Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from May 1822, to March 1830: Revised and Published by Authority of the Legislature, in Conformity to a Resolve, Passed April 16, 1836, Volume 6

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Page 122 - ... said corporation may sue and be sued in all actions, real, personal, or mixed ; and may prosecute...
Page 417 - ... and the sum to be paid by each member shall always be in proportion to the original amount of his deposit note...
Page 766 - At any meeting of the common council, a majority of the aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time, and...
Page 417 - The directors shall as often as they deem necessary, after receiving notice of any loss or damage by fire sustained by any member, and ascertaining the same, or after the rendition of any judgment against said company for loss or damage...
Page 582 - Theatre ; and by that name they may sue and be sued, have a Common Seal, and have and enjoy all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties incident to Corporations; and they shall have power to make, and at their pleasure to alter, such bylaws, for the management and regulation of their corporate property and concerns, as to them may appear expedient; provided, the same be not repugnant to the Constitution or Laws of this Commonwealth. SEC.
Page 315 - States in and over such lands so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this act had not been passed.
Page 519 - ... whole, at any time when the directors shall deem the same requisite for the payment of losses by fire and such incidental expenses as shall be necessary for transacting the business of said company...
Page 213 - That the directors for the time being, or a major part of them, shall have power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper, touching the management and disposition of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the said corporation...
Page 253 - College; and said corporation shall be capable of taking and holding in fee simple, or any less estate, by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any lands, tenements, or other estate, real or personal : provided, that the clear annual income of the same shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars.
Page 417 - Directors may deposit note or notes, with costs of suit ; and the money thus su collected, shall remain in the treasury of said company, subject to the payment of such losses and expenses as have, or may thereafter accrue ; and the balance, if any remain, shall be returned to the party from whom it was collected, on demand, after thirty days from the expiration of the term for which insurance was made.

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