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Section 1 - Application of Chapter; Secretary Defined - Section 1. The provisions of this chapter, unless expressly limited...
Section 2 - Formation - Section 2. Any persons, to the number hereinafter provided, who...
Section 3 - Corporations Formed to Furnish Steam, Hot Water, or Hydrostatic or Pneumatic Pressure - Section 3. For the purpose of generating and furnishing steam...
Section 4 - Number of Incorporators; Capital - Section 4. For the purpose of carrying on any other...
Section 5 - Contents of Agreement of Association - Section 5. The agreement of association shall state that the...
Section 6 - First Meeting - Section 6. The first meeting shall be called and record...
Section 7 - Subscribers to Hold Franchise; Distribution of Shares - Section 7. The subscribers to the agreement of association shall...
Section 8 - Organization - Section 8. At such first meeting, or at any adjournment...
Section 9 - Submission of Details of Organization to Secretary; Approval; Certificate - Section 9. The president, treasurer and a majority of the...
Section 10 - Business Powers of Corporation - Section 10. A corporation may in its corporate name purchase,...
Section 11 - Alteration, Addition to or Change of Business - Section 11. A corporation may, by a vote of all...
Section 12 - Digging Up or Opening Streets or Highways; Qualified Corporations - Section 12. Corporations organized for the purpose of transporting the...
Section 13 - Highway Defects Caused by Corporation; Liability - Section 13. If a person who is injured in his...
Section 14 - Pipes or Conductors in Street; Regulation by Municipality - Section 14. The aldermen of a city or the selectmen...
Section 15 - Corporations for Introduction and Propagation of Herrings and Alewives; Local Permit - Section 15. A corporation which is organized for the purpose...
Section 16 - Water, Gas, Power and Wire Communication Corporations; Interest Upon Advance Payments by Customers - Section 16. If a corporation which has a franchise in...
Section 17 - Safe Deposit Boxes; Definitions; Insurance Notice; Overdue Rentals; Affidavit - Section 17. As herein used, ''bank'' shall mean any bank...
Section 18 - Management by Officers; Selection of President - Section 18. The business of every corporation shall be managed...
Section 19 - Selection of Directors, Clerk, Treasurer and Other Agents and Officers; Term - Section 19. The directors, clerk and treasurer shall be chosen...
Section 20 - Clerk's Duties; Treasurer's Bond - Section 20. The clerk shall be sworn, shall record all...
Section 21 - Entitlement to Stock Certificates - Section 21. Every stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate...
Section 22 - Lost Certificates - Section 22. In case of the loss of a certificate,...
Section 23 - Special Charter Corporations; Fixing and Limiting of Capital Stock - Section 23. The amount of the capital stock of every...
Section 24 - Increase or Reduction of Capital Stock - Section 24. Every corporation, unless otherwise expressly provided, at a...
Section 25 - Special Stock - Section 25. A corporation may, by a vote of three...
Section 26 - Employees' Stock; Issuance - Section 26. A corporation may, by a vote of its...
Section 27 - Employees' Stock; Dividends - Section 27. If a dividend is paid by a corporation...
Section 28 - Employees' Stock; Transfer; Redemption; Limitation Upon Number of Shares - Section 28. The shares of employees' stock shall not be...
Section 29 - Assessment Upon Shares - Section 29. Every corporation may, from time to time at...
Section 30 - Failure to Pay Assessment; Sale of Shares - Section 30. If the stockholder neglects to pay an amount...
Section 31 - Notice of Sale; Transfer of Shares Sold - Section 31. The treasurer shall give notice of the time...
Section 32 - Commencement of Business; Payment of Capital Stock - Section 32. A corporation shall not begin business until the...
Section 33 - Payment for Capital Stock - Section 33. The capital stock, except as provided in this...
Section 34 - Proxies - Section 34. Absent stockholders may vote at all meetings by...
Section 35 - Quorum - Section 35. Every corporation may determine by its by-laws what...
Section 36 - Correction of Defective Proceedings; Procedure - Section 36. If doubts arise as to the legality of...
Section 37 - Annual Certificate of Condition - Section 37. Every corporation shall annually file in the office...
Section 38 - Failure to File Annual Certificate; Dissolution - Section 38. If a corporation fails for two successive years...
Section 39 - Certificate of Increase of Capital Stock; Filing - Section 39. A corporation shall, upon an increase of its...
Section 40 - Certificate of Reduction of Capital Stock; Filing - Section 40. A corporation shall, within thirty days after a...
Section 41 - Submission of Certificate to Secretary; Approval; Filing; Fee - Section 41. The certificate or copy which is required by...
Section 42 - Penalties for Omitting to File Certificates - Section 42. A corporation which omits to file any certificate...
Section 43 - Filing Fees - Section 43. The fees for filing certificates and copies of...
Section 44 - Officers; Liability for Debts and Contracts - Section 44. The officers of a corporation shall be jointly...
Section 45 - Members or Stockholders; Liability for Debts and Contracts - Section 45. The members or stockholders in any corporation shall...
Section 46 - Conditions to Liability - Section 46. A stockholder or officer in a corporation shall...
Section 47 - Right of Judgment Creditor to Officer and Shareholder List - Section 47. The clerk or other officer who has charge...
Section 48 - Refusal to Give List; False List; Penalty - Section 48. If an officer unreasonably refuses to give the...
Section 49 - Bill in Equity Against Officers and Stockholders - Section 49. After the execution has been returned unsatisfied, any...
Section 50 - Proportionate Assessment of Shareholders - Section 50. Such sums as may be decreed to be...
Section 51 - Death of a Defendant - Section 51. If a defendant dies during the pendency of...
Section 52 - Dismissal; Notice - Section 52. Such suit in equity shall not be dismissed...
Section 53 - Non-Joinder of Parties; Abatement - Section 53. No such suit in equity shall be abated...
Section 54 - Defense by Officer or Stockholder of Action Against Corporation - Section 54. If, in an action against a corporation, it...