Word: charter
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...should, however, be pointed out that these decisions must not be taken as definite in their application to the rights of preferred stockholders under the charter and by-laws of all companies and the statutes of all states. In this connection, it is interesting to note that already a suit has been commenced by, among others, the trustees of the Langhorne estate in Richmond, Va., to enjoin the directors of the Southern Railway from paying further dividends on the common stock of that company until preferred stockholders have been paid all dividends in arrears...
Before 1215, the portreeves, bailiffs (Norman title for mayor) and mayors held the office for many years; but after that date, due to John's charter of 1214 to the City, the mayors were elected annually and were generally merchant princes. Thus, of all the hundreds of mayors?many of them great men?the one who is best known is "Dick Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London...
...Boston Charter--Is It Undergoing Repairs?" will be the topic to be discussed on Wednesday afternoon in the New Chamber of Commerce Building in Boston. At this meeting the speakers will be Richard S. Childs of New York, John F. Moors '83 of Boston, Fellow of Harvard College, and George R. Nutter '85 of Boston. Hon, Nathan Matthews '75, Mayor of Boston from 1891 to 1895 and subsequently chairmen of the Boston Finance Commission, will preside...
Half of the hundred charter members are Catholics, half are Protestants. This precisely equal division is to be maintained in the Utica chapter as long as it exists...
...Head of the Freedman's Bureau for Tennessee and adjoining States, took a lively interest in the founding; his friends named the school for him. In 1869, the American Missionary Association (sustained by Congregational churches in the North) took over the ownership-and administration, is still in control. The charter as a university was issued...