invested with full powers to call for and demand of any and all officers of any such corporation, or any individual banker, all books, papers, minutes, or documents of any kind, which he may deem necessary for fully carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (d)

provisions

SEC. 17. In case any banking corporation or individual Penalty for banker shall refuse to submit its or his books, papers, and con- violation of cerns to the inspection of said Comptroller, or whose officer of this law. shall refuse to submit to be examined upon oath, touching the concerns of such corporation or individual banker, by said Comptroller, or which shall be found to have violated any law of this State binding upon such corporation or individual banker, such corporation or individual banker shall be liable to be proceeded against by said Comptroller, in the same manner and with the like effects as for involuntary or forced dissolution of the corporation. (d)

SEC. 18. A misnomer of corporation in any deed or other Misnomer. instrument shall not vitiate the same, if the corporation shall be therein sufficiently described to ascertain the intention of the parties, and this shall apply to all corporations of every character, and for any lawful purposes. (d)

of stock.

SEC. 19. There shall be levied and paid to the State Treaз- Tax on shares urer, annually, a State tax not exceeding twenty-five cents on each share of stock issued by any banking corporation. (d)

CHAPTER 36.

CORPORATIONS-CHARITABLE.

1. Such companies must give notice of formation.

2. How organization perfected; may adopt corporate name; articles of incorporation may be adopted.

3. Record of proceedings, how and by whom made; where to be filed.

4. From what time association to be deemed a Corporation; property not to exceed certain amount.

tended forma

tion.

SECTION. 1. Any five or more persons may form themselves Notice of ininto a corporation, under such corporate name as they may adopt, for benevolent and charitable purposes, and for that purpose shall cause notice to be given, signed by three or more of their members, by publication in a newspaper printed in their county, or by three or more copies of such notice to be posted in conspicuous places in the immediate vicinity of the proposed place of meeting, at least seven days previous to the time of the meeting proposed, which notice shall specify (d) Secs. 16, 17, 18 and 19, Chap. 1640, Act of Aug. 7, 1868.

Perfection of organization.

Corporate

name.

Articles of association.

Record of proceedings to be filed in clerk's office and recorded.

When the association to be deemed a corporation.

Property not to exceed fifty

thousand

dollars.

the general objects of the proposed organization, and the particular time and place of meeting. (a)

SEC. 2. At the time and place so appointed in such notice, such persons or a majority of them, together with such other persons as they may choose to associate with them, shall meet and elect one of their number as chairman and another as secretary of their meeting, and shall proceed at the same or an adjourned meeting to adopt such measures as may be necessary to perfect their organization and incorporation, and to that end they shall be authorized to—

1st. Adopt a corporate name.

2d. Adopt such articles of association as may be necessary, declaring the object and purpose thereof, (which shall not be in conflict with the laws,) the duties and liabilities of its members and officers, fixing the names of the officers of the association, the time and places of its meetings, the names of the several persons elected to fill the several offices, the names of the persons composing the association at the time of its organization, the terms of office of its officers, and the time and manner of electing their successors, and such other matters as may be necessary to carry out its legitimate objects. (a)

SEC. 3. After the completion of its organization the chairman and secretary shall make and sign a certificate of the proceedings, including a copy of the original notice, and a complete copy of the articles of association, and annex thereto an affidavit that the same is correct and true, and file the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, to be recorded in the record of deeds. (a)

SEC. 4. From the time of sending the said certificate the said association shall be deemed a corporation, and known by the name adopted by them, and shall be capable of sueing and being sued in all courts; and the property of said corporation shall be liable for its debts; and such corporation may have a common seal, make contracts, own real and personal property, and sell and convey the same, (but the value of such real property owned at any one time shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, unless authorized by the Legislature); and make such by-laws as may be necessary, fixing the duties of its officers and members, which by-laws, not repugnant to the articles of association or the laws of this State, may be enforced as between the corporation and any of its members before any courts having jurisdiction of the amount involved and of the cause of action. (b)

(a) Secs. 1, 2, and 3, Chap. 1641, Act of Aug. 6, 1868.

(b) Chap. 2006, Act of Jan, 29, 1874.

CHAPTER 37.

CORPORATIONS CITIES AND TOWNS.

2. Publication of notice to as- repairs of streets, pavements, side

3. What shall constitute cities Council may have it done; expense and what towns. so incurred shall be a lien upon such property.

