The Portland daily press., 1895-02-28
Chapter 25.

require. approved February 49,
Chapter 25.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter fifty
two OF the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
and eighty seven, entitled Gan Act creatin g
q lien on Colts"
Section one Of chapter fifty-two OF the pub
lie laws of eighteen hundred and eighty seven,
creating q lien on colts is hereby amended as
follows: by striking out the word Give" in the
fourth line of said section, and inserting the
word six in the same line, SO that said sec
ton as amended, shall read rs follows:
SECT. l. A lien is hereby created on all
colts hereafter foaled in this state, to secure
the payment OF the service fee, for the use of
l-he stallion begetting the same. Such lien is to
Continue i'll force until the foal is six months
Old, and may be enforced during that time by
attachment of such foal-'
Approved February is.
Chapter 26.
AN ACT to repeal chapters two hundred and
eighty-flve and two hundred and eighty six
OF the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
three, relating to Insurance and Fire Insur
anee Contracts.
SECT. l. Chapters two hundred and eighty
five and two hundred and eighty-six of the
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety three are
hereby repealed.
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when APP
proved. Improved February 1871
Chapter 81.
AN All 10 eSlaDllSn Inc ices OF the Clerk of
Courts for Somerset County.
SECT. l. On and after the first day of Janu-
airy in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and ninety five, the compensation of the clerk
OF courts for Somerset county for all services
for which bills are ordinarily and properly al
lowed by the county commissioners for said
county, shall be six hundred dollars per annam :;
and all other fees of office, including fees for
attendance upon the supreme judicial court,
shall remain as heretofore established.
SECT. 2: All acts and parts of acts, incon-
SlStent with this act, are hereby repealed.
[Approyed February IS
Chapter 20.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter six
ty-two of the Revised Statutes, relating to
Masters, Apprentices and Servants.
SECT. l. Section one of chapter siXty-two of
the revised statutes, is hereby amended by
striking out from the first three lines thereof,
the following words, namely 'fchildren under
the age of fourteen may be bound as appren-
tees or servants, until that age, without their
consent. by their father, ii living, if not, by
their mother or legal guardian and inserting
in place thereof the following: In all cases
where the care of the person, and the educa-
ton of minors under fourteen years of age
have been intrusted to the parents, or to either
of them, Or to a legal guardian, under the pro
| visions of section third of chapter sixty seven
of the revised statutes, such children may be
| bound as apprentices or servants, until that
age, without their consent, by the parents or
parent so intIusted; or by the guardian so in
trusted, with the approval of the judge of pro-
bate, and i'll all other cases, such children may
be bound as apprentices or servants, until that
age, without their consent, by their father and
mother, IL living; If either has deceased, by
| the survivor. If both have deceased, by the
legal guardian with the approval of the judge
| OF probate as aforesaid, SO that said section
as amended, shall read as follows:
| SECT. l. In all cases where the care of the
! person, and the education of minors under
fourteen years of age, have been intruSted to
the parents, or to either of them, or to a legal
| guardian, under the provisions of section third
of chapter sixty seven of the revised statutes,
such children may be bound as apprentices or
servants, until that age, without their consent,
by the parents or parent so intrusted, or by the
| guardian so intrusted with the approval of the
Judge OF probate and IN all other cases, such
children may be bound as apprentices or SER
wants, until that age, without their consent, by
their father and mother, if living, if either has
deceased, by the survivor, if both have de.
| ceased, by the legal guardian with the approx
al of the judge of probate as aforesaid, and if
| they have noparent or guardian, they may bind
themselves with the appreciation of the munic,
| 1pal officers of the town where they reside
| The jndenture shall, on the part of such par
| ents or guardians, continue in force for the
| time mentioned in the following section, pro
vlded, that the children, on reaching the age OF
fourteen, give their consent, as provided in
said section. approved February 2l.l
| Chapter 80.
| AN ACT to amend section ten of chapter sew
| enteen of the Revised Statutes relating TIC
| Section ten of chapter seN entee of the re-
vised statutes is hereby amenued by adding to
said section after the last word thereof, the
following, land amendments thereto, unless
the owner of same shall be eStopped as there
in provided, from justifying his occupation
within the limits OF said way so that the sec
ton amended, shall read:
| SECT. 10. The erection and maintenance OF
water mills and dams to raise water for work
| ing them upon OF across streams not naviga
BILE as provided in chapter ninety two, shall
| he deemed q nuisance unless thew become
| offensive to the neighborhood, or injurious to
the public health, or unless they occasion in
juries or annoyances of kind not authorized
by said chapter. Fences and buildings front
| ing on public ways, commons, or lands APP
| propriated to public use, shall not be deemed
nuisances when erected for the times and in
the manner provided in section ninety five OF
chapter eighteen, and amendments thereto un
less the owner of the same shall be estopped
as therein provided from justifying his occl
patton within the limits of said way.
Improved February 81.
Chapter SO.
AN ACT to amend chapter ninety-on of the
! Revised Statutes, by providing a remedy fol
the enforcement OF liens on buildings anC
| lots by bill i'll equity.
| SECT. |. section thirty Of chapter ninety
one. OF the revised statutes is hereby amended
| by striking out the words, ''attachment and il
II levy is made thereon the appraisers may SCI
out IL suitable lot for said building, if they
| think the whole is not needed therefor in
lines live, SIX, seven and eight, and by insert
| ing i'll lieu thereof the Words bill in euuity
! Also, by striking out the word '.sllit'' i'll line
twelve, and inserting in lieu thereof the
words, dill i'll equity SO that said section
shah read as follows;
SECT 80. Whoever performs labor or fur
nlSbes labor or materials in erecting, altering
moving or repairing u house, building or an
purtenanceS, by virtue OF Il contract with or BY
consent OF the owner, has lien thereon ant
on the land ON which it stands and on any in
tereSt such owner has in the same, to secure
| payment thereof, with costs, to be enforced by
| bill i'll equity. IL the owner OF the building
has no legal interest in the land ON which the
building is erected or to which ii is moved, the
lien attaches to the building, and may be in
forced above provided, and it the owner OF
such land OF building so contracting, is a minol
or married woman, such lien shall exist, and
such minority or coverture shall not bar a re
coyery in any bill in equity brought to inforce
it,
SECT. 2. The liens mentioned in sections
4 thirty, thirty-one, thirty and thirty three
| of chapter ninety one of the revised statutes
| may be preserved and ini0rced by bill in euui
| tv against the debtor and owner OF the prop
| eIty affected, and all other parties interested
| therein filed with the clerk of court, in the
county where the house, building or appurte
nances, on which lien is claimed, is situated
within ninety days after the last of the labor is
performed or labor or materials so fur
nished and not otherwise, except as herein
after provided.
SECT 3. The bill shall state that the plain
tiff claims lien on The house, building, APP