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ACTS AWD RESOLVES 



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SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE 



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STATE OF MAINE. 



1881. 



Pabliihfld by the Beoretary of State, agreoablj to ReaolTOi of June 28, 1830, 

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SESSIOjST of 1881. 

CBAP. PAGE. 

1. Ao act to amend section one hundred and sixty-nine of chapter six of the 

ReTiaed Statutes, relating to the sale of real estate of resident owners for 
taxes 3 

2. An act to amend section one hundred and sixty-eight, chapter two hundred 

and twenty -fire. Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, relating 

to the Miiitia 4 

3. An act additional to chapter fift««n of the Revised Statutes, as amended by 

chapter two hundred and forty -one of the Public Laws of eighteen hun- 
dred and seventy-four, relating to Burying Grounds 5 

4. An set to amend section nineteen of chapter eighteen of the Revised Statues, 

relating to public and private ways • 5 

6. An act relating to suits to enforce Liens 6 

6. An act additional to section one, of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, 

of the Revised Statutes, to regulate the manufacture and sale of Vinegar. 6 

7. An act to amend section eight of chapter nineteen of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to fast driving on bridges .' 7 

8. An act to amend chapter one hundred and acventy^our of the Public 

Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, relating to administra- 

ors, executors and trustees. 7 

9. An act relating to actions against Insolvent Estates 8 

10. An act to amend section four of chapter fifty-five of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to Libraries, Charitable Societies and Public Cemeteries. 8 

11. An act to amend section forty, chapter three of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to city ordinances 9 

12. An act to repeal section thirty-one of chapter two hundred and thirty- 

nine of the Public Laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and 
to amend section fifty-six of chapter forty-nine of the Revised Statutes, 
relating to the report of the Insurance Commissioner 9 

13. An act relating to licenses to keep Bowling Alleys and Billiard Rooms .... 10 

14. An act to Amend section fifteen of chapter seventy-four of the Public Laws 

of one thousand eight hundred and seventy»eight, as amended by chap- 
ter one hundred and fifty-four of the Public Laws of one thousand eight 

hundred and seventy-nine, relating to the Insolvent Laws of Maine 11 

16. An act to amend section forty -eight of chapter eighteen of the Revised 

Statutes, relating to highway taxes 12 

16. An act to amend section seven of chapter forty-nine of the Revised Statutes 

as amended by chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Public Laws 
of one thousand eight hundred and seventy -three, relating to Insurance 
and Insurance Companies 13 

17. An act amending section sixty-five, of chapter forty-nine of the Revised 

Statutes, in relation to Accident Insurance Policies 14 

18. An act to amend chapter eighty-six, section thirteen, of the Revised Stat- 

utes relating to Trustees' costs... 14 



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CONTENTS. 

CHAP. FAflB. 

19. ^n act to amend seetion one of chapter one hundred and eightj-two of the 
Pablio Laws of eighteen hundred and seTenty-fonr, relating to anelaioied 
goods held by common carriers... 15 

10. An act to amend section twentj-two of chapter one handred and twentj-two 

of the Rerised Statutes, relating to witness fees and false certiBeates.. . . 16 

31. An act relating to appointments of Administrators, with the will annexed. 16 

32. An act relating to Civil Actions in behalf of the State 17 

23. An act to amend chapter one hundred and eighty-sii of the Public Laws of 

eighteen hundred and seventy-seren, entitled "An act requiring Rail- 
road Corporations to be holden for labor/* which chapter is additional to 

chapter fifty-one of the Reviyed Statutes relating to Railroads 17 

24 An act to amend item fifth of section twenty-four of chapter elcTen of the 

RcTised Statutes, relating to powers and obligations of school districts.. 16 

25. An act to amend section twelre, chapter forty-three of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to Meridian Lines 19 

26. An act additional relating to the Insolvent Laws of Maine SO 

27. An act declaring Women eligible to certain sehoi 1 ofllces 20 

28. An act to amend chapter six of the Revised Statutes relating to Taxes .... 21 

29. An act regulating the weight of Salt 91 

30. An act in relation to the times of holding sessions of the County Commis- 

sioners 22 

31. An act relating to Costs in actions of dower 22 

32. An act additional to sections fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and eighteen of chap- 

ter twelre of the Revised Statutes, relating to Parishes 22 

33. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and forty -five of the Public Laws of 

eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, relating to Insurance 23 

34. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and six of the Public Laws of eighteen 

hundred and seventy-nine, relating to costs of travel and attendance of 
parties in court 23 

35. An act to amend chapter one hundred and ninety-three of the Public Laws 

of eighteen hundred and seventy -four, relating to Clerks of Judicial 
Courts * 24 

36. An act to amend seetion sixty-two of chapter eighty-two of the Revised 

Statutes, relating to the powers and duties of Auditors 24 

37. An act explanatory of section three of chapter seventy-eight of the Public 

Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy -eight, relating to Tramps 25 

38. An act to amend section six of chapter sixty-three of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to the Jurisdiction of Probate Courts 25 

39. An act relating to practice in the Supreme Judicial Court 26 

40. An act to amend section one hundred and fifty-six of chapter two hun- 

dred and twenty -five of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, 

concerning the Militia 26 

41 An act to amend section two of chapter one hundred and sixteen of the 
Revised Statutes, in relation to travel of Trial Justices and Justices of 
the Peace and of the Quorum 27 

42. An act to amend section sixty-seven of chapter four of the Revised Stat- 

utes, relating to pnnishment for bribery and corruption at Elections. ... 28 

43. An act to amend chapter one hundred and sixty- three of the Public Laws 

of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, relating to Loitering in Public 
places 28 

44. An act to amend chapter eighty-three of the Public Laws of one thousand 

eight hundred and seventy-two, relating to granting new trials 29 

45. An act to amend chapter six, section ten of the Revised Statutes, in re- 

lation to the taxation of wood, bark and timber 30 

46. An act to amend section thirteen of chapter seventy-three of the Revised 

Statutes, relating to conveyances in mortgage, and oonveyaneea in trust. 30 



CONTEXTS. 

OVAP. PAa» 

47. An act to amend seotion two of chapter forty-eight of the Reyised Statntes, 

concerning manafaoturiog, mining and quarrying corporations 31 

48k An act to amend section eighteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine 
of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and seyenty-four, relating to 
Railroad Crossings 31 

49. An act to abolish continuance fees in certain Supreme Judicial and Supe- 
rior Courts of the State 32 

60. An act for the better protection of life in buildings used for public purposes. 33 

51. An act additional to chapter fifty-one of the Revised Statutes, and to other 

acts relating to the transportation of passengers and freight by railroad. 34 

63. An act in relation to suits on Administrator's and Executor's Bonds 36 

53. An act additional to chapter eighteen of the Revised Statutes, relating to 

damages for land taken for highways 35 

54. An act additional to chapter seventy-one of the Revised Statutes, concern- 

ing sales of real estate by license of court 36 

55. An act in relation to fees for travel and attendance in the Superior Court of 

Kennebec County 37 

56. An act relating to the Reform School 37 

57. An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty-four of the Public Laws of 

eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled ** An act relating to Insur- 
ance Companies." 38 

68. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and sixty of the Public Laws of 
eighteen hundred and seventv-geven, in relation to a bounty on bears, 
and to provide for a bounty on boars 39 

59. An act to amend section four of chapter eighty-two of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to attachment of the estates of absent defendants 39 

60. An act to amend chapter two hundred and five of the Public Laws of eighteen 

hundred and eighty, in relation to Registry of Deeds from the State.. .. 40 

61. An act to amend section nineteen of chapter twelve of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to Pariirhes and Religions Societies 41 

63. An act to regulate admission to the Bar in this State 41 

63. An act to amend section forty-four, chapter forty-nine of the Revised Stat- 

utes, and to require the Insurance Commissioner to give bond 43 

64. An act in relation to the compensation of Jailors for the support of Pris- 

oners 44 

65. An act providing that Paupers in a certain class of plantations, shall be 

under tho care of the Assessors of such plantations 45 

66. An act to amend section five of chapter one hundred and seven of the Revised 

Statutes, relating to depositions 46 

67. An act to amend section ^sloven, chapter seventy-five of the Public Laws of 

eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, relating to the taking of smelts, 
entitled *' An act to regulate and protect fisheries and the propagation 
of fish." 46 

68. An act to regulate the practice in Equity Proceedings 47 

69. An act to amend section three of chapter seventy-two of the Revised Stat- 

utes relating to Probate Bonds 56 

70. An act relating to the Pauper settlement of inmates of the Bath Military 

and Naval Orphan Asylum 55 

71. An act to amend chapter two hundred and six of the Public Laws of eigh- 

teen hundred and eighty, relating to suits by collectors of taxes and 

the jurisdiction of Trial Justices 55 

73. An act concerning the care of abused and neglected children 66 

73. An act to amend sections sixty-six, sixty-seven and sixty -eight of chapter 

six of the Revised Statutes, relating to the assessment and abatement of 
Taxes 69 

74. An act anthoriaing the improTement of Marshes, Meadows and Swamps. ... 60 



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CONTENTS. 

CHAP. PAfll. 

75. An act relating to the criminal Jnrisdietion of the Saperior Court for the 

County of Kennebec 63 

76. An act concerning Pnblic Parks and Squares 64 

77. An act for the protection of Alewires 65 

78. An act to amend chapter fiftj-eight, aecliun ten of the Rerised Statutes, 

relating to Agricoltural Societies 66 

79. An act to enforce returns and publication of statements hj Corporations... 67 

80. An act relating to \orj of execution on Keal Estate 68 

81. An act providing for an additional session of the Count/ Commissioners 

in Oxford County 68 

8!t. An act to amend section four of chapter fifty -one of the ReTised Statutes, 

relating to railroads 69 

83. An act concerning the salary of the Deputy Clerk of Courts for Camber- 

land Cuunty 69 

84. An act relating to mortgages of real estate and actions thereon 70 

85. An act to prevent Railroad Accidents 71 

86. An act to abolish the December term of the Supreme Judicial Court in the 

County of Oxford 75 

87. An act relating to Congressional vacancies 73 

88. An net to amend section nine of ohapter ninety-two of the Hevised btat- 

utes, relating to damsge for flowage., 73 

89. An act explanatory of section twenty-five of chapter twenty-seven of the 

Revised Statutes, as amended by section three of chapter two hundred 
and forty-seven of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, in 
relation to the sale of cider 74 

90. An act relating to proceedings and appeals in Probate Courts 74 

91. An act relating to the Taxation of Railroads 75 

9*2. An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy- nine of the Public Laws 

of eighteen hundred and eighty, regulating the fees of Inspectors of 
lime and lime casks, and their deputies 77 

93. An act for tbe promotion of Medical Science 78 

94. An act additional to an act entitled, "An act fur the promotion of Medical 

Science." 79 

95. An act to amend so much of section two, chapter one hundred and twenty- 

five of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as relates 

to clerk hire in the Secretary of State's Department 80 

96. An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty of the Public Laws of eigh- 80 

teen hundred and seventy-nine, relating to Normal Schools 80 

97. An act to amend section thirteen of chapter twenty-two of the Revised 

Statutes, relating to Partition Fences 81 

98. An act to repeal section fifty-three, chapter two hundred and twenty-fuur of 

tbe Public Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, relating to the 
inspection and sale of Agricultural Productions 82 



CONTENTS OP PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 



SESSION OF 1881. 

OBAP. PAOB. 

1. An aot to inoorporaU th« Oceftn Park Asiooiation 3 

3. An aot to incorporate the Djor Librarj Assoeiation. 4 

3. An aet to incorporate the Monnt Desert Keading-Room, at Bar Harbor, in 

the town of Eden, Hanoook Connty 6 

4. An act to reviTe the Charter of the Calais Bank for certain purposes 6 

6. An aot to amend an aot entitled " An act to incorporate the Ocean Street 

Railroad Compsny," approved March four, in the jear of oar Lord one 
thousand eight hnndred and eighty 7 

6. An act to authorise the sale of the Old Baptist Meeting>Hoase in Monnt 

Vernon 7 

7. An act to incorporate the Anbum Steam Ileating Company. 8 

8. An act sdditional to chapter two hundred and seTenty-fiTO of the Private 

and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, conferring cer- 
tain powers on the city of Portland in relation to Erergreen Cemetery. . . 9 

9. An act authoriiing the county commissioners of the county of Washington 

tore-assess certain Taxes 9 

10. An aot authorizing the county commissioners of the county of Somerset to 

re-assess certain Taxes 10 

11.. An act to authorise the construction and maintenance of a dam across the 

Pemaquid Kiver 11 

IS. An act to facilitate the consolidation of the Maine Turning Company and 

the International Turning Company 11 

18. An act to incorporate the Portland and Rochester Railroad IS 

14. An aot to authorize the extension of certain wharTOS in Portland Harbor.. 16 

15. An aot to amend the charter of the Godfrey Falls Dam Company I€ 

16. An act to authorize the Little Androscoggin Water Power Company to 

increase its capital stock 17 

17. An act to incorporate the Pcjepscot Manufacturing Company 17 

18. An act to incorporate the Norombega Sportsmen's Club 18 

19. An act to incorporate the Maine Sportsmen's Assoeiation 19 

50. An act to increase the capital stock of the Auburn Aqueduct Company 31 

51. An act for the protection of Trout and Land-Loekcd Salmon in Kennebago 

and Rangeley chain of lakes and streams SI 

SS. An act for the protection of fish in liosmer's Pond, in the town of Camden. 22 
S3. An act to change the boundary lino between the towns of Berwick and South 

Berwick 2S 

24. An act to incorporate the Piscataquis Game and Fish Protective Society. . 23 

35. An act to prohibit the taking of fish from Messabesio Pond and its outlet 

in the town of Alfred 24 

36. An aot to amend section two, chapter one hundred and fire, of the Private 

and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, relating to the 
taking of alowives in Dennys River 24 

37. An act to incorporate the town of Van Buren 36 

28. An act authorising the County Commissioners of the County of Franklin to 

re-assess certain taxes. 36 



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39. An aet to amend chapter throe hundred and nineij-two of the Speeial Lawa 
of eighteen hundred and seTentj-seren, in relation to narigation of 
Mooielncmegnntto Lake ST 

SO. An act to inoorporate the Tebbeti Manofactaring Com pan j 17 

31. An aot to increase the capital stook of the Kennebec Fibre Oompanj S8 

32. An aot to preront the destmotion of SmeUe in Gold Stream Pond aad its 

tributaries in the town of Enfield • SI 

33. An aot to enable the Aroostook River Railroad Companj to extend its road. S9 
3i. An aot to incorporate the Van Buren Lumbering and Manufacturing Oom- 
panj SO 

35. An aot authorising the Oonntj Oommissioners of the Gountj of Piscata- 

quis to discharge the assessment of a tax made by them, and to include 

the amount thereof in another assessment. 31 

36. An act for the protection of fish in Sabbath Daj Pond, in the town of 

Sebago SS 

37. An aot to sot off Ephrsim Grant and others, with their lands, from the town 

of Colnmbtai and annex the same to the town of Cherr/field • S3 

38. An act to make valid the doings of the South Buxton Cemetery Association. 33 

39. An act to authorise Charles A. J. Farrar to dredge bars, blast rooks, and 

navigate the Richardson Lakes and intervening waters by steam 34 

iO. An act for the navigation of Winneoook Lake, in the county of Waldo. . . SS 
41. An act to authorise John S. Jenness to erect a wharf or wharves in tide 

Waters in the town of Hampden SS 

45. An aot to set off a part of the homestead farm of Jonathan G. Record from 

Crystal Plantation, and annex the same to the town of Sherman 36 

43. An aet to incorporate the Sullivan and Hancock Steam Ferry Company.... 37 

44. An aot to amend an aot entitled "An act to inoorporate the Square Pond 

Reservoir Company." 38 

46. An act to enable the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese 

of Maine, to remove, re-build, or repair St. James' Parish Church of Old- 
town 40 

46. An aot to repeal chapter one huodred and ten of the Speotal Laws of eigh- 

teen hundred and sixty-six, relating to the preservation of pickerel in 
Winthrop Ponds 41 

47. An sot to inoorporate the Lewiston Steam Heating Company 41 

48. An act relatiog to Good Templars' Hall in Dexter 43 

49. An aot to amend "An act to inoorporate the Westbrook Manufaoturiag 

Company," approved February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and forty- * 
five 4S 

60. An aot empowering the County Commissioners of Penobscot County, to pur- 

chase, take and appropriate land for a ferry landing in the town of 
Brewer 44 

61. An aot to amend "An act to establish a municipal court in the city of 

Auburn." 46 

62. An act to protect fish in Lufkin Pond in the town of Phillips. 46 

63. An act to inoorporate the Rookport Villago School Corporation 46 

64. An aot to inoorporate the town of Howard 49 

66. An act to inoorporate the Oxford and Androscoggin Telegraph Company. . . 49 

66. An aot granting permission to extend the Bridgton and Presumpsoot River 

Railroad 61 

67. An aot to authorise the Bridgton Telegraph Company to discontinue and 

remove its present lino of telegraph, and to own, construct, maintain and 
operate a line or lines of telegraph along the line of certain railroads, if 
built. '. 61 

68. An act to inoorporate the Union Cemetery Company.. 62 



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59. An aoi proTiding for the eleotion of a snperiatending sohcol oommittee, 

and anperintendent of aohools in the citj of Biddeford., 63 

60. An Act to incorporate the Cape Elizabeth Railroad Company 65 

61. An aot to ohange the location of part of the Harbor CommiMioners* Line in 

Portland Harbor 66 

65. An act to amend chapter two hundred of the Prirate and Special Laws of 

eighteen hundred and serontj-six, relating to fishing in Howes Pond, in 

the town of Hermon 67 

63. An aot to amend an aet entitled << An.act to inoorporate the Katahdin Dam 

Gfvnpany." 68 

64 An act to enable the Boston and Maine Railroad to purchase the Orchard 

Beach Railroad 69 

66. An aot to amend chapter fire hundred and forty-one of the Priyate Laws of 

eighteen hundred and serenly-one, entitled "An aot to inoorporate the 

Penohsont and Lake Megantio Railroad Company.".. . . ; 69 

66. An aot to incorporate the Island Cottage Company 61 

67* An act to make ralid and legal the doings of the First Unirersalist 

Society in Bridgton. 63 

68w An aot to provide in part for the Expenditures of Qovemment 63 

69. An aot to inoorporate the Flood Pond Stream Dam Company 66 

70. An aot additional to an act entitled " An aot to incorporate the Sebois Dam 

Company/' approred February twenty-two, one thousand eight hundred 

and sixty-nine 66 

71. An aot relating to the Maine Central Institute 68 

72. An act for the protection of Fish, in Barrell's Mill Pond, in the town of 

York 70 

73. An aet in relation to the Salmon and Alewifs fishery in the Medomak 

rirer, in the town of Waldoborough 70 

74. An aet to establish the Eclectic Medical College of Maine 71 

76. An act to amend chapter forty-nine of the Private and Special Laws of 

eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, relating to " Bangor Boom Company." 73 

76. An aet to inoorporate the Boothbay Telegraph Company 7i 

77. An aet to incorporate the Monson Village Corporation 76 

75. An aot to amend the charter of the Wassataquoik Dam Company, as amended 

by aot approved February twenty, in the year of our Lord eighteen hun- 
dred and seventy-nine 79 

79. An aot to prevent fishing in Pleasant Pond in the town of Garland, in the 

County of Penobsoot 80 

80. An act to protect fish in Sabbath Day Pond and its tributaries in the town 

of New Gloucester 80 

81. An aot to authorise the oity of Bangor to make an agreement that a part 

of the net earnings of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad may be 
appropriated each year, to pay the interest on the cost of extending said 
road to Moosehead Lake, and for a sinking fund to pay the cost of such 

extension 81 

83. An aot to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an aot to establish a 
Municipal Court in the city of Biddeford," approved February six, 
eighteen hundred and seventy-seven 81 

83. An act to inoorporate the Kennebeo Central Railroad Company 82 

84. An aot to incorporate the Eastern Telegraph Company 84 

86. An aot to oonfer certain powers upon the Inhabitants and officers of the 

town of Eden * 85 

86. An act extending the right of the Municipal Ofiioen of the oity of Portland 

to send for persons and papers 86 



CONTENTS. 

CHAP. PA«B. 

87. An act to amend chapter six hundred and thirteen of the Prirate and 

Special Laws of the year eighteen hundred and fiftj-two, relating to the 
Pleasant Rirer Dam Company 8€ 

88. An act t3 prevent the taking of Fi«h from Great Watchio Pond, in the 

town of Standish, for the term of five years 8T 

89. An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the Private and 

Bpcoinl laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, relating to the 
taking of Fish from the trihntaries of Wilson Pond in the city of Auburn, 87 

90. An act to amend section two of chapter five hundred and seventy-eight of 

the Special Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, relating to the 
taking of Salmon in Dennys River 88 

91. An act to incorporate the Maine Shore Lino Railroad Company 89 

92. An act to provide for the mode of collecting tolls and making assessments 

by the Mattawamkeag Log Driving Company 91 

93. An act to repeal chapter four hundred and fifty-three of the Private and 

Special Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to 

increase the tolls of the Baskahegan Dam Company *' 9S 

9i. An act to incorporate the Skowhegan and Athens Railroad Company 9S 

95. An act to incorporate the Mexico and Byron Railroad Company 94 

96. An act relating to the taking of fish from No Name Pond, in the city of 

Lewiston * 96 

97. An act to amend an act, entitled '*An act additional to the charter of 

Hallowell Academy," approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hun- 
dred and seventy-two 96 

98. An act to incorporate the Twin Lead and Hocia Mining and Smelting 

Company, of Bluehill, Maine... 97 

99. An act to authorise the town of Anson to re-fund the bonds issued in aid of 

the Somerset Railroad Company, and to create a sinking fund for the 
payment of the same 99 

100. An act to authorize the extension of the Bucksport and Bangor Kailroad. 100 

101. An act to empower the fish committees of the towns of Nobleborongh and 

Newcastle to protect the alewives. returning from their spawning beds 
in Damariscotta pond, in the county of Lincoln, to the fish stream of 
said towns 102 

102. An act to authorize the city of Belfast to pay its bonded indebtedness, 

and to i^ue new bonds for thit purpose 102 

103. An act to amend section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of 

the Private and Special Laws of the year eighteen hundred and seventy- 
nine, relating to the issue of bonds in aid. of the Knox and Lincoln 
Railroad 103 

104. An act to amend chapter one hundred and fifty-eight of the Private and 

Special Laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, 

relating to the Charter of the city of Calais 104 

106. An act to amend the charter of the Godfrey Falls Dam Company 104 

106. An act to authorize James A. Creightoo and his assigns to plant, propa- 

gate and preserve oysters in the waters of Georges river and tributary 
streams 106 

107. An act to incorporate the Boothbny Railroad Company 106 

108. An act to permit the Bridgton and Presumpscot River Railroad Company 

to sell or lease its road ; 108 

109. An act to supply the people of the towns of Brunswick and Topsham and 

of the city of Bath with pure water 109 

110. An act for the navigation of Cobbossecontee Lake in the County of Ken- 

nebec 112 

111. An act authorizing ten or more persons to construct and maintain a Free 

Bridge across the Qeorges River 113 



CONTENTS. 

CHAP. PAGI. 

112. An aet to incorporate the Maine State Bar Association 1 14 

113. An act to improTe the channel of the Magalloway RiFer, and facilitate 

the driving of logs and other lumber 115 

114. An act permitting Lothrop L. Crockett to raise a Dam or Dams 117 

115. An act to incorporate the Jimmj Brook and Scagg Rock Company 118 

116. An Act to incorporate the Groat Pond and Bog Dam Company 119 

117. An act to incorporate the Bear River Improyement Company 121 

118. An act to incorporate the Pleasant Cove Ice and Water-Power Company.. 122 

119. An Act to prohibit the taking of Spawn Herring within certain limits in 

Milbridge or Narraguagns Bay.. 122 

120. An Act to provide in part for the Ezpenditares of Government 123 

121. An act additional to an act entitled "An act to change the name and 

increase the Capital Stock of the Palmer and Machiasport Railroad 
Corporation/' approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and 
forty.five 125 

122. An act to authorize the Cobb Lime Company to subscribe for stock in the 

corporation known as the Cobb Lime Company's Portland Cement 126 

123. An act to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Church property at 

Kent's Hill in the town of Readfield, to sell and convey the Methodist 
parsonage at Kent's Hill 126 

124. An act to incorporate the Biddeford and Saco Water Company 127 

125. An actaddltionl to acts incorporating the "Kennebec Log DriWng Com- 

pany," the " Dead River Log Driving Company," and the "Moose River 

Log Driving Company" 129 

126. An act to inerease the tolls of the Nahmakanta Dam Company 130 

127. An act relating to Drains and Sewers in the city of Auburn 130 

128. An act to amend the Charter of the Ocean Park Association 134 

129. An act to incorporate the Saco Water Company 134 

130. An act to authorize the County Commissioners of York County to locate 

and estjiblish a highway across Spinney's Creek 136 

131. An uct to authorize the town of Norridgewock to re-fund the bonds issued 

in aid of the Somerset Railroad Company, and to create a sinking fund 

for the payment of the same '. 136 

132. An act to incorporate the West Bnd Railroad Company, with authority 

to construct maintain and nse a Horse- Rail road 137 

133. An act to incorporate the Mercantile Home for Aged Men Association.... 141 

134. An act authorizing Levi W. Weston and others to erect and maintain a 

boom in the Kennebec river, at Skowhegan 142 

135. An act to revive and amend chapter forty-four of the Special Laws of the 

year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to authorize 
the Bangor and Pircntnquis Railroad Company to locate and construct 
branch lines," approved February six, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
two .'. I4S 

136. An act to incorporate the Maine Ship Builders and Ship Masters Associa- 

tion 144 

137. An act to enable certain towns and cities to aid in the construction of the 

Kunncbeo Central Railroad 145 

138. An act to authorize the Kennebec Log Driving Company to erect a boom 

across the Kennebec Hiver at Brown's Island 146 

139. An act to extend the time for organizing the Farmers Bank 147 

140. An act to authorize Benjamin Conant and others to build and maintain 

Plurs and Booms across Little Androscoggin River in the County of 
Androscoggin 147 

141. An act to supply the people of Waterville with pure water 148 

142. An act to enable certain towns to aid in the construction of the Boothbay 

Railroad 151 



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OONTSNTa 

CBAP. PiM» 

143. An act to inoorporate the Cnshaoo Mana/Mtnring Compuiy 162 

144. An aol for the aaaesiment of a State Tax for the year one thoaiand eight 

hundred and eight>one, amoonting to the anm of one aillioa sixtj-three 

thousand fire hundred nine dollars and ninetj'K>ne oenta 16S 

146* An act for the assessment of a State Tax for the year one thousand eight 
hundred and eightj-two, amounting to the sum of one million sixty- 
three thousand fire hundred nine dollars and ninetj-one oenta 176 

146. An act to authorise the oily of Rockland to retire or exehange its bonded 

indebtedness, and to issue new bonds for that purpose 19T 

147. An act additional to chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the Private 

and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, incorporating the 
Kennebec and Franklin Telephone and Telegraph Company If7 

148. An act to extend the time for the location and completion of the Lowtston 

and Augusta Railroad 198 

14d. An act to incorporate the Milton Mining Company 198 

150. An act to amend chapter forty-three of the special laws of the year 
eighteen hundred and eerenty-eight, relating to the protection of Bass 
in Winnegance Creek 100 

161. An act to incorporate the Maine Pedagogical Society 101 

162. An act to amend chapter eighty-fiTe of the Special Iaws of eighteen 

hundred and seventy-eight, entitled "An act to provide schools for the 
training of teachers in Madawaska territory," as amended by chapter 
* one hundred ninety of the Special Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 
nine 101 

163. An act granting Levi C. Flint and others, the permission to build a rail- 

road from Monson to Athens 101 

164. An act to provide in part for the expenditures of government for the year 

one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two lOS 

166. An act amendatory to "An act relating to the schools in the City of Port- 
land," approved February ten, eighteen hundred and seventy-five 107 

166. An act to incorporate the Sullivan Waukeag Mining Company 108 

167. An act to amend an act entitled *'An act to incorporate the Maine Ship 

Builders and Ship Masters Association,'* approved March fifteen, in the 
year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and eighty-one 109 

168. An act setting off a part of the town of Caribou, and annexing it to Connor 

planUtion , 109 

169. An act to incorporate the Junction Railway Company of Portland Ill 

160. An act to incorporate the Bangor Manufacturing Company 113 

161. An act additional to chapter seventy- three of the Special Iaws of eighteen 

hundred and seventy-eight, relative to the Cumberland and Oxford 

Canal Corporation 114 

163. An act to provide in part for the Expenditures of Government • .... 114 

163. An act to incorporate the Freemans Bank of Augusta 117 



CONTENTS OF RESOLVES. 



r 



SESSION OF 1881. 

CHAP. PAGB. 

1. ReaoWe in faTor of Newell Joseph, Repreientative of the Passamaqaoddj 

Tribe of Indians 3 

3. Kesoire in favor of Joseph Nicolar, Representative of the Penobscot Tribe 

of Indians 3 

3. Resolve in favor of the town of Mayfield 3 

4. Resolve for the purchase of the Maine State Year Book and Legislative 

Manaal 4 

&. Resolve authorising the Librarian to deliver certain documents to the Maine 

Historioal Societj 4 

6. Resolve in favor of the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture 5 

7. Resolve in favor of the town of Washington 6 

8. Resolves in favor of the French Spoliation Claims 5 

9. Resolve in favor of Henry Nash of Addison. 6 

10. Resolves relating to East Kiver Bridge 6 

11. Resolve requesting the Attorney General to prepare and obtain a deed 

of certain Settlers' lots of land from the Treasurer of the Commonwealth 

of Massachusetts. 7 

12. Resolve to authorise the Land Agent to settle certoin accounts with mem- 

bers of the Maine Swedish Colony 7 

13. Resolve relating to a bond held in trust by the State, for the State College 

of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts 8 

14. Resolve making an appropriation in favor of the Maine General Hospital, 

for the years eighteen hundred and eighty -one and eighteen hundred and 

eighty -two 9 

15. Resolve in favor of the State Library 9 

16. Resolve in favor of the Joint Standing Committee on State Prison 10 

17. Resolve in favor of Benjamin M. Nutter 10 

18. Resolve in favor Aluiira E. Cubb 10 

19. Resolves relating to Hell Gate Pilot Laws 10 

20. Resolve in favor of the Special Committee of the House to investigate 

charges against Thomas B. Swan 11 

SI. Resolve in favor of Thomas Loveley of Mapleton Plantation 11 

32. Resolve in favor of Warren W. Rice... 13 

23. Resolve In favor of the town of Fort Kent 12 

24. Resolve in favor of Oak Grove Semi iiiiry 12 

25. Resolve in favor of the County of Franklin. 13 

26. Resolve for the revision and consul iiUtiun of the Public Laws of the State. 13 

27. Resolve establishing a general Valuation of the State 14 

28. Resolve in favor of the Joint Standing Committee on Military Affairs 42 

29. Resolve in favor of the Committee on Reform School 43 

30. Resolve in favor oi the Maine Industrial School for Girls 43 



XIV 



OONTBNTS. 

CHAP. PAAI. 

31. ResolTo in favor of Emerj Brewer. 43 

32. Reiolve in favor of Peter McKeniie 43 

33. Resolve authorising the sale of the State's interest in Timber on township 

number eight, range sixteen. 44 

34. Resolve in relation to the recording of certain papers and records now in 

the Land OiBoe 44 

35. Resolve in favor of printing three thousand copies of the Militia Law of 

eighteen hundred and eighty 45 

36. Resolve for the propagation and protection of Fish and Game, for the jrears 

of eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty- 
two 46 

37. Resolve in favor of an appropriation on Roads, including Bridge in Indian 

Township, in the County of ^Vashington 45 

38. Resolve making appropriation for the support of Soldiers' Orphans, at the 

Bangor Children's Home, for the years eighteen hundred and eighty- 
one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two 46 

39. Resolve making an appropriation in favor of the St. Elisabeth Orphan 

A»ylum of Portland, and for the support of Soldiers' orphans therein, for 
the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two 46 

40. Resolve making an appropriation in favor of the Female Orphan Asylum of 

Portland, and for the support of Soldiers' Orphans therein, for the years 

eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two* 46 

41. Resolve in favor of the State Reform School 47 

42. Resolves authorizing a Temporary Loan 47 

43. Resolves authorising a Temporary Loan 47 

44. Resolve in favor of the State Prison 4S 

45. Resolve in favor of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum. 48 

46. Resolve amendatory to the " Resolve in relation to the Penobscot tribe of 

Indians," approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
six 49 

47. Resolve laying a tax on the counties of the State for the years eighteen 

hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two 49 

48. Resolve in favor of James S. Conklin 50 

49. Resulvo authorizing the Secretary of State to purchase certain volumes of 

the Maine Reports 50 

50. Resolve making appropriations for the Penobscot tribe of Indians for the 

years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and 
eighty -two 51 

51. Resolve in favor of C. L. McCleery 53 

52. Resolve for the abatement of the state tax for the year one thousand eight 

hundred and eighty, assessed upon the Saint Croix and Penobscot Rail- 
road Company 53 

53. Resolve in favor of the Joint Standing Committee on Insane Hospital 52 

54. Resolve relating to unsettled accounts with the State 53 

55. Resolve to provide for the erection of an additional building to the Maine 

Insane Hospital 53 

56. Resolve in relation to Invitation to the President of the United States, to 

visit the State of Maine 54 

57. Resolve in regard to settlers' lots in township number seventeen, range 

seven, now Wallagrass plantation 54 

58. Resolve fixing the number of copies of the report of the Rsilroad Commis- 

sioners, to be printed at the expense of the State 55 

59. Resolve making appropriations for the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians for 

the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two 55 



I 



00NTBNT8. 

OBAP. PAOS. 

60. ReiolTe in faror of the Maine State College of Agrionltnre and the Moohanio 

Arts. 66 

61. ResoWe to enable the state superintendent of oommon schools to hold teach- 

ers' meetings, as provided in item four of seotion seventy -one, ohapter 
eleven of the Revised Statutes 56 

63. Resolve in fivor of the Joint Committee on apportionment of Senators and 

Representatives 57 

6S. Resolve in favor of the Secretary of the Senate, for the payment of bills 
for advertising and newspapers for the Legislature, Council, Valuation 

Commission and Departments 67 

64. Resolve on the Pay Roll of the House 64 

65. Resolve on the Pay Roll of the Senate 67 

66. Resolve in favor of Sprague and Son 67 



Governor Plaisted's address 69 

messages 92 

Davis* message 101 

proclamation 101 

Civil government lOS 



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PUBLIC LAWS 



OF THB 



STATE OF MAINE 



1881. 



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■* ■» 



PUBLIC LAWS 



• • • 



or THB 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1881. 



Chapter 1. 

An aet to amend seotlon one hundred and sUtj-nine of chapter six of the Reyised 
Statutes relating to the sale of real estate of resident owners for taxes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House' of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section 1. Section one hundred and sixty-nine of chapter see i6», ch. e, 
six of the revised statutes, is hereby amended, by inserting 
after the word '* clerk,'* in the seventh line, the words, *and 
fifty cents for the deed thereof. If the bidding is for less 
than the whole it shall be for a fractional part of the estate, 
and the bidder who will pay the sum due for the least frac- 
tional part shall be the purchaser,' so that said section shall 
read as follows : 

^Segt. 169. When no person appears to dischargee the Reni estate to b« 

* ^ loldatnoBtlonfor 

taxes duly assessed on any real estate of resident owners, unpaid uxe. »nd 

with costs of advertising, on or before the time of sale, the 

collector shall proceed to sell at public auction to the highest 

bidder, so much of such real estate or interest, as is necessary 

to pay the tax then due, with three dollars for advertising 

and selling it, and twenty-five cents more for each copy 

required to be lodged with the town clerk, and fifty cents for 

the deed thereof. If the bidding is for less than the whole, 

it shall be for a fractional part of the estate, and the bidder, 

who will pay the sum due for the least fractional part, shall 

be the purchaser. If more than one right, lot or parcel of 



coets. 



ICnJTIA. 



• « 



••• 



• • • 

C!hap, 2. land is so acJvBftised and sold, the said sum of three dollars 

shall b^i'.ifivhled equally among the several lots or parcels 

adyertis^'and sold at any one time ; and the collector shall 

})ii kjitilled to receive in addition, fifty cents on each parcel 

\ '•Q^.l'eal estate so advertised and sold, when more than one 

.\\ ^r- parcel is advertised and sold/ 

8ec?kd;iipewi- Sect. 2. Scction one hundred and seyenty of said chapter 

/;./• ' is hereby amended by striking out all of said section after 

the word "purchasers" in the seventh line thereof; so that 
said section shall read as follows : 

Collector to lodge * Sect. 170. Whcu auy real estate is so sold for taxes, the 

with treMurer, "^ ' 

and dSf **"*** collector shall, within four days after the day of sale, lodge 
with the treasurer of his town a certificate, under oath, 
designating the quantity of land sold, the name of the owner 
or owners of each parcel, and the name of the purchaser or 
purchasers ; what part of the amount of each was tax, and 
what was cost and charges ; and also a deed of each parcel 
sold, running to the purchasers.' 

Approved Febmarj 5, 1881. 



Chapter 3. 

An act to amend section one hundred and sixtj-oight, chapter two hundred and 
twenty -five« Pnblic Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, relating to the Militia. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Bee. 168, ch. 226, That scctiou ouc huudrcd sixty-eight, chapter two hundred 

public Uwa 1880, JO' r 

amended. ^ud twcnty-fivc, public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, 

is hereby amended by inserting, after the word *' sold," in 
the fourth and fifth lines, the words 'or exchanged,' so that 
said section as amended shall read as follows : 

Inspection and ' Sect. 168. The iuspcctor ffeneral, or such other officer 

■ale or exchange r o ' 

of property. ^g ^.j^^ commander-in-chicf may designate, shall inspect and 
condemn public military property which has or may become 
unfit for use; and no property shall be sold or exchanged 
until it has become unfit for use, and no property shall be 
sold or exchanged until it has been inspected and condemned, 
as herein provided, and such condemnation approved by the 
commander-in-chief. The proceeds of all sales of condemned 
military property shall be paid into the treasury of the state, 
and used for military purposes. 

Approved February 8, 1881. 



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BURYING GROUNDS.— PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WATS. 5 

Chapter 3. Chap. 3. 

An aot additional to chapter fifteen of the Revised Statutes, as amended by chapter 
two hundred and forty -one of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 
four, relating to Burying Oronnds. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Any private cemetery or burying ground, by written Private cemetery 

may tteoome 

agreement of all the owners thereof, recorded by the clerk of pobuo. 
the town in which it is situated, may, by vote of such town 
within one month after the recording ot such agreement by 
the town clerk, become public, and subject to all the provis- 
ions of law relating to public cemeteries or burying grounds ; 
provided such agreement shall not be in conflict with the Proviio. 
terms of any conveyance or devise of land for the purposes 
of a burying ground. 

Approved February 8, 1881. 



Chapter 4. 

An act to amend section nineteen of chapter eighteen of the Revised Statues, relating 

to public and private ways. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section nineteen of chapter eighteen of the revised stat- S»ii®»<* J®* 

^ o K. B., amended. 

utes, is hereby amended by inserting before the word "wood" 
in the second line thereof, the words * merchandise and hay,' 
80 that said section as amended will read as follows : 

*Seot. 19. They may lay out a way as aforesaid for the Maniotpai officers 

may lay out a 

purposes of hauling merchandise and hay, wood or lumber, way for certain 

and to be used only when the ground is so covered with 

snow that such hauling shall Qot break the soil underneath 

such way. When so laid out they shall state in their return Return or 

location. 

the puposes for which it is laid, and that it shall be used only 

in the winter season, and shall order the person or persons 

for whose accommodation it is laid, to pay into the town 

treasury an amount equal to the damages and expenses of 

such location for the benefit of the owner of the land over 

which it is laid, and it shall not be accepted by the town 

until such amount is so paid. No town shall be liable for towd not uabie 

damage to any person traveling on such way.' 

Approved Febraaiy 8, 1881. 



6 

Chap. 5. 



8eo. 82, ch. 91, 
R. 8. 1 ameodod* 



When suit dmij 
be broagbt iu 
oertein caees. 



LIENS.— SALE OF yiNEGAB. 

CKapter S. 

An act relating to suiti to enforce Lleni. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section thirty-two of chapter ninety-one of the revised 
statutes, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

'Sect. 32. When the owner dies, or a warrant in insol- 
vency issues against his estate within the ninety days and 
before the commencement of a suit, it may be commenced 
within sixty days after notice given of the election or appoint- 
ment of the assignee in insolvency, executor or administrator, 
or the revocation of the warrant; and the lien shall be 
extended accordingly.' 

Approved February 11, 1881. 



AdaUenitloD of 
vinegar prohib- 
ited. 



— penalty. 



Use of li\}iirIoa8 
ingredieDta In 
vinegar problb' 
ited. 



—penalty. 



Maniclnal officers 
til appoint 
iDspvctors. 



Chapter 6« 

An aot additional to seotion one, of chapter one fanndred and twenty-eight, of the 
Revised Statutes, to regulate the manufacture and sale of Vinegar. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Bepresentatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. Whoever manufactures for sale, or knowingly 
offers or exposes for sale, or knowingly causes to be branded 
or marked as cider vinegar, any vinegar not the legitimate 
product of pure apple juice, knovrn as apple cider, and not 
made exclusively of said apple cider, but into which any 
foreign substances, ingredients, drugs or acids have been 
introduced, as shall appear by proper tests, shall, for each 
such offence, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor 
more than one hundred dollars. 

Sect. 2. Whoever manufactures for sale, or knowingly 
offers or exposes for sale, any vinegar found, upon proper 
tests, to contain any preparation of lead, copper, or sulphuric 
acid, or other ingredient injurious to health, shall, for each 
such offence, be punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars. 

Sect. 3. The mayor and aldermen of cities shall, and the 
selectmen of towns may, annually appoint one or more per- 
sons to be inspectors of vinegar, for their respective places, 



BRIDGBS.— ADMINISTRATORS, BTO. 7 

who shall, before entering upon their daties, be sworn to the Chap. 7. 
faithful discharge of the same. 

Approred Februarj 11, 1881. 



Chapter 7. 

An Mt to amend section eight of chapter nineteen of the ReYieed Statates, relating 

to fait driving on bridges. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and Souse of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section eight of chapter nineteen of the revised statutes 5fCi8»<*-i;», 
shall be amended by inserting after the word " complaint/' in 
the second line of said section, the words ^ made by any one 
of the owners of said bridge, or any municipal officer of the 
town in which said bridge is located,' so that said section as 
amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 8. For a willful violation of the provisions of the Poriwtaretor 

▼iolation of pre- 

preceding section, a person forfeits three dollars, to be recov- ceding section. 
ered on complaint made by any one of the owners of said 
bridge, or any municipal officer of the town in which said 
bridge is located, to the use of the owners of the bridge, or 
the town required to keep it in repair, with the costs of 
prosecution ; but no person passing after sunset and before -exception, 
sunrise is liable to such forfeiture without proof that he 
previously had knowledge of such prohibition.' 

Approved February 11, 1881. 



Chapter 8. 

An aet to amend chapter one hundred and seyentj-fonr of the Public Laws of 
eighteen hundred and seventy-seyen, relating to administrators, executors and 
trustees. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Chapter one hundred and seventy-four of the public laws cb. 174, pubuc 

laws 1877 

of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven is hereby amended by amended/ 
adding after the word ^ executors," in the first line of the act 
therein set forth as amended, the word ^guardians,' so that 
said act as amended shall read as follows : 



toaoooanti. 



g INSOLVENT BSTATB8.— UBBARIBS, ETC. 

Chap. 9. 'Administrators, executors, gaardians and trustees are 
etl"toa2k?olth ^®i'®l>y authorized to make oath to their several accounts 
before a justice of the peace, in all cases, and when they 
reside beyond the limits of this state, before a commissioner 
for the State of Maine, or a United States consul, when no 
objection is made by parties interested to the allowance of 
said account.' 

ApproTod Febraaiy 1% 1881. 



Chapter 9. 

An Mi relating to Mtions mgainrt IniolTent BitatM. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRqpresentatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

8ec.i7,ch.M, Scctiou Seventeen of chapter sixty-six of the revised stat- 

utes is hereby amended by striking out the last line, and by 
substituting the word * decree ' for the word ** representation," 
wherever it occurs, so that said section shall read as follows : 

ceruinaetioDs ' Sect. 17. Actions pending on claims not preferred, 

may be dlMon- & o & 

tioued or tried, whcn a dccrcc of insolvency is made, may be discontinued 

without costs; or continued, tried and judgment rendered 
with the effect, and satisfied in the manner provided in cases 
of appeal. No aqtion can be commenced, except on a pre- 
ferred claim, after such decree.' 

Approred February 13, 1881. 



Chapter 10. 

An act to amend section fonr of chapter fiftj-fire of the Revised Statntes, relating to 
Libraries, Charitable Sooioties and Publio Cemeteries. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Sec. 4, ch. M, Scctiou four of chapter fifty-five of the revised statutes is 

R. 8., amended. '- ** 

hereby amended by striking out " twenty-five " and inserting 

' one hundred' instead thereof, so that said section as amended 

shall read as follows : 

The corporation * Sect. 4. Such corporatiou may take and hold by pur- 
may take, how, V ./. , . 11 

ofreS^eeu^ ' S"^> dcvisc, or bcqucst, personal or real estate, in all 



CITY ORDINANOBS.— REPORT OF INSURANCB COMMISSIONER. 9 

not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars, owned C!hap. 11. 
at any one time, and use and dispose thereof only for the 
purposes for which the corporation was organized/ 

Approved February 13, 1881. 



Chapter 11. 

An act to amend leotlon forty, chapter three of the Revised Statutes, relating to 

city ordinances. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section forty, chapter three of the revised statutes, is see. 43, oh. s, r. 
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following : 

* Eleventh. Any city may establish ordinances regulating cities may estat- 

Ush osrteln 

the purchase and sale of old junk, metals and other articles ordinsnoM. 
usually bought by old junk dealers, and may therein pre- 
scribe such conditions to be observed by buyers and sellers 
as the city officers may deem best, to prevent or detect the 
sale or purchase of stolen goods ; and suitable penalties may 
be prescribed in such ordinances for any violation thereof.' 

Approved February 12, 1881. 



Chapter 13. 

An act to repeal section thirty-one of chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of the 
Public Laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and to amend section fifty- 
six of chapter forty-nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to the report of the 
Insurance Commissioner. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. That section thirty-one of chapter two hundred seo. si, oh. 239, 

•^ • *^ public Jaw»1880, 

and thirty-nine, of the public laws of one thousand eight wpeaied. 
hundred and eighty, be, and is hereby repealed. 

Sect. 2. That section fifty-six of chapter forty-nine, of seo. se, oh. 49, 

/ r J » B. B., amended. 

the revised statutes, be, and is hereby amended as follows : 
by striking out in the fifth line the word "legislature," and 
inserting the words 'governor and council, and cause to be 
at once published.' Also insert after the word "prepare," 



10 
Chap. 13. 



CoanmlMioiier to 
preterre oondi* 
UoD of every 
oompmy. 



I make rddiuU 
report and pub- 
lieh oooditioD of 
cooapantea. 



BOWLING ALLBTS AND BILLIARD ROOMS. 

in the eighth line, the words ^ and publish as aforesaid/ so 
that said section as amended shall read as follows : 

* The commissioner shall preserve in a proper form, the 
statement of the condition of every company examined or 
caused to be examined by him, and all which shall be ren- 
dered to him as herein required ; and shall annually report to 
the governor and council, and cause to be at once published, 
the general condition of the insurance companies doing busi- 
ness iu this state, aud such suggestions as he thinks proper 
in connection therewith, and shall prepare and publish as 
aforesaid an abstract of all returns and statements made to 
him by insurance companies/ 

Approred February 13, XSSI. 



8eo. 4, ch. 29, 
R. 8., ameiHied. 



Manielpnl officers 
may license |>er- 
Bons to Iceep 
bosrlinfc alleys 
and billiard 
rooms. 



€hapter 13. 

An not relating to lieenses to keep BowUng Alloys and Billiard Rooma. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentativea 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section tour of chapter twenty-nine of the revised statutes 
is hereby amended by adding thereto the words ' and such 
licenses shall expire on the first day of May next after they 
are granted, unless sooner revoked,' so that said section as 
amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 4. The municipal officers of towns may license 
suitable persons to keep bowling alleys and billiard rooms 
therein, in any place where it will not disturb the peace and 
quiet of a family, for which the person licensed shall pay ten 
dollars to the use of such town; and such licenses shall 
expire on the first day of May next after they are granted, 
unless sooner revoked.' 

Approved February 12, 1881. 



i 



INSOLVENT LAWS. JJ 

Chapter 14. Chap. 14. 

An act bo amend seotion fifteen of chapter seventy-four of the Public Laws of one 
thousand eight hundred and seTontjoeight, as amended bj chapter one hundred 
and fifty four of the Public Laws of one thousand eight hundred and scTonty-nine, 
relating to the Insolvent Laws of Maine. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepresenlatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Section fifteen of chapter seventy-four of the public laws seci6orch.7«. 

i«iiiii j-i 1-1 P**hllo laws 1878, 

of one thousand ei^ht hundred and seventy-eiofht, as amended &• amended by 

® J O » oh. 164, public 

by chapter one hundred and fifty-four of the public laws of ^^* 
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby 
amended, by striking out the word "two" and inserting the 
word * one,' in the first line, and by inserting after the word 
"resides," in the third line thereof, the words, 'or from 
which he has absconded or removed beyond the limits of the 
state, within six months before the filing of said petition, 
leaving property or estate in said county,' so that said section 
as amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 15. When one or more creditors of a debtor shall when creditors 

make application 

make application under oath, by petition by them signed, to SJIn^J^SaoM' 
the judge of the county in which the debtor resides, or from {i^i^iSrSf for 
which he has absconded or removed beyond the limits of the jSj^j^iJ! 
state, within six months before the filing of said petition, 
leaving property or estate in said county, setting forth that 
they believe their aggregate debts provable under this act, 
amount to more than one-fourth part of the debts provable 
against such debtor, and that they further believe and have 
reason to believe, that said debtor is insolvent, and that it is 
for the best interests of all the creditors that the assets of 
such debtor should be divided as provided by this act, and 
it shall be satisfactorily made to appear to the judge that the 
allegations contained in such application are true, and that 
such debtor is insolvent, it shall be the duty of the judge to 
issue his warrant, under his hand, to the sheriff of the county 
or either of his deputies, directing him forthwith to attach 
the real and personal estate of the debtor not exempt by law 
from attachment and seizure on execution, wherever the 
same may be situated, within this state, and forbidding the 
payment to or by such debtor of any debt, demand or claim 
whatsoever, and the sale, transfer, mortgage, pledge, con- 
veyance, or removal by such debtor, his agents or attorneys. 



12 
Chap. 15. 



BeglBter to cause 
copy of warrant 
to be eenred upon 
debtor and a 
hearing iballba 
had. 



Payment of debts, 
oonreyanoe of 
property, or oon- 
tractof fu'sh 
debtor, before 
revocation of 
warrant, troid. 



Additional war- 
rant to iMae, If 
allegations are 
proTed. 



HIGHWAY TAXES. 

of any of his estate, property, rights or credits, and the 
making of any contracts for the sale or purchase thereof, or 
relating thereto, until such warrant shall be revoked by said 
judge. Upon the issuing of such warrant, the register shall 
cause an attested copy of such application and warrant to be 
served upon the debtor, or such other notice as the judge 
may order to be given, who thereupon may appear, and a 
hearing shall be had upon such application by the judge, who 
may thereupon revoke such warrant, unless such allegations 
are proved. After the service of the copy of the application 
and warrant upon such debtor, or the giving . of such other 
notice as the judge may order, provided by this section, and 
until the revocation of such warrant, any payment of any 
debt, demand or claim, to or by said debtor, and any sale, 
transfer, mortgage, pledge, conveyance, or contract, for the 
sale or purchase of any estate, property, rights or credits of 
such debtor, by such debtor, or his agent or attorney, shall 
be null and void. If upon hearing or default, the judge 
shall find the allegations of such application to be true and 
proved, and that said debtor is insolvent, he shall issue his 
additional warrant to the said sheriff or either of his deputies, 
and cause such other proceedings to be had as are provided 
in section fourteen of this act.' 

ApproTod Febroarj 12, 1881. 



Sec. 48 of eh. 18 
of B. 8., amended. 



Sanreyors to 
return list of 
delinquent tax- 
payers to asses* 
sors. 



Chapter IS. 

An aot to amend seotion fortj>eight of chapter eighteen of the RoTiaed Statutes, 

relating to highway taxes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, aa follows : 

Section forty-eight of chapter eighteen of the revised stat- 
utes is hereby amended by adding the following words : 'and 
the treasurer shall hold the same, subject to the order of the 
selectmen, to be applied by them for repairs of roads and 
bridges,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 48. Each surveyor, at the expiration of his term, 
is to render to the assessors a list of such persons as have 
not worked out or paid their taxes. The assessors are to 



INSURANOB. 23 

place the amounts due from each, in distinct columns, in Chap. 16. 
their next assessment of town taxes on such delinquents, to ^JJ222»du*** 
be collected as other town taxes, and paid to the treasurer ; 
and the treasurer shall hold the same, subject to the order of 
the selectmen, to be applied by them for repairs of roads 
and bridges.' 

ApproTod Febniarj 12, 1881. 



Chapter 16. 

An act to amend oeotion sev^n of chapter forty-nine of the RoTisod Statntes as 
amended bj chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Public Laws of one thoas- 
and eight hundred and serenty-three, relating to Insurance and Insurance Com- 
paniea. 

Be it erux^ed by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section seven of chapter forty-nine of the revised statutes, seo. Torch. 49 of 
as amended by section five of chapter one hundred and forty- by a^. 6 of ch. 

•^ ^ "^ 148, public laws 

eight of the public laws of one thousand eight hundred and of 1873, amended. 
seventy-three, is hereby amended by inserting the word 
* stock,' before the word " insurance " in the first line of said 
section, in the last named act, so that said section as amended 
shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 7. The capital and other assets of stock insurance capital and 
companies, incorporated in this state, except such as may be invested. 
needed for immediate use, shall be invested in the funded 
debt or bonds of the United States, or any of the New Eng- 
land states, or in the bonds or securities of county, town, or 
other municipal corporations of said New England states, or 
in the purchase of real estate in fee, or loans on mortgages 
of real estate, or deposits^ in savings banks in said states, or 
in bonds or stocks of incorporated companies of said states, 
of an undoubted character for credit, insurance company no loans to be 

■- made on p»»i«^ 

bonds or stocks excepted, and in no case shall any such funds ^^^'^ 
be loaned on the security of names alone.' 

Approved February 12, 1881. 



24 I*!™ AND ACXXDBRT POUCIKS.— TRU8TIBS' COSTS. 

Chap. 17. Chapter IT. 

An Mt unending Motion fiztj-fiTo^ of chapter fortj-nine of the BeWied Statntes, in 

relation to Aecident Ininrance Polioiei. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of MepresentcUives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

B^'itteotod*'*' Section sixty-five of chapter forty-nine of the revised stat- 
utes, is hereby amended by adding after the word " life,** in 
the first line thereof, the words *and accident,' so that said 
section as amended shall read as follows : 

ftti^att^h^rat ' Sect. 65. All life and accident policies, and the money 

due thereon are exempt from attachment, and from all claims 
of creditors, during the life of the insured, when the annual 
cash premium paid does not exceed one hundred and fifty 
dollars ; but when it exceeds that sum, and the premium was 
paid by the debtor, his creditors have a lien on the policies 
for such sum over one hundred and fifty dollars per year, as 
the debtor has paid for two years, subject to any pledge or 
assignment thereof made in good faith.' 

Approved Febmarj 17, 1881. 



Chapter 18. 

An act to amend chapter eighty-six, section thirteen, of the Bevised Statutes relating 

to Trustees' costs. 

He it enacted by the Senate and House of jRepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section thirteen of chapter eighty-six of the revised statutes 
is hereby amended, so as to read as follows : 
Tmiteewho * Sect. 13. If unv supposcd trustce comes into court at 

comet loto court *' ^ *- 

Jj^"***^ the first term and submits himself to examination, on oath, 

after having in writing declared that at the time of the service 
of the trustee process upon him, he had not any goods, efi*ects 
or credits of the principal in his possession, he shall be 
entitled to his costs, as in civil actions where issue is joined 

-hoirpaid. for trial; and if adjudged a trustee, may deduct his costs 
from the goods, efiects and credits in his hands, and he shall 
be chargeable for the balance only to be paid on the execu- 
tion. If such goods, effects and credits are not of sufficient 
value to discharge the costs taxed in his favor, he shall have 
judgment and execution against the plaintiff for the balance 



UNCLAIMED GOODS.— WITNESS FEES. 25 

of such costSy after deducting the sum disclosed, in the same Chap. 19. 
manner as if he had been discharged.' 

Approred Febnury 17, 1881* 



Chapter 19. 

An act to amend seotion one of chapter one hundred and eightj-two of the Pablie 
laws of eighteen hundred and WTentj-fonr, relating to nnolaimed goods held by 
eommon oarriers. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled j as follows : 

Section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the seo.i,oh.i<«2, 

"i_T-i i»»i 1 11 1 <• •! 1 PuWIo lawB 1874, 

• public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy four is hereby amended. 
amended so as to read as follows : 



C C! 



Sect. 1. Whenever any goods, merchandise, packages or MerehandiM 
parcels transported by any railroad, steamboat, express or ^^^^'°^ 
stage company, shall remain unclaimed for six months, or any <*•'««•• 
goods, merchandise or other articles of personal property 
shall remain in any public warehouse for six months after the 
charges thereon shall be rightfully demanded and left unpaid, 
the same may be sold by auction te pay the charges thereon 
and the expense of advertising and selling the same.' 

Approved Febniary 17, 1881. 



Chapter SO. 

An aot to amend section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the 
ReTised Statutes, relating to witness fees and false certificates. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty- 8ec22,ch.u2, 

*^ *' a. 8., amended. 

two of the revised statutes is hereby amended, by inserting 
after the word ^ did," in the fifth line, the following : ' or cer- 
tifies that he attended as such for more than one pai*ty in any 
case ; ' also by striking out the word " exceeding," in the sixth 
line, and inserting the words Mess than,' so that said section 
as amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 22. If any person, for performing any service or peaeityforex- 
official duty, for which the pay is fixed by law, willfully and *», £a 



\Q ADMINISTRAT0B8. 

Chap. 21. corruptly demands and receives, or takes security for any 
greater sum than is legal, or if any witness falsely and cor- 
ruptly certifies that as such he traveled more miles or attended 
more days than he actually did, or certifies that he attended 
as such for more than one party in the same case, he shall be 
punished by a fine not less than thirty dollars for each offense, 
to be recovered, to the use of the state, by indictment found 
within one year after the offense is committed, or by action 
of debt commenced within the same time, to the use of the 
person first suing therefor in his own name.' 

ApproTed Febrnarj 21, 1881. 



See. 20, oh. 64, 
R. 8 , ameDded. 



AdmlDiitrator, 
with will an- 
nexed, when to 
be appointed. 



Chapter 31. 

An ftet relating to appointmonti of Administnton, with the wiU annexed. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled j as follows ; 

Section twenty of chapter sixty-four of the revised statutes 
is hereby amended by inserting after the word ^* six," in the 
second line, the words * or if the only one appointed neglects 
to file the required bond within the time therein allowed,* so 
that said section as amended shall read as follows : 

^Sect. 20. If there is no person that the judge can 
appoint executor of any will according to the provisions of 
section six ; or if the only one appointed neglects to file the 
required bond within the time therein allowed, he may com- 
mit administration of the estate, with the will annexed, to 
such person ae he would be authorized to appoint if the 
deceased had died intestate ; and when an executor is under 
twenty-one years of age at the time of the probate of the will, 
administration may be granted, with the will annexed, during 
the minority of such executor unless there is another executor 
who accepts the trust, in which case the estate shall be admin- 
istered by such other executor until the minor arrives at full 
age, when he may be admitted as joint executor with the 
former, upon giving bonds as before provided/ 

Approved Febmary 22, 1881. 



CIVIL ACTIONS.— RAILROADS. 17 

Chapter »». Chap. 22. 

An aet rolating to CWil Aetions in behalf of the State. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

In addition to the remedies now provided by law, any certain aouont 

^ ^ » ./ In behalf of Ihe 

action in behalf of the state to enforce the collection of any itate^inaybe 

■^ broc^ht In any 

state taxes upon any corporation, or to recover of any person ^"^^y- 
or corporation any moneys due the state, public funds or 
property belonging to the state, or the value thereof, may be 
brought in any county within the state ; provided^ however^ 
on motion of the defendant, any judge of the supreme judicial — p'w*w. 
court for the state, holding the term at which any such action 
is returnable, may upon good and sufficient reasons shown, 
remove the same to the docket of said court in any other 
county in the state for trial, and may award costs to the 
defendant for one term, upon such removal, to be paid by 
the treasurer of state on presentation of the certificate of the 
amount thereof, of the clerk of the court of the county from 
which said action is transferred. 

Approved February 24, 1881. 



Chapter 33. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and eighty-six of the Public Laws of eighteen 
hundred and seven ty-aeven, entitled "An aet requiring Railroad Corporations to be 
holden for labor," which ohapter is additional to chapter fifty-one of the Revised 
Statutes relating to Railroads. 

Be it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Chapter one hundred and eighty-six of the public laws of ch. ise. paMio 
eighteen hundred and seventy-seven is hereby amended by ameoded.* 
adding to the same the following : ' But such liability shall 
terminate unless the party claiming to have performed such 
labor shall commence an action against the company in cases 
hereafter arising within six months after the giving of such no- 
tice, and, in cases now existing, within six months after this 
act shall take effect,' so that said act shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 84. Every railroad company, in making contracts Raiiromi rom- 
for the building of its road, shall require sufficient securitj* le^nin iecuritj 
from the contractors for the payment of all labor thereafter 
2 



18 
Chap. 24. 

for pftynentof 
laboren, and be 
liable to Uiem if 
notified 



TertninatioD of 
liabUity. 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

performed in constructing the road by persons in their employ ; 
and such company shall be liable to the laborers employed, 
for labor actually performed on the road, if they, within 
twenty days after the completion of such labor, shall, in 
writing, notify its treasurer that they have not been paid by 
the contractors. But such liability shall terminate unless the 
party claiming to have performed such labor shall commence 
an action against the company, in cases hereafter arising 
within six months after the giving of such notice, and in cases 
now existing, within six months after this act shall take 
effect.' 

Approved February 24, 1881. 



8eo,a4, oh. 11, 
B. 8., amended. 



School districts 
to lostmct eom- 
mittee or super- 
visor when 
schools shall 
commence, etc 



Chapter 34. 

An aot to amend item fifth of section twenty-four of chapter eleven of the Revised 
Statutes, relating to powers and obligations of school districts. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Item fifth of section twenty-four of chapter eleven of the 
revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words 
"if they find it practicable," in said item, and inserting 
instead thereof the words * and the schools shall commence 
and continue as voted by the district, unless, in the opinion 
of the superintending school committee or supervisor, it 
would be detrimental to the best interests of the district on 
account of any contagious disease, or other good reason,' so 
that said item as amended shall read as follows : 

' Fifth. To instruct the superintending school committee 
or supervisor at what time the schools shall commence ; and 
the schools shall commence and continue as voted by the 
district, unless, in the opinion of the superintending school 
committee or supervisor, it would be detrimental to the best 
interests of the district on account of any contagious disease 
or other good reason.' 

Approved February 26, 1881. 



MBRIDIAN LINES. 29 

Chapter 39. Chap. 25. 

An aot to amend section twelTO, ehapter forty-three of the Revised Statates, relating 

to Meridian Lines. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Sepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section twelve of chapter forty-three of the revised statutes sec. 12, oh. 43, 

'^ *f R. s., amended. 

of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby amended by 
striking out, after the word "county," in the second line, the 
words " within two years from the eleventh day of March, 
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and within six 
months after the formation of a new county ;" and by insert- 
ing after the word " erect," in the fourth line of said section, 
the words * and forever maintain ;' and by inserting after the 
word "their," in the same line, the word ' several ;' and by 
striking out, irfter the word " counties," in said fourth line, 
the words " on land owned by the county or for that purpose 
acquired by them ;" and by striking out, in the ninth line of 
said section, after the word " shall," the words " and enclose ;" 
so that said section when so amended shall read as follows : 

^Sect. 12. The county commissioners, at the expense of county oommis- 
their county, shall erect and forever maintain, in their several and maintaio 

meridian line. 

counties, at such place or places as the public convenience 
requires, a true meridian line, to be perpetuated by stone 
pillars with brass or copper points firmly fixed on the tops 
thereof, indicating the true range of such meridian, and shall 
protect the same, and provide a book of records to be kept --nconi to be 
by the clerk of the courts, or by a person appointed by them oourto. 
nearer to such structure, and accessible to all persons wishing 
to refer thereto.' 

Section sixteen of chapter forty-three aforesaid is hereby gee. w, ch. 48, 
amended by striking out, after the word " meridian," in the •°'*™**^' 
first line of said section, the words " is so established," and 
inserting in place thereof the words * or meridians are estab- 
lished, repaired or rebuilt,' so that said section when so 
amended shall read as follows : 

^Sect. 16. When such meridian or meridians are estab- a oommtssioner 

to be appointed 

lished, repaired or rebuilt in any county, the governor and J[|^'''' f*^""''!. 
council shall appoint a competent commissioner to inspect "p®'*- 
and verify it by astronomical observations, who shall make a 
report of his doings, with an accurate description of such 
structure, its latitude and longitude and the declination of 



20 INSOLVENCY.— WOMEN ELIGIBLE TO CBETAIN OFFICES. 

Chap. 26. the needle at the time, and deposit a record thereof with the 
Compensation, clerk of the courts for such county, and shall be entitled to 

such just compensation for his services as the governor and 

council may allow.' 

ApproTod FebniArj 26, 1881. 



Chapter 36. 

An Mt additional relating to the Innlrent Laws of Maine. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
The Judge of any The judffe of auv court of insolveucv shall have the same 

eoartorioMU J G J J 

J^rStSSSoTof power to compel the attendance and take the examination of 
ukTuSttDOTy to witnesses residing in his county, on application made to him 
SSiS^»irt."' by any person interested, as the judge of the court of insol- 
vency in the county where the proceedings are pending ; and 
such witnesses shall attend and testify in relation to the insol- 
vent estate and the dealings of the insolvent, and the testi- 
mony shall be reduced to writing and filed in the court of 
insolvency where the proceedings in insolvency are pending. 

Approred Febrnarj 26, 1881. 



Chapter 97. 

'An act declaring Women eligible to certain eohocl oAoes. • 

Be it enoAited by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
sexthaii not Sect. 1. No persou shall be ineligible to the office of 

render pereont ^ ^ 

oertlan dBooe. supcrvisor of schools, or of superintending school committee, 

on account of sex. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febmary 26, 1881. 



J 



TAXIS.— WKTQHT OF SALT. 21 

Chapiter 9S. Chap. 28. 

An act to amend chapter six of the Reyised Statutes relating to Taxes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Section fourteen of chapter six of the revised statutes is see. u, ch. e, 

. , K> S., amended. 

hereby amended, in clause first, by striking out the last 
words of said clause, so that the same shall read as follows : 

^ First. All goods, wares and merchandise, all logs. Goods, wares, 

merohaodtse and 

timber, boards and other lumber, and all stock in trade, lumber, where to 

be taxed. 

including stock employed in the business of any of the 
mechanic arts, in any town within this state, other than where 
the owners reside, shall be taxed in such town if the owners, 
their tenants, or any person contracting under them for the 
building of any house, shop, store or vessel for such pur- 
poses, occupy any store, shop, mill, wharf, landing or ship- 
yard therein.' 

Approved Febmary 26, 1831. 



Chapter 39. 

An aot regulating the weight of Salt. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

The standard weight of a bushel of Turk's Island, or other standard weight 
coarse grades of salt, shall be seventy pounds ; the standard uahed.^ 
weight of a bushel of Liverpool, or other fine grades of salt, 
shall be sixty pounds ; and the measure of salt shall be deter- 
mined as aforesaid at the request of the vendor or vendee, and 
if either party refuses so to do, he shall forfeit twenty cents 
for each bushel, to the person prosecuting therefor within 
thirty days. 

Approved Febmarj 26, 1881. 



22 
Chap. 30. 



Sessions of com- 
luiHfiioners of 
Wiuhtngton 
county estab- 
lished. 



Ch. 101 of pub- 
lic laws 1880, 
repealed. 



Sec. 6ofch. 78, 
R. S., in part, 
rerived. 



COUNTY C0MMISSI0NERS.>-ACTI0N8 OF DOWER.— PARISHES. 

Chapter SO. 

An ftot in relation io the times of holding Bessions of the County CommiBsionen. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assenibledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. The county commissioaers of the County of 
Washington, shall hold annual sessions at Machias, on the 
first Tuesdays of January and October, and at Calais on the 
fourth Tuesday of April. 

Sect. 2. Chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the 
public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, is hereby 
repealed. 

Sect. 3. So much of section six of chapter seventy-eight 
of the revised statutes and amendments thereto, as were in 
force at the time said chapter one hundred and ninety-one of 
the public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, took effect, 
except the provisions as to Washington county, are hereby 
revived. 

ApproTod Febniary 26, 1881. 



Coitts in action of 
dower, how ap- 
portioned. 



Chapter 31. 

An act relating to Costs in aotiona of dower. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

In all actions of dower, when it appears to the court that 
there has been no refusal to set out dower, the costs accruing 
on the assignment of dower shall be apportioned according 
to the interests of the parties. 

Approved February 26, 1881. 



The word person, 
how oonstmed. 



Chapter 33. 

An aot additional to sections fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and eighteen of chapter twelve 

of the Revised Statutes, relating to Parishes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The word " person,*' in sections fourteen, fifteen, 
sixteen and eighteen of chapter twelve of the revised statutes, 



IN8UBAN0B.— ATTENDANCE AT OOURT. 23 

shall be construed to mean ' persons of either sex, twenty-one Chap. 33. 
years of age and upwards.' 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod Febniarj 26, 1881. 



Chapter 33. 

An aet to repeal chapter one hundred and forty-five of the Public Laws of eighteen 

hundred and wrenty-ninei relating to Insurance. 

Be it enacted by the SencUe and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Chapter one hundred and forty-five of the public laws of oh. us. pnbuo 
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, whereby section nineteen p»»«»- 
of chapter forty-nine of the revised statutes was amended, is 
hereby repealed. 

ApproTod February 28, 1881. 



Chapter 34. f 

An act to repeal chapter one hundred and six of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred 
and seyenty-nine, relating to costs of travel and attendance of parties in court. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of RepreseifUatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

An act entitled *^ An act limiting the allowance for travel cb. loo, pubuc 
and attendance to parties recoverinfi^ costs in the courts of reuung to costs, 

*^ ^ repealed. 

this state," approved February twenty, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-nine, being chapter one hundred and six of the 
public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby 
repealed. 

Approved March 2, 1881. 



24 0LBRK6 OF COURTS.— AUDITORS. 

Chap. 35. Cliapter Sff. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and ninety-three of the Pnhlie Lawf of eighteen 
hundred and BeTentj-four« relating to Clerks of Judicial Courts. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
8ec.i,ch. 193, Sect. 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and ninety- 

public lawi 1874, '^ •' 

amended. three of the public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 

four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 
Clerks to make ^ Segt. 1. From and after the passage of this act, clerks of 

extended records 

in certain cases, judicial courts shall make extended records of proceedings in 
court, in all actions contested by an issue joined before the 
court or jury, in actions of flowage, cases in equity, real 
actions, libels for divorce, petitions for partition, petitions to 
enforce liens, and actions upon mortgages, without unreason- 
able delay after the rendition of final judgment. In all other 

Records in other cascs, il shall be Sufficient to record the names of the parties, 

date of writ, the term of the court at which entered, date of 
service or notice to defendants, the time of rendition of judg- 
ment, its nature and amount, and the number of case upon 
the docket at the judgment' term, and that, upon motion of 
either party, the court may, if special cause be shown, order 
a full record in any case.' 

s«c- 2i f h. iw, Sect. 2. Section two of chapter one hundred and ninety- 

pablic laws 1874, ^ ^ 

repealed. three of the public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 

four, is hereby repealed. 

Approved March 3, 1881. 



Chapter 36. 

An act to amend section sixty-two of chapter eightj-two of the Rerised Statutes, 

relating to the powers and duties of Auditors. 

