The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-22

The charge of board of prisoners sent TO the
house of correction for drunkenness shall not
now exceed 81 per week.
The law relating to corporations has been
amended SO that property when attached may
be appraised and set off on execution.
The homestead farm of Caleb Fuller has
been set off from Woodstock and annexed to
Paris.
A law has passed which provides that copy
from the records now in the land office of a
deed from the State. of the land of
the State or of q deed from the State
and the commonwealth of Massachusetts,, of
the undivided lands of the State and said COM
monwealth, certified by the Land Agent and
approved by the Governor, or certified by the
Secretary OF State and approved by the Cover
nor, as true copy, may be filed and recorded
in the registry OF deeds in the county where
the land lies, and shall have the same effect as
if the deed itself had been recorded, and GER
titled copies thereof from such registry shall be
evidence when the original would be.
The Insurance Commissioner has been an.
thorized, free of cost to the State, to compile
the insurance laws, and to print l, 800 copies.
The proposed action of Congress to grant
pensions to the veterans of the Mexican and
Aroostook wars has been commended as a Just
and beneficial measure.
The city charter of Lewiston has been
amended so that the wards of that CITY can be
altered every tenth year, commencing with the
present census year.
The trustees of the Reform School, instead
OF being allowed 10 cents a mile for actual
travel each way are now allowed actual ex-
penses.
The salary of the Governor has been in
creased to $1,000 to take effect another year
The law relating to the discipline and pun
ishment OF convicts IN the State prison, and
also to the duties and protection of officers
therein has been made applicable to convicts
and officers in the county jails having
workshops attached thereto.
A law has passed relating to trustees and
other officers of public institutions which pro-
vides that they shall not be pecuniarily inter-
ested, directly or indirectly in any contracts
made IN behalf of the State or of the iEstitu-
ton in which they hold places Of trust, and
any contract made in violation of this law
shall be void; and If any such officer or person
shall receive any drawbacks presents, gratui-
ties or secret discounts to his own use on ac-
count of such contracts, or from the profits in
any materials, supplies, or labor furnished or
done for the State or such institution, he shall
be punished by imprisonment not more than a
year, or by fine not exceeding $500.
The name of the Bath Driving Park has
been changed to the State of Maine Live Stock
Association.
law has passed preventing the putting of
stones into Swett's pond in Orrington, under q
penalty of $40 for each offense.
The town of Mapleton N Aroostook county
has been Incorporated.
been authorized to reassess certain taxes in
that county.
Authority has been given to supply the peo-
Pile of Houlton with water
The law relating to minors and guardians
has been amended so that, if a person, while
he has domicile in another State, has adopted
a child according to the laws of that State, and
afterward moves into this State and establishes
his domicile and dies in Maine, such adoption
shall have the same force and effect in Maine
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the adopted child shall have the same right OF
inheritance as if the person adopting had con-
tinued his domicile and died in the former
State.
The government of the State Insane Hospi-
tai has been placed in board of trustees, one
OF whom Shall be woman, to be appointed by
the Governor, to hold office during the pleas
ure of the Governor and Council, but moi
more than three years under any one appoint
ment.
An act was passed compelling public officers
whose terms have expired to deliver moneys
and other property to their successors, and, in
case OF refusal, provides for a penalty of i'm.
prisonment not to exceed five years and a fine
not exceeding $4,000.
The law relating to days of grace has been
Sunday, the second day of grace, then four in
stead of three days of grace shall be allowed.
The municipal officers of Deering have been
allowed to lay out public drain or common
sewer in that town.
The city of Bangor has been given authority
to supply the town of Brewer with water to be
conveyed across the Penobscot river above the
toll bridge by aqueducts or pipes.
The County Commissioners of Oxford have
been authorized to reassess taxes upon unin-
corporated townships and tracts of land in
that county.
The city charter of Rockland has been
amended so as to provide for the election of
Mayor by plurality of votes.
The city charter of Bangor has been amend
ed so that the assessors shall consist of three
nor more than seven, to be elected annually
by the city council. A part of the board may
hold office one year, a part two years, and a
part for three years.
The laws of 1879 relating to crimes formerly
capital have been amended so that compensa-
ton from the State Treasury TO-. counsel for
the defence shall be authorized.
The law relating to taxes has been amended
so that towns when their taxes are payable, at
their annual town meetings, may determine
when the lists referred to in section 70 of the
Statutes shall be committed.
The fees OF inspectors of lime and lime casks
and their deputies have been fixed at one-half
mill for each cask inspected and branded