Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-23
r r DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
rDODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, APRIL %, 1876.

the purpose of vacating the charter annulling
the existence of corporation, the summons shall
be served personally upon. some officer of the
corporation named as defendant therein, If to be
found within the State. Such service may
be made by the Sheriff OF any county
within this State. If any. Sheriff to
whom any such summons shall be delivered
for service shall make return thereon that no
officer of such corporation can. after due dill
gence, be found within this State and shall verify
such return by his affidavit, the Attorney
sha- cause a copy OF such summons to be pub
lished in the official State paper or some daily
newspaper printed and published in the city of
Madison once in each week for four () successive
weeks and upon filing such proof of such publlca-
ton is required by subdivision three l3) of Sec.
thirteen Q3) of Chap: one hundred and twenty
four (12D of the Revised Statutes with the Clerk
of the court in which the action is brought the
service of the summons ashau be deemed COM
plete and the court shall proceed as though per-
sonal service had been duly made upon such COR
pors ion.
SEC. ,. fit shall be adjudged that corpora
hon against which an action shall have been
brought has by neglect, abuse or surrender for
feited its corporate rights privileges franchises
Judgment shall be rendered that the corporation
be excluded from such corporate rights, privi-
leges and franchises and that the corporation be
dissolved, and thereupon the affairs OF such cor
poration shall be wound up by and under the
direction of receiver, to be appointed by the
Circuit Court, andits property sold and converted
into money and the proceeds, after paying the
costs and expenses. of the receivership
and proceedings, shall be paid and dis
GrlDuleu III tHC lOuON1uS OIucI. " WIZ lot.
For the payment of taxes and debts due to the
United States, the State of Wisconsin and any
county, city, town or village therein; I'd. Legal
and equitable liens upon the property of said COR
poration in their order of priority; 3D. The just
debts of such corporation liable, which liens and
debts shall be ascertained by said court upon such
notice and IN such manner as it shall prescribe;
4th. The rest and residue of such moneys shall be
distributed among the stockholders of such COR
poration.
Sec. 3. If such action shall be pending in the
Circuit Court then such receiver shall be appointed
in and by the judgment of dissolution. or by sub
sequent order founded thereon. If it shall be
pending in the Supreme Court then it shall be
commence an action in the proper circuit for the
appointment of such receiver and the winding up
of the affairs of such corporation, and after such
judgment of dissolution the corporation shall eX-
list until receiver shall be so appointed and un-
| til he shall be qualified and duly invested with
The property of said corporation, but such corpo-
ration shall not, after such Judgment of dlssolu-
ton, be able to do any other act than to make
over it's assets to such receiver as shall be ap.
pointed pursuant to the provisions of this act:
SEC. d. The provisions of this act shall, so far
as they relate to the distribution of property of
the corporation and actions to appoint receivers
therefor, apply to any corporation against which
proceedings are now pending and to any corpora
ton whose charter has been or may hereafter be
repealed by the act of the Legislature or other
wise annuled thereby.
SEC. 5. All acts or parts of acts so far as they
contravene the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.
SEC 6. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication
Approved March 5, 1875. COPY.