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


other copy of the same with the board of
railroad commissions INV cxtcnsion
of. addition to. or variation from the To-
cation OF any street railroad, organiZc6
under the provisions of this act may h,
made in accordance with and subject TO
the foreSohs provisions provided that no
railroad snail he located across tide wa =
tiers where vessels can navigate unless
special permission of the legislature is
obtained. but no such permission shall be
necessary where such railroad is desired
to cross public bridges already erected
but the authority to determine whether
such crossing shall he permitted shall
rest with the municipal officers of the
cities or towns liable for the repair of
such bridges respectively. who may i'm
pose such conditions and terms upon raj
roads desiring to cross the same as 10
them may seem eNpcdicnt. In case amy
county is liable for the repair of IA bridge
the county commissioners of such count =
shall have authority in the premises
Section ;. When the location of any
street railroad shall have been approveI
as provided by law. the municipal officers
may approve such additional locations for
urnouts and spurs to property used or Ia
nc used by said corpora ton in the oper-
alton of its road as shall be necessary
shall rot be deemed to he extensions nd
dtions or variations within the meaning
of this act
Section C. All proceedings under soctio,
five Of chapter two hundred and forty
nine of the public laws of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-seVen shall he governed
by section SIN of chapter two hundred
and sixty-eiGht of the public laws OF
eighteen hundred and ninety-threc. as
amended by this act and as the sam,
may be amended from time to time
Section !. In all proceedings hereto
fore brought where the railroad commits
sioners have found that public convou-
fence requires the construction of any
road and an appeal therefor shall be
pending at the time this act takes effect
the petitioners in all petitions hereafter
filed for the approval of the location If
hA
railroad commissioners to determine the
issue of public convenience. In any case
where an appeal is now pending the pc
ttioncrs may by proper entry upon the
docket of the railroad commissioners
cause their petition to be dismissed with
out prejudice and begin proceedings un-
der this act de nOVo.
Section s. This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved March 49,
Chapter ISS
AN ACT to amend Section four of CHAN
ter sixteen of the Public Laws of the
year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-fve. entitled An Act to regulate
the alewivc fishery in Pemaquid River -
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of representatives. in Legislature as
semhed as follows:
Section /. Section four of chapter six
teen of the public laws of one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
son unless authorized by said fish com
mittee shall set. and by inserting after
the word or in the same line. the word
use. and by striking out after the word
words shall be used so that said sec
tion. ass amended, shall read follows:
Section T. No person not authoriz ID
by the fish committee of the town of
Bristol. shall he allowed to catch or dis
turb any alewives i'll Pemaquid river
above the flow of the tide. and no per
son, unless authorized by said fish COM
mittee. shall set traps. or use any other
contrivance, tor catching cells, or any
other fish. that shall in any way inter-
fere with the passage either way Of ale
wives. old or young. and any person Vio-
lating this section shall be subject to Il
fine Of tWentN-tiVe dollars. and one dol
lar for each fish SO taken or destroyed.
Section = This act shall take effect
when approved Improved March III
Chapter 1S9.
AN ACT To regulate the salary of CLERK
of Courts of Franklin County
Be IT enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
From and after the first day of April
one thousand nine hundred and one. the
clerk of courts for Franklin county shall
receive an annual compensation of four
hundred dohars. to be paid ont of the
county treasury of said county. quar-
tery on the last days of March June
September and December which shall be
in full payment for all services of said
clerk for which bills have been heretofore
county commissioners of said county; and
in addition to the above. said clerk shall
receive all the other fees of his Office as
established by law.
Improved March 81
Chapter 1870
AN ACT to fix the salary of the Judge of
Probate for kcnnchec County.
be ii enacted by the Senate and ii ouSe
81 REPRESENTATIVES in Legislature as
Sembfed. follows: 2S-. 70
n sal Ia nf 40 lIr1p of
probate for Kennebec county shall be fiji
teen hundred dollars a year instead of
the amount now established by law and
an fees shall be paid to the county treas
Section .. This act shall take effect
from the first day of January, nineteen
hundred and one
Improved March 15.l
Chapter 1871
AN ACT in relation to Railroad Cross
inGS.
lie II enacted by the Senate and House
of representatives in Legislature as
Sembled. as follows:
whenever any railroad company of any
KIND whose tracks are to be constructed
across the tracks of any railroad already
puitt. shall apply to the railroad com
mlssioners to determine in what Emanner
ana under what conditions such crossings
shaii be made. constructed sandts main
tained and how the expense thereof shall!
ne borne and an appeal is taken from
me decision OF the railroad commission
ers thereon. the board of railroad com
missioners may. if they find that pubic
necessity and convenience require it, not
outstanding said appeal, determine the
manner and conditions of construction
and maintenance of such crossing during
the tendency of said appeal or of any
legal proceedings that may delay final
decree on said application and shall issue
the necessary temporary decree therefor
[Approved March 16l
Chapter 1872.
AN act to amend Section fifty-five of
Chapter three of the Revised Statutes
relating to the taking of lands for Pub
lie Parks and Squares.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled. AS follows:
Section fifty-fiVe of chapter three of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by
striking out the word or in the seventh
line thereof and inserting after the word
squares in said seventh line the words
or public library building, so that
said section as amended, will read as fol-
lows:
Section 81. Any town or city: contain
ing more than one thousand inhabitants
upon petition in writing signed by at
least thirty of its tax paying citizens
directed to the municipal officers. de-
scribing the land to be taken as herein
after provided. and the names of the
owners thereof so far as they are known