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CHAPTER so.

AN ACT amendatory and additional to Chap.
ter forty-seven Of Revised Statutes, relating
to Savings Banks.
Section l. Section ninety.two of chapter
forty seven of the revised statutes, as amended
by section one of chapter one hundred and forty.
two of the public laws of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven and chapter one hundred
and fifty-nve of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and eighty nine, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the words national
bank" in the fifth line. the words trust com.
pany or other banking institution so that
said section, as amended, shall read as follows
Section 82. The Officers OF every such corpor.
alton shall consist Of president, treasurer,
and, when in the opinion of the trustees neces-
sary, vice-president and an assistant treas
urer, and not less than i've trustees, not more
than two of whom shall be directors In any
ono national bank, trust company. or other
banking institution, who shall elect from their
number or otherwise such other oficers as
they see 1T
Section .. Section ninety-nine of chapter
forty.seven of the revised statutes, as amended
by chapter fifty of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-one, is hereby further
amended so as to read Us follows;
Section 90. Such corporation may receive on
deposit, for the use and benefit of depositors,
sums of money offered tor that purpose; but
shall not receive from any one depositor,
directly or indirectly, over two thousand dol.
lars, and no interest shall be paid to any one
depositor for any amount OF deposit, all divi.
dends included. exceeding said sum, except
for deposits OF widows, orphans. administra.
tors, executors, guardians, chexitaole institu-
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CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to amend Chapter two hundred and
ninety five of the Public Laws OF eighteen
hundred aud ninety seven, relating to dis
continuing schools and conveying school
children.
Chapter two hundred and ninety-fve of tho
public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
seven Is hereby amended by striking out the
word sixteenth" in the fifth line Of section
one of said chapter and inserting in place
thereof, the word fifteenth. SO that said Sec
ton one of chapter two hundred and ninety
i've, as amended, shall read as follows:
Section /. Section three of chapter eleven
of the revised statutes, as amended by sections
two and three Of chapter two hundred and
sixteen Of the public laws Of eighteen hundred
and ninety three, is hereby amended by strik.
ing out all of said section after the word
clown" in the fifteenth line thereof and adding
but any public school failing to maintain an
average attendance for any school year Of as
least eight pupils shall be and hereby is sus-
pended, unless the town in which said school
is located shall by vote instruct its superin.
tending school committee to maintain said
school. The superintendent of schools in each
town shall procure the conveyance of all pub
lie school pupils residing in his town, to and
from the nearest school. for the number Of
weeks for which schools are maintained In
each year. when such pupil resides at such a
distance from the said school as to render such
conveyance necessary
Approved March Ill
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frst line thereof the wcrds 'or ssid ,ndivi.
dual : by inserting sitter the word "bequesr'
In the third line thereof the word. 'or cendi.
tional gift by inserting after the word sbe.
quest in the nth line thereof the words ,or
"wili'' in the NH line thereof the words .or
the terms OF said conditional gtft;' by insert.
ing amer the word "will'' in the eighth line
thereof the words or said conditional GIN
by inserting after the word "boquest' in the
ninth line thereof the words or conditional
gift by striking out the word gift" In the tenth
line thereof. and by inserting. amer the word
"beauest" in the tenth line thereof, the words
or conditional gift;' by inserting. after the
word twill" In the thirteenth line thereof, the
words COR said conditional sift;' by striking
out the word gift" In the thirteenth line
thereof, and inserting the words 'or condi.
tional gift' after the word "bequest'' in tho
fourteenth line thereof, by striking out tho
word "gifts" In the ffteenth line thereof and
inserting the words and gifts' after the word
"bequests" in the fifteenth line thereof; by
striking out the wordI'given" in the sixteenth
line thereof; by striking out the word "and"
the third word in the sixteenth line thereof
and by inserting the words 'or given after the
word "bequeathcd" In the sixteenth line
thereof; SO that said section, rs amended,
shall read as follows:
Section g Whenever the executors or
trustees or said individual. under any win
have fully discharged their duties respecting
the payment, delivery or otherwise of any de.
wise or beQuest, or conditional gin, to said
city or town, and said city or town have 90
cepted said devise and bequest or conditional
gift in accordance with the conditions Of said
will or the terms of said conditional gift AZ set
forth in section one of this chapter. then said
city or town shall perpetually comply, and
strictly maintain and keep all the conditions
and terms contain ed in said viii or said condi.
tional gift by virtue of which said devise or
bequest or conditional gift was so made, and
any city or town 30 accepting said devise or
bequest, or conditional gift and receiving the
same, or enjoying the benefits therefrom, is
hereby authorized to raise money to carry In.
to effect the requirements and terms OF said
will or said conditional gift by virtue of
which said devise or bequest or conditional
gift was so accepted and received. The pro-
visions OF this chapter shall apply only to de.
vises and requests and gifts, devised and
bequeathed or given TO cities and towns for
educational, benevolent and charitable pur.
poses and objects, or for the care, protection,
repair and Improvement of cemeteries owned
by said ctties or towns
Sections This act shall take effect when ap.
proved. tApproved Mar. 81
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CHAPTER %.

