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

Section 2. All acts or parts Of acts, in
consistent with this act, are hereby re
pealed. Improved March g.
| Chapter f7t
AN ACT imposing a franchise tax upor
Sleeping and Palace Cars.
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
jOf Representatives In LEGISLATURE as
lsembled. AS follows:
Section I. Every corporation or person
owning or operating palace or other car.
for which extra compensation Is charged
| for riding therein over any of the rail
roads Of the state shall on the first day
| of September next and annually there
| after. pay to the treasurer of the state
| Tor The state an annual excise tax FOR the
privilege of exercising it's franchises In
| the state. equal to four per cent of its
gross earnings from business done wholly
| In the state of Maine for the year end
ing June thIrtieth next preceding.
Section 2 Every such corporation or
person shall by its properly authorized
agent or officer annually on or before the
first day of August. make a return under
oath 10 the board of state assessors. stat
ing the amount of such gross earnings.
whcreupon the board of state assessors
shall on or before the fifteenth day Of
said August assess the tax herein provid-
ed and forthwith certify the same 10 the
treasurer of the state, who shall there
upon notify sad corporations or persons
and said taxes shall be paid into the
state treasury on or before the first day
of September following.
Section 3. The tax assessed upon said
corporations or persons as aforesaid Is in
the place of all local taxation upon the
cars and equipment used in carrying on
business in the state.
Section l. ANY corporation or person
noclecting to make returns according to
section two of this act fnri"'ts twenty
five dollars for every days neglect. TO To
recovered by action Of debt In the name
of the state.
Section ). The provisions OF section
sixty-eiGht Of chapter SIX Of the revise
ft.Hsl
a sse ssmcnt and collection of the tax I'M
posed by this act.
Section g. This act shall take erect
when approved Improved March l.
Chapter I15.
AN ACl relating TO prisoners in the
County of SaEadahoc.
BE il enacted by the Senate ana House
Of Representatives in Legislature AS
section l. Section nine Of chapter sew
cnty OF the public laws ~ eighteen nun
drcd and tifty-four, entities An ACT 10
csta blish the County of SaGadahoc, Is
hereby amended by adding thereto IN"
following: said county Of Sagadahoc
may also make a similar agreement with
the county of AndroscoEgin. for he sam
purposes and with the same effect 70
that said section shall read as follows.
Section ., Tn" said county oi 81 saIa,
hoe is hereby authorized aud empowered
to make an agreement with the county ~
kenucbcc, upon such terms as may ht
agreed upon for the use Of the jail Of
said county of kcnnebcc. for III" pur-
noses and with the "a me effect mentioned
in the prcccuipc section. SAID county OF
Sagadahoc may also maie similar
agreement with the county Of AndroscpF-
gin for Tho same purposes and with the
same effect.
Section . The provisions of tn" eighth
and ninth sections OF said chapter seV-
cnty. as amended ny the preceding sec
ton. are hereby extended IN their effect,
until Jail shall be es,a az biished an sna
Section 3 Nothing In the foregoing
sections shall b. 50 construed as 70 con
fict with the general laws Of the state re
laiing to the Jail system.
Section ( This act shall take cn-ci
when approved. Approved March II
Chapter i:6
AN net additional and amcndatory 10
Chapter two hundred forty-t~o Of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
uinety-thrcc. relating To Free Pubic
Libraries.
re il enacted ny the Senate and House
of Representatives IN Legislature as
section l. Sertion five Of chapter two
hundred forty-two 90 Inc public laws Or
eighteen hundred and ninety-three -
here b. amended by striking out in the
fourth line OF said section the words 'oi
less than fifteen hundred inhabitant.-
and" SO that said section shall read as
follows:
section : The state librar ian Is hcrch,
authorized and directed to donate from
tho Maine state library to any town nav
trollcd by the town. books purchased FOR
that purpose. not exceeding fifty per cent
chased by said town for the purpose OF
founding free public library therein, /
said donation in no case 20 exceed one /
hundred dollars.
section > ANY town is hereby author |
ICED tn raise and appropriate annually a |
sum 81 money, not exceeding the legal |
limit heretofore established; for ia" PIT
pose of securing To its inhabitants tn" |
FIRE" use Of library located in an al |
joining town. and shall he entitled to re |
ceivc from the state treasurer a sum I
eunaI to ten per cent of the amount so /
raised. appropriated and expended |
yearly.
Section 4 two or more adjacent towns !
may unite in establishing and maintain 4.
ing y free public library with branches /
thereof in each town for the free use OF /
all the inhabitants of said towns. auG I
may each raise and appropriate for tina I
purpose annually u sum not exceeding |
the leGal limit heretofore established foT !
free libraries and sICh town /
shall be subject 10 All the duties ana en- /
titled to all the benefits established hN /
the laws now in force concerning free IL /
hraricS.
Section & That section three ot char'eF
tvs hundred fortv-two of the public Laws
of eighteen hundred ninctv-thr"e. q
amended by chapter eleven Of the rUbl" 4
laws Of eighteen hundred ninCty-fVc. is I
hereby further amo ndcd. so as To read "a
follows:
section 3 ANY town or city i'm which 4
there is a library owned or controlled h. :
"A corporation or association. may appro-
pirate Il sum not exceeding one dollar ior
each Of its ratahle polls in the year mex
preceding. to procure from Such IIhrd'>
the free use Of its books for all the in
habitants OF the town or city. under Such
restrictions and regulations as shall m
sure the safety ana good usage OF thr
books. and such library shall then be
considered a free public library within
the meaning Of this act. and said town
or city snail he entitled 10 the benefits %
the preceding section, provided that any
books and documents purchased with
said stipend. and all books and docu-
inants donated by the state. shall be ana
rcr>ain the property of said municipal
IT, Improved March y
Chapter I.7.
Az NOT to further regulate procedure in
the Organization of Street Rairoa /
Corporations.
he il enacted by the Senate and House
" REPRESENTATIVES in Legislature as
5c,nhlcd. as follows:
Articles of asSocia ton filed under the
general laws of the state for tho organi-
cation of street railroad corporations
may hc amended at amy time upon p"ti-
tlon therefor signed by all of the corpo-
rat0rs after such notice thereof as the
railroad commissioners may deem necSS-
AIRY. No proceedings shall be dismissed
hecauGe of the death of any person
canned as a director or corporator before
final decree of approval of location, bet |
the survivors may elect a new director
Dr admit another associate. who shall
h. nI nf la |