governed
            by Section 5 of Article II of these Bylaws, to be considered by the
            stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a)
            pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting, (b) by or at the
            direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the
            Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of
            notice provided for in this Bylaw, who is entitled to vote at the
            meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in
            this Section 12.
 
            For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
            stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of the first paragraph of this
            Section 12, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in
            writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business
            must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be
            timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary
            at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than
            the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of
            business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the
            preceding year's annual meeting, provided, however, that in the
            event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days
            before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by
            the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not earlier than the
            close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and
            not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day
            prior to such annual meeting or the seventh day following the day on
            which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made
            by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an
            adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the
            giving of a stockholder's notice as described above. Such
            stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to the business that the
            stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief
            description of the business desired to be brought before the
            meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and
            any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the
            beneficial owner; if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and
            (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial
            owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made (i) the name and
            address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's
            books, and of such beneficial owner and (ii) the class and number of
            shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record
            by such stockholder and such beneficial owner.
 
            Only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders
            as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the
            procedures set forth in this Section 12. Except as otherwise
            provided by law, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power
            and duty to determine whether any business proposed to be brought
            before the meeting was proposed in accordance with the procedures
            set forth in this Section 12 and, if any proposed business is not in
            compliance with this Section 12, to declare that such defective
            proposal shall be disregarded.
 
            For purposes of this Section 12, "public announcement" shall mean
            disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News
            Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in
            a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and
            Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act.
 
            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a
            stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of
            the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
            respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12. Nothing in this
            Section 12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to
            request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement
            pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
 
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     Article II--Board of Directors
 
SECTION     GENERAL POWERS, NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS AND TERM OF OFFICE
  1         The business and property of the Corporation shall be managed and
            controlled by the Board of Directors. The number of directors shall
            be not less than 9 and not more than 16, the exact number to be
            determined from time to time only by resolution adopted by the Board
            of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
 
            The directors shall be classified by the Board of Directors, with
            respect to the duration of the term for which they severally hold
            office, into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible.
            Such classes shall originally consist of a first class of directors
            who shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders held in
            1986 for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be
            held in 1987; a second class of directors who shall be elected at
            the annual meeting of stockholders held in 1986 for a term expiring
            at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 1988, and a
            third class of directors who shall be elected at the annual meeting
            of stockholders held in 1986 for a term expiring at the annual
            meeting of stockholders to be held in 1989. At each annual meeting
            of stockholders beginning in 1987, the successors of the class of
            directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected for a
            term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the
            third year following the year of election of such directors. The
            Board of Directors shall increase or decrease the number of
            directors in one or more classes as may be appropriate whenever it
            increases or decreases the number of directors pursuant to this
            Section 1, in order to ensure that the three classes shall be as
            nearly equal in number as possible. Each director of the Corporation
            shall hold office as provided above and until his or her successor
            shall have been elected and qualified.
 
SECTION     AGE LIMITATION
  2         No person shall serve as a director of the Corporation following the
            annual meeting of stockholders after attaining age 72.
 
SECTION     ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; VACANCIES; NEW DIRECTORSHIPS
  3         The directors shall be elected by class annually in the manner
            provided in these Bylaws. At each annual or special meeting of the
            stockholders for the election of directors, at which a quorum is
            present, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be
            the directors. Any vacancies on the Board of Directors caused by
            death, removal, resignation or any other cause and any newly created
            directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number
            of directors, may be filled only by a majority of the directors then
            in office, even though less than a quorum, at any regular or special
            meeting of the Board of Directors, and each director so elected
            shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class in
            which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred.
 
SECTION     REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
  4         Any director may be removed with cause, at any time, by the
            affirmative vote of at least 75% of the combined voting power of the
            then-outstanding shares of all classes and series of stock of the
            Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,
            voting together as a single class, at a special meeting of
            stockholders duly called and held for the purpose or at an annual
            meeting of stockholders.
 
