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, commissions issued to nonsalaried state officers, 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 his office; nor shall he be charged any fee for a certified copy of any law or resolution passed by the legislature relative to his official duties.

All fees collected by the secretary of state must, at least once each week, 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. [Amendment April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 573.]

Appointees of secretary of state.

§ 412. The secretary of state, to assist him in the discharge of the duties of his office, may appoint the following officers: One deputy secretary of state, a bookkeeper, one keeper of the archives, six recording clerks, one register clerk, two certificate clerks, one statistician, one superintendent and cashier of the corporation license tax department, six clerks for the corporation license tax department, one superintendent and cashier of the motor vehicle department, one clerk for the motor vehicle department (each and all of whom shall be civil execu tive officers), one porter for the office of the secretary of state, one porter for the corporation license tax department, one messenger for the office of the secretary of state, one messenger for the corporation license tax department, and two special clerks in each legislative year, to serve from January first to May first. [Amendment approved April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 575.]

Salaries of appointees.

§ 413. The annual salary of the deputy secretary of state is three thousand dollars; of the bookkeeper, twenty-four hundred dollars; of the keeper of the archives, two thousand dollars; of one of the recording clerks, eighteen hundred dollars; of each of five of the recording clerks, sixteen hundred dollars; of the register clerk, eighteen hundred dollars; of each of the certificate clerks, sixteen hundred dollars; of

the statistician, twenty-four hundred dollars; of the superintendent and cashier of the corporation license tax department, twenty-four hundred dollars; of each of two clerks of the corporation license tax department, eighteen hundred dollars; of each of four clerks in the corporation license tax department, sixteen hundred dollars; of the superintendent and cashier of the motor vehicle department, twenty-four hundred dollars; of the clerk in the motor vehicle department, sixteen hundred dollars; of the porter for the office of the secretary of state, seven hundred and twenty dollars; of the porter for the corporation license tax department, three hundred and sixty dollars; of the messenger for the office of the secretary of state, nine hundred dollars; of the messenger for the corporation license tax department, six hundred dollars; of each of the special clerks serving from January first to May first in each legislative year, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. All such salaries are payable in the same manner and at the same time as other state officers. [Amendment approved April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 575.] Corporation deputy.

§ 414. The secretary of state, to assist him in the discharge of the duties of his office, may appoint one corporation secretary whose duty under the direction of the secretary of state, shall be to examine all corporation papers submitted for filing, to pass upon the sufficiency thereof, and if the same do not comply with the provisions of the laws relating to and governing corporations, to reject the same and return the same for correction. He shall file no papers relating to corporations unless the same conform to the laws relating thereto. It shall be his duty to compel all corporations, foreign or domestic, to file with the secretary of state all papers required by law. The salary of the corporation secretary shall be two thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time as other state officers. [Amendment approved April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.]

Salary of secretary of state.

§ 415. The annual salary of the secretary of state, to include all services rendered ex officio as member of any board or commission as now required, or which may be by law hereafter devolved upon him, is five thousand dollars. [Amendment approved April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.]

Corporation secretary. Duty. Salary.

§ 415a. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.]

Bond.

§ 416. The secretary of state must execute an official bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars. [Amendment approved April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.]

Salary of secretary of state.

§ 417. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Deputy secretary of state. Salary.

§ 418. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.]

Bookkeeper, salary.

§ 419. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Salary and duties of statistician.

§ 419a. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Salaries of assistants.

§ 420. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Watchmen for capitol and governor's mansion.

§ 421. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Secretary of state to appoint two clerks.

§ 4222. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Official bond.

§ 423. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 576.] Capitol police, salaries.

§ 425. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 573.]

Gardeners, capitol grounds and salaries.

§ 426. [Repealed April 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 573.]

Duties of controller.

