1891 private laws – Ch.2 Sec.5
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CHAPTER 2 An act to declare the Great Falls Water-power Manufacturing and Improvement Company a duly incorporated company, and to amend and enlarge its charter. WHEREAS, The Great Falls Water-power Manufacturing and Improvement Company has heretofore, to-wit, on the eighteenth day of August, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety, been incorporated before the clerk of the superior court for the county of Halifax under the general laws of the state of North Carolina, and the organization perfected by the election of officers and the adoption of by-laws, and business conducted under said organ- ization; and whereas, it is desired to enlarge and increase the corpo- rate powers, franchises and privileges of said company : therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: That said incorporation before the clerk of the superior court for Halifax county on the eighteenth day of August, one thou- sand eight hundred and ninety, and the organization of the com- pany, election of officers, adoption of by-laws, subscription for and transfers of stock, and all conveyances heretofore made by or to said company or any person for it, and all contracts made by or with said company, are hereby ratified and declared valid, and that the charter of said company granted by the clerk of the superior court for Halifax county as aforesaid, be and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
That the principal office of said company may be at such point in Halifax county, North Carolina, as its by-laws may designate and prescribe.