Office of the Secretary of State: Returns of corporations of unclaimed dividends and balances
Part of: Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State
Returns of corporations of unclaimed dividends and balances, 1838.
1 file folder (partial document box)
Call no.: SC1/605X
Call no.: SC1/605X
Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1837, c 56, each corporation in Massachusetts was to publish every five years a list of its dividends and balances unclaimed for two years or more, in a Boston newspaper and in a newspaper of the county in which the corporation was established. Corporation secretaries sent returns to the state secretary to show compliance with the law.
Notes: Formerly part of: Miscellaneous collection, box 57. Fragmentary series. Publication requirement still stands in amended form (MGLA c 155, s 47)
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