The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-06
THE STATE OF MAINE

AINE, PASSED BY THE s
ana az other acts, or parts of acts, .in-
CONSISTENT herewith, are hereby repealed.
-(Approved March 2O.)
Chapter so.
An Act to amend Section twelve Of Chap
Ter nIty-fv of the Revised Statutes,
feiaUng TO Telephone Companies.
Section twelve of chapter fifty-five- of
me revised statutes is hereby amended
ny strlklng out the whole OF said section
ana substituting the following:
Section r. Every corporation operat-
ing telephone line in the state shall,
upon application of any other corporation
corporation connection between such lines
. upon the same rates as charged for the
same distances upon the line of the cor
poratlon SO connecting. Said connection
snail pc made at any pay station now
existing in the town where said corpora
tlon applying has it's chief office, or if
there be no such station. then a pay sta
foh sad may De established ana an snd
connection shall be made. Every cor
poration authorized by its charter to
grant telephone privileges including the
leasing of instruments and other appli-
ances shall grant such privileges upon
equal and uniform conditions. And all
tolls received by any telephone company
shall be divided among and paid to all
companies whose lines are used in con-
nection with said toll according to the
rate charged by each of said companies
-Approved March 21)
Chapter 81.
An Act to amend Section twenty-eight
of Chapter four of the Revised Stat
uteS, relating to filing vacancies in
Town Offices.
Section twenty eight of chapter four
of the revised statutes. is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
office in the second line of said sec
ton. the words or for any other rea-
son, and by inserting at the end of
said section the following words: The
meeting for choice of such new officers
may be called by the person or per-
sons legally elected and qualified as Sc
I9ctman or selectmen, although less
shau read as follows:
Section 90. When by reason of nom
acceptance, death, removal, insanity, or
other 1ncomDctency of person chosen
to town office, or for any other rea-
son there is a vacancy, OF want OF OFF,
GERS, the town may choose new officers;
and they shall be sworn, if an oath is
required, and have the same powers as
if elected at the annual meeting. The
meeting for choice eff such new officers
may be called by the person persons
legally elected and qualified as select
man or selectmen although less than 4
full board. 4 Approved March 21)
Chapter So.
An Act to remove the Northern District
Registry of Deeds from Madawaska
to Van Buren, in the County of ArooS-
took, and to authorize and empower
the county commissioners of Aroos-
took County to erect and construct a
building for said registry of deeds at
said Van Buren,.
Section J. Section seven of chapter
eleven of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the word
thirteen in the thirteenth line thereof
and inserting the word fourteen and
by striking out the word ''Madawasks''
in the last line of said section and in
sorting therein the words in either
Fort Kent or Van Buren,, as shall be
designated as hereinafter provided, SO
that said section as amended shall read
as follows
Section Z. All that part of the coun-
ty of Aroostook lying north of line
commencing at the southeast corner of
township +, in the first range west
from the east line of the state, thence
west the south line of said town.
ship and the south line of township *
in the second range, to township num-
bercd fifteen in the third range, thence
north to the northeast corner of town.
ship number fifteen in the third range,
thence west to the northwest corner of
range, thence south to the southwest
corner of township numbered fifteen in
the third range, thence west to the
northwest corner of township numbered
fourteen in the fourth range, thence
south to the southwest corner of town.
ship numbered fourteen in the fourth
range, thence west on the dividing line
of townships thirteen and fourteen to
the seventh range line, thence north to
the northeast corner of township num-
her fourteen in the eighth range,
ttence west to the the west linr Of the
district OF Aroostook county and the
register shall keep his office in either
Fort Kent err Van Buren, as shall be
designated as hereinafter provided
Section .. The county commissioners
of Aroostook county are hereby au-
thorized and directed to expend a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars in
constructing a suitable fire. proof build
ing and fire-proof vault, for the office
OF registry of deeds in said northern
registry district liz Aroostook county,
and also to build in addition to said
vault in said building two other rooms
suitable for the Office of registry of
deeds and for suitable furnishings for
same, and to build such other additional
rooms in said building IS they think the
business of the distric requires, and
the county commissioners are hereby
authorized to obtain a loan or loans
for said purpose and for said amount,
and cause notes or obligations of said
county, with coupons, for interest not
exceeding six per cent. to be issued, on
such terms as they deem eXpedient.
Section 3. This act shall be void I'M
less at a special election duly called
and held on the second Monday of Sep
TENDER, nineteen hundred and eleven,
and participated III by the qualified
voters in said district said district
accepts the same and determines by a
majority vote which town said registry
shall be located III. This act shall also
be void unless a suitable lot in Van
Burcn village, and a similar lot in Fort
Kent, Whereon to erect a building for
the registry office, shall have been con-
veyed to the inhabitants of the county
Of Arnostook by each of said town of
Van Buren, and Fort Kent, and the sum
OF three thousand dollars paid by the
citizens of said Van Buren, into the
county treasury, said sum to be expend-
ed by the county commissioners of said
county in building registry office on
said lot if the same be located in Van
Buren,, on or before the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and twelve
After the said election has been held
and the foregoing matters determined.
tie lot of land so conveyed and the
sum of three thousand dollars SO paid
by the parties failing to secure the To-
cation of said registry in their town,
ha and il,