Bec. Art. Creation of Corporations. emption from taxation or from the repeal or modification of its charter, and that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution; and any corporation chartered by this State which shall accept, use, enjoy or in anywise avail itself of all rights, privileges, or advantages that may hereafter be granted or conferred by any general or special act, shall be conclusively presumed to have thereby surrendered any exemption from taxation to which it may be entitled under its charter, and shall be thereafter subject to taxation as if no such exemption has been granted by its charter. 1. XV. MICHIGAN. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes. All laws passed pursuant to this section may be amended, altered or repealed. But the Legislature may, by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, create a single bank, with branches. 16. XV. Previous notice of any application for an alteration of the charter of any corporation shall be given in such manner as may be prescribed by law. MISSISSIPPI. 178. VII. Corporations shall be formed under general laws only. The Legislature shall have power to alter, amend or repeal any charter of incorporation now existing, and revocable, and any that may hereafter be created, whenever, in its opinion, it may be for the public interest to do so: Provided, however, that no in Sec. Art. Creation of Corporations. ing to corporate powers, except for municipal purposes; but corporations may be formed under general laws; and all such laws may from time to time be altered or repealed. NORTH CAROLINA. 1. VIII. Corporations may be formed under the general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the object of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts, passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time, or repealed. NORTH DAKOTA. 131. VII. The Legislature shall have no power to suspend any general law for the benefit of any particular individual, nor to pass any law for the benefit of individuals inconsistent with the general laws of the land; nor to pass any law granting to any individual or individuals, high privileges, immunities or exemptions, other than such as may be, by the same law extended to any member of the community who may be able to bring himself within the provisions of such law. No corporation shall be created, or powers increased or diminished, by special laws; but the General Assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all corporations hereafter created, which laws may, at any time, be its |