Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-17

An Act to amend Section eight OF Chap
ter one hundred and sixteen of the
Revised Statutes relating to transcripts
in the Superior Court for kennebec
county.
Section /. Section eight of chapter one
hundred and sixteen of the Revised stat
utes Is hereby amended. as follows By
striking out the following words, ken
nebec. thirteen hundred collars year,
in full for services and fees of every
kind. Whenever the stenographer of tn +.
superior court of kennebcc county shall
make or transcrbe from his notes any
copies of the judges charge or testi-
for the same he snail charge the usual
fees for such services to the party for
whom he renders these services. and
certify the same te the clerk of said
court. and said clerk shall collect the
same and pay them over to the county
treasurer and inserting in lieu thereof
the following 'hennebec, thirteen hun
dred dollars n year in full for all SER
vices chargeable by him to the county +,
so that said section, as amended. shall
read follows.
section 5. The salaries of the stenog-
rapaers of the superior courts. to be
paid quarterly from the treasures of
their counties. are as follows:
Cumberland, fifteen hundred dollars 4
year. in full for all services heretofore
legally charseable by him to the county.
kennebec, thirteen hundred dollars ii
year in full for all services chargeable
by him to the nty.'-tApproved
March 4, 1872
Chapter 22O.
An Act relating to the jurisdiction of the
superior Court in the county of Kenne-
bee.
Section /. Section seventy-five of chap
ter seventy nine of the Revised Statutes
is hereby amended by striking out of the
last line the words of proceedings in
aabeas corpus and Iibels for divorce" and
Inserting therefor the following words.
of actions of trespass quare clausum,
iibeis for divorce and of proceedings in
habeas corpus; and of all other civil ac-
tons at law where the damages exceed
five hundred dollars except complaints
for iiowsge and real actions that
said section as amended shall read as
follows:
Said superior court has exclusive
jurisdiction of civil appeals from munich
pal and police courts and trial justices.
exclusive original iuridiction of actions
of scire facias on judgments and recog-
nizances not exceeding five hundred
dollars: of bastardy trials. and of all
other civil actions at law not exclusive
~ cognizable by municipal and police
courts, and trial justices, where the
damages demanded do not exceed five
hundred dollars, except complaints fo,
1lowage. real actions and actions of tres
pass quare clausum; and concurrent
pass quare clausum, libefs for divo &C.
and of proceedings in habeas corpus;
and of all other civil actions at law
where the damages exceed five hundred
and real actions
Section 2. Section two of chapter one
hundred thirty-two of the Revised stat
utes is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section ninety of chapter
seventy mine of the Revised Statutes is
hereby amended by striking out the last
twelve words of said section. so that
said section amended shall read as
follows:
The original and appellate iurisdic-
ton in all criminal matters in sail
counties of Cumberland and Kennebec.
and all powers incident thereto origi-
nally exercised by the supreme judicial
court, but heretofore conferred upon aud
exercised by said superior courts. are
continued
Section 1. Any Indictment for murder
returned by the grand jury in said
perior court at the April term thereof,
in the year nineteen hundred and thir-
teen, shall be in order for trial at the
next September term of said court
which shall have jurisdiction of all
matters pertaining thereto-tApproyed
April I 1912