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SECTION     NOTIFICATION OF NOMINATION
  5         Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board
            of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election
            of directors. Any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of
            directors at a meeting may nominate persons for election as
            directors only if written notice of such stockholder's intent to
            make such nomination is given, either by personal delivery or by the
            United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the
            Corporation, not later than (i) with respect to an election to be
            held at an annual meeting of stockholders, 90 days in advance of
            such meeting, and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at a
            special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the
            close of business on the seventh day following the date on which
            notice of such meeting is first given to stockholders. Each such
            notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the stockholder
            who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to
            be nominated, (b) a representation that such stockholder is a holder
            of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such
            meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting
            to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice, (c) a
            description of all arrangements or understandings between such
            stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming
            such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or
            nominations are to be made by such stockholder, (d) such other
            information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as
            would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed
            pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange
            Commission had each nominee been nominated, or intended to be
            nominated by the Board of Directors, and (e) the consent of each
            nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected. The
            chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of
            any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedures.
 
SECTION     PLACE OF MEETINGS
  6         The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or
            places, within or without the State of Delaware, as it may from time
            to time determine. In the absence of any such determination, such
            meetings shall be held at the principal business office of the
            Corporation. Any meeting may be held upon direction to the Secretary
            by the Chairman of the Board, or, in his absence, by the President
            at any place, provided that notice of the place of such meeting,
            whether regular or special, shall be given in the manner provided in
            Section 9 of this Article.
 
SECTION     REGULAR MEETINGS
  7         Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on the
            fourth Tuesday of each month or on such other date as a resolution
            of the Board of Directors may designate. Any regular meeting of the
            Board may be dispensed with upon order of the Board of Directors, or
            by the Chairman of the Board, or, in his absence, the President if
            notice thereof is given to each director at least one day prior to
            the date scheduled for the meeting. If any day fixed for a regular
            meeting shall be a legal holiday, then such meeting shall be held on
            the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. No notice
            shall be required for any regular meeting of the Board, except that
            notice of the place of such meeting shall be given (as provided in
            Section 9 of this Article) if such meeting is to be held at a place
            other than the principal business office of the Corporation.
 
SECTION     SPECIAL MEETINGS
  8         Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever
            called by the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the President,
            an Executive Vice President, or a majority of the Board of Directors
            then in office. 
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SECTION     NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS
  9         Notice of the place, day and hour of every special meeting of the
            Board of Directors shall be given by the Secretary or an Assistant
            Secretary to each director at least twelve hours before the meeting,
            by telephone, telegraph or cable, telecopier or e-mail, or by
            delivery to him personally or to his residence or usual place of
            business, or by mailing such notice at least three days before the
            meeting, postage prepaid, to him at his last known post office
            address according to the records of the Corporation. Except as
            provided by statute, or by Section 3 of Article IV or Section 8 of
            Article VII of these Bylaws, such notice need not state the business
            to be transacted at any special meeting. No notice of any adjourned
            meeting of the Board of Directors need be given. A meeting may be
            held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or
            if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with
            Section 6 of Article VII of these Bylaws.
 
 
SECTION     QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING
  10        A whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the
            total number of directors as determined by resolution in accordance
            with Section 1 of this Article, regardless of any vacancies, shall
            constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting
            except to fill vacancies in accordance with Section 3 of this
            Article, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any
            meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board
            of Directors unless otherwise provided by statute or these Bylaws.
            In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may
            adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice until a
            quorum be had. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall
            be present, any business may be transacted which might have been
            transacted at the meeting as originally scheduled. The directors
            present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact
            business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
            directors to leave less than a quorum.
 
SECTION     CHAIRMAN; SECRETARY
  11        At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board
            (if one is then in office) shall act as Chairman. If there is no
            Chairman of the Board, or in the event of his absence or disability,
            the President or in his absence or disability, one of the Executive
            Vice Presidents, or in their absence, a director chosen by a
            majority of the directors present, shall act as Chairman. The
            Secretary, or in his absence or disability, an Assistant Secretary,
            or any person appointed by the Chairman of the meeting, shall act as
            Secretary of the meeting.
 
