The Republican journal., 1903-04-09


board of railroad commissioners who shall
| upon notice hear the parties and finally
determine the questions raised by said
appeal SO that said section as amended
| shall read as follows:
Section Is. The municipal officers of
any town shall have power at all times
to make all such regulations as to the
mode or use of tracks of any street rail-
and disposal of snow and ice from the
streets, roads and ways by any street rail-
| way company as the public safety and
convenience may require. Any street rail-
way company may appeal from the de-
| cision of such municipal officers making
any regulation under this section to the
board of railroad commissioners who shall
upon notice hear the parties and finally
determine the questions raised by said
appeal [Approved Feb. 2Sl.
Chapter 16.
An Act concerning Attorneys at Law.
Section 1. Sections twenty seven, twen-
| ty-eight, twenty-nine and thirty Of chap
/ ter seventy-Bine of the revised statutes of
eighteen hundred and eighty-three are
| hereby amended SO as to- give any justice
of the supreme judicial court, in term
time or in vacation, the powers therein
conferred upon the court, and said see
tions, as amended, shall read as follows:
Section 27. If an attorney at law re-
ceives money or any valuable thing on q
| claim left with him for collection or set
! tlement and fails to account for and pay
over the same to the claimant for ten
days after demand, he is guilty of n
breach of duty as an attorney; and such
| claimant may file in the office of the clerk
of the supreme judicial court in the coun-
| ty where such attorney resides, a motion
| in writing, under oath, setting forth the
| facts; and thereupon any justice of the
supreme judicial court in term time or
in vacation shall issue a rule, requiring
| the attorney to appear on a day fixed
and show cause why he should not so
account and pay, and to abide the order
| of such justice in the premises; which
shall be served by copy in hand at least
| five days before the return day
Section 2S. If he then appears he shall
file an answer to such motion, under oath,
| and such Justice may examine the par
ties and other evidence pertinent there
! to. If he does not appear and answer.
the facts set forth in the motion shall be
| taken as confessed; and in either case
such Justice shall render such decree as
equity requires
Section %. Either party may allege ex-
ceptions to any ruling or decree OF such
Justice: and they shall be allowed unless
deemed frivolous
Section 30. It the attorney does not per-
form the decree of such justice, he shall be
committed for contempt until he does, or
is otherwise lawfully discharged; and his
| torneys.
section ?. This act shall take effect
when approved [Approved Feb. 24l.
Chapter II.
An Act for the protection OF Railroad
Signals.
Whoever Intentionally and without right
| INJURIES destroys, or molests any signal
of q railroad corporation, or any line
wire, post, lamp or other structure or me-
| chanism used in connection with any
signal on a railroad, or destroys or in any
! manner interferes with the proper work
ing of any signal on a railroad, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding five hun
tlred dollars, or by imprisonment not ex-
| ceeGing two years, or BOTH
[Approved Feb. 25.1
Chapter 19.
! An Act to amend Section forty-one of
| Chapter seventy-seven, of the Revised
Statutes, relating to the Supreme Judici-
| al Court.
Section forty-one of chapter seventy
: seven, of the revised statutes enact
ed in section five of chapter two hundred
forty-six of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and one, is amended by. adding
after the words and a reasonable COM
pensa ton for making dockets' in the
eleventh and twelfth lines thereof, the
words and for certifying decisions so
that said section as amended, shall read
as follows:
Section Al. The clerks of court in the
counties of Kennebec, Penobscot and
Cumberland shall be the clerks of the
terms of the law court held in their re-
spective counties, and each shall, upon
the adjournment of a term thereof holden
! in his county, transmit to the clerk of
the next term all dockets, together with
all exhibits and documents in his custody
| relating to pending causes. The docketS
of the law court shall be made from time
to time and kept as the court may dl-
rect.
The chief justice, or in his absence, the
senior Justice present. may allow the sew
cral clerks for attendance, not exceeding
| two and one-half dollars per day, and q
reasonable compensation for making
docllets and certifying decisions, which
shah be paid by the state; but no entry
fee shall be charged
[Approved Feb. Isl
Chapter 10.
An Act extending sundry existing statutes
to Street Railroads.
Section 1. Section ten of chapter two
| hundred and siXty-eight of the public
laws of one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three, as amended by section three
of chapter two hundred and forty-nine
Of the public laws of one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven, is further
amended by inserting the words eighteen
as amended by chapter one hundred and
! twenty-nine of the public laws of one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-one,
| between the words Seventeen and
nineteen by inserting the word TWEEN
ty-one' between the words twenty and
twenty-two," by. striking therefrom the
word ''si,ity-eisht." by inserting the
ty, one hundred and nine between the
words "siXty-eight and one hundred and
fourteen and by inserting between the
words statutes" and "shalI' the words
chapter two hundred and thirty-six of
the public laws of one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three, so that the
said section as hereby amended, shall read
as follows:
Section 10. So far as applicable the
provisions of sections seventeen, eighteen
as amended by chapter one hundred and
twenty-nine of the public laws of one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-one,
nineteen. twenty. twenty-one twenty-five,
twenty~three, twenty-four, twenty-five,
twenty-siX, twentyseven, thirty-six, thr-
ty-seven, thirty-eight. thirty-nine, fifty
| four fifty-five fifty-siX, tiftyseven, sixty
| six, siNty-Seven, seventy-eight, seventy
nine. eighty, one hundred and nine, one
hundred and fourteen, one hundred and
fifteen, one hundred and sixteen, one hun
dred and seventeen. one hundred and
eighteen, one hundred and tWenty-siX,
one hundred and thirty-fve. one hum
dred and thirty-six as amended, one hum
dred and thirty-seven, one hundred and
thirty eight. one hundred and thirty
nine, one hundred and forty of chapter
ffty-one of the revised statutes, and chap
ter two hundred and thirty six of the pub
lie laws of one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three shall apply to street
railways
/ Section 9. In all proceedings now pend
ing or hereafter brought before the coun-
ty commissioners for the estimation of
damages for the taking of land by any