No public utility shall hereafter issue any stocks, stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, or any other evidences of indebtedness payable in more than 1 year from date, or pay any stock, bond or scrip dividend, until it shall have first obtained the certificate of the Commission showing authority for such issue from the Commission.
D.C. Code § 34-502
Certificate showing authority to issue stock or pay dividends to be obtained
Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 990, ch. 150, § 8, par. 73; Aug. 4, 1955, 69 Stat. 485, ch. 545, § 2
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.