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jail not exceeding six months. And of ofenses de-
scribed in section four of chapter hundred and
fortyone of the revised statutes. and, conviction
may punish by imprisonment in the county or city
house of correction, not exceeding six months
And have exclusive jurisdiction of all offenses
against the bylaws Of said city; and in prosecutions
on such. by law, they need not be recited in the
complaint, nor in allegations therein be more par
ticuar than 10 prosecutions on public statute.
Improved March .. 1881
Chapter 1864.
AN ACT 10 amend section seventeen of chapter
fttyeght Of the Revised Statutes, relating to the
appointment Of constables at meetings OF county
and local agricultural societies.
Be At enacted, DC, as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter fftyeight OF the re-
vsed statutes is hereby amended by striking out
the words "inhabitants of the county" that the
section, as amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. H. The officers of any such society may
appoint sufficient number of suitable persons to
act as constables at cattle shows and exhibitions;
and they shall have and exercise all the powers of
constables in relation to the preservation of the
lions of said society, within the towns where such
shows and exhibitions are held from twelve O'Clock
at noon of the day preceding the commencement of
such shows and exhibitions and until twelve
o'clock at noon O. the day succeeding the termina-
ion thereof and no longer Improved March 6lSSS.
Chapter 1853.
AN ACT to authorize county commissioners to
cause repairs upon county roads and bridges, in
unincOrporated townships and tracts o. land in
cases of sudden injury.
Be IL enacted &C., as follows:
SECT. ]. County commissioners, in cases of sud-
den injury to county roads and bridges In the unin
corporated townships and tracts of land in their
counties, may cause them to be repaired forthwith,
soon as they may deem necessary, and may APP
point an agent or agents. not members of their own
board, to superintend the expenditure for such
pairs, who shall give bond as required in section
ftyone OF chapter six of the revised statutes the
county commissioners require 1t, the whole expense
whereof shall be added to their next assessment on
said lands for repairs, authorized by section fifty
three of said chapter SIX of the revised statut
and acts additional thereto and amendatory there
Of which said assessments shall create lien upon
said lands for the whole amount thereof. efectu-
ally as is now provided In relation to repairs on
such county roads.
SECT. .. That portion of said assessment which
is for repairs of sudden injuries herein pro-
vded. shall be set down. in the assessment in dis.
tinct items, in separate column or columns, and
shall not be discharged under the provisions of
section ftyfour of chapter six of the revised stat
utes but shall be enforced as is provided in reia
tion to such assessments for repairs, when owners
fail to make repairs
SECT. g. This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved March 6, 1885,
Chapter 1866.
AN ACT amendatory Of and additional to chapter
tifty-one Ut the Revised Statutes, in relation to
railroads
Be IL enacted &C., a. follows:
SEcr.t. Section sixty of chapter fifty
of the revised statutes is hereby amended BY insert.
ing after the word 'rOad," in the first line thereof
the words, 'or right of redeemng the franchise of
railroad, and its road from n mortgage thereof
that the first clause of said section shall read fol-
| lows:
| SECT g. When the franchise of a railroad and
its road the right of redeemng the franchise of
a railroad and its road from mortgage thereof
wholly or partly constructed, sold by decree of
court, by power of sale in mortgage thereof, or
on execution, the purchasers have all the rights,
powers and obligations of the corporation, under its
charter, and may form a new corporation in the
manner hereinbefore provided
SECT. q Any corporation. formed under the pro-
visions Of chapter yOne Of the revised statutes
and acts additional thereto, by the holders Of rail-
road bonds, empowered to acquire by purchase
the right of redemption under the mortgage secur-
ing such bonds.
SECT. g. The provisions of chapter fifty.three of
the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,
shall apply to cases in which interest has been