Be it enax^ed by tlie Seriate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Bec^e2,ch.82, Scctiou sixty-two of chapter eighty-two of the revised 
statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word 
"court,'' in the fourth line of said section, the following: 
* ' upon such matters therein as may be ordered by the court ; 
and the report shall be prima facie evidence upon such 



S« 8.) amended. 



TRAMPS.^PROBATB OOURTS. 25 

matters only as are expressly embraced in the order,* so that Chap, 37. 
said section, as amended, shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 62. When an investiffation of accounts, or an Auditon may b« 

'^ ^ appointed Id oer* 

examination of vouchers is required, the court may appoint JJ^J^^^ 

one or more auditors to hear the parties and their testimony, 

state the accounts, and make a report to the court upon such 

matters therein as may be ordered by the court, and the 

report shall be prima facie evidence upon such matters only, 

as are expressly embraced in the order. They shall notify Partietmaybe 

. 11 notified and 

the parties of the time and place of hearing, and have power witoewes ium- 
to adjourn ; witnesses may be summoned and compelled to 
attend, and may be sworn by the auditor.' 

Approved Maroh 2, 1881. 



Chapter 37. 

An act explanatory of section three of chapter seventy-eight of the Pnblio Laws of 
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, relating to Traoips. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hov^e of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

The words "all costs to be paid by the state, ** in the fifth coitsandex- 

penaes to be paid 

line of section three of said act, shall be construed to mean by state. 
costs and expenses incurred under the provisions of said act. 

Approved Maroh 3, 1881. 



Chapter 38. 

An aot to amend seotion six of chapter sixty-three of the Revised Statntes, relating 

to the Jurisdiction of Probate Courts. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Section six of chapter sixty-three of the revised statutes, sec.«,ch. 6s, 

&. S.f amended. 

is hereby amended so that said section as amended shall read 
as follows : 

* Sect. 6. The judge for each county may take the pro- Juriadicuon or 

probate coart as 

bate of wills, grant letters testamentary or of administration Siai«i*Md°*^**' 
on the estates of all deceased persons, who, at the time of Ka*"^**^^*?- 
their decease, were inhabitants or residents of his county, or 



26 SUPRBMB JUDICIAL OOURT.— MIUTIA. 

Chap. 39. who, not being residents of the state, died leaving estate to 
be administered in bis county, or whose estate is afterwards 
found therein ; also on the estate of any person who is under 
sentence of death and confined in the state prison awaiting 
its execution, or of imprisonment for life in the state prison; 
and shall have jurisdiction of all matters relating to the 
settlement of such estates. He may appoint guardians for 
minors and othere according to law, and have jurisdiction as 
to persons under guardianship, and to whatever else is con- 
ferred on him by law.' 

ApproTed Mareh 4, 1881. 



Chapter S9« 

An Mt relating to pmotiea in the Snpreme Jadieial Court. 

J3e it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
AffldftTitto pieM The affidavit required bv rule VI, of the supreme court, to 

or motions In T * » r » 

abatement, vhen pleas or motious in abatement, may be made at any time 
before the entry of the action or before filing the same, as 
provided by the rule aforesaid. 

Approred March 7, 1881. 



Chapter 40. 

An act to amend section one hundred and fifty-six of chapter two hundred and 
twentj-fire of the Pnblio Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, eoneemiag the 
Militia. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
8m. iM or oh. Section one hundred and fifty-six, of chapter two hundred 

226, public laws ./ ' r- 

1880, amended, ^jjj twcuty-fivc, of the pubHc laws of the year eighteen hun- 
dred and eighty, is hereby amended as follows : by inserting 
after the words **from time to time," in the fifth line, the 
words *for a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars 
annually,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as 
follows : 



TBAVXL OF TRIAL JUSTICES, BTC. 27 

* Sect. 156. The commander-in-chief is hereby authorized Chap. 41. 
to establish^and prescribe such rules, regulations, forms and uJSftlHSj'iJre-*' 
precedents as he may deem proper for the use, government JSuSer-to^icf. 
and instruction of the volunteer militia ; and to csLvry into 

full effect the provisions of this law, the governor is hereby govwhot autho- 
rised to draw 

authorized to draw his warrant from time to time, for a sum warrant. 
not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars annually, on any 
funds in the treasury, not otherwise expended, for the 
expense thereof.' 

ApproTed Mareh 7, 1881. 



Chapter 41. 

An act to amend section two of chapter one hundred and sixteen of the Revised 
Statutes, in relation to travel of Trial Jnstioes and Justices of the Peace and of the 
Quorum. 

Be it encLcted by the Senate and House of JRepresenta^ives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Paragraph twenty-two, of section two, of chapter one hun- 8eo.2,eh.ii6, 
dred and sixteen of the revised statutes, is hereby amended, 
by adding after the word " way," in the last line of said para- 
graph, the words, * Travel on any official duty shall not be 
taxed for over ten miles one way, and in no case shall there 
be constructive travel,' so that said paragraph, as amended, 
shall read as follows : 

* For an examination of a debtor under the laws for the Paymeot for 

examination of 

relief of poor debtors, two dollars for each day employed in debtors. 
such examination; and this shall be full payment for all 
official services and expenses, in such examination, exclusive 
of travel. For travel on any official duty, twelve cents a -4tortnTei. 
mile one way. Travel on any official duty, shall not be taxed -umit. 
for over ten miles one way, and m no case shall there be 
constructive travel.' 

Approved March 7, 1881. 



28 

Chap. 42, 



See. 67, ch. 4, 
B. S., lOModed. 



PanisbiBent for 
bribery and 
cormptloD at 
elecUou. 



BRIBERY AT ELBCTIONB.— LOITBRING IN PUBLIC PLACES. 

Chapter 49. 

An Aot to amend leetion liity-seTen of chapter four of the ReTised Statutes, relating 
to paoUhment for bribery and eormption at Bleotioni. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
iri Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section sixty-seven, chapter four, of the revised statates 
shall be amended by inserting after the word ** chapter" in 
the sixth line, the words, ' or if any person shall receive or 
offer to receive a bribe for his vote as aforesaid,' so that said 
section as amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 67. If any person by bribery, menace or willful 
falsehood, or other corrupt moans, directly or indirectly 
attempts to influence any voter of this state in giving his vote 
or ballot, or to induce him to withhold it, or disturbs or hin- 
ders him in the free exercise of his right of suffrage at any 
election held under the provisions of the constitution or of 
this chapter, or if any person shall receive or offer to receive 
a bribe for his vote as aforesaid, he shall be fined not more 
than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one 
year, and be ineligible to any office in this state for ten 
years.' 

ApproTod March 9, 1881. 



Sec. 1, ch. 163, 
pabUc laws 1877, 
amended. 



Chapter 4S« 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and eixtj-three of the PnbUo Laws of eighteen 
hundred and seyenty-Beyeni relating to Loitering in Pablio plaoea. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-three of the 
public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven is hereby 
amended by inserting after the word " corporation " in the 
third line, the words ' or steamboat,' and by adding to said 
section the words ' or officer or agent of such steamboat ;' and 
section four of said chapter is hereby amended by inserting 
after the word " corporations " in the second line of said sec-* 
tion, the words 'and steamboats,' and after the word 
*' company " in the fourth line of said fourth section, the 
words 'and route of steamboats,' so that said sections as 
amended, shall read as follows : 



NBW TRIALS. 29 

*Sect. 1. No person or persons shall loiter or remain, Chap. 44> 
without right, within any car, station-house of a railroad cor- SSeniithiS^ny 
poration or steamboat, or upon the platform or grounds I^^i^^jm. 
adjoining such station, after being requested to leave the 
same by any railroad officer or officer or agent of such steam- 
boat.' 

'Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the officers of the sev- copies of uw to 

be potted la 

eral railroad corporations and steamboats in the state, to have d«po^> 
posted in a conspicuous place at the several depots along the 
line of the road of the company and route of steamboats, a 
copy of the above law.' 

Approyed Maroh 9, 1881. 



Chapter 44. 

An aot to amend chapter eighty-three of the Publio Laws of one thousand eight hun- 
dred and seyenty-twoi relating to granting new trials. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Chapter eighty-three of the public laws of one thousand 0h.8s.pttbuc 
eight hundred and seventy-two is hereby amended by insert- wnended.* 
ing after the word " court " in the first line thereof the words 
*or of the superior courts in Cumberland and Kennebec 
counties,' so that said chapter as amended shall read as 
follows : 

*Any justice of the supreme judicial court or of the verdiots may be 
superior courts in Cumberland and Kennebec counties, may JJJJiif*"**** ** 
set aside a verdict and grant a new trial in a case tried before 
him, when in his opinion the evidence in the case demands 
it. Such verdict must be set aside at the same term at which 
it was rendered, but it shall not be set aside by a single 
justice when there have been two verdicts rendered against 
the applicant.' 

Approved Maroh 9, 1881. 



30 
Chap. 45. 



Oh. 6, aae. 10, R. 
B., mmmM. 



Standiog wood, 
terkand timber 
majbe 
toporohMer. 



TAXATION OF WOOD, KTC.— OOHTBTAKCn. 

Chapter 4ff. 

An Mt to amend ohapter fix, seetion ten of the Reyiaed Btatntes, in reUtion to the 

tazfttion of wood, iMrk Mid timber. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Chapter six, section ten of the revised statutes is hereby 
amended by inserting the word * bark * after the word *' wood,*' 
in the second and fourth lines of said section, so that said 
section as amended shall read as follows : 

' Sect. 10. Whenever the owner of real estate notifies the 
assessors that any part of the wood, bark and timber stand- 
ing thereon has been sold by contract, in writing, and 
exhibits to them proper evidence thereof, they shall assess 
such wood, bark and timber to the purchaser thereof.' 

ApproTed Mareh 9, 1681. 



Bee. 13, eh. 78, 

a. 8., 



Chapter 46. 

An act to amend seotlon thirteen of chapter WTenty-three of the Reriaed Butvtes, 
relating to oonreyanoes in mortgage, and oonreyanoeB in trust. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section thirteen of chapter seventy-three of the Revised 
Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out the word ""and " 
in the first line of said section, and inserting in place thereof 
the word ^ or,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as 
follows : 

^Segt. 13. When real estate is conveyed in mortgage or 
in trust to two or more persons, with power to appoint a suc- 
cessor to one deceased, it is to be considered as held in joint 
tenancy unless otherwise expressed. When one or more of 
the trustees, by death or otherwise, is divested of his interest, 
those remaining may convey such interest upon the same 
trusts, without impairing the joint tenancy, to trustees, by 
them appointed, who will hold the title, have the rights, and 
be subject to the liabilities of the other trustees. Personal 
wuhwSwSS*'^ property, with real estate and upon the same trusts, is to be 
^^^' considered as held as the real estate is ; and it may be con- 

veyed by the remaining trustees with the real estate and held 
in like manner.' 

Approred Mareh 9, 1881. 



Real estate held 
in Joint tenaaoy. 



Burrirore may 
oooTej. 



COBPORATIONS.— RAILROAD OROSSIKGS. 3]^ 

Chapter 47. Chap. 47. 

An aet to amend section two of chapter forty-eight of the Reyised Statates, concern- 
ing mannfaoturing, mining and qnarrjing corporations. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section two of chapter forty-eight of the revised statutes sec. 2,ch. 48, 

. > ^ o R. S., amended. 

18 hereby amended by striking out of the fourth line thereof, 
the words ^^or treasurer," so that said section as amended, 
shall read as follows : 

*Seot. 2. These officers are to be chosen annually, and office™, when 
are to continue in office till others are chosen and qualified 
in their stead. There are not to be less than three directors, 
one of whom is to be by them elected president. No director 
can hold such office after he ceases to be a stockholder. The 
treasurer is to ffive bond for the faithful dischargee of his Treasurer to gire 

" ° bond. 

duties in such sum, and with such sureties, as are required. 

The clerk is to be sworn, and to record all votes of the ?J«rfc *<>*>« 

corporation in a book kept for that purpose.' 

Approred March 9, 1881. 



sworn. 



Chapter 48. 

An act to amend section eighteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of the 
Poblic Laws of eighteen hundred and serenty-four, relating to Railroad Crossings. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section eis'hteen of chapter one hundred and sec. is, ch. is©, 

® ^ paWic laws 1874, 

eighty-nine of the public laws of eighteen hundred and winded, 
seventy-four, is hereby amended by inserting after the word 
" reasonable " in the eighth line, the following words, ' or that 
a flagman is necessary for the public safety, at said crossing, 
they may order one to be stationed there upon said applica^ 
tion, instead of gates and,' so that said section, as amended, 
shall read as follows : 

*Sect. 18. When the municipal officers of a town deem Gates or flagmen 

at railroad cross- 
it necessary, for public safety, that gates should be erected gj*^ providing 

across a way where it is crossed by a railroad, and that a per- 
son should be appointed to open and close them, they may, 
in writing, request it to be done ; and in case of neglect or Proceedings in 

^^ ■* *^ ease of neglect or 

refusal, they may apply to the county commissioners to '•'^*"'- 



32 CONTINUANGB FfiBS.— PROTBCTION OF LIFE. 

Chap. 49* decide upon its reasonableness, who, after notice and hearing, 
are to decide. When they decide that such a request is 
reasonable, or that a flagman is necessary for the public 
safety, at said crossing, they may order one to be stationed 
there upon said application, instead of gates, and the corpor- 
ation is to comply with it and pay the costs ; when they 
decide otherwise, the costs are to be paid by the applicants.' 

Act to apply to Sect. 2. This act shall apply to any application for gates 
now pending before any board of county commissioners. 
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Maroh-9, 1881. 



Chapter 49. 

An act to abolish oontinnanoo fees ia o«rtaiD Sapreme Jadioial and Saperior Goorti 

of the state. 

Be it enacted by the Senate' and House of Mepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
conttottjinoe fees Sect. 1. All fccs for thc continuaucc of causes in the 

abolinhed in 

oeitaiD cottrts. suprcmc judicial and superior courts of the state in which 

the clerks are salaried officersy are hereby abolished, 
tnooni ittent Mta Sect. 2. All acts aud Darts of acts inconsistent with this 

repeiiled. *- 

are hereby repealed. 

Approyed March 9, 1881. 



Chapter SO. 

An act for the better protection of life in buildings nsed for public purposes. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and Hpuse of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled y as follows : 
Inner doors of Sect. 1. Any church, theatre, hall or other building: or 

pabltc buildfngs • j j t t ., , - 

to open outward, stvucturc intended to be used temporarily or permanently for 
any public purpose, or any school-house or school-room, pub- 
lic or private hereafter constructed, shall have all inner doors 
intended to be used for egress therefrom open outwards. 

Outer doors to be Sect. 2. All outcr doors of buildiufi^s or structures of the 

kept open In ^ 

certain oases. ^iud mentioned in section one of this- act, constructed or 

hereafter to be constructed, shall be kept open when such 



PROTBCTION OP LIFB IN BUILDINGS. 33 

buildings or structures are used by the public, unless such Chap. 50. 
doors open outwards, and except that fly-doors opening both 
ways may be kept closed. 

Sect. 3. All hotels used for the accommodation of the suitable Are- 

escapes to be 

public, and all shops, mills, factories and other buildings, JJJJ^^*f^^rtef 
more than two stories in height, in which any trade, manu- ^^' 
facture or business is carried on, which requires the presence 
of workmen or other persons in any part of the building 
above the first story, shall be provided with such suitable and 
sufficient fire-escapes, outside stairs or ladders, as the munici- 
pal officers shall deem to be sufficient to afford safe and easy 
escape from the building in case of fire, and such fire-escapes 
or ladders shall be attached to the building or be stored 
outside of such building, and conveuient thereto, as the 
municipal officers shall direct, and shall be of such length 
and number as said officers shall approve. 

Sect. 4. Whoever violates the provisions of section one. Penalty for vio- 

lattoD of former 

two or three of this act, shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars, •ections. 
and a further sum of five dollars per day for every day's con- 
tinuance thereof, to be recovered by and for the use of the 
town or city where such building is located, in an action on 
the case, or by indictment. 

Sect. 5. Whenever complaint is made to the municipal Monicipai officers 

on complaintf 

officers of any town, that any building of the kind mentioned maynotuy inter- 

•^ ' •' o e»ted pHrties to 

in sections one and three, now or hereafter to be constructed, Jia^gSTiS*'^ 
is deficient in facilities for egress by reason of the inner doors p"^^"'**"*- 
thereof opening inwards, or for the want of fire-escapes, 
outside stairs or ladders hereinbefore specified, it shall be 
the duty of such municipal officers to give notice to all parties 
interested in said matter, and to inspect such building, and 
if they find the same so deficient they shall notify the owner, 
occupant, lessee, or other person having charge thereof, and 
require of him such changes as shall be necessary to make 
said doors open outwards, and to provide suitable and suffi- 
cient fire-escapes, outside stairs or ladders to be attached or 
stored as herein provided; and such person shall be allowed 
thirty days to make such changes aud provisions, and if he —penalty for 
shall neglect or refuse to make and provide the same within refusal. 
said time, he shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars, and an 
additional sum of five dollars per day for every day's con- 
tinuance of such neglect or refusal to comply with the pro- 

3 



34 BAILB0AD8. 

Chap> 51. visions of this act, to be recovered by and for the use of the 
city or town where the building is located, in an action on 
the case or by indictment. 

Approred Mar^ 9, 1881. 



Chapter 81. 

An act additional to chapter fifty-one of the Rerised Statutes, and to other acts relat- 
ing to the transportation of pawengen and freight by railroad. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Sect*. 76 and 77, Sect. 1. Scctious seveuty-six and seventy-seven of chap- 

oh. 61^ R. S., anu /% •% 

oh.94,pabiie tcr fifty-oue of the revised statutes of this state, and chapter 

la^ 187©, to ^ -^ » r 

riSiro^*** ninety-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, 

and all other chapters and acts relating to the transportation 
of passengers and freight by railroad, shall apply to, and may 
be taken advantage of, by any railroad in this state, whether 
it makes close connection with other railroads or not ; and 
the railroad commissioners shall have the same authorit}'' and 
power as in cases where the railroads make a close and direct 
'connection ; and no railroad doing business within this state 
shall demand or receive of any other railroad doing business 
within the same, whether making direct connection or not, 
or from passengers over the same, or from freight forwarded 
over the same, higher rates of fare or of freight than it 
demands or receives of any other railroad within the state. 

EqaaiadvaDtaget Segt. 2. No rc-batc, drawback, allowance or other advan- 

railroads. tagc shall be made or extended by any railroad in favor of 

another railroad doing business over the same, by which the 
operation of the foregoing section shall be changed or affected, 
or by which one railroad doing business over the same, shall 
receive any greater advantage than any other railroad doing 
business over the same, shall receive. 

Troulion!"' Sect. 3. Any railroad company chartered under the laws 

of this state, which shall refuse to receive, transport or 
deliver any freight, merchandise or passengers according to 
the provisions of this act, and under the terms thereof, or 
which shall demand or receive from any other railroad in 
this state, for the transportation of its passengers or freight, 
any sum in excess or violation of said provisions, shall, for 



ADMINISTRATOR'S OR JSXECUTOR'S BONDS.— HIGHWAYS. ^ 

* 

each offense, forfeit and pay any corporation injured, the Chap. 52. 
sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by an action on 
the case in any county in which any of the parties in such 
action has a residence or place of business. 

Approyed Maroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter S9. 

An act in Velaiion to snits on Administrator's and Ezeoator's Bonds. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

No action shall hereafter be commenced or maintained aohoo on admiD- 

btrator's or 

against any surety or sureties on any administrator's or {jSJ^dtoiT* 

executor's bond, unless the same shall have been commenced ^*'*"' 

within six years after said administrator or executor shall 

have been cited to appear to settle his account in the probate 

court where administration is granted on said estate, or if 

not so cited within six years from the time of the breach of 

the bond, unless such breach is fraudulently concealed by 

the administrator or executor, from the heirs, legatees or 

persons pecuniarily interested, who are parties to the suit, 

and in such case within three years from the time such breach 

is discovered. 

Approyed Maroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter SS« 

An act additional to chapter eighteen of the Reyised Statutes, relating to damages 

for land taken for highways. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
*If damafi'es shall be sustained by any person in their Damages for 

° *r ./ JT locaUon of Wgh- 

property, by laying out, altering or discontinuing a highway '^gj**®^"^'" 
or town way, the commissioners or municipal officers of i****- 
towns shall estimate the amount, and in their return state the 
share of each separately ; but they shall not order such dama* 
ges to be paid, nor shall a person claiming damage have a 



36 6ALB OF RBAL BSTATB. 

Chap. 5,4. right to demand the same, until the land over which the 
highway or alteration is located, has been entered upon and 
possession taken for the purpose of constructing or using it. 

Provito. Provided^ however^ that unless such land is so entered upon 

and possession taken for said purpose within two years after 
the laying out or alteration, the proceedings shall be void.' 

ApproTed Msroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter S4« 

An act additional to ohapter soTentj-one of the Rerised Btatates, oonoeming sales of 

real estate by Uoense of court. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 
A Judge of pro- Whenever application is made for the sale of real estate 

bate may, on * '^ 

SSSleSfJTWidow ^^^ *^°y interests therein, under the provisions of the first, 
dow^!g!Snt^ second and third clauses of section one of said chapter 
esuto? ** seventy-one, the judge of probate may, with the written con- 
sent of the widow, who may have any rights of dower in the 
estate for the sale of which such application is made, grant a 
license to sell such real estate, or any interest therein, 
including the widow's dower and the reversion thereof. In 
Prooeediofsaie, such casc the widow shall be entitled to her share of the 

how divided. 

proceeds of the sale under such license, equal to the present 
value of her dower in the real estate sold, to be estimated by 
the judge of probate, according to her age ; and the residue 
thereof, after paying debts and expenses of administration, 
shall be distributed to the heirs at law, as real estate would 
by. law if there had been no widow, or to the devisees 
named in the will of the deceased according to the terms of 
such will. 

ApproTod March 12, 1881. 



SUPERIOR OOURT, EBNNBBBC 00.— REFORM BOfiOOL. 37 

Chapter SS. Chap. 55. 

An mot in ralation to fees for tnTol and attendance in the Superior Court of Eennebeo 

County. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The allowance for travel and attendance to AUowanoefor 

• tiuTel and attood- 

parties recoverinff costs in the superior court of Kennebec "« \a superior 

*^ * court of Keooebec 

county, shall not be limited to two terms, and shall be the ^^^^ "«"" 
same for a plaintiff as for a defendant in a suit ; and all acts 
and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Maroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter S6« 

An act relating to the Reform School. 

JBe it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The trustees of the state reform school are Boyi in reform 

sobool nny Im 

hereby authorized to commit, on probation and on such terms oommiiuMi od 

as they may deem expedient, to any suitable inhabitant of Jjjjf *•*"* ®' 

this state, any boy in their charge, for a term of time within 

the period of his sentence, such probation to be conditioned 

on his good behavior and obedience to the laws of this state. 

Such boy shall, during the term for which he was originally 

sentenced to the reform school, be also subject to the care 

and control of the trustees, and on their being satisfied at 

at any time, that the welfare of the boy will be promoted by 

his return to the school, they may order his return, and may -may bo letam- 



A i_ji_ i»x«x x'l'i.* 'J ed to the ichool. 

enforce such order by application to any trial justice or judge 
of any police or municipal court for a warrant for this pur- 
pose, which may be served by any officer authorized to serve 
criminal process. On his re-commitment to the school, such 
boy shall there be held and detained under and by force of 
the original mittimus. 

Sect. 2. Section nine of chapter one hundred and forty- see. o, eh. 142, 
two of the revised statutes is hereby amended by striking ' '*""" 
therefrom in the second line the words ^^ and not less than 
one year." 

Approred Maroh 12, 1881. 



3g IVSUBANCI OOlfPAimB. 

Chap. 57. Chapter 87. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty-fonr of the Pablio Lawe of eighteen 
hundred and Beyenty-iiii, entitled '' An act relating to Inraranee Companies." 

Be it enacted by the ifencUe and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Sec. 12, ch, 144, Sect. 1. Sectioii twolvc of chapter one hundred and 
amended. forty-four of the public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- 

six, entitled ^*an act relating to insurance companies,'' is 
hereby amended by striking out the word ** hereafter " in the 
first line, and by adding at the end of the section the fol- 
lowing: *The meetings of the directors shall be held in 
this state,' so that said section as amended shall read as fol- 
lows: 
Inraranee oom. ^ Sect. 12. All iusuraucc companics incorporated and 

paniet to bare 

place of biuinen orfi^auized uudcr the laws of this state, shall have their prin- 

and meeting or ^ . 

JtoT'^^ori?* cipal place of business in some city or town in this state, and 
dttoSSfS"!^ a majority of its directors shall be citizens of the state. The 

meetings of the directors shall betheld in this state.' 
proviaionwhen Segt. 2. In all cascs in which a majority of the directoi's 

majority of direo- /. . • • ^ i • 

to" are not of any insurance company are not citizens of this state, the 
■'•'^ terms of office of those residing out of the state shall termi- 

nate on the twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and the directors 
then residing in this state are invested with power to fill the 
vacancies, or such of them as they deem necessary, until the 
next annual meeting of the policy holders, when they may 
fix the number of directors, and elect a full board. No 
vacancy occurring in the board before the thirteenth day of 
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and eighty-one, shall be filled till on or after that day. 
inconsittent pro- Sect. 3. The provisious of any charter inconsistent with 
this act, are hereby repealed ; and any by-law of any com- 
pany inconsistent herewith is declared void from and after 
the passage of this act. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed March 12, 1881. 






Titlons repealed. 



BOUNTY ON BEARS.— ABSENT DEFENDANTS. 39 

Chapter «8. Chap. 58. 

An act to repeal ohapter one hundred and sixty of the Public Laws of eighteen 
hundred and seventy-Beren, in relation to a bounty on bears, and to provide for a 
bounty on bears. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Chapter one hundred and sixty of the public oh. leo, puwio 

, - . *f Mr laws 1877, re- 

laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, in relation to a PS*^'^^ «*»• 

® ./ ' 13fl^ public laws 

bounty on bears, is hereby repealed, and chapter one hun- JfeS'aSrch'. 
dred and thirty-six of the public laws of eighteen hundred «>.a-8»«'^^- 
and seventy-six, together with sections five, six, seven and 
eight of chapter thirty of the revised statutes, are hereby 
revived and re-enacted. 

Sect. 2. No bounty in any case shall be paid unless the Bounty to be 

J ^ »^ paid OD certificate 

plantation, town or city treasurer in the county where such Jj^^^*^^*^ 
animal was actually killed, shall be satisfied that the same 
was killed in such plantation, town or city in this state, 
between the first day of June and the first day of November 
in each year, nor unless said treasurer shall so certify to the 
governor and council. 

Approved Maroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter ff9. 

An aot to amend seotion four of ohapter eighty-two of the Revised Statutes, relating 

to attaohment of the estates of absent defendants. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section four of chapter eighty-two of the revised statutes seo. *, oh. 82, 

, , B. S.| amended* 

is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words : 
*and any attachment made on the original /writ, shall continue 
one year and thirty days after said judgment is so rendered 
when no bond is given, and when a bond is given said attach- 
ment shall continue thirty days after said bond is filed with 
the clerk of said court,' so that said section as amended shall 
read as follows : 

* Sect. 4. When judgment is rendered on default of an sxeoution stayed 
absent defendant in a personal action as provided in the pre- »»»* *• «*^*°, *f. 
ceding section, execution cannot be issued thereon within I^JSSon 
one year thereafter, unless the plaintiff first gives bond to the '•^'*^* 



^Q REGISTRT OF DBBDS FROM THE STATE. 

Chap. 60. defendant, with one or more sureties in double the amount 
of damages and costs, conditioned to repay the amount to 
the defendant if the judgment is reversed on review, to 
which he is entitled of right, brought within one year, or so 
much of the amount recovered, as is recovered back on such 

Attachment on rcvicw, and any attachment made on the original writ, shall 

original writ, how , it»i a •■i»j a- 

long to continue, contmue ouc year and thirty days after said judgment is so 
rendered when no bond is given, and when a bond is given, 
said attachment shall continue thirty days after said bond is 
filed with the clerk of said court.* 

Approred March 12, 1881. 



Chapter 60. 

Ao act to amend chapter two hundred and fire of the Pablic Laws of eighteen hun- 
dred and eighty, in relation to Registry of Deeds from the State. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
8co.i,ch. »6, Section one of chapter two hundred and five of the public 
JSSidedT' ^*^' laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, is hereby amended by 

striking out of said section, the words, ^ and approved by the 
governor, or certified by the secretary of state and approved 
by the goverhor," in the fifth, sixth and seventh lines of said 
section, and inserting instead thereof, the words, ^ or other 
legal custodian of such records,' so that said section as 
amended will read as follows : 
Certified copies * Segt. 1. A copy from the records now in the land office 
office may be of a dccd from the state, of the land of the state, or of a deed 

reoOTded by r^- 

i«ter of deeds, and from the statc and the commonwealth of Massachusetts, of 

copies shall be ' 

Sri^Ml^wSSd the undivided lands of the state and said commonwealth, 
^' certified by the land agent or other legal custodian of such 

records, as a true copy of such record, may be filed and 
recorded in the registry of deeds in the county where the 
land lies, and shall have the same effect as if the deed itself 
had been recorded, and certified copies thereof from such 
registry shall be evidence when the original would be.' 

Approved Maroh 12, 1881. 



PARISHB8 AND RBLIGIOUS SOCIETIES. ^1 

Chapter 61. Chap. 61. 

An ftct to amend seotion nineteen of chapter twelve of the Revised Statates, relating 

to Parishes and Religions Societies. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section nineteen of chapter twelve of the revised statutes see. 19, ch. 12 

, R. S., amended. 

18 hereby amended, by adding thereto the following : ' Such 
corporations are also invested with the power to organize as 
corporations, and to make such contracts in relation to such 
estate, its improvement or disposition, as they may be author- 
ized under the rules of their church to make or be instructed 
to make by the church or society for which they hold such 
estate in trust, which contracts may be enforced by or against 
them, as in other cases ; provided, however, that no disposi- 
tion of such estate shall be made inconsistent with the terms 
of the grant by which it is held,' so that said section, as 
amended, shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 19. The church wardens of Episcopal churches, offloeriof 

^ ^ oharcnea are 

the stewards or trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, ~^™purt>Sl». 
and the deacons of all other protestant churches, are so far 
corporations as to take, in succession, all grants and dona- 
tions of real and personal estate, made to their churches, or 
to them and their successors ; and if the ministers, elders or 
vestry are joined with them in such grants or donations, the 
two classes of officers shall be corporations for that purpose. 
Such corporations are also invested with the power to or^an iDayortani«e 

^ *^ as corporations 

ize as corporations, and to make such contracts in relation to »ndmake con- 
such estate, its improvement or disposition, as they may be 
authorized under the rules of their church to make, or be 
instructed to make by the church or society for which they 
hold such estate in trust, which contracts may be enforced by 
or against them, as in other cases ; provided^ however^ that Proviso. 
no disposition of such estate shall be made inconsistent with 
the terms of the grant by which it is held.' 

Approved March 12, 1881. 



42 

Chap. 62. 



Qa&llflcaUons for 
admtaslon to the 
bar. 



Szainlnmtloii to 
be public before a 
jiifitioeofS.J. 
oourta 



Admieelon of 
oaDdldaiM. 



BecommexidaUon 
and feet. 



Penalt J for any 
person adveitls- 
iog or represent- 
ing himself to be 
an attomeji 
lUaely. 



PersoQS whose 
names are struck 
from roll of attor- 
neys, not eligible 
for certain ofBoes. 



Inconsistent acts 
repealed. 



ABMISSIOir TO THB BAR. 

Chapter 69. 

An act to rogulate admission to the Bar in this Stato. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. No person who has not been a member of the 
bar of another state, in good standing and in active practice, 
for at least three years, shall be admitted to practice law in 
the courts of this state, unless he shall have studied for at 
least two years in the office of some attorney at law, or part 
of the time in such office, and the remainder in some law 
school, and shall also have passed a satisfactory examination 
in his legal studies. 

Sect. 2. All examinations shall be public, and in the 
presence of some justice of the supreme judicial court during 
term time. The time for holding same in each county, not 
exceeding twice in each year, shall be fixed by the chief jus- 
tice. The examination shall be partly oral and pai*tly written, 
and shall be conducted by an examining committee of the 
bar, in each county, to be appointed by the chief justice. 
No candidate shall be admitted whose examination or char- 
acter is not satisfactory to the presiding justice, nor unless 
notice of the intended application is given by (.he clerk of 
the court to which application is to be made in some news- 
paper, for thirty days at least before such admission. All 
candidates must present to the examining committee, written 
recommendation from the members of the bar with whom they 
have studied, and must pay all fees now prescribed by law. 

Sect. 3. Any person not having been admitted to prac- 
tice law in this state, or whose name shall have been struck 
from the roll of attorneys, who shall advertise as, or repre- 
sent himself to be, an attorney at law, shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dol- 
lars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than 
three months ; and no person whose name shall have been 
struck from the roll of attorneys for misconduct shall be 
allowed to plead or manage causes in court under a power of 
attorney for any other party, or be eligible for appointment 
as a trial justice, justice of the peace, or justice of the peace 
and quorum. 

Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this 
are hereby repealed. 

Approved March 15, 1881. 



IN8TJRANCE C0MHI88I0NBB. 43 

Chapter 63. Chap. 63. 

An aot to amend section forty-foar, chapter forty-nine of the Bevised Statntes, and 

to require the Insaranoe Commiiwioner to give bond. 

Be it enacted hy the SeruUe and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section forty-four, chapter forty-nine of the revised stat- see. 44, oh. 49, 

, R. 8., aneodcd. 

utes, 18 hereby amended by striking out all after the word 
*' sections," in the fifth line, to and including the word " coun- 
cil," in the ninth line, and adding at the end of said section, 
the following words : ^ and shall keep an accurate account of 
all fees received from said companies and brokers for licenses, 
and settle the same annually with the governor and council, 
and if they amount to more than nine hundred dollars a year, 
exclusive of all postage expenses, he shall pay the balance 
into the treasury of the state, and shall give bond to the 
treasurer in the sum of five thousand dollars for the faithful 
discharge of his duties,' so that said section when amended 
shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 44. An insurance commissioner shall be appointed inturanoc com- 

miuioD«r, ap- 

by the governor and council, who shall hold his office three p'^intment, term, 
years, unless sooner removed, but shall not at the same time «»*<*»"«•• 
be examiner of banks. He shall have no compensation for 
his official services except the fees prescribed in the following 
sections. He may administer oaths in the performance of 
his official duties, in any part of the state, and at any time. 
He shall keep a correct account of all his doings, and of all 
matters relating to the subject of insurance and insurance 
companies, on which he is officially called to act, and shall 
keep an accurate account of all fees received from said 
companies and brokers for licenses, and settle the same shmii Mttie u- 
annually with the governor and council, and if they amount governor and 

" '^ ^ oonnoil and glTC 

to more than nine hundred dollars, exclusive of all postage ^^' 
expenses, be shall pay the balance into th6 treasury of the 
state, and shall give bond to the treasurer in the sum of five 
thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties.' 

Approred Mareh 15, 1881. 



44 
Chap. 64. 



Jailer'! feet for 
oomoiitinent and 
diteharK« of 
priaoner and 
for iupiK>rt. 



Intereated rartiea 
may appeal (rtMu 
adjudlcatlnn of 
county comnaii- 
•loners to 8 J. 
cuart. 



Copies of papers 
in the oast) to be 
filed before 
county oonunli- 
sloners. 



OOMPBirSATIOIf OF JAILBR8. 

Chapter 64. 

An aot in relation to the oompenntion of Jailon for the rapport of Priaoners. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentattves 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The jailer's fees for the commitmeDt or discbarge 
of a prisoner shall be tvvent}' cents ; and for the entire sup- 
port of each prisoner of every description committed to his 
custody, such sum not exceeding one dollar and seventy-five 
cents per week, as the county commissioners judge reasona- 
ble, when the average number is not less than sixteen persons 
per week ; the average to be made on each account of time 
exhibited by the jailer. When the average is less than six- 
teen and not less than twelve prisoners per week, such sum 
not exceeding two dollars per week, as the county commis- 
8ionei*s judge reasonable. When the average is less than 
twelve and not less than ten prisoners per week, such sum 
not exceeding two dollars and twenty cents per week, as the 
county commissioners judge reasonable. When the average 
is less than ten and not less than eight prisoners per week, 
such sum not exceeding two dollars and forty cents per week, 
as the county commissioners judge reasonable ; and when the 
average is less than eight prisoners per week, such sum not 
exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per week, as the county 
commissioners shall judge reasonable. 

Sect. 2. Any person or party interested in such adjudi- 
cation of the county commissioners, shall have the right to 
appeal therefrom to the supreme judicial court, if application 
for such appeal shall be miide and filed with said commis- 
sioners within ten days after said adjudication shall have been 
made. Such appeal shall bo entered at the term of the said 
supreme judicial couil next begun and holden in the same 
county after the expiration of said ten days ; or, in case said 
county is a party or interested, at the term of said court 
next begun and holden in any adjoining county designated in 
said application. 

Sect. 3. The appellant shall file in the appellate court 
certified copies of all papers in the case before the county 
commissioners, and of the records, together with a declarar- 
tion of his claim, to which the other party may reply, and 
the issue shall be formed, and the case tried and disposed of, 
as other cases at common law. 



PLANTATIOKS.— DEPOSITIONS. 45 

Sect. 4. All acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with the Chap. 65. 

foregoing sections, are hereby repealed. J^SeS**"*"** 

Approved March 15, 1881. 



Chapter 65. 

An act proriding that Paupers in a certain class of plantations, shall bo nnder the 

care of the Assessors of such plantations. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Persons found in plantations having a population of more ^*iJjy^J"*!ji"* 
than two hundred, to be determined by the returns of the SJS'JrSSf i?* *^ 
county commissioners, as provided by section forty-six of **«^'* 
chapter three of the revised statutes, and a state valuation 
of forty thousand dollars, and needing relief, shall be under 
the care of the assessors of such plantations ; and the duties 
and powers of such assessors relative to such persons, shall 
be the same in every respect as overseers of the poor in towns 
now have, in like cases ; and such plantations are hereby 
authorized and required to assess and raise all necessary sums piantaticms to 

. 1 • I ***** naoney to 

of money to defray the expense incurred m the care of such »^'5v «xpenie 

** •'I. nod have ume 

persons; and when relief shall be so provided, the planta- [J"^'**" 
tions so furnishing it, are entitled to the same remedies 
against the towns of their settlement, that towns would have 
in like cases. But the provisions of this law shall not extend l^n\ig^iL^ 
to, or effect the existing laws concerning so called state pau- SS-tod."*** 
pers or pauper's settlements. 

Approved March 15, 1S81. 



Chapter 66. 

An act to amend section five of chapter one hundred and seven of the Rerised Statutes, 

relating to depositions. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Section five of chapter one hundred and seven of the re- 5f®i*'*'^J^j 

^ R. B., amended. 

vised statutes, is hereby amended, by substituting in place of 
the word '* the," the word ' any,' in the second line of said 



46 SMBLTS. 

Chap. 67. section, and after the word "deponent," to insert the words, 

* except the adverse party,' so that said section, as amended, 
shall read as follows : 

*Segt. 5. On application of either party to a justice of 
the peace or notary public, he may issue a summons to any 
deponent, except the adverse party, to appear at a designated 
time and place, to give his deposition, and a notice to the 
adverse party to be then and there present ; and the deposi- 
tion may then and there be taken by him or any other justice 
or notary, but the deposition of such adverse party may be 
taken by commission in like manner as is now provided for 
taking depositions of other witnesses by commission.' 

Approred March 15, 1881. 



On application, 
jutioe or notuy 
may te«M inm- 
moDt to depooeat 
and tuotim to 
party. 



Sec. 11, oh. 76, 
public lawi of 
1878, ameDded. 



Rettrlctions In 
regard to taking 
imelts. 



•—penalty. 



Chapter 67. 

An aot to amend section eleven, chapter seyentj-fiye of the Pablio Laws of eighteen 
hundred and seyenty-eight, relating to the taking of smelts^ entitled ** An aot to 
regulate and protect fisheries and the propagation of fish." 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section eleven of chapter seventy-five of the public laws of 
eighteen hundred and seventy-^ight, is hereby amended by 
striking out the word ^* November," in the fourth line, and 
inserting in place thereof, the word * October,' so that said 
section as amended shall read as follows : 

* Sect. 11. No smelts shall be taken or fished for in any 
of the tidal waters in this state, in any other manner than by 
hook and line, between the first day of April and the first 
day of October in each year, under a penalty of not less than 
ten dollars, nor more than thirty dollars for each ofiense, 
and a further penalty of twenty cents for each smelt so taken, 
and all weirs for the capture of smelts shall be opened, and 
so remain, and all nets of any kind used in the smelt and 
tom-cod fishery shall be taken from the water on or before 
the said first day of April in each year, under a penalty of 
not less than twenty, nor more than fifty dollars, and a 
further fine of five dollars per day for each day that any such 
weir or net remains in violation of law ; but weirs which have 
catch-pounds, covered with net, the meshes of which are one 



BQUITY PROGBBDINOS. ^J 

inch square in the clear, or greater, shall not be subject to Chap. 68. 
the provisions of this section. Provided^ however^ that dip- Prov«»o- 
nets may be used from the first day of April to the twentieth 
day of April.' 

Approred Mftieh 15, 1881. 



Chapter 68. 

An act to regulate the praotloe in Bqaity Proceedings. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in 'Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The supreme judicial court shall always be open The aapreme 

^ . ,. , • Judicial court 

m each county for equity proceedings, except upon days upon '** *1? ®p*,JJ^ 
which, by law, no court is to be holden, and in the first *"«•• 
instance, except as herein provided, all hearings shall be 
had, all orders and decrees made, and all process issued by 
a single justice of said court, except upon appeal or excep- 
tions as hereinafter provided, and said court shall establish 
rule-days for the return of subpoenas and the transaction of 
business relating to equity cases. 

Sect. 2. All causes in equity shall be begun by bill of cauaw in equity, 

* -^ O ./ how begun, re- 

coniplaint filed in the clerk's oflBice, upon which subpoena ^n or lubpoena, 
shall issue as matter of course, returnable to the first day of 
a term of court for the county where it is filed, or upon a 
rule-day, which in either case shall be holden within sixty 
days after the filing of such bill, and such subpoena shall be 
served at least fourteen days before the return day thereof; 
or by order of the court such subpoena may be made return- 
able on any day in or out of term, and be served as directed 
in such order ; or such bill may be inserted in a writ of 
attachment, upon which property may be attached and which 
shall be made returnable as writs at common law. In all serrtoe^how 

made. 

cases, service shall be made by copy of the subpoena and bill 

or writ of attachment. The bill of complaint shall state the Buioroomputat 

material facts and circumstances relied on by the complainant, 

with brevity, omitting immaterial and irrelevant matters, and 

may be amended or re-formed at the discretion of the court, 

with or without terms, at any time before final decree is 

entered in said cause. 



48 

Chap. 68. 

BUI of dlsoovery 

aodanswen 

thereto. 



When retpondent 
■hall appear. 



Prooeedtngs In 
case of defettlt. 



Defence, how and 
when made. 



Proceedings In 
of delkolt. 



Vorm of answer. 



BepllcatioiifWhca 
to be filed. 



BQUIT7 PROCBBDINQS. 

Sect. 3. If discovery is sought it may be by bill, with or 
without interrogatories annexed thereto, for the purpose of 
such discovery. Answers thereto shall be made within thirty 
days after the return day of such bill, or within such time as 
the court shall order, and questions arising thereon shall be 
determined by the rules established by the supreme judicial 
court as herein provided, and in the absence thereof by the 
rules applicable to bills of discovery in equity procedure. 

Sect. 4. When process is made returnable to any regular 
term of the court, the respondent shall appear within the first 
three days of the term, otherwise he shall appear on the 
return day of such process ; and in default of such appear- 
ance, on motion of the complainant in writing, the bill shall 
be taken, pro confesso, as matter of course, at the expiration 
of ten days after the filing of such motion, but such decree for 
good cause shown, on motion of the respondent, may be 
opened within ten days after it is made, and in such case the 
court shall fix the time for making a defence. 

Sect. 5. Defence shall be made by answer, plea or 
demurrer, within thirty days next after the time for appear- 
ance shall have elapsed, or within the time ordered by the 
court, as provided in the preceding section ; but for good 
cause shown the court may in either case enlarge the time 
therefor. In default of such defence the bill shall be taken, 
pro confesso, as matter of course, on motion of complainant 
in writing, filed on any day after such default and served on 
the respondent. But such decree may be opened on motion 
of respondent within ten days thereafter as provided in section 
four of this act. All answers shall be signed by the res- 
pondent and sworn to by him if the complainant in his bill 
asks for an answer upon oath, otherwise it may be signed 
by the respondent, his agent or attorney, and in such case 
shall have no efiect as evidence, except to cast the burden of 
proof upon the plaintifi*. 

Sect. 6. The complainant shall file a replication within 
fifteen days after notice has been served on him or his counsel 
that answer or plea has been filed, but such time may be 
enlarged on such terms as the court shall order, or the bill 
may be dismissed for want of prosecution on motion filed by 
respondent at any time after said fifteen days, or at the expira- 
tion of the time ordered by the court for filing such replication. 



EQUITY PROCBBDINaS. 49 

Sect. 7. Sixty days after issue joined shall be allowed Chap. 68. 
for taking testimony, or the court, on motion of either party, Ji'Ji'JJJy'f*^*"* 
may fix the time for complainant's testimony, to be followed 
by respondent's testimony, and testimony of complainant in 
rebuttal, each within a fixed time, and in either case, the 
court may enlarge the time for good cause shown. 

Sect. 8. When the time for takin^r testimony in chief, in Te«timony to b« 

^ ° . . filed, »abii!iUed 

answer, and in rebuttal is fixed m successive periods, as to other party 

*" tor iDspectloiif 

provided in the foregoing section, at the close of each period J|iy*o?mo*tfon' 

or the enlargement thereof, the testimony taken therein shall thJl^r**"^'''*" 

be filed, opened by the clerk and submitted to the inspection 

of the other party, and when the time for taking testimony 

shall be finally closed, either party may, on motion, as matter 

of course, have publication thereof, and on motion of either caiuemaybe 

heard oq motion 

party the cause may be set down by the court, to be heard on of cither party. 

bill, answer or plea, and proofs, at any time after publication ; 

and on like motion it may be set down to be heard on bill 

and demurrer at any time after the demurrer is filed, and 

on motion of complainant it may be set down to be heard on 

bill and answer or plea, at any time after the expiration of 

the time fixed for taking testimony. 

Sect. 9. The justice before whom such hearings shall be Jattioe to decide 

. cause, lubjeet to 

had, shall have full power to decide any motion or cause so ^vv^- 

heard, and shall make and enter such order and decree, as 

shall seem just and proper to him, and in accordance with the 

established principles of equity jurisprudence, subject to 

appeal and exceptions as hereinafter provided. Evidence 

may be taken by deposition or orally in presence of the B?idence, how 

. , -Tfc -II t»k«n and lucd. 

court, or by an examiner appointed by the court. But all 
oral evidence shall be taken and reduced to writing by a 
stenographer or an examiner, and his copy, approved by the 
judge or certified to by the examiner, shall be used as testi- 
mony in the cause the same as a deposition. 

Sect. 10. From all final decrees of such justice, an appeal Appeal to iie to 

Till* 1 -I iiii.ii>« next law ciiurt, 

shall lie to the next law court to be held m the district where how claimed, 

when h< uiU. 

the cause is pending. Said appeal shall be claimed by an 
entry on the docket of the court from which the appeal is 
taken, within ten days after such decree is signed, entered 
and filed, and notice thereof has been given by such clerk to 
the parties or their counsel. The appellant shall enter such 
appeal, and furnish written or printed copies of the case on 



1 



50 

Chap. 68. 



Law court shall 
affirm, reverse or 
modifj decree of 
court belofr, or 
remand for farth- 
er proceediuga. 

Cases shall re- 
main on docket 
or court below, 
marked law. 



Justice may 
make orders for 
protcctioD of 
rights of parties 
while apfleal la 
pending. 



.Appeal may be 
taken from decree 
or crder, elKsct. 



Ja8tlc<> may 
report cause bo 
law court. If 
parties agree. 



Cause, how en- 
tered, heard and 
decided. 



Justice may 
grant further 
time of appeal in 
certain 



SQUITT PROCEKDINQS. 

the first day of said law term, and for good cause shown, the 
law court may enlarge the time for furnishing such copies. 
Such . appeals shall be heard at the term to which they are 
taken, unless otherwise agreed, or the law court shall for 
good cause, order a further time for the hearing thereof, and 
the law court shall on such appeal, affirm, reverse or modify 
the decree of the court below, or i*emand the cause for further 
proceedings, as it shall deem proper. All cases in which 
appeals or exceptions are taken from a final, decree, shall 
remain on the docket of the court below, marked law, and 
decree shall be entered therein by a single justice, in accord- 
ance with the certificate and opinion of the law court. 

Sect. 11. When an appeal is taken from a final decree, 
any justice may also make such order for the appointment of 
receivers for injunction and prohibition, or for continuing the 
same in force, and such other orders as are needful for the 
protection of the rights of the parties, or are usual in equity 
proceedings in such cases, until the appeal shall be deter- 
mined by the law court. Such orders may be modified or 
annulled by such justice, or by such law court, while the 
appeal is pending before it. 

Sect. 12. An appeal may be claimed and taken in like 
manner from any interlocutory decree or order, but such 
appeal shall not suspend any proceedings under such decree 
or order, or in the cause, and shall not be taken to the law 
court until after final decree. Upon an appeal from a final 
decree, all previous decrees and orders shall be open for 
revision, reversal or approval. 

Sect. 13. Upon a hearing in any cause in equity, the jus- 
tice hearing the same may report the cause to the next law 
court held within the district in which the cause is pending, 
if he is of opinion that any question of law is involved, of 
sufficient importance or doubt to justify the same, and the 
parties agree thereto. The cause shall be entered and copies 
furnished by the complainant, and the same shall be heard 
and decided by said law court in like manner and with like 
results as is herein provided in case of appeals. 

Sect. 14. If any party intending to appeal, shall, within 
the time limited therefor, fail to do so by accident or mistake, 
he may within thirty days after the entry of the decree apply 
to any justice for leave to take such appeal, which may be 



• 






EQUITY PR0CBBDING3. gj 

granted on such terms as shall appear to it, to be just and Chap. 68. 
equitable. 

Sect. 15. Either party a^CTieved may take exceptions to Agp-ievcd party 

^ J oo J tr in*y take excep. 

any ruling of law made by a single justice in any matter, the ^fTugJJ^"*""^* 
same to be accompanied only by such parts of the case as are 
necessary to a clear understanding of the questions raised 
thereby. Such exceptions shall be claimed on the docket Bxreptions when 

" *" claimed, made 

within the time allowed for appeal, and shall be made up, jr^aiiowed and 
allowed and filed in the time provided therefor, unless further 
time is granted by the court, or by agreement of parties. In 
all other respects, such exceptions shall be taken, entered in 
the law court, and there heard and decided in like manner as 
appeals, with the same power in the single justice to make 
orders for injunction and prohibition, and the protection of 
the rights of the parties, and in the law court, to make orders 
and decrees pending the same and upon decision thereof; 
provided^ that no question of fact shall be open to the law Proviso. 
court on such exceptions. And upon request of either party, S^p^j^'J^^^^ 
the justice hearing the cause shall give separate findings of JndiSJi*If\air 
law and fact. The allowance and hearing of exceptions shall *"'*^"*='" 

*^ * Other prooeedinge 

not suspend the other proceedings in the cause. jlend^*!^'"'* 

Sect. 16. Every order and decree shall bear date upon Date of order and 

^ decree. 

the day on which it is filed and entered, and the day of such 
filing and entering shall be entered by the clerk upon the 
docket and on the decree. 

Sect. 17. No process for the enforcement of a final decree Process for 

, ^ , . . enforcement of 

save tor the appointment of receivers, for injunction or pro- flnai decree shaii 

^^ 'J r not Issue until 

liibition, or for continuinor the same, shall issue until the the»»p««often 

' o ' (lays from entry 

lapse of ten days from the entry of such decree, unless all wai^i^^S 
parties wave an appeal by entry on the clerk's docket, or by 
writing filed in the cause, or consent in like manner to the 
issue thereof. 

Sect. 18. Any hearing on a motion for an interlocutory certain proceed- 
decree or order may be had, or such order or decree passed, putofthecoumy 

J ^ r ' Inirhichthe 

out of the county in which the cause is pending, on notice to Si'^not'crS?'"^ 
the adverse party therefor. And the justice hearing the same '^^•«"* »*»«J^ 
shall transmit to the clerk of the county where the cause is 
pending any order or decree made at such hearing, but no 
trial before a jury upon issues framed therefor or final hear- 
ing of the cause, shall be had out of the county where the 
bill is pending, without the consent of the paities. 



52 
Chap. 68. 

Evidence before 
oourt below, how 
re|>orted. 

No witDeaaes to 
he heard orally 
before law court. 



The court may 
frame luues of 
fact in eqaity 
casea to be tried 
by jury. 

A lingle Justice 
may confirm or 
set aside verdicts. 



Appeal may be 
tiilcen and excep< 
tions had to 
rulings of law. 



Writs of seisin or 
execution and 
other process 
may issue. 



Preliminary in- 
junctions may be 
granted oom- 
plaloant. 



— may be granted 
in either iwrly if 
court direct. 



EQUITY PROOBBDINQS. 

Sect. 19. All evidence before the court below or an 
abstract thereof, approved by the justice healing the case, 
shall on appeal be reported. No witnesses shall be heard 
orally before the law court as a part of the case on appeal, 
but it may authorize additional evidence to be taken when the 
same has been omitted by accident or mistake, or discovered 
after the hearing, in such manner and on such terms as it 
shall deem proper. 

Sect. 20. The court may, in its discretion and upon the 
application of either party, frame issues of fact in equity 
causes to be tried by a jury in the' county where such cause 
is pending. A single justice may confirm any verdicts ren- 
dered upon such issues of fact, and enter appropriate decrees 
thereon, or such justice may set aside such verdicts, and ren- 
der such decrees as equity may require, as if such issues of 
fact had not been framed. In all causes where such issues of 
fact are framed and tried, an appeal may be taken, and excep- 
tions had to rulings of law, as herein before provided, and 
upon such appeal or exception, the law court shall have 
power to confirm or set aside the verdicts rendered in the 
cause, or order a new trial of such issues of fact, and make 
such disposition of the cause as the equity of the case shall 
demand. All such appeals and exceptions shall be taken, 
heard and determined as provided by this act. 

Sect. 21. Writs of seizin or execution as well as all 
other process appropriate to causes in equity may be issued 
by the court, to enforce its decrees. 

Sect. 22, Preliminary injunctions may be granted by a 
.single justice upon the complainant filing a bond with suffi- 
cient sureties conditioned to pay all damages and costs caused 
thereby, if he shall finally be found not entitled to such injunc- 
tion, unless a single justice, on motion to dissolve the same 
and hearing on the merits thereof, shall refuse to dissolve.it. 
Such damages and costs shall be awarded by the court on 
motion, liut if not so awarded before final decree they may 
be determined in a suit on such bond. Such injunction may 
also be granted to either party on hearing, without bond 
being given upon oral evidence, depositions or affidavits, and 
upon such notice and with such time for pleading, evidence 
and hearing as the court shall direct. No preliminary injunc- 
tion shall be granted to either party unless his pleadings shall 



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BQUmr PROCBEDIKQS. 53 

contain an application therefor; but an injunction maybe Chap> 68. 
granted pending the suit in proper cases therefor, upon mo- 
tion and hearing^. Perpetual injunctions may be s^ranted bv Perpetual injunc- 

^ , J t^ V tloM, hywhom 

the court or any justice thereof making final decree. granted. 

Sect. 23. Whenever any party shall complain in writing, sammary pmoeu 

shall iMue by 

and under oath, that the process, decree or order of the court, order of court 

' * ' ^ when decree i» 

which is not for the payment of money only, has been disre- diaobeyed. 

garded or disobeyed, summary process shall issue by order 

of any justice of the court, requiring the person so alleged 

to have disregarded or disobeyed such process to appear on a 

day certain and show cause why he should not be adjudged 

guilty of contempt, and such process shall fix a time for * 

answer to the complaint, and may fix a time for hearing on 

oral testimony, depositions or affidavits, or may fix successive Proceedings and 

4»ii».iii punlahment when 

times for proof, counter proof, and proof in rebuttal, or the found guiityor 

* contempt. 

time for hearing and manner of proof may be subsequently 
ordered upon the return day or thereafter. The court may, 
for good cause, enlarge the time for such hearing. If the 
person so summoned shall not appear as directed, or shall not 
attend the hearing at the time appointed therefor, as enlarged, 
or if he is found, upon hearing, to have been guilty of such 
disregard or disobedience, he shall be adjudged in contempt, 
and the court may issue a capias to bring him before it to 
receive sentence, and may punish him by such reasonable fine 
or imprisonment as the case may require. The court may • 
allow such offender to give bail to appear at a time certain, 
at which such punishment may be imposed, if he shall con- 
tinue in contempt. But when a second time found guilty of - 
contempt in disregarding or disobeying the same order or 
decree, no bail shall be allowed. When such person shall 
purge himself of his contempt, the justice may remit such 
fine or imprisonment or any portion thereof. No appeal shall 
lie from any order or decree for such punishment, nor shall 
exceptions thereto be allowed, save upon questions of juris- 
diction, nor in any case shall such exceptions suspend the 
enforcement of any such order or decree, unless the court 
shall so direct. 

Sect. 24. When any justice deems any exceptions allowed Justice may cer- 
tify exceptions to 

by him, or any appeal in any proceeding in equity, provided ^^^^]^^ 
for by this act, to be frivolous and intended for delay, he may ^ cSef juStal?°' 
so certify on the motion of the party not excepting, and such 
exceptions and appeal and the record connected therewith 



54 

CnAP. 68. 

Proceed iogi. 



Absent respon- 
dent not served 
vrith procesSf 
shall have review 
within one year. 



Proceedings. 



When rerlew 
nay be franted. 



Power of court to 
hold orders and 
decrees sabjpct to 
revision, except 
when draided on 
appeal, not 
abridged. 



Court to make 
rales for practice 
In equity eases. 



Pending 
no4 afltoled. 

Inconsistent acts 
repealed. 



EQUITY PROCBBDINQS. 

shall be transmitted to the chief justice, and shall be argued 
in writing on both sides within thirty days thereafter, unless 
the judge transmitting the same, shall, for good cause, en- 
large the time, and shall be considered and decided by the 
justices of said court as soon as may be, and the decision 
certified to the clerk of the county whei*e the cause is pend- 
ing ; and if the decision shall be adverse to the party taking 
such appeal or exceptions, treble costs may be allowed the 
prevailing party. 

Sect. 25. In case of any decree an absent respondent 
whose property has been attached and who does not appear by 
the record to have been served with process within the state 
and has made no appearance before final process, shall have 
a review within one year after final decree, as of right with 
stay or supersedeas of such process. The respondent may in 
such case apply to any justice by petition setting forth the 
grounds for such review, whereupon if such justice shall 
order reasonable notice to the other party, to appear at time 
and place named therein, to show cause why such review 
should not be granted, when such review is granted, the jus- 
tice may prescribe the time in which the respondent's defense 
shall be made. Reviews may also be granted on petition, 
whenever without fault of the party against whom decree was 
ordered by fraud, accident or mistake, justice has not been 
done ; provided, the petition therefor shall be filed within six 
years after final decree, and notice may be ordered and served 
with like rights of stay or supersedeas as herein provided. 
Upon granting the review, the court may fix a time within 
which the next proceeding shall be had. 

Sect. 26. Nothing herein contained shall abridge the 
power of the court to hold all interlocutory orders and 
decrees subject to revision, at any time before final decree, 
except when they shall have been decided on appeal. 

Sect. 27. It shall be the duty of the court to make all 
proper rules for the regulation of the practice in equity 
causes, necessary to simplify proceedings, discourage delays 
and lessen the expense of litigation, and shall have full 
power for that purpose ; but no rule of court now existing is 
repealed hereby, except so far as it is inconsistent herewith. 

Sect. 28. This act shall not affect pending cases. 

Sect. 29. All acts and pails of acts inconsistent herewith 
are hereby repealed. 

Approved Mareh 16, 1881. 



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PROBATE BONOS.— BATH ORPHAK ASTLUM.— OOLLBCTORS OF TAXES. 55 

Chapter 69. Chap. K9. 

All act to amend aeetion three of chapter seventy-two of the Beyiied Statutes relating 

to Probate Bonds. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

That section three of chapter seventy-two of the revised sec. 3, ch. 72, 
statutes be and is hereby amended, by striking out the words 
** after six years from its date,** and insert instead thereof * in 
the exercise of a just discretion/ so that said section when 
amended shall read as follows : 

*Sect. 3. On the application of any surety in such bond, ^^^'Je'^diMW - 
the judge of probate, on due notice to all parties interested JJoSitol^*^'* **^ 
may, in the exercise of a just discretion, discharge him from 
all liability for any subsequent, but not for any prior breaches 
thereof, and require a new bond of the principal, with sure- 
ties approved by him.' 

Approved Mareh 16, 1881. 



Chapter 70. 

An act relating to the Pauper settlement of inmates of the Bath HiUtarj and Naval 

Orphan Asylum. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

No child shall beheld to have acquired a pauper settle- Paapers«ttie- 

,.-_,_ i. 1 . . ^ mcnt not acquired 

ment m the city of Bath, by reason of being an inmate of ^j »«»°» *n«n*i® 

•f ' ^ <=» of orphan asylum 

the Bath military and naval orphan asylum, situated in Bath. »^s>^* 

Approved Mareh 15, 188L 



Chapter 71. 

An act to amend chapter two hundred and six of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred 
and eighty, relating to suits by collectors of taxes and the jurisdiction of Trial 
Justices. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Chapter two hundred and six of the public laws of eighteen ch. aoe, public 

laws 18B0 

hundred and eighty is hereby amended by adding thereto the amended. ' 



56 ABUSED AND NBOLBOTBD CHILDREN. 

Chap. 72. following words, 'and no trial justice or judge of any muni- 
cipal or police court, before whom such suit is brought, shaU 
be deemed incompetent to try the same by reason of his res- 
idence in the town assessing said tax,' so that said chapter 
shall read as follows : 
Trial juaticef or ' Auv coUcctor of taxcs, or anv executor or administrator 
witrbrouKht'by ^^ * deceased collector of taxes, may, after due notice, sue in 
fn'tt^'whwr' ^*s own name, for any tax in any court competent to try the 

Mwy reside j x'l'x* 'j /• ••! 

same, and no trial justice or judge of any municipal or 
police court, before whom such suit is brought, shall be 
deemed incompetent to try the same by reason of his resi- 
dence in the town assessing said tax.' 

Approred Maroh 15, 1881. 



Chapter 73. 

Ad aet oonoerning the rare of abused and neglected ohildren. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Municipal officers Seot. 1. When complaint in writing, signed by two or 

mny on complaint ,. , i,. . i-ii 

Rive notice of morc citizcns of any town or city alles^in^ that any child 

hearingfl od caaes "^ J O G T J 

of Jilikirea**"*"^ within such town or city, is willfully neglected or cruelly 

treated by its parents, or by the willful fault of such parents 
is not provided with suitable food, clothing or privileges of 
education, or is kept at any house of ill-fame, or that such 
child is an orphan without means of support or kindred of 
sufficient ability, who will furnish such support, shall be 
made to the municipal officers of such town or city, such 
municipal officers shall give notice of a time and place of 
hearing upon such petition, by serving such notice, with a 
copy of such petition upon such parents at least two days 
before such hearing, or by publishing a copy of such petition 
and notice of hearing in some newspaper in the county where 
such child resides, at least seven days before such hearing. 

Hearings to be Said muuicipal officers shall at the time and place mentioned 

(tiven parties and , , , . , . 

witnesses, and in said uoticc, ffivc a hearins^ to the parties and their witness- 

record to be ' ° o ir 

"****• es, and if they find that the allegations in the petition are 

true, and that it is just and expedient to make further pro- 
vision for the care, education and support of such child, they 



ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDRB!^. 57* 

shall make a record thereof, Higned by them or a majority of Chap. 72. 
them, which shall be recorded by the clerk of said city or 
town in a book kept for that purpose. * 

Sect 2. Upon the makini? of such 'record it shall be the Municipfti offlcem 

, to make com- 

duty of such municipal officers or of some person appointed ll'^^^^^^ 
by them for that purpose, to make a complaint under oath to ^"•"°*- 
any judge of any court or any trial justice, which shall con- 
tain in substance, the allegations set forth in said petition, 
and praying that such provision may be made for the care, 
custody, support and education of the child named in said 
complaint as justice shall require, and thereupon the magis- 
trate, before whom such complaint is made, shall issue his P'«»*'»ng». 
warrant and shall cause such child to be brought before him, 
and if upon notice and hearing, it shall appear that the alle- 
gations of the complaint are true, and that justice requires 
that such child shall be supported and educated away from 
its parents, he shall order such child to such place or institu- 
tion as shall be provided therefor by such town or city, or to 
such charitable institution or private person, as he shall deem 
suitable for the purpose, provided such institution or person 
shall consent to receive, support and educate such child ; but 
such order shall not extend beyond the time when such child 
shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, if a male, or at 
the age of eighteen years, if a female. 

Sect. 3. Whenever the magistrate shall deem it suitable Magistrate may 
and conducive to the public welfare, that such child shall be control of private 

^ perMo, who sliall 

placed under the control of any private person, he shall first K»vebond. 

take a bond from such person, running to such town or city 

where the child resides, in such sum and with such sureties 

as he shall approve; conditioned that such person will 

humanely treat and properly support, clothe and educate the 

child, and in case of the non-performanco of said bond, a suit 

may be commenced thereon, and the sum recovered upon 

such bond shall be paid into the treasury of the town or city 

to which the bond is given. Upon application to any magis- Mafristrate mnj 

trate, he shall examine into the condition and welfare of the ditton or children 

aod make further 

children who have been provided for under this act, and may y^ '<»' "»«^' 
at any time make such further order in relation to their care, 
custody, support and education as justice shall demand. 



58 

Chap. 72. 

Maniclpal officers 
may take castodj 
of child in oertaiD 



Pnrents may 
make application 
til have custody 
of child rwtored 
to them. 



Notice to be glren 
and bearing had. 



Expense of sup- 
port of children 
may b« recovered 
al parents. 



Towns may make 
provisions for 
snpiKMrt of chil- 
dren. 



ABUSED AND NBGLBCTED CHILDBBN. 

Sect. 4. Whenever the municipal officers of any town or 
city have reason to believe that any child will be removed 
beyond the limits of the state before a hearing can be had, as 
provided in this act at any time after the filing of the petition, 
they shall have the power to take the child into their custody 
and keep the same until the hearing before the magistrate, as 
provided by this act 

Sect. 5. Whenever any child is in the custody of any 
public or charitable institution, the parents or either of them 
may make application in writmg to any judge of the supreme 
judicial court to have the custody of such child restored to 
them. Such notice of the application and the time and place 
of the hearing thereon as the court shall order, shall be given 
to such institution and the municipal officers of the town or 
city where the proceedings provided for in this act commenced, 
and if it shall appear upon such hearing, that the applicant is 
of sufficient ability and inclination to suitably provide for the 
support and education of such child, and justice requires 
that the custody of such child shall be restored to such appli- 
cant, the judge shall so order, and the custody and control of 
said child shall thereupon be given such applicant until the 
further order of the court. 

Sect. 6. Any town or city incurring expenses under this 
act, by reason of the fault of parents who are of sufficient 
ability to properly support and educate their children, but 
who wrongfully neglect and refuse to do so, may recover of 
such parents in an action of debt, the amount so expended 
for the support of said children. 

Sect. 7. Any town or city may make proper provisions 
for the support of children mentioned in this act, and such 
support shall not make such children or their parents, paupers. 

Sect. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Mtroh 15, 1881. 



ASSKSSHBNT AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES. 59 

Chapter 78. Chap. 73. 

An act to amend sections sixtj-siz, sixty-soFen and sixty -eight of ohaptor six of the 
the Revised Statutes, relating to the assessment and abatement of Taxes. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section sixty-six of chapter six of the revised a*g";^^ii 
statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

^Sect. 66. If any person after such notice does not bring AssesBonto 

, asoertalD Taloe 

m such list, the assessors shall ascertain otherwise as nearly «r estates if no 

*^ lists are brought 

as may be, the nature, amount and value of the estiite, real JJe^hiwdfrSS" 
and personal, for which in their judgment such person is u<J£I"OT*a£lS!* 
liable to be taxed, and he shall be thereby barred of his "****" 
right to make application to the assessors or the county com- 
missioners for any abatement of his taxes, unless he offers 
such list with his application and satisfies them that he was 
unable to offer such list at the time appointed.' 

Sect. 2. Section sixty-seven of said chapter six, is hereby see. 67, amended. 
amended so as to read as follows : 

'Sect. 67. The assessors or either of them may require persons mar be 
the person presenting such list to make oath to its truth, oathtoiists. 
which either of them may administer, and either of them 
may require such person to answer all proper inquiries in 
writing as to the nature, situation and value of his property 
liable to be taxed in this state, and a refusal or neglect to -reAisaiabarto 
answer such inquiries and subscribe the same, shall bar the 
right of such person to an appeal to the county commissioners, 
but such lists and answers shall not be conclusive upon the 
assessors.' 

Sect. 3. Section sixty-eight of said chapter six, is hereby sec 68,amended 
amended so as to read as follows : 

'Sect. 68. The assessors for the time being, on written Abatements may 
application, stating the grounds therefor, within two years two year*, records 
from the assessment, may make such reasonable abatement as "«*« thewxt. 
they think proper. They shall keep in suitable book form, a 
record of such abatements, with the reasons for each abate- 
ment, and shall report the same to the town at its annual 
meeting, and to the mayor and aldermen of cities, on or 
before the first Monday in March of each year.' 

Approred ^aroh 16, 1881. 



60 

Chap. 74. 



Lands owned by 
•everal propi ie- 
tora may bo 
iroproveid by 
commiuloDers. 



Proprieton may 
apply to 8. J. 
court and notice 
shall be given. 



Goart may 
appoint coromis* 
sioners. 



Commissioners 
shall make Im* 
provements 
aooordlng to tenor 
of petition and 
order of court. 



Bfay employ 
workmen, unless 
proprietors do 
the work. 



MABSUBS, MEADOWS AND SWAMPS. 

Chapter 74. 

An act anlhoriiiDg the improremenl of Mftrsbes. Meadows and Swamps. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. When any meadow, swamp, marsh, beach or 
other low land is held by several proprietors, and *it is 
necessary or useful to drain or flow the same, or remove 
obstructions in rivers or streams leading therefrom, such 
improvements may be effected under the direction of com- 
missioners in the manner herein provided. 

Sect. 2. Such proprietors, or a majority of them in 
interest, may apply by petition to the supreme judicial court 
sitting in the county where the lands or any part of them lie, 
setting forth the proposed improvements and the reasons 
therefor ; and the court shall cause notice of the petition to 
be- given in such manner as it may judge proper, to any pro- 
prietors who have not joined in the petition, that they may 
appear and answer thereto. 

Sect. 3. If upon hearing the parties, it appears that the 
improvements proposed will be for the general advantage of 
the proprietors, the court may appoint three suitable persons 
as commissioners, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge 
of their duties ; shall view the premises, notify parties con- 
cerned, hear them as to the best manner of making the 
improvements, and prescribe the measures to be adopted for 
that purpose. 

Sect. 4. They shall, according to the tenor of the petition 
and order of court, cau(»e dams or dikes to be erected on 
the premises, at such places and in such manner as they 
shall direct ; may order the land to be flowed thereby for 
such periods of each year as they shall deem most beneficial ; 
and cause ditches to be opened on the premises, and obstruc- 
tions in any rivers or streams leading therefrom to be removed ; 
and they shall meet from time to time, as may be necessary, 
to cause the works to be completed according to their direc- 
tions. 

Sect. 5. They may employ suitable persons to erect the 
dams or dikes, or perform the other work, under their direc- 
tion, for such reasonable wages as they may agree upon; 
unless the proprietors do the same in such time and manner 
as the commissioners shall direct. 






MAR3HBS, MB\DOWS AND SWAMPS. Q^ 

Sect. 6. They shall apportion the whole charge and ex* Cha p. 74. 
pense of the improvemelits, and of executing the commission, f*'**rt!Soed*^ 
among the proprietors of the lands, having regard to the j»o°«n">P'*«- 
quantity, quality, and situation of each proprietor's part 
thereof, and the benefit that he will derive from the improve- 
ments, and shall assess the same upon the proprietors. 

