Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-23
Chapter I45

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in lepisl,trr1 -
sembled as follows: "S
Section l. Section forty-two of cb.n,.r
six of the revised statues as amnndnd hI,
chapter one hundred siXty-six of the pub-
lie laws OF eighteen hundred and n;dnt,
three is hereby amended bv s1hs ,i,,,tiSS
for the word quarter" in tho ei"h,h I;n
the word half. and for the words
twenty-five hundred and fifty in the
eleventh line the words two thorsand
and for the words ''one half in ~.
twelfth line the words .three-ouartors
and for the words seven hundred ana
fifty" in the fourteenth line the words
five hundred. and for the word three
in the sixteenth line the word four 81
that said section, as amended shall rea6
as follows:
Section AZ. The amount of such annua,
excise tax shall be aScertained as rol,ows.
the amount of the gross trausportation
receipts as returned to the railroad com
missioners for the year ending on the
ing of such tax. shall be divided bv the
number of miles OF railroad operated 10
ascertain the average gross reccipts per
mile: wncn such average receipts per mile.
do not exceed fifteen hundred dollars, the
tax shall be equal to one-haIf of ONE per
cent of the gross transportation receipts:
when the average receipts per mile ex-
coed fifteen hundred dollars and do not
exceed two thousand dollars. the tax
sha.. be equal to three-quarters of one
ner cent OF the gross receipts: and so on
increa sing the rate of the tax one-ouar-
ter of one per cent for each additional
hve hundred dollars OF average gross re-
ceipts per mile or fractional part thereof.
provided that the rate shall in no event
exceed four per cent. When "A railroad
lies partly within and partly without the
state. or IS operated as part OF line
or system extending beyond the state.
no, .l,.,n hA IL
portion of the gross receipts in the state
as herein provided. and its amount shall
be determined as follows: the gross tran
portation receipts of such railroad line
or system. the case may be- over it's
whole extent, within ana without the
state. shall be divided by the total num-
Der of miles operated to obtain the aver
age gross receipts per mile. and the gross
receipts in the state shall be taken to b,.
the average gross receipts per mile null
tiplied BY the number of miles operated
Section ;. This act shall take effect
when approved. Approved Feb -
Chapter 1tc
AN ACT relating to fishing for Tosue
Re ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Reprcsentativ in Legislature as
scmbled. as follows:
Section l. II shall he lawful for inhab-
itants of this state when fishing through
the ice in the day time, during the months
of February March and April as now
provided by law. tn take. catch and have
III possession forty pounds of toglIc in
stead of twenty POUNDS as now provided
by law.
Section . Al acts or parts of acts, in
consistent with this act, are hereby re-
pealcd
Section > This act shall take effec;
when approved. Improved Feb. %
Chapter ~
AN ACT to amend Section iifty-fvc Of
Chapter SIX of the Revised Statutes as
amended by Chapter two hundred
thirty-iive Of the Puhlic-tsaws of ,he
year one Thousand eight hundred and
ninety three relating to Taxation Of
Express Companies.
BE ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Sembled. as follows:
Section l. Section fifty-live of chapter
six Of the revised statutes as amended by
chapter two hundred ana thirty-five Of
the public laws of the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-thrcr. is hereby
further amended by substituting for the
words "One and onc-half' in the sixth
and seventh lines the word two. and
also by substituting TOR the words ''one
and onehalf in the ninth line the word
two, so that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section %. Every corporation. com
pany or person doing express business on
any railroad. steamboat or vessel in the
of May, apply to the treasurer of state
for a license authorizing the carrying on
OF said business. and every such corpora
ton. company or person shall annually
pay to the treasurer of state. two per
cent of the gross receipts of said business
for the year ending on the first day of
April preceding. Said two per cent shall
be on all said business done in the state,
including a pro rata part on all express
business coming from other states or
countries into this state. and on all go
ing from this state to other states or
provided, however that moth
ing herein applies to goods or merchan-
disc in transit through the state.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
when approved Improved Feb. I'll
Chapter I4S.
AN ACT relating to Academies, Sem
inaries and Institutes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
as follows:
Section l. Whenever it shall be made
to appear to the governor and council,
Tat any Incorporated academy. seminary
or institute in the state is prepared to
give instruction equivalent to that re-
CURED by law to be given in free high
that the pupils attending the
said academy, seminary or institute are
qualified to receive such instruction. and
that the teachers in the said academy,
seminary or institute have the qualifca
secondary school studies, such academy.
seminary or institute shall be entitled to
receive annually from the state a sum
not exceeding nve hundred dollars in case
Ii maintains an English secondary school
course of study as prescribed by the ed
vocational department of the state, and
has an average attendance from towns
and cities other than the municipality or
in which said academy, sem
mary or institute is located of at least
ten students, or a sum not exceeding
it maintains in addition to an English
course. a college preparatory course. and
has an average attendance from towns
and cities other than the municipality or
in which said academy, SOM
mary or institute is located of at icast
twenty students. or sum not ext eeuing
)ne thousand dollars in case it maint lin.s
an English course. a college preparatory
course and training course for teachers, |
and has an average attendance from
towns and cities other than the munic- |
pality or jurisdiction in which said acad- |
emy. seminary or institute is located of |
1t least forty students; provided, the |
curses of study herein named shall be |
sub ject to the approval of the educational |
department. of the state: and provided !
hat the amount paid by the state to any |
academy seminary or institute under this |
act shall be expended by the said acad |
,my, seminary or institute for inStruc- |
ion during the year for which payment |
s made and shall not exceed the total !,
ncome of the said academy. seminary OF |
,ided further. that in addition to the |
mount received from the state, a sum |
,dual thereto shall be expended for in |
;trIrtion and main :anance of tho acad- |