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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26

his farewell sermon. During their
stay here Mr.. and Mrs. Clark have
made many friends outside the con.
gregation, who gathered with his peo-
pie to spend the evening A two
course lunch was served and a purse
of money presented to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26
LEGAL.
Notice of Final settlement.

Estate of Sarah L. Robinson, de-
ceased
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned. Leon T. Robinson, cX-
ecutor of the last Will and testament Of
Sarah Il. Robinson. de ceased. has this
as such in the probatc court of Rock
Island county, and hearing on said re-
port has been set Cor May G. lJI3. at
20 O'Clock q. m. at which time nerlons
int rested may appear and kc obi,c-
uons thereto, and If no objections IRE
hied, said report will be approved at
that time. and the undersigned win ask
FOR an order Of distribution. and viii
also ask TO be discharged
Rock Island. Ill. ATTil II 49,?
LEON i. ROBINSON
Executor Of tho Last VIII ana fiesta
ment or Sarah l.. Robinson, deceased
Hugh y. Curtis. attorney
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26

Mr.. Gibson's brother George who was
seriously i'll with blood poisoning. He
is improving now.
Mr.. Hobart of Rock Island visited
his daughter Mrs. Elmer Laity, over
Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26
CHICAGO MARKETS.

Chicago. H., April 2G.-CattIe 100;
steady. unchanged
Hogs 1000 mostly 1Oc lower Bulk
-N-L5WS.95; light S.75@S95. mixed
$500 S.95, heavy s.45dS.S5.
sheep 1000: steady. unchanged.
L.ghtnoss Of demand was coupled
with IighLuess OF receipts and the hog
market became week, easing OF most
~ l0c from yesterdays average. Mar
keting Of some stock held back by the
recent floods in Ohio and Indiana,
helped lower prices. Packers were not
largely in the market
Cattle practically nominal; receipts
only 100 head.
Sheep and lambs slow; prices steady
because OF lightness OF receipts, but
there was not much demand.
wheat-No. ? red 1904 1904 No.
red 1o19 1o4; No. hard 93A @95;
No. hard 9lGsSA.
Corn-No. 2 55% No. 2 white 571A
ass; No. yellow 66js T66l4: No. 3
541A@551A; No. white Sea 5Gl2; No.
yellow 5411lG55lk
Oats-&O. 2 white $500 SCH No. 3
white S41&@55; standard 35A Q36.
Chicago Cash Grain.
May wheat opened 92lz G92%; clos.
ed 9z99zH.
Corn opened 55@553s; closed 547s
G55.
Oats opened 341A 634%: closed "a y
Pork 1862
IArc 1890.
RIBS I1Se
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26
MISSI SSiPPI RIVER.
RIVER FORECAST.

Slowly falling stages in the Mis-
sissippi will continue from below Du
buque to MuScatine.
M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26
TOday'S Market Quotations
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York. April 2G.-FoIlowing are
the quotations on the New York stock
market today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26
FORECAST DAVENPORT VICINITY
Fair tonight with frost andw

night and Sunday, with frost tonight
and rising temperature Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
April 26.-Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local market
today:
Butter, EGqs and Cheese.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26

Nonresident guardians notice of ap-
plication to sell real estate of her ward
To Benjamin T stiles. a person of
unsound mind, and to all persons whom
1T may concern:
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CHAPTER IT,,

Improved April 4. 1913
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CHATTER LIZ.

AN ACT to Amend Para graph Two of Sec
ton Thirteen. Of Chapter Nine of the
Revised Statutes, Relating to the Taxa
ton of Personal Property. As Amended
by Chapter Eighty of the Public Laws of
Nineteen Hundred Nine.
Be II enacted etc.
Paragraph two of section thirteen OF
chapter nine of the revised statutes.
amended by chapter eighty of the public
laws of nineteen hundred nine. is hereby
amended by adding to said section the fol-
lowing:
Provided. however that pleasure vessels
or boats in the State of Maine the first
day of each April whose owners reside
without the state and which are left in
this state temporarily by the owners for
the purposes of repairs, shall not be tax
able under the provisions of this section.
so that said section amended shall read
as follows;
II. Personal property. including yachts
and pleasure vessels whether propelled by
sail, steam, gasoline or otherwise, which
on the first day OF each April is within the
state and owned by persons residing out
of the state or by persons unknown: ex-
cept vessels built in process of consuuc-
ton, or undergoing repairs. and hides and
the leather, the product thereof when 1t
appears that the hides were sent into the
state to be tanned, and to be carried out
of the state. when tanned shall be taxed
either to the owner, II known. or to the
person having the same in possession. or
store. shop. mill, wharf landing, shipyard
or other place therein where said property
IS on said day, and lien Is created on
said property in behalf of such person.
which he may enforce for the repayment
of all sums by him lawfully paid in dis.
charge of the tax. A lien Is also created
upon the property for the payment of the
tax. which may be enforced, by the con-
stable or collector to whom the tax is com
mitted. by sale of the property. as pro-
vided in sections twelve. eighteen and nine
teen of chapter ten. II any person pays
more than his proportionate part of such
tax, or If his own goods or property are
applied to the payment and discharge or
the whole tax, he may recover of the own
er such owners proper share thereof. Per-
sons engaged In tanning leather In the
state, shall on or before the first day of
each April, furnish to the assessors of the
town where they are carrying on said
business, full account, on oath. of all
hides and leather on hand received by
them from without the state, and all hides
and leather on hand from beasts slaugh-
tered In the state. which last named hides
and leather shall be taxed In the town
where they were tanned. The words YES
sells built IN the third line shall not be
construed SO as to include pleasure vessels
or boats Provided. however, that pleasure
vessels or boats in the State of Maine on
the first day OF each April whose owners
reside without the state, and which arc
left In this state temporarily by the own
ers for the purposes of repairs Shall not
be taxable under the provisions OF this
section
[Approved April 4. 1871
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CHSPTER 100.

AN ACT to Amend Section One of Chapter
Ninetv-three of the Revised statutes as
Amended, Relating to Mortgages OF Per
sonal Property.
Be 1t enacted, ETC.. 800
Section one of chapter ninetythree OF the
revised statutes, as amended by chapter
eighty-sx of the public laws OF nineteen
hundred eleven, Is hereby further AMENDED
so that said section when amended shall
read as follows:
Section |. No mortgage of personal
property Is valid against any other person
than the parties thereto, unless possession
of such property is delivered to, and re-
tanned by the mortgagee. or the mortgage
is recorded in the office of the clerk OF the
city town or plantation organized for any
purpose, in which the mortgagor resioes:
when the mortgage Is given. When any OF
the morteagors reside without the state,
or in an unorganized place in the state
the mortgage shall be recorded in the reg
istrv OF deeds in the county where the
MORTGAGE resides, when the mortgage Is
given A mortgage made by corporation
shall be recorded In the city, town or
plantation where 1t has its established
place Of business. and If said corporation
has no established place of business in the
stale or said place of business IS In an
unorganized place in the state, then in the
registry of deeds In the county where the
MORTGAGE resides when the mortgage Is
maze. =, ,,
Improved April ., 1871
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-06
CHAPTER 171.

AN ACT to Amend Section Five Of Chap
ter One Hundred and Thirteen, OF the
Revised Statutes. Relating to Personai
Property Bargained and Delivered to An
other. which Shall Remain the Property
of the Seller till Paid for.
Be 1t enacted, etc:
Section five of chapter one hundred ana
thirteen of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by inserting after the word the
and Before the word town" in the eiSnth
line the word city and inserting after the
word town" and before the word in IN
the eighth line the words or plantation or
ganized for any purpose and by inserting
after the word purchase ana beiore t1e
word the" in the ninth line the words
but if any OF the purchasers are not resi-
dents of the state or reside IN an uhor-
ginized place in the state. then In the reg
istry of deeds in She county where the
seller resides at the time of the sale, and
by inserting the wor6s of the revised
statutes after the words chapter eighty
eight in the twelfth line thereof; SO that
said section as amended shall read as iol-
lows;
Section 5. No agreement that personal
property bargained and delivered to anoth-
err. shall remain the property of the sener
till paid for, Is valid unless the same Is IN
writing and signed by the person TO pc
bound thereby. And when so made 2,nd
signed, whether said agreement is, or Is
called q note lease, conditional sale, pur-
chase on instruments. or by any other
name, and in whatever form 1t may be, it
shall not be valid. except as between the
original parties thereto, unless IT Is re-
corded in the office of the clerk of the city.
town or plantation organized for any pur-
pose, in which the purchaser resides at the
time of the purchase; but II am of the pur-
chasers are not residents OF he state or
reside in an unorganized place in the
state. then in the registry of deeds in the
county where the seller resides at the time
of the sale. The fee for recording the
same shall he the same as that for record
ing mortgages of personal property. All
such property, whether said agreements
are recorded or not, shall be subject TO re-
demption and to trustee process as proYid-
ed in section fifty of chapter lightweight
of the revised statutes, but the title may
be foreclosed In the same manner as rs
pro, lded for mortgages of personal prop
erty.'
Improved April 4. 1881
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CHATTER ITO.

AN ACT 10 Amend Section Twenty OF
Chapter Sixty-seven of the Revised Stat
utes as amended by Chapter One Hun
dred and Thirty-four OF the Public Laws
OF Nineteen Hundred and Eleven, Relat-
ing to tine Distribution of Personal Es-
tate.
Re II enacted etc.
Section twenty of chapter siXty-seven of
the revised statutes as amended by chapter
one hundred and thirtvfour OF the public
laws Of nineteen hundred and eleven, is
hereby further amended. so that said sec
ton as amended shall read as follows:
Section 20. When OH the settlement of
any account of an administrator or eXecu-
tor, there appears to remain in his hands
property not necessary for the payment
of debts and expenses of administration,
nor specifically bedueath the judge upon
petition of any party interested. after pub
lie notice and such other notice as he may
order shall determine who are entitled to
the estate and their respective shares
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-06
CHATTER 176.

AN ACT Relating to the Assessment Of the
County Taxes in the Several Counties for
the Year Nineteen Hundred Thirteen.
Whereas the assessment of the county
taxes for defraying the expenses of gov
eminent OF the several counties Is imme-
dately necessary for the preservation OF
the public peace, health and safety; and
Whereas By revised statutes, chapter
nine, section seventy-one, said county
taxes are required to be apportioned by the
county commissioners in March; and
Whereas the resolve granting the county
taxes was not passed until March twenty
seventh. leaving only four days in March
for the making of such apportionment,
which is insufficient time for the purpose;
in the opinion of this legislature the facts
above recited constitute an emergency rem
Gering 1t Immediately necessary for the
preservation OF the public peace, health
and safety that the act should be passed
extending a time for such apportonment;
therefore.
Be It enacted. etc:
Section l. County taxes of the several
counties for the year nineteen hundred and
thirteen may be apportioned either during
the months of March or April of said year
upor the last state valuation.
Section .. In view of the emergency ex-
pressed in the preamble of this act, this
act shall take effect when approved
Improved April 4, 1881
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CHAPTER 165.

AN act to Amend Section -Four of Chap
ter. Sixty-one of the Revised Statutes, as
Amended, Relating to Marriage and the
Registi alton of Vital Statistics.
Be 1t enacted, etc:
Section four of cha pier sixty-one of the
revised statutes as amended by chapter
seventy-fve OF the public laws of nineteen
hundred ana nine. is hereby amended by
striking out in the eleventh. twelfth and
thirteenth lines thereof tire words land II
there is no such clerk IN the place of their
residence the like entry shall be made
with the clerk of an adjoining town and
inserting after the words lis granted" in
the eighth line thereof the following: and
II there Is 20 such clerk In the place of
their residence. the like entry shall be
made with the clerk of an adjoining town:
and If both parties reside out of the state
they shall ca use notice of their Intentions
to be recorded In the Office of the clerk
of the town In which such parties propose
TO have the marriage solemnized. at least
hve days before such certificate Is grant
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-06
CHAPTER 174.