Sect. 7. They may appoint a collector of the moneys collector iwyb* 
assessed, and shall give him a warrant to collect, pay over, 
and account for the same, to such person as they may appoint. 
The collector shall have the same power, and proceed in -<iotic8»nd 

■^ ' * powers. 

like manner in collecting the assessment, as provided for 
collecting town taxes. 

Sect. 8. If the collector neglects for twenty days after Liability of 
being thereto required by the commissioners to account for, 
and pay over the money he has collected, he shall be liable 
to pay to the commissioners the whole amount committed to 
him for collection, to be recovered by them in an action there- 
for ; and the money so recovered, after deducting the expense 
of recovery, shall be applied and accounted for by the com- 
missioners as if it had been collected and paid over by the 
collector, pursuant to his warrant. 

Sect. 9. The collector shall be allowed such compcnsa- compenwiUon for 

services of ooU 

tion for his services as may be agreed upon between him and '*«*"«•■ 
the con^missioners ; and the commissioners shall be allowed 
such compensation for their services as may be ordered by 
the court. 

Sect. 10. The commissioners shall, as soon as maybe commiisionerB to 

/.I 1 • i« I 1 • 1 1 "'■''* return to 

after the completion of the busmcss, make a return to the court. 
court of their doings under the commission, including an 
account of all money assessed and collected by their order, 
and of the disbursement thereof. 

Sect. 11. When it appears to the commissioners, that commitioners to 

* *■ determine the 

part of the land is held by a tenant for life, or years, they 5y°jJeUSiJt1l2d 
shall determine how much of the sum apportioned on that SiilMpaniis 
part of the premises shall be paid by such tenant, and how portTonrntntT^' 
much by the landlord or reversioner ; and shall assess the 
same accordingly, unless the parties concerned agree to an 
apportionment ; and every such tenant, landlord and rever- 
sioner shall be considered a proprietor. 

Sect. 12. If any part of the land is mortffaffed, the Paruesinpot- 

'^ ^ ^ O C* » session of mort- 

mortgagor or mortgagee, in possession, shall be considered ^JSIde^*^*^' 

prieton. 



62 

Chap. 74, 



Gomminionen 
Mithorised to 
enter upon prem- 
ises of penous 
not parties to 
prooeediogs. 



Bamftget, how 
determined Aod 
paid. 



Persons aggriev- 
ed by doings of 
oommiseloDers, 
may appeal to 
court. 



Court may afBrro, 
reverse or alter 
any adjudication 
of oommlssioners. 



Qustlons of fkct 
shall on motion be 
tried by Jury. 



Notice to be given 
before entering 
upon premises of 
a person not 
party to the pro- 
ceedings, and 
hearing on ap- 
peal. 



MARSHB3, MBADOWS AND SWAMPS. 

as the proprietor ; and all sums paid by the mortgagee by 
order of the commissioners, shall be 'allowed to him as sums 
paid by him for improvements, are by law to be allowed. 

Sect. 13. When the commissioners find it necessary or 
expedient to reduce or raise the water, for the purpose of 
obtaining a view of the premises, or for more convenient or 
expeditious removal of obstructions, they may open the flood- 
gates of a mill, or make other needful passages through or 
around the dam thereof, or erect a temporary dam on the 
land of any person not a party to the proceedings, and may 
maintain such dam or passages for the water as long as may 
be necessary for the purposes aforesaid. 

Sect. 14. AH damages thus occasioned shall be estimated 
and determined by the commissioners, unless agreed upon 
between them and the parties concerned ; and shall be paid 
by the commissioners out of the money to be assessed and 
collected by them as before provided. 

Sect. 15. If any person, whether a party to the proceed- 
ings or otherwise interested therein or affecfed thereby, is 
aggrieved by the doings of the commissioners, he may appeal 
to the court at any time after their appointment, and before 
the end of the term next following that, at which the return 
is made. 

Sect. 1 6. The court, upon such appeal, may affirm, reverse 
or alter any adjudication or order of the commissioners, and 
make such order therein as law and justice require. All 
questions of iiact arising upon the hearing of the appeal, shall, 
on motion of either party, be tried by a jury in such manner 
as the court shall direct. 

Sect. 17. The commissioners, before proceeding to open 
flood-gates, or make other passages for water through or 
around any dam, or to erect a dam on the land of any person 
not a party to the proceedings, shall give him seasonable 
notice in writing of their intention, to enable him to appear 
before them and object thereto ; and if he appeals from their 
determination, and gives notice in writing of his appeal to 
the commissioners or any of them, they shall suspend all 
proceedings upon his land until the appeal is determined; 
provided, that the appeal be entered at the court held next 
after the expiration of seven days from the time of claiming 
the same. 



SUPERIOR COURT, KENNEBEC CO. g3 

Sect. 18. Any person aggrieved by any opinion, direction Chap. 75 . 

or judgment of the court in any matter of law, may allege ^*"y°^"5S;I%" 

exceptions thereto, which shall lie reduced to writing; and iSf,^aite»e**Ixwp* 

when found to be true and not deemed frivolous, shall be "**°"^*"***- 
signed by the presiding judge, and thereupon the questions 
of law arising therein^shali be determined, as in other actions. 

Sect, 19. After dams, dikes and removal of obstructions Aft r completion 

, , of ImprovenaeDU 

shall have been completed in pursuance to the provisions of repair* may be 

tr M. M. made ou petition 

this act, repairs thereon may be made on petition, and similar pl.op^j^J^^'^ho 
proceedings required for the construction of the original «»"pj^ '»«»<>»• 
improvements, but such repairs shall be made at the expense 
of such proprietors only as occupy their lands, take crops 
therefrom, and are .ictually benefitted by such improve- 
ments. 

Approved March 16» 1881. 



Chapter 7S. 

An act relating to the criminal jorisdiction of the Superior Court for the County of 

Kennebec. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The jurisdiction in all criminal matters conferred JaHiiiirtion in 

^ crfmioal matters 

upon the superior court, within and for the county of Ken- lo^JSJuc'iawl* 
nebec, by the provisions of chapter ten of the public laws of i"*'"**^'*** 
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight is hereby 
restored, and said superior court on aiid after the passage of 
this act shall have and exercise jurisdiction in all criminal 
matters in said county of Kennebec. 

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith incondsteDt ncu 

*■ repealed. 

are hereby repealed. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred March 16, 1881. 



64 

Chap. 76. 



CerUln toifnf 
and cities may 
upon iwtitloD 
take lands for 
publio parks or 
■quarea. 



MunldiMl ojBBcera 
shall give written 
notice of inteotion 
to take land. 



Hearing to be 
given, damages 
to be piiid and 
return Alcd la 
clerk*s office. 



POBLtC PARKS AND SQUARBS. 

Chapter 76. 

An Mt ooDoemiog Pablio Parki and SqnarM» 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Any town or city, containing more than one 
thousand inhabitants, upon petition in writing signed by at 
least thirty of the citizens thereof, who are tax payers, 
directed to the municipal officers, describing the land to be 
taken as herein provided, and the names of the owners 
thcfeof, so far as they are known, at a legal meeting of such 
town, or of the mayor, aldermen and city council of such 
city, may direct the municipal officers of such town or city to 
take suit«able lands for public parks or squares ; and there- 
upon such municipal officers shall have power and authority 
to take such land for such purpose, but such land shall not be 
taken without the consent of the owner, if at the time of 
filing such petition with such municipal officers, or in the 
office of the clerk of such town or city, such land is occupied 
by a dwelling house wherein the owner thereof or his family 
reside. 

Sect. 2. Whenever the municipal officers of such town 
or city shall be directed to take land as provided by section 
one of this act, they shall, within ten days thereafter, give 
written notice of their intention to take such land, describing 
the land to be taken, and the time and place of hearing, by 
posting the same in two public places in the town where the 
land lies, and in the vicinity of such land, and by publishing 
the same in some newspaper printed in such town or city, 
seven days before the day of such hearing, and if no news- 
paper is printed in such town or city such notice shall be 
given in some newspaper printed in the county where the 
land lies, three weeks successively,- the last publication to be 
seven days before such hearing. The municipal officers shall 
meet at the time and place specified in the notice, view the 
land to be taken, hear all parties interested, and if they 
decide that the land is suitable for the purpose for which it is 
to be taken, they shall take the same and estimate the dam- 
ages to be paid to each person owning the same, or interested 
therein, so far as they are known, to said municipal officers, 
and shall make return of their doings in writing, signed by 
them or a majority of them, which return shall describe by 



PROTECTION OF ALBWIVBS. 05 

metes and bounds the land so taken, and shall state the pur- Chap. 77. 

pose for which it is taken, the names of the owners, so far as 

they are known, and the amount of damages awarded to 

each, which return shall be filed and recorded in the clerk's 

office of such town or city, and a copy thereof, certified by 

such clerk, shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for said 

county. 

Sect. 3. Any person aggrieved by the estimate of dam- Appeal from 

"^ 1/.I. .,.1. 1 . estimate of duma- 

ages may appeal therefrom by nlmg, withm thirty days, m gcsmaybeukeQ 
the office of the county commissioners for the county where n>»"*<>«ic"- 
the land is taken, a petition in writing, signed by the party 
aggrieved, his agent or attorney, describing the land taken, 
the interest of the petitioner therein, the amount of damages 
awarded therefor, and claiming an appeal to the county com- 
missioners from the estimate of the municipal officers. A 
certified copy of such petition shall be served upon such 
municipal officers, by leaving the same in the clerk's office of 
such town or city,, at least fourteen days before the hearing 
thereon ; and the subsequent proceedings relating to the 
hearing upon such petition and dam:iges shall be the same as 
now provided respecting highways. When such damages 
shall be finally determined, they shall be certified to the clerk 
of such city or town, and paid by the treasurer thereof. 
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Mareh 16, 1881. 



77. 

An act for the proteotion of Alewtves. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. No alewives shall be taken, killed or fished for ciow-time for 

.1. I ...... n % » 1 alewiwa estai' 

m any waters withm the jurisdiction of this state, between ii»hed. 
the fifteenth day of July of each year and the first day of 
April following, nor at any time in non-tidal or non-navigable 
waters, by means of any net other than the ordinary hand 
dip-net, under penalty of ten dollars for each offense, and 
one dollar additional for each fish so taken or killed. 
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 16, 1881. 

5 



66 

Chap. 78. 



Sec. 10, ch. 58, 
R. B , amended. 



State treaiarerto 
pay to treasorer 
ot societj amouot 
equal to that 
raided bysociKy. 



LlraitatioQ 
thereof. 



ir more than one 
society In a 
coanty, each to 
have proportion. 



ExcepUonf. 



AORIOULTURAL SOdBTIlBS. 

Chapter 78. 

An ftot to amend ohftpter fifty-eight, aeotion ten of the RoTised Statatea, relating to 

Agrioultaral Societies. 

Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representativea 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section ten of chapter fifty-eight of the revised statutes 
is hereby amended by adding to said section the following 
words : ^ and the Ossipee Valley union agricultural society 
shall receive as much as raised by it, not exceeding two hun- 
dred dollars ; and the same shall be deducted from the sums 
allowed to the counties of York, Oxford and Cumberland, in 
proportion to the number of inhabitants of each county 
within the limits of said society,' so that said section shall 
read as follows : 

* Sect. 10. The treasurer of an incorporated agricultural 
or horticultural society, on application made prior to the first 
Wednesday of December in each year, shall be entitled to 
receive from the state treasury, a sum equal to that raised 
by such society in the year next preceding ; but not exceed- 
ing one cent to each inhabitant of the county where such 
society is located, according to the last preceding national 
ceusus, nor more than four hundred dollars to one county. 
If there is more than one such society in any county, and the 
sums so applied for exceed the limit aforesaid, it shall be paid 
to each in proportion to the amount expended by it, as here- 
inafter provided. But the Penobscot and Aroostook union 
agricultural society may annually receive as much as raised 
by it, not exceeding one hundred dollars, without regard to 
population ; and the Waldo and Penobscot agricultural so- 
ciety as much as raised by it, not exceeding one hundred and 
thii'ty dollars ; and the same shall be deducted from the sums 
allowed to the counties of Waldo and Penobscot, in propor- 
tion to the number of inhabitants of each county within the 
limits of said society ; and the Ossipee Valley union agricul- 
tural society shall receive as much as raised by it, not 
exceding two hundred dollars, and the same shall be deducted 
from the sums allowed to the counties of York, Oxford and 
Cumberland, in proportion to the number of inhabitants of 
each county, within the limits of said society.' 

Approred March 16, 1881. 



RBTORNS OF CORPORATIONS. Q7 

Chapter 79. Chap. 79 . 

An act to enforce returns and publication of statemonts by GorporationB. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section twenty-three of chapter forty-six of sec. 23, ch. 46, 

B. 8., amended. 

the revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out all 
after the word ** state" in the sixth line, so that said section 
as amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 23. A deposit of the return required in the two Deposit or retarn 

in poBt office, 

preceding sections in a post office, postage paid, properly sufficient. 
directed, is to be a compliance. For the neglect or refusal Penalty for neg- 

lect. 

of its officer to make such return, the corporation forfeits five 
hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt, one-half 
to the use of the prosecutor and the other to the state.' 

Sect. 2. Whenever any corporation or its officers shall secretary or state 

, to notify attorney 

nefflect to make to the secretary of state any return required i?en«rai or ne#iect 

o •' •' * of corporations to 

by law, the secretary of state shall forthwith notify the attor- M»ke returns. 

ney general thereof, and the attorney general shall thereupon 

proceed at once, by an action of debt in the name of the Attorney general 

to bring action. 

state, to enforce and recover for the state the penalties pro- 
vided by law. Such action may be brought in any county in 
the state. In addition to the penalties provided by law in 
such cases, the following costs shall be recovered in behalf of 
the state against said corporation, to wit: for the attorney 
general for the writ, an attorney fee, and travel and attend- 
ance at court not exceeding two terms, and for the state such 
other costs as are legally taxable in actions at law. 

Sect. 3. If at any time within thirty days from the com- ir returns are 

•^ . mart© within 30 

menccment of the action under section one of this act, such days of com- 
mencement of 

corporation shall make to the secretary of state the returns SJ^diliiontinJlS" 
required by law, the secretary of state shall forthwith notify 
the attorney general, and he shall discontinue such suit upon 
the payment to him of the costs already accrued. 

Sect. 4. If any officer of a corporation, charged by law Forfeiture for 

, ^ ^ neglect to publish 

With the duty of making: and causing? to be published any statements in 

•^ ° or- J regard to curpo- 

statement in regard to such corporation, shall neglect so to ""**"•• 
do, such officer, in addition to penalties already provided, 
shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered 
by action of debt, or action on the case, to the use of the 
person suing therefor. 

Approved Maroh 16, 1881. 



68 

Chap. 80. 



Real estate and 
right to eat tim- 
ber and grass, 
may be takea on 
execution and 
sold. 



Bight aod inter- 
est of debtor shall 
pass to puroliaser, 
subject to re- 
demptioD. 



Present modes, 
sot repealed. 



BBAL £STATB.— OXFORD OOUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 

Chapter SO. 

An aot relating to levj of execution on Real Bsttte. 

Be it en(icted by the Senate and House of Sepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Real estate attachable, including the right to cut 
timber and grass, as described in chapter eighty-one of the 
revised statutes, may be taken on execution and sold, in the 
same manner as rights of redeeming real estate mortgaged, 
are taken on execution and sold ; and the debtor shall have 
the same right of redemption from such sale. 

Sect. 2. Such seizure and sale, if made according to law, 
shall pass to the purchaser at such sale, all the right, title or 
interest the execution debtor has in such real estate at the 
time of such seizure, or had at the time of the attachment 
thereof on the original writ, subject to the debtor's right of 
redemption as provided by law. 

Sect. 3. This act shall not be construed as repealing any 
present modes of levy of execution. 

Approved Mareh 16, 1881. 



Chapter 81. 

An aot providing for an additional session of the County Commissionen in Oxford 

County. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 
Additional see- In addition to the regular sessions of the county commis- 

slon of oommls- 

sioners of Oxford siouers of Oxford couuty, uow providcd by law, there shall 

be an additional session, to be hold at Paris in said county on 
the last Tuesday of December in each year. 

Approved Maroh 16, 1881. 



RAILBOADB.— D£PDTT CLEHE OF COURTS. QQ 

Chapter 89. Chap. 82. 

An aot to amend section four of ohapter fifty -one of the Reriaed Statutes, relating to 

railroads. 

JSe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section four of chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes is 8eo.4ofch.6i, 

B. B| amended* 

hereby amended by striking out the second clause and insert- 
ing instead thereof the following : ' When a corporation, by 
its first location 9 fails to acquire the land actually embraced 
in its roadway, or the location as recorded is defective or 
uncertain, it may at any time correct and perfect its location 
and file a new description thereof; and in such case shall be 
liable for damages, by reason of such new or amended loca- 
tion, only for land embraced therein for which the owner had 
not previously been paid/ So that the first two clauses of 
said section as amended shall read as follows : 

*Seot. 4. The railroad is to be located within the time Loeationtobe 
and substantially according to the description in the charter ; ed. 
and the location is to be filed with the county commissioners, 
approved by them and recorded. When a corporation, by 
its first location, fails to acquire the land actually embraced Bemedy for de. 

1 1 • 1 i» feotlTC location, 

in its roadway, or the location as recorded is defective or un- ^ Mawuty for 

"^ ' ' damages. 

certain, it may, at any time, correct and perfect its location, 
and file a new description thereof; and in such case shall be 
liable for damages, by reason of such new or amended loca- 
tion, only for land embraced therein for which the owner had 
not previously been paid.' 

Approved March 16, 1881. 



Chapter 83. 

An act eonoeming the salary of the Deputy Clerk of Courts for Cumberland County. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The salary of the deputy clerk of courts for aauryof deputy 
Cumberland county, shall hereafter be twelve hundred dol- Sn?wUtS° 
lars per annum, instead of one thousand dollars per annum 
as now provided by law, and shall be payable by the county 
treasurer of Cumberland county, in quarterly payments, on 



r^Q MORTGAGES OF REAL ESTATE. 

Chap. 84. the first day of January, April, July and October of each 
year. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

This Act was presentod to tho Governor the 10th daj of March, 1881, and was re- 
tained by him for the period of five days — randaj not ineluded — when it was 
forwarded to the offioe of tho Sooretary of State, without approval. 



8ec. 2, eh. 90, 
K. 8., amended. 



Mortgagee may 
ent«r before or 
alter breach, on- 
leas otbenrise 
agreed. 



Sec. 8, amended. 



Modes of obtain- 
ing possession. 



Chapter 84. 

An act relating to mortgages of real estate and actions thereon. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepresentcUives 
in Legislature assembled y as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section two of chapter ninety of the revised 
statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word 
"before," in the second line, the words *or after;' by omit- 
ting the words " of the mortgage^" in the third line ; by 
striking out the words " debt is afterwards paid or the mort- 
gage redeemed," in the fourth and fifth lines, and inserting in 
place thereof the words ^ mortgage is afterwards redeemed ;' 
and by striking out the words *' the entry," in the sixth line, 
and inserting in their place the words * taking possession,' so 
that said section as amended shall read as follows : 

*Segt. 2. Any mortgagee, or person claiming under him, 
may enter on the premises, or recover possession thereof, 
before or after breach of condition, when there is no agree- 
ment to the contrary ; but in such case, if the mortgage is 
afterwards redeemed, the amount of the clear rents and 
profits from the time of taking possession, shall be accounted 
for and deducted from the sum due on the mortgage.' 

Sect. 2. The first specification in section three of the 
same chapter is hereby amended by striking out the words 
" commence an action at law and," in the first line ; and by 
striking out the word "the," in the second line, and inserting 
in place thereof the words * a conditional ;' and by striking 
out the words "in the action," in the second line, so that said 
specification as amended shall read as follows : 

* JPirst : He may obtain possession under a writ of posses- 
sion issued on a conditional judgment, as provided in the 
eighth section, duly executed by an ofiicer. An abstract of 
such writ, stating the time of obtaining possession, certified 



RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. 7 J 

by the clerk, shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of the Chap. 85. 
district iu which the estate is, within thirty days after pos- 
session obtained.' 

Sect. 3. Section seven of the same chapter is hereby see. 7, amended 
amended by striking out the words " the possession of the 
premises for breach of the condition of the mortgage," in the 
fifth and sixth lines, and inserting instead thereof the words 

* possession, and that the condition was broken when the 
action was commenced;' also by striking out the words 
^ hereinafter mentioned," in the seventh line ; also by striking 
out the last two lines and inserting -instead thereof the words 

* or that the owner of the mortgage proceeded for foreclosure, 
conformably to sections five and six, before the suit was com- 
menced, the plaintiff not consenting to such judgment ; and 
unless such judgment be awarded, judgment shall be entered 
as at common law ;' so that said section as amended shall read 
as follows : 

'Sect. 7. The mort^^afifee, or person claiming under him, Formordfciaring 
in an action for possession, may declare on his own seizin, in JIJJJJJ*^" *^^ 
a writ of entry without naming the mortgage or assignment ; 
and if it appears on default, demurrer, verdict or otherwise, 
that the plaintiff is entitled to possession, and that the con- 
dition was broken when the action was commenced, the court 
shall, on motion of either party, award the conditional judg- 
ment, unless it appears that the tenant is not the mortgager 
or a person claiming under him, or that the owner of the 
mortgage proceeded for foreclosure conformably to sections 
five and six before the suit was commenced, the plaintiff not 
consenting to such judgment ; and unless such judgment be 
awarded, judgment shall be entered as at common law.' 

ApproTed Maroh 16, 1881. 



Chapter 8S, 

An act to prevent Railroad Acoidentfl. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentatives 
in Legislature assefiMed^ as follows : 

Any person, other than a servant or employe of the road, Pnnwiinentfor 

•' * getting apon or 

or a passenger holding a ticket for a passage over the road, {^n^^h'^^i'n*'* 
or mail agents or expressmen, who shall get upon or leave any ^"^"^ 



70 S. J. COURT, OXFORD 00.-^X)NaRB3SI0NAL VACANCIES. 

Cttap. 86. steiiDi eugiiie, tender, or car at any place outside of a railroad 

station, while such engine, tender or car is in motion, shall 
be punished by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or 
by a fine not exceeding ten dollars. The provisions of this 
act shall not affect the liability of any railroad corporation 
for injuries or damages caused by the fault or negligence of 
the corporation or its servants. 

ApproT«d March 17, 1881. 



Luibility of 
c<r|N»raUoDi not 
affected. 



Term of oonrt 
abollihcd. 



Chapter 86. 

An aoi to abolish the Deoember term of the Sopreme Judicial Court In the Coontj of 

Oxford. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

The term of the supreme judicial court, now required by 
law to be held in the county of Oxford on the first Tuesday 
of December annually, is hereby abolished. 

ApproTed March 17, 1881. 



Governor to lirae 
pMclamatlon for 
electi'iQ to fill 
congreMiooal 
racancy. 



Clerks of towiw 
to deposit retomi 
fn post offioe 
directed to 
tary of state. 



Chapter 87. 

An act relating to Congressional Taeanciee. 

jBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the represen- 
tation of this state in the national house of representatives, 
the governor, having knowledge in any manner of such 
vacancy, shall issue his proclamation for an election to fill 
such vacancy. In case congress is in session when such 
vacancy occurs, this proclamation shall be issued forthwith, 
and in case congress is not in session when such vacancy 
occurs, such proclamation shall issue in season to secure rep- 
resentation at the next called or regular session of congress. 

Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the clerk of each town, 
within twenty-four hours after the close of the polls, to de- 
posit the returns of the votes cast at such special election. 



DAMAGE FOR FLOWAGE. rj^ 

post paid, directed to the secretary of state, to be transmit- Chap. 88. 
ted by mail. The ffoveraor and council shall meet seven caovaMofre- 

** ^ turns, declaration 

days after such election, and open and canvass such returns, ?iueSf«rtuioate 
and declare the result. The governor and council shall re- *>^«^*«'*°°- 
ceive certified copies of the record of any town in case the 
return fronj such town is lost, or is not received by the secre- 
tary of state. The governor shall immediately issue a 
certificate of election to such person as is thus declared to 
have received a plurality of votes. 

ApproTod Maroh 17, 1881. 



Chapter 88. 

An sot to amend section nine of chapter ninetj-tiro of the ReTised|8tatiite8, relating 

to damage for flowage. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Sect. 1. Section nine of chapter ninety-two of the revised 8ec.9,ch.w, 

. R. A., ameoded. 

statutes, IS hereby amended, by adding at the end thereof the 
following words : 'And said commissioners shall also ascer- 
tain, determine and report what sum in gross would be a just commiMioncra to 

•^ det4fnntue dama- 

and reasonable compensation for all the damages, if any, g<»in»roa»- 
occasioned by the use of such dam, and for the right of main- 
taining and using the same forever, estimated according to 
the height of the dam and flash-boards as then existing ; and 
if within ten days after said report is presented to the court, 
the owners of said dam or mills shall elect to pay the dama- 
ges in gross, the court, where the judgment is entered, shall 
fix the time in which said damages shall be paid, and if not iroiraendoDot 

elect to paXt 

paid within that time, the owners of the dam or mills shall anna»i damaget 

^ ' Bhall stand at the 

lose all benefit of their election, and the annual damages Jn^snenkofihe 
shall stand as the judgment of the court, and except as herein 
provided, all proceedings shall be in conformity with the 
other provisions of said chapter.* 

Sect. 2. If the damages in gross are paid within the time irdamageflin 
fixed, the judgment shall be a bar to an}'' further complaint iSIdgme^ttobe 

bar to farther 

SO lonff as the dam and flash-boards remain at the same height, complaln^ unien 

<=* ^ ^ change in dam. 

but if thereafter either is raised, a new complaint may be 
made by the owner of the lands flowed for any additional 



74 BALE OF OIDBR.— PROBATB OOtJRTS. 

Chap. 89. damages caused thereby, and the proceedings in said new 

complaint shall be as hereinbefore prescribed. 
owoenmay Segt. 3. In anv casc where annual damages have been 

apply to have " ^ 

dunagM asaened determined by a judgment of the court, the owners of the 

dam or mills, may apply to the court by a new complaint, to 
have the damages assessed in gross, and commissioners may 

-prooeediogB. \^q appointed as in other cases, and ascertain, determine and 
report the damages in gross, and like proceedings shall then 
be had as are provided in sections one and two of this act. 

Approved Mftreh 17, 1881. 



Chapter 89« 

An tot expIaoAtory of section twentj-flve of oliapter tweotj-MTen of the BeTiaed 
StatateSy ae amended bj eeotion three of chapter two hondred and forty-seTcn of 
the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty, in relation to the sale of cider. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Mepresentaiives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 
The provisions of section twenty-five of chapter twenty- 
II.B. not to apply geven of the revised statutes as amended by section three of 

to cider, onlets ■' 

■oidforabever- chapter two huudrcd and forty -seven of the public laws of 

eighteen hundred and eighty, shall not apply to the sale of 
unadulterated cider, when sold in quantities of less than five 
gallons, unless the same is sold to be used as a beverage or 
for tippling purposes. 

Approred March 17, 1881. 



Proviiloni of 
sec 25, eh. 27, 



Chapter 90. 

An act relating to proceedings and appeals in Probate Courts. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature a^sembled^ as follows : 
penons claiming Any pcrson claiming under an heir at law shall have the 

Qoder heir, to 

!»▼««"« rights game rights in all proceedings in probate courts, including 

rights of appeal, that the heir may have. 

Approved Mftroh 17, 1881. 



TAXATION OF RAILROADS. 75 

Chapter 91. Chap. 91. 

An act relating to the Taxation of Railroads. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. The buildings of every railroad corporation or Bandings of raii- 
association, whether within or without the located right of I'^^'^t?*^.!*"'^ 

' D tlon by oltlee and 

way, and its lands and fixtures outside of its located right of *®'^»- 
way, shall be subject to taxation by the several cities and 
towns in which such buildings, land and fixtures may be 
situated, as other property is taxed therein. 

Sect. 2. Every corporation, person or association, oper- corporationi or 

•^ * * persons operating 

ating any railroad in this state, shall pay to the state treasurer, [^"^^^SJ^S, 
for the use of the state, an annual excise tax, for the privi- 
lege of exercising its franchises in this state, which, with the 
tax provided for in section one, shall be in lieu of all taxes 
upon such railroad, its property and stock. There shall be 
apportioned and paid by the state from the taxes received state to pay cities 

**^ ^ •' and towns 1 per 



under the provisions of this act, to the several cities and S^diS^^iddUes 



P«r 

K 
I 

towns, in which on the first day of April in each year, is »'«**^~- 
held railroad stock hereby exempted from other taxation, an 
amount equal to one per centum on the value of such stock 
on that day, as determined by the goverpor and council ; 
provided, however, that the total amount thus apportioned on Proriio. 
account of any railroad shall not exceed the sum received by 
the state as tax on account of such railroad. 

Sect. 3. The amount of such tax shall be ascertained as Amount or tax, 

how ascertained. 

follows : the amount of the gross transportation receipts as 
returned to the railroad commissioners lor the year ending on 
the thirtieth day of September next preceding the levying 
of such tax, shall be divided by the number of miles of rail- 
road operated to ascertain the average gross receipts per * 
mile ; when such average receipts per mile shall not exceed 
twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars, the tax shall be equal 
to one-quarter of one per centum of the gross transportation 
receipts ; when the average receipts per mile exceed twenty- 
two hundred and fifty dollars and do not exceed three thousand 
dollars, the tax shall be equal to one-half of one per centum 
of the gross receipts ; and so on increasing the rate of the 
tax one-quarter of one per centum for each additional seven 
hundred and fifty dollars of average gross receipts per mile 
or fractional part thereof, provided, the rate shall in no event ptotJso. 



76 TAXATION OF BAILR0AD8. 

Chap. 91. exceed three and oDe-quarter per centum. When a railroad 

lies partly within and partly without this state, or is operated 
as a part of a line or system extending beyond this state, the 
tax shall be equal to the same proportion of the gross receipts 
in this state, as herein provided, and its amount determined 
as follows : the gross transportation receipts of such railroad, 
line or system, as the case may be, over its whole extent, 
within and without the state, shall be divided by the total 
number of miles operated to obtain the average gross receipts 
per mile, and the gross receipts in this state shall be taken 
to be the average gross receipts per mile, multiplied by the 
number of miles operated within this state. 

Tax tob« deter- Sect. 4. The govcrnor and council, on or before the first 

nloed ftDo re ^^ 

SS?irtiSm^ho ^^y ^^ April in eiush year, shall determine the amount of 
w^mSSiM, su<^h ^^9 And rcpoil; the same to the state treasurer, who 

shall forthwith give notice thereof to the corporation, person 
or association, upon which the tax is levied. 
Tftz|Mj»bi«in Sect. 5. Said tax shall be due and payable, one-half 

JoJj Aod October. « •/ 

thereof on the first day of July next after the levy is made, 
and the other half on the first day of October following. . If 
any party fails to pay the tax, as herein required, the state 

TreMurertoen- treasurer may proceed to collect the same, with interest, at 

the rate of ten per cent, per annum, by an action of debt, in 

F*..****^*"*"^ the name of the state. Said tax shall be a lieu on the rail- 

road operated, and take precedence of all other liens and 
incumbrances. 

Af gvioTwi pw- Sect. 6. Any corporation, person or association affffrieved 

tl«t may upply */ i » r •'oo 

Md*to'«uIe°Jf ^y ^^® action of the governor and council in determining the 
gnmid."*^*** tax, through error or mistake in calculating the same, may 

apply for an abatement of any such excessive tax within the 
year for which such tax is assessed, and if, upon re-hearing 
and re-examination, the tax appears to be excessive through 
such error or mistake, the governor and council may there- 
upon abate such excess, and the amount so abated shall be de- 
ducted from any tax due and unpaid, upon the railroad upon 
which the excessive tax was assessed ; or, if there is no such 
unpaid tax, the governor shall draw his warrant for the 
abatement, to be paid from any money in the treasury not 
otherwise appropriated. 
miurte^iMoired Sect. 7. If the rctums now required by law, in relation 
ubiloMn. **"' to railroads, shall be found insufficient to furnish the basis 



FEES OF INSPECTOKS OP LIME. fjij 

upon which the tax is to be levied, it shall be the duty of Chap. 92. 
the railroad commissioners to require such additional facts in 
the returns as may be found necessary ; and, until such re- 
turns shall be required, or, in default of such returns when 
required, the governor and council shall act upon the best 
information they may be able to obtain. The railroad 
commissioners shall have access to the books of railroad commiwionen to 

nave aooen to 

companies, to ascertain if the required returns are correctly JSSlli^!^^"** 

made ; and any railroad corporation, association, or person 

operating any railroad in this state, which shall refuse or 

neglect to make the returns required by law, or to exhibit to 

the railroad commissioners their books for the purposes 

aforesaid, or shall make returns which the president, clerk, 

treasurer, or other person certifying to such returns knows Penalty for reft«. 

Ing to mako ro- 

to be false, shall forfeit a sum not less than one thousand tunu or making 

false ones. 

dollars, nor more than ten thousand dollars, to be recovered 
by indictment, or by an action of debt in any county into 
which the railroad operated may extend. 

Sect. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this inconsistent aett 
act, are hereby repealed, except j\& to all taxes heretofore 
assessed, and this act takes elSTect when approved. 

Approved March 17, 1881. 



Chapter 03. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the Puhlio Lnws of eighteen 
handrod and eighty, regulating the fees of Inspectors of lime and lime caslis, and 
their deputies. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepresentativea 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section one of chapter one hundred seventy-nine of the 8ec.i,ch.i79, 
public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty is hereby »m«nded. 
amended by striking out the words ''one*half,'' in the second 
line, and inserting the words 'one-eighth of one ;' also in the 
fourth line by striking out the words "one-half," and insert- 
ing the words ' one-eighth of one,' instead thereof, so that 
said section as amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 1. The fees of inspectors of lime and lime casks, Fewofinsjectort 

^ of lime and lime 

and their deputies, shall be one-eighth of one mill for each ***^*- 



yg PROMOTION OF MBDICAL 8CIBNCB. 

Chap. 93. cask inspected and branded, and each inspector shall receive 
from his deputy the one-eighth of one mill for each cask 
inspected and branded by the deputy.' 

Approved Maroh 17, 1881. 



Chapter OS* 

An aot for the promotion of Medical Soienoe. 

Be it enacted by the JSenate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Penalty for hav- Sect. 1. Whocver wiUfully and knowiiiffly shall bavc iu 

log lltegal poMfi •^ ^ '' 

iSS^oaTpii^*'' his possession, for anatomical purposes, the body or any part 
'^'^*^' thereof, of any person dying within this state, unless the 

same shall be obtained in the manner provided by section two 
of chapter thirteen of the revised statutes, or in the manner 
provided by this act, shall be punished by imprisonment of 
• not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding three 
thousand dollars. 
Bodymajbe Sect. 2. If auv pei'sou, a resident of this state, requests 

delivered to phy- J r t » ^ 

d(MlS'if'**^'r«on ^^ consents during his life that his body may be delivered to 
lift."*"*" *'*'^°' a regular physician or surgeon, for the advancement of 

anatomical science, after his death, it may be used for that 
purpose, unless some kindred or family connection makes 
objection, 
uncuiroed bodies Sect. 3. The body of any person dying in this state, 

to be subject to •; '^ ^ . 

useof mediMi which shall uot be claimed, reasonable notice beino^ ffiven for 

school of Maine. ' o => 

bui'ial by the family or next of kin of such person, shall be 
subject to the use of the medical school of Maine, for anatom- 
ical purposes, as hereinafter provided, and if, at any time 
said school shall receive a greater number of bodies than it 
needs for the instruction of its students, it shall be authorized 
to deliver the excess to any regular physician or surgeon, for 
the same purpose, in this state. 
Municipal offl- Sect. 4. Pcrsons having: the care of such bodies shall 

cers to notify and ^ 

offiiiS Sr'JSo^i. f'orthwith notify the municipal officers of the town in which 

such bodies are, and upon the reception of such notice the 
municipal officers of such town shall immediately notify, by 
mail or otherwise, the officers of the medical school of Maine, 
and such notice shall state the age and sex of the deceased, 



PROMOTION OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. 79 

and the cause of death, if known, on request of the officers Chap. 9 4. 
of said school, if made within two days after receiving such 
notice, said municipal officers shall deliver such bodies to such 
officers, or to any regular physician or surgeon by them des- 
ignated to receive the same ; but before receiving any such 
body, said medical school, physician or surgeon, shall give 
bond to the treasurer of such town, as provided in section Bondtobcgwcn. 
two of chapter thirteen of the revised statutes. Any person 
who shall knowins^ly violate the provisions of this section shall PenRity for 

9 'f ^ ^ violation. 

forfeit the sum of thirty dollars, to be recovered by an action 
of debt, one-half to the use of the prosecutor, and one-half 
to the use of said medical school of Maine. 

Sectt. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith inconsistent acto 

^ repealed. 

are hereby repealed. 

Approved March 17, 1881. 



Chapter 04. 

An act additional to an act entitled, 'Mn act for the promotion of Medical Science. 

J3e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 



ii 



Sect. 1. Whenever the body of any person dying in this secretary or Me. 

Ill -Ail • *»i /*» i*i medical school to 

state, shall come into tjie possession ot the omcers of the preserve de«d 

^ bodies without 

medical school of Maine, under the provisions of an act en- dis^wtion for » 

*^ days. 

titled, "An act for the promotion of Medical Science," it 
shall be the duty of the secretary of the faculty of said 
school, to cause such body to be embalmed without delay, and 
preserved without dissection for thiily days. And in case 
the name of said subject is unknown, the same shall be iden- Mentincation to 

be recorded. 

tified by a sufficient description, which shall be recorded by 
the secretary, in a book kept for that purpose, and which 
shall be open to public inspection. 
Sect. 2. Any of the family or next of kin of such sub- subject may be 

, cisimed for burial 

ject, may claim said subject for burial within said thirty daj's, withintime. 
and the same shall be delivered to them for said purpose on 
demand. 

Sect. 3. Any violation of the provisions of this act. Penalty for 

Tiolatloo. 

shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand 
dollars. 

Approved March 17, 1881. 



80 

Chap. 95. 



See. 3, ch. 126. 
public Uwi 1870, 
amended. 



Clerk hin In 
department of 
state. 



CLERKS IK SECRBTARY OF 8TATB*S OFFICK.— NORMAL SCHOOLS. 

Chapter 09. 

An sot to amend bo mnoh of seoiion two, chapter one hundred and twenty-flre of the 
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and soTentj-nine, as relates to olerk hire in the 
Secretary of State's Department. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaiives 
in Legislature assernbled^ as follows : 

The last sentence of clause two, section two, chapter one 
hundred and twenty-five, public laws of eighteen hundred 
and seventy-nine, relating to compensation for clerk hire in 
the department of the secretary of state, is hereby amended 
by striking out the word " ten " where it occurs in said sen- 
tence, and inserting instead thereof, the word 'eighteen,* so 
that it shall read as follows : 

' The clerk hire in the department of state, a sum of money 
not to exceed the sum of eighteen hundred dollars per 
annum.' • 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



Ch. 140, public 
laws 1870, 
amended. 



Annual appro- 
priation for sup- 
port of normal 
scho<^. 



Chapter 96. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty of the I'ubUo Laws of eighteen hnn- 

dred and scTenty-nine, relating to Normal Schools. 

Be it enacted hy tJie Senate and House of JRepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled j as follows : 

Chapter one hundred and forty of the public laws of 
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby amended, by 
striking out the words " eighteen thousand," wherever occur- 
ring in said , chapter, and substituting therefor the words 
^nineteen thousand,' so that said chapter as amended shall 
read as follows : 

'Section one of chapter sixty-nine is hereby amended, by 
striking out the words " twenty-two thousand five hundred," 
in the fifth line, and inserting the words ' nineteen thousand.' 
Section two of said chapter is amended by striking out the 
words "twenty-two thousand five hundred," in the fourth 
line, and inserting the words 'nineteen thousand,' so that 
said sections shall read as follows : 

Sect. 1. That for the support of the three normal schools 
established by the state, namely : the western normal school 
at Farmington, the eastern normal school at Castine, and the 



PARTITION PBNCBS. g| 

western normal school at Gorham, the sum of nineteen thou- Chap . 97. 
sand dollars is hereby annually appropriated, the same to be 
expended under the direction of the normal school trustees, Hoirexi>endcsi. 
as required by act of legislature, chapter one hundred and 
fourteen, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and seventy-three. 

*Sect. 2. The treasurer of state is hereby authorized and • Treasurer of ptMc 

directed to di durt 

directed to deduct from any of the school moneys raised for ^romschooi 
the support of common schools in the state, the sura of nine- 
teen thousand dollars, for the purposes indicated in this act.' 

ApproFod March 18, 1 88 1. 



Chapter 07. 

Ad aet to amend seetion thirteen of chapter twenty-two of the Revised Statutes, 

relating to Partition Fences. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section thirteen of chapter twenty-two of the 8ec.i3,ch.22, 

* . "^ E. S, aaaendcd. 

revised statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto the fol- 
lowing : 'But all partition fences divided by parol agreement, 
and actually built in pursuance of such agreement, including 
fences so built heretofore, shall be deemed legnl fences as if 
divided by fence view(Brs or written agreement; and the 
adjoining owners shall support their respective portions of 
fence, under such agreement, until otherwise ordered by the 
fence viewers on application to them by either party. And 
when a party shall have constructed his part of a fence in 
pursuance of a parol or written agreement or assignment of 
fence viewers, no assignment shall thereafter be made by^ 
fence viewers, depriving such party of the full value of such 
fence or any part thereof,' so that said section as amended 
shall read as follows : 
*Sect. 13. When a fence between owners of improved Diviiion offences, 

*■ when binding. 

lands is divided either by fence viewers, or by the -written 
agreement of the parties recorded in the town clerk's office, 
where the land lies, the owners shall erect and support it 
accordingly; but if any person lays his lands common, and 
determines not to improve any part of them, adjoining such 
fence, and gives six months' notice to all occupants of adjoiu- 

6 



\ 



Q2 AGRICULTURAL PKODUCXIONS. 

Ch ap. 98. ing lands, he shall not be required to maintain such fence 

while his laud so lies common and unimproved. But all par- 
tition fences divided by pai-ol agi*eement and actually built in 
pursuance of such agreement » including fences so built here- 
tofore, shall be deemed legal fences as if divided by fence 
viewers or written agreement, and the adjoining owners shall 
support their respective portions of fence under such agree- 
ment, until otherwise ordered by the fence viewers, on 
application to them by either jiarty. And when a i>arty shall 
have constructed his part of a fence in pursuance of a parol 
or written agreement or assignment of fence viewers, no 
assignment shall thereafter be made by fence viewers, depriv- 
ing such party of the full valiie of such fence or any part 
thereof.* 

Approred Mtrob 18, 1881. 



Chapter 98. 

An act to repeal seoiion fifty -three, chapter tiro hundred and tirentj-foar of the Pab- 
lie Laws of eighteen hundred and Bereniy-fonr, relatinff to the mspeotion and sale 
of Agricultural Productions. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 
8«c. 53, ch. 224, Scction fifty-thrce of chapter two hundred and twenty-four 

public Iair« 1874, «, ii*i /»•« iti i 4» • 

repealed. of the public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is 

hereby repealed. 

ApproYcd March 18, ISSl. 



r 

PEIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS 



OFTHB 



STATE OF MAINE 



1881. 



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PEIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS 



or TBI 



STATE OF MAINE. 



1881. 



Chapter 1. 

An act to inoorporato the Ooean Park Atsooiation. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Oren B. Cheney, Silas W. Cook, Charles F. corporators. 
Penney, Benjamin F. Haley, Benjamin F. Hayes, Payson 
Tucker, James T. Furber, Ethnan W. Porter, Isaac D. 
Stewart, Hollis K. Clark, Rufus Deering, Harrison F. Wood, 
Obadiah Durgin, Levi W. Stone, Hiram Knowlton, Abial M. 
Jones, Lindley M. Webb, George S. Ricker, Edward P. 
Prescott, Aura L. Gerrish, John Malvern, William M. Dow, 
William H. Smith, Benjamin C. Jordan, Charles Bridge, 
Isaac B. Piper, Jesse C. Connor, George E. Smith, Calvin 
F. Bonney, James Walker, Asa C. Russell, David H. Var- 
num, Oliver 6. Clason, their associates, and successors, are 
hereby created a corporation under the name of the Ocean corporate name. 
Park Association. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may take and hold, for the May take, houi 

* "^ and convey real 

objects of their association, by purchase, bequest, gift or ^^jj^"°"** 
otherwise, real and personal estate, the annual income of 
which shall not exceed five thousand dollars, with power to sell 
and convey the same. Such estate shall be held for benevo- 
lent purposes, the primary object being to establish a place of Purpoiea. 
summer resort for holding religious, educational and other 



4 
Chap. 2. 



Membership and 
quorum. 



By-lain. 



Oflicerf 



Datlei and 
powers. 



First meeting, 
how called. 



Charter, why 
granted. 



DTER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 

meetings at Old Orchard Beach, in Saco, in the county of 
York. 

Sect. 3. The number of members of said corporation 
shall not exceed seventy-five, nor be less than twenty-five, 
fifteen of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
of business. The corporation may provide in its by-laws for 
filling vacancies, electing additional members, and declaring 
membership forfeited for failure to attend the meetings of the 
corporation. 

Sect. 4. The officers of the corporation shall consist of 
a president, secretary, treasurer, and a board of directors of 
eleven members, of which the president, secretary and treas- 
urer shall ex officio be three, to be elected annually, but to 
hold office until others are elected in their stead. The offi- 
cers shall perform such duties as may be prescribed in the 
by-laws. The directors shall exercise the powers of the 
corporation, except as otherwise provided in the laws of the 
State, this charter or the by-laws. 

Sect. 5. The first three persons named in this act, or any 
two of them may call the first meeting by mailing to each 
corporator a notice of the time and place thereof, at least 
seven days before the time of holding said meeting. 

Sect. 6. This charter is granted because the objects of 
the corporation cannot otherwise be attained. 

Sect. 7. This act shall take eflTect when approved. 

Approyed Janaarj 24, 1881. 



Chapter 3. 

An act to incorporate the Dyer Library Aasooiation. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Corporators. Sect. 1. Johu C. Bradbury, Edward Eastman, Ira H. 

Foss, Hampden Fairfield, George A. Emery, John T. G. 
Nichols, Cornelius Sweetser, J. W. Hobson, and John Chad- 
wick, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name 

Corporate name, of the Dyer Library Association. 

To have seal Sect. 2. Said associatiou shall have a common seal, and 

and hold property ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ pcrsoual property to the amount of one 

hundred thousand dollars. 



MOUNT DBSERT RBADING ROOM. 5 

Sectt. 3. Said association shall consist of not less than Chap. 3. 
seven, nor more than nine members, all of whom shall be Membershiii. 
citizens of Saco. Any vacancies in the membership shall be 
filled by the remaining members by ballot, a two-thirds vote 
of all members being requisite to a choice. ' 

Sect. 4. Said association shall, as soon as practicable, A«oc5atinn shaii 

esUbtlah aiiil 

establish and conduct a library, which shall be forever free to f«n'i«tfree 

•^ ' library. 

the citizens of Saco, under such rejisonable rules and regula- 
tions as they may adopt. No member shall receive any 
compensation for his services unless he be librarian. 

Sect. 5. Said association may make such by-laws, and bj-uw* may be 

•^ '^ esUblitiied. 

such rules and regulations relative to the conduct of the 
library to be established by them, not inconsistent with this 
charter and the laws of the state, as they may deem expedi- 
ent; and in pursuance thereto may levy and collect fines for 
the injury, destruction, detention, and loss of books, and 
other property of the association, against the persons causing 
the same, and in case of minors, their parents and guardians. 

Sect. 6. The first meeting of the association shall be Kust meeting, 

^ ^ ^ hoir Ciiiled. 

called by the first named corporator, by written notices mailed 
to each corporator seven days at least before the time ap- 
pointed for said meeting. 

Sect. 7. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approrcd January 25, 18S1. 



Chapter S. 

An aet to iDCorporate the Moont Desert Keading*Hoom, at Bar Harbor, In the town 

of Eden, Haneock County. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ^ 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows \ 

Sect. 1. DcGrasse Fox, Edward Coles, Samuel E. Lyon, corpoiators. 
Gouverneur M. Ogden, Gardner Sherman, Junior, Charles 
T. How, Henry Sayles, Hasket Derby, Eugene Hale and - 
Lucilius A. Emery, and such other persons as they may 
associate with themselves for the purpose, are hereby incor- 
porated into a corporation by the name of the Mount Desert co-porate name 
Keading-Room, for the purpose of establishing and maintain- 
ing a reading-room at Bar Harbor, in the town of Eden, r«n>f«e». 
Hancock County, and for the promotion of literary and social 



6 

Chap. 4. 



May take, hold 
nnd* conrtj 
l)r,)perty. 



Capital stock. 



By -lain. 



Property intject 
to tazatloD. 



CALAIS BANK. 

culture and intercourse among its members, and with all the 
powers, privileges and immunities conferred by, and subject 
to all the obligations imposed by, the general laws of the 
state, upon corporations, except so far as they are modified 
by this act. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may take, by gift, devise or 
purchase, and hold and convey, real and personal estate to 
an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation may fix the amount of its 
capital stock, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and divide 
the same into shares, and, by suitable by-laws, may prescribe 
the terms and conditions on which said shares shall be issued 
and held and transferred, and abo the terms and conditions 
of membership in said corporation. 

Sect. 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as exempt- 
ing the property of said corpomtion from taxation, and such 
property shall be and remain subject to taxation. 

Approved Jannary 25, 1881. 



Corporate exlet • 
oi>o« and powers 
Tc\ tved for cer- 
tain purpoMS. 



Chapter 4. 

An act to revive the Charter of the Calais Bank for certain purposes. 

JBe it enacted by the Seiiate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The existence of the corporation heretofore 
known as the president, directors and company of the Calais 
Bank, located in the town of Calais, in this state, is hereby 
revived and continued for the purpose of enabling said cor- 
poration, by a majority of the surviving directors of said 
bank at the time when the same became an association for 
carrying on the business of hanking, under the laws of the 
United States, to execute a good and sufficient deed to the 
Calais National Bank, of any real estate or interests therein 
of said Calais Bank, and for no other purposes whatsoever. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved January 28, 1881. 



OCEAX STREET RAILROAD.— BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE. rj 

Chapter S. Chap. 5. 

An act to amend an act entitled " An act to ineorporate the Ooean Street Railroad 
Company," approved March four, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hun- 
dred and eighty. 

jBe it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1; The act entitled "An act to incorporate the see. 7, ch. 249, 

^ special Uirs 1880, 

Ocean Street Railroad Company," approved March four, in wnended. 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, 
is hereby amended by striking out the word "fifty,'' in the 
eleventh line of section seven of said act, and inserting the 
word 'twenty-five' in place of said word "fifty," so that the 
said section when amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 7. Said capital stock shall be divided into shares capital nook. 
of twenty-five dollars each.' 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved January 28, 1881. 



Chapter 6. 

An act to authorise the sale of the Old Baptist Meeting-House in Mount Vernon. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The pew-holders of the old Baptist meeting- Pew-howerB au- 

. T.i t* '%r -rr i t thori«ed to con- 

house, situated in the town of Mount Vernon, on the road, rey their interwt. 
leading from Mount Vernon villi^e to Readfield, and near the 
dwelling-house of B. C. Robinson, are hereby empowered to 
sell and convey all the interest of said pew-holders in said 
house and lot, both real and personal. 

Sect. 2. Joseph Hopkins, Joseph Blake, Elisha C. Car- Mwungmaybe 

*^ '^ *^ called and tale 

son, or either of them, are hereby authorized and empowered *»^<>riKd. 
to call a meeting of said pew-holders at the said meeting- 
house. Said meeting is hereby authorized to appoint a 
suitable person or persons to sell and convey the property in 
said house and lot, at public or private sale, as said meeting 
shall determine. Notice of said meeting shall be posted up 
in two public and conspicuous places in said town of Mount 
Vernon, and on the outer door of said meeting-house, two 
weeks at least before said meeting. 
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod January 28, 1881. 



g AUBURN 8TRAM HBATIHG COMPANY. 

Chap. 7. Chapter 7. 

An act to inoorponte the Aubvrn Steiun UeatiDg Company. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of liepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

corporatow. Sect. 1. Edwai'd W. Gross, with his associates and suc- 

cessors, is incorporated into a body politic by the name of 

SSHSrfeiS^' the Auburn Steam Heating Company, with power to sue and 

by-uwB. y^^ sucd, to havc a common seal and to change the same, and 

to make any by-laws for the management of its affairs not 
repugnant to the laws of this state. 

capiui stock. Sect. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be ten 

thousand dollars, subject to be increased to any further 
amount at any time, and from timie to time, not exceeding 
in the whole, six hundred thousand dollars, and shall be 
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. 

Powenand Sect. 3. The company is authorized and empowered to 

parpows. M. »/ M. ^ 

manufacture at or near Roak Block on Main Street, in the 
city of Auburn, steam for heating, sufficient for domestic 
purposes in said city, including a sufficient quantity for the 
supply of hotels, shoe-shops, factories, livery stables, laun- 
dries, public buildings within said citj', and may purchase 
and hold real and personal estate necessary and convenient 
for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act ; 
said company may tax parties such reasonable sums for steam 
supplied by it as it may deem proper. 
AuthoriBecito Sect. 4. Said Company is hereby authorfzcd to lay down 

lay plpei through -.,. /•»! i i 

•treeu In Aa- aud throuffh thc strccts of said city of Auburn, and to take 

burn, etc. ° "^ 

up, replace and repair all such pipes and fixtures as may be 
necessary for the objects herein set forth, under such regular 
tions as the city council may prescribe, and shall be liable to 
pay all damages that shall be sustained by any person or cor- 
poration in their property by the taking of any land, or by 
excavating through any land for the purposes of laying down 
and repairing its pipes and fixtures ; and if any person or 
Adjufltment of Corporation sustaining damages as aforesaid, shall not agree 

with this company in the adjustment thereof, such aggrieved 
party may cause damages to be ascertained in the same man- 
ner, and under the same restrictions and limitations as are by 
law prescribed in the case of damages by the laying out ot 
highways. 



dunaget. 



EVERGREEN CBMBTERY.—TaXES, WASHINGTON CO. Q 

Sect. 5. The first meeting of the corporation may be Chap. 8. 
called by the person named in the first section of this act, l^^^!^^^' 
by posting a written notice, by him signed, at any public 
place in said Auburn, at least five days previous to the day 
of said meeting. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved January 28, 1881. 



Chapter 8. 

^n aotaddiiional to chapter two hundred and seventy-fire of the Private and Special 
Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, conferring certain powers on the city of 
Portland in relation to Evergreen Cemetery. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The citv of Portland may ordain reasonable city of Portland 

** may make bj- 

by-laws and resfulations for the government of Ever<]:reen »»*■ for govern. 
cemetery, and shall have full power and authority to impose grocn cemetery, 
and enforce penalties for the breach thereof, and for the pun- 
ishment of offenses committed in said cemetery. 

Sect. 2. All by-laws and reo:ulations heretofore ordained Former by-uwi 

" ^ and rrgulationa 

by said city of Portland for the government of Evergreen ^»'**' 
cemetery are, and shall be valid and in force ; and all penal- 
tics imposed under the same, and for the breach of the same, 
and for punishment of offenses committed in said cemetery, 
shall be enforced. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved January 31, 1881. 



Chapter 0. 

An act authorizing the county eommisBioners of the county of Washington to ro-assess 

certain Taxes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The county commissioners of the county of county comuis- 

si oners of Wash- 

Washinffton, at their next session after the passasre of this act, ingu>n aathoriaed 

^ ' 1. o to re-assess taxef. 

are hereby authorized to re-assess upon the unincorporated 
tracts and townships of land situated in said county, the 



1Q TAZBS, 80MBR8BT OOUNTY. 

Chap. 10. several amounts assessed thereon by the commissioners of said 
county, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, as their 
proportion of the ordinary county expenses of that year, and 
the taxes hereby authorized to be re-assessed shall be col- 
lected according to the provisions of law, without reference 
to the month in which they may be re-assessed. 

Sect. 2. The taxes hereby authorized to be re-assessed 
shall be certified to the treasurer of state in like manner as is 
now provided by law, and by him advertised according to 
law, within three months from the date of said re-assessment. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred February 1, 1881. 



Taxes to be certi- 
fied to treaiurer 
of itateand 
advertised. 



re-aasess taxes. 



Chapter lO. 

An tot autboriiing the oonnty oommisflionen of the oonnty of Somerset to re-aaseu 

certain Taxes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Goanty oommis- Sect. 1. The county commissioncrs of the county of 

sioDers of Somer- 

set authorised to Somcrsct, at their next session after the passive of this act, 
are hereby authorized to re-assess upon the unincorporated 
tracts and townships of land situated in said county, the sev- 
eral amounts assessed thereon by the commissioners of said 
county, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, as their 
proportion of the ordinary county expenses of that year, and 
the taxes hereby authorized to be re-assessed shall be col- 
lected according to the provisions of law, without reference 
to the month in which they may be re-assessed. 

Sect. 2. The taxes hereby authorized to be re-assessed 
shall be certified to the treasurer of state in like manner as is 
now provided by law, and by him advertised, according to 
law, within three months from the date of said re-assess- 
ment. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when-approved. 

ApproTed Febmary 1, 1881. 



Taxes to be certi- 
fied to treasurer 
of state and 
advertised. 



DAM ACROSS PBMAQUID RTVBB.^AMBBIOAN TURNING CO. 11 

Chapter 11. Chap, 11, 

An ftet to aothorite the oonBtrnotion and maintenanoe of a dam aoross the Pemaqaid 

Rirer. 

Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect, 1. Samuel Svlyester, his associates, successors and samuei syivester 

, et mis. anthorbced 

assigns, are hereby authorized to construct and maintain a ^**?2"*^°*' 
dam high enough to exclude tide waters across the Pemaquid 
river in Bristol, between land of James W, Partridge, on the 
east side, and land of Charles P. Tibbetts, on the west side 
thereof; and with the consent of the said Pattridge and Tib- 
betts to join the said dam to the shores of their said lands —purpose. 
respectively, and by means thereof to create and hold a pond 
of fresh water within the banks of the river aforesaid, and to 
maintain and continue the same for the purpose of cutting 
and housing ice for market. 

Sect. 2. The said Sylvester, his associates, successors May buud 

wharres and 

and assigns are hereby also authorized to build and maintain, p<«n* 
in tide-waters below and near said dam, joining his own 
land or lands, or lands of another or others, by the lease, 
license or consent of the owner or owners thereof, wharves, 
piers and other structures and fixtures required and suitable 
for housing, conveying and shipping ice from the said pond. 

Sect. 3. The said Sylyester, his associates, successors Exclusive 
and assigns, shall have the exclusive privilege of cutting and 
removing ice from the pond so to be creative as aforesaid, 
for sale. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take efiTect when approved. 

Approred February 1, 1881. 



Chapter I9r 

An aot to facilitate the oonsolidation of the Maine Turning Company and the Inter- 
national Turning Company. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Henry M. Payson, George S. Hunt, William oorporaton. 
R. Wood, John A. Emery, Daniel H. Bacon, Frank E. 
Thompson, Frank C. Payson, H. G. Briggs, all of Portland, 
their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a 



12 

Chap. 12. 

Corpormte Dame. 
Capital stock. 



Aathoriied to 
parefaaae prop- 
erty and rights 
of certain oom- 
panles. 



Cbarten to be 
termloated. 



Poiren and 
purpoiee. 



First meetlDff, 
how called. 



AMBRICAN TURNINa OOMPANT. 

body corporate by the name of the American Turning Com* 
pany, with all the powers rights and privileges that belong to 
corporations of a similar character. 

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not 
exceed two hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided 
into shares of such an amount as may be determined by said 
corporation. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation is empowered to purchase all 
the property and rights of the Maine Turning Company, and 
of the International Turning Company, and thereupon to 
issue its stock to the stockholders of said companies, the 
stock of said companies being surrendered, in such manner 
and upon such terms as said companies shall agree. When 
such purchase shall have been made, the charters of said 
International Turning Company and of said Maine Turning 
Company shall be terminated. 

Sect. 4. This corporation shall have the power to pur- 
chase inventions relating to machines and processes for 
working in and turning wood and other materials ; to take, 
by assignment and hold letters patent granted for such inven- 
tions by the governments of the United States and foreign 
countries ; to sell and dispose of such inventions and letters 
patent and to grant rights thereunder ; to purchase, construct 
and sell machines and apparatus for working in and turning 
wood and other materials ; and to engage in the manufacture 
and sale of regular and irregular forms in wood and other 
materials, with power to purchase, take, hold and use all such 
property, whether real or personal, as may be necessary for 
the furtherance of such purposes or objects. 

Sect. 5. Any person named in this act, may call the first 
meeting of this corporation for the purpose of oipinization, 
hy giving written notice thereof to each of the other corpor- 
ators, three days at least before said meeting. 

Approred February %, 1881. 



PORTLAND AKD BOCHBSTBR RAILROAD. 23 

€bapter 13. Chap. 13. 

An act lo inoorporate the Portland and Rooheeter Railroad. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. George P. Wescott, Samuel E. Spring, Stephen corporaton. 
J. Young, Fi-ederick Fox, Harrison J. Libby, John A. 
Waterman, Nathan Webb, and William L. Putnam, their 
associates and successors, are incorporated under the name 
of the Portland and Rochester Railroad, with all the powers corporate name, 

powers and 

and rights and subject to all the liabilities and duties of rail- "aw»tt««- 
road corporations as provided by the general statutes of this 
state. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may acquire all the rights. May imrohaae or 

lease property 

property, franchises, privileges, and immunities of the Port- {."^ j[*^„'J5Jj^' 
land and Rochester Railroad Company in this state, or in the ^*»- 
state of New Hampshire, by purchase, lease, or as herein- 
after provided, or partly by one method and partly by 
others. 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not capiiai stock. 
exceed six hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of 
one hundred dollars each. Notice of reasonable, fixed times —notice of um© 

for subscripUoa. 

and places for subscription to said stock, which notice shall 
include a copy of this act, shall be given by said corporation 
by at least three several publications in one daily newspaper 
published at Boston, Massachusetts, and in one daily news- 
paper published at Portland, Maine ; and any person or 
corporation who is or may become a holder of capital stock, 
debt, or other securities of the Portland and Rochester Rail- 
road Company shall be entitled within six months from the 
last publication of said notice to subscribe for, take and hold 
80 much of said stock, either at the times and places named 
in said notice or at the office of said new corporation, as he 
will within said six months pay for in said stock, debt, or —may be paid 
other securities of said Portland and Rochester Railroad exchanged for 

boDds, of P. Jb R. 

Company in the. following proportions, viz : Fifty shares of RauroadCo. 
the capital stock of the Portland and Rochester Railroad 
Company duly transferred to said new corporation for one 
share of its capital stock. One hundred dollars of the prin- 
cipal of the floating debt of the Portland and Rochester 
Railroad Company without charge for accumulated interest 
duly transferred to said new corporation for one share of its 



1^ PORTLAND AND ROCHBSTBR RAILROAD. 

Chap. 13. capital stock. The four hundred and fifty thousand dollars 
of the bonds of the Portland and Rochester Railroad Com- 
pany with all unpaid coupons attached, secured by its 
mortgage, dated November third, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-one, duly transferred to said new corporation for 
four hundred and fifty shares of its capital stock, and in that 
proportion for any amount of said bonds and coupons less 
than the whole of the same. The three hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars of the bonds of the Portland and Rochester 
Railroad Company, with all unpaid coupons attached, secured 
by its mortgage dated November first, eighteen hundred and 
seventy, duly transferred to said new corporation for seven- 
teen hundred and fifty shares of its capital stock, and in that 
proportion for any amount of said bonds and coupons last 
named less than the whole of the same. The seven hundred 
thousand dollars of debts to, and liabilities assumed by, the 
city of Portland, with interest due thereon, secured by the 
mortgages of the Portland and Rochester Railroad Company, 
dated June twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, 
and June twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, 
under which said city of Portland advanced said seven 
hundred thousand dollars duly transferred to said new cor- 
poration for three thousand one hundred and ninety-one 
shares of its capital stock, and in that proportion for any 
amount of said last named debts and liabilities less than the 

Fractional hold- wliolc. Fractional holders shall be entitled to scrip, ex- 

ors eotltlcd to ^ « « 

icrfp. changeable on demand for stock when presented in sums equal 

RemRiDiDg stock to ouc share or multiples thereof. Stock not taken and paid 

for as above provided may be issued for not less than par in 
Corporation to cash. Any corporation created by the laws of Maine, New 

have same right i t i i j» i_ 

to hold stocic ai Hampshire or Massachusetts, or by the laws of more than 

one of said states, shall have the same right as any person to 

take and hold stock of said Portland and Rochester Railroad. 

Rights and duties Segt. 4. Said corporatiou, its stock, property, franchises 

ration. aud othcr rights shall be subject to the same public duties, 

and entitled to the same privileges as the stock, property, 
franchises and other rights of the Portland and Rochester 
Railroad Company ; and said Portland and Rochester Rail- 
road may, by vote of stockholders, lease all its railroad, 
property, franchises, privileges and rights, or either of them, 
to any other railroad corporation, provided said lease shall 



PORTLAND ASD R0CHB8TKR RAILROAD. ]^5 

secure direct payment, to every stockholder, of dividends CnAi^ 13 . 
not less than three dollars semi-annually upon each share, 
free from all deductions whatever. Whenever said new cor- 
poration shall have secured, by transfer, a majority of any when new corpo- 

ration teeures 

class of stock, bonds or debt of said Portland and Rochester p^wuy of stock, 

bonds and <Wbu 

Railroad Company, and deems it necessary, in order to obtain ?/ ^y'arilnnn 
a quiet title to the railroad and appurtenances, property, SdlppraJifllf^ 
rights, franchises and privileges of said Portland and Roch- aoqd^°^ 
ester Railroad Company, it may file a hill in equity in either 
county into which said railroad extends, for the taking and 
appraisal of the interest in said railroad and appurtenances, 
properly, rights, franchises and privileges held by any por- 
tion of said class of stock or debt not already acquired by it, 
upon which bill in equity issues, shall be made up summarily, 
at nisi prius, to be tried by a jur}' if claimed by either party, 
otherwise by the court, at nisi prius, and thereupon the value 
of said interest shall be determined at nisi prius, subject to 
all rights of exception and of new trials, to be taken and 
beard as in suits at common law, and the amount so awarded, 
with interest from date of award, shall be paid by said new 
corporation into court to be distributed by the court to the 
persons entitled thereto, and, upon said payment into court, 
said new corporation shall become the absolute owner of all 
said interest. Said new corporation shall make parties 
defendant to said bills in equity, the Portland and Rochester 
Railroad Company, all known holders of the class of stock 
or debt in controversy, and if said class is of mortgage bonds, 
the surviving trustees to whom the mortgage runs. But 
notice of the pending of said suit shall also be given by such Notice, how 
publication as may bo ordered by some justice of the su- 
preme judicial court, in term time or vacation, and any 
person interested in the subject matter of said suit may 
become a party defendant therein. 

Sect. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed as surren- Power or uxatton 

, ^ unil CMntrol of 

denng the power to tax the corporation hereby created, or MWature, not 
the control of the legislature over such corporation. 
Sect. 6. The first meeting of said new corporation shall be F[«t aiming, 

^ * where held. 

held at Portland, iu the county of Cumberland, in said state 
of Maine* 

Sect, 7. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Fttbiuarjr 3, 1881. 



^Q WHARYBS IN PORTLAND HARBOR.— GODFREY FALLS DAM 00. 

Chap. 14. Chapter 14. 

An aot to anthoriu the ezteniion of certain wbarres in Portland Harbor. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
At iaottc a nd gt. Sect. 1. The Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Com- 
baiidwhMw'" pany and its lessees, are hereby authorized to build and 

maintain in the waters of Portland Harbor, and in front of 
any lands now owned or leased by said parties or which may 
be hereafter purchased or leased, a wharf or wharves extend- 
ing into said waters to a distance not exceeding two hundred 
feet beyond the harbor line eastward of Gait's wharf, pro- 
vided that the consent of the harbor commissioners of 
Portland or the city council of Poilland shall first be ob- 
tained. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take eifect when approved. 

ApproTod February 4, 1881. 



Chapter IS. 

An aot to amend tbe ebarter of tbe Oodfrey Falls Dam Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 

in Legislature assernbled^ as follows : 

Act of 1873, Sect. 1. An act entitled " An act to incorporate the God- 

amended. ^ 

frey Falls Dam Company," approved February two, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- 
two, and an act entitled ^^ An act to amend the charter of the 
Godfrey Falls Dam Company,^ approved February two, in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
seventy-two, are hereby amended as follows : 
corporauon may Sect. 2. The Said Corporation may build dams and make 

build dama and ^ ■' 

Seni!"**"^^ improvements on the ponds and lakes on Shin Pond stream, 

so called, for the purpose of raising ahead of water to facili- 
tate the driving of logs down said stream and the Seboois 
river. 

Redaction of Sect. 3. Whcu said Corporation shall from tolls be reim- 

bursed for all costs, expenses and incidental charges for 
erecting and maintaining all their dams and other improve- 
ments with twelve per centum interest, the tolls shall be 



tolU. 



LITTLB ANDROSCOGGIN WATER POWER CO.— PBJBPSCOT MAN.UF. CO. jr^ 

reduced to a sum sufficient, in the opinion of the directors of Chap. 16. 
said company, to keep said dams, works and improvements 
in repair, and for protecting and preserving them. 

Sect. 4. This act may be accepted by a vote of a major- Dtreoion may 
ity of the directors of said company. m^ority vote. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 4, 1881. 



Chapter 16. 

An act to authorize the Little Androscoggin Water Power Company to increase its 

capital stock. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of MepresentcUives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Little Androscoffgin Water Power Com- utue Androwog. 

. ^^ gin Water Powtrr 

pany, organized in accordance with the provisions of chapter co. authoriwd to 
ninety-three of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and ■*^*- 
seventy, are hereby authorized to increase its capital stock to 
a sum not exceeding one million dollars, to be fixed at any 
legal meeting of the stock holders of the company, called for 
that purpose, at which meeting the acceptance and adoption 
of this act by the company shall require a majority of two- 
thirds of the stock of the company. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febmary 4, 1881. 



Chapter 17. 

An aot to incorporate the Pejepseot Manufaotnring Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Nathaniel W. Farwell, John W. Farwell and corpomtorB. 
Nahum Morrill, their associates and successors are hereby 
created a body politic and corporate by the name of the 
Pejepseot Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manu- corporate name 
facturing wood, iron, cotton, wool and flax in the eity of 
Lewiston or Auburn, with power, at some point within the 



18 
Chap. 18. 



Amount of prop- 
erty that may be 
h«ld, privileges 
and Uabllitiet. 



May be member 
of other eorpora- 

tlODt. 



FOROMBBGA SFORTSMBN'S CLUB. 

limits of said cities, near Dresser's Rips, so called, to take 
and use water from the Androscoggin river, bj such means 
and in such manner as shall be most advantageous for carry- 
ing on said business, and not inconsistent with the laws of 
this state. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal 
estate to the amount of one million dollars in value, and shall 
have all the privileges, and be subject to all the duties and 
liabilities of corporations, as defined by the laws of the 
state. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation may hold stock and be a mem- 
ber of any other corporation, with all and the same rights 
and privileges, and subject to the same duties and liabilities 
as individual stockholders ; and said Pejepscot Manufacturing 
Company may be represented, vote and act respectively at 
any meetings of any corporations in which it may hold stock 
under the provisions of this act, and on other occasions by 
such person or persons or committee as its directors may 
delegate. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Appro Fed FebraaFj 4, 1881. 



Chapter 18* 

An act to incorporate the Norombega Sportsmen's CInb. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 

in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

corporauwf. Sect. 1. Johu P. Tuckcr, Thomas White, Charles York, 

Henry N. Fairbanks, Fred T. Hall, George A. Abbot and 

Thomns Caverly, their associates, successors and assigns are 

hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the 

Corporate nnme, ntinie of the Norombeffa Sportsmen's Club, for the purpose 

powi-n. Qf aiding in the enforcement of the laws of the state for the 

protection of game ; promoting the study of natural history, 

and conducting experiments tending to increase the eflfective- 

ness of fire-arms and proficiency in their use ; with power, 

for such purposes, to take by purchase, bequest or otherwise 

and to hold and convey real and personal property to an 

amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars. 



