The Republican journal., 1903-04-09

public laws of eighteen hundred and
| pinety- nine, and as amended by chapter
three hundred twenty-nine of the private
| and special laws of nineteen hundred and
one, as prohibits fishing through the ice
in Black, Whittier and Perry ponds, in
the towns of Vienna and Ches sterville, in
Kennebec and Franklin counties, is here
Section e This act shall take effect
| when approved.
| [Approved March 26.l
| Chapter 164.
An Act to amend section sixteen, chap
ter ffty-one of the Revised Statutes re-
| lating to railroads.
I Section /. Section sixteen of chapter
! fifty-one OF the revised statutes is hereby
amended by inserting after the word sta
tions'' in the third line thereof the words
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 16 Any railroad. corporation
may also purchase or take and hold, as
for public uses, land for borrow and
gravel pits, necessary tracks,, side tracks.
| stations, coal-sheds, wood-sheds, repair
shops. and car, engine and freight houses; !;
| but If the owner of said land does not
consent thereto, or if the parties do not
agree as to the necessity therefor or the
area necessary to be taken, the corpora
| ticn may make written application to the
railroad commissioners, describing the
estate. and naming the persons inter-
ested the commissioners shall thereupon
appoint a time for the hearing near the
promises, and require notice to be given
| to the persons interested as they may
direct, fourteen days at least, before said
| time; and shall then view the premises,
hear the parties and determine how much.
if any, of such real estate is necessary Tor
| the reaSonab BILE accommodation Of the
! traffic and appropriate business of the
corporation. Ii they find that any of 1t
I is so necessary they shall furnish the cor
| poratiOn with a certificate containing a
| definite description thereof: and when it
is tiled with the clerk of courts In the
county where the land lies, it shall be
| deemed and treated as taken; provided,
| however, that when land is held by d
| tenant for life, and the reversion is con-
| tingent as to the persons in whom it may
| vest on the termination OF the life estate,
| such fact shall be stated in the appiica-
| ton, and the commissioners shall, in ad-
| dition to the notice to the tenant for life,
give notice by publication to all others
interested, in such manner as they may
| deem proper.
[Approved March 26.l
Chapter 1865.
An Act to amend Section six Of Chapter
eleven Of the Revised Statutes of Maine
| relating to the raising and expendinS
of Common School Funds.
Section 1. Section six of chapter eleven
of the revised statutes is hereby amended
by inserting before the word schools
in the second line of said section the word
common and by adding after the word
deficiency in the eighth and last line
in said section the words and all moneys
provided by towns, or apportoned by the
| state for the support OF common schools
| shall be expended for the maintenance
| of common schools established and con-
| trolled by the town by which said moneys
| are provided or to which said moneys are
apportioned,' so that said section as
amended, by this act, shall read as fol-
| lows:
expend, annually, for the support of COM
mon schools therein, exclusive of the in
| come of any corporate school fund, or OF
any grant from the revenue or fund from
| the state, or of any voluntary donation,
devise or bequcst, or of any forfeiture
accruing to the use of schools, not less
than eighty cents for each lnhabltant,
according to the census by which repre-
| sentatives to the legislature We're last
apportioned, under penalty of fforfeitins
not less than twice nor more than tour
or apportioned by the state for
the support cf common schools. shall be
schools established and controlled by the
| town by which said moneys are provided,
or to which said moneys are apportioned.
Section 2. All acts, or parts OF acts in
consistent with this act, are hereby re-
| pealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
when approved.
chap.er 1865.
An Act to repeal Sections one to forty
seven, inclusive, and Sections forty-nine
to eighty-two, inclusive. of Chapter
forty-seven of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to Banks of Discount:
Section l. Sections one to forty-Seven,
both inclusive, and sections forty-nine to
eighty-two, both inclusive, of chapter
forty-seven of the revised statutes are
| hereby repealed.
repealed in the foregoing section remain
in force for the trial and punishment. OF
all past violations of them; and for the
recovery OF penalties or forfeitures al
ready incurred. and for the preservation
of all rights and their remedies existing
by virtue of them; and so far as they
apply to any Office, trust, judicial pro-
| ceeding, right, contract, limitation or
event already affected by them.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
~ [Approved March PSI
Chapter 167.
An Act to amend Sections thfrty-tWo,
thirty-three, thirty-four, thirtytive of
| Chapter eighteen of the Revised Stat
| utes relating to the assessment OF
| damages upon abutters on city streets
Section 1. Section thirty-two of said
chapter eighteen is hereby amended by
striking out the word thirty in the third
and eighth lines of said section and sub,
stituting in place thereof the word ten,
| so that said section as amended Shall
read as follows: After said assessment
has been made upon such lots or parcels
| ttIlu Clle iiLNe.t vi
shall be recorded by the city clerk, ana
notice shall be given within. ten days
after the assessment by delivering to
| each owner of said assessed lots resident
| in said city a certified copy OF such re-
| corded assessment, or by leaving it at
| his last and usual place of abode, and by
| publishing the same three weeks success
siveIy in some newspaper published in
| said city, the first publication to be with
| in said ten days, and the said clerk with
| in ten days shall deposit in the postottice
| of said city, postage paid, a certified copy
| of such assessment directed to each
| owner or proprietor residing out of said
city, whose place of residence is known TO
| said clerk, and the certificate of said
| clerk shall be sufficient evidence OF
these facts, and in the registry OF deeds
shall be the evidence of title in allowing
or assessing damages and improvements,
so far as notice is concerned.
| Section 2. Section thirty-thrce of said
chapter eighteen is hereby amended by
| striking out the entire section and insert
| ing in place thereof the following: ANY
| person not satisfied with the amount for
which he is assessed, may, within ten days
after service of the notice provided for by
the preceding section in either manner
| therein provided, by request in writing
given to the city clerk, have the assess
| ment upon his lot or parcel OF land de,
| ternlned by arbitra ton. The municipal
officers shall nominate six persons who
are residents of said city, two of whom
selected by The applicant, with third res
ident person selected by said two persons,