13. Qualification of electors of power of Council as to livery staCorporations. bles, drays, &c. ; to be licensed

14. Registration of electors, how and numbered; powers as to houses provided for.

31. Treasurer, Assessor and Collector of cities and towns, how elected.

32. Method Collector shall pursue in collection of taxes, and sale of property for taxes.

33. Advertisement of sales, how made ; fees of Collector for this work.

34. Police force, how and by whom organized; powers of Mayor as to trials for breaches of ordi

nances.

35. Appeals from Municipal Courts, how made; trial to be de novo; limit as to fine.

streets, parks, and making sanitary improvements.

49. When Council to order owners to fill in vacant land; resolution of Council to be served upon owners of land; service upon owner of land, how made; when Council to proceed in default of owner to do this work.

50. Expenses of such improvements, on whom and how assessed.

51. Invalid assessments, when and how to be corrected and remade; to be lien on property.

52. Expenses assessed to include

36. Appellant to pay costs and damages to such property; measgive bond. ure of damages.

37. Proceedings in case of reversal or suspension of judgment of Mayor's Court.

38. When appeal to operate as a supersedeas.

53. Power of Council to remove or sell buildings when owner neglects to take care of them.

54. When property may be surrendered to city or town for any of

39. Rules, &c., in regard to such the above purposes; city or town appeals.

40. Mayors to keep docket books.

41. Ordinances to be recorded and promulgated.

42. Power of Council as to pay of officers.

43. Manner of proceeding when city or town wishes to contract territorial limits.

44. Manner of proceeding if city or town wishes to extend territorial limits.

to pay owner for such property.

55. Such assessments to be lien upon property; how enforced.

56. Remedy of parties aggrieved.

57. Costs to be lien upon the property, when; lien of assessment after judgment.

58. Such assessments may be had against lease-holders; collection of same from lessee, when and how made.

59. Cities and towns, when to

45. How one city or town shall receive benefits of law of 1869. be annexed to another.

46. Bonds of city or town not to exceed certain per cent. of assessed value of property.

47. Powers of any City or Town Council as to drainage, grading, or filling in any lots or vacant lands.

48. Powers of eminent domain of city or town for such purposes; powers of Council as to laying off

60. Certain organizations made valid.

61. Acts and doings of certain officers made valid.

62. City or town may surrender franchise.

63. County Commissioners to give notice of election for such purposes.

64. Inspectors of such election to be appointed.

65. Ballots for such election to contain what. 66. Clerk for such city to be ment; books, &c. elected.

76. Governor's proclamation in such cases; temporary govern

67. Power of the Council of such city as to rules, &c.

68. Power to raise taxes.

69. When officers so elected shall qualify.

70. Collectors and Assessors of the counties to act as such officers for such city or town.

71. Powers.

72. Proceedings to be had to surrender franchise.

77. Penalty for failure to turn over books.

78. Governor to appoint Mayor and Aldermen.

79. Jurisdiction of such new officers; powers and duties.

80. Oath of such Mayor; copy of and petition to be sent Governor.

81. Mayors to appoint certain officers; manner of doing same.

82. Mayor and Aldermen may compromise existing indebtedness;

73. Public notice to be given of issue new bonds. result.

74. Charter of cities owing $100,000 in default of payment of interest for five years, when to be declared repealed; Governor to proclaim dissolution.

83. Assessment and collection of taxes, &c.

84. Collector to give bond; Mayor may appoint new Collector; bond and powers of City Collector. 85. Application of revenue to

75. Manner of proceeding to dis- pay debt. solve charter in such cases.

number may be

have an act of

Publication of

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the male inhabitants of any Incorporated hamlet, village or town in this State, not less than twenty-five towns-what in number, who shall have the qualifications hereinafter pre- necessary to scribed, to establish for themselves a municipal government incorporation. with corporate powers and privileges as hereinafter provided. (a) SEC. 2. Whenever any community of persons shall desire to form a municipal corporation under the provisions of this act, notice to assemthey shall, for a period of not less than thirty days, cause to be published in some newspaper of the county, or by posting in three places of public resort in the immediate vicinage, a notice requiring all persons who are registered voters, residing within the proposed corporate limits, which shall be stated in this notice, to assemble at a certain time and place to select officers and organize a municipal government. (b)

ble and organize.

towns.

SEC. 3. Whenever any municipal government is established, cities and and it shall appear that there are three hundred registered voters within the limits hereby to be designated, it shall be and the same is hereby declared and incorporated, designated and described as a city, and entitled to the privileges of a city. All municipal governments having a less number of voters than those named above, be and the same are hereby designated and

(a) Sec. 1, Chap. 2047, Act of 1875.

(b) Sec. 2, Chap. 1688, Act of Feb. 4,