The Somerset reporter., 1901-03-28

eided In favor of the complainant. or If
the respondent Is defaulted. or does not
plead or show any legal objection 10 pro-
ceedngs, the respondent may In wriung
| entered OF record with Its date. offer to
be defaultcd for "A specific sum for the
yearly damages, or "A sum IN gross as rea
sonable compensation for all damages,
and by striking out the word 1T in the
| third line and insert in Its place either |
and adding To said section the following
words, a not accepted within such time
us the court orders, II shall not be offered
| In evidence or have any effect upon the
tights Of the parties. or the judgment to
| lie rendered except the costs. If the COM
| plainant rails To recover a sum greater
| than the sum rendered or offered, he re-
covers such costs only as accrued before
| the offer. aud the respondent RECEIVERS
costs accrued after that time. and his
| judgment Tor costs may be set off against
the eomplainant's judgment for damag es
| and cost, So that said section as amend
| ed, shall read as follows.
section ~, In case Of an original COM
| plaint. the respondent may, with the
same advantages TO himself, tender and
! bring money into court. or Ii The issue Is
decided in favor of the complainant, or
1lf the respondent is defaulted, or does
not plead or show any legal objection 10
proceedings, the respondent may, In writ
| ing entered Of record with its date Offer
| to be defaulted for a specific sum for tie
yearly damages or sum in gross rs rel
sonable compensation for all damages. a.
| in an action at common law, ant II
either Is accepted, the judgment has TIM
same effect as If rendered on a verdict
/ If not accepted within such TIM as The
court orders, II snail not he offered In eg=
| idence or have any effect upon the riRhts
of the parties, or the judgment IL b. ren=
defed except the costs. II the complain
ant tails 10 recover sum greater than
| The sum rendered or offered, he RECEIVERS
| such costs only as accrued before the az
| fer, and the respondent RECEIVERS costs az
efued after that time, and his judgment
| for costs may be set off against the com
| DlalnantS Judgment for damages and
cost lApproVed March IT.
Chapter 100.
AN ACT relating to compensation of
County Commissioners OF Franklin
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled, as follows:
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and one each county commissioner u
FRANKLIN county shall receive TWO dollars
and fifty cents her day, while actually
| employed in the service OF the county, In
| Guiding the time spent in travelling, for
which every commissioner shall have ten
cents per mile for the distance actually
! travelled; but no commissioner shall have
more than one travel for the same hear
ing or session. or Tor more than TWO adj
| journments of any regular term, ar for
| travel on more than one petition 81 ease
| considered at the same session.
lApproVed March l6l
Chapter 200
AN ACT to amend Chapter nfty-hve of
the 1ubllc lsuMS VI eighteen luIdIth
and ninety-onc, relating To the lneor.
poration of Churches.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives In Legislature as
semb.eu, follows:
Section |. Section six of chapter fifty
five Of the public laws of eighteen hun
dred and ninety-one Is hereby repealed
and the following substituted in the place
| thereof.
Section G. Such church may by it's by
laws extend To all persons not members
of the church, VINO are twenty-one years
of age and upwards and who regularly
contribute toward the expenses OF the
church, the right to attend and partic-
ipate In the annual and special meetings
of the church, when action is To be taken
relative To the use and appropriation Of
funds toward which they have contrib
uted or toward which they have pledged
contributions. and meetings called for the
purpose of obtaining or dismissing pas
tor.
Section .. This act shall take effect
when approved lApproved March l6l
Chapter 20i.
| AN AC1N relating to the Taxation of
Telegraph and Telephone Companies.
| BE ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Ia Legislature AS
sembled, as follows:
| Section /. Strike out sections forty
six of the Revised Statutes, as amended
by chapter one hundred tifty-four of the
laws OF eighteen hundred and ninety
three, and substitute therefor the follow
ing:
Section /. Every corporation, associ-
ation or person operating In whole or In
part Il telephone OF telegraph line for toll
or other compensation within The state
shall annually. between the first and
fifteenth days of April return 10 the
secretary OF state under oath of its treaS-
urer. If corporation. the amount OF The
capital stock of the corporation, the num-
Der and par value of the shares. and i
complete list OF its shareholders resident
within the state, with their places of
residence, and the number of shares be-
longing To each on said first day of April ;
| If person or association, the owner or
owners or one of them shall annually
make return under oath to the secre-
tary of state, between the first and
fifteenth days of April, of the names and
residences OF the owner or owners anu
the relative interest each owner has In
any such association on the first day of
| April. The returns shall also contain 4
| statement of the assessed value In each
| town of the real estate of such eorpo-
ration, association or person used solely
graph business. and taxed by any mum
cipality and the gross receipts from bust
ness done wholly within the state for
operating such business during the pre-
ceding year ending April first
Section = Every corporation, assoc =
alton or person operating IN whole or in
part Il telephone or telegraph line within
the state FOR tolls or other compensation,
| shall pay to the treasurer OF the state
for the use of the state an annual excise
tax for the privilege of conducting such
business within the state which tax.
| with tie tax provided for in section seVen
of this act, is In place of all taxes upon
| the property OF such corporation. assn-
| citation or person employed in such busl-
ness and OF all taxes upon the shares of
the capital stock of any such corporation
/ There shall I've apportioned and paid By
! the state from the taxes collected under
This section to the several cities and
towns i'm which on the first day of April
in each year is held stock of any such
corporation, or in which resides the OWL
prS or owner of an interest in any tcle-
| graph or telephone lines operated by any
association or person not u corporation
| and taxed under this act an amount
! equal To one per cent on the value OF such
| stock on that day as determined by the
| state assessors If a corporation: and T.
not Il corporation, such proportion of the
amount of such excise tax paid into the
state treasury by the association. person
F., or persons operating such line as such
| interest owned by a resident in any such
municipality bears to the whole owner
ship; provided, however that the total
| thus apportioned on account of such
stock, If corporation, shall not exceed
on account of Sdch corporation; and pro-
| vided further, that there shall not be
| npportioned on account of any such
| corporation n greater part of the Who'll"
! tax received by the state from such
| corporation than the proportion which
corporation owned in this state bears To
! the whole amount of the capital stock of
| such corporation
Section ,. The amount of such annual
excise tax shall be ascertained as follows:
when the gross receipts from business
done wholly within this state, for thu
year for which the tax Is assessed on
such corpora tion, association or person
! in the operation of such business exceed
| one thousand dollars and do not exceed
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