Section 4. Certificate to be filed within sixty days and annually thereafter; penalty; evidence

Every   joint-stock   association
  transacting  business  within  this state shall, within sixty days after
  its formation, and in each January thereafter, file with  the  secretary
  of  state,  and  with  the  clerk  of  the county in which its principal
  business is carried on, a written certificate, signed  and  verified  by
  its  president  and treasurer, stating the name and date of organization
  of such association, the number  of  its  stockholders,  the  names  and
  places  of  residence  of  its  officers,  and  its  principal  place of
  business.  Any such certificate, the record thereof, or a certified copy
  of such certificate or record shall be presumptive evidence of the truth
  of all facts therein stated against such association, its  officers  and
  stockholders.    The  officers  of a joint-stock association who fail to
  comply with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  jointly  and
  severally  liable  to pay to the people of this state a penalty of fifty
  dollars for each day such failure continues.