Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

ter thirty-three of the Public Laws OF ,
eighteen hundred and ninety nine. and
Chapter one hundred and sixty-three OF
the Public Laws or nineteen hundred
ana one. relating to the better protection
Section i. Section two of chapter two
laws OF eighteen hundred ninety three as
amended BY chapter thirty three OF the
public laws Of eighteen hundred and nine
ty- nine. and chapter one hundred and
sixty-three of the public laws OF nineteen
hundred and one, is hereby amended by
first line the words upon the frst day OF
April and by striking out the word
''first'' in the second line and adding in
place thereof the word tenth and by
striking out the word from IN said sec
ond line and inserting in place thereof the
words commencing with, and by insert
ing after the word 'oL" in the second line
the word said, and by inserting after the
word of as it first appears in the fourth
line the word said ana by inserting
line the words as required herein and
by inserting after the word shall" in the
twelfth line the words within ten days
after he becomes the owner or keeper OF
said dog that said section shall read
as follows: lf
Section 2 Every owner or keeper, upon
the first day of April of a dog more than
four months old, shall annually before the
tenth day of said April, cause 1t to be
registered, numbered, described and IL
censed for one year commencing with the
first day of said April, in the once of the
clerk OF the city, town or plantation Wnere
said dog is Kept, and shall Keep around
Its neck a collar distinctly marked with
the owners name and its registered mum
Der, and shall pay to said clerk 1or a IL
i cenSe the sum OF one dollar ana n1teen
cents for each male dog and each 1efnale
dog incapable OF producing young, ana
three dollars and fifteen cents Tor eacn
other female dog, and a person becoming
te dan IF OF n9ep nat Suy censed as re
Quired herein, shall within ten Gays aiteE
he becomes the owner OF Keeper OF salo
dog, cause it to be reslsiered, nun .tt
described and licensed as provided above.
Every owner or Keeper Oh dogs, Kept LOT
breeding purposes, may receive annually
a special kennel license autnorlzins hini
to Keep such dogs for said purpose, pro-
Nded he keeps such dogs Within a proper
enclosure. When the number OF dogs so
kept does not exceed ten: the lee LOT suSh
license shall be ten dollars, Wfen the
number OF dogs so kept exceeds ten, the
fee for such license shall be twenty uoI-
lars and no fees snail be required 1or re
dogs of such owner or Keeper undei the
age of six months Dogs covered by KEN
mel license shall be excepted from the
provisions of this section requiring regis
tration, numbering and coilarIng.
Section =. This act Shall take erect
April one in the year OF our Lord nine
teen hundred and three. ,o,
Chapter 1914.
An Act establishing the jurisdiction and
term OF office OF Women appointed 10
solemnize marriages, administer oaths
and take acknowiedgments OF deeds.
Section /. The appointment OF any Wo-
man under the laws OF the state TO
solemnlze marriages, administer oaths
and take Acknowledgements OF deeds small
authorize her TO act WITHIN ana for every
county OF the state, ana said appointment
shall continue for the term OF seven years
section q This act shall take effect
when approved.
Approved March Isl
Chanter les.
An Act to amend section two Of Chapter
twenty of the REVISED Statutes, relating
Section /. Section two of chapter TWEEN
ty of the lie Used statutes is hereby
amended by Inserting after the word
tolls in the second linc or sad section
the words and shall discontinue such
ferries when. In their judgment, it may be
expeuiellt,' SO that sad section, as
amended, shall read as follows.
Section =. they may establish ferries
at such times ard places as are necessary,
and fix their tolls. and shall discontinue
such ferries when, in their judgment, IL
may be eXpedienl. When no person Is
found to keep them therefor, the towns
in which they are established Snail pro
vide q person to be licensed to keep them,
and shall pay the expenses. beyond Inc me
amount OF tolls received for maintaining
them. When established between towns,
they shall be maintained by them III sucn
proportions as the commissioners orGtr,
For each months neglect to MAINTAIN
such terry OF its proportion thereoI'
town torteits forty dollars.
Section 2. This act Shall take effect
Approved March 49,
Chapter 1906.
An Act to amend Section one hundred
and six of Chapter torty-sevcn OF the
Revised Statutes, relating to the reserve
fund of Savings Banks.
Section l. Section one hundred ana SIN
OF chapter forty-Seven OF the REVISED
statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the word "hve 1.-THE IA the Ihnth ni ana
thereof the word ten so that said section
as amended shall read as follows:
Section LOG. The trustees, after passing
to the reserve fund one quarter OF ore
per cent of the average amount OF dcpoS-
its for the six months previous to de
claring n dividend. not subject to be
divided, shall declare dividends, not ex-
ceeding two and IL hall per cent semi
annually except as hereinafter provided,
at such times as are required by their
bylaws, among depustorS of three
months standing at least before dividend
day The corporation may by its bylaws
include deposits of less standing. The re-
serve fund shall be kept constantly on
hand, to secure against losses and con-
tingeneies, until it amounts to ten per
cent OF the deposits. All losses shall be
passed to the debit of said account. And
when said reserve fund amounts to len
per cent of the average amount OF de-
posits for the six months previous 10 de-
clarins Il dividend, all net profits not
otherwise divided, thereafter made by
said banks. shall be divided every three
years ratably among the deposiJors OF
one, two ana three lull years standing,
as extra dividends. No dividends or in
tcrest shall be declared, credited or paid,
except by a vote of the board Of trustees,
entered upon their records, whercon shall
be recorded the yeas and nays upon such
vote. Trustees of savings banks and
savings institutions are forbidden to
make any semi-a annual dividend of rate
per cent which will make the aggregate
amount of said dividend greater Than the
actual earnings of the bank or institution,
actually collected
Section 2. This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March Isl
Chapter 1o7.
An Act to amend Chapter one hundred
and thirty-siX, Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and eiGhty-seven, relating to
Unclaimed Deposits in Savings Banks.
Section /. Chapter one hundred and
thirty-six, public laws of eighteen hun
dred and eighty-saven is hereby amended
by striking out all of said chapter and
substituting the following:
Section l. The. treasurer Of every saw
ings bank and institution for savings
shall on or before the first day of Novem-
Der annually cause to be published in a
newSpaDer in the place where Tho hank or