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so as to represent the amount of the true value so established of
the stock of such corporation; and they may also provide for
creating and disposing of additional stock, so as to make up the
entire value of the stock of the corporation, to the amount desig-
nated in the certificate of corporation, or for a greater or less
amount, as may be decided by the stockholders.

1888, art. 23, sec. 80. 1870, ch. 310.

88. Notice of such meeting of stockholders shall be given in
the manner required by section 84 of this article; and the pro-
ceedings thereafter shall be similar to those prescribed in sec-
tions 85 and 86.

Ibid. sec. 81. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 74.

89. Any corporation heretofore formed under the general
laws of this State, or under any special act, for any purpose
for which a corporation may be formed under this article, may
cause itself to be incorporated under this article; provided,
the directors, managers or trustees thereof give notice to the
stockholders thereof, required by section 84 of this article,
containing the particulars therein set forth in the manner
therein provided; and provided, that at the meeting called in
pursuance of such notice, or at any adjourned meeting, there
be present, stockholders representing, in person or by proxy,
not less than two-thirds of all the shares of the stock of the
said corporation, and the meeting be organized in the manner
prescribed in section 85 of this article.
Erb v. Grimes, 94 Md. 102.

Ibid sec. 82. 1878, ch. 79.

90. The notice for the assembling of a meeting of the
stockholders of any corporation, formed under the general laws
of this State, or under any special act, for any purpose for
which a corporation may be formed under this article, which
is required to be given by section 89 of this article, in case
where it is proposed that such corporation shall be incor-
porated under this article, shall be deemed and taken to have
been and to be a corporate act, and a sufficient compliance
with all the requirements of said section 89, relating to said
notice, in all cases where the said notice has been or may be
signed by the persons who were or may be directors, managers
or trustees of such corporation at the time of signing such
notice, or by a majority of them; provided, the said notice
contained or shall contain the particulars directed by section