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Page 53 - What express companies run on your road, and on what terms and what conditions as to rates, use of track, machinery, repairs of cars, etc.; what kind of business is done by them, and do you take their freights at the depot, or at the office of such express companies?
Page 84 - Company, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has caused the foregoing statements to be prepared by the proper officers and agents of this Company, and having carefully examined the same, declares them to be a true, full, and...
Page lxxii - ... parties to such agreement, all and singular the rights and interest in and to every species of property, real, personal and mixed, and things in action, shall be deemed to be transferred to, and vested in, such new corporation, without any other deed or transfer.
Page lxxi - ... prescribing the terms and conditions thereof, the mode of carrying the same into effect, the name of the new corporation, the number...
Page lxx - Corporations into shares in such new Corporation, with such other details as they shall deem necessary to perfect such consolidation of said Corporations ; and such new Corporation shall possess all the powers, rights, and franchises conferred upon such two or more Corporations, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, and perform all the duties imposed by the provisions of their respective charters or laws of organization, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Page lxxii - ... all rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of either of said former corporations shall be preserved unimpaired...
Page 190 - ... and the several acts amendatory thereof, or of some railroad company incorporated and doing business under the laws of some other state or province, shall be liable to pay taxes upon the gross receipts or revenue derived as car mileage or car rentals for the use of such cars while in use for traffic between local points in this state, and from all sums received from passengers as additional charges to the regular fare for the occupancy of any palace, drawing-room, sleeping, parlor, chair, or...
Page 2 - State, and shall file the same in the office of the Secretary of State. The State Inspector shall execute a bond to the State of Michigan in such sum and with such surety as shall be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed u{x>u him by this act, which bond shall be for the use of all persons aggrieved by the acts or neglect of said inspector, and the same shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
Page 1 - Inspector provided for in this act is hereby empowered to appoint a suitable number of deputies, which deputies are hereby empowered to perform the duties of inspection, and shall be liable to the same penalties as the State Inspector: Provided, That the State Inspector may remove any of said deputies for reasonable cause. It shall be the duty of the inspector and his deputies...
Page lxxii - ... in person or by proxy, each share of capital stock being entitled to one vote; and when such agreement of the directors has been so sanctioned by each of the meetings of the stockholders separately, after being submitted to such meetings in the manner above mentioned, then such agreement of the directors shall be deemed to be the agreement of the said two or more corporations.