The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

which parties are held to await the action of
the grand jury, made returnable to said June
term, shall, when no grand jury is in attend
ance, be continued to and have day in the
next term of the court held in said county, so
that said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
Section 2. Said June term shall be held with
out grand jury and with but one traverse
jury, unless justice of said court shall other
wise specially order, in which case the clerk
shall send venires for the requisite number of
traverse jurors, and shall summon the grand
jury of the preceding term, as the terms of said
order may require. All recognizances from
municipal courts and trial justices in cases in
which parties are held to await the action of
the grand jury, made returnable to said June
term, shall, when no grand jury is in attend
ance, be continued to and have day in the next
term Of the court held in said county,
[Approved Mar. 23.l
Chapter 265.
AN ACT to provide for procuring statistics re-
lating to the Poultry Industry in Maine.
SECT. /. Assessors of cities, towns, and
plantations, when taking the inventory re.
quired to be taken on April first, eighteen
hundred and ninety eight, and on the first day
of April of each fifth year thereafter, shall
enumerate the number of all kinds Of poultry
and forthwith return the same to the state as.
SCISSORS with their estimate of the value of the
eggs and poultry, stated separately, produced
during the year preceding; keeping their re.
turns for each kind Of poultry separate and
distinct. Said property shall not be included
in the tax list.
SECT. 2. The state assessors shall tabulate
said returns and publish them in detail, same
as they now publish returns of live stock.
[Approved Mar. 49,
Chapter s66.
AN ACT to amend Section four. of Chapter
fifty eight Of the Revised Statutes as amend.
ed by Section two Chapter eighteen of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
one, and to amend Section five Of Chapter
ffty-eight of Revised Statutes as amended by
Chapter one hundred twenty five of tina Pub.
lie Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty
seven, relating to the Board Of Agriculture.
SECT. 1. Amend section four of chapter
fifty eight of the revised statutes as amended
by section two chapter eighteen Of the public
laws Of eighteen hundred and ninety one, by
inserting after the word "husbandry'' in the
fourth line the words and to the best methods
of building and maintaining public ways Also
amend by inserting after the word "efforts' in
the ninth line the words st shall also be the
duty of the board with such experts, lecturers
and assistants as 1t may employ, by means OF
maps, charts, cuts, drawings, printed or writ
ten articles lectures or otherwise to dissem-
mate knowledge throughout the state concern
CT for, fba h,,fJ6 ,o
and maintaining of highways, including
bridges and sidewalks in the cities and towns
of the state and particularly to impart such
information, in manner as aforesaid, to the
county commissioners Of counties. the street
commissioners of cities, the selectmen of towns
and other municipal officers whose duty it
may be to have the care and management OF
the expenditures of money and the building
and keeping in repair of the highways Of the
state Also amend by inserting after the
word Thousand" In the last line the words
five hundred SO that said section, as amend
ed, shall read as follows:
Section 1. The board, by its secretary and
one Of Its members, shall hold annually, two
farmers institutes in each county, and as
many more as it deems expedient or finds
practicable with the means at its disposal, for
the public discussion of topics relating to hus
bandry and to the best methods of building
and maintaining public ways, either indie
pendently or in connection with any organi-
zation devoted to the same general ob,ect and
| q nav ,ssua bnlletns emnlov exnerts leo
trrers a renorter or other aids to enhance
the usefulness Of said institutes to the nublio,
and shall 40 far a. nract,cabIe aid and sncorr
oa aortcrltrra, aoc,aties and association. !,
,hoir efeorts n ehol, also he the dutv ~ The
hoard with such exnerts. lecturers and as.Is
tan+s os a. NOV er,nlov NV mean. ~ r,o,s
c,orts OUTS drawinos nrinted or write,
orticles ,ec+nros or otherwise to disseminate
l-noyvledoe tbronol,out the state concernisn
the hest known methods for the buildtnp and
M a,ntainino NJ highways. including bridge.
and sidewalks in the cities and towns of the