SECTION     COMPENSATION
  12        Each director except a director who is an active employee of the
            Corporation in receipt of a salary shall be paid such sums as
            director's fees as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Each
            director may be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in attending
            meetings of the Board of Directors and in transacting any business
            on behalf of the Corporation as a director. Nothing in this Section
            shall be construed to preclude a director from serving the
            Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
            therefor.
 
SECTION     DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND STOCKHOLDERS INTERESTED IN TRANSACTIONS
  13        No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or
            more of its directors, officers or stockholders or between the
            Corporation and any other corporation, firm, or association in which
            one or more of the directors, officers and stockholders of the
            Corporation are officers, partners, directors or stockholders shall
            be either void or voidable (1) if the contract or other transaction
            is approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors, or of a
            committee having proper authority, by a majority of a quorum of
            persons not so interested, or (2) if the contract or other
            transaction is authorized or ratified at an annual or special
            meeting of the stockholders, or (3) if the contract or other
            transaction is just and reasonable to the Corporation at the time it
            is made, authorized or ratified; provided, however, that this Bylaw
            shall not operate or be deemed to make void or voidable any contract
            or transaction which would not otherwise be void or voidable as a
            matter of law, irrespective of the corporate action taken with
            respect thereto.
 
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SECTION     INDEMNITY
  14        Each director, officer and employee, past or present, of the
            Corporation, and each person who serves or may have served at the
            request of the Corporation as a director, officer or employee of
            another corporation and their respective heirs, administrators and
            executors, shall be indemnified by the Corporation in accordance
            with, and to the fullest extent provided by, the provisions of the
            General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it may from time
            to time be amended. Each agent of the Corporation and each person
            who serves or may have served at the request of the Corporation as
            an agent of another corporation, or as an employee or agent of any
            partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may, in the
            discretion of the Board of Directors, be indemnified by the
            Corporation to the same extent as provided herein with respect to
            directors, officers and employees of the Corporation.
 
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     Article III--Committees
 
SECTION     COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
  1         The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of
            the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to
            consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Such
            resolution shall specify a designation by which a committee shall be
            known, shall fix its powers and authority, and may fix the term of
            office of its members. Any such committee, to the extent provided in
            the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in the Bylaws of the
            Corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers and
            authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
            business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal
            of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it;
            except as otherwise provided by statute.
 
SECTION     REMOVAL; VACANCIES
  2         The members of committees of directors shall serve at the pleasure
            of the Board of Directors. Any member of a committee of directors
            may be removed at any time and any vacancy in any such committee may
            be filled by majority vote of the whole Board of Directors.
 
SECTION     COMPENSATION
  3         The Board of Directors may by resolution determine from time to time
            the compensation, if any, including reimbursement for expenses, of
            members of any committee of directors for services rendered to the
            Corporation as a member of any such committee.
 
 
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     Article IV--Officers
 
SECTION     NUMBER
  1         The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of
            Directors and shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a
            Secretary and a Treasurer. Officers of the Corporation may also
            include a Chairman of the Board, a General Counsel, a Comptroller,
            one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries,
            Assistant Treasurers, and Assistant Comptrollers. One or more
            persons may hold any two of such offices. The Chairman of the Board
            (if one is chosen) and the President shall be chosen from the Board
            of Directors and one of them shall be designated by the Board of
            Directors as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Subject
            to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
            Officer shall have general supervision of the business and affairs
            of the Corporation and over its officers, employees and agents. He
            shall have all powers and preform all duties incident to being Chief
            Executive Officer of a corporation, and as are provided for him in
            these Bylaws, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such
            other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
            The Board of Directors may also designate one or more of the Vice
            Presidents as Executive Vice Presidents and one or more Vice
            Presidents as Senior Vice Presidents.
 
SECTION     ELECTION; TERM OF OFFICE AND QUALIFICATIONS
  2         The officers shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors at
            its first regular meeting following the annual meeting of
            stockholders and each shall hold office until the corresponding
            meeting in the next year and until his successor shall have been
            elected and shall qualify, or until his earlier death or resignation
            or until he shall have been removed in the manner provided in
            Section 3 of this Article. Any vacancy in any office shall be filled
            for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at
            any regular or special meeting.
 
