The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-30
SRoT. T.. All acts or parts of acts, that con-
d1ct with this act, are hereby repealed.
[Approved Mar. 25

vised statutes, as amended by chapter ten OF
eighty seven, is hereby further amended by
striking out, after the word "ballot III the
third line, the words, "or other method agreed
thereof the words 'or to be appointed by the
selectmen,' SO that said section, as amended
shall read as follows:
Section Is. Moderator, town clerk, select
men, assessors, and overseers OF the poor,
treasurer, auditor, school comnlttee, and
town agent shall be elected by ballot, and the
other said officers by ballot or to be appointed
by the selectmen. The town agent shall act
under the direction of the selectmen and re
ceive such compensation for his services as
liked by vote of the town; otherwise, as the
seleotInen shall allow to be paid out of the
treasury of the town.
approved Mar. 25.l
Chapter as1.
AN ACT to amend Sections three and eight of
Chapter eighty-six and Section seventeen OF
Chapter eighty one, Revised Statutes, relat
ing to the service of Trustee Writs.
~ SECT tS L. section three Of chapter eighty,si5
che following enacted in lieu thereof:
Section 8. The officer serving it shall attach
fhe goods and estate of the principal and give
10 him in hand or leave at his last and usua
place of abode q summons of the form here
matter prescribed; which is sufficient service
on the principal whether any trustee is held OF
STATE OF MAINE.
IS. To
Greeting
= court, next to be holden at
said, on the ~ day Of next. Their
D s'''e WHICH S" plea the said plaintiff has
commenced, to be heard and tried at said
court and your goods OF estate are attached to
sas value 4 Of dSiar 81 Tor sa, sse1ty fS
may recover upon said trial. Fail not Of
appearance at your peril .,a
"A And tor. trustee OF sac o,,r so,d
court to be holden as aforesaid, to show cause
II any you have, why execution to be issued
upon such judgment as the said plaintiff may
recover against the said principal defendant
IN said action, if any, should not issue against
his goods, effects or credits in your. hands OF
possession as trustee of said principal
defendant.
witness Justice of our said court
at this day of in
che year of our Lord one thousand
SECT. 2. Section eight of said chapter is
hereby amended by inserting i'm the fifth line
thereof, after the word corporations" the
words Except that the service shall be by the
summons described In section three OF this
chapter 30 that said section eight, as
amended, shall read as follows:
section s. All domestic. corporations and
all foreign or alien companies or corporations
established by the laws of any other state OF
country, and having a place of business, or
doing business within this state may be sum
moned as trustee, and trustee writs may be
served on them as other writs are served or
such companies or corporations, except that
the service shall be by the summons described
In section three of this chapter, and they may
answer by attorney or agent, and make dis
closures, which shall be signed and sworn to
by such attorney or agent or such other per-
son upon whom legal service of the writ may
be made; and the same proceedings shall
fhereupon be had throughout except necessary
changes in form, as in other cases of foreign
attachment
SECT. 8. Section seventeen of chapter eighty
one of revised statutes is hereby amended by
striking out of the second line thereof the
words 'sexcept in trustee process" SO that said
section seventeen, as amended, shall read as
follows
Section II. When goods Or estate are at.
tached on either of said writs, separate sum-
delivered to the defendant or LETT at his dwell
Ing house or place of last and usual abode,
fourteen days before the sitting of the court
to which it is returnable, which is a sufficient
service [Approyed Mar. 25.l
Chapter es2.
AN ACT to amend Chapter one hundred and
eighteen, Public Laws of eighteen hundred
land ninety one, relating to the Registration
of Vital Statistics.
SECT. /. Paragraph II of section one of chap
ter one hundred and eighteen, public laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety-one, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "color''
In the fourth line thereof the word birthplace,
80 that said paragraph, as amended, shall read
II. The record of marriage shall state its
date and place of occurrence, the name, resi-
dence, and official character of the person by
whom solemnized the full christian and sur
names of the parties, the age, color, birthplace,
occupation, and residence of each, the condi-
ton. whether single or widowed, whether
, first, second OF other marriage; and the full
christian and surnames, residence, color, &C.
cupation, and birthplace of their parents
SECT. 9. Section three of Chapter one hun
Arod md aI0 R1phfaQn
hundred and ninety-one, is hereby amended
by inserting after the word recorded" in the
sixth line thereof the words and to the clerk
emnized,' 30 that said section, as amended
shall read as follows
Section 8. Every person authorized to
unite persons in marriage shall make rec
ord of every marriage solemnized before him,
In conformity with the acquisitions prescribed
for blank records of marriages in section one
OF this act, and shall within six days thereafter,
deliver OF forward to the clerk of each town
in which the marriage intention was record
ed, and to the clerk of the town in which the
marriage was solemnized, copy of such rec
ord of marriage
[Approved Mar. ISL
Chapter 1888.
AN ACT to establish the standard weight of a
bushel OF Parsnips
The standard weight of bushel of parsnips,
in good order and fit for shipping shall be for.
ty-five pounds.
[Approved Mar. %.
Chapter 284.
AN ACT to change the time of holding the
October term OF the Supreme Judicial Court
for the County of Waldo.
Section forty seven of chapter seventy, seven
. of the revised statutes is hereby amended by
striking out the words "and the third Tues
days of April and October" in the thirty sec
ond and thirty third lines thereof, and by in
eerting after the word january in the thirty
second line, the words and the third Tuesday
q April and the third Tuesday of September
so that said lines, as amended, shall read as
follows:
waldo, at Belfast, ON the first Tuesday Of
January, and the third Tuesday of April and
the third Tuesday of September
= "-f - Approved Mar. %.
Chapter 2S5.
AN ACT to revise and consolidate the Public
Laws relating to Sea and Shore Fisheries.
Section l. In each town, where picked
fish are cured or packed for exploration,
the governor, with the advice and consent
of council, shall, from time to time, as occa-
sion requires, appoint one or more persons
skilled in the quality of the same, to be in
spectors of fish, who shall hold their Office
for five years, unless sooner removed by the
governor and council.
Section 2. Every such inspector, before
entering upon his duties, shall be sworn,
dc wifi oil II,