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

Section 10. Chapter three hundred thir
nnetysepe eos ana 1 ali p Other acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
June one. nineteen hundred and three.
Improved March 81
Chapter 231.
An Act to amend Chapter three hundred
and seventy-eight of the Public Laws
regulating the erection of posts and
lines for purposes of electricity.
Section ]. Section two of chapter three
hundred seventy-eight of the public laws
OF eighteen hundred and eighty-five is
hereby amended by striking out the first
six lines thereof and inserting in place
person or association shall construct lines
upon and along highways and public
roads. without first obtaining a written
men in case of cities, the seiectmen in
case Of towns, and the county commits
sioners III case of plantations and unor-
ganized townships, specifying the kind of
Gated and set, and the height of the wire
above the ground; and if the line specified
in the permit is a telephone line and is
not constructed and public telephone SER
vice established in connection Herewith
within eighteen months from the time
the decision is filed, the permit shall be
Also by adding at the end of said section
the following words: In case Of planta-
lions and unorganized townships any
appeal from the decision of the
county commissioners to the supreme
judicial court In the manner pro pro
nine, fifty and fifty-one of chapter
eighteen of the revised statutes, relating
to highways, and In case Of cities ara tha
mayor and aldermen or the selectmen
shall be filed with the clerk of the city
or town within one week from their ma
filing any person or corporation interested
may appeal from their decision by filing
notice of appeal with a copy OF the oriyi-
nal petition and adjudication with the
clerk Of the city or town and with the
clerk of the board of county commission
ers; the commissioners shall Immediately
entertain such appeal and give two weeks
public notice in a county newspaper OF
the time and place of hearing, which time
shall be within thirty days from the tifne
such appeal is filed; such hearing may De
adjourned from time to time, not exceed
ing thirty days in all, and the commits
siOners shall file their decision within thlr.
ty days from the time the hearing IS closed
and transmit a copy of the same to
the clerk of tho. city or town, who shall
forthwith record it.
Section 2. Said section Is further amend
ed to conform to section one of this act.
SO that said section as amended shall read
as follows: -
association shall construct lines upon and
along highways and public roads, without
first obtaining a written permit, signed by
the mayor and aldermen in case of cities,
the selectmen in case of towns and the
county commissioners in case of planta-
tions and unorganized townships, speci-
flying the kind of posts, where and how
they shall be located and set. and the
height of the wire above the ground; and
If The line. specified in the permit is q
public telephone service established in
Connection Herewith within. eighteen
months from the time the decision is
filed. the permit shall be void; before
lie notice thereof shall be given, and resi-
dents and owners of property upon the
highways to be affected thereby, should
such permit should not be granted. Such
public notice shall be given by publica-
ton in county newspaper when the
county commissioners are to act
and in some newspaper printed In
such city or town, if any, the last pub
LEGATION to be fourteen days before said
hearing; if In a town and no newspaper
is printed therein, then by posting the
same In some. public and conspicuous
place therein fourteen days before sale
hearing. When the application for suct
permit is filed, personal notice, II deemed
necessary, may be ordered by such Off
GERS and shall be given by such company
persons or associations to the residents
and owners of property to be affected
thereby At the hearing such company
persons or associations before proceed.
ing, shall first prove that such order OF
notice has been complied with and public
notice given as hereinbefore required.
and the adjudication of the mayor and
aldermen, selectmen or county commits
sioners that such personal and public
notice has been given shall be final and
conclusive. If from any cause the notice
given appears to have been defective, said
officers may order new notice, not eX-
ceeding seven days, and adjourn said hear,
ing to a time named in said new order CT
notice. After the erection of the lines!
having first given all persons interested
an opportunity to be heard, such officers
may direct any alteration in the original
permit. Such permits, specifications and
decisions shall be recorded in the records
of the city, town or county commission
ers. In case of plantations and morgan
lied townships any person or corporation
interested may appeal from the decision
of the county commissioners to the SUI
preme judicial court in the manner pro-
Vided in sections forty-eight, forty-nine
fifty and fifty-cne of chapter eighteen OF
the revised statutes, relating to high
ways, and in case of cities and towns as
follows: The decision of the mayor and
aldermen or the selectmen shall be filed
with the clerk of the city or town within
one week from their final hear.
such filing any person or corpora
their decision by filing notice OF. appeal
with a copy of the original petition and
adjudication with the clerk of the city
or town and with the clerk of the board
of county commissioners: the commits
sioners shall Immediately entertain such
appeal and give two weeks public notice
in county newspaper of the time and
place of hearing, which time shall be
within thirty days from the time such
appeal is filed; such hearing may be ad-
journed from time to time, not exceeding
thirty days in all, and the commissioners
shall file their decision within thirty days
from the time the hearing is closed, and
transmit a copy of the same to the clerk
Of the city or town, who shall forthwith
record it,.
Section g. This act shall take effect
May one, nineteen hundred three.
[Approved March Is,
Chapter 232.
An Act to make certain the meaning of
the language Timber and Grass" re-
lating to the Public Lots SO called, in
unincorporated townships in State of
Maine
Section /. The language Timber and
Grass, as relates to the public lots. SC
called, in unincorporated townships in
state of Maine lis hereby construed to
mean all growth of every description on
said lots.
Section .. This act shall take effect
when approved.
IApproved March Isl
Chapter 233.
An Act providing for a bounty on bears in
Oxford County.