Compilation of the Corporation Laws of West Virginia: Embracing the Full Text of the Statutes of the State Relating to the Formation and Regulation of All Classes of Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896M.W. Donnally, 1896 - 165 pages |
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... Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896 West Virginia. CORPORATIONS GENERALLY . General Powers of Corporations . Every corporation , as such , shall have succession by its cor- porate name for the time limited in ...
... Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896 West Virginia. CORPORATIONS GENERALLY . General Powers of Corporations . Every corporation , as such , shall have succession by its cor- porate name for the time limited in ...
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... company may lay out a town not to include more than six hundred and forty acres , at or near their works , and sell lots therein ; and any corporation may take real estate , stock , bonds and securities in payment , in whole or in part ...
... company may lay out a town not to include more than six hundred and forty acres , at or near their works , and sell lots therein ; and any corporation may take real estate , stock , bonds and securities in payment , in whole or in part ...
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... Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896 West ... Corporations May Acquire . The land acquired by any company incorporated for a work of ... company at the principal termini of its work , or at any place or places ...
... Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896 West ... Corporations May Acquire . The land acquired by any company incorporated for a work of ... company at the principal termini of its work , or at any place or places ...
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... Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896 West Virginia. Company to Provide Wagon Ways . For every person , through whose land the road or canal of a company passes , it shall provide wagon ways across the road or ...
... Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, in Force January 1, 1896 West Virginia. Company to Provide Wagon Ways . For every person , through whose land the road or canal of a company passes , it shall provide wagon ways across the road or ...
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... company or companies shall make application to the corporate au- thorities thereof for permission to connect their roads within the corporate limits of said city , town or village , subject to the mu- nicipal regulations thereof , and ...
... company or companies shall make application to the corporate au- thorities thereof for permission to connect their roads within the corporate limits of said city , town or village , subject to the mu- nicipal regulations thereof , and ...
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Page 55 - ... public notice, as may be provided by law. SEC. 12. In all elections for directors or managers of corporations every stockholder shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected...
Page 52 - To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and property shall be transported, and the tolls and compensation to be paid therefor...
Page 51 - ... to its former state, or to such state as not unnecessarily to have impaired its usefulness.
Page 86 - To exercise by its board of directors, or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing and circulating notes according to the provisions of this Title.
Page 47 - State for the transaction of its business, where transfers of stock shall be made, and in which shall be kept for public inspection, books in which shall be recorded the amount of capital stock subscribed, and by whom: the names of the owners of its stock, and the amounts owned by them respectively: the amount of stock paid in.
Page 86 - Each director, when appointed or elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of such association...
Page 96 - ... notice; and that if he fails to make the same, his stock, and all previous payments thereon, will be forfeited for the use of the company ; which notice shall be served as aforesaid, at least sixty days previous to the day on which such payment is required to be made.
Page 42 - June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and be Imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year.
Page 48 - ... company; but the person pledging such stock shall be considered as holding the same, and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the...
Page 55 - Assembly shall provide, by law, that in all elections for directors or managers of incorporated companies, every stockholder shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, for the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected, or to cumulate said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors, multiplied by the number of his shares of stock, shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among...