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ChQOfer 0S.

OnOPLCr 90
AN ACT to amend sections ten and twelve of chap
ter three of the revised statutes relating to choice
{. Of Highway Surveyors. -. t.s.rE -.
ysed statutes hereby amended by striking out the
words surveyors OF highways" in the sixth and
seventh lines thereof ...-.r.. ,l-r.. 81. -.,.
Il SECT. q. Section twelve of the same chapter is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
SECT H. Unless towns at their annual meeting
choose road commissioners or appoint the municipal
officers surveyors of highways, said officers shall ap-
point surveyors of highways, whose term of Office
shall commence on the first day Of May, and end
with the last day Of April in each year, and if from
any cause the town fails negects to choose at the
annual meeting, any of such officers are not re-
CURED to be chosen by ballot, if after such officers
are chosen there is from any vacancy in any
such Office the municipal officers may fill such Offices
and vacancies by the written appointment Of proper
persons who shall be summoned by the constable and
required to appear and take the oath Of Office as is
provided in section fifteen, subject to the penalties
provided in section sixteen; such appointment and
oath shall be recorded as in of choice by the
town .sra fl--e ~-.s- -
SECT. 8. Section forty Of chapter eighteen Of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out
the word April in the fourth line of said section
and inserting instead thereof the word MAY so
that said section as amended shall read as follows
SECT. 40. When the municipal officers are appoint
ed surveyors Of highways by a town, they may in
writing delegate their power part of it to Others
they shall, annually before the tenth day Of Nav.
make written assignment of his division and limits
70 each surveyor Of highways be observed by him
SECT. This act shall take effect when approved.
$50 - 81! lApproved February %. 1901
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clusvely to the advancement Of agriculture horti-
culture and the arts connected Herewith: and the
treasurer of said society shall give suitable bonds to
the board of trustees for the safe keeping Of said
property and for the faithful discharge of his duties
SECT. 4. The treasurer, at each annual meeting
shall submit full and correct statement Of the eS-
penditures, stating the amount Of money received
and paid out together with the sources from which
received, and to whom and for what purposes paid
out.
SECT. 5. The secretary is hereby required to make
report at the annual meeting. giving statement of
the doings Of the society, with such information and
suggestions as may be deemed useful to the public
SECT. 6. This act shall take effect when approved
[Approved March l, 1901 - =
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Chapter 100.

AN ACT to establish certain rules for the construc.
ton Of statutes. AZ at.. ~ I'd & t,t.l
In the construction of all statutes hereafter enacted
the following rules shall be observed unless such con.
strucon would be repugnant to the express terms Of
the same statute, that is to say IN =
First. The repeal Of or resolve shall not re-
vve statute in force before the act or resolve re-
pealed took effect utt.. .t. =. =
Second. The repeal Of an act shall not effect any
punishment penalty forfeiture incurred before the
ceeding pending at the time of the repeal for an
offence committed or for the recovery Of penalty or
forfeiture incurred under the act repealed
Third. Actions pending at the time Of the passage
or repeal of act, shall not be affected thereby.
II a=ve approved March l, 1901 ' --.
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Chapter 1O4.

AN ACT to amend chapter forty Of the revised stat
utes, relating to herring boxes.
Chapter forty of the revised statutes is amended
by striking out the ninth section thereof and insert
the following instead 4a4
SECT 9. All boxes for packing smoked herring
shall be made Of sound boards, sawed and seasoned
threeeighths of an inch thick and the ends, of
boards three.fourks of an inch thick securely nailed
and sixteen inches in length eight inches in BREADTH
and five inches in depth, by outside measurement;
provided, that any change in the dimensions above
named shall not operate to reduce their capacity which
shall not be less than four hundred and sixty-four
shall be filled with the kind and quality Of fish
and if the box contains "Magdaen y herring, that
no such fish shall be considered merchantable unless
sailed and smoked sufficiently 10 cure and preserve
them, which shall then be clo>,ly packed In boxes
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Chapter lO3.