MAINJI BPOBISMBM'fl ASSOCIATION. ^Q 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have power by that name Chap. 19. 
to prosecute and defend suits at law or in equity ; to author- '"*'*' »**^- 
ize its officers or members to enter and prosecute complaints 
against any person or persons for violating any law of the 
state for the protection of game ; and to receive all penalties 
and forfeitures that would be recoverable by any person mak- 
ing such complaints ; to have and use a common seal ; to 
adopt a code of by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of the 
state for the due and orderly management of its affairs ; and 
for the raising of money from its members by assessments 
and fines ; for the admission of new members ; for the expul** 
sion of any member for the breach of such by-laws ; and for 
such other purposes as may seem necessary. 

Sbgt. 3* The first meeting of said corporation may be rintmeeaaff, 
oalled by any one of the above corporators, by giving notice 
in writing to all the other corporators of the time and place 
of such meeting, at least one week prior to the time fixed for 
the meeting. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproYed T^hTtOLty b, 1881. 



Chapter 19. 

An aot to inoorportte the Maine Sportsmen's Assooiation. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaiivea 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

_ « 

Sect. 1. W. W. Thomas, Junior, G. C. Cobb, J. N. oorporatort. 
Martin, Warren Noyes and Frank Merrill of Portland, 
George C. Lord, Z. M. Cushmau, N. Pitts and W. H. 
Cloudman of Keunebunk, P. O. Vickery, George W. Mar- 
tin, Joseph E. Badger, W. S. Tilton, E. W. Moore and 
J. Frank Pierce of Augusta, J. B. Jones of Peaks Island, E. 
W. Cobum, C. W. Curtis, L. S. Rogers and C. H. Hebbard 
of Lewiston, Charles F. Nason, J. K. Gibbs, E. M. Leavitt, 
E. G. Heath, Charles L. Cushman and H. F. Famham of 
Auburn, J. F. Pettingill of East Auburn, John H. Neal and 
Eugene M. Hersey of Bangor, their associates, successors 
and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, 



20 
Chap. 19, 

Corixmite name 
anJ purposes. 



Maj take, hold 
and ooovey real 
estate. 



Powers and 
privileges. 



First meeting, 
how called. 



MAINB SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

by the name of the Maine Sportsmen's Association, for the 
purpose of securing the enactment of judicious and effective 
laws for the protection, at proper times, of wild game, of fur, 
fin and feather, whose fiesh affords nutritious food, and the 
pursuit of which, a healthful recreation, and also all birds that 
assist the agriculturist and horticulturist in the protection of 
their crops, by the destruction of noxious animals and insects, 
and the enforcement of all laws and ordinances for such pur- 
pose; for the re-stocking of our forests and streams with 
game, birds, animals and fish ; for the promotion of skill in 
shooting and fishing ; for mutual improvement, and the foster- 
ing of public opinion in all that relates to the preservation of 
game and song-birds, animals and fish. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation to take by purchase, bequest 
or otherwise, and to hold and convey, real and personal 
property to the amount of ten thousand dollars, for the pur- 
poses aforesaid. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have the power by that 
name to prosecute and defend suits at law and equity, to 
authorize its officers or members to enter and prosecute com- 
plaints against any person or persons for violating any law of 
the state for the protection of fish and game, and to receive 
all penalties and forfeitures that would be recoverable by any 
person making such complaints ; to adopt a constitution and 
a code of by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this state, 
for the due and orderly management of its affairs, and for the 
raising of money from its members by assessment and fines, 
for the admission of new members, for the expulsion of any 
member for the breach of such by-laws, and for such other 
purposes as may seem necessary. 

Sect. 4. The first meeting of said corporation shall be 
held at such time and place, and be called in such manner as 
any three corporators shall designate. 

Sec?t. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Pebroary 6, 1881. 



ANBURK AQUBDUei 00.-*TROtT AND LAND-LOCKBD SALMON. 21 

Chapter 30. Chap. 20. 

An aoi to inoreue the capital stock of the Aubarn Aqueduct Company. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Auburn Aqueduct Company is hereby ^^^cSt2t^ 
authorized and empowered to increase its capital stock, by JjJj2iJf*,{SJ^ 
adding thereto the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, so 
that the whole capital stock of said corporation shall amount 
to the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Sect. 2. The said corporation may acquire and hold real JS[J^^i7» 
and personal estate, necessary and convenient for fully and ®'p~p***y- 
effectually carrying out the purposes and objects of said com- 
pany, to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars, with full power to manage and dispose of 
the same. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed February 5, 1881. 



Chapter 31. 

An act for the protection of Trout and Land-Lock ed Salmon in Eennebago and 

Rangeley chain of lakes and streama. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. No person shall take, catch, kill, fish for or Taking fish in 
destroy any trout or land-locked salmon in the Kennebago, mtrioted. * 
Rangeley, Cupsuptic, Mooselucmaguntic, Mollychuukamunk 
and Welokennebacook lakes, or in the streams flowing into 
or connecting said lakes, during the months of February, 
March and April of each year. 

Sect. 2. No person shall use spawn as bait for fishing in um or certain 

bait, restricted. 

any of the waters named in the foregoing section, during the 
month of September of each year. 

Sect. 3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of Penalty for 
this act shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for the 
attempt, and one dollar for each and every trout or land- 
locked salmon so taken, caught, killed or destroyed, to be 
recovered by complaint before any trial justice, one-half to 



22 
Chap. 



P[8H IX HOBMBR'B POND.-^BBRWICK AND SOUTH BERWICK. 

22. the complainant, and one-half to the town where the com- 
plaint is made. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febnury 6, 1881. 



TakInK fish ftrom 
Hosiner*! pood| 
prohibited. 



Penalty for 
rlolatioD. 



Chapter 9S* 

Ad act for the protection of flah in UoBmer's Pond, In the town of Omiideii. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. No fish of any kind shall be taken from Hos- 
mer's pond, in the town of Camden, and county of Knox, 
with hook and line, or any other way, for the period of four 
years from the date of the approval of this act. 

Sect. 2. The penalty for the violation of this act shall be 
a fine of not more than ten dollars for each fish so taken, to 
be recovered on complaint before any trial justice in said 
county of Knox. 

Approred February 5 ^ 1881. 



Tart of Berwiek 
Mt off to South 
Benrlck. 



Pauper aettle-* 
menta, bow held. 



CoIlwtloDoftazea 
now 



Chapter 33. 

An aot to change thebonndary line between the towoa of Berwick and South Berwick. 

lie it enacted hy the Senate and House of HepresentaUives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. So much of the town of Berwick as lies south- 
erly of the northerly line of the Boston and Maine railroad as 
located and constructed before the location of the present 
extension thereof, is hereby set off from said town of Ber- 
wick and made part of the town of South Berwick. 

Sect. 2. All pauper settlements now existing or here- 
after arising by virtue of residence, upon the territory hereby 
set off, of the pauper, or some person under whom a settle- 
ment is derived, shall be held to be in South Berwick. 

Sect. 3. All officers of said Berwick shall have the same 
powers as to all taxes now assessed and unpaid, upon polls 
resident upon, or estates located within said territory, as they 
have by law as to other polls or estates within said Berwick. 



taking ellbet 



PIBOATAQITIS GAMB AKB ITIBH PROTBCTEVB SOdBTT. 23 

Sect. 4. This act shall not aifect any process now pend- Chap. 24. 
ing in any conrt. 2SS?oil3hi 

Sect. 5. This act shall be of no effect unless the inhabi- coodiuon or act 
tants of South Berwick, at the annual meeting for the current 
year, shall, by vote, agree to pay to said town of Berwick 
the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars within six months 
thereafter. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approyed February 6, 1881. 



Chapter 34. 

An act to iaoorpoisie the PiBoafeaqnis Oame and Fish Proteoliro Societj. 

JSe it enacted hy the Senate and House of liepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. John F. Spr<<)gue, Edwin R. Haynes, John C. oorporaton. 
Tripp, Fred J. Wilkins, Albert W. Chapin, Albert D. Sher- 
man, W. T. Macomber, J. D. Cushman, C. S. Pullen, C^ 
M. Coombs, Eben M. Bray, George F. Jackson of Monson, 
in the county of Piscataquis, and George A. Mathews of 
Andover, Massachusetts, and £. T. Rowell and H. A. Hil- 
dreth of Lowell, Massachusetts, with their associates and 
successors, are hereby incorporated into a body politic by the 
name of the Piscataquis Game and Fish Protective Society, corporate namo. 

Sect. 2. This corporation, for the purpose of protecting Hay take, hoid 
game and fish, by aiding in the enforcement of the laws of the ertj^"^*' **~^" 
state relating thereto, and encouraging the propagation of 
game and fish, is hereby empowered, for such purposes, to 
take, by purchase, bequest or otherwise, and to hold, trans- 
fer and convey real and personal property to the amount of 
twenty thousand dollars. 

Sbot. 3. Said corporation shall have power to prosecute powereand 
and defend suits at law and in equity, to enter and prosecute 
complaints against any person or persons for violation of any 
of the laws of the state for the protection of game or fish, 
and to recover and to receive all penalties and forfeitures 
that would be recoverable by any person or any game or fish 
warden making such complaints ; to have and use a common 
seal, and to be governed by a code of by-laws not inconsis- 
tent with the laws of the state. 



24 

Chap. 25. 

FInt meeting, 
howotUad. 



FI8H IN MBSSABBSIC POND.— ALBWIVE8 IN DENNTS SIYBB. 

Sect. 4. The first meeting of said corporation may be 
called by any three of the corporators by a notice specifying 
the time and place of such meeting, published in the Piscata- 
quis Observer, a paper published at Dover, at least one week 
prior to the time fixed for said meeting. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed Febmarj 5, 1881. 



Taking flah from 
certain wafeen, 
reatrlotod. 



Penalty for 
violation. 



Chapter 3ff. 

An aet to prohibit the taking of fish from MoBsabosio Pond and its oatlet in the town 

of Alfred. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. All persons are forbidden to take fish of any 
kind, in any manner, from Messabesic pond, sometimes caUed 
Shaker pond, and its outlet as far down stream as the mill 
dam of Littlefield Brothers in the town of Alfred, county of 
York, for a term of two years from the passage of this act. 

Sect. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of this 
act shall pay the sum of five dollars for each fish taken, to be 
recovered on complaint before any trial justice in said county 
of York, one-half to the use of the complainant, and the other 
half to the use of said county. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 11, 1881. 



Bee. 2, ch. 106, 
•peeial laws 1879, 
amended. 



Chapter 26. 

An aet to amend section two, chapter one hundred and fire, of the Private and Speeial 
Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, relating to the taking of alewires in 
Dennys Rirer. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section two of said act is hereby amended by inserting after 
the word ** Dennysville," in the fifth line, 'and between the 
hours of sunset on Thursday and sunset on Saturday of each 
week, in that portion of the river between said fishway and 



TOWN OF VAN BURBN. 25 

the town of Meddybemps,' so that said section as amended Chap. 27. 
shall read as follows : 

*Sect. 2. The use of any means or implements for takino: Aiewweepro* 

'f ^ o tectod In DcDnyi 

or destroying of alewives, or obstructing their passage in said '*^«»'- 
river, except between the hours of sunrise on Monday and 
sunset on the following Thursday of each week, in all that 
portion of the river below the fishway at Lincoln's mill, in 
the town of Donnysville ; and between the hours of sunset on 
Thursday and sunset on Saturday of each week, in that por- 
tion of the river between said fishway and the town of 
Meddybemps ; and between the hours of sunset on Monday 
and sunset on Friday of each week, in the town of Meddy- 
bemps, from the first day of January till the first day of 
August, every year, is hereby prohibited.' 

Approved February 11, 1881. 



Chapter 37. 

An aot to inoorporate the town of Van Bnren. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Township Letter M, in the second range of TownihipM, 

R- 2, inoorpontted 

townships, west from the east Inie of the state of Maine, m town or van 
heretofore known as Van Buren plantation, is hereby incor- 
porated as a town under the name of Van Buren; and the 
inhabitants thereof are hereby invested with all the powers 
and privileges and subject to the duties and liabilities incident 
to other towns in this state. 

Sect. 2. The collectors of the plantation of Van Buren piaoution on- 

ocrt to oootinue 

shall have power to finish the collection of all taxes which shall in power uDtu 

^ town officers are 

have been committed to them for collection prior to the pas- quaimcd. 
sage of this act, and to settle with and pay the same to the 
treasurer of the town of Van Buren ; and the several officers 
of said plantation are empowered to perform all the duties of 
town officers in the town created by this act, until their suc- 
cessors shall have been legally chosen and qualified as town 
officers of the town of Van Buren under this act. 

Sect. 3'. P. C. Keegan, or any justice of the peace, may rintmceting, 

^^ now caUed* 

call the first meeting of the town of Van Buren, by posting a 



26 TAXX9, FRANKLIN OOtJNTT. 

Chap. 28. warrant therefor, stating the objects of said meeting, in three 

public and conspicuous places in said town, at least seven 
days before the time of holding said meeting. 

SSrSiirbSoSt Sect. 4. All property now belonging to Van Buren plan* 

tation shall belong to, and the title thereof is hereby vested 
in the town of Van Buren. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Ftbniarj 11, 1881. 



totoirn. 



Chapter 38. 

An aol anthoriiing the Coanty CommiMlonera of the County of Franklin to re* 

oertain taxes. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Iiq>resentatives 
in ^Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
County oommit. Sect. 1. The couuty commissioncrs of the county of 

•loners of Fraok- .-, - , 

Unauthorised to Franklin, at their next session after the passa£:e of this act, 

re-aaaeae taxes. ' '^ ® ' 

are hereby authorized to re-assess upon the unincorporated 
tracts and townships of land situated in said county, the sev- 
eral amounts assessed thereon by the commissioners of said 
county in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, as their 
proportion of the ordinary county expenses of that year, and 
the taxes hereby authorized to be re-assessed shall be col- 
lected according to the provisions of law, without reference 
to the month in which they may be re-assessed. 
J»j«* *? »>• <»rt*- Sect. 2. The taxes hereby authorized to be re-assessed 

fled to treasurer > *^ 

admttoedf ^^'^^^ ^^ Certified to the treasurer of state, in like manner as 

is now provided by law, and by him advertised according 
to law, within three months from the date of said re-assess- 
ment. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febniarj 11, 1881. 



UOOSBLUOMSaUNTIO LAKB.— TBBBBIS MANUFACTURINa CO. £7 

Chapter tlO. Chap. 29. 

An ael to amend ebapier three hundred and ninety-two of the Speoial Laws of eigh- 
teen hundred and seventy-aeven, in relation to nayigation of Mooaelnomegontio 
Lalce. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled j as followB : 

Section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-two of the 8ec.i,ch. aw, 

^ "^ special law» 1877, 

private and special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- Mended. 
seven is hereby amended, by striking out the word '* five," in 
in the sixth line of said section, and inserting instead thereof 
the word 'ten,' so that said section as amended shall read as 
follows : 

'Sect. 1. Fred C. Barker, his associates and assigns, are vredo. Barker 

'^ et all. aathcriaed 

hereby authorized and vested with exclusive right, against all ^n*JJJJ^J*'' 

persons, of employing and navigating every kind of boat or •**■"• 

water craft propelled by steam, as common carriers, on all 

the waters of the Mooselucmeguntic and Cupsuptic lakes and 

intervening waters, in Oxford County, for ten years, with the 

right to navigate said waters to all points where sportsmen 

or tourists desire to travel, and to run from Indian Rock, so 

called, lying between Mooselucmeguntic and Rangeley lakes, 

to Trout Cove, near the upper dam, on the Androscoggin 

river.' 

ApproTed February 12, 18S1. 



Chapter 90. 

An act to incorporate the Tebbets Manufacturing Comps^ny. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Hepresentatives 
in Legislatwre assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. John G. Tebbets, Jesse S. Lj'ford, Eben E. cerporatori. 
Rand, E. Lester Tebbets, their associates, successora and 
assigns, are hereby incorporated a body politic and corpor- 
ate by the name of the Tebbets Manufacturing Company, corporate 
with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the 
liabilities and duties incident to manufacturing corporations 
by the laws of this state. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is authorized and empowered Powenand 

, I J • purpoaea. 

to carry on the business of manufacturing thread and silk 



23 KBITNBBBC FIBRB COMPANY. 

Chap. 31. spools, or any other branch of manufacturing in the town of 

Greenwood, in the county of Oxford, and also to engage in 
such other branches of trade and merchandise as may be 
necessary or convenient in connection with said business; 
and may purchase and hold for such purposes, real and 
personal estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred 
thousand dollars. 
S^dimtonud Sect. 3. The shares of said company shall be of such 
luSk!**** ******** number as the directors may determine, the par value of the 

whole number not to exceed the aggregate sum of one hun- 
dred thousand dollars. 

Sect. 4. Tohn G. Tebbets is hereby authorized to call 
the first meeting of the corporators at Greenwood, in the 
county of Oxford and state of Maine, by giving notice in 
writing to each of the others, seven days before such meet- 
ing- 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproYed Febniary 12, 1881. 



Fink meetlnf , 
how called. 



of 

Oftpitelitook 
auUunriaed. 



Chapter SI. 

An tot to inoraue the oapital stock of the Kennebec Fibn Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Kennebec Fibre Company is hereby author- 
ized to increase the capital stock of said corporation, by 
adding thereto the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, so 
that the whole capital stock of said coi'poration shall amount 
to the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 
MaypurahaM, Sect. 2. The Said corporation may purchase and hold 
Sf^i^y*'**^ ^®*1 ^^^ personal estate, to an amount not exceeding one 

hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with full power to man- 
age and dispose of the same. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febraary 12, 1881. 



SMBLT8 IN GOLD STRBAM POND. ^AROOSTOOK RIVER RAILROAD. 29 

Chapter S3. Chap. 32. 

An Bct to prevent the destniotion of Smelts in Cold Stream Pond and its tributaries in 

the town of Enfield. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. All persons are forbidden to take, in any man- Takingtmeita 

from Gold Stream 

ner, any smelts from Cold Stream pond, in the town of pond, prohibited. 
Enfield, in the county of Penobscot, for the term of five 
years from the passage of this act. 

Sect. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act, Peoaityror 
shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each offence, 
to be recovered by complaint before any trial justice in said 
county of Penobscot ; one-half to the use of complainant, 
and the other half to the use of said town of Enfield. 

Approved Febniar/ 12, 1881. 



Chapter 33. 

An act to enable the Aroostook River Railroad Company to extend its road. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled y as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Aroostook River Railroad Company is Kxtemionorroad 

authorised. 

hereby authorized and empowered to extend its road from 
some point on the line of its present railroad, in the towns of 
Fort Fairfiefd or Caribou, in the county of Aroostook, south- 
erly, to some point in the town of Houlton, in said county, 
and also northerly to the St. John river, at some point in the 
town of Fort Kent, in said county ; and for said purpose, it 
may locate, construct, complete and keep in repair, said 
extension of its road, with one or more sets of rails, and all 
other necessary appendages. 

Sect. 2. For the accomplishment of said object, said increase ofcapi- 

^ •' tai stock, iMoe of 

company is hereby authorized lo increase its capital stock in jjondsand erecu 

» •f f * tlon 01 mortgage, 

the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares »"'*»o'^*«>- 
of fifty dollars each, and also to issue its bonds of an amount 
not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, in denominations 
of not less than one hundred dollars each, and bearing inter- 
est not exceeding six per centum per annum ; and said 
company may make and execute a mortgage upon its road. 



30 
Chap. 34. 



Change of gaoge, 
anthoriMd. 



Act to b« void, 
unlMi oertain 
work ihall be 
done witbia cer^ 
tain time. 



Oorporatioo sub- 
Jeet to law. 



VAN BURBN LUMBBRINO AND MANDFAGTUBING 00. 

franchise and property acquired or to be acquired, to secure 
said bonds. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized to change 
the gauge of its railroad to correspond with that of the Maine 
Central Railroad, of the state of Maine. 

Sect. 4. If the location of the extension herein author- 
ized, according to actual survey of the route, shall not have 
been filed with the county commissioners of Aroostook 
county on or before the first day of January, in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, or if 
said corporation shall not complete one of said extensions on 
or before the first day of January, in the year of our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and the other, 
on or before the first day of January, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, then this 
act shall be void as to the portion uncompleted. 

Sect. 5. Said corporation shall, at all times, be subject 
to such general laws as are, or may be hereafter, enacted by 
the legislature. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take efiect when approved. 

Approved Febraary 17, 1881. 



Corporators. 



Chapter 34. 

An tot to ineorporato the Van Barea Lamberiag and Manafaetariiig GompaDy. 

« 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Egerton R. Burpee, Thomas N. Egery, Franklin 

A. Wilson, William B. Hayford, Lauriston R. King, Peter 

C. Keegan, their associates, successors and assigns, are 

Corporate oame, hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate by 

iiabiiitiiss. the name of the Van Buren Lumbering and Manufacturing 

Company, with power by that name to sue and be sued, and 
to have all the powers, privileges and immunities, and to be 
subject to all the duties and liabilities contained in the laws 
of this state relating to such manufacturing corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is authorized to manufacture 
lumber and such other articles as may be conveniently con- 
nected therewith, with power to purchase, hold and sell such 
articles, and with power to lease, purchase and hold such 



PorpoMsand 
pri7tlegef. 



TAX ASSESSED ON BLLIOTSYILLB. 3^ 

real and personal estate aa may be deemed expedient ; also Chap. 35. 
to make such by-laws and regulations for the management 
and governmeut of said corporation as may be deemed neces- 
sary au9 proper. The said corporation is authorized to erect 
mills on land which itmay acquire by purchase, at Van Buren 
in the county of Aroostook » and to maintain a boom or booms 
connected therewith, on the St. John river, for the purpose 
of holding logs for said mills, not, however, in any manner 
to interfere* with the free navigation of said river. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have a capital stock of capital ftock, 

• ^ iacreaae aod 

one hundred thousand dollars, with liberty to increase the *'*™**- 
same by a majority vote of the stockholders, at any meeting 
duly called for that purpose, to a sum not exceeding two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, said stock to be divided 
into shares of one hundred dollars each. 

Sect. 4. The company may also issue its bonds for con- MayiMuebomu 

, iecured by mort- 

struction and manufacturing purposes to an amount not ^ts^ 
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, of such tenor, and 
upon such rates and times as the stockholders may determine, 
and secure the same by mortgage upon the property of the 
company. 

Sect. 5. Any of the persons named in the first section pirtt mcctio«, 

/ii. Ill/* • 1 how called. 

of this act, may call the first meeting of the corporation, by 
giving seven days' notice thereof in writing to each of the 
corporators. 

Approved February 12, 1881. 



Chapter 35. 

An act aotboriziDg the County Commissioners of the County of Piscataquis to dis- 
charge the assessment of a tax made by them, and to include the amount thereof 
in another assosameDt. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assemhledy as follows : 
The county commissioners of the county of Piscataquis A»sewment may 

, •!• t -1 be cancclLfi Hiid 

may, if they see cause, discharge and cancel the assessment inciuiudhi 

" " ' o arseAstneiit to be 

of a tax made by them December thirteen, eighteen hundred "•***• 
and seventy-eight, under the provisions of section fifty-eight 

3 



32 ^BH IN SABBATH DAT POND. 

Chap. 36. of chapter six of the revised statutes, for the purpose of 

repairing a road in the unincorporated township in said 
county called Elliotsville ; and said commissioners may 
include in their next assessment upon'the lands in said unin- 
corporated township, to be made in pursuance of said section 
fifty-eight, chapter six, a sum equal to the amount of the 
assessment of the tax hereby authorized to be caiTceled, 
together with such further sum as may be needed for the 
repair of roads in said township. 

Approved Febraary 12, 1881. 



Chapter 36. 

An act for the protooiion of fish in Sabbath Day Pond, in the town of Sebago. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
^k^offlihin Sect. 1. No person shall fish for, catch or take any pick- 
pond, prohibited, ^j.^!^ perch, or other fish in Sabbath Day pond, in the town 

of Sebago, in the county of Cumberland, for the term of 
three years. 
Penary for Sect. 2. Ally pcrsou who shall violate the provisions of 

this act, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for the 
attempt, and one dollar for each and every fish taken, to be 
recovered by complaint before any trial justice, one-half to 
go to the complainant, and the other half to the town where 
the complaint is made. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febraary 12, 1881. 



ESTATBS 8BT OFF.— SOUTH BUXTON OBHBTBRT ASSOCIATION. 33 

Chapter 97. Chap. 37. 

An tot to Mt off Bphraim Grant and others, with their laDds, from the town of Colam- 

bia> and annex the same to the town of Cherryfteld. ^ 

Se it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Ephraim Grant, Elisha C. Graot, Elmira Grant, ^^""^^^^ 

^ ' ' ' with lands let eff 

and Samuel H. Tyler, with the lauds upon which they reside, IS?J2SlSSd t 
being lots numbered one, two, twenty-five and twenty-six, on ^*^*'"^*'^- 
the plan of Clolumbia, being four lots in the southwestern 
part of said Columbia, are hereby set off from the town of 
Columbia, in the county of Washington, and annexed to the . 
town of Cherryfield in the same county. 

Sect. 2. All taxes heretofore assessed upon the persons or Taxet Msesaed, 
property hereby set off, may be collected by the collector of lected. 
the town of Columbia, in manner as if this act had not been 
passed. 

Approved Febraary 13, 1881. 



Chapter 38. 

An act to make valid the doings of the South Buzton Cemetery Association. 

Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The doinc^s of the South Buxton Cemetery Doings or south 

Buxton Cemetary 

Association, in its orffanization, its records, its annual meet- Awociatjon 

*-^ made Talid. 

ings, election of officers, acquiring and conveying real and 
personal estate, are hereby confirmed and made valid, not- 
withstanding any informalities in past proceedings or rec- 
ords. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

' Approved February 13, 1881. 



34 
Chap. 39. 



QliarlM A. J. 
Varmr et als. 
authorlKed to 
navlgHte certain 
waten with 
steam, as commoii 
carriers. 



Exclusive right 
to terminate 
unless adequate 
accommodations 
are furnished. 



Penalty for in- 
fringments upon 
rights of said 
parties. 



Booms or logs 
not to be tnter- 
ferei trith. 



Passengers to be 
carried for rea- 
sonable toll. 



Steamboat may 
be used by lum- 
bermen. 



Act to take eflbct 
Jan. 2, 1882. 



NAVIOATION OF RIOHAUDSOK LAESS. 

■ 

Chapter S9. 

An act to anthorise Charles A J. FBrnr to dredge bBn, blaat rooki« and navigate tlia 

Biahardion Lakes and inlervening -waters by steam. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Charles A. J. Farrar, his associates and assigns, 
are hereby authorized to clear channels, dredge bars, and 
blast rocks in the Richardson lakes and intervening waters, 
in Oxford county, and are hereby vested with the exclusive 
right, against all persons, of employing and navigating every 
kind of boat or water craft propelled by steam, as common 
earners, on said Richardson lakes and intervening waters, for 
the term of six years from January two, one thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-two. 

Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of said Farrar, his associates 
and assigns, to furnish adequate and reasonable accommoda- 
ti(m for the ordinary travel over said lakes, and if he shall 
fail to do so, after reasonable notice, and the travel shall so 
increase as to require another boat, which he shall not sup- 
ply, the exclusive right aforesaid shall terminate. 

Sect. 3. Any person who shall use or employ on said 
lakes, any boat or water craft propelled by steam, as a com- 
mon carrier, without being authorized by said corporator or 
his assigns, he shall forfeit for each offence, not less than 
fifty and not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be recovered 
by, and for the use of said corporator, his associates and 
assigns, in an action of debt. 

Sect. 4. Nothing in this act shall authorize any interfer- 
ence with any booms or logs, or with the driving, floating or 
booming of logs upon any of the waters aforesaid. 

Sect. 5. It shall be the duty of said corporator, his asso- 
ciates and assigns, to carry passengers for a reasonable toll, 
and nothing in this act shall prevent any person interested in 
lands or lumbering operations from placing upon «aid waters 
a steamboat for the purpose of transporting supplies for such 
operations, or for towing logs, and that the legislature shall 
have the right at any time to repeal this act. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from January two, 
one. thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. 

Approred Sebruarj 17, 1881. 



KAVIQATION OF WIKVIOOOK LAEB.— WHABTX9 IS HAMPDEIT. 35 

Chapter 4a. Chap. 40. 

An Mt for the nETigfttion of Winnecook Iiake, In the oonnty of Waldo. 

J3e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Ed^car F« Whitehouse, his associates and assigns, Edgar f. white- 

^ ® hoata ct all. 

ai*e hereby authorized to clear channels, dredge bars, remove authoriMdto 

•^ » e ' navigate certain 

stones and build piers in Winnecook lake, otherwise called JJJJJJ "^^^ 
Unity pond, in the county of Waldo ; and they are hereby 
vested with the exclusive right, against all persons and cor- 
porations, of employing and navigating every kind of boat 
or water craft propelled by steam, for carrying passengers or 
freight on said lake, for the term of ten years from the pas- 
sage of this act. 

Sect. 2. Any person or corporation who shall use or Penalty ibr in- 

*" frlngments upon 

employ, on said lake, any boat or other water craft propelled ^^'•^* 
by steam, as carriers of passengers or freight, without being 
authorized by said corporator, his associates or assigns, shall 
forfeit, for each offence, not less than twenty dallars, nor « 
exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered by, and for 
the use of, said corporator, his associates and assigns, in an 
action of debt. 

Sect. 3. Provided the said corporator, his associates or charter to be 

vuid if parties 

assigns shall neglect, for the term of one year, to navigate neglect to na»i. 

® o ' J f o gij^ gg provided. 

said lake by steam, as herein provided ; and provided he or 
they, after the commencement of such navigation, shall 
neglect, for one year at any one time, to so navigate said lake, 
then this charter shall be void. 

Approved Febniary 17, 1881. 



diapter 41. 

An act to anthorixe John S. JenneBS to ereot a wharf or wharrea in tide wateri in the 

town of Hampden. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. John S. Jenness, his associates or assigns, are johns-jeoiieM 
hereby authorized to erect and maintain a wharf or wharves to emt^wbiurf. 



35 B3TATB 8BT OFF FROM GRT8TAL PL. 

Chap. 42. from his land located between Emery's point, so called, and 

Sterns' mills, in the town of Hampden, a distance not exceed- 
ing one hundred and seventy-five feet into tide waters ; said 
John S. Jenness, prior to erecting said wharf or wharves, to 
obtain license therefor, as provided in chapter seventy-eight 
of the public laws of Maine for the year eighteen hundred 
and seventy-six, and the approval of the United States 
engineer. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed Febrvary 17, 1881. 



Real Mtate wet off 
from Cnrital pt. 
and annexed to 
Bhennan. 



The owner and 
eatate held for 
anreara of taxes. 



Chapter 49. 

Ad act to set off apart the homestaad fann of Jonathan G. Reoord from Crystal Plan- 
tation, and annex the same to the town of Sherman. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. A part of the real estate of Jonathan G. Record, 
in Crystal plantation in the county of Aroostook, bounded 
and described as follows : beginning at the southeast corner 
of Crystal plantation, thence running northerly on the east 
line thereof twenty-six rods, thence westerly, parallel with 
the south line of Crystal plantation to the east line of land 
of Parker D. Young, thence southerly to the south line of 
said Crystal plantation, thence easterly on said south line to 
the place of beginning, is hereby set off from said Crystal 
plantation and annexed to the town of Sherman. 

Sect. 2. The said Jonathan G. Record, and his estate set 
off as aforesaid, shall be holden to pay all arrears of taxes 
which have been legally assessed against him. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Febmary 17, 1681. 



SULLIVAN AND HANCOCK 8TBAM VBRRT CO. 3^^ 

Chapter 43. Chap. 43. 

An act to ineorporate the 8alliTan and Hanooek Steam Ferry Companj. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Charles H. Allen, bis associates, successors and corporators. 
assigns, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name 
of the Sullivan and Hancock Steam Ferry Company, with corporate name 
power to take and hold, or purchase or lease, such real 
estate as may be necessary to effect the objects of this 
charter, and with all the powers and privileges granted by 
the general laws of this state to corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby empowered to estab- corporation to 
lish and maintain a steam ferry for twenty years, between mainuin«team 
Sullivan and Hancock, in the county of Hancock, across 
Taunton bay, or Sullivan river, so called, from the terminus 
of the road, as now existing on the Sullivan shore, to the 
terminus of the road as now existing on the Hancock shore, 
with all boats, machinery and appurtenances necessary there- 
for, and with the right to use temporarily, boats not pro- 
pelled by steam when necessary ; all boats to be of such size 
and character as the wants of the public require. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have the right to build nay buiu piera, 

wbarret, etc. 

and maintain on the shores of said ferry, such piers, abut- 
mentsy landings and wharves as may be necessary, and shall 
put up suitable sheds on both shores for the shelter of 
passengers and horses. 

Sect. 4. If the land of any individual or corporation is Damages, how 
taken under this act, and the paities cannot agree on the 
damages occasioned thereby, they shall be estimated, secured 
and paid in the manner provided iu the case of damages for 
the laying out of highways. 

Sect. 5, The following rates of toll are hereby estab- luteioftoii. 
lished : for a single team or carriage, carrying not exceeding 
two persons, thirty cents ; for a double team or carriage, 
carrying not exceeding two persons, forty cents ; for each 
person exceeding two, five cents, and for each additional 
horse, ten cents ; for a foot passenger, ten cents ; for a yoke 
of cattle and driver, twenty-five cents ; for the same with 
cart, thiily cents ; for an ox, cow, or horse not driven in 
harness, fifteen cents, and for each additional, ten cents, the 
driver paying as a foot passenger ; for sheep or swine, three 



38 

CiTAP. 44. 



Charter void if 
nut operated 
within one year. 



Oounty cominis- 
stoners to certify 
tect when suita- 
ble boats, etc., 
are provided. 



Time when frrry 
•hall be operated. 



Penalty for 
neglect. 



SQUARE POND RBSERYOIR 00. 

cents per head : but these rates may be raised or lowered by 
the county commissioners, after giving the parties interested 
reasonable notice and full hearing, if justice requires it. 

Sect. 6. This charter shall be void if the steam ferry is 
not in actual operation within one year from the af^roval of 
this act ; and when this corporation shall provide suitable 
boats and apparatus for said ferry, the county commissioners 
of Hancock county shall immediately certify that fact to the 
parties then operating the ferry, and notify them that all 
prior rights and franchises will expire on a day fixed by 
them in said notice, and not exceeding two weeks from the 
date thereof; and at the date thus fixed» all such prior rights 
and franchises shall expire. 

Sect. 7. Said ferry shall be operated, when the weather 
permits, from sunrise until nine o'clock afternoon, between 
the dates of June first and September first in each year, and 
from sunrise until seven and one-half o'clock afternoon, 
between the dates of September first and June first of each 
year. For any unreasonable neglect or delay to transport 
during the hours thus named, there shall be a penalty » 
not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered by the 
party injured in an action on the case. 

Sect. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed FebruAry 17, 18S1. 



Seo. 8 of charter 
of Square Pond 
Keiervolr Oo. 
amended. 



Chapter 44. 

An aot to amend an Aot entitled "An act to incorporate tbe Square Pond Rewrroir 

Company." 

Be it enax^ed by. the Senate and House of HepreserUatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section three of an act entitled *^An act to 
incorporate the Square Pond Reservoir Comptiny," approved 
February thirteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is 
hereby amended by striking out, after the word ** company,'* 
in the first line of said section, the words ^ shall have the 
right to take and hold any lands necessary for erecting or 
abutting their dains or canals, by paying damages therefor, 
as in case of lands taken for railroads, but they," and insert- 



SQr ARIB POND RB3KRV0IR 00. gg 

ing instead thereof the words 'shall have the right to hold, Chap. 44. 

by purchase or gift, any lauds necessary for erecting or abut* 

ting their dams or canals, or for any other lawful purpose, 

and ; ' and said section is further amended by adding, at the 

end of said section, the words ' and said company shall never 

erect or maintain any dam or place any obstruction across 

the outlet of said Square pond known as Stiles brook,' so 

that said section three, as amended, shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 3. The company shall have the right to hold, by Rights and 

restriciioDt. 

purchase or gift, any lands necessary for erecting or abutting 
their dams or canals,, or for any other lawful purpose, and 
shall be subject to the general laws of the state in relation to 
flowage, the same bs individuals are, and shall not unreason-- 
ably, as to time and quantity, discharge the water from their 
dams to the damage of owners of land on Stiles brook, or 
owners of water-power or mills on the Mousam river, or 
retain it therein without equitable recompense to the injury 
6f said owners, by reason of loss to them of any benefits 
which they heretofore may have received from the natural 
iSow of the waters of Square pond into the head waters of 
the Mousam river ; and said company shall never erect or 
maintain any dam or place any obstruction across the outlet 
of said Square pond known as Stiles brook.' 

Sect. 2. Section four of an act entitled ^An act to inoor- seo. 4, uneDded. 
porate the Square Pond Reservoir Company," approved 
February thirteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is 
hereby amended by striking out all of said section after the 
word "reservoir," in the third line, so that said section four, 
as amended, shall read as follows : 

* Sect. 4. A majority of the stockholders in said company stoekhoidento 
shall determine the time when, and the amount of water to gLdto'J^'^ 
be drawn from said reservoir. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Fobroftry 17^ 1881. 



40 
Chap. 45 • 



Repair or 
re-building of 
cburcb, 
aathorlaed. 



Claim for Iom or 
damage, how 
a4jaated. 



Limitation of 
claim for damaffo 
orlofli. 



8T. JAMES' PARISH OHURGH, OLDTOWN. 

Chapter 4«i. 

An act to enable the Biihop of the Proteitant Bpiaoopal Churob in the Diooeae of 
Maine, to remore, *re-build, or repair St. Jamea' Pariah Church of Oldtown. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Henry A. Neely, Bishop of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church in the diocese of Maine, or his successor in 
said office, seized in fee and in trust of the lot and building 
known as the St. James' Parish church and lot, situated in 
the town of Oldtown and county of Penobscot, is hereby 
authorized and empowered to repair, or to take down and re- 
build, the said building commonly called the St. James' 
Episcopal church, provided^, that all such repairing, taking 
down, and re-building, shall be done without any assessment, 
or charge for the same, upon any pews in said building, or 
against the owners or holders of pews therein. 

Sect. 2. Any person having a vested right in the whole, 
or any part of a pew or pews in said building, who shall deem 
himself to have suffered any loss or damage, by reason of any 
repairs, re-building or other alteration made in said building 
under the authority given by this act, shall make written ap- 
plication to the supreme judicial court sitting in, and for said 
county, setting forth therein the nature and amount of his 
claim for loss or damage as aforesaid, and requesting said 
court to cause that justice be done in the premises, and said 
court may order sufficient notice of said claim to be given to 
said bishop, and after due hearing thereon, may appoint a 
commissioner, to hear all parties iilterested in said application, 
and said commissioner after giving such notice as said court 
may order, of the time and place fixed upon by him for a hear- 
ing upon said claim, shall proceed to hear said parties and 
determine what, if any damage is due to said claimant by 
reason of the repair or alteration aforesaid, and shall report 
such decision to said court, and the subsequent proceedings 
upon said commissioner's report shall be the same as upon 
reports of referees appointed by said court. 

Sect. 3. No claim for damage or loss mentioned in the 
foregoing section shall be maintainable unless the same be 
made to said court as provided in the act within six years 
from the day on which actual work is begun in making the 
repairs or alterations above mentioned. 

ApproTod Febrnary 17, 1881. 



PICKEREL IN WINTHROP PONDS.— LBWISTON STEAM HEATINQ CO. ^\ 

Chapter 46. Chap. 46, 

An aet to repeal obapter one hundred and ten of the Special Laws of eighteen hundred 
and sizty-siz, relating to the preservation of pickerel in Winthrop Ponds. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. That chapter one hundred and ten of the special cb. no, special 

laws 1866f re- 
laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six b6, and is hereby pe»»«i. 

repealed. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 17, 1881. 



Chapter 47. 

An act to inoorporate the Lewiston Steam Heating Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Joseph H. Day, William F. Goulding, Nelson corporators. 
Dingley, Junior, Ezekiel S. Davis, J. M. Bobbins, Josinh 
G. Cobum, Jacob B. Ham, R. C. Pingree, Thomas W. 
Eanada, Daniel Holland, Cyrus I. Barker, Cyrus Greeley, 
David Cowan, Joseph K. Blanchard, Henry H. Dickey, D. 
B. Strout, Wm. F. Garcelon, David Farrar, James Demp- 
sey, A. D. Morton, J. L. H. Cobb, John Y. Scruton, W. D. 
Pennell, John N. Wood, Mark Lowell, their associates and 
successors, are incorporated into a body politic by the name 
of the Lewiston Steam Heating Company, with power to sue corporate name, 

powenand 

and be sued, to have a common seal and to change the same, privileges. 
and to make any by-laws for the management of its affairs, 
not repugnant to the laws of this state. 

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be capital itooic. 
twenty thousand dollars, subject to be increased to any 
further amount at any time, and from time to time, not 
exceeding in the whole, seven hundred thousand dollars, 
and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars 
each. 



42 

Chap. 47. 

Pow«v» and 
purpotM. 



Aathoriaed to 
lay pipes ttiroagh 
itre«ta iu Lewis- 
ton, eta 



AdUiutmeDt of 
damaget. 



Tint meetinf ) 
how called. 



LBWISTOV 8TBAH HBATINa OOHPAHT. 

Skct. 3. The company is authorized and empowered to 
manufacture in the city of Lewiston, steam for heating, su£i- 
cient for domestic purposes in said city, including a sufficient 
quantity for the supply of hotels, shops, stores, factories, 
stables, laundries, public buildings, within said city, and may 
purchase and hold real and personal estate necessary and con- 
venient for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 
act. Said company may tax parties such reasonable sums for 
steam supplied by it as it may deem proper. 

Sect. 4. Said company is hereby authorized to lay down 
and through the public streets and highways of the said city 
of Lewiston, and to take up, re-place and repair all such 
pipes and fixtures as may be necessary for the objects herein 
set forth, the consent of the municipal officers of said Lew- 
iston having first been obtained, and under such regulations 
as the city council may prescribe, and shall be liable to pay 
all damages that shall be sustained by any person or corpor- 
ation in their property by the taking of any land, or by 
excavating through any land for the purpose of laying down 
and repairing its pipes and fixtures ; and if any person or 
corporation sustaining damages as aforesaid, shall not agree 
with this company in the adjustment thereof, such aggrieved 
party may. cause damages to be ascertained in the same man- 
ner, and under the same restrictions and limitations as are 
by law prescribed in the case of damages by the laying out 
of highways. 

Sect. 5. The first meeting of the corporation may be 
called by any three persons named in the first section of this 
act, by posting a written notice, by them signed, at any 
public place in said Lewiston, at least five days previous to 
the day of said meeting. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. 

AppfFOTod Febmsry 17« 1881. 



I 



HALL IN DBXTKB.— WXSTBROOK MANOFACTURINQ 00. ^ 

Chapter 48. Chap. 48. 

An act relating to Good Tomplars' Hall in Derter. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assemhled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. That the Dexter Lodge Number Twenty -Eight, Dexter Lodg* 

^ 11 ^^' ^* Good 

Independent Order of Good Templars, are authorized to con- Tempiara, aaho- 

* * riMd to oonvey 

vey to the selectmen of Dexter, all their interest in that iote'««* »«» haii. 
building in Dexter which contains the Good Templars' hall, 
including their interest in the lot of land on which it stands. 
Said selectmen and their successors are constituted a board selectmen a board 

of truftees to 

of trustees of the same, with full power to use and manage a*n*g«»«n«. 
the same in any proper way for the benefit of the cause of 
temperance. The conditions as to ownership and repairs 
made with other owners of the building and lot are to remain 
as at present existing, subject to future modification, by con- 
sent of all the other owners and the board of trustees. Funds 
received by the board for the use of the property are to be DiapodUonof 

funds. 

deposited in the town treasury of Dexter, to be called the 
temperance fund, to which donations may be added from 
time to time by other pailies, all subject to the order of the 
board of trustees. The town of Dexter shall be responsible 
for the siife custody of the funds. 

Sect. 2. This act shall not be operative unless the inhab- u^fe2?\;?SJSf.**^* 
itants of the town of Dexter shall assent hereto, at their ^»'» ""^"^ ^ it. 
next annual meeting. 

Approved February 17, 1881. 



Chapter 40. 

An act to amend "An act to incorporate tho Westbroolc Manafactnring Company/' 
approved February twenty>fivo, eighteen hundred and forty-five. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

That the act to incorporate the Westbrook Manufacturing charter of wett- 

brook Haottfbe- 

Company, approved February twenty- five, eighteen hundred JJJ^^^*** 
and forty-five, be, and the same is amended, by striking out 
in the second section the words, " one hundred thousand," 
and inserting in place thereof the words 'five hundred thou- 
sand,' so that said second section, when amended, shall read 
as follows : 



44 FBRRY LANDING IN BRBWBR. 

Chap. 50. « Sect. 2. The said corporation may purchase and hold 
Capital inereMed j,g^| ^j^j personal estate, to an amount not exceeding, at any 

one time, five hundred thousand dollars, with full power to 

manage and dispose of the same.' 

Approred February 23, 1881. 



OommiMloDere of 
PeDobtoofc county 
authorised to 

{>ttrohaae oertaln 
and fcr ferry. 



If ownera refuse 
to sell, oommlft- 
slonersmay 
appropriate lai^. 



— allowaooe for 
damage. 



Chapter SO. 

An aot empowering the County Oonnninioners of Penobscot County, to purchase, take 
and appropriate Jand for a ferry landing in the town of Brewer. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate^ and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The county commissioners of Penobscot county, 
are hereby authorized and empowered, if they deem it expe- 
dient, to purchase for said county, the whole or part of the 
land in the town of Brewer from high to low water mark, 
situate and lying at the northerly terminus of Wilson street, 
so called, between the wharf known as Rollins' wharf, and a 
line parallel with, and in continuation of the westerly side 
thereof, on the one side, and that known as Arey's and 
Egery's wharf on the other side, for a ferry landing, to be 
used by and with the ferry across the Penobscot river between 
Bangor and Brewer. 

Sect. 2. If the owners of said land or any of them refuse 
to sell the same, or, in the judgment of said commissioners, 
ask an unreasonable price therefor, said commissioners may 
appropriate and take said land, or so much thereof as they 
deem necessary, to be held and used for the purpose afore- 
said, provided^ however^ that the said commissioners shall 
proceed in the taking of said land, and the allowance of 
damages therefor, to be paid by said county, in the manner 
designated by law for laying out and taking land for a pub- 
lic highway, and all persons interested shall have the same 
rights and remedies as are provided by law in case of high- 
ways. 

Approved February 22, 1881. 



MUNICIPAL COURT, AUBURN. 45 

Chapter SI. Chap. 51 . 

An act to amend "An act to establish a manicipal court in the oitj of Auburn/' 

-fle it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section four of an act entitled "An act to establish a Actofi875, 

. amended. 

municipal court in the city of Auburn," approved February 
seventeen, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, is hereby 
amended so as to read as follows : 

* Sect. 4. Said court shall be held on the fouilh Tuesday court, when heid 

for civil busioeM. 

of each month, except August, for the entry, trial and deter- 
mination of civil actions of all kinds that may lawfully be 
brought before it, and for the transaction of other civil busi- 
ness, and on every other Tuesday, except in August, for the 
entry, trial and determination of actions of forcible entry 
and detainer only, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at such 
place within said city as the judge shall determine ; but the 
city government may at any time provide a suitable court 
room, and the court shall then be held therein. When held 
for civil business, it may be adjourned from time to time by ^J^JJ^JJ* 
the judge, but it shall be considered as in constant session for ~S{J^7l»ion. 
the cognizance of criminal actions. Should the judge be 
prevented from attending at the time above designated for 
holding a monthly or other term of said court, it may be 
adjourned without day by a constable of the city, by a notice inabieneeof 

, , , n . - ,. Judge, conatable 

posted upon the outer door of the court room, and when so may adjourn. 
adjourned, all actions and other business continued from the 
previous term shall be considered as further continued, such 
continuance in case of actions of forcible entiy and detainer, 
to be to the next term at which such actions are above made 
cognizable, and in case of other actions, to be to the next 
monthly term. Actions of forcible entry and detainer 
brought for a term so adjourned may be entered at the first 
term afterwards, having cognizance of such actions, at which 
the judge is present; all other actions brought for such 
adjourned term may be entered at the next monthly term ; 
and in either case such actions may be disposed of at the 
terms at which they are so entered, in the same manner and 
with like efifect as if originally made returnable then.' 

Approred February 22, 1881. 



46 

Chap. 52. 



BtwaxA Dill to 
have lapervlsioD 
of Luf kin pond. 



Penalty for 
▼iolatl<m. 



FISH IN LUFEIK POND.^ROCKPORT VILLAGE SCHOOL CORPORATION. 

Chapter 99. 

An Mt to protect fish in Lufkin Pond In the town of Phillips. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of RtpresenJtatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Seward Dill is hereby authorized to put into 
or take from Lufkin Pond in the town of Phillips, such fish 
as he shall deem proper, aud shall have the general supervis- 
ion of the same for the space of five years from the approval 
of this act. 

Sect. 2. Any person convicted, by any court of compe- 
tent jurisdiction, of any violation of this act, shall pay a fine 
of five dollars for the ofiense, and a further fine of five dollars 
for every fish so taken, one-half to be paid to the county 
treasurer of Franklin county, and one-half to the person 
informing. 

Approved Febmarj 22, 1881. 



Corponitora. 



Chapter SS. 

An act to incorporate the Rockport Village School Corporation. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R^resentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The territory embraced within the limits of 

school districts numbered four and eighteen, in the town of 

Camden, together with the inhabitants thereon, be, and the 

same hereby is incorporated a body politic and corporate by 

Corporate Dame, the name of the Rockport Village School Corporation. 

Seci'. 2. Said corporation is hereby vested with power, 
at any legal meeting called for the purpose, to raise money 
for erecting, repairing, renting, purchasing and removing such 
school houses and outbuildings as the wants of the corpora- 
tion may require ; for purchasing or renting land for them to 
stand upon, and for yards and play grounds ; for purchasing 
a library, utensils, blackboards, globes, maps and other use- 
ful apparatus ; for providing water for school houses, with 
necessary conveniences for the health and comfort of teachers 
and pupils ; for the enclosing of grounds and appurtenances 
of the school houses. They shall also have the power to 
determine where their school houses shall be located. 



Powers and 
purposes. 



ROCKPORT VILLAQB SCHOOL CORPORATION. ^ 

m 

Sect. 3. Any money raised by said corporation for the Chap. 53. 
purposes aforesaid, shall be assessed upon the property and ^^^^^"^ 
polls within the territory aforesaid by the assessors of said 
corporation, in the same manner as is provided by law for 
the assessment of town taxes ; and said assessors may copy 
the last valuation of said property by the assessors of the 
town of Camden, and assess the tax thereon. 

Sect. 4. Upon a certificate being filed with the assessors Aisessmento, 

collections and 

of said corporation by the clerk thereof, of the amount of diBbarsements. 
money raised at any meeting for the purposes aforesaid, it 
shall be the duty of said assessors, as soon as may be, to 
assess said amount upon the estates and polls of persons resid- 
ing on the territory aforesaid, and upon the estates of 
non-resident proprietors thereof, and lists of the assessment 
so made, to certify and deliver to the collector, whose duty 
it shall be to collect the same in like manner as county and 
town taxes are by law collected by towns, and to pay the 
same over to the treasurer of said corporation, who shall 
receive the same and pay it out to order or direction of said 
corporation, and keep a regular account of all moneys 
received and paid out, and exhibit the same to the assessors 
whenever requested ; "and said corporation shall have the 
same power to direct the mode of collecting said taxes as 
towns have in the collection of town taxes. 

Sect. 5. The officers of the corporation shall consist of oacen. 
a clerk, treasurer, three assessors and three school directors, 
and such other officers as may be provided for in the by-laws 
of said corporation ; and all officers of said corporation shall 
be chosen by ballot and sworn to the faithful performance of 
their duties ; the first election to be at the meeting of the 
legal voters of the corporation called to accept this charter, 
and the annual election of officers shall be in the month of 
March. 

Sect. 6. The clerk shall keep a record of all the doings cierktokeep 
and proceedings at the meetings of said corporation. 

Sect. 7. The school directors shall, at their first meeting, Directors, term 

of office and 

desi«:nate by lot one of their number to hold office three fining of racan- 
years, and another two years. The third member shall hold 
office one year, and each member elected to fill the place of 
one whose term expires, shall hold office three years. They 
shall fill all vacancies in their number until the next annual 



48 

Chap. 53. 



Bights, powers 
and dutlM of 
directors. 



By-1ftirs and 
regulations maj 
be adopted. 



First meetiogi 
how called. 



-— subseqaent 
meetings. 



Act not binding 
unless aooepted. 



ROCKPORT VILLAGB SCHOOL CORPORATION. 

meeting. Two members shall constitute a quorum, but if 
there is but one in office, he may fill vacancies. 

Sect. 8. The school directors shall have all the rights 
and powers, and perform all the duties now enjoined and 
prescribed by law to be performed by school agents and 
superintending school committee, or supervisor of said town, 
so far as said corporation is concerned ; and said directors 
shall have power, and it shall be their duty to determine the 
number of grades of schools and the number of schools in 
each grade ; classify the scholars according to their attain- 
ments, and direct at which of the schools they shall be 
allowed to attend, respectively ; lay out and expend the school 
money, apportioned by the town, and assigned to said cor- 
poration or raised by the corporation in the support of 
the schools thus established, and the said directors shall make 
a report of their doings and of the state and progress of the 
schools at the annual meetings of the corporation. 

Sect. 9. The inhabitants of said corporation may adopt 
any suitable by-laws and regulations, not repugnant to the 
constitution and laws of the state for the regulation of the 
schools and may raise money to pay a reasonable compensa- 
tion to said directors. 

Sect. 10. Philander J. Carleton and Robert H. Carey or 
either of them, are authorized to call the first and all sub- 
sequent meetings until the corporation is fully organized, by 
issuing a warrant directed to some member of the corpora- 
tion, requiring him to notify the members thereof to assemble 
at some suitable place, by posting up notices of the time, 
place and objects of said meeting in two public places within 
said corporation, seven days at least before the time of said 
meeting. All meetings subsequent to the organization of the 
corporation shall be called by order of the assessors. 

Sect. 11. This act shall not be binding upon said corpor- 
ation until accepted by the legal voters thereof, at a meeting 
called for that purpose. 

Sect. 12. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febraary 22, 1881. 



TOWN OF HOWARD.— OXFORD AND ANDROSCOGGIN TBLEGRAPH 00. ^Q 

Chapter ff4. Chap. 54. 

An Aot to ineorporftte the town of Howard. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The township hitherto known by the name of SjOT^itS? **^' 
Howard in the county of Piscataquis, and being township 
number eight in the eighth range north of the Waldo patent, 
be and hereby is incorporated into a tow# by the name of 
Howard, and the inhabitants of said town are hereby vested 
with all the powers, privileges and immunities which the 
inhabitants of towns within this state do or may enjoy. 

Sect. 2. Any justice of the peace within said county is First meeting, 
hereby empowered to issue his warrant to some inhabitant of 
said town directing him to notify the inhabitants thereof to 
meet at such time and place as he shall appoint to choose 
such officers and transact such business as other towns are 
empowered to do at their annual town meetings. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febmarj 22, 1881. 



Chapter SS. 

An Aot to incorporate the Oxford and Androscoggin Telegraph Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Rufus Prince, O. H. Hersey, S. C. Andrews, corporators. 
Israel Washburn, Junior, George C. Wing, George D. Bis- 
bee, R. C. Thomes, Jason Farrar, their associates, successors 
and assigns, are hereby created a body politic, by the name 
of the Oxford and Androscoggin Telegraph Company, with corporate oame. 
all the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to all the 
duties and obligations, granted and prescribed by the general 
laws of this state, relating to corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to own. May construct, 

maintain and 

construct, maintain and operate aline or lines of telegraph operate teiepmph 

^ o * ^nj telephone 

and a line or lines of telephone, from the town of Buckfield ""«•• 
in the county of Oxford, through any intervening town or 
towns in Oxford* or Androscoggin counties, to any point in 
the city of Auburn or city of Lewiston in the county of 



50 
Chap. 55. 



Damage for land 
taken, how esti- 
mated. 



May ooQDcct with 
other oompaniee, 
or nell or lease 
lines. 



Capital stock and 
purpose. 



Tirst meeting, 
how called. 



Officers and 
by-laws. 



OXFORD AND ANDROSCOGGIN TBLEGBAPH 00. 

ADdroscoggin, upon and tiloog any public highway, railroad, 
bridge or private lands, but in such manner as not to incom- 
mode or endanger the customary public use thereof, with the 
right to cut down trees and remove obstacles, when necessary, 
within the limits aforesaid, except ornamental, fruit or shade 
trees, and with the power to establish and collect tolls on 
said line or lines. 

Sect. 3. If the land of any individual or corporation is 
taken under this act, and the parties cannot agree on the 
damages occasioned thereby, they shall be estimated, secured 
and paid in the manner provided in case of land taken for 
railroads. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized and em- 
powered to connect its line or lines with those of any other 
telegraph or telephone company or corporation, or to sell or 
lease its line or lines of telegraph and property and telephone 
and property, either before or after completion, to any other 
telegraph or telephone company or corporation, upon such 
terms as may be mutually agreed upon, which sale or lease 
shall be binding upon the parties, or may purchase or lease 
any other line or lines of telegraph or telephone upon such 
terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon. 

Sect. 5. The capitul stock of said corporation, shall be of 
such amount, as said corporation may from time to time 
determine to be necessary, for the sole purpose of owning, 
constructing, maintaining and operating the line or lines of 
telegraph or telephone hereby authorized or contemplated, 
and said corporation may purchase, hold, sell and convey all 
real and personal property necessary for the purposes con- 
templated in this charter. 

Sect. 6. The two first corporators named in this act, may 
call the first meeting of the corporation, by mailing a written 
notice signed by both, postage paid, to each of the other cor- 
porators, seven days at leiist before the day of the meeting, 
naming the time, place and purposes of such meeting, and at 
such meeting a president, secretary, treasurer and directors 
may be chosen, by-laws adopted, and any corporate business 
transacted. 

Sect. 7. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproT«d February 23, 1881. 



BRIDGTON AND PRBSUMP8CX)T R. R.~BRIDGTON TELEGRAPH 00. 5^ 

Chapter SB. Chap> 56. 

An let granting pennlssion to extend the Bridgton and Presampsoot River Railroad. 

£e it enacted by tJie Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Permission is hereby granted the Bridgton and ^™l5jJSS'3Si" 
Presumpscot River Railroad Company, when organized, to 
extend the location and construction of its line from some 
point on its line as granted by the last legislature and as 
found in chapter two hitYidred and sixty-seven of the special 
laws of Maine for the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and 
eighty, through the towns of Windham, Gorham, West- 
brook and Deering, or some of said towns, to and into the 
city of Portland, and to connect with any railroad running 
into the city of Portland, either within or without the city 
limits ; provided^ however^ that no portion of said railroad ProTito. 
shall be located or constructed nearer any point of the mills, 
works or canals of the Oriental Powder Mills in the towns of 
Windham or Gorham than the present track of the Portland 
and Ogdensburg Railroad is to such point, without special 
permission in writing of the directors of said Oriental Pow- 
der Mills. 

Sect. 2. Unless the above authorized extension is com- uaiew completed 

Nor. 1, 1884, voM. 

pleted on or before November one, in the year of our Lord 
eighteen hundred and eighty-four, this act shall be null and 
void. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 22, 1881. 



Chapter 57. 

An aet to antlioriBe the Bridgton Telegraph Company to disoontinne and remove its 
present line of telegraph, and to own, oonstmot, maintain and operate a line or lines 
of telegraph along the line of certain railroads, if bnilt. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRe^resentcUives . 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Bridgton Telegraph Company, as incorpor- DisoootiottaDoe 
atod by chapter two hundred and fifteen of the prirate and '''««"«^'-' 
special laws of eighteen hundred and seventynsix, is hereby 
authorized to discontinue the use of, and to remove the wires 



52 UNION OBMBTBRT ASSOCIATION. 

Chap. 58. and materials of the present line of telegraph as now owned 

and maintained by said Bridgton Telegraph Company, if 
deemed necessary or expedient by said telegraph company. 

ADthorised to Sect. 2. The said Bridgton Telegraph Company is hereby 

c«)nstruct And i . i . . i i. 

operate leiegrtph authorizcd to own, construct, mamtain and operate a Ime or 

lines and c<»iioect '■ 

with oilier lines. W^qq of telegraph, with all the rights and privileges, and 

subject to all the restrictions contained in said chapter two 
hundred and fifteen, from Bridgton, in the county of Cum- 
berland, along the line or lines of any railroad or railroads 
that may be built from said Bridgton to the city of Portland ; 
from said Bridgton to the line of the Portland and Ogdens- 
burg railroad ; from said Bridgton to the line of the Portland 
and Rochester railroad ; from said Bridgton to the line of the 
Grand Trunk railroad or Atlantic and Saint Lawrence rail- 
road; and along the entire line of any railroad running 
through any part of said Bridgton, frdm the starting point or 
points of connection of said last named railroad with any 
railroad now in existence, to the terminus of the same, with 
the full right and power, by agreement with other person or 
persons or bodies corporate, to connect the line or lines of 
telegraph owned and maintained by said Bridgton Telegraph 
Company with other lines of telegraph, within or without the 
state, or with any other line of telegraph. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Febnury S4, 1881. 



Gorpomtora. 



Chapter S8. 

An aot to inoorponte the Union Coraeterj Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Lewis C. Robinson, William Dingley, William 
Stackpole, J. Dingley, Junior, Augustus H. Parker, Barnard 
Williams, Joshua Lambert, their associates, successors and 
assigns, and such other persons as are owners of lots in the 
Corporate nune. XJuion Cemetery, situated in Auburn, in the county of 
Androscoggin, are hereby created a corporation by the name 
of the Union Cemetery Company. 



SUPBRINTBNDING 80H00L OOMMITTBB, BIDDEVORD. 53 

Sect, 2. The corporation hereby created may purchase Chap. 59. 
and hold land and property necessary for burying purposes, JJJJ J^J^^' 
not to exceed five thousand dollars, and may hold such per- P'®p«^y- 
sonal property as may be needed or appropriate' to the pur- 
poses of this corporation, and may convey lots for burial 
purposes by their corporate deeds. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation may have a corporate seal to seaiaDdby.iaws. 
be used in its conveyances, and may make and establish such 
by4aws for the government of its concerns as may be neces- 
sary, not conflicting with the laws of this state. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation, by its board of directors, shall ^JJ^L™ 
have the care, control and general management of the 
cemetery. 

Sect. 5. All persons who are, or shall be owners of lots ownmofiouto 
m said cemetery, shall be members of this corporation, and 
each member shall be entitled to one ballot. 

Sect. 6. The officers of this corporation shall be a presi- oaoan. 
dent, secretary, treasurer, and a board of directors of not 
less than five, who shall hold their offices until others are 
chosen. 

Sect. 7. Either of the corporators is hereby authorized Jf*"*°?2*"^' 
to call the first meeting of this corporation, by posting notices 
thereof in three public places in the vicinity, seven days at 
least before said meeting. 

Sect. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Febniary 24, 1881. 



Chapter S9. 

An Mt proYiding for the election of a snperentending sohcol committee, and superin- 
tendent of schools in the city of Biddeford. 

He it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. The citv council of the city of Biddeford may Election of supcr- 

. " ^ . i» . 1 Intending school 

elect a supenntendms: school committee of nine members, committee, and 

*^ ° term of office. 

or may provide for the election of the same by the legal 



54 
Chap. 59. 



Povrers aod 
duties. 



Ma? appoint 
superinteDdent 
and remore mudq. 



SuperinteDdent to 
act under dlreo- 
tlon of committee. 



Inconsistent acts 
repealed. 



BUPBRINTENDIKG SCHOOL GOMMITTBB, BIDDBFORD. 

voterB in the several wards of said city. Committee shall bo 
divided into three classes of three members each. The term 
of office of each member to be determined at the time of his 
election. The first class of three to hold office for one year ; 
the second class of three to hold office for^two years; the 
third class of three to hold office for three years ; and the 
successor of each class shall be elected for the term of three 
years, and immediately upon the election and qualification of 
the committee herein pro tided for, the term of office of the 
existing committee shall cease. In case a superintendent of 
schools is appointed, as authorized by this act, then the 
superintending school committee shall reoeive no compensa- 
tion. 

Sect. 2. The superintending school committee of said 
city of Biddeford may exercise all the powers conferred, and 
shall discharge all the duties imposed by law upon superin- 
tending school committees, and also exercise all the powers 
conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed by law 
upon school agents ; and they may also appoint a superin- 
tendent of schools for a term of five years, and with such 
compensation as said committee may determine. Superin- 
tendent may be removed at the pleasure of said committee ; 
and any vacancy may be filled by the appointment of said 
committee. 

Sect. 3. Said superintendent of schools shall act under 
the direction of, and be responsible to the superintending 
school committee of said city, and may exercise such of those 
powers as they may from time to time confer upon him. 

Seot. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this 
act are hereby repealed. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod Febnuiry U, 1881. 



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OAPB BLIZABKTH RAILKOAD OOMPANT. 55 

Chapter 6«. Chap. 60. 

An Aot to inoorponte the Gape Blisabeth ftailroad Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Moses G. Palmer, Lewis Pierce, Junior, Charles oorporaton. 
E. Jose, Charles B. Merrill, L. D. M. Sweat, John E. Pal- 
mer of Portland, and John M. Bobbins of Lewiston, their 
successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a corporation 
by the name of Cape Elizabeth Railroad Company, with J'^pJJJJ^^J^ 
authority to construct, maintain and use a railroad to be 
operated by horse or steam power, for the transportation of 
freight and passengers from a point at or near Ferry village 
in Cape Elizabeth, thence along the coast as near as practi- 
cable, to some point in the vicinity of Prouts' neck or Libby's 
neck, with all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the 
duties and liablilities of the laws of the state. 

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not capital stock. 
exceed one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares 
of one hundred dollars each, and no share shall be issued for 
less than its par value. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have power to purchase Mayhoidre^ 
and hold such real estate as may be necessary or convenient 
for the purpose of said railroad. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation or their directors may, from operauonof 
i time to time, determine what parts of their railroad they de- 

\ sire to operate, and at what portions of the j'^ear they desire 

[ to operate the same ; and shall not be holden to operate any 

part thereof, or at any portion of the year except as they may 
determine as aforesaid. 

Sect. 5. Said corporation is hereby authorized to issue Antboriaed to 

Imoo boodt. 

bonds for the purpose of constructing its railroad, or for money. 
• which it may borrow for purposes sanctioned by law ; but the 

bonds so issued shall not exceed the amount of capital stock —limit 
paid in by the stockholders. Said bonds shall be issued in 
sums not less than one hundred dollars each, payable in not 
more than twenty years from their date, with interest payable 
semi-annually. 

Sect. 6. This act shall be void unless the same shall be AotToid^nnieM 

« aooopted and 10 

accepted by said corporation, and ten per cent, of the capital '^f/^'J^L**' g2!l 
stock paid within three years from the date of its approval. 7^*"* 



I 



56 PORTLAHB HARBOR. 

Cha p. 61. Sect. 7. Nothing in this act shall deprive the legislature 
iSflSStetS!''*' of the right to amend, alter or repeal said charter, or render 

said company independent of the general legislative power 
of the state. 

Sect. 8. If this railroad shall not be completed on or 
before the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, this act shall be null 
and void. 

Sect. 9. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 24, 1881. 



Act voidf unlets 
railroad U com- 
pleted Jan. 1, 
1886. 



I>eicriptioD acd 
limits of portion 
of Portland 
harbor. 



Chapter 61. 

An act to change the location of part of the Harbor CommiMioners' Line in Portland 

Harbor. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in LegislatWre assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. That portion of the harbor commissioners' line 
in Portland harbor, established in the year eighteen hundred 
and fifty-six, lying easterly of Gait's wharf, so called, is 
hereby changed and established to run as follows : Starting 
at a point located at the south-east corner of Gait's wharf, at 
the junction of the straight southerly face with the curve 
forming this, round, comer of said wharf, marked by a com- 
position spike, driven into the cap timber about one and 
one-half inches from its outer edge. By reference to two 
fixed points, marked by copper bolts and called the east and 
west base, the former on the outer pier of Portland Break- 
water, the latter thirty-eight 'and five-tenths feet west of the 
shore end of the same, the starting point is permanently 
located as follows. Angle at west base between Gait's wharf 
and east base, eighty-six degrees, seven minutes. Angle at 
east base between Gait's wharf and west base, fifty-six 
degrees, three minutes. Distance from west base to Gait's 
wharf, composition spike, two thousand six hundred ninety 
and thirty-four one-hundredths /eet. Distance from east base 
to Gait's wharf, composition spike, three thousand two 
hundred thirty-five and seventy-eight one-hundredths feet. 
Stalling from the point on Gait's wharf, located and described 



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\ 



FISH IN HBWBS POND. 57 

as above, the line runs north-easterly, making an angle of Chap. 62, 
fifty-six degrees, five minutes, with the east base, for a dis- 
tance of three thousand one hundred and ninety feet, to a 
point lying in the prolongation of the north-easterly side of 
the easterly Great Eastern wharf, so called, and three hun- 
dred and fifteen feet distant from the south-easterly corner of 
said wharf; thence northerly and tangent to the curved 
harbor commissioners' line around Fish Point, established by 
the commission of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. 
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved FebroAry 24, 1881. 



Chapter 63 

An aot io amend chapter two hundred of the Private and Special LavR of eighteen 
hundred and scTenty-fliz, relating to fishing in Hewes Pond, in the town of Her- 
mon. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section one of chapter two hundred of the private and 8ec.i,ch.2oo, 
special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, is hereby amended. 
amended by adding thereto, in the first line, after the word 
** pickerel,*' the words 'with nets,' so that said section as 
amended shall read as follows : 

'Sect. 1. All persons are prohibited from taking pickerel Tawngfl«hfrom 

Hewes pood, 

with nets, or other fish with nets or hooks, from Hewes pond rettrioted. 
or any waters tributary to said pond, in the town of Hermon, 
I county of Penobscot, between the first day of December and 

the first day of May in each year/ 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 2i, 1881. 



58 

Chap. 63. 



Act or 1871, 
inuorponiUDg 
KaUhdin Dam 
Co., ameaded 



Tolls and eolleo- 
ttoD of wine. 



KATAHDIN DAM OOMPANT. 

Chapter 6S. 

An act to amend an act entitled «Anaetto inoorporate the Katahdin Dam Companj.'' 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Sepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled j as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section three of an act entitled " An act to incor- 
porate the Katahdin Dam Company," approved February six, 
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby amended, so as 
to read as follows : 

^Segt. 3. The said corporation may demand and receive 
a toll for the passage of logs over its said dams and improve- 
ments as follows : of eighty-seven cents for each thousand 
feet, board measure, woods scale, for logs put into said river 
above and into the gulf; forty cents for each thousand feet, 
board measure, woods scale, for logs put into said river below 
the gulf and above the Katahdin Iron Works dam; fifteen 
cents for each thousand feet, board measure, woods scale, for 
logs put into said river below the said Katahdin Iron Works 
dam ; provided^ that said last named toll of fifteen cents 
shall attach to all logs cut during the two lumbering seasons 
of eighteen hundred and eighty and eighty-one, and of eigh- 
teen hundred and eighty-one and eighty-two, and no others, 
and shall then cease ; and said corporation shall have a lien 
upon all logs which may pass over any of said dams and 
improvements for the payment of said toll ; but the logs of 
each particular mark shall be holden only for the toll of such 
mark ; and unless such toll is paid within twenty days after 
such logs, or a major part of them, shall arrive at the 
Penobscot boom or place of manufacture, said corporation 
may sell at public auction so much of said logs as shall be 
necessary to pay such toll, costs and charges, notice of the 
time and place of such sale, ten days before such sale, being 
first given in some newspaper printed in Bangor; or said 
corporation may enforce its said lien for said toll, costs and 
charges, upon all logs cut during the present lumbering sear 
son of eighteen hundred and eighty and eighty-one, and 
hereafter in the manner provided for the enforcement of liens 
for cutting, hauling, rafting or driving logs in chapter ninety- 
one of revised statutes ; and when the said corporation 
shall, from tolls, be reimbursed, with twelve per centum a 
year interest for its expenditures, the toll shall cease.' 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febroary 24, 1881. 



