Art. 6520. [6717] REGULATING STOCKS, BONDS, ETC. Among
other things, the power and authority of issuing or executing
bonds, or other evidences of debt, and all kinds of stocks and
shares thereof, and the executions of liens and mortgages by
railroad corporations in this State are special privileges and
franchises, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction and
control of which has always been, is now, and shall continue to be
vested in the State government, to be exercised according to the
provisions of this and other laws.
Acts 1893, p. 56; G.L. vol. 10, p. 486.
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