| An ACT to amend Section three OF Chapter
two hundred and sixteen Of the Public Laws
OF eighteen hundred and ninety three as
amended by Section one, Chapter two hun
bred and ninety i've of the Public Laws oil
eighteen hundred and ninety seven, relating
to disseminating schools and conveying
school children.
Section /. Section three of chapter two hun
dred and sixteen of the public laws Of eighteen
hundred and ninety.three is hereby further
amended by inserting after tho word "neces
sary" in the last line OF said section as amended
by section one, chapter tvo3 hundred and
ninety five of the public laws Of eighteen hum
bred and ninefy.sevsn the words provided
however, that the experimenting school com.
mittee may authorize the superintendent OF
schools to pay the board of any scholar or
scholars at suitable place near any established
school instead of providing conveyance for
| said scholar or scholars when in their judgment
1t may appear feasible to do So so that said
section. as amended, shall read as follows
Section 8. This act shall not abolish or
change the location OF any school legally estab
lished at the time of Its passage; but any town
at its annual meeting, or Mt meeting called
for the purpose, may determine the number
| and location ofits schools and may discontinue
them or change their location; but such discon-
tinuance or change of location shall be made
only on the written recommendation of the
experimenting school committee, and on con-
ditions proper to preserve the Just rights and
privileges of the inhabitan for whose benefit
| such schools were established; provided, how.
ever, that in case of any school having as now
| established, or which shall hereafter have, too
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CHAPTER So.

AN ACT fos the better protection of Ship Mas
ters and seamen.
Section l. Whoever entlces or persuades Oh
attempts to entice or persuade, or aids, assists
or attempts to aid or assist a member of the
crew OF any vessel arriving in or about to sail
from port in this state to leave or desert such
vessel before the expiration Of his term Of SER
Woe therein, shall forfeit sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars for each ofYense and be
punished by imprisonment for not more than
six months nor less than thirty days, at the
discretion of the court.
gsectiona. Municipal courts and trial justices
shall have original jurisdiction in all cases
aslsiAg under thisact. approved Mar, 81
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CHAPTER IS.

AN ACT in relation to Corporations issuing
contracts for annuities commencing In the
future.
All corporations, whether incorporated in
this state or elsewhere, which Issue contracts
whereby such corporations, In consideration OF
premium TO be paid annually or otherwise,
agree to pay an annuity commencing in the
future, or sum fixed or to be ascertained by
given methods. are hereby made subject. in
relation to doing business In this state, to all
the provisions of law relating 70 life insurance,
except so far as relates to taxation.
ilApproved Mar. io.1
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CHAPTER II.

AN ACT to amend Chapter one hundred and
thirty.fve Of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety five and acts additional
thereto, relating to the Bath Municipal Court.
Section /. Section three of chapter one hun.
lred and thirty.hve OF the public laws OF
eighteen hundred and ninety-fve is hereby
stricken out and the following section is in.
serted in its steads
of simple larcenies when the property alleged
to be stolen shall not exceed in value, ffty dol.
lars, and of offenses described In sections ak.
seven and nine of chapter one hundred and
twenty Of the revised statutes, and In sections
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CHAPTER As.

AN ACT relating to the jurisdiction Of the Su
perior Court for the County of Kennebec.
Section L Whenever an indictment for muir
der is found by the grand jury in the superior
court for the county Of Kennebec the clerk OF
said court shah certify and transmit the In
dlctment TO the supreme judicial court for said
county at the next term thereof, when and
where 1t shall DO entereds and said supreme
judicial court shall have cosnizance and juris,
diction thereof and proceedings shall be had
thereon in the same manner as II the indict
ment had been found in that court.
Section .. All acts and parts of acts inconsis.
tent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Section 8. This act shall take effect March
thirty.one, eighteen hundred aud ninety-nine.
[Approved Mar. 81
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CHAPTER 40.

