Sec. 2.
Such persons, under their hands and seals, shall make a certificate which shall specify:
1st. The name assumed to distinguish such association, and to be used in its dealings, and by which it may sue and be sued;
2nd. The general route of the line of telegraph, designating the points to be connected;
3rd. The capital stock of such association, and the number of shares into which the stock shall be divided;
4th. The names and places of residence of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each of them respectively;
5th. The term of its existence, not to exceed 30 years; which certificate shall be proved or acknowledged, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where any office of such association shall be established, and a copy thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state; such acknowledgment may be taken by any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds of real estate, at the place where such acknowledgment is taken.
History: 1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2050 ;-- CL 1871, 2626 ;-- How. 3694 ;-- CL 1897, 6668 ;-- CL 1915, 8768 ;-- CL 1929, 11664 ;-- CL 1948, 484.152
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio
Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172)
Section 484.151 - Telegraph Companies; Incorporators.
Section 484.152 - Telegraph Companies; Certificate of Organization, Contents, Filing.
Section 484.153 - Body Corporate; Certified Copy of Certificate as Evidence.
Section 484.154 - Power to Hold Realty; Officers and Agents; Rules and By-Laws.
Section 484.155 - Telegraph Lines; Construction, Restrictions.
Section 484.156 - Aggrieved Property Owner; Remedy, Procedure.
Section 484.157 - Injury to Line; Penalty.
Section 484.158 - Stockholder's Liability for Corporate Debts; Contribution.
Section 484.159 - Annual Report; Contents; Failure to Make, Liability of Directors.
Section 484.160 - Annual Tax; in Lieu of Other State Taxes.
Section 484.161 - Shares of Stock; Status as Personalty, Transfer, Purchase in Other Corporations.
Section 484.163 - Books; Inspection, Use as Evidence; Penalty, Forfeiture.
Section 484.164 - Transmission of Dispatches; Penalty.
Section 484.165 - Transmission of Dispatches; Order of Transmission; Penalty.
Section 484.166 - Divulging Contents; Willful Failure to Transmit; Penalty, Civil Liability.
Section 484.167 - State's Lien for Taxes; Sale; Surplus.
Section 484.168 - Amendment or Repeal of Act.
Section 484.169 - Immediate Effect.
Section 484.170 - Appraisal of Damages; Lands in More Than 1 County.
Section 484.171 - Appraisal of Damages; Contiguous Lands of Same Person.
Section 484.172 - Amendment to Articles; Filing, Recording, Use of Certified Copy as Evidence.