Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter and chapters 492 and 502, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Iowa having assets of the value of one million dollars or more, the articles of which provide that an individual may not vote more than one share of the common voting shares of stock of the corporation, and which give to children of the owners of shares of the common voting stock the right to purchase one common voting share of stock in the corporation upon attaining majority or within a fixed period thereafter, and which authorize the issuance, sale and delivery of not to exceed one share of the common voting stock to any one individual, may issue, sell and deliver its shares of common voting stock, whether held by it as treasury stock or whether issued as an original issue, for the following considerations and upon the following terms and conditions, and with the following limitations:

1. 1. Such common voting stock may be issued, sold and delivered by the corporation either for cash or upon credit or time payments or installment payments or for a consideration evidenced in part or in whole by the written agreement of the purchaser thereof to pay for the same, payment of said purchase price to be secured by a lien on said stock.
2. 2. No such stock shall be issued, sold and delivered for a price less than the par value thereof at the time of such issuance, sale and delivery.
3. 3. Not more than one share of said stock shall be so issued, sold and delivered to any one individual, but when issued, sold and delivered, said stock may be voted by the owner thereof, if the articles of incorporation or bylaws of such corporation, whether now in effect or hereafter adopted or amended, so provide, although a part or all of the price to be paid therefor may be owing to the corporation under said written agreement of the purchaser to pay for the same.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §491.114]