PAGE.

§ 8.

§ 9.

Corporate property subject to eminent domain..
Limitation on business of corporations..

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13

§ 10.

$ 11.

Liabilities not released by transfer of franchise.
Issuance of stock..

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14

$ 19.

Public officers not to receive passes.

16

$20.

$ 21.

$ 22.

Railroad commissioners.

Earnings not to be shared. Rates not to be increased
Discrimination forbidden.

fications, powers and duties, how removed from
office

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17

Number, election, term, quali

§ 1. Property to be taxed according to value-Exemptions. 19 $12.Churches exempt from taxation...

TITLE I.

II.

III.

IV.

DIVISION FIRST. PART IV.
Corporations.

General provisions applicable to all corporations.
§§ 283-410.

Insurance corporations. §§ 414-453p.
Railroad corporations. §§ 454-494.

Street railroad corporations. §§ 497-511.

V. Wagon road corporations. §§ 512-524.

VI.

VII. VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XIa.

Bridge, ferry, wharf, chute, and pier corporations.
§§ 528-531.

§§ 536-540.

Telegraph and telephone corporations.
Water and canal corporations. §§ 548-552.
Homestead corporations. §§ 557-566.

Savings and loan and banking corporations. §§ 571-
583b.

Mining corporations. §§ 586-590.

Chambers of commerce, boards of trade, mechan-
ics' institutes, and other kindred associations.
$$ 591-592e.

XII. Religious, social, and benevolent corporations, and
other corporations not organized for pecuniary
profit. § 593-605.

XIIa. Cruelty to children and animals. §§ 607-607g.
Cemetery corporations. §§ 608-616.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

Agricultural fair corporations. §§ 620-622.
to furnish light for public

Corporations

§§ 629-632.

XVI.

Building and loan associations. 633-648a.

XVII. XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

use.

Colleges and seminaries of learning. §§ 649-651.
Consolidation of colleges, etc. §§ 652-653.
Co-operative business corporations. § 653a.
Co-operative business associations. §§ 653b-653l.
Non-profit co-operative agricultural, viticultural,
and horticultural associations. §§ 653m-653s.
Non-profit co-operative corporations. §§ 653t-6532b.

V.

VI.

General provisions affecting corporations. §§ 403-
404.

Foreign corporations. §§ 405-410.

CHAPTER I.

Formation of Corporations.

ART. I.

Corporations defined and how organized.
300a.

§§ 283

II.

By-laws, directors, elections, and meetings.
3216.

§§ 301

ARTICLE I.

Corporations Defined and How Organized.

PAGE.

§ 283. $284. $285.

Corporation defined..

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What are public and private corporations.
Private corporations, how formed.

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$ 286.

$ 287.

For what purpose private corporations are formed..
How corporations may continue their existence under
this code.

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32

$ 288.

Existing corporations not affected.

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§ 289.

§ 290.

Name of instrument creating corporation.
Articles of incorporation, what to contain.

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§ 290a. Certain corporations to file affidavit, showing what..

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288335

§ 2902.Corporations not to use the word "trust" in corporate name unless authorized...

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§ 291.

$292.

§ 293.

§ 294.

$ 295. § 296. $297. § 297a. § 298.

Certain corporations to state further facts in articles
Articles, how subscribed and acknowledged..
Prerequisite to filing articles. for certain corpora-
tions; amounts to be subscribed to be fixed.
Prerequisite to filing articles of incorporation for
railroad, telegraph, and wagon road corporations..
Oath of officer to subscription of stock and payment
of ten per cent in case of such corporations.
To file articles with county clerk and secretary of
state, and receive certificate. Term of existence..
Certified copy of certificate to be prima facie evidence
Restoration of lost original articles of incorporation
Who are members and who stockholders of a cor-
poration

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966

$.299.

$ 300.

Corporation to file articles in county where it holds
property

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Banking corporations may elect to have capital stock

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§ 300a. Change of name; filing copy of decree.

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ARTICLE II.

By-Laws, Directors, Elections, and Meetings.

PAGE.

§ 301.

§ 302.

By-laws, when, how, and by whom adopted..
Directors, election of, notice, etc.

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§ 303.

By-laws may provide for what.

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§ 304.

§ 305.

§ 306.

[Repealed].

By-laws open for public inspection; how amended.
Directors, how many and how elected; powers..
Directors must be elected and by-laws adopted at
first meeting.

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§ 307.

Elections, how conducted.

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§ 308.

§ 309.

Organization of board of directors, etc.

Dividends to be made from surplus profits; increase
and reduction of capital stock..

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§ 310.

§ 311.

§ 312.

Directors, removal from office of, etc.
Justice of the peace may order meeting, when.
Elections, how stock must be represented.

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49

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$313.

314. $315.

Representation of minors, insane, or deceased persons
Election may be postponed..

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50

Elections, complaints may be referred to superior
court; relief..

51

§ 316.

False certificate, report, or notice to make officers
liable

Banking corporations must keep certain books open
for inspection....

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53

23

proxies

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§ 321a. Change of principal place of business, how effected.. § 3216. Stockholders' meetings, who may vote, and use of

CHAPTER II.
Corporate Stock.

ART. I. Stock and stockholders. $$ 322-329.
Assessments of stock. §§ 331-349.

II.

ARTICLE I.

Stock and Stockholders.

Liabilities of stockholders. They may be released,
when

Transfer of shares held by married women, etc. Divi-
dends are individual property...

New or duplicate certificates of shares of stock, court
may order issue.

§ 329.

Lost or destroyed bonds, how duplicates may be
obtained. Summons. Judgment. Indemnity..

§ 344.

§ 345.

§ 346.

Disposition of stock purchased by corporation.
Extension of time of delinquent sale.
Assessments shall not be invalidated.

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68

§ 347.

§ 348.

Action for recovery of stock, and limitation thereof..
Affidavits of publication. Affidavits of sale.
filed

To be

$ 349.

Waiver of sale. Action to recover assessment.

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Records. $$ 377-378.

Examination of corporations.

Judgment against and sale of corporate property.

ARTICLE I.

§§ 382-384.

Issuing or circulating paper money prohibited.
Misnomer does not invalidate instrument.
Corporation to organize within one year.

Increasing and diminishing capital stock or bonded
indebtedness, how..

Corporations may acquire real property, and how
much

§ 361.

Consolidation of mining companies owning adjoining
claims. [Repealed]..

§ 361a. § 362.

Sale, lease, or transfer of business or franchise.
Articles of incorporation, how amended..

§ 363.

Corporations may own their lots and buildings. [Re-
pealed]

§ 363.

Erroneous filing of articles of incorporation, how cor-
rected

§ 364.

§ 365.

Sale of concessions or property in foreign country.
Lost or destroyed records..