OBapEer kVte
AN ACT to establish the fees of the county commits
sioners of Washington county =
SECT. l. From and after the first day of January
in the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred
Washington county shall be three dollars per day
while actually employed in the service Of the county,
including the time necessarily spent in making drafts
for said fees. Ie+ d. u -.
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved
[Approved February q, 1901
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PUBLIC LAWS or THE sTATE or MAINE.

and frauduenty receive the vote Of any person not
qualified to be an elector provided by the consti
tuition they shall each forfeit not less than fifty
more than one hundred dollars
90 E[Approved February 26, 1901
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Oh aDtcr 96.

AN ACT to amend section three, chapter one hun
dred and thirtytwo, of the revised statutes rela-
e ting to jurisdiction of justices Of the peace.
Section three Of chapter one hundred and thirty
two, Of the revised statutes is hereby amended by
inserting after the word first, in the second line,
the words, SIXTH seventh eighth, so that said
SECT. g. They shall have jurisdiction Of the Of
fences described in the first, sixth, seventh eighth
ty, when the value Of the property is not alleged to
exceed ten dollars and may punish for the first of:
fence by fine not exceeding ten dollars, and by
imprisonment not more than two months; and on a
second conviction, by fine not exceeding twenty dol
lars, and by imprisonment not more than six months.
L0-f [Approved February 26, 1901
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Chapter 81.

AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "An Act provid-
ing for reviews in criminal cases." approved March
third, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.nine
7. Sect. l. An act entitled " An Act providing for
reviews in criminal cases., approved March third in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nne, is hereby repealed.
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved
[Approved February 26, 1901
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CHAPTER lO2.

Chapter 1OS.
AN ACT amendatory OF act establishing the times
of holding the several terms of the supreme judi
cial court in the county of Hancock, approved Feb
ruary twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven. t3 slH.. 1856 IN
SECT. l. The supreme judicial court shall be held
on the second Tuesdays Of April and October, in
each year. at Ellsworth, within and for the county Of
Hancock, instead of the fourth Tuesdays of said
months. as is now provided by law. All the writs,
processes and proceedings returnabe said fourth
Tuesdays of April and October shall be entered and
have day on the second Tuesdays Of said months.
SECT. e. This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved February %, 1901
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CHAPTER 10Y.

AN ACT to establish the salaries of certain county
officers in the county Of Cumberland -
SECT. l. The salary! Of the judge of probate for
the county Of Cumberland is hereby established at
register of probate at fifteen hundred dollars per an
num- and the salary of the chairman Of the county
payable quarterly as heretofore commencing on the
first day Of April in the year Lord one thous.
and eight hundred and seventy instead Of the saa-
now provided by law. The salaries established
by this act, shall be in full for all official services
SECT 2. This act shall take effect when approved
[ApprOved March /, 1870. -
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ChaDfer 1O1.


AN ACT to amend section twenty-one Of chapter
elghtytWo Of the revised statutes, relating to offers
to be defaulted
Section twenty-one of chapter eighty-two of the
the word an, in the first line and inserting in
stead thereof the words ANY PERSONAL and also by
striking out the words " founded on judgment on
contract, that said section amended shall read
follows:
SECT. q: In any personal action the defendant
to be defaulted for specified sum If not accepted
within such time as the court orders it shall not be
offered in evidence have any effect upon the rights
the costs If the plaintiff fails to sum as
due at the time of the offer greater than the sum
offered he RECEIVERS for costs such only accrued be-
fore the offer and the defendant costs accrued
since that time; and his Judgment for costs may be
set off against the plaintiff judgment for debt an
costs. [Approved February rs, 1901
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-19

We gather the following from las
. evesine's Gold Hill News:
The nevs froo Paris 10 the all 40
sorbing topic. Prossian troops havs
already invaded France. $50, 900 French
troops are ready to cross into Germany
Zouaves from Algiers have arrived Al
Marseilles. The PArisians are Wild with
enthusiasm and loudly cheer the pass
ing troops. At Florence . demonstra-
ton vas made against Frasee. All the
available forces of the Empire are on
the move. Denmark and the Ducbies
are feserish with excitement and want
to march against Prussia. The Danes
tbreaienio rise if their government don't
declare war against Prussia. The Han
overians are similarly exercised. TIE
French circulars whatever they may be-
have found their way into Germany
spite of Prussian orders to have them
suppressed. The people of France press
eagerly forward with money to help
along the cause. They offer to pay
double taxes. A loan of 500, 0O0, 900
francs was gobbled instantef. Prussia
proposes to throw an immense force into
France. (This will make unit of th.
French if nothing else would.) Hun
gary rejoices over the prospect of French
victories over the Prussians.
Henry Ward Beecher has been preach
ing q sermon against the war. He
rather leans to Prussia. Napoleon still
survives.
Germans all over the country are en-
thusiastic for Prussia and in Chicago
they have formed sort of sanitary COM
mission.
Gen. Geo. Ashmun who was chairman
If the Chicago Convention in 1860
which frst nominated Lincoln, is dead
died at Springfield. Mass.
Gold is up to 100, greenbacks "a.
A man in San Francisco has deposit.
d 81 900 with the Hebrew Observer for
he soldier who shall capture the 6rsti
french flag.
A German editor in San Francisco
Ias gained the frat blood for Prussia
licked three Frencbmen
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-19

