The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-04-08

al after the words "n the state in the
eighth line of said section, and adding
thereto, the results of the analyses of all
samples of commercial fertilizers to-
gether with such additional information
as may be OF public bensh sha t pc PUB
tion: SO that said section as amended
shall read:
Section 20. The director of the Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station annually
shall analyze, or cause to be Analysed, at
least one sample of every fertilizer sold
or offered for sale under the provisions
OF this chapter. Said director shall take,
in person or by deputy. sample, not ex-
ceeding two pounds in weight, for said
analysis from any lot or package of fer
tilizer. or any material used for manurial
purposes which may be in the possession
OF any manufacturer, importer; agent or
dealer in the state. The results OF the
analyses of all samples of commercial
fertilizers together With such additional
information as may be of pubic benefit
shall be published in reports or bulletins
of the station.
Section 4. Section twenty-six chapter
thirty mine of the Revised Statutes is
hereby amended by striking out all fol
lowing the words in the state in the
seventh line of said section and adding
thereto, the results of the analyses Of all
samples of concentrated commercial feed
ing stuffs together with such additional
Information as may be of public benefit
of the station so that said section IS
amended shall read:
Section o. The director Of the Maine
Agrit ultural Experiment Station annually
shall analyZe, or cause to be analysed,
at least one sample of every concentrat ii
commercial feeding stuff sold or Offered
for sale under the provisions OF this chip
ter He shall take in person or by deputy,
sample, not exceeding two pounds in
weight for said analysis. from any lot
or package of concentrated commercial
feeding. stuff which may be in the posses
sion of any manufacturer, importer.
agent, or dealer in the state. The results
of the analyses of all samples of con-
centrated commercial feeding stuffs to-
as may be of public benefit shall be pub
Gshed in reports or bulletins of the sta
ton
Section 5. Section thirty. OF chapter
hereby amended by striking out the words
nineteen" and twenty one" in the third
line, the word substantially" in the
fourth and seventh lines, and the words
and eleventh lines of said section SO that
the section as amended shall read:
Section 60. Whoever sells, offers or ex-
state. any commercial fertilizer without
complying with the requirements of sec
tons sixteen and seventeen, or any fer
tiliZer which contains smaller percent
age of constituents than are certified to
be contained or any concentrated com
mercal feeding stuffs as defined in section
twenty-four without complying with the
requirements of section twenty-five, Or
any feeding stuff which contains a smaller
percent sc of constituents than are cefti-
fed to ne contained. or any agricultural
seed without complying with the require
ments OF sections tWenty-seven and
twenty-eisht or whoever wrongly marks
or labels any package or bag containing
garden or vegetable seeds or any other
agricultural seed, not including those of
trees, shrubs or ornamental plants, shall
he punished by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars for the first otfense and
not exceeding two hundred dollars for
each subsequent offense. Municipal and
police courts and trial justices are hereby
vested with original jurisdiction concur
rent with the supreme judicial and su-
perior courts, to try. and, upon convtc-
ton to punish for offenses against the
provisions of this act. -(ApproNed March
80
Chapter 81
An Act relating to the issuance of Mile
age Books by Railroad Corporations
ANY railroad corporation issuing mile
age coupon books on and after the fiji
teenth day of July in the year of our
Lord, nineteen hundred nine, shall issue
the same without writing, any names
thereon or therein, so that the same shall
be absolutely transferable.-(Appr
March 81
Chapter SO.
An Act to provide for the payment Of the
premiums on bonds required of ahe
Treasurer of State and clerks in he
State Treasury Department.
The premiums necessarily incurred and
due and payable on account of any bond
given by the treasurer of state or by any
clerk in the state treasury department
shall be paid out of the state treasury
and the legislature shall at each session
thereof make appropriate provision by
resolve or otherwise for such payment
(Approved March 81
Chapter 80.
An Act to amend Section nine teen OF
Chapter tifty-one of the Revised Stat
utes. relating to the increase of capital
stock of railroad company.
Section nineteen of chapter tifty-one of
the Revised Statutes is hereby amended
by inserting after the word build" in the
second line of said section the following
words, or of building branch or extern
sion which it is or may be authorized to
build and by inserting after the word
claw in the fourteenth line of said sec
ton the words, by issuing common or
preferred stock and by adding at the
end of said section the following para
graph:
ii preferred stock be issued, the char
acter of such stock including It's voting
power. il any and the rate % interest it
shall bear aud whether it shall be cunu-
latve or non-cnuiu!ative shah be fixed
:" vote Of nd jnrity Of stock present or
represented at such legal meeting
So that said section as amended shall
read as follows:
Section 49, A railroad corporation for
the purpose of building a branch railroad
track which It is or may be authorized
to build, or of building branch or extern
sion which it is or may be authorized to
build, or Of aiding in the construction of
another railroad pursuant to law, or of
building stations, or Of abOllShing grade
crossings, or of making permanent i'm
provementS, or of paying its floating
debt. or of paying its funded debt. forH
the payment of money borrowed for any
lawful purpose, or for the purchase of
shares of the capital stock of any rail
road corporation whose railroad is leased
to or operated by it. or for the purchase
of shares of the capital stock of any
railroad corporation of which capital
stock it owns majority, or for i'm prov
ing the alignment of it's road, or for
acquiring land for and laying new tracks,
or for other necessary and lawful pur-
poses, not named in section five, from
time to time, with the approval of the
railroad commissioners as hereinafter
provided, may increase It's capital stock
beyond the amount fixed by law by issu-
ing common or preferred stock provided
such increase shall first be authorized by
vote of q majority of stock present or
represented at a legal meeting of the
corporation duly called for that purpose
If preferred stock be issued, the char
acter of such stock including its voting
power, If any and the rate of interest it
shall bear and whether it shall be Cuuu-
lative or non cumulative shall be fixed by
of inritu nf n