pressed, on, over, across, or under the streets and public highways of any such county, city, or town, for the use of bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles, and other like horseless vehicles, propelled by the rider, for a term not exceeding fifty years. In incorporated cities no franchise must be granted for the purpose herein expressed, unless the consent in writing of the owners of a majority of the frontage upon the road or street along which said path or road is sought to be constructed, is first had and obtained, and filed with such legislative or governing body.

Social Organizations.

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Powers.

Power to Take by Devise.

Powers.

C. C. Sec. 599.

Corporations now organized or that may hereafter be organized for purposes other than profit, may, either in their by-laws, ordinances, constitutions, or articles of incorporation, provide for:

1.

The qualification of members, mode of election or appointment, and terms of admission to membership;

2. The fees of admission and dues to be paid to their treasury by members;

3. The number of persons that shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the corporation, and that an election of officers of the corporation by a meeting so constituted or the appointment or selection of such officers, or any of them, in any manner required by the rules, regulations, or discipline of any specified religious denomination, society, or church shall be as valid as if made at an election at which a majority of the members of the corporation were present and voted;.

4. The expulsion and suspension of members for misconduct or nonpayment of dues, also for restoration to membership;

5. A special method of organizing the board of directors, and a special method of increasing or diminishing the number of directors within the limits as to number prescribed by section five hundred and ninety-three of this code;

6. Contracting, securing, paying, and limiting the amount of their indebtedness;

7. That the rules, regulations, or discipline for the time being, of any specified religious denomi nation, society, or church, shall always be a part of their by-laws, ordinances, constitutions, or articles of incorporation;

8. Other regulations not repugnant to the constitution or laws of the state and consonant with the objects of the corporation.

Power to Take by Devise.

Civil Code 1275, p. 396, supra.

Societies for the Prevention of

Gruelty.

How Formed.

What Societies Subject to the Code.
Power to Take and Hold Property.
Powers of Members.

Fines Inure to the Society-When.
Members May Become Peace Officers.
Proceedings Against Minors.
Directors-How Elected.

How Formed.

C. C. Sec. 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.

What Societies Subject to the Code.

C. C. Sec. 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.

Power to Take and Hold Property.

C. C. Sec. 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.

Powers of Members.

C. C. Sec. 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.

C. C. Sec. 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.

Fines Inure to the Society-When.

C. C. Sec. 607e. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed and collected in any 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 such corporation or society now or hereafter existing, must, except where otherwise provided, inure to such corporation or society in aid of the purposes for which it was incorporated or organized.

Members May Become Peace Officers.

C. C. Sec. 607f. All members and agents, and all officers of each or any of such corporations or societies, as may by the trustees thereof be duly authorized in writing, approved by a judge of the superior court of the county in which such corporation or society was organized, and sworn in the same manner as are constables or peace officers, have power lawfully to interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty upon any child or dumb animal, and may use such force as is necessary to prevent the same, and to that end may summon to their aid any bystander; they