Laws of the State of New York Relating to Highways, Bridges and Ferries: ... with Forms and Instructions; Also General Laws Relating to Plank and Turnpike Roads

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Weed, Parsons, printers, 1860 - Bridges - 191 pages

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Page 93 - ... and the election shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy. All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he owns shares of stock...
Page 95 - All the stockholders of every company incorporated under this act, shall be severally individually liable to the :! creditors of the company in which they are stockholders, to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by them respectively...
Page 121 - That an enrolled agent shall not have the privilege of drafting or preparing any written instrument by which title to real or personal property...
Page 116 - Every officer or agent of any such company, who shall neglect to make any proper entry in such book, or shall refuse or neglect to exhibit the same or allow the same to be inspected and extracts...
Page 135 - ... in which shall be stated the name of the company, the number of years the same is to continue, the places from and to which the road is to be constructed or maintained and operated, the length of such road as near as may be...
Page 93 - There shall be a president of the company, who shall be designated from the number of the directors, and also such subordinate officers as the company by its by-laws may designate, who may be elected or appointed, and required to give such security for the faithful performance of the duties of their office as the company by its by-laws may require.
Page 93 - ... company, when it ought to have been made, the company for that reason shall not be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold...
Page 18 - New York, one to be appointed by each of the parties hereto, and the third by the two so chosen; their decision or that of any two of them, shall be final, and for the purpose of enforcing any award, this agreement may be made a rule of the Court. The Arbitrators shall be commercial men.
Page 135 - ... years, the number of shares of which the said stock shall consist, the number of trustees and their names, who shall manage the concerns of said company for the first year...
Page 136 - an act to provide for the incorporation of companies to construct plank roads, and for companies to construct turnpike roads...

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