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respect  to  the  purchase  of  mines,  manufactories  and
other  property  necessary  to  the  business  of  manu-
facturing, mining  and  other  companies.  But  the
capital  stock  of  such  company  shall  not  be  increased
without  the  consent  of  the  owners  of  two-thirds  of
the  stock  to  be  obtained  as  provided  by  sections
twenty-one  and  twenty-two  of  the  act  hereby
amended.^

Sec,  373.— Statement  of  Affairs  of  Company— When  to

be  made.— Whenever  any  person  or  persons  owning-
five  per  cent,  of  the  capital  stock  of  any  company,
not  exceeding  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  or  any
person  or  persons  owning  three  per  cent,  of  the  cap-
ital stock  of  any  company  exceeding  one  hundred
thousand  dollars,  formed  under  the  provisions  of
this  act,  shall  present  a  written  request  to  the  treas-
urer thereof  that  they  desire  a  statement  of  the
affairs  of  such  company,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such
treasurer  to  make  a  statement  of  the  affairs  of  said
company,  under  oath,  embracing  a  particular  account
of  all  its  assets  and  liabilities,  in  minute  detail,  and
to  deliver  such  statement  to  the  person  who  pre-
sented the  said  written  request  to  said  treasurer,
within  twenty  days  after  such  presentation,  and
shall  also  at  the  same  time  and  place  keep  on  file  in
his  office,  for  six  months  thereafter,  a  copy  of  such
statement,  which  shall  at  all  times  during  business
hours  be  exhibited  to  any  stockholder  of  said  com-
pany demanding  an  examination  thereof;  such  treas-
urer, however,  shall  not  be  required  to  deliver  such
statement  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  oftener  than
once  in  any  six  months.     If  such  treasurer   shall

1  L.  1866,  c.  838,  §  3,  as  amended      by  L.  1876,  c.  858;  3  N.  Y.  K.  S.,

8th  ed.,  p.  1967.
