The Republican journal., 1915-04-08

superior courts, in term or vacation time.
Section s. The supreme judicial courts
and the superior courts shall have origt-
nal and concurrent jurisdiction, in all
vided that the judges Of municipal and
police courts and trial Justices may cause
the persons brought before them on COM
plant under the PROVISIONS Of this act to
pear before the supreme judicial courts,
or superior courts, and, in default thereof,
shall commit them.-(Approved March Is,
1851
Chapter IS.
An Act to amend Sections nineteen and
twenty Of Chapter sixty-five Of the
Revised Statutes, relating to the bond
and records of the registers of probate.
Section /. Section nineteen Of chapter
sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by chapter one hundred nine
teen of the public laws of nineteen hun
drea thirteen n i hereby S nnS any by
tenth lines OF said section as amended,
the words, mot less than one hundred,
nor more than one thousand dollars. at
the discretion of the judge, who shall al
sorting in place thereof the words, the
sum Of one thousand dollars and by in
sorting after the word allowed in the
words, all petitions for distribution and
DEGREES thereon, and all petitions, DEGREES
and licenses relating to the sale, ex-
change, lease or mortgage of real estate,
and all petitions and DEGREES relating to
adoption and change of name SO that
said section nineteen as amended shall
read as follows:
elected or appointed as provided in the
constitution. Their election Is effected
and determined Is is provided respecting
county commissioners by chapter eighty,
ftrA <Sicnh woo Of
their duties on the first day of January
following; but the term of those appoint
ed to fill vacancies commences Immediate
ly. All registers, before acting. shall
give bond to the treasurer of their coun-
ty with sufficient sureties, in the sum of
one thousand dollars; and every register,
having executed such bond, shall file it in
the office of the clerk of the county com
to them at their next meeting for APP
proval, and after the bond has been so
approved, the clerk shall record it and
certify the fact thereon, and retaining a
copy thereof, deliver the original to the
register, who shall deliver it to the
treasurer of the county, within ten days
after it's approval, to be filed in his office;
they have the care and custody of all
files, papers and books, belonging to the
probate office; and shall duly record all
wills proved, letters of administration or
accounts allowed, all petitions for dis
tribution and DEGREES thereon, and all Pc
titions, DEGREES and licenses relating to
the sale, exchange, lease or mortgage of
relating. to adoption and change of name,
and such orders and DEGREES of the judge,
and other matters, as he directs They
shall keep docket of all probate cases.
of each case make entries of each mo-
ton. order, decree and proceeding, so
that at all times the docket shall show
the exact condition of each case, and
m nf tS
when requested so to do by the judges of
probate and their decisions shall be final
unless appeal is taken in the same man
ner as other probate appeals
Section 9 Section twenty of chap
ter siSty-tive of the Revised Statutes
is hereby amended by inserting after
the words shall be- in the first line of
said section. the following words, to ac
ceived by him or payable to him by vir-
tue of mis- office and to pay the same to
the county treasurer quarterly, as pro-
vided by law SO that said section twenty
as amended shall read as follows:
Section 20. The condition of such bond
shall be to account according to law for
all fees received by him or payable to him
by virtue of his office and to pay the
as provided by law; for keeping up, sea-
sonably and in good order. the records
of the court: making and keeping correct
and convenient con aphabets Of the records &c
-
other duties of the office; and if such
register forfeits his bond, he is thence
forth disqualified from holding said
office, and neglect to complete his records
for more than six months at any one
time, sickness or extraordinary casualty
excepted, shall be adiudged forfeiture
-(Approved March Is, 1851
Chapter 96.
An Act to amend Chapter one hundred
nineteen of the Public Laws of nineteen
hundred seven, relating to the payment
of deposits in the names of two persons
by banks, institutions for savings, trust
companies, and loan and building asso-
Citations.
Chapter one hundred nineteen of the
public laws of nineteen hundred seven
the word bank the word ''or'' in the
second line thereof, and inserting the
words institution for savings and by
inserting after the word company" in
and building association and by striking
out the word or" and by inserting the
words institution for savings and by
inserting after the word company" in
said eighth line the following, or loan and
building association SO that said chap
ter as amended shall read as follows:
That when a deposit has been made or
shall hereafter be made in any bank,
institution for savings, trust. company, or
loan and building association transact
ing business in this State, in the name Of
two persons, payable to either, or payable
to either of the survivors, such deposit,
or any part thereof, or interest or divi-
dend thereon, may be paid to either of
said persons, whether the other be living
or not, or to the legal representative of
the survivor of said person, and the re-
ceipt or acquittance of the person so
paid shall be valid and sufficient release
and discharge to such bank, institution
for savings, trust company or loan and
building association. for any payment SO
made '-(Approved March Is, 1851
Chapter 81.
An Act to amend Section six of Chapter
forty -four of the Revised Statutes, pro-
viding a penalty for neglect of duty by
local sealers of weights and measures.
Section six of chapter forty-four of the
Revised Statutes is hereby amended by
striking out all of said section preceding
thereof, and by inserting in place thereof
the following words, the person SO ap-
pointed and by adding to said section
the following words for every neglect of
any duty prescribed by this chapter he
shall forfeit ten dollars to be recovered
forty-four of the Revised Statutes as
amended by section three of chapter one
hundred and sixteen of the public laws
of nineteen hundred and thirteen so that
said section as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 6. The person appointed shall
receive the standards and seal from the
scribing them and their condition, and
therein engaging to re-deliver them at
the expiration Of his Office in like good
order; and he shall be accountable for
their due preservation while in his pos
session. For every neglect of any duty
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