The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Chapter 213.

AN ACT for the better protection of Girls.
Whoever, being more than twenty one years
of age, has carnal knowledge of the body of
any unmarried female child, between the ages
of fourteen and sixteen years, shall be punish
ed by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than two
years. The provisions of this act shall not
apply to cases of rape as defined in section
seventeen of chapter one hundred and eigh-
teen Of the revised statutes.
approved Mar. 81
Chapter ala.
AN ACT relating to appeals in case ofdamages
for land taken for Ways.
Section eighteen of chapter eighteen of the
revised statutes, as amended by section five of
chapter three hundred and ffty-nine of the
public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-fve
and by chapter two hundred and ninety-seven
of the public laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety-three, is hereby amended in the second
sentence thereof by striking out the words
"laying out'' and inserting in place thereof the
word establishment and by adding after the
word "town" the words sat its town meeting
80 that said section eighteen, as hereby amend
ed shall read as follows:
Section IS. The damages for a town way
shall be paid by the town; for private way,
by those for whose benefit it is stated in the
petition to be, or wholly or partly by the town,
If under an article in the warrant to that effect
it SO votes at the meeting accepting such pri-
vate way; or by cities, it is proposed in the
return laying out such way. Any person
aggrieved by the estimate of such damages
may have them determined as provided IN Sec
ton eight, by written complaint to the supreme
judicial court, returnable at the term thereof
next to be held within the county where the
the land lies, after sixty days from the date of
the establishment, alteration or discOntinuance
OF such way by the town at Its town meeting.
The complaint shall be served at least thirty
days before said term by delivering in hand an
attested copy to the clerk of the town where
the land lies, and by posting attested copies In
two public and conspicuous places within
said townand in the vicinity Of the way. But
the final Judgment shall be recorded in said
court, and shall not be certified to the county
commissioners. When any person aggrieved
by the estimate of damages for his land taken
for a town or private way, honestly intended
to appeal therefrom and has by accident or
mistake omitted to take his appeal within the
time provided by law, he may at any time with
in six months after the expiration OF the time
apply to any judge of the supreme judicial
court in term time or vacation, stating in his
said application the facts of his case, and said
judge after due notice and hearing, may grant
to such petitioner permission to take his said
appeal to such term of said court SAID judge
shall direct, and on such terms as said judge
shall order, and the subsequent proceedings
thereon shall be the same and with the same
efectas If said appeal had been seasonably
taken! [Approved Mar. 81
Chapter 21E.
AN ACT additional to Chapter three hundred
and fourteen of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-three, relating to the
sale of land for Taxes.
Scot. /. In all actions brought In the
supreme judicial and superior courts Of the
state under the provisions Of chapter three
hundred and fourteen of the public laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety.three, full
costs shall be recovered notwithstanding the
amount .of the Judgment be twenty dollars or
or less.
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when
approved. [Approved Mar. 81
Chapter ais.
AN ACT authorizing cities and towns to accept
conveyances upon trusts in public burial
places, and providing for the record Of deeds
of burial lots.
SECT. l. When any person owning or inter-
ested in lot in public burial place In city
or town deposits with the treasurer Of such
city or town, sum of money for the preser-
walton or care of such lot as provided by sec
ton one, chapter one hundred and forty five,
of the public laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, said city or town may accept a
conveyance of such lot for the uses and upon
the trusts which may be set forth in said con-
veyanee, and may bind itself to keep and per-
form the agreements, uses and trusts as are
contained in the deed of conveyance of such
lot.
SECT. 2. Deeds of burial lots IN any public
cemetery may be recorded with the registry
of deeds for the county or district where such
cemetery is situated. Approved Mars
Chapter 217.
AN ACT In relation to the disposition of I'm
claimed Baggage by common carriers.
SECT. l. Sections eighty-one, eighty-two
eighty-three and eighty -four of chapter fifty
one of the revised statutes are hereby re-
pealed
SECT. 2. Section eight of chapter fifty two
OF the revised statutes, as amenueu by cnapter
forty-two of the public laws of eighteen hun
dred and ninety-one, is hereby amended by the
insertion of the word baggage after the word
whenever" in the first line, again after the
word "or'' in the fifth line, and again after the
word "whenever'' in the eleventh line, so that
said section, as amended shall read as follows
Section 8. Whenever baggage, goods, mer
chandise, packages or parcels, transported by
any railroad, steamboat, express, or stage
company, existing by virtue ofthe laws of this
state, remain unclaimed for six months aftel
its arrival ut the point to which it shall have
been directed; or baggage, goods, merchan
disc, or other personal property remain in 6
public warehouse for six months, after the
charges thereon have been rightfully demanded
and left unpaid, the same may be sold at auc
ton in the city or town where said railroad