It shall be lawful for such company to call for and demand from the stockholders, respectively, all sums of money by them subscribed, at such time and in such proportions as its board of directors shall deem proper, within the time specified in § 26-1316, and it may enforce payment by all remedies provided by law; and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any instalment, as required by a resolution of the board of directors, after 30 days notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at public auction to the highest bidder so many shares of said stock as shall pay said installment, under such general regulations as may be adopted in the bylaws of said company, and the highest bidder shall be taken to be the person who offers to purchase the least number of shares for the assessment due.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1306, ch. 854, § 729; June 20, 1938, 52 Stat. 780, ch. 527; Sept. 10, 1985, D.C. Law 6-34, § 2, 32 DCR 3776; Mar. 12, 1986, D.C. Law 6-91, § 2, 33 DCR 310.)
1981 Ed., § 26-417.
1973 Ed., § 26-317.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 26 - Banks and Other Financial Institutions
Chapter 13 - Trust, Loan, Mortgage, Safe Deposit and Title Corporations
§ 26–1301. Manner of formation; purposes
§ 26–1304. Organization certificate; execution; contents
§ 26–1305. Charter of incorporation — Power of Council to grant or refuse
§ 26–1306. Charter of incorporation — Notice of application
§ 26–1309. Powers of companies; liability as trustee
§ 26–1310. Appointment as fiduciary
§ 26–1311.01. Automatic substitution of fiduciaries
§ 26–1312. Stock, property, and liability to be security when fiduciary
§ 26–1313. Existing companies; certificate of intention to comply with provisions
§ 26–1314. Real property held and conveyed by companies
§ 26–1315. Duration of charter
§ 26–1317. Capital stock — Calls; sale on failure to pay money subscribed
§ 26–1318. Annual reports — Publication; contents; verification
§ 26–1319. Annual reports — Liability of directors or trustees
§ 26–1320. Wilful false swearing; misappropriation
§ 26–1321. Stock deemed personal estate; transfer; contents of certificates
§ 26–1322. Liability of stockholders
§ 26–1323. Payment of stock to be in money only; exception
§ 26–1324. Election of, and management of company by, directors or trustees
§ 26–1325. Officers; security authorized
§ 26–1326. Power to make bylaws; purposes thereof
§ 26–1327. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Conditions
§ 26–1328. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Exemption
§ 26–1329. Directors or trustees personally liable when liabilities exceed assets
§ 26–1330. Fiduciary not liable as stockholder; liability of estate and funds
§ 26–1331. Increase or decrease of capital stock
§ 26–1332. Copy of certificate as evidence
§ 26–1333. Security required for performance of fiduciary duties; liability thereon
§ 26–1334. Powers of probate court
§ 26–1335. Compliance required of foreign corporations or companies
§ 26–1336. Right of Congress to amend or repeal chapter; remedies preserved