§ 433. General duties of. It is the duty of the controller:

1. To superintend the fiscal concerns of the state;

2. To report to the governor, before the fifteenth day of December next preceding each regular session of the legislature, a statement of the funds of the state, its revenues, and of the public expenditures during the two preceding fiscal years, together with a detailed estimate of the expenditures to be defrayed from the treasury for the two ensuing fiscal years, specifying therein each object of expenditure, and distinguishing between such as are provided for by permanent or temporary appropriations and such as must be provided for by a new statute, and suggesting the means from which such expenditures are to be defrayed;

3. To accompany his biennial report with tabular statements, showing: 1. The amount of each appropriation for the two preceding fiscal years, the amounts expended, and the balance, if any; 2. The amounts of revenue chargeable to each county for such years, the amount paid, and the amount unpaid or due therefrom;

4. When requested, to give information in writing to either house of the legislature relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or the duties of his office;

5. To suggest plans for the improvement and management of the public revenues;

6. To keep and state all accounts in which the state is interested; 7. To keep an account of all warrants drawn upon the treasurer, and a separate account under the head of each specific appropriation, showing at all times the unexpended balance of such appropriation;

8. To keep an account between the state and the treasurer, and therein charge the treasurer with the balance in the treasury when he came into office, and with all moneys received by him, and credit him with all warrants drawn on and paid by him;

9. To keep a register of warrants showing the fund upon which they are drawn, the number, in whose favor, for what service, the appropriation applicable to the payment thereof, and when the liability accrued. Before delivering a warrant to the payee named therein, he shall, whenever requested to do so by the state treasurer, permit the state treasurer to indorse upon or attach to such warrant an order designating the place where such warrant may be paid. Such warrants may be made payable at the option of the treasurer, either at his office, or at some bank in which moneys of the state are deposited. Whenever any party is entitled to the payment of a sum greater than twenty thousand dollars, the controller shall, whenever requested to do so by the state treasurer, issue to such party several warrants aggregating the amount due him in the amounts designated by the treasurer. Upon delivering a warrant to the party entitled thereto, the controller shall take and preserve a receipt therefor; but, when requested to deliver a warrant by mail by the person entitled thereto, he may deliver such warrant to the board of examiners, taking the receipt, therefor, of the secretary of the board of examiners or of some one authorized by him to receipt for the same. The board of examiners must, without delay, enter the same on the books of its office and mail the same to the proper person;

10. To audit all claims against the state in cases where there are sufficient provisions of law for the payment thereof;

11. To examine and settle the accounts of all persons indebted to the state, and to certify the amount to the treasurer, and upon presentation and filing of the treasurer's receipt therefor to give such person a discharge and charge the treasurer therewith;

12. In his discretion to require any person presenting an account for settlement to be sworn before him, and to answer orally or in writing, as to any facts relating to it;

13. To require all persons who have received any moneys belonging to the state and have not accounted therefor to settle their accounts;

14. In his discretion to inspect the books of any person charged with the receipt, safekeeping, or disbursement of public moneys;

15. In his discretion, to require all persons who have received moneys or securities, or have had the disposition or management of any property of the state of which an account is kept in his office to render statements thereof to him; and all such persons must render such statement at such times and in such form as he may require;

16. To direct and superintend the collection of all moneys due the state, and institute suits in its name for all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue, and against persons who by any means have become possessed of public money or property and fail to pay over or deliver the same, and against all debtors of the state; of which suits the courts of Sacramento county have jurisdiction, without regard to the residence of the defendants;

17. To draw warrants on the treasurer for the payment of moneys directed by law to be paid out of the treasury; but no warrant must be drawn unless authorized by law, and upon an unexhausted specific appropriation provided by law to meet the same. Every warrant must be drawn upon the fund out of which it is payable, and specify the service for which it is drawn, when the liability accrued, and the specific appropriation applicable to the payment thereof;

18. To furnish the state treasurer with a list of warrants drawn upon the treasury;

19. To authenticate with his official seal all drafts and warrants drawn by him, and all copies of papers issued from his office;

20. To perform the duties of a member of the state board of equalization, and such other duties as are prescribed by law. [Amendment approved March 13, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 353.]

Citations. Cal. 156/504.

Employees of controller.

1 § 439. The controller may appoint one deputy controller, one bookkeeper, one inheritance tax deputy, one expert, one statistician, one warrant registrar, and four clerks, who shall be civil executive officers; and one stenographer. [Amendment approved April 17, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 933.]

Salaries.

§ 440. The annual salary of the deputy controller is three thousan dollars; of the bookkeeper, twenty-four hundred dollars; of the inheritance tax deputy, twenty-four hundred dollars; of the expert, two thonsand dollars; of the statistician, two thousand dollars; of the warrant registrar, two thousand dollars; of one clerk, eighteen hundred dollars; of each of three clerks, sixteen hundred dollars; of the stenographer, twelve hundred dollars. All such salaries shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of other state officers. [Amend. ment approved April 17, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 933.]