Same. § 11. If the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the ninth day of September, the twelfth day of October or the twenty-fifth day of December fall upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. Amended February 19, 1909; stats. 1909, p. 24; in effect in sixty days. Words and terms used in the Political Code, definition of. § 17. Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person" includes a corporation as well as a natural person; writing includes printing and typewriting; oath includes affirmation or declaration; every mode of oral statement under oath or affirmation is embraced by the term "testify," and every written one in the term "depose"; signature or subscription includes mark, when the person can not write, his name being written near it by a person who writes his own name as a witness; provided, that when a signature is made by a mark it must, in order that the same may be acknowledged or serve as a signature to any sworn statement, be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as witnesses thereto. The following words, also, have in this code the signification attached to them in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context: One-The word "property" includes both real and personal property; Two-The words "real property" are coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments; Three-The words "personal property" include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt; Four-The word "month" means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; Five-The word "will" includes codicil; Six-The word "writ" signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer; and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings; Seven-The word "vessel," when used with reference to shipping, includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, and steamships, canal boats, barges, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons; Eight-The term "peace officer" signifies any one of the officers mentioned in section eight hundred and seventeen of the Penal Code; Nine-The term "magistrate" signifies any one of the officers mentioned in section eight hundred and eight of the Penal Code; Ten-The word "state," when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. Eleven-The word "section," whenever used in this code, refers to a section of this code, unless some other code or statute is expressly mentioned. Amended March 18, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 129. 54 Cal. 35; 62 Cal. 116; 92 Cal. 614. Similar provisions: Civ. C. § 14; Code Civ. Proc. § 17; Pen. C. § 7. § 380. In addition to those prescribed by the constitution, the governor has the power and must perform the duties prescribed in this and the following sections: 6. He may require the attorney general or district attorney of any county to inquire into the affairs or management of any corporation existing under the laws of this state. Enacted March 12, 1872. ARTICLE V. Of the Secretary of State. SEC. 416. Fees. Fees. § 416. The secretary of state, for services performed in his office, must charge and collect the following fees: 1. For a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document or paper on file in his office, twenty cents per folio. 2. For comparing a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document or paper with the original, or the certified copy of the original, on file in his office, five cents per folio. 3. For affixing certificate and seal of state, unless otherwise provided for, two dollars. 4. For filing articles of incorporation, if the capital stock amounts to twenty-five thousand dollars or less, fifteen dollars; if the capital stock amounts to over twenty-five thousand dollars, and not over seventy-five thousand dollars, twenty-five dollars; if the capital stock amounts to over seventy-five thousand dollars, and not over two hundred thousand dollars, fifty dollars; if the capital stock amounts to over two hundred thousand dollars, and not over five hundred thousand dollars, seventyfive dollars; if the capital stock is over five hundred thousand dollars, and not over one million dollars, one hundred dollars; if the capital stock is over one million dollars, fifty dollars additional for every five hundred thousand dollars or fraction thereof of capital stock over and above one million dollars; for filing articles of incorporation without capital stock, except coöperative associations, five dollars; for filing articles of incorporation of coöperative associations, formed under the act of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, fifteen dollars. [Subd. 4: See editorial note, end of section.] 5. For recording articles of incorporation, twenty cents per folio. 6. For issuing certificate of incorporation, three dollars. 7. For filing certificate of increase of capital stock, five dollars for every fifty thousand dollars or fraction thereof of such increase. 8. For filing certificate of decrease of capital stock, five dollars. 9. For filing notice of removal of principal place of business, five dollars. 10. For filing amended articles of incorporation, unless otherwise provided for, five dollars. 11. For filing certificate of creation of bonded indebtedness, or increase or decrease thereof, five dollars. 12. For issuing certificate of increase or decrease of capital stock, three dollars. 13. For filing certificate on continuance of existence, five dollars. 14. For issuing certificate of continuance of existence, three dollars. 15. For filing claim to trade-mark, and issuing certificate of filing, five dollars. 16. For issuing certificate of filing of any document, not otherwise provided for, three dollars. 17. For filing certificate of increase or decrease of number of directors, five dollars. 18. For issuing certificate of increase or decrease of number of directors, three dollars. 19. For receiving and recording each official bond, five dollars. 20. For filing notice of appointment of agent, five dollars. 21. For each commission, passport, or other document signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state (pardons, military commissions, and extradition papers excepted), five dollars. 22. For each patent for land issued by the governor, if for one hundred and sixty acres or less, one dollar; and for each additional one hundred and sixty acres, or fraction thereof, one dollar. 23. For issuing certificate of official character, two dollars. 24. For recording miscellaneous documents or papers, twenty cents per folio. 25. For filing certified copy of order and decree of court, changing name, or certified copy of order and decree of court, dissolving a corporation, five dollars. No member of the legislature or state officer shall be charged for any search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of their office; nor shall they be charged any fee for a certified copy of any law or resolution passed by the legislature relative to their official duties. All fees collected by the secretary of state must, at the end of each month, be paid into the state treasury. Three thousand five hundred dollars of such monthly returns shall be credited to and constitute the state library fund, and the balance shall be paid into the general fund of the state. Amended March 18, 1907; stats. 1907, p. 352. ED. NOTE.-§ 416, subd. 4. The act of March 27, 1895 (stats. 1895, page 221) providing for incorporation of co-operative associations, has been codified and superseded by sections 653b to 6531 of the Civil Code, as enacted in 1905. For fees of county clerk, see § 4300a, post. ARTICLE XVI. [Old article XVI (sections 594 to 634, relating to insurance) repealed and a new article XVI substituted March 8, 1907; stats. 1907, p. 141. Sections 635a to 6351, defining bond investment companies, added to code March 18, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 156.] Insurance Commissioner. (Insurance corporations: See Civ. C. § 414 ct seq.; see, also, "Insurance," statutes at large, Appendix.) 594a. Foreign companies, deposit of securities. 595. General duties of commissioner. Companies may surrender certificate; manner of. 596. Certificate to do business. Licenses to procure insurance in companies not authorized to do business. Affidavit required. Account of business. Bond of licensee. Examination of policies issued by licensee. 596a. Attorney general to examine documents. 597. Examination of companies alleged to be insolvent. |