The Portland daily press., 1893-04-03


of such animal pending such appeal
dred twenty of the revised statutes amended
by chapter three hundred sixtyfour OF the laws OF
eighteen hundred eightyive is hereby amenaea' SO rs
SECT Al. Municipal and police courts and trial jus
son charged with the commission in their counties of
any of the oenses described in the eighteen preced
ing sections; the ofense may be deemed to have been
committed in any county where such animal may be
found; and when such ofenses are not of high and
aggravated nature may try and punish by fine not less
than five dollars nor exceeding twenty dollars, and
by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days; but
not within their jurisdiction for trial. they may cause
the person or persons charged with the ol
the supreme judicial or superior COURTS ana IN ael'
thereof to be committed to jail
approved Feb. 23.l
Chapter a66.
AN ACT to amend Section fortytwo of chapter six of
the Revised Statutes, relating to taxation OF Rail
roads.
revised statutes is hereby amended by substituting for
the word september in the fourth line the WORD
and fifty in the seventh line the words fifteen hun
also by and & the the nnt ne the
words, fifteen hundred and for the words, tnfee
thousand in the tenth line the words nun
SECT a. The amount of such annual excise shall
be ascertained follows: the amount Of the gross
transportation receipts returned to the com
June preceding the exyng of such tax shall be divided
y the number of miles of railroad operated to ascer
tain the average gross receipts per mile; when such
average receipts do not exceed fifteen hundred
dollars the tax snail be equal to one quarter OF one per
cent OF the gross transportation receipts; when the
average receipts per mile exceed fifteen hundred dol
lars and do not exceed TWENTY-FIVE hundred and n1ty
cent the gross receipts and so on increasing the rate
al seven hundred and fifty dollars of average gross
receipts per mile fractional part thereof provided
fer cent and in case of railroads operated excu
siyely the transportation OF freight said rate shall
When railroad lies partly within and partly without
the state, is operated as part OF line OF system
the same proportion of the receipts in the state
as herein provided and its amount shall be
ABROAD, line or system as the case may be- its
whole extent within and without the state, shall be
divided by total number of miles operated to OBJ
tain the gross receipts per mile and the gross
receipts in the state shall be taken to be the average
miles operated within the state
SEcT2 This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved Feb. 24]
Chapter 1867.
AN ACT to amend act entitled can Act to create
Board of State ASSESSORS
Section nine of chapter one hundred three Of the
public laws of eighteen hundred nnetyone, hereby
amended, so as to read as follows:
SECTION 9. Said state assessors shall visit ofhcaly
every county the state at least i'll two years,
and shall there sit such times and places as they may
deem necessary to information to enable them
to make a just and equal valuation of the taxable
property in any place therein and to investigate
charges of conceament Of property liable f to
cial visits addition to their salaries, the amount
actually PAID By then TO for sna e OK
properly itemzed accounts The state assessors shall
e me an pp sha OF
notice by mail of the time and place of such meet
or members of each of them, shall attend said meet
ing, having with them the then last list or BOOKS CIV
spectiye towns They shall answer under oath if re-
quired, such questions pertaining to the valuation OF
the properly their the state assessors may
nut to them Said meetings shall be under the general
direction of the state assessors and governed BY such
announce Any town whose assessors shall fail to at
tend said meetings without excuse satisfactory to The
expenses of the or of any person or
persons appointed by the state assessors incurred
town or in getting other evidence pertaining to the
valuation Of the property in such
and actual expenses incurred in complying with the
Approved Feb. ISL
Chapter 16s.
AN ACT additional to chapter ninety Of the Revised
Statues relating to mortgages of Real Estate.
Paragraph of section five of chapter ninety OF
the revised statutes, is hereby amended by striking
ont the word printed in the first line of said
graph and inserting n lieu the t words ss9
graph as amended, shall read as follows: -,
He may give public noce IN Nv tha conty
where the premises situated, if any, or II not IN
NV mortgage on such real estate describing the prem
ses inteigibly and naming the date of the mortgage
md
whereof he claims foreclosure and cause copy OF
such printed notice. and the name ana daLe OF lhe
in which as tba mortgage deed is
by law ought to be recorded within thirty Gays ater
such last publication *lAppioFou roo' -o'l
Chapter 169.
AN ACT regulate the salary of the Register of Pro
bate in and for the County of Aroostook
SECTION l. The salary of the register OF probate IN
and for the county of Aroostook shall De SIX unlreo
dollars wear instead of the sum now established by
law, to be paid from the county treasury i'll equal
SECT All and parts of acts inconsistent wltI
this act, are hereby repealed
SECT g. This act shall take effect when approved
GApproved Feb %.
Chapter 40.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred one OF chap
fer fortyseven of the Revised Statutes, rela ting tt
Savings Banks.
Section one hundred of chapter forty seven OF
the revised statutes is hereby amended Dy stflk OUT
the whole said section, and inserting IN lieu thefeol
the following: .4,4.;o NOV,
hold real estate in the city town in which such bank
or institution is located to an amount not eAceeung
five per cent of its deposits Improved rep. zol
Chapter l7a.
AN ACT to amend section three of chapter one hundree
twelve of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
nnety-one relating to Insurance Brokers' 10 coffec
an error in said section. 20 A.,
section three of chapter hundred twelve OF the
public laws of eighteen hundred nineyone IS hereps
amended so as to read as follows;
SECTION g. Section seventy -four of said chapter
hereby amended so that said section amended shall
sSECT IL The commissioner may license any per
son as broker to negotiate contracts of insurance fol
others than himself for compensation, by virtue o
which license he may effect insurance Win any
such contracts and effect insurance WIN tne el.s
any foreign company who have been ncensea 10 W
business in this state provided In sectons seventy
two and seventy three but with no others For sucl
license shall pay five dollars, authorzlng nun tnu
to act until the first day of the next Juiy and on
menf of similar fee his license may be renewed iron
year year, ending on the trst Gay Of ~ e en s