The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

ing to the terms Of the County Commission
ers' Court for the County of Lincoln.
Section six of chapter seventy eight of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the word Monday" in the fourteenth line
of said section, and substituting therefor the
word Tuesday so that the entire clause shall
read as follows:
Lincoln, on the second Tuesday of May, the
first Tuesday of September, and the last Mon
day of December [Approved Mar. 1871
Chapter 229.
and five of the Revised Statutes, relating to
limitation of real actions and rights of entry.
Chapter one hundred and five of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto
as sections sixteen and seventeen the following
Section 1e. No right Of way OF other ease
ment existing in, upon, over or through the
land of another, shall be extingushed by the
adverse obstruction thereof, unless such
adverse obstruction has been continued unin-
terruptedly for twenty years; and a notice In
writing given by tie owner of such right OF
way or other easement to the person whose
land is subject thereto, setting forth said
owners intention to contest the extinguish-
ment of such right Of way or other easement,
and duly served and recorded as hereinafter
stated, shall be deemed an interruption of such
obstruction and prevent the extinguishment Of
such right of way OF other easement
Section H. Such notice may be given by
the owner of such right of way or other case
ment, his agent or guardian, or by an officer,
by giving in hand to the owner of the land SUBJ
iect thereto, his agent or guardian, if in the
state, an attested copy thereof, or by leaving
it at his dwelling house, or, If not In the state,
an attested copy may be left with the tenant or
occupant of the estate if any; If not, such
copy shall be posted in some conspicuous
place upon said estate. The person serving or
posting said notice shall make bis return on
the original notice; and the whole shall be
recorded in the registry of deeds in the county
where the land lies, within three months from
the time of such service''
[Approved Mar. 1871
Chapter ESQ.
AN ACT relating to the April term of the
Supreme Judicial Court in the County of
Aroostook.
SECTION /. From and after the day this act
takes effect the annual April term of the SUI
county of Aroostook, on the fourth Tuesday OF
April, shall be held at said Houlton on the
third Tuesday Of April, In each year, forever.
And the court, at every said April term, upon
the completion Of the business conveniently
triable therein at said Houlton. shall and is
hereby required and directed to adjourn to
Caribou, in said county, to there complete
such civil business pending in said court, as
ought to be and may be more conveniently
there tried and heard; and the jurors in at
tendance at said court, except grand jurors,
may be required to attend such adjournment,
or may be discharged or new jurors summoned,
as the circumstances may require. The clerk
of said court shall receive from said county
for his attendance and expenses at Caribou,
during said adjourned part Of said term, in
addition to his compensation now allowed by
law, such further sum as the presiding justice
shall determine.
SECT p This act shall take effect on the
twentieth day Of May, eighteen hundred and
ninety seven. [Approved Mar. III
Chapter ISL.
AN ACT to amend Section nineteen OF Chapter
one hundred and forty-two Of the Revised
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School for Girls.
Section nineteen Of chapter one hundred and
forty-two of the revised statutes Is hereby
amended by striking out the word "seven" in
the first line Of said section, and inserting in
place thereof the word SIX and also by
striking out the word "ffteen" In the second
line of said section, and inserting in place
thereof the word sixteen SO that said section
as amended shall read as follows:
Section 10. A parent or guardian Of any
girl between the ages of six and sixteen years
the municipal officers. or any three respectable
inhabitants of any city or town, where she may
be found, may complain in writing to the
judge Of probate or any. trial justice in the
county, or to the judge of the municipal Oh
police court for such city or town, alleging that
she is leading an idle or vicious life, or has
been found in circumstances of manifest dan
ger of falling into habits OF vice or immortality
and request that she may be committed to the
guardianship of the Maine Industrial School
tor Girls. The judge or justice shall appoint
time and place of hearing, and order notice
thereof to all persons entitled to be heard, and
at such time and place, may examine into thu
truth of said allegations, and If satisfactory
evidence thereof is adduced, and 1t appears
that the welfare of such girl requires 1t, he
may order her to be committed to the custody
| and guardianship of the officers of said schoo
during her minority, unless sooner discharged
| by process of law [Approved Mar. II.
Chapter 232.
AN ACT to amend Chapter thirty OF the Pub
| lie Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
five, relating to Liens on Buildings.
SECT. l. In addition to the remedy provided
by chapter thirty Of public laws Of eighteen
hundred and ninety five, the Hens mentioned
in sections thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two ant
thirty three Of chapter ninety-one ofthe revis
ed statutes may be enforced by attachment il
actions at law commenced In any court having
Jurisdiction, in the county where the house
building or appurtenances on which lien /
claimed is situated, which attachment shall b.
made within ninety days after the last Of tn
labor is performed or labor or materials an
| furnished.
| SECT. q When two or more proceedings,
either at law or in equity, are pending at thu
| same time, in whatever court or courts, t.
enforce liens on the same lhouse, building o