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

parties cannot agree thereon, the GAM
age shall, on petition Of either party,
filed within one year after such changes
are made, be assessed by jury In the
supreme judicial court for the county
where such structure is located.
Section 3. Whoever Is aggrieved by an
order passed under the provisions Of the
preceding section may appeal therefrom
to the supreme judicial court sitting In
the county where appellant resides; but
such notice of the tendency of the appeal
as the court shall order shall also be given
to the board of water commissioners and
the mayor Of the city or chairman OF
the selectmen Of the town or president or
other officer Of the water or ice company
interested in such order. While the ap-
peal Is pending, the order Of the COM
erwise authorized by the commission.
Section a. The supreme judicial court
shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon the
application of the public utilities commits
sion or of any party interested, to enforce
its orders. or the orders, rules and regu-
latfonS Of said public utilities commits
sion. and to restrain the use or occupa-
ton Of the premises or such portion there
of as said commission may specify, on
which said material is deposited or kept,
or such other cause of pollution exists,
until the orders, rules and regulations Of
said commission have been complied with
Section 5. The agents and servants of
said public utilities commission may en-
ter any building, structure. or premises
for the purpose of ascertaining whether
sources of pollution or danger to the wa
ter supply there exists, and whether the
rules. regulations and orders aforesaid
are obeyed.
Section 6. Unless the public utilities
commission determines that public health
will not tn ,reby be seriously injured, no
sewage. drainage, refuse or polluting
matter Of such kind and amount as either
by itself or in connection with other mat
ter will corrupt or impair the quality of
the water of any pond or stream used as
source of Ice or water supply by a city
town, public institution or water company
for domestic use or render 1t injurious
to health and no human excrement, shall
he discharged into any such pond or
hlterlng basin in use is there situated
The prohibition against the deposit Of
sewage, drainage, refuse. polluting mat
ter and human excrement shall not apply
to the following rivers, namely, the Pc
nobscot, the Kennebec, the Androscoggin
and the Saco.
Section I. Whoever violates anv rule.
regulation or order made under the pro-
VISIONS of any section hereof shall be pun
ished for each offence by fine of not
more than five hundred dollars to the use
of the State or by imprisonment for not
more than one year or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Section g. Said commission NAV an
point, employ and fix the conversation
OF such agents, clerks. servants. engineers
anu expert assistants as is considered by
SAID commission necessary; and for the
purpose OF carrying out the provisions Of
this act. said commission may expend the
sum OF not over four thousand dollars in
each of the years nineteen hundred seven
teen and nineteen hundred eighteen which
sums are hereby appropriated therefor
tArproved March %, 1919