SECTION     REMOVAL
  3         Any officer may be removed from office, either with or without
            cause, by a vote of the majority of the whole Board of Directors at
            a special meeting called for that purpose, or at a regular meeting.
 
SECTION     SALARIES
  4         The Board of Directors shall have authority to determine any and all
            salaries of employees of the Corporation. The Board may by
            resolution authorize a committee of directors (none of whom shall be
            an officer or employee of the Corporation) to fix any such salaries.
            Salaries not determined by the Board of Directors, or by a committee
            of directors, may be fixed by the Chief Executive Officer of the
            Corporation.
 
SECTION     THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
  5         The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the
            stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall have all powers
            and perform all duties incident to the office of a Chairman of the
            Board of a corporation, and as are provided for him in these Bylaws,
            and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
            as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. In the absence
            or disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board shall
            perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive
            Officer if the President has been so designated.
 
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SECTION     THE PRESIDENT
  6         The President shall have all powers and perform all duties incident
            to the office of the President as are provided for him in these
            Bylaws and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other
            duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. If there
            is no Chairman of the Board or in the event of his absence or
            disability, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the
            powers of the Chairman of the Board, including those of Chief
            Executive Officer if the Chairman of the Board has been so
            designated.
 
SECTION     THE VICE PRESIDENTS
  7         The Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties
            as are provided for them in these Bylaws and as may be assigned to
            them, or any of them, by the Board of Directors or the Chief
            Executive Officer. The Executive Vice Presidents (in order of first
            designation as an Executive Vice President), in the absence or
            disability of the President, shall perform all the duties of the
            President and when so acting shall have the powers of the President.
            During the absence of the President and all Executive Vice
            Presidents, the available Senior Vice President (in order of first
            designation as a Senior Vice President), or in the absence also of
            all Senior Vice Presidents, the Vice President who is available and
            was first elected a Vice President prior to all other available Vice
            Presidents shall perform all the duties of the President and when so
            acting shall have the powers of the President. A Vice President
            performing the duties and exercising the powers of the President
            shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief
            Executive Officer if there is no Chairman of the Board or in the
            event of the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board.
 
SECTION     THE GENERAL COUNSEL
  8         The General Counsel shall be the chief legal officer of the
            Corporation and shall have general responsibility for all legal
            matters of the Corporation. He shall have such other powers and
            perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of
            Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
 
SECTION     THE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS
  9         The Assistant Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform
            such duties as may be assigned to them, or any of them, by the Board
            of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
 
SECTION     THE SECRETARY
  10        The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept in books provided for
            the purpose, the minutes of the meeting of stockholders and of the
            Board of Directors and any minutes of Committees of the Board of
            Directors; shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance
            with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by statute;
            shall be custodian of the records and of the corporate seal or seals
            of the Corporation; and shall cause the corporate seal to be affixed
            to any document the execution of which, on behalf of the
            Corporation, under its seal, is duly authorized and when so affixed,
            may attest the same. He shall have all powers and perform all duties
            incident to the office of a secretary of a corporation and as are
            provided for him in these Bylaws and shall exercise such other
            powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by
            the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
 
SECTION     THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
  11        In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant
            Secretary designated by him shall perform all the duties of the
            Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be
            subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary. The Assistant
            Secretaries shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as
            are provided for them in these Bylaws and as may be assigned to
            them, or any of them, by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
            Officer or the Secretary.
            
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SECTION     THE TREASURER
  12        The Treasurer shall have general charge of and general
            responsibility for all funds, securities, and receipts of the
            Corporation and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name
            of the Corporation, all moneys or other valuable effects in such
            banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall from time to
            time be designated in accordance with Section 3 of Article V of
            these Bylaws. He shall have all powers and perform all duties
            incident to the office of a treasurer of a corporation and as are
            provided for him in these Bylaws and shall exercise such other
            powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by
            the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
 
SECTION     THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS
  13        In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant
            Treasurer designated by him shall perform all the duties of the
            Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be
            subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. The Assistant
            Treasurers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
            provided for them in these Bylaws and as may be assigned to them, or
            any of them, by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer
            or the Treasurer.
 
