Every such telegraph and telephone company doing business in this State, whether incorporated under the laws of this State, of any other state or of any foreign nation, shall annually, between the first day of January and the first day of March, make out and deliver to the department a statement, verified by the oath of the officer or agent of such company making such statement, showing, with reference to the thirty-first day of December next preceding:

(1) the total capital stock or capital of such association, copartnership or corporation;

(2) the number of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding, the par or face value of each share and, in case no shares of capital stock are issued, in what manner such holdings are evidenced;

(3) its principal place of business;

(4) the market value of its shares of stock on the first day of December next preceding and, if such shares have no market value, the actual value thereof; and, in case no shares of stock have been issued, the market value or the actual value in case there is no market value of the capital thereof and the manner in which it is divided;

(5) the real estate, structures, machinery, fixtures and appliances owned by such association, company, copartnership or corporation and subject to local taxation within the State and the location and assessed value thereof in each county or township where it is assessed for local taxation;

(6) the specific real estate, together with the improvements thereon, owned by such association, company, copartnership or corporation, situate outside the State and not used directly in the conduct of the business, with a specific description of each piece, where located, the purpose for which it is used and the sum at which it is assessed for taxation in the locality where it is situate; and

(7) all mortgages upon the whole or any part of its property, together with the dates and amounts thereof.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 65-1694; 1952 Code Section 65-1694; 1942 Code Sections 2426, 2648; 1932 Code Sections 2426, 2648; Civ. C. '22 Sections 365, 385; Civ. C. '12 Section 320; Civ. C. '02 Section 291; 1898 (22) 713; 1915 (29) 125; 1916 (29) 959; 1926 (34) 981; 1976 Act No. 709, Part II, Section 10.