Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-23

the public laws of one thousand ciGn'
hi,hci" "d and ninety, hrce. is ne,sns
amended by striking out. in the iirsi i,,.
i"d;ciai rus. u.s. at any term Of tne sum and by
i.i ils.al oi superior courts. the an
insertihs instead thereof the woru ans
,' H.; ny inserting. after the word H.
s,,nrn m ,n second line. the words: ,tris ol Inc Inc
tnc judicial court also Dy 81
'nt, IN the twelfth lin. the words. n.
snalI receive for his services from ',he ,
cn,,t es y G ha,d t4H county a"d il wh'fn nv the the
cn,,rt ~ no, "eld Inc sum allowed os dnv @
CCoGr.; not exceeding six dollars na y
10, % a..cniahce; six cents mile ior hc,
ha. ,Iavel. and ten cents for every "'"
,"r,'ilt nu1ursd words of the long haila copH
10y 'nSerlinr instead thereof the loiipw- ~
inr, ne Shall receive for his services
Iitcch hundred dollars a year. payable
frs, 'J,'S JnS from the staie treasury on ,,,
~ "aSs 81 January April. JuiF anu
oclobcr which shall lie in fun Tor an
""rv.cSs now legally chargeablc ny nm
10 Ine counties: also by striking out tnt
Word aforesaid in the last line ana
inserting instead thereof the words of
s.h cents ior every one hundred WORDS;
, 30 mat sad section, as amended shan
read as follows:
S"c',on li5. Any Justice Of the supreme
Ju1rc''i court may appoint "A stcnograph
10 ,tp"'t The proceedings thereof. VINO
.,,",. m,',,,, pe an officer of the court; ana ne
|
re Sha'l take fun notes of all oral t"s-
'.hohy, ana other proceedings in the triai
-, i,, ,i, Iause3. INCLUDING the chargc of tn.
ltStlct ani all comments and rulings of
St;G Justice in the presence If the jury
'ihfliiE the progress of the trial. as well
~ II statements ana arguments OF coun-
80 oitSSeu 70 the court. ana inrnlSh
ior tnt use OF the court or any party in
'r'rN'cu, a TAR lcgible. long hand copy
ol ;" in'lch of his notes as may bc re
CURED. lie shall receive for his services
Il df... II
Iuar'cflF from the state treasury on the
lirst days of January. April. July and
october, which shall be in full Tor all
services ,e re-. now legally chargeablc by him
u copy of so much of the evidence and
other proceedings, taken by him rs
tiiher party to the trial requests. on
payment therefor by such party at tn.
rate f 'en cents Tor every one hundred
words lApproved March 20.J
Chapter ..:
An Act IN relation to Corporations ara to
provide Tor Il revenue thercfrom.
ic IL cnactcd by tho Senate and House
hlr'i. as follows:
section /. Every corporation incorpo
rated under the laws of this state, except :
IN. '''iGl"nS, Charitable educational and
"'li''N"itht corporations and cXcenting
such corporations as may be organized
'h'i'r cnapttr hfty-fiVc of the revised
~ ut's. ara snch corporations as are Ii
apit u a franchise tax under some other
law o' TINS state. and such corporal ions
as hav. beer ~ may hereafter b, excused
rom ming annual returns under the pro-
VISIONS 81 section thirty-SiN Of chapt.r
'of'N N-SiA 'i me revised stdtut"s. 90 long
ns i.S franchises remain unused. shan.
"i ,,T peiorc the first day OF June. an
hnaiN. nj" in the office nf the secretary
81 stale. return Sigrcd BY it's prcSjd.n,
H treasurer verified under oath. con-
tanning the names of its directors prcSj-
ucft. treasurer and clerk with the. resi-
don' /" of each. the location al it's principal
Hitr IN inns state. and the amount Of its
tt'ii"ri2Td capital stock, and for this pur-
rosc the secretary Of state shall furnish
nianhs IN proper form ana safely keen in
MS 1f'ce all such returns. Every cor
poratioE falling to comply with tn pro-
visions of this section shah forfeit to the
state two hundred dollars To be rcc0y-
ered WIN cpstS in an action OF deb, tc hr
prosecuted in the name Of the state bv
thr attorney general
section .. II shall bc the duty of tho
secretary u1 state. on or before the frs,
day OF July, annually. tc furnish the at
trTneN general with 2 statement showing
which of said corporations II any haN"
failed to comply with section ono hereof.
WIN >lch other memoranda from his of-
nc" HS VIII did the attorney general in
containing rervice upon such delInur"n'
c1rro ration. Tn attorney general shall
promptly prosecute such delinquent cor
porations and make itcmized return
thereof in hiS annual report
Section >. Every corporation incorpo
rated under the laws of this state. cXceni
suVh as are excepted by section on,. 81
!nls act: shall pay au annual franchise
tax OF five dollars. provided the author
'Z"u ctnt?l OF said corporation does not
tNc"@i nifty thousand dollars. OF ten dol
iars provided said authorized capital
STOCK exceeds tifty thousand dollars md
HuS nos exceed two hundred thousand
doiiarS, OF twenty-five dollars. provided
said authorized capital exceeds two hun
GREG thousand dollars, and does not cx-
ceed iiy@ hundred thousand dollars. Of
tity dollars. provided said authorized
capital excecdc five hundred Thousand
dollar, and does not exceed one million
d"iIrs. ana the further sum of twcnfv-
nvG dollar per anut,rn per one million
""llnrs; or any. part thereof. in excess or
"ne million dollars.
section 1. Tho state board Of asSn,.or,
Ehdll, on or before the first day of july
annually, assess tn" annual franchise tax
pf"Nii"d Tor by section three or this All
upon the authorized capital stock of zach
"t Saii corporations and shall certify ana
report the same ia the secretary of state
VINO snail thereupon notify each of said
'"fnpr'i lions of the amount ri said tax
= assessed T. If, and such tax shall become.
uic ana payable from said corporatinu
INTO IN" stat, treasury. on the first day of
September thereafter
section >. Such tax shall be a d, ht duo
iion such corporation Ia the state for
"hlcn an action Of debt may be main
tal'ted utter the Same shall have been in
srch tax Sh1ll also bo preferred Il. bt n;
case of insolvency under The laws of this
state. or IN any process Of liquidation in
it; courts
section .. If any corporation liable 10
taxation under this act shall for one wear
neglect or refuse to pay to the state any
TAX or penalty assessed against il under
mus act, Its charter shall be liable To for
uro rs hCrainaftpr provided
Section !. 1t shall be the duty of the
state treasurer. whenever any tax due
ui"iSr TINS act from any company shall
nave remained in arrears for n period of
SIX months after the same shall have he
come payable to report the same To the
attorney general who shall forthwith an
ply to the supreme judicial court in equity
IN tho name of the state. for the forfeit
Gre al the charter of such delnuuent cor
1orAtiGn. and said court shall order such
notice to all parties interested as it NAV
C"em proper and shall have Jurisdiction
IN SAID cause to appoint receivers issue
in1unctions ard pass interlocutory de
crees and orders according to the usual
tollrSH OF proceedings in equity and to
make such final orders and DEGREES as the
nature OF the case may require.
Section = Section seventeen of chapter
foT;y-eight Of the revised statutes, as
ty-nine of the public laws of eichtecr
hundred and nincty-cna. is hereby furthe-.
amended by striking out the words. nor
more than ten million" so that said sec
non seventeen. as amended shall read as
follows: '
Section II. Their first meeting shall be
called by one or more of the signers of
said articles. by giving notice thereof.
stating he time placp and n,irpoco,, ,f