Acts of the Legislature of the Province of Manitoba: Passed in the Session Held in the ... Year of the Reign of ..., Volumes 1-2

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Queen's Printer, 1892 - Law

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Page 12 - ... such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its business, or purchased at sales, on judgment which shall have been obtained for such debts...
Page 21 - Judge, instead of directing the jury to give either a general or special verdict, may direct the jury to answer any questions of fact stated to them by the Judge for the purpose...
Page 17 - ... of the shareholders present in person or by proxy, at a general meeting of the company...
Page 39 - District of Columbia, by which name it is hereby constituted a body corporate for municipal purposes, and may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a seal, and exercise all other powers of a municipal corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the provisions of this act.
Page 12 - ... the holder of one share or more in the company, (stating the number of shares), and is indebted to the company in the sum of money to which the calls in arrear shall amount in respect of one call or more upon one share or more, (stating the number and amount of each of such calls), whereby an action hath accrued to the company by virtue of this and the special act.
Page 20 - The directors may, at any time, call upon the shareholders for such instalments upon each share which they, or any of them, may hold in the capital stock of the said company, and in such proportion as they may see fit, except that no such instalment shall exceed ten per cent. on the subscribed capital, and that sixty days' notice of each call shall be given in such manner as the directors shall think fit.
Page 37 - ... rights and privileges and qualifications for being elected directors and for voting at general meetings as would attach to them as shareholders if they held fully paid-up shares of the company to the corresponding amount.
Page 38 - ... behalf of the Company, by any agent, officer or servant of the Company, in general accordance with his powers as such under the by-laws of the Company, shall be binding upon the Company; and in no case shall it be necessary to have the seal of the Company affixed...
Page 26 - ... that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt * * * practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents. then the Tribunal may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.
Page 20 - ... both, or any part thereof, or touching any service to be rendered by the one company to the other and the compensation therefor ; and any such agreement shall be valid and binding, and shall be enforced by courts of law, according to the terms and tenor thereof, and...

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