Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-04-17

aud abolishing the Once OF commissioner % the
sinking fund. arc hereby repealed.
sKCT. = This act shkiltake effect when approved.
lApprOved February -, ISIS.
Chapter Its.
AN ACT 20 appOrtion the ia g for representatives
20 Congress
SKCT /. The counties OF York and Cumberland
shall compose the nrst district. and be entitled O.
one representative. The eOuntie- OF oxford, Frank
lin. Audro.coggin. Sagadahoc. Knox and LlneCln
shall compose the second district, and D. entitled
TO one representative. The counties Of henuebec.
Somerset. Waldo and Hancock shall compose the
third district; and be entitled % repr,scn tSiiyc
The counties Of Penobscc,, PiseatAquis Aroostook
and Washington sh AL compose the fourth district,
and be entitled 10 one representative.
sKCr. =. The election OF representative TO con
sress shall take place and Be on the second Monday
Of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-foar, and thereafter bienniAlly.
SHCT. 3. The representatives chosen in the --V
erzi district, shall at the time Of their election Dc
residents therein. The foregoing division of The
state into representative districts shall b.. and con-
TIME In force until an apportonmen; shall D. made
for representatives 10 congress, after taking The
eleventh census.
sEcr. 1. In case any vacancy among the rspre-
sentaiyes 20 congress requires election prior 10
the second Monday u September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four or AZ any other time,
then such vacancy shall be filed BY the proper dts
trici under this superintendent.
SEcr. 3. This act shall take elect when ap
proved. lApproved February y, lSsS.i
Chapter $50.
An ACT relative TO the taxation Of Horse Railroad
Companies.
Be u enacted &c, a. follows:
SEcr. /. Horse railroad corporations and $3.50
Citations hereby made subject 20 the provisions OF
The act entitled An Act relating 10 the TAXATION OF
railroads." approved March seventeen, one thou
and eight huadr, and eighty. one. except that the
tax shall be ascertsnei follows; when the gross
average receipts per mile shall not eNcerd thou
sand doar., the tax shall be equal to ono-tenta OF
one per cent on the gross transportation receipts
and for each one thousand dollars additional AYR
age gross receipts per mile fractional part there
OF, the rate shall be Increased onetenh Of one per
cent.
SECT. ?. This act shall take feet when approved.
lApprovei February % lSS3.l
Chapter lJi.
AN ACT additional 10 chapter nine;y.two Of the
Revised Statutes, concerning mills aud mll-dams
h. u eaGcted. dc, as follows:
In order 10 create ponds Tor the purpose % cut
ting and harvesting ice Tor the market any persons
or corporation may erect and maintain On their
own land, dam or dams. on streams not nayiga-
bic or nostable, but emptying into tide waters nav
igaole In the winter. and How the lands above dar-
ing the months of November. December, January.
February, March aud April; but they shall draw Of
the water 10 ITS natural state BY the twentieth day
OF MAY In each year; and II any such lands arc Ia
lurei by such lowing, the owners thereof shall
have the same remedies IN all respects a in case
OF lands flowed by dams erected and maintained f0r
mill purposes, provided, however, that no right !
shall be granted by III act 20 flow any nil-dAm or
any mill privilege, improved or unimIroyed.
lApproyed February >, 1851
Chapter Isl.
AN ACT 10 amend SEXTON one hundred and twenty 4
seven OF chapter eighty-two of the Revised Stat /
utss. relati Z 10 alias or plaries executions.
Be u enacted, DC, a. follows:
Section one hundred aud twenty-seyen OF chapter I
eighty-two OF the revised statutes l. hereby amend
ed by striking out the word "three" In The second
line OF said section. and inserting the word ten,
that said section, as amended, shall read;
SECT. i21. An alias or pluries execution NAV Dc
issued within ten years after the da, OF The return
of the preceding execution, and not Afterwards
approved February -, 1851
Chapter fJ3.
AN ACT TO establish the salary OF the Clerk Of the
Supreme Judicial Court for Somerset County.
BE q enacted, &c, - follows:
That 80 much of section Eve OF chapter one hun
dred and my OF the public laws OF eighteen hun
dred and seventy nine, relates TO the salary of
the clerk OF the supreme judicial court for Somerset
county, IL hereby repealed. and the salary OF said
clerk Is hereby established NJ and restored TO what
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