The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28


bienrially incorporate the result Of their
/ Iut est, 2dtion aud Inquiry In their annual
| report .nuds prior To each !, glsiatiVe seS-
! s.oH AID ,ecO'nmend therein such Inodi-
] heatlo changes aud additions In the
! tax Htw OF tins STATE ~ may scesn adei--
abi" ar neeeS,ary to are a more Just
uni "aaita de system Of taxation.
secd"a :. Thia al shall TAKE eff,ct
when apln owed.
fApproyca March -
Chapter 2di.
An Act to fix the compensation If the
county Commissioners of III" County of
/ AndrCscoggin.
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
Of u pt"sent1tives H. Legislature assen-
hla'i. rs follows:
Section From and after the first
| Tuesday of April In he year Of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and one. The
| pay nf each county commissioner ~ the
| county Of AudroseogEtn shall be- three
dollars for each day employed In he ser-
vice Of the county md travel as now
! fixed by law,
section 2 This act shall take effect
when approved. tApurayed March =
Chapter 2d2.
| An Act to amend IA pIrr sixty-six af the
public laws Of eighteen hundred and
Of MgniaipaI ana fo6re e comff ,1''' '''''
! lte II enacted by the senate and House
! o. krpre seatatives IN Legislature assem-
! bled, IS follows.
Chapter sixty-six Of the public laws Of
! eighteen hundred and ninety-nine Is here
by amended 30 as To read as follows:
! y municipal or police court shall not
h. Jurisdiction In any civil matter I'M
| ! s. tho defendant resides within the
| Hauty in which such Is established. or
/ is - nonresident Of the state md has
personal service within the county, or n
party summoned as trustee resides with
in the county or property OF the defend
ant Is attached within the county. in
| which such court Is established. But In
case of such personal service, trustee or
| attachment such court shall have 1urls-
| dictiOn to the amount of the eSta bliShed
Jurisdiction Of such municipal or police,
| court. Improved March ~
Chapter 263
AN ACT to prevent the shooting Of hu-
man beings by persons In pursuit of
| game and game birds.
! BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representative In Legislature az
sembled. as follows:
| trip, or In the pursuit of wild game or
game birds. negligently or carelessly
shoots and wounds, or Kills any human
| not exceeding ten years. or by fine no.
| exceeding one thousand dollars.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
| county attorney and sheriff In tlfe county
In which violation of the foregoing sec
ton occurs. to forthwith investigate and
prosecute every person who therein vo-
| lates The provisions Of this act. and for
| failing 81 ~ Investigate and prosecute,
each Of esnid officers shall be liable to a
fine Of not exceeding one thousand dol
| lars, and 10 be removed from Office.
Approved March %
Chapter 2O4
An Act TO amend Chapter eighty-one Of
| the Public Laws Of eighteen hundred
and ninety.hve. relating To certain
| property ordained for pious uses the
legal custodian OF which IL unknown
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
Of representatives In Legislature assem-
bled az follows:
Chapter eighty-one OF the public laws
of eighteen hundred and nlnety-hye Is
hereby amended by inserting after the
word patriotic also after the word I'm
tended" In the sixth line, the words or
for some public or patriotic purpose; also
after the word "Intended" In the fifteenth
line the words or some public or patrlo
tic purpose" also after the word 'relg-
ious." In the sixteenth line, the words
or patriotic also I'm the nineteenth line.
after the word "plous." the words public
or patriotic. 80 that when amended the
chanter shall read as follows:
| Where any property In this state ded-
icnted and ordained for pious uses. has
no proper or legal custodian, so that II IL
becoming wasted and the utility thereof
Is lost, upon the application of any per-
ested In having such property preserved
and applied To the uses for which 1t was
originally intended or for some public or
patriotic purpose. the attorney general
shall file n bill In equity In the nature of
an information. against such property
and nj. persons Interested therein pray
Ing for the appointment Of trustees to
care for such property and for the proper
application and disposition thereof, and
the court may order snch notice as seems
proper, and may appoint receivers or
trustees therefor and upon final decree,
may order the care custody. sale, appli-
cotton or DISPOSAL OF such property as VIII
best serve the purposes for which II wns
originally intended. or some public or pat
rotic purpose. The court may convey or
transfer such property to any religious
or patriotic body. to be held and applied
for the purposes of such trust as the
, court may declare; and 1t shall nave iuli
, power to treat care for and dispose of the
, same in furthcrance of such pious, pub
lie or patriotic uses az may seem best
suited to the case and situation
tApproved March y.
Chapter EOS.
AN ACT to repeal Section slxty-two Of
Chapter twenty seven of the Revised
Statutes as amended by Section seven
of Chapter three hundred and sixty,slx
Of the Public Laws of eighteen nun
dred and eighty-iive relating to Stat"
BE Il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. In Legislature as
Section /. Section slxty-two of chapter
twenty-seyen of the revised statutes az
amended by section seven OF chapter
three hundred and sixty-sx of the public
laws OF eighteen hundred and eighty-flve
H. hereby repealed.
section 2. This act shall take effect
Improved March 22l
Chapter roo
AN ACT to secure the preservation of
the Testimony given In Trials for Muir
| der.
Be II enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature assem-
bled. as follows:
| Section ]. That whenever any person
is convicted OF murder copy of the In
dlctment, plea, evidence and charge OF
the presiding Justice. certified by the of
fetal stenogra pher. shall be filed with the
clerk OF the court where such trial IL held.
Section 2. Where the court stenograph.
| cr Ia paid an annual salary the making
| and filing OF said copy will be without
extra compensation, otherwise to be paid
| for by the county, and this act shall not
apply to cases where motion for new trial
Is filed. lApproved March %.
Chapter POT
| AN ACT to amend Chapter two hundred
| and nlnety-six OF the Public Laws of
eighteen hundred and eighty-tlve. relat.
! ing to Evidence OF Witnesses at C,r-
oners Inquests.
| BE II enacted by the Senate ana House
OF Representatives In Legislature as
sembled. as follows:
| Chapter two hundred and ninety-six Of
| the public laws of eighteen hundred and
| eighty-fye IL hereby amended by adding
| the following: coroners may employ "A
| stenographer for the purpose of taking
such evidence who shall receive the same
| compensation AS IL provided for stenog-
| rapherS of the supreme judicial court
/ hat IN n hn m NJ NM oil an IN