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COIHpIyIHg VIII requirement. inc COURT
may order a nonsuit or default as the case may
require Improved February Isl
et Chapter 25.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter fifty-
two OF the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
lien on Colts.'
Section one Of chapter fifty.two OF the pub
lie laws Of eighteen hundred and eighty seven,
creating lien on colts is hereby amended as
follows: by striking out the word s.iive' in the
fourth line OF said section, and inserting the
word six in the same line, 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
- he stallion begeuing the same. Such lien is to
old, and may be enforced during that time by
attachment of such foal.'
[Approyed February 1871
Chapter IS.
AN ACT, to repeal chapters two hundred and
eighty-hve and two hundred and eighty six
of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
three, relating to Insurance and Fire Insur-
ance 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hereby repealed.
seer. .. This act shall take effect when ap-
proved. lAppr0ved February Is.
Chapter 81.
AN ACT to establish the fees of the Clerk of
Courts for Somerset County.
SECT. l. On and after the first day Of Janu-
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 annum;
and all other fees of office, including fees for
attendance upon the supreme Judicial court,
shall remain as heretofore established.
SECT. 2. AL acts and parts OF acts, tncon-
sistent with this act, are hereby repealed.
(Approved February Is.
Chapter 28.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter six
ty-two Of the Revised Statutes, relating to
Masters, Apprentices and Servants.
SECT. 1. 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: children under
the age of fourteen may be bound as appren-
tees or servants, until that age, without their
consent. by their father, If living, II 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
parent so intrusted; or by the guardian so in
trusted, with the approval of the judge OF pro-
bate, and in all other cases, such children may
be bound as apprentices or servants, until that
age, without their consent, by their father and
mother, if living; if either has deceased, by
the survivor. II 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
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the parents, or to either of them, or to 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 munlc-
ipal officers of the town where they reside.
The indenture shall, on the part of such par
ents or guardians, continue in force for the
time mentioned in the following section, pro-
vided, that the children, on reaching the age Of
fourteen, give their consent, as provided lip
said section approved February q.
Chapter go.
AN ACT to amend section ten of chapter sew
enteen of the Revised Statutes, relating to
Fences and Buildings fronting on public ways.
Section ten of chapter sev enteen of the re-
vised statutes is hereby amenued by adding to
said section after the last word thereof, the
following, and amendments thereto, unless
the owner of same shall be cstopped as there
in provided, from justitying his occupation
within the limits of said way so that the sec
ton as amended, shall read:
SECT. 10. The erection and maintenance OF
water mills and dams 10 raise water for work
ing them upon or across streams not naviga-
BILE as provided in chapter nnety-two, shall
not be deemed a nuisance unless they become
offensive to the neighborhood, or injurious to
the public health, or unless they occasion in.
iuries or annoyances of a kind not authorized
by said chapter. Fences and bnildings front
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
az therein provided from justifying his occu-
patton within the limits of said way.
[Approved February 2l.]
Chapter 80.
AN ACT to amend chapter ninety-one of the
Revised statutes, by providing D. remedy for
the enforcement of liens on buildings and
lots BY bill in equity.
SESr. !. section thirty of chapter ninety
one OIL tt:e GSi3ed statutes is hereby amended
by striking out the words, attachment; aud II
out u suitable lot for said building, if they
think the whole is not needed therefor" in
lines five, six, seven and eight, and by insert
ing in lieu thereof the words, bill in equity
Also, by striking out the word suit i'll line
twelve, and inserting in lieu thereof the
words, 'bill in equity so that said section
shall read as follows:
SECT. 30. Whoever performs labor or fur
nishes labor or materials in erecting, altering,
moving or repairing a house. building or APP
purtenances, by virtue of contract with or by
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
hill in equity. Ii the owner of the building
has no legal interest in the land ON which the
building is erected or to which it is moved, the
lien attaches to the building, and may be in
forced as above provided, and il the owner of
such land or building so contracting, is a minor
or married woman, such lien shall exist, and
such minority OF eoverture shall not bar a re-
covery i'll any bill in equity brought to inforce
it,
SECT 2. The liens mentioned in sections
thirty, thirty one, thirty-two and thirty three
of chapter ninety -one of the revised statutes,
NAV be preserved and inforced by bill in equi-
nv against the debtor and owner of the prop
city affected, and all other parties interested
therein, filed with the clerk of court, in the
county where the house, building or appurte-
nauces, on which lien is claimed, Is situated,
within ninety days after the last OF the labor Is
nished, and not Otherwise, except as herein
after provided.
SECT 8. The bill shall state that the plain
tiff claims lien on The house, building. or ap-
nurtenances described therein, and the land on
which il stands, for labor performed or for Ia