The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-04-05

AAG0 " tA0 0tAV0, Will 8ulICl0uL SuT0-
tics, Or with . surety company author
lied to do business IN tho State. -
surety. to be approved by the treasurer
Of State. conditioned to faithfully &C.
bursed by him as said commissioner.
The commissioner Of agriculture may,
with the approval Of the governor and
council. appoint deputy commissioner
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the department Of agriculture and shall
perform the duties Of the commissioner
Of agriculture during his absence, In ad-
dition to his duties as chief OF depart
shall hold Office during the term Of office
Of the commissioner or until his sue
cessor IL appointed. and his compen-
saon FUNDS nas Tor u
the department bureau Of which he Is
chief.-(Approved March 81. 1919
cKArTE1 ISL:
An Act to enable the chief engineer
convey q certain lot or parcel OF land
owned by the State Of Maine to the
European & North American Railroad.
Whereas the State highway commits commits.
which necessitates the conveying Of q
certain lot or parcel Of land owned by
the State Of Maine to tho European q
North American Railroad. therefore,
Of the State highway commission Is
hereby empowered and authorized IN the
name Of the State of Maine to convey to
the European & North American rail
uated on Treat & Webster island in Old
Town, county Of Penobscot and State
Of Maine, being the same premises con-
veyed to the State Of Maine by Charles
L. Perkins and Fannie M. Perkins, his
wife, on the ninth day of July. nineteen
hundred and fourteen. and recorded in
the registry Of deeds, county of Penob-
scot. volume eight hundred seventy
three page one hundred ninety-one, to
which deed and record reference Is here
by made for more particular descrip-
ton Of the premises which the chief
engineer of the State highway commits
sion is hereby authorized to convey to
the European & North American Rail-
road.-(Approved April 2, 1919
cHAPTER 15a.
An Act to amend Section thirty-eight of
Chapter one hundred seventeen of the
Revised Statutes, increasing the SAL
airy of the Judge Of probate Of York
County.
Section l. Section thirty EIGHT, chap
ter one hundred seventeen of the Re-
vtsed Statutes Is amended by striking
out, after the word York. in the twen-
tieth line thereof, the words thirteen
hundred" and inserting in the place
thereof, the words one thousand six
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shall read:
Section 50. Judges of probate in the
several counties shall receive annual
salaries from the treasurers of the
first days of January, April, July and
October as follows: Androscoggin, one
thousand dollars; Aroostook, twelve
hundred dollars; Cumberland, three
dollars: Hancock, eleven hundred dol
lars: Kennebec, seventeen hundred dol
lars; Knox, seven hundred dollars: Lin
coin. five hundred dollars; Oxford. one
hundred dollars; Piscataqnis. six hun
dred dollars; Sagadahoc, eight hundred
dollars; Somerset, eight hundred dol
lars; Waldo, seven hundred dollars;
Washington. 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
ton forty-nine of chapter one hundred
and forty-fve. shall be taxed and COL
lected and paid over by the registers of
probate to the county treasurers for the
use OF their counties. -(Approyed April
3. 1919
CHAPTER 153.
An Act to amend the second paragraph
of Section forty-ive, of Chapter one
hundred seventeen of the Revised
Statutes increasing the amount of
clerk hire in the Androscoggin County
That the second paragraph Of section
forty-five of chapter one hundred seven
teen of the Revised Statutes be hereby
amended by striking out the words five
hundred twenty" after the word deeds
and inserting in place thereof the words
ten hundred and forty so that said
second paragraph of said section as
amended shall read as follows:
In Androscoggin county: for clerks
in the office of register of deeds, ten
hundred and forty dollars; for clerks in
the office of register of probate, five
hundred twenty dollars; for clerks in
dred dollars. April 8, 1919
CHAPTER 1854.
An Act to provide State aid for the con-
struction of highways extending con-
tinuously through three or more
towns.
Section 1. Three or more towns
highway not less than fifteen miles in
length may. not later than April first In
any one year, vote to appropriate for the
construction of such highway as a State
aid highway, sums determined accord
ing to the provisions Of section eighteen
of chapter twenty-five of the Revised
Statutes, or any multiples thereof, up
to five times such sums.
Section 2. When three or more such
towns through which extends continu-
ously at least fifteen miles of such
highway shall have so appropriated, the
State highway commission shall, from
the fund for the construction of State
aid highways, set apart for the con-
struction of such highway. an aggregate
sum the component parts whereof shall
be determined as follows:
In the case of town having appro-
priated an amount determined accord
ing to the provisions of said section
eighteen, there shall be set apart from
the fund for the construction of State
aid highways the same amount as UNI
der the provisions of section twenty of
said chapter twenty-five would be ap-
portioned to such town: in the case of
town having increased it's appropria-
ton over the amount determined accord
ing to the provisions of said section
eighteen to any multiple thereof there
shall be set apart a sum representing a
like increase, together with an addition
al sum, equal to twenty-five per cent of
such increase in the case of a town
appropriatfng twice the amount deter
mined by said section eighteen; fifty
per cent of such increase in the case of
a town appropriating three times the
amount determined by said section
such increase in the case of a
town appropriattng four times the
amount determined by said section
eighteen: and one hundred per cent of
such increase in the case of town ap-
propriating five times the amount de-
termined by said section eighteen,
Section 8. The aggregate sum so set
apart, together with the sums appro-
priated by such towns, shall constitute
a Joint fund for the construction of
such State aid highway and shall be