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Сторінка 144 - careth for—the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year. May Americans be grateful and virtuous, and they shall insure the indulgence of Providence. May they be unanimous and just, and they shall rise to greatness. May true patriotism actuate every heart. May it
Сторінка 439 - on the day designated by the by-laws of said company, when it ought to have been made, the company for that reason shall not be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day, to hold an election for trustees, in such manner as shall be provided for by the said by-laws, and all
Сторінка 440 - are stockholders or officers thereof. Sec. 16. No person, holding stock in any such company, as executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, and no person, holding such stock as collateral security, shall be personally subject to any liability as stockholder of such company; but the person pledging such stock shall be considered
Сторінка 439 - company shall be carried on; and the election shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy. All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he owns shares of
Сторінка 63 - the people of this State, in their right of sovereignty, are deemed to possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State ;
Сторінка 572 - kind encouragement she was indebted for the confidence it was necessary for her to possess, in order to commence and complete this—her first—effort." The " seven corporal works of mercy," which the story is designed to illustrate and enforce, are—to feed the hungry ; to give drink to the thirsty ; to clothe the naked ; to harbor the harborless ; to visit
Сторінка 440 - or repeal this act, or may annul, or repeal any incorporation formed or created under this act ; but such amendment or repeal shall not, nor shall the dissolution of any such company, take away or impair any remedy given against any such corporation, its stockholders or officers, for any liability which
Сторінка 439 - but no shares shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in, or shall have been declared forfeited for the non-payment of calls thereon : And it shall not be lawful for such company to use any of their funds in the purchase of any stock in
Сторінка 440 - 15. If any certificate or report made, or public notice given, by the officers of any such company, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, shall be false in any material representation, all the officers, who shall have signed the same, knowing it to
Сторінка 388 - lawgiver treated pledges as customary contracts, and enacted liberal provisions to soften the hardships they occasioned. "No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for he taketh a man's life to pledge."—Deut. xxiv.