Section 47. Every corporation shall, once in every five years, publish three times successively in a newspaper in Boston, and also in a newspaper in the county where the corporation is established, a list of all dividends which have remained unclaimed for two years or more and the names of the persons to whose credit such dividends stand.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 155 - General Provisions Relative to Corporations
Section 1 - Application of Chapter; Secretary Defined
Section 2 - Examination of Certificates and Reports by State Secretary; Records; Reports
Section 3 - Acts of Incorporation and Corporate Organizations Subject to Legislative Action
Section 3a - Public Service Corporations; Deposit of Funds
Section 4 - Public Service Corporations; Misleading Use of Names or Titles
Section 5 - Violations of Sec. 4; Investigation; Penalties; Injunction
Section 7 - Content of By-Laws
Section 8 - Conveyance of Land
Section 9 - Name of Corporation; Exception
Section 9a - Reservation of Corporate Name
Section 11 - Unauthorized Business; Restraint by Injunction
Section 12 - Free Hospital Beds for Employees of Corporation; Appropriation
Section 12a - Contributions to Communities
Section 12b - Reciprocal Insurance Contracts; Exchanges
Section 12c - Contributions for Charitable, Scientific or Educational Purposes
Section 13 - Chartered Corporations; Time for Organization; Commencement of Corporate Existence
Section 14 - First Meeting; Holders of Privileges Prior to Organization
Section 15 - Failure, Refusal or Neglect to Call Meeting; Alternative Method
Section 16 - Par Value of Common and Preferred Shares
Section 17 - Issue at Less Than Par
Section 18 - Preferred Stock; Amount; Preferences and Voting Powers; Exceptions
Section 19 - Preferred Stock; Content of Certificate
Section 20 - Increase of Capital Stock; Notice of Vote; Disposition of New Shares
Section 21 - Voting Rights, Etc. of Persons in Representative or Fiduciary Capacity
Section 23 - Shareholders List; Filing; Failure to File
Section 45 - Record Transfer of Stock Not Paid For
Section 46 - New Certificates Upon Transfer or Pledge
Section 47 - Publication of Unclaimed Dividend List
Section 48 - False Statements; Penalty
Section 49 - Statement Required by Foreign Law; Penalty for Falsifying
Section 50 - Voluntary Dissolution
Section 51 - Continuation to Close Affairs
Section 51a - Distribution of Assets on Petition; Notice; Liability of Directors
Section 52 - Appointment of Receivers; Powers; Term
Section 53 - Payment of Debts; Distribution of Surplus
Section 54 - Surrender of Certificate of Incorporation; Notice
Section 55 - Return to State Secretary of Decree of Dissolution
Section 56 - Revival of Corporations Dissolved Under Provisions of Sec. 50a