The Republican journal., 1903-04-09


terests, and any subsequent taxes legally
assessed thereon and paid by either, OF
those claiming under them; and such sums
shall be paid or rendered, before any per.
son shall commence, maintain or defenG
any suit at law or in equity, involving the
title to such lands under such sale or for.
feiture, notwithstanding any irregularities
or omissions in such sale or forfeiture
Said amended section shall read as fol
lows:
| section 50. In any trial at law or ir
equity involving the validity of any sale
or forfeiture Of such lands, as provided In
facie proof Of title for the party claiming
under it, to produce in evidence the coun-
ty treasurer's deed, duly executed and re-
corded, the assessments signed by the
county commissioners and certified by
them or their clerk to the county treasur-
er, and to prove that the county treasurer
complied with the requirements of law In
advertising and selling.
Section 2. This act shall take ehect
when approved.
--.l.-1 [Approved March ~
| Chapter 81.
| An Act to set apart an annual Old Home
| Week.
| The week commencing with the second
| Sunday in August of each year Is hereby
! designated and set apart as Old Home
| Week; and cities and Towns are author
lied to raise and appropriate money for
| the due observance thereof.
[Approved March ~
Chapter IS.
An Act to amend chapter two hundred and
| ninety-six of the Public Laws of eigh-
| teen hundred and ninety-seven, relating
to the employment of Superintendents
| of Schools
| Section ]. Chapter two hundred and
ninety-six of the public laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven is hereby
! amended by inserting after the words
| y,fr ,I~'S ftn fnl11
teenth line of section two of said chapter,
the words for a term not exceeding five
years SO that said section, as amended by
this act, shall read as follows:
| Section 2. The school committees OF the
towns comprising union shall form a
| joint committee and for the purposes of
this act said joint committee shall be
! held to be the agents of each town com
| prising the union. Said joint committee
| shall meet annually at a day and place
| agreed upon by the chairman of the COM
mittees of the several towns comprising
the union and shall organize by the
choice of chairman and a secretary.
They shall determine the relative amount
of service to be performed by the superin-
! tendent in each town, fix his salary, ap-
portion the amounts thereof to be paid
by the several towns, which amount shall
be certified to the treasurers OF said towns
respectively; provided, that the amounts
so certified shall be in proportion to the
amount of service performed in the sew
eral towns. They shall choose by ballot
superintendent of schools, for a term
not exceeding five years, in which choice
the committee of each town shall have a
vote proportional to the town share of the
expenditure for the superintendent sal
ary.
Section e. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act, are hereby re-
pealed.
[Approved March 41
Chapter SO.
An Act relating to Lost Goods and Stray
Beasts.
Section l. Section ten, of chapter nine
| ty-eight of the revised statutes is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section To- Whoever finds lost money or
goods of the value of three dollars or
more, shall, if the owner is unknown,
within seven days give notice thereof in
writing to the clerk of the town where
they are found and post a notification
thereof in some public place in said town.
| If the value is ten dollars or more, the
finder in addition to the notice to the town
clerk and the notification to be posted
as aforesaid, shall within one month after
| finding, publish notice thereof in some
| newspaper published in the town, if any,
| otherwise in some newspaper published in
the county"
Section 2 Whoever takes up a stray
beast shall, within seven days give notice
thereof in writing, containing a descrip-
tion of it's color, and it's natural and art1-
| fetal marks, to the clerk of the town
where such beast is taken, and shall cause
notice thereof, containing like descrip-
tion of the beast to be posted and, if such
| beast is of the value of ten dollars OF
| more, published, in the manner provided
in the preceding section; otherwise he
| shall not be entitled to compensation for
any expenses which he may incur relative
| thereto.
| Section g. Section eleven of the same
chapter is hereby amended to read as fol-
| lows:
Section II. Every finder of lost goods or
stray beasts of the value of ten dollars or
more, shall within two months after find
| ing. and before using them to their disad-
clerk or a justice of the peace, directed to
| two persons, appointed by said clerk or
justice, not interested except as inhabl
tants of the town, returnable at said
clerks office, within seven days from Its
date, to appraise said goods under OATH
Section 4. Section twelve of the same
chapter is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
money or goods appears within six
months, and if the owner OF such stray
beasts appears within two months after
said notice to the town clerk, and gives
reasonable evidence OF his ownership to
them or the value of the money or goods,
paying all necessary charges and reason
able compensation to the finder for keep
| ing, to De aUJudEeQ Dy d. JuSllce VI LIle
peace of the county, if the owner and the
finder cannot agree
| Section 5. Section thirteen OF the same
| chapter is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 13. If no owner appears within
six months such money or lost goods shall
belong to the finder, by paying one-half
their value to the treasurer of said town
after deducting all necessary charges; but
if he neglects to pay it on demand, it may
be recovered in an action brought by said
treasurer in the name of the town.
| Section 6. If the owner does not appear
and prove his title within said two
months, the finder may sell them at public
auction, first giving notice of such sale
at least four days before the time of sale
in two public places in the town in which
the beasts were taken up; and the pro
ceeds of the sale, after deducting all law
full charges, shall be deposited in the toWr
treasury.
Section Z. If such owner appears withir
six months after such notice is filed witt
the town clerk, and proves his title tt
the beasts. he SHALL if they have not beer
sold have restitution of the same, aftel
paving the charges arising thereon as pro
Vided in section four: and If the beasts
have been sold, he shall be entitled to re
ceive the money so deposited in the treas
ury from the proceeds of the sale. II ne
owner appears within six months, the
beasts or the value or price thereof, after
deducting said charges, shall as prescribed