Railway clauses consolidation acts and acts relating to the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ... XVII. And be it enacted, That no call of money from the Shareholders shall exceed the sum of Five Pounds Sterling per Share of Twenty-five Pounds Sterling. English rules XVIII. And be it enacted, That in all actions or suits at law of Evidence to or against the Company, or to which the said Company may 'be a party, instituted in Lower Canada, recourse shall be had to the Rules of Evidence laid down by the Laws of England, as recognized by the Courts in Lower Canada in commercial cases, and no Shareholder shall be deemed an incompetent witness either for or against the Company, unless he be incompetent otherwise than as a Shareholder. Proceedings XIX. And be it enacted, That if any Writ of Saisie-ArrSt when attach-or Attachment shall be served upon the said Company, it shall orders for fails be lawful for the President, or for the Secretary or the Treasurer et articles are thereof, in any such case, to appear in obedience to the said Companythe Writ, to make the Declaration by law required according to the exigency of each case, which said Declaration, or the Declaration of the President, shall be taken and received in all Courts of Justice in Lower Canada as the Declaration of the Company; and in causes in which Interrogatories sur faits et articles or the serment dicisoire may be served upon or required of the Company, the Directors shall have the power, by a Vote or Resolution, entered among the Minutes of the Proceedings of any Meeting, to authorize the President, Secretary or Treasurer to appear and answer such Interrogatories, or take or refer such serment dieisoire; and the answers on Oath of the President, Secretary or Treasurer, so authorized, shall be held and taken to be the answers on Oath of the Company to all intents and purposes as if the for...