Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey

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Secretary of State., 1854 - Law

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Page 215 - That, in case it should at any time happen that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause be deemed to be dissolved ; but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as shall have been regulated by the laws and ordinances of the said corporation...
Page 345 - The Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever...
Page 215 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 475 - ... liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the estates and funds in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate, or...
Page 214 - Segur, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, shall be and are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name...
Page 216 - 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 474 - ... they shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted, while they shall respectively continue in office...
Page 477 - ... no transfer of stock shall be valid for any purpose whatever, except to render the person to whom it shall be transferred liable for the debts of the company, according to the provisions of this act, until it shall have been entered therein as required by this section, by an entry showing to and from whom transferred.
Page 474 - ... shall make a certificate stating the amount of the capital so fixed and paid in ; which certificate shall be signed and sworn to by the president, and a majority of the directors ; and they shall, within the said thirty days, record the same in the office of the circuit clerk of the county wherein the business of said company is carried on.
Page 476 - ... a certificate of the proceedings, showing a compliance with the provisions of this act, the amount of capital actually paid in the business to which it is extended or changed, the whole amount of debts and liabilities of the company, and the amount to which the capital stock shall be increased or diminished, shall be made out, signed and verified by the affidavit of the chairman, and be countersigned by the secretary ; and such certificate shall be acknowledged by the chairman. and filed as...

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