The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-30
Chapter Is1.
AN ACT relating to Expenditures Of the Rail.
road Commissioners.

railroad commissioners may annually expend
the sum Of twelve hundred dollars, additional
to the amount now provided by law, in procur-
ing maps. books, stationery and statistics,
clerk and stenographio assistance. and In
defraytng expenses incidental and necessary
to the discharge OF Its duties and in procuring
the assistance Of a mechanical expert In the
examination OF iron bridges. The amount
named herein to be raised in the same man.
ner as provided by section four of chapter
three hundred and thirteen OF the public laws
OF one Thousand eight hundred and eighty.nine.
fApproved Feb. g..
Chapter 1872.
AN ACT to amend Section thirty-one Of Chap.
ter eighty-three OF the Revised Statutes, relas'
ing to Unpaid Executions issued by deceased
Trial Justices.
Section thirty-one Of chapter eighty three OF
the revised statutes 10 hereby amended by
inserting the words or who has deceased
between the words " commissioned and
"may" In the third line thereof. SO that said
section shall read as follows:
Section 81. Executions remaining unsatis-
fed, in whole or in part, issued by trial JUS
tice whose commission has expired, or who
has removed from the county for which he was
commissioned, or who has deceased, may be
renewed by any trial justice in the same county,
upon such vouchers as would be required by
the trial Justice who rendered the Judgment
(Approved Feb. g.
Chapter 1873.
AN ACT to amend Section six of Chapter
seventy eight of tho Revised Statutes, relat-
ing to the January term OF the County Com
missioners' Court of Hancock County.
Section six is hereby amended 10 paragraph
six by strioking out the word " fourth" and in
lieu thereof inserting tho word third 80 that
said paragraph shall read Hancock on the
third Tuesday Of January, and the second Tues
days Of April and October
[Approved Feb. o.
Chapter 1874.
AN ACT to amend Section four Of Chapter ono
hundred ana twenty-four. Revised Statutes,
relating to Polygamy.
Section four Of chapter one hundred and
twenty four of the revised statutes, as amended
by chapter three hundred and fifty nine Of the
public laws Of eighteen hundred and eighty
five, is hereby amended, SO as to read as fol-
lows.
Section 4. II any person, except one legally
divorced, or one whose husband or wife has
been continually absent for seven years, and
not known to him or her to be living within
that time, having husband or wife living,
marries another married or single person; or
If any unmarried person knowingly marries the
husband or wife of another, when such hus-
band or wife is thereby guilty Of polygamy, he
or she shall be deemed guilty of polygamy and
punished by imprisonment for not more than
five years, or by fine not exceeding five hun
bred dollars !; and the indictment for such
offence may be found and tried in the county
where the offender resides, or where he or
she Is apprehended.'
[Approved Feb. 1871
Chapter 1876.
AN ACT to amend Section one OF Chapter two
hundred and seven of the Public Laws OF
eighteen hundred and eighty nine, relating
to Clerk of Judicial Courts in Piscataquis
County.
Section one of chapter two hundred and
seven of the public laws Of eighteen hundred
and eighty nine, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out after the word Quarterly" in the
fourth line thereof, all of the remaining words
of said section and substituting therefor, the
words, on the last days of March, June, Sep
TENDER and December, and all fees of his Office
as established by law so that said section, as
amended shall read as follows:
Section /. The clerk of the judicial courts
of the county of Piscataquis, shall hereafter
receive an annual compensation of seven
hundred dollars, to be paid out of the county
treasury OF said county, quarterly, on the last
days Of March, June, September and December
and all fees Of his office as established by
law approved Feb. 1871
Chapter 1873.
AN ACT additional to Chapter fifty-one of the
Revised Statutes, relating to Railroads.
SECT. i. A railroad corporation, which has
a lease of, or which operates the railroad OF
another railroad corporation may purchase
and hold shares of the capital stock Of such
corporation.
SECT. 2. A railroad corporation, which owns
a majority of the capital stock Of another rail-
road corporation, may purchase further shares
of the capital stock of such corporation and
hold the same together with the shares which
it now owns.
SECT. 8. If railroad corporation requires
additional land for the purpose OF improving
the alignment of its road or if it requires ad.
ditional land for double tracking its road, and
is unable to obtain the same by agreement with
the owner, it may apply in writing to the
railroad commissioners, describing the land
required for either or both of said purposes,
and naming the persons Interested; the CON-
missioners shall thereupon appoint time tor
hearing near the premises and require notice
to be given to persons interested as they may
direct, fourteen days at least before said time;
and shall then view the premises, hear the
parties and determine how much, If any, of
such real estate is required for either or both
of said purposes. If they find that any of it is
SO required they shall furnish the corporation
with certificate containing definite descrip
ton thereof, and when it is fled with the
clerk of courts in the county where the land
lies it shall be deemed and treated as taken as
and tor public uses; provided, however, that
when land is held by tenant for life and the
reversion is contingent as to the persons IN
whom it may vest on the termination of the
lite estate, such fact shall be stated in the ap
plication, and the commissioners shah, in
addition to the notice to the tenant for life,