Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-12

two words OF the fourth line but the" after the
semcolon; also By adding TO said section seven the
remainder OF the first sentence Of said last named
chapter. that said section Of chapter ght-
cen shall read as follows:
SECT. T. I;aIy persons property is damaged By
laying out, Altering or disseminating a highway or
town way. the commits sion municipal officers
/ OF towns shall estimate the amount and in their
return state the share of each separately: the
ages are 10 be allowed 10 the owners of sons
and rernainder-, and 10 tenants for life, and for
years in proportions 20 their interests in the estate
taken but the commits. ioners or officers shall not
order such damages to be paid, nor shall any RICH:
thereto accrue to the claimant until the land
which The highway or alteration Is located, has been
entered upon and possession taken, for the purpose
OF construction or use
SECT. ,. Section twenty seven OF said chapter
eighteen i also ended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: When town or private ways tiually To-
Gated by municipal officers, unless the snd is enter
ed upon and possession taken for said purpose with
III two years after the laying out alteration the
proceedings shall b void that said section shall
read as follows:
SECT. y. Where a town, private or highway
ia wholly or partly discontinued by the commi>-o
ers, a time Is to BE- fixed Tor il. And whea laid ONT
10y them. the way is &c be regarded discontinued,
II not opened within six from the time allowed
therefor. When town private ways are finally
located by municipal officers. unless the land il
entered upon and possession taken for said purpose
within two years after tae laying out alteration,
the proceedings shall be void, Chapter ifty.three
al the public laws of eighteen hundred eighty
one, Is repealed. lApproved March Is. 1883.
AN ACT relating TO attested copies from the pub
ished volumes OF the early records in York County
Registry Of Deeds
lie IL enacted &c, follows
After the early records in the registry of deeds for
York coanty shall have been published, and
more volumes thereof placed in each registry OF
deeds in the state, as contemplated by a resolve of
this legislature, copy of any portion of either OF
said volumes, duly a,esed by the register OF deeds,
having the lawful custody thereof, shall be OF The
force and effect as q like CODY OF the original
record attested by the register of deeds fer York
County. lApproyed March 10, 1883
Chapter 147.
AN ACT supplementary to IAN Act to restore the
death penalty for murder in the first degree, APP
proved March thirteen, eighteen hundred and
eighty-three.
Be 1t enacted. &C., as follows:
SECT. |. Whoever wiifuly and maciously sets
ire 10 the owelnghOuse OF another, any build
ing adjoining thereto, TO any building owned by
himself or another, with intent to burn such dwell
ing house, and it thereby burnt in the night time
shall be punished by imprisonment at hard lab for
life. he proves, and the jury fnd that there was
no person lawfully in such dwelling-house at the
time he shall be punished by imprisonment for lie
any term o: years.
SECT. 2 The punishment of the crime of treason
shall be imprisonment for life.
SECT. 3. One justice of the supreme judicial
court may hold term thereof in any county, except
the counties Of Cumberland and kennebec. for the
as in other cases, to their rulings and decisions.
SECT. I. No person shall be juror in a capital
case who cannot conscientiousy find man guilty Of
an ofense punishable with death.
SEcT.5. Section four Of an act entitled San Act
to restore the death penalty murder in the first
degree approved March thirteen, in the year of onr
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three,
Is hereby amended by adding thereto the words,
but they continued In force for the trial and
punishment Of all otenses described therein commit
ted before this act takes effect
Approved March Is, 1881
Chapter 34S.
AN ACT supplementary to IAN Act to amend chap