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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ture, pass orders requiring the said corporation
within a time to be thereby fixed, to remedy the
grievance complained of, and may suspend the pas-
sage of the final decree of forfeiture until the time
so fixed, and may afterwards refuse to pass such
decree if the grievance shall have been remedied by
the time so fixed.

File certifi-
cate.

Sec. 182. And be it enacted, That the petition for
forfeiture, hereinbefore mentioned, shall be filed in
the Circuit Court for the county in which the cer-
tificate of incorporation of said corporation was
filed, if said corporation shall have been incorpo-
rated under the laws requiring the filing of such
certificate, and in the case of all other corporations
such petition shall be filed in the county in which
either the principal office of said corporation was
last located, or in which the principal business
of said corporation was last carried on ; but if the
corporation to be proceeded against has filed the
certificate of incorporation in Baltimore city, or
if not incorporated under the laws requiring such
certificate to be filed, the said corporation had its
principal office last in said city, or had there last
carried on its principal business, then and in such
cases the said petition shall be filed in the Superior
Court of Baltimore city.

Appeal.

Sec. 183. And be it enacted, That from any judg-
ment or determination of the court had on petitions
filed for forfeiture under this Article, either party
may appeal to the Court of Appeals, subject to such
regulations and provisions relating to the taking
and prosecution of said appeals as shall be pre-
scribed by the said Court of Appeals.

Power of
Governor.

Sec. 184. And be it enacted, That the Governor
of this State shall have power, upon application in
writing made to him by any citizen thereof, in the
exercise of his own discretion, to direct the Attor-
ney General, or State's Attorney for any county in
this State, or for the city of Baltimore, to file a bill
in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, or in the
Circuit Court of any county, in the name of the
State, against any corporation incorporated under
the laws of this State, for the purpose of restrain-
ing, by injunction, any such corporation from as-
suming or exercising any franchise, liberty or
privilege, or transacting any business not allowed