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Page 79 - To divide, withdraw, or in any manner pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of the capital stock of the corporation ; or to reduce such capital stock without the consent of the legislature ; or 3.
Page 57 - The repeal of a law or any part of it specified in the annexed schedule shall not affect or impair any act done, or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred prior to May first, eighteen hundred and ninetytwo, under or by virtue of any law so repealed, but the same may be asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted as fully and to the same extent as if such law had not been repealed...
Page 53 - The act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by these By-Laws.
Page 83 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company contracted while they are...
Page 87 - The stock of such company shall be deemed personal estate, and shall be transferable in such manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of the company ; but no shares shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in, or shall have been declared forfeited for the non-payment of calls thereon.
Page 72 - The amount of its capital stock and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided.
Page 58 - The provisions of this chapter, so far as they are substantially the same as those of laws existing when this act took effect, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws, modified or amended according to the language employed in this chapter and not as new enactments...
Page 126 - ... in which it is proposed to be constructed, may, upon application, appoint three commissioners who shall determine, after a hearing of all parties interested, whether such railroad ought to be constructed or operated, and their determination, confirmed by the court, may be taken in lieu of the consent of the property owners.
Page 57 - Laws repealed. - Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is repealed.
Page 34 - ... that there is no reasonable objection to the change of name proposed, and if the petition be to change the name of an infant, that the interests of the infant will be substantially promoted by the change...