The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-30

shall be carved OR branded in legible letters
not iess tlah three-fourths of an inch in length,
on an Inc ou0ys connected with such traps.
SECT. ~. When any Holsters are seized by
VIRTUE VI me provisions of this act, IL shall be
the au'y OF the officer making such seizure to
cause such Holsters, so seized, us he is not re-
CURED by law to liberate, together with the cars,
traps, barrels, boxes or other packages in which
they are contained, to be appraised within
twenty-lour hours after the time of such seizure,
by tnree dls1nterested men residing i'll the
county wnere such seizure is made, to be select
ca Dy n.ih and the Holsters, cars traps, barrels,
boxes or Other packages so seized and appraised
shall thereupon be sold by the officer making
the seizure thereof, at such time and in such
manner as shall by him be deemed proper. The
ofhcer making such seizure and sale shall within
ten Gays alter the time of such seizure file Il
libel IN behalf of the state before trial justice
or % Judge Oh police or municipal court of the
county IN which such seizure was made, set
ting lofCn The fact of such seizure, appraisal
and sale, the time and place OF the seizure,
the number of Holsters, cars, traps, barrels,
boxes or other packages so seized and sold,
and the amount of the proceeds of such sale,
and such trial justice or Judge shall appoint d
time ana place for the hearing of such libel,
and shall issue notice of the same to all
persons interested to appear at the time and
place appointed, and show cause why the
HOLSTERS, cars, traps, barrels, boxes or other
packages SO seized and sold, and the proceeds
OF such sale, should not be declared forfeited,
Wi.ASii '-ooASC Slitbll NC ScItcQ VIC OWlltl,
If known, and by causing an attested copy of
such libel and notice to be posted in two pub
lic ana conspicuous places in the town i'll
which the seizure was made, seven DAYS, at
least, Defore the time of hearing.
II any person appears at the time and place
OF nearing, and claims that the Holsters, cars,
traps, barrels, boxes or other packages so
seized and sold were not liable to forfeiture at
the time OF seizure, and that he was entitled
thereto, the trial justice or judge shall hear
and determine Oct the cause, and if he shall de-
clde mat such Holsters, cars, traps, barrels,
boxes or other packages, at the time of seiz
ure were not liable to forfeiture and that the
claimant was entitled thereto, he shall order
the proceeds Of such sale to be paid to the
claimant; II no claimant shall appear, or if
such trial justice OF judge shall decide that
such Holsters, traps, cars, barrels, boxes or
other packages, at the time of seizure, were
liable to forfeiture, OF that the claimant was
not entitled thereto, he shall decree forfeit.
ure of such HOLSTERS, cars, traps barrels, boxes
or other packages and of the proceeds of sale,
deducting all lawful charges. to be paid to the
county treasurer, and by him to the state
treasurer, to be used as directed in section
forty eight of this act, and shall render judg-
ment against the claimant for costs to be taxed
as In civil SUITS and issue execution therefor
against him in favor of the state, which costs,
when collected, shall be paid in to the treas
urer of the county, and byshim to the treasurer
Of the state, to be added and made part of
the appropriation for sea and shore fisheries.
The claimant shall have the right of appeal to
the next supreme judicial court or superior
court III the county, upon recognizing and
paying the fees for copies and entry as in
cases of appeal in criminal cases. The fees
and costs OF seizure, appraisal and sale, and
IN all other proceedings in the case, shall be
as provided by law in criminal cases. and, in
case q forfeiture shall be declared, shall be
paid out of the proceeds of the sale, other
wise shall be paid by the county, as in crimi-
nal cases.
Section As. All fines and penalties under
this act may be recovered by complaint, in
dictment or action of debt made OF brought by
any person in the county where the offense is
committed, and shall be paid into the treasury
of the county in which the offense is commit
ted, and by such treasurer, to the state treas
urer, to be added and made a part OF the
appropriation for sea and shore fisheries.
Section 40. The commissioner OF sea and
shore fisheries may take fish of any kind, when,
where, and in such manner as he chooses for
the purpose OF science of cultivation and of
dissemination, and he may grant written per-
mlts to other persons to take fish for the same
purposes, and may introduce or permit to be
any kind of fish into any waters.
Section 80. All acts, orparts of acts, relating
to the regulation of the lobster fisheries hereto
fore passed, and the following sections of
chapter forty of the revised statutes; sections
one to thirty three inclusive, sections forty to
forty-six inclusive, sections sixty eight, sixty
nine and seventy three, and all acts additional
or amendatory thereto, and all public acts, or
parts thereof, inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed, but this act shall not repeal
any special and private law relating to any
river, bay or coast locality.
Sectlon OIL. This act shall take effect on the
first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety
seven.
[Approved Mar. 2s.l
Chapter 2s6.
AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and
sixteen Of the Public Laws of eighteen hun
dred and ninety-tve, relating to the School
ing of Children in unorganized townships.
SECT. l. Section one of chapter one hundred
aJ1hG i ytn ~ nf ole hmm,
dred and ninety-five is hereby amended SO as
to read as follows:
Whenever in any unorganized township in
this state there shall be two or more children
between the ages of four and twenty one
years, the state superintendent of schools shall
cause an enumeration of said children to be
for the schooling of said children either b. es-
tablishing school in the township OF by send
ing the children to schools in adjoining towns
or plantations. or both, as shall by him be
deemed expedient. In case any of said chill
dren are, by the state superintendent, sent to
schools in adjoining towns or plantations said
children so sent shall have the same right in
such school as children resident in said town
or plantation. Provided, however, that in
case the interest on the reserved fund in any
unorganized township Is not sufficient to pro-
vide schooling for the children of said town
ship for at least twenty weeks in year, a sum
per scholar equal to tnat apportioned by the
state treasurer to each scholar In the state shall
be set apart by the state treasurer to pay the
organized township and the state treasurer
shall pay the same to the state superintendent
of schools upon warrants from the governor
and council Provided further, that no money
shall be expended under this section for The
benefit of any township until the inhabitants of
said township shall pay to the state treasurer a
sum equal to twenty-five cents for each
inhabitant thereof
SECT. 2. Section two of said chapter is
hereby amended SO as to read as follows:
Section 2. The state superintendent shall
certify to the governor and council the number
and residence of the children enumerated and
schooled, as provided in section one of this
chapter, together with the cost of schooling
said children, and the governor and council
shall direct the treasurer of state to pay to the
state superintendent of schools the interest on
reserved land fund of the township in which
said children reside, but not exceeding three
dollars for each scholar so enumerated from
said unorganized townships. The state super
intendent of schools shall pay to the treasurer
of any town or plantation in which he may
school any of said children, the same amount
per scholar that he shall receive from the
treasurer of state.
Improved Mar. 2e.l .s
Chapter 2S7.
AN ACT to amend Paragraph four of Section six
of CHAPTER six of the Revised Statutes relating to
the taxation of estate and property of religious
societies
Paragraph four of section six of chapter six of
the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding
after the word received, in the fifth line of said