The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-16
Chapter 90.

AN ACT to amend section thirty-eght of chapter
ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, relating to
Mortgages of Personal Property.
Be it enacted, &C., as follows
Section thirty eight of chapter ninety.one of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out
ing thereto the words Sin the manner following
After such goods personal baggage have remained
in the possession of such inn-holder boarding
house keeper for the period of six months unredeem
ed, the same may be sold by auction to pay the sum
due for board or lodging, and the expense of adver
Using and selling the Before selling any such
articles aforesaid the inn-hoder or boarding house
keeper holding the same, shall give thirty days no.
per published in the town or city where such arti
Giles are held, and if no newspaper is published in
such town or city notice shall be posted IN three
and place of sae said notice shall give description
of such articles and the of the owner, and the
proceeds of sale, after deductng all charges and
penses of advertising said sale, shall be applied in
satisfaction of the claim upon which such articles
are sold, and the balance If any, held for the bene
fit of the person entitled thereto All sales under
the provisions of this section shall be recorded in
the office of the town clerk where such sale takes
articles sold shall be correctly described and the
charges and expenses of advertising and selling, and
the prices at which they were sold, and such book
shall be open to the inspection Of ALL, that said
section, as amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. 80. Inn-holders or keepers of boarding
houses have lien ON the goods and personal bag
gage of their bOarderS to secure the payment of
money due from them for board or lodging, and may
enforce the same by sale of such goods baggage,
In the manner IOlloWluS: Alter SUCH gOOuS OF per-
sonal baggage have remained in the possession of
such inn-hoder or boarding house keeper for the Pc
riod of six months, unredeemed, the same may be
sold at auction to pay the sum due for board odg
ing, and the expense of advertising and selling the
same Before selling any such articles aforesaid,
the inn holder or boarding house keeper holding the
same shall give thirty days notice of the time and
place of such sale, in newspaper published in the
town or city where such articles are held and if no
newspaper is published in such town or city, notice
shall be posted in three conspicuous places in such
town or city, OF the time and place OF sale said no.
tice shall give description of such articles, and the
of the owner, and the proceeds of sale, after
deduchng all charges and expense of advertising
said SALE shall be applied in satisfaction of the claim
upon which such articles sold, and the balance,
# any, held for the benefit of the person entitled
ton shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk
where such sale takes place. in book kept for that
purpose in which the articles sold shall be correctly
described and the charges and expenses Of advertis
ing and selling, and the prices at which they were
sold, and such book shall be open to the inspection
of ALL [Approyed February Is, 1851
Chapter 100.
AN ACT to amend section forty-two of chapter two
of the Revised Statutes, relating to the distribu.
ton of Election Blanks.