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months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred

months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred
SECT. ?. Section two of said chapter is hereby
amended by inserting after the word INN
keepers OF hotels and boarding houses and by
adding after the word inns +" in the third line
the words hotels and boarding houses so that
said section, as amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. 9. Innholders and keepers of hotels
and boarding houses shall post up q printed
copy of sections one and two of this act, in
conspicuous place i'll each rooms of their inns,
hotels and boarding houses
Approved March 20
Chapter 1870.
AN ACT relating to Supervisors of Schools.
Section eight of chapter two hundred and six
teen of the public laws OF eighteen hundred
and ninety three is hereby amended by strik-
ing out after the word.' elect' in the eighteenth
line, the words " one of its members supervi-
sor," and inserting in place Thereon the words
a superintendent who may or may not pc q
member of the committee,' also by striking out
after the word direct in the twenty eighth
line, the words provided, further that in case
the town so authorize, in lieu OF the supervisor
herein provided for, superintendent may De
elected who may or may not be member of
the committee and by striking out IN the
| thirty second line the words supervisor or"
SO that said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
SECT. s. The management of the schools
and the custody and care OF all school property
in every town. shall devolve upon Super1n-
tending school committee consisting of three,
five or seven members in each town, as the
town may elect, who shall be chosen by ballot
at the annual meeting OF the town, ana snail
hold office for three years; provided, however,
that i'll towns not having such committees When
this act becomes a law, the committee then
chosen, at their first meeting shall designate
by vote member or members to hold Office for
one, two and three years respectively, IN man
ner as follows: If consisting OF three, one Tor
one year, one for two years, and one for three
years il consisting of five, one for one year.
TWO Tor two years and two for three years; II
consisting OF seven, two for one year, Two FOR
| Two years and three for three years, and tney
shaH certify such designation to the town clerk
to be by him recorded. Said committee shall
haye power to I'LL vacancies occurring during
tne interim between annual meetings, and
| snail annually elect superintendent OF schools
who may or may not be a member of the COM
mittee, who shall be, ex-officio, secretary ofthe
committee, shall make the annual enumera-
ton of scholars required by law, and shall eX-
anime the schools and inquire into the reglla-
tons and discipline thereof, and the proficiency
of the scholars, for which purpose he shall visit
each school at least twice each term. He shall
make all reports and returns relating to the
schools in town, which are now or may be re-
CURED by law to be made by experimenting
school committees, and perform such other
duties as said committee shall direct. Said
committee shall serve without pay, but the
superintendent by them elected shall receive
for his services such sum as the town shall an
nually vote therefor, which sum shall in no
case be less than two dollars per day for every
day of actual service.
[Approved March POI
Chapter 121.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred and
twelve of chapter eleven OF the Revised
Statutes, as amended by chapter thirty seven
Of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
| ninety one; and to repeal section three of
| chapter eighty-two of Public Laws of eigh-
| teen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended
| BY chapter two hundred and seventytwo OF
the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
| ninety-three, relating to Normal Schools
| and the Madawasza Training School.
| SECT. l.. Section one hundred twelve of
| chapter eleven of the revised statutes, as
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, is
| hereby amended by inserting in the first line
thereof after the word g schools the words
sand Madawaska Training School, and by in
sorting in place of the words twenty four :"
| in the same line, the word twenty -seyen,' SO
that said section shall read as follows:
/ SECT. liz. For the support of the three
normal schools and the Madawaska Training
School, twenty-seven thousand dollars is annu-
ally appropriated, to be expended under the
direction of said trustees, which sum the
treasurer of state shall deduct for said pur-
| pose from any school money raised for the
| support of common schools. The governor
| and council may from time to time as they
think proper, draw warrants therefor on said
treasurer in favor of said trustees
| SECT. 2. Section three of chapter eighty
two of the public laws of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, as amended by chapter two
| hundred and seventy-two of the public laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety three is hereby
repealed.
| SECT. 8. All acts and parts Of acts incon-
| sistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Approved March 90.
| Chapter 12a.
AN ACT to authorize appeals from Assessors
of Taxes to the Supreme Judicial Court.
| SECT. l. Any person entitled to make a
complaint to the county commissioners for an
peal under the same terms and conditions
from the decision of the assessors to the su-
preme judicial court for the county in which
the city or town, in which the property of such
/ person is assessed, is situated.
SECT 2. Such appeal shall be entered at the
| term flrst occurring not less than thirty days
after the assessors shall have given to the ap-
pellant, notice in writing of their decision
upon his application for such abatement, and
notice thereon shall be ordered by said court
in term time or by any justice thereof in vaca-
ton, and said appeal shall be tried, heard and
determined by the court without jury in the
manner and with the rights provided by law
in other civil cases so heard.
| SECT B. Ii upon such trial it appears that
the appellant has complied with all provisions
of law he may be granted such abatement as
said court may deem reasonable under the
| same circumstances as an abatement may now
| be granted by the county commissioners. If
no abatement is granted, Judgment shall be
rendered IN favor OF the city Or town, and for
ment is granted, Judgment shall be rendered
in favor of the city or town for such amount,
if any, as may be due, after deducting the
abatement, and the court may make such order
relating to the payment of costs as justice
shall require. In either case execution shall
issue. The lien created by statute on real es-
tate to secure the payment of taxes shall be
continued for thirty days after the rendition
of judgment, and may be inforced by sale of
said real estate on execution, in the same man
ner as attachable real estate may be sold un-
der the provisions of section forty two, chap
ter seventy six, of the revised statutes, and
with the same right of redemption. Claims
for abatement on several parcels of real es-
tate may be embraced in one appeal, but judg-
ment shall be rendered, and execution shall
issue, for the amount of taxes due on each sew
eral parcel Any nonresident against whom
a tax has been assessed shall not be debarred
of his right to make application to the asses
sors for an abatement of his taxes, nor to ap-
peal from their decision according to the pro-
visions of this act, by his failure to bring in q
list of his estate to the assessors, but in such
case, no costs shall be allowed to the appellant
| The final Judgment of the court shall be forth
with certified by the clerk to the assessors of
the town or city where such tax was assessed,
and such assessors shall in all cases carry into
full effect the judgment of the appellate court
in the same manner as if made by themselves.
Ii 1t shall be alleged in the application that the
| applicant has paid the taxes for which he has
| been assessed, and if the court shall so find,
| Judgment for the amount of the abatement