The Republican journal., 1901-03-28

Section s. Said lax shall be paid in to
the treasurer on or Is,orG inc nfsi aay
fails 70 nav the tax as hereinbefore re-
quired, the treasurer Of the state may
proceed TO collect for the same, with
year, by action of debt in the name Of
the state. Said tax shall be q lien OH
the property of such corporation, ana
on ITS franehis;e anu teenhona pr telc.
graph business by any such association
or person and takes precedence over all
other liens 49,. t - ,.o.u
ors, or their duly authorized agent. shall
have access to the books of any such
corpora ton, association or person. 10 as
certain If the REQUIRED ne aenoras are eop
citation or person operating any tele-
graph or telephone line in this state. and
refusing or neglectlng 70 make me re
the state assessors. or their duly author
lied agent therefor, its or his books for
the purpose aforesaid or making return
o wheh the such retrn
know to be false shall forfeit not less
than one Thousand or more than ten
thousand dollars, 70 DC fec9 Eyer pS IN,
county into which the said telegraph or
| telephone lines extend
Section l. The excise tax collected UNI
upon any corporation therein designated
| upon it's shares OF capital stock and its
| property used in the conduct of its telc-
phone or telegraph business e,n nci trn
ture batteries. Instruments. telegraphie
rand telephone apparatus, telephones and
transmitters used under lease or Incense
or owned by such corporation, association
| or person: provided, however, that the
real estate and also the personal prop.
crty not hercinahcve exempted, owned
| son, Shall DC taxed in the muncipality
| in which the same is situated; but the
amount of the tag assessed upon such
| real estate if owned and actually used by
| in the transaction of their business. shall
be deducted by the state board of assess
| ors from the tax laid under this act. The
assessment of taxes on such real estate
| shall be legal, whether assessed as resi-
| dent or nonresident property.
Section s. This act shall take. effect
when approved Approved March 19.]
Chnnter 202.
| AN ACT to legalizc certain days as
| School Holidays.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled, as follows:
| From and after the passage of this ac7
! Maine, shall be observed as school holi
days, namely: New Years day, Januar,
twenty-five; Memorial day. May thirty
Independence day, July four; Labor holi
day, first Monday in September; Christ
mas day, December tWenty-five; Thanks
giving, Fast and Arbor days. as appointed
| by the governor and council. Provided
| however. that Arbor day shall not BIZ
recognized as school holiday, unles.
purpose for which it is designated by tn
| governor and council All teachers o.
public schools in this state may close
their schools on the days mentioned il
this act and draw pay the same as );
| their schools had been in session upol
| those days. Approved March 10 I
Chapter BOB.
AN ACT to amend Section three o
| Chapter two hundred and sixteen of tn,
| Public Laws of eighteen hundred ans
ninety-three, relating to Conveyance
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous,
Of Representa- ives iin'~ Legislature as
sembled, as follows:
Section three of chapter two hundred
and sixteen of the public laws of eighteei
hundred and ninetv-three. as amended b,
chapter two hundred and ninety-five o
ninety-seven, and by chapters. fortyeig.4
and sevcnty-four of the public laws o
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, il
hereby further amended by inserting
after the word town" in the twenty-firs
line of said section. as amended by chap
| ter. seventy-four of the public laws o
eighteen hundred and .ninety-nine, IN,
lance, so that said section, as amended
| shall read as follows:
Section 3. This act shah not abolish O
change the location of any school legal,
established at the time of its passage
| but any town at its annual meeting, or d
a meeting called for the purpose, ma,
| determine the number and location of it,
schools, and may discontinue them o.
change their location; but such discon
| tinuance or change of location shall b,
made only on the written rccommenda
ton of the experimenting school com
| mittec, and on conditions proper to pre-
| serve the Just rights and privileges o
the Inhabitants for whose benefit sucl
schools were established; provided, how
| ever. that in case of any school having
| as now established, or which shall here
! after have. too few scholars for it's profit
able maintenance, the superintendent.
school committee, may suspend the oper
alton of such school for not more thai
| one year unless otherwise instructed b,
the town. but any public school failing
to maintain an average attendance fo
| shall be and hereby is suspended, unles:
! the town in which said school is locate,
shall by vote instruct its superintendn:
school committee to maintain said school
| The superintendent of schools in eacl
| town shall procure the conveyance of al
public school pupils residing in his town
q part or the whole OF the distance, t
| and from the nearest suitable school, fo
the number of weeks for which school:
are maintained in each year, when suct
pupils reside at such q distance from thi
said school as in the judgment of tn.
experimenting school committee shall
| render such conveyance necessary. Pro
vided. however. that the suoerintcndinE
school committee may authorize tn
| superintendent OF schools, to pay The
board of any pupil or pupils at a suit
able place near any established schoo
| instead of providing conveyance for sale
Epupil or pupils, when i'll their judgmen
| it may be done ut an equal or less OK
| pense than by conveyance.
Approved March 1871
Chapter 2O1.
AN ACT to create a State Department
| OF Agriculture.
! Be it enacted by the Senate and Houst
| of Representatives in Legislature as
| sembled, as follows:
Section !. A state department of agri
| culture for the Improvement Of agricu
| ture and the advancement of the interest:
| of husbandry is hereby established. 4
commissioner of agriculture shall bt
| elected biennially by the legislature by
| joint ballot of the senators and repre-
| sentatives in convention and he shall
! take and subscribe the oath provided by
the constitution of this state, and shall
| hold his office as follows
| The term of Office of said commissioner
| shall be two years and until his successor
| is elected and qualified, except that the
commissioner first elected under this ac
| shall enter upon his duties as such com
| missioner January first, nineteen hun
! dred and two. and shall serve until his
| successor shall be elected by the mex
| legislature and qualified.
He shall give bond in the sum of ter
thousand dollars to the state of Maine