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

'..-u Sds IcoeeHi Sucn real estate by pay
! ing to the purchaser or his assigns the
sum for which the same was sold wit h
interest thereon at the rate Of twenty
per cent year, and the costs of re-
Section 4. Section thirty-five of said
chapter eighteen is hereby ed nv
striking out the entire section and insert
ing in place thereof the following: If
said assessments are not paid, and said
city docs not proceed to collect said
assessments, by a sale of the lots or par
Gels OF land upon which such assessments
are made, or do not collect, or is in any
manner delayed or defeated in collecting
such assessments by sale of the real
estate So assessed. then the said city, in
the name Of said city, may maintain an
action against the party so assessed for
the amount of said assessment, as for
money paid, laid out and expended,~sin
any court competent to try the same and
in such suit may recover the amount OF
such assessment, with twelve per cent
interest On the same from the date of
said assessment and costs
lApproved March %.
Chapter 1863.
An Act to amend chapter one hundred Of
the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
and ninety-one, entitled AN Act to
create Forest Commission and for the
protection of forests
Section l. Section one of chapter one
hundred of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-one is hereby
amended by striking out the word two"
in che fourth line of said section and in
sorting in place thereof the word four
80 mat said section, as amended, shall
read as follows:
Section ]. The state land agent is
hereby made forest commissioner of the
state CT Maine, and in addition to the
salary now received by him as land
agent, he shall receive as compensation
for his services. as forest commissioner
four hundred dollars per annum, and his
actual travelling expenses incurred in the
performance Of his duties, an account of
which shall he audited NV fha
and council
Section g Section four of said chapter
is hereby, amended so that said section,
as amended, shall read as follows
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of the
forest commissioner to take measures for
the prevention, control and eXtinguish-
ment Of forest fires in all plantations and
unorganzed townships, and. to this end,
he shall appoint such number of forest
fire wardens to patrol the forests as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions
of this act, assigning to each warden the
territory over and within which he shall
have jurisdiction. Fire wardens. so ap-
pointed shall hold office during the pleas
ure of said commissioner, be sworn to the
faithful discharge of their duties by any
officer authorized to administer oaths,
and a certificate thereof shall be returned
to the Office of said commissioner. Said
wardens shall perform such duties, at
such times, and under such rules and reg
ulations, as the commissioner may pre-
scribe, and they shall receive as compen-
sation two dollars for each day of actual
service. Whenever a fire occurs on, or
is likely to do damage to, forest lands
within the jurisdiction of any such fire
warden he shall take immediate action to
control and extinguish the same. and for
this purpose forest fire wardens are here
by authorized to summon to their assist
ance citizens of any county in which said
fire may be, ard every person SO sum-
moned and assisting shall be paid fifteen
by him. Immediately after the extinguist-
ment of ire the warden in charge
shall make return, under oath, to the
comnlissioncr of the expense thereof, in
moned and assisting, with their post
office addresses. and the hours of labor
actually performed by each. All expense
incurred under the provisions of this Sec
ton shall he paid from the funds appro-
priated to and for the use of the forest
commission
Section 3. This act shall take effect
when approved.
Improved March PSI
Chapter 1863.
An Act to amend section six of chapter
two hundred siXty-seven of the Public
Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
the printing and distributing ballots at
the public expense and to regulate vot-
ing for State and City Elections.
sixty-seven Of tile public laws Of eighteen
ninetythree Is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word
UPlu III Stld SecUlOH U1e IOll0W1nS
words: and for candidates for electors |
of president and vice president on or |
before the tenth day of October in each |
year when such election is held, so that |
said section as amended shall read as fol- |
lows:
Section g. Certificates of nominations |
and nomination papers for the nominal |
ton of candidates for state and county |
officers and representatives to the legiS- |
lature, shall be filed with the secretary |
of state on or before the tenth day of Au- |
,t,,I, x1~
is held. and for candidates for electors of |
president and vice president on or before /
the. tenth of October in each year when
such election is held Such certificates |
dates for the offices of mayor and all |
other offices in cities shall be filed with |
the city clerks of the respective cities at
least seven days, exclusive of Sundays. |
previous to the day of such election. With |
papers and certificates shall |
also be filed the consent in writing of the |
person nominated |
GApproved March 2G.1
Chapter ITO.
An Act to amend Section thirty-eight of !
Chapter twenty-seven of the Revised |
Statutes and Section forty of Chapter
twentyseyen of the Revised Statutes
forty of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven and Chapter
one hundred thirty-two of the Public
Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
Section /. Section thirty-eight of chap
ter twcnty-seven of the revised statutes
Is hereby amended by adding thereto the
words. whoever violates this
section shall be fined one hundred dollars
and costs or be imprisoned sixty days
SO that section as amended shall read as
Section IS Whoever shall deposit or
have in his possession Intoxicating liquors
with intent to sell the same in the state
IN violation of law, or with intent that
same shall be. sold by any person. or to
aid or assist amy person in such sale. I
whoever violates this section shall be
fined one hundred dollars and costs or be
imprisoned sixty days
Section 2. Section forty of chapter
of the revised statutes as
amended by chapter one hundred and
forty of the public laws of eighteen hum
1rcd and eighty-seven, and chapter one
hundred and thirty-two of the public
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety -one,
Is hereby amended by striking out the
words "or has reason to believe that said
person has concealed them about his per-
son, to search said person, and If such
iqrors are found upon the person or
premises, to arrest him. in the sixteenth,
seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth
lines of said section, and insert in the
place thereof the words to arrest said
person and by striking out the words
found upon the person in the premises
sixth and twenty-seventh lines of said
section and inserting in place thereof the
words kept and deposited by him in any
place so that said section as amended
shall read as follows
Section 40. If any person comDetent