The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-01


Outstanding of the case. The presiding JUSTICE at
such term of court may accent reject or recon-
nit said report, or send the case to new commits
sion, or make such other order decree as law or
justice may require, and to his ruling order
either party may file exceptions. The final adudi-
cation in such cases shall be recorded provided
in section thirty of this chapter so that said Sec
ton, as amended, shall read as follows:
Section 81. Town ways and highways may be
laid out across, over under any railroad track,
i'll the same manner other town ways and high
ways, except that the railroad commissioners, on
application OF the municipal officers of the city or
town wherein such crossing is situated, of par
ties owning operating the railroad, shall upon
notice and hearing, determine the manner and con-
ditions of crossing the same; and when such way
crosses such track at grade, the expense of build
ing and maintaining much of such way is
within the limits of such railroad shall be borne by
the railroad company whose track is so crossed
and when such way Is laid out under or over such
track and not at grade, the expense of building
and maintaining much thereof as is within the
limits OF such railroad shall be borne by such COM
pany by the city or town in which such crossing
is located, or shall be apportioned between such
company and such city town may be deter
mined by the railroad commissioners upon petition
and after notice and hearing of the parties. Said
commissioners shall make report in writing of
their decision thereupOn to the supreme judicial
court at its next succeeding term to be held in the
county wherein such crossing is situated and shall
also make report of such rulings proofs and pro-
ceedingS as either party desires as they deem
necessary for full understanding of the case.
The presiding justice at such term of court may
accept, reject or recommit said report, send the
case to a new commission or make such other
der or decree as law justice may require and to
his ruling order either party may file exceptions.
The final adjudication in such cases shall be
corded as provided in section thirty of this chapter
Costs may be taxed and allowed to either party at
the discretion of the court
Approved March 4, 1885,
Chapter 81.
AN ACT to amend section fourteen of chapter
fifteen of the Revised Statutes relative to private
burying grounds
Be 1T enacted, ETC., as follows:
Section fourteen of chapter fifteen of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by adding after word
company in the first and ninth lines the words
or trustees, so that said section amended, shall
read as follows:
ton, trust company or trustee may accept any
veyance of land not exceeding half an acre, to be
forever held, kept and used for private family
burying ground for the grantOrs and such of their
relatives, by blood or marriage, the conveyance
shall designate. Such lot and all erections there
on, including the erection and maintenance of the
same, and fixtures thereto suitable for it's use or
adornment as burying ground, are forever in
alienable and indivisble, and exempt from liability
may also accept and forever hold any donation or
legacy for insurng proper care and attention to
any burial lot or ground and the avenues thereof
and monuments thereon. Having accepted such
donation or legacy, said trustee becomes bound to
perform the duties appertaining to the trust, as
specified in writing creating the same, in de-
as ia cases of public charity
[ApprOved March 4, 1885,
Chapter $40.
AN ACT to amend section twenty-eight of chapter
ffty-One of the Revised Statutes, relating to
railroad crossings.
Be 1T enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-eight of chapter ffty-one of the
after the word highways,' in the first line there
Of the words COR town ways; and also by striking
out all between the word 'sdetermned,' in the
third line thereof, and the word ''no,' in the
eleventh line thereof and inserting instead of the
words thus stricken out, the words 'as provided by
vised statutes; that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section %. Railroads may highways or
tOwn-ways in the line of the railroad; but cannot
pass along them without leave of the town. The
conditions and manner of crossing shall be first de-
termined, as provided by section tWenty-seven of
chapter eighteen of the revised statutes Nc cross
ing of street in city not highway, shall be
made without the written consent of the mayor and
aldermen, stating the manner and conditions
missioners. Crossings not SO made, are nusances
and may be so treated, and the directors making
them are personally LIABLE
approved March 4, 1885,
Chapter 3a3.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter one hun
dred and thirty-two of the Revised Statutes, re-
lating to the salary of Municipal and Police
Court Judges.
Be 1T enacted, etc.. as follows:
Section of chapter one hundred and thirty
two of the revised statutes, is hereby amended by
inserting after the word ''thereof in the fourth
line, the words and shall not be diminished during
their continuance in Office; so that said section as
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 1. Judges of municipal and police courts
shall he appointed and shall hold their offices as