 Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws.  Transactions - Page 18by Maryland State Bar Association - 1901Full view - About this book
 | James Kent - Law - 1866 - 954 pages
...declared that corporations might be formed under general laws, but should not be ereated by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the legislature, general laws would not enable them to attain their object.2 The term corporation in the... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Cemeteries - 1866 - 568 pages
...extraordinary case. The constitution of the State actually forbids the creation of corporations by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where in the judgment of the legislature the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws; and this is rarely... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...SECTION 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws... | |
 | 1867 - 312 pages
...be passed for the organization and government of cities, and no special act shall be passed, except in cases where, in the judgment of the General Assembly, the object of such act cannot be attained by general laws. Nothing in this article shall affect the power of the... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...banking powere or privileges may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Erasmus Peshine Smith, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand - Law reports, digests, etc - 1867 - 644 pages
...corporations to be formed under general laws, and declared that they should not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the object of the corporation could not be attained under general laws. The first general... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - Missouri - 1867 - 504 pages
...conditions as shall be by law established. Sect. 4. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special acts, except for municipal purposes. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered, amended, or repealed.... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...provided that " corporations not possessing banking powers or privileges may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special acts, except for...where, in the judgment of the General Assembly, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws." A special charter being passed without... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1058 pages
...1846 a provision that corporations may be formed under general luv. a. and shall not be created under special acts, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where in the judgment of the Legislature, the object of a corporation cannot be attained under the general law. In my judgment here... | |
 | North Carolina. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 638 pages
...SECTION 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporations cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws... | |
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