The Portland daily press., 1877-02-27

payers after the word "ot" in the fifth line, so
| viz:
SECT. l. The governor, by and with the consent
and practical engineer, citizen of this State whose
duty it shall be-, during the months OF August Sep
tember and October, upon the petition OF ten resi-
dent tax payers the selectmen or assessors OF any
town. county commissioners of any county, to IN
| spect any dam reservoir located in such town,
nov . or may be 1r
other purposes whatever, and after personal exam
ination, and hearing testimony of witnesses sum
moned tor the purpose, to report fortnWltn TO the
governor his opinion of the safety and sufcency OF
said dam or reservoir
Section two is hereby amended by inserting the
word alterations after the word ''such,' in the
eighth line, so that said section, as amended, snail
read as follows, VIZ: -
spection, the engineer shall adjudge, determine and
report that any such dam reservoir is unsafe or
dangerous to the lives property of persons resid
owners, occupants lessees of such dam or reser-
voir shall Immediately make, or cause to be made
such alterations, repairs and additions to said dam
reservoir such engineer shall advise and recon.
mend; and in default thereof, upon application of
said engineer to any justice Of the supreme judicial
court the said owners, occupants or lessees shall be
enjoined from the use of such dam or reservoir and
the water therein contained until they or either of
them shall comply with the requirements of said en-
gineer and the water contained in said dam or res
ervoir may be discharged therefrom, by order OF
said engineer in such manner said engineer shall
direct as most conducive to the safety OF human
life and consistent with the protection Of property
[Approved February {, 1911
Chapter 40.
AN ACT authorizing views by Juries in all cases.
Be 1T enacted, &c., as follows:
SECT l: In any jury trial the presiding justice
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved February Z, 1871
Chapter 171.
AN ACT to amend chapter forty, section fifty, OF
the Revised Statutes relative to Pleasant river.
| Be it enacted, &c., as follows:
That section fifty, chapter forty, OF revised stat.
river in Washington county,, that the section, as
amended, will read follows The following waters
and their tributaries are exempt from the operation
of the provisions of this chapter, relating to the
migratory fishes. and the supervision Of fshways by
the commissioners, that is to say: Royals river In
North Yarmouth, Sewalls pond or les outlet in Ar
rowsic; Nequasset stream in Woolw1ch; Damars,
Belmont; the eastern Penobscot river in Orland;
Winslow's and Leach's streams in Penobscot; all
waters in Vinalhaven, Bluehill, fremont, Mount
Desert, Eden, Franklin and Sullivan; Tunk river in
| Steuben; East Machias river, and Cobscook or
Orange river in Whiting
Approved February 7, 1871
AN ACT to amend section three of chapter twenty.
six of the Public Laws Of eighteen hundred and
seventy-t two, relating to the altering ar widening
of streets.
Be 1t enacted, &c., as follows:
Section three, chapter twenty-six of the public
laws OF eighteen hundred and seventy-tWo is here
by amended by striking out the words srecover a
thereof the words 'be assessed smaller;' also, by
striking out the words "and if said owner or pro-
prietor shall recover larger sum than that assessed
by the city council Them in the tenth, eleventh
and twelfth lines and inserting in lieu thereof the
word otherwise, that said section, as amended,
| shall read as follows: