The Republican journal., 1917-04-05

aDle under the provisions OF this act,
then the State treasurer may out of any
funds in the State treasury due said
county or town pay such proportional
part and deduct the amount SO paid
from any such sum in the State treas
ury due said county or town.
The county commissioners Of any
county where bridge is to be built or
rebuilt In any unorganized township are
authorized and required to assess upon
said township such sums as may be re-
quired to build or rebuild said bridge
according to the last State valuation,
the whole expense thereof shall be ad-
ded to their next assessment on said
township for repairs authorized by sec
ton sixty of chapter ten Of the Revised
Statutes which assessment shall create
lien upon said township for the whole
amount thereof as effectually as is now
provided in relation to repairs on such
county road. That portion Of said as
sessment which is for building or re-
pairing said bridge aforesaid, shall be
set down in the assessment in distinct
items In a separate column and shall
be enforced as Is provided in section
siXty-one of chapter ten Of the Revised
Statutes.
All counties and all towns are hereby
authorized and required to raise by tax
alton or otherwise such reasonable sums
as may be necessary to carry out tho
provisions Of this act.'-(Approved
April Z. 1919
An Act to permit savings banks to invest
In certain railroad bonds.
Section /. Paragraph b, subsection
third, section twenty-seven. Of chapter
hfty-two, OF the Revised Statutes is here
by amended by adding thereto the follow
ing words:
and in the underlying mortgage bonds
other than first mortgage bonds and the
consolidated mortgage bonds and refund
ing mortgage bonds of any completed rail-
roads organized under the laws of any
State of the United States and located
within the United States, and in the first
mortgage bonds Of any completed rail-
roads of any other state Of the United
States; provided, however, that such I'M
DERIVING, consolidated and refunding
mortgage bonds and such first mortgage
bonds of railroads other than those of
said named states shall be secured by
ard gauge and Of not less than one hun
bred miles in length exclusive Of sidings
and shall be Of any of the several classes
established by paragraph &c, so that
said para graph shall read as follows:
81: In the first mortgage bonds of any
completed railroads of the states of New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
Ohio Indiana Kentucky Michigan, Wis
cousin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Mis-
souri. Kansas and Nebraska, and In the
underlying mortgage bonds other than
first mortgage bonds and the consoFdated
mortgage bonds and refllnding M rtgage
bonds of any completed railroads organ
lied under the laws of any state of the
United States and located within the
United States, and in the first mortgage
bonds of any completed railroads of any
other state Of the United States: pro-
vided however that such underlying,
consolidated and refunding mortgage
bonds and such first mortgage bonds OF
railroads other than those of said named
! hy-j or, a
Completed railroad of standard gauge
and Of not less than one hundred miles In
lengtt. exclusive of sidings and shall be
of any of the several classes established
by paragraph "cY.
Section 2. Para graph &C" of subsection
third is hereby stricken out and in place
thereof insert the following:
&C. First mortgage bonds, and underly-
ing mortgage bonds other than frst
mortgag e bonds, provided, that the net
earnings for each of the three fiscal years
next preceding the time of making the IN
vestment shall have been not less than enc
ard three-fourths times, and the gross
operating revenues shall nave peen nov
less than five times all fixed charges for
interest and rentals. and provided, fur-
Their. that the mortgage OF mortgages Sc
curing any issue or issues OF such unoer-
living bonds is or are prior 10 anu 10 pe
mileage at least twenty-five per centum
greater than Is covered by any prior
mortgage which it is destined to retuna
and that such refunding mortgage IS
first mortgage upon that par. VI ei.e
mileage covered by it which is in excess
of and distinct from. the mileage covered
by all prior mortgages.
Consolidated mortgage bonds and re
funding mortgage bonds; provided, mat
the net earnings for each of the three
fiscal Years next preceding the time of
making the investment shall have oeeh
not less than one and three-fourths times;
and the gross operating revenues s'a an
have been not less than 1--WE times, aii
fixed charges for interest and rentals:
and nrnvGed further. that the mortga e
nv which an issue of any such bonds Is
secured covers mileage at least twenty
five per centum greater than is covered
by any prior mortgage Which IS "estll'eu
to refund and Is a first mortgage upon
that part of the mileage covered ny II
which is in excess of and distinct from
the mileage covered by all prior mort
gage
chapter and section by striking out the
word sstreet" in the first line of said
paragraph. and inserting in place thereof
the word electric so that SAID para
ora nh as amended shall read is follows:
e: Electric railroad comnanies are not
railroad companies within the meaning or
the foregoing clauses of this section.
Approved April I, 1910
CHAPTER SOC.
An Act to amend Section sixteen of
Chapter seven of the Revised Stat
utes relating to manner of voting.
Section l. Section sixteen of chapter
seven of the Revised Statutes is hereby
amended, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section 16. On receipt of his ballot
the voter shall forthwith, and without
leaving the enclosed space, retire alone
to one of the voting shelves or COM
partments so provided and shall pre-
pare his ballot by marking in the APP
propriate place, a cross (%) as follows:
He may place such mark within the
square above the name of the party
group or ticket in which case he shall
be deemed to have voted for all the
persons named in the group under such
party or designation. And If the voter
shall desire to vote for any person or
persons, whose name or names are not
printed as candidates in such party
group or ticket, he may erase any name
or names which are printed therein
and place a cross (N) in the square at
the right of the name of the candidate
Of his choice in any other party group
or ticket, Or. as an optional method of
voting, the voter may omit the cross
(X) in the party square and place a
cross (X> in the blank square at the
right of the name of each candidate he
wishes to vote for. If the voter wishes
to vote for a candidate whose name is
not on the ballot he may write. the