Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:20

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
All rights, powers, privileges and franchises conferred upon any corporation, enabling it to construct and maintain milldams upon the streams of this state and to flow lands or do any other act necessary to the development of hydroelectric energy, shall terminate and be forfeited at the end of 6 years from the date on which the act of incorporation took effect, unless the actual work of constructing such dams or power plants shall be commenced during such 6 years and be prosecuted with reasonable diligence until such dams and plants are completed and in operation.