The Somerset reporter., 1903-04-02

- shall he filed and recorded In the
office Of the clerk OF the courts IN, IN me
sch commissioner shall receive from
80 tate such just compensation as the
sayernor and council shall allow
Approved March Is.
Chapter 1893.
=, Act to amend Chapter eighty-seven of
tee Revised Statutes as amended by
G6anter two hundred and eighteen OF
tha public Laws of eighteen hundred
- nintty-three, Chapter one hundred
SnI thirty three of the Public Laws of
.1ebtrcn hundred and nlnoty-flvc. and
charter one hundred and twenty Of the
luhiic Laws Of eighteen hundred and
I5aefy-nine, and Section ninety-two of
rbnnter eighty-one of the Revised Stat
MIS- relating to the limitations OF ac-
lions against executors and administra-
eaafion 1. Section twelve of chapter
oie1fv-seven Of the revised statutes as
amended by chapter one-hundred and
twenty of the public laws Of eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine is hereby
n,rnsn,jed so as to read as follows:
sector Z. All claims against estates
of deceased persons. except for iegacles
0ad aIstri0utiVe shares, shall be present
ed - III, executor or administrator In
v-rfa 80 oI aed IN the probate court, sup
nar=#I D. m affidavit of the claimant, or
81 5tt4e o,Ler person cognizant thereof
eitii.4 3 Fore OF within eighteen months
1T =f.,..GNit ms been filed III the pro-
hat art 'hat notice has been giNen by
e. @A..rtpr or administrators of his ap-
pai..tfs t. and 10 acton snail be com
I,1sf.44 aluln-t such executor or admin
isti4tar on any such claim until thirty
daYs after the presentation or filing Of
snch claim as above provided. Any claim
naf SO presented or filed shall be forever
!, rred Igainst the estate, except as pro-
yid.d in sections thirteen. fourteen, six
tper and nineteen of chapter eighty-scVen.
Actions against executors or admins
traitors on such claims, If brought within
one year after notice is gwen by them
Of their appointment. shah be continued,
yjthnut costs To either party, until SAID
Vear exnires and be barred by tender
NJ the debt within the year, except, ac-
tions on claims not effected by the In
solVencY of the estate, and actions on
oppeals from commissioners of insolvency
ar other commissioners appointed ny the
Judge of probate. No action shall be
maintained against an executor or admin
iStrator on a claim or demand against the
estate except for legacies and dlstribu-
live shares, and except as provided in
sections thirteen and fifteen, unless com
menced within eighteen months after ALI
davit has been filed in the probate court
as provided in section forty Of chapter
sixty four of the revised statutes.
Executors or administrators residing
out of the state at the time of giving
notice of their appointment shall appoint
an agent or attorney in the state and in
SORT therein his name and address. On
ecutnrs or administrators removing from
the state, after giving notice OF their
appointment shall appoint an agent or
attorney in the state and give public no.
tee thereof; service made on such agent
or attorney has the same effect as II
made on such executor or administrator.
When an executor or administrator, re-
siding out Of the state, has no agent or
attorney in the state, service may be
made on one of his suretics With the same
effect as If made on him.
Section 9 Section ninety-two of chap
ter eghty-one of the revised statutes Is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
bring or liable to any action before men
toned, dies before or within thirty days
after the expiration Of the time herein
limited therefor, and the cause of action
survives. the action may be commenced
by the executor or administrator at any
tlme within eighteen months after his
appotntment, and not afterwards. If
barred by the other provisions hereof;
actions on such claims may be com
menced against the executor or admins
traitor, after one year or within one year
subject to continuance without costs and
within eighteen months after affidavit
has been filed in the probate office thai
notice of his appointment has been given
by him. and not afterwards, II barred by
the other provisions hereof, except as
provided in sections thirteen and fifteen
of chapter cighty-seVen.
Section g. This act shall not apply to
any pending action nor to any cause of
action against estates in which admins
tratlon has already been granted.
Section 4. rEls act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March 2S.l
Chapter 200.
An Act to increase the Salary of the
Comfy Attorney of Sagadahoc County
Section !. On and after January one,
nineteen hundred and four, the salary of
the county attorney of Sagadahoc county
shall be six hundred dollars per annum.
payable i'm quarterly payments, instead
of the sum now established by law.
Section >. This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March Isl
Chapter POI.
An Act establishing the Salary of the
County Attorney for the County eli
Section /. The county attorney for the
county of Washington shall receive am
annual salary from the treasury of state,
OF seven hundred and fifty dollars, paya-
BILE quarterly on the first days of Janu-
ary April, July and October in each year,
beginning on the first days of April, one
thousand nine hundred and three instead
OF the salary now provided by law.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts,
inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed
[Approved March Isl
Chapter 202.
An Act in relation to railroad Surveys.
Section 1. Any person who shall will
fully or maliciously disturb, remove or
destroy any transit point or benchmarks
Of any railroad location or survey, shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars or imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days; and shall in ad-
ditiop be liable in an action Of debt for
the amount Of damage done.
Section g This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March 28.l
Chapter POS.
An Act to establish the Salary OF the
Judge Of Probate in the County or
Washington.
Section l. The judge of probate for the
county Of Washington shall receive an
annual salary Of eight hundred dollars,
Instead of the sum now fixed by law,
wG.eh shall be paid to him out of the
county treasury in equal quarterly pay
mants.
section ?. This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March Isl
Chapter 204.
An Act to provide for the Preservation of
Town Records of births, marriages and
deaths, previous to the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-twO.
Section ]. Whenever the record OF the
births, marriages, and deaths, previous
T. the year eighteen hundred and rincty-
two, beginning at the very earliest date,
OF any town in this state, shall be col
eeted from church records, church reg
sters. records, of clergy men, family bi-
bes, public records and other available
sources, and shall be printed and verified
In the manner required by the standing
committee OF the Maine Historical SOci-
ETY. under the edltorship Of some person
selected by said committee, whose ser
vices shall be rendered free and without
any compensation, and the work shall APP
pear to them to have been prepared with
accuracy, the secretary of state snail
purchase five hundred copies Of such re-
Of y,ffg aaafafti