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t 



ORCHARD BBACH R. R.--PBBTOBS00T AND LARS MBQANTIC R. R. gQ 

Chapter 64. Chap. 64. 

An aet to enable the Boston and Maine Railroad to puroliase th^ Orchard Beaoh 

Railroad. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as followfl : 

Sect. 1. The Boston and Maine Railroad is hereby au- Parehaseof 

. property of the 

thonzed and empowered to purchase and hold the franchise, JJuSi cT** 
rights and property of the Orchard Beach Railroad Company. *«'*»»riKd. 

Sect. 2. Upon such purchase the said Boston and Maine soetoa and Me. 
Railroad shall have and enjoy, in relation to such franchise, ngbtkand a^d- 

1 . . 1 I . 1 chlset of Orchard 

rights and property, the same powers and privileges the said Beach r. r. co. 
Orchard Beach Railroad Company now holds and enjoys by 
virtue of its act of incorporation, and all acts additional 
thereto. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febmary 25, 1881. 



65. 

An act to amend chapter five hundred and forty*one of the Private Iaws of eighteen 
hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act to incorporate the Penobscnt and Lake 
Megantie Railroad Company.'' 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe^itatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section two of chapter five hundred and^forty- Bee 2, ch. mi, 

' ^ •pecIallawslSTl, 

one of the private laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-one amended. 
is hereby amended by inserting after the word 'Make," in the 
twelfth line, the words 'or from some point on the line of the 
European and North American Railway, between the south 
line of the town of Lincoln and the north line of the town of 
Mattawamkeag, to Greenville, near the foot of Moosehead lake, 
on a line which shall not be, at any point, within fifteen miles 
of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad, except where it shall 
approach and cross the line of said last named railroad near 
i the foot of Moosehead lake ; and from Greenville,' and by 

striking out the words "St. Francis and Lake Megantic," in 
the fifteenth and sixteenth lines, so that said section as 
amended shall read as follows : 



QQ PEKOBSOOT AND LAKB M8GANTIC BAILROAD. 

Chap. 65. « Sect. 2. The said corporation is hereby fully empowered 

Site rtJT*^' to survey, Jocate, construct, complete, alter, equip and keep 

in repair, a railroad, with one or more tracks, and all neces- 
sary buildings, tunnels, viaducts, turnouts, side tracks, cul- 
verts, bridges, drains and all other needful appendages and 

Route. appuitenances, from some point on the line of the European 

and North American Railway, between the Passadumkeag 
and Mattawamkeag rivers, to the Bangor and Piscataquis 
Railroad in the town of Orneville or Milo, and there connect 
with the last named railroad, and thence from some point on 
the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad between its present 
termination in the town of Foxcroft, or Abbot when finished 
to Abbot, and Moosehead lake, or from some point on the 
line of the European and Noith American Railway, between 
the south line of the town of Lincoln and the north line of 
the town of Mattawamkeag, to Greenville, near the foot of 
Moosehead lake, on a line which shall not be at any point 
within fifteen miles of the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad, 
except where it shall approach and cross the line of said last 
named railroad near the foot of Moosehead lake ; and from 
Greenville to some point on the west line of the state be- 
tween township numbered three, in the fifth range of town- 
ships and the north branch of Moose river, and there connect 
with the International Railroad, or any other railroad which 
may be constructed from Lenoxville, in the province of 
Quebec, eastwardly to said state line.' 

seciOfUnenied. Sect. 2. Scctiou ten of Said act is hereby amended by 
striking out the word " or," the second word in the seventh 
line ; by inserting after the word "lease," in the seventh line, 
the words * or sell ;' by inserting after the word " company," 
in the eighth line, the words, * either domestic or foreign, to 
take a lease of, or buy any connecting line of railroad and 
property, whether domestic or foreign, either before or 
after its completion, or to amalgamate its stock with the 
stock of any connecting railroad, whether domestic or foreign, 
in order to form with such railroad a single corporation ; ' by 
inserting after the word " lease," in the ninth line, thc^ words, 
^sale, purchase or amalgamation;' by striking out all of 
said section which follows the word "parties," in the last 
Une, and inserting instead the words, ' according to the terms 



ISLAND COTTAGB COMPANY. gj 

thereof/ so that said section, as amended, shall read as Chap. 66. 
follows : 

^Sect. 10. Said corporation shall have power to make, Bj.iaw». 
order and establish all necessary by-laws and regulations con- 
sistent with the constitution and laws of this state, for its 
own government, and for the due and orderly conducting of 
its affairs, and management of its property ; and it is also 
hereby authorized and empowered to make connection with 2hJr*?SS?iSI2l 
any other railroad corporation, to lease or sell its line of rail- ^[^'^'"'"^or 
road and property, either before or after its completion, to S!I[!?^.~°°***' 
any other railroad company, either domestic or foreign, to 
take a lease of, or buy any other connecting line of railroad 
and property, whether domestic or foreign, either before or 
after its completion, or to amalgamate its stock with the stock 
of any connecting railroad, whether domestic or foreign, in 
order to form with such railroad a single corporation, upon 
such terms as may be mutually agreed upon, which lease, 
sale, purchase or amalgamation shall be binding upon the 
parties according to the terms thereof.' 

Sect. 3. The orfi^anization referred to in the fifteenth Preliminary 

^ organiBBtloo. 

section of said act, is hereby declared to be and mean the 
preliminary organization mentioned in the fourteenth section 
of said act, the present organization of said company is^ 
declared to have been seasonable, and the existence and 
charter of said company are hereby ratified and confirmed. 

Sect. 4. The name of said corporation is hereby changed Nameofoorpor*- 

JT ./ o iton changed. 

from the "Penobscot and Lake Megantic Railroad Company," 
to the * International Railway Company of Maine.' 
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred February 25, 1881. 



Chapter 66. 

An aot to incorporftte the Island Cottage Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. J. P. Cilley, H. W. Wight and True P. Pierce c<wpofator». 
of Rockland, Joshua L. Jordan, C. Prince and Greenleaf 
Cilley of Thomaston, E. B. Nealley of Bangor, Maine, H. 
P. Starr of Spencer, Massachusetts^ and Ellis Spear of 



62 

Chap, 66. 



Corporate niuD«, 
rtghts and dades. 



Aathoriied to 
imrehaM, erect 
and lease build- 
ings, build 
wharves, etc. 



Close time of 
lobsters modifted. 



Proviso. 



First meeting, 
hoir called. 



ISLAND COTTAGB OOMPAKT. 

Washington, District of Columbia, with their associates and 
successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corpo- 
rate, by the name of the Island Cottage Company, with all 
the rights, powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties 
and liabilities provided in the laws of this state, concerning 
similar corporations ; and said corporation is authorized to 
purchase, lease, or in any legal mode acquire and hold, and 
to sell and convey real and personal estate and property to 
an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars at any 
one time ; and to make all necessary by-laws for the lurther- 
ance of the purposes of this act and the government of said 
corporation, which are Dot inconsistent with the laws of the 
state. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is authorized to purchase, erect 
and lease cottages and all other building that may be needed 
or are in any way necessary for the shelter, comfort and con- 
venience of persons visiting or sojourning in Maine for health, 
recreation or business, on the land which may be owned or 
leased by said coi*poration in the county of Waldo, and build 
wharves, lay out roads and paths, improve or ornament the 
land owned or leased by said corporation, as may be necessary 
for the purposes aforesaid ; and may also own and operate 
conveyance by steamboat or sailing vessels, or by horses and 
carriages to and from the islands and lands owned or leased 
by said corporation. 

Sect. 3. In order to secure a sufficient and regular supply 
of lobsters for domestic consumption on such islands, that 
close time for catching lobsters within three hundred yards of 
the low water line on the islands owned by said corporation 
shall be from October one to June one in each year, provided^ 
that said corporation, by artificial propagation or other appro- 
priate acts under the direction of the fishery commission, 
shall increase the number of lobsters therein. 

Sect. 4. Any person named in this act may call the first 
meeting of said corporation for the purpose of organization, 
by giving written notice thereof to each of the other corpo- 
rators, five days at least before said meeting. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take efiect when approved. 

Approved February 26, 18S1. 






UMIVBRSALIST SOCIRTT — EXPBNDITDBBS OF aOVERNMBNT. (33 

Chapter 6T. Chap. 67. 

An act to make ralid and legal the doings of the First Universalist Society in 

firidgton. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The duin&rs of the First Universalist Society in Doingt of Bri<ig- 

^ •'ton Unlverenlist 

Bridgtoii at its meetings held on the fifth day of December, ^^^^' '°*^* 
eighteen hundred and seventy, on the twelfth day of Decem- 
ber, eighteen hundred and seventy and on all subsequent 
dates up to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one, are hereby ratified and made legal and valid. 

Sect. 2. The doin£:s of the treasurer of the First Univer- i>otng« of trcas- 

^ urer, ratified. 

salist Society in Bridgton on the thirty-first day of December, 
eighteen hundred and seventy, in borrowing a certain sum of 
money for said society, and in its name, from the Bridgton 
Savings Bank, and in mortgaging the church property of said 
society to said bank as security for said sum of money, are 
hereby ratified and made legal and valid, and said mortgage 
is hereby ratified and made legal and binding as a mortgage 
from said society to said bank of all the church property in 
Bridgton in the county of Cumberland, owned or occupied 
by said society on said thirty-first day of December. 
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 26, 1881. 



Chapter 68. 

An act to provide in part for the Expenditures of Oovernment. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. In order to provide for the several acts and Act of appro- 
resolves of the legislature, requiring the payment of money 
from the treasury, and also to provide for the necessary 
expenditures of government for the fiscal year of eighteen 
hundred and eighty-one, the following sums are hereby 
appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, and the gov- 
ernor, with the advice and consent of the council, is hereby 
authorized, at any time prior to the first day of January next, 
to draw his warrant on the treasury for the same : 



Q^ BXPSNDITURBS OF OOVBRNMBNT. 

Chap. 68. Interest on Public Debt, three hundred and fifty- 
five thousand dollars $355,000 00 

Public Debt, fifty-five thousand dollars 55,000 00 

Sinking Fund, eighty thousand four hundred 

seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents.... 80,479 95 
School Mill Tax, number nine, two hundred 
twenty-four thousand five hundred sixty-five 

dollars and thirty-six cents 224,565 36 

School Fund, number forty-seven, eighty-nine 
thousand three hundred thirty dollars and fifty- 
one cents 89,330 51 

Normal Schools, eighteen thousand dollars 18,000 00 

Training Schools in Madawaska,' eight hundred 

dollars 800 00 

Madawaska School Fund, three hundred dollars . 300 00 
Expenses Superintendent Common Schools, four 

hundred dollars 400 00 

Free High Schools, twenty-six thousand dollars.. 26,000 00 
Houlton Academy, one hundred and twenty dol- 
lars 120 00 

Presque Isle AQademy, one hundred and eighty 

dollars 180 00 

Hebron Academy, sixty dollars 60 00 

Foxcroft Academy, sixty dollars 60 00 

Maine Central Institute, six hundred dollars. . . . 600 00 

O^k Grove Seminary, six hundred dollars 600 00 

Balance due on School Funds, five thousand five 

hundred and seventy dollars 5,570 00 

Balance due on School Mill Taxes, twelve thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-five dollars 12,835 00 

Books and Maps, ordered by the legislature, one 

hundred and twenty-nine dollars 129 00 

Penobscot Indians, shore rents, eleven hundred 

and sixty-seven dollars 1,167 00 

State Library, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Agricultural Societies, deficiency for eighteen 
hundred and seventy-nine, five thousand one 
hundred thirty-one dollars and eighty-five cents 5,131 85 
County Taxes collected in eighteen hundred and 
eighty, nine thousand nine hundred forty dol- 
lars and ninety-one cents 9,940 91 






BXPBNDITURBS OP GOVERNMENT. g5 

Railroad and Telegraph tax due cities and towns, Chap. 68. 

three thousand three hundred sixty-eight dol- 
lars and one cent $3,368 01 

Lands reserved for public uses, fifteen hundred 

dollars 1,500 00 

Interest on Lands reserved for public uses, one 

thousand dollars t. 1,000 00 

Forfeited Lands, eight hundred dollars 800 00 

Temporary Loan, two hundred thousand dollars. 200,000 00 
Interest on Temporary Loan, two thousand four 

hundred sixty-nine dollars and seventy-seven 

cents 2,469 77 

Bounty on Beet Sugar, seven thousand dollars. . 7,000 00 
Contingent Fund of Governor and Council, five 

thousand dollars 5,000 00 

Costs in Criminal Prosecutions, one thousand 

dollars 1,000 00 

Sheriffs and Coroners, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Support of Paupers in unincorporated places, five 

thousand dollars 5,000 00 

Sanford Legacy, forty-two dollars 42 00 

Deaf, Dumb and Blind, thirteen thousand five 

hundred dollars 13,500 00 

Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons, six hundred 

dollars 600 00 

Expenses of Attorney General's Department, five 

hundred dollars 500 00 

Salaries of Public OflScers, fifty-three thousand 

dollars 53,000 00 

Joseph Nicolar^ one hundred dollars 100 00 

Newell Joseph, one hundred dollars 100 00 

Amounting to the sum of eleven hundred eighty- 
two thousand two hundred forty-nine dollars 

and thirty-six cents 1,182,249 36 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved, 

Approred February 26, 1881. 



66 

Chap. 69. 



FLOOD POND STREAM DAM 00 dEBOIS DAM 00 



Corporator!. 



Mfty erect and 
maiDtain dami. 



Chapter 69. 

An act to incorporate the Flood Pond Stream Dam Oompany. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : ' 

Sect. 1. John G. Remick and Elkanah Remick, their 
heirs, associates and. assigns, arc created a body politic and 
Corporate name, corporate by the name of the Flood Pond Stream Dam Com- 
pany, with the powers and privileges of similar corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may erect and maintain a dam 
or dams on their own land, at or near the outlet of Flood 
Pond, in the town of Otis, for the purpose of raising a head 
of water lo run its mill, and to facilitate the driving of logs 
and other lumber. 

Sect. 3. The said corporation may demand and receive 
a toll of eight cents per thousand feet for all logs, and five 
cents per cord for all stave or shingle wood which may pass 
over or through said dam or dams, and a lien is hereby created 
on all logs and stave or shingle wood which shall pass over 
or through said dam or dams for the payment of such tolls ; 
but the logs or other lumber of each particular mark shall 
only be holdenfor the payment of such mark, and if said toll 
is not paid within thirty days after said logs or lumber 
ai-riveat their place of destination, the said corporation may 
sell at auction, after ten days' notice in any newspaper 
printed in Hancock County, so much of such logs or lumber 
as may be sufficient to pay said toll and incidental expenses. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved February 26, 1881. 



Till and 
ooUectloD. 



( 



Toll and coUeo- 
tion. 



Chapter 70. 

An aot additional to an act entitled " An act to incorporate the SeboisDam Company," 
approved February twenty-two, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresoUaiives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Instead of the toll now provided, the said cor- 
poration may demand and receive a toll of forty cents for 
each thousand feet, board measure, woods scale, for all logs 
driven over their dam, erected or to be erected at or near 



SBBOIS DAM COMPANY. Q^ 

the outlet of Trout Lake, or Endless Lake, so called, and Chap. 70. 
said corporation shall have a lien on all such logs for the pay- 
ment of said toll ; and if said toll is not paid within ten days 
after said logs, or a major part thereof, shall have arrived at 
the Penobscot Boom, the corporation may sell at public 
auction, in the city of Bangor, so many of said logs as may 
be necessary to pay said toll with incidental charges, first 
giving public notice of the time and place of sale in some 
daily newspaper published in Bangor, but the logs of each 
particular mark shall bo holden only for the toll on such 
mark. 

Sect. 2. And said corporation may demand and receive a tou and coiiec 
toll of twenty cents for each thousand feet, board measure, 
woods scale, that may pass over the dams and improvements 
erected, or to be erected, on the east branch of Sebois 
stream, so called, with the same rights, remedies and lien as 
is provided in section one of this act. 

Sect. 3. The said corporation may enter upon and take corporation m»y 

^ ^ r take land and 

such land and material as may be necessary to build their n>^rt*>»- 
said dam, or upon which it is now erected, and shall pay to 
the proprietors of the same such damages as the parties may J*'"**^'?**^ 
agree upon, and if the parties cannot agree, then the corpo- 
ration shall pay such damages as may be ascertained and 
determined upon by the county commissioners of the county 
of Penobscot, in the same manner, and under the same con- 
ditions and limitations as are now provided by law in case of 
damage by the laying out of highways. 

Sect. 4. When said corporation shall have received from Toii«tobere- 

*■ duoed when oot- 

tolls, their outlay on dams and improvements and repairs, Jj^^lnj^'ij 
- with eight per cent, interest, then the tolls shall be reduced "***^**- 
to a sum sufficient to keep the works in repair, and the dams, 
works and improvements on the two separate streams shall 
be deemed and taken as separate works and improvements 
for the purposes of this section, and the tolls reduced on the 
east branch of Sebois stream when the tolls received from 
logs and lumber passing over the improvements on said east 
branch of Sebois stream shall have paid as aforesaid for the 
dams and improvements on said east branch of Sebois stream, 
and the tolls reduced on the other dams and improvements, 
when the tolls received from logs and lumber passing them, 
shall have paid as aforesaid for such dams and improvements 



t 



I 



Limit of 
allowaooe. 



SubeeriptioD for 
•took. 



QQ MAINS CBNTBAL IHSXITUTB. 

Chap. 71. and interest as aforesaid, and all necessary repairs shall be 
deemed a part of the cost of the dams and improvements, 
and Churles D. Bryant and William H. McCrillis of Bangor, 
are appointed to audit and allow the accounts and determine 
the cost of the improvements on the said east branch of 
Sebois stream separately, and audit and allow the cost of the 
other dams and improvements separately, but the amount 
allowed for all the dams and. all the improvements shall not 
exceed four thousand dollars. 

Sect. 5. A book of subscription for stock or shares of 
said company shall remain open ten days during the month 
of March, at the ofSce of C. G. Stems and Companj^ in 
Bangor, and said Bryant and McCrillis shall determine the 
number of shares that each person interested shall be allowed 
to subscribe for. 

Sect. 6. The third section of the act to which this is 
additional is hereby repealed. 

Sect. 7. The logs cut and hauled, the lumbering season 
of eighteen hundred and eighty and eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one, by N. G. Gould and also by Gilbert and Com- 
pany, shall be subject only to the payment of twenty cents 
toll, instead of forty cents toll, for each thousand feet, board 
measure, woods scale. 

Steer. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febnurj 28, 1881. 



Section 8, re- 
pealed. 



SzoeptloDt made 
in fkvor of oertain 
lumber. 



S 



( 



Name of lostltute 
majbe changed. 



LoeattOQ may 
becbanged. 



Chapter 71. 

An act relating to the Maine Central Institute. 

Be it enacted hy the SefrvaJte and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The trustees of the Maine Central Institute shall 
have the power at any time after the passage of this act, to 
strike out the words ** the Maine Central," before the word 
** Institute," and insert the surname of any person who may 
give the institute at least the sum of ten thousand dollars. 

Sect. 2. In case the buildings and grounds of the said 
institute shall not be free from debt in two years from the 
passage of this act, the said trustees shall have the power to 



MAINE CENTRAL INSTITUTE. QQ 

locate the said institute in some town or city in this state whose Chap. 71. 
inhabitants may furnish it with suitable buildings and grounds 
free from any expense to the said institute ; provided, that 
said institute shall not be removed to any town where a 
normal school is located. 

Sect. 3. The •' Resolve in favor of the Maine Central »«otve of ip, 

B0 amend' d by 

Institute," approved March twelve, eighteen hundred and JSJnd^ed!"'*' 
seventy, and amended by the "Resolve" approved March 
one, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby further 
amended, by striking out the words " school property to the 
amount of forty thousand dollars," and inserting the words 
* suitable buildings and grounds,' so that said resolve, as 
amended, shall read as follows : 

^Resolved, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and Approprtation 

fur eiKluwineDt 

hereby is appropriated out of the state treasury, for the use '^«i- 
of the trustees of the Maine Central Institute, as endow- 
ment fund to said institution, the money to be retained in the 
treasury, and the interest to be paid semi-annually, till the 
year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-iSve ; and if at 
that time the said trustees shall own, unincumbered, suitable -i^nd^tioM- 
buildings and grounds, equal in value to its buildings and 
grounds at Pittsfield, in case of removal,* and the said insti- 
tution shall be in successful operation, the said sum of ten 
thousand dollars shall be paid to the trustees of said institu- 
tion for the use and benefit thereof; and they shall safely 
invest the same, the interest only to be expended annually ; 
provided, that the trustees of said institution, in considera- 
tion of the aid thus rendered by the state, shall, within one 
year after the passage of this resolve, establish, and there- 
after maintain a normal department for the preparation of 
teachers.' 
Sect. 4. This act shall be in force when approved by the Act to be in 

* * •' foroe when 

Governor, and accepted by the said trustees. JSSS? •»' 

ApproFod February 28, 1881. 



iTQ FISH IN BARBELL'S MILL POND.— FISH IN MEDOMAK RIVER. 

CfiAP. 72. Chapter 7«. 

Ad act for tho protection of FiBh, in Barrell's Hill Pond, in the town of York. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Taking of ftah Sect. 1. The DersoH OF DersoDS, owning and controlling 

from certain ^ "^ ^ /.^i.i 

waujri prohibited the wuter of BaiTell's mill pond, m the town of \ ork, in the 

county of York, shall hereafter have exclusive control of the 
same for all purposes of iSshing. They shall have the right 
to stock said pond with black bass or other fish, and catch or 
take the same at any time and in any manner, except at 
seasons when the capture of such fish is prohibited by law. 

penaitjtor Sect. 2. Whocvcr shall hereafter take fish of any kind 

riolatlon. •••in 

from said pond, without the consent of said proprietors, shall 
forfeit not more than ten, nor less than five dollars, and a fur- 
ther penalty of one dollar for each fish so taken, one-half to 
go to the complainant, and the other half to the county of 
York. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febniftrj 28, 1881. 



:xz 



Chapter 73. 

An aol in relation to the Salmon and Alewife fishery in the Medomak river, in the 

town of Waidoboroogh. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Taking of flih in Sect. 1. No Dcrsou shall fish for, catch, take, kill or 

certain iratere, * 

restricted. dcstroy ally salmon, blue backs, shiners or alewives, in any 

of the waters of the Medomak river or its tributaries in the 

town of Waldoborough, with any net, seine, weir or trap, 

except as hereinafter provided. 

Aathority Twted Sect. 2. The cutirc control and authority over the fish- 
in to^rn of •' 

Waldoborough. ways, and the right and privilege of taking salmon, blue 

backs, shiners or alewives in the Medomak river, within the 
limits of the town of Waldoborough, in the county of 
Lincoln, is hereby granted to said town of Waldoborough ; 
but nothing contained in this act is intended to be in conflict 
with the fortieth chapter of the revised statutes and its 
amendments. 



BOLECTIC MBDICAL COLLEGE. i^J 

Sect. 3. Any person or persons who shall violate the Chap. 74, 
provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten yfjj^j/^' 
dollars, to be recovered by complaint before any trial justice, 
one-half to the complainant, and the other half to the town 
where the complaint is made. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod February 28, 1881. 



Chapter 74. 

An act to eftoblish the Boleotio Medical College of Maine. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Horace C. Little, Joseph K. Blanchard, N. W. corporatora. 
Dutton, Charles E. Morrill, Cyrus Greene, J. D. Storer, J. 
H. Day, E. Kcene, Junior, Thomas Littlefield, Jam^s M. 
Buzzell, and William G. Davis, are hereby constituted a 
body politic and corporate by the name of the Eclectic corporate name, 

powna and 

Medical College of Maine, and by that name may sue and be prt^ne««»- 
sued, plead and be impleaded, use a common seal, make by- 
laws for the management of its affairs not repugnant to the 
constitution and laws of this state, having succession as here- 
inafter provided, with power to establish and maintain a 
college with all the powers and privileges required for the 
thorough education of persons designed to enter the medical 

profession. Said college shall be located in the city of Lew locattoo. 

iston, Maine. 

Sect. 2. The persons mentioned in the foregoing section Board or tnuteet 
shall constitute a board of trustees, who shall annually elect 
one of their number president of the board. They shall 
appoint a clerk and treasurer, both of whom shall be. sworn oiBeerB^ appoint- 

ment and datiea. 

and shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the trustees. 
The clerk shall record all proceedings of the board, and 
copies of their records certified by him, shall be evidence in 
all cases in which the originals might be used. The treasurer 
shall be required to give bond, and to renew the same when- 
ever the trustees shall require. 



72 

Chap. 74. 



Vint meetisg, 
bow called. 



Trustees may 
take and hold 
property. 



QttaUficatioD and 



Powers and 
duties. 



Power of 
teachers. 



Proviso. 



BCLBCtIC MBDICAL OOLLBaS. 

Sect. 3. Either of the persons named herein as trustee 
may cull the fii*8t meeting of the trustees by giving three 
days' personal notice to the other trustees. 

Sect. 4. The trustees, in their corporate capacity, may 
take and hold such real and personal property as may be 
granted or devised to them for the purposes of promoting the 
objects of this act. 

Sect. 5. No person shall be a trustee who is not an 
inhabitant of this state. The vacancies that shall occur in 
the board of trustees shall be filled at their next meeting. 

Sect. 6. The trustees shall appoint such directors, pro- 
fessors, lecturers and teachers in the college, and employ 
such other persons therein, from time to time, as the means 
at their command may permit, for the accomplishment of the 
objects herein enumerated. Every officer and every person 
employed shall hold his office or employment at the pleasure 
of the trustees. They shall, as soon as may be, arrange and 
make known the seveml courses of instruction which they 
will undertake, at the outset, and shall enlarge and improve 
the same whenever practicable. 

Sect. 7. The teachers and professors employed as herein 
specified, shall have power to confer degrees and grant public 
testimonials to students who satisfactorily complete any one 
or more of the prescribed courses of study. Provided, how- 
evei'y that no diploma or medical degree for the practice of 
medicine shall be granted, excepting to students who shall have 
completed a course of study of three years under the direction 
of a practitioner of medicine, a graduate of an incorporated 
medical college ; and who shall have attended two full courses 
of medical lectures in some Incorporated medical college, the 
last of which* previous to graduation, shall have been in this 
institution ; shall deposit with the faculty satisfactory certifi- 
cates of good moral character and shall pass satisfactory 
public examination in anatomy, physiology, surgery, chem- 
istry and obstetrics. 

Sect. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febrnarj 28, 1881. 



i 



BAXQOR BOOJf COHPANr. 73 

Chapter 7S. Chap. 75. 

An aet to amend ofaapter forty-nine of the Priyate and Special Laws of eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty -nine, relating to " Bangor Boom Company." 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section two of chapter forty-nine of the private sec. 2, ch.49, 
and special laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entitled amended. 
*' An act for the extension of the charter of the Bangor Boom 
Company," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : ^It 
shall be the duty of said company to provide with ordinary company to pro- 
care and diligence, a sufficient boom or booms to secure all 
logs and lumber passing into the boom and promptly raft the 
same out, and to provide all suitable warps, rigging, wedges 
and other material for the rafting of the logs and lumber, 
and as a compensation for such service, the said corporation, 
instead of the toll now provided, shall be entitled to demand 
and receive for such booming and rafting, fifty-eight cents 
for each thousand feet, board measure, full scale, provided^ 
that so long as the work of driving and rafting the logs, and 
furnishing materials therefor is done, as now, by one con- 
tractor independent of the corporation, said corj^oration shall 
receive as toll, twenty cents, and uo more, for each thousand Toiiinnrtcoiiec. 

•^ ' tioa thereof. 

feet, board measure, full scale, and the tolls provided in this 
act shall continue during the lifetime of this charter, and a 
lien is hereby created upon all logs and lumber to secure the 
payment of the tolls herein provided, but the logs of any 
particular mark shall only be liable and holden to pay the toll 
for the boomage and rafting of such mark ; and if no owner 
or owners of the logs and lumber pay such toll within ten 
days after his or their logs are rafted out of said boom, the 
said corporation may sell at public auction, in Bangor, so 
many thousand feet, board measure, full scale, to be ascer- 
tained by some competent scaler of said logs and lumber, as 
may be necessary to pay the said tolls, and other reasonable 
and necessary charges for advertising and selling the same, 
the said corporation, by their treasurer, first giving notice of 
the time and place of sale, describing the mark of said logs 
and lumber as near as may be, in some daily newspaper pub- 
lished in Bangor, twelve days at least before the day of sale ; 
and if all of said logs are not sold, the remainder shall, with 
ordinary care and diligence, be kept by said corporation for 



74 BOOTHBAT TELEaRAPH COMPANY 

Chap. 76. the space of thirty days longer, and if no owner or owners 

appear and pay the reasonable charges of said company for 
securing and keeping said logs, all of such remaining logs 
shall be sold in Bangor, at public auction, by the thousand 
feet, board measure, full scale, to be ascertained by some 
competent scaler, the corporation first giving the same notice 
required in case of selling for the non-payment of tolls, and 
the proceeds shall be retained by the said corporation for the 
owner, for the space of two years, and no longer ; and after 
the lapse of two years, it shall then be the duty of said 
corporation to expend said'proceeds in improving the naviga- 
tion of the Penobscot river, for logs between the said boom 
and Oldtown falls.' 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Febraary 28, 1881. 



Chapter 76. 

An act to inoorporato the Bootbbay Telegraph Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
corporaton. Sect. 1. Oilman A. Lowe, Isaiah Lewis, Charles H. 

Fisher, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby 

created a body politic and corporate by the name of the 

conMwttonwne, Boothbay Telegraph Company, with all the powers, rights 

duties. ^jj^ privileges, and subject to all the duties and obligations 

granted and prescribed by the general laws of this state 

relating to corporations ; with power bj* that name to sue and 

plead, and have and use a common seal, which they may 

change at pleasure. 

OT?if*M??pS«te Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby empowered and 

telegraph linee. authorized to own, coustTuct, maintain and operate, from a 

central office to be located in Boothbay, in the county of 
Lincoln, a line or lines of telegraph and line or lines of tele- 
phone, to and through the towns of Boothbay, Bristol, 
Southport and Westport, all in said county of Lincoln, and 
by cable under the water to Squirrel Island, Mouse Island, 
Capitol Island, and the other islands in the vicinity of said 
towns. 



BOOTHBAT TBLBORAPfl COMPANY. 75 

Sect. 3. For the purposes of this act, the said company Chap. 76* 
shall have, and is hereby granted, the power to erect and ^iJjJ^^J^Jja, 
•ocate its lines along, and upon any way, public or private, 
and upon any bridge or turnpike in either of said towns or 
islands ; to connect such ishiuds with each other and with 
said towns and the central office, by cable, upon the sea bot- 
tom under navigable or unnavigable waters ; wit& right and 
power to land said cable at the most convenient place or 
places upon the shores of said towns or islands, and to take 
and hold the right to land said cable, and right of way to 
connect said edible with the lines of said company ; may cut 
down trees, except shade, fruit and ornamental trees, and 
remove other obstacles, when necessary, for the erection, use 
or safety of its lines and cables ; and may make and establish 
such rules, by-laws and regulations for the protection of its 
wires and cables, and for the management of its affairs, not 
repugnant to the laws of this state, and to do any and all 
lawful acts incident or necessary to similar corporations and 
to carry out the purposes of its organization. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized and em- May connect with 
powered to connect its line or lines, with those of any other 
telegraph or telephone company or corporation ; may sell or 
lease its line or lines, or any part thereof, or its telegraph or 
telephone property, either before or after its completion, to 
any other telegraph, telephone, or other company or corpo- 
ration, upon such terms as may be mutually ngreed upon, 
which sale or lease shall be binding upon both parties thereto ; 
or may purchase or lease any other line or lines of telegraph 
or telephone, upon such terms and conditions as may be 
mutually agreed upon. 

Sect. 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall be capiui stock 

and purpoM. 

of such amount as said corporation may from time to time 
determine to be necessary for the sole purpose of owning, 
constructing, maintaining and operating the line or lines of 
telegraph or telephone authorized or contemplated herein, 
And said corporation may purchase, hold, sell and convey all 
real and personal property, right or rights of way, necessary 
for the purposes contemplated in this act of incorporation ; 
and may establish and collect rates and tolls for service on its 
lines. 



76 
Chap. 77. 

Laad damages, 
how adjusted. 



Fint meeting, 
how called. 



Offlcen and 
bj-lawa. 



MONSON VILLAaB OOBPORATIOSr. 

Sect. 6. If the land of any individual or corporation is 
taken under this act, and the parties cannot agree on the 
damages occasioned thereby, they shall be estimated, secured 
and paid in the manner provided in case of land taken for 
railroads. 

Sect. 7. The first meeting of this corporation may be 
called by any one of the persons named in this act, by giving 
to the others interested, notice of said meeting seven days 
prior to said meeting, in said notice, naming the time, place 
and purposes of said meeting. At such meeting, officers 
may be chosen, by-laws adopted, and any other corporate 
business transacted. 

Sect. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Maroh 2, 1881. 



Territory and 
oorporate name. 



Power and par- 
poN. 



Franchifeflof 
tohool dletriot 



Chapter 77. 

An Aol to inoorporaie the Monson VllUgo Corporation. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1 . The territory in the town of Monson, compris- 
ing the center school district of said town, together with the 
inhabitants thereon, is hereby created a body politic and cor- 
porate, by the name of the Monson Village Corporation, 
with all the rights and privileges provided by the laws of the 
state, relating to corporations. 

Secf. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized and vested 
with power, at any legal meeting called for the purpose, to 
raise money to defray the expenses of a police, and all other 
necessary regulations for the better security of property, and 
the promotion of good order and quiet within its limits, for 
the purchase and repair of engines, and all other apparatus 
for the construction of reservoirs and aqueducts to supply 
water, for the erection and repair of suitable engine houses, 
for organizing and maintaining an efficient fire department, 
for the improvement of streets, sidewalks and public grounds, 
and for the support of schools. 

Sect. 3. The organization, rights, powers and duties now 



merged In corpo- held and excrciscd by said center school district, under the 
laws of this state, are hereby merged and vested in, and 



MONSON VILLAGE CORPORATION. 77 

shall be held and exercised by the corporation hereby estab- Chap. 77. 
lishcd, and there shall be no other or separate organization 
thereof as a school district. Said corporation shall have all Further Hghti 
the rights and powers, and be subject to all the liabilities of 
other school districts ; and in addition thereto, may establish 
and maintain a system of graded free schools, subject to the 
provisions of section twenty-six of chapter eleven of the 
revised statutes, so far as the same are applicable. 

Sect. 4. Any money raised by said corporation for the AMeeMaentof 
purposes aforesaid, shall be assessed upon the property and 
polls within the territory aforesaid, by the assessors of said 
corporation, in the same manner as is by law provided for 
the assessment of town taxes. And said aasessors may copy 
the last valuation of said property by the assessors of the 
town of Monson, and assess the tax thereon ; or if the corpo- 
ration shall so direct, may correct said valuation, or make a 
new valuation thereof, according to the principles established 
by the last state tax, and assess the tax on that valuation. 

Sect. 5. Upon a certificate being filed with the assessors collection or tax. 
of said corporation by the clerk thereof, of the amount of 
money raised at any meeting for the purpose aforesaid, it 
shall be the duty of said assessors, as soon as may be, to 
assess said amount upon the polls and estates of the persons 
residing on the territory aforesaid, and upon the estates of 
non-resident proprietors thereof, and list of the assessment 
so made, to certify and deliver to the collector, whose duty 
it shall be to collect the same in like manner, as county and 
town taxes are by law collected by towns, and to pay over 
the same to the treasurer of said corporation, who shall re- 
ceive the-same, and pay it out by order or direction of the 
corporation, and keep a regular account of all moneys re- 
ceived and paid out, and exhibit the same to the assessors 
whenever requested, and said corporation shall have the same 
power to direct the mode of collecting said taxes as towns 
have in collection of town taxes. 

Sect. 6. The officers of said corporation may consist of offloertand their 

, duties. 

a supervisor, clerk, treasurer, collector, assessors, fire war- 
dens, school committee and such other officers as may be 
provided for in the by-laws of said corporation, and said 
officers shall severally have exclusively all the power and 
authority within the limits of said corporation, that similar 
officers now have or may have, chosen by towns. 



78 

Chap. 77. 

Bj-lawi may be 
ftdcpfced. 



Offiotfratobe 
choaen annuaUy. 



Record! of 
me«ilugs. 



Bondi of collector 
and treaaurer. 



First meeting, 
how called. 



Legal voters. 



Aeceptaooe of 
charter and 
organliation. 



Not binding 
unless accepted. 



MONSON VILLAUB OORPORATION. 

Sect. 7. Said corporation, at any legal meeting thereof, 
may adopt a code of by-laws, not repugnant to the laws of 
this state, for the efficient management of the municipal 
affairs of said corporation. 

Sect. 8. All the officers of said corporation shall be 
chosen by ballot, and sworn to the faithful performance of 
their duties, the first election to be at the meeting of the legal 
voters of the corporation called to accept this charter, and the 
annual election of officers shall be in the month of April. 

Sect. 9. The clerk shall keep a record of all the doings 
and proceedings at the meetings of said corporation. 

Sect. 10. The collector and treasurer shall each give 
bonds in such suii^s as the corporation or the assessors may 
order, and not less than double the amount of the taxes raised 
as aforesaid, to the inhabitants of said corporation, for the 
faithful performance of their duties ; and said bonds shall be 
approved by the assessors and clerk, and kept by the clerk. 

Sect. 11. J. F. Sprague, L. C. Flint and A. D. Sherman, 
or either ot them, are authorized to call the first meeting of 
said corporation, by posting like notices in two public places 
within the limits of said corporation, the posting of said 
notices to be seven days before the time of holding said 
meeting, and all subsequent meetings shall be called and 
notified in like manner by the assessors. 

Sect. 12. All persons liable to be taxed for polls residing 
in the limits of said corporation, shall be legal voters at any 
meeting of said corporation. 

Sect. 13. At the meeting prescribed in section eleven of 
this act, thje legal voters shall vote by ballot on the question 
of accepting this charter, and if a majority shall vote in favor 
of its acceptance, then it shall take effect, and the corpora- 
tion shall proceed to organize and choose its officers. 

Sect. 14. This act shall take effect when approved by the 
governor, but shall not be binding on said corporation unless 
accepted by them as hereinbefore provided. 

Approved March 2, 1881. 



WASSATAQUOIK DAM COMPANY. >^9 

Chapter 78. Chap. 78. 

An aot to amend the charter of the Waasataqnoik Dam Company, as amended by act 
approved Febmarj twenty, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy- 
nine. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The charter of the Wassataquoik Dam Company Amended char- 
as amended, by an act to amend said charter, approved Feb- ameoded. 
ruary twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, is further 
amended by striking out the word "thirty" in the fifth line 
of section one of said amendatoiy act and inserting in place 
thereof the word, 'sixty,' and by striking out the word 
"seventeen" in the seventh line of said section one, and 
inserting in the place thereof the words 'thirty-four,' so that 
said section as amended shall read as follows, viz : 

'Sect. 1. That the charter of the Wassataquoik Dam toiu regulated. 
Company is hereby amended so that all logs coming into 
Wassataquoik stream or any of its tributaries to be driven, 
at any point above or west of the range line between ranges 
eight and nine, west from the east line of the state, pay a toll 
of sixty cents per thousand feet, board measure, woods scale ; 
and all logs below or east of said line, thirty-four cents per 
thousand feet, until the tolls, so received from either side 
of said line, shall pay the costs, expenses and interest pro- 
vided for in said charter, upon the same side. And after 
such costs, expenses and interest on the one side or the other 
of said line are fully paid, the tolls on the same side shall be 
reduced, independently of the other, to such sums respect- 
ively as may be sufficient to keep said portion in good order 
and take good care thereof.' 

Sect. 2. This act shall taka effect when approved. 

Approved March 8, 1881. 



6 



80 
Chap. 



79. 



Fishlog in 
Pleasant pond, 
restricted. 



Penalty for 
yiolation. 



FISH IN PLEASANT AND SABBATH DAT PONDS. 

Chapter 79. 

An act to prerent fishing in Pleasant Pond in the town ot Garland, in the Coantj of 

Penobscot. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. No person shall fish for, or take fish of any kind 
from Pleasant pond in the town of Garland, in the county of 
Penobscot, prior to the first day of July one thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-four. 

Sect. 2. Any violation of this act shall be punished by 
a fine of five dollars, and an additional fine of one dollar for 
each fish so taken, one-half to go to the complainant, and the 
other half to go to the county of Penobscot. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 2, 1881. 



Fishing in Sab- 
bath Daj pond, 
prohibited. 



Penalty for 
riolafelon. 



Chapter 80. 

An aot to protect fish in Sabbath Day Pond and its tributaries in the town of New 

Gloneester. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. All persons are prohibited from taking or catch- 
ing any trout in Sabbath Day Pond and its tributaries in the 
town of New Gloucester, for the term of three years from 
the passage of this act. 

Sect. 2. Any person convicted of violation of this act, 
shall be fined ten dollars and costs of prosecution, one- 
half of the fine to go to the complainant, and one-half to the 
county of Cumberland. 

Approved Maroh 2, 1881. 



BANaOR AND PISCATAQUIS R. R.— MUNICIPAL COURT, BIDDGFORD. Q\ 

Chapter 81. Chap. 81. 

Ad act to aathorize the city of Bangor to mako an agreement that a part of the net 
. earnings of the Bangor and Piscataqais Railroad may be appropriated each year, 

to pay the Interest on the cost of extending said road to Moosehead Lake, and for 

a sinking fand to pay the cost of sach extension. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The city of Bangor is authorized to make any Ap-eementbe^ 

tween Bangor 

afi^reement with the Bann^or and Piscataquis Railroad Com- andB.&p.R.R. 

® O ^ Co. authorised. 

pany, or any other parties, to allow any portion of the net 
earnings of said road to be set apart for the purpose of 
paying the interest agreed upon, on the cost of constructing 
the extension of said railroad to Moosehead lake, and for a- 
sinking fund to pay the cost of such construction. 

Sect. 2. This act shall not take effect until the substance TobefubmHt(^d 
of it shall have been submitted and accepted by the legal ofdty. 
voters of the city of Bangor, agreeably to the provisions of 
section eighty-three of chapter fifty-one of the revised stat- 
utes. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 3, 1881. 



Chapter 89. 

An act to amend an act entitled ''An act to amend an act to establish a Municipal 
Oonrt in the city of Biddeford," approred February six, eighteen hundred and 
scTenty-seren. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section two of chapter three hundred and fifty-nine of the sec. 2, ch. 359, 

SDPclal laws 

private and special laws of the year eighteen hundred and 1877, amended. 
seventy-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 
'Sect. 2. Cases may be certified upon an agreed state- cases oertiaed 

up^n agreed 

ment of facts, as in the supreme judicial court, and heard statement or 

•aces. 

and determined at the law term thereof; and decisions of 
the law court on such reports, certified to said municipal 
court for final disposition with the same effect as in cases 
originating in the supreme judicial court.' 

Approved March 3. 1881. 



82 

Chap. 83. 



KENNRBBC CENTRAL RAILROAD OOMPANT. 



Gorparatort. 



Chapter 83. 

An act to inoorporate the Kennebeo Central Railroad Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Joseph R. Bodwell, James W. North, H. K. 
Morrill, E, C. Allen, P. G. Bradstreet, Joseph H. Manley, 
Hiram Fuller, Orville D. Baker, John T. Richards, J. S. 
Berry and William Harvey, their associates, successors and 
assigns, are hereby made and constituted a body politic and 

Corporate name, corporatc, by the name of the Kennebec Central Railroad 

Company, and by that name may sue and be sued ; and said 

Powers, purpoeet, corporation is hereby authorized to locate, construct and 

duties and lia- 
bilities, finally complete, alter, equip and keep in repair, a railroad, 

from some point in Farmington, in the county of Franklin, 
through the towns of Chesterville and New Sharon in said 
county, and the towns of Vienna, Mount Vernon, Fayette, 
Wayne, Readfield, Winthrop, Monmouth and Manchester, 
all in the county of Kennebec, or such of them as the directors 
of said corporation may deem advisable, to some point or 
points at or near the Kennebec river, between the north line 
of Green street in the city of Augusta, and the south line of 
the city of Gardiner, in said county of Kennebec ; and said 
corporation shall have all the powers, privileges and immuni- 
ties, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities provided 
by the statutes of this state respecting railroads. 

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall con- 
sist of not more than six thousand shares of one hundred 
dollars each ; and the immediate government and direction 
of the affairs of- said corporation shall be vested in not less 
than five nor more than nine directors, who shall be chosen 
by the members of said corporation in the manner hereinafter 
provided, and shall hold their offices until others shall have 
been duly elected and qualified in their stead, and a majority 
of them shall constitute a quorum; and they shall elect one 
of their number to be president of the board, and he shall 
also be presideiit of the corporation ; and the directors shall 
have authority to choose a clerk, who shall be sworn to the 
faithful discharge of his duties, and a treasurer, who shall be 
sworn and also give bond to the corporation, with sureties to 
the satisfaction of the directors, in a sum of not less than 
twenty thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his 
trust. 



Capital stock. 



KKNNBBVO CBNTBAL RAILROAD COMPANY. 33 

Sectt. 3. A toll is hereby granted, for the benefit of said Chap. 83. 
corporation, upon all passengers and property which may be Ji'iiaiTfrSJhr 
conveyed or transported on or over its railroad, at such rate as 
may be established by its directors, subject to such general 
laws in relation to railroad companies as are, or may, from 
time to time be established by the legislature. 

Sect. 4. The corporation is hereby authorized to make May connect wuh 

other railroads 

connections with any other railroad or railroads, on such »»'neaae 

^ ' property. 

terms as may be mutually agreed upon, and to lease its road 
and property either before or after it shall have been com- 
pleted, on such terms as it may determine, subject in all 
cases to the approval of the stockholders in each corporation. 

Sect. 5. If the said corporation is not organized, and the Limit of time for 
location of its route accordmg to actual survey is not filed oompLUoa. 
with the county commissioners of the counties in which the 
same shall be located, on or before the thirty-first day of » 

December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 
dred and eighty-four ; or if it shall fail to complete its road 
on or before the thirty-first day of December, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, then, in 
either of the above mentioned cases, this act shall be null and 
void as to all that part of said railroad not completed and 
finished on or before the date last above named. 

Sect. 6. Said corporation is authorized to issue its bonds Authorised to 

-. ., Ill 11-11 • iumt bonds. 

to an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars, m 
such form as the directors may deem advisable, and to secure 
the same by a mortgage of its road, franchise and property, 
or in any other manner. 

Sect. 7. Any seven of the corporators named in this act, Acceptance and 

organisation. 

at a meeting held for that purpose, on seven days' notice in 
writing, given by any three of the corporators to each of the 
others, are authorized to accept this act and organize the 
corporation. 

Sect. 8. This charter is granted because the railroad Reason for grant- 

*^ ing charter. 

herein provided for, would run in the same general direction 
as the Maine Central and Androscoggin railroads, already 
constructed, and within ten miles of the same, so that the 
objects of this corporation cannot be attained under the gen- 
eral laws for the formation of railroad corporations. 

Approred Maroh 8, 1881. 



84 

Chap. 84. 



Corporators. 



Gorponta oamt, 
rights, powers 
and duties. 



AuthoHied to 
construct and 
operate lines of 
telegraph. 



Capital stock. 



Authorized to 
connect with 
other lines. 

Sale or transfiBr 
of charter, 
restricted. 



BASTERN TELEGRAPH OOMPAKT. 

Chapter 84. 

An act to incorporate the Eastern Telegraph Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. J. S. Wiuslow, George P. Wescott, James 
Bailey, Lewis Barker, Lewis Pierce, Frederick Robie, J. L. 
H. Cobb, John T. Berry, A. F. Crockett, J. R. Bodwell, G. 
S. C. Dow, J. P. Bass and F. A. Wilson, their associates, 
successors and assigns, are hereby created a body corporate, 
by the name of the Eastern Telegraph Company, with all the 
rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties provided 
by the general laws of this state, relating to corporations, 
with power by that name, to sue and be sued, to have and 
use a common seal, and the same to change at pleasure ; to 
establish any and all by-laws and regulations for the manage- 
ment of their affairs, not repugnant to the laws of this state, 
and to do and perform any and all other legal, and lawful 
acts incident to similar corporations ; and said company shall 
have the right to locate and construct its lines upon and along 
any public highway or bridge, or along or upon the line of 
any railroad, but in such manner as not to incommode or 
endanger the customary public use thereof; and the company 
may cut down any trees standing within the limits of any 
highway, except fruit, ornamental or shade trees when neces- 
sary for the erection, use or safety of its lines. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to con- 
struct, maintain and operate lines of telegraph between the 
eastern and western boundaries of this state, with as many 
wires and branches as they may see fit, commencing and ter- 
minating at such point or points as they may select hereafter 
within the limits aforesaid. 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be of 
such an amount as they may from time to time determine to 
be necessary for the exclusive purpose of constructing, main- 
taining and operating the lines of telegraph hereby authorized ; 
and they may purchase, hold and dispose of such personal 
and real estate as may be necessary for that purpose. 

Sect. 4. This company shall have power, by agreement 
with other persons or bodies corporate, to connect their lines 
with other lines of telegraph within and without the state ; 
but no sale or transfer of this charter shall be made to any 



TOWN OP BDBN. 85 

other company without authority from the legislature of this Chap. 85. > 
state. • 

Sectt. 5. Any two of the persons named in this act of first meeting, 

•^ *^ how called. 

incorporation may call the first meeting of the company, by 
giving written notice thereof to each of their associates. 
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Mareh 3, 1881. 



Chapter 83. 

An aet to confer oertain powers upon the Inhabitants and oflScers of the town of Eden. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The inhabitants of the town of Eden may make sy-iaws for regu. 
by-laws and ordinances for the proper regulation and inspec- »nd liMnsing 
tion of the drivers, horses, harnesses and vehicles, engaged ^^^^^****' 
or used in the carriage of persons for hire in the town of 
Eden ; for the establishing the rates of fare, their routes, 
standing places and in other respects ; and requiring all per- 
sons engaging in the business of carrying persons for hire, 
by horses and carriages, within said town, to obtain license 
therefor from the municipal officers ; and fixing the terms 
and conditions of such licensing and a reasonable fee there- 
for, not exceeding five dollars, to be paid in to the town 
treasury ; and provide for the enforcement of such by-laws 
and ordinances by suitable penalties, not exceeding ten 
dollars for each ofiense. 

Sect. 2. The municipal officers of the town of Eden BpeciaicoMtabie» 

may be appointed 

shall have the power to appoint special constables for said 
town, not exceeding six in number, which constables shall 
have all the power of policemen in cities, and may serve war- 
rants issued in criminal cases. 

Sect. 3. This act shall not be in force, however, unless Not in force 

, uDless accepted 

accepted by the town of Eden, at its next annual town tytown. 
meeting. 

ApproTed Mftroh 3, 1881. 



86 

Chap. 86, 



UhyoT an*^ alder - 
meu may compel 
attendance of 
witneascB in 
certain caaei. 



Issae ofraiD' 
mons. 



Penalty for diso- 
kying Bttinmons. 



MUNICIPAL OFFICERS, PORTLAND —PLB AS ANT RIVBR DAM 00. 

Chapter 86. 

An oot exicnding the right of the Municipal OflScen of the city of Portland to send 

for pen>ou« and papers. 

Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The mayor and alderoieD of the city of Portland 
shall have power to send for persons and pai>ers, and compel 
the attendance of witnesi<es at any meeting of said board of 
mayor and aldermen at which a hearing is had in any matter 
of inquiry regarding alleged dereliction of diity of any city 
oflScer or any person in the employ of said city, or in any 
hearing on any municipal matter. 

Sect. 2. The mayor shall have power to issue summons 
to such witnesses as he shall require in such hearings. 

Sect. 3. Any person failing to comply with the sum- 
mons of the mayor shall be punished by fine not less than 
five dollars nor more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment 
not more than thirty days. 

ApproTed March S, 1881. 



Ch. 613, special 
law-8 1852, 
amended. 



Company may 
build booms, 
dams, etc. 



—limit. 



Chapter 87. 

An act to amend chapter six hundred and thirteen of the Private and Special Laws 
of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, relating to the Pleasant River Dam 
Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Chapter six hundred and thirteen of the private and special 
laws of the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two is amended 
by adding after section three, the following words : 

' Sect. 4. The Pleasant River Dam Company may build 
booms, side dams, and remove obstructions in the Piscataquis 
river,' below the mouth of Pleasant river, in order to facilitate 
the driving of logs, but no boom shall be erected, and no 
side dams built, and no obstructions removed, within ihree 
miles of the month of said Piscataquis river, and no tolls 
shall be assessed for the use of said booms or improvements 
in said Piscataquis river.* 

Approved Maroh 4, 1881. 



PISH IN GRBAT WATCHIC AND WILSON PONDS. g^ 

Chapter 88. Chap. 88 > 

An aot is preyent the taking of Fish from Great Watchic Pond, in the town of 

Btandiflh, for the term of fire yean. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

No fish of auy kiud shall be takeu from Great Watchic Fishing in oertaiD 
Pond, in the town of Standish, or from any of its tributaries, '^•"^- 
between the first day of December and the first day of June 
of each year, for the period of five years. The penalty for 
the violation of this act, shall be a fine of not less than five penalty for 
nor more than ten dollars for the offense, and one dollar for 
each fish taken, to be recovered on complaint before any trial 
justice ; one-half to go to the complainant, and the other half 
to the county of Cumberland. 

Approved March 4, 1881. 



Chapter 89. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and forty -seven of the Private and Special 
laws of eighteen handred and seventy-nine, relating to the taking of Fish from 
the tributaries of Wilson Pond in the city of Auburn. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the ch.i47,spedai 

laws 1879 

private and special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- amended.' 
nine, is .hereby amended by adding after the word "years" 
in the third line of the first paragraph of said chapter, the 
words ' except for the purpose of stocking private ponds in 
said city,' so that said chapter as amended shall read as 
follows : 

*No fish of any kind shall be takeu from the tributaries of Fishing in oer- 
Wilson pond in the city of Auburn, county of Androscoggin, restricted. ' 
with hook and line, or in any other way, for the period of 
five years, except for the purpose of stocking private ponds 
in said city.' 

The penalty for the violation of this act shall be a fine of Penalty for 
not less than five, nor more than ten dollars for the offense, 
and one dollar for each fish so taken, to be recovered on com- 
plaint before the municipal court for the city of Auburn, 
one-half to the complainant, and one-half to the county of 
Androscoggin. 

Sect. 2. This aot shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 4, 1881. 



88 

Chap. 90, 



Beo. 2, Bp«clal 
laws 1868, 
amended. 



Fishing tn 
Dennys rlrer, 
restricted. 



Penalty for 
vioiation. 



SALMON IN DBNNYS RIVBB. 

Chapter 90. 

An aet to amend section two of chapter fire hundred and serenty-eight of the Special 
Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, relating to the taking of Salmon in 
Dennys Rirer. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of liepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section two of said act is hereby amended, by striking out 
in the twenty-fourth line the words, *' during the prohibited 
days or," so that said section shall read, when amended, as 
follows : 

^Sect. 2. If any person, for the purpose of taking or 
obstructing the passage of said fish in any part of said river, 
or in the tide water within five miles of the head of the tide 
in said river, shall use any drift, drag or sweep-net, or shall 
use any set-net, more than forty feet long, or which, with any 
other artificial obstructions made for the purpose, extending 
more than forty feet, or which shall be set within two hundred 
feet of any other net, trap or fish weir, or shall make use of 
torches or any other artificial light, or shall use any set-net, 
trap, or fish weir, above the lower bridge in Dennys river, 
or use these or any other means, at any season of the year, 
above the mills in said river, or shall make use of any ways 
or means whatever for catching, destroying or obstructing 
said fish, between sunset on Thursday and sunrise on Monday 
of the following week, or at any time after the first of Septem- 
ber in any year ; or if he shall, for any other purpose inconsis- 
tent with the proper objects of this act, make use of any of the 
above mentioned means, or any of the modes or times herein 
prohibited, he shall forfeit the nets, spears, canoes, or other 
implements used, and shall also forfeit and pay the sum of 
ten dollars, and two dollars for every salmon caught, or in 
default of payment, shall be imprisoned in the county jail, 
not exceeding twenty days, nor less than ten, provided that 
by none of the provisions of this act shall fly-fishing, so called, 
be excluded at any place on the river, except after the first of 
September, neither shall the implements therefor be subject 
to forfeiture at any time.' 

Approved March i, 1881. 



MAINS SHORE LINE RAILROAD COMPANT. gQ 

Chapter 91. Chap. 91. 

An aot to inoorporate the Maine Shore Line Railroad Comfitny. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislaiure assembled y as follows : 

Sect. 1. John C. Talbot, Joseph N. Greene, Samuel D. corpofatori, 
Leavitt, EzraL. Pattangall, L. G. Downes, Ignatius Sargent, 
Samuel N. Campbell, Lueillius A. Emery, Coroelius Sulli- 
van, Giles E. Taintor, James E. Lynott, Horace M. Ruggles, 
M. N. McKusick and their associates, are hereby created a 
body corporate under the name of the Maine Shoi*e Line corporate name. 
Railroad Company, with all the powers, rights and privileges, 
and subject to all the duties, restrictions and obligations con- 
ferred and imposed on railroad corporations by the laws of 
the state. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have the right to locate, Authoriiedto 

, , .11 locate, coDstmct 

construct, equip, mamtam and operate, or lease a railroad and operate or 

^ * * ^ lease a railroad. 

from some point on the St. Croix river, in the city of Calais, 

or vicinity, through the counties of Washington and Hancock, 

by such route as the directors of said corporation may select, —route and 

to some point on the Union river in the city of Ellsworth, 

including a branch to Eastport, and to construct and maintain 

a bridge across Union river in such a manner as shall not 

unnecessarily obstruct navigation, and to consolidate with 

any railroad company in the state of Maine, or in the province 

of New Brjmswick, with which it may connect. 

Sect. 3. If when said railroad is completed, with the May extend road 

.to Bangor in a 

standard gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches, from certain event. 
the St. Croix river to the Union river as aforesaid, no rail- 
road shall have been constructed from Bangor to Ellsworth, 
by way of Bucksport or in some other direction ; or the cor- 
poration owning or operating such railroad from Bucksport 
to Ellsworth, shall refuse or neglect to make its gauge con- 
form to said standard gauge within four months after the 
completion of the railroad herein authorized, then, and in 
that event only, the corporation hereby created may extend 
its said railroad from Union river in Ellsworth, direct to 
Bangor, through the towns of Ellsworth, Dedham, Otis, 
Holden and Brewer, crossing the Penobscot river above the 
Penobscot toll bridge, and connecting with any railroad in 
said city. 



90 MAINB SHORE LINB RAILROAP OOMPANT. 

Chap. 91. Sect. 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall not 
Capital stock. excccd twc^ty tbousaud shares of one Hundred dollars each, 
offlocn, their Sect. 5. The officcrs of said corporation shall consist of a 

powers and 

duues. board of directors, president, clerk, treasurer and such others 

as may be provided in the by-laws. The powers and duties 
of the officers shall be such as are prescribed in the by-laws. 

May erect and Segt. 6. Suid Corporation is empowered to erect and 

maintain bridges. 

maintain bridges aci'oss tide waters, lakes, ponds, and navi- 
gable rivers and streams, which its railroad may cross ; pro* 
vided, that they shall be so constructed as not unnecessarily 
to obstruct the navigation of such waters. 

May Issue t)ODd». Sect. 7. For the purpose of surveying, locating, con- 
structing, equipping, maintaining or operating said railroad, 
and for all proper expenses in its business, said corporation 
may issue its bonds on such terms and conditions as it may 
see fit, and secure them by a mortgage of its entire franchise 
and property, or any part thereof. 

Reason for grant- Sect. 8. This charter is granled because the objects 

iogdiarter. , *[ 

thereof can not be attained under the general laws of the 
state, in consequence of the crossing of tide-waters, navigable 
for vessels, by the railroad authorized hereby ; and it shall 
become void unless the railroad between Calais and Ellsworth 
shall have been located and the construction thereof com- 
menced by the first day of February, in the year of our Lord 
eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and the railroad com- 
pleted for travel between said termini by the fil'st day of 
February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and 
eighty-six, except as to such part thereof as may then have 
been completed. 
Bridge across . Sect. 9. The railroad bridge across TJuion rfvcr in Ells- 
worth, at the junction of the Maine Shore Line Railroad and 
the railroad from Bucksport to Ellsworth, shall be built and 
maintained by the corporations of both roads in the propor- 
tion of four-fifths by the Maine Shore Line Company and 
one-fifth by that of the road from Bucksport to Ellsworth. 
The plans and specifications for such bridge shall be mutually 
agreed upon by said corporations ; in the case of disagree- 
ment, the same shall be settled by the railroad commissioners. 

Approved March i, 1881. 



Union rirer. 



MATTAWAMKBAO LOG DRIVING COMPANY. 9J 

Chapter 99. Chap. 92. 

An act to provide for the mode of collecting toils and mailing assessments bj the 

Matlawamkeag Log Driving Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The toll ff ranted said Mattawamkeao: Jjos Driv- Bec.2,ch. iw, 
mg Company by section two, chapter one hundred and sixty- wnended. 
nine of the special laws of the year eighteen hundred and 
sixty-seven, shall hereafter be assessed and collected accord- 
ing to the boom scale, so called, instead of the woods scale, 
and said section two is hereby amended so that it shall read 
as follows : 

*Sect. 2. A toll is hereby gninted to said Mattawamkeag tou. 
Log Driving Company of four cents for each thousand feet of 
logs, board measure, boom scale, ho called, which may pass 
over their dam and works, formerly owned by the Mattawam- 
keag Dam Company, but the said Log Driving Company 
each year may require less than said four cents toll for that 
year ; and said Log Driving Company shall have a lien on 
each mark of logs for the payment of all the toll of such 
mark, and if the toll be not paid within ten days after the 
logs, or a major part of them, arrive at the Penobscot boom, 
the said company may advertise and sell so much of said 
lumber of any mark as may be necessary to pay the toll and 
expenses of said mark, the notice of such safe to be published 
in some newspaper in Bangor at least ten days before the 
sale.' 

Sect. 2. Said Mattawamkeag Log Driving Company, in AsMssments to 

, be by ooom 

making the assessment on logs to pay the expenses of driving 
them and incidental charges, shall ascertain the quantity of 
eacb mark of logs by the scale known as the boom scale, and 
not by the woods scale, as has heretofore been customary. 
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 7, 1881. 



92 

Chap. 93. 



Oh. 458, ipeeUI 
laws 1866, 
repeated. 



BASEAHBGAN DAM GO.^SKOWHKGAN AND ATHENS B. B. 

Chapter 93. 

An act to repeal chapter fonr hnndred and fifty-three of the Private and Special Law" 
of eighteen hnndred and sixty-fiye, entitled '<An act to increase the tolls of the 
Baskahegan Dam Company." 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Chapter four hundred and fifty-three of the private and 
special laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled " An 
act to increase the tolls of the Baskahegan Dam Company," 
approved February four, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, is 
hereby repealed. 

Approved March 7, 1881. 






Oorporaton. 



Chapter 94. 

An act to incorporate the Skowhegan and Athens Bailroad Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. J. S. Tobey, F. G. Greene, Edward Ware, S. 
L. Tobey, O. W. Mclntire, Albert Leavitt, P. F. Hurd, F. 
A. Hight, C. F. Dore, J. W. Bixby, M. B. Smiley, L. T. 
Pike, J. C. Kinsman, B. F. Eaton, A. S. C. Hall, D. F. 
Hobart, Reuben Hussey, J. W. Hussey, J. F. Holman, E. S. 
Dutton, O. L. Bush, A. C. Wade, J. H. Hight, B. M. Hight, 
Tom H. Howard, Henry Leavitt, and their associates are 
oorponte name, hereby created a body corporate, by the name of the Skow- 
hegan and Athens Eailroad Company, with all the powers, 
rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties, obliga- 
tions and restrictions conferred and imposed by the laws of 
the state. 

» 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is authorized to locate, con- 
struct, maintain and operate a railroad of a gauge not 
exceeding three feet and not less than two feet, from some 
point in Skowhegan village, through East Madison Lower 
Mills in the town of Madison, and through the town of Com- 
ville to Athens village, with the right to connect with the 
Maine Central Railroad in Skowhegan. 



Aathorised to 
locate, oonatmot 
and operate 
railroad. 



SKO^HEGAN AND ATHENS RAILROAD. 93 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall con- Chap. 94. 
sist of not less than seven hundred and twenty, nor more than capiui stock. 
three thousand shares of fifty dollars each. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation may sell or lease its line and ^"*7i^*Jine 
all its improvements to any other railroad corporation, which j^ make con- 
latter company is hereby authorized to enter into such 
contract of sale or lease, and the directors of the two cor- 
porations may enter into such contract for the running of the 
road, and for the purchase, sale or lease thereof, as the 
directors of the two companies, in the exercise of their best 
judgment and discretion, may deem for the advantage of their 
respective corporations, subject to the approval of the stock- 
holders in each corporation. 

Sect. 5. The oflScers of said corporation shall be a presi- omce™, their 

'■ *• povrere and 

dent, clerk, treasurer, board of directors and such others as ^***^'*- 
may be provided in the by-laws. The powers and duties of 
the officers shall be such as may be prescribed in the by-laws 
and rules of the corporation. 

Sect. 6. If the said corporation shall not have been Act to be void 

in certain oases. 

organized, and the location, according to the actual survey 
of the route to Athens, have been filed with' the county com- 
missioners of the county of Somerset, on or before the first 
day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-three ; or if said corporation shall fail to 
complete said railroad to Athens, on or before the first day 
of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 
dred and eighty-five, in either of the above mentioned cases, 
this act shall be null and void. 

Sect. 7. This charter is granted because the railroad Reason for gnat- 

ing charter. 

herein provided for, would run in the same general direction 
as the Somerset railroad already constructed, and within ten 
miles of the same, so that the object of this corporation can- 
not be attained under the general laws for the formation of 
railroad corporations. 

Approved Maroh 7, 1881. 



94 

Chap. 95. 



Corponton. 



Corporate Dtme. 



Aothorfsed to 
locate, conatruot 
and operate 
railroad. 



Capital ftock. 



Director!. 



Offloen. 



Organiiatton of 
corporation. 



MEXICO AND B7R0N RAILROAD. 

Chapter 95. 

An aet to incorporate the Mezieo and Byron Railroad Companj. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Oliver Moses, Galen C. Moses, Edward Pliim- 
mer, E. T. Nutting, D. R. Hastings, John Houghton, David 
Hammons and E. M. Shaw, their assigns, associates and 
successors, are hereby made and constituted a body politic 
and corporate, by the name of the Mexico and Byron Rail- 
road Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, pleacl 
and be impleaded, and shall enjoy all proper remedies at law 
and in equity to secure and protect them in the exercise and 
use of their rights and privileges, and in the performance of 
their duties ; and said corporation is hereby authorized and 
empowered to locate and construct, and finally complete, 
alter and keep in repair, a railroad, with one set of iron rails 
or tracks, with all suitable bridges, tunnels, viaducts, turn- 
outs, culverts, drains and all other necessary appendages, from 
a point in the town of Mexico, in the county of Oxford, 
through the toi^ns of Roxbury and Byron ; and said corpora- 
tion shall be, and hereby is, invested with all the powers, 
privileges and immunities which are or may be necessary to 
carry into effect the purposes of this act. 

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said company shall consist 
of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand 
shares, of one hundred dollars each ; and the immediate 
direction of the affairs of said corporation shall be vested in 
three, five or seven directors, to be chosen as hereinafter pro- 
vided, who shall hold their office till others are chosen and 
qualified in their places, a majority of whom shall constitute 
a quorum, and they shall elect one of their number to be 
president of their board, and he shall also be president of 
the corporation, and they shall have authority to choose a 
clerk and treasurer. A majority of the persons named in 
section one are hereby authorized, at a meeting holden for 
that purpose, called by any three of the corporators, by pub- 
lishing a notice of the same, at least seven days before the 
meeting, in the Oxford Democrat, published in Paris, in 
said county of Oxford, to accept this act, and organize this 
corporation. 



HBXICO AND B7R0N RAILROAD. 95 

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have power to make, Chap. 95. 
ordain and establish all necessary by-laws. By-iaw». 

Sect. 4. The president and directors, for the time beinor Powcn of 
are hereby authorized and empowered, by t];iemselves or their *>«<*<*■• 
agents, to exercise all the powers herein granted, for the 
purpose of locating, constructing and completing said rail- 
road, and for the transportation of persons, goods and 
property of all kinds and description, and all such power and 
authority as may be necessary and proper to carry into effect 
the objects of said corporation. 

Sect. 5. A toll is hereby granted, for the benefit of said JjjJI^jJJjj^b 
corporation, upon all passengers and property which may be *"<**»"• 
conveyed or transported on and over its railroad, at such rate 
as may be established by its directors, subject to such laws 
in relation to railroad companies, as are, or may from time to 
time, be established by the legislature. 

Sect. 6. The annual meetinor of the stockholders of said Annual meeting 

° of ttookholden. 

corporation shall be holden on such day as the by-laws may 
determine, at which meeting the directors shall be chosen by 
ballot. 

Sect. 7. Said corporation is authorized to issue its bonds Authoriie.ito 

im; bouds. 

to an amount not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars, and to secure the same by a mortgage of its road, 
franchise and property, or in any other manner. 

Sect. 8. If the said corporation shall not have been Actouiy leeome 
organized, and the location, according to actual survey of the '""• 
route, filed with the count}" commissioners of Oxford county, 
on or l)efore the thirty-first day of Decemlnjr, one thousand 
eight hundred and eighty-five, or if said corporation shall not 
complete its railroad on or before the thirty-first day of 
December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, this 
act shall be void. 

Sect. 9. This corporation shall be at all times subject to conwaticn 

' subject to gen- 

such general laws as are or may hereafter be enacted by the ^i"*^* J^'^"- 

legislature, and nothing herein contained shall render said 

corporation independent of the legislative power of the 

state. 

Approved March 7, 1881. 



96 
Chap. 96. 



Fishing In No 
Name pond, 
prohibited. 



Penalty for 
violation. 



FISH IN NO NAMB POND.- HALLO WELL ACADBM7. 

Chapter 96. 

An Bot relating to the taking of fish from Ko Name Pond, in the eitj of Lewiston. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The taking of fish, of any kind, from No Name 
pond, so called, in the city of Lewiston, for the term of three 
years next after the approval of this act, is hereby prohibited. 

Sect. 2. Any persons violating the provisions of this act, 
shall forfeit and pay not l^ss than one, nor more than ten 
dollars, to be recovered by complaint before the municipal 
court of said Lewiston ; one-half to the complainant, and 
one-half to the county of Androscoggin. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take eflfect when approved. 

Approred March 7, 1881. 



Special act 
amended. 



Chapter 97. 

An act to amend an act, entitled **An act additional to the charter of Hallowell 
Academy," approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and serenty-two. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section three of said act is hereby amended, by adding 

after the word "academy," in the last line, the words 'and in 

case of disagreement between said trustees and the city of 

Hallowell, as to terms of tuition of said scholars, the matter of 

disagreement shall be referred to the state superintendent of 

common schools for final adjudication,' so that said section 

as amended shall read as follows : 

If truaues fail in * Sect. 3. If thc trustccs of thc Said Hallowell Classical 

u*JS, proi^rty to aud Scientific Academy shall fail or neglect to furnish to the 

Hallowell. inhabitants of Hallowell, facilities for the education of scholars 

equal to those now furnished by the Hallowell public high 
school, on such terms as may be agreed upon by the trustees 
of said academy and the city of Hallowell, all the property 
thus transferred and conveyed by the trustees of the Hallowell 
Academy shall revert to the city of Hallowell, to be used for 
the purposes specified in the original charter of Hallowell 
Academy ; and in case of disagreement between said trustees 



TWIN LEAD AND HBCLA MINING COMPANY. 97 

and the city of Hallowell as to terms of tuition of said Chap. 98. 
scholars, the matter of disagreement shall be referred to the 
state superintendent of common schools for final adjudication.' 

ApproTed Maroh 7, 1881. 



Chapter 98. 

