The Republican journal., 1903-04-09

Any person sentenced by any trial Jus.
tice or Judge of any municipal OF PollCe g
wofKhouse or house of correction, no! ex,
teeulnG four months. shall be coinnlslee
~ tne Jail, Worllhouse or, house OF coriec-
ton IN the county in which such person Is
convicted. provided such county has a
suitable Jail, workhouse or house OF cor
Ieclloh, otherwise such commitment iidy
pe 70 any Jail, workhouse or house OF cor
| rection In the state
| IApproved March III
Chapter IS.
An Act relating to Street Railroad Loca-
tons
Section l. Whenever location for a
street railroad upon any street, ROAD or
way mas been approved under lhe general
raw OF any special act with no actual oc-
/ cupatlon thereof by the rails of such COM
pahy, such loca ton in whole or IN part
may be Cancelled at any time by the munic-
ll'al oIilcers OF the town where SO located
| upon the petition of the directors OF the
corporation entitled to the same
| Sectlon :. Amy street railroad corpora
tlon, under the direction Of the railroad
commissioners, may make any changes In
tne locatlon of its road which II deems
necessary or expedient and such changes
snall be recorded where the original loca-
ton was required by law to be recorded.
lAprroved March III
| Chapter 81.
An Act to amend Section one of Chapter
! one hundred fourteen Of the Revised
Statutes. relal ting to Duties payable by
| Public Officers.
Section l. Section one of chapter one
nundfed fourteen of the revised statutes
| hereby amended so as to read as follows:
! section ]. No person appointed to the
! office of the justice of the peace justice OF
the peace and of the quorum. commission
er to take depositions and disclosures,
trlal Jusflce notary public, coroner, or in
spectur of fish. women appointed to ad-
munster oaths and take acknowledgment
or deeds, disclosure commissioners, COM
m1ssioners appointed under chapter one
hundred ten of the revised statutes, assay
ers of ores and metals shall enter upon the
discharge of his official duties until lie has
paid five dollars to the treasurer of state
Section 2. This act shall take effect
| when approved.
[Approved March 12.]
Chapter 38.
An Act relating to tho Dissolution of At
tachments by filing bond.
Section /: Chapter three hundred eleven
OF the public laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine is hereby amended so as to
| read as. follows: when real estate or
personal property is attached on mesne
process, and in all cases of attachment on
trustee process, the attachment shall be
vacated, upon the defendant, or someone
in his behalf, delivering to the officer who
1
or his attorney, bond to the plaintiff in
such sum not less than the ad damnum of
the writ and with such sureties as may be
approved by the plaintiff or his attorney,
or by any justice or clerk of the supreme
judicial or superior courts; conditioned
that within thirty days after the rendition
OF the Judgment, or after the adjournment
OF the court in which it is rendered, or at
ter the certificate of decision of the law
court shall be received in the county where
| the cause is pending, he will pay to the
plaintiff or his attorney of record the
amount of said judgment including costs;
the bond shall be returned by the officer
with the process. for the benefit of the
plaintiff, and thereupon all liability of the
officer to the plaintiff by reason of such
attachment shall cease Upon request the
plaintiff or his attorney, shall give to the
defendant a certificate acknowledging the
discharge of such attachment, which may
be recorded in the registry of deeds or town
clerks office as the case may be, in which
the return of the attachment is filed; the
register of deeds or town clerk shall be
entitled to twenty-five cents for recording
the same. If stock in any corporation is
attached, such certificate shall be filed
with the officer of the corporation, with
whom the return Of such attachment is
flied, and he shall record the same. In
trustee process the alleged trustee shall
not be liable to the principal defendant
for the goods effects and credits in his
hands or possession until such certificate
shall be delivered to him, and upon receiv-
ing such certificate, he shall be discharged
from further liability in said trustee ac-
ton, and need not disclose, and Shall not
recover costs.
Section 3 Sections eighty-five, eighty
six and eghty-scven of chapter eighty-siX
of the revised statutes are hereby re-
pealed.
Section g. This act shall take effect
VIXEN approved
[Approved March 12.1
CHAPTER 49,
An Act relating to the Acknowledgment
Of Deeds.
Section l. Section seventeen of chapter
seventy three in revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out i'll tie fifth line
the words ''justice of the peace, ma8lS-
trate" and by inserting in place thereof
clerk OF the court OF record having the
seal; by adding to said section the seal
OF such court, or the official seal of such
notary shall be affixed to the certificate of
acknowledgment. So that said section
shall read as follows:
Section II. Deeds shall be acknoWl-
edged by the grantorS, or one of them, or
by their attorney executing the same, be
fore a Justice of the peace, or notary pub
lie, or women otherwise eligible under the
constitution and appointed for the purpose
by the governor with the advice and con-
sent of the council in the state or any
clerk of q court of record having seal
or notary public within the United States.
or before a minister or consul of the
foreign country. The seal of such court,
or the official seal of such notary shall be
affixed to the certificate of acknoWledg-
mcnt.'
Section g This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March 12.l
Chapter 90.
An Act relating to the authority OF courts
over Guardians ad litem OF next friend.
Section l. No settlement of any suit
thought in behalf of an infant by next
the court in which the action is pending,
or to which the writ is returnable, or
affirmed by an entry or judgment. The
protecting the interests of the infant and
may require the guardian ad Htem or next
friend, to give bond to truly account for
all money received in behalf of the infant.
Section q This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March 2.I
Chapter 81.
An Act to amend Chapter sixty-seven of
the Revised Statutes and Chapter one
hundred forty-three of the Revised Stat
utes relating to the appointment OF
Guardians for persons insane.
Section /. Section five of chapter sixty
seven of the revised statutes Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 5. Guardians may be appointed,
on application as aforesaid, for persons
certified by the municipal officers of any
town to have been committed by them OF
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