Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-14

ratlreads cross such public ways 9TH
er Tran atiHgrade or run contiguous
the same force, and place the same
obligations upon railroad corporations
as Ween required under the PROVISIONS
OF this Acknowledgements Mar. 10.)
81 CHAPTER II.
An Aet to Amend Sections Three;
Chapter One Hundred and Forty
Ave of the Public Laws of Nineteen
Hundred and Seventeen. Relating
tntthe Removal of distractions at
Grade Crossings.
one hundred and forty-five of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
seventeen Is hereby amended by sub
stttYting for the words. designated
und& the provisions of the preced-
theHkof. the words. of highway or
oth@ way and a steam railroad at
graS;. and by adding after the
woN remove" in the ninth line
the&of the words. and from time to
,tim& as may be necessary to keep
trin4med. cut down and removed
andEby adding after the word car"
in he eighteenth line thereof. the
wor4s. from one or more angles so
thaE said section as amended shall
reaN as follows:
c. 3. At every crossing of a
highway or other way and a
steSm railroad at grade and at every
crossing of a highway or other way
an& an electric railroad at grade the
muhicipal officers of the town in
which thescrossing is located are CIV
en- authority and are hereby requir-
ed. when by order directed so to do
by 9 the public utilities commission.
after ten days notice to all persons
interested, to remove embankments
and other distractions within high
way limits and to enter upon private
property and properly trim, cut down
or remove. and from time to time
as may be necessary to keep trim
med. cut down and removed. bushes,
Trees, FENCES, sIGn-boards and en-
croachInents which 6bstruct the
traveller at or near any such cross
ing. The authority of the commits
sion in any order and of the munich
pal officers acting hereunder shall
dred and fifty feet on either side of
any such crossing measured along
the highway or other way or beyond
a point three hundred feet on either
along the. railroad right of way, the
purpose herein being to enable a
traveller on any such way, when
such traveller is one hundred and
hny feet or less, distant from any
such crossing. to have a fair view of
an approaching train, engine or car
from one or more angles Continuous
ly from the time such train, engine
OF car is three hundred feet from
spch crossing until it has passed
over the same
Sec. 2. Section four of chapter one
hundred and forty-five of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and sew
epteen is hereby amended by adding
THIRD line thereof the words and
Tpm time to time as may be ordered
81 said commission to keep the same
tammed. cut down or removed so
tTat SAID section as amended shall
commission by order directs, such
municipal officers shall cause such
bfshes, trees. fences, sign-boards or
ehcroachments to be trimmed, cut
tfne as may. be ordered by said COM
mission to keep the same trimmed
cft down or removed, and the eX-
pfrse thereof shall in the first in
stance be paid by the city, town or
plantation wherein the labor is per-
formed, but upon the filing with the
gpvernor and council of proper proof
81 such payment. one-half of any
sach amount shall be repaid by the
ton, the same to be paid out of any
funds not otherwise appropriated
Sec. g.. Section twelve of chapter
one hundred and forty-five of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
Ing after the word act" in the sec
ond- line thereof, the words or for
the purpose of improving the view
at one or more angles so that said
section as amended shall read as fol-
lows:
ing and maintaining the fair view
mentioned in this act, or for the pur-
pose of improving the view at one or
more angles, any steam railroad
company subject to the provisions
erty and remove. any embankment
or other obstruction except a dwell
ing house. The owner of such
property is entitled to damages, and
may have the same estimated and
paid in the manner provided in
chapter fifty-siX. revised statutes,
and there shall be the same right of
appeal as therein given.
Sec. 4. Section thirteen of chapter
one hundred and forty-,five of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
seventeen. is hereby amended by
adding after the word provisions"
in the first line thereof. the words
of sections one and nine and by
adding after the word the in the
second line thereof the words Knox
Railroad Company. formerly called
SO that said section as amended shall
read as follows:
Sec. 10. The provisions of sections
one and nine of this act shall not ap-
ply to railroads of less than standard
gauge, nor to the Knox Railroad
Company, formerly called Georges
Valley Railroad Company.'-(Ap-
proved March 100
, CHAPTER Is.
An Act to Amend Section Seventy
six of Chapter Eighty-two of the
Revised Statutes, as Amended by
Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty
of the Public Laws of Nineteen
&. Hundred and Seventeen and by
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety
two of the Public Laws of Nine
teen Hundred and Nineteen, Rela-
tive to Price of Maine Reports.
Section sevepty-siN of chapter
eighty-two of the revised statutes as
amended by chapter two hundred and
hundred and seventeen and as fur
Their amended by chapter one hundred
and ninety-two of the public laws of
nineteen hundred and nineteen is
out i. .ae eighth line of said sec
ton after the words, price Of the
words. two dollars and fifty cents"
and, inserting in place thereof the
buckram binding and four dollars a
volume in leather binding and by
striking out after the word mat
ter" in the eleventh line of said sec
ton the words The reporter of de-
cisions may change the binding to
amended shall read as follows:
Sec. 76. The reporter of decisions
shall, by his personal attendance at
law court when practicable, or by the
best other means in his power. pre-
pare correct reports of all legal ques-
n