An aet lo incorporate the Twin Lead and Heola Mining and Smelting Company, of 

Bluehill, Maine. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Eugene M. Hersey, Samuel Sterns, Charles corporaton. 
Hamlin, John S. Jenness, S. R. Prentiss, Charles Duff, 
William D. Swazey, John R. Mason, Jacob Stern, Frank H. 
Williams, William Franklin Seavey, Charles H. Huckins, 
Thomas N. Egery, Frederick M. Laughton, and Charles P. 
Wiggin, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby 
made and incorporated a body politic and corporate, by the 
name of Twin Lead and Hecla Mining and Smelting Com- corporate name. 
pany, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be 
impleaded, have and use a common seal, and alter the same 
at pleasure; make, ordain and establish, for its government, 
by-laws not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the 
state ; and shall have all power, rights, privileges and 
authority to do all acts deemed necessary or expedient for 
the successful prosecution of the business of said corporation, 
not inconsistent with the laws of the state ; and said corpo- 
ration shall be subject to all the liabilities of similar 
corporations. 

Sect. 2. This corporation is authorized to purchase of Authorised to 
the Twin Lead Copper Mining Company, and the Young S^or^tiS?*'*" 
Hecla Copper Mining Company, or of their successgrs in 
title, or of any individuals holding property in trust for said 
corporations, all the property and rights owned by said 
corporations, or their successors in title, or so held in trust 
for them ; and to purchase and hold such other property as 
may be deemed necessary or convenient to effect the objects 
and carry out the purposes of said corporation ; and to dis- 
pose of any of its property as may be deemed expedient. 



98 
C hap. 98. 

Powers, purpoeei 
and location. 



Capital stock. 



Sales, contracts 
and conveyance 
of real estate. 



First meeting, 
how called. 



Powers and 
datles o( ofBcers. 



TWIN LEID AND UBOLA MINING OOMPANT. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation is authorized to carry on the 
business of mining copper and other ores, in the town of 
Bluehill and vicinity, and to carry on any manufacturing, 
mechanical, chemical or other business incident thereto, or 
connected therewith, whether milling, smelting or conducting 
chemical processes, or any other thing deemed necessary or 
advisable for the mining, reduction, treatment*, utilization and 
sale of ores, minerals and metals, and other products, whether 
direct or incidental of the mines ; the mining to be carried on 
in Bluehill, Hancock county, Maine, and offices to be in 
Bangor, Penobscot county, Maine ; other business, if any 
connected with the handling of ores and other products of 
the mine to be carried on at said Bluehill, or elsewhere in 
Hancock county. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation may have a capital stock of 
one million dollars, divided into shares of such par value as 
said corporation shall establish by its by-laws. Such an 
amount of the capital stock may be placed in the treasury to 
be sold as working capital, as shall be fixed by the by-laws. 
The certificates of stock shall be signed by the president, 
attested by the secretary, and sealed with the seal of the 
corporation. 

Sect. 5. Sales of personal property, and contracts re- 
lating thereto, or to labor, may be made in such manner aa 
the by-laws shall provide ; but each conveyance of real estate, 
or interest therein, or covenant relating thereto, shall be 
separately authorized by a legal vote of the corporation, and 
the instrument shall be signed by such of the officers of said 
corporation as shall be appointed by said vote, and sealed 
with the corporate seal ; and then such instrument shall be 
valid to bind the corporation. 

Sect. 6. Any three of the corporators named herein, are 
hereby empowered to call the first meeting of said corpora- 
tion, by giving such notice as they may think proper; at 
w^hicb meeting any corporate business may be transacted. 
At said meeting, and afterwards at the annual meeting, said 
corporation shall elect by ballot, a president, secretary, 
treasurer, five or seven directors, as may be desired, and any 
other officers deemed necessary. The powers and duties of 
all the officers may be fixed by the by-laws ; and they shall 
continue in office until the next annual meeting, and until 



TOWN OF ANsosr. 99 

others are chosen and qualified in their stead. The persons Chap. 99. 
elected secretary and treasurer, before entering upon their 
official duties, shall be sworn to the faithful performance 
thereof; and the treasurer shall also give a bond, in such JjJ^*^™' '® *^^' 
sum as may, from time to time, be ordered by the corpo- 
ration, with surety or sureties approved by a majority of the 
directors, for the faithful performance of his duties. 

Sect. 7. The annual meeting of the corporation shall be 
held at such time and place as may be fixed by the by-laws. 

Sect. 8. Before the consolidation authorized by this act 
shall be effectual, the consent of all the stockholders in both 
said companies now existing shall be obtained, or the consoli- 
dation shall not be binding as to any stockholders not so 
consenting. 

Sect. 9. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod Maroh 9, 1881. 



Chapter 99. 

An aot to authorise the town of Anson to re-fund the bonds issued in aid of the Som- 
erset Railroad Company, and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the same. 

Be it enacted by the jSenate and House of Representatives , 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The town of Anson is hereby authorized to Purohawor 

exchange of 

retire, by purchase or exchange, the bonds issued by said J^jjj^*"** *"^® 
town in aid of the Somerset Railroad Company, either at or »«t»«>'««d- 
before maturity thereof; and for this purpose to issue new 
bonds, in such form and amount, having such rate of interest, 
and payable at such times and places as may be determined 
by vote of the qualified voters of said town, at a meeting 
thereof, called according to law for that purpose ; provided^ 
however^ that nothing herein contained shall authorize any 
increase in the indebtedness of said town. 
Sect. 2. Said town is hereby authorized, at the annual toitd may create 

iiolilng ftand and 

meetino^s thereof, to choose three officers to be known as com- chooee oommis- 

^ ' sionert. 

missioners of the sinking fund ; and to create a sinking fund for 
the purpose of the payment of any bonds that may be issued 
under the provisions of this act. Such sums as may be raised 
or appropriated for that purpose, shall be paid over to said 



IQQ BUCESPORT AND BANGOR RAILROAD. 

Chap. 100 commissioners who shall safely iavest and re-invest the same, 
as occasion may require, in the name of the town. Said 
commissioners shall give bonds, with sureties, satisfactory to 
the selectmen, in such sums as the town shall, from time to 
time, direct. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take eflfect when approved. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



Commlwiooen 
to give bonds. 



Exteoaioa of 
ratlroftd autho- 
rized. 



IiBue of stock and 
bonds authorised. 



— Untt. 



Chapter 100. 

An act to aathoriie the extension of the Bncksport and Bangor RaUroad. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous^ of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Bucksport and Bangor Railroad Company, 
its successors and assigns, owning its franchise, and becoming 
a corporation by reason thereof, under the general laws of 
the state, or under this act, are hereby authorized and em- 
powered to extend their railroad, to wit : the Bucksport and 
Bangor railroad, from some point on the line of said railroad 
in the town of Bucksport, through said Bucksport and the 
towns of Orland, Penobscot, Bluehill and SuiTy, or any of 
them, to any point in the city of Ellsworth ; and are hereby 
authorized and empowered to make surveys for, locate, con- 
struct, maintain, equip and operate such extension, and to 
construct and maintain for such extension, bridges across any 
lake, stream, navigable river or tide water, including Union 
river in Ellsworth, not unnecessarily interfering with the 
navigation thereof. 

Sect. 2. For the purposes of such extension, including 
the surveys, locating, constructing, mamtaining, equipping 
and operating any part of its line of railroad ; for the pay- 
ment of its debts, and for any proper expenses of its business, 
such corporation may issue additional common or preferred 
stock, on such terms and conditions as the corporation may 
fix, and may issue its bonds on such terms and conditions as 
the corporation may fix, and may secure such bonds by a 
mortgage of its entire franchise and property, including the 
present line of railroad from Bangor to Bucksport, as well as 
the extension thereof, to Ellsworth, or by a mortgage of any 
part thereof. The total amount, however, of such bonds and 



BUCESPORT AND BANGOR RAILRPiiD. . -^Q^ 

new stock so issued, shall not exceed five hundrjed .thousand Chap. 100 

dollars, exclusive of the present or first stock of such ^prpo- 

ration, or the amount of the present bonds and coupo^^^'oO 

said Bucksport and Bangor Railroad Company. •'.. //-. _ 

Sect. 3. No claims or equities affectinff the present line ci»Wft-in:i eqiji- 
of railroad from Bangor to Bucksport, shall affect such exten- ]^^^^^^^^ /> . 
sion, but such extension shall be hold, maintained and ' - :*. 

operated bj' the builders thereof, their successors and assigns, 
free from such claims and equities. 

Sectt. 4. The holders of the outstandinsf bonds of the Bondholders may 

'^ origuilM Into A 

Bucksport and Bangor Railroad Company, the mortgage corporation. 
securing said bonds being in process of foreclosure, may 
organize into a corporation in the manner provided by the 
charter of said company, when a majority shall so elect, and 
such corporation, whenever organized, whether under this -.powers and 
act or by completion of said foreclosure, shall become in- 
vested with, and have and enjoy all the powers, privileges 
and immunities granted by this act, the original charter of 
said company, and by the general laws of the state. 

Sect. 5. If the extension herein authorized shall not be Limit of time for 

location and con- 

located, and the construction thereof commenced before Feb- "traction of 

' eztenaton. 

ruary first, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, 
and shall not be constructed before February first, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-six, the right to make such extension 
shall cease, except as to such part as may have been located 
and constructed. 

Sect. 6. The railroad bridge across Union river in Ells- Bridge acroet 

, , , Union river. 

worth, at the junction of the Maine Shore Line Railroad, 
with the railroad from Bucksport to Ellsworth, shall be built 
and maintained by the coi-poratious of both roads, in the 
proportion of four-fifths by the Maine Shore .Line Railroad 
Company, and one-fifth by that of the road from Bucksport 
to Ellsworth. The plans and specifications for such bridge, 
shall be mutually agreed upon by said corporations, or in 
case of disagreement, the same shall be settled by the railroad 
commissioners. 
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed Maroh 9, 1881. 



102 

Chap. 101 



NOBLEBOrftCi' AND NEWCASTLE.— CITY OP BELFAST. 



••• 



• • • • 

• • 

•fish onmmlttees 
RUthorlsed to 
turn alewives 
iato Lock stream. 



Aatboriseil to 
cut channel, etc 



Penalty for dis- 
torbiotr work of 
oommifcteea. 



• • 



Chapter 101. 



• * • " 

An tAt icjmnfpbwer the fish committeos of the towns of Nobleborongh and Neweastle 
*• tif piJbtbct the alewives, retvrniog from their spawning beds in Damariseotta pond, 

ip the oountjr of Linooln> to the fish stream of -said towns. 

> 

Jie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislatuire assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The fish committees of the towns of Noble- 
borough and Newcastle, in the county of Lincoln, are hereby 
authorized and empowered to turn the alewives, returning 
from their spawning beds in Damariseotta pond in the county 
of Lincoln, from the pas.sage way leading from said pond to 
the mills upon said stream, into and through the Lock stream, 
so called, of said towns. 

Sect. 2. They shall have full power to cut any channel 
from the main channel leading from the pood to the mills, 
and may place or erect a wire netting, or any other device, 
from any point on the main channel leading from the pond to 
the mills, to any point at or near the Lock stream. 

Sect. 3. Any person who shall, without the consent of 
some member of the fish committees of said towns, remove 
any netting or other device from its fiftstenings when erected 
by said committees, or in any way interfere with or disturb 
said netting or device, for any purpose whatever, shall, upon 
conviction, forfeit and pay not less than twenty nor more 
than fifty dollars, in action of debt, for each and every 
offense, one-half to be received by the party making com- 
plaint, the remainder to go to the county of Lincoln. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



Chapter 103. 

An aot to authoriie the eity of Belfast to pay its bonded indebtedness, and to issue 

new bonds for that purpose. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : . 
Purchase or ex- Sect. 1. The city of Belfast is hereby authorized to 
and issue of new rctirc, by purchasc or exchanore, at the option of the holder, 

ones, authorised. , - ' , • n i 

its bonded indebtedness, either at or before the maturity 
thereof, and for this purpose to issue new bonds, in such form 



BONDS IS AID OF KNOX AND LINCJOLN RAILROAD. J03 

• _ 

and amount, and with such rates of interest, and payable at Chap. 103 
such times and manner as shall be determined by a majority 
concurrent vote of the board of aldermen and common 
council of said city ; provided^ however y that nothing herein 
contained shall authorize any increase in the indebtedness of 
said city. 

Sect. 2. To carry into eflfect the provisions and purposes city goTemmcnt 

, . authorised to 

of this act, said city is hereby authorized to pass such votes make contract. 
by its board of aldermen and common council concurrently, 
as may be deemed necessary and proper, to enter into and 
make any contract or agreement not inconsistent with the 
laws of this state. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



Chapter 103. 

An act to amend section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the Private 
and Special Laws of the year eighteen hundred and seventjr-nine, relating to the 
issue of honds in aid of the Knox and Lincoln Bailroad. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of sec. i, ch. its, 

^ ^ , ^ o special Uif 8 1879, 

the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy- wncnded. 
nine, is hereby amended, by striking out the word "pay,*' in 
the third line thereof, and inserting instead thereof, the 
words, ^retire by purchase or exchange, at the option of the 
holders thereof,' and by inserting after the word " determined," 
in the eighth line thereof, the words, 'by a major vote of the 
city council of said city of Bath, and ;' also by striking out the 
words "cities and," in the ninth line, and inserting instead 
thereof, the words, ' city of Rockland and said,' so that said 
section, as amended, shall read as follows : 
* Sect. 1. The cities of Bath and Rockland, and the towns Purchase or ex- 

change of bonds 

of Wiscasset, Newcastle, Damariscotta, Nobleborouffh, Wal- and issue of neir 

' ' ' ^ ' ones, authorised 

doborough and Thomaston, ai*e hereby authorized to retire by 
purchase or exchange, at the option of the holders thereof, 
the bonds issued by such cities and towns respectively, in 
aid of the Knox and Lincoln Railroad Company, either at or 
before the matutity thereof, and for this purpose to issue new 



104, CITY OF CALAIS.— GODFREY FALLS DAM 00. 

Chap. 104 bonds, in such form and amount, and with such- rates of 
interest, and payable at such times and manner as shall be 
determined by a major vote of the city council of said city of 
Bath, and by a major vote of the qualified voters of said city 
of Rockland and said towns, at meetings thereof, called 
according to law for that purpose, provided, however j that 
nothing herein contained shall authorize any increase in the 
indebtedness of either of said cities or towns.' 

Approred March 9, 1881. 



Provlao. 



Sec. 8, ch. 158. 
special laws 1870, 
amended. 



Division of irard 
into voUog pre- 
cinoto, not 
affected. 



Chapter 104. 

An act to amend chapter one hundred and fifty«oight of the Private and Special Laws 
of the year one thousand eight hundred and seyentjr-nine, relating to the Charter 
of the oit7 of Calais. 

Be it endcted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Chapter one hundred and fifty-eight, section three of the 
private and special laws of the year one thousand eight hun- 
dred and seventy-nine, is hereby amended, by adding at the 
end of said section the following : 

'Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal the laws 
relating to the division of the lower ward of said city, for- 
merly ward five, now ward seven, into two voting precincts, 
but all laws in force September one, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-eight, concerning voting precincts in ward five of 
said city, shall extend and apply to what is now known as 
ward seven in said city.' 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



Gbarinr amended. 



Chapter 105. 

An act to amend the charter of the Godfrey Falls Dam Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Bepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. An act entitled '*An act to incorporate the 
Godfrey Falls Dam Company," approved February two, in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventj'- 



OYSTERS IN GEORGES KIVER. JQg 

two, and an act entitled "An act to amend the charter of the Chap. 106 
Godfrey Falls Dam Company," approved February fifteen, in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- 
six are hereby amended as follows : 

Sect. 2. The said corporation may build dams and make corporBrtonau- 

^ *' thorised to build 

improvements on the ponds and lakes on Shin Pond stream, <*a°»iete. 
so called, for the purpose of raising a head of water to facili- 
tate the driving of logs down said stream and the Seboois 
river. 

Sect, 3. When said corporation shall, from tolls, be R«ducuooof 
reimbursed for all costs, expenses and incidental charges for 
erecting and maintaining all their dams and other improve- 
ments, with twelve per centum interest, the tolls shall be 
reduced to a sum sufficient, in the opinion of the directors 
of said company, to keep sa^d dams, works and improve- 
ments in repair, and for protecting and preserving them. 

Sect. 4. This act may be accepted by a vote of a iMrectorgto 

accept the act 

majority of the directors of said company. 

Sect. 6. An act entitled "An act to amend the charter of Actor issi, 

repealed. 

the Godfrey Falls Dam Company," approved February four, 
eighteen hundred and eighty one, is hereby repealed. 
Sect. 6. This act shall take eflfcct when approved. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



Chapter 106. 

An act to authorize James A. Creighton and his assigns tb plant, propagate and pre- 
serve ojrtters in the waters of Georges river and tributary streams. 

Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Authority is hereby granted to James A. Creigh- Propagation of 
ton and assigns to plant, propagate and preserve oysters in river, authorised. 
the waters of the Georges river and tributary streams ; and 
said Creighton and assigns shall have the exclusive right to 
occupy the bed of said river and tributary streams, below 
low water mark, at any point between the head of the tide 
waters of said Georges river, and the lower narrows, so 
called, so far as may be necessary and convenient for the 
foregoing purposes ; provided that nothing in this act shall Proviso. 



205 BOOTHBAT RAILROAD OOMPANY. 

Chap. 107 be construed as giving said Creighton and assigns the right 

to obstruct the free navigation of said waters. 
Penalty for di8- Sect. 2. Anv person who shall, without permission from 

tarbing ojritert *' '' 

planted. ga5(j Crcighton and assigns, take or otherwise willfully des- 

troy, disturb or obstruct the growth of any oysters, where 
the same may have been planted or propagated by said 
Creighton or assigns, within said limits, shall forfeit the sum 
of twenty dollars for each and every such offense, to be 
recovered by an action of debt before any trial justice ia 
Knox county, in the name, and for the benefit of any person 
who shall sue therefor, and said offender shall also be liable 
to said Creighton and assigns in an action of trespass, for the 
damage occasioned by such act. 

Sec. 22. ch. 40, Sect, 3, Scctiou twcuty-two of chapter forty of the 

appi^toiaid revised statutes of this state shall not apply to any of the 

waters within the limits named herein. 

anf«i?**taSili^lt Sect. 4. Said Creighton and assigns are hereby required 

to commence planting oysters within two years from and after 
the passage of this act, otherwise it shall become inoperative. 
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred March 9, 1881. 



commenced with* 
in two yean. 



Chapter 107. 

An act to incorporate the Boothbay Railroad Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

corporatort. Sect. 1. Johu Rcuhardt, J. H. Shoveling, W. Adams, 

their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a 

Corporate name, body politic and Corporate, by the name of the Boothbay 
Railroad Company, with all the powers, rights and privileges, 
and subject to all the duties, obligations and restrictions con- 
ferred and imposed by the laws of this state. 

Aathoricedto Sect. 2. Said Corporation is hereby authorized and em- 

locate aod con- *" 

•tract railroad, powcrcd to locatc, construct, finally complete, alter and keep 
in repair a railroad from some point at tide water in the town 

—route. of Boothbay in the county of Lincoln, through said Booth- 

bay, and through the towns of Edgecomb, Newcastle, 
Wiscasset or Damariscotta, or some of them, to some point 



BOOTHBAY RAILROAD COMPANY. |07 

or points on the Knox and Lincoln Railroad, in the town of Chap. 107 
Wiscasset, Newcastle, Edgecomb or Damariscotta. 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall con- capital ftook. 
sist of not more than five thousand shares of one hundred 
dollars each, and said corporation is hereby authorized and 
empowered to issue its bonds to an amount not exceeding 
three hundred thousand dollars, and secure the same b}' a 
mortgage of its road, franchise and property, or in any other 
way or manner it may deem proper. 

Sect. 4. The officers of said corporation shall be a presi- oaoers, their 

powers and 

dent, clerk, treasurer, board of directors and such other duties. 
officers as may be provided for by the by-laws of said corpo- 
ration. The powers and duties of the officers, and the 
number constituting the board of direction, shall be such as 
may be required or prescribed in the by-laws or rules of the 
corporation. 

Sect. 5. Said corporation is hereby authorized and em- Authori«dto 

connect with 

powered to connect its railroad with the railroad of any other othe>- railroad*, 

■^ "^ Mil or lease prop- 

company or corporation; may sell or lease its railroad or J? Jii2 SJer**** 
property or any part thereof, either before or after its ~'"«-'«--^- 
completion, to any other railrojid or other company or corpo- 
ration ; or may amalgamate its stock with the stock of any 
other company or corporation upon such terms and conditions 
as may be mutually agreed upon, which sale, lease or amalga- 
mation shall be binding upon the parties thereto ; or may 
purchase or lease any other railroad or property upon such 
terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon, in 
every case to b^ ratified by the stockholders of both corpo- 
rations. 

Sect. 6. The said corporation shall have and is hereby AuthoHied to 

^ *^ build bridges and 

firauted the power to build all brid<?es that are necessary on determine la 

o * o J regard to operat- 

the route that may be selected, across ponds, streams, rivers *°«"**- 
and tide waters navigable or unnavigable, but so as not to 
unnecessarily obstruct waters navigated by vessels. Said 
corporation or its dii'cctors may from time to time determine 
what parts of their railroad they desire to operate, and at 
what portions of the year they desire to operate the same ; 
and shall not be holden to operate any part thereof or at any 
portion of the year, except as they may determine as afore- 
said. 



108 
Chap. 108 

Limit of time for 
filing location and 
commencing oon- 
•tmotioD. 



Reason for granU 
ing charter. 



BRIDGTON AND PRBS0HP9OOT RIYBR RAILROAD. 

Sect. 7. The said corporation shall file with the county 
commissioners of Lincoln county its location, on or before 
the first day of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen 
hundred and eighty-four, and shall commence construction on 
or before January first, in the year of our Lord eighteen 
hundred and eighty-seven. 

Sect. 8. This charter is granted because the object can- 
not be obtained under the general laws. 

Sect. 9. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred March 9, 1881. 



Conlpanj autho- 
rised to lease or 
•ell line and im- 
provemeote or 
make contract. 



Chapter 108. 

An aot to permit the Bridgton and Preiampsoot River Railroad Companj to eell or 

lease ita road. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Bridgton and Presumpscot River Railroad 
Company, when organized, is hereby authorized and empow- 
ered to sell or lease its line, either before or after completion, 
and all its improvements, to any person or persons, or any 
other railroad corporation, which person or persons, or which 
latter corporation is hereby authorized to enter into such 
contract of sale or lease, and the directors of the two corpo- 
rations may enter into such contract for the running of the 
road, and for the purchase, sale or lease thereof, as the 
directors of the two companies in the exercise of their best 
judgment and discretion may deem for the advantage of their 
respective corporations, subject to the approval of the stock- 
holders in each corporation. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



PBJEPSCOT WATER COMPANY. JQQ 

Chapter 1©».^ Chap. 109 

An act to supply the people of the towns of Brunswick and Topsham and of the oitj 

of Bath with pure water. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentativeH 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. Charles J. Gilnian, Benjamin Green, John Fur- corporators. 
bish, Eliphalet W. Dennison, Albert G. Page and Samuel D. 
Bailey, with their associates and successors, are hereby made 
a coiporation by the name of the Pejepscot Water Company, corporate name. 
for the purpose of conveying to the towns of Brunswick and 
Topsham and the city of Bath a supply of pure water, for 
domestic and municipal purposes, including the extinguish- 
ment of fires, the supply of shipping and the use of 
manufacturing establishments. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal Authorised to 

* "^ '' hold property. 

estate necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid 
not exceeding in amount five hundred thousand dollars. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized, for the Authorised to 
purposes aforesaid, to take and hold the water of the Andro- water and rcai 



estate. 



scoggin river, and may take and hold, by purchase or 
otherwise, any land or real estate necessary for erecting and 
maintaining dams and reservoirs, and for laying and main- 
taining aqueducts for conducting, discharging, distributing 
and disposing of water and for forming reservoirs thereof. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation shall be liable to pay all dam- Liability ror 

damages. 

ages that shall be sustained by any persons in their property 
by the taking of any land or mill privilege, or by flowage, or 
by excavating through any land for the purpose of laying 
down pipes, building dams, or constructing reservoirs ; and 
if any person sustaining damage, as aforesaid, and said cor- 
poration shall not mutually agree upon the sum to be paid 
therefor, such person may cause his damages to be ascertained 
in the same manner and under the same conditions, restric- 
tions and limitations as are by law prescribed in the case of 
damages by the laying out of highways. 

Sect. 5. The capital stock of said company shall not capiw stock. 
exceed five hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided 
into shared of one hundred dollars each. Said capital stock 
shall be applied exclusively to the supply and distribution of 
water for the purposes set forth in this act. 



110 

Chap. 109 

LiabMltj for 
tiOory to private 
property, not 
aOected. 



Povera and 
llablUtlei. 



Obftractton of 
public tniTel to 
be avoided. 



—of pabllo 
drains, prohibited 



PEJSPSOOT WATBR COMPAKT. 

Sect. 6. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed 
to affect or diminish the liability of said corporation for any 
injury to private property, by depreciating the value thereof, 
or otherwise, but said corporation shall be liable therefor in 
an action on the case. 

Sect. 7. The said company is hereby authorized to take 
up, replace and repair all such pipes, aqueducts and fixtures 
as may be necessary for the objects of its incorporation, first 
having obtained the consent of the selectmen of the said towns, 
and the consent of the city council of said city therefor, and 
under such restrictions and regulations as said selectmen and 
said city council may see fit to prescribe ; and any obstruc- 
tion in any street of said towns and city, or taking up or 
displacement of any portion of any street, without such con- 
sent of the selectmen or city council, or contrary to the rules 
and regulations that may be prescribed as aforesaid, shall be 
considered a nuisance, and said company shall be liable to 
.indictment therefor and to all the provisions of law applicable 
thereto ; and said company shall, in all cases, be liable to 
repay to said towns and city all sums of money that said 
towns and city may be obliged to pay on any judgment 
recovered against said towns or city for damages occasioned 
by any obstructions, or taking up or displacement of any 
street by said company whatever, or without the consent of 
the selectmen of said towns or the city council of said city, 
together with the counsel fees and other expenses incurred by 
said towns or^city in defending any suit to recover damages 
as aforesaid, with interest on the same, to be recovered in an 
action for money paid for the use of the company. 

Sect. 8. Whenever the company shall lay down any pipes 
or aqueducts in any street, or make any alteration or repairs 
upon its works in any street, it shall cause the same to be 
done with as little obstiniction to the public travel as may be 
practicable, and shall, at its own expense, without unneces- 
sary delay, cause the earth and pavement removed by it to 
be replaced in proper condition. It shall not be allowed in 
any case to obstruct or impair the use of any public drain or 
common sewer or resei-voir ; but said company shall have the 
right to cross, or where necessary to change the direction of 
any private drain in such manner as not to obstruct or impair 
the use thei-eof, being liable for any injury occasioned by any 



PBJEPSCOT WATBR COMPANY. JJl 

such crossing or alteration, to the owner thereof, or any Chap. 109 
person, in an action on the case. 

Sect. 9. If said company, or any of its servants or Penalty for neg- 

lect of aerrants 

officers, employed in eflTecting the objects of the company, oromccw. 
shall willfully or negligently place or leave any obstructions 
in any of the streets of said towns or city beyond what is 
actually necessary in constructing its works, laying down, 
taking up, and repairing its pipes and fixtures, or shall 
willfully or negligently omit to repair and put in proper con- 
dition, any street in which the earth or pavement may have 
been removed by it, the company shall be subject to indict- 
ment therefor, in the same manner that towns are subject to 
indictment for bad roads, and shall be holden to pay such fine 
as may be imposed therefor, which fine shall be collected, 
applied and expended, in the same manner as is provided in 
case of the indictment aforesaid against towns, or may be 
ordered to be paid into the treasury of the said town or city. 
If any person shall suffer injury in his person or property, by Perrons ii^ared 

may recoTer 

reason of any such negligence, willfulness, or omission, he damages. 
shall be entitled to recover damages of the company therefor, 
by an action on the case in any court of competent juris- 
diction. 

Sect. 10. Any person who shall maliciously injure any Penalty for 

•^ ^ .7 .1 ./ malicious Injury 

of the property of said company, or shall corrupt the waters Jl^*"^'^*'^^ "' 
of said river or any of its tributaries, or render them in any 
manner impure, or who shall throw the carcasses of dead 
animals or other offensive matter or materials iyto'the waters 
of said river or its tributaries, or leave the same upon the 
same when frozen, or who shall, in any manner, willfully 
destroy or injure any dam, reservoir, aqueduct, pipe, hydrant, 
or other property held, owned or used by said corporation 
for the purposes of this act, shall pay three times the amount 
of damages to said company, to be recovered in any proper 
action, and every such person, on conviction of either of said 
acts, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand 
dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding one year. 

Sect. 11. If, in the erection and construction of the Permanent works 

may be erected. 

works herein provided for, it shall become necessary to erect 
any dam or permanent works over the waters, the said com- 
pany is hereby authorized to erect, construct and maintiiin 

8 



112 NAYIGATIOir OF C0BB0S8B00NTBS LAKE. 

Chap. 110 the same, first having the authority, in writing, from the 

proper party or parties therefor. 
Municipal ofliocn Sect. 12. The Selectmen of the said towns and the mayor 

to regulate doing! *^ 

of corporation, and aldermen of said city, for the time being, shall at all 

times have the power to regulate, restrict and control the 
acts and doings of said corporation, which may, in any 
manner, affect the health, safety or convenience of the inhab- 
itants of said towns and city. 

i^ueboJS.'*^ Sect. 13. The said corporation may issue its bonds for 

the construction of its works, upon such rates and time as it 
may deem expedient, not exceeding in all, the sum of five 
hundred thousand dollars, and secure the same by mortgage 
of the franchises and property of said company. 

First meeting, Seot. 14. The first meeting: of said corporation may be 

called by a notice, signed by any two of the corporators, 
published three weeks successively, before the day fixed for 
such meeting, in the Brunswick Telegraph. 

ApproTod Maroh 9, 1881. 



Chapter llO. 

An act for the nayigation of Cobbossecontee Lake in the County of Eennebee. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
George A. Cony Sect. 1. Gcorge A. Couy, his associates and assigns, are 

et als. aathorfsed • 

to navigate hereby authorized to clear channels, dredge bars, remove 

Cobbossecontee •' » o ' 

Ja'^e- stones and build piers in Cobbossecontee lake in the county 

of Kennebec ; and they are hereby vested with the exclusive 
right against all persons and corporations of employing and 
navigating every kind of boat or water-craft, propelled by 
steam, for carrying passengers or freight on said lake, for 
the term of ten years from the passage of this act. 

Penalty for others Sect. 2. Any persou or corporatiou, who shall use or 

using steam oraft •/ a ^ 

tl^m^^ employ on said lake, any boat or other water-craft, ptopelled 

by steam, as carriers of passengers or freight, without being 
authorized by said corporator, his associates or assigns, shall 
forfeit for each offense not less than twenty dollars, nor 
exceeding one hundred dollar^, to be recovered by and for 
the use of said corporator, his associates and assigns in an 
action of debt. 



BBIBGB ACROSS GBORQBS RIVBRy 213 

Sect. 3. Provided, the said corporator, his associates or Chap. Ill 
assigns, shall neo^lect for the term of three years to naviffate charter vow if 

o » o »J ^ o not Improved 

said lake by steam, as herein provided, and provided, he or 
they, after the commencement of such navigation, shall neg- 
lect for three years at any one time to so navigate said lake, 
then this charter shall be void. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



withio three 
years. 



Chapter 111. 

An aot aathorizing ten or more persons to constmot and maintain a Free Bridge ^oross 

the Georges River. 

Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Any ten or more persons associating themselves BrMgeacrow 
together, and desiring so to do, are hereby authorized and authSSUd^**^ 
empowered to construct and maintain a bridge across the tide 
waters of the Georges river, at any point above the wharves 
now at Thomaston village, under the following conditions and — oonduions. 
restrictions, namely : Said bridge shall be twenty-four feet 
in width, built with firm foundations, and of good materials, 
well railed, and kept in good, safe and passable repair ; and 
travel over said bridge shall be free to all passers over it. 

Sect. 2. Said association shall build and keep ready for Draw to be bum 

f aod operated. 

opening, over the channel, and as nearly at right angles as 
may be to the same, a suflScient draw, not less than thirty- 
five feet in width, for all vessels to pass through, and said 
draw shall be raised when required, for all vessels and boats 
having masts, without charge, and without unreasonable 
delay. 

Sect. 3. Said bridge shall be so constructed that rafts, conitruction. 
gondolas, and boats without masts may pass under the draw 
of the same at any time of tide, with ease and safety, free of 
expense. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take efiect when approved. 

Approved March 9, 1881. 



Corporatore. 



Corporate name. 



-^I^ MAINE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. 

C hap. 112 Chapter 119. 

An act to inoorporate the Maine State Bar Association. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows :. 

Sect. 1. Josiah H. Drummond, Almon A. Strout, Charles 
F. Libb3% James D. Fesseiiden, Peter C. Keegan, L. H. 
Hutchinson, A. R. Savage, S. Clifford Belcher, L. A. Emery, 
George F. Holmes, Byron D. Verrill, Orville D. Baker, 
Lorenzo Clay, G. C. Vose, A. M. Spear, C. H. Fisher, A. 
H. Walker, George D. Bisbee, Charles F. Woodard, 
Thomas W. Vose,.0. G. Hall, George A. Emery, Joseph A. 
Locke, D. N. Mortland, William Freeman, M. N. McKuisck, 
Albion G. Bradstreet, Lauriston R. King, and all persons 
who may hereafter become associated with them, are hereby 
created a corporation by the name of the Maine State Bar 
Association, for the purpose of promoting the interests of 
the legal profession, and of instituting legal reforms, and by 
that name shall have power to sue and be sued, and possess 
all the rights and privileges of corporations under the laws 
of the state. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall elect such officers as it 

take, hold and ' 

wrSoTrStel'* ^^y deem necessary, and may take, hold and convey real and 

personal property to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand 
dollars in value, and may adopt such constitution, by-laws, 
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this 
state, as they may deem proper for the management of their 
affairs, including the admission, government and expulsion of 
members. 

Sect. 3. The first meeting of the corporation shall be 
called by any one of the persons named in this act, by 
publishing seven days' notice of the time and place of the 
same in the Kennebec Daily Journal. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed March 9, 1881. 



May elect offioert, 



First meeting, 
how called. 



HAQ ALLOW AT DAM AND IMPROVBMBNT COMPANT. 215 

Chapter 113. Chap. 113 

An act to improTO the channel of the Magalloway Riyer, and faoLlitate the driring of 

logs and other lamber. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled y as follows : 

Sect. 1. William W. Brown, Lewis T. Brown, John corporatom. 
Hall, Ezreff H. Banks, Trafton Hatch and Ebenezer S. Coe, 
all of the state of Maine, their associates, successors and 
assigns, are hereby created a corporation by the name of 
the Magalloway Dam and Improvement Company, with all corporate oame. 
the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to all the 
liabilities of similar corporations. 

Sect. 2, Said corporation is hereby authorized to com- Maymaiotain 

, - I -ft dams, booi£B, etc. 

plete and maintain two dams across the Magalloway river, in 
the county of Oxford in this state, with booms, side booms, 
sluiceways and other erections, and make such improvements 
as are necessary to facilitate the driving of logs and other 
lumber down said river ; one of said dams to be across the 
said river, at the outlet of Parmachene lake, in township 
number five, in range four ; and the other across Ozcohas 
falls, in township number five, in the second range ; and to 
enter upon and take such lands or materials as may be neces- 
sary to make their said improvements ; and to flow such lands 
as may be necessary to accomplish their object ; provided^ 
said corporation shall pay to the owners of such land and Proviao. 
materials so taken, such compensation as the parties shall 
agree upon for land or for lease of the same. In case they 
cannot agree, then to pay such damages as the county com- county commiB. 

Biooern may ad~ 

missioners of said Oxford county shall adjudge, under the judge damagea. 
same conditions as are by law provided in cases of damages 
by laying out of public highways ; and for lands flowed, the 
owners shall be entitled to the same remedies that are pro- 
vided for in chapter ninety-two of the revised statutes, in 
cases of flowing lands by the erection of dams for mills. 
Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be capital stock, 

^ ^ . how divided. 

divided into eighteen equal shares, and the proprietors of 
township number five, in range two, shall have the right to 
subscribe for and hold two shares ; the proprietors of town- 
ship number five, range three, to have four shares ; the 
proprietors of township number five, range four, to have four 
shares ; the proprietors of township number five, range five, 



116 

Chap. 113 



Tolls and collec- 
ttou ihereof. 



Uae of water. 



First meeting, 
how called. 



Acooant of dfs- 
bonementfl and 
receipts of toll 
to be kept 



MAGALLOWAY DAM AND IMPROVEMBNT COMPANY. 

to have four shares ; and the proprietors of township number 
five, range six, to have the right to subscribe for and hold 
four shares ; and if any of the proprietors of the aforesaid 
tojvnships shall neglect, for the term of thirty days after the 
organization of said company, to take their proportion of 
said stock, then the same may be taken by the other pro- 
prietors of such townships. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation, from and after the time they 
shall have completed said dams and booms contemplated by 
this act, may demand and receive a toll of twenty cents for 
each and every thousand feet, board measure, according to 
the woods scale, so called, for all logs or other timber that 
shall pass over or by their said lower dam ; except the logs 
and lumber cut on two townships, namely : township number 
five, range two, above said dam, which is to be five cents per 
thousand feet, board measure, according to said woods scale ; 
and township number five, range three, above said dam, 
which is to be fifteen cents for each and every thousand feet, 
board measure, according to said woods scale ; and also a 
further sum of ten cents additional for each and every thou- 
sand feet that shall pass over or by their said upper dam ; and 
said corporation shall have a lien on all such logs or timber, 
until the full amount of said toll is paid, on all logs of any 
particular mark, and if not paid within twenty days after the 
same shall have passed below the said boom or lower dam, 
the said corporation may sell, at public auction, after twenty 
days' notice in some newspaper printed in said county of 
Oxford, so much of said logs or timber as may be necessary 
to pay said toll with costs and incidental chaises. 

Sect. 5. Any person driving logs over or through said 
dams, shall be entitled to all the benefits of the water, by 
having the same let off or withheld, as may be necessary, 
under the direction of the agent of said corporation. 

Sect. 6. Any two of the corporators named in the first 
section of this act may call the first meeting of the corpo- 
ration by publishing a notice of the time, place and purpose 
of the same, three weeks successively in the Oxford Demo- 
crat, a newspaper published at Paris, fourteen days at least 
before the time appointed for said meeting. 

Sect. 7. Said corporation shall keep an accurate account 
of all their expenditures and disbursementsi and also their 



L. L. OaOGEBTT TO RAI8B ]>AMS. -^yj 

receipts for tolls, which shall be open for inspection, at all Chap. 114 

reasonable times, to any person interested in the same. Any 

person owning; timber land from which the timber can be owners of timber 

, , lands authorized 

hauled and driven into said river, shall have the right, at any {JJ,|^"®"'°*''" 
time before these improvements are completed, to become a 
stockholder in this company, and to take the number of 
shares, bearing the same proportion to the whole that the 
quantity of such land as he owns bears to all the land from 
which the timber can be conveniently hauled into said stream. 

Sect. 8. When said corporation shall have been reim- Reduction or 

^ , tolls. 

bursed, by tolls, for the costs and expenses of their works, 
and repairs and alterations of the same, together with interest 
at the rate of eight per centum per annum, the tolls shall 
then be reduced one-half of the rates above stated. 

Sect. 9. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this inconsistent act« 

'' repealed. 

act are hereby repealed. 

Sect. 10. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 9, 1881. 



114. 

An act permitting Loihrop L. Crockett to raise a Dam or Dams. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Permission is hereby granted Lothrop L. Crockett l. l. Crockett 

permitted to raise 

to raise his dam or dams, at the outlet of Trickey pond, in d*™- 
the town of Naples and county of Cumberland, two feet 
higher than such dam or dams now are. 

Sect. 2. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to aightofflowage 

or damage not 

affect any rights of flowage or damages ; and when damages aifected. 
are caused by flowage, such damages, unless the parties 
agree, shall be ascertained and determined by the county 
commissioners of the county of Cumberland, in the same 
manuer and under the same conditions, as are by law pro- 
vided in case of the laying out of highways. 
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTed Maroh 9, 1881. 



1 1Q JIMMT BROOK AND SCAOQ ROCK OOHPANT. 

Chap. 115 Chapter ll«.* 

An act to incorporate tho Jimmy Brook and Scagg Rook Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

corporatore. SfiCT. 1. Fiiyette Sliaw, William SliEw, Tliomas N. Egciy, 

Isaac H. Merrill, Charles A. Gibson, their associates, succes- 
sors and assigns, are hereby incorporated under the name of 

Corporate name, the Jimmy Brook and Sc:igg Rock Company, with all the 
powers and privileges of similar corporations. 

Authorized to Sect. 2. The said corporation is authorized and required 

build dAm Rod 

remove rocks. to build tlic Scagg Rock Dam, so called, and seasonably re- 
move the rocks in the falls below said dam, and lying between 
said dam and the Mattawamkejig river, and said corporation 
may build dams, remove rocks, and make improvements ou 
Jimmy Brook, so called, all of said dams and works to facili- 
tate the driving of logs ; and said corporation may enter upon 
and take such land and materials as may be necessary to 
make their said works and build their said dams, and may 
flow contiguous lands, provided said corporation shall pay to 
the owners of lands and improvements thus taken, such 
damages, unless the parties agree, as shall be ascertained and 
determined by the county commissioners of the county of 
Aroostook, in the same manner and under the same con- 
ditions as are by law provided in case of damages by laying 
out highways, and provided that the owners of lands flowed 
by such dams shall have the same rights and remedies to 
recover damages as are now provided by law in case of rais- 
ing a head of water for working a mill. 

Tolls estabiiahed. Sect. 3. The Said Corporation may demand and receive 

for the passage of logs over their said dam, known as the 
Scagg Rock Dam, a toll of thirty-five cents per thousand feet, 
board measure, woods scale, for all logs and lumber run 
down Jimmy Brook aforesaid, and ten cents per thousand 
feet, board measure, woods scale, for all logs and lumber that 
are run down Scagg Rock stream, so called, and a true, 
separate and accurate account shall be kept of the costs of 
said Scagg Rock Dam, and of clearing out the rocks below 
said dam ; and when the tolls received by said company shall 

-when may be havc reimbursed them for the cost of the said ScafrST Rock 

reduced. ^^" 

Dam, and the clearing out of the i-ocks below the same, with 
ten per cent, interest, then the toll on all logs and lumber 



GRBAT POND AND BOG DAM COMPANY. JJQ 

run down said Scagg Rock stream shall cease, and said cor- Chap. 116 

« 

poration shall have a lien on all logs and lumber which shall 
pass over said Scagg Rock Dam, for the payment of all tolls 
herein provided, but the logs of each particular mark shall be 
holden only for the tolls of logs of such mark ; and unless 
such toll is paid within twenty days after such logs, or a 
major part of them, shall arrive at the Penobscot boom, or 
place of manufacture, said corporation may sell at public 
auction so much of said logs as shall be necessary to pay such 
tolls and costs and charges, notice of the time and place of 
such sale, ten days before such sale, being first given in some 
newspaper printed in Bangor. 

Sect. 4. A separate account shall be kept of the cost of separate aocouni 

- to be kept of cost 

the dams and improvements on Jimmy Brook, but no appro- of dams and 

iiD provemeQCB. 

priation of tolls shall be made to reimburse for such cost and 
expenses, until the Scagg Rock Dam and improvements below 
are paid for, and when said dam and said improvements 
below it, with the interest, are paid for, then the tolls 
afterward received shall be appropriated to pay for the dams 
and other improvements on Jimmy Brook, and when the 
latter are paid for, with ten per cent, interest as aforesaid, 
then the toll shall be reduced to a sum sufficient to keep all 
dams and works built by said company in repair. 
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Maroh 9, 1881. 



Chapter 116. 

An Act to inoorporat« the Great Pond and Bog Dam Company. 

J3€ it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature ctssembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. Joseph L. Grant and W. F. Milliken, their corporatow. 
associates and assigns, are hereby created a body politic, by 
the name of Gr^at Pond and Bog Dam Company, with all the corporate name. 
rights, powers and privileges of similar corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have the ric^ht to erect AuthoHaedto 

^ erect and main- 

dams and maintain those already erected, across Union River, tain dame 
in township number thirty-three, near the outlet of Great 
Pond, for the purpose of facilitating the passage of logs and 
lumber down said river^ and are authorized to enter upon and 



120 GHBAT POND AND BOG DAM OOHPANY. 

Chap. 116 take such land, timber or other material as it may find 
necessary to build and maintain said dams, or to rebuild or 
repair the same, and are empowered to flow lands, so far as 
may be necessary to accomplish said object j provided 9 however, 
that said corporation shall pay the proprietor or proprietors 
of land, property or material taken and used, such sums as 
may be agreed on, and if the parties cannot agree, such dam- 
ages as shall be ascertained and determined by the county 
commissioners of the county of Hancock in the same manner, 
and under the same conditions and limitations as are by law 
provided in the case of damage in laying out public highways, 
and for lands flowed, the proprietor or proprietors may obtain 
damages thereof in the same mode and manner, and to the 
same extent, and under the same conditions and limitations 
as are provided in chapter ninety-two of the revised statutes 
for damages where lands are flowed by the erection of mills. 

Tolls and ooi- Sect. 3. Said corooration shall have the ris'ht to demand 

leotioD tharaof. '^ ° 

and receive on all logs or lumber that pass over or through 
said Great Pond and Bog dams, from the owners or mort- 
gagees thereof a toll of ten cents per thousand feet, board 
measure, for all shingle and stave timber and railroad ties 
passing over or through Great Pond and Bog dams, from the 
owners or mortgagees thereof, a toll of five cents per cord, 
so long as they keep said dams in repair. It shall be the 
duty of owners of logs and other kinds of lumber passing 
said dams, to furnish the corporation with a written affidavit 
of the number of thousand feet, board measure, or cords of 
shingle or stave stufi* or railroad ties, before they arrive at 
the Great Pond and Bog dams, and if they fail so to do, said 
corporation may estimate said amount and collect the toll 
accordingly; and said corporation shall have a lien on all 
logs or other kinds of lumber which may pass either of the 
before mentioned dams, for the payment of any toll, and all 
logs or lumber of any particular mark shall be holden for the 
toll on all logs and lumber of that mark, and unless the toll 
is paid within ten days after the logs or lumber passes the 
Great Pond and Bog dams, said corporation may sell, at 
public auction, so much of said logs or lumber as may be 
sufficient to pay said toll and incidental charges, by first giv- 
ing ten days' notice in some paper published in Ellsworth. 
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTOd Mareh 10, 1881. 



BEAR RIVER IMPROVEMENT COMPANT. 221 

Chapter 117. Chap. 117 

An act to incorporate the Bear River Improvement Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. George M. Brown, E. I. Brown, their associ- corporator*. 
ates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a body 
politic and corporate, by the name of the Bear River Im- corporate name. 
provement Company, with all the powers and privileges of 
similar corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may construct as many dams, Authorised to 
side dams, booms and sluices for the purpose of holding boomiandsiuioes 
water on Bear river, situated in the town of Newry, in the 
county of Oxford, as they may deem necessary for the pur- 
pose of driving or floating logs and lumber down said river 
to the Androscoggin river ; also, to remove all stones, trees 
and other obstructions from the bed of said river ; and for 
said purpose, said corporation may take land and materials, 
being accountable to the owners thereof for all damages, if 
any, to be ascertained by reference, or by action on the case. 

Sect. 3. The said corporation, after it shall have made toiis and coiiec- 
the dams, booms and other improvements contemplated by 
this act, may demand and receive a toll of twenty cents per 
thousand feet, woods scale, for all logs and all lumber that 
shall pass down said river, from a point on the same above 
Popple Tavern, so called, and ten cents per thousand feet, 
woods scale, for all logs and all lumber that shall pass down 
said river, starting from a point on said river below said 
Popple Tavern ; and a lien is hereby created upon all logs 
and lumber passing down said river, for the purpose of 
enforcing the toll aforesaid, for three months after the same 
shall have passed down said river into the Androscoggin 
river, said lien to be enforced by attachment. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 12, 1881. 



^ I 



122 
Chap. 118 



Corporaton. 



Corporate name. 



Authorised to 
erect dam and 
flow oove. 



Authorlved to 
hold real and 
personal property 



First meeting, 
hour called. 



PLEASANT COVB ICB 00.— HERRING IN NARRAGUAGUS BAT. 

Chapter 118. 

An act to incorporate the Pleasant Oore Ice and Water-Power Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepreseniatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Edwin Piukham and C. H. Fisher, both of 
Bootbbay, in the county of Lincoln, their associates, succes- 
sors and assigns, are hereby created a body corporate, by 
the name of the Pleasant Cove Ice and Water-Power Com- 
pany, with all the rights and privileges granted by the laws 
of this state to similar corporations, and subject to the limi- 
tations and obligations therein provided. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorizedand granted 
the power to erect and maintain a dam across the entrance 
of Pleasant Cove, in said Boothbay, excluding the tide water 
entirely from said cove, and flowing the same with fresh 
water, thereby creating a fresh water pond, for the purpose 
of making water power, which said power the said corpora- 
tion may use or lease to other persons ; and also for the 
purpose of cutting, storing, shipping and selling of ice. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation may hold real and personal 
property to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand 
dollars. 

Sect. 4. Said Edwin Pinkham is hereby authorized to 
call the first meeting of said corporation, by giving written 
notice to his associates seven days prior to said meeting. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 12, 1881. 



Taking of herring 
with seinei and 
nets, restricted. 



Chapter 119. 

An Act to prohibit the taking of Spawn Herring within certain limits in Milbridge 

or 2i(arragaagus Bay. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature asse7nbled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The taking of herring or fishing therefor by the 
use of purse and drag-seines and all other seines or nets 
from the first day of July to the first day of November, is 
hereby prohibited in the waters lying within the jurisdiction 
of the state in Milbridge or Narraguagus bay, at the mouth 



KXPBNDITURBS OP GOVERNMENT. J23 

of Narraguagus river, bounded on the west by Petit Menan Chap. 120 
point, and on the east by Pleasant river, under a penalty ^^IJig/" 
upon the master or person in charge of said seines or nets, or 
upon the owner or owners of the vessels, steamers or boats 
engaged in taking said herring, of not less than one hundred 
dollars, and no more than three hundred dollars, and there 
shall be a lien upon said vessels, steamers, boats and appa- 
ratus used in such unlawful pursuit until said penalty, with 
costs of prosecution is paid. 

Sect. 2. All penalties named in section one may be Penaines, how 
recovered by indictment or action of debt ; one-fourth part 
of the penalty recovered or imposed shall be for the benefit 
of the complainant or party prosecuting, and the remaining 
three-fourths shall be paid into the school fund of the town 
of Milbridge. 

Approved Maroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter ISO. 

An Act to provide in part for the Ezpenditares of Government. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. In order to provide for the several acts and Act of appro- 
resolves of the legislature, requiring the payment of money 
from the treasury, and also to provide for the necessary 
expenditures of government for the current fiscal year of 
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the following sums are 
hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, and 
the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is 
authorized at any time prior to the first d;iy of January next, 
to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the same : 
Pay roll of valuation commission and clerks, two 

thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars $2,930 00 

Pay roll of council, four thousand dollars 4,000 00 

Subordinate oflicers of state prison, five thousand 

three hundred dollars 5,300 00 

Insane stat« beneficiaries, thirty-eight thousand 

dollars 38,000 00 

Salary of clerk in secretary of State's ofiSce, one 

thousand dollars 1,000 00 



J24 EXPBNDITDRBS OF OOVBRNMBNT. 

Chap. 120 Salary of clerks in treasurer's office, twenty-two 

hundred dollars $2,200 00 

Salary of clerk in adjutant generars office, five 

hundred dollars 500 00 

Salary of clerk in office of superintendent of com- 
mon schools, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Salary of messenger to governor and council five 

hundred dollars 500 00 

Salary of bank examiner, nine hundred dollars. . 900 00 
Salary of pension agent, one thousand dollars. .. 1,000 00 
Salary of fish commissioners, one thousand 

dollars 1,000 00 

Trustees insane hospital, one thousand dollars.. . 1,000 00 
Visiting committee to insane hospital, two hundred 

dollars 200 00 

Reports of judicial decisions, two volumes, forty- 
eight hundred dollars 4,800 00 

Inspectors of state prison and jails, eight hundred 

dollars 800 00 

Soldiers' pensions, twenty-three thousand dollars. 23,000 00 

Military pensions, eighteen hundred dollars 1,800 00 

Contingent fund of treasurer, five hundred dollars. 500 00 

Stationery, two thousand dollars 2,000 00 

Postage, two thousand dollars 2,000 00 

Transportation of documents, eight hundred 

dollars 800 00 

Advertising laws, twenty-five hundred dollars. . . 2,500 00 
Fuel and lights, including deficiency for eighteen 
hundred and eighty, twenty-three hundred 

dollars 2,300 00 

Furniture and repairs of public buildings, includ- 
ing deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty, 

four thousand dollars 4,000 00 

Night watch, one thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Inspectors of steamboats, six hundred dollars. . . 600 00 
Inspectors of steamboats, deficiency for eighteen 
hundred and eighty, one hundred forty-five dol- 
lars and twenty cents 145 20 

Indices, one hundred and fifty dollars 150 00 

Journal of Council, one hundred and fifty dollars 150 00 
Binding and stitching, forty-five hundred dollars 4,500 00 
Printing, fifteen thousand dollars 15,000 00 



PALMBR AND MACHIA8P0RT KAILROAD. ;|[25 

Agricultural societies, five thousand dollars $5,000 00 Chap. 121 

Board of Agriculture, five hundred dollars 600 00 

Farmers' institutes, fourteen hundred dollars. . . • 1,400 00 
Secretary of the board of agriculture, six hun- 
dred dollars 600 00 

Expenses of board of agriculture, three hundred 

dollars 300 00 

Town of Carroll, by resolve, five dollars 6 00 

Engrossing clerk and proof reader 300 00 

Contingent fund of secretary of state, one hun- 
dred and fifty dollars 150 00 

Fireman and mail carrier, fifteen hundred dollars, 

seven hundred and fifty each 1,500 00 

Town of Mayfield, three hundred dollars 300 00 

Henry Nash, seven dollars and fifty cents 7 50 

Maine state year book, four hundred dollars. . . . 400 00 
Committee on agriculture, seventy-seven dollars 

and ten cents 77 10 

Town of Washington, twenty-eight dollars and 

three cents 28 03 

Amounting to one hundred thirty-five thousand 
six hundred forty-two dollars and eighty-three 

cents $135,642 83 

Sect, 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approyed March 12, 1881. 



Chapter 131. 

An act additional to an act entitled ''An act to change the name and increase the 
Capital Stock of the Palmer and Maohiasport Railroad Corporation/' approved 
Febniary twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fortj-fiye. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Said corporation may, and is hereby authorized corporation 
to build a branch from any point on its line as now estab- huiid branch. 
lished, to tide waters in Machias, Washington county, and to 
extend from said branch as may be found convenient, such 
branches as it may deem necessary or useful within said town 
of Machias. 



226 ^^^ ^^^ CO.— METHODIST PARSOKAQB, KENT'S HILL. 

Chap. 122 Sect, 2. Said corporation is hereby invested with all the 
leSwandtaia- P^wers, privileges and immunities which may be necessary to 
carry into effect the objects and purposes of this act, not in- 
consistent with the laws of this state. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred Maroh 12, 1881. 



Dities. 



Chapter 133. 

An act to authorize the Cobb Lime Companj to nibsoribe for stock in the corporation 
known as the Cobb Lime Company's Portland Cement. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives 
in Legislature a^sembledy as follows : 
Company autho- The Cobb Lime Company is hereby authorized to subscribe 

thorixed to hold r J J 

■***^- for, own and hold stock in the corporation known as the Cobb 

Lime Company's Portland Cement, to the amount of two 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Approved March 12, 1881. 



Chapter 133. 

An act to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Church property at Kent's HiU in 
the town of Readfieldi to seU and convey the Methodist parsonage at Kent's HiU. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
Trustees aatho- Authority is hereby given to Henry P. Torsey, Noah 
par80Dii«e. Jewctt and Benjamin W. Harriman, trustees of the Metho- 
dist Church property at Kent's Hill, in the town of Readfield, 
or any two of them, to sell and convey the Methodist parson- 
age, situated at said Kent's Hill. 

Approved Maroh 12, 1881. 



BIDDBFORD AND SACO WATBR COMPANY. 227 

Chapter I«4. Chap. 124 

An act to incorporate the Biddeford and Saoo Water Company. ' 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. James M. Andrews, Edward W. Staples, Horace corporatora. 
Ford, Alfred Goodwin, R. W. Randall, William Hill, George 
W. Donnell, Samuel G. Twamhley, Albert K. Cleaves, E. 
H. Banks, C. E. Hussey, Thomas Haley, W. H. Field, O. 
H. Stjiples, Oliver C. Clark, John S. Derby, John Quimby, 
George F. Owen, William J. Bradford, Enoch Lowell, with 
their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation 
by the name of the Biddeford and Saco Water Company, for corporate oame. 
the purpose of conveying to, and supplying the cities of 
Biddeford and Saco, in York county with pure and whole- 
some water; and said corporation, for said purposes, may 
hold real and personal estate necessary and convenient there- 
for, not exceeding in amount two hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized, for the AuthoriKdto 

*- " take and lue cer- 

purposes aforesaid, to take, detain and use the water of Ken- ^^^^l^l 
nebunk pond, or Saco river, or either of them, in either or »^'^''^"'""- 
all the towns of Lyman, Hollis or city of Biddeford ; and is 
also authorized to erect, maintain dams and reservoirs, and 
lay and maintain pipes and aqueducts necessary for the proper 
accumulating, conducting, discharging, distributing and dis- 
posing of water and forming proper reservoirs thereof; and 
said corporation may take and hold any lands necessary 
therefor, and may excavate through any lands where neces- 
sary for the purposes of this incorporation. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall be held liable to pay all SjuTtl^ut"'* 
damages that shall be sustained by any persons by the taking '**'''^"*'^* 
of any land, or other property, or by flowage, or by exca- 
vating through any land for the purpose of laying down pipes 
and aqueducts, building dams and reservoirs, and also dam- 
ages for any other injuries resulting from said acts ; and if 
any person sustaining damage as aforesaid, and said corpora- 
tion shall not mutually agree upon the sum to be paid 
therefor, such person may cause his damages to be ascer- 
tained in the same manner and under the same conditions, 
restrictions and limitations as are by law prescribed in the 
case of damages by the laying out of highways. 

9 



128 

Ch ap. 124 

Authorised to 
lay pipes, ete. 



Consent of Uie 
citizens of Bsoo 
required. 



Liabmt7 for 
damafes. 



May cross and 
chan^ direotioo 
of seircrs. 



Surveys to be 
miule and nntioe 
of location to be 
fii^lished. 



Penalty tor li^tir- 
intr property or 
corrupting waters 



BIBBBVORD AND 8A00 WATBB OOMPART- 

Sect. 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized to lay 
down, in and through the streets and ways in said towns of 
Lyman, Hollis, or the cities of Biddeford and Saco, all such 
pipes, aqueducts, and fixtures as may be necessary for the 
purposes of their incorporation, under such reasonable restric- 
tions as the aldermen and selectmen of said towns and cities 
may impose. Said corporation shall have no authority to 
lay down in and through the streets and ways in said city of 
Saco, any pipes, aqueducts or fixtures, unless and until the 
said city of Saco by a majority vote of its citizens at any 
legal meeting called for that purpose shall consent thereto. 
And said corporation shall be responsible for all damages to 
persons and property occasioned by the use of such streets 
and ways, and shall further be liable to pay to said cities and 
towns all sums recovered against said cities and towns for 
damages from obstruction caused by said corporation, and for 
all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred in 
defending such suits, with interest on the same. 

Sect. 5. Said corporation shall have power to. cross any 
private or public sewer, or to change the direction thereof, 
where necessary for the purposes of their incorporation, but 
in such manner as not to obstruct or impair the use thereof; 
and said corporation shall be liable for any injury caused 
thereby. 

Sect. 6. Said corporation shall cause surveys to be made 
for the purpose of locating their dams, reservoirs and pipes 
and other fixtures, and cause accurate plans of such location 
to be filed in the ofiSce of the city clerk of said Biddeford, 
and notice of such location shall be given to all persons 
affected thereby, by publication in some public newspaper in 
said county ; and no entry shall be made upon any lands, 
except to make surveys, until the expiration of ten days from 
the said filing and publication. 

Sect. 7. Any person who shall willfully injure any of 
the property of said corporation, or who shall knowingly cor- 
rupt the. waters of said Kenncbunk pond and Saco river, or 
any of their tributaries, in any manner whatever, or render 
them impure, whether the same be frozen or not, shall be 
punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by 
imprisonment not less than one year, and shall be liable to said 
corporation for three times the actual damage, to be recov- 
ered in any proper action. 



LOa DRIVING OOMPANIBS. 229 

Sect. 8. The capital stock of said corporation shall be Chap. 125 
two hundred thousand dollars, which may be increased to capital rtocic. 
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars by a vote of said cor- 
poration ; and said stock shall be divided into shares of fifty 
and one hundred dollars each. 

Sect, 9. Either of the cities of Biddeford and Saco are Biddefoni and 

Baco may sob- 
hereby authorized to subscribe to the stock of said corpora- ^^ ^ *^® 

tion to an extent not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand 

dollars, by a majority vote, at any legal meetings called for 

that purpose, and the mayor and city councils, or either of 

them, may take possession and complete said water works. 

Sect. 10. The first meeting of said corporation may be Fi»t meeting, 
called by a written notice thereof, signed by any seven cor- 
porators herein named, served upon each corporator by giving 
him the same in hand or by leaving the same at his last usual 
place of abode, seven days before the time of meeting. 

Sect. 11. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred March 12, 1881. 



-r- 



Chapter las. 

An set additional to aot« inoorporating the ** Kennebeo Log Driring Company/' the 
*' Dead River Log Driying Company," and the " Moose Rirer Log Driving Com- 
pany." 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 
The directors of the "Kennebec Log Driving Company," Directors, in 



making ._,^,..« 

the "Dead River Loff Drivinff Company," and the "Moose meots, may make 
River Log Driving Company," in making the assessment 
authorized by their several acts of incorporation, shall have 
the right to make overlayings to cover the whole or such part 
of the cost of improvements and losses as they may deem 
just and equitable, or such* pai*t of said snms as the com- 
panies at any legal meeting may vote. 

Approved March 12, 1881. 



130 

Chap. 126 



Sec. If ch. 508, 
special laws 1874, 
amended. 



Tolls Increased. 



Increase 
restricted. 



When to take 
efltet 



NAHMAKANTA DAM CO.— DRAINS AND SEWERS, AUBURN. 

Chapter 196. 

An act to inorease the tolls of the Nahmakanta Dam Company. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mepresentattves 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section one, chapter five hundred and niaety- 
eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is 
hereby amended by striking out the words ''twenty-five" in 
the second line, and inserting the word ' forty,' and striking 
out the words "twenty-five" in the fourth line, and insert- 
ing the word * fifty,' so that the said section as amended shall 
read as 'follows : 

'Sect. 1. The tolls payable to the Nahmakanta Dam 
Company shall hereafter be as follows : forty cents on each 
thousand feet, board measure, woods scale, passing Nah- 
makanta Dam alone, and fifty cents for each thousand feet 
passing said dam, and one or more other dams erected by 
said company, instead of the tolls granted under their charter 
as amended in eighteen hundred and seventy-four, the com- 
pany to have the same lien and rights of sale and collection 
now allowed under said charter.' 

Sect. 2. This increase of tolls is not to apply to logs or 
lumber cut from township A, range eleven, west of the east 
line of the state. 

Sect. 3. This act to take effect July one, eighteen hun- 
dred and eighty-one. 

Approved March 12p 1881. 



Municipal offlcers 
to K ire hearing 
berore constract- 
iog drain or 
sewer. 



Chapter 137. 

An act relating to Drains and Sowers in the city of Anbnrn. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 

» 

in Legislature assembled^ as foHbws : 

Sect. 1. It shall be the duty of the municipal officers of 
the city of Auburn, before commencing the construction of 
any public drain or common sewer, to give notice of their 
intention to construct said drain or sewer, to appoint a time 
and place for a hearing in regard to the same, and give notice 
thereof by publishing the same for three successive weeks in 
the Lewiston Daily Journal. When said drain or sewer is 



DRAINS AND SBWBRS IN AUBURN. 231 

completed, they shall adjudge what parcels of land are bene- C hap. 127 
fitted by such drain or sewer, and estimate and assess upon Municipal oab. 
such lot45 and parcels of land, and against the owner thereof, SJli^Si^J.^"* 
if known, such sum, not exceeding such benefit, as they may 
deem just and equitable, towards defraying the expenses of 
constructing and completing such drain or sewer, the whole 
of said assessments not to exceed two-thirds of the cost of 
such drain or sewer, and such drain or sewer shall forever 
thereafter be maintained and kept in repair by said city ; such 
municipal officers shall file with the clerk of said city the Location aa«i 

^ * descriptioD to be 

location of such drain or sewer, with a profile description of fli«i ^ith city 

' * * clerk aod re- 

the same, with the amount assessed upon each lot or parcel of ~"*'** 
land so assessed, and the name of the owner of each lot or 
parcel of land, if known, and the clerk of said city shall record 
the same in a book kept for that purpose, and within ten days 
after filing such notice each person so assessed shall be notified STi^^nouaST^ 
of such assessment, by having an authentic copy of said 
assessment, with an order of notice signed by the clerk, 
stating a time and place for a hearing on the subject matter 
of said assessments, giving to each person so assessed, or 
left at his usual place of abode in said city ; if he has no 
place of abode in said city, then such notice shall be given 
to, or left at the abode of his tenant or lessee, if he has one 
in said city ; if he has no such tenant or lessee in the said 
city, then by posting the same in some conspicuous place in 
the vicinity of the lot or parcel of land so assessed, at least 
thirty days before said hearing, or such notice may be given 
by publishing the same three weeks successively in any news- 
paper published in said city, the first publication to be at 
least thirty days before said hearing; a return made of a 
copy of such notice by any constable in said city, or the pro- 
duction of the paper containing such notice shall be conclu- 
sive evidence that said notice has been given, and upon such 
hearing the municipal officers shall have power to i:evise, officenmay 

revise atscM- 

increase or diminish any of such assessments, and all such ment>- 
revision, increase or diminution shall be in writing, and 
recorded by such clerk. 

Sect. 2. Any person who is aggrieved by the doings of Aggrieved par- 
said municipal officers in laying out and constructing said 
sewer, or in making said assessments, may appeal therefrom 
to the next term of the supreme judicial court which shall be 
holden in the county of Androscoggin, more than thirty days 



]^32 DRAINS AND 6BWBR8 IN AUBURN. 

Chap. 127 from and after the day when the hearing last mentioned is 
concluded, excluding the day of the commencement of the 
session of said court; the applicants shall serve written 
notice of such appeal upon the mayor or city clerk fourteen 
days at least before the session of the court, and shall, at the 
first term, file a complaint setting forth substantially the facts 
in the case ; either party shall be entitled to a trial by jury, 
or the matter in dispute may, if the parties so agree, be 
decided by a committee of reference, and the court shall 
render such judgment and decree in the premises as the 
nature of the case may require ; at the trial, exceptions may 
be taken to the ruling of the judge, as in other cases. 
perMotmaj Segt. 3. Any pei'sou may enter his private drain into any 

5'»!"^nj?p'»w*« such public drain or common sewer while the same is under 

druD whlw under ' 

coMtrootion. coustructiou and before the same is completed, and before 
the assessments are made, on obtaining a permit in writing 
from the municipal officers, or the committee having the 
construction of the same in charge ; but after the same is 
completed and the assessments made, no person shall enter 
his private drain into the same until he has paid his assess- 
ment and obtained a permit in writing from the municipal 
officers. All permits given to enter any such drain or sewer 
shall be recorded by the city clerk of said city before the 
same is issued. 

Aiaewmenu Sect. 4. All asscssmcuts made under the provisions of 

create a Uenapmi 

land sMeeied. this act shall Create a lien upon each and every lot or parcel of 
land so assessed, which lien shall continue one year after said 
assessments are payable, and within ten days after they are 
made ; the clerk of said city shall make out a list of all such 
assessments, the amount of each assessment, and the name of 
the person, if known, against whom the same is assessed, to 
be by him certified ; and he shall deliver the same to the 
treasurer of said city, and if said assessments are not paid within 
three months from the date of said assessments, then the 
treasurer shall proceed and sell such of said lots or parcels 
of land upon which said assessments remain unpaid, or so 
much thereof, at public auction, as is necessary to pay such 
assessments, and all costs and incidental charges, in the same 
way and manner that real estate is advertised and sold for 
taxes under chapter six of the revised statutes, which sale 
shall be made within one year from the time said assessments 



DRAINS AND SBWBB8 IN AUBURN. ]^33 

are made ; and upon such sale the treasurer shall make, exe- Chap. 127 
cute and deliver his deed to the purchaser thereof, which 
shall be good and effectual to pass the title to such real estate. 

Sect. 5. Any person to whom the right by law belongs, i^J,?hrmf 
may, at any time within one year from the date of said sale, "d«»wJ»nd»ow- 
redeem such real estate by paying to the purchaser or his 
assigns the sum for which the same was sold, with interest 
thereon at the rate of twenty per centum per annum, with 
costs for re-conveyance. 

Sect. 6. If said assessments are not paid, and said city irsaieunot 

made, dty may 

does not proceed to collect said assessments by a sale of the •uetoramount 
lots or parcels of land upon which said assessments are 
made, or does not collect, or is in any manner delayed or 
defeated in collecting such assessments by a sale of the real 
estate so assessed, then the said city, in the name of the 
inhabitants of said city, or in the name of such city,* may sue 
for and maintain an action against the party so assessed, for 
the amount of said assessment as for money paid, laid out 
and expended, in any court competent to try the same, and 
in such suit may recover the amount of such assessment, with 
twelve per centum interest on the same from the date of said 
assessment, and costs. 

Sect. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this ineoDsistent acta 

repealed. Not to 

act are hereby repealed. This act and repeal shall not apply JJJJ^^JJ, 
to, or affect any drain or common sewer constructed, or 
assessment made, prior to the approval of this act. 

Sect. 8. The provisions of this act shall apply to drains Prorisiooe or 
or sewers already constructed by said city of Auburn within applied, 
its limits, but said city shall not hereby be authorized to 
assess any fuilher tax upon persons whose estates, are now 
connected with any drain or sewer already constructed within 
said city, in case the assessment for such connection has been 
paid. 

Sect. 9. This act shall take effect when aiccepted by the when to take 
city council of Auburn. 

Approved Marah 13, 1881. 



134 

ClIAI" 



128 



A< r iif itiCiirpon- 
ii 111 .iiiieutied. 



A-Mitiiinal mpm- 
bcr!>. huw elected. 



OCEAN PARK ASSOCIATION. -^ACO WATER COMPANY. 

Chapter 138. 

An act to amend the Charter of the Ocean Park Aaaoeiation. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ us follows : 

Sect. 1. The act approved January twenty-four, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, 
entitled "An act to incorpoiate the Ocean Park Association," 
is hereby amended by striking out in section three of suid 
act, the words, " the number of members of said corporators 
shall not exceed seventy-five nor be less than twenty-five/' 
and inserting the words, 'The members of said coqjoration. 
in addition to the persons named in section one of this act, 
shall be such as the directors hereinafter provided for may 
recommend, and the corportors, by a two-thirds vote, at a 
regular meeting, may elect,' so that said section as amended 
shall read: 

'Sect. 3. The members of said cori>oration, in addition 
to the persons named in section one of this act, shall be such 
as the directors hereinafter provided for, may recommend, 
and the corporators, by a two-thirds vote, at a regular meet- 
ing, may elect, fifteen of whom shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business. The corporation may provide in 
its by-laws for filling vacancies, electing additional members, 
and declaring membership foi*feited for failure to attend the 
meetings of the corporation.' 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 12, 1881. 



Corjioiators. 



Corporate name. 



Chapter 139. 

An act to incorporate the Saoo Water Com pan j. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature asseiiibledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. Obadiah Durgin, Amos T. Marston, T. Herbert 
Milliken, John Carpenter, John Stowe, Joseph F. Chad- 
bourne, Simon Sawyer, Isaac E. Stover, their associates and 
successors, are hereby made a coiporation by the name of 
the Saco Water Company, for the purpose of supplying pure 
water for domestic and municipal purposes, in the city of 
Saco. 