Pacific Insurance Co.-The San
Francisco Bulletin, of July 18th, says
The Pacific Insurance Company held
their annual meeting at noon to-day.
The old Board of Directors was reflect
ed, with the addition of 7. r. Hayes,
Milton S. Latham and James II. Good.
man, to fill vacancies. The leading
items in the annual statement for the
6scal year ending June 3Oth, compare
as follows with those for the correspond
ing dafa last year:
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NEW BOOKS.

'Life at Home or the Family and
its members" By Mr.. Altman, D. D.
This is a handsomely printed little book,
full of healthy moral teachings, pleas
antly written and especially fitted for
the family circle. New York, Samuel
R. Wells, Publisher, 1870. San Fran.
cisco, A. L. Bancroft, Market street.
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The nanE syupathisers With PFussi'
lin the United States will learn with sin
cere regret that military scheme 10 OF
, foot in New York looking to the execu.
tion, in favor of the French, of . heavy
flank movement against Prussia By the
way of Ireland. Some reference 10 tbs
movement will be seen in ouS Eastern
dispatches of this morning. The details
are not fully given, having doubtless
been - carefully suppressed as possible
"a circumstances noted in the several
Celtic raids on Canada = yet the fact
has transpired that one Colonel James
Kerrigan, whom We take to be . man
of military note, although his name does
not appear on the army register, is or
ganising . corps, a division, a brigade,
aregiment,. . battalion, . company or q
squad Of sanguinary Cells in New York,
to assist Napoleon In overunning Prus-
STA. Should the French succeed in
seizing and holding the Rhenish Prov
inces, it is expected that the Emperor
will manifest his gratitude BY permit
ting Colonel Kerrigau and his friends to
fling the harp and sunburst to the breeze
in the conquered territory anu reorgan-
ize the Irish Republic on the banks of
the Rhine. As the Fenisns have not
been entirely successful thus far in their
raids upon Canada, and England seems
to be invulnerabls to their disorganised
assaults, they have concluded TO make
the Rhine their next objective point.
There 10 Saxon blood in Prussian as
veil as English veins, and they appear |
to be just as willing to extract it from
German as from British bodies. Napo-
leon will feel much encouraged by the
news of this movement in his favor, and |
his happiness would be complete could
be be assured that Gen. O'Neill would
be selected to lead it, with Gen. Glea-
aon on his staff, and promise from. Gen
Foster not to arrest him. The an
of this enterprise may in
duce the Prussians to materially modify
their campaign plans, and force the
& lighting in Baden in order to avoid the
Irish contingent from New York which
will be concentrated in the Rhenish
Provinces. This complication adds
wonderfully to the interest of the con.
est, and suggests possibility that
England may be forced. into. it.-Enter-
'rise
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-19

A WoxAN's SUFFRAGE MEETING was
held At Elko on Thursday evening last.
Frank Proctor presided and Miss Emily
Pitts Stevens and Mrs. Laura de Force
Gordon made speeches. So we learn
from the Chroaicle.
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Passes. P,ssRs NAPoLsoS, the mnr

PASSES, P,saRs NAPoLBoS, the mur.
dsrerof Victor NOir, has not come to
the United States; 10 DOT living neog al
..e Cosmopolitan Hotel, San Francisco;
il aot among the Ksnskas; is not in
Belgium, and is not in Mexico. He is
livisg near Tyburn, the place where
Loaden criminals used to be =" worked
off,"
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The above figures represent gold
values. Included in the disbursements
was $l4O, 600 in dividends paidto stock
boIders. against $3.50, 900 in ls6s-'69.
Ii will be seen that the assets have in
creased SlOO. 900 during the year. The
volume of business performed shows an
increase Of nearly II per cent aud the
income gain of over 20 per cent. The
company's agencies extend not only to
the prominent cities of the Atlantic
States, but also to various foreign coun.
tries.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-19

