Section 44
SEC. 44. The person offering at such sale to pay the unpaid subscription, with interest accrued, together with expenses of advertising and costs of sale, for the smallest number of shares or fraction of a share, shall be the highest bidder, and the stock purchased must be transferred to him on the stock books of the corporation on payment of the amount due on the unpaid subscription, together with the expense of advertising and costs of sale. If, at the sale of the stock for unpaid subscription, no bidder offers to pay the amount due with expenses of advertising and costs of sale, the same may be bid in by the corporation, through the secretary or clerk or president or any shareholder thereof, and the amount of subscription due, together with the expenses of advertising and costs of sale, shall be credited as paid in full on the books of the corporation and entry of the transfer of the stock to the corporation made.