The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-28

determined by them, which after acceptance
ana entry of Judgment thereon shall forthwith
De ceftlned to the railroad commissioners and
received by them in lieu of the approval of
the municipal officers. Costs may be taxed and
aitoWed as the court may order. A failure to
appeal shall not bar the corporation from max
ing a new application to the municipal officers.
SAN commissioners shall, upon presentation of
su' IL petition, appoint Il day for a hearing
thereon, and the petitioners shall give such
notice thereofas said commissioners deem rea-
Sonable and proper, in order that all persons
interested may have an opportunity to appear
and object thereto. If the board of railroad
commlssloners,af after hearing the petition, shall,
subject to the provisions of section nine, APP
prove the proposed location, and find that
public convenience requires the construction
OF such road, it shall endorse Its approval on
the petition, and the corporation may then
proceed with the construction of such road,
provided, that they first file with the clerk of
the court ofcounty commissioners of the county
in which said street railway is to be located, a
copy of the location and plan aforesaid, and
another copy of the same with the board of
raih Cad commissioners. Any extension of,
addition to or variation from the location by
any street railway organized under the pro-
visions of this act may be made in accordance
WITH and subject to the limitations of the fore
going provisions, provided, that no railway
shall be located across tide waters, where yes
sells can navigate, without special permission
of the legislature first obtained, But no road
shall be located under this act over any paved
or macadamized street in any city in this state
without the permission of the mayor and alder
men thereof.
SECT Q The provisions of this act shall not
apply to street railway corporations in cities
of fifteen thousand or more inhabitants.
SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when APP
proved. Improved March Il.
Chapter SO.
AN ACT relating to the Settlement of Titles
to Real Estate.
Ebo,,f -
statutes is hereby amended by adding there
to, the following section:
SECT. 40. person in possession of real
properly, having either by himself OF those
under whom he claims been in uninterrupted
possession thereof, for ten years OF more,
Claiming an estate of freehold therein, may
ME petition in the supreme judicial court
settlng forth his estate, stating the source of
ms Title, describing the premises and averring
tnat an apprehension exists that persons
named IN the petition, or persons unknown
any other way, by, through OF under a person
OF persons named in the petition, claim some
right, title or interest in the premises adverse
TO his said estate; and that such apprehension
creates cloud upon the title and depreciates
the market value of his property; and praying
that such persons be summoned to show cause
why they should not bring an action to try
their title to the described premises. If any
such supposed claimants are unknown, the
petitioner or his attorney shall so allege under
oath, but the truth of the allegation shall not
after decree filed be Denied for the purpose
of defeating the title established thereby.
Upon such petition the Court shall order notice
returnable at a term of the supreme judicial
court to be held in the county where the real
estate described lies. Personal service by copy
of the petition and order of notice, shall be
made upon all such supposed claimants resid-
ing in the state, fourteen days before the re-
turn day; and upon all such supposed claim
ants residing out of the state, service may be
made by personal service of copy of the petit
ton and order of notice; by publication for
such length OF time. Snch newSnAnnrS
posting in such public places as the court may
direct; or In any or all of these ways at the
pear to answer to said petition the procedure
shall be the same as is provided by section
forty-eight; and if the court upon hearing,
finds that the allegations of the petition are
true and that notice by publication has been
given as ordered, it shall make and enter q
decree that all persons named in the petition
and all persons alleged to be unknown claim
ing. by, through or under persons so named,
and who have not so appeared, shall be forever
debarred and eStOpped from having or claim
ing any right OF title adverse to the petitioner
in the premises described in the petition;
which decree shall within thirty days after it
is finally granted be recorded in the registry
of deeds for the county where the land lies,
and shall be effectual to bar all right, title and
interest of all persons whether adults or min
orS, upon whom notice has been served, per
sonally or by publication, as herein provided.
The court may in it's discretion appoint agents
or guardians, ad Item, to represent minors or
other supposed claimants. Improved Mar. Is.
Chapter So.
AN ACT relating to the taxation of Vessel
Property.
SECT. L. All sailing vessels registered or en-
rolled under the laws of the United States or
foreign governments, owned wholly OF in part
by inhabitants of this state, shall be taxed up
an appraised value of twenty dollars per
ton gross tonnage for new vessels completed
on or before the first day of April of each year.
Vessels of one year old OF more shall be re-
n va ~
ton per year for each additional year of age,
until they shall have reached the age of seven
teen years, at and after which time, said YES
sells shall be taxed upon an appraised value of
three dollars per ton, gross tonnage.
SECT 2. Vessels when rebuilt shall be taxed
on the same valuation as vessels of one-half
the age of such rebuilt vessels.
SECT. 3. A vessel shall be regarded as re-
built only on an expenditure being made of
not less than forty per cent of the cost of such
vessel if built entirely new.
SECT. 4. Vessels if repaired to the extent of
twenty five per cent of the costs of such vessel
if built entirely new, shall be taxed on the
same valuation vessels of fveeighths of
the age of such repaired vessel.
SECT. 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsist-
ent with this act, are hereby repealed.
approved March IL.
Chapter 81.
AN ACT to amend section twelve of chapter
thirty OF the Revised Statutes, amended
by chapter ninety-fve OF the Public Laws OF
the number of Moose, Caribou and Deer that
| may be lawfully killed.
Section twelve of chapter thirty of the re-
| vised statutes is hereby amended so that said
| section as amended shall read as follows:
| sSECT. r. No person shall take, kill, destroy
| or have in possession between the first days OF
October and January more than one bull
moose, one caribou and two deer, under a
penalty of not less than one hundred MOI
more than three hundred dollars and thirty
days Imprisonment for every bull moose OF
parts thereof, and forty dollars fine and thirty
days imprisonment for each caribou or deer SC
taken, killed or destroyed or in possession ir
excess of said number. Whoever has in pos
| session, except alive, more than the aforesaid
number of bull moose, caribou or deer, OF
parts thereof, shall be deemed to have killed
| or destroyed them in violation of law. Bu
nothing in this section shall prevent any mar
ketman OF provision dealer, having an estab
| lished place of business in this state, from
purchasing and having in possession at his sale
place of business, not exceeding one bull
moose, one caribou and three deer lawfully
| killed or destroyed, or any part thereof at one
time, and selling the same at retail in oper
| season to his local customers
| Approved March A.
Chapter 38.
| AN ACT to amend section one of chapter if
| ty-five of the Revised Statutes, in relation tt
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