The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28

scetlon !. SECTIONS sixty and six,y;7one,
OF chapter seventy seven OF he revised
statutes nre hereby repealed.
Section .. The reporter uf decisions
shall. by his personal attendance when
practicable, or by the best other means In
hls power prepare correct reports OF all
legal questions arg Ied, reporting Inc
eases Jnore or less at lar"e according Ia
his Judgment OF their importance. liz
shall publish al least one volume yearly.
and furnish the usual number Of current
copies to The stale and TO The pubic "a
price 81 one EfHftr ana seventy i've
cents per volume he volumes shall tie
Of the average tlEs OF volume eighty.
three. Maine reports. and be equal there
10 in paper, printing. binding. general FIN
In aud quantity Of printed matter
Section .. Each volume Of said reports
shall b" entered by the secretary of state
with HE librarian OF congress and copy
fiPhted IA the name Of the state OF
Maine aud he manuscript and copyright
IN. reof shall belong to The state. All
profits arising from the publication and
saio of said reports aud advance sheets
thereof b., said reporter shall be account
cd for and paid over by him TO tle state
treasurer on the first Monday In peccm-
Der in each year.
Section l. After consing to hold office
the reporier snal prepare and publish all
unpublished cases argued while In Office.
Section D. II shall be the duty OF the
reporter 10 furnish free OF charge the
Judges of the supreme and superior
courts with one copy each Of advance
sheets; he shall also be entitled 10
twenty-five copies. free of expense FOR
current exchanges with the reporters of
other states law school libraries, the at
torney general, and heads Of depart
mrntS.
section G. So much Of section one.
chapter one hundred and fifteen Of the
revised statutes as relates 10 the reporter
of decisions, IL hereby repealed.
Section T. The reporter Of decisions
shall receive an annual salary from the
treasurer Of state In quarterly payments
on the first days of January April. July
and october. of two thousand Ave hun
dred dollars.
section 3 This act shall take effect
when approved. Improved March 2ll
Chapter 25T
AN ACT relative 10 Actions for LIBEL
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives In Legislature as
sembled. HS follows:
Whoever w.llfullY and maliclonsly states
delivers or transmits by any means
whatever to the manager. editor, publish
ef or reporter Of my newspaper masa-
zinc, publication, periodical or serial for
Dubtcati ton therein. any false or libelous
statement concerning any person or cor
poratIon, aud thereby secures the actual
publication of the same. shall. upon con
Viction thereof, De punished by fine not
exceeding I'VE hundred dollars. or impTis
onmcnt not exceeding one year. or by
both fine and imprisonment.
IApproyed March y.
Chapter 25s.
AN ACT To amend Section eleven of
Chapter thirty OF the Revised Statutes
as amended by Chapter forty-two OF the
Public Laws Of eighteen hundred and
ninefy-nlhe. relating to close time for
Game Birds
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives ~ Legislature assem-
bled, as follows
section eleven of chapter thirty of the
revised statutes, as amended by chapter
forty-two Of the public laws OF elghteea
hundred and nlnety-nine. Is hereby
amended SO as to read az follows:
Section H. There shal be for game
birds an annual clor- time In which 1t
shall be unlawful to aunt. chase. catch.
XIII or have them In possession whenever
or however killed, az follows For wood
duck. dusky duck, commonly called black
duck, teal; and gray duck the close time
shan be during The months of January,
February, March, May. June. July. Al
gust and December OF each year; for
ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge,
and woodcock. from the first day OF Do
eember Ia September fifteenth next fol-
1wn 5o of cach year; for quail from the
October; for plover. Bnipe and sandpiperH
from the first day Of May 10 he first day
Of August Of ench year Whoever vlo-
lates any OF the above named provisions
of this section shall he subject to pen
atty OF not Legs than five dollars nor more
caught chased, or had In possession In
close time. No person shall. In any one
day. XIII or have In possession more than
named birds. except sandpipers the num-
Der Of which shah not exceed seventy In
one DAY, during the respective open
at any time, kill or have In possession
any ruffed grouse. commonly called par
fridge. or woodcock. except for his own
hereinafter provided. under penalty or
i've dollars for each bird 70 unlawfully
killed or had IN possession, nor shall any
person at any tono SELL or offer for sale,
any ruffed groufc commonly called par
fridge or Woodeock. within this state,
Under Under the same penaliy; nor shall any
of the birds mentioned in this i.
son unless open TO view, tagged, and
plainly labelled with the owners name
ana residence and accompanied by him.
as .agsea n M, Iccor nn With section
same penalty. Any person not the actual
owner of such bird or birds, who, to aid
represents himself to be the owner there.
of shall be liable to the Same penalty /,
nor shall any person or corporation carry
or transport at any one time more than
fifteen of any one variety of the birds
above mentioned as the property of one
p person, under the sumo penalty; ana II
10 hunt Tor, take, catch, XIII or destroy
the cnpercailzie. or cock of the woods
s NO called; black game. 80 called, or any
species OF the pheasant, except rufred
Srohae or partridge. under penalty of
hfty dollars for each ofrense'
Improved March 22l
Chapter ESQ
An Act to define the duties of Harlan
Masters In Towns and Plantations. and
Tor the regulati"" of Harbors and An
chorages. "
he 1t enacted by the Serate and House
81 representatives In Legislature assem-
bled az follows:
section !. The municipal authorities of
an maritime towns and plantations NAV
make rules and regulations for the keep
ing open Of convenient channels for the
passage OF vessels In the hnrbors md
waterways of the towns for which they
act, and may establish the boundary lines
OF such channels, and assign suita BILE
portions of their harbors for anchora ges
Section 2. Such rules and regulations
az may he made by such municipal au-
thorities shall be enforced and carried
ont by the harbor master of said town
who may appoint deputy to act In case
OF his absence or disability.
Section 3. Such harbor master shall
upon complaint to him by the master
owner or agent of any vessel cause any
other vessel or vessels obStructlng the
free movement or safe anchorage of such
vessel Ia remove to n pos ion to be desig-
mated by him, and to cause, without any
complaint being made Ia him. any vessels
anchoring within the channel lines az es.
tabllshed by the municipal authorities as
provided In section one OF this act to re-
move 10 such anchorage as he may des-
ignate.
Section T. If such vessel has no crew
board If the master or ~ her nor