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

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| more hoops Of uniform shape throughout
| not less than one and 0ne-fourth inches
| wide are used. the whole number may be
reduced to six; each cask shall be not
| less than twenty-five inches in length
between the heads fifteen and one-fourth
inches In width between the chimes and
seventeen inches In the clear on the IN
| side at the bilge No lime casks or bar
| rels to contain lime shall be manufac-
tured and no limo shall be put up for sale
in casks or barrels LEGS in size than herein
| provided and unless made IN accordance
| with this section.
Section g. All packages containing lime
| tnereof In distinct and plain letters the
| Iuil name, or Initials OF the christian
tame tame ana full surname Of the manufac-.
| lurer followed by the letters ''Man'r'
WIN Ihe name of the place or particular
iocalily where manufactured, Nowhere,
On any such package shall appear the
| riine, ~ appreviation or the name, or
any mutation of any name or abbrevia-
llon OF the name of any city or town,
t g.ner than that in which the lime con-
SECTION 4. Every lime mantifacturer
snali on the first day of January of each
Era III MAKE sd 10 the inspector of lime casks
~ the iowa Where the lime is manufac-
| tured, return, showing rhe Whole
amount OF lime manufactured by him,
t the amount nato put up in packageA and the
and tie amount sold or shipped in mig
! Section s.. 1T snail be the duty of The
, lime inspectors and their deputies IN in
! spect all lime casks and see thai in ali
| respects the provisions of this act are
complied with, and for the purpose of
performing such duties they shall have
the right to stop and inspect casks in
transit or offered for sale. They shall he
responsible to any person injured py the,
misconduct or their failure to perform
their official duty, and when Judgment il
recovered against the inspector or deputy
on account of any misdoings in his Office
and the execution is returned uDsatisiied
the creditor may avail himself of the BEN
eiit OF the inspectors or deputy's bond
copy of which shall be given HIN on
request, in like proceedings as a party
injured by the m. sdoing of a sheriff may
avail himself of the bond of such sheriff
Section 6. That part of section twenty
four, chapter one hundred sixteen OF the
revised statutes, under heading Lime"
Shall be amended as to read as fol-
lows: For every ordinary cask of ling
and every two hundred pounds of lime
ordinary casks the manufacturer shall
pay to the inspector of lime casks In his
town at the time the return thereof, is
required to be made, one-half of one
mill, and in addition shall pay deputy
inspectors who inspect the casks used by
SUCH manufacturer; and the inspectors
an appropriate action.
Section T.. Any person convicted of any
violation OF the provisions of this act
fifty dollars for each offense
Section 5. Sections one, two. three.
TOUR, five and six of chapter thirty-nine
pealed
Section 9. Inspectors and deputy in
speetors appointed and qualified under
section one chapter thirty-nine of the re-
vised statutes shall continue as inspectors
and deputies under this act for the times
for which they were severally appointed.
lApproved March g.
Chapter 1893.
An Act to amend Section twelve and fol-
lowing Sections of Chapter forty-three
of the Revised Statutes in relation to
Meridian Lines and Standard Of
Section l. Section twelve of chapter
forty-three of the revised statutes and
the subsequent sections of said chapter
are hereby amended so as to read as
Section II. The county commissioners.
at the expense Of their several counties,
snail erect and forever maintain therein.
electrical disturbances as the public con-
Venience requires. true meridian line
to be rerpetuatcd by stone pillars with
brass or copper points firmly fixed on the
tops thereof, indicating the true range
of such meridian; and shall protect the
same and provide book of records to be
son appointed by them nearer to such
structure and accessible to all persons
wishing to refer thereto.
Section IL. Such structures shall be I'M
der the care and custody of such clerks;
and any surveyor residing In said county
or engaged in surveying therein, shalt
OF testing the variation of the magnetic
needle.
Section A. When such meridian lines
have been established and completed
every land surveyor shall, at least an
nually before making any survey, test
ana verify his compass, or other instru-
ment using the magnetic needle by the
meridian line so established in the county
where his surveys are to be made, and
shall enter the declination of such needle
from the true meridian in the book mem
toned in section twelve. together with
the style and make of such Instrument
and its number, If any, and the date and
name thereto for future reference; and
shall insert corresponding entries as To
date and declination, in his field note
SHOW dates at which his surveys are
made. Neglect or refusal to comply
with the terms of this section shall rem
twenty-five dollars for each neglect to
be recovered on complaint in the county
where any survey Is made. half to the
complainant and half to the county.
The provisions of this section shall not
apply TO such surveys as are made by
angles from some fixed. permanent line.
of the magnetic needle.
section 10. The county commissioners
at the expense of the several counties
shall also erect and forever maintain
therein at such place or places as the
public convenience may require a stand
ard of length of not less than one hum
marked thereon.
Such standard may consist of stone
monuments permanently fixed with metal
plates on the tops thereof, properly
marked and protected; or of a steel bar
of the necessary length properly marked
and suitably placed and protected. All
such standards shall be made no cor
respond with the standard of the United
States Bureau of Weights and Measures
and shall be provided with proper means
for determining the tension of tapes or
chains during comparison.
Such standards shall be under the care
and custody of the clerks of the courts,
who shall keep n suitable book for the
record of comparisons.
Such standard shall be accessible to
any person for comparing amy tape
chain or other linear measure
Every surveyor shall before making
surveys in this state, and at least an
nually, compare his tape or chain used
in such surveys with the standard In the
county in which he resides or IN which
surveys are to be made: and shall record
the result in the book provided for that
purpose, giving description of such tape
or chain, with the difference, If any, be-
tween the same and such standard. to-
gether with the date and temperature
and the tension on such tape or chain
at the time of comparison. When such
standard shall have been completed in