§ 149. Bylaws

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1922

   China Trade Act, 1922

   Pub. L. 67–346 § 9 · 42 Stat. 849

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 149

   Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 9, 42 Stat. 852

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 9, 42 Stat. 852

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 9. by-laws. The by-laws may provide— (a) The time, place, manner of calling, giving notice, and conduct of, and determination of a quorum for, the meetings, annual or special, of the stockholders or directors; (b) The number, qualifications, and manner of choosing and fixing the tenure of office and compensation of all directors; but the number of such directors shall be not less than three, and a majority of the directors and a majority of the officers holding the office of president, treasurer, or secretary, or a corresponding office, shall be citizens of the United States resident in China; and (c) The manner of calling for and collecting payments upon shares of stock, the penalties and forfeitures for nonpayment, the preparation of certificates of the shares, the manner of recording their sale or transfer, and the manner of their representation at stockholders’ meetings.

2. undated

   Public Law not identified

   Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 149(b)

   Par. (b). Act Feb. 26, 1925, amended par. (b) generally

   Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (b). Act Feb. 26, 1925, amended par. (b) generally.

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