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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

[84 STAT.

"§ 16-3547. Proceedings against corporate directors and trustees; judgment and order; enforcement "Where a quo warranto proceeding is against a director or trustee of a corporation and the court finds that at his election either illegal votes were received or legal votes rejected, or both, sufficient to change the result if the error is corrected, the court may render judgment that the defendant be ousted, and that the relator, if entitled to be declared elected, be admitted to the office, and the court may issue an order to the proper parties, being officers or members of the corporation, to admit him to the office. The judgment may require the defendant to deliver to the relator all books, papers, and other things in his custody or control pertaining to the office, and obedience to judgment may be enforced by attachment. "§ 16-3548. Recovery of damages from usurper; limitation "At any time within a year from a judgment in a quo warranto proceeding, the relator may bring an action against the party ousted and recover the damages sustained by the relator by reason of the ousted party's usurpation of the office to which the relator was entitled." (Q) Chapter 37 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code is amended— (1) by repealing subchapter II; (2) by Striking out the heading " SUBCHAPTER I.—GENERAL PROVISIONS "; and (3) by striking out the items relating to subchapter II in the chapter analysis and by striking out "SUBCHAPTER I.—GENERAL

in that analysis. D.c. Code 16(p) Chapter 39 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code is 3901 amended as follows: (1) The chapter heading is amended by striking out "COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS'* and inserting in lieu thereof "SUPERIOR COURT". (2) Section 16-3901 is amended to read as follows: "§ 16-3901. Practice; applicability of other laws and rules of court "All provisions of law relating to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the rules of the court apply to the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the court as far as they may be applicable Ante, p. 489..^j^^ ^re uot iu couflict with this chapter or chapter 18 of title 11. In case of conflict, this chapter and chapter 13 of title 11 control." (3) Section 16-3902 is amended— (A) by striking out "of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions" in subsection (a); and (B) by striking out "District of Columbia Court of General Sessions" and "Court of General Sessions" in the form prescribed by subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof "Superior Court of the District of Columbia". (4) Sections 16-3903 and 16-3905 are each amended by striking out "of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions". (5) The third sentence of section 16-3904 is amended to read as follows: "When the set-off or counterclaim is for more than the jurisdictional limit of the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch, as provided by section 11-1321, but within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court, the action shall nevertheless remain in the Branch and be tried therein in its entirety." (6) Section 16-3907 is amended by striking out "District of Columbia Court of General Sessions" and inserting in lieu thereof "Superior Court of the District of Columbia". PROVISIONS"

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