When organized, the board of directors shall file in the office of the secretary of state a statement, in writing, signed by the directors and sworn to by one of them, showing the date of the organization, the amount of the entire capital stock, and the shares into which divided. The secretary of state shall file and record the statement and certify the fact under the great seal. Thereupon the company so organized shall be a body corporate under the name specified, and may exercise its powers as such, but before so doing in any county, the said certificate, or a certified copy of it, with the application and governor's proclamation, shall be recorded in the record of deeds thereof.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers
Article 3 - Railroads and Railroad Corporations
Incorporation and Consolidation of Railroad Corporations
§ 77-9-103. Issuance of proclamation by governor authorizing organization of railroad corporation
§ 77-9-105. Recording of application and proclamation
§ 77-9-109. Capital stock of railroad corporation
§ 77-9-115. Amendment of railroad corporation charter
§ 77-9-117. Amendment of charter to carry out plan of reorganization under federal laws
§ 77-9-119. Consolidation of railroad corporations
§ 77-9-121. Competing or parallel railroads shall not consolidate