The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-06
probate court and allowed as sufficient
vnucher therefor =.

Ally Llluc WlLulH lWGuly years 1IOul
the date of deposit the person entitled
thereto may present to the county COM
missioners evidence of his right to. the
same and upon satisfactory proof that
rant, direct said county treasurer to pay
over to such person the amount of origi
nal deposit and the amount Of interest
at the rate of two per centum per an
mum, from the date of deposit
Such county treasurer shall annually
in the month of January cause to be
published in one or more newspapers
published and printed within the county
and the state paper list of all persons
entitled to such deposits.
income of all such deposits and after
twenty years from, the date of such de-
post, il not claimed and paid over to
the person entitled thereto, his heirs.
executors administrators or assigns, the
same shall escneat to the county.
This. act shall apply to all deposits
heretofore made under said section
twenty, and within sixty days from the
time this act shall take effect, the
judges of our several probate courts
shall assign all such deposits to the sew
eral county treasurers and the registers
shall deliver the bank books to said
shall in such cases commence on the
date of such transfer so that said sec
ton shall read as follows:
Section 90. When on the settlement
of any account of an administrator or
executor, there appears to remain in his
payment of debts and expenses of adj
ministration, nor specifically bequeathed,
the judge upon petition Of any party
interested, after public notice and such
other notice as he may order, shall de-
ternine who are entitled to the estate
and their respective shares therein un-
der the will or according to law, and
order the same to be distributed accord
ingly; and alienage shall be no bar to
any person. who, in other respects, is
entitled to receive any part of such
property. If an executor or admins
traitor neglects to distribute the prop
erty in his hands in pursuance of such
order, and the parties in interest reside
out of the state, and had no actual no
tice of any such settlement of account,
the Judge on petition of any such party,
may, within six years after such set
Element, order such executor or admin
istrator to render a new account If
any sum of money directed by decree
of the probate court to be paid over, re-
mains for six months unclaimed, the ex-
ecutor. administrator, guardian or trus-
tee who was ordered to pay over the
same shall pay such sum of money to
the treasurer of the county in which
the probate court has jurisdiction. who
shall give receipt therefor, specifying
the amount, name of estate and name of
person entitled thereto, which said re-
ceipt shall be filed in the probate court
and allowed as sufficient voucher
therefor.
Any time within twenty years from
the date of deposit the person entitled
thereto may present to the county COM
ml&slcnerS evidence of mis- right to the
same and upon satisfactory proof that
he is entitled thereto they shall by war
rant, direct said county treasurer to pay
over to such person the amount of
original deposit and the amount of in
terest at the rate Of two per centum
per annum, from the date Of deposit.
Such county treasurer shall annually
in the month of January cause to be pub
llshed and printed within the county
and the state paper list of all persons
entitled to such deposit.
Such county shall have the use and
income of all such deposits and after
twenty years from the date of such de-
the person entitled thereto, his heirs,
executors, administrators or assigns,
the same shall escheat to The county
;, This. act shall apply to all deposits
twenty, and within sixty days from the
time this. act shall take effect, the
judges of our several probate courts
shall assign all such deposits to the
listers shall~deliver the bank books to
SAID treasurers, but the said twenty
years shall in such cases commence on
the date of such transfer. When an
ehSSuloI, dullllHiSlIdlOE, guardian or
trustee has paid or delivered over to
the persons entitled thereto the money
or other property in his hands, as re-
CURED by decree of a probate court
he may perpetuate the evidence thereof
by presenting to said court, without fur
Their notice, within one year after the
decree is made, an account Of such pay
ments, or of the delivery over of such
to the satisfaction of the court. and
verified by the oath of the party, shall
be allowed as his final discharge, and
ordered to be recorded. Il Approved
Chapter 1885.
An Act relating to the signature of Stock
Certificates.
Section thirty-four of chapter forty-seven
of the revised statutes is hereby amended
by inserting in the tenth line thereof be-
lore the word clerk" the word Secretary >
by inserting after the word treasurer in
the same line the words of assistant treas
urer. and by adding after the word lis
sued in the twelfth line, the words unless
the corporation has duly authorized trans
Ter agent whose duty it is to countersign
each certificate issued : SO that said sec
tion, as amended, shall read as follows:
Section 81. When the capital of cor
poratlon is divided into shares, and certifi-
Gates thereof are issued, they may be trans
1erred by Endorsement and delivery. The
delivery of certificate of stock of cor
poratlon to bona fide purchaser or Pledge
for value, together with a written transfer
OF the same or a written power of attorney
to sell, assign and transfer the same, signed
by the owner of the certificate shall be a
sumclent delivery to transfer the title
against all parties. Certificates of shares
with the seal of the corporation affixed, shall
pc issued to those entitled to them by trans
Ter or otherwise, signed by the president or
vlce-president, and by the cashier, secre-
tafy, clerk, treasurer or assistant treasurer
Neither shall sign blanks and leave them
for use by the other, nor sign them with
out knowledge of the apparent title of the
person to whom they are issued, unless the
corporation has duly authorized transfer
agent whose duty it is to countersign each
certificate issued. In case of the absence
or disability of either of said officers the
signature of a majority of the directors in
his stead Is uficient.'-(Approved March
Chapter 1856.
An Act to increase the allowance for Water
ing Tubs.
Section seventy-four of chapter twenty
three of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the word three
IN the fourth line and inserting the word
five in place thereof also by striking out
the words land half in the seventh line
of said section SO that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section IA. A town at its annual
meeting may authorize its assessors to
abate not exceeding three dollars OF the tax
of any person, upon proof that he has owned
and used on the ways during that year
cart wheels having fellOes not less than
six inches wide. And they shall abate five
dollars from the tax of any inhabitant who
snail construct, and during the year keep
IN repair Watering trouph hocido tho h;o1,