The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-04-01
Chapter SIS.

AN ACT for the better protection of Girls.
Whoever. being Tnors than twenty.ons years
OF Rge, has ohrnal knowledge Of the body OF
any unmarried female child. between tho ages
offourteen and sixteen years. shall be punish.
sdby nne not exceeding I've hundred dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than two
years. Tho provisions OF this act shall not
apply To oases Of rape ss defined in section
seventeen Of chapter one hundred and sish.
tosn ofshs revised stAtuteS
approved mss,s.I
Chapter s1A.
AN ACT relating 10 appeals In case of damages
for land taken for Ways.
Section eighteen Of chapter eighteen Of the
revised statutes, as amended by section i've Of
chapter three hundred and hfty.nins Of the
pubic lava Of eighteen hundred and eighty-hvs
and by chapter two hundred and ninety seven
of the public laws Of eighteen hundred and
ninety three, is hereby amended In tho second
sentence thereof by striking out the words
Staying out" and inserting in place thereof tho
word 'estab,ishme nv and by adding after the
word "town" tho words 'at Its town meeting,
40 that said section eighteen, as hereby amend.
ed, shall read as followsi
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,
II under an article in the warrant 70 that effect
It so votes at the meeting accepting uch pri-
vate way or by cities. ifiti is proposed In tho
return laying out such way. Amy person
aggrieved by the estimate of such damages
may have them determined as provided in SEQ.
INF IN n,
judicial court, returnabls at the term thereof
next to be held within the county whore 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 20 the clerk of the town where
the Ind los and by posting attestsd copies IN
TWO public and conspicuous places within
srtI townand in the vicinity OF the way But
lhr lnal Judgment shall be recorded In said
curt and ahall not he certified TO tho county
commissioners. When any person aggrieved
hy TN estimate Of damages for his land taken
t,r q town or private way, honestly intended
to appeal thcrefrom and has by accident or
lp!stake omitted TO take his appeal within the
time provided by law, he may at any time with
when eHld appeal might have been taken.
Apply to any judge OF the supreme judicial
court In term time or vacation, stating In his
snid 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 suoh term OF said court as said judge
shall direct, and on such forms as said judge
shall ordcr, and shs subsequent proceedings
AoH - 49, A,A khA
efsss AZ II said appeal had besa seasonabiy
takenS fApproved Meh o.
ChApsss s1s.
An ACT additions, to Ohsptsr tlsrss hundred
md fourtesn OF the Public Laws Of eighteen
hundred and ninety .thrsA, relating 10 the
sale OF land for Taxes.
SECT. 4. In all actions brought IN TIE
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 rinety.thres, full
costs shah be recovered notwithstanding tbs
amount lof the Judgment be twenty dollars or
or issa
srcr. o. rfas sss man take efs~ wnsn
approved. LApprovcd Mar.s.l
Chapter sIs.
AN ACT authorizing cities and towns 10 accept
eonyeyances upon trusts in public burial
places, and providing for the record Of deeds
OF burial lots.
SECT l. When any person owning or inter.
estod In q lot in public burial place In . city
or town deposits with the treasurer Of suoh
city or town. sum of money for the preser.
walton or care of such lot as provided by SEQ
ton ono, chapter ono hundred and forty five,
OF the public laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty seven, eaid city or town may accept o
conveyance of such lot for the uses ana upon
tho trusts which may DO set forth In said con-
veyanoe, and may bind itself to keep and per.
form the agreements, uses and trusts as are
contained In the deed OF conveyance Of suoh
lot.
sKur. :. 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. lApproved Mar. 81
Chapter 217.
AN ACT in relation TO tho disposition OF IN
claimed Baggage by common carriers
SECT !. Sections eighty.ons, eighty.two,
eighty.three and eighty four OF chapter nifty
one OF the revised statutes are hereby re-
pealed.
6Eor. .. Section eight OF chapter hfty two
of the revised statutes, AZ amended by chapter
forty.two of the public laws OF eighteen hun
dred and ninety ono, is hereby amended by the
insertion OF tho word baggage after the word
''whenever" In the first limo, again after the
word cor" In the lfth line and again after tho
word whenever In the eleventh line, so that
said section, as amended, shall read as follows
Section $. Whenever baggage, goods mer-
chnndst, packages or parcels, transported by
any railroad, steamboat express. or stage
company, existing by virtue OF the laws OF this
state. remain unclaimed for ELK months aftor
its arrival ut the point 10 which It shall have
been directed or baggage, goods, merchan-
disc, or other personal property remain in a
pi,hlic Warehouse for six months, after the
charges thereon have been rlghtfully demanded
and left unpaid, tho same may DO sold at auc-
ton in the city or town where said railroad,