Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-03

are Hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect
when approved, iApproyed March 1871
CEAPTER 1914.
AN ACT additional to Chapter Twenty-nine
Of the Revised Statutes. resating to Bowl
ing Alleys.
Section 1. Any person licensed to own,
keep and operate bowling alley or bowling
alleys in this state, under the provisions of
chapter twenty nine of the revised statutes.
may be granted permisson by the municipal
officers Of the town or city where such alley
or alleys are situated, to keep the same
open to the public until midnight, when In
the opinion Of such municipal officers no
person or persons residing In the Immediate
neighborhood Will be disturbed thereby.
Section 2. This act shall take eject
when approved. IApproved March 1871
CHAPTER 1876.
AN ACT relating to the filing CT Papers in
cases argued before the supreme judicial
court. when sitting as court of law.
In each case argued before the law court,
counsel shall die with the clerk OF tia dis
trict In which such case is heard. three
copies of their respective briefs, If printed.
and the clerk. at the expense OF his county.
shall cause the same to be bound In three
equal volumes OF convenient size, properly
PACED, indexed and labeled. and shall deposit
one each Of said volumes In the respective
county law libraries at Augusta, Bangor ana
Portland. lApproyed March le
CHAPTER 1876.
AN ACT relating to Trust and Banking
Companies
Section 1. Every trust and banking com
pany shall set apart as q guaranty fund not
less than ten per cent of its net earnings In
each and every year until such fund, with
the accumulated interest thereon shall
amount to one:fourth OF the capital stock
Of the company. The said surplus shall be
kept to secure against losses and contIn
gencies. and whenever tho same becomes
impaired it shall be reimbursed In the man
ner provided for its accumulation.
Section 2. No such companies shall
make any loan to its directors, officers,
agents or other persons in Its employ, until
the proposition to make such loans shall
have been submitted by the person desiring
the same to the board of directors of such
bank, or to the executive committee Of such
board, II any. and accepted and approved
by majority of such board or committee.
Such approval, If the loan is made, shall
be spread upon the records of the corpora
tion; and this record shall, in every In
Istance. give the names Of the directors
| authorizing the loan.
Section 3. Such corporations shall not
make loans or discounts on the security OF
the shares Of their own capital stock, nor
be the purchasers or holders Of any such
shares unless necessary to prevent loss upon
a debt previously contracted in good faith
and all stock SO acquired shall. within q
reasonable time after Its acquisition, b.
disposed OF at public or private sale.
Section 4. No trust and banking com
pany shall establish branch or agency Il
any city or town other than that in whicl
the parent institution has Its location until
the same be authorized by special act 0
the legislature. This provision shall no
apply to branches and agencies alread
established and in operation under existin
! charter rights IApproved March l6.l
CHAPTER 1877.
AN ACT to amend Sections twenty elgh
and thtrty-fve Of Chapter eleven of tn
Revised Statutes, relating to the Fire.
| High School year.
! Section /. Section twenty-efght of chap
ter eleven of the revised statutes. as
sixteen
of the public laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety-three is hereby further amended as
| follows by striking out the word "Decem-
ber'' In the tenth line Of said section and
inserting In lieu thereof the word 'Janu
ary;' by striking out the word June" in
the twelfth line of said section and insert
ing in lieu thereof the word July and b.
striking out the word December" in thu
thirteenth line of said section and inserting
in lieu thereof the word January so tina
said section, as amended, shall read as fol
lows:
Section 2s. Any town which establishes
and maintains free high school as previd
ed by this section and the seven following
for at least ten weeks In any one year
shall, on complying with the conditions
hereinafter set forth, receive from the state
one half the amount actually expended fol
instruction In said school, not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars provided, that no
| town shall receive such state aid unless Its
| appropriation and expenditure for such
\ school has been exclusive of the amounts
required by law for common school purposes.
| Such aid shall be paid from the state treas
| ury on and after the first day of each Janu-
airy. upon certifcation by the governor and
council as provided by section thirty-tve
But whenever town or precinct desires TO
draw its state aid semi annually, 1t shall be
! paid on and after the first days Of July
and January; provided, that the superin-
| tendent Of such town makes. semi annually,
before said days, the report required In sec
tlon thirty fve
Section 2. Section thirty-nve Of chapter
eleven of the revised statutes, as amended
| by chapter two hundred and sixteen OF the
public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
three, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the word June" In the second line
OF said section and inserting in lieu thereof
| the word July so that said sectieI:, as
amended shall read as follows:
| Section 50. Superintendent shall, annu-
ally before the first day OF July, make re-
| turns under oath to the state superinten-
| dent, on blanks prepared and sent out by
him, of the amount appropriated and the
amount expended by each town or precinct
| for instruction In such free high schools
during the current year also of the amount
appropriated and the amount expended for
common school purposes by each town main
tanning the same; the numoer OF weeks dur
| ing which such schools have bean taught
| the wapas maid each teacher. the number