Whenever a copartnership operating under an assumed name shall go out of business, it shall be the duty of 1 of the members of such copartnership to file a certificate with the clerk of the county or counties in which such copartnership transacted business, of the discontinuance of such copartnership in such county or counties which certificate shall be attached by the county clerk to the certificate or renewal certificate filed under the provisions of this act. In case the certificate required under the provisions of this section is not filed, any person or persons desiring to use the assumed name in such certificate shall file an affidavit, accompanied by a filing fee of $3.00 with the county clerk that such person or persons have thoroughly investigated the facts and setting forth further facts showing that such copartnership has in fact gone out of business. Thereupon the county clerk shall forthwith send by registered mail to such copartnership at the address on file in his office a copy of the affidavit, and further stating that an application has been filed to use such assumed name and further notifying him or them that unless objection is made within 10 days that the certificate or renewal certificate filed under provisions of this act will be revoked. The county clerk shall file his own affidavit of mailing and the registered receipt with the original certificate or renewal certificate and if no objection is filed in 10 days the county clerk is hereby authorized to permit such person or persons applying to use the assumed name of such concern, on the filing of the certificate required under the provisions of section 1 of this act.