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Xcmbers of fxnil!- oxvning and operating an antornol~ilc,n d
procure cha~ii'ieur'slicense.

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STATE O F KEW YOI'LIi,

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Julg
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Hon. SAJLCELS. KOESIG,S c c w f a r y of Stote, ,lZba)ly, AT. I-.:

Dear Sir.--Tour f a r o r of July 13, 1000, ( 1 ~ 1 reccivecl.
~. I n answer to v o w inquiiy as to whcther or not it is n r t ~ ~ - - ~ r ~
for various members of a fanlily 1~110own an aatonloldc t o proc u ~ oa chauffeur's liccnsc in the event that different mcnllwr2 of
the family operate the autonlobilc, I arn of the opinion thrtr =iicll
license is not neceszarx.
There i s no provision of law that I am aware of requiring rhc.
owner of a motor car o r an;(. ~ncnllterof his f a m i l - to procure a
chauffeur's license to r u n such n~achil~e.
Subdir-ision 5 of s ~ t i c n?SO of chapter 30 of thc Coni.oli~lclteil
Lairs defines t?le word " chauffenr " as follows : '. Shall 111c.an arly
person operating a niotor vehicle as mechai~ic, eni~Jo>ceo r for
hire."
Sc-cticm 222 requires thc ov-ner to file i n the Secrctarv of Staw's
oEce a statement of his uallic arid adcliess, 1.i-itha brief clc.-crii1tion
of the vehicle to be mg-isterecl, etc. .
section flS3 prorides for thc registration of snch motor vehicle.
Section 302 provides that every person deairing to opcrate a Inoror
~-rhicleas a c l ~ n z r f t w shall file i n the office of thc S t c r c t a q of
State a statement, which shall include his name and ndclrcss and
t l ~ etrade name and motive power of the motor ~ e h i c l ehe i5 to
operate. Upon filing snch statement, the Secretary of State shall
issue to the chauffeur a badge, as provided in section 304.
Section 306 p r o d e s that no person shall operate a motor wh i c k as a churcfeur upon the public highways, unlcss such person

C!orporg Lions.

0. I<. 1,cathc-r Yaring Cumpang-, anil YrLnn Publishing Compllly.

Voting po\ser of stocl;holders. Tnder the clccision of the
Appellilte Dirision i n People es re]. Eronxe v. l i o r r ~ i g ,tho
Secretary of State mnst file certificate of incorporation even
t1iongh i t prorides that ccrtnin classes of stocMlolclcra h n ~ - no
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voting power.

(See opinion, rlugust 31, 1009. See opinion, ;\larch 91, 1010,
with references.)

Iron. S . ~ - \ r u ~S.
r , Ko~csrc;,S e c r e t m y of Ptctlc, dlbcrtly, iV. I'.:
Jlcar Sir.-- 1 h a r e your letters of the 81st nltimo anrl the 5th
instant, s i p c J 1):- X r . Feunell, in which yon reclue.t q o ~ i i n i o ~ l
as to thc scope of the deci~ionof the .lppellatc Di\i;ion i n People
e s rel. Eron-ne v. Koenig, i n relation to the right to file a certificate of incorpwation p r o ~ i c l i nthat
~ ccrtain clascs of stock shall
be deprived of voting power. T o n enclosc proposed certificates of
incorporation of 0. 1:. Leather P a r i n g Conlp~llyanrl Urban P u b
lishing Companyv. I n the fonner certificate it is proviclecl that
preferred stock alone is to have the right to rote and that the consent or fa^-orable vote of such rotinp- stock alone shaIl be
to a sale of the property of the compsiny a s an entirety. In the
other certificate i t is provided that the preferred stock shall have
no roting powers except on the question of the increase or reduction of the authorized preferred stock.