The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-04-24

negligence of their deputies, shall be commenced
and sued within four years next after the cause
Of action.
March 10, 182l-ApprOved:
WILLIAM KING.
Tile foil owing three iectiors OF the Net aseer
tatning ,chat shall! constitute The legal Selsmenf
~, and proriding for the reiej aud support, en-
va pLovnent reno cal Of HE poor, contain all the
material alteration. which have been made 10
the psuper laws a. they before food.
Seer. g. Be fvtbs, enacted, That ega iettie-
ment, in apy town in this ate fhall be hereafter
gained. 70 as 70 (ubjea and obiise fuch town %
relieve aud (upport the perions gaming the same,
in cafe they become poor and itaod IN need OF re-
lief, by the ways and means following and NOT
etherwiie, namely EDa. married woman ihall
ALWAYS follow and have the feitlement Of hsr hus-
hand IL he have any within this state, otherwife
her own At the time Of marriage If he then had
anv ihall not be Ion or fuipeuded by the marriage
Second Legitimate children fhaii follow and nave
the fettemeut of their father # he ihzil have any
within this State, until they gaIn aiettlemen. OF
their own but If he fhali have none, they ihail
in ike manner follow and have the iettiement OF
their mother. if fhe [haiI have any. Third, He
Ultimate children fhall follow and have the fet,le-
meut of their mother at the time Of their birth, it
any fhe ilaaIl then have within the State but
neither legitimate or iegitmats children fhalI gain
fettIement BY birth in the places where they may
be born If neither Of their parents ihail then have
suy fe,t ement there. Fswtb Any perton that
III all be admitted an inhab by any town At any
legal meeting, in the warrant for which an article
(haII be inferred for that purpofe, fhail thereby
gain a legal fettlement therein. Ffib. All perions
dwelling and having their homes in any unincor-
porated place at the time, when the fame hall be
incorpora ted into ftown fhall thereby gain .
legal settlement therein. S;stb. Upon division OF
towns, every person having legal settlement
therein, bur being removed ,herefrom at the time
of such division, ADD not having gained legal
settlement el,ewh.se, fhail have his legal ssttis-
ment il tina, town wherein bis former dwelling
place or home fhaI! happen to fall upon fuch dv'-
ion and when any new town fhall be incorpora-
ted, compofed of part of one or more old incor-
poratea towns, all psasons legally settled IN the
town or towns of which luch new town is so COM
pofed and who fhall actually dwell and have thsir
homes within the bounds of fuch new town at the
time of ito incorporation fhalI thereby gain legal
settlements 10 ,uch new town. SeVertb Any
minor who fhall ferve an apprenticeship TO any
lawful trade for the fpace of four ysars 10 any town
and actually set up the same therein within one
year after the expr alton of said term, being then
twenty one years old, fhail thereby gain fe'tls-
ment in fuch town. Any perion Of the age Of
twenty one years, who lhall hersaferreside IN any
town within this state for the fpace of FIVE years
together, and fhall not during that term receive
directly or indirectly, any fupplies or support IS
pauper from any town, fhall thereby gain sett'eI
ment 10 such town ANY person resident IN any
town at the date Of the passage Of this act, who
have not within one year previous to that date.
received fuppor, or fupplies from some town a.
paupsr, fhail be deemed TO have q fettIenent IN
the town where he then dwells and has his home.
And every legal settlement, when gained, thah
continue till loft or defeated by gaining new
one and upon gaining such new settlement. all
former settlements ihaI be defeated and loa.
SECT. Is. Be il fsyfber ease7ed, Tha, 'a'd over
feer' iha alto relieve and fuppert, Kin cafe of their
deeeaie, deceHty bury all poor persoss residing or
found IN their towns, having no lawful settlements
within this State when they ftand 10 need, and may
employ them, as other paupers may be, the sx-
penfe whereof may be recovered of their relations
if they have any. cha,geable by law for their sup
port in manner herein before pointed out. other
wise il hall be paid out of the REFLECTIVE town
treafuries and all monies aecruipg for Gcsnfes
granted to retailers, innholsers and victuallers,
fhal be paid into the REFLECTIVE town treafuries,
where fuch licenfes are granted for the benefit of
the poor of said town; any law TO the contrary
notwithstanding, and upon complaint of such over
seers any Iuitice of the Peace 10 his county may by
warrant directed to, and which may be executed
by any conitable of thar town. or any particular
person by name, caule fuch pauper to be sent and
conveyed by land or water to any other State, or to
any place beyond sea, where be belongs, If the
Juice thinks proper, IL he may be conveniently
removed 1t the expenfe of the town, but if he can
not be 90 removed he may be sent to and relieved
and employed 10 the houfe of correction or work
h0ufe At the eEpenfs of the town and every town
ihall be holden TO pay any sxpenfs which fall be
necessarily incurred for the relief of any pauPer by
any inhabitant, not liable by Law for his or her
support after notice and requef made 70 the over
seers of 'ad town, and until provision fhaIl be
madeby them. And when any poor person be-
ing in any town 10 this State and standing 10 need
of as'iaance forlsupport, and who 10 notoriously
fubject to habits of intemperancs, IL hall be the
duty Of the oveueers of the poor in such town 60
apply by complaint signed by majority of said
overseers, to any Juliice of the Peace IN such
couaty who fhall issue a warrant thereon agaiuit
.uch person, and after hearing before such Juf-
ice if be fhal sdjudge that such Person 10 notorl-
ously subject TO habits Of intemperance, he hall
order him committed to the h9afs Of ccEEssioE TO