AN ACT to Amend Section Seventy-one OF
Chapter Seventy-nine of the Revised
Statutes as Amended by Chapter One
Hundred Ninety-six OF the Public Laws
of Nineteen Hundred eleven Relating to
the Jurisdiction of the Superior Court for
Cumberland County.
Be it enacted. etc:
Section /. Section seventy-one of chapter
seventy nine of the revised sta tutes as
amended by chapter one hundred ninety six
of the public laws of nineteen hundred
in the eleventh line of said section the
words ''libels for divorce" and inserting
after the words exclusive original juris-
diction Of in the third line thereof the
words 'libels for divorce so that said sec
ton as amended shall read as follows:
Section II. Within said county. said su.
perior court has exclusive jurisdiction OF
civil appeals from municipal and police
courts and trial Justices; exclusive original
jurisdiction of lbels for divorce, actions or
scre facias on judgments and recogniz-
ances not exceeding five hundred dollars:
of bastardy trials. and of all other civil
actions at law not exclusively cognzable
by municipal and police courts and trial
justices, where the damages demanded do
not exceed five hundred dollars, except
complaints for fowage, real actions and
actions of trespass quare clausum; and
concurrent original jurisdiction of actions
of trespass quare clausum. and of pro-
ceeding in habeaS corpus; and of all other
civil actions at law where the damages eX-
coed five hundred dollars, except conf
plants for fiowage and real actions.
Section ,. All acts and parts of acts in.
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Improved April A. 1871
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ed; and said section four is further amend
ed by striking out all thereof after the
words adjoining town" In the thirteenth
line. SO that said section as amended shall
read as follows
Section 1. Residents OF the state intend
Ing 10 be joined In marriage shall cause
Ntice OF their intentions to be recorded
in the Office of the clerk of the town in
which each resides. at least five days be-
fore certificate of such Intentions is
granted: and IL one only of the parties re-
sides In the state they shall cause notice
of their Intentions to be recorded In the
Office of the clerk of the town in which
such party resides, a. least FIVE days, before
such certifcateIis gtanted a1d II. there Is
no such clerk o. the place OF their resi-
denee, the like entry shall be made with
the clerk of an adjoining town and II
both parties reside out of the state they
shall cause notice of their intentions to be
recorded in the office of the clerk of the
town IN which such parties propose to have
the marriage solemnized. at least five days
before such certificate is granted and the
book In which such record is made, shall
be labeled on the outside OF its cover.
Record OF intentions OF marriage" and
be kept .onen to public inspection in the
Office of the clerk.
[Approved April 9, 1881
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CHAPTER IT6,

AN ACT to Amend Section Fifteen Of
Chapter Eight Of the Revised Statutes,
Relating to the Board of State Assessors.
Be it enacted etc;
Section fifteen of chapter eight OF the
revised statutes Ia hereby amended by add
ing after the word assistance" in the
third line the words in addition to
clerk" so that said section shall read as
follows:
Section Is They shall be provided with
suitable rooms in the STATE house, and shall
he furnished by the secretary of state with
necessary books, blanks. stationery notices
and summouses, and may employ assist
anee in addition TO clerk they shall
deer, necessary at an expense not exceed
las one thousand dollars year
Approved April l. 1851
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dence of his wife; how long a resident
of the city, and where his last vote was
cast, which answers shall be reduced to
writing on blanks. furnished for that
purpose by the city clerk. and signed by
the voter, whose signature shall be vie
messed by two election officers repre-
senting two different parties. The war
den shall promptly return all such
records to the city clerk who shall keep
them on file for public inspection for
one year. Any failure to comply with
the provisions of this section shall be
misdemeanor and be punishable as pro-
vided in section twenty-nine of this
chapter so that said section as amend
section "a. Any qualified elector In
said cities may challenge the right of
any person to vote in any ward Of said
cities at any election held therein and
shall be given the opportunity by the
presiding officer thereof, to make such
challenge, and such presiding officer
shall note the fact of such challe nge
upon the voting list used In such ward
But be1ore permitting person SO chal
lenged to vote the warden shall cause
him to state his place and date of birth ,
occupation; place of business; whether
married or single; II married, the name
and residence of his wife: how long a
resident Of the city; and where his last
vote was cast, which answers shall be
reduced to writing on blanks furnished
for that purpose by the city clerk, and
signed by the voter. whose signature
shall be witnessed by two election Of
The warden shall promptly return ali
such recordset6 the city clerk who shaII
Keep them aons M eSf6r public ifnspectiof,
for one year NY failure TO comply
with the provisions of this section shall
be a misdemeanor and be punishable as
provided in section twenty-nine' of this
chapter
Improved April /. 1881
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AN ACT for the Improvement of Streets
in Thickly Settled Portions Of Cities ana
Towns.
BE il enacted. etc:
Whenever q majority of the abutters IN
number and value upon any street or road
In the thlckly settled poi ton Of any city
or town, shall in writing petition the city
or town officers to improve said street,
highway, avenue or alley. by grading,
parking. curbins, gravellins, macadamiz-
ing. paving or in any other way making
- permanent street OF the same, or any
part thereof and TO provide for the MAX
Ing and reconetructng OF such street i'm
provements, SAID city or town shall have
the power to assess twO-thirds of the cost
on the abutting proT ertN The assessment
shall be made in the same manner and
form and be subject to the same rights
and methods of appeal are provided in
case of sewers In chapter tWeuty-one OF
the revised statutes Of Maine In deter
mining The number and value of the
abutters on said street, the last assessors
valuation shall be used.
[Approved April 1871
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AN ACT Relating to the Disbursement Of
Appropriations to Institutions Receiving
State Aid.
Be 1t enacted. etc:
No institution. which accepts in any OF
it's departments for a stated consideration
persons, for meaiqa1 or surgical kreaeme Mt
and whose Anancial AFFAIRS. are, not wholly
under the control .of this state, shall re-
priation made by the legislature, or any
part thereof, until the state auditor shall
be satisfied that its per capita per diem
charge for service in such departments Is
not less than the average cost of such SER
vice for the preceding year; but nothing
in this act shall be construed to prevent
the acceptance by any institution of less
sum than the face of the bill In payment
of the same from those judged by the man
ayers to be unable to pay the full amount
nor the performance of gratuitous service
for those deemed worthy.
[Approved April 2, 1871
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CHAPTER 1913.

