The Somerset reporter., 1895-03-28
1895.

The owners OF the Bangor ana Brewer bridge
have been empowered 10 sell their property TO
| the two cities.
An act TO enable Washington county to loan
| its credit to the Washington County Railroad
| was passed and the cha rter of the Shore Line
Railroad was allowed to die The Washington
| County Railroad charter has been extended
| four years.
Allhorse railroads are to be known street
| shall be upon all at the same rate as heretofore
| upon horse railroads.
An addition has been made TO the Revised
! Statutes relating TO malicious mischief so that
! whoever breaks and enters any railway car,
| destroys INJURIES, defiles OF defaces any raii-
road car, mischievously or malie.ously re-
leases the brakes unun, moves or sets IN motion
any railroad car, etc, shall be imprisoned not
exceeding Two years or by punished fine not
exceeding $500.
All railroads have been authorized to operate
their lines by electricity.
The railroad commits siopers have been given
power to de: ermne the manner and conditions
of one railroad crossing another. The commits
sioners sha determine how bridges erected by
any nun cipalIty, over which railroad passes.
shall be constructed and maintained as To
safety.
The county of Aroostook has been empowered
to invest In the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
to an amount not exceeding S22S,0a0, and the
second mortgage made by the company has
been ratified and confirmed
The railroad commissioners are given the
power OF approval on the location of street
railroads.
Any person acting as guide for any per son or
party who shall assist or aid in killing any game
or fish in violation of law shall be held equally
responsible with the person or party aud be
Aperson whose building or property IS mi lred
| by fire communicated from locomotive can
not now collect damages from the railroad
company and also receive insurance on the
same.
An act prohibits the adult ration o. candy by
| manufacturers or the Use of brandy. rum. wine
! or other alcoholic liquors in the manufacture.
| The Offering for sale of candy under the name
| of brandy, whskey rum or wine drops IS pro-
| hbited.
The new liquor agency law provides that the
| commissioner shall keep stock OF liquors from
q
| agencies, and the goods shall all he assayed
| at the State agency and in the local agencies
| A local agency may be closed by the court on
| petition from citizens.
Section 20 Of thelaw relating to registration
| Of voters has been made to apply To cites OF
not less than $4,000 inhabitants instead of 5000
! as formerly.
The appropriation for the State militia has
been Increased from liz to lilo OF mill for the
| present and each fiscal year thereafter.
The state has been authorized to accept from
| the First Maine Heavy Artillery Association
| lot of five acres of land and monument ut
| Petersburg, Va.
Policy shops have been included in the law
! against lotteries and the minimum limit OF the
penalty has been reduced from 500 To $40.
The law relating TO State pensions has been
| changed so that veteran who did not serve
| the quota of Maine, but Who resident OF
this State at date Of enlistment ana at time OF
| making application, shall have been resident
| OF the STATE for at least five years. shall be
| eligible to receive State aid.
Soldiers and sailors who receive State pen
sion shall not be required TO pay poll tax, ut
| the discretion of the assessors
Il
| Increased from sixty 10 seventy thousand dol
| lars annually.
Gouldsboro, Sullivan and Cape Elizabeth have
| been divided. the new towns OF Winter Harbor
| and Sorrento and the new city of South Port
| land having been created, New sweden has
| become town and Brighton has been per
| mtted to surrender its Town charter and be-
| come a plantation again.
The State stipend To agricultural societies
! shall hereafter be based upon the premiums
and grltuIties awarded on exhibition stock and
! products, providing also that The prohlhtory
about
! grounds.
| Cold storage or lined eggs are not allowed TO
The taxes on organized plantations taxed by
the state a. wild lands shall be 60 .lec5ed by jhe
county commissioners, they appointing col
hector.
The itincrart vend rs law has teen strength
cncd, and they will hereafter be required 10
pay license fee equal TO the tax on the full
value OF their stock at The tax rate OF the town
or city where they locate.
EdGcaIfonal, charitable and benevolent insti-
III iuus have been exempted from the pruVi-
sions oi The law for the taxation Of collateral
IN acl reducing the tax on vessel property
has been passed. New vessels shall be taxed
80 per gross ton, and the valuation shall be
duced : per ton for every year of aye until II
years old, after which the tax shan be - peg
ton.
one hun lred ana fifty thousand dollars has
been appropriated 10 erect buildings for new
insane hospital at Bangor; 5000 for a n W
building for Pennington Normal school; So
$50 for new dormitory for the Gorham Normal
schools $4,000 or new dormitory for The deaf
a new barn and piggery at the Insane Hospital,
Augusta.
The game law has been amended to prohibit
the use OF jack lights, snares or traps as well as
dogs i'll hunting deer The number OF pounds
Of trout salmon that may now be taken is %
and not 80 as heretofore. Deer in AndroscoGg. II
and Kennebec counties have been protected for
term of five years and the number of deer,
moose, etc, one person may XIII IN season has
been reduced to one bull moose, one ear buu
and two deer.
A general law has been passed giving the
commits sioners of fish aud game the power to
close inland waters creating a new force OF
game wardens and giving the department an
Appropriation of $4,000 annually.
Mothers are to have joint custody of minor
children.
of three jud GEES and Two registers of probate to
prepare uniform blanks and rules of practice
and procedure in courts of probate and lnSul-
vency, has been passed.
The law relating to lens has been amended.
giving the claim mt 40 instead Of 80 days in
By ar act passed, a debtor who has gone
through Insolvency, can be arrested on any
calm when it was created by fraud, embczlle-
ment or defalcation.
Ar act has been passed to fix iy the court
the title of real estate when person has been
npossession OF such property for ten years or
more, and a party appears claiming 10 have
some right, title, or interest in II.
new law provides way by which mort
gagor who has had uninterrupted possession
of properly for twenty years may obtain clear
title TO IL.
An amenlmen has been made so that any
Jail where any special kind of labor is do by
Il work jail, and the prison inspectors are em-
powered to transfer prisoners from an over
crowded jail TO any other jail where there il
room.
general law for the incorporation and con-
troll of gas and electric companies Tor lighting
heating, manufacturing and mechanical pur-
poses has been passed.
Accident casualty insurance companies
shall receive notice OF accident within 30 in
stead of 10 days
The anti compact insurance law and the ono
prohibiting co-lnsurance have been repealed.
The insurance commissioner may license cti-
zens of Maine who are already agents of one or
more fire insurance companies as special in
surance brokers, and an agent shall only pro-
cure insurance under his license, after he has
obtained insurance of companies doing bust
ness in the State to the full amount the COM
panies willing to write.
Insurance companies in their return Of premi-
ums for the purposes of taxation shall include
all sums received from and paid To other COM
panies for Reinsurance of risks.
Parents guardians at their own oNpeD
may provide school books for their childte1.
trate nal beneficiary and assessment corpora
tons which are running in way hazardous to
policy holders, may be closed out by the court
Boards OF registration cannot now require
voter whose name Is on the voting list, aud
changes his ward residence to appear person.
ally before them TO have his name transferred
school committee shave been authorized to
choose n super ntendent of schools who may or
may not be a member of the committee.
Additional duties have been placed the