The Trust Problem

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McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901 - Bibliography - 341 pages
 

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Page 284 - If any certificate or report made, or public notice given by the officers of any such company in pursuance of the provisions of this act, shall be false in any material representation, all the officers who shall have signed the same, knowing it to be false, shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company contracted while they are stockholders or officers thereof.
Page 303 - The names and addresses of all the directors and officers of the company and when the term of office of each expires; VI.
Page 280 - ... shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock held by him, but no proxy shall be voted on after...
Page 294 - ... or conditional, for the sale or purchase, or for any option of purchase, of any property to be acquired by the company, in any case where — (a.) The...
Page 288 - Where the whole capital of a Corporation shall not have been paid in, and the capital paid shall be insufficient to satisfy the claims of its creditors, each stockholder shall be bound to pay, on each share held by him, the sum necessary to complete the amount of such share, as fixed by the Charter of the Company, or such proportion of that sum as shall be required to satisfy the debts of the Company.
Page 263 - The larger corporations — the so-called trusts — should be required to publish annually a properly audited report, showing in reasonable detail their assets and liabilities, with profit or loss ; such report and audit under oath to be subject to Government inspection.
Page 277 - ... extend its corporate existence, create one or more classes of preferred stock, and make such other amendment, change or alteration as may be desired, in manner following...
Page 293 - ... have been issued, or agreed to be issued, as fully or partly paid up otherwise than in cash, and in the latter case the extent to which they are so paid up, and in either case the consideration for which those shares or debentures have been issued or are proposed or intended to be issued...
Page 304 - None of the provisions of this Act shall be construed to repeal any of the provisions of the
Page 304 - ... file the same, and shall report the items required to be stated in such annual report so far as they are within his knowledge or are obtainable from sources of such information open to him, verified by him to be true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief ; the secretary of state shall upon application furnish blanks in proper form and shall safely keep in his office all such reports...

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