Penalty. fish at all times; and no person shall willfully destroy, injure, or obstruct any such fishway, or at any time take or catch any salmon, shad, or other migratory fish or trout, except by hook and line within three hundred feet of any fishway required by the state board of fish commissioners to be provided and kept open, or at any time take or catch any such fish in any manner within fifty feet of such fishway; and every person violating any of the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, and every person found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this act must be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail of the county in which the conviction shall be had not less than fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and all fines imposed and collected for any violations of the provisions of this act shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the "fish commission fund." SEC. 6. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 7. This act takes effect immediately. Notary public for Goat island. CHAPTER XXIII. An act authorizing the appointment of a notary public in the city and county of San Francisco, to reside and transact notarial duties at Yerba Buena island, or Goat island, in the bay of San Francisco, in addition to the number of notaries now authorized by law for said city and county. [Approved February 12, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The governor is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint and commission one notary public in and for the city and county of San Francisco, to reside and transact his notarial duties at Yerba Buena island, known as Goat island, in the bay of San Francisco, in addition to the number of notaries now authorized by law to be appointed in said city and county. Such notary shall be subject to the general laws relating to notaries public. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XXIV. An act to amend section four hundred and sixteen of the Political Code, relating to the fees to be charged by the secretary of state, and providing for the distribution of the same. [Approved February 1, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section four hundred and sixteen of the Political Code is hereby amended to read: 416. The secretary of state, for services performed in his Fees of 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. secretary of state. incorpora 4. For filing articles of incorporation, if the capital stock Articles of amounts to twenty-five thousand dollars or less, fifteen dollars; tion. if the capital stock amounts to over twenty-five thousand dollars, and not over seventy-five thousand dollars, twentyfive 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, seventy-five 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. 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. Fees of secretary of state. No fees to be charged state officers. Fees, how disposed of. 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 trademark, 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, 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. Twenty-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. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its passage. CHAPTER XXV. An act to validate the organization and incorporation of municipal corporations of the sixth class. [Approved February 14, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: cities of sixth class validated. SECTION 1. All municipal corporations of the sixth class, Acts of the organization and incorporation of which have been authenticated by an order of a board of supervisors in this state, declaring the same incorporated as municipal corporations of the sixth class, and a certified copy of which order has been filed by such board of supervisors in the office of the secretary of state, showing such copy of said order to have been filed in said office, and which corporations thereafter have acted in the form and manner of municipal corporations under the provisions of "An act to provide for the organization, incorporation, and government of municipal corporations," approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and the amendments thereto, are hereby declared to be and to have been municipal corporations of the sixth class from the date of filing the certified copy of said order of the board of supervisors with the secretary of state; and all the acts of the said municipal corporations heretofore exercised according to the act aforesaid, are hereby validated and declared as legal. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. CHAPTER XXVI. An act making an appropriation for postage, expressage, telegraphing, and contingent expenses of the attorney-general's office for the remainder of the fifty-fourth fiscal year. [Approved February 14, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: contingent SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred dollars ($600) is hereby Appropriaappropriated out of any money in the state treasury not other- tion for wise appropriated, for postage, expressage, telegraphing, and expenses, contingent expenses of the attorney-general's office for the general's remainder of the fifty-fourth fiscal year. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. attorney office. Appropriation for capitol. CHAPTER XXVII. An act to appropriate the sum of twelve hundred (1,200) dollars to pay for repairs to capitol building and furniture, to be used during the remainder of the fifty-fourth fiscal year. [Approved February 14, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The sum of twelve hundred (1,200) dollars is repairs to hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for repairs to capitol building and furniture to be used during the remainder of the fifty-fourth fiscal year. SEC. 2. The controller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the amount herein appropriated, and the treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Additional judge of superior court of county of Kern. Salary. CHAPTER XXVIII. An act to provide one additional judge of the superior court of the county of Kern. [Approved February 17, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The number of judges of the superior court of the county of Kern is hereby increased from one (1) to two (2). SEC. 2. Within ten (10) days after the passage of this act the governor shall appoint one (1) additional judge of the superior court of the county of Kern, who shall hold office until the first Monday after the first day of January, anno domini one thousand nine hundred and five (1905); and at the next general election to be held in November, anno domini one thousand nine hundred and four (1904), one (1) judge of said court in addition to the present number provided by law for said county shall be elected to hold office for the term prescribed by the constitution and by law. SEC. 3. The salary of said one (1) additional judge shall be the same in amount, and shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as that of the other judge of the superior court of said county now authorized by law. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. |