The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-07
1891

SECT 4. Whoever violates any provision of the pre-
ceeding thousand dollars any provision there
of may petition, be enforced by Injunction issued
by justice of the supreme judicial court or of the SUI
per1or court. Approved March 49,
Chapter so.
AN ACT to amend section thiry-one of chapter forty
as amended by chapter hundred and sixty of the
laws Of Gig atee9 hundred and eighty five chapter
eghty-seven, and chapter two hundred and nine of
Section thirtyone of chapter forty of the revised
statutes, as amended by chapter two hundred and
sixty of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty five
chapter seventy seven of the laws Of eighteen hum
dred and eightyseven, and chapter two hundred and
nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty nine
is hereby amended by striking out said section
after the figures "thiry one" and inserting the follow
ries exempt from provisions relating to migratory
fishes and the supervision of shways by the commits
MOUTH Sewalls pond, its outlet, in Arrowsic; SO
much of the waters of the Damarscotta as are
west OF the railroad BRIDGE near Damariscotta Mills
all waters in Yinalhaven, Bluehill, fremont, Mount
Desert, Eden, Franklin and Sullivan; Tunk river in
the East Machias river; so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. 81 che following waters and their tributa-
res are exempt from provisions relating to migratory
missioners that is say Royals river in North Var
mouth, SewalIs pond, or it's outlet in Arrowsic; so
west of the railroad bridge, Damariscotta Mills
all waters Sin in yinahaven BMehill, fremont Mount
fh ne reasant river in WASHINGTON county and
AN ACT to amend section four of chapter one hun
dred and fortyone of the Revised Statutes relating
Section four of chapter one hundred and fortyone
of the revised statutes amended and approved March
hereby amended by striking out all after the word
shops in eighteenth line of said FOUR chapter
one hundred and forty three of the and resolves
of the state of Maine for the year eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven so that said section shall read
SECT A. municipal police court or trial justice
In his county, on complaint under OATH may commit
all rogues, vagabonds and idle persons going about
any subtle craft iuggery, unlawful games or plays,
OF for the sake OF gain pretending to have knowledge
in physognomy, palnistry, to tell destines for
tunes or to discover lost or stolen goods; common
pipers fddlers, runaways, drunkards night walkers,
lascvious in speech or behavior neglectng their
n 1r or ha h they
and their families. And all idle and disordery per-
all lawful calling employment; and all idle and dis,
orderly persons who neglect all lawful calling en-
ployment and mis-spend their time by frequenting
dsorderly houses houses of ill fame, gaming houses
or tipping shops Approved March 21]
Chapter So.
AN ACT to protect used Domestic Purposes
SECT l.. Whoever knowingly and willfully pOsons
defiles in any way corrupts the of any WE'LL
domestic purposes for man beast or knowingly
corrupts the of the water supply of any water
company, of any city OF town, supplying it's nhab
ants with water, the tributaries of said of
Suppy In s3h anrr as to affect the purity Of the
any manner, whether the same be frozen not,
material into said waters, upon the ice thereof,
shall be punished by fine not exceeding thousand
dollars, by Imprisonment not exceeding year.
SECT 2. Whoever shall willfully injure any of the
property of any water company of any city
town used by 1t in supplying water to its Inhabitants
shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thou.
sand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding
year; and such person shall also forfeit and pay
such water company, city town three times the
amount of actual damages sustained to be recovered
in an action Of the case.
SECT. 3. The provisions of all general laws and of
all special inconsistent with this act hereby
repealed. Approved March 81.
Chapter SD.
AN ACT relating to the fees of Trial Justices.
That trial justices shall be allowed fee of eighty
cents for trial of an issue in criminal cases.
Approved March21
Chapter 81.
SECT. l. No corporation shall SELL lease in any
part with its franchises except with the
of it's stockholders at an annual special meeting
call for which shall give notice of the subject
ter of the proposed sale, lease consolidation All
such sales leases and con solicitations shall be subject
to the provisions of this act to the prior liens of
stockholders as herein defined.
SECT. 2. Ii any stakeholder in any corporation,
which shall vote to SELL lease consolidate its fran
chise shall Vote in the negative and shall file his writ
ten dissent therefrom with the president clerk or
treasurer of such corporation within one month from
a stakeholder may within month after such dis
sent Is SO filed, enter petition with the supreme jul
dcial court sitting in equity in the county where it
held its last annual meeting, in term time in
tion setting forth in substance the material of
the on tho action OF the corporations thereon
the names I'd residence of all dissenting sockhold-
crs whose dissents fled, liking such dissent
ing stockholders parties thereto, and praying that the