The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-07
PUBLIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
sxieth legislature

Passed
Chapter 4.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred and sixty
nine of chapter six of the Revised Statutes relat-
taxes
Be 1t enacted, By the Senate and House Of Repre-
Se1st0ti0es IN Legislature assembled as tottoaOs:
SECTION l. Section one hundred and sixty-nine OF
chapter six Of the revised statutes hereby amend
ed, by inserting after the word clerk, in the
seventh line, the Words 'and fifty cents for the deed
thereof. If the bidding is for less than the whole it
shall be for fractional part of the estate and the
bidder who will pay the sum due for the least frac-
tional part shall be the purchaser so that said
ton shall read as follows:
SECT 1859. When no person appears to discharge
the duly assessed any real estate OF resident
owners, with costs Of advertising, or before the
time of sale, the collector shall proceed to sci at
such real estate interest is necessary to pay the
tax then DUE with three dollars for advertising and
required to be lodged with the town clerk and fifty
cents for the deed thereof 1t the bidding is for less
than the whole, it shall be for fractional part of
the estate and the bidder who will pay the sum due
for the least fractional part, shall be the purchas-
If more than right, lot or parcel of land is
so advertised and sold the said of three dollars
shall divided equally among the several lots or
parcels advertised and sold at any one tlme and the
collector shall be entitled to receive in addition fifty
each parcel of real estate advertised and
sold, when more than one parcel is advertised and
sold.'
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chapter hereby amended by striking out all OF said
section after the word purchasers in the seventh
line thereof that said section shall read follows
SECT no. When any real estate 50 sold for taxes
the collector shall within four days after the day of
sale, lodge with the treasurer Of his town certih,
cate, under oath, designating the quantity Of land
sold, the of the of each parcel,
and the name of the purchaser or purchasers; what
part of the amount Of each was tax, and what was
cost and charges; and also deed Of each parcel sod
running to the purchasers Improved Feb 5. 1881
Chapter 2.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred and sixty
eight, chapter two hundred and twenty-five, Publ ic
Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, relating to
the Militia
Be 1T enacted &c., as follows:
That section one hundred and sixty-eight, chapter
two hundred and twenty-five, public laws of eighteen
after the word Ssold in the fourth and fifth lines
the words cor exchanged,' SO that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
SECT. 1863. The Inspector general such other
officer as the commandern-chie may designate,
shall inspect and condemn public military property
which has may become unfit for use; and no prop
erty shall be sold or exchanged until it has become
unfit for use, and no property shall be sold or ex
changed until it has been Inspected and condemned
as herein provided and such condemnation approved
by the commander-n-chief The proceeds Of all sales
ofcondemned military property shall be paid into the
treasury of the state and used for military purposes
Approved February s, 1881
Chapter 3.
AN ACT additional to chapter fifteen Of the Revised
forty-one of the Public Laws Of eighteen hundred
and seventy-four, relating to Burying Grounds.
BE Ut enacted, de-, as follows:
Amy private cemetery or burying ground, by writ
ten agreement of all the thereof, recorded by
the clerk Of the town in which it is situated, may,
by vote of such town within month after the
cOrding of such agreement by the town clerk, be-
public and subject to all the provisions Of law
relating to public cemeteries burying grounds;
provided such agreement shall not be in cOnictMith
the terms Of conveyance devise of land for the
purposes Of burying ground.
[Approved February s, 1881
Chapter 4.
AN ACT to amend section nineteen Of chapter eight
cen of the Revised Statutes, relating to public and
private ways.
Be it enacted, &c., as follows
Section nineteen of chapter eighteen of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by inserting before the
word "wood'' in the second line thereof the words
merchandise and hay, so that said section amend
ed will read as follows:
SECT 10. They may lay out way as aforesaid
for the purposes of hauling merchandise and hay,
wood lumber, and to be used only when the
, ground is SO covered with that such hauling
shall not break the soil underneath such way. When
laid out they shall state in their return the pur-
poses for whchit is laid, and that it shall be used
only in the winter season. and shall order the person
persons for whose accommodation it is laid, pay
into the town treasury an amount equal to the dam
ages and expenses of such location for the benefit of
the owner Of the land which it is laid, and it
shall not be accepted by the town until such amount
is paid. No town shall be liable for damage to
D any person travelling on such way.
[Approved February s, 1871
\, Chapter 5.
;, AN ACT relating to suits to enforce Liens.