The Revised Statutes of the State of New York: As Altered by Subsequent Legislation : Together with the Unrepealed Statutory Provisions of a General Nature, Passed from the Time of the Revision to the Close of the Session of the Legislature of 1858, Arranged in the Manner of the Revised Statutes : to which are Added References to Judicial Decisions in Relation to Their Provisions, and Explanatory Notes, 2. köide

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Banks & Brothers, 1859 - 1355 pages

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Page xi - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 663 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted, while they shall respectively continue in office...
Page 730 - All the stockholders of every company incorporated under this act shall be severally individually liable to the creditors of the company in which they are stockholders, to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by them respectively, for all debts and contracts made by sucli company, until the whole amount of capital stock fixed and limited by such company shall have been paid in, and a certificate thereof shall have been made and recorded as prescribed in the following section: "Sec.
Page 563 - Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings.
Page 730 - ... company, shall make a certificate stating the amount of the capital so fixed and paid in ; which certificate shall be signed and sworn to by the president, and a majority of the directors ; and they shall, within the said thirty days, record the same in the office of the circuit clerk of the county wherein the business of said company is carried on.
Page 683 - ... if the two corporations cannot agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor, or the points and manner of such crossings and connections, the same shall be ascertained and determined by commissioners, to be appointed by the court as is provided in this act in respect to acquiring title to real estate.
Page 601 - For a violation of the provisions of this section, the directors under whose administration the same may have happened (except those who may have caused their dissent therefrom to be entered at large on the minutes of the...
Page 689 - ... shall pay to such passenger the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in a civil action; and, further, no fare or toll shall be collected or received from such passenger, and if such passenger shall have paid his fare, the same shall be refunded by the...
Page 467 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removable by Certiorari; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 474 - Act, the defendant or defendants in such action may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence; and if...

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