The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-10

tors of the property of persons living out
of the State, or some other suitable per-
son on their petition, to sell and convey
State, as If such deceased persons had
died and such wards or persons lived in
the State and such executors, adminstra-
tors, conservators or guardians had been
here appointed; and all proceedings in
such eases, before any probate court,
shall sn IT,, be had before the judge of probate
any part thereof lies, and the bond re-
CURED shall be given to him.
Section 2 SECTION fourteen of chapter
seventy,three of the Revised Statutes as
seven of the public laws Of 1901 is hereby
further amended by inserting after the
OF said section as amended, the word
conservation, so that said section as
amended 1saa1;aa shall read as follows:
OF the appointment of such executor, ad-
mlnistrator. ,eonservator or guardian, by
any court of probate having jurisdiction
foreign country. examined and allowed
by any judge of probate in this State, and
fled and recorded in his county, Is suffi-
Gent 1,,op proof Of appointment to entitle him
(Approved March .. 1872
Chapter 20.
An Act to amend Chapter thrty-nine of
the Public Laws Of nineteen hundred
pS sl1te Of w p1aysins for the weekly
SECTION /. Chapter thlrty;nne of the
p I1nods, laws a. Of nineteen hundred and
aesen is w heGehy amen m I'd BY addns
OF said chapter the words and every
steam railroad company or corporation
so that said chapter rs amended shall
Every manufacturing, mining or quar-
Tying. mercantile street railway. tele-
graph or telephone corporation. every IN
company and every contractor, person
or partnership engaged in any manufao-
turing business In amy of the building
works or in the construction or repair of
street railways roads, bridges or sewers
or of gas water or electric light works.
company or corporation. shall pay weekly
each employe" engaged IN his or its bust
ness the WAGES. carh"i by him within
eight days of the date of said payment
ployment shall be paid in full on the fol-
lowing regular pay. day, provided, that
when an employee Is dischar ged he shall
be paid the wages due him on demand ::
and the State, its officers, boards and
commissions shall so pay every mechanic
workman and lGborer who is employed
shall 50 pay. every employee who is en-
gagged In Its business the wages or salary
earned by him, Unless such mechanic
in writing to be paid In a different man
ner: and every town shall 50 pay each
employee in its business If SO required
from hts legnial place. of labor at \ time
fixed for payment shall be paid thet eafter
on demand. The provisions of this sec
ton SHAH not apply T. an employee en-
lumber. nor the driving of same until it
reaches its place of destination for sale
or manufacture: nor to All employee OF
q cooperative corporation or association
if he is q stocllholder therein unless he
requests such corporation to pay him
weekly. No corporation. contractor, per-
tract with an employee or by any other
means exempt himself or Itself from the
provisions of this act Whoever violates
the provisions of this act shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than ten nor
more, than fifty dollars. '-(Npproved
March 3, 19l3.)
Chapter ~.
An Act TO change the burden of proof
in certain negligence cases In which
contributory negligence Is Il defense
Section I. In actions to recover dam
ages for neeligently causing the death
of Il person. OF, for injury to a person
who is deceased at the time of trial of
such action, the person for whose death
or injury the action is brought shall be
presumed to have been in the exercise
of due care at the time of all acts in
and if cHntributory negligence be relied
upon as a defense it shall be pleaded
and proved by the defendant
Chapter %.
An Act to amend Section sixty-nine of
Statutes. relating to the, authority Of
foreign executors, administrators,
guardians and trustees.
chapter sixty-six of the Revised Stat
utes is hereby amended by inserting
after the word guardian in the first
line of said section the words conser-
TOW, of fhn Of
ing out of the state and by inserting
after the word guardian" in the
twelfth and fourteenth lines of said
section the word 'conservator, so that
said section dS amended shall read as
follows:
Section 50, Any executor, admins
traitor. guardian. conservator of the
property of any person living out of
the State, or trustee duly appointed in
another state in foreign country
and duly qualified and acting, who may
this State, may. file an authenticated
copy of his appointment in the probate
court for any county in which there is
real property of his trust. or, if there
in which there is personal estate of
his trust or to which he may be en-
titled. and may upon petition to said
court, after notice to all persons in
terested, tie licensed to collect and re-
ceive such personal estate or to sell by
public or private sale. or otherwise to
shares in a corporation or other per-
sonal property. if the court finds that
there is no executor, administrator,
guardian, conservator or trustee APP
pointed in this State who is authorized
so to collect and receive such personal
estate or to dispose of such shares or
other personal property, and that such
foreign executor. administrator, guar
dian, conservator or trustee will be liza
BILE to account for such personal estate
or for the proceeds thereof in the state
or county in which he was appointed
and that no person resident in this
State and interested as a creditor or
otherwise objects to the granting OF
such license or appears to be prejudiced
thereby; but no such license shall be
granted to a foreign executor or admin
istrator until the expiration of six
months after the death of his testator
or interstate. -(Approved March 4
1879
Chapter 20.
,, An Act to amend Section ten of Chap
ter one hundred and twenty-one of
the Revised Statutes pertaining to
larceny.
Section 1. That section ten of chap
ter one hundred and twenty-one of the
Revised Statutes of nineteen hundred
and three is hereby amended, by addine
?fter the word who in the seventh
line of said section, the word 'fraudu-
1ently' so that said section, as amend
Section 10. Whoever embezzles, OF
or secretes with intent to embezzle or
JI6y ! RI hfc cum,