WHEAT advanced thirteen cents per
bushel 10 Chicago On the strength ofthe
war news from Europe. If this war
continues few months there will be
some fearful specializing in breadstuffs
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-19

CoNGREss has adjourned sine die. Fol.
Loving is a telegraphic statement Of
what transpired during the last hours
Of the session:
After reading the Presidents message
the bill to encourage the building OF
ships for foreign trade was taken up
and discussed a. length, vigorously OPP
posed and finally laid aside. Stewart
presented the credentials of Richard u.
Whitiesey aud Henry P. Far.ow, Sena-
tors elect from Georgia. Tabled. The
committee appointed to wait on the
President reported that be had no fur
Their communication to make, and at 5
o'clock the Senate adjourned sine die.
Arthur Macarthur of Wisconsin was
confirmed as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the District of Col.
umbia A. G. Dunn of Virginia as Goa
sui General for Hskodadi. In the House
the Presidents message was referred TO
the Committee of Ways and Means.
together with resolutions relative TO free
ships offered by various members.
After u recess, Blair, from that commit
tee, reported it inexpedient to extend
the session. Scbenck, from the minor
iiy, reported a bill authorizing for
limited time the registration Of foreign
built iron vessels. A resolution had in
the meantime been voted down author
izing the President, in view of q Euro
pean war, to prevent any attempt to
seize Cuba during the recess by recoR.
nizing the revolutionary party as a de
faeto Government. Reports, from the
Ways and Means Committee were dis
cussed at length, and finally q motion
to table them WAS negatived-72to IS.
The committee appointed to wait upon
the President reported as in tie Senate.
and, without further action on the res
the House adjourned sine die.
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FssDsxIo4. Dor0L ASS 10 named by the
Rochester IN. Y Express ~ . -csndi-
dsts for Congress 10 succeed Judge Da-
Wis. That paper styles Douglass "the
ATHEIST saA most widely knowo public
saa il his Congressional District.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-19

THE income tax ~ it now stands must
prove entirely satisfactory to the great
majority of those who we're so,strenu-
ous in their efforts to prevent its re-sn-
actment by Congress. As agreed upon
BY both Houses the tax is no1 two aud
. half per cent. on the excesA of income
over So 900, plus the actual house rent
paid during the year. This amend
msnt to the former law will exempt all
email salaries from taxation, asd should
silence the clsnor which has been
heard for sOme time past about the i" in
iqui,ous ineome tax" = Waski.atos
CAsonicls.
Il 10 not sssirsly Satisfactory" any
farther thaa 'Ahalf . loaf il better than
no bead"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-22

