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

proved April 2, 1872
Chapter ITO.
An Act 10 amend Section twenty Of
Chapter siNty-seven of the Revised
Statutes as amended. by Chapter one
hundred and tiiirtyfour of the Public
Laws of nineteen hundred and eleven.
relating to the distribution of personal
estate.
Section twenty of chapter sixty-seven
of the Revised Statutes as amended by
chapter one hundred and tfirty-tou: OF
the public laws of nineteen hundred anu
eleven is hereby further amended, so
that said section as amended shall read
Section % When on the settlement
of any account of an administrator or
executor, there appears TO remain in
his hands property not necessary for
the payment of debts and expenses OF ad-
ministration. nor specifically bequeathed,
the Judge upon petition of any party in
terested. after public notice and such
other notice as he may order. shah de-
Jermine who are entitled TO the estate
and their respective shares therein un-
der the Will or according to law, and
order the same tn DC distributed ae-
.eordngIy: and alienage shall be- no bar
to amy person who. in other respects, Is
entitled 20 receive any part of sucn
properties II an executor or administra-
tor neglects TO distribute the properly
in his hands in pursuance of such order,
and the parties in interest reside out OF
the State. and had no actual notice Of
any sucE settlement Of account the
may WITHIN six years after such settle
ment, order such executor or admins
traitor to repier Il new account. If any
sum Of money directed b. decree o.
the probate court to be paid over. re-
mains for six months unclaimed, the ex-
ecutor, administration. guardian or trus-
tee who WAS ordered to pay over the
same shall pay such sum of money to
the treasurer of the county in which
the probate court has jurisdiction, vino
shall give 4 receipt therefor. specifying
~ MN Y,Yl-a a get
of person entitled thereto. which said
receipt shall he flied in the probate
court and allowed - Il sufficient Vouch-
er therefor.
Any time within twenty years from
date Of the deposit the person entitled
thereto or his executor. %dmiHlstfato f
or assigns may present 10 The county
commissioners evidence Of his right to
the same and upon satisfactory proof
that he or they are entitled thereto.
thnF shall by warrant direct said coun-
~ treasurer to pay over to such per-
son or persons tho amount Of the orig
inaI. deposit, with tie amount of the in
terest at III" rate Of TWO ptrcentum per
annum from the date ~ deposit, pro
vided that all sums Of money turne
over IL tho county treasurer by any
savings bank shall draw interest AZ he
same rate rs was paid ny said banks
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Such county ire tsnrer shall annually
in the month Of January cause to he
published in one OF .noae ncwspapers
published and printed within the eoun-
~ and the State paper list of ali per-
sons entitled 10 such deposit.
Such county shall have the use and
income of all such deposits and after
twenty years from the date Of sHeh de-
post. Il not claimed and paid over to
the person entitled thereto, his heirs.
executors, administrators or assigns,
the same shall eschea5 to the county.
This act shall apply To al aepoSits
heretofore made under said section
VTif Ia from
time this act shall take effect. the judg-
es of our several probate courts shall.
assign all such deposits to the several
county treasurers. and the registers
shall deliver the bank books to said
treasnrerS, hut the said twenty years
shall in snch cases commerce on the
son entitled II receive and be paid any
such deposit made before March twenty
ninth, nineteen hundred and nleven.
shall be entitled Ia reeeive and be paid
Snch interest thereon as Is shown hT
the bank hook Of such original deposit
n the date af sueh payment 10 such
person, When an executor. administrl-
tor. guardian or trustee has paid or de-
livered over TO the persons entitled
thereto the money ar other property in
his hands, as required by n decree OF
n nrobate court. he may nernetuate the
'evi'lence Thereof by presenting to sid
court without further notice. within
ono wear after the decree is made, IN
account Of such payments. or of the de-
livery over of such property: which ac-
count being proved to TIE satisfA etinn
of tho court and verified TX oath Of the
party, shall be allowed as his final dis
charge. and ordered 10 be recorded =
tApproved April 4, 1879
Chapter III.
An Act to amend Section live of chapter
one hundred and thirteen, CT the Re-
vised Statutes, relating TO personal
property bargained and delivered 10
another. which shall remain the prop
Tty of the seller till paid for.
Section five of chapter one hundred
and thirteen of the Revised Statutes IS
hereby amended by inserting after the
wcrd the, and before the word Town
Inserting after the word town and
before the word i'm in the eighth line
tho words or plantation organized 70"
any purpose, and by inserting after the
word purchase and before the word
the" in the ninth line the words but
II any of the purchasers are not resi-
organized place in the State. then in the
registry OF deeds in the county where
the seller resides at the time of the
sale. and by inserting the words of the
Revised Statutes after the words chap
ter lightweight" in the twelfth line
thereof; that said section rs amended
shall read as follows:
Section ). No agreement that person.
al property bargained and delivered to
another. shall remain the property of
the seller till paid Tor, is valid unless
the same is IN wiring ana signed DN
the person to he bound thereby. Al,.t
when so made and signed. whether said
agreement is. or is called note, lease,
conditional sale. purchase on install
ments. or by any other name. and in
whatever form ii may be. it shall not he
valid. except as between the original
parties thereto. unless il Is recorded in
the Office of the clerk of the CITY, town
or plantation organized for any purpose.
in which the purchaser resides at the
time Of the purchase: but if any of the
purchasers are not residents of the
State. or reside in an unoreaniZed place
in the State, then in the registry OF
deeds in the county where the seller re-
sides 1T the time of the sale. The fee
for recording the same shall be the same
as that for recording mortgage If per-
sonal property. Al such property.
whether said agreements are recorded
or not, shall be subject to redemption
ard to trustee process as provided
section fifty of chapter lightweight of
the Revised Statutes. hut the title ma
be foreclosed in the same manner as is
provided for mortgages Of Dersonal
property. April 4, 1871
Chapter 172.
An Act for the Improvement Of streets
In thickly settled portions of cities and
towns.
Whenever majority of the abutters
in number and value upon any street or
road in the thickly settled portion of
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