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in its articles of incorporation, its principal business is to be transacted. To this end said corporation shall file with the clerk of said court a verified petition, describing the property affected, showing that the selling, mortgaging, aliening, encumbering, or granting of said property is for its interest, and praying that leave therefor be granted. Thereupon the court shall make an order, reciting that said leave has been prayed for, describing the property affected, and fixing a time and place for the hearing of the petition. Thereafter certified copies of said order shall be kept posted conspicuously for a period of ten days at the following places: (1) on the real property affected; (2) at the head office of the corporation, and (3) at a place where the members of the corporation congregate. At the time set for the hearing the court must require proof that said notice has been faithfully given; and any member may appear and oppose or support the granting of the leave. If satisfied that it is for the interest of said corporation, said court shall thereupon grant said leave. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1434.]

Citations. Cal. 156/468.

By-laws of corporations not for profit.

§ 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 the number of directors who shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the board of directors, 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 593 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 denomination, 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. [Amendment approved February 24, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 77.]

§ 603. The old § 603 was repealed May 1, 1911, Statutes of 1911, page 1435. A new § 603 was enacted. The new section is as follows:

Incorporation of religious associations.

§ 603. Any religious association or body of this state, composed of constituent churches, parishes, congregations, societies or missions which have a common convention, synod, council, assembly or conference, may incorporate under the provisions of this title. The articles of incorporation shall set forth the proceedings authorizing the incorporation of such association, the time and place at which they were had, the manner in which, and the terms for which, the directors or trustees named in the articles of incorporation were chosen, and that said proceedings were in accordance with the constitution, by-laws, discipline, canons, rules and regulations of such association. The articles of incorporation need be subscribed and acknowledged only by the presiding officer, and clerk, scribe, or secretary of such association; but they must make affidavit, which shall be appended to the articles, that they subscribed and acknowledged the articles of authority of such association, and that the statements therein contained are true to the best of their knowledge, information and belief. [New section approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1435.]

Head office, annual election, etc.

§ 604. Any corporation organized under section 603, or under section 603 or section 604 as they existed before this amendment, must maintain its head office at the place where, as set forth in its articles of incorporation, its principal business is to be transacted; but may provide in its by-laws that the annual meeting and annual election shall be held at such other place as may from time to time be designated by the directors or trustees. Any such corporation may hold and administer not only the common property, funds, and money of such corporation, but also the property, funds, and money of any constituent church, parish, congregation, society, or mission; and in so far as the land held by any such corporation is held or used for church, hospital, school, college, asylum, parsonage, or cemetery purposes, the limitation declared in section 595 shall not apply. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1435.]

Fines imposed in penal actions affecting children to go to society.

§ 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 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 where such society exists, while actively engaged in enforcing the provisions of the laws of this state, now or hereafter enacted, for the prevention of cruelty to animals or children, or arresting or prosecuting offenders thereunder, or preventing cruelty to animals or children, be paid, as compensation therefor, from the city or county or city and county general fund by the board of supervisors or other governing bodies, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per month in the same manner as other claims against said city or county, or city and county, are paid. [Amendment approved March 24, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 487.]

§ 6071.

Citations. App. 14/250.

Companies must supply gas, electricity, etc., to buildings within one hundred feet distant from main.

§ 629. Upon the application in writing of the owner or occupant of any building or premises distant not more than one hundred feet from any gas or steam main, or direct or primary wire of the corporation, and payment by the applicant of all money due from him, the corporation must supply gas, electricity, steam or heat as required for such building or premises, and cannot refuse on the ground of any indebtedness of any former owner or occupant thereof, unless the applicant has undertaken to pay the same. If, for the space of ten days after such application, the corporation refuses or neglects to supply the gas, electricity, steam or heat required, it must pay to the applicant the sum of fifty dollars as liquidated damages and five dollars per day, as liquidated damages for every day such refusal or neglect continues thereafter. [Amendment approved April 12, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 887.] Citations. App. 13/420, 591.

§ 633.

Citations. Cal. 156/679. App. 14/690.

§ 639.

Citations. App. 10/436, 437, 438.

§ 648a.

Citations. App. 14/690.

Incorporation of colleges. Trustees.

Capital stock.

§ 649. Any number of persons who may desire to establish a college or seminary of learning may incorporate themselves as provided in this

part, except that in lieu of the requirements of section 290, the articles of incorporation shall contain:

1. The name of the corporation.

2. The purpose for which it is organized.

3. The place where the college or seminary is to be conducted.

4. The number of its trustees, which shall not be less than five nor more than thirty and the names and residences of the trustees. The term for which the trustees named and their successors are to hold office may also be stated. If it is desired that the trustees, or any portion of them, shall belong to any organization, society, or church, such limitation shall be stated.

5. If said corporation is to have capital stock, the amount of its capital stock and the number of shares into which it is divided, and the amount actually subscribed and by whom. [Amendment approved April 3, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 583.]

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§ 695.

§ 696.

Citations. App. 18/248.

§ 697.

Citations. Cal. 158/103. App. 11/739; 13/240, 242.

Citations. Cal. 158/103. App. 11/739; 13/242.

Citations. App. 13/242, 260.

§ 699.

Citations. App. 18/260, 262.

§ 700.

Citations. App. 10/562; 12/859; 18/242, 260.

§ 715.

Citations. Cal. 155/726, 733.

Lease of city lots.

§ 718. No lease or grant of any town or city lot for a longer period than ninety-nine years, in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid; provided, that the property of any municipality, or any minor or incompetent person, shall not be leased for a longer period than ten years. [Amendment approved May 1, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 1391.]

§ 741.

Citations. App. 11/746.

§ 761.

Citations. Cal. 155/687.

§ 765.

Citations. Cal. 155/687.

§ 767.

Citations. Cal. 158/485, 486,

§ 769.

Citations. App. 12/811.

§ 773.

Citations. Cal. 158/486.

§ 779.

Citations. App. 18/242, 260.

Termination of estates.

§ 789. A tenancy or other estate at will, however created, may be terminated by the landlord's giving notice in writing to the tenant, in the manner prescribed by section 1162 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to remove from the premises within a period of not less than thirty days, to be specified in the notice. [Amendment approved February 15, 1911; Stats. 1911, p. 61.]

§ 801.

Citations. Cal. (subd. 5) 155/144.

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