Statement of cause of contesting election.

Service of subpoena.

Number of reports to

of the Legislature, and excepting offices filled by appointment.

SEC. 7. Section two hundred and seventy-four of said Code is amended to read as follows:

Section Two Hundred and Seventy-four. The person contesting such election must, within twenty days after the certificate of election is issued, file with the Clerk of the county, or one of the counties in which the alleged cause of contest originated, a statement of the grounds of contest, verified by his oath.

SEC. 8. Section three hundred and one of said Code is amended to read as follows:

Section Three Hundred and One. The subpœna may be served by any person who might be a witness in the matter, and his affidavit that he delivered a copy to the witness is evidence of service.

SEC. 9. Section three hundred and thirty-four of said Code is amended to read as follows:

Section Three Hundred and Thirty-four. There be printed. must be printed:

Of the report of the Secretary of State, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Controller, two thousand six hundred and forty copies.

Of the report of the State Treasurer, two thousand one hundred and sixty copies.

Of the report of the Surveyor General, five thousand two hundred and eighty copies.

Of the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, five thousand two hundred and eighty copies. Of the report of the Attorney General, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Adjutant General, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Librarian, twelve hun- Same. dred copies.

Of the report of the Fish Commissioners, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Directors, Resident Physician, Visiting Physician of the Insane Asylum, two thousand four hundred copies.

Of the report of the Directors of the State Prison, two thousand four hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Board of Equalization, two thousand four hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Capitol Commissioners, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Regents of the University of California, two thousand four hundred copies.

Of the report of the Directors of the State Agricultural Society, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Tide Land Commissioners, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the Trustees of the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, twelve hundred copies.

Of the report of the State Board of Health, two thousand four hundred copies.

SEC. 10. Section three hundred and thirty-five of said Code is amended to read as follows:

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Section Three Hundred and Thirty-five. The re- Distribuports printed must be delivered by the State Printer same. as follows:

To the Governor, fifty copies of each report.

To the State Treasurer, ten copies of each report.

To the Secretary of State, thirty copies of each report.

To the Superintendent of Public Instruction, two thousand five hundred copies of his report, for distri

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bution to School Trustees and school teachers throughout the State, and for exchange with other States.

To the Surveyor General, one thousand copies of his report, for distribution to the County Surveyors, Assessors, and County Clerks of the several counties, and for exchange with other States.

To the Adjutant General, five hundred copies of his report, to be distributed at his discretion.

To the Attorney General, one hundred copies of his report, for distribution to the several District Attorneys of the State.

To the Controller, two hundred copies of his report. To the Secretary of State, two hundred copies of his report.

To the State Treasurer, one hundred copies of his report.

To the State Librarian, two hundred copies of his report.

To the officers of the Insane Asylum, two hundred copies of their report.

To the Directors of the State Prison, one hundred copies of their report.

To the Regents of the University of California, two hundred copies of their report.

To the Trustees of the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, five hundred copies of their report.

To the Fish Commissioners, two hundred copies of their report.

To the State Board of Equalization, two hundred copies of their report.

To the officers of the State Agricultural Society, two hundred copies of their report.

To the State Board of Health, two hundred copies of their report.

And the remaining copies thereof, one third to the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and two thirds to the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the

Assembly, to be by them distributed pro rata to the members of the Senate and Assembly next to convene.

SEC. 11. The following is added as a new section to said Code, and must be inserted in said Code after section three hundred and thirty-six, and designated section three hundred and thirty-seven:

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report.

Section Three Hundred and Thirty-seven. Of the Insurance report of the Insurance Commissioner, the Commis- sioner's sioner must have printed, at the expense of his office, one thousand copies, and must deliver of the same as follows:

To the Governor, twenty copies.

To the State Librarian, ten copies.

To the Secretary of State, thirty copies.

To the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, eighty copies.

To the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, one hundred and sixty copies.

And the residue must be distributed by the Commissioner in furtherance of the interest of insurance.

SEC. 12. Section four hundred and thirty-seven of said Code is amended to read as follows:

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Section Four Hundred and Thirty-seven. When- Proceedever any person has received moneys, or has money or defaulters. other personal property which belongs to the State by escheat or otherwise, or has been intrusted with the collection, management, or disbursement of any moneys, bonds, or interest accruing therefrom, belonging to or held in trust by the State, and fails to render an account thereof to and make settlement with the Controller within the time prescribed by law, or when no particular time is specified, fails to render such account and make settlement, or who fails to pay into the State Treasury any moneys belonging to the State upon being required so to do by the Controller, within twenty days after such requisition, the Controller must

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state an account with such person, charging twentyfive per cent damages, and interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum from [the] time of the failure; a copy of which account in any suit therein is prima facie evidence of the things therein stated; but in case the Controller cannot for want of information state an account, he may in any action brought by him aver that fact, and allege generally the amount of money or other property which is due to or which belongs to the State.

SEC. 13. Section five hundred and ninety-five of said Code is amended to read as follows:

Section Five Hundred and Ninety-five. The Insurance Commissioner must receive all bonds and securities of persons engaged in the transaction of insurance business in this State, and file and safely keep the same in his office, or deposit them as provided in this Article. He must examine and inspect the financial condition of all persons engaged or who desire to engage in the business of insurance; issue a certificate of authority to transact insurance business in this State to any persons in a solvent condition who have fully complied with the laws of this State; determine the sufficiency and validity of all bonds, and other securities, required to be given by persons engaged or to be engaged in insurance business, and cause the same to be renewed in case of the insufficiency or invalidity thereof; and perform all other duties imposed upon him by the laws regulating the business of insurance in this State, and enforce the execution of such laws; prepare and furnish on demand, to all persons engaged in the insurance business, blank forms for such statements or reports as may by law be required of them; make, on or before the first day of August, in each year, a report to the Governor of this State, containing a tabular statement and synopsis of the reports which have been