the State of California, or who transports, carries or takes from the state, or receives for the purpose of transportation from the state, the carcass of any such animal or any such bird, or any part of the carcass of any such animal or bird, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Amended March 18, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 257. Limit as to shipment of certain game. § 6276. Every common carrier which receives for shipment or transportation from, or which ships or transports for, any one person during any one calendar day more than twenty-five wild ducks, or black sea brant, or more than twenty quail, snipe, curlew, ibis, plover, rail, or other shore birds (Limicolae), or more than twenty doves; or which ships or transports, or any person offering for shipment or transportation any of the said birds, or any deer, or any deer meat, in any quantity, unless such birds, or deer, or deer meat are at all times in open view and tagged or labeled with the name and residence of the person by whom they are shipped; or any person who shall at the time of such shipment or transportation fail to furnish to any such common carrier a tag or label bearing his name, residence and the exact contents of the package offered for shipment or transportation, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to permit any person to have in his possession any game or fish contrary to the provisions of this chapter, nor to permit any common carrier to have in its possession more than the above specified number of said birds during any one calendar day, though lawfully received, except during the shipment or transportation thereof. Amended March 22, 1909; stats. 1909, p. 671; in effect in sixty days. Screen over canal, ditch, mill-race, etc. § 629. Any person, company, or corporation, owning, in whole or in part, or leasing, operating, or having in charge any millrace, irrigating ditch, pipe, flume, or canal, taking or receiving its waters from any river, creek, stream, or lake in which fish have been placed, or may exist, shall put, or cause to be placed and maintained, over the inlet of such pipe, flume, ditch, canal, or mill-race, a screen of such construction and fineness, strength, and quality as shall prevent any such fish from entering such ditch, pipe, flume, canal, or mill-race, when required to do so by the state board of fish commissioners. Any person, company, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section, or who shall neglect or refuse to put up or maintain such screen, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars or imprisoned in the county jail of the county in which the conviction shall be had not less than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and all fines imposed and collected for violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the "fish commission fund"; provided, that the continuance from day to day of the neglect or refusal, after notification in writing by the state board of fish commissioners, shall constitute a separate offense for each day. Amended March 18, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 187. 77 Cal. 32. Penalty for violation. § 631a. Every person found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 626, 626a, 626b, 626c, 626d, 626f, 626g, 626h, 626i, 626j, 626k, 626m, sections 627, 627a, 627b, and section 631, must be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail of the county in which the conviction shall be had, not less than twenty-five days nor more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Amended March 18, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 258. Fishways-Fish commissioners to examine dams. § 637. It shall be the duty of the state board of fish commissioners to examine, from time to time, all dams and artificial obstructions in all rivers and streams in this state naturally frequented by salmon, shad, and other migratory fish; and if, in their opinion, there is not free passage for fish over or around any dam or artificial obstruction, to notify the owners or occupants thereof to provide the same, within a specified time, with a durable and efficient fishway, of such form and capacity, and in such location as shall be determined by the fish commissioners. or persons authorized by them, and such fishway must be completed by the owners or occupants of such dam or artificial obstruction to the satisfaction of said commissioners, within the time specified; and it shall be incumbent upon the owners or occupants of all dams or artificial obstructions, where the state board of fish commissioners require such fishways to be provided, to keep the same in repair and open and free from obstructions to the passage of 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 imprisonment 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." Amended February 12, 1903; stats. 1903, p. 25. 135 Cal. 470. Transportation of nongame birds. § 637d. Every person or corporation acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants, who shall ship, carry, take or transport whether within or beyond the confines of the state any resident or migratory nongame bird, except as permitted by this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. New section; added April 16, 1909; stats. 1909, p. 936; in effect in sixty days. Certificates giving right to take birds. § 637e. Sections 637a, 637c, and 637d shall not apply to any person holding a certificate giving the right to take birds, their nests or eggs for scientific purposes only, as hereinafter provided. Certificates may be granted by the board of fish commissioners to any properly accredited person permitting the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs for scientific purposes only. All certificates authorized by this act shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year issued, and shall not be transferable. On proof that the holder of such certificate has killed any bird, or has taken the nest or eggs of any bird for other than strictly scientific purposes his certificate shall become void, the birds, nests or eggs collected under such certificate shall be forfeited, and shall be delivered by the board of fish commissioners to some public museum of natural history in the state, and the holder of the certificate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. New section; added April 16, 1909; stats. 1909, p. 936; in effect in sixty days. CHAPTER II. OF OTHER AND MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES. SEC. 648. Issuing or circulating paper money. Issuing or circulating paper money. § 648. Every person who makes, issues, .or puts in circulation any bill, check, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or the paper of any bank, to circulate as money, except as authorized by the laws of the United States, for the first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every subsequent offense is guilty of felony. Enacted February 14, 1872. See Civ. C. § 356; Constitution of California, art. XII, § 5. TITLE XVI. General Provisions. SEC. 654a. False representation as to quality or merits of goods sold or advertised; penalty. 679. Coercion or compulsion of persons seeking employment. False representations as to quality or merit of goods sold or advertised; penalty. 654a. Any person, firm or corporation doing business in this State as a merchant, who advertises or displays any brand of goods known to the general public and quotes prices in connection therewith as an inducement to attract purchasers to the place of business so advertised, who shall make verbal or show printed or written false statements regarding the quality or merits of the goods advertised, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Enacted March 18, 1905; stats. 1905, p. 228. See, also, act of April 22, 1909, statutes at large, Appendix, under heading "Fraudulent Reports." Coercion or compulsion of persons seeking employment. § 679. Any person or corporation within this State, or agent or officer on behalf of such person or corporation, who shall hereafter coerce or compel any person or persons to enter into an agreement, either written or verbal, not to join or become a member of any labor organization, as a condition of such person or persons securing employment or continuing in the employment of any such person or corporation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Enacted March 14, 1893; stats. 1893, p. 176. . PART II. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. TITLE X. Miscellaneous Proceedings. CHAPTER IX. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CORPORATIONS. Summons upon information against corporation. SEC. 1390. 1391. 1392. When and how served. 1393. 1394. 1395. 1396. Examination of the charge. Certificate of magistrate and return of depositions. Grand jury to investigate if there is sufficient cause. 1397. Fine on conviction, how collected. Summons upon information against corporation. § 1390. Upon an information or presentment against a corporation, the magistrate must issue a summons signed by him, with his name of office, requiring the corporation to appear before him, at a specified time and place, to answer the charge, the time to be not less than ten days after the issuing of the summons. Enacted February 14, 1872. 4 Cal. App. 721; VII Cal. App. Dec. 735. |