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

ditions and regulations as to the piIr
chase and care thereof as he may deem
| proper
Section 3. Section four of said chapte,
Is hereby amended in the second line
thereof by substituting for the word
n M, the words Twenty-Five so that
Section 4. For the purpose of carving
out the provisions of this act, there is
| hereby appropriated the sum Of twentv.
| five hundred dollars ANNUALLY "'s
Section a. All acts and parts of acts.
inconsistent herewith. are hereby re-
pealed.
Section S. This act shall take enect
when approved. IApproved March 1871
Chapter 2O7.
AN ACT TO repeal the bounty on wild
Cats.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and Houso
OF Rcpresentatlves in Legislature as
Section l. So much of chapter thirty of
| the revised statutes, amended by
chapter iorty-two of the public laws OF
eighteen hundred and ninety nine as pro
vidcs for bounty on wildcats is hereby
repealed.
Section 3 This act shall take cffcc,
when approved. Improved March 19.I
Chapter 2OS.
| AN ACT to amend Section thirty OF
Chapter fOrty-Six of the Revised Stat
utes. relating to Banks ana Trust Com
panies.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
Sembled, as follows:
Section thirty of chapter forty-six o.
and trust companies, is hereby amended
as follows:
First, by inserting after the word
banks and before the word and of
| the first line thereof the following
'trcasurers of trust and banking and sale
deposit companies.
Second, by inserting after the word
corpora tons and before the word
and in the tenth line thereof rho fol
| lowing: and also the value of the real
estate, vaults and safe deposit plant,
or safe deposit company, in which it does
business and which is taxed as other
| real estate is taxed in the town in which
It is located and the amount for which
| IL is valued by the assessors of such
municipality for the year previous
| Third, by adding after the word prop
| erty in the last line thereof the follow
| ing: deductng the assessed value of the
| real estate of any bank. trust and bank
| ing or safe deposit company as herein
provided
So that said section when amended
| shall read as follows:
Section 30 Cashiers OF banks. treas
urers of trust and banking and safe de-
post companies, and clerks or treasurers
| of other corpora tons shall ascertain the
residences of all stockholders in either;
and no dividend shall be paid to any
stakeholder. whose residence, for the time
being, is not entered on the books there
| OF, ana the CASHIERS OF banks. ana CLERKS
| or treaSurers of all corpora tons holding
| property liable to he taxed. shall by the
| eighth day of April annually, return
under oath. to the assessors of each
reside. the names OF such stockholders,
| the amount of stock owned by them on
amount OF stock paid into such corpo-
rauons, and also the value of the real
by aa any b 5na o sa trust pad
| or safe deposit company, in which it
! does business and which is taxed a.
other real estate is taxed in the town in
| which il is located and the amount for
which it is valued by the assessors of
such municipality for the year previous,
4 and such return shall contain in the body
! thereof, or by note annexed thereto, an
| six; and such returns shall be the basis
| of taxation on such property, deductng
the assessed value of the real estate of
| any bank, trust and banking or safe
| deposit company, as herein provided.
| Improved March 49,
Chapter 200.
| AN ACT to fix the salary of the Judge of
| Probate in and for the County of Wash
| inCton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives in Legislature as
semhed. as follows:
Section /. The salary of the judge of
probate in and for the county of Wash
ington shall be seven hundred dollars a
| year instead of the sum now fixed by
! law. which shall be paid to him out of
the county treasury in equal quarterly
pa ymentS.
Section >. This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved March l6.I
Chapter :iO
! AN ACT to amend Section seventeen OF
Chapter seventeen of the Revised Stat
utes. relating to Stationary Engines.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives in Legislature as
SCmhed. as follows.
Section seventeen of chapter seventeen
of the revised statutes is hereby amended
| by inserting in the first line of said sec
| ton after the word stationary the
words gasoline or so that when said
section is amended, it shall read as fol
| lows:
Section II. No stationary. gasoline OF
steam engine shall he erected in a town
until the municipal officers have
granted license therefor. designating the
| place where the buildings therefor shall
| be erected. the materials and mode OF
| construction. the size of the boiler and
furnace. and such provision AS to height
| against fire and explosion. as they judge
proper for the safety of the neiGhbor-
hood Such license shall be granted on
written application. recorded i'll the town
records, and certified copy of it fur
nished, without charge, to the applicant.
Improved March l9l
Chapter I'll.
AN ACT to allow larger lots to be taken
for School Purposes and to shorten thr
time allowed owners thereof for appeal
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Sembled. as follows
Section /. Section tfty-seven of. chap
ter eleven of the revised statutes is here
by amended by striking out the words
'onc hundred square rods in the sixth
line thereof. and inserting in their plac.
the words. three acres, so that said sec
ton. as amended. shall read as follows:
Section 81. When u location for the
erection or removal of Il SchoolhOuSe and
requisite buildings have been legally
designated. and the owner thereof refuses
to sell. or in the opinion of the municipal
officers. asks an unreasonable price for
it. resides without the state and has
they may lay out a Schooihouse lot, not
exceeding three acres, and appraise the
damages therefor; and on payment or ten
der Of such damages, or ii such owner
docs not reside in the state. upon deposit
ing such damages in the treasury of such
town district for his use, the town or
district designating il may take such lot
to be held and used for the purposes
aforesaid; and when such schoolhouse
has ceased to be thereon for two years.
said lot reverts to the owner his heirs
take real estate for the enlargement or
extension of any location designated for
the erection or removal of a SchOolhouse
and requisite buildings and play grounds
as herein provided: but no real estate
shall be so taken within fifty feet of a
dwelling house
Section Q Section fifty-eight of chan
ter eleven of the revised statutes is here
by amended by striking out the words