8A00 WATKR COMPANY. 235 

SECt. 2. Said corpdratiou may hold real and personal Chap. 129 
esitate necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, h<3j*^J^S* 
uot exceeding in amount fifty thousand dollar. penonai estate. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation may, for the purposes afore- ^^'J^^^^^fS 
said, take and hold by purchase or otherwise, any laud or pa^,^^'*'*" 
real estate necessary for erecting and maintaining dams and 
reservoirs and for laying and maintaining aqueducts for con- 
ducting, discharging, distributing and disposing of water and 
for forming reservoirs thereof. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation shall be liable to pay all dam- DaroAg«s to 

penoDS and 

ages that shall be sustained by any persons in their property JJ?^^* ***'' 
by the taking of any land or by excavating through any land 
for the purpose of laying down pipes, building dams and con- 
structing reservoirs, and if any person sustaining damage as 
aforesaid and said corporation shall not mutually agree upon 
the sum to be paid therefor, such person may cause his dam- 
ages to be ascertained in the same manner and under the 
same conditions, restrictions and limitations as are by law 
prescribed in the case of damages by the laying out of high- 
ways. 

Sect. 5. Said corporation shall file in the office of the Location to be 

filed In office of 

clerk of said city of Saco the location of all reservoirs, aque- citycierk. 
ducts or pipes, to be by them made or laid, and the land so 
taken shall not be entered upon, except to make surveys 
before said location has been filed. 

Sect. 6. The capital stock of said company shall not ex- capital stock. 
ceed fifty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares 
of twenty-five dollars each, and the company may organize 
whenever five thousand dollars is subscribed to its capital 
stock. 

Sect. 7. Said company is hereby authorized to lay down, AutheHaedto 

lay dowD pipes, 

in and through the streets of said city and to take up, replace «to. 
and repair all such pipes, aqueducts and fixtures as may be 
necessary for the objects of their incorporation, first having 
obtained the consent of the city council therefor, and under 
such restrictions and regulations as said city council may 
see fit to describe. 

Sect. 8. The mayor and aldermen for the time being Municipal officers 

•' ^ ^ to have power to 

shall, at all times, have the power to regulate, restrict and f^^^^^^"^ 
control the acts and doings of said corporation, which may '*"®° 
in any manner affect the health, safety and convenience of 
the inhabitants of said city. 



136 
Chap. 130 

First meeting, 
how called. 



HIQHWAT ACROSS SPINNEY'S CRBBE.— TOWN OF NOBEIDGEWOCK. 

Sect. 9. The first meeting of said corporation majr be 
called by written notice of the first of said corporators, de- 
liyered to each of the other corporators at least one week 
before said meeting. 

Sect. 10. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approred If arch 12, 1881. 



Highway 
Bplnney** creek 
authoriaed. 



ProTiao. 



€hapter ISO. 

Ad act to anthorise the Ooantj Commiaaionera of York Connty to locate and eatabliah 

a highway aoroaa Spinney'a Creek. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Authority is hereby granted to the county com- 
missioners of York county to locate and establish a highway 
over the tide waters of Spinney's Creek, so called, leading 
from South Eliot to Kittery, in said county, by the same pro- 
ceedings, and in the same manner as would be required to 
lay out and establish such highway if said waters were not 
tide waters ; provided^ however , that in any bridge over said 
river, there shall be constructed and maintained a good and 
sufficient draw therein, so that navigation shall not be 
obstructed. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 13, 1881. 



fownofNorrldge- 
wock aothoriaed 
U> retire bonda 
and baoenew 
OD«a. 



Chapter 131. 

An aot to authorise the town of Norridgewock to re-fund the bonda iaaued in aid of 
the Someraet Railroad Company, and to ereate a ainkiog fund for the payment of 
the same. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. The town of Norridgewock is hereby authorized 
to retire, by purchase or exchange, the bonds issued by said 
town in aid of the Somerset Railroad Company, either at or 
before maturity thereof; and for this purpose to issue new 
bonds, in such form and amount, having such rate of interest. 



WB8T END RAILROAD COMPANY. 237 

and payable at such times and places as may be determined Chap. 132 
by Tote of the qualified voters of said town, at a meeting 
thereof, called according to law for that purpose ; providedj 
however^ that nothing herein contained shall authorize any Proviso! 
increase in the indebtedness of said town. 

Sect. 2. Said town is hereby authorized, at the annual ^^'Jj^.^ig. 
meetings thereof, to choose three oflScers to be known as JSSLgtoaf^ 
commissioners of the sinking fund ; and to create a sinking 
fund for the purpose of the payment of any bonds that may 
be issued under the provisions of this a<;t. Such sums as may 
be raised or appropriated for that purpose, shall be paid over 
to said commissioners who shall safely invest and re-invest 
the same, as occasion may require, in the name of the town. 
Said commissioners shall give bonds, with sureties, satisfactory 
to the selectmen, in such sums as the town shall, from time 
to time, direct. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take e£Eect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 12, 1881. 



€hapter 133. 

An aot to ineorporate the West Bnd Railroad Company, with aathoriiy to eonstrnct, 

maintain and use a Horse-liailroad. 

Whereas the objects of this corporation cannot be other- 
wise attained, therefore. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentaiivea 
in Legislature assembledy as follows : 

Sect. 1. Edward P. Chase, Frederick W. Clark, Francis corpomtorB. 
Tibbets, George Libby, George B. Buzelle, Solomon Stuart, 
Lorenzo T. Chase, Edward Harlow, Ashbel Chaplin, Alvin 
Deering, John W. Deering, Rufus Tibbets, George W. Burn- 
ham, Royal R. Burnham, Josiah Chase, Theodore E. Harmon, 
Frederick A. Clark and Lindley M. Webb, their associates, 
successors and assigns, are hereby constituted a corporation 
by the name of the West End Railroad Company, with corporate name, 

authority, por- 

authority to construct, maintain and use a horse-railroad to be p<»«» iwattoo ©r 

•^ ^ railroad, eto. 

operated as horse-i*ailroads are operated in other places, with 
convenient single or double tracks from the westerly terminus 
of the Portland Railroad Company's track, on Congress 
street in Portland, Cumberland County, westerly upon and 



238 ^^^ '^^ RAILROAD COMPANT. 

Chap. 132 over Congress street to the line of the town of Deering, and 

also from said Congress street southerly upon and over 
St. John street, in said Portland, to a point near the transfer 
station on the Boston and Maine Railroad. Said corpoi*ation 
shall first obtain the assent of the municipal officers of said 
city thereto, and said officers shall at the same time deter- 
mine within what limits of said streets such tracks may be 
located and constructed, which assent and determination shall 
be made in writing, delivered to said corporation, and a copy 
thereof filed in the office of the clerk of said city, together 
with a description of the location of said tracks in accordance 
therewith, and the written assent of said corporation thereto, 
and thereupon the h>cation shall be deemed made and per- 
fected. Said corporation shall have power, from time to 
time, to fix rates of compensation for transporting persons and 
property, and generally shall have all the powers, and be 
subject to all the liability of corporations as set forth in the 
forty-sixth chapter of the revised statutes and amendments 
thereto, as far as the same are applicable. The original loca- 
tion of the route when made and perfected, and any legal 
extension thereof shall be for the term of thirty years. The 
same may be renewed from time to time, for a term not 
exceeding thirty years at any one time, by the consent of said 
municipal officers, after reasonable notice to all parties inter- 
ested, and upon reasonable terms ; but no such renewal shall 
be granted prior to two years before the expiration of the 
location then last made and perfected. Such consent and 
the terms thereof shall be in writing, delivered to said cor- 
poration, a copy filed in the office of the clerk of said city of 
Portland, with the written consent of said corporation, and 
thereupon said renewal shall be deemed to have been made 
and perfected. If at the expiration of any of said terms the 
use of the streets, roads, or highways occupied by said rail- 
road is granted by the municipal officers of said city of 
Portland to any other corporation or person, it shall be 
upon condition that said corporation or person shall first pur- 
chase of, and pay for, to said West End Railroad Company, 
all of its property of every description in use or owned for 
the purposes of said railroad, at such price as may be agreed 
upon by the parties, or if unable to agree, at a price to be 
determined by three disinterested persons appointed by the 



WBST BND RAILKOAD COMPANY. |39 

supreme judicial court, or any judge ihereof on application by Chap. 132 
either party, and notice and hearing thereon ; said persons to 
act on oath after giving reasonable notice of the time and 
place of meeting and a hearing thereon, and to return their 
award and appraisal into said court, and the compensation of 
such persons shall be fixed by the court and paid, one-half 
by each party. If the municipal oflScers of said Portland, at 
the expiration of said location or any renewal thereof, 
determine that the use of any street occupied by said com- 
pany's railroad shall be granted for such use, on any con- 
ditions, said company shall have the preference, and the use 
shall be granted or renewed to it, .provided it will perform 
said conditions. No other corporation or person shall be 
permitted to construct or maintain any railroad, for similar 
purposes, over the same streets as may be lawfully occupied 
by this corporation, in any other manner than as herein pro- 
vided ; but any person or corporation lawfully operating any 
horse-railroad to any point to which this corporation's tracks 
extend, may enter upon, connect with and use the same, on 
such terms and in such manner as may be agreed upon be- 
tween the parties, or, if they shall not agree, to be determined 
in the same manner as that herein provided for determination 
of price for said corporation property in case of sale. 

Sect. 2. Said railroad shall be operated by animal power Power, 
only. The municipal oflScei's of said city shall have power to Municii«i officers 

11 0* 1* i/» -,., *" r^tulatc rate 

regulate the rate of speed, the removal of snow and ice from, of speed, etc. 

and the use of the track within the streets occupied by said 

railroad. Said corporation shall keep and maintain in repair, Repairs of stmts 

• /• 1 1*111 -Til •"** damages. 

such portion of the streets as shall he occupied by the tracks 
of its railroad, and shall make all other repairs of said streets 
which may be rendered necessary by the occupation of the 
same by said railroad. And said corporation shall be liable 
for any loss or damage which any person may sustain by 
reason of any carelessness, neglect or misconduct of its 
agents or servants. 

Sect. 3. Any person who shall willfully obstruct said cor- Penalty f^r ob- 

,, , .-. structing road or 

poration in the use of its road or tracks, or the passing of its tracks. 
cars thereon, or the discharge of the duties of any of its 
agents or servants, and any person who shall aid and abet 
therein, shall be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred 
dollars, or instead thereof, imprisonment not exceeding sixty 
days in the county jail. 



140 

Chap. 132 

City MithorltiM 
notprerented 
from entertDff 
upon and taking 
ap 



Aath<»is6dto 
pnnduweand 
hold 



CoDBtraotioo. 
grade, etc, lab- 
Joct to ooDtrol of 
monicipal oflSoen 



Capital Btook. 



Aathoriied to 
borrow moDcy 
and Issue bonds. 



^limit 



Bonds, how 
secured. 



WK8T BlSn> RAILROAD OOMPANT. 

Sect. 4. Nothing in this act eball be constraed to pre- 
vent the authorities of said city from entering upon or taking 
up any of the streets, occupied by said railroad, for any pur- 
pose for which they may now lawfully take up the same. 

Sect. 5. Said corporation shall have power to lease and 
to purchase and hold such real estate and personal prop- 
erty as may be necessary and convenient for the purposes of 
said railroad, not exceeding at any one time the amount of 
said company's capital stock at such time. 

Sect. 6. The form and manner of construction, and the 
grade of said railroad, and of any street occupied thereby, 
and all changes therein shall be subject to the control of said 
municipal officers, and said officers shall hear and determine 
in writing, any dispute concerning the crossing by said com- 
pany's tracks of any other steam or horse-railroad track, and 
such crossing shall be constructed accordingly. 

Sect. 7. The capital stock of said corporation shall not 
exceed in the first instance the sum of five thousand dollars, 
but may be increased by a vote of the stockholders holding 
two-thirds of such capital stock, represented at any legal 
meeting called therefor, by a sum not exceeding five thou- 
sand dollars for each mile or fractional part thereof, of track, 
in addition to the limits of said track hereinbefore specified, 
but such increase of stock shall not be made until such addi- 
tional track shall have been located under the provisions of 
this act. Said capital stock shall be divided into shares of 
fifty dollars each. 

Sect. 8. Said corporation is hereby authorized to barrow 
money for the purposes of constructing and equipping its 
railroad, and to issue its bonds therefor ; but the said bonds 
shall not exceed in amount one-half of the amount of capital 
stock, fixed at the time of issuing such bonds. Said bonds 
shall be issued in denominations of not less than fifty dollars 
each, payable in not more than thirty years from their dates, 
with interest at the rate of six per centum, payable semi- 
annually. Said bonds shall be approved by the president and 
two or more directors, who shall certify that such bond was 
properly issued and recorded on the books of the company. 

Sect. 9. Said bonds shall be secured by a conveyance of 
the corporate property and franchise to two trustees by a 
suitable instrument of mortgage, to secure the payment of 
the same. 



HOME FOR AGBD MBN. ^41 

Sect. 10. The first meeting of said corporation may be Chap. 133 
called by any two of said corporators giving actual notice in JJU'<5^°*' 
writing to their several associates, and said corporation may 
pass such by-laws as are proper, and not contrary to the laws 
of the state. 

Sect. 11. Said road shall not be taken or deemed to be a Nottakmami 

defi e d to be a 

railroad Nvithin the meaning of th^t term, as used in the pub- ™i!road. 
lie laws of this state, but shall have all the rights and be 
subject to all the liabilities of horse-railroads within this 
state. 

Sect. 12. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 12, 1881. 



Chapter 133. 

An aot to incorporate the Mercantile Home for Aged Men Association. 

I 

Whereas the purposes of this corporation cannot be other- 
wise obtained, therefore. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. William G. Davis, T. C. Hersey, Eben Corey, corporators. 
Ira P. Farrington, Samuel E. Spring, H. J. Libby, William 
W. Thomas, Edwin A. Norton, James P. Baxter, John C. 
Proctor, and all persons who may hereafter become associated 
with them are hereby created a corporation by the name of 
the Mercantile Honie for Aged Men Association, for the pur- corporate name. 
pose of providing a home for certain aged and infirm men, 
and by that name shall have the power to sue and be sued, 
and possess all the rights and privileges under the laws of 
this state relating to corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall elect such officers as it Authorised to 

elect offloen, 

deems necessary and may take, hold, and convey real and '*n*»****JJiJ^ 
personal property not exceeding one hundred thousand dol- 2IS!gew^.**' 
lars, appoint a board of management for any home provided 
for the purposes of charity or of this act, make regulations 
for the admission of persons to such home, and their dis- 
charge therefrom, adopt a constitution and by-laws not 
inconsistent with the laws of this state and regulate the 
holding of stock in said corporation and the rights of the 



242 ^^^ ^^ BEOWHEOAir. . 

Chap. 134 stock holders in the property thereof, and do all other acts 
necessary to the establishment and management of such home, 
not forbidden by the laws of this state. 

Sect. 3. The first meeting of the corporation may be 
called by any one of the corporators by publishing in any 
daily paper in Portland, a notice of the time and place of 
such meeting for seven days prior to the holding thereof. . 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved M»roh 15, 1881. 



Flrrt meeting, 
bow called. 



Levi W. Westoo 
ct els. enthnrlied 
to erect and 
maiotaln boooa. 



Oltligatlons and 
coispenaation. 



May take neces- 
eary laoda and 
pay damage 
therefor. 



Chapter 134. 

An act authorizing Levi W. Weston and others to erect and maintain a boom in the 

Kennebec riTer, at Skowhegan. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. Levi W. Weston and Charles M. Brainard, their 
associates, successors and assigns, »re hereby authorized and 
empowered to locate, erect and maintain, in the Kennebec 
river, at Skowhegiin, county of Somerset, not less than one- 
half mile above the falls, piers and booms, for the purpose of 
collecting and holding logs and other lumber. Said works shall 
be so constructed as to provide for prompt and convenient 
passage of all logs and other lumber that may come within 
the same, without unreasonable or unnecessary delay, and in 

e 

no case shall the delay exceed fortj'-eight hours ; said logs or 
other lumber to be turned out at the expense of said 
corporators. 

Sect. 2. Said parties shall boom and hold all logs and 
other lumber which may come within said booms, whenever 
the owners thereof shall request them in writing to do so ; 
and they may demand, collect and receive such compensation 
as said parties and the owners of the logs or other lumber 
may agree upon. 

Sect. 3. The parties named in the first section of this act, 
their associates, successors and assigns, may take such lands 
as may be necessary for the erection and maintenance of said 
piei*s and booms, and for connecting the same with the shores, 
and may, with their agents and teams, pass and re-pass over 



BANGOR AND PISCATAQUIS KAILROAD. 143 

said shores, and over the lands of other persons for the pur- Chap. 135 
poses aforesaid, and for managing said booms, making com- 
pensation therefor as provided in the case of damage for lands 
taken in laying out highways. 

Approved March 15, 1881. 



Chapter 13S. 

An aet to revire and amend chapter forty-foar of the Special Laws of the year eigh- 
teen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An aet to authorize the Bangor and 
Piaoataquifl Railroad Company to locate and conatrnet branch lines," approved 
Febmarj six, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. 

Bfi it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Chapter forty-four of the special laws of the ch. 44, special 
year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled ^'An act to ameuded.' 
authorize the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company to 
locate and construct branch lines," approved February six, 
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, is hereby revived and 
amended so as to read as follows : 

* Sect. 1. The Bano^or and Piscataquis Railroad Company, b. & p. a. r.co. 

^^^ ^ 1 ./ » authorizeil to 

its successors and assi^irns, is hereby authorized to locate and locnte and con- 

° ' ** struct branch 

construct a railroad from some point in the line of its road ""*■■ 
as now built, in the town of Milo, northerly through the town 
of Brownville, and any other intervening tow^n or towns, to ' 
some point at or near the Katahdin iron works, in the county 
of Piscataquis ; and also to locate and construct from some 
point on the line of said railroad, as the same may be here- 
after located, on some feasible route to a point at or near 
Sebec lake, and in or near Sebec village ; provided^ however^ 
that said branch line to Sebec lake may be located and built Proviso. 
from some point on the Bangor and Piscataquis Railrojld, 
instead of from some point on said line to Katahdin iron 
works.' 

Sect. 2. In makin«: said extensions, locations and con- Duties, obiiua- 

^ tlons, powers Nnd 

structions, said company, its successors and assigns shall be pf'^ueges. 
subject to all the duties, restraints and obligations applicable 
thereto, imposed on said company by "An act to incorporate 
the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company," approved 
March five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and by all the 

10 



J^l^ SHIP BUILDBBS AND SHIP MASTERS ASSOCIATION. 

Chap. 136 amendments thereof; and shall also have and possess all the 

powers and privileges granted by said act and amendments. 

Sect. 3. Four years from the approval of this act is 
granted to locate and construct said railroad. 

Sect. 4. Said company, its successors and assigns, shall 
be at all times subject to such general laws in relation to rail- 
roads as have been or may be hereafter enacted. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 16, 1881. 



Time granted for 
locatiOQ aod ood- 
struction. 

Company aab- 
ject to general 



Corporators. 



Corporate name 
and purpose. 



Chapter 136. 

Ad »ot to incorporate the Maine Ship Bailders and Ship Masters Association. 

Whereas, the objects of this corporation cannot otherwise 
be obtained, therefore. 

He it enacted by the Senate and House of Iiq>resent(Uives 
in Legislaiure assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Guy C. Goss, Samuel E. Spring, J. S. Winslow, 
Edward O'Brien, Samuel Watt«, Ailhur Sewall, Thomas J. 
Stewart, Caleb Holyoke, N. C. Ayer, Albion P. Veazie, 
Nahum T. Hill, Sewall B. Swasey, Daniel J. Sawyer, Francis 
Cobb, Edward A. Butler, Joseph W. Sawyer, Alexander 
Campbell, James G. Pendleton, Philander J. Carleton, 
Albert M. Nash, H. Austin Carter, J. W. Frederick, Isaac 
Reed, William C. Holway, John Shaw, J. T. Grant, Dyer 
P. Jordan, J. H. McLaren, Seward B. Hume, J. C. Nickels, 
James C. Nash, Merrill Hichborn, Moses Chase, Edwin Flye, 
D. W. Chapman, F. S. Carney, Phineas Pendleton, Dudley 
J. Burnham, Charles H. Chase, George S. Hunt, Almon A. 
Strout, Charles McCarthy, Junior, Russel Lewis, Washington 
Ryan, Edmund Phinney, and all persons who may hereafter 
become associated with them, are hereby created a corpora- 
tion by the name of the Maine Ship Builders and Ship Mas- 
ters Association, for the purpose of promoting the interests 
of ship building and navigation, and by that name shall have 
power to sue and be sued, and possess all the rights and 
privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities of like corpor- 
tions under the laws of this state. 



EENNBBBO CENTRAL RAILROAD. -^^ 

Sect. 2. Said corpoj*atioQ shall have power to establish Chap. 137 
a central office and branch offices, elect such officers as it may 4tib!to"offlfle« 
deem necessary, take and hold real or personal property not 2JpJ*5r1m°** 
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, adopt such constitution and 
by-laws not contrary to the laws of this state as it deems 
proper for the management of its affairs, including the 
admission and expulsion of members and the regulation of 
the relations of such members to the property of the associ- 
ation, upon leaving the same. 

Sect. 3. The first meeting of the corporation shall be Fint meeting, 

how oftlled. 

called by any one of the incorporators giving notice of the 
time and place of such meeting by letter to the several per- 
sons named in this act, seven days before the day of such 
meeting, and his affidavit shall be sufficient proof of the 
giving of such notice. 

Sect. 4., This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 15, 1881. 



Chapter 137. 

An act to enable oertain towns and cities to aid in the constrnction of the Kennebec 

Central Railroad. 

£e it enacted by the Senate and Uouse of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The towns of Farminffton, New Sharon, Ches- certain towm 

aotborised to 

terville, Fayette, Mount Vernon, Readfield, Wayne, Wm- guaranty interwt 

** "^ on bondB for 

throp and Farmingdale, and the cities of Gardiner, Hallowell 2[{JSS!"^° ^"^ 
and Augusta are authorized and empowered at any legal 
meeting thereof, called for that purpose, any time after the 
approval of this act, by a two-thirds vote to guaranty the 
interest on any bonds issued by the Kennebec Central Eail- 
road Company for the construction of their road from the 
Kennebec river to Farmington under the charter thereof 
granted by the legislature of eighteen hundred and eighty- 
one, or on such portion of the road or bonds and to such an 
amount of interest as they may prescribe in their vote. 
Provided^ that no such town or city shall incur, under the Proviso. 
provisions of this act, an indebtedness or liability which, 



14Q B<X>V AT BROWN'S ISLAND. 

Chap. 138 together with the prior indebtedness or liability of said town 

or city shall exceed fi\re per cent, of its next preceding 
valuation. 

Sect. 2. Every town or city, that shall guaranty interest 
in the manner aforesaid, shall be secured therefor by said 
railroad company by a mortgage of its franchise, road and 
property connected therewith, subject to any prior mortgages, 
or in such other manner as may be agreed upon between the 
directors of said railroad company and said cities and towns. 

ApproTed March 16, 1881. 



TowDs to be 
secured by mort- 
gage- 



Kennebec Log 
Driving Co. 
■uthoriised to 
erect and main- 
talo boom. 



Liability for 
damage. 



Chapter 138. 

An act to aathoriie the Kennebec Log Driving Company to erect a boom aoroM the 

Kennebec Rirer at Brown's laland. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaiives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The Kennebec Log Driving Company is author- 
ized to erect and maintain a boom across the Kennebec river 
at Brown's island near the south lines of Vassalborough and 
Sidney, and for that purpose shall have all the powers, rights, 
privileges and immunities, and shall be subject to all the 
duties and obligations granted to, and imposed upon the 
"Kennebec Boom Company," by special act of eighteen 
hundred and sixty-two, chapter one hundred and eighty-nine, 
approved March nineteen, eighteen hundred and sixtj-^-two. 

Sect. 2. Said Kennebec Log Driving Company shall be 
liable in any proper action, for any damage by reason of 
flowage or back water, done to any manufacturing company, 
situate at Ticonic bay in the town of Waterville, which may 
arise by reason of erecting or maintaining said boom. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take eflTect when approved. 

ApproTed March 15, 1881. 



FARMSBS BANE.— BOOMS ACROSS LITTLB ANDROSOOaam BIVBR. ■tA'7 

Chapter 139. Chap. 139 

An ftel to extend the time for organising the Farmers Bank. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

The time for the organization of the Farmers Bank, under Time for orgam- 

, 1T1 i»i 1 n t ii«i • ■•tion extended. 

chapter one hundred and eighty-three of the public laws ot 
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby extended until 
the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. 

Approved March 15, 1881. 



Chapter 140* 

An aot to aathoriie Beigamin Conant and others to baild and maintain Piers and 
Booms across Little Androscoggin River in the Countj of Androscoggin. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. Benjamin Conant and Frank R. Conant, their Beniamin cooaot 
associates, successors and assigns are hereby authorized and to buiid booms. 
empowered to locate, build and maintain in the Little Andro- 
scoggin river at Auburn and at Poland and Minot in the 
county of Androscoggin, piers and booms for the purpose of 
booming and holding logs, spars and other lumber. But the 
said works shall be so constructed as to provide for prompt 
and convenient passage of all logs, spars and other lumber 
that may come within the same, without unreasonable or un- 
necessary obstruction or delay, in no case exceeding a delay 
of forty-eight hours at one time before commencing to pass 
such timber. 

Sect. 2. Said parties shall boom and hold all logs, spars Duties. 
or other lumber which may come within said booms when- 
ever the owners thereof shall request them in writing to do 
80, which request shall be filed with the agent of the booms at 
Auburn and be there preserved for the examination at all 
times of any person interested. And they may therefor de- 
mand, collect and receive a toll of twenty-five cents for each toiis. 
and every thousand feet so boomed and held. 

Sect. 3. The parties named in the first eection of this Authorised to 

take necessary 

act, their associates, successors and assigns, may take such lands, 
lands as may be necessary for the erection and maintenance 
of said piers and booms and for connecting the same with the 



24g WATBRVILLB WATER OOMPAKT. 

Chap. 141 shores and may with their agents and teams pass and repass 
over said shores and to and from them, over the lands of 
other persons, for the purposes aforesaid, and for managing 
said booms, making compensation therefor as is provided in 
the case of damages for lands taken in laying out highways. 

Approred March 16, 1881. 



Gorporaton. 



Corporate name 
and porpoee. 



Attthorised to 
hold estates. 



Aathorixed to 
take and hold 
certain waters 
and lands. 



Liability to pay 
damages. 



Chapter 141. 

An aet to sapply the people of Waterrille with pare water. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentcUives 
in Legislature assembled , as follows : 

Sect. 1. Samuel Appleton, S. I. Abbott, I. S. Bangs, 
F.^E. Heath, Nathaniel Meader, John Ware, E. F. Webb, 
W. B. Arnold, G. A. PhiUipsand J. W. Philbrick, with their 
associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by 
the name of the Waterville Water Company, for the purpose 
of conveying to the town of Waterville, a supply of pure 
water for domestic and municipal purposes, including the 
extinguishment of fires. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal 
estate necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid, 
not exceeding in amount four hundred thousand dollars. 

Sect. 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized, for the 
purposes aforesaid, to take and hold water of Snow pond, so 
called, in the town of West Waterville, or to take and hold 
sufficient water of the Kennebec river, in the town of Water- 
ville, and may take and hold, by purchase or otherwise, any 
land or real estate necessary for erecting and maintaining 
dams and reservoirs, and for laying and maintaining aque- 
ducts for conducting, discharging, distributing and disposing 
of water, and for forming reservoirs therefor. 

Sect. 4. Said corporation shall be liable to pay all dam- 
ages that shall be sustained by any persons or coiporations 
in their property by the taking of any land or mill privileges, 
or by flowage, or excavating through any land for the pur- 
pose of laying down pipes, building dams, or constructing 
reservoirs ; and if any person sustaining damage, as aforesaid, 
and said corporation shall not mutually agree upon the sum 
to be paid therefor, such person may cause his damage to be 



WATBRVILLB WATBR COMPANY. 2^9 

ascertained in the same manner and under the same condi- Chap, 141 
tions, restrictions and limitations as are by law prescribed in 
case of damages by the laying out of highways. 

Sect. 5. The capital stock of said company shall not oapitai stock and 

'■ *' applicatioD. 

exceed four hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided 
into shares of one hundred dollars each. Said capital stock 
shall be applied exclusively to the supply and distribution of 
'water for the purposes set forth in this act. 

Sect. 6. Nothinof contained in this act shall be construed Liability for 

^ iojury to private 

to effect or diminish the liability of said corporation for any p^p^rty. 
injury to private property, by depreciating the value thereof, 
or otherwise, but any legal remedies existing shall continue. 

Sect. 7. The said company is hereby authorized to lay AuthoHaedto 

* ** lay down pipes, 

down, in and through the streets of the said town of Water- «'«• 
ville, and to take up, replace and repair all such pipes, 
aqueducts, and fixtures as may be necessary for the objects of 
this corporation, under such restrictions and regulations as 
the selectmen of Waterville may prescribe, and any obstruc- 
tions in any street of said town, or displacement of any por- 
tion of any street, contrary to the rules and regulations that 
may be prescribed as aforesaid, shall be considered a nuisance, 
and said company shall be liable to indictment therefor, and 
to all the provisions of law applicable thereto ; and said com- 
pany shall in all cases be liable to repay to said town of 
Waterville, all sums of money that said town may be obliged 
to pay on any judgment recovered against the town for 
damages occasioned by any obstructions, or taking up or dis- 
placement of any street by said company whatever, with or 
without the consent of the said selectmen, together with 
counsel fees and other expenses incurred by said town, in 
defending any suit to recover damages as aforesaid, with 
interest on the same, to be recovered in an action for money 
paid to the use of said company. 

Sect. 8. Whenever the said company shall lay down any Manner in which 

pipes are to be 

pipes or aqueducts in any street, or make any alterations or wd and repaid 
repairs upon its works, in any street, it shall cause the same 
to be done with as little obstruction as possible to the public 
travel, and shall, at its own expense, without unnecessary 
delay, cause the earth and pavement removed by it to be re- 
placed in proper condition. It shall not be allowed in any 
case to obstruct or impair the use of any public or private 



150 
Chap. 141 



"WKter to be fur- 
nished town free 
fur pabUc pur- 

pUMSt. 



Penalty for wllftal 
or uegligent 
obstructions In 
street* aud omit- 
ing 
repairs. 



Persons may 
recover for 
injury. 



Penalty for cor- 
rupting waters. 



WATBRVILLB WATER COMPANY. 

drain, or common sewer or reservoir, but said company shall 
have the right to cross, or, where necessary, to change the 
direction of any private drain, in such a manner as not to 
obstruct or impair the use thereof, being liable for any injury 
occasioned by any such crossing or alteration to the owner 
thereof, or any other person having legal claim in an action 
upon the case. 

Sect. 9. Said corporation shall furnish, at all times, to 
the town of Waterville, without expense to the town, for use 
in public buildings and school houses of the town, and for 
the extinguishment of fires, such amount and volume of water 
as may be needful therefor ; the necessary pipes and hydrants 
for distribution thereof for the purposes named in this sec^ 
tion being furnished, laid and connected, with the pipes of 
this company, at the expense of the town. 

Sect. 10. If said compjmy, or any of its servants or 
officers employed in elTecting the objects of this company, 
shall willfully or negligently, place or leave any obstructions 
in any of the streets of Waterville, beyond what is actually 
necessary in constructing its works, laying down or taking 
up and repairing its pipes and fixtures, or shall willfully or 
negligently omit to repair and put in proper condition any 
street in which the earth or pavement may have been removed 
by it, the company shall be subject to indictment therefor, in 
the fame manner that towns are subject to indictment for bad 
roads, and shall be holdeu to pay such fine as may be imposed 
therefor, which tine shall be collected, applied and expended 
in the same manner as is provided in case of the indictment 
aforesaid against towns, or may be ordered to be paid into 
the treasury of the town. If any person shall suffer injury 
in his person or property by retison of any such negligence, 
willfulness or omission, he shall be entitled to recover dam- 
ages of the company therefor, by an action on the case in 
any court of competent jurisdiction. 

Sect. 11. Any person who shall maliciously injure any of 
the property of said company, or who shall corrupt the 
waters used or to be used by said company, or render them 
in any manner impure, or who shall in any manner destroy 
or injure any dam, reservoir, aqueduct, pipe, hydrant, or 
other property held, owned or used by said corporation, for 
the purposes of this act, shall pay three times the amount of 



BOOTHBAT RAILROAD. JgJ 

damages to said company, to be recovered in any proper Chap. 142 
action ; and every such person, on conviction of either of 
said BctBj shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thou- 
sand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding one year. 

Sect. 12. The selectmen for the time beine: shall, at all Powers of 
times, have the power to regulate, restrict and control the 
acts and doings of said corporation which may in any manner 
affect the health, safety or convenience of the inhabitants of 
said town. 

Sect. 13. The first meeting of said corporation may be Firtt mwung, 

kow called. 

called by a notice, signed by any two of the corporators, 
published seven days at least before the day fixed for such 
meeting, in any newspaper published in Waterville. 

Sect. 14. Said corporation is hereby authorized to issue Anthoriaed to 
bonds for the construction of its works, upon such rates and 
time as it may deem expedient, to an amount not exceeding 
two hundred thousand dollars, and to secure the same by a 
mortgage or deed of trust of the franchise, property and 
estate, of said corporation. 

Approved March 16, 1881. 



Chapter 143. 

An act to enable eertain towns to aid in the oonBtraotion of the Boothbay Railroad. 

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. The towns of Boothbay, Edgecomb, Newcastle Towns authorised 

to guaranty 

and Damariscotta, or any of them, through which the Booth- I°2[^*3"*"" 
bay railroad may be built, are hereby authorized and 
empowered at any legal meeting thereof, called for that pur- 
pose any time after the approval of this act, by a two-thirds 
vote to guaranty the interest on any bonds issued by the 
Boothbay railroad company for the construction of its road 
from tide-waters in said Boothbay to the Knox and Lincoln 
railroad under the charter granted by the legislature of eigh- 
teen hundred and eighty-one, or on such portion of the road 
or bonds, and to such an amount of interest as they may pre- 
scribe in their vote ; provided, however, that none of said Proriso. 
towns shall incur under the provisions of this act, an indebt- 
edness or liability, which together with the prior indebtedness 



^ I 



Towns to be 

oeearedbj 

mortgage. 



J52 CUSHNOO MAHUFAOTUBIirG OOMPAKT. 

C hap. 143 or liability of such town, shall exceed five per centum of its 

next preceding valuation. 

Sect. 2. Any town that shall guaranty interest in the 
manner aforesaid, shall be secured therefor, by said railroad 
company by mortgage of its franchise, road and property 
connected therewith, subject to any prior mortgages, or in 
such other manner as the directors of said company and such 
towns may agree upon. 

Approved March 16, 1881. 



Oorpomton. 



Chapter 143. 

An sot to inoorporate the Cuahnoo Manufaotaring Company. 

Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of liepresenlatives 
in LegislcUure assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. James W. North, James W. Bradbury, Oscar 
Holway, Watson F. Hallett, Edmund F. Webb, Darius 
Alden, Thomas Lambard, Samuel Titcomb, Richard D. Rice, 
Anson P. Morrill, Amos D. Lockwood, their associates, suc- 
cessors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and 
Corporate name, corporatc bv the name of the Cushnoc Manufacturing Com- 
ties, etc pany, with all the powers, privileges and immunities, and 

subject to the liabilities of like manufacturing coiporations, 
and said corporation is hereby authorized to purchase and 
hold real estate and water power, and to purchase or erect 
such buildings, machinery and other property, as it shall 
deem necessary, to carry on the business of manufacturing, 
at Augusta, goods composed in whole or in part of wool, 
cotton, linen, wood or iron. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation shall fix the capital stock 
thereof, which may be increased to an amount not exceeding 
two million dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one 
hundred dollars each. 

Sect. 3. The first meeting of said corporation may be 
called by any one of said persons, before named, by giving 
notice as specified in section two of chapter forty-six, of the 
revised statutes of this state. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproYod March It, 1881. 



Capital Btoek. 



Pint meetfDg, 
how called. 



STATE TAX. J53 

Chapter 144. Chap. 144 

Ad act for the aMaoment of ft SUto Tax for the year one thousand eight haodred and 
eighty-one, amoanting to the Bum of one million sixty-three thousand five hundred 
nine dollats and ninety-one cents. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of BepresentaMves in Legis- 
lature assembled, as follows : 

Sbction 1. That each city, town, plantation, or any other place state tax, issi. 
hereinafter named within this State, shall bo assessed and pay the 
several sums with which they respectively stand charged in the 
following lists ; the same being in addition to the poll tax of one 
cent on each poll, a tax of four and one-half mills on the dollar of 
the present valuation, for the current disbursements of the treas- 
ury, and for the school mill fund established by an act approved 
February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and 
for the sinking fund established by an act approved March seventh, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. 

COUNTY OF ANDROSCOGGIN. 



Anbnm 



Twenty two thousand nine hundred seventy dollars and 

aerenty cents i 

One thousand nine hundred five dollars and sixty cents . . 
One thousand five hundred firty one dollars and nine cents 
One tiiousand seven hundred seventy six dulUrs and 

ninety six cents 

One thousand eight hundred seventy thr^ dollars and 

sixty nine cents. .. 

Forty two thousand eight hundred serenty nine dollars 

and eighteen cents . . . . : 

Five tboasand twenty seven dollars and sixty seven cents 
One thousand nine hundred forty two dollars and ten ots. 
Three tbouaand two hundred forty seven dollars and 

twenty cents 

Poland.. iFour thousand one hundred forty seven dollars and forty 

cents 

Three thousand three handred seventy six dollars and 

. forty cents 

Eight hundred ninety fonr dollars and ninety cents. . .... 

Two thousand six dollars and sixty cents 

Ninety three thousand five hundred ninety nine dollars 
and forty nine cents 



Barham 

East Livermore 
Greene 

Leeda 

Lawision 

Lisbon 

Livermore 

Minot 



Turner. 

Wales 

Webiter. • • • • • 



$22«970 70 
1,905 60 
1,551 09 


1,776 96 


1,873 


69 


42,879 
6,027 
1,942 


18 
67 
10 


3,247 


20 


4,147 


40 


3.376 40 

894 90 

2,006 60 


93,599 


49 



COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK. 



Amity 

Ashland 

Benedieta.... 

Blaine 

Bridgewater. . 

Oariboo 

Baaton 

Fort Fairfield. 
Fort Kent . . . < 



Two hundred one dollars and twenty three 
cents 

Four hundred nine dollais and forty four 
cents 

One hundred ninety three dollars and thirty- 
two cents 

Two handred twenty five dollars and fifty 
seven cents 

Four hundred sixty six dollars and eighty 
six cents. 

One thousand five hundred twenty three 
dollars and twenty nine cents 

Three hundred ninety nine dollars and 
ninety eight cents 

Two thousand one handred thirteen dollars 
and fifty three cents 

Three hundred twenty nine dollars and fifty 
two cents. 



201 23 
409 44 
193 32 
226 57 
466 86 

1,523 29 
399 98 

2,113 53 
329 52 



154 

Chap. 144 



8TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK— (Continued.) 



FraDohviUe 
Grand Isle . 
HajDesTille 
Hersej .... 
Dodgdon.. . 
Hoolton ... 



Islaod Fftila 
Limestooe . . 



LiDoeos. 
Littletoo 
Ludlow • 



Madawuka 
MapltttoD... 
Mars Hill . . 
Masardis . . . 
MaysTille . . 
Montioello . 



New Limerick 
Orieot ... . . , 
Presqae Isle. . 



Sherman 
Bmjma. 



Washbam, 



Weston . . . 
Woodland 



Bancroft plantation 


Ckswell 


do 


Chapman 


do 


Crystal 


do 


Ca«tle Hill 


tlo 


Cjrr 


do 

f 


Glenwood 


do 


Hamlin 


do 


Maowahoo 


do 


Merrill 


do 


Moro 


do 


New Sweden 


do 


No. n, R. 1 


do 


Oakfleld 


do 


Oxbow 


do 


Perham 


do 


Portage Lake 


do 


Reed 


do 


Silrer Ridge 


do 


St. Francis 


do 


Van Bnren 


do 


Wade 


do 


Wallsgrass 


do 


Weetfield 


do 



Foar hundred eigbtj eight dollars and 

seTentj foar cents 

Three hondred siitjr one dollars and fifty 

six eents 

One hundred ninety one dollars and sixty 

six cents 

One hundred nineteen dollars and forty 

eight cents 

Seven hundred eighty three dollars and 

seventy seven cents • . . 

Three thousand two hundred sixty nine 

dollars and oioety six cents 

Two hundred thirteen dollars and five cents 
Three hundrvd foity five dollars and eighty 

cents 

Six bundled eighty three dollars 

Five hundred seventy doUarf and seven ets. 
Four hundred ninety four dollars and fifty 

two oonts 

Foar hundred eight dollars and twenty 

.eight cents 

Two hundred thirty three dollars and seventy 

seven coots 

Three hundred twenty three dollars and 

forty two eents 

One hundred ninety dollars and eighty 

eight cents 

One thousand eleven dollars and twenty nine 

cents 

Six hundred seventy three dollars and rixty 

cents 

Four hundred fifty four dollars and fifty ets. 

One hundred ni nety two dollars 

One tbuusaod Ave hundred twenty nine dol- 
lars and ninety one cents. 

Four hondred forty two dollars and six cents 
Two hundred seventy four dollars and forty 

cents 

Four hundred fifty two dollars and sixty six 

cents 

Two hundred thirty five doUan and seventy 

eight eents 

Three hundred fifty dollars and twenty nine 

cents 

Two hundred twenty dollars and ninety ets. 
Seventy eight dollars and eighty four cents 

Fifty three dollars and fifty eight eents 

Two hundred thirty seven dollars and ten ets 
Que hundred twenty five dollais and sixteen 

eents 

One hundred twenty seven dollars and eleven 

eents 

Ooe hondred thirty dollars and thirty three 

cents 

One hundred seventy four dollars and seventy 

cents 

Ooo hundred seventeen dollars and two cents 

Seventy dollars and fifty nine cents 

Two hundred ten dollars and fifty cents .... 
One hundred dollars and thirty eight eent«. 
Ninety ooe dollsrs and seventy seven cents. 
One hundred eighty six dollars and thirty 

five cents 

Eighty five dollars and thirty six cents .... 
One hundred forty dollars and eighty one ets 
One hundred three dollars and eighty seven 

cents 

Two hundred four dollars and seventy eight 

cents 

Seventy five dollars and sixty cents 

Ninety fuur dollars and forty two cents. . . . 
Five hundred four dollars and forty cents. . . 
Forty seven dollars and seventy eight cents. 

One hondred dollars and three cents. 

One hundred fifty five dollars and twenty ots 



488 74 


361 66 


191 66 


119 48 


78S 77 


3,269 96 
21S 06 


346 80 
683 00 
570 07 


494 63 


408 28 


233 77 


323 43 


190 88 


1,0U 29 


673 60 
464 60 
192 00 


1,629 91 
442 06 


274 40 


462 66 


236 78 


350 29 

220 90 

78 84 

63 58 

237 10 


126 16 


127 11 


130 33 


174 70 
117 02 

70 59 
210 50 
100 38 

91 77 


186 36 

85 36 

140 81 


103 87 


204 78 
75 60 
94 42 

504 40 

47 78 

100 03 

156 20 



STATfi TAX. 



COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK— (CoNtiNUED.) 



155 

Chap. 144 



A. R. 5. N. half. .... 


. 1 


A, R, 5, 8. hftlf 


Ko. 1, R. 4, No.Tarmoath Aoad 


Qt.( W. B. L. S. . . . . 




No. 1, R. 5, W. B. L. 


8 


No. 3, K. 4, do 




No 3, R 3, Forketown,W.B L S 


No 3. R. S, W. B. L 


8 


No. 3, R. 4, do 




No. 4, R 3, do 




Cox Pfttaot 




A, R. 2 


p -D a 


C, R, 3 


D, R. 3 


V p A 


K, R. 3 - 


No.T.R 3 W 


. B. L 8 


No 7, R.4 


do 


No. 7. R 5 


do 


No. 8,R 3 


do 


No. 8, R.4 


do 


No. 8,R 5 


do 


No. 9, R. 3 ....-•.. . 


do 


No. 6, R. 4, Djer Brook plfto- 


Ution W. 


B. L. S 


No. 9. R 4 


do 


No 9, R. 6 


do 


rio. Vf K. I...* ..•• 


do 


No. 9, R.8 


do 


No. 10, R. 3 


do 


No. 10, R. 4 


do 


No. 10, R. 6 


do 


No 10. R. 7 


do 


No. 10, R. 8 


do 


No. 11, R. 4 


do 


No 11, R. 6 


do 


No 11, k. 7 


do 


No. 11, R. 8 


do 


No. 11, R. 9 


do 


No 11, R. 10 


do 


No. 11, R. 11 


do 


No 11, R. 18 


do 


No. 11, R. 13 


do 


No. 11, R. 14 


do 


No. 11, R. 15 


do 


No. 11, R. 16 


do 


No 11, R. 17 


do 


No. 12, R. 5, Sheridan plaotA- 


tiOB, W. B. L S.... 




No. 12, R 6, Nashville planta- 


tioD W. 


B. L 8. 


No 12,R.7 


do 


So 12, R 8 


do 


No. 12, R. 9 


do 


No. 12, R. 10 


do 


No 12, R. 11 


do 


No. 12, R. 13 


do 


No 12, R. 13 


do 


No. 12, R. 14 


do 


No. 12, R. 15 


do 


No. 12, R. 16 


do 


No. 12, R 17 


do 


No. 13, R. 6 


do 


No. 13, R. 7 


do 


No. 13, R. 8 


do 


No. 13, R. 9 


do 


No. 13, R. 10 


do 



SeTrnty four dollars and twenty fire oents. . 
Thirty foar dollars and sixty oeots 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents .... 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Nioety four dollars and fifty cents 

One hundred forty eight dollars and fifty ote 
One hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents.. 
One hundred fifty seven dollars and fifty cts. 

Four dollars and fifty oents 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty oents 

One hundred twenty eight dollars and seventy 

oents 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty oents.. 

Nioety six dollars and sixty four cents 

Fifty seven dollars and twenty four oents . . 

Thirteen dollars and fifty oents .... 

Ooehnndred twenty three dollars and ninety 

seven cents 

One hundred seventy three dollars and fifty 

six oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents. . . 
One hundred twenty three dollars and seventy 

five oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents. . . . 
Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

One hundred twenty three dollars and ninety 
seven oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

Thirty nine dollars and seventy four cents.. 

Ninety nine dollars and thirty six cents.... 

Ninety four dollars and fifty Cents 

Ninety nine dollnrd and eighteen cents 

Seventy Four dollars and twenty five cents. . 

One hundred twenty four dollars and six cts. 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents. . . . 

One hundred fifty two dollars and sixty five 
cents ^ 

Forty nine dollars and fifty nine oents 

Seventy two dollars and ninety cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

One hundred ooe dollars and fifty two cts. . . 

One hundred three dollars and fifty cents. . ■ 

Seventy fIx dollars and fifty oents 

Ninety nine dollars and forty cents 

Ninoty nine dollars and ninety i*ix oents ... 

One hundred twenty four dollars and ninety 
seven cents 

Ninety eight dollars and ninety five cents . . 

Eighty one dollurs and twenty six cents ... 

Sixty nine dollars and seventy five cents.. . . 

Ninetv dollars 



Fifty one dollars and twelve cents. 



Sixty seven dollars and fifty cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

One hundred two dollars and five cents 

Ninety nine dollars and fifty five cents 

Seventy five dollars and sixty seven cents.. 

One hundred dollars and twenty oents 

One hundred dollars and thirty four Oents... 
Ninety nine dollars and sixty one oents .... 
Seventy ooe dollars and ninely nine oents. . 
Eighty nine dollars and forty five oents. . . . 
Ninety nine dollars and seventeen oents. . . . 
Eighty two dollars and sixty nine cents.... 
Seventy four dollars and twenty five cents.. 
Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents .... 
One hundred one dollars and sixty cne oents 

Ninety nine dollars. 

ISixty three dollars 



74 25 
84 60 

99 18 

99 18 

99 18 

94 60 

148 50 

112 50 

157 50 

4 50 

67 50 

128 70 

112 50 

96 64 

57 24 

13 50 

133 97 

173 56 
99 18 

133 76 
99 18 
99 18 
99 18 



123 97 
99 18 
39 74 
99 36 
94 50 
99 18 
74 26 

124 06 
99 18 

152 66 
49 59 
72 90 
99 18 

101 52 
103 60 

76 50 
99 40 
99 96 

121 97 

98 95 

81 26 
69 75 
90 00 

61 13 

67 60 

99 18 

102 05 
99 65 
76 67 

100 20 

100 34 
99 61 
71 99 
89 46 
99 17 

82 69 
74 36 
99 18 

101 61 
99 00 
63 00 






156 



STATB TAX. 



Chap. 144 



COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK— (COKCLUDKD.) 



No. 13 , R. 11 W. £. L. S. One huodred two doUftra »nd forty oenta . . . . 



No. 13, R. 13.. 
No. 13, R. 13.. 
No. 13, R. U.. 
No. 13, R. 15.. 
No. 13, R. 16 . 



No. 14, R. 6. . 
No. 14, R. 6.. 
No. 14, R. 7.. 
No. 14, R. 8.. 
14, R. 9. 



No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 



14, R. 
14, R. 
14, R. 



10.. 
11.. 
12.. 



IS. 
14. 
16. 
16. 



No. 14, R. 
No. 14, R. 
No. 14, R. 
No. 14, R. 
No. 16, R. 4, B half, Fryeharg 

Aoftdemy, W. B. L. 8 
No. 16, R. 4, W. hftlf, Fryebarg 

AoAdem J W. B. L> S 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

do 
do 
do 
do 



No. 16, R. 5 

No. 16, R. 6 

No. 16, R. 7 

No. 15, R. 8 



No. 16, R. 
No. 15, R. 
No. 15, R. 
No 15, R. 
No. 15, R. 
No. 15, R. 
No. 15, R. 



9... 
10.. 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 



11.. .... W . B. li. o. 



1 «. . .... 

13 

14 

16 



No. 16, R. 3 ...... 

No. 16, R. 4 

No. 16, R. 5 

No. 16, R. 6 

No. 16, R. 7, Eagle Lake planta- 

tion .....••■. .••• W^. a. Ij. o. 



do 
do 
do 
do 

do 
do 
do 
do 



No. 16, R. 8 

No. 16, R. 9. . . .... 

No. 16, R. 10 

No. 16, R. 11 

No. 16, R. 12 

No. 16, R. 13 

No. 16, R. 14 

No. 17, R. 3 

No. 17, R. 4 

No 17, R. 6 

No. 17, R. 6, S. half 
No. 17, R. 8, St. Jshn 

No. 17, R. 10 

No. 17, R. 11 

No. 17. R. 13. a.... 

No. 17, R 13 

No. 17, R. 14. 

No. 18, R. 10 

No. 18, R. 11 

No. 18, R. 13 

No. 18, R. 13 

No. 19, R. 11 

No. 19, R. 12 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 



No. 20, R. 11 and 12, clo 



Nioetj ilTe dollars aod eloTen oeats 

Seveoty five dollars aod ooe oeot 

Bightj dollars and fifty seven oeots 

Btghtj four dollars and sixty aloe oents.. . . 
Onu huodred eighteeo dollars and iwenty six 

oents 

Forty Dine dollars aod fifty oents 

Sixty soTeo dollars and fifty oents 

Ninety oloe dollars. 

Nioety oine dollars and fifteen oents 

Seventy two dollars 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty oents 

Sixty dollars and seventy nine oents 

Ooe hundred foor dolUrs and seventy nine 

oents 

Seventy nine dollars and fifty foor oents .... 
Ninety seven dollars and eighty seven oents 
Ninety five dollars aod nioety five oents.... 
Sixty six dollars and thirty six oeots 

Nioety nine dollars 

Forty nine dollars and fifty nine oents 

Forty nine dollars aod fifty oents 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty oents 

Sixty three dollars 

One huodred two dollars and seventy six ets 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty oents 

Fifty foor dollars 

Fifty nine dollars and eleven oents 

Seventy seven dollars and thirty one oents. . 

Nioety oloe dollars 

Seventy tour dollars aod twenty oents 

Ooe hundred sixteen dollars and seventy two 

oents 

Forty five dollars and ninety oents 

Eighty one dollars 

Forty nine dollars aod fifty oents 

Forty five dollars 

Forty nine dollars and fifty nine oents 

Forty nine dollars and fifty oents 

Ninety dollars 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty oents. 

Forty eight dollars and nioety three oeots.. 
One huodred eight dollars aod forty eight ets 

Sixty soTOD dollars and fifty oents 

Eighty nine dollars and eighty three oents. 

Fifty four dollars 

Fifty eight dollars and fifty oents 

Ninety one dollars and twenty five oents.. . . 

Twenty dollars and forty seven oents 

One hundred eighteen dollars and soTonty 

one oents 

Fifty five dollars and foi ty fonr oents 

Forty nine dollars and twenty two oents .... 
Seventy fonr dollars and thirty seven oents. 
Seventy seren dollars and forty nine oents. . 

Fifty nine dollars and sixty nine oents 

Seventy five dollars and thirty nine oents. .. 
Forty nine dollars and eighty one oents.... 

Seventy six dollars and eleven oents 

Fifty eight dollars and sixty fonr oents. . . . 

Sixty three dollars 

One hundred seventy four dollars and thirty 

seven cents 

One hundred fourteen dollars and thirty ots. 

Thirty four thousand one hundred nineteen 
dollars and fifty two oents 



102 40 


95 11 


75 01 


80 57 


84 69 


118 26 


49 50 


67 60 


99 00 


99 16 


73 00 


67 50 


60 79 


104 79 


79 54 


97 87 


95 95 


66 36 


99 00 


49 69 


49 50 


67 60 


63 00 


102 76 


67 60 


64 00 


59 11 


77 31 


99 00 


74 20 


116 72 


45 90 


81 00 


49 50 


46 00 



49 69 
49 60 

90 00 
67 60 

48 93 
108 48 

67 60 
89 83 
64 00 

68 60 

91 25 
20 47 

118 71 
«5 44 

49 22 

74 37 
77 49 

69 69 

75 39 
49 81 

76 11 
68 64 
63 00 

174 37 
114 30 



34,119 62 



eiATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. 



Baldwin 
Bridgton 



Bnmswlok 

(kpe Elinbeth. . 



Omoo 

CamberlMkd 
BMriog . . 
Falmoath . . 
Freeport . . . 



GoriiAm. 
Grmj . . , 



Harpswell. 
HftrrlflOD . . 



Naplei 

New 6loa«eeter.. 

Korth Yftnaoath. 

OtuAeld 

Portland 

Powanl 



B»7mond . . . 
SoarboroQgh 



Sebago .. 
SUndiih 



WeiMyrook 
Windham . 



Tanncnth. 



One thooBaad four hnndrad sayen dollars aod eighteen 

oeato 

Fonr thooaand nine hundred sixty nine dollars and six 

oents 

Twelve Ibooaand ninetj dollars and seventy oents 

Eight thoasaod four handred tweoty two dollars and 

ninety fi?e oents 

Ooe thousand one handred ninety six dollars and four 

oents 

Two thoasaod five handred eight dollars and twenty two 

oents 

Eleven thousand six handred forty seven dolUrs and 

eighty nine oents 

Three thoosaod four hundred sixty six doIlars*and forty 

four ^nts 

Four tAousand four hundred eleven dollars and thirty four 

cents 

9ix thousand three hundred dollars and ninety two oents. 
Two thousand five hundred seventy eight doUari and 

seventy three oents 

Two thousand two hundred fifty two dollars and fifty nine 

eents 

One thousand four hundred twenty four dollars and sixty 

five cents 

One thousand ninety four dollars and fifty eight cents. . . . 
Three thousand six hundred ninety two dollars and thirty 

six oents 

One thousand six hundred seventy eight dolUrsand eighty 

two cents 

Ooe thousand .one hundred eighty one dollars and twenty 

six cents 

One hundred thirty seven thousand fifty-four dollars and 

twenty cents 

One thousand three hundred sixty eight dollars and 

eighteen eents 

One thousand twenty five dollars and thirty eents 

Three thousand five hundred eighteen dollars aod four- 
teen cents 

Eight hundred twenty five dollars and eighty four cents . 
Two thousand seven hundred ninety nine dollars and 

eighty foar cents 

Six thousand eight hundred and eighty four dollars 

Three thousand six bundled ninety six dollars and Uiirt^ 

cents 

Four thousand six handred reven dollars and five cents . . 

Two handred thirty two thousand one handred two dol- 
lars and fifty eight cents 



1.407 18 



4,969 06 
12.090 70 


8,422 95 


1,196 04 


2,508 22 


11,647 89 


3,466 44 


4.411 ?4 
6,300 92 


2.578 73 


3,252 59 


1,424 65 
1,094 58 


3,692 36 


1,678 82 


1.181 26 


137,054 20 


1.368 18 
1,025 30 


3,518 14 
825 84 


2,799 84 
6,884 00 


3.696 SO 
4.607 05 



232,102 58 



157 
Chap. 144 



COUNTY OF FRANKLIN. 



Avon 

Oarthage . . . 
Chesterville 

Bustis 

Farmhigton 
Freeman ... 
Industry . . . 

J»7 

Kingfield... 

Madrid 



Five hundred eighty three dollars and fifty two 

cents 

Pour hundred eighty six dollars and forty nine 

oents 

One thousand three hundred eleven dollars and 

eighty five cents 

Two hundred ninety two dollars and eighty three 

cents 

Seven thousand two hundred fourteen dollars and 

fifty one cents 

Six hundred thirty two dollars and forty nine 

cents 

Six hundred sixty eight dollars and ninety nine 

oents 

Two thousand one hundred seventy nine dollars 

and sixty nine cents 

Five hundred thirty seven dollars and fifteen 

cents 

Three hundred fifteen dollars and eighty four 

oents 



583 5S 


486 49 


1,311 85 


292 83 


7,214 51 

• 


632 49 


668 99 


2,179 69 


537 15 


815 84 



158 



STATB TAX. 



Chap. 144 



COUNTY OP FRANKLTN-.(O0KCLUDED.) 



New Sharon (Two thomand one hsndred tw6otj three dollars 



New Vinejard 

Phillipe 

Rangely 



Salem. . 
Strong . 
Tempie 



Weld 



Wilton 



Coplin plantation. 



DallaB plantation 

Oreenyale plantation . . . 
Letter B do .... 

Perkins do .... 

Rangely do .... 

No I, Washington pi. 

No. 3, R. 1, Sandj River 

plantation 

No. 4, R. 1, B. K. P 

No. 4, R. S, do 

No. 4, R. 3,8. half, BE P. 

D Qore 

No. S, R. 2, B. K P 

No. 2, R. 3, W. B. K. P., 
No. 3, R 3, do 

No. 2, R. 4, W. B. K. P , 

N half 

No. 2, R. 4, W. B. K P., 

8. half 



and one oent 
Nine hnndred fonrteen dollars and ninetjr one 

oents 

Two thousand nineteen dollars and thirty six 

oents 

Four hundred sixty five dollars and eighty nine 

oents .... 

Two hnndred seventy dollars and eight oents . . 
One ihonssnd seven dollars and fifty nine oents 
Seven hnndred twenty two dollars and sixty 

eents • 

One thottsand forty six dollars and seventy seven 

oents ...• 

Two tbonsand eight hnndred seventy nine dollars 

and twelve oents 

One hundred forty two dollars and nineteen 

oents 

Eighty nine dollars and forty three eents 

Sixty two dollars and forty three oents 

Sixty five dollars and fifty three oents 

Ninety nine dollars and fifty seven eents 

Seventy three dollars and ninety seven eents . . . 
Thirty two dollars and eighty one oents 



Thirty seven dollars and eighty eents 

Eighteen dollars and ninety eents 

Seventy four doHars and thirty nine oenta 

Twenty two dollars and fifty oents 

Eighty five doHars and fifty eents 

One dollar and forty four oents 

Fifty eight dollars and three eents 

One hundred five dollars and seventy five oents. 
Ninety dollars 



W. B K.P 

do 
do 
do 
do 



No. S, R 4. 
No* 1, R. 6, 
No. 2. R. 6, 
No. 3. R. 6, 
No. I. R. «, 
No If R. ^f W. B. S. p., 

N.balf 

No. 2, R. 6, W. B. K. P. 
No. 3, R. 6. do 

No. 1, R- 7, do 

No 2, R. 7, do 

No. 1, R. 8. do 

No. 2, R. 8, do 

GoreN.ofNos 2a}3. R. 6, 
No. 6, N of Weld, between 

Phillips and Byron . . . . , 



Fifty seven dollars and three eents 



Forty four dollars and sixty three eents 
Seventy nine dollars and ninety six eente 
Ninety four dollars and eighty six eents . 
Ninety nine dollars and eighteen eente. . , 
One hundred dollars and eighty eents . . . . 
Thirty nine dollars and fifteen eents 



• • • ff • • • 



Twenty seven dollars 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty oents 

Thirty eight doHars and eighty two oents . . ... 

Forty five dollars and forty five oents 

Nineteen dollars and thirty five eents 

One hundred seventy one dollars and ninety ets. 

Seventeen doHars and ten oents • 

Eighteen dollars 



Forty dollars and fifty eents . 



Twenty seven thousand seven hnndred thirty 
nine dollars and sixteen oents 



2,123 01 

- 914 91 

2,019 86 

465 89 

270 08 

1,007 59 

722 60 

1,046 77 

2,879 12 



142 19 


89 43 


62 43 


65 53 


99 57 


73 97 


32 81 


37 80 


18 90 


74 39 


22 50 


85 50 


1 U 


68 OS 


105 75 


90 00 


67 03 


44 63 


79 96 


94 86 


99 18 


100 80 


39 15 


27 90 


112 60 


38 82 


45 45 


19 35 


171 90 


17 10 


18 00 



40 50 



27,739 16 



•■■7 



Amhent 



Aurora . . . . 
Blnehill ... 
Brookiin... 
Brooksrille 
Baoksport. . 



GaitiiM. 



Cranberry Islet 
Dedham 



Deerlale , 

Bistbrook. 
Eden ..... 



Ellsworth 



Franklin 

Gouldfboroogh 
Haneook . . . • 
Isle ea Havt. . . 
Lsmoine . .. , 
MariaTille 



Moont Desert 
Orlend 



Otis 

Penobeoot 

8edgwiek. 
Snlliran . 
Surry .... 
Tremont . 



6TATE TAX. 



COUNTY OF HANCOCK. 



Trenton 

Verona 

Waltbam 

Swan's Island pi 

Long Island pi 

No.7pl 

No. 3, North Division 
No. 4. North Division 
SiripN.ofNo.3.N.Div 
StripN of No 4.N Div 
No. 8, Soath Division 
No. 9, do do 

No 10, a<y'ng Stenben 
No. 16. JUid. Division 
No 21. do 

No 22. do 



No. 28. do 

No 32, do 

No. 33, do 

No. 34, do 

No. 35, do 

Nu. 39, do 

No. 40, do 

No, 41, do 

Batter Island 

Eagle Island 

Sproee Head and Bear 

Islands 

Beaoh Island 

Hog Island 

Bradbury's Island . . 
Pond, near Little Deer 

Island 

Western Island 

Little Spruce Head 

laland 

11 



Three hundred twenty seven dollars and fifty eight 

cents 

One hundred eighty nine dollars and thirty three ots 
Two thousand twenty eight dollars and ten cents — 
Six hundred forty three dollars and thirty five cents. 
Nine hundred thirty six dollars and ninety three cts. 
Four thousand seven hundred sixty seven doltan and 

twenty seven cents 

One thousand six hundred thirty fire dollan and 

thirty eight cents 

Two hundred thirty five dollars and twenty six cents 
Four hundred forty tbrae dollars and twenty nine 

oente 

One thousand six hundred eighty seven dollars and 

thirty six oents 

Two hundred eighty seven dollars and twenty cents. . 
Two thousand eight hundred six dollars and thirty 

five cents 

Six thousand five hundred sixty five dollan and 

seventy four oents 

Sight hundred four dollars and eighty eight oents . . . 

One thousand eighteen dollars and flf^y oents 

Eight hucdred one dollars and eighty six cents 

One hundred forty eight dollara and sixteen cents.... 
Six hundred sixty nine dollars and thirty five cents . 
Three hundred sixty nine dollars and twenty four 

cents . 

Seven hundred twenty six dollars and four cents .. . 
One thousand six hundred sixteen dollars and eighty 

cents 

One hundred fifty seven dollars and fourteen oents. . . 
Nine hundred seventy two dollars and eighty two 

cents 

Right hundred fifty one dollars and seventy four cts. 
Eight hundred seventy three dollars and ten cents. . . 
Nine hundred fifty nine dollars and seventy cents . . . 
One tboosand six hundred thirty one dollars and forty 

six cents 

Five hundred four dollars and eighty nine cents 

Two hundred twenty six dollars and forty cents .... 
Three hundred fifty two dollars and sixty four cents.. 
Two hundred twenty five dollars and sixty five cents. 

One hundred dollars and seventy five oents 

Seventy dollars and two cents. 

Ninety three dollars and sixty cents 

One hundred forty eight dollars and fifty nine cents . 

Twenty eight dollars and twenty four cents 

Fifty two dollars and ninety fire oents 

Thirty four dollars and fifty six cents 

Seventeen dollars and fifty five cents 

Forty five dollars » 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty cents. 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen Cants 

One hundred ninety eight dollars and thirty six 

cents 

Seven^ nine dollars and thirty four cents . . 

One hundred fifty four dollars and ninety four cents. 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents 

Oue hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oonts 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

Sixty seventy dollara and fifty cents 

Nine dollars 

Thirteen dollars and fifty cents 



Four dollars and fifty cents 

Two dollars and twenty five cents. 
Throe dollars and fifteen cents.. .. 
Three dcllara and fifteen cents. . . . 



One dollar and thirty five cents 
^venty nine cents 



327 68 
189 33 
2,028 10 
643 36 
936 93 

4,767 27 

1,636 38 
235 26 

443 29 

1,687 36 
287 20 

2,806 35 

6,566 74 
804 88 

1,018 50 
801 86 
148 16 
669 35 

369 2l4 
726 04 

1,616 80 
157 14 

972 82 
851 74 
873 10 
959 70 

1,631 46 

604 89 

226 40 

362 64 

225 65 

100 75 

70 02 

93 60 

148 59 

28 24 

52 95 

34 56 

17 55 

45 00 

67 50 

99 18 

198 36 
79 34 

154 94 

112 50 

112 50 

112 50 

9:> 18 

99 18 

67 50 

9 00 

13 50 



4 

2 
3 
3 



50 
25 
15 
16 



One dollar and thirty Ave cents 



1 35 
79 

1 35 



159 

Chap. 144 



160 
Chap. 144 



STATB TAX. 

COUNTY OF HANCOCK— (Concluded.) 



Marshaira Islaod .... Eighteen dolUri 

PiokeriDg's Island .... Eleiren dollars and tereotj oeota . 
Old Harbor Island .... 'Six dollars and seventy five oents. 



Thirty seven thousand three handred thirty tvo dol- 
lars and ninety four oents 



18 00 

11 70 

6 75 


37,332 94 



COUNTY OF KENNEBEC. 



Albion 

Aagasta 

Belgrade 

Benton 

Chelsea 

China 

Clinton 

Farmingdftle 

Fayette 

Gardiner 

Hallowell 

Litchfield 

Jdanehester 

Monmoath 

Mt. Vernon 

Pittston 

Readfield 

Rome* 

Sidney 

Yassalborough . . . 

Vienna 

Waterville 

Wayne 

West Gardiner . . . 
West Waterville . 

Windsor 

Winslow 

Winthrop 

Unity plantation. 



One thoQsand six hnndred seventy dollars and seventy 

eents 

Twenty three thoasand two handred seventy seven dollars 

and ninety six oents 

Two thoasand two hnndred twenty foar dollars and seventy 

oents 

One thoasand six handred ninety seven dollars and ninety 

three oents 

Nine hnndred thirty two dollars and ten oents 

Two thoasand five hundred seventy five dollars and thirty 

four oents 

Two thousand six handred forty three dollars and seventy 

five oents 

One thousand seven hundred forty seven dollars and fifty 

two eents 

One thoasand two handred thirty seven dollars and eighty 

three eents 

Ten. thoasand seven handred seventeen dollars and seventy 

nine cents 

Seven thousand two hundred fifty six dollars and twenty 

seven oents 

Two thousand forty eight dollars and thirty one eents . . . 
One thousand three handred twelve dollars and twenty 

oents 

Two thousand seven hundred forty five dollars and fifty 

five eents 

One thoasand seven hundred seventy three dollars and 

forty oents 

Three thousand twenty dollars and ten oents 

Two thousand two hundred forty nine dollars 

Five hundred eighty six dollars and ten oents 

Two thousand six hundred thirteen dollars and twenty 

nine cents 

Five thousand three hundred fifty eight dollars and forty 

oents 

Seven handred fifty -four dollars and sixty eight oents.. .. 
Eleven thousand seven hundred sixty six dollars and sixty 

five eents 

One thousand five hnndred twenty seven dollars and ten 

oents 

One thousand four handred sixty six dollars and ten eents 
Two thoasand nine hundred seventy nine dollars and 

seventy four cents 

One thousand three hnndred sixty two dollars and nine- 
teen oents 

Two thousand two hundred sixty eight dollars and eighty 

oents 

Five thousand seventy dollars and twelve oents 

Sixty three dollars and fifty three oents 

One hundred four thoasand nine hnndred forty seven dol- 
lars and fifteen oents 



1.670 70 


23,277 96 


2,224 70 


1,697 93 
932 10 


2,576 34 


2,643 75 


1,747 52 


1,237 83 


10,717 79 


7,256 27 
2,048 31 


1.312 20 


2,745 56 


1,773 40 

3,020 10 

2,249 00 

586 10 



2,613 29 

5,368 40 

75 1 68 

11,766 65 

1,527 10 
1,466 10 

2,979 74 

1,362 19 

2,268 80 

5.070 12 

63 63 



104,947 15 



8TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF KNOX. 



161 

Chap. 144 



1.446 35 

7,566 79 
621 78 
709 77 
956 30 
182 17 
684 38 



lOne thouwnd foar hundred forty six dollars and thirty 
five oenti 

Seven thousand five hundred fifty six dollars and seventy 
nine cents 

Five hundred twenty one dollars and seventy eight cents. 

Seven hundred nine dollars and seventy seven coots 

Nine hundred fifty six dollars and thirty cents 

One hundred eighty two dollars and seventeen cents 

Six hundred eighty four dollars and thirty eight cents . . . 

Thirteen thousand three hundred two dollars and seventy 
six cents 

One thousand four hundred fifty two dollars and seventy 
eight cents 

Two thousand three hundred sixty one dollars and fifty 
seven cents 

Nine thousand nine hundred seventeen dollars and eigh- 
teen cents 

Two thousand six hundred ninety two dollars and sixty 
eight cents 

Two thousand one hundred twenty five dollars and four- 
teen oents 

Three thousand five hundred fifty nine dollsrs and eighty 
two cents 

One thousand three hundred twenty eight dollars and 
thirty eight oents 

One huodr^ one dollars and thirty seven cents 

One hundred forty five dollars and ninety six cents 



Appleton 

Gamden 

Gushing 

Friendship 

Hope 

Hurricane Isle . . . 
North Haven ... 
Rockland 

South Thomaston. 

St. George 

Thomaston 

Union 

Vinal haven ..... 

Warren 

Washington • ... 

Matinions Isle pi. 
Muscle Kidge pi . 



Forty nine thousand forty five dollars and eighteen oents. 



13,302 76 


1,452 78 


2,361 57 


9,917 


18 


2,692 


68 


2.126 


14 


3,559 82 


1.328 38 
101 37 
146 96 


49,045 


18 



COUNTY OF LINCOLN. 



Alna 

Boothbay 

Bremen 

Bristol 

Damariscotta' .... 

Dresden 

Bdgeeomb 

Jefferson 

Newcastle ....... 

Nobleborough . . . 

Somerville 

Sonthport 

Waldoborongh.. . . 

Westport 

Whitefield 

Wiscasset 

Monhegan Isle pi. 



Nine hundred thirty dollars and forty seven cents 

Three thousand four hundred seventy three dollars and 

seventeen cents 

Eight hundred fifty nine dollars and three oents 

Two thousand six hundred fifty nine dollars and ninety 

four cents 

Two thousand six hundred sixty eight dollars and six 

oents 

One thousand four hundred seventy three dollars and 

twenty six cents 

g^ht hqndred fifty four dollars and sixty four cents .... 

