ART. 23] INJUNCTION—DISSOLUTION. 693

1888, art 23, sec. 263 1868, ch 471, sec 184.

375. 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 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 circuit court for any county, in the name of the
State, against any corporation incorporated under the laws of
this State, for the purpose of restraining, by injunction, any
such corporation from assuming or exercising any franchise,
liberty or privilege, or transacting any business not allowed
by the charter, certificate or amended certificate of incorpora-
tion of said corporation, or not by law allowed to be assumed
or exercised by said corporation; and in the same manner, and
by like authority, a bill may be filed to restrain any individ-
uals from exercising any corporate rights, privileges or fran-
chises not granted to them by any law of this State; and such
bill, when filed against a corporation, shall be filed in the
circuit court of Baltimore city, if the principal office or place
of the business operations of said corporation shall be located
therein or in the circuit court for the county in which the
principal office or place of the business operations of said cor-
poration shall be located; and if the said bill is filed against
any individuals it shall be filed in the city or county in which
some one of the individuals sought to be restrained may reside;
and upon the filing of any such bill, the court in which it shall
be filed shall have power to issue the injunction either before
or after hearing, and under and on such terms as it may pre-
scribe, and generally shall have and exercise all the powers of
a court of equity over the subject-matter of said bill; and all
provisions of the laws of this State relating to the granting,
continuing or dissolving of injunctions in other cases, and pro-
viding for appeals to the court of appeals which may be appli-
cable, shall apply to proceedings under this section.

State v. Easton Club, 72 Md. 300. Belair Club v. State, 74 Md. 297.
Barton v. Fraternal Alliance, 85 Md. 33.

Dissolution of Corporations.

Ibid. sec. 264. 1868, ch. 471. sec. 185. 1894, ch. 263
376. Whenever any corporation in this State shall have
been determined by legal proceedings to be insolvent, or shall
be proven to be insolvent by proof offered under any bill filed