At any regular meeting or any regularly called special meeting of a stock cooperative association at which at least a majority of all its stockholders shall be present or represented, any such association may by a majority vote of the stockholders present or represented subscribe for shares and invest its capital or reserve fund in the capital stock of any corporation or cooperative association; provided that it shall not so invest a total amount in excess of twenty-five percent of the amount of its capital stock.
Code 1950, § 13-240; 1956, c. 428; 1994, c. 217.