Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-03-18
PUBLIC LAWS sMIYNA

Sectlon :. MI sums paid by any collec.
tor OF taxes. or treasurer, for interna
revenue stamps to be affixed to any deco
of real estate. or interest therein sold 70,
non-payment of Il tax. shall be deemed q
part of the costs and charges for making
such sale. iApproved March l6.1
Chapter 9S.
AN ACT authorizing Women to be ad.
mitted as attorneys to practice law il
the Courts of this State
Section ]. No person shall be denied
admission or license to practice as an at
Section .. This act shall take effect
when approved.
IApproved March l6.l
Chapter 30.
AN ACT to authorize IA Topographic Sur.
Ney of the State in cooperation with
the United States Geological Survey
Section l. That the governor be and is
hereby authorized to appoint commits
sion. to consist of three citizens of this
state. qualified by education and expert
ence for such service. to confer with the
director or the representative of the Uni
ted States Geological Survey and to ac-
cept its cooperation with this state in the
prerarat ton and completion of Il contour
ropogra phic survey and map of this state.
which is hereby authorized to be made.
Said commission shall serve without pay,
but all its necessary expenses shall be APP
proved by the governor and paid out of
the state treasury. Said commission shall
have power TO arrange with thAdirector
or representative of the United States Geo
logical Survey concerning this survey
and map. its scale. method of execution.
form and all details of the work, in be-
half of this state. and may accept or re
ject the work executed by the United
States Geological Survey. And it is here
by provided that said map shall accurate
~ show the outlines of all townships,
counties and extensive wooded areas, IN
this state, as existing on the ground at
the time of the execution OF these sur
veys; the location OF all roads. railroads,
streams canals, lakes ANA rivers. ana the
location and height of all dams, ana snail
show by contour liii,S The elevation and
depression of the surface of tn" coun-
Try.
for the prosecution OF this survey sum
equal to that to be expended upon the
same work by the United States t;eolo.sI-
cal Survey. NOT to exceed at the rate of
The wears eighteen hundred ninctynine
and nineteen hundrcd and the governor
is hereby authorized To draw his orders
on the state treasury for such portions
thereof aS may be required from time to
time. from moneys not otherwise appro-
priat"d. upon receipt of vouchers signed
by not less IMAM Two mein''rrs OF ihe
commission.
Section s. For the purpose of making
the surveys hcreinbefore provided for. il
shall be lawful for the persons employed
in making the same to enter upon all
lands within the boundaries of this state,
but this act shall not be construed as
authorizing any unnecessary interference
with private rights.
tApproved March 1G.1
Chapter 100.
AN ACT in relation to Street Railroad
Corporations.
All street railroad corporations shall. in
addition to their chartered rights, have
all the rights and powers conferred from
time to time by general laws upon street
railroad corporations. subject to the con-
ditions, restrictions and limitations there
sby imposed.
n [Approved March 16.1
~ Chapter 1O1.
IN ACT to amend Section eleven. chap
ss3ster seNenty-eisht, of the Revised Stat
4utes, relating to the Duties of County
Ss1CommissiOnerS.
of the revised statutes. is hereby amend
ed by inserting after the words court
houses in the second line of said sec
ton. the following words: with a suit
able room in, each for the county law lib
rary. so that said section shall read as
follows:
town of their county. provide and keep
in repair. court houses with a suitable
room in each for the county law library;
jails with apartments for debtors sepa-
rate from criminals: and fire-prOof build
ingS of brick or stone for the safe keep
ing of records and papers belonging to
the offices of register of deeds and of pro-
bate and of the clerk of the courts, with
separate fire-proof rooms. and suitable
alcoves. cases or boxes for each office
and also any other necessary buildings.
Approved March 16.l
Chapter 1O2.
AN ACT to create Lien upon Monu-
mental Work.
Section l. Whoever under contract in
writing signed by the parties thereto in
duplicate, and stating therein the price
to be paid. as one of the terms thereof.
sells, erects or furnishes any monument,
tablet. headstone. vault. posts, curbing.
or other monumental work shall have Il
lien thereon to secure the payment OF the
same.
Section . Such lien shall continue for
the term Of TWO years, after the time the
Indebtedness for such monument tablet.
headstone. vault. posts. curbing or other
monumental work shall have become due
and payable and shall be enforced by at
tachment within the time aforesaid. and
i'm the manner provided in section forty
two of chapter ninety-one of the revised
statutes: which said attachment shall be
recorded in the town clerks office in The
town in which the property subject to
4 he lien is situated.
Section 3. The lien provided for in this
act shall not apply to any monument
tablet; or headstnne, sold. erected. or FUR
nished. at a price OF thirty dollars or less
Improved March 16.I
Chapter 1903.
AN ACT for the better protection of Fish
WeirS.'
Section !. No person, except the owner
OF person. IN tilsif ~ S,t'ti "'Ii, F'li.ti
set any net or seine within five hundred
feet of the mouth of any weir under Il
penalty of fifty dollars for each oifcnsc
Sertion 9 The owner person i'll
charge of any weir is hereby permitted
to lis., nets and scincS in such weir.
Section g. Fines ana penalties Under
this act may be recovered by complaint
Indictment or action Of debt, for the use
of the county where the proceedings are
commenced and prosecuted.
Improved March 16I
Chapter 10;.
AN ACT to amend Chapter one hundred
and thirty-live of the Public Acts of
Ut eighteen hundred and ninctS-live and
p acts additional thereto relating to the
Salary Of Judge of Municipal Court of
= Bath.
Section one of cha ptrr one hundred ana
thirt y-fivc of the pnblic laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-iire. is hereby
amended by striking out in the eleventh
line. the words .eight hundred" and in
serting instead thereof the words nine
hundred. and by inserting after
the words .'of the office in the
thirteenth line the words provided,
however, that he shall receive in addi-
titn to said salary the legal fees for all
copies of processes and certificates by
him made so that the said section as
hereby amended, shall read as follows:
Section /. A municipal court Is hereby
established in and for the city OF Bath
and the towns of Woolwich, Arrowsic,
Georgetown. Phippsburg and West Bath
IN the county of Sagadahoc, which shall
H., ,olIad tho Rath Municipal Court and