Indiana § 8-4-7-3 - Certificate of incorporation; powers and duties
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§ 8-4-7-3. Certificate of incorporation; powers and duties
Sec. 3. Such certificate of incorporation shall be signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary of each of said proprietary companies, and shall be sealed with its corporate seal, and shall be acknowledged by the respective companies by their said officers, before some person authorized to take and certify the acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate, and shall be filed and recorded in the recorder's office of the county or counties in which said union railway company may be situated; and upon the filing of such certificate as aforesaid, the union company so formed shall be a corporation of this state, with all the powers incident thereto, and such other powers as are conferred by this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1885, c.20, s.3. As amended by P.L.62-1984, SEC.49.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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