Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-09

effect within such time Thereafter as the
commission shall prescribe. The supreme
judicial court shall have full jurisdiction
at law and In equity, upon application o.
the commission or of the attorney general
to enforce all orders Of the. commission
and the performance by public utilize:
including the appointment OF receivers
agents and special masters to carry it:
orders and the orders of said commission
into effect and clothing them with ade
quate authority herefor.'-(Approvee
March 6. 1919
An Act relating to the issuing of BLANK
writs by clerks of the supreme judicia
courts and superior courts, clerks and
recorders OF municipal and police court:
and trial justices.
Clerks of the supreme judicial court:
and superior courts, clerks and recorder:
Of the municipal and police courts and
or deliver any blank writs or precept:
bearing the seal Of said courts and the
signature of said clerks. recorders ant
trial justices, to any person except one
who has been admitted as an attorney
and counselor at law. and solicitor anc
counselor in chancery In accordance with
the laws Of this State-(Approved March
q, 1917.)
An Act making 1t unlawful to give check:
or QrdIIS on DdnkS WH6F6 TIE
has not sufficient funds or credit to pay
same. and providing penalty there
for.
Section l. Any person who. with inten
to defraud. shall make or draw. or uttel
or deliver. any check, draft or order
for the payment of money, upon any banl
or other depository, knowing at the
time OF such making, drawing, utterins
or delivering, that the maker, or drawer
has not sufficient funds in, or credit with
Gnph hank other dpnOSitOrE. for the
payment OF such check. draft, or order
in full, upon Its presentation, shall he
guilty of a misdemeanor, and punisha biz
by Imprisonment for not more than one
year. or by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars, or both fine and I'M
prisonment.
Section .. AS against the maker Of
drawer thereof, the making, drawing. ut
terng or delivering of a check, draft ol
order, payment OF which is refused by
the drawee. shall be prima facie evidence
Of intent to defraud and of knowledge
of insufficient funds in, or credit with
such bank or other depository, provided
such maker or drawer shall not have
paid the drawee or holder thereof the
amount due thereon, together with al
costs and protest fees, within five days
after receiving notice that such check
draft or order has not been paid by tht
drawee.
Section 2. The word "credt" as USED
herein shall be construed to mean an ar
rangement or understanding with :hf
bank or depository. for the payment o.
such check, draft or order.
Section 4. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent herewith. and PARTICULAR
section thirteen Of chapter one hundre
twenty-eght Of the Revised Statutes ar'
hereby repealed. March %
1879
CHAPTER 90.
An Act amending Section fourteen Of
Chapter ffty-six of the Revised Stat
utes. relating to the construction of cX
tensions of railroads.
Section fourteen, chapter fiftY-six of The
Revised Statutes, is hereby amended hy
striking out all of said section and sub
shutting therefor the following:
ANY railroad corporation of this STATE
may locate. construct, operate and main
tain extensions and branches anywhere
in this state, of the lines of railroad nov
or hereafter owned, leased constructe-
or operated by it: provided, however tha'
no railroad corporation shall hereafter
begin the construction of any such extern
sion or branch without having first OBJ
tanned from the public utilities commits
sion. upon written application and after
public hearing, an order authorizing am
approving the location Of any such ex
tension or branch and a certificate stating
that in the opinion of the commission
public convenience and necessity require
such construction.'-(Ap March %
1919
CAAFIEA ".
An Act to amend Section one hundre5
ffty-Seven of Chapter tiftY-three of the
Revised Statutes, and providing for tbs
payment of premiums on official bonds
of county officials by the county,
Section one hundred fifty-seven of chap
ter fifty-three of the Revised Statute
Is hereby amended by adding to sal"
section the following provision: The pre-
MUM on account of all official bonds re
quired by law to be given by county Off
Gals shall be paid from the treasures OF
their several counties, so that said sec
ton as amended shall read as follows:
Section 157. Any court or officer whose
duty it is to pass upon the account of any
person or corporation required by law
to give bond, may, whenever such per.
son or corporation has given any such
surety company as surety upon said bond
allow in the settlement of such account
a reasonable sum for the expense of pro
curing such surety. The premium on &C.
count of all official bonds required by law
to be given by county officials shall be
paid from the treasures of their sew
eral counties. '-(Approved March q, 1917.
CHAPTER SO.
An Act to prevent the sources of domes-
tic water supply from becoming pol
luted.
Section l. The public utilities commits
sion shall consult with and advise the
authorities of cities and towns and per
SoIlS ana COTpOTdllOnS having, OF dDUu
to have, systems of water supply, drain
age or sewage as to the most appropriate
source of water supply and the best
method of assuring .its purity or as &c
the best method Of disposing of theil
drainage or sewage with reference to the
existing and future needs of other cities
towns or persons or corporations which
may be affected thereby. 1t shall also
consult with and advise persons or cor
porations engaged or intending to engage
in any manufacturing or other business
whose drainage or sewage may tend &c
pollute any inland water, as to the best
method of preventing such pollution, and
1t may conduct experiments to determine
the best method of the purifcat ton OF
disposal of drainage or sewage. No per
son shall be required to bear the expense
OF such consultation, advice or expert
ment. Cities. towns, persons and cor
porations shall submit to said commission
for its advice their proposed system OF
water supply or of the disposal of drain
age or sewage and all petitions to the
legislature for authority to introduce a
age shall be accompanied by copy OF
the recommendation and advice of said
commission thereon. In this section the
term drainage" means rainfall, surface
and sub-soil water only. and sewage
means domestic and manufa curing filth
and refuse.
Section 2. Upon petition to said COM
mission by the mayor Of a city or the Sc
lectmen Of town, the managing board
or officer Of any public institution or
by hoard of water commissioners, or
the president or other official of a wa
ter or ice company. stating that manure.