(610 ILCS 5/9) (from Ch. 114, par. 9)
Sec. 9.
A meeting may be called at any time during the interval between
such annual meetings, by the directors, or by the stockholders owning not
less than one-fourth of the stock, by giving thirty days' public notice of
the time and place of such meeting in some newspaper published in each
county through or into which the said railway shall run, or be intended to
run, provided there be a newspaper published in each of the counties
aforesaid; and if, at any such special meeting so called, a majority in
value of the stockholders equal to two-thirds of the stock of such
corporation, shall not be represented in person or by proxy, such meeting
shall be adjourned from day to day, not exceeding three days, without
transacting any business; and if, within said three days, two-thirds in
value of such stock shall not be represented at such meeting, then the
meeting shall be adjourned, and a new call may be given and notified as
hereinbefore provided.
(Source: Laws 1871, p. 625.)
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