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amended, the words tol yarding,' SO that said
secGlon Us amended, shall read as foIloWsi
SECT. ~. Whoever labor5 at cutting and
peehng or yarding hernlock bark, or cutting
or yardlng cord wood, or at cooking for per
sons engaged in such labor, has hen thereon
Ior tne amount due for his personal services
ana the services performed by his team, Which
taxes precedence of all other claims, contin
ues 1or thlTty days after the contract IS com
pleteu, ana may be enforced by attachment;
provided, however, that such lien shall not
continue after the bark or wood has arrived at
a market! TApproved March 81
Chapter 81.
AN ACT relating to Gaslight Companies
Al gashght companies in this state which are
autnoIlzed to furnish gas for llShtng are here
by further authorized to furnish gas for heating
and for power and proper appliances there
for under the same conditions and with the
same rights as they are now authorized to fur
nlSn gas Tor lighting purposes.
Approved March OIL
Chapter 81.
AN ACT authorizing steam railroads to use
ELECTRICITY as motive power.
Railroad corporations which are subject to
the provisions of chapter fifty of the re-
VlSed statutes, and amendments thereto, are
hereby authorized to operate their railroads
by electricity. Approved March 81
In6 d Chapter 63. "a IT, ~
ter seyenty-three ofthe Revised Statutes, re-
lating to Unrecorded Deeds. hi8
Section twenty-six of chapter seventy-three
OF the revised statutes is hereby amended by
adding after county, in the fourth line 'or
registry, district so that said section when
amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. 26. If q deed conveying lands in
more than one county is lost before being re-
corded in all, Or if a deed is recorded in the
wrong county or registry district and lost, a
certified copy from q registry where it has
been. recorded, may be recorded in any other
county, or registry district, with the same
effect as record of the original D
LApproved March OIL
Chapter ga.
AN ACT to amend paragraph eight of section
six OF chapter six of the Revised States, relat-
| ing to Poll Taxes.
| Paragraph eight, section six Of chapter six
of the revised statutes, is hereby amended by
adding after the word ''charges,'' in the last
| line, the words and the polls of all soldiers
and sailors who receive state pension; SO that
said paragraph shall read as follows.
VIII. The polls and estates of persons who
| by reason OF age, infirmity and poverty, are
in the Judgment of the assessors unable to
contribute toward the public charges; and the
| polls of all soldiers and sailors who receive
state pension Approved March 81
Chapter IS.
AN ACT in relation to State Taxes on Organ
| lied Plantations taxed by the State as Wild
| Lands.
| sEoT.1. Warrants for state taxes on organ
| lied plantations taxed by the state as wild
| lands, shall be sent by the state treasurer to
| the county commissioners OF bne county
which such plantations are aBG a4Ns
SECT. 2. The county commissioners shall
| add the amount thereof to their assessment for
county taxes and assess the same on the real
and personal property in such plantation to
| the property owner, or person in possession,
in accordance with their valuation thereof,
stating the amount of such state tax on each
| owner in separate column.
| SECT. 3. They shall commit the same with
| a warrant in the usual form to some inhabi-
tant of the plantation, or in their discretion to
| nft lnps inp inn mol
and directing him to collect and transmit the
| same to the county treasurer by July first, next
after the date of commitment. The county
| treasurer shall forthwith transmit the same to
| the state treasurer.
SECT. 4. Such collector shall give bond to
the county treasurer in such sum and with
| such suretieS as the commissioners require,
and the commissioners shall agree with him as
| to his compensation, which shall be paid by
the county.
| SECT. s. He shall settle with the commits
sioners by the first day of December in each
year, and return to them his collection list,
| showing the amounts received OF unpaid on
each tax in his list On all such taxes then I'M
paid, interest shall be added from the first day
| of July preceding at twenty per cent until
| paid. The clerk of courts shall record in q
book kept for that purpose such returned col
lector's list with the collectors return thereon
| showing the amounts received or unpaid on
each tax in the list which record shall be evil
dence of the facts therein stated.
| SECT. g. Such state and county taxes are q
| lien on the property assessed from the date OF
their assessment by the commissioners, to be
enforced by suit, as hereinafter provided,
brought at any time within one year from the
time when such collection lists are returned to
| said commissioners.
SECT. T. The commissioners may order the
| county attorney to bring an action of debt in
the supreme judicial court in the county where
| the land lies, in the name Of the county, to
collect such unpaid taxes with interest. The
| writ shall run against the person to whom the
| property was assessed and all persons I'M
| known who have any interest therein The
| county attorney shall file notice of lis pendens
| as provided by law in the proper registry OF
deeds and shall enter the writ in court. The
court shall order notice to the defendants
named therein and to all persons unknown,
and in addition to the usual judgment against
defendants, shall also render Judgment in rem
| against the property assessed, to be enforced
by sale on execution. When the officer sells
real estate on such execution he shall sell the
least undivided fractional part thereof, that
any person bidding will take and pay the
amount due on the execution with all neces-
sary charges for sale, and he shall deed to the
purchaser such part so sold to him subject to
redemption according to law, and the deed
| shall be construed to convey right of entry
and seizln in such part In common and tun-
| divided, of the property assessed. .i3fs ii !s
SECT. 8. When real estate is sold under this
act, the deed shall be deposited with the
county treasurer; and any person having an
| interest therein may redeem by paying the
| amount due thereon with interest at twenty
| per cent, within one year from the time OF
sale; .whereupon the county treasurer shall
cancel the deed. If not redeemed at the ex-
| piration of the year, the county treasurer
shall deliver the deed to the purchaser. The
| lien of the tax expires within fifteen months
| from the time of sale unless the deed is
recorded within that time.
| SECT. g. So far as applicable, sections
thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty eight, ninety
nine and one hundred and one, OF chapter six
| of the revised statutes, with the amendments
! thereto, apply to proceedings under this act
Sections seventy-two and seventy-seven OF
| SAID chapter six shall not apply to taxes
assessed under this act.
SECT. 10. This act shall take effect when
approved. lApprovcd March 81
| Chapter Sc.
AN ACT to amend section thirteen of chapter
one hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised
statutes of this state, in relation to Lotteries.
Sect1on thirteen of chapter one hundred and
twenty-elg ht of the revised statutes of this
1 state IS hereby amended by adding after the
second word in the first line, the words
policy, policy lottery, policy shop and by
striking out the words "and declared a
nuisance" in the fourth line of said section,
and by, adding the words writing, printing
after the word making in the fifth line of
SAID section, and by adding after the word
"therein' in the eighth line, the words slip,
Dill, token or other device purporting or de-
signed to guarantee assure to any person or
10 entltie any person to a chance OF drawing
OF obtaining any prize or thing of value to be
drawn in any lottery, policy, policy lottery,
| po1cy SnOp, scheme or device OF chance OF