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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 388.070

  • 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.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day when the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any railroad corporation heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of this state may elect its directors for one or more years, not to exceed three years, the time of service and mode of classifications to be provided for by the bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that there shall be an annual election for such number or proportion of directors as may be found upon dividing the entire number of directors by the number of years composing a term.