Nacacima's English Commercial Correspondence, with Commercial Forms: A Reference Book for Business Mer [!]. And a Text Book for Commercial Students

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Nakanishi=ya, 1906 - 538 pages

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Page 408 - The directors may elect a chairman of their meetings, and determine the period for which he is to hold office ; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the directors present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.
Page 403 - ... members, shall be dissolved ; in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the members present shall be a quorum.
Page 403 - The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
Page 408 - Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 403 - Every question submitted to a meeting shall be decided, in the first instance, by a show of hands...
Page 406 - Any casual vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled up by the directors but any person so chosen shall retain his office so long only as the vacating director would have retained the same if no vacancy had occurred.
Page 405 - If at any meeting at which an election of directors ought to take place the places of the vacating directors are not filled up the meeting shall stand adjourned till the same day in the next week at the same...
Page 412 - All Notices directed to be given to the Members shall, with respect to any Share to which Persons are jointly entitled, be given to whichever of such Persons is named first in the Register of Members ; and Notice so given shall be sufficient Notice to all the Holders of such Share.
Page 405 - The company may from time to time in general meeting increase or reduce the number of directors and may also determine in what rotation such increased or reduced number is to go out of office.

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