Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05

of this act shall be punished by fine of
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than five hundred dollars, to be recovered
on complaint or Indictment to the use of
the city or town in which any such
violation occurs
Section 6. All acts or parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
(Approved Feb. pa
Chapter %.
An Act relating to temporary crossings
over railroads for laundering Purposes.
Section !. Any railroad company NAV
in accordance with the provisions of this
act, establish and maintain temporary
crossings of any railroad operated by it,
for the purpose of accommodating lumber
ing operations, by agreement with any
person who may request such crossing
for numbering purposes, and upon petit
ton to the railroad commissioners. after
notice and hearing, said commissioners,
may direct any railroad company to
establish and maintain such temporary
crossings and at such places on its line
of road as said commissioners shall deem
company shall establish such crossing
and maintain the same in accordance
with the provisions of this act.
Section ,. AT every temporary cross
ton one of this act, boards with the
words, temporary railroad crossing. stop,
look, listen distinctly painted thereon,
on each side, in letters plainly legible,
railroad right of way at such crossing,
on pest or other structure in such posi-
ton as to be easily seen by persons
about to cross the railroad at such places.
Section 3 For any such crossing So
established, engine bells shall be rung
and engine whistles sounded. as provided
in section seventy of chapter tifty-one,
of the Revised Statutes.
Section 4. No team shall be driven over
any such crossing unless such team shall
first be stopped at the line of the rail-
road right of way and the driver thereof
shall first look and listen, and such
driver or some other person for him
shall first go upon such crossing, ahead
of such team, and be satisfied that such
team may safely be driven over such
crossing. Nothing in this section shall
prevent the railroad commissioners from
making such further regulations for
safety at any such crossing established
under their direction, as they may deem
eNpedient or necessary.
Section s. Each such crossing shall be
kept open only during such time each
year as the parties interested therein
may agree upon, or as the railroad COM
miSsiOnerS may specify in cases where
the railroad commissioners direct such
crossings to be established. When the
railroad commissioners shall direct any
such temporary crossing to be established
they shall determine who shall bear the
expense of establishing and maintaining
such crossing, and furnishing and erect
ing such sign boards, and they may. If
they see fit, apportiOn such expense be-
tween the railroad company and the per-
son or persons who shall have petltloned
for such crossing.
The expense of the crossing signs and
the planking between the rails shall,
however, in any event be borne by the
railroad company. (Approved Feb. 4)
Chapter 20.
An Act to amend and correct clerical
error in Chapter eighty-four, of the
Public Laws of nineteen hundred and
five, relating to the compensation of
the clerk to the Commissioners of In
land Fisheries and Game.
The second sentence of section two of
chapter eghty-four of the Public Laws
of nineteen hundred and five is hereby
amended by striking out said sentence
and substituting therefor the following:
From January one, nineteen hundred
and nine, the salary of the clerk to the
commissioners of inland fisheries and
game shall be one thousand dollars per
annum, >and the salary of the clerk to
the land agent and forest commissioner
shall be one thousand dollars (Approved
Feb. pa
Chapter "a.
An Act to amend Chapter Eight of the
Revised Statutes, relating to Taxation
of Loan and Building Associations.
Section tiftyseven of chapter eight of
the Revised Statutes is hereby amended,
by striking out the whole of said section
and inserting in place thereof, the fol-
lowing:
Section 81. Every loan and building
association doing business in this state
shall semi-annually on the last secular
aass o. Apii anu oo'pe ,ah aeratarv Of 81,
siSiieu aiiu smpi ~ os 10 5n.aI ~ ~. W
us assets ana iianllitles ~ .etdi,, VI wy
net amount OF us iTesliiiellts otltr .hi,,
~ ioans - nun ~ ~! ; ~
Iettl estate aiu Oh siialeS ~ 'ile hsaueia 10,
tloIl, ue'rllS 'lie SiA S+h w,
each OF sdlu uaA ,: anu ~ the lloi,s',s
1api,ai uues Ft,iu ~ ny IL, ~ n,i LIN ae
uuiiiiS me sA ,aio' UiIii,S u nna o
.aiu uaS ? - Sia t,,r, ha1i
az, ~ ~ , hnrI 81 500 assessnrs
nu a,r' NC f ~ ~ sonnnd Mondavs Of M,
w, VA ~ tn,,,To - CO.. ptilfn1i,, ,nal,;nc y
+ fn1so ~ pot'rn tie sacratarv forfeits nor
iart, ~, &c h,,rdrad dnliors nor ,onre
49,, &c +hn,,sand do,Iors ,rha tre,s,,rar
30. ~ a -, snniatin,, rbaiI ,,a,, 70 TIC t,,aas
-, a, ~ stoqa q tax nf .fonrth ~ one
nar ccpt :. year on the amo,lnt If month
" canitaI dues so returned and a further
tax df onelha1f of ono ner cent on the
,ttaraeo n,ont,nt en- ret,nned of tho in
vestnents nf such dissertations other
than in loans TO individuals and corpora
tions on real estate and on shares of the
associa'loh' NAPpfoVed rep. -'''
Chapter rs.
An Act in relation to supplies furnished
any person or family while placed in
quarantine bv the Board of Health.
Section l. Whenever any person or
family is placed in quarantine by board
of health. to protect the public against
small pox scarlet fever, diphtheria, or