ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR, 1159

ing the said company or corporation to show cause, within
such time as the said judge may deem proper, why a decree of
forfeiture should not be passed as prayed in said petition; a
copy of which rule and the petition shall be served on the
president, manager, secretary, or some other officer of the said
company or corporation, by a day to be therein limited, not
exceeding twenty days, as other processes against such com-
panies or corporations are directed to be served; and further
proceedings shall be had in said cause in conformity with the
provisions of article 23 with reference to proceeding to vacate
the charter of corporations of the state.

SEC. 53. Penalties. Any person or company violating any
provision of any section of this article for which no specific
penalty is therein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be subject to a fine not less than one hundred
dollars or more than one thousand dollars for each and every
missioneer under oath, or while under oath administered by
in any annual statement, report or other written document
required by any section of this article to be filed with the corn-
such offense. Any person making any willfully false statement
the commissioner, deputy commissioner or examiner which they
are authorized by this article to administer, at any investiga-
tion or hearing conducted by said commissioner, deputy com-
missioner or examiner, which they are authorized to conduct,
shall be deemed to be guilty of perjury and shall be proceeded
against and punished as provided by the statutes of this state
in relation to the crime of perjury.

FIRE INVESTIGATION BUREAU.

SEC. 54. Investigation of Fires. It shall be the duty of the
commissioner, or of the special deputy appointed by him for
that purpose and under his direction, to examine into the
causes, circumstances and origin of all fires and suspected at-
tempts to set fire to any building occurring within the state to
which his attention may be called, and which in hir, judg-
ment, require examination; and in making said examinations
the commissioner or his said special deputy may, when in his
judgment said proceedings are necessary, take the testimony
on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant of any facts,
or to have the means of knowledge in relation to the matter
herein required to be examined and inquired into, and to
cause the said testimony to be reduced to writing; and when,
in his judgment, such examination discloses that the fire or