LAWS RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 91 



SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY 

 TO ANIMALS. 



Civil Code. 



607. Corporations may be formed by any number of per- Formation 

 sons not less than five, a majority of whom must be citizens and tion? P r 

 residents of this state, under the general provisions of this code, 

 for the purpose of the prevention of cruelty to children or 

 animals, or both. (Added, Stats. 1905, p. 590.) 



6070. Every such corporation may take and hold, by gift, Powers, 

 purchase, devise, or bequest, any property, real or personal, and 

 dispose of the same at its pleasure; but it must not hold real 

 property the annual income of which exceeds fifty thousand 

 dollars. (Added, Stats. 1905, p. 590.) 



607&. Any such corporation, or any member or officer complaints 

 thereof, may prefer a complaint against any person or persons, Slating 

 before any court or magistrate having jurisdiction, for the law - 

 violation of any law relating to or affecting children or animals, 

 and may aid in the prosecution of any such offender before such 

 court or magistrate in any proceeding taken. (Added, Stats. 

 1905, p. 590.) 



607c. All magistrates, constables, sheriffs, and officers of Aid by 

 police must, as occasion may require, aid any such corporation, Sc 8ist ' 

 its officers, members, and agents, in the enforcement of all laws 

 which are now or may be hereafter enacted relating to or affect- 

 ing children or animals. (Added, Stats. 1905, p. 590.) 



607d The provisions of this title extend to all corporations Pre .existing 

 heretofore formed and existing for the prevention of cruelty to corporations, 

 children or animals, but do not extend or apply to any associa- 

 tion, society, or corporation which uses or specifies a name or 

 style the same, or substantially the same, as that of any 

 previously existing society or corporation in this state organized 

 for a like purpose. (Added, Stats. 1905, p. 590.) 



607e. Every society, incorporated and organized for the ompensa- 

 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 com- 

 pensation therefor, from the city or county, or city and 

 county general fund, by the board of supervisors or other 

 governing body thereof, a sum not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars per calendar month, in the same manner as other 

 claims against said city or county, or city and county, are paid. 

 (As amended, Stats. 1913, p. 638.) 



607/. Any such corporation incorporated for the purpose Humane 

 of the prevention of cruelty to animals may by resolution of its officers - 

 board of directors or trustees duly entered on its minutes 

 appoint any number of its members, who shall be citizens of the 

 State of California as humane officers. Bach appointment 

 shall be by separate resolution. Such resolution shall state 



