ize and empower such attorney to accept service of all writs and process, requisite and necessary to give complete jurisdiction of such corporation to any of the courts of this state, or United States courts therein, and shall constitute such attorney the authorized agent of such corporation, upon whom lawful and valid service may be made of all writs and process in any action, suit, or proceeding commenced by or against any such corporation, in any of the courts mentioned in this section, and necessary to give such courts complete jurisdiction thereof.

Fee for Filing Certificate.

Sec. 3278. A corporation or company offering to file a certificate of deposit with the state treasurer shall pay such treasurer a fee of ten dollars therefor, and all expenses of printing any notice required by this chapter shall be paid by the company concerning which such notice is published.

Sec. 3279. Any surety company with a paid-up capital of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, incorporated under the laws of any state of the United States, either solely or among other things for the purpose of transacting business as surety on obligations of persons or corporations, may transact such surety business in this state upon complying with the provisions of this act, and not otherwise. Each such surety company must show to the insurance commissioner of this state that it is possessed of the capital and assets required by this section, and shall pay to such commissioner the sum of one hundred dollars annually for a license to transact such business in this state. If such surety company is engaged in other insurance business, it shall pay the above license, together with the license or licenses required by law for the transaction of such other insurance business. The insurance commissioner shall dispose of all moneys received for such

licenses, as required by the laws regulating insurance licenses.

Sec. 3280. No surety company not incorporated under the authority of this state shall directly or indirectly take risks or transact business in this state until it shall have first appointed the secretary of state of this state to be the true and lawful attorney of such company in anu for this state, upon whom all lawful process may be served with the same effect as if the company existed in this state. Said power of attorney shall stipulate and agree on the part of the company that any lawful process against the company which is served on said attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on the company, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. A certificate of such appointment shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and copies certified by him shall be receiveu in evidence in all the courts of this state. Service of process in actions and proceedings upon such attorney shall be deemed service upon the principal; but such principal shall be allowed thirty days thereafter within which to appear and plead in all such actions and proceedings.

Sec. 3281. Whenever any lawful process against a surety company shall be served upon the secretary of state, he shall forthwith forward a copy of the process served upon him by mail postpaid and directed to the secretary of the company. For each copy of process the secretary of state shail collect the sum of five dollars, which shall be paid by the plaintiff at the time of such service; the same to be recovered by him as a part of the taxable costs if he prevails in the suit.

Sec. 3282. Any surety company may, on production of evidence of solvency and credit satisfactory to the judge, court, head of department, or other officer authorized to approve any bond

or undertaking, be accepted as suct upon the bond or undertaking of any person or corporation required by the laws of this state to execute a bond or undertaking; and if such company shall furnish satisfactory evidence of its ability to provide all the security required by law, no additional surety may be exacted; but other surety may, in the discretion of the official authorized to approve such undertaking, be required, and such surety (surety company) may be released from its liability on the same terms and conditions as are by law prescribed for the release of individuals; it being the true intent and meaning of this act to enable corporations created for that purpose to become surety on bonds or undertakings required by law subject to all the rights and liabilities of private parties.

Sec. 3283. Any court or officer whose duty it is to pass upon the account of any person or corporation required by law to give a bond or undertaking, may, whenever such person or corporation has given any such surety company as surety upon said bond or undertaking, allow in the settlement of such account a reasonable sum for the expense of securing such surety.

Sec. 3284. Any company which shall execute any bond or undertaking as surety under the provisions of this act shall be estopped, in any proceedings to enforce the liability which it shal' have assumed to incur, to deny its corporate power to execute such instrument or assume such liability.

Navigation Companies.

Sec. 3285. The owner or owners of any vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam, owned without this state, and engaged in navigating the waters of this state, or plying between any port of this state and any port or place without this state, is a foreign corporation within the meaning of this chapter; and the resident agent of such vessel is the attorney of such corporation

within the meaning of this chapter, and shall pay into the county treasury of the county in which he resides the sum of twenty-five dollars per quarter as such agent or attorney, and upon the production of the county treasurer's receipt for such sum the county clerk shall issue a license to such agent or attorney to act as such for the ensuing three months from the date of such license.

Sec. 3286. Each county treasurer shall be entitled to receive and retain three per centum of all moneys received by him under this chapter, and each county clerk shall be entitled to demand and receive from the person applying for such license the sum of two dollars for issuing the

same.

Sec. 3287. The county clerk shall record all licenses issued by him under the provisions of this chapter, specifying therein the date of such license, the amount of quarterly tax, to whom issued, and for what purpose. On the first day of each month, such clerk shall prepare and transmit to the secretary of state a certified copy of such record.

Sec. 3288. Any person who shall act as agent or attorney for any vessel without having first obtained the license prescribed in this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the state of Oregon the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by action in the name of the state as other fines and penalties are recovered.

Sec. 3289. Any person who acts or professes to act as the agent, representative, or business man of any vessel mentioned in section 3285 of this chapter, within this state, shall be deemed the agent or attorney thereof within the meaning of this chapter.

Life Insurance Companies.

Sec. 3290. All companies having agents or solicitors doing business within the state as life insurance agents or solicitors shall pay to the treasurer of this state the sum of one hundred

dollars annually, in gold coin of the United States

of America.

Fees.

Sec. 3291. The fees of the state treasurer for carrying out such portion of the provisions of this chapter as shall pertain to his office shall be as follows:

For keeping such deposits, and for returning to depositors the coupons on all bonds deposited by them, one-eighth of one per centum per annum on all amounts so deposited in his charge.

Sec. 3292. The fees of the secretary of state for carrying out such portions of this chapter as pertain to the duties of his office shall be as follows:

For recording each certificate of deposit and issuing such certificate to depositors, twenty-five dollars.

For issuing license to life insurance agents or solicitors annually, ten dollars.

For commission on the sale of stamps, as provided in section 16 of this chapter, five per centum of the amount so sold.

Power to Acquire Lands.

Sec. 2988. Any alien may acquire and hold lands, or any right thereto, or interest therein, by purchase, devise or descent, and he may convey, mortgage, and devise the same, and if he shall die intestate, the same shall descend to his heirs; and in all cases such lands shall be held conveyed, mortgaged, or devised, or shall descend in like manner and with like effect, as if such alien were a native citizen of this state or of the United States; and any corporation incorporated under the laws of any other state in the United States, or of any foreign country, not prohibited by the constitution or laws of this state from carrying on business in this state may acquire, hold, use and dispose of, in the corporate name, all real estate necessary or convenient to