Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-15

grant the same upon such terms ana
conditions as 1t may prescrioe lncluu-
ing the manner and conditions IN az
cordance with which the way may
cross such track and may determine
whether the expense of building and
maintaining so much of said way as
is within the limits of such railroad
shall be borne by such railroad com.
pany. or by the city or town IN w .,n,a
Of Maine. or said public utilities
commission may apportion such eX-
pense equitably between such rail-
road company. and the city, town, or
! Of It's decision thereupon. file the
same in its office and cause to be
sent by mail or otherwise to each or
| the railroad corporations. and the
municipal officers of the city or town
as the case may be, interested there
| in, and the state highway commls-
sion when interested. copy OF sucn
decision. Such decision shall be mai
and binding, upon all parties unless LEI IS
| and entered at the next succeeding
term of the supreme judicial court,
| to be held in the county where the
| crossing is located. more than thirty
days after the date, of the fling ling, ;, OF
commission shall be made a party
defendant in such appeal and entitled
| to be heard in all subsequent pro
| ceedings had upon such appeal. Inc
appellant shall within fourteen days
| from the date of the filing of such
report. file in the office of the public
utilities commission it's reason for
appeal and fourteen days at least be-
| fore the sitting of the appellate court
! 1t shall cause to be served upon such
other interested corporations or
municipality or state highway COM
mission a copy of such reasons for
appeal certified by the clerk of the
| public utilities commission. The
presiding justice at such term or
cree thereon as law and justice may
to such order or decree. The final
adjudication shall be recorded as
provided in section thirty-three OF
this chapter and copy Of such final
decision sent to the public utilities
! commission by the clerk of the court
where such final adjudication is
! made. Costs may be taxed and al
lowed to either party at the discre-
CHAPTER 1ls
Watchic Pond in the Town of
| Standish. in the County of Cum
| berland.
Sec. /. For a period Of two years
! from the time this act takes effect
it shall be unlawful for any person
to fish for. take, catch or kill any
kind of fish at any time on or
through the ice in Vatchic pond. So
called. in the town of Standish. in
the county of Cumberland. 1t shall
also be unlawful for any person to
| have in possession at any time any
kind of fish taken on or through the
ice in said pond
vision of this act shall pay a fine of
not less than ten nor more than
thirty dollars and costs for each
offense. and one dollar additional for
| each fish taken, caught or killed or
had in possession in violation OF tins
| act.
Sec. g.. Trial justices. police and
municipal courts. within their re-
spective counties shall have. upon
complaint. original and concurrent
jurisdiction with the supreme judi
cial court and superior courts in all
prosecutions arising under this act.
Approved April 2.
CHAPTER ia
An Act Relating to Travelling Ped
| lers, Dealers. Statesmen. and Soil
| citors of Orders for Punch Boards.
| Seal Cards. Slot Gambling Mach
ines or Other Implements. Appa
ratus or Materials of Any Form of
! Gambling.
| No person shall travel from town
to town. or from place TO place; in
any city. town or plantation. on foot
or by private or public conveyance,
either by land or water. carrying for
sale. offering for sale. or offering to
obtain for sale, any punch board
seal card. slot gambling machine or
| other implements. apparatus or ma
terials of any form of gambling. and
no person shall solicit. obtain or
offer to obtain orders for the sale OF
| delivery of any punch board. sea-
card. slot gambling machine or other
| implements, apparatus or material OF
gambling. Any person violating the
provisions Of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than four months;
and police officers of towns and
cities the assessors of plantations
| and licensed private detectives are
required promptly to enforce the
provisions of this act and to make
complaint against any person
where there is probable cause to be-
lieve such person to be guilty of a
violation of this act. Trial justices
| and judges of municipal or police
! courts shall have jurisdiction in all
prosecutions for violation of this act
Approved April 2.
CHAPTER lis
An Act Relating to the Ringing OF
| the Engine Bell or Sounding of the
! Whistle at Grade Crossings.
Sec. 1. Section seventy-two OF
chapter fifty-six Of the revised stat
| utes as amended by chapter sixteen
of the public laws of nineteen hun
dred and twenty-one is hereby
amended by striking out the word
af hf ~ NJ 10 O
enty-five" in line ten. and the WORD
eighty" in line seventeen. and sub
shutting therefor the word sixty ir
line ten, the word sixty in line ten
and the word sixty in line seven.
teen. and by adding the word begin
ming in the ninth line before the
word at" and by adding the words
| beginning at before the word "a in
the tenth line. so that said section
as amended, shall read as follows:
| Sec. 70. Every railroad corpora
ton shall cause sign boards with the
words Railroad Crossing" distinctly
painted on each side thereof in let
ters plainly legible. to be placed and
constantly maintained at the side OF
highways and town ways where they
are crossed at grade by such rail-
| roads, on posts or other structures
in such position as to be easily seer
by persons passing upon such ways
and every such corporation shall
at least thirty-five pounds in weight
to be placed upon each locomotive
used upon its railroad, and sucl
whistles shall be sounded as a warn.
ing beginning at distance of sixty
rods on standard gauge railroads and
beginning at a distance of sixty
rods on narrow gauge railroads from
all crossings of such ways on the
same level, unless the public utilities
commission upon petition of the
corporation or of the municipal Off.
GERS or of ten or more legal voter.
of any city or town in which sucf