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CORPORATIONS. [Am. 26.
cause therefor has been shown, it shall dismiss the peti-

Costs.

tion and award costs in favor of the corporation pro-
ceeded against, in its discretion; and if the court shall
determine that legal cause of forfeiture has been shown,
it may, in its discretion, before passing a final degree

Orders.

of forfeiture, pass orders requiring the said corporation
within a time to be thereby fixed, to remedy the griev-
ance complained of, and may suspend the passage of

Final decree.

the final decree of forfeiture until the time so fixed, and
may afterwards refuse to pass such decree if the griev-
ance shall have been remedied by the time so fixed.

Petition for for-
feiture, where
filed.

182. The petition for forfeiture, hereinbefore men-
tioned, shall be filed in the circuit court for the county
in which the certificate of incorporation of said corpo-
ration was filed, if said corporation shall have been in-
corporated 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 Bal-
timore city, or if not incorporated under the laws re-
quiring 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 to court
of appeals.

183. From any judgment 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
prescribed by the said court of appeals.

Power of gov-
ernor.

184. The governor of this state shall have power,
upon application in writing made to him by any citi-
zen thereof, in the exercise of his own discretion, to
direct the attorney 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