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

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planned of was committed; and when such Of
hcer arrests person to commit him to the Jail
convenient and suitable route, although it pass
through other counties. But, except for the
purpose of retaking prisoner whom he has
arrested and who has escaped, or for the pur-
pose OF pursuing person who has gone into
another town and for whose arrest such con-
stable or marshal has warrant, no constable
OF the several towns, or city marshal Of the
several Cities in the county of York, shall have
any authority in criminal matters beyond the
limits of the town or city in which he is elected
or chosen
6ROT. 2. This act shall take effect when ap-
proved.
[Approved Mar. 27.l
Chapter $40.
AN ACT amendatory of and additional to
Chapter eighteen of the Revised Statutes,
relating to the repair of Highways:
SECT. l. Sections sixty, sixty three and
seventy three of the revised statutes are here
by repealed.
SECT. 2. Section seventy, of said chapter is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10. Towns may raise money for the
repair of bridges and ways, and direct the
same to be assessed as other town taxes, to be
expended for the purpose by q road commits
sioner under the direction of the selectmen.'
Section 5. Section fifty nine of said chap
Yer IS hereby amended by striking out all after
said section, as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section SO. Each town shall annually raise
money to be expended on the town ways and
highways,to be assessed as other town charges!
SECT 4. Each town at its annual meeting
| shall elect, by ballot, road commissionerwho
snail have charge OF the repairs OF all high
way, and bridges within the town and shall
have authority to employ the necessary men
ana teams, and purchase timber, plank and
other material for the repair of highways and
bridges. Said commissioner shall be sworn
10 the faithful discharge Of his duty, give
bonds to the satisfaction Of the selectmen, and
money, and discharge of his duties generally.
| The compensation of said commissioner shall
pc such sum as the town shall annually vote
| therefor, which sum shall, in no case be less
| than two dollars per day, of every day of act
ual service; and he shall render to the select
men monthly statements Of his expenditures,
and receive no money from the treasury only
on the order of the selectmen.
SECT 5. No person can, at the same time
hold the Office of road commissioner and Sc
SECT. 6. Seventy-five per cent of the high
way taxes assessed shall be expended upon the
highways prior to the fifteenth day OF July,
and the balance at such time as the commits
sioner deems for the best good of the public.
| SECT. Z. If town fails to elect a road com.
missioner at its annual meeting, or if per-
! son elected fails to qualify before the first
day ofApril, the office shall be deemed vacant.
and shall be filled by the selectmen by ap-
pointment; and in the event of vacancy
caused by death or otherwise, the selectmen
shall appoint some competent person to I'LL
out the unexpired term, who shall qualify and
perform his duties as prescribed BY section
four of this act.
Scot. 8. Said commissioner shall keep &C.
curate accounts, showing in detail, all moneys
paid out by him, to whom and for what pur-
pose; he shall settle his accounts on or before
the twentieth day of February, annually, and
the same shall be reported in the annual town
| report in detail.
SECT. 8. Said commissioner shall hold his
respective office for the term of one year from
the date OF his election or until the election or
| appointment, and qualification of his success.
sor.
SECT. 10. So much of chapter eighteen of
the revised statutes and all other acts and
parts OF acts inconsistent herewith, are here
with repealed.
SECT. II. This act shall take effect March
one. eighteen hundred and ninety eight.
lApproved Mar. u.
Chapter $50.
AN ACT to amend Chapter one hundred and
thirteen of the Revised Statutes, and Chapter
one hundred and thirty-seven Of the Public
Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
as amended by Chapter three hundred and
thirteen of the Public Laws of eighteen
/ hundred and ninety three, relating to the
miSsionerS.
SECT. 1. Chapter one hundred and thirteen,
section fftyone, of the revised statutes, is
in place thereof
Section 81. The governor shall from time to
time appoint commissioners in different local.
shall have jurisdiction within the county for
which they are appointed and shall perform
the duties required by the fifteen following Sec
tions Such commissioners shall be attorneys
at law and shall be sworn and shall hold office
for the term of seven years. They shall have
an official seal which shall have engraved
thereon the name of the commissioner, the
words disclosure commissioner and the
word "Maine" and the name of tho county and
the town or city where the commissioner re-
sides. Each town or city of not more than five
thousand inhabitants as shown by the last pre-
cedlng census of the United States, shall be en-
titled to one such commissioner and not more
than one, and for every additional five thous-
and Inhabitants thus shown, an additional COM
missioner shall be allowed, provided that the
total number Of commissioners in any one
town or city shall in no case exceed six The
office Of disclosure commissioner as hereto
fore created under the former provisions of
this section is hereby abolished, but nothing
validity of executions or certificates thereon
heretofore issued by such commissioners. ANY
commissioners appointed under this act shall
have power to renew executions heretofore
issued by any former commissioner within
and for the same county, and executions here
tofore issued by himself.
SECT. 2. The commissioner appointed under
said section ffty-one OF chapter one hundred
and thirteen of the revised statutes, as umend
ed by this act shall perform the duties requir-
ed by chapter one hundred and thirty-seyen
of the public laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, and acts amendatory thereof
and additional thereto.
SECI CUaputT Ouo uuuCT6Q ana thirty
seven, section two of the public laws of eigh
teen hundred and eighty. is hereby
amended by striking out in the first line Of
said section the words "such a" and substitu-
ting therefor the word any and by striking
out the words "a Judgment debtors business
affairs and substituting therefor the words
the business and property affairs of any judg-
ment debtor and also by adding to said sec
ton the following words but married women
thus cited shall not be arrested except for con-
tempt or upon capias issued to bring them
before the magistrate as provided by section
fourteen SO that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section 2. The owner of any judgment re-
manning unsatisaed in any part may have
disclosure of the business and property affairs
of any Judgment debtor, at any time, by pro-
ceedlngs as hereinafter provided, but married
women thus cited shall not be arrested except
for contempt or upon capias issued to bring
them before the magistrate as provided by
section fourteen
SECT. 4. Section four of said chapter is
hereby amended by inserting between the word
the words in the town in which the debtor,