AN ACT to establish a Naval Reserve as o
Maine.
Section l. There may be allowed, in addition
to the national guard of the state of Maine as
provided in section twenty-six, chapter two
hundred and sixty-six of the laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety.three. a naval reserve, to
consist in time of peace Of not more than one
battalion, and in time Of war, insurrection. in
vasion, or imminent danger thereof of a
brigade of not more than two battalions.
Section 2. The naval reserve shall be part
of the national guard of the state OF Maine,
and shall be raised and organized In the same
manner as the land forces. but 1t shall not be
attached to any organization of land troops
unless specially ordered by the oommander-in-
chief
Section 8. In time of peace the authorized
battalion may consist of not more than four
divisions and an engineer division.
Section l. To battalion there shall be one
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS who shall be chief of
battalion, one lieutenant, who shall be chief OF
stan executive ofieer and equipment ofioer,
one lieutenant. Junior grade, who shall be
battalion adjutant, ordnance and navigating
oficer, ono paymaster and an assistant sur.
geon, each with the relative rank of lieutenant,
junior grade.
Section o. To each line division there shall
be one lieutenant who shall be chief OF di-
vision. ono lieutenant, Junior grade, one en-.
sign, and not more than fifty six petty officers
and men. To each engineer division there
shall be one lieutenant, Junior grade, one en-.
sign, and not more than twenty-five petty
officers and men. To each division and corps
there shall be suoh petty officers as the CON-
mander inc may prescribe.
section 9. The system Of administration and
instruction OF the naval reserve shall conform,
as nearly as possible, to that of the navy of
the United States. Duty shall be performed
ahoat when possible. When not otherwise
provided for, the government OF the naval re-
serve shall be according to the laws and regu-
lations now or hereafter governing the national
guard of the state. The divisions of the naval
reserve shall be considered the equivalent OF
companies Of infantry.
Section. The pay of officers and petty OIL
GERS mentioned in the preceding sections
shau be same as that of ofhoers and non-com-
missioned officers OF the same relative grade
In the land forces Of the state. Seamen shall
receive the same pay as privates of infantry.
Section 8. The rank Of officers given In the
preceding sections is naval rank and has the
same relation TO rank in the land forces Of the
state as rank In the navy Of the United States
has to that in the army. The relative rank Of
petty officers in the naval reserve and non
commissioned officers In the land forces of the
state will be as fixed by the commsnder,in.
chief. seamen correspond to privates OF In.
fantry.
Section Q. This act shall take effect when
approved. lApproved Mar. g.
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AN ACT to create lien upon Hay for the Gu
ting and pressing thereof.

AN ACT to create lien upon Hay for the cut
ting and pressing thereof.
Section I. Whoever iabors In cutting or bar
vesting hay has q lien on all the hay cut OF
harvested by him and his co-laborers for the
amount due for his personal services and the
services performed by his team. which take;
precedence Of all other claims except liens re
served to the state, continues for thirty day.
after the last Of such services are performed
and may be enforced by attachment.
Section 9. Whoever presses hay has a lien on
all the hay so pressed for the amount due fol-
such pressing which takes precedence Of ali
other claims except liens reserved to the state
and the lien specified in the first section Of this
act. continues for thirty days after said pres
sing is completed and may be enforced By
attachment. Approved Mar. lo.l
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CHAPTER 60.

AN ACT to increase the salary of the Register
of Probate OF the County Of Knox.
Section l. On and after the first day OF jan
uary in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety nine, the salary Of
the register OF probate of the county Of Knox
shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars per
annum instead of the sum now established by
law.
Section O. This act shall take effect when
approved [Approved March ILL.,
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one and four Of chapter one hundred and
twenfysix Of the revised statutes, whore the
value Of the property does not exceed nfty dol
lars, Of ofcnses described In section four Of
chapter one hundred and thirty-two OF the
revised statutes. where they are not Of n high
and aggravated nature. and on conviction, may
punish by hne not exceeding fiffy dollars. or by
imprisonment In the county jail for term not
exceeding six months. and all violations Of the
tramp law. and of ofenses described In sec.
ton four of chapter ono hundred and forty one
OF the revised statutes, and on conviction, may
be punished by imprisonment IN the city or
county house of correction, not exceeding six
months
Section 3. Section thirteen ofsaid act Is here.
by amended by striking out In the third line,
the word :" monthly" land inserting instead
thereof the words In the same manner ~ re-
quired by law Of trial Justices; and by striking
out in the fourth line the word "monthly" and
inserting instead thereof the word quarterly.
so that said section a. hereby amended, shall
read as follows:
section ls. All fines and penalties awarded
and collected by said court In criminal Gases
shall be accounted for and paid over In the
same manner as required by law Of trial Jus
tees; and all fees in both civil ana criminal
cases received by said court shall be paid
quarterly into tho city treasury for the use Of
the said city approved Mar. 81
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CHAPTER 20.

