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

! the third CLASS nis iiMd S laitH a
where the buildings are nearer tnah
two hundred feet apart for ais.
lance Of one.fourth Of mile OF
more.'-Approved April Z.
CHAPTER 40
An Act Relating to Motions for New
Trials.
Section ffty-seven of chapter
eighty-seven of the revised statutes
is hereby amended so as to read as
Sec. 81. When motion is made
in the supreme judicial court to have
| a verdict set aside as against law or
evidence, a report of the whole evil
dence shall be signed by the pre-
the Certificate of the official court
photographer. When the motion Is
| founded on any alleged cause not
shown by the evidence presented az
the trial. the testimony In support
of the allegations of the motion ana
| in rebuttal or impeachment may be
taken out and report of the same.
| together with that presented at the
trial, shall be signed by the justice
or authenticated by the certhcate OF
the case shall be marked Law.
When the law court is of the opinion
| that any such motion is frivolous or
intended for delay it may award
double or treble costs App apr q
CHAPTER III
An Act Relating to a Lien for Repair
Section flfty-six Of chapter ninety
six of the revised statutes IS mere
word "vehicle" in the third line
thereof. the words or provides stor-
age therefor. and by adding after
the word labor in the sixth line
thereof. the words and for said stor-
age, so that said section as amend
ed will read
Sec. Sc. Whoever performs labor
by himself or his employees in man
ufacturing. or repairing the ron
! work or woodwork of wagons. carts.
| vides storage therefor. by direction
or consent OF the owner Thereon.
shall have a lien on such vehicle Tor
| his reasonable charges for sald IA
! Dor, and for said storage. when
! takes precedence of all other claims
and incumbrances on said vehicles,
| not made to secure a similar llen.
! and may be enforced by attachment
at any time within ninety days after
the labor is performed and not after
| wards. provided; that claim LOT +
such lien is duly filed as required
in the following section; said lien,
! however. shall he dissolved If SAID
property has actually changed own
ership prior to such filing. APPROX
ed Apr I.
| CHAPTER 1.2
An Act to Amend Section Seven of
| CHAPTER Fifty-one of the Revised
| Statutes, Relating to Purposes FOR
Which Corporations May Be organ
| lied
Section seven of chapter fifty-one
| OF the revised statutes is hereby
| h1. CT ri
"or corporations intended to derive
profit from the loan or use or
| money" in the eleventh and twelvth
| lines of said section, so that SAID
section. as amended. snail Feau a9
follows:
Sec. I. Three or more persons
NAV associate themselves together
by written articles of agreement. Tor
the purpose of forming corpora /
ton to carry on any lawful rn nus,
lions for manufacturing, mechanlcal !;
mining or quarrying business ana
also corporations whose purpose Is
the carriage of passengers OF
freight, or both. upon the high seas
| or from port or ports in this state 10
a foreign port or ports, or to Il port OF
ports in other states. or the fFlase
Of freight or passengers, or both. up
on any waters where such corpora
tions may navigate; ana excepting
corporations for banking, insurance
the construction and operation OF
railroads or aiding in the construc-
ton thereof. and the business of saw
tings banks, trust companies, loan
and building associations, or corpor-
ations intended to derive proht from
the loan of money except as rea-
sonable incident to the transaction
OF other corporate business or where
necessary to prevent corporate FUNDS
from being unproductive, and SAFE de-
post companies. including the renting
of safes in burglar-proof and ire
proof vaults; but corporations may
also be formed hereunder to exer-
else the following corporate pur-
poses in other states and Jurisdlc-
lions, namely: the construction and
operation of railroads or aiding IN
the construction thereof. telegraph
or telephone companies. and gas or
electrical companies, and in all such
cases the articles of agreement and
certificate of organization shall state
that such business is to be carried
on only in states and Jurlsdlctions
when and where permissible under
the laws thereof. and such corpora
lions heretofore organized for the
transaction of such business in other
states or jurisdictions, If otherwise
legally organized and now existing
are hereby declared to be corpora
tions under the laws of this state.
Approved Apr. Z.
CHAPTER 153
An Act Relating to Annual State
ments of Conditions of Insurance
Companies. and Providing renal
ty for Neglect to File such State
ments.
Section ninety-one Of chapter fifty
three of the revised statutes, as
amended by chapter thirty-nine OF
| the public laws of nineteen hun
4 oh tar
enty-eight of the public laws OF
nineteen hundred and twenty-three
is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the word furnished in the
sixth line thereof and inserting in
place thereof the word approved, SC
read as follows:
Sec. 81. Every insurance COM
pany. doing business in the state
shall annually. by the first day OF
March. render to the commissions
either an exact statement. under
oath. of it's condition as it existed
on the thirty-frst day of the previ-
Gus December or it's last exhibit
setting forth it's condition as requir-
ed by blanks approved by the com
missioner and any company. associa-
ton or society which neglects oil
refuses to comply with the provi-
sions of this section, or to file its
premium tax return. or to pay the
tax for which it shall be liable. as
required by the laws of this state
forfeits five dollars a day for each
days neglect, provided. that for good
cause shown. the commissioner may
extend the time within which the
premium tax return required by sec
ton fifty-one of chapter nine of the
revised statutes. may be filed. to a
date not later than the fifteenth day
of February. Approved Apr Z.
CHAPTER ia
An Act to lrohibit Pollution with
Mill Waste of the Lakes and Ponds
! and Certain Specified Rivers
Brooks and Streams of the State.
| Section thirty-two of chapter two