MCL 473.31 Consolidation of Street and Electric Railways; Interstate Line; Procedure, Restriction, Evidence; New Company, Rights, Powers and Liabilities

• Library: Michigan Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Public Act 321 of the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: MCL 473.31

Any street or electric railway company in this state whose line of road, constructed or being constructed, forms or will form a continuous or connecting line with that of any other company or companies within, without or partly within and partly without this state, may consolidate with such other company or companies: Provided, That no such consolidation shall be made between companies owning competing lines. The directors of said 2 or more corporations may enter into an agreement for the consolidation of such corporations, prescribing the terms and conditions thereof; the mode of carrying same into effect; the name of the new corporation; the number of directors thereof, and the names of those who shall be the first directors, which number shall not be less than 3 nor more than 13, and who shall hold until the first election; the time and place of holding the first election of the consolidated company, which time shall not exceed 6 months after such consolidation; the number of shares of capital stock in such new company; the amount of each share; the manner of converting the shares of capital stock in each of said 2 or more corporations into shares in such new corporation; and such other details as may be deemed necessary to perfect such consolidation or authorize or limit its bounded indebtedness. Such agreement shall not be deemed to be the agreement of such 2 or more corporations until it shall have been ratified by a majority in interest of the stockholders in each of said companies, at separate stockholders' meetings of such companies, to be called, upon a notice published at least once each week for 2 successive weeks, in some newspaper published in each county in this sta...