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

which parent any of them shall live. al
ter its decree from time to time as cir
cumstanccS require: change the name of
the wife. at her request; and in ex-
Ccutiou of the powers given il in this
chapter may employ any compulsory
process which il seems proper, by eX-
ocution, attachment or other effcctual
form Improved Feb. PSI
Chapter 49,
AN ACT in relation to the compensation
of the Sheriff of the County of oxford,
establishing Il salary.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembicd as follows:
Section |. The sheriff of the county of
oxford from and after the first day OF
Janunrv in the wear of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and one. snail re-
ceive from the treasury of said county an
annual salary of three hundred dollars.
in quarterly payments on the last days of
March June, September and December,
instead of the compensation provided in
section twenty-three OF chapter eighty OF
the revised statutes, and 1t Is further
provided that the sheriff of said county
shall not receive from any of his deputies
any of the fees earned by said deputies
or any percentage thereon, nor shall said
sheriff receive any per diem or other
compensation for his attendance on the
supreme judicial court in said county,
Section 2 This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved Feb. %
Chapter I5:,
AN ACT in elation to dsorderly conduct
ana evasion of fares on street railroads,
steamboats, and ferries
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembed, as follows:
Section /. Section scveDty-three of
chaptcr fifty-onc of the revised statutes
is hereby amended so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
hnh.I in, iii
orderly or riotous manner while on any
train of railroad cars. street railroad car,
steamboat or ferry, or uses indecent or
protanc language i'll such car. steamboat
or ferry. or uses indecent or profane Ian
guaEe iii such car. steamboat or ferry, is
guilty of breach of the peace and
shall be fined not less than five nor more
than five hundred dollars. or fmprfson-
ment in Jail not less than thirty days nor
more than one year, in addition to any
other penalty provided by law.
Section >. Section Seventy-four of chap
ter fifty-onc of the revised statutes is
hereby amended so that said section shall
read as follows:
Section "A. The conductor of train of
cars on any railroad or street railroad
car. or ne officer in charge of any steam
boat or ferry. may arrest and tenn
porarily mona any person guilty of such
breach of the peace until warrant can
be obtained or he can be placed in the
CUSTODY of the proper officers of the law
Section ,. Section seventy-eiGht of
cha ntcr tifty-one OF the revised statutes is
hereuv amended so that the same shall
read as follows:
Section IS No person is entitled to
TRANSPORTATION over a railroad. street rail
road, or upon any steamboat or ferry
who does not on demand first pay the es-
tablished fare. Whoever fraudulently
cVades payment by giving a false answer
or by travelling beyond the place to which
he has paid or by leaving a train, street
railroad car. steamboat or ferry. without
paying. forfeits not less than five nor
more than twenty dollars. TO lie recovered
on complaint. Improved Feb. 25.l
Chapter 154
AN ACT additional to Chapter fifty-one
Of the Revised Statutes. i'll relation TO
Railroads.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
st nblcd, as follows:
Section /. Whenever any railroad cor
pora ton, by foreclosure of a mortgage
or in any other method authorized by
law has finally parted with its franchise
to construct. operate and maintain the
railroad described in its charter, any
stockholdcr may maintain suit in equity
in the supreme judicial court for the
winding up of the affairs and dissolu-
ton of such corporation.
Section >. In such case the court shall
order sIch notice to all parties interested
as it may deem proper and proceed ac-
cording to the usual course of suits in
"
pointed except upon motion Of some
PARTY TO the proceedings and then only
in the discretion of the court.
lApproved Feb Isl
Chapter 155
AN ACT additional to Chapter forty-nine
of the Revised Statutes, relating to In
Surance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. in Legislature as
sembled. as follows:
Section /. When by the laws OF any
other state or country, any fines, penal
ties. licenses. fees. deposits or other OBJ
legations or prohibitions additional to or
in excess of those imposed by the laws Of
this state upon foreign insurance com
panes and their agents are imposed on
insurance companies Of this state and
their agents. the same fines licenses.
fees. deposits, obligations or prohibitions
shall he imposed upon all insurance com
panics of such state or country and their
agents doing business in or applying for
admission to this state.
Section .. This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved Feb. p.
Chapter 1856
AN ACT in relation to the Taxation OF
Street Railroad Companies
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
;embled. as follows:
Section l. Section forty-seven of chap
ter six of the revised statutes as amended
by chapter 1oTty-1Our OF the puDllc laws
of eighteen hundred and ninety-fve is
hereby amended so that the same shall
read as follows:
Section A. Street railroad corpora tons
and associations are subject to the six
preceding sections and to section four, eX-
cept that the tax shall be ascertained as
follows: When the gross average re-
ceiptS per mile do not exceed one thou
sand dollars the tax shall be equal to
three-twentieths of one per cent on the
gross transportation receipts; and for
each thousand dollars additional gross
receipts per mile. or fractional part
thereof the rate shall be increased three
twentieths-of one per cent
Section .. This act shall take effect
when approved Improved Feb. %
Chapter Isl.
AN ACT to amend Chapter two hundred
and four of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and fifty-siX, in relation to the
Municipal Court for the City of Port
land.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
as follows:
Section l. Section eleven of chapter two
hundred and four of the public laws of
hundred and fifty-six as amended
by section four of chapter twenty-eight of
the public laws of eighteen hundred and
is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word absent in
the first line the words from the court
ROOM. so that said section, as amended,
sna.. read as follows:
Section II. When the judge is absent
from the court room, or is interested. ii
shall be the duty of the recorder, and he
shall have authority to exercise all the
powers of the Judge.
Section 2. Section sixteen OF chapter