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

SeCIlOH Ills etSe oAieih eehiAS SA1CSs
when approved.
[Approved March Al
Chapter SO.
An Act to amend Section eighty-three OF
Chapter six of the Revised Statutes, re-
lating to Tax Sales.
Section l. Section eighty-three of chap
ter six of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out from said section
the following words: but the purchaser
or the county shall have a lien on the land
sold or forfeited for taxes, costs and in
terestS and any subsequent taxes legally
assessed thereon and paid by either, or
those claiming under them; and such sums
shall be paid TOP; rendered. before any per-
son shall commence, maintain or defend
any suit It law or in equity, involving the
title to such lands under such sale or for
feitlIre, Notwithstanding any Irregularities
or omissions in such sale or Forfeiture.
Said amended section shall read as fol-
lows: ~ hItpTt''t - AZ tf3Gt
Section So. In any trial at law or in
equity involving the validity OF any sale
or forfeiture of 1suchq lands as provided III
the preceding section, it shall be prima
facie proof of title for the party claiming
under it, to produce in evidence the coun-
ty treasurer's deed. duly executed and re-
corded the assessments signed by the
county commissioners and certified by
them or their clerk to the county treasur~
er, and to prove that the county treasurer
COMPLIED with the requirements of law in
and selling
Section 2 This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March A.
Chapter "a.
An Act to set apart an annual Old Home
Week.
The week commencing with the second
Sunday in August of each year is hereby
designated and set apart as Old Home
Week; and cities ard Towns are author
lied to raise and appropriate money for
the due observance thereof.
IApproved March Al
Chapter IS.
An Act to amend chapter two hundred and
ninety-siX of the Public Laws of eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-seven, relating
to the employment of superintendent
of Schools
Section /. Chapter two hundred and
ninety-siX of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven is hereby
amended by inserting after the words
superintendent of schools in the four
teenth line of section two of said chapter
the words for a term not exceeding live
years so that said section, as amended by
this act, shall read as follows:
Section .. The school committees of the
towns comprising a union shall form a
joint committee and for the purposes of
this act said joint committee shall be
held to be the agents of each town com
prising the union. Said joint committee
shall meet annually at a day and place
agreed upon by the chairman of the conf
mittees of the several towns comprising
the union and shall organize by the
choice of a chairman and a secretary.
They shall determine the relative amount
of service to be performed by the superin-
tendent in each town, fix his salary APP
portion the amounts thereof to be paid
by the several towns which amount shall
be certified to the treaSurers of said towns
provided. that the amounts
so certified shall be in proportion to the
amount of service performed in the sew
eral towns. They shall choose by ballot
Il superintendent of schools, for term
not exceeding five years, in which choice
the committee of each town shall have q
vote proportional to the town share of the
for the superintendent sal
ary.'
Section . All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act, are hereby re-
peaied.
[Approved March A.
Chapter SO.
An Act relating to Lost Goods and Stray
Beasts.
Section 1. Section ten of chapter nine
ty-eight of the revised statutes is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 10. Whoever finds lost money or
goods of the value of three dollars or
more, shall, if the owner is unknown,
within seven days give notice thereof in
writing to the clerk of the town where
they are found and post a notification
thereof in some public place in said town.
If the value is ten dollars or more, the
finder in addition to the notice to the town
clerk and the notification to be posted
as aforesaid, shall within one month after
finding. publish a notice thereof in some
rewspa per published in the town. if any,
otherwise in some newspaper published in
the county"
Section 9. Whoever takes up a stray
beast shall. within seven days give notice
thereof in writing, containing descrip-
tioa of its color, and its natural and arti-
fetal marks to the clerk OF the town
where such beast is taken, and shall cause
a notice thereof. containing a like descrip
ton Of the beast to be posted and, if such
beast is of the value of ten dollars or
more, published, in the manner provided
in the preceding section; otherwise he
shall not be entitled to compensation for
any expenses which he may incur relative
thereto.
Section 3. Section eleven of the same
chapter is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section II. Every finder of lost goods or
stray beasts of the value of ten dollars OF
more, shall within two months after find
ing, and before using them to their disad-
vantage, procure a warrant from the town
clerk or a justice of the peace directed TO
two persons, appointed by said clerk or
justice, not interested except as inhabi-
tants of the town, returnable at said
clerks office. within seven days from its
udlt, " elDfldISC Stllu SoONS ullticI Odll.
Section 4. Section twelve of the same
chapter is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section ~. If the owner of such lost
money or goods appears within SIX
months, and if the owner of such stray
beasts appears within two months after
said notice to the town clerk, and gives
reasonable evidence of his ownership to
the finder, he shall have restitution of
them or the value of the money or goods,
paying all necessary charges and reason
able compensation to the finder for keep
ing. to be adjudged by a justice of the
peace of the county, if the owner and the
finder cannot agree
Section 5. Section thirteen of the same
chapter is hereby amended to read as fol
lows:
Section 13. If no owner appears within
six months such money or lost goods shall
belong to the finder, by paying one-half
their value to the treasurer of said town,
after deducting all necessary charges; but
if he neglects to pay it OH demand. 1t may
be recovered in an action brought by said
treasurer in the name of the town..
Section 6. If the owner does not appear
and prove his title within said two
months, the finder may sell them at public
auction, first giving notice of such sale
at least four days before the time of sale,
In two public places in the town in which
the beasts were taken up; and the pro-
ceeds of the SALE after deducting all law
full charges, shall be deposited in the town
treasury.
Section T.. If such owner appears within
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