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

| word ''muZzled' in line fifteen thereof
the clause except that calves, for a
may be transported in a separate apart
iment' so that said section shall read as
follows:
| Section 35. Railroad companies within
| the state shall give cars containing cattle
sheep, swine, or other animals, a continu-
| Gus passage in preference to other freight
and cars loaded with such animals at any
station shall take precedence over all
other freight. A greater number of ami
| mails shall not be loaded into any car than
can stand comfortably therein. Animals
of one kind only shall be loaded in the
same apartment. Young animals shall
not be loaded in the same apartment with
those larger and mature except in case
| of dams with their own and other suck
| lings which may be transported in the
same apartment and shall be separate
| from other animals. Calves shall have
| free access to their dams and shall not
| be muZZled. except that calves for a
period not to exceed twenty-four hours
may be transported in separate apart
| ment. During December. January, Feb
| ruary and March cars used for the trans
pcrtation of animals shall be sufficiently
boarded on the sides and ends to afford
proper protection to such animals in case
of storms and severely cold weather.
Approved Feb. 49,
Chapter II.
An Act to amend Section fifty-seven of
Statutes of Maine, relating to the
weight of "A bushel of Beans.
Section fifty-seven of chapter thirty
eight of the revised statutes of Maine is
hereby amended by striking out after the
word beans in the eighth line thereof,
the words 'sixty-two'' and inserting in
place thereof the word sixty. so that
said section as amended, shall read as
Section 81 The standard weight of a
bushel of potatoes in good order and fit
for shipping, is sixty pounds; of apples,
in good order and fit for market, forty
four pounds; of wheat, sixty pounds; of
corn, fiftysix pounds; of barley and
buckwheat, forty-eight pounds; of
carrots, fifty pounds; of onions in good
order and lit for shipping. fifty-two
pounds; of ruta baga, sugar beets, mangel
WurZel and turnip beetS. in like condition,
sixty pounds; of English turnips, in like
condition, fifty pounds; of beans, sixty
pounds; Of peas, sixty pounds; of rye and
Indian meal, fifty pounds; of oats, thirty
pounds, or strike measure: of Turk s
Island, or other coarse grades of salt,
seventy pounds, and of Liverpool, or other
fine grades, sixty pounds; and of hair
used in masonry, well dried and cleansed
eleven pounds; and the measure of each
of these articles shall be determined as
aforesaid at the request of the vendor or
vendee; and If either party refuses so to
do. he forfeitS twenty cents for each
bushel, to the person prosecuting thereof
within thirty days. [Approved Feb. 1Sl.
Chapter IL.
An Act to amend Section eighty-four of
Chapter six of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to county Roads and Bridges in
unincorporated townships.
Section eighty-four of chapter six of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by in
Sertng after the word Counties in the
third line the words or where said roads
and bridges are rendered impossible by
snow and inserting after the word ''re-
paired in said line, the words or made
passa ble,' so that said section as amen
ded. shall read as follows:
Section "a. County commissioners. in
case of sudden injury to county roads and
bridges in unincorporated townships and
tracts of land in their counties, or where
said roads and bridges are rendered i'm
pasSable by snow, may cause them to be
repaired or made passable forthwith or
as soon as they deem necessary, and may
appoint an agent or agents not members
of their own board to superintend the
expenditure therefor, who shall give bond
as required in section seventy-eight if
required, the whole expense whereof shall
he added to their next assessment on said
lands for repairs. authorized by section
eighty, which assessment shall create
lien upon said lands for the whole amount
thereof as effectually as is now provided
in relation to repairs on such county
roads. That portion of said assessment
which is for repairs of sudden injuries
as aforesaid. shall be set down in the as
sessment in distinct items, in a separate
column. and shall not be discharged, UNI
der section eighty-one but shall he en-
forced rs is provided in section eighty
two Improved Feb. 1871.
Chapter 10.
An Act establishing the Salary of the
County Treasurer of the County OF
Section l. From and after the first dav
of January. in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and three, the
salary of the county treasurer of the
county of York shall be seven hundred
and fifty dollars annually. payable quar-
terly on the last days of March. June,
September and December which shall be
in full for all services. expenses and
travel.
Section .. All acts and parts of acts
pealed.
Section This act shall take effect
when approved. [Approved Feb. 49,
Chapter n.
An Act in relation to the salaries of the
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court;
Section /. From and after the first day
OF January in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and three. the an
nual salary of each of the justices of the
supreme judicial court, shall be five thou
sand dollars, payable from the treasury of
the state in quarterly payments, on the
first days of January, April, July and
October.
Section o This act shall take effect
''0i "IP'"' ~. t-ApPio'cu l. GU. loI
Chapter is.
An Act to enlarge the powers of the
Railroad Commissioners over Street
Railroads.
Section /. Section eleven of chapter two
hundred and sixty-eight of the public
laws of one thousand eight hundred and
nfnety-threc is hereby amended by strik-
ing therefrom the following words: IF
the tracks of q street railway cross any
steam railroad and a dispute arises in
any way in regard to the manner of cross
ing, the board of railroad commissioners
shall upon hearing decide and determine
in writing in what manner the crossing
snail be made and it shall be made accord
ingly," and by adding thereto the follow
ing words: The said corporation may at
any time appeal from the decision of such
municipal officers determining the form
and manner of the construction and main
tenance of it's railroad and the kind of
rail to be used to the 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 hereby amended, shall read
as follows: 1iss
Section IL. Said railways shall be con
structed and maintained in such form
and manner and with such rails and upon
such grade as the municipal officers of
the cities and towns where the same are
located may direct. and whenever in the
judgment of such corporation 1t shall be
necessary to alter the grade of any city
town. or county road said alterations shall
be made at the sole expense of said cor
Dorat ton with the assent and in accord