AN ACT to Establish a Board OF state
Park Commissioners and to Define Its
Powers and Duties.
BE Ii enacted ETC..
Section l. The governor by and with the
advice and consent of the council, snall
appoint three persons to be known as the
state park commissioners, who shall hold
office for two years from the first day OF
July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. SAID
commissioners shall consider the advisa-
bility of laying out ample open spaces
reservatlon road ways, and bouevards Tor
the use of the public In the cities and
towns OF Maine, and shall have authority
to make maps and plans of such open
spaces, reservations. roadways and boule-
wards. and to collect such information IN
relation thereto as they may deem ex-
pedient They shall report to the legisla,
ture of one Thousand nine hundred ana
fifteen on or before the second WEDNESDAY
OF January. a comprehensive preliminary
plan for acquiring, laying out and main
tanning such open spaces, RESERVATIONS
roadways and boulevards
Section O. Said commissioners may EN-
ploy such assistants and expend such
funds in the discharge Of their duties, IN,
Guiding actual travelling expenses of SAID
members and their assistants, as the gov
ernor and council may determine.
Section g. Said commissioners shall re-
ceive no compensation.
Approved April ., 1881
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CHAPTER 1877,

AN ACT to Create the Office OF Assistant
Attorney Generals
Be 1t enacted. ETC.:
deputy who shall be designated as the as
sistant attorney general. and who shall
serve during the pleasure of the attorney
general or until successor is duly APP
pointed and qualified. His office shall be
at the capitol and he may perform all the
duties required of the attorney general by
chapter forty-seven of the revised statutes
and such other duties as the attorney gen.
eral may require of him. He shall receive
an annual salary of eighteen hundred dol
lars and actual cash expenses wilhelm the
discharge of his duties away from the
capitol and he shall receive no further fees,
peruuistes or emouments
approved April .. 1871
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-05-01

ANU Sc NE n


company ever made. Filled with SEN
sations and surprises, one of which is
a woman hanging to railroad bridge
200 feet above the ground.
Tracked to the Sandia Mountains" ,"
Frontier. Big herds of cattle are seen
in this spirited western picture.
'The Mysterious Card" Imp COM
edy.
'Leo's Waterloo"
Mr.. Foolshead will make you laugh
Miss Gladys Rahe, soprano soloist
We have installed a Knabe Baby
Grand piano for use in our orchestra
There's nothing too good for our pa
irons.