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

meet at convenient time and place, and
determine whether any and what amount
shall be allowed on each claim, and re-
port to him at such time as he may limit
thirteen, fourteen. Sixteen and seventeen Mava
of chapter sixty-six. apply to such claims
and the proceedings thereon. No action
mitted, unless proved before said com
missioners; and their report on all such
claims shall be final. saving the right OF
appeal
[Approved March 241
! Chapter 1873.
An Act to amend Chapter three hundred
and seventy-eight of the Public Laws
OF eighteen hundred and eishty-iive. re-
lating to Electric Posts and Wires.
Sectiop l. Section two Of chapter three
hundred and scventy-eisht of the public
laws Of eighteen hundred and eighty-lve
i is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following. Posts and wires erected and
maintained In accordance with, the pro-
, VISIONS or TINS chapter shall De deemed
/ ing the same shalt be liable on account
thereof only for carelessness or negligence
same, so that said section as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section 2. No such company. person or
association shall construct lines upon and
along the highways and public roads of
any city or town, without first obtaining
d written n1darrp permit, signed by the mayer
ing ing Where t the posts sei1 may be iaeatcd
the kind of posts and the height al
which and the places where the wires
may be run. Before granting such per-
NIT, fourteen days public notice there
of shall be given, and residents and own
ers of property upon the highways to be
affected thereby, shall have full oppor-
tunity to show cause why such permit
should not be granted. Such public notice
shall be given by publication in some
if any, the last publication to be four
teen days before said hearing; if no news
paper is printed therein, then by posting
the same in some public and conspicuous
place therein fourteen days before said
hearing; when the application for such
permit is fled, the mayor or chairman of
the selectmen shall indorse thereon what
personal notice, if any, 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
proceeding, shall first prove that such or
der OF notice has been complied with and
quired, and the adjudication of the mayor
and aldermen, or selectmen, 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, the municipal Off
GERS may order new notice. not exceeding
time named in said new order of notice.
After the erection OF the lines, having
first given such company, persons, assoc
cations Or their agents opportunity to be
heard the municipal officers may direct
any alteration in the location or erection
of such posts, and in the height of the
decisions shall be recorded in the records
:, of the city or town. Posts and wires
erected and maintained in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter shall
be deemed legal structures and the party
maintaining the same shall be liable on
account thereof only for carelessness or
negligence III the erection or maintenance
!, OF the same
Section 2. Section eight of chapter three
hundred and seventy-eight of the public
laws OF eighteen hundred and eighty five
is hereby repealed.
Improved March 24.l
Chapter 1874.
An Act in relation to the discharge of
'4ebtors in cases now pending in In
solvent Courts
Section 1. A discharge shall not be
granted TO debtor in any case now pend
ing in the several insolvent courts of this
state unless written application is made
therefor to the. judge before the first day
Of january, nineteen hundred and four,
and in case no such application is made,
al! proceedings in such case may be dis
missed upon motion of any party inter
eSted after such notice, if any, as the
judge shall order.
i Section 2. This act shall take effect
when approved.
Improved March PAL
| Chapter 1876.
An Act to amend Chapter eighty-siy of
the Revised Statutes relating to TrIs-
| tee process.
Section ]. Section six Of chapter eighty
amended, so as to read as follows:
Section s. The plaintiff may insert the
names OF as many persons as trustees as
he deems necessary at any time before
the process is served on the principal, but
not after; and he may have further ser
VICE made on any trustee. If found expe-
or renewed or the principal; but no costs
for services shall be taxed for the plain
TN IN such case, except for that last
! When a trustee suit is discontinued or
| settled by the principal parties thereto,
the trustee shall be entitled, to no costs,
shall notify the trustee in writing seven
| days before the return day of the writ
that the suit has been Discontinued
when approved
| [Approved March 24.l
| Chapter 1856.
An Act to repeal so much of Chapter
| thirty Of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by Section five of Chapter for
| ty-two Of the Public Laws of eighteen
| hundred ninety-nine, prohibits fish
| ing through the ice in Dexter pond in |
| Dexter. Penobscot county.
| Section L. So much of chapter thirty. OF |
the revised statutes. as amended by sec !
ton five Of chapter fortytwo of the pub |
nc laws laws Of f. eighteen hundred ninety-nne
| is hereby repealed.
| Section q This act shall take effect |
when approved.
Improved March 24.]
Chapter 1877.
An Act to amend Chapter three. Section |
hfty-nine. Paragraph twelve of the Re |
yised statutes, relating to dealers in
Old Junk.
Chapter three, section fifty-nine para
graph twelve of the revised statutes re- |
lating to dealers in old junk is hereby
amended by inserting in the second line OF |
said section the words and dealers in sec
ond hand articles and the pawning of |
articles with pawnbrokers. and in the
third line of said section the words, pawn
ers and pawnbrokers,' so that said SEE
ZION as amended, shall read as follows:
Section 50, Cities may establish ordi-
nances regulating the purchase and sale
OF articles usually bought by old Junk
dealers and dealers in second hand arti-
cles. &nd. the pawning of articles with
paWnbrokers. and may therein prescribe
conditions to be observed by BUYERS and
sellers, pawners and pawnbrokers, to pre-.
vent or detect the sale or purchase or
stolen goods; and suitable penalties NAV
be prescribed in such ordinances
LApproved March 24l
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