and of which such diocese, synod, or other district is an organized or constituent part; and that the limitation in section five hundred and ninety-five shall not apply to corporations formed under this section, when the land is held or used for churches, hospitals, schools, colleges, asylums, parsonages, or cemetery purposes.

Enacted March 12, 1885; stats. 1885, p. 109.

Same.

114 Cal. 300; 128 Cal. 262.

§ 604. Any church or other religious association in this state, composed of two or more constituent parishes, missions, congregations, or societies, having a common convention, synod, council, or other representative legislative body, may be incorporated by such representative body under this part and subject to the provisions of this title, except as otherwise provided in this section. The representative body of such religious association electing to incorporate the same, shall determine the name of the proposed corporation, the purpose for which it is formed, the place where its principal business is to be transacted, the term for which it is to exist, and the number of its directors, and shall elect its directors for the first year. The articles of incorporation need only be signed and acknowledged by the presiding officer and secretary of such representative body, and in addition to the requirements of section two hundred and ninety, shall set forth the proceedings herein prescribed for said representative body, and that the same were duly had in accordance with the constitution, canons, rules, or regulations, governing the other proceedings of said representative body, and the time and place thereof. The directors of such corporation shall be elected annually by the representative body of the association. The representative body providing for such incorporation shall frame by-laws for the corporation, and such by-laws may be repealed or amended, or new by-laws may be adopted by any subsequent representative body in accordance with the constitution, canons, rules, or regulations governing the other proceedings of such representative body. Such corporation may hold and administer not only the common property, funds, and money of such association, but also the property, funds, and money of any constituent parish, mission, congregation, or society. The limitation in section five hundred and ninety-five shall not apply to corporations formed under this section when

the land is held or used for churches, hospitals, schools, colleges, asylums, parsonages, or cemetery purposes.

Enacted March 11, 1887; stats. 1887, p. 104.

Consolidation of like corporations organized for purposes other than profit.

§ 605. Any corporation now or hereafter organized for purposes other than profit, may consolidate with any other like association or associations, or corporation or corporations, created either under the laws of the State of California, or under the laws of any other state or territory, so as to form a new or consolidated corporation, in such manner as may be authorized by the respective boards of directors or trustees of such associations or corporations by resolution adopted at meetings of the respective boards called for that purpose. The resolution to be adopted by each of the respective boards shall state the names of all the corporations or associations to be united by the consolidation, the name of the state or territory under the laws of which they are created or organized, and the dates of their respective incorporation, the name by which the new or consolidated corporation is to be called or known, the purposes for which it is to be formed, the place where its principal business is to be transacted, the term for which it is to exist, the number of its directors or trustees, and the names and residences of those who are appointed to act as such for the first year, and shall designate three or more persons by whom articles of incorporation of the new or consolidated corporation shall be subscribed and filed in compliance with this section. Articles of incorporation of the new or consolidated corporation shall be subscribed and acknowledged by the persons so designated as last aforesaid in the manner required by section two hundred and ninety-two of this code. Said articles shall contain and set forth all the matters required by section two hundred and ninety of this code, and in addition thereto there shall be attached to said articles copies of the aforesaid resolution of the several associations or corporations uniting in the consolidation, certified by the respective secretaries of such associations or corporations under the corporate seals thereof; and the said articles of incorporation shall in the body thereof refer to the said resolutions and to the certified copies thereof so attached, and by such reference make the said certified copies a part of the said articles. The said articles of incorporation shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county

where the principal business of the new or consolidated corporation is to be transacted, and a certified copy thereof in the office of the secretary of state, in the manner required by this code for the filing of original articles of incorporation; and thereupon the secretary of state shall issue to the corporation, over the great seal of the state, a certificate in manner and form as provided by section two hundred and ninety-six of this code. From and after the filing of such certified copy of the articles of incorporation with the secretary of state the former associations or corporations uniting in the consolidation and comprising the component parts of the new or consolidated corporation shall cease to exist, and the new or consolidated corporation shall succeed to all the rights, duties and powers of the component associations or corporations, and shall be possessed of all the rights, duties and powers set forth in its articles of incorporation not inconsistent with this title, and shall be subject to all the liabilities and obligations of the former component associations or corporations, and shall succeed to and become vested with all the property thereof, both real and personal, of every name and nature, and may make by-laws and do all things permitted by this title.

