The Republican journal., 1901-03-28
Chapter 1874.

| upon, 1ie
| Chapter 134.
AN ACT to abolish the fees and per diem
/ compensation and establish the salary
| of the Stenographcr of the Superior
| Court for the County of kennebec.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
scmbled as follows:
Section l. The salary of the stenog-
rapher of the superior court for the
county of kennebcc shall be thirteen
hundred dollars per year, payable quar-
| tcrly on the first days of January, April
July and october, which shall be in full
| for all services and fees of every kind.
| Section 2. Whenever said stenographer
| shall make or transcribe from his notes
| any copies of the judges charge, tes-
| timony of witnesses for parties calling for
the same, he shall charge the usual fee
! for 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repealed.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. 2i.1
Chapter I35.
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
| Public Schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Sembled, AS follows:
| 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,
! VIII. 70 assume the control and man
agcmont of all free public schools estab-
! lshed and maintained by gifts or be-
| quests, when said gifts or bequests are
conditioned upon said state superintend
Il,
ment; and il shall be his duty to carry
out the provisions upon which such gifts
or bcquests are conditioned, when said
conditions are approved by the governor
and council. lApproved Feb. q
Chapter 1876
| AN ACT to amend an act entitled IAN
| Act to provide for Printing and Distrib-
| uting Ballots at the public expense, and
| 10 Regulate Voting for State and City
Elections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives, in Legislature as
sembled as follows:
Section l. Section twenty-cisht of chap
| ter one hundred and two OF the public
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one,
| 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 by
/ 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 2S. Meetings for the election of
state. county and municipal officers may
be opened as early six clock in the
forenoon, and in no case shall the polls
be kept open later than five o'clock in the
afternoon, and d 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. [Approved Feb. 81
Chapter 1877
| AN ACT to amend section fortv-seyen of
chapter seventy seven, Of the Revised
(! Statutes. i'll relation to the terms of the
| supreme judicial Court in the County of
| Oxford.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled, as follows:
| Section l. After the first day of Anrn
in the present year, the terms of the Su-
county of oxford, shall be holden at
Paris, in said county, on the second Tues
day of October and on the second Tues
day of March annually, instead of the
, term of court in said county is hereby
| abolished. All recognizances and ali
processes, either civil or criminal, shall
be returnable accordingly. All processes
made returnaDle to and to have day in
said May term, in the present year, sha.i
the continued to and have day i'll the next
term of said court, held in said county,
visions of law, inconsistent with this act,
are hereby repealed.
| Section 2. This act shall take effect
when approved. tApprovcd Feb. 81
Chapter lbs
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
sembled. as follows
| Said section six is hereby amended by
striking out the wt..ds, "at least thirty
days. exclusive of Sundays, previous to
the day of the election for which the
i candidates are nominated and inserting
the following: on or before the tenth day
| in August of each year in which such
| election is held 50 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 All
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 OF
the respective cities at least seven days,
| exclusive of Sundays previous to the day
of such election With nomination pa
pers and certificates shall also be filed
| the consent i'll writing of the person nom-
mated lApproved Feb. ~
Chapter 130.
| AN ACT to amend Section nineteen of
| Chapter one hundred and eighteen of
! the Revised Statutes, relating to Of
/ fenses Against the Lives and Persons of
| Individuals
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House
, of Representatives in Legislature as
| sembled, as follows:
Section nineteen of chapter one hun
dred and eighteen of the revised statutes
is hereby amended by striking out the
words five years i'll the seventh line of
said section. and inserting instead thereof
the words not more than twenty years,
so that said section, as amended, shall
read as follows:
| Section 10. Whoever unlawfully con-
fines or imprisons another, or forcibl2
| transports or carries him out of the
state, or from place to place within it,
! or so seizes. conveys, inveigles, or kid
maps any person, with intent to cause
\ him to be so dealt with; or sells as u
slave, or transfers, for any term of time,
| the service of any person of color, who
| has been SO seized. inveigled or kid
mapped, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than twenty years, or
by fine not cxceedin~ one thousand dol
lars. Indictments for these offenses may
be found and tried in the county where
such person was carried or brought, or
i in the county where the offense was
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