county seat of Alamanco. has been placed under
martial law by Kirk. Tho Court House has boon
seized and the whole town strictly guarded. A
military commission has been organized, consist
ing mainly of Kirk and his officers, TO try citi
|zens now under arrest,
Additional nows has been received that the
Hons Jno. Kerr and s. T. Hill, Sheriff Griffith,
ard several other prominen: Conservatives and
citizens of Csswcll COUNTY, wero arrested at
YanceyYine yesterday by Kirk. The Congress
sional candidates. Ia that District were speaking
ia the Court House, when EirA surrounded it with
soldiers and made the arrests. no intelligence
Of the sl.ghtast Resistance to law in that in
any other par. OF tho State.
Further OutraSea Hy ambassadors
To Washington city Habeas Corpus be
f,,se the chief = aatICe Citizens KNOCK
s.G Observation-Disclosures OK Judge IZerr
Indies Er~aiteeE.
UANvlLLE, VA, July %,
Col. Kirk has arrested alou: twenty moro
p;cmInent citizens * Oaswell county, n. G ,
some Of whom resisted aud were badly maltroat-
90 There Is srnat czaIom.nt in tho county.
E"n. Bedford Brow! las gone 70 washington
~ see tia President. * GpTornor Graham will
MT et hiIl tloIc.
JsALEtGH, July 20.
The U>6cn5 c rus case OF citizou8 arrested
by Kirk IN Lianhnco comfy, WAS continued DO"
fore tho Chief Justice tn day, and viii be arguod
Tomorrow, when it l. expected tho arEumen t
will close.
Later at!viccs from Casweil co;.nty state tn
$50 to zoe cit@ were kept in the court House
from i O'Clock t. ; o'clock, p \. j. Hamo,
QUO q those arrested, demanded 10 know shy lie
was arrested without ahrrant whom no was
knocked do"n and dragged CT
Another prisoner, Mr- Wiley. plouGhing
in Isis iiol.: when arrested. Tic refused to &C
with them without warrant, wien no was
knocked Down, put OH his own horse, with his
feet tod under tho hOrsos belly, his hanas tied
behind his back, and il this condition was
riod 10 Kinks court.
The sontinels under the window CI Judge
Korr's prison, amuse themselves by cursing and
rowling him.
Ladies ore tnsulteG. and NTH Ate9r cI.Uircn art
flying 20 FlrGjniH for DrOtfCtj n.
Among other arrivaIa Of Holders tTOo,a hcrt
Last night. q company Of negroes, command
Ell by negro officers
RotA parti0s arc donouncing titis outrage q
unlawful, dospotio ana unnecessary.
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STATE OLE NORTH CAROLINA.
RETURN OF THE WRIT.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,

4. L. mcAistcr lasEaa oath that On sunday.
no 17th q; Juiy, 1870. betgoon the hou1s OF ii
ant y COOS, : u IN the county OF Al4lnenco.
ca -" 5[o', to3l!s,y 9h4ET IN
eH n 5ad etar ehInl a ''' 'r1 ro ~ esiJ
Company fho-.e, H., delivered 20 George ", Kirk.
who Wa ct the t''nc apparently il command Of
. largo boy OF @fmod Le1 iho writ o. n4be9s
aca - c @' a t,5 r rpef ErG ha l'I re- at
Cr5re,2 i, K,r}.aaid, On roceiyinr the said writ
AMI he.r.na part oi tho same rcaa 10 him autl
learning w'.a: nc same was, and i1;ap9ctins the
!" '',o =. '+t ne ooi'1 'Ec no 81, NO
ISat I5 l,ss rtjal. u-lGcr ar1i+r. from Gov. T"l
,cn, v,th ineti7 ,io,is - disregard euon papers
-" s1rt!.er sald ''ssko Ire papers back and
&C. &C." ,i. , LA ,,o tdtS Lac nich arno3n'
tGaf Lo .l.!i5 5.n+.ClI tint or GOV iioj2eS;r
order. bat not othc,wi~o unlsas fhoy Font a suf-
h.i NJ force 70 "IHp lion AMI take them (lnoan-
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NEW YORK, July 2i-Noon.

NEW 1OKhI July AA--L|oOI!'
Stocks iirr1or, Governments dull at s.. Golds
steady 1917. sterling Eychango-Iong, 110l;
short, 1104. Money - cent. premium..-
State stocks dull and weak. Tennesseo eixcs,
cx-coupons, old, G13 new, 60. Virginia skies,
OK coupons, old, So; new, 60. Louisiana skies,
OK coupons, old, C3. I4eveos, 70. Fights, 3d..
Alabama oights. e1-coupons, 98. Georgia sixes.
cx-coupone, So; scvons, 924 North Carolina
skies, ex-onupons. old. ii; new. so. South
Carolina sevcns, ox coupons OLD, 81 aeEoi now,
IS asked.
Flour dull and heavy. Wheat dull and lower.
Cotton nonliuaI-s2lcs 800 baIos uplanda 10I
cents Orleans 204 asked Freishts quiet
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HOLDEN'S WAR.

Citizens Seek IEcTugO 2n Vir9fnIa-5n
Aged Citizen EIenfcn Kirk ssiIt at WORK.
DANvIILE, VA. July 20.
Largo numbers OF the citizens OF Caswell coan-
ty, North Carolina, have fled to this place for
safety from Colonel Kirk :nd the North Carolina
State Troops.
An aged citizen named Bowie had been badly
beaten by Kinks mon, AMI was brought On q lit
ter by the flying refugees this morning.
Kirk was still arresting prominent citizens