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§ 18. Jurisdiction of the supreme court. In the case of a corporation dissolving as provided in this chapter, the supreme court, upon the petition of the committee or a majority of them, or in a proper case, upon the petition of a creditor or member, or upon the petition of the attorney-general, upon notice to all of the committee and to such other interested persons as the court may specify from time to time may order and adjudge in respect to the following matters:

1. The giving of notice by publication or otherwise of the time and place for the presentation of all claims and demands against the corporation, which notice may require all creditors of and claimants against the corporation to present in writing and in detail at the place specified their respective accounts and demands to the committee by a day therein specified, which shall not be less than forty days from the service or first publication of such notice.

2. The payment or satisfaction in whole or in part of claims and demands against the corporation, or the retention of moneys for such purpose.

3. The presentation and filing of intermediate and final accounts of the committee, the hearing thereon, the allowance and disallowance thereof, and the discharge of the committee or any of them, from their duties and liabilities.

4. The administration of any trust or the disposition of any property held in trust by or for the corporation.

5. The sale and dispostion of any remaining property of the corporation and the distribution of such property or its proceeds among the members or persons entitled thereto.

6. Such matters as justice may require.

All orders and judgments shall be binding upon the corporation, its property and assets, its committee, members, creditors and all claimants against it.