SECTION     THE COMPTROLLER
  14        The Comptroller shall have general charge and supervision of
            financial reports; he shall maintain adequate records of all assets,
            liabilities and transactions of the Corporation; he shall keep the
            books and accounts and cause adequate audits thereof to be made
            regularly; he shall exercise a general check upon the disbursements
            of funds of the Corporation; and in general shall perform all duties
            incident to the office of a comptroller of a corporation, and shall
            exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
            assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
            Officer.
 
SECTION     THE ASSISTANT COMPTROLLERS
  15        In the absence or disability of the Comptroller, the Assistant
            Comptroller designated by him shall perform all the duties of the
            Comptroller and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be
            subject to all the restrictions upon the Comptroller. The Assistant
            Comptrollers shall exercise such other powers and perform such other
            duties as from time to time may be assigned to them, or any of them,
            by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the
            Comptroller.
 
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     Article V--Authority to Act and Sign for the Corporation
 
SECTION     CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, CHECKS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
  1         Except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Board of
            Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President, each Executive
            or Senior Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and each of
            them, may make, sign, endorse, verify, acknowledge and deliver, in
            the name and on behalf of the Corporation, all contracts,
            agreements, checks, notes, drafts and other commercial paper, bonds,
            assignments, bills of sale, releases, reports and all other
            instruments and documents deemed necessary or advisable by the
            officer or officers executing the same for carrying on the business
            and affairs of the Corporation, subject, however, to Section 2 of
            this Article relating to real estate transactions, to Section 6 of
            this Article relating to stock certificates of the Corporation, to
            Section 7 of this Article relating to execution of proxies and to
            Section 8 of this Article relating to securities held by the
            Corporation.
 
SECTION     REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
  2            (a) The Board of Directors may authorize any officer, employee or
            agent of the Corporation to sell, exchange, convey, mortgage, lease
            or otherwise dispose of or encumber by easement, license or other
            right any of the Corporation's interests in real property.
 
               (b) The Chairman of the Board, the President or any Executive
            Vice President may sell, exchange, convey, mortgage, lease or
            otherwise dispose of or encumber by easement, license or other right
            any of the Corporation's interests in real property; subject,
            however, to the following limitation:
 
                   Any interest in real property, any pledge of an interest in
            real property to secure a debt and any right affecting an interest
            in real property shall be limited to an interest or right having a
            fair market value of up to Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00).
 
               (c) In a manner approved by the Chief Executive Officer, all of
            the Corporation's interests in real property shall be classified as
            Plant, Timberlands or Other real property.
 
               (d) Any Senior Vice President or Division Manager may sell,
            exchange, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of or encumber by
            easement, license or other right any of the Corporation's interests
            in real property classified as Timberlands or Other; subject,
            however, to the following limitation:
 
                   Any interest in real property, and any right affecting an
            interest in real property shall be limited to an interest or right
            having a fair market value of up to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
            Dollars ($250,000.00), except that any Senior Vice President or
            Division Manager may convey timber, trees or stumpage having a fair
            market value of up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00).
 
 
               (e) With respect to real property interests classified as
            Timberlands or Other real property, subordinate managers who are
            expressly designated to exercise such authority by a Division
            Manager having general jurisdiction over such real property may
            convey or grant the following:
 
                   (1) Timber, trees or stumpage having a fair market value of
               not more than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00).
 
                   (2) Easement for a term of not more than five (5) years or
               terminable by the Corporation on advance notice of not more than
               thirty (30) days.
 
