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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 978. 1903. 95]. _" If at any meeting so called a sufhcient number of votes have been given in favor of increasing or diminishing the amount of ca ital stock a certificate of the proceedings, showing a compliance with tihese provisions, the amount of the capital stock actually paid in, the whole amount of debts and liabilities of the com any, and the amount to which the capital stock is to be increased or diminished shall be made out, signed, and verified by the ailidavit of the presidin officer and secretargly of the meeting, certified to by a majority of the directors, and file and recorded as articles of incorporation are required to be tiled and recorded by section two of this c apter. " Sec. 19. That in like manner as provided in the receding sec- Amendments to tions, and upon such additional notice as may be providled in the arti- °hm°r' cles of incorporation or by-laws, any of the general provisions of the articles of incorporation may be amended and upon like vote, unless a different vote be required in the articles of incorporation; but such amended articles must be filed and recorded as prescribed in section two of this chapter. " Sec. 20. That every corporation of the district of Alaska shall, on ce§'§,"{§ ,}}f,f,_°‘ °“‘ or before the first day of September of each year, tile in the office of the clerk of the district court of the recording division where its principal office is located a list containing the names of its rincipal officers, including the officers mentioned in subdivision one ofp section forty- six V°l· 3*, P- 3**- of the Code of Civil Procedure for the District of Alaska, and whenever any such officers are changed or substituted shall, within thirty days after uch change or substitution, Hle a notice thereof in like manner with such clerk. "S¤c. 21. That any corporation organized under this chstpter, when m“°I““°“· no other mode is specially (provided, may, when its debts an liabilities are duly paid or secured, issolve by a written resolution to that effect, at a meeting of the stockholders speciall called for that purpose, by a vote of the owners of at least two—third,s of the stock of the corporation. One cop of such resolution, together with a certificate thereto attached signedy by the president and secretary, or, if none, the corresponding officers, and sealed with the corporate seal, stating the facts that all the debts and liabilities of the co ration have been duly paid or secured, and the fact and date of the dddption of such resolution, and that the same is a true copy of the original, the whole number of shares of stock, the shares of stock whose owners voted for its adoption, shall be filed and recorded as articles of incorporation are reguired to be tiled and recorded under section two of this chapter. hereupon the corporation shall cease to exist except for the winding up of its aiiairs. · ` " Sec. 22. That all corporations whose terms of existence shall .,1$§§i£¤`§T,§$€c_‘°' expire by their own limitations, or which shall be voluntarily dissolved in the manner provided in the preceding section, or which s all be dissolved by the judgment of court, shall nevertheless continue to be bodies corporate for three years thereafter for the purpose of prosecuting and defending actions, and for enabling them to settle up and close their business, pay their debts, dispose of and convey their property, and divide their assets, but for no other purpose; and when any corporation shall be so dissolved, the directors or managers of the aifairs of such co ration at the time of its dissolution, by whatever name they shall berkgown, shall, subject to the power of any court of competent jurisdiction to make in any case a di erent provision, continue to act as such during said term, and shall be deemed the legal administrators of such corporation, with full power to settle its affairs, pay its debts, sell or dispose of or convey all of its property, both real and personal, collect the outstanding debts. and. after paying the debts due and owing by such corporation at the time of its dissolution and the costs of suc