Massachusetts Chapter 155 — General Provisions Relative to Corporations
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 1— Application of chapter; secretary defined
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 2— Examination of certificates and reports by state secretary; records; reports
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 2A— Repealed, 1971, 819, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 2B— Clinics, hospitals, rest homes, etc., approval of articles of organization and amendments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 3— Acts of incorporation and corporate organizations subject to legislative action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 3A— Public service corporations; deposit of funds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 4— Public service corporations; misleading use of names or titles
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 5— Violations of Sec. 4; investigation; penalties; injunction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 5A— Allowances for depreciation ordered set aside by department of utilities or department of telecommunications and cable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 6— General powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 7— Content of by-laws
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 8— Conveyance of land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 9— Name of corporation; exception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 9A— Reservation of corporate name
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 10— Change of name
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 11— Unauthorized business; restraint by injunction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 12— Free hospital beds for employees of corporation; appropriation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 12A— Contributions to communities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 12B— Reciprocal insurance contracts; exchanges
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 12C— Contributions for charitable, scientific or educational purposes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 13— Chartered corporations; time for organization; commencement of corporate existence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 14— First meeting; holders of privileges prior to organization
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 15— Failure, refusal or neglect to call meeting; alternative method
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 16— Par value of common and preferred shares
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 17— Issue at less than par
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 18— Preferred stock; amount; preferences and voting powers; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 19— Preferred stock; content of certificate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 20— Increase of capital stock; notice of vote; disposition of new shares
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 21— Voting rights, etc. of persons in representative or fiduciary capacity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 22— Records available for inspection by shareholders; record date of right to vote or to other rights
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 23— Shareholders list; filing; failure to file
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 23A— Repealed, 1938, 445, Sec. 13
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 45— Record transfer of stock not paid for
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 46— New certificates upon transfer or pledge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 47— Publication of unclaimed dividend list
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 48— False statements; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 49— Statement required by foreign law; penalty for falsifying
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 50— Voluntary dissolution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 50A— Failure to file reports or returns; application of secretary or commissioner to dissolve
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 51— Continuation to close affairs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 51A— Distribution of assets on petition; notice; liability of directors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 52— Appointment of receivers; powers; term
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 53— Payment of debts; distribution of surplus
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 54— Surrender of certificate of incorporation; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 55— Return to state secretary of decree of dissolution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, § 56— Revival of corporations dissolved under provisions of Sec. 50A