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Exhibit 3.1 AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
DERBY FARMS, INC.
We, the undersigned President and Secretary-Treasurer,
pursuant to the Uniform Business Corporation Act Section 16-1057 do adopt the
following Article of Amendment: ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is hereby amended to that of
Commerce Oil of Kentucky, Inc.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the undersigned, being the President
and Secretary-Treasurer, hereby certify that on the first day of December, 1981,
a stockholder meeting of Derby Farms, Inc., was held in the offices of Commerce
Oil located at 1701 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, whereby, 1,029,300
shares of a total of 1,750,000 shares issued and outstanding, all of which were
entitled to vote, voted to amend the corporation as hereinabove stated.
/s/ Sam J. Lewis
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Sam J. Lewis, Jr., President
/s/ William Goodwin
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William Goodwin, Secretary-Treasurer
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STATE OF TENNESSEE
COUNTY OF DAVIDSON
Be IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED, that personally appeared before
me, /s/ Elizabeth Daughuty, a Notary Public in and for the County and State
aforesaid, Sam Lewis and William Goodwin, personally known to me to be the same
and being the incorporators and all of same who signed the foregoing Amended
Articles of Incorporation; and I having made known to them the contents of said
Article, they did under oath severally acknowledge their signatures as their
free act and deed and that the facts are truly set forth therein.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 19th day of
January, at Nashville, Tennessee.
/s/ Elizabeth B Daughuty
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My Commission Expires Oct. 21, 1984 Notary Public
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