 Corporation* shall be formed under general laws, and shall not be created by special acts of the Legislature, except for municipal purposes, and In cases where the objects of the corporation cannot otherwise be attained; arid, however formed, they shall...  Annual Report - Page 18by Maine. Board of Railroad Commissioners - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 688 pages
...making a constitutional provision, requiring that corporations shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where the objects of the corporation cannot be obtained under general laws. On motion of Mr. FROTHINGHAM, of Charlestown, Ordered, That a special... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1872 - 588 pages
...as practicable, by general laws, for alt matters appertaining to special or private legislation." " Corporations shall be formed under general laws, and...except for municipal purposes and in cases where the object of the corporation cannot otherwise be attained; and, however formed, they shall forever be... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1867 - 728 pages
...Corporations other than Municipal." . The first section was read as follows SECTION 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws, and shall not be created by special act, except lor municipal purposes ; but the Legislature may, by a vote of twothirds of the members... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 672 pages
...the Metropolitan Bank u. Van l)yok. Constitution of this State, it is declared that corporations may be formed under general laws, and shall not be created by special act, except in cases where, in the judgment of the legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Hiram Edward Sickels - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 780 pages
...legislation, corporations were authorized to be formed under general laws, and the creation of any, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where the objects of the corporation could not in the judgment of the legislature be attained under the general laws, was prohibited. (Const.,... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1874 - 524 pages
...as practicable, by general laws, for all matters appertaining to special or private legislation." 11 Corporations shall be formed under general laws, and...created by special acts of the Legislature, except fc;r municipal purposes and in casea where the object of the corporal ion cannot otherwise be attained;... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional law - 1894 - 1436 pages
...practicable, by general laws, for all matters usually appertaining to special or private legislation. Sec. 14. ndependent State. Sec. 8. Each house shall keep a...them immediately after every session, except such nnd in cases where the objects of the corporation cannot otherwise be attained; and, however formed,... | |
 | Maine. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Railroads - 1898 - 692 pages
...under generai iaws, and shaii not be created by speciai acts of the iegisiature, except for municipai purposes, and in cases where the objects of the corporation cannot otherwise be obtained. No doubt where the organization of a corporation had been attempted under a generai iaw which... | |
 | Maine. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Railroads - 1901 - 686 pages
...steam railways ; for the constitution of this State, section 14 of article 5, part 3d, provides that "Corporations shall be formed under general laws,...and in cases where the objects of the corporation can not otherwise be obtained. And however formed, they shall forever be subject to the general laws... | |
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