The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-06
cI,anter 1873.

tnirty -four, Section one, relatihs 10 sears
of Notary Public and validating their
Acts.
Section one OF chapter thirty-four OF the
revised statutes is hereby amended oy In,
serting after the word Maine at tne enc
or its abbreviation. Me, and adding 10
said section the following words All past
acts OF notaries using seal VIII tns az,
valid as if they had used the word Maine;
so that said section shall read as follows:
Section 1. Every notary public shall
constantly keep seal OF once, wnereon Is
public and Maine or its abbrevlatlon
Me- with the arms of state, or such
other device as he chooses. When author
lied by the laws of this state or of any
other. state or country, to do any of1cial
act, he may administer any oath neces-
sary to the completion or validity thereof.
the abbreviation Me" are hereby declared
as valid as If they had used the word
Maine" II Approved March 29)
Chapter 1879.
An Act to amend Sections forty nine and
fifty-one of Chapter nine of the Revised
Statutes, relating to Taxes on Timber
aud Grass on Public Lots.
Section l. Section forty-nine of chapter
nine of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the word land"
and adding after the word county in the
second line the words and forestry dis
tilSe, dAu also Ill INC SiALu l1AC ny olIihiLS
out the words lone year and inserting in
lieu thereof the words six months, and in
the seventh line by striking out the words
th Two years and inserting in lieu Ut thereof
section, as amended shall read as follows:
Section 40. The timber and grass on
the reserved lands shall be held to the
state for the payment of such state, county
and forestry district taxes may be law
fully assessed against them after April
twentysix,. eighteen hundred and ninety
seven, with interest thereon at the rate
of twenty per cent a year, to commence
upon the taxes for the year in which such
assessment is made, at the expiration of
six months, and upon the taxes for the fol-
lowing year. at the expiration of eighteen
months from the date of such assessment
Section 2. Section ffty-one of chapter
nine of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the word and in
trict
Also by striking out the word "septem-
ber' in the third line and inserting in lieu
section as amended, shall read as follows ::
Section 81. Each fractional part, or in
terest represented by acreage, in all such
reserved lands, upon which the state, coun-
ty and forestry district taxes and interest
are not paid at the time of the annual land
sale in November, shall be forfeited to the
state, the same in the of lands sold
for taxes; but any owner may redeem his
interest in such reserved lands by tender
ing to the treasurer of state, within one
year after the date of the land sale at
portional part of all the sums due on the
reserved lands in any township, together
with interest at twenty per cent a year
from the date of the land sale, and one
Chapter 14o.
An Act to amend specification one, of Sec
ton thirteen of Chapter nine, Revised
Statutes, as amended by Chapter four.
laws of nineteen hundred and nine. re-
lating to Taxation of Personal Property.
Specification one of section thirteen CT
chapter nine of the revised statutes as
nineteen hundred and nine. is hereby
amended by adding the following:
All portable mills, logs. at or in the
same town as said portable mills to be
the lumber manufactured by said portable
mills, shall be taxed in the town where
said portable mills, logs, and lumber are
on the first day of April each year. so that
said section as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
Section l.. All personal property en-
ings or vessels, or in the mechanic arts,
shall be taxed in the town where so en-
ployed on the first day of each April; pro-
vlded, that the owner, his servant, sub
pies any store, storehouse. shop, mill,
wharf, landing place or ship yard therein
for the purpose of such employment. All
portable mills, logs. at or in the same town
as said portable mills, to be manufactured
at said portable mills, and the lumber man
ufactured by said portable mills, shall be
taxed in the town where said portable mills,
logs and lumber are, on the first day of
April each year.'-(Approved March 29)
Chapter 141.
An Act to amend Chapter fifty-two, Section
seven of the Revised Statutes as amended
by Chapter one hundred and thirty four
of Public Laws of nineteen hundred and
seven. relating to fraudulent evasions OF
payment of fares on Steam Railroads
Street Railroads, Steamboats, and Ferries
Section seven of chapter fiftytwo of the
revised statutes. as amended by chapter one
amended by adding after the word fare
III the tenth line of said section the words
whether said fare is demanded or not, OF
whoever without right authority rides in
or upon any freight train, that said
section as amended shall read as follows:
Section Z. No person is entitled to
TRANSFORMATION 1nlo over steam railroad, street
railroad, or upon any steamboat ferry
who does not on demand first pay the es-
tablished fare Whoever while being trans
ported over any steam railroad, street rail
on demand to pay the established fare, and
whoever fraudulently evades payment of Tie
established fare by giving false answer
or by travelling beyond the place to which
he. has. paid, or by leaving "a train, sire It
railroad car, steamboat or ferry without
paying the established fare, whether said
fare Is demanded not, or whoever with
out right or authority rides in or upon any
freight train, forfets not less than five nor
more than twenty dollars to be recovered
on complaint -(Approved March 29.)
Chapter 142.
An Act to amend Section thirty seven of
Chapter eight of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to the Taxation of Telephone and
Telegraph Companies.
whereas. the tax assessed under this act
must be assessed on before the first day
OF May next, and whereas in the opinion
of the legislature this fact renders the i'm
mediate passage of this act necessary for
the preservation of the peace, health and
safety and constitutes an emergency within
the meaning of the constitution, now there
fore:
BE it enacted by the People of the State
of Maine, follows:
section thirty-seven of chapter eight CT
the revised statutes is hereby amended by
striking out the word twenty five in the
twelfth line of said section and inserting
in Its place the word twenty; , also by
striking out the word twenty five" in the
fourteenth line and inserting in its place
the word twenty also by striking out the
word fifty" in the fifteenth line of said
section and inserting in its place the word
forty ); also by striking out the word 'twen-
ty-hve' in the seventeenth line and insert
ing i'll its place the word twenty also by
striking out the word -four" in the nine
teenth line and inserting the word six, so
that said section when amended shall read
as follows
Section 81 The amount of such annual
excise tax shall be ascertained as follows :
When the gross rereiDtS of Such cornora t;or