Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-24

| trustee expires the said municipal officers
| of the city of Augusta shall appoint Il
successor to serve the full term of three
| years; and in case any other vacancy
| arises it shall be filled in like manner for
| the unexpired term. They may also or
dain and establish such bylaws as are
| necessary for their own convenience and
| the proper management of the affairs of
| the district. The term of office of the
| trustees shall begin on the first Monday
| of August. Said trustees may procure an
| office and incur such expenses as may be
| necessary. Each member shall receive in
| fun compensation for his services an al
| lOwance of three hundred dollars per
| annum.
| Sect. g. Said water district is hereby
authorized and empowered to acquire by
| purchase or by the exercise OF the right
of eminent domain, which right is here
| by expressly delegated to said district
| for said purpose, the entire plant, prop
erty and franchises, rights and privileges
now held by the Augusta Water Company
| Chelsea, Vassalboro, China and Manches-
ter, including all lands, waters, water
rights, dams, reservoirs, pipes, machn-
cry, fixtures, hydrants, tools and all APP
paratuS and appliances owned by said
company and used or disable in supplying
water in said district and towns and any
| other real estate in said district.
Sect. Z. In case said trustees fail to
| agree with said Augusta Water Company
upon the terms OF purchase of the above
mentioned property on or before Novem-
Der first nineteen hundred and three, said
water district through its trustees is here
by authorized to take said plant, property
and franchises as for public uses by pc
tition therefor in the manner hereinafter
provided. And said water district
through its trustees is hereby authorized
| on or before November sixth. nineteen
hundred and three, to file a petition in the
clerks office of the supreme judicial court
for the county OF Kennebec in term time
or in vacation, addressed to any Justice
of said court, who" after notice to said
Augusta Water Company and its mort
cages, shall after hearing and within
thirty days after the ling of said petition
appoint three disinterested appraisers
none of whom shall be residents of the
county of kcnnebec, one of whom shall
be learned in the law, for the purpose of
fixing the valuation of said plant, prop
erty and franchise. The said appraisers
shall have the power of compelling at
tendance of witnesses and the production
of books and papers pretinent to the is
sue, and may administer oathS; and any
witness, or person i'll charge of Such books
or papers, refusing to attend or to pro
ducc the same, shall be subject to the
same penalties and proceedings, so far as
applicable as witnesses summoned to at
tend the supreme judicial court. The APP
pralSGrS so appointed shall after due no
tice and hearing fix the valuation Of said
plant, property and franchises at what
they are fairly and equitably worth, so
that the said Augusta Water Company
shall receive just compensation for all
the same. The first day of March, nine
teen hundred and four, shall be the date
as OF which the valuation aforesaid shall
be fixed, from which day. interest on said
award shall run and all net rents and
profits accruing thereafter shall belong
to said water district The report of said
appraisers. or of a majority OF them
shall be filed in said clerks office in term
time or vacation within five months after
their appointment. and such single ius-
tee or in case of his inability to act then
any justice designated tor the purpose uy
the CElGl Justice. NAV, after notice