Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-14

ga Aizs ton has been completed and bust
ness begun hereunder. When such COM
Dany has established a guaranty fund or
capital as provided herein and has COM
Dliyd with the other requirements of the
laws OF this State. it shall be authorized
by the Insurance commissioner to write
business and such company may charge
and collect nrcmiu n in cash and by
its bylaws and policies Fix the eontin-
gent mutual liability of its members for
the p1%nenI o. losses and expenses not
pr9v led for by its cash funds. but such
contih2cn liability Of a member shall
not be less than an amount equal to and
in addition 10 the cash premium written
in his DohcE. The total amount of the
liability of the polieyholder shall be
plainly and legibly stated upon the filing
back of each policy. Whenever any re-
ductien is made i'll the contingent liabil-
ity af members such reduction shall APP
ply praportionaliy 10 all policies in force.
twenty-seven of chapter forty nine of
the Revised Statutes rs hereby amended
by adding the following clause: No COM
pany of another st tie trans 1ctiBg casual
ty insurance on the assessment plan
shall - authorized after this act goes
into effect unless such company snail
have a guaranty fund or capital or net
Of domestic companies hereafter incor-
porated. '-(Approved March Is, 1872
Chapter 122.
An Act to amend sefion fifteen of Chap
ter fifteen of the Revised Statutes, as
Section fiftcen of chapter fifteen of the
Revised St,autes as amended by chapter
forty eight of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and five. is hereby further
amended by Inserting after the word
.tems% in the fifth line thereof the
words said bill of items having first been
appYked by a majority of the members
Of me experimenting school committee
and certified by the superintendent of
amended shall road : foI1OwG.
i Section To- Nc money appropriated by
law for public schools shall be paid from
the treasury of any town, except upon
written order Of its municipal officers
ana no such ordec shall be drawn by
said officers except upon presentation of
a properly avouched bill of items said
hiil of items having first been approved
Dy majority of members OF the super
intending school committee and certified
by the superintendent OF schools. The
uneXpended balance of all moneys raised
by towns. or received from the State.
for the payment OF wages and board OF
teachers, fuel, janitors' services, convey
ance or tuition and board of scholars.
shall be credited TO the school resources
for the year following that in which
said unexpendcd balance occurred. This
clause. relating. to unexpended balances
shall not apply to cities. '-(Approved
March %, 1879
Chapter 1923.
An Act to authorize the sheriffs and
jailers of the several counties i'll their
discretion to furnish money and trans
p3rtatioh to prisoners about to be dis
Section l. The sheriffs of the several
counties in the State may, in their dis
cretion give a prisoner. about TO be dis
charged from jail, over which the said
several sheriffs have custody. a sum of
money not exceeding two dollars, and
wearing apparel not exceeding the value
OF ten dollars, and may also furnish said
discharged prisoner railroad ticket,
non-transfcrable, to any place, the fare
to which does not exceed the sum of
eight dollars.
Section .. The n eney so paid out and
expended by said sheriff or Taller shall be
repaid to hial out of the county treasury
after the bill has been audited and the
amount found correct by the county
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS March %,
1879
Chapter 1874.
An Act to amend Section thirty-nine oil
Chapter thirty-nine of the Revised
Statutes, relative to the weights oil
certain commodities.
Section thirtynlne of chapter thirty.
amended by inserting in the twelfth line
after the words eleven pounds tn,
following: of Strawberries, raspberries
and blackberries, forty pounds each
forty pounds; dried apples. forty-eigh
pounds; peaches, forty eight pounds
dried peaches as. talrty-thEee pounds, swee
hSfa9s poGs P9uads f fgs
pounds, and by inserting in thu
eighteenth line, after the words forty
five. pounds the following: for Glove
seed, sixty pounds; alfalfa seed. sixt,
pounds: tiaNseed, ffty-six pounds; heml
seed, forty-four pounds: Hungarian
grass seed. eight pounds; orchar,
seed, fourteen pounds; sorghum seed
fifty pounds: timothy seed forty-fiv,
pounds; millet seed. fifty pounds: bran
twenty pounds: so that said section a.
InI rlasaI rs1d foil
Section 80. The standard weight of
bushel of potatoes, in good order and fl
for shipping, is sixty pounds; OF apples il
corn. fifty-six pounds; of barley ant
buckwheat, forty-eight pounds, of ear
Iots, fifty pounds; of onions in good or
pounds; of ruta baga, sugar beets
mangel wurzel and turnip beets. in Xix
condition, sixty pounds; of English tur
parsnips, in like condition, forty-fiv
pounds: of beans, in like condition, SIX
ty pounds; of peas. sixty pounds; of ry
and Indian meal. fifty pounds: of oats
other coarse grades of salt. sevent,
pounds; and of Liverpool. or other fin
grades, sixty pounds;' and Of hair use,
IN sv maso onyds wei dried and cleaned
berries and blackberries, forty pound
each; baeberiies, foty-two pounds
currantS, forty pounds, dried apples
forty-eght pounds: peaches, fortyeign
pounds; dried peaches, thirty-thre'
pounds. sweet potatoes, fifty-fou
pounds; ounces, forty-eight pounds; to
matoes, fifty-siX pounds: and the meas
ure of each of these articles shall be de
termined as aforesaid at the request o
the vendor or vendee: and If either part!
refuses so to do, he forfeits twenty-cent
for each bushel. to the person prescott
ing therefor within thirty days.
The standard weight of a bushel o
herdsgrass seed when we'll cleaned anI
in good condition. is forty-five pounds
for clover seed. sixty pounds; alfalfs
seed, sixty pounds: fiaxseed, fiftysi,
pounds. hemp seed, forty-four pounds
Hungarian grass seed, forty leigh
pounds: orchard grass seed, fourteen
pounds; red-top seed. fourteen pounus
sorghum seed, fifty pounds; timothy
seed. forty-iive pounds: millet seed, fifty
pounds; bran, twenty pounds
The standard weight of a barrel oil
potatoes, in good order and fit for ship
ping, is one hundred and sixty-five
pounds. -tApproved March %. 1881
Chapter 1926.
An Act relating to the insurance OF
property owned by the state.
Whenever any State officer or state
on property owned by the State, or for
which the State Is responsible. payable
to the State treasurer, and said prop
erty has been destroyed. the money paid
by the insurance companies on the loss
shall. with the approval of the governoI
and council, be made Immediately avail.
a for tho use of such office de-