Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan

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J. S. Bagg, 1835 - Law
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Page 228 - ... not under the seal of the said corporation, shall be binding and obligatory upon the same, in like manner, and with like force and effect, as upon any private person or persons, if issued by him, her or them, in his, her or their private or natural capacity or capacities, and shall be assignable and negotiable in like manner as if they were so issued by such private person or persons...
Page 74 - ... in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and also that they and their successors, by the name of "The Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York...
Page 50 - That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said State, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.
Page 52 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed" on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 43 - As soon as the circumstances of the State will permit, the Legislature shall provide for the establishment of libraries ; one at least in each township ; and the money which shall be paid by persons as an equivalent for exemption from military duty, and the clear proceeds of all fines assessed in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws, shall be exclusively applied to the support of said libraries.
Page 213 - Corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful on any other day to hold...
Page 170 - At any meeting of the board of trustees a majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time...
Page 313 - ... and such valuation, when paid or tendered to the owner or owners of said property, or his, her, or their legal representatives, shall entitle the said company to the estate and interest in the same thus valued, as fully as if it had been conveyed...
Page 46 - That the directors for the time being, or a major part of them, shall have power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper, touching the management and disposition of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the said corporation...
Page 205 - ... such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts; and the said corporation shall not.

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