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 INDEX. 919 References are to the Sections. BENEFIT, set-off against amount of compensation for property taken, 179. BEQUEST OF SHARES, right to dividends, 799, 801. BILLS AND NOTES, issued by corporations, 205, 285, 299. BILLS OF LADING : effect of provisions in to limit liability of carrier, 358, 359. liability of railroad company to those who make advances on, 201. BLACKSTONE'S view of a corporation, 14, 15. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. See Directors. BODY CORPORATE : consists of whom, 48-50. acts of, when binding, 180-183. manner of acting, 184-187. See Legal Effect of Acts done by ob ON BEHALF OF CORPORATIONS, ULTRA VlRES. cannot act outside the state, 382. BONDS : corporation may issue, 125. issued before incorporation, 90, note. situs of for taxation, 479. when negotiable, 679. effect of invalid provisions in, 677, 678. purchase of by directors, 633. that some are invalid may not affect mortgage security for the rest of the issue, 678, note. See Municipal Bonds. BONDS CONVERTIBLE INTO STOCK, 541, note, 679. BONDHOLDERS, 674-682. officers of corporations may act as trustee for, 629, note. affected with notice of terms of the mortgage, 674. and bound by them, 816. under railroad mortgages, 676. under mortgages of rolling stock, 676. rights of, how affected by invalid provisions in mortgages, 677, 678. remedies of, 682, 815, note. when not necessary parties to suit by trustee to foreclose, 815, notes. legal relations among, 815-820. on reorganization of debtor corporations, 816a. between and contractors, 817. between and other creditors, 820-824. under mortgages of separate portions of railroad, 819. appointment of receiver at suit of, 821, 822. priority of receiver's orders over claims of, 823. bonds held by, negotiable, 679. coupons, 680. See Creditors, Trustees under Railroad Mort- gages. "BONUS" STOCK, issue of, 522a, 7026. BOOKS OF CORPORATION: interpolations in, 263. evidence to prove subscriptions, 263. to prove organization meeting, 263.