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

mon conviction be fined not less u an :
ne hundred dollars nor m nffeps sn"" NV r
Ientiop No provision Of this act
hall be construed as extending ~ a,,, .
ernal beneficiary assoeiaI,oii'9, cbmrch in
,nr5,ce companies conducted Tor tne
of properties useo III tne ,oyn
vice of religious denominations; -,
nar. thereof: nor TO marine ihsui
,Dr ss1alI any provision OF TINS act ue
Construed as extending to insurance IN "a
COMPANIES w nnder 81 Section
.,ts, utntne Of chapter forty-nine, OF the
Revised Statutes of Maine -lApproNeu
March % 1879
Chapter 115.
An Act to amend section i@eH ised STAT.
1banter fifty-one of tine REVISED St,
ntes in relation to the taking oil laha
by railroad companies srty-ono
Section twentysix OF chapter nv ans,onho
Of the Revised statutes Is nereps ,.itnettb
ed nv striking out from the slA.e sards
and Seventeenth lines thereof tne ca,tifio
FURNISH the corporation WIN aso,int ION
tbereof': and insert in place tn ,s,,tea
I've words make a certificate coh.ai. s,,
a definite description thereof ,s anu copv
nsh the corporation MN 1ha clark e of the
thereof ard also inserting after the word
pS9sdeh" in the seventeenth line OF sai ii
section the words copy of, so that saiu
lection as amended shall read as 1olloWs ,
Section %. Any railroad cofporatioi,
1 .uIs f,s'en ;nngchase or take ana ho,o' as
time required Tor riutinnal land at any
ing the alignment of its road,e iWproN-
donble-tracking its road also land for
borrow and gravel pits, necessary tracks,
sheds, repair shops, and car. engine and
freight houses. but if the owner of said
land does not consent thereto, or If the
parties do not agree as to the necessity
therefor or the area necessary to be
taken. the corporation may make written
application. to the railroad commission
ers, describing the estate and naming
the persons interested; the commission
ers shall thereupon appoint time for
the hearing near the premises, and re-
quire notice to be given to the persons
interested, as they may direct, fourteen
DAYS at least before said time and shall
then view the premises, hear the parties
and determine how much, If any, of such
real estate is necessary for the reason
able accommodation of the traffic and
appropriate business of the corporation
Ii they find that any of it Is so neces-
tanning dehninte description thereof
and furnish the corporation with a true
copy thereof. attested by the clerk of
the board and when such copy of certifi-
cate is filed with the clerk of courts in
the county where the land lies, the land
shall be deemed and treated as taken;
provided however, that when land is held
by tenant for life, and the reversion is
contingent as To the persons in whom it
may vest on the termination of the life
estate. such fact shall be stated in the
in addition to the notice to the tenant
for life. give notice by publication to all
others interested, in such manner as
they deem proper.'-(Approved March -,
1872
Chapter 116.
An Act relative TO weights and measures.
Section /. Chapter eiGhty-two of the
public laws of nineteen hundred eleven
is hereby amended by striking out sec
tons one and two and inserting in place
thereof the following:
Section /. The State commissioner OF
agriculture shall be the. State sealer OF
weights and measures
The standard weights and measures
furnished by the government of the
United States in accordance with the Joint
resolution of congress approved June
fourteenth eighteen hundred and thirty
six, and any additions thereto and re-
newals thereof certified to by the United
States bureau of standards, and weights,
measures. balances and apparatus added
by the state commissioner of weights
and measures and verified by the United
States bureau of standards, shall be the
standards of weights and measures
this state
Section 2. The standards adopted by
the State shall be kept at the State
house under the supervision of the State
sealer and shall not be removed or used
except for the adjustment of set of
working standards that are copies of the
original standards or for scientific pur-
poses or to be verified by the national
bureau of standards The state sealer
good order and shall submit them at
least once in ten years to the national
bureau of standards for certification
He shall at least once in five Years cause
the standards of the several cities ana
towns to be compared and corrected to
conform with the State standards,
ures shall after consultation with. and
with the advice of, the national bureau
IF standards, establish tolerances for us
in this State and said tolerances shall ="
tniPrdnrpS
shall have general supervision of tn
weights and measures, and wePhlns,
and measuring devices of the cts an
towns of the State, and cause me Ell
forcement of all laws pertshihS -
weights and measures in use iRLthe star
and may appoint such agents as ne dt
sires to assist in the enforcement.
Section 2. Chapter eghtytwo OF IN
public laws of nineteen kandred eieven
IS hereby further amensed by adulns
thereto, at the end of said chapter nv
new sections, to be sections four, five.
six. seven and eight, which shall read as
follows:
force the provisions of law requiring
municipal officers to procure ana MAIN
.ain standards ofweights and measures
and the appointing of a sealer OF Weis4i's
section 5 The state sealcr or his
July authorized agents. shall visit the
various cities and towns IN the STATE II,
order to inspect the work OF the local
sealers He or his duly authorized
agents, may also at all times inspect
md test tlle weights, measures and bal
,nees of any person, firm, ASSOCIATION or
ton used. or to be used. IN puf-
,hasing from or selling TO the public any
goods wares. merchandise or other
and if any such weights,
Measures or balances are found to be in
accurate or defective he shall forthwith
.ause the same to be corrected or con-
leDhned.
Section 6.-Said State sealer or his
luly authorized agents. may at irresu.
ar intervals examine commodities sou
n offered for sale and test them for cor
ect weight, measure or count, and bring
complaint for violations. He, or his duly
authorized agents may for the purpose
tated above, and in the general per-
ormance of his or their official duties.
ave access without formal warrant to
INV stand, place. building or premises,
" may stop any vendor, peddler, junk
lealer coal wagon, ice wagon. or any
person whatsoever for the purpose OF
making the proper tests
section Z. ANY person who by NM
elf. or by his servant. or as the ser
fant or agent of another. shall use or
etain in his possession any false scales,
weight or measure or weighing or meas
ring device in the buying or selling OF
INV commodity or thing. or VINO small
dispose of any condemned scales, weight,
Measure or weighing or measuring de-
ice contrary to law, or remove any tag,
tamp or mark placed thereon by the
caller: or any person who by himself, or
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