Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04


inspector of buildings under the provisions
of section four, or as may be confirmed by
the municipal officers appeal he shall be
liable to fine of ten dollars for each week he
so mcglcct4 or refuses to be recovered by com
plant or Indictment.
.. Any owner occupant of building,
who refuses to permit an inspector of build
ings to enter his buildings, or wifully obstructs
him in the inspection of such building as re
qured by this act, shall he liable to fine of not
less than more than twenty dollars, to
be recovered by complaint or indictment
10 Municipal courts and trial justices shall
have jurisdiction of the orenses named in
sections seven, eight and nine.
IL. Towns and cities may make flaws
not inconsistent with this act, defining more
particularly the duties of such inspector OF
buildings, and the rules and regulations by
which he is to be governed.
Il. Municipal officers shall determine the
compensation or salary of the inspector of
buildings.
Is. This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved March AL
The clerk also read the following law,
making it the duty of the municipal
officers to investigate the cause of fires:
AN ACT to provide for the investigation of the
causes of fires, and the publication of stats
tics relating to the same.
SECT l. When u: opertv Is DESTROYED by fire.
1t shall he the duty of the municipal officers in
cities and towns to make Investigation of the
cause, circumstances and origin thereof, and
especially to examine whether 1t was the
result of carelessness or of design The In.
vestigation shall be commenced within six DAYS
of the occurrence of the fire. not including the
Lords dav and it shall he the duty of the
MAYOR In cities and of the chairman of the
selertmen in towns to call such meeting of the
municipaI officers And said municipal officers
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compel the attendance of witnesses to testify
before them upon such inquest.
! They shall present to the city or town
clerk Tor recor" by MN IN Il pook proviueo hy
''.e insurance "ii''e', ''',Ie"'
VI ,'' wy
.,royad and of snrb other particulars "a NAV
he called for In the form provided and of any
other facts which to them seem pertinent;
and such records shall be made within two
weeks of the occurrence of the fire.
3. The clerk shall make transcript OF such
IRE 'e'''" upon D'""N 'oi' III p'o''ue" ~ .no
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,he ,,rs, DIV of In,y,,d rho ,,rs, dav Of I.,uarv
in each year. He shall also transmit to the in
surance commissioner within a reasonable time,
upon his request, a copy of the record as to any
particular fire, or any facts concerning 1t.
4. Any officer negiecting or refusing to per-
form any ou.y required ot MN by inc pro'is-
IONS 81 ,h,' ao'' sinai NC ''"e' NV 'N''eu'"s o"'
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ana .oh,,l,,. rho st,t,sucs "a, oh,ai,.d ond
shall nub,ish them in his annual report,
Approved March l4-l
Tax Collector Higgins appeared before
the board to request that his commits
sion be increased to per cent.-the
same amount as last year. He asked this
because OF law which had Just been
enacted, making it incumbent upon the
tax collector to sell property for non-res
ident taxes, for which, il not bought in
by the city at that time, he would be per-
sonally responsible. The uncollected
nonresident tax heretofore has been re-
turned to the treasurer, the collector re-
ceiving a receipt for it.
MIR. Higgins was very emphatic in his
statement that he would not resume THO
.,;.:a., .:.:,;... ~ .n
aao''ioi'a' responsibility lor less IMAM
z per cent.
The board will take the matter under
oo,a;doro+;
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f,,ds in tho trsoaurv and ,ecessitv a, q
,emnorarv loan Tho 6nance committee
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loan OF sz,ooo
c. II. Drummey as counsel for the heirs
of Elisha r Wakefield. asked that nroD-
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cry ueeoeu W 'he 'i'J ny 'aio "aAehelu
to insure his support by his children in
his old age, be decided back to the heirs,