Article XI, Corporations
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Ind. Const. art. XI, § 1 Section 1
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The General Assembly shall not have power to establish, or incorporate, any bank or banking company, or moneyed institution, for the purpose of issuing bills of credit, or bills payable to order or bearer, except under the conditions prescribed in this Constitution.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 2 Section 2
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No banks shall be established otherwise than under a general banking law, except as provided in the fourth section of this article.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 3 Section 3
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If the General Assembly shall enact a general banking law, such law shall provide for the registry and countersigning, by an officer of State, of all paper credit designed to be circulated as money; and ample collateral security, readily convertible into specie, for the redemptio…
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 4 Section 4
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The General Assembly may also charter a bank with branches, without collateral security as required in the preceding section.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 5 Section 5
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If the General Assembly shall establish a bank with branches, the branches shall be mutually responsible for each other's liabilities upon all paper credit issued as money. Section 6.(Section 6 was repealed November 5, 1940).
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 7 All bills or notes issued as money shall be, at all times, redeemable in gold or silver
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All bills or notes issued as money shall be, at all times, redeemable in gold or silver; and no law shall be passed, sanctioning, directly or indirectly, the suspension, by any bank or banking company, of specie payments.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 8 Section 8
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Holders of bank notes shall be entitled, in case of insolvency, to preference of payment over all other creditors.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 9 Section 9
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No bank shall receive, directly or indirectly, a greater rate of interest than shall be allowed, by law, to individuals loaning money.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 10 Section 10
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(Section 10 was repealed November 5, 1940).
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 11 The General Assembly is not prohibited from investing the Trust Funds in a bank with branches
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The General Assembly is not prohibited from investing the Trust Funds in a bank with branches; but in case of such investment, the safety of the same shall be guarantied by unquestionable security.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 12 The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank
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The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank; nor shall the credit of the State ever be given, or loaned, in aid of any person, association or corporation; nor shall the State become a stockholder in any corporation or association.However, the General Assembly may by law, wit…
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 13 Section 13
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Corporations, other than banking, shall not be created by special act, but may be formed under general laws.
Ind. Const. art. XI, § 14 Section 14
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Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the stockholders, or other means, as may be prescribed by law.(Section 14 as Amended November 5, 1940).