Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05
Chapter 253.

IiElDslI court OF the clLN OF tOrLIdllU-
section l. Section thirteen Of chapter
two hundred and four Of the public laws
OF eighteen hundred fifty-siX is hereby
amended by striking out ali Of said sec
ton and inserting IL lieu thereof the
following:
Section. IL When the Office Of Judge
shall be:sTa cant. the recorder shall finish
the business pending before the court,
ana shall have jurisdiction over all new
business and carry on the business of the
court during any vacancy III the office OF
Judge. The recorder shall further have
ana enjoy all the powers and privileges
during his term OF office that are nov ac-
corded TO the nudge,
herewith are hereby repealed.
-lApproved March 81, 1871
Chapter 254.
An Act to amend Section two OF Chapter
two hundred and four OF the Public
. Laws OF eighteen hundred nifty SIX. II
i relation TO the jurisdiction Of the mu
nicIpal court Of the city OF Portland, as
amended by Section one OF Chapter
twenty CHI OF the Public Laws o.
eighteen hundred eighty-seven and Sec
non one OF Chapter one hundred and
thirty-four OF the Public Laws OF
eighteen hundred nlnety-hVe
Section Two Of chapter two hundred
ana four o. the public laws OF eighteen
hundred fifty-slx as amended by sec
,
public laws OF eighteen hundred eighty
seven and section one OF Chapter one
hundred and thirty -four of the public
laws Of eighteen hundred nInety-fve is
hereby amended by striking out said
section two ana inserting the following:
Section !. said court shall have e1-
elusive Jurlsdict!on OF al civil actions
~ which a t4 dg9t da 9niss d Lem hat
parties. or the defendant, or person
- the city o tst ne ' and Of ali
cas OF iorcible entry and detainel
where the property demanded is III said
city, and ot ali criminal offenses, and
nIsdemeanOrs committed in said city
Is arr cognlZabie by municipal or pc
lice courts of trial justices, or are with
il the additional jurisdiction ana au-
thorltt conferred upon this court. In
actions against two or more defendants
or trustees, residing IL different coun-
ties. where one defendant or trustee
resides in this county concurrent Juris-
dlction with other trial justices or mu-
nICIpal ur police courts i'll the county
where either OF the defendants reside.
as IS provided III section sixteen Of
chapter eighty-three and section five
OF CNupter elgntN eight OF the Revised
Statutes o. TINS state, and concurrent
with other trial justices or municipal
or police courts i'll the county OF Cum
beriand- over All matters and things,
civil and criminal, within their JurIS-
dlCtIOn, where exclusive jurisdiction is
not otherwise conferred by law, and
concurrent jurisdiction with the supe-
rior court III the county Of Cumberland,
IL all personal actions including actions
OF repleyin wher a defendant or person
summoned il good faith as trustee re
sides IL the county of Cumberland,
Where the debt, damages or goods de-
twenty dollars and do not exceed two
hundred dollars. This jurisdiction
shall not include actions III which the
title to real estate according 10 plead
ings filed 10y either party, is i'll ques-
ter nInety-slA Of the Revised Statutes.
sections SIX and seven, and excepting
as Is provided III chapter elghty-flve of
the Revised Statutes. section three. All
the provisions OF the statutes of this
State relative to the attachment of real
estate and personal property and the
leVying of executions, shall be appllca-
bic to actions in this court, and eXecU-
tiOnS on Judgments rendered therein.
Said court is hereby authorized to ad-
minister OathS, render judgments, issue
executions, certify copies of its records,
punish for contempt and compel attend
ance as in the superior court of this
county. '-(Approved March 81, 1872
Chapter PISS.
An Act to repeal Section nine of Chapter
Seventy-tnree of the Revised Statutes,
requiring the consent OF overseers OF
dams in certain cases.
Section nine of chapter seventy-three
of the Revised Statutes, requiring the
consent Of OverSeers OF the poor to sales
cases, is hereby repealed-tApproved
March 81, 19l5.)
Chapter 256.
An Act to amend Section nineteen OF
Chapter sixteen OF the REVISED stat
utes, so as to create the trustees OF the
local Methodist Episcopal churches a
corporation.
Section nineteen of chapter sixteen OF
the Revised Statutes is hereby amend
ed by adding at the end OF SAID section
the Words Trustees of the local Metho-
dist Episcopal churches are created q
corporation with all the rights and privi-
leges of corporations, subject to the re-
strictions contained in the book OF disci-
pline of the Methodist Episcopal church.
SO that said section as amended Shall read
as follows:
Episcopal churches, the stewards OF
trustees OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, and the deacons of all other
protestant churches, are SO far corpora
tons as to take, III succession, all grants
and gifts of real and personal estate
made TO their churches, or to them and
their successors; and If the ministers
elders or vestrymen are Joined with them
III SUCH SrdIlIS OF SlILS, The TWO CidSSeS
of officers shall be corporations for that
purposes. For the purpose of organizing
any such corporations, one or more mem
bers of said corporation may call meet
ing thereof by a notice posted upon the
outer door of the Westinghouse or place
of public worship Of their parish or So
ciety at least seven days before the time
of holding such meeting; or, If there is
no such westinghouse or place OF public
worship, by q notice posted in two public
and CONSPICUOUS places in the town
wherein said parish or society is located
At such melting the corporation may or
ganize, adopt corporate name and
elect such officers as its by-laws shall
prescribe. Said corporations shall have
the powers granted to parishes by section
three of this chapter. and may make such
contracts in relation to such estate, irs
Improvement or disposal. as they may be
authorized under the rules of their
church, or instructed by the church on
society for which they hold such estate
in trust, TO make. which contracts MAY
be enforced by or against them. as in
other cases: provided. however, that nc
disposal of such. estate shall be made. in
consistent with the terms of the grant by
which it il held. Trustees a the loca]
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