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PUBLIC LAW 389-JUNE 8, 1954

[68 S T A T.

(c) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall provide a distinctive official seal, ^vhich shall be the seal of the District of Columbia surrounded by a border in which shall appear such legend as the Commissioners may determine. (d) Every certificate and other document or paper executed by the Commissioners, in pursuance of any authority conferred upon them by this Act, and sealed with the seal prescribed by subsection (b) hereof, and all copies of such papers as well as of documents and other papers filed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, when certified by them and authenticated by said seal, shall have the same force and effect as evidence as would the originals thereof in any action or proceeding in any court and before a public officer, or official body. (e) The Commissioners are authorized to attend and participate in the meetings of national organizations of State officials having supervision over corporations, and of the committees thereof, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to defray the expenses of attendance at such meetings and to pay such annual dues or other fees as may be necessary to membership in said organizations. The Commissioners are further authorized to visit the corporation departments of the various States when in their judgment such visits are necessary or desirable in connection with the organization or proper conduct of any office or agency established by them. (f) The Commissioners are authorized to make, modify, and enforce siich regulations as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, prescribed penalties for the violation of any such regulations not exceeding a fine of $300 or imprisonment for ninety days, or both, and to prescribe such forms and procedures for use in the conduct of the business of any office or agency established by them as they may deem appropriate. F E E S A N D L I C E N S E TAXES, AND CHARGES

SEC. 121. (a) There are hereby imposed the following fees and charges: (1) fees for filing documents and issuing certificates; (2) license fees; (3) miscellaneous charges. (b) The Commissioners shall charge for— (1) filing articles of incorporation, $20; (2) filing amendment to articles of incorporation, $20; (3) filing articles of merger or consolidation, $20; (4) filing a statement of intent to dissolve, $5; (5) filing articles of reincorporation, $20; (6) filing articles of dissolution, $10; (7) filing statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both, $ 1; (8) filing statement of the establishment of a series of shares, $5; (9) filing an application of a foreign corporation for certificate of authority to transact business in the District and issuing a certificate of authority, $20; (10) filing an application for reservation of a corporate name or for a renewal of reservation, $5; (11) filing notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name, $5: (12) filing an application of a foreign corporation for amended certificate of authority to transact business in the District and issuing an amended certificate of authority, $20;

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