Amended April 26, 1909; stats. 1909, p. 1094; in effect in sixty days.

TITLE XIIα.

[Title XIIa added March 21, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 590.] Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals.

SEC. 607.

Formation of corporations.

607a. Power of to receive and dispose of property.

607b. Complaints for violating any law relating to children

or animals.

607c. Magistrates and police officers to aid the corporation and its officers.

607d. Pre-existing corporations.

607e. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and the disposition to be made thereof.

607f. Members and agents may be authorized to act as police officers.

607g. Children who may be arrested and brought before a court or magistrate for examination.

Formation of corporations.

§ 607. Corporations may be formed by any number of persons not less than five, a majority of whom must be citizens and residents of this state, under the general provisions of this code, for the purpose of the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, or both.

Enacted March 21, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 590.

NOTE. §§ 607, 607a, 607b, 607c, 607d, 607e, 607f, 607g. The subject-matter of the above sections is taken from the statute for 1873-4, page 499, as amended in 1901, page 285, and 1903, page 69-to prevent cruelty to animals; the statute of 1875-6, page 830, relating to the incorporation of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children; the statute of 1877-8, page 812, for the protection of children; and the statute of 1877-8, page 813, relating to children. Section 1 of the act of 1875-6, page 830, is codified in section 607. Subdivision 7 of section 2 of the same act is codified in section 607a, and section 3 in section 607b. Section 607c is a codification of section 4 of the act of 1875-6, page 830, and section 4 of the act of 1873-4, page 499. Section 5 of the act of 1875-6, page 830, is codified in section 607d; and section 14 of that act, as amended in 1903, page 69, and section 5 of the act of 1875-6, page 830, is codified in section 607d; and section 14 of the act of 1873-4, page 499, as amended in 1903, page 69, and section 5 of the act of 1877-8, page 813, are consolidated and codified in section 607e. Section 5 of the act of 1873-4, page 499, as amended in 1901, page 285, is codified in section 607f, and section 3 of the act of 1877-8, page 812, is codified in section 607g, with the exception of subdivision 5 thereof, which is an addition thereto, to cover the matters referred to in the act of 1877-8, page 813.

Power of to receive and dispose of property.

§ 607a. Every such corporation may take and hold, by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest, any property, real or personal, and dispose of the same at its pleasure; but it must not hold real property the annual income of which exceeds fifty thousand dollars.

Enacted March 21, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 590.

NOTE. See note to § 607.

Complaints for violating any law relating to children or animals. § 607b. Any such corporation, or any member or officer thereof, may prefer a complaint against any person or persons, before any court or magistrate having jurisdiction, for the

violation of any law relating to or affecting children or animals, and may aid in the prosecution of any such offender before such court or magistrate in any proceeding taken.

Enacted March 21, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 590.

NOTE. See note to § 607.

Magistrates and police officers to aid the corporation and its officers.

§ 607c. All magistrates, constables, sheriffs, and officers of police must, as occasion may require, aid any such corporation, its officers, members, and agents, in the enforcement of all laws which are now or may be hereafter enacted relating to or affecting children or animals.

Enacted March 21, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 590.

NOTE. See note to § 607.

Pre-existing corporations.

§ 607d. The provisions of this title extend to all corporations heretofore formed and existing for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, but do not extend or apply to any association, society, or corporation which uses or specifies a name or style the same, or substantially the same, as that of any previously existing society or corporation in this state organized for a like purpose.

Enacted March 21, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 590.

NOTE. See note to § 607.

Fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and the disposition to be made

thereof.

§ 607e. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed and collected in any city or county, or city and county, of this state under the provisions of any law of this state, now or hereafter enacted, relating to or affecting children or animals, in every case where the prosecution was instituted, aided, or conducted by any corporation or society now or hereafter existing, incorporated or organized for the prevention of cruelty to animals or to children must, except where otherwise provided, inure to such corporation or society in aid of the purposes for which it was incorporated or organized. In addition to said fines, penalties and forfeiture, every such society incorporated and organized for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or for the prevention of cruelty to children, may, in each city, or city and county or county