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

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| Section .. All fees charre,h,o
the statutes OF this state for IN, ~ ,
iormancc of any of the duties nrnscriha
a,a ~ ui'teoiuS section, shall be charged
~h, t'1 III, by said sheriff as now pro
N.uSo pN law an accurate account thrrr
" hopt ana transmitted to the count,
| I,vhSufer on the last days of March
AMI ih ocptSnber and December annually
aiu me amount deducted from the uua r,
aen ; Salary Tor the quarter then ending
anu inc county treasurer shall MOI no :,
snail have been filed III III
,, oer.."n ., All acts and parts of acts
| inconsistent with the provisions of his
| "'l' are hereby repealed '
Section 1. This act shall take ofreo,
when approved. Approved March Ii !
Chapter 1911.
AN ACT additional to Chartcr Twc,tv.
III nm. OF the Revised Statutes, rclatin.
be 1t enacted by the Senate and Hous,
.n go REPRESENTATIVES in Legislature as
Sclnblcd, as follows:
section l. Any person licensed to ow,,
khe.p ana ohcrate a bowling alley OF
howiinE alleys in this state. under m,
PROVISIONS or chapter twenty-ninc of Tho
revised statutes. may be granted pcrmie
sion by the municipal officers of the town
| or city where such alley or alleys are sit
uatcd' 10 keep the same open to the pub.
nc nc unhi midnight. when in the opinion
OF Such municipal officers no person on
persons residing in the immediate neigh
| p"rhood Will be disturbed thereby
! Section >. This act shall take enoc,
wien approved Improved March l6.l
Chapter IDJ.
AN NJ relating to the Filing of Papers
IN cases argued before the supreme i'll
dicial court, when sitting as a court of
law. u
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho,,se
| or Representatives in Legislature as
Sembed. as follows:
In each case argued before the Law
court, counsel shall file with the clerk OF
| the district in which such case is heard
| three copies of their respective briefs if
printed. and the clerk. at the EXPENSE OF
MS county; shall cause the same to be
| bound in three equal volumes of conven-
| lent size. properly PACED indexed and la
| beled, and shall deposit one each of said
volumes in the respective county law IL
brarles at Augusta. Bangor and Portland
| Approved March 10.
Chapter 1876
AN ACT relating to Trust and Banking
Companies.
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. in Legislature as
sembled. as follows:
| Section l. Every trust and bankin,
company shall set Il part as "A guarant;
| fund not less than ten per cent of its net
earnings in each and every year until
such fund. win the accumulated interes;
the capital stock of the company. This
said surplus shall be kept to secure
| against losses ana CONTINGENCIES. and
whenever the same becomes impaired il
shall be reimbursed in the manner pro
| vided for its accumulation.
Section :. No such company shall make
| any loan to its directors. officers, agents
| or other persons in its employ. until the
| proposition to make such loan shall have
same to the board of directors of such
| bank. or to the executive committee OF
such board II any. and accepted and APP
| "roNed by ma Jority of such board or
committee. Such approval, if the loan is
made, shall be spread upon the records
! OF the corporation: and this record shall
| m every instance. give the names of the
directors authorizing the loan.
| Section ,. Such corporations shall no.
make loans or discounts on the security
of the shares of their own capital stock
nor be the purchasers or holders of am
such shares unless necessary to prevent
| loss upon debt previously contracted in
good faith and all stock so acquired
| shall. within a reasonable time after its
acquisition. be disposed of at public or
private sale.
Section 1. No trust and banking com
pany shall establish branch or agency
which the parent institution has its loca-
ton until the same be authorized by a
| special act of the legislature. This pro
| agencies already established ana in op-
| Grafton under existing charter rights.
Approved March 16l
Chapter 1877
AN ACT to amend Sections twenty-eiEht
and thrty-five of Chapter eleven of the
Revised Statutes. relating to the Free
! High School year.
| BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
Scmbed, as follows:
Section l. Section twcnty-eiGht OF
| cha pier eleven of the revised statutes. a :
| amended by chapter two hundred and
sixteen of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and nincty-thrce is hereby fur
Their amended as follows: by striking our
| the werd December" in the tenth line
of said section and inserting in lieu
] out the word June in the twelfth line
/ of said section and inserting in lien
thereof the words July and by .strlning
| out tthe word December in the thir-
| tcenth line of said section and inserting
| in lieu thereof the word January; 81
that said section, as amended shall read
| as follows:
/ Section Is ANY town which establishes
| and maintains free high school as pro-
| yided by this section and the seven fol
| lowing. for at least ten weeks in any one
year. shall, on complying with the condl-
| tons hereinafter set forth. receive from
| the state onc-half the amount actually
expended for instruction in said school.
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dol
lars: provided. that no town shall re-
| ccive such state aid unless its appropria-
ton and expenditure for such school has
| been exclusive of the amounts required
| bv law for common school purposes. Such
aid shall be paid from the state treasury
on ana after tile llrSl gay Oh each Jdlu-
| airy. upon certifcatiOn by the governor
and council as provided by section thirty
| five. But whenever a town or precinct de
sires to draw its state aid semi-annudlly.
| it shall be paid on and after the first
| days of July and January; provided. that
| the superintendent of such town. makes.
| semi-annually. before said days the re-
port required in section thirty-five.
Section .. Section thirty-tiVe of chapter
eleven of the revised statutes. as amend
| ed by chapter two hundred and sixteen OF
the public laws of eighteen hundred ana
! ninety-three is hereby further amended
/ by striking out the word June in the
second line of said section and inserting
! in lieu thereof the word July, 50 that
said section as amended. shall read as
follows:
Section 50. Superintendent shall. an
nualIy. before the first day OF July. make
returns under oath to the state superln-
tendent on blanks prepared and sent out
by him. OF the amount appropriated ana
the amount expended by each town or
precinct for instruction in such free hiSn
schools during the current year; also oil
the amount appropriated and the amount
expended for common school purposes py
each town maintaining the same; the
number of weeks during which sue;
schools have been taught, the wages pau
each teacher; the number of pupils regis
tered: the average attendance; the num-
Der Of pupils in each branch of study
pursued. and the amount received Tor tul-
ton If the state superintendent is satiS-
fed that the provisions of the seven pre-
n,