The Republican journal., 1915-04-08


be satisfied that all such plantations are
organized. and that schools have been
established therein according to law,
and that the treasurers Of such pianta-
lions have given bonds as required by
law SO that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section Is. The interest shall be add
ed to the principal of such fund, until
the inhabitants OF such township or
tract are incorporated into a town or
organized as plantation. and establish
and until the iirst day Of January next
preceding the date upon which the treas
urer Of said plantation shall call for
according 10 law. When any such town:
chip is incorporated as a town, said
funds belonging, to it shall be, paid by
the .t treasurer OF state 70 the treasurer
school funds therein, to be added to the
funds of that corporation. and held and
managed as other school funds of that
aged II such township or tract is or
ganized as a plantation, the interest of
said fund shall be paid annually by the
such plantation to be applied toward
the support of schools according to the
number of scholars in each school.
Said interest shall be cast up to the first
of State. The State superintendent of
public schools shall file list of such
plantations with the amount due for in
terest for the preceding year according
to record of such amounts to be fur
nshed to him by the treasurer of State.
IN the office Of the State auditor. who shall
due such Plantations in the first warrant
drawn in that year. The State superin-
tendent of public schools shall be salts
ned that all such plantations are organ
lied, and that schools have been estab-
Hshed therein according to law, that
assessors are sworn and qualified, and
that the treasurers Of such plantations
have given bonds as required by law
tApproved March 49, 1851
Chapter 115.
An Act to amend Sections twenty lone
and twenty-five OF Chapter one hun
dred twentythree of the Revised Stat
utes. relating to obstructing officers in
the discharge of their duties.
section 1. Section twenty-one of chap
fer one hundred and twenty-three of the
Inserting after the word "either' in the
third line the words or whoever OBJ
5 nh s.h aseh n:;.s of his official duty.
that said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section q. Whoever wilfully obstructs
such ofiieer or person in the service of
PROCESS for an offense punishable by jai,
Imprisonment and fine, or either or
whoever obstructS a fish warden while
duty, whether with or without process.
snail pc punished by Imprisonment not
exceeding, one year and by fine not ex-
ceedins three hundred dollars
.s Section eao i 2; Section twenty-five of chap
Revised Statutes is hereby amend
ed by inserting after the word Con
stable" in the third line the words fish
warden. so that said section as amend
ed shall read as follows:
Section % Whoever assaults, intimi-
oates or in any manner wilfully OBJ
sherif da n51midates or binders any
stable. FISH warden or G polee officer feer
while in the lawful discharge of his
official duties, whether with or without
process, shall be punished by imprison-
not exceeding five hundred dollars
approved March 16, 1859
Chapter 11e.
An Act to amend Section one of CHAPTER
hh,ne3y Or tae PUBLIC Laws Of nineteen
tha eoa to the groteetion Of smelts along
Penobscot bay" ~
n, Seesio n C, one Of CHAPTER ninety of the
IS hereby amended by adding to said
section the following words this Act
s eoa not ns N sgpy to the along
SOA &udlIlo UclW06n Martin Point
and White Head in the county Of KNOX.
SO that said section as amended shat,
read as follows: ~ Si'''i
Section l. No smelts shall be taken
tba n enes g, TOT IN the tidal waters along
OF the coast line at mean high water
mark starting from Cape Small Point
on me tin west bank Of Kennebec river and
Maine to Owls Head in Penobscot bay-
except by hook and line or weirs or ser
nets through the ice under penalty Of
a aof less rs IT. than t ten nor more than fifty
not apply to the waters along the coast
Of Maine between Martins Point and
Wnite Head In the county Of Knox
Chapter III.
An Act to amend Section one of CHAPTER
two hundred and three of the Public
Laws OF nineteen hundred three, re-
ords Of births. marriages and deaths
previous to the year eighteen hundred
ninety-tWo
Section one or chapter two hundred
ana three OF the public laws of nineteen
striking out the words five hundred''
in the sixteenth line Of said section and
i thsa,1lg in place thereof the words one
amended, shall read as follows:
Section l. whenever the record of the
plrths, marriages. and deaths, previous
TO the year eighteen hundred and ninety
TWO, beginning at the very earliest date,
Of any town in this State, shall be col.
!ected from church records church reg
3sters, records of clergymen, family
bibles public records and other avail
able sources, and shall be printed and
Nerif1ed in the manner required by the
t standing committee Of the Maine his
some person selected by said committee.
whose services shall be rendered free
and without any compensation, and the
work snail appear to them to have been
prepared with accuracy, the secretary
or state shall purchase five hundred
copies Of such record at a price not ex-
that the written copies of the town rec.
oros shall become the property of the
State and shall be deposited in the office
OF the state registrar of vital statistics;
and provided, further, that not more
than one thousand dollars shall be ex-
pended by authority of this act in any
one year.-(Approved March II, 1851
Chapter 11a.
An Act to amend Section thirty-fiye bf
Snapter eighty-four of the Revised
statutes. relating to proceedings on
Demurrers
Section thirty-five of chapter eighty
-FOUR Of the Revised Statutes is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sentence. But by leave Of
court the time therefor may be enlarged.
or further time may be granted by the
court within which to pay said costs
and to file such amendment or new
pleadings,' So that said section. as
amended. shall read as follows:
Section 80. A general demurrer to the
declaration may be filed; and in any