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

in the county Of Cumberland. IN &c &c
cordance with the ;cs senfis shine. IS hereby
Observation-Disclosures March II. 1901
Chapter IS.
An Act to amend Sections twenty-pPs y
and thirty of Chapter nine OF tne I've
vised Statutes, relating to me .aA"''''
of the property of corporations.
section !. Section twenty-five of chap.
ter nine Of the Revised statutes, ,i a.
amended by chapter sixteen OF the puDms
laws of nineteen hundred seven, - ne n.
by further amended by striKihg ,. OUT char ar.
tiers and" in the second and thlrd I!'l &c:
of said section, so that said section a'
amended shall read as follows:
Section 25 The buildings. lands ane
other property of manufacturers mtnI aI1
and smelling corporations, not eaS"p y
from taxation, and all stock used II
factories, shall be taxed to the corpor
alton. or to the persons having posses
sion of their property or stoeh ,;o IA a or.
tured; and the buildings and lands ans
other property of agricultural ana stocn
raising corporations shal DC ra1 Sav,n ,e
the corporation, or to the person hav.ne
possession of the property, IN tne 'oW t,,
where the buildings and lands are stu
ated and where the personal properly -
kept; and there shall be men ior 0ne
year on such property and stock for pay
ment of such tax, and 1t may, be SOLD 10!
payment thereof. as in other cases ant
shares Of the capital stock OF such COT.
porations shall not be taxed 10 thei'
owners
Section 2. Section thirty Of chapter
nine of the Revised Statutes is hereby
amended by inserting after the Woro
Corporation where 1t first occurs II
the second line of said section. me "o oors
poration,' so that said section as amend
ed shall read as follows:
Section 80. Stock of any bank or other
corporation, except manufacturlng cor
poration. an agricultural and stock rais
Ing corporation or corporation men
toned in section twenty-siX, held by per
sons out of the State. or unknown which
has not been certified according to Sec
ton twenty-four OF chapter toriy-seVen
there assessed: and the stock of any
bank or such other corporation appear
ing by the books thereof to be held by
persons residing out OF the state ATE OF
SCISSORS, shall unless exempt be assessed
in the town where such bank or other
corporation is located, or transacts us
a lien on such stock and all dividends
thereon, from the date OF such assess,
ment, until such tax and all costs and
expenses arising in the collection there
of are paid. No assignment sale, trans
fer or attachment passes any property
in such stock unless the vendee nrst
pays such tax and cost.'-(ApproVed
March II, 1851
Chapter 66.
An Act to amend Section ,,s sixty,two o. OF
as amended by Section thirteen OF
Chapter fcrty-eight of the Public Laws
of nineteen hundred five. and as fur
,tfrht ID h
of the Public Laws of nineteen hun
bred eleven, providing for the tuition
of high school scholars in towns hav.
ing no free high schools.
Section stXty-two of chapter fifteen OF
the Revised Statutes, as amended by
the public laws of nineteen hundred five.
and as further amended by chapter
eighty EIGHT of the public laws of nine
teen hundred eleven, is hereby further
amended by striking out the words "ter
thousand" in the thirteenth and four
teenth lines of said section as last amend
ed, and substituting in place thereof the
words twenty-five thousand, SO that
said section as amended shall read as
follows:
Section g. Any town which does not
maintain a free high school of standard
grade may. from year to year, authorize
its experimenting school committee to
contract with and pay the superintend-
ing school committee of any adjoining
town or the trustees OF any academy
located within such town or IN an ad-
joining town, for the tuition of scholars
within said town in the studies contem-
plated by the seven preceding sections.
When such contract has been made with
the trustees of an academy a Joint COM
nlittee for the selection OF teachers ant
the arrangement for the course of study
in such academy shall include the super
intending school committees of the con
tracing towns. with an equal number Of
the members of the board of trustees Of
such academy, when such academy has
less than twenty-five thousand dollars
endowment. The expenditure of any
town for tuition, as provided in this sec
ton shall be subject to the same condi
tons and shall entitle such town to the
same State aid as if it had made such
expenditure for free high school.'-(Ap
proved March II, 1851
Chapter 81.
An Act additional to Chapter thirty-twe
of the Revised Statutes, as amended by
CHARTER two hundred and six of the
Public Laws of nineteen hundred thir-
teen, relating to ice fishing in Passa.
dumkeag river. in the counties Of Pc.
nobscot and Hancock.
No person shall fish for, take, catch OF
kill any kind of fish on or through the
ice at any time in Passadumkeag river
sometimes called Passadumkeag stream
in the counties of Penobscot and Han.
at any time any kind Of fish taken ir
violation of any provision of this act
Whoever violates any provision of this
act shall pay ilne OF not less than ter
for each offense; and in addition thereto
one NLollar for each fish taken. caught
killed or had in possession in violation OF
any provision of this act.-(Approved
March II, 1857
Chapter GO.
An Act to amend Section one Of Chapter
thirty-five of the Public Laws of nine.
teen hundred and eleven. relative to
the better protection of forests along
railroads from fire.
Section one of chapter thirty-five Of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
eleven is hereby amended by striking out
the words wild lands Of the State, over
tion," in the third and fourth lines there.
of, and inserting therefor the words for
est lands Of the State so that said sec.
ton as amended shall read as follows:
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of the
forest commissioner whenever. in his
judgment, the woodlands along the rail-
roads traversing the forest lands OF the
State, are In dry and dangerous condi.
cient fire patrol along the right of way OF
lands Of said ilroads.'-(Approved
March II. 1851
Chapter SO.
An Act to amend Section sixteen OF
Chapter one hundred twenty-eight OF
the Revised Statutes, relating to injur-
les to fruit gardens.
Section sixteen of chapter one hundred
twenty EIGHT of the Revised Statutes is
hereby amended by striking out the last
sentence of said section, to wit; the
words Fines imposed by this section
shall be paid over to the overseers of the
poor, for the poor OF the town where
such conviction is had" so that said