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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 389-JUNE 8, 1954

(13) filing a copy of amendment to the articles of incorporation of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to transact business in the District, $5; (14) filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to transact business in the District, $20; (15) filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a certificate of withdrawal, $5; (16) filing application for reinstatement of a domestic or foreign corporation and issuing certificate of reinstatement, $50; (17) filing any other statement or report, except an annual report, of a domestic or foreign corporation, $ 1; (18) for indexing each document filed, except an annual report, of a domestic or a foreign corporation, $2; (19) for furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, report, or paper relating to a corporation, $5. (c) An initial license fee is hereby imposed as follows: (1) Every domestic corporation upon the filing of its articles of incorporation shall pay, in addition to any other fees and charges imposed by this Act, the sum of 2 cents for each authorized share of its capital stock up to and including ten thousand shares, and the sum of 1 cent for each additional authorized share up to and including fifty thousand shares, and the sum of one-half of 1 cent for each additional authorized share in excess of fifty thousand shares: Provided, That in any case in which the articles of incorporation, of a domestic corporation authorizes par value shares having a par value per share other than $100 per share, then, in respect to such shares only, the aggregate par value of all of such shares shall be divided by the figure 100 and the quotient so obtained shall be the number of shares for the purpose of the initial license tax as to such shares: And provided further, That in no case shall the initial license fee payable be less than $10. (2) Every domestic corporation upon the filing of any amendment of its articles of incorporation effecting an increase of its authorized capital stock, in addition to any other fees and charges imposed by this Act, a sum equal to the difference between the initial license fee computed at the rates provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section on the total of the authorized number of shares, including the proposed increase and the initial license fee so computed on the total of the authorized number of shares excluding said increase: Provided, That in no case shall the sum payable be less than $10. (3) Upon filing of an agreement of consolidation or an agreement of merger, if the corporation created in the case of an agreement of consolidation, or the corporation surviving in the case of an agreement of merger shall be a domestic corporation, then in addition to any other fees and charges imposed by this Act, a sum equal to the difference between the initial license fee computed at the rates provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section upon the total of the authorized number of shares of the corporation created by such consolidation or surviving in the case of a merger and the initial license fee so computed upon the aggregate amount of the total authorized number of shares such of the constituent corporation as are domestic corporations: Provided further, That in no case shall the sum payable as an initial license fee be less than $20. (d) Each foreign corporation authorized under the provisions of this Act to do business in the District shall pay an annual report fee of $10, which sum shall be paid at the time of the filing of the annual report required of such corporations under the provisions of this Act. (e) Each domestic corporation organized, incorporated, or rein-

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