 
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               (f) Any of the limitations set forth in this Section 2
            notwithstanding;
 
                   (1) The Chairman of the Board, the President or any Executive
            or Senior Vice President may lease on behalf of the Corporation, for
            such consideration and duration and on such other terms and
            conditions as such officer deems appropriate, any of the
            Corporation's interest in real property classified as Timberlands or
            Other real property for the purposes of exploration and mining for
            coal, oil and gas and other minerals.
 
                   (2) The Chairman of the Board, the President, any Executive
            or Senior Vice President or the Treasurer may sublet any office
            space leased by the Corporation on such terms and conditions as such
            officer deems appropriate.
 
            (g) The Chairman of the Board, the President or any Executive Vice
         President shall have authority to convey or grant on behalf of the
         Corporation any interest in real property where the fair market value
         of such interest or right is no greater than Two Hundred and Fifty
         Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) notwithstanding the lack of full
         consideration. A Senior Vice President or a Division Manager shall have
         authority to convey or grant on behalf of the Corporation any interest
         in real property classified as Timberlands or Other property where the
         fair market value of such interest or right is no greater than Twenty-
         Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) notwithstanding the lack of full
         consideration.
 
            (h) Any officer, employee or agent exercising any authority granted
         under this Section may execute and deliver in the name and on behalf
         of the Corporation any instrument deemed necessary or advisable by the
         executing person to accomplish any such transition.
 
SECTION     BANK ACCOUNTS; DEPOSITS; CHECKS, DRAFTS AND ORDERS ISSUED IN THE
            CORPORATION'S NAME
  3         Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, any two of
            the following officers: the Chairman of the Board, the President,
            any Vice President, and the Treasurer may from time to time, (1)
            open and keep in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, with
            such banks, trust companies or other depositories as they may
            designate, general and special bank accounts for the funds of the
            Corporation, (2) terminate any such bank accounts and (3) select and
            contract to rent and maintain safe deposit boxes with depositories
            as they may designate and terminate such contracts and authorize
            access to any safe deposit box by any two employees designated for
            such purposes, at least one of whom shall be an officer, and revoke
            such authority. Any such action by two of the officers as specified
            above shall be made by an instrument in writing signed by such two
            officers and filed with the Secretary. A copy of such instrument,
            certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, shall be
            evidence to all concerned that the designations or terminations
            therein contained are duly authorized on behalf of the Corporation
            at the time of the certification.
 
             All funds and securities of the Corporation shall be deposited in
             such banks, trust companies and other depositories as are
             designated by the Board of Directors or by the aforesaid officers
             in the manner hereinabove provided, and for the purpose of such
             deposits, the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
             President, the Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer,
             and each of them, or any other person or persons authorized by the
             Board of Directors, may endorse, assign and deliver checks, notes,
             drafts, and other orders for the payment of money which are payable
             to the Corporation.
 
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            Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, all checks,
            drafts or orders for the payment of money, drawn in the name of the
            Corporation, may be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
            President, any Executive or Senior Vice President, the Secretary or
            the Treasurer or by any other officers or any employees of the
            Corporation who shall from time to time be designated to sign
            checks, drafts, or orders on all accounts or on any specific account
            of the Corporation by an "instrument of designation" signed by any
            two of the following officers: the Chairman of the Board, the
            President, any Executive or Senior Vice President, and the
            Treasurer, and filed with the Secretary. The Secretary or any
            Assistant Secretary shall make certified copies of such instruments
            of designation and such certified copies shall be evidence to all
            concerned of the authority of the persons designated therein at the
            time of the certification. An instrument of designation may provide
            for (1) the facsimile signature of any person authorized to sign by
            such instrument or by this Section or (2) the revocation of
            authority of any person (other than an officer named in this
            Section) to sign checks, drafts or orders drawn in the name of the
            Corporation.
 
            The Treasurer shall report at least annually to the Board of
            Directors the name of each depository and each account for the funds
            of the Corporation, the balance of deposit in each account, and the
            name of each employee authorized to sign checks thereon.
 
