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 FIFTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. 1321 Sec. 796. PARTIES.——\VI1B1'G the action is brought by a creditor, the —¥’“’“€”; Stockholders, directors, trustees, or other officers, or any of them who may be made liable by law for the payment of the complainant’s debt, maiy be made parties defendant by the original or a supplemental bill, an their liability may be declared and enforced by the decree; but nothing herein shall prevent any creditor from enforcing such liability in a separate suit against such parties. SEc. 797. ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION.··Ill such suit, if the court Qigffnt "“d ‘“‘““‘ shall be of opinion that the complainant is entitled to the relief prayed, and that such corporation ought to be dissolved, the court shall cause an account to be taken of the assets and debts of the corporation and shall decree an equal distribution of the assets among the creditors, subject to existing liens; but if Said corporation has no property to satisfy its creditors, or to the extent to which its roperty is insufli— cient therefor, the court may require the stockholliers, who are parties defendant to the suit, to pay into court the amounts due and unpaid on the shares of stock held by them, and shall ascertain the amounts properly chargeable, in favor of creditors, to said stockholders and the trustees, directors, or other officers who are arties to the suit, and in the Hnal decree for the dissolution shall adjugge and decree that said amounts shall be aid into court by the parties respectively liable there for, to be applied) to the payment of the debts of the corporation. CHAPTER NINETEEN. onnvms AND PUNISHMENTS. ...‘§.§1¥:?“““" ""“‘“"‘ SUBCHAPTER ONE. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON. ,,g;;f,=;;§e=~=~é=*¤=¤**¤¤¤ Sec. 798. MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE.—VVh0€\’€l', being of sound g,§Qf"d" ‘" “'“” d° memory and discretion, purposely, and either of deliberate and premeditated malice or by means- of poison, or in perpetrating or in attempting to perpetrate any oHense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiar, kills another, is guilty of murder in the first degree. Sec. 799. Wlloever maliciously places an obstruction upon a railroad ;1PL¤gg*g0g§,¤°'**°°*°¤ or street railroad, or displaces or in]ures anything appertaming thereto, ' or does any other act with intent to endanger the passage of any locomotive or car, and thereby occasions the death of another, is guilty of murder in the first degree. Sec. 800. MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE,-\vhOB¥’€1' with malice afore- degggder **· S‘=<*°¤¤ thought, except as provided in the last two sections, kills another is ` guilty of murder in the second degree.- Sec. 801. PUNISHMENT.·—ThB punishment of murder in the first P“"i**““°“*- degree shall be death by hanging. The punishment of 1ll\11‘(l€I‘ in the second degree shall be imprisonment for life, or for not less than twenty years. ' SEo. 802. MANSLAUGHTER.*Wh0G\'B1' commits manslaughter shall M“"*‘**"“"‘°'· be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 803. ASSAULT wmrrr INTENT ro 311.1., AND so FORTH.·—·EV€1‘j’ m*}§§‘;_“,}{,,f"""‘"‘°°* person convicted of any assault with intent to kill or to commit rape, or to commit robbery, or min ling poison with food, drink, or m€dlC1l19 with intent to kill, or willfu§y poisoning any well, spring, or cistern of water, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than fifteen years. _ Sec. 804. MAYHEM.—Every person convicted of an assault with M“"l‘°‘“‘ intent to commit mayhem, or of an assault with a dangerous weapon, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years.