388 CORPORATIONS—DISSOLUTION. [ART. 23.

if the principal office of said corporation is located therein, or in
the circuit court for any county, if the principal office or place of
business of said corporation be therein located, or if the certificate
of its incorporation be recorded therein; and such bill may be
filed by any stockholder, shareholder or creditor of said corpo-
ration, or by the attorney general of the State of Maryland, or
by the State's attorney of the city or county in which the prin-
cipal office of said corporation is located. But this section shall
not apply to any railroad company chartered by this State.
Frank v. Morrison, 58 Md. 440.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 186.

265. Whenever the directors, trustees or managers of any
corporation, or a majority of them, shall, for any reason, deem it
beneficial for the interests of the stockholders or others interested
in said corporation, that the same should be dissolved, they shall
call a general meeting of the stockholders, shareholders or mem-
bers of the corporation at such time and place, and after such,
notice as the by-laws of said company shall prescribe for that,
purpose; and if at such general meeting a majority in interest of
all the stockholders in any corporation having a capital stock, or
a majority of the shareholders or members in, other class of cor-
porations, shall, by their votes, declare their wish that said corpo-
ration shall be dissolved, a bill for its dissolution shall forthwith
be filed, in the name of said corporation and on its behalf, in the
circuit court of Baltimore city, if its principal office or place of
business be in said city, or in the circuit court for the county in
which its principal office or place of business may be situated.
Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 187.

266. Every such bill shall contain a statement of the reasons
why the dissolution of the said corporation is prayed for and
sought; and there shall also be filed with it—

First. A full and tnie inventory of all the assets of such cor-
poration, and of all the books, securities, and vouchers relating
thereto.

Second. A true account of the capital stock of such corpora-
tion, and a list of all the stockholders, their residences, and the