Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... Act , and also to introduce more prominently the Limited Liability Clause . It would be beside the purpose we have in ... Acts to limit their liabilities and set free some of their capital for other purposes , or to preserve a portion 2 ...
... Act , and also to introduce more prominently the Limited Liability Clause . It would be beside the purpose we have in ... Acts to limit their liabilities and set free some of their capital for other purposes , or to preserve a portion 2 ...
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... Acts of Parlia- ment , royal charters , or letters patent , and many of them were most extravagant schemes . Some , like the East India Company , absorbed the usual functions of Govern- ment over the districts in which they traded , and ...
... Acts of Parlia- ment , royal charters , or letters patent , and many of them were most extravagant schemes . Some , like the East India Company , absorbed the usual functions of Govern- ment over the districts in which they traded , and ...
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... Act , 1862. " This has since been amended and added to by the Companies Act , 1867 , the Stannaries Act of 1869 , the Joint - Stock Arrangement Act of 1870 , and Acts in 1877 , 1879 , and 1880 , besides some special statutes relating to ...
... Act , 1862. " This has since been amended and added to by the Companies Act , 1867 , the Stannaries Act of 1869 , the Joint - Stock Arrangement Act of 1870 , and Acts in 1877 , 1879 , and 1880 , besides some special statutes relating to ...
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... Acts , especially in forming small companies never meant to succeed further than to serve the personal ends of the promoters , can hardly be estimated by those who have not made special study of such cases . This should be apparent to ...
... Acts , especially in forming small companies never meant to succeed further than to serve the personal ends of the promoters , can hardly be estimated by those who have not made special study of such cases . This should be apparent to ...
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... Act itself , as Acts of Parliament are always so clear and so free from vagueness and ambiguity , that those charged with their administration can seldom put more than one construction on them . " A Joint - stock Company ( Section 181 ...
... Act itself , as Acts of Parliament are always so clear and so free from vagueness and ambiguity , that those charged with their administration can seldom put more than one construction on them . " A Joint - stock Company ( Section 181 ...
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Página 37 - The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Página 6 - ... shall be deemed to be a company having a permanent paid-up, or nominal capital of fixed amount, divided into shares, also of fixed amount, or held and transferable as stock, or divided and held, partly in one way and partly in the other, and formed on the principle of having for its members the holders of shares in such capital, or the holders of such stock, and no other persons...
Página 22 - Whenever the Court is of opinion that it is just and equitable that the Company should be wound up.
Página 40 - Is. per Ib., the directors feel justified in stating they confidently believe the profits of this company will be more than sufficient to pay dividends of at least 50 per cent, on the nominal capital, and will exceed those of the company working the English patent, which, having only been formed a little over twelve months, has entered into a contract which will yield the return, by way of annual dividends, of a sum equal to the whole paid-up capital of the company of £34,000.
Página 101 - WE, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite our respective names.