AN ACT to amend Section sixty five of Chap
ter seventy of the Revised Statutes, rs
amended by Chapter one hundred and one
of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
niroty.one, relating to fees in Insolvency
Proceedings
Section !. Section sixty-nyo of chapter
seventy of the revised statutes, as amended by
chapter one hundred and one of the public
laws of of eighteen hundred and ninety-one,
Is hereby further amended, so that said section
siNty-hve as amended, shall read as follows t
Section IS. The fees of all officers, the COM
pensation of assignees,and of judges and regis
ters of probate, under this chapter, shall be
established by the supreme judicial court, and
shall be paid out of the estates II there are
sufficient assetsj II there are not sufficient
assets for the payment of the tees, costs, and
expenses of the insolvency proceedings, the
person upon whose petition the warrant is
Issued shall pay the same, and the court Of in.
solvency, after thirty days notice In writing,
by the court, TO him, or his attorney Of record.
may issue an execution against him to com
pei payment to the register. Said executions
shall be under the seal of the court issuing the
same, bear the teste of the Judge, be signed by
the register, issued In the name of the assig.
nee, and shall be for the full amount Of an I'M
paid fees, costs, and expenses, IN the proceed
tngs, dne the oficers, assignee, Judge and
register, and shall run against the body
Section Q. This act shall apply to all cases
now pending Approved Mar 81
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OHAPTER a.

AN AOr 10 amend Chapter eleven Of the Pub
lie Laws Of eighteen hundred and eighty.
seven, authorizing cities and towns TO accept
legacies, devises and requests, and TO raise
money.
Section /. Section one Of chapter eleven OF
the public laws Of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven is hereby amended ~ follows by
inserting after the word twill" IN che nth line
thereof the words 'or by any Individual, that
he intends to make q conditional gift; by
striking out the words conditional gin" In
the twelfth and thirteenth lines thereof and
inserting the words or conditional GIT after
the word "bequesr' in the thirteenth line
thereof by inserting after the word "bequest''
in the fourteenth line thereof the words 'or
conditional gift;' by inserting after the word
''testator" In the sixteenth line thereof the
words Tor by said individual' by inserting
after the word "trustees' in the eighteenth line
thereof the words 'or individually SO that said
section, as amended, shall read as follows;
Section /. Whenever the municipal officers
of any city or town are notified in writing by
the executors OF any will, or by the trustees
created by virtue of the terms thereof. that a
devise or bequest has been made upon condi-
lions by the testator of said viii or by any
tional gift, in behalf of satd city or town the
municipal officers of said city or town, shall,
within sixty days after said notice to them,
call 3 legal meeting OF the inhabitants of said
oity or town qualified TO vote upon city OF
town affairs. Said municipal officers shall give
public notice in their warrants. of the objects
of said meeting, and such other notice as said
municipal officers shall deem proper. At such
meeting, the said inhabitants shall vote upon
the acceptance of said devise or bequest or con-
ditional gift, and If majority of the legal
voters present, then and there vote to accept
said devise or bequest or conditional gin, in
accordance with the terms contained In said
will, and upon the conditions made by the
testator or by said individual, said municipal
officers of said city or town, shall forthwith
notify said executors or trustees, or individ-
ual, In writing, OF said acceptance by said city
or town aforesaid, the non-acceptanoe
thereof
Section ?. Section two of chapter eleven of
the public laws of eighteen hundred and
eightyseven is hereby amended as follows;
by inserting alter the word "trustees" in the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-26

foggo- editor proposes to probe things in
general to the bottom. Lynx-eyed,
from his perch he scans the horizon IN
quest Of the wrong doing of his people.
Alas, with bowed head, and a shower OF
tears, he cries aloud. Woe is me, the
jugs of wrath shall be poured upon
you, as tropical shower on Philip
pine soldier. You have fersaken your
gods, and the hand that has guided yon
is turned against you, as mother
spanks bad babe, so shall thy hand
caress you" 23d verse, 1st chapter OF
the only James.-And with renewed
vigor he dabs his pen in the pot of
gall. CITIZEN.
w. H. Adams, of st. Clairsville, was
here yesterday.
bridgegoro Springs, where he gained
ten pounds in so many days.
The rainy weather made it disagree
able yesterday for street fair prepara-
tons but the work went bravely on.
Mrs. Matte Kelley and niece, Miss
Matte Heatherington, are expected
home from Chicago Wednesday.
Conductor Bion Champney and En-
gineer E. j. Lewis, of the c. & P,
We're attending court at Steubenville
yesterday in the suit of the Kelley
Coal Company VS.. Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company.
Miss Ida May Campbell, of Pittsburg,
is the guest of Miss Alma Archer, OF
the Second ward.
Flags, bunting and banners will be
in much evidence in the city to-day.
Kohen, the young Samson who will
do the strong-man feats at the fair,
was about the town yesterday making
friends and interesting every one.
William Price, engineer on the p, o.
V. &C. accommodation, is off for few
days vacation and will attend the con-
gressional convention at Steubenville
to-day
Mrs. w. M. Mccoy. of the Fifth ward,
is visiting relatives at West Alexander.
Several factories will suspend to-
morrow Afternoon to permit the en-
ployes to take part in the parade
Many of the merchants were busy
decorating yesterday.
School children under II years will
be admitted to the fair during the
afternoons for cents.