Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-23
Chapter 1874.

BE II enacted by the Senate and House
OF representatives in Legislature as
Sembled as follows:
Section l. The salary of the stenog-
rapher of the superior court for the
county of kennebec shall be thirteen
hundred dollars per year, payable quar-
terly on the first days of January, April.
July and October. which shall be in full
for all services and fees of every kind
Section >. Whenever said stenographer
shall make or transcribe from his notes
any copies of the judges charge. tcs-
timony of witnesses for par les calling for
the same. he shall charge the usual fee
Tor such services to the party for whom
he renders these services. and certify the
same to the clerk of said court and said
clerk shall collect the same and pay them
over to the county treasurer.
Section 3. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act. SO far as the
superior court is concerned. are hereby
repealed. approved Jan. a
Chapter 135.
AN ACT to amend Section one hundred
and four Of Chapter eleven of the Re
vised Statutes of Maine. relating to the
duties of the State Superintendent OF
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Section one hundred and four of chap
ter eleven of the revised statutes is here
by amended as follows: after paragraph
seven of said section insert.
H.
aSement of all free public schools estah-
liShed and maintained by gifts or be
quests. when said gifts or requests are
conditioned upon said state supcrintcnd-
ent assuming such control and manage
ment; and it shall be his duty to carry
out the provisions upon which such gifts
or bequests are conditioned. when saiu
conditions are approved by the governor
ana council Approved Feb. u
Chapter 1876
AN ACT to amend an act entitled An
Act to provide for Printing and DiStrib-
utlnS Ballots at the public expense and
to Regulate Voting for State and City
Elections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Semblcd, as follows:
Section l. Section twCnty-eight of chap
ter. one hundred and two OF the pubic
acts of eighteen hundred and ninetv-onc.
entitled An Act to provide for printing
and distributing ballots at the public ex-
pense. and TO regulate voting for State
and city elections. is hereby amended nv
striking out the word eight in the sec
ond line of said section. and substituting
therefor the word six SO that said sec
ton, as amended. shall read as follows:
Section %. Meetings for the election of
state, county and municipal officers may
be opened as early as six o'clock in the
forenoon, and in no case shall the polls
be Kept open later than five O'Clock in the
afternoon. and notice of the time of
opening and closing shall be given in the
warrant calling the meeting
Section 2. TINS act shall take effect
when approved. IApprovcd Feb. 81
- Chapter 49,.
AN ACT to amend section forty-sevcn of
Chapter Serenty-seven. of the Revised
Statutes. in relation to the terms of the
Supreme Judicial Court in the County of
Oxford 49,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives in Legislature as
sembled. as follows:
Section l. After the first day of Anrl
IN the present year. the terms of the ST.
premc Judicial Court within and for the
county of Oxford, shall be holden at
3sariss IN said county. on the second Tues
daxsaf sQctober.and on the second Tues
.day Of March annually. instead of the
terms now provided by law. and the May
ferm1 of sc0urxe in said county is hereby
abolished All recognizances and all
processes. sffther civil or criminal. shall
sbe Eeturnable accordingly. All processes
made returnable to and to have day in
safd May term, in the present year. shat
beeoptinued to and have day in the next
term of said court. held in said county.
as If made returuable thereto. All pro-
visions of law, inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
s Section 2. This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved Feb. 81
Chapter 1:S
AN ACT to amend section six of chapter
two hundred and sixty-seven of lie
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety-three, entitled AN Act to pro-
vide for the Printing and Distributing
Ballots at the Public Expense and to
regulate voting for State and City
Elections
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Said section six is hereby amended by
striking out the wo.-ds. lat least thirty
days. exclusive of Sundays, previous to
the day of the election for which the
la DC lrn in aI' md "
the following: on or before the tenth day
in August of each year in WHICH such
election is held so that said section, as
amended. shall read as follows:
Section 6. Certificates of nomination
and nomination papers for the nomina-
ton of candidates for state and county
officers and representatives to the legiS-
lature shall be filed with the secretary
of state on or before the tenth day in Au
gust of each year in which such election
is held. Such certificates and papers for
the nomination of candidates for the Of
fees of mayor and all other offices IN
cities shall be filed with the city clerks or
the respective cities at least seven days,
exclusive of Sundays. previous to the day
pers and certificates shall also be filed
the consent in writing of the person NOM
mated. Approved Feb. ~
Chapter I39.
AN ACT to amend Section nineteen of
Chapter one hundred and eighteen OF
the Revised Statutes. relating TO Or
lenses Against the Lives and Persons of |
Individuals.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House |
of Representatives in Legislature as |
Sembled. as follows:
Section nineteen of chapter one nun |
dred and eighteen of the revised statues |
is hereby amended by striking out the
words five years in the seventh line OF
said section. and inserting instead thereof |
the words not more than twenty years. |
so that said section, as amended, shiit |
read as follows:
Section 10. Whoever unlawfully CON |
fines or impriSons another, or forcipiE |
transports or carries him out of the |
state, or from place to place within IT, |
or so seZes, conveys. inveigles, or KID
maps any person. with intent to cause |
HIM to be so dealt with or sells as ii /
slave. or transfers. for any term OF time,
the service of any person of color Who
has been so seized. invegled, or KID |
mapped. shall be punished by imprisoA- I
ment for not more than twenty years, or ,
by a fine not eXceedin~ one thousand dol-
lars. Indictments for these offenses ma!
be found and tried in the county |here
such person was carried or brought or
in the county where the offenSe Wds
committed; and on trial the consent OF |
such person shall not be a defense. unitSS
it appears that it was not obtained u!
fraud, threats. or dureSs.
lApproved Feb. s.