SECTION     OPERATING AUTHORITY
  4         The Chief Executive Officer shall designate divisions of the Company
            and shall appoint Division Managers who shall serve at the pleasure
            of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors. Each
            Division Manager shall have such powers and perform such duties as
            are necessary for, or incidental to, the conduct of all
            manufacturing, producing, research, marketing and other operations
            of his division, including the authority to hire employees for such
            division, and the authority to execute and deliver on behalf of the
            Corporation all contracts, agreements, purchase orders and other
            similar instruments pertaining solely to the operation of his
            division; except that such authority shall be subject to Section 3
            concerning checks, drafts and orders issued in the name of the
            Corporation and shall not extend to the disposal of the
            Corporation's interest in real property unless such authority is
            expressly granted by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. Such
            Managers shall also have such other powers and shall perform such
            other duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of Directors
            or by the Chief Executive Officer.
 
             Any Vice President shall have the same authority as a Division
             Manager with respect to his area of direct operational or
             administrative responsibility.
 
SECTION     DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
  5         The Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President or
            any Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President may appoint
            such attorneys and agents of the Corporation (who also may be
            employees of the Corporation) as may be deemed desirable who shall
            serve for such periods, have such powers, bear such titles and
            perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
            Board, the President or an Executive Vice President or any Senior
            Vice President may from time to time prescribe.
 
            Except as otherwise specifically provided in Sections 2, 3, 6, 7 and
            8 of Article V of these Bylaws, each officer and each Division
            Manager may delegate to any employee the right and power to perform
            any and all acts and to execute any and all documents to the extent
            he has such right and power.
 
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SECTION     STOCK CERTIFICATES
  6         All certificates of stock issued by the Corporation shall be
            executed in accordance with Section 1 of Article VI of these Bylaws.
 
SECTION     VOTING OF STOCK IN OTHER CORPORATIONS
  7         Stock in other corporations, which may from time to time be held by
            the Corporation, may be represented and voted at any meeting of
            stockholders of such other corporation by proxy executed in the name
            of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
            Executive Vice President or the Treasurer, with the corporate seal
            affixed and attested by the Secretary.
 
SECTION     SALE AND TRANSFER OF SECURITIES
  8         The Chairman of the Board, the President or any Executive or Senior
            Vice President, together with the Treasurer or the Secretary, are
            authorized to sell, transfer, endorse and assign any and all shares
            of stock, bonds and other securities owned by or standing in the
            name of the Corporation.
 
            The Chairman of the Board, the President, any Executive or Senior
            Vice President, the Treasurer, or the Secretary, is authorized to
            sell, transfer, endorse, and assign any and all securities owned by
            or standing in the name of the Corporation, maturing within one year
            of date of purchase, held for the short-term investment funds of the
            Corporation. The executing officers or officer may execute and
            deliver in the name and on behalf of the Corporation any instrument
            deemed necessary or advisable by the executing officers or officer
            to accomplish such transactions.
 
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     Article VI--Stock
 
SECTION     CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
  1         Each holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate or
            certificates, certifying the number and kind of shares owned by him
            in the Corporation signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
            President or an Executive Vice President and the Secretary and
            sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Where such certificate is
            signed by a transfer agent and by a registrar, the signatures of
            Corporation officers and the corporate seal may be facsimile,
            engraved or printed. In case any officer who shall have signed, or
            whose facsimile signature shall have been used on any such
            certificate, shall cease to be such officer of the Corporation,
            whether caused by death, resignation or otherwise, before such
            certificate shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such
            certificate shall nevertheless be deemed to have been adopted by the
            Corporation and may be issued and delivered as though the person who
            signed the same, or whose facsimile signature shall have been used
            thereon, had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation. The
            certificates for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation
            shall be in such forms as shall be approved by the Board of
            Directors.
 
SECTION     TRANSFER OF STOCK
  2         Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the
            Corporation by the holder thereof, in person or by duly authorized
            attorney, upon the surrender of the certificate, properly endorsed,
            representing the shares to be transferred.
 
