The Republican journal., 1901-03-28

! servant. agent or guide of any other per-
son. shall build a camp, cooking, or other
lire, or use an abandoned camp. cooking
or other fire in or adjacent to any woods
fire. totally extinguish the same, and
upon failure to do SO such person shall
be deemed guilty, of a misdemeanor. ami
by a fine of fifty dollars, provided that
such fires built upon the sea beach in such
situation that they. cannot spread into
ows, shall not be construed as prohibited
by this act. One-half of any fine imposed
and collected under this section shall he
paid to lna complainant
| [Approved March 81
/ Chapter 232
| AN ACT to amend Section fourteen OF
| Chapter one hundred and thirty-four of
the revised Statutes. relating to Grim
| inal Proceedings in Court.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembied, as follows:
bred and thirty-four of the revised stat
| utes is hereby amended by striking out of
said section all after the word counsel
! in the eleventh line of said section and
reasonable compensa ton for the services
of counsel shall be allowed by the court,
10 be paid out or the county treasury, So
that said section fourteen, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section a.. The clerk shall, without
| charge, furnish to every person indicted
| for a crime punishable by Imprisonment
| in the state PRISON, copy OF Inc inuic,-
ment; il for a crime punishable by death
or Imprisonment for life, he shall also
furnish a list of the jurors returned, and
process to obtain witnesses, TO be sum-
| moned and paid at the expense OF the
state; if for crime punishable by i'm
shall be summoned and paid at the ex-
pense of the state only ut the discretion
OF the court. competent counsel shall be
| assigned by the court in capital cases
when it appears that the accused has not
sufficient means to employ counsel; and
reasonable compensation for the services
to be paid out of the county treasury.
approved March FL
Chapter 253
AN act to fl x the terms of the Supreme
Judicial Court in the counties of Frank
lin. Knox. Sagadahoc, Somerset and
York.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives i'll Legislature assem-
hled, as follows:
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Section !: Section one of chanter Two
hundred and twenty-five oil the pubic
laws OF eighteen hundred and ninety
three is hereby amended to read to-
lows:
Section l. The supreme judicial count
shall hereafter be held at Pennington
within ard for the county of Franklin.
on the first Tuesday, of February, third
September, annually, instead of the times
row provided by law
Section two of chapter two hundred and
cen hundred and ninety-three as amen@
ell By chapter two hundred and sixty
four of the public laws Of eighteen hun.
! bred and ninety seven is hereby amended
| so as to read as follows:
.Sertlon 2. SAID May term shall be held
| without a grand jury and with but one
| traverse jury, unless a justice of said
court shall otherwise specially order, in
which case the clerk shall send Ventres
| for the requisite number of traverse
| jurors, and shall summon the grand jury
said order may require. All recognize
ances from municipal courts and trial
| justices in cases in which parties are held
| to await the action of the grand jury,
made returnable to said May term, shah,
when no grand jury is in attendance, be
continued to and have day in the next
| term Of the court held in said county,
KNOX COUNTY.
! Section .. In section forty-seven of
| chapter scventy-seven of the revised stat
utcS, that paragraph relating to times OF
holding terms of the supreme judicial
court in the county of Knox is amended
Tuesday of March, third Tuesday of Sep
| TENDER and fourth Tuesday of December.
SAGADAHOC COUNTY.
Section 8. In section forty-seven of
| chapter seventy-seven of the revised stat
| utes, that paragraph relating to times
of holding terms of the supreme judicial
court in the county Of Sasadahoc Is
amended to read as follows:
| Sagadahoc, at Bath, on the first Tues
day OF April, the third Tuesday of August
| and the fourth Tuesday of December.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
| Section A. In section fortyseven of
chapter seventv-seven of the revised stat
ri, NH rel a n
holding. terms of the supreme J'dlcat
amcrded to reaG as follows: 49, .,.u,
| Somerset at SkoWheGan on the third
Tuesdays of March and September, ard
! the fourth Tuesday of December
YORK COUNTY.
| Section ). In section forty-seven of
| chapter scventy-seven of the revised stat.
holding terms of the. supreme Judicial
| court III the county of York is amended
| to read follows:
| York. at Saco, on the first Tuesday OF
January, and at Alfred on the first Tues.
day OF May and the third Tuesday Of
| September.
| Section s. Any action commenced Pc
| fore this act takes effect and returnabie
| in either of said counties, shall be entered
ut the term of the supreme judicial court
in such county, which shall be subst;-
| tltcd by this act for t:le term at Whleh
| such action Was originally rcturnaDlc,
and have day therein rs il originally
| Tru.lbl, such substituted Term, anu
| amy special provisions Of law appllcable
| TO any .erm of court, the time OF holding
| whereof is changed by this act are nero
| by made applicable to the substituted
| Section l. This act shall take effect
| OH the first day of July one thousand
| nine hundred and one.
I IAppcoNeI March III
| Chapter 254.
| AN ACT to provide An Assistant Clerk
| for the Board of Railroad Commis-
| soners.
| BE it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives in Legislature assent
| ble,i rs follows:
| Section j. There shall be an assistant
| clerk to the board of railroad commas
| s;cners, TO be appointed by the governor
,,ror recommendation by the boatd,
| whose duty it shall be to assist the clerk
| IN the performance of his duties, ana III
| he absence of the clerk to have the same
| lowers as the clerk.
| Section g. He shall have salary OF
| twelve hundred dollars per year, 10 DC
paid quarterly from the state treasury.
| Section ., The amount of sad salary
| shall be assessed as provided for the sal
| aries of the commissioners and clerk by
| sr,.tion four of chapter three hundred ana
1 thirteen of the public laws OF the year
| piahteer hundred and eighty-nine
| Section t. This act shall take eHect
| wncn approved Improved March III
Chapter 255.
AN ACT to amend Section four of Chap