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

lars to the state, with buuclent Sur0-
lied to do business In tho State. a.
surety to be approved by the treasurer
OF State. conditioned to faithfully &C
count for all moneys received and as
The commissioner Of Ssricuiture may,
with the approval Of the governor Inc a1
council. appoint q deputy commissioner
OF agriculture, who shall be the cnis1
Of one Of the department bureau; IN ~
perform the duties Of the commissioner
of agriculture during his absence, In al
dition to his duties as chief OF depart
nens bureau The deputy S conn ~ once
Of the commissioner or until his sue
cessor is appointed. and his ccmpsn.
sation and expenses shall % peao iroL,,
any funds appropriated Ior Sne use =.
March 81. 1s17')
cxA1r11 lsl.
An Act TO enable the chief engineer
Of the State Highway Comm Comm ~ IND ~
convey a certain lot or p Ma;ns = 70 I the
European & North American Railroao
Whereas the State highway commls.
sion has entered into an agreemen'
which necessitates the conveying OF "a
the State Of Maine to the European q
North American Railroad. therefore.
Be Il enacted that the chief engineer
Of the State highway commission u
hereby empowered ana autno pr nnr ra 't rs
the European & North American raii'
road a certain lot or parcel or land sit.
uated on Treat & Webster island IN Oio
Town. county Of Penobscos . ana S cans
yeyed to the State of Maine by CnarIet
L. Perkins and Fannie M. Perkins his
wife, on the ninth day of July. mneseer
hundred and fourteen, and recor9ed ir
the registry Of deeds, county OF Penoo
scot, volume eight hundred seventy
three, page one hundred ninety -one tt
which deed and record reference IS mere
by made for more particular oescTip
ton of the premises which the chie1
engineer of the State highway commits
sion is hereby authorized to convey &c
the European & North American Rail
April 2. 1919
CHAPTER 1s2.
An Act to amend Section thirty-eight OF
Chapter one hundred seventeen or tht
Revised Statutes. increasing the sal
airy of the judge of probate. or Yorf
County.
ter one hundred seventeen of the Re
vised Statutes is amended by striking
out. after the word York. In the TWEEN
tieth line thereof. the words "thirteer
hundred" and inserting in the place
thereof the words one thousand 81,
hundred so that the same as amended
shall read:
Section 49, Judges of probate in thu
several counties, shall receive annua
salaries from the treasurers of thu
counties in quarterly payments on thu
first days Of January. April, July ant
October as follows: Androscoggin. on
thousand dollars; eAroostook,, twelv'
thousand dollars: Franklin. six hundred
dollars: Hancock, eleven hundred dol
lars; kennebec. seventeen hundred dol
lars: Knox, seven hundred dollars; Lin
thousand dollars; Penobscot, eighteen
hundred dollars; Piscataquis. six hun
dred dollars; Sagadahoc, eight hundred
dollars; Somerset, eight hundred dol
Washington, ton eight hundred dollars
York, one thousand six hundred dollars
and the fees to which they are entitled
by law, except the fee provided in sec
and forty five, shall be taxed and col
lected and paid over by the registers o
probate to the county treasurers for tn
use of their counties.'-( approved Apri
3, 1919
CHAPTER 153.
An Act to amend the second paragraph
Of Section forty-five, of Chapter on
hundred seventeen of the Revised
Statutes increasing the amount o
clerk n1re IN the AnuTOSCORSln Count,
Registry of Deeds.
That the second paragraph of section
forty-five of chapter one hundred seven
teen of the Revised Statutes be hereb
amended by striking out the words "fiv
hundred twenty" after the word deeds
and inserting in place thereof the word
ten hundred and forty so that sal
second paragraph of said section a
amended shall read as follows:
In Androscoggin county; for clerk
register
hundred and forty dollars; for clerks i
the office of register of probate. fiv
hundred twenty dollars: for clerks Il
the office of clerk of courts. six hun
CHAPTER 154.
An Act to provide State aid for the con
struction of highways extending con
tinuously through three or NOR
towns.
through which extends a continuou
highway not less than fifteen miles i
length may, not later than April first 4
any one year. vote to appropriate for tn
construction of such highway as a Stat
aid highway. sums determined accord
ing to the provisions of section eightee
of chapter twenty-five of the Revise
Statutes, or any. multiples thereof, u
to five times such sums.
Section 2. When three or more sue
towns through which extends continu
ously at least fifteen miles Of sue
highway shall have so appropriated, tn
State highway commission shall. fror
the fund for the construction of Stat
aid highways. set apart for the cor
struction of such highway, an aggregat
sum the component parts whereof sha
be determined as follows:
In the case of a town having apprc
priated an amount determined accord
ing to the provisions Of said sectio
eighteen. there shall be set apart fros
the fund for the construction of Stat
aid highways the same amount as, ur
der the provisions of section twenty Q
said chapter twenty-five. would be ar
portioned to such town: in the case 9
town having increased it's appropria
ton over the amount determined accord
ing to the provisions of said sectio
eighteen to any multiple thereof. ther
shall be set apart sum representing
al sum. equal to twenty-five per cent c
such increase in the case of tow
appropriating twice the amount dete,
mined by said section eighteen: fit
per cent of such increase in the case {
a town appropriating three times til
amount determined by said sectio
eighteen: seventy-five per cent c
town appropriating four times til
amount determined by said sectio
eighteen; and one hundred per cent {
such increase in the case Of a town al
propriating five times the amount dt
termined by said section eighteen
Section 3. The aggregate sum so 50
apart. together, with the sums apprc
Joint fund for the construction
such State aid highway and shall b
expended under the direction and ST
pervision Of the State highway commits