SECTION     TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS
  3         The Corporation may have a transfer agent and a registrar of its
            stock for different locations appointed by the Board of Directors
            from time to time. The Board of Directors may direct that the
            functions of transfer agent and registrar be combined and appoint a
            single agency to perform both functions at one or more locations.
            Duties of the transfer agent, registrar and combined agency may be
            defined from time to time by the Board of Directors. No certificate
            of stock shall be valid until countersigned by a transfer agent and
            until registered by a registrar even if both functions are performed
            by a single agency.
 
SECTION     RECORD DATES
  4         The Board of Directors shall have power to fix in advance a record
            date to determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
            at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or to
            receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
            of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
            change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any
            other lawful action and such record date shall not be more than
            sixty nor less than ten days before the date of any meeting, nor
            more than sixty days prior to any other action.
            
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     Article VII--Sundry Provisions
 
SECTION     OFFICES
  1         The Corporation's principal office, principal place of business, and
            principal business office shall be at 299 Park Avenue, New York, New
            York. In the State of Delaware the Corporation's registered office
            shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The
            Corporation may also have other offices at such other places as the
            business of the Corporation may require.
 
SECTION     SEAL
  2         The corporate seal of the Corporation shall have inscribed thereon
            the following words and figures: WESTVACO CORPORATION 1899
            INCORPORATED DELAWARE. The seal may be used by causing it or a
            facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise
            reproduced. A duplicate seal or duplicate seals may be provided and
            kept for the necessary purposes of the Corporation.
 
            The adoption of this Bylaw shall not invalidate the corporate seals
            formerly used by the Corporation in the following words: "WEST
            VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF
            DELAWARE" or "WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER COMPANY INCORPORATED 1899
            DELAWARE," and shall not affect in any way the validity of any
            instrument which shall have been sealed with either of such seals
            prior to the adoption of this Bylaw.
 
SECTION     BOOKS AND RECORDS
  3         The Board of Directors may determine from time to time whether, and,
            if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations, the
            books and records of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open
            to the inspection of stockholders, and the rights of stockholders in
            this respect are and shall be limited accordingly (except as
            otherwise provided by statute). Under no circumstances shall any
            stockholder have the right to inspect any book or record or receive
            any statement for an improper or illegal purpose. Subject to the
            provisions of statutes relating thereto, the books and records of
            the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such
            places as may be from time to time designated by the Board of
            Directors.
 
SECTION     FISCAL YEAR
  4         Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year
            of the Corporation shall be twelve calendar months beginning on the
            first day of November in each year.
 
SECTION     INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
  5         The Board of Directors shall appoint annually an independent public
            accountant or firm of independent public accountants to audit the
            books of the Corporation for each fiscal year; this appointment
            shall be subject to shareholder ratification at the annual meeting
            next succeeding the appointment.
 
SECTION     WAIVER OF NOTICE
  6         Any shareholder or director may waive any notice required to be
            given by law or by the provisions of the Certificate of
            Incorporation or by these Bylaws; provided that such waiver shall be
            in writing and signed by such shareholder or director or by the duly
            authorized attorney of the shareholder, either before or after the
            meeting, notice of which is being waived.
 
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SECTION     AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSACT BUSINESS
   7        The Chairman of the Board or the President, together with the
            Secretary, is authorized to qualify the Corporation as a foreign
            corporation in any state of the United States or to withdraw such
            qualification when deemed necessary and to appoint an agent or
            agents to act on behalf of the Corporation in any state where the
            Corporation qualifies to do business.
 
SECTION     AMENDMENTS
  8         The Board of Directors shall have power to make, alter and amend any
            Bylaws of the Corporation by a vote of a majority of the whole Board
            at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or any special
            meeting of the Board if notice of the proposed Bylaw, alteration or
            amendment be contained in the notice of such special meeting;
            provided, however, that no Bylaw shall be deemed made, altered or
            amended, by the Board of Directors unless the resolution authorizing
            the same shall specifically state that a Bylaw is thereby being
            made, altered or amended. Except as otherwise provided in these
            Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, the shareholders of the
            Corporation may make, alter, amend or repeal any Bylaws of the
            Corporation by the affirmative vote of the majority of the stock
            entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting.
 
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