Washington Statutes Relating to Foreign Corporations. Power to do Business. Copy of Charter to be Filed. What Corporations Are Affected Hereby. Assessor to Ascertain-What. County Auditors to Report-What. Fees. Penalty. Assessor Failing to Report-Penalty. Railroads-Extension into State. Service of Summons by Publication. Charter to be Filed with Secretary of State. [1 Ballinger Codes, Washington, title XXIII, chapter II of Foreign Corporations.] Power of, to do Business in This State. Sec. 4291. Any corporation incorporated under the laws of any state or territory in the United States, or of any foreign country, state, or colony, for any of the purposes for which domestic corporations are authorized to be formed under the laws of this state, shall have full power and is hereby authorized to sue and to be sued in any court having competent jurisdiction, to acquire, purchase, hold, mortgage, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of, in the corporate name, all real estate or personal property necessary or convenient to carry into effect the objects and purposes of its corporation, and also any interest in real estate, by mortgage or otherwise do [due] to or loans made by such foreign corporations within the boundaries of this state, either prior to or after the passage of this act, and generally do and perform every act and transact every kind of business within this state in the same manner and to the same extent as corporations incorporated and organized under the laws of this state are authorized to do under the laws of this state, by a compliance with all the conditions prescribed by the next two succeeding sections of this chapter; provided, however, that this chapter shall not be [so] construed as to allow such foreign corporation to transact business within the state on more favorable conditions than are prescribed by law for a similar corporation organized under the laws of this state; and provided further, that no corporation, the majority of the capital stock of which is owned by aliens, other than those who in good faith have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, shall acquire the ownership of any lands in this state other than lands containing valuable deposits of minerals, metals, iron, coal, or fire clay, and the necessary land for mills and machinery to be used in the development thereof, and the manufacture of the products therefrom, except where acquired under mortgage, or in good faith in the ordinary course of justice in the collection of debts; provided further, that no foreign corporation which is hereafter organized which has among its other powers the business of dealing in real estate, and buying and selling the same, and for the purpose of carrying on a real estate brokerage business, shall be permitted to transact such business of buying and selling and dealing in real estate, and carrying on a brokerage business therein, in this state; but this prohibition shall not extend to any other business for the transaction of which such corporation may be organized. Certified Copy of Charter, etc., to be Filed and Recorded. Sec. 4292. Such corporation shall cause to be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state a certified copy of its charter, articles of incorporation, memorandum of association, or certificate of incorporation, certified to by the custodian of the same according to the laws of the state or territory, country, or colony, where such corporation is incorporated, or who is authorized to issue certificates of incorporation according to the laws of such state, territory, or foreign country or colony. The instruments herein required to be filed and recorded shall be attested by the certifying officer under his hand and seal of office, which attestation shall be prima facie proof of the facts therein stated, and of the genuineness of the certificate. If such officer has no official seal, nis certificate shall state that fact over his signature, and thereupon the secretary of state, or of the territory, in case of corporations within the United States, and the consul general, consul, vice consul, deputy consul, consular agent, or commercial agent of the United States, at or nearest to the place where such certificate is made, in the case of corporations not within the United States, shall certify under his hand and seal of office to the genuineness of the signature of the officer making the certificate, and to the fact that at the time of making such certificate the person making the same held the office described in the certificate. Appointment of Agent to be Filed and Recorded. Sec. 4293. Such corporations shall also constitute and appoint an agent who shall reside at the place in the state where the principal business of the corporation is to be carried on, to be designated as hereinafter required. Such appointment shall be in writing, signed by the president or chief officer of such corporation, and shall be attested by its corporate seal, and shall contain the name of the agent, his place of residence, and the place where the principal business of such corporation is to be carried on, and shall authorize such agent to accept service of process in any action or suit pertaining to the property, business, or transactions of such corporation within this state in which such corporation may be a party. The signature of such president or chief officer, attested by the corporate seal to such written appointment, shall be sufficient proof of the appointment of such agent. Such appointment, when duly executed, shall be filed for record in the office of the secretary of state by such corporation, and shall be there recorded, and such corporation shall have and keep continually some resident agent, empowered as aforesaid, during all the time such corporation shall conduct or carry on any business within this state, and service of any process, pleading, notice, or other paper shall be taken and held as due service on such corporation. Such corporation may change its agent or its principal place of business from time to time by filing and recording with the secretary of state a new appointment, stating the change of such agent or the change in its principal place of business. Not to File Certified Copies or Have Them Recorded-When. Sec. 4294. No corporation which has heretofore complied with the laws of the state or territory of Washington hitherto existing, regarding foreign corporations, and has kept a duly appointed agent within the boundaries of the state as heretofore required, shall be required to file for record, or cause to be recordea, the certified copies required by this act, or to execute or file for record, or cause to be recorded, a new appointment of agents as herein required. Assessor to Ascertain Names of Corporations, Sec. 4295. It shall be the duty of each and every county assessor in this state to ascertain each and every year, at the time of the tax assessment of his county, the name of every foreign corporation doing business by agent or otherwise within his county, the nature of such business, and the name of the agent of each of such corporations, if any there be, together with such agent's place of address, and shall, within ten days from and after the compilation of such assessment, make out and deliver to the county auditor of his county a full and complete list of the names of such corporations doing business in his county, together with the nature of the business so carried on by each of such corporations, and the name of the resident agent of each of such corporations, if any there be, and the place of residence of each of such agents. County Auditors to Report Names of Corpora tions, Agents, etc. Sec. 4296. It shall be the duty of each and every county auditor in this state to make out and transmit to the secretary of state, within thirty days after the receipt by him from such county assessor of the lists provided in the last preceding section, a full, true, and concise statement of the names of such corporations, their place of business, the nature of business conducted by such corporations, and the name of each and every agent of each of such corporations, if any there be, and the places of residence of such agents. Fees Allowed for Recording. Sec. 4297. The fees for recording, under the provisions of this act, shall be the same as are allowed by law to the secretary of state for certified copies of papers on file in his office. Agent is Guilty of Punished. Misdemeanor, When-How Sec. 4298. Any agent of any foreign corporation, conducting or carrying on business within the limits of this state, for and in the name of such corporation, contrary to any of the provi |