This section is from the book "Business Law - Case Method", by William Kixmiller, William H. Spencer. See also: Business Law: Text and Cases.
37. The certificates of stock of the corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares and shall be signed by the president or vice-president and treasurer or assistant treasurer and shall bear the corporate seal.
38. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of such certificates.
39. The board of directors may close the transfer books in their discretion for a period not exceeding thirty days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders, or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.
40. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claims to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of Indiana.
41. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact and advertise the same in such manner as the board of directors may require, and shall give the corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the board, in at least double the par value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed, but always subject to the approval of the board of directors.
 
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