The Portland daily press., 1895-02-28
Chanter 80.
AN ACT to amend section one, chapter ninety
one OF the devised Statutes. violating To

one Of the Revised Statutes, relating to
Mortgages of Personal Property.
Section one of chapter ninety-one OF tho re-
yiseG statutes is hereby amended by Inserting
after the word resides - in line five, tho
words when the mortgage is given,' and by
Inserting after the word q reside - in line nine,
the words when the mortgage is given,' so
that said section as amended, shall read as
follows:
Is valid against any other person than the
parties thereto, unless possession of such
property Is delivered to, and retained by the
mortgage, or the mortgage is recorded by the
clerk OF the city, town or plantation organized
for any purpose, in which the mortgagor re
sides, when the mortgage is given When all
the mortgagorS reside without the state, the
mortgage shall be recorded in said city, town
or plantation, where the property is when the
mortgage is made; but ii a part of the mort
gagors reside in the state, then in the cities,
towns OF plantation in which such mortg7l-
gors reside, when the mortgage is given. A
mortgage made by corporation, shall be re-
corded In the town where it has its established
place OF business. If any mortgagor resides in
an unorganized place, the mortgage shall be
recorded in the Oldest adjoining town or plan
sation, organized as aforesaid, in the county,
fApproved February 81
Chapter 40.
AN ACT to amend section twenty Of chapter
three hundred and four of the Public Laws
of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, re-
lating to Registration of Voters.
SECT. /. Section twenty OF said chapter is
hereby amended by striking out tile word
"twenty-fiv in the fourth and fifth lines, and
substituting therefor the word nineteen so
that said section as amended, shall read as
follows:
SECT. 20. Said boards of registration shall
be in session from nine in the forenoon to one
O'Clock in the afternoon, and from three to
dve O'Clock in the afternoon and from seven
to nine O'Clock in the afternoon, in cities of not
less than nineteen thousand Inhabitants, on
each of the twelve secular days next prior TO
any election. on the first nine of said secular
days, to receive evidence touching the qualif-
cations of voters therein, and to revise and
correct the voting lists, and on the latter three
OF said secular days, to enable the board to
verify the correctness of said lists and to CON-
plete and close UP its records of said sessions
And in all other cities, for the same purpose
and ut tue same hours on each of the live sec
ular DAYS next prior to any election, the first
four thereon 10 De devoted TO registration as
above, and the last one of said secular days to
enable the board to verify the correctness of
said lists and to complete and close UP its rec
OrdS of said session. And ON the last of said
secular days, at five O'Clock in the atternoon
certified copies of said voting lists shall be de-
ivered to the clerks of said cities and receipts
taken therefor, except that on the last of said
days devoted to registration and on the last of
said days devoted 10 the records as above, the
sessions of The board shall close at i've O'Clock
III the afternoon, but no name shall be added
to OF stricken from said lists after five o'clock
In the afternoon of the last of said days deyot-
ed TO registration above. Said board shall
not place upoa said lists during said revision
of the same, the name of any person who shall
not personally appear before said board and
request it, and during said time said board
shall revise and correct the voting lists. And
the wardens of cities shall be governed by
said revised and corrected lists; and no names
shall be added to OF stricken from said lists on
the day of election, and no person shall vote at
any election whose name is not on said lists.
No board of registration shall be answerable
for any omission of a name or residence from
the voting lists or for any error in the same
unless such name and residence are correctly
entered in the general register of voters; but
flNa DIV af cl,n II,
session. and shall give to any registered voter
whose name has been omitted from the voting
List, or in whose name or residence as placed
on said voting list a clerical error has been
made, certificate signed by a majority of the
board, giving the corrected name and resi-
dence of such person, and directed to the Off
Ger presiding over the election; such officer
shall on receipt of such certificate, allow the
person therein named to vote and shall check
his name on the certificate, and securely attach
the certificate to the voting list Should this
act be il full force and effect at the municipal
elections in said cities for the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-f1ve then no
further notice shall be given by the clerks of
eaid cities than is now required by law
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when ap-
proved. Approved February 2l.1
Chapter Al.
AN ACT to amend section three of chapter
sixty seven of the Revised Statutes relating
to Appointment of Guardians.
SECT. l. Section three OF chapter sixty seven
of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter
two hundred and seventy-five of the public
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety three,
third, fourth, fifth and sixth lines thereof, the
following words, namely: ''but the father if
competent, otherwise the mother if competent,
shall have the care of the person and education
of the minor" and inserting in place thereof,
the following, namely: but the care of the
person and the education of the minor, shall
be jointly with the father and mother, if COM
petent; or if one has deceased, with the sur
vivor, if competent, so that said section as
amended, shall read as follows:
SECT. 5. Such guardian shall have the care
and management of all his wards estate, and
continue in office until the ward is twenty one
years of age, unless sooner lawfully discharged
of the minor, shall be jointly with the father
and mother, if competent, or If one has de-
ceased, with the survivor, if competent; other
wise these duties devolve on the guardian
and in any case, the judge may decree them
to him, If he deems it for the welfare of the
minor, until his further ORDER
SECT. 2. Section twenty of said chapter sixty
seven is hereby repealed.
[Approved Feb. 2l.]
Chapter AZ.
AN ACT to amend section eleven of chapter
one hundred eighty-siX of the Public Laws
of one thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine, relating to State Aid to Agricultural
Societies.
Section eleven, chapter one hundred eighty
six OF the public laws of one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended
seventh line of said section, the words pro
vided, that the stipend shall herewith be based
entirely upon the premiums and gratuities
awarded on exhibition stock and products
and by adding to said section the following
words provided also, that each of the said
societies shall cause the prohibitory liquor
law to be enforced ON all grounds over which
they have control, and not allow gambling in
any form, OF games of chance said grounds
So that the section as amended, shall read as
follows:
Beet. IL. There shall be appropriated annu-
ally from the state treasury, sum of money
not exceeding one cent to each inhabitant of
the state, which shall be divided among the
legally Incorporated agricultural societies OF
the state not provided for by special enact
ment, according to the amount of premiums
and gratuities awarded by said societies, pro-
vided, that the stipend shall herewith be based
entirely upon the premiums and gratuities
awarded on exhibition stock and products, and
provided that no society shall receive from the
state sum greater than that actually raised
and paiu by the society for said purposes. But
the Penobscot and Aroostook Union Agricul.
tural Society may annually receive as much
as is raised by it, not exceeding one hundred
dollars, without regard to population, and the
Waldo and Penobscot Agricultural Society, as
much as is raised by it, not exceeding two hun.
bred and fifty dollars, and the Ossipee Valley
Union Agriculture Society, not exceeding two
hundred dollars; provided also, that each OF
the said societies shall cause the prohibitory
liquor law to be enforced on all grounds over