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

voted to Join the said union; but such
admission shall be subject to the cond1-
tions herein prescribed as to the number
of schools and upon the approval of a
new certificate of union by the State
superintendent of public schools
Section 2. Section forty-thre OF chap
ter fifteen of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by chapter one hundred one of
the public laws of nineteen hundred
seven, is hereby further amended by
striking out all of said section after the
word town in the seventh line thereof
so that said section, when amended,
shah read as follows:
Section 49, The towns uniting for the
purpose of employing a superintendent
of schools shall appropriate for his sal
airy their proportion of the sum paid
said superintendent and the amount to
be paid by each town shall be deter
mined by dividing the entire sum ex-
nended for superipteudence among the
An Act to amend = SeePetH95nlr IN !se pro-
Chapter four of the Revised Statutes
as amended, relating TO tne choice ol
Section twelve of chapter four of the
Revised Statutes, as amended by chapter
one hundred seventy OF the pupnc laws
of nineteen hundred five, is hereby fur
Their amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: And in towns OF over TOUR
thousand inhabitants the candidates re-
ceiving the greatest number OF votes Tor
any of the above mentioned offices shall
be deemed elected to such office, so that
said section as amended shall read as
Section T. Annual town meetings
shall be held in March, and the voters
shall then choose, by a major vote, a
the town TO be selectfnen and overseers
of the poor. when other oVerseers are
not chosen, three or more assessors, two
or more fence viewers, treasurer. sur
veyors of lumber, sealers of leather,
measurers of wood and bark, constablest
collectors of taxes and other usual town
officers and If one-thrd of the voters
present are in favor thereof, they shall
choose, by a major vote, one auditor OF
accounts, all of whom shall be sworn
Treasurers and collectors of towns shall
not be selectmen or assessors, until they
have completed their duties as tfeasuf-
ers and collectors and had final settle
ment with the town. Provided, however,
any town electing three selectmen, three
overseers of the poor and three asses
sors, if they shall vote so to do, may
elect one member of each of the above
named boards for one year, one for two
years, and one for three years. and at
each annual meeting thereafter one
member of each of the said boards shall
towns electing more than three select
men,, three overseers of the poor ana
three assessors, may by vote determine
how many of each of said boards shall
be elected annually and the tenure of
their offices. The treasurer and collector
of taxes of cities and towns, may De one
over four thousand inhabitants the can
didates receiving the greatest number OF
votes for any of the above mentio eile1
Offices shall be deemed elected ed 10 sueh
office.'-(Approyed March 81, l9l5.l
Chapter 147.
An Act for the adjustment of the grade
Crossings of railroads.
Section l. The selectmen OF town IN
which public way crosses S,s or Is crossed "a
whiting with the board of railroad COM
missioners alleging that public safey
requires N adjustment of or an alter
ion in, prnSSinQ 4nDr04rl-
es; or a change in the method of cross
ing a public way: or the closing OF a
crossing and the substitution of another
therefor, not at grade; or the removal
of distractions to the sight at such
crossing. and praying that the, same
may be ordered: whereupon said com,
missioners shall appoint time and
place for a hearing thereon after notice
of not less than ten days to the. petit
TONERS, the. corporation. the municipal
ity in which such crossing Is situated,
the owners or occupants of the land adj
joining such crossing, or adjoining that
part of the way to be changed IN grade,
State, whose duty it shall be by himself
or through the county attorney of the
county wherein the crossing is located
to represent the interests of the State
at such hearing And after such notice
and hearing said commissioners snail
determine what adjustment, alteration,
for public safety and by whom such
Adjustment, alteration, change or re-
moyal shall be made. And to facilitate
such adjustments. alterations. changes
or removals. highways and other ways
may be raised or lowered or the courses
of the same may be altered to permit
a railroad to pass at the side thereof
For the aforesaid purposes land may be
taken and damages awarded as provld-
ed for laying out highways and other
ways, The commissioners shall deter
mine and fix the damages sustained by
any person whose land is taken and the
special damages which the owner OF
land adjoining the public way may sus-
grade of such way. Said commissioners
shall apportion such expenses and dam
ages between the State. the town in
corporation owning or operating the
railroad which crosses such public way.
and shall order twenty-five per cent
thereof, to be paid by the State, and ten
per cent thereof to be paid by the town
in which such crossing is located, and
the remainder thereof shall be paid b,
lne corporation owning or operating the
railIoad While the use of any way. Is
obstmeted in. carrying out the foregoing
provisions of this, section, such temper
airy way shall be provided by the cor
poratiSn as the commissioners may or
der; provided, however. that the COM
missionrs shalt not make any order
upon aay petition filed under the pro-
visions of this act until they are sat
tshed. by investigation or otherwise,
that the financial condition of the cor
poration owning or operating the rail-
poration ts comply with such order, and
that the probable benefit to the public
Will warrant said order and the proba-
Bile expense resulting therefrom. and
that said or1er can be complied with
without exceeding the State appropria-
ton available therefor.
Section 2. Whenever the railroad COM
missioners. upn an application or pc
titfon brought under the provisions of
section one of this act find that a pub
lie way crosses or is crossed by tracks
OF more than one railroad and the
tracks of such railroads are so near to-
gether that public convenience requires
the work of adjustment, alteration.
change or removal to be done under
and in eomplfahce with one order. they
shall give hottie 10 all the corporations
operating such railroads to appear be-
fore them and be heard upon the APP
plication; and after such notice aud
nearing said commissioners shall deter
mine what adjustment, alteration,
change or removal. If any, of said cross
ing, shall be made and shall determine
by whom such work shall be done and
shall apportion the percentage of ex-
pense to be borne by the railroad cor
porations as herenbefore provided be-
tween such corporations in such manner
as said commissioners shall deem just
and proper.
Section 3. The order of the railroad
commissioners relating to any matter
upon which they may act under the au-
thority of the preceding sections of this
act shall be communicated in writing to
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