Michigan Laws 484.172 – Amendment to articles; filing, recording, use of certified copy as evidence
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 484.172
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
It shall and may be lawful for any telegraph company organized as a corporation under the laws of this state, by the vote of 2/3 of its stockholders in value at any regular or special meeting, to amend its articles of association in any or all the particulars specified in the original articles, and in case of such amendment it shall be the duty of the president and secretary of the company to execute, acknowledge, and cause to be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the principal office of the company is located, and in the office of the secretary of state an instrument in writing reciting the action of such stockholders, and setting forth the entire articles as amended, a copy of which said instrument, duly certified by said clerk or the secretary of state, may be used in evidence in all courts and places for and against said corporation.