Two thousand seventy one dollars and five oents 

Three thousand seven hundred twenty five dollars and 

ninety fix oents 

One thousand eighty dollars and two cents 

Four hundred seventy nine dollars and fifty three cents . 
Five hundred ninety seven dollars and thirty six oents. . . 
Five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars and forty 

seven cents 

Four hundred fifty three dollars and forty nine cents.. . . 
One thousand nine hundred eighty eight dollars and 

thirty cents. 

One thousand four hundred forty four dollars and ten centf 
Forty six dollars and seventy six cents 

Twenty nine thousand nine hundred twenty three dollars 
and sixty one cents 



930 47 

3,473 17 
859 03 

2,659 94 

2,668 06 

1,473 26 

854 64 

2,071 C5 

3,725 96 

1,080 02 

479 53 

597 36 

5,118 47 
453 49 

1,988 30 

1,444 10 

46 76 



29,923 61 



162 

Chap. 144 



8TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF OXFORD. 



BrowDlleld 

Back field . 

Byron .... 
Oaoton ... 

DeDmark • 

Dizfield. . 

Frjebarg • 

GiUtd.... 
Grafton . . . 
Greenwood 
Hanover .. 
Hartford 



• • • a • • » I 



Hebron 
Hiram 

Lovell , 

Mason . 



Albanj iSiz baodred twenty aeven dollars and forty two oente .... 

AndoTor |Five bnndred fifty two dollar* nnd twenty two cents 

Bethel Three tbonsand three hundred twenty nine dollars and 

eighty six oents 

One thootand one hundred thirty eight dollars and eighty 

one oents. • 

One thousand seven hundred ninety two dollars and 

eighty eight cents 

One hundred seventy six dollars and nine oents 

One thousand six hundred fifty seren dollars and thirty 

fonr cents 

One thousand three hundred seventy six dollars and three 

oents 

One thousand four hundred forty three dollars and seventy 

oents 

Three thousand five hundred eighty seven dollars and 

eighty five oents 

Three hundred twenty six dollars and fifty eight cents. . . 

One hundred sixteen dollars and fifty eight cents 

Six hundred seventy three dollars and twenty five cents.. 
Two hundred eighty nine dollars and twenty three oents . 
One thousand three hundred fifty six dollars and sixty 

eight oents 

Eight hundred fifty two dollars and forty seven oents.. . 
One thousand seven hundred seventy two dollars and sixty 

nine cents 

One thousand three hundred seventy eight dollan and 

fifty cents 

One hundred twenty three dollars and seventy seven ets 

Mexico Four hundred seventy six dollars and thirty seven oents 

Ncwry Four hundred nine dollars and seventeen cents '. 

Norway Four thousand ten dollars and eighty three oents 

Oxford Two tboueend one hundred seventy eight dollars and 

I sixty six cents 

Paris Four thousand four hundred forty one dollars and fifty 

two cents 

Peru tOne thousand one hundred fourteen dollars and fifty three 

j oents 

Porter One thousand two hundred sixty dollars and nineteen 

oents I 

One hundred four dollars and eighty three cents. 

Kumford One thousand five hundred eighty three dollars and two 

oents ■ 

Five hundred seventy seven dollars and nine^ five cents 

Three hundred eight dollars and ninety oents 

One tboosand four hundred two dollars and twenty six 

oents 

Seven hundred fourteen dollars and twenty four cents.. . . 
One hundred ninety seven dollars and fifty eight oents. . . 
One thousand five hundred twenty eight dollars and 

ninety three cents 

Bight hundred eighty four dollars and sixty fonr cents... 

One hundred seventeen dollars and ninety two oents 

Eighty one dollars and three cents 

One hundred eighty four dollars and ninety seven cents.. 



Roxbury, 



Stow . . . . 
Stoneham 
Sumner • . 

Sweden • . 
Upton . . . 
Waterford 



Ando?er W 

C 

G Surplus . . 
No 4, R. 1 
No. 6, R. 1 
No. 4, R. 2 
No. 4, R. 
No. 6, R 
No. 4, R. 
No. 5, R. 
No. 4, R. 



3 
3 
4 
4 

6. 



No. 5, R. 6 



Wjodntock 

Franklin plantat'n 
Lincoln do 
Milton do 
Fryeburg Acade- 
my Grant Thirty six dollars 

A,K l,(RiIey pi.) Eighty four dollars and sixty cents 

Andover N. Surp. Forty one dollars and thirty six cents 

Snrp Eighteen doIUrs 

Sixty two dollHrs and thirty four cents 

Fifty three dollars and ninety nine cents 

Seventy three dollars and ninety six cents 

One hundred twenty four dollars and seventy oents 

Eighty nine dollars and forty two oents 

Seventy dollars and twenty <. ne oents 

Ninety Mx dollars and forty seven oents 

Ninety seven dollars and sixty five oents 

One hundred fifty eight dollars and forty six cents . 

Thirty dollars and fifty six cents 

Thirty two dollars and two oents 

No. 3, R.6,S. half 'Forty three dollars and ninety three cents , 

No 6, R. 6,N half,Forty three dollars and ninety three cents 

Bachelder's GrantForty five dollars , 



Forty five thousand throe hundred fifty two dollars and 
nine cents 



617 4) 
652 %% 

3,339 86 

1,138 81 

1,793 88 
176 09 

1,667 34 

1,376 03 

1,443 70 

3,687 85 
326 58 

116 58 
673 25 
289 23 

1.356 68 
852 47 

1,772 69 

1.378 50 
128 77 
476 37 
409 17 

4,010 83 

2,178 66 

4,441 52 

1,114 53 

1,260 19 
104 63 

1.583 02 
577 95 
308 90 

1,402 26 
714 24 
197 58 

1,528 93 
884 64 

117 92 
81 03 

184 97 

36 00 
84 60 
41 36 
18 00 
62 34 
53 99 
73 96 
124 70 
89 42 
70 21 

96 47 

97 €5 
158 46 

30 56 
32 02 
43 93 
43 93 
45 00 

46,362 09 



6TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT. 



163 

Chap. 144 



Alton .. .. 
Argjie • . . 

Bftogor • . 

BnMlford.. 

Bradley .. 

Brewer . . . 

Borllnston 
Cennel • . . 

Oerroil ... 
Charleston 

Chester • . . 

Clifton ... 
Corinn*... 

Corinih... 

Dexter 

Dlxmoot . . 

Bddington. 
Edinbnrg . 
Enfield . . . 

Etna 

Exeter.... 



Olenbnm ... 
Greenbttsh .. 
Greenfield. . . 
Hampden .., 

Hermon . . . • 

Holden 

Howland .... 

Hudson 

Kendnskeaf 

Kingman..., 
lAgrange .., 
Lee 

LeYaot.. .... 



Three hundred fifty six dollars and forty eight oents. 
Two hundred twenty seven doUars and sixty seren 

oents 

Thirty nine thousand three hundred sixty one dollars 

and sixty oents 

One thonsaod one hundred thirty nine dollars and 

sixty oents 

Fire hundred thirty seren dollars and eighty three 

oents 

Three thousand ' three hundred sixteen dollars and 

twenty two oents 

Four hundred one dollars and ninety six oents 

One thousand three hundred twelre dollars and seventy 

seven oents 

Five hundred seven dollars and sixty five oents 

One thousand two hundred fifty three dollars and 

forty oents 

One hundred ninety three dollars and thirty nine 

oents. 

Two hundred dollars and fifteen oents 

One thoosand nine hundred one dollars and twentj 

two oents 

One thousand nine hundred seventy nine dollars and 

forty seven oents 

Four thousand three hundred forty dollars and forty 

two oents 

One thoosand three hundred ninety dollars and three 

oents 

Five hundred eighty one dollars and fifty nine oents. 

Seventy nine dollars and ninety four oents 

Two hundred ninety dollars and thirty four cents. . . . 

Seven hundred thirty two dollars and ten oents 

One thousand nine hundied twenty one dollars and 

twenty three oents 

Garland lOne thousand four hundred ninety six dollars and 

four oents 

Six hundred twenty five dollars and fifty nine oents. . 
Four hundred fifteen dollars and sixty seven oents . . . 

Tao hundred three dollars and fifteen oents 

Three thousand forty nine dollars and thirty nine 

oents. 

One thousand eight hundred three dollars and sixty 

eight oents 

Seven hundred eighty eight dollars and six oents .... 
One hundred thirty six dollars and ninety five 

oents 

Four hundred twenty three dollars and ninety eight 

seats 

Bight hundred nineteen dollars and fifty eight 

oents. 

Three hundred forty one dollars and twenty oents • . 
Nine hundred thirteen dollars and ninety oents .... 
Four hundred ninety six dollars and ninety nine 

oents ... 

One thousand two hundred seventy two dollars and 

forty six oents 

One thousand six hundred forty eight dollars and 

thirty two oents ^. . 

Two hundred ninety five dollars and forty nine 

oents. 

Three hundred fifty one dollars and eighteen oents. . . 

Seventy nine dollars and thirty two oents 

Three hundred fifty nine dollars and ninety throe 

oents 

Seven hundred eighty seven dollars and eighty three 

oents 

One hundred twenty seven dollars and sixteen oents.. 

One thousand two hundred forty one dollars 

One thoosand seven hundred five dollars and seventy 

three oeots 

Two thousand three hundred eighty one dollars and 

forty eight cents 

Two thousand three hundred twelve dollars and thirty 

nine oents 



Lfnooln 



Lowell 



Mattawamkeag 

Msxfield 

Medway • 

Milford 

Mt Chase 

Newbnrg 

Newport 

Oldtown 

Orono ......... 



356 48 

237 67 

S9,S61 60 

1,139 60 

537 83 
3,316 22 

401 96 

1,312 77 
507 65 

1,263 40 

193 39 
200 15 

1,901 22 

1,979 47 

4,340 42 

1,390 03 

581 69 

79 94 

290 34 

732 10 

1,921 23 

1,496 04 
625 59 
415 67 
203 IS 

3,049 39 

1,803 68 
788 06 

136 95 

423 98 

819 58 
341 20 
913 90 

496 99 

1,272 46 

1,648 32 

205 49 

351 18 

79 32 

359 93 

787 83 

127 16 

1,241 00 

1,705 73 

2,381 48 

2,312 39 



164 

Chap. 144 



STATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT— (Concluded.) 



OrringtoD . . . . , 
Pasaadamkeag 

Patten , 

Pljmoath .... 



PreotiM. .. 
fcjpriogfleld 



8tet80Q 
Veaxie , 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 



Winn 

Drew plantation 

Lakevillo plantation. . 
Mattamisoontis pi.... 
No 2, Grand Falls pi 
Staoyville plantation. . 
Webeter do 

Woodnlle do 

No.3,R.l,N.B.P.P 
Ko. 6, R. 1, do 
No. 2, R. 8, N. W. P. 
No. 3, R. 8, B. half 

N. W P . . . 
No. 3, R. 8, W. half 

N. W.P 

No. 2, R. 9, N. W. P 
No 3, R. 9, do 
No 1,R. 6,W. B. L.8 
No 2, R. 6, do 

No. 6, R. 6, do 

No. 7, R. 6, 
No. 8, R. 6, 
A, R. 7, 
No. 1. R. 7, 
No. 2, R. 7, 
No.3,R 7,S.pt. do 
No. 3,R.7,N. pt. do 
No. 4, R. 7» do 

No. 5, R. 7, do 

No. 6, R. 7, do 

No. 7, R. 7, do 

No. 8, R. 7, N. i do 
No.8,R.7,S.W. 4 do 
No.8,R.7,8.B.4 do 
Eaet Hopkins Aoademy 
West do do 

No 8,R. 8,W.B. L.8. 
A, R. 8 A 9 do 

No. 3, Indian Purchase 
No 4, do do 
No. 1,R. 8, W.BL.6 
No. 2, R 8, 8. half 

W. B. L 8. 
No. 2. R. 8, N. half 

W. B L. 8. 
No 3, R. 8, B. half 

TT. B. Jj. D.«.. ... 

No. 3. R. 8, W. half 

W. B. JJ- D • . • 
No. 4, R. 8, W. B. L. S 
No. 6, R. 8, do 
No. 6, R. 8, do 
No. 7, R. 8, do 
No. 1, North DlTision 
No. 2, N. i do 
No. 2, 8. I do 



One thousand eight hundred thirty one dollars and 

three oents 

One hundred ninety two dollars and serenty six 

oents 

Eight hundred ninety four dollars and fifty four 

centa 

Eight hundred twenty six dollars and forty one 

oenta ' 

Three hundred six dollars and eight oents 

Four hundred seventy five dollars and forty two 

oents 

Nine hundred eighty nine dollars and forty ceveo 

cents, 

Five hundred forty eight dollars and twenty two 

oents 

Four hundred sixty six dollars and eighty nine oents. 

One hundred fifty dollars and twenty one oents 

Two hundred nineteen dollars and eight oenta 

Fifty eight dollars and nine oents 

One hundred seven dollars and forty three oenta 

Ninety two dollars and eight cents 

One hundred sixty two doilan and seventy eight 

cents 

One hundred forty four dollars and twenty two 

oents 

One hundred seventeen dollars and four cents 

Forty nine dollars and fifty nine cents 

Fifty six dollars and seventy cents. . . « • • 



Seventeen dollars and thirty two oenta 



Seventeen dollars and thirty three cents 

Sixty two dollars and ten cents 

Fifty dollars and forty oents 

One hundred five dollars and seventy five cents. 

Two hundred twenty five dollars 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

One hundred six dollars and twenty nine cents . 

Ninety nine dollars and thirty six oenta 

i^ixty nine dollars and aeventy five cents.. . . «. . 
One hundred six dollars and eighty three oents . 

Seventy two dollars 

Fifty three dollars and seven centa 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty oenta 

Seventy four dollara and twenty five oents 

Forty nine dollars and fifty cents 

Thirty dollars and thirty seven cents 

Seventy four dollars and forty eight oents 

Fifty six dollars and twenty five centa 

Fifteen dollars and seventy five cents 

Twenty nine dollars and twenty five oents 

Forty nine dollars and ninety five centa 

Thirty seven dollars and forty four cents 

Fifty eight dollars and fifty centa 

One hundred one dollars and twenty five centa . 

One hundred nine dollara and eighty oenta 

Ninety three dollars and sixty oenta 

Seventy four dollars and twenty five oenta 



Forty nine dollars and fifty oenta. 



Thirty one dollara and fifty cents < 

Twenty nine dollars and seventy cents 



Twenty four dollars and ninety seven oents 

Seventy nine dollars and twenty centa 

Ninety nine dollara and eighteen centa 

Seventy four dollara and twenty five oenta.. 
Ninety six dollars and seventy five oenta.. . . 

Sixty aeven dollars and fifty oents 

Fifty fonr dollars , 

One hundred eight dollars 



1,831 03 

192 76 

894 64 

826 41 
306 08 

475 42 

989 47 



548 22 


466 89 


150 21 


219 08 


68 09 


107 43 


92 08 


162 78 


144 22 


117 04 


49 69 


56 70 


17 32 


17 S3 


62 10 


50 40 


105 76 


225 00 


99 18 


106 29 


99 36 


69 75 


106 83 


72 00 


53 07 


67 60 


74 26 


49 50 


30 87 


74 48 


56.25 


15 75 


29 25 


49 96 


37 44 


58 60 


101 26 


109 80 


93 60 


74 25 



49 50 
31 50 



Ninety six thousand five hundred ten dollars and 
sixty four cents 



29 70 


24 97 


79 20 


99 18 


74 25 


96 75 


67 60 


64 00 


108 00 


96,510 64 



STATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF PISCATAQUIS. 



165 
Chap. 144 



Abbot. 

Atkinion 

Blanehard 

BrowDTilIe 

Dover 

Fozcroft 

Qreenville 

QiiUford 

Kingsbar J 

Medford 

Mile 

Monson 

OrneTille 

P*rkiiuui 

SuigerrUle 

Sebeo 

Shirley 

Welliogton 

WilliaoMburg 

No 4, R. 8,N. W. P ... 
No 6, R. 8, (f rmerly 

Barnard) 

No. 7, R. tt, (formerlj 

Bowerbttok) 

^o. 8f R 8, N. W. P. . . 
No, 4, R. 9, N. W P... 
No. 5,R. 9, N W P... 
No. 6, R. 9, N. W. P... 
No. 7, R. 9, N W. P... 
No. 8,R 9, BlIiotsTille.. 
No. 9, R. 9, N. W. P... 
No. 3( R. 5, B. P ...... 

No. 2, R. 6, B. P 

No. 1, R. 9, W. E. L.S. 
No. 2, R. 9, do 

No. 3, R. 9, do 

No. 4, R 9, do 

No. 5, R. 9, do 

No. 6, R. 9, do 

No. 7, R. 9, B. I do 
No. 7, R. 9,W I do 
No. 8, R. 9, do 

No 9. R. 9, do 

No. 10, R. 9, do 

A, R. 10, do 

B, R. 10, do 
No. 1, R. 10. do 
No. 2, R. 10, do 
No. 3, R. 10, do 
No. 4, R. 10, do 
No 6,R. 10,B. I do 
No.ft.R. 10,N.W.4, 

W. B. L. 6 
No. 6, R. 10, 8.W. i, 

W. B L.S 
No. 0. R. 10, do 
No 7, R. 10, do 
No. 8, R. 10, do 
No. 9, R. 10, W. B. L. S 
No. 10, R. 10, do 

A, R. 11, do 

B. R. 11, do 

No. 1,R 11, do 
No.2, R.11, do 
No. 3, B. 11, do 



Seven hundred eighty seven dollars and eighty four 

eeots 

Bight hundred fifteen dollars and ninety five oents 
One hundred thirty seven dollars and thirty six cts 
Nine hundred fifty eight dollars and thirteen oents 
Two thousand five hundred ninety one dollars and 

ninety oents 
One thousand seven hundred seventy eight dollars 

and ninety oents 

Four hundred eleven dollars and forty six oents. . . 
Obe thousand one hundred forty three dollars and 

forty nine oents . 

One hundred five dollars and six cents 

Two hundred thirty eight dollars and eighty seven 

oents 

Nine hundred seventeen dollars and eighty three ots 
Seven hundred twenty dollars and fifty fivo oents 
Throe hundred thirty two dollars and ninety five ots 
One thousand one hundred twenty four dollars and 

twenty nine oents. 



.One thousand three hundred fifte^ dollars and 

I twenty cents 

|Bight hundred twelve dollars 

;Two hundred twenty nine dollars and ninety six ots 
Five hundred twenty six dollais and eighty six ots 
One hundred twenty seven dollars and seventy three 

eents 

Seventy four dollars and thirty eight oents 



One hundred twenty nine dollars and thirty nine ots 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty oents 

Two hundred twenty five dollars 

Forty nine dollars and fifty nine oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Two hundred twenty five dollars. 

Sixty nine dollars and forty three oents 

Forty nine dollars and fifty nine cents 

Twenty seven dollars 

One hundred eleven dollars and fifteen cents 

One hundred eleven dollars and fifteen cents 

Fifty nine dollars and fifty cents 

Seventy nine dollars and thirty four cents 

Forty five dollars 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eight cents 

One hundred thirty five dollars 

Forty nine dollars and forty nine oents 

Forty nine dollars and forty nine oents 

Thirty nine dollars and fifty nine oents 

Fifty nine dollars and thirty one oents 

One hundred three dollars and seventy two cents. . . 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Twenty two dollars and ninety five oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen eents 

Fifty fourdoliars 



Twenty five dollars and seventy nine oents. 



Twenty three dollars and eighty nine oents 

One hundred two dollars and twenty eight oents. . . 

Seventy four dollars and twenty five oents 

Sixtj one dollars and forty five oents 

Sixty two dollars and six eents 

Sixty one dollars and thirty one cents 

One hundred forty eight dollars and seventy seven 

eents 

One hundred twenty nine dollars and thirty one 

oents 

Ninety ninerdollars and eighteen cents 

Seventy fourdoliars and thirty nine eents 

Ninety nine doUaxe and eighteen eents 



787 84 
816 9S 
137 36 
958 13 

2,591 90 

1,778 90 
411 46 

1,143 49 
105 06 

238 87 
917 83 
720 55 
332 95 

1,124 29 

1,316 20 
812 00 
229 96 
626 86 

127 73 
74 38 

129 39 

113 50 

225 00 
49 59 
99 18 

225 00 
69 43 
49 59 
27 00 

111 15 

111 15 
69 50 
79 34 
45 00 
99 18 
99 08 

135 00 
49 49 
49 49 
39 59 
69 31 

103 72 
99 18 

22 95 
99 18 
99 18 
99 18 
99 18 
64 00 

25 79 

23 89 
102 28 

74 25 

61 45 

62 06 
61 31 

148 77 

129 31 
99 18 
74 39 
99 18 



16G 

Chap. 144 



STATE TAX. 



COUNTY OF PISCATAQUIS— (Concluded.) 



No. 4, R. 1I,W. £ L S One hnodrvd nio« dollftn and forty six oanta. 

No. 5, R 11, 

No 6, R 11, 

No. 7, R. 11, 

Nu. 8, R. 11, 

No. 9, R. 11, 

No. 10. R 11, 



Bowdoin College, Eoet. 



do 
do 
do 
do 



do One hundred three duUati and fifty oeots 

do |Ooe hundred forty five dollars and thirty fire oenke 

do One hnndred twenty nine dollars and sixty ooe ets. 

do Ninety nine dollars and eighty seven cents 

do ' N Inety nine dollars and ninety cents 

do One hundred two dolUrs and forty two cents 

Ninety nine dolUrs and eighteen cents. . • 

Bowdoin College, West.. Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents. 

A, K. 12, W. E. L S Two hundred twenty two dollars and eighty two etff 
No. ],R. 12, N. }, do Oiie hundred thirty eight dollars and twenty four 

I cents , 

No.l.R. 12,S. (.W.ELSbixty nine dollars and twelTe cents 

No. 2, R. 12, do 'Ninety nine dulUrs and eighteen cents 

No 3, R. 12,E I do .Thirty seren dullars and thirty six cents 

[Thirty seren dullars aitd thirty seren cents 

!Forty nine dollars and eighty seren cents 

iFifiy one dollars and nineteen cents 

One hundred thirty one dolUrs and twenty six cts 

One hundred uno dullars and forty nine cents 

Oue hundred four dollars and forty two cents 

Ninety nine dollars and fifty six cents 

Ninety six d( liars and twenty three ocnta 

Ninety eight dullars and ninetj six cents 

One hundred tweire dollars and fifty cents 

Kigbty dollars and sixty six cents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Eighty fire dollars and fifty nine cents 

Eighty nine dollars and fifty three cents 

MX dollars and thirty cents 

fwenty seren dullars and thirty four cents 

Tweire dollars and two cents ... 

Sixteen dollars and twenty cents 

Thirty fix dollars 

Three dollars and fifteen cents 

Ninety eight dollars and sixty eight cents 

Serenty three dollars and thirty one cents 

Sixty three dollars 

Sixty seren dollars and fifty cents 

I- ifty dollars and seven cents. . . 

One hundred forty three dollars and four cents . . . 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 



No 3, R.I2.W.4, 
No. 4,R 12,E4. 
N0.4.R. Ti.W.i 
No. &, R. 12, 
No. 6, R. 12, 
No. 7, R. 12, 
No. 8, R. 12, 
No. 9, R. 12, 
No 10, R. 12, 
A, R. 13, 
A,2.R.13andl4, 
No. 1, R. 13, 
No. 2. R. 13, 
No. 3, R. 13, 
No. 4, R. 13,4, 
No. 4, R. 13,8.4. do 
No. 4, R. 13,N.4, do 
No. 5, R. 13.pt. do 
No. 6, R. lS.pt. 
No 5, R. 13, pt 
No. 6,R 13, 
No. 7, R. 13, 
No. 8, R. 13, 
No. 9, R. 13, 
No 10, R. 13, 
A. R. 14, I, 
A, R. 14, 4, 

Shaw and Bradetreet. . 
No. 1,R 14andX,R. 14, 

W. B L.S 

No.3,R. 14 and 15, E |. 

W. A. li D....«. ... 

No. 3, R. 14 and 15,W. i, 

W.E L.S 

No. 4. R. 14, W. B. L. S. 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 



No. 6, R. 14, do 
No. 6, R. 14, do 
No. 7, R. 14, do 
No. 8. R. 14, do 
No 9, R. 14. do 
No. 10, R. 14, do 
Sugar Island, do 
Deer Island, W. B. L. 8. 
Middlesex Canal, do 
Day's Acad Orant do 
No 4, R. 16, do 
No. 6, R. 16. do 
No. 6, R. 15, do 
No. 7, R. 15,E i, do 
No.7,R.16.W.4. do 
No. 8, R. 16, - do 
No. 9, R. 16, do 
No 10, R. 16, do 

Moose Island 

Kineo 

Farm Island 



Twenty dollars and forty three cents 

One hundred foarteen dollars and ninety eight cents 
Eighty dollars and sixty eight cents 



Fifty two dollars and twcQty eight cents. . 

Eighty fire dollars and fifty cents 

Eighty fire dollars and fifty cents , 

Serenty two dollars 

Sixty seren dollars and fifty cents ........ 

Fifty one dollars and thirty fire cents. . . . , 

Fifty dollars nnd serenty fire cents 

Forty fire dollars. 

IScrenty two dollars and ninety cents. . . . . 

Eighteen dollars , 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents. . . , 
Sixty eight dollars and serenty two cents. 
Fifty four dullars and serenty fire cents.. , 

Fifty eight dollars and fifty cents , 

Fifty dollars and ninety six cents 

Thirty nine dollars and serenty four cents 
Twenty fire dollars and sixty two cents. . . 

Forty dollars and ninety cents. . . 

Furty one dollars and thirty one cents. . . < 

Forty dollars and thirty two cents 

Nine dollars 

Two hundred twenty fire dollars .... . . . . . 

Thirteen dollars and fifty cents 



Twenty three thousand six hundred eighty seren 
dollars and seren cents 



109 4€ 


103 50 


145 35 


139 61 


99 87 


99 90 


102 42 


99 18 


99 18 


222 82 


138 24 


69 12 


99 18 


S7 36 


37 37 


49 87 


61 19 


131 26 


101 49 


104 42 


99 56 


96 23 


98 96 


113 50 


80 66 


99 18 


85 59 


89 53 


6 30 


27 34 


12 02 


16 20 


36 00 


3 15 


98 68 


73 31 


63 00 


67 50 


60 07 


143 04 



20 43 

114 98 

80 68 

62 28 
85 50 
85 50 
72 00 

67 50 
61 36 
60 75 
46 00 
72 90 
18 00 
99 18 

68 72 
64 75 
68 50 
50 96 

39 74 
25 62 

40 90 

41 31 
40 32 

9 00 

225 00 

13 60 



23,687 07 






Arrowsie 

Bftth 

BowdoiDham .. 

Bowdoin 

Oeor^towQ. • . . 

Perkini 

Phipebarg 

Riohmond 

Topaham 

West Bath 

Woolwich 



BTATB TAX. 
COUNTY OF SAGADAHOC. 

Threa hundred eightj nine dollars and fiftj eight oenta.. 
Twenty six thoasaod six bandred thirty two dollars and 

one oent 

Two thoasaod seven hundred fifty one dollars and twenty 

seven cents 

One thousand seven hundred eighty dollars and forty nine 

oenta 

Six hundred sixty eight dollars and six cents 

One hundred sixty nine dollars and forty five cents 

One thousand six hundred seventy six dollars and fifty 

five cents. 

Five thousand five hundred two dollars and forty eight 

cents 

Three thousand six hnudred ninety one dollan and ninely 

one cents 

Seven hundred twenty raven dollars and eighty two cents 
Two thousand three hundred ninety nine dollars and 

sixty six cents 

Forty six thousand three hundred eighty nine dollan and 
twenty eight cents 



167 

Chap. 144 



389 68 


26,633 01 


2,751 27 


1,780 49 
668 06 
169 45 


1,676 56 


5,602 48 


3,691 91 
727 83 


2,399 66 


46,389 28 



COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 



Anson . 

Athens 

Bingh; 
Brighton • ... 
Oambridge ... 

Oaaaan 

Goaoord 

Cornville .... 

Detroit 

Bmbden 

Fairfield 

H»rmony ..•• 
flartland 

Lexington.... 

Madison . ... 

Mayfield 

Mercer 

Moscow 

New PorlUnd 

Norridgewook 

Palmyra 

nttsfteld 

Ripley 

Bi. Albans ... 

Solon 

Bkowhegan. . 

Smithfield.... 



Two thousand six hundred thirty seven dollars and 

Uiirty three oents 

One thousand six hundred fifty eight dollars and 

eighty six cents 

Nine hundred eight dollars and ninety eight cents 
Three hundred twenty five dollars and fifteen oents 
Five hundred twenty nine dollars and twenty eight 

oents 

One thousand five hundred eighty one dollars and 

twenty two cents 

Four hundred twenty nine dollars and twenty cts. . 
One thousand five hundred fifty dollars and ninety 

one cents f . . . 

Five hundred twenty eight dollars and thirty six 

oents 

Seven hundred seventy two dollars and ten cents. . 
Five thousand eight hundred six dollars and sixty 

eight oents 

Bight hundred fifty six dollars and fourteen cents . 
One thousand six hundred fifty dollars and ninety 

five cents 

Two hundred sixty three dollars and seventy two 

cents '. 

Two thousand four hundred sixty one dollars and 

forty oents 

Bighry dollars and seventy eight cents 

Nine hundred seventy dollars and eighty oents. . . . 
Four hundred twenty nine dollars and forty seven 

cents 

Two tnousand one hundred two dollars and twenty 

six cents 

Two thousand six hundred twenty two dollars and 

seventy three oents 

One thousand six hundred twelve dollars and four 

cents 

Two thousand five hundred twenty seven dollars 

and ninety six cents 

Five hundred thirty eight dollars and flftx one ets 
One thousand eight hundred eighty nine dollars 

and thirty cents 

One thousand five hundred fifty six dollars and 

fifty four cents 

Nine thousand two hundred fifty two dollars and 

thirty three cents. — 

Six hundred forty three dollars and eighty three 



2,637 33 

1,668 86 
908 98 
325 16 

629 28 

1,581 23 
429 20 

1,660 91 

628 36 
772 10 

6,806 68 
866 14 

1,660 96 

263 72 

2,461 40 

80 78 

970 80 

429 47 

3,102 36 

2,632 73 

1,613 04 

2,527 96 
638 61 

1,889 30 

1,666 64 

9,262 83 

643 63 



168 

Chap. 144 



8TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF SOMERSET— (Ck)NTiNUED.) 



SUrkt 



Oarryiog PUoe pUnUt'D 
Dead River plaotation . 
Flag Staff planUtion . . . 
Highland plantation .... 
No. If R. 2, W. K. R. . 
No- 2. R. 3, do .. 
No.4. R.3, N. I, do 
No. 1, R. 4, do .. 
No. 2, R. 4, do . . 
No. 3, R. 4, do 
No. 1, R. 6, do . . 



No. 2, R. 5, 


do 


No. 3, R. 5, 


do 


No. 4, R. 5, 


do 


No. 1, R. 6, 


do 


No. 2, R. 6, 


B. C. R, 


part W. K. 


R 


No. 2, R. 6, 


W. 0. R., 


part W. K. 


m\ > • • ■ • • • 


No. 3, R. 6, W. K R. .. 


No. 4. R. 6, 


do 


No. 5, R. 6, 


do .. 


No. 1, R. 7, 


do .. 


No. 2, R. 7, 


do 


No. 3, R. 7, 


do .. 


No 4, R 7, 


do .. 


No. 6, K. 7, 


do 


No. 6, R 7, 


do 


No. 1,R.S,B 


.P B E B 


No. 2, R. 3. 


do 


No. 1, R. 4, 


do 


No. 2, R. 4, 


do 


No. 1, R. 5, 


do 


No. 2. R. 5, 


do 


No. 1, R. 6, 


do 



No. 1. R 1, N. B. K. 

P., T. andR 

No. 1, R. 1, strip, N. B. 
K^ p f. 

No. 2, R.'i,N.B.K!p.'. 

Standish Academy.... 
No. 2, R. 1, strip N. B. 

K.P 

No. 3, B. 1« N. B. K. P , 

Long Pond 

No. 4, R. 1,N. B. K. P., 

Jaokmantown 

No 6, R. 1, N. Bi K. P., 

Attean Pood 

No. 6. R. 1} N. B. K. P., 

Uoleb 

Ko 1,R. 2, N. B. K. P., 

Tomhegan 

No. 2,R. 2, N. B K.P., 

Brassua 

No 3, R 2, N. B. K.P.. 

Thorodike 

No. 4f R. 2y N. B. K. P., 

Holdentown 

No 6, R. 2, N B. K. P , 

Dennistown 

No- €, R. ^ N. B. K. P., 

Forsaithtown 

Big W. N. B. K. P. 

Little W, do 

No 1, R. S« N. B. K. p., 

West Middlesex 

No 2,R.3,N. B. K P, 

BoldiertowD 

No. 3, R. 3, E. half N. 



One thoasaod four handred seTeii dollars and eigfa^ 
eight cents 

Forty ilve dollars and four cents 

One handred three dollars and seventy one oents . . 

One handred eighty five dollars and eight oents. .. 

Eighty two dollars and ninety seven cents 

y inety dollars 

Ninety dollars 

Forty eight dollars and fifteen cents 

Twenty seven dollars 

Seventy nine dollars and thirty eight oents 

One handred thirty five dollars 

One handred thirty foor dollars and seventy seven 
oents 

One handred dollars and forty foor oents 

Two handred two dollars and fifty oents 

One hundred thirty five dollsre 

One handred eight dollars and seventy nine oents . 



Fifty eight dolUrs and sixty eight cents 



Forty five dollars 

One hundred thirty five dollars 

One hundred eighty dollars 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

One hundred thirty five dollars 

One handred three dollars and forty three oents. . . 

Ninety eight dollars and fifty five oents 

One handred thirty six dollars and thirty cents . . 
^>De handred forty one dollars and seventy cents.. . 

Fifty nine dollars and eighty five oents 

One handred twelve dollars and fifty cents 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty oeots 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

One handred eighty dollars 

Thirty one dollars and fifty cents 

One handred fifty dollars and twelve cents 

Fifty four dollars 

Vinety dollars 

Eleven dollars and twenty five cents 

Sixty seven dollars and fifty cents 

Twenty dollars and eleven cents 

Ninety dollars and twenty nine oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents 

Seventy four dollars and thirty eight cents 

One hundred thirty five dollars 

One hundred twelve dollars and fifty oents • 

Two hundred two dollars and fifty cents 

One hundred twenty three dollars and ninety seven 
cents 



One hundred sixteen dollars and fifty five cents . . . 
Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 



Ninety nine dollars and eighteen cents.. . . 

Seventy five dolUrs and twenty oents 

Twenty six dollars and twenty eight cents 



Ninety nine dollars and eighteen eents 

One hundred fourteen dollars and seventy five oents 
Forty nine dollars and thirty two oents 



1,407 88 


45 Oi 


103 71 


185 08 


82 97 


90 00 


90 00 


48 16 


27 CO 


79 38 


135 00 


134 77 


100 44 


202 50 


135 00 


108 79 


68 68 


45 00 


136 00 


180 00 


99 18 


135 00 


103 43 


98 66 


136 30 


141 70 


59 85 


112 50 


112 50 


99 18 


180 00 


31 50 


150 12 


54 00 


90 00 


11 26 


67 50 


ao 11 


90 29 


99 18 


74 38 


135 00 


U2 60 


202 50 


123 97 


116 55 


99 18 


99 18 


76 20 


26 28 


99 18 


114 76 


49 32 



8TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OP SOMERSET— (Concluded ) 



No. 3. R. 3, W. half N 

B.K.P 

No. 4 R. 3,N. B.S.P., 

Bald MonDtain 

No. 5, R. 3, N. B. K* P.» 
No. 6, R. 3, do 
Seboomook 



No. 1, R. 4, N. 


B.K.P., 


PlymoaUitowD 


No. 2, R. 4, N 


B K.P., 


Pittstott Aeademy.... 


No. 3, R. 4, N 


B. K. P., 


Hammondtown 


No. 4, R. 4, N 


, B. K.P 


No. 5, R. 4, 


do 


No 3, R. 6. 


do 


No. 4, R. 5, 


do 


No. 4, R. 16, W. B. L. B. 


No. 5, R. 16,E. 


i do 


No. 6, R. 16,W. 


i do 


No. 6, R. 16, 


do 


No. 7, R. 16, 


do 


No. 8, R 16, 


do 


No. 9, R. 16, 


do 


No. 10, R. 16. 


do 


No 4, R. 17, 


do 


No. 6, R. 17, 


do 


No. 6, R. 17, 


do 


No. 7, R. 17, 


do 


No. 8, R. 17, 


do 


No 9, R. 17, 


do 


No. 10. R. 17, 


do 


No. 4, R. 18, 


do 


No. 5, R. 18. 


do 


No. 6, R. 18, 


do 


No. 7, R. 18, 


do 


No. 8, R. 18, 


do 


No. 9. R. 18, 


do 


No 6, R. 19, 


do 


No. 6, R. 19, 


do 


No. 7, R. 19, 


do 


No. 8, R. 19, 


do 


No. 6, R. 20, 


do 



Forty nine dollars and thirty two oents. 



Twenty foar doUarf and eighty oeotd 

Twenty two dollan and fifty oenta 

Forty fire oents. 

One hundred forty eight dollars and seventy seven 
cents 

Eighty one dollars 

One hundred twenty three dollars and seventy five 
oents 



Eighty dollars and sixty nine oents 

Thirty four dollars and forty one oents. . . . 

Bight dollars and ton oents 

Forty nine dollara and fifty nine oents . . . 

Thirty dollars and eighty three oents 

Sixty seven dollars and sixty one oents. . . . 

Thirty six dollars and fifty six oents 

Twenty four dollars an 1 thirty seven oents 
Forty one dollars and twenty one oents. . . . 

Thirty two dollars and five oents 

Thirty six dollars and forty one oents 

Thirty seven dollars and seventeen oents . . 

Fifty dollars and thirty two oents 

One hundred one dollars and nine oents.. . 

Eighteen dollars and ninety five oents 

Forty dollars and forty six oents 

Seventy two dollars and three oents 

Forty five dollars and eight oents 

Forty one dollars and ninety three oents.. . 
Fifty six dollars and tweoty five oents . . . . 

Forty dollars and twenty six oents 

Sixty seven dollars and forty three oents. . 
Thirtv five dollars and twenty eight oents . 
Thirty six dollars and seventy two oents. . . 

Ninety dollars 

Twenty six dollars ninety one oents 

Thirty three dollars and seventy two oents. 
Forty six dollars and fifty eight oents . . . . 
Forty one dollars and seventy five oents. . 

Forty six dollars thirty two oents 

Forty four dollars ninety one oents 



Fifty four thousand six hundred sixty six dollars 
and ninety three oents.. 



49 32 

24 80 

22 50 

46 

148 77 

81 00 

123 76 



80 69 


34 


41 


8 


10 


49 


59 


30 83 


67 


61 


36 


56 


24 


37 


41 


21 


32 05 


36 41 


37 


17 


60 32 


101 


09 


18 95 


40 46 


72 03 


45 


08 


41 


93 


56 


25 


40 


26 


67 


43 


35 


28 


36 


72 


90 


00 


26 91 


33 


72 


46 58 


41 


75 


46 32 


44 


91 



169 

Chap. 144 



54,666 93 



170 



BTATB TAX. 



Chap. 144 



COUNTY OF WALDO. 



Belfut 

Belmont 

Brooks 

Burnhain 

Frankfort 

Freedom 

Islesboroagh. ... 

Jaekdon 

Knox 

Liberty • « • • • . • • 

LincolnyiUe 

Monroe 

Mont^Ule 

Morrill 

Northport 

Palermo 

Prospeet 

Beamnont 

Beartport 

Btoekton 

Bwanrille 

Tborndike 

Troy 

Unity 

Waldo 

Winterport 



ic 



Bleven thoaaand one bondred one dollan and eighty four 

oents 

Four bandrcd sixty six dollan and twenty two oents 
One tbooiand thirty foar dollars and sixty two oents. 
Nine hundred twenty one dollars and thirty seyen 
Kighi hundred f ity three dollars and fifty seven oents... 

SeTon hundred ninety nine dullvs and fifty oents 

Sercn hundred fourteen dollars and five oents 

SoTen hundred tsighteen dollars and seventy nine oents... 
Nine hundred eighty Ato dollars and eighty nine oents. . . 
One thousand one hundred ninety tbiee dollars and sixty 

seven oents 

One tbonsand eight hundred forty six dollars and sixty five 

oents 

One thoosand three hundred ninety nine dollars and five 

eents 

One thousand six hundred thirty five dollars and sixty 

seven oents 

Five hundred fifty dollars and eighty three oents 

Bight hundred eighty five dollars and fifty two oents 

Obe tbonsand one hundred fifty dollars and fifteen oents.. . 

Seven hundred fifty dolUrs and twelve oants 

One thousand six hundred fifty dollars 

Fonr thousand seven hundred twenty niae dollan and 

eighty two oents 

One thousand eight bondred eleven dollan and sizty two 

oents 

Six hundred twenty fonr dollars and twenty two eents.. . . 
One thousand two hundred sixty two dollan and two oents 
One thousand one hundred ninety dollan and fifteen eents 
One thousand seven hundred forty one dollan and twenty 

two oents 

Six hundred sixty two dollan and sixty four eents 

Two thousand five hundred sixteen dollan and sixty eight 

oents 



Forty three tbonsand one hundred eighty five dollan and 
eighty eight oents 



11»]01 84 
466 23 
1,034 63 
931 S7 
84S 67 
799 60 
714 05 
718 79 
985 89 

1,193 67 

1,846 66 

1,899 06 

1,635 67 
550 88 
885 53 

1,150 15 
750 13 

1,650 00 

4,739 83 

1,811 63 

634 33 

1,363 03 

1,190 16 

1,741 33 
663 64 

3,516 68 



43»185 88 



COUNTY OF WASHINGTON. 



Addison 

Alexander .... 
Bailey ville . . . . 

Baring 

Beddington . . . 
Oalais 

Oenterville . . . . 
Charlotte 

Cherryfield . . . 

Oolnmbia 

Columbia Falls 

Cooper 

Crawford 

Cutler 



One thousand two hundred fifty eight dollars and 

seventy three oents 

Three hundred twentj dollan and seventy five ots. 
Two hundred thirty nine dollan and forty three 

oents 

Three hundred forty three dollan and ninety nine 

oents 

One hundred forty seven dollan and six oents 

Seven thousand eight hnndnd eight dollan and 

thirty four oents 

One hundred eighty one dollan and sixty oents.. . . 
Two hundred seventy two dollars and twenty five 

oents 

One thousand eight hundred twenty fonr dollan 

and eighty four oents 

Five hundred forty nine dollars and eighty three 

oents 

Seven hundred twenty two dollan and fifty nine 

oentB 

Two hundred thirty six dollan and thirty two oents 
One hnndred thirty three dollan and sixty one ots. 
Three hundred ninety four dollan and seventy foar 

eents 



1,358 73 
330 75 

389 43 

343 99 

147 06 

7,808 34 
181 60 

373 35 

1,884 84 

549 83 

783 59 
336 33 
133 61 

894 74 



8TATB TAX. 



(X)UNTY OF WASHINGTON— (Continued.) 



Dftoforth . . . 
Deblois . . . 
Donojarille 



Eut MMhias 



EftttpOTt. 

Baton .. 



EdmuncU... 
Harriagton 



Jonetboroagh 



• «••• •••• 



Jonetport . 
Konath .. 
Lobec 



Maohias 



Maohiaapoit 



Marion . . . 
Manb field 



Ifedd^bemps 
Milbridgo... 



Northfield. 
Pembroke 



Perry 

Princeton . 
Robbinaton 
Steuben ... 



Talmadge 

To|MfleId . 
Treecott.. 



Vanoeboro. 



Waito. 



Wesley 

Whiting 

WhitoeyTille. 



Codyville plantation.... 
Jaokflon Brook do .... 

No 14 plantation 

No. 21 do 

No. 18, East Division. . . 
No. 19, do .... 

No 26, do .... 

No. 27, do ...-. 

No. 18, Middle DiHsion. 
No. 19, Mid. Div. 8 £ 4. 
No. 19, do N.iAS.W i 
No. 24, Middle DivUion 



No. 26, 
No. 39, 


do 
do 


No. SO, 


do 


No. SI, 
No. 86, 


do 
do 



Poor hondred eighty two dollars and sixty one ots. 

Eighty dollars and seventy eight oents 

Bight handred thirty two dollars and seventy one 

oents 

Two thousand two handred thirty three dollars and 

eighty nine oents 

Ponr thousand seven dollars and twenty two oents. 
Three handred ninety seven dollars and ninety 

eight oents 

Three handred twenty six dollars and forty six ots. 
One thousand two handred ninety dollars and twenty 

oents 

Three hundred sixty one dollars and thirty three 

oents 

Eight handred seventy one dollars and one oent. . 
One handred twenty dollars and seventeen eents. . . 
One thousand four hundred three dollars and fifty 

eight cents 

Three thousand five hundred thirteen dollars and 

forty six oents 

Eight hondred sixty three dollars and sixty eight 

oents 

One hundred twenty seven dollars and seven oents. 
Two hundred eighty two dollars and seventy six 

oents * 

One hundred sixteen dollars and seventy nine oents 
One thousand three handred seventy five dollars 

and fifty one oents 

One hundred fifty dollars snd fnrty one oents • . . 
One thouiiand eight hundred forty seven dollars and 

eighty six oents 

Seven hundred eighty dollars and thirty nine oents 
Seven hundred ninety lix dollars and pirty five ots 

Five hundred four dollars and sixty cents. 

Eight hondred thirty five dollars and eighty eight 

oents 

Two hundred thirty three dollars and twenty six 

eents 

Three hundred nine dollars and seventy nine oents 
Two hundred twenty three dollars and forty eight 

oents 

Five hundred eighty three dollars and seventy seven 

oents 

One hundred forty one dollars and seventy eight 

eents 

One hundred eighty eight dollars and eighteen ots 

Three hundred seventy dnIlMrs and four oents 

Three hondred twenty eight dollars and nineteen 

oents 

One handred ninety seven dollars and fifteen oents 
Three handred eighty one dollars and fifty seven 

oents 

One hundred forty seven dollars and thirty one ots 
One hundred eight dollars and ninety seven oents . 

Thirty six dollars 

Thirty six dollars 

Forty dollsrs and fifty oents 

Forty rix dollars and fifty two oents 

Twenty seven dollars 

Four dollars and ninety five cents 

Twenty nine dollars and two oents 

One hundred twenty three dollars and ninety eight 

eents 

Fifty six dollars and twenty five oents 

One handred thirty three dollars ftnd eighty nine 

oents 

One hondred thirty three dollars and eighty nine 

oents 

Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents 

Two hundred ninety seven dollars and fifty seven 
oents • •••••• 



171 
Chap. 144 



482 61 
80 78 

832 71 

2,233 89 
4,007 28 

897 98 
826 46 

1,390 20 

361 33 
871 01 
120 17 

1.403 68 

3,613 46 

863 68 
127 07 

282 76 
116 79 

1,376 61 
150 41 

1,847 86 
780 39 
796 66 
604 60 

835 88 

233 26 

309 79 

223 48 

683 77 

141 78 
188 18 
370 04 

328 19 
197 16 

381 57 

147 31 

108 97 

*36 00 

36 00 

40 60 

46 62 

27 00 

4 95 

29 02 

123 98 
66 26 

133 89 

133 89 
99 18 

397 67 



172 

Chap. 144 



STATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF WASHfNGTON-.(Co»CLTO«D.) 



No. 37, Middle Divuion 
No. 42, do .... 

No 4S,Mid.DiT .B. (.. 
No.43» do W. I 



Fifty six dollars and sersntaen oaats. 
Foartaan dollars aod eigfatj 11 va aants 



Eighty fire dollars and sixty sixoants 

One hundred sixty six dollars and fifty oants. 
Twenty nine dollars and seventy oents .... , • . 

Forty three dollars and sixty Ave eents 

No. 6, N. Division, N. j^.JTwenty dollars and twenty five oents 

No. 5, do 8. |... JForty nine dollars and fifty nine oents. 

No. 6, do 

E. |, strip N. of No. 6, 

North Division 

W. I, strip N. of No. 6, 

North Division ,Nine dollars and forty five oents 

Two mile strip N of No. 6 Eighteen dollars and forty five oents 

£. }, No 1, R. 1 {Thirty eight dollars and fifty six oents .... 

W.^, No. 1,R. 1 iFour dollars aud five oents 

No. 3,R. I ,Foor hundred one dollars and ninety oents. 

No. 1, R. 2, No. Division Seventy foar dollars and twenty one eents. 
No. 1, R. 3, do . . One hundred four dollars and fifty oents.. . 

No 6, R. 1, do W. |, Twenty seven dollars 

No. 6, R. 1, do E. .| Sixty seven dollars and fifty oents 

No. 8, R. 3 Ninety nine dollars and eighteen oents. . . . 

No. 10, R. 3 |Ona hundred twelve dollars and fifty oents . 

No. 11, R. 3 Thirty six dollars 

No. 8, R. 4 Fitty six dollars and twenty five oents 

B. pt. Indian township, 

strip one mile wide. . . Fourteen dollars and forty oents 



Forty three thousand eight hundred forty five dol- 
lars and sixty four oants ^ 



85 66 
166 60 
29 70 
43 65 
20 26 
49 59 
66 17 

14 86 

9 45 
18 46 

38 56 



4 
401 



05 
90 



74 21 
104 50 
27 00 
67 50 
99 18 
112 50 
36 00 
66 26 

14 40 



43,846 64 



COUNTY OF YORK. 



Aoton 

Alfred 

Berwick 

Biddeford 

Buxton 

Cornish 

Dayton 

Bliot 

Hollis 

Kennebunk 

Kennebunkport .. 

Kittery 

Lebanon 

LimingtOQ 

limeriok 

Lyman 

Nawfleld 



One thousand six hundred thirty six dollars and seventy 

eight oents 

One thousand eight hundred ninety nine dollars and 

seventy one oents 

Three thousand seven hundred three dollars and sixty 

nine oents 

Twenty six thousand four hundred seventy eight dollars 

and fourteen oents« 

Three thousand seven dollars and fifty four oents 

One thousand nine hundred thirty dollars and thirty three 

oents 

One thoussnd one hundred twenty dollars 

Two thousand eighty three dollars and eighty oents 

One thousand eight hundred eighty eight dollars and 

seventy four oents 

Six thousand two hundred eighty eight dollars and sixty 

three oents 

Three thousand nine hundred seven dollars and fourteen 

oents 

Two thousand four hundred sixteen dollars and seventy 

six oents 

One thousand nine hundred sixteen dollars and ninety 

four oents 

One thousand eight hundred forty two dollars and seventy 

two oents 

One thousand six hundred forty seven dollars and nineteen 

oents 

One thousand six hnfidred eighty four dollars and twenty 

^ three oents 

One thousand one hundred ninety three dollars and forty 

four oents • 



1,636 78 

1,899 71 

8,703 69 

26,478 14 
3,007 64 

1,930 33 
1,120 00 
1,083 80 

1»888 74 

6,288 63 

3,907 14 

2,416 76 

1,916 94 

1,842 72 

1,647 19 

1,684 23 

1,193 44 



8TATB TAX. 



COUNTY OF YORK— Concluded. 



Panonsfield 

8aoo 

BftDford 

Sbapleigh 

Sontfa Berwiok... 
Watarboroagh , . . 

WelU 

York 



North Berwiok. .. !Two thoamnd eight huadred seventy two dollars and fifty 

eents 

Two thoosand fire hnndred thirty eight dollars and fifty 

five eents 

Fifteeo thousand three hnndred fifty three dollars and 

ninety eight o«nts 

Two thousand nine hnndred fifty dollars and thirty five 

eente 

One thousand one hnndred twenty two dollars and seventy 

five eenti 

Three thousand eight hnndred ninety six dollars and 

twenty nine cents. .. 

One thousand six hnndred eighty five dollars and four 

eent*. 

Two thousand seven- hnndred sixty five dollars and sixty 

seven cents 

Three thousand two hundred thirty one dollars and eighty 

four eents 

One hnndred one thousand sixty two dollars and seventy 
five eents 



2,872 50 
2,538 65 
15,353 98 
2,950 36 
1,122 76 
3,896 29 
1,685 04 
2,765 67 
3,231 84 

101,062 75 



173 

Chap. 144 



RECAPITULATION. 



COVNTIBB. 

Androscoggin . . 

Aroostook 

Gnmlerland • . . 

Franklin 

Hancock 

Kennebec 

&noz «•*•• .■•• 
Iiinooln ■ 

Oxford 

Penobscot 

Pisoataqnls .... 

Bagadahoo 

Somerset 

Waldo 

Washington . . . 

York 



AMOnHT. 



Ninety three thousand five hundred ninety nine dollars 

and forty nine eents 

Thirty four thousand one hnndred nineteen dollars and 

fifty two oents 

Two hundred thirty two thousand one hundred two dollars 

and fifty eight oents 

Twenty seven thousand raven hnndred thirty nine dollars 

and sixteen oents 

Thirty seven thonsaod three hundred thirty two dollars 

and ninety four oents 

One hundred four thousand nine hundred forty seven dol- 
lars and fifteen cents 

Forty nine thousand forty five dollars and eighteen oents. 
Twenty nine thousand nine hnndred twenty three dollars 

and sixty one cents 

Forty five thousand three hnndred fifty two dollars and 

nine cento 

Ninety six tlionsard five hundred ten dollars and sixty 

fonr cento 

Twenty three thousand six hundred eighty seven dollars 

and seven cento 

Forty six thoosand three hundred eighty nine dollars and 

twenty eight cento 

Fifty four thoosand six hnndred and sixty six dollars and 

ninety three cento - 

Forty three thousand one hundred eighty five dollars and 

eighty eight cento 

Forty three thousand eight hundred forty five dollars and 

sixty four cento • 

One hnndred one thousand sixty two dollars and seventy 

five cento 

One million sixty three thousand five hnndred nine dollars 
and ninety one cento 



DOLLS, era. 



93,599 49 

34,119 52 

232,102 58 

27,739 16 

37,332 94 

104,947 15 
49,045 IS 

29,923 61 

45,352 09 

96,510 64 

23,687 07 

46,389 28 

54,666 93 

43,185 88 

43,845 64 

101,062 75 



1,063,509 91 



174 
Chap. 144 

Wammt ftod tax 
act to be toit to 

tOITDB. 



Warraat of treaa- 
arer, requlre- 

B6Dtl. 



Towns to retttrn 

nameiofool- 

leotors 



ProoeedlDgs in 
caae of ddin- 
qaent coileoton. 



Warrant, how 
directed. 



Interest and 
cost, how paid. 



Delinqnent towns 
precluded from 
drawing school 
fands. 



STATS TAX. 

Sect. 2. The treasurer of this state shall, in the month of April, 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- 
one, send his warrant, with a copy of this tax act, directed to the 
mayor and aldermen, selectmen or assessors of each city, town 
or plantation taxed as aforesaid, requiring them respectively to 
assess, in dollars and cents, the sums so charged, according to the 
provisions of the law for the assessment of taxes, and to add the 
amount of such tax to the amount of county and town taxes to be 
by them assessed in each city, town, plantation or other place, 
respectively. 

Sect. 3. The treasurer, in his said warrant, shall require the 
said mayor and aldermen, selectmen or assessors, respectively, to 
pay or to issue their several warrant or warrants requiring the 
collectors of their several cities, towns and plantations, to pay the 
said treasurer on or before the first day of January, one thousand 
eight hundred and eighty-two, the sums against said cities, 
towns and plantations, respectively, in this act contained, and 
said mayor, selectmen and assessors, respectively, shall return a 
certificate of the names of such collectors, with the sums which 
each may be required to collect, to said treasurer, some time 
before the first day of December, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. , 

Sect. 4. Whenever for the period of sixty days after the time 
fixed for the payment of this tax, there shall be any delinquency 
to pay the same on the part of the collector of any city, town or 
plantation, it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the state to 
issue his warrant for enforcing the collection of the same against 
such collector. The warrant shall be directed to the sheriff, or 
his deputies, of the appropriate county, and made in accordance 
with the laws already existing on that subject, except that it shall 
be returned in ninety days from its date, and in addition to the 
tax itself, it shall reqnire the officer to collect interest thereon at 
the rate of six per centum yearly, from the day when the tax 
became payable, with fifty cents more for the warrant and lawful 
fees of such sheriff or deputies arising thereon. 

Sect. 5. When any state tax assessed upon any city or town 
remains unpaid, such city or town is precluded from drawing from 
the state tieasury the school funds set apart from such city or 
town, so long as such tax remains unpaid. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh 16, 1881. 



8TATB TAX. 175 

Chapter I4«. Chap. 145 

Ad set for t!be uflessm^Qt of a State Tax for the year ooe thoaaaad eight handred and 
eigfaty-two, amoantiog to the sum of one million sixty-three thonsand five hundred 
nine dollars and ninety -one cents. 

Be it enacted by (he Senate and Howte of BepresenMives in Legis- 
lalure assembled, as follows: 

Skction 1 That each city, town, plantation, or any other place state tax, 1882. 
hereinafter named within this State, shall be assessed and pay the 
several sams with which they respectively stand charged in the 
following lists ; the same being in addition to the poll tax of one 
cent on each poll, a tax of four and one-half mills on the dollar of 
the present valuation, for the current disbursements of the treas- 
ury for the year eighteen hundred and eighty- two, and for the 
school mill fund established by an act approved February twenty- 
seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for the sinking 
fund established by an act approved March seventh, eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty-eight. 

COUNTY OF. ANDROSCOGGIN. 



Auburn 



Dnrham 

Enitt Livermore . . 
Gre«oe 



Leeds... 

Lewiston , 



Lisbon . . . . 
Livermore , 
Minot .. .. 



Poland. 
Turner. 



Wales. . . 
Webster. 



Twenty two tbousaDd nine hundred seventy dollars and 

seventy oents 

One thouMind nine hundred five ddflars and sixty cents .. 
One thousand five handred flrty one dollars and nine oents 
One thousrtnd seven hundred seventy six dollars and 

ninety six oents ■ 

One thou><snd eight hundred seventy three dullars and 

sixty nine oents ^ 

Forty two tbousond eight hundred^venty nine dollars 

and eighteen oents 

Five thuuDHnd twtfnty seven dollars and sixty seven oents 
One thott.oand nine hundred forty two dollars and ten ots. 
Three thouitand two hundred forty seven dullars and 

twenty oents 

Four thousand one hundred forty seven dollars and forty 

cents 

Three thousand three hundred seventy six dollars and 

forty ee nts 

Right hundred ninety font dollars and ninety oonts. 

Two thousand At dollars and sixty oents 

Ninety three thousand five hundred ninety nine dollars 
and forty nine oents 



$22,970 7« 
1,905 60 
1.651 09 

1,776 »« 

1,S73 69 

42,S79 18 
6,027 67 
1,942 10 

9,247 20 

4,147 40 

S.376 40 

894 90 

2,006 60 



93,699 49 



COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK. 



Amity 

Ashland .... 
Benedleta... 

Blaine 

Bridgewater. . 

Garibon , 

Baston , 

Fort Fairfield. 
Fort Kent ... 



Two hui^dred one dollars and twenty three 
cents 

Four hundred nine dullais and forty four 
cents ... 

One hundred ninety three dollars and thirty- 
two cents .••• ... 

Two hundred twenty five dollars and fifty 
seven oents 

Four hundred sixty six dollars and eighty 
six oents 

One thousand five huodreil twenty three 
dcliars and twenty nine cents 

Three hundred ninety nine dollars and 
ninety eight oents 

Two thousand one hundred thirteen dollars 
and fifty three oents 

Three hundred twenty nine dollars and fifty 
two oents 



12 



201 2S 
409 44 
193 32 
225 57 
46^ 86 

1,523 29 
399 98 

2,113 53 
329 52 



29g LBWI8T0N AND AUGUSTA R. E —MILTON MINING 00. 

Chap . 148 Augusta and the town of Fanniugtoii, to the towns of West 
Waterville, Watemlle, Fairfield and Benton, on the same 
terms and conditions as are specified in the act to which 
this is additional. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApiM'oved March 17, 1881. 



Farther tfiM 
granled for the 
location and 
eoDstruction of 
railroad. 



Chapter 148. 

An aet to extend the time for the loeation and oompleiion of the Lewiaton and 

Avgasta Railroad. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

The Lewiston and Augusta Railroad Company is hereby 
granted a fui-th^r time of four years from and after the time 
in the act incorporating said railroad company, for the loca- 
tion of said road and filing the location thereof, and a further 
time of four years from and after the time fixed in said act 
for the building and completion of said railroad, and all the 
powers and privileges granted to said company shall continue 
and be in force during said term of extended time, but said 
corporation shall forever be subject to all the duties, obliga- 
tions and restrictions imposed by the laws of this state. 

ApproTed Mareh 17, 18S1. 



Corporators. 



Chapter 149. 

Ad aot to inoorporate the Milton Mining Company. 

Be it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled ^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. George F. Ropes, Horace T. Starr, Geoi^ West 

and George E. Harrington, their associates, successors and 

assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate by 

Corporate name, thc uamc of the Milton Miuin^: Company, with all the rights 

rightaauddntiea. =* f *f ^ , , , 

and privileges, and subject to all the duties provided by the 
general laws of this state relating to corpomtions, with powr 
ers by that name to sue and be sued, to have and use a com- 
mon seal, to establish all by-laws and regulations for the 



MILTON MISriKG OOMPANT. ^QQ 

management of its affairs not repugnant to the laws of this Chap, 149 
state, and to do any and all lawful acts incident to similar 
corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to carry Authoriaed to 

'^ ctirry oo mlniog 

on the business of mininof, quarrying, milliner and smeltins: buBioen md 
minerals and ores in Sullivan, county of Hancock, state of S{J,J^"i|S°" 
Maine, buying, selling and transporting the same, and to •*"""» ^**- 
purchase, own, hold, buy, sell and deal in any and all prop- 
erty whatsoever, real and personal, necessary for or incidental 
to such business and management thereof, and shall purchase 
the property and assets of the Milton Mining and Milling 
Company, a corporation organized under the general laws of 
Maine. 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said coiporation shall be Cftpftaistoek. 
one million dollars. Said capital stock shall be divided into 
shares of five dollars each. 

Sect. 4. Any three of the corporators named herein are FintoMeting, 

iiii* • ^ t ^^^ called. 

hereby empowered to call the first meetmg of said corporation, 
by giving such notice as they may think proper, at which meet- 
ing any corporate business may be transacted. At said meet- 
ing, and afterwards at the annual meetings, said corporation 
shall elect, by ballot, a president, secretary, assistant secretary, 
treasurer, five or seven directors as may be desired, and any 
other officers deemed necessary. The powers and duties of osoen^their 

powen and 

all the officers may be fixed by the by-Jaws, and they shall Katies. 
continue in office until the next annual meeting, and until 
others are chosen and qualified in their stead. The per- 
sons elected secretary, assistant secretary and treasurer, 
before entering upon their official duties, shall be sworn to 
the faithful peformance thereof, and the treasurer shall also 
give a bond in such sum as may from time to time be ordered 
by the corporation, with surety or sureties approved by a 
majority of the directors, for the faithful performance of his 
duties. 

Sect. 5. The annual meeting of the corporation shall be AoDuai meeiiog. 
held at such time and place as may be fixed by the by-laws. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved* 

ApproTed Maroh 17» 1881. 



\ 



200 
Chap. 150 



Stc. 2. ch. 48, 
special Uwi 1878, 
unended. 



When Imm msj 
be taken by net. 



Proviso. 



BASS IN WIKNSOANOB CRBIK. 



Chapter ISO. 



Penalty for 
Tlolatioo. 



An act to amend chapter forty-three of the spoeial laws of the year eighteen hundred 
and seventy-eight, relating to the protection of Baas in Winnegance Creek. 

Be it eno/cted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Section two chapter forty-three of the special laws of 
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight is hereby amended by 
adding thereto the following clause, viz : * And also pro- 
vided, that each net shall have the owner's name in legible 
characters, attached thereto ; and any net found in use in said 
waters without the owner's name attached thereto, is hereby 
declared forfeit and contraband, and any fish warden, or his 
deputy or constable, of the town of Phipsburg, is hereby 
authorized to destroy the same;' so that as amended said 
section shall read as follows, viz : 

* Sect. 2. After the expiration of three years from the 
first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, it 
shall be lawful for any person to take bass in the said waters 
by net, during the months of January and February only, in 
each year ; provided^ that no person shall use more than one 
net at a time, and that no net shall be used exceeding twenty 
fathoms in length, and of less than five inch mesh. And also 
provided^ that each net shitfll have the owner's name in legible 
characters, attached thereto. And any net found in use in 
said waters without the owner's name attached thereto, is 
hereby declared forfeit and contraband, and any fish warden, 
or his deputy or any constable of the town of Phipsbui^, is 
hereby authorized to destroy the same. Any person violat- 
ing any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a 
penalty of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for 
each oficnse, and a further penalty of five dollars for each 
bass so taken.' 



Approved March 17, 1881. 



MAINS PEDAQOaiOAL SOOIBTT.^MADAWASEA SCHOOLS. . 201 

Chapter ISl. Chap. 15 1 

An act to inoorporate the Maine Pedagogieal Society. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. A. W. Burr, H. L. Chapnian, E. W. Hall, A, oorporator*. 
E. Chase, R. Woodbury, C. C. Rounds, M. C. Fernald and 
L. 6. Jordan, their associates, successors and assigns, are 
hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of 
the Maine Pedagogical Society, for the purpose of promoting corporate name, 
the interests of education and work of instruction in this Kgw and uabui- 

ties. 

state, with all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the 
duties, liabilites and requirements of similar corporations, by 
the laws of this state 

Sect. 2. Said corporation may purchase and hold real Authorised to 

. . pturehaBe and 

and personal property, to an amount not exceeding at any how property. 
one time, ten thousand dollars, with full power to manage 
and dispose of the same. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod Marcb 17, 1881. 



Chapter ISft. 

An aot to amend ohapter eighty-five of the Special Laws of eighteen hundred and 
aeTenty-eight, entitled ''An aot to provide sohooU for the training of teachers in 
Madawaska territory/' ai amended hy ohapter one hundred ninety of the Special 
Laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. 

Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeiitatives 

m 

in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Section two of chapter eighty-five of the special J?J;/',*{I[;4*i'g78 
laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as amended by "n«nded. 
chapter one hundred and ninety of the special laws of eighteen 
hundred and seventy-nine, is hereby amended to read as 
follows : 

'Sect. 2. To defray the expenses of said schools the sum Expenses of 

sohoolSf how 

of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in the manner provided for. 
hereinafter provided. The treasurer of the state shall an- 
nually deduct from any of the school moneys raised by the 



202 M0N80N AND ATHBN8 RAILROAD. 

Chap. 153 gtate for the support of common schools, the sum of five hun- 
dred dollars, and from the gross amount of the state school 
funds of all descriptions, annually apportioned to the towns 
of Grand Isle, Frenchville, Madawaska, Fort Kent and Van 
Buren, and to the plantations of Hamlin, Connor, Cyr, Saint 
Francis, Saint John, Wallagrass, and Eagle Lake, the like 
sum of five hundred dollars, which sums shall remain in the 
treasury subject to the order of the governor and council for 
the payment of the expenses of said schools, the bills for 
which, shall be approved by the state superintendent of com- 
mon schools, and audited by the governor and council.' 
Sect. 2. This act shall take efiect when approved. I 

ApproTod Maroh 17, 1881. 



Levi C. Flint et 
als. aothoiisfd 
to locate and 
oonftmet railroad 



Chapter ISS. 

An act grantiDg Levi C Fliot and others, the permiBsion to bnUd a raUroad from 

Monson to Athenf. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Permission is hereby granted to Levi C. Flint, G. A. 
Mathews, G. F. Jackson, C. S. Fallen, W. H. Pullen, L. S. 
Hall, H. B. Thayer, J. F. Sprague, J. H. Pullen, E. R. 
Haynes and their associates, to locate and construct a railroad 
from the town of Monson in the county of Piscataquis to the 
town of Athens in the county of Somerset, under the corpo- 
corporatenaue. rate name of the Monson and Athens Railroad Company, 

whenever they shall have been legally organized under the 
provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty of the public 
laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy- 
six, and shall have complied with all the requirements of said 
chapter ; provided^ however^ that this permission shall be 
null and void from and after March first, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



Provlflo. 



BXPKKDITUSK8 OF GOVSRNHKNT. 203 

€haptcr Iff4. Chap. 154 

An aot to provide in part for the expenditures of government for the year one 

thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. 

Be it enacted by the SencUe and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1, In order to provide for the several acts and p^J^f'*"*' 
resolves of the legislature, requiring the payment of money 
from the treasury, and also to provide for the necessary 
expenditures of government for the year one thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-two, the* following sums are hereby 
approij^iated out of any moneys in the treasury, and the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is 
authorized, at any time between the first day of January, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the first day of Jan- 
uary, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to draw his warrant 
on the treasury for the same : 
Interest on the public debt, three hundred forty- 
five thousand dollars $345,000 00 

Public debt, fifty thousand dollars 60,000 00 

Sinking fund, eighty thousand four hundred 

seventy-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. . . . 80,479 95 
School mill tax. No. 10, two hundred thirty five 

thousand nine hundred seventy-eight dollars 

and seventy-one cents 235,978 71 

School fund, No. forty-eight, ninety-two thousand 

dollars 92,000 00 - 

Normal Schools, nineteen thousand dollars 19,000 00 

Training schools in Madawaska, eight hundi*ed 

dollars 800 00 

Madawaska school fund, three hundred dollars 300 00 

Expenses of superintendent of common schools, 

four hundred dollars 400 00 

Free high schools, twenty-six thousand dollars. 26,000 00 
Houlton Academy, one hundred and twenty 

dollars 120 00 

Presque Isle Academy, one hundred and eighty 

dollars 180 00 

Hebron Academy, sixty dollars 60 00 

Foxcroft Academy, sixty dollars 60 00 

Maine Central Institute, six hundred dollars. . . 600 00 

Oak Grove Seminary, three hundred dollars. . . 300 00 



204 BXPENDITURBS OF eOVEKHMXErr. 

Chap. 154 Balance due on school funds, six thousand dollars $6,000 00 

Balance due on school mill taxes^ thirteen thou- 
sand dollars 13,000 00 

Salary of public officers, fifty-three thousand 

dollars 53,000 00 

Salary of clerk in secretary of state's office, one 

thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Salary of clerks in treasurer's office, twenty-two 

hundred dollars 2,200 00 

Salary of clerk in adjutant general's office, fire 

hundred dollars iSOO 00 

Salary of clerk in office of superintendent of 

common schools, five hundred dollars. 500 00 

Salary of. messenger to governor and council, 

five hundred dollars 500 00 

Salary of bank examiner, nine hundred dollars . 900 00 

Salary of laud agent, eight hundred dollars 800 00 

Insane state beneficiaries, forty thousand dollars 40,000 00 

Trustees insane hospital, one thousand dollars.. 1,000 00 

Visiting committee to insane hospital, two hun- 
dred dollars 200 00 

Support of paupers in unincoporated places, five 

thousand dollars 5,000 00 

Reform school, thirteen thousand dollars 13,000 00 

Sanford legacy to reform school, forty-two dollars 42 00 

Deaf, dumb and blind, thirteen thousand and five 

hundred dollars 13,500 00 

Idiotic and feeble minded persons, twelve hun- 
dred dollars 1,200 00 

Reports of judicial decisions, two thousand and 

four hundred dollars 2,400 00 

Costs in criminal prosecutions, one thousand 

dollars 1,000 00 

Sheriffs and coroners, five hundred dollars 500 00 

• Subordinate officers of state prison, six thousand 

and three hundred dollars 6,300 00 

Inspectors of state prison and jails, eight hun- 
dred dollars 800 00 

Passamaquoddy Indians, five thousand five hun- 
dred and ninety dollars 5,590 00 

Penobscot Indians, eight thousand three hundred 

nine dollars and seventy cents 8,309 70 



XXPBNDITXrRBS OF OOVSRNMBNT. 205 

Soldiers' pension, twenty-two thousand dollars.. $22,000 00 Chap. 1S4 

Military pensions, two thousand dollars 2,000 00 

Pay roll of council, four thousand dollars 4,000 00 

Contingent fund, governor and council, five 

thousand dollars 6,000 00 

Contingent fund of treasurer, four hundred 

dollars 400 00 

Stationery, five thousand dollars 5,000 00 

Binding and stitching, four thousand dollars. . . . 4,000 00 

Printing, twelve thousand dollars 1 2,000 00 

Postage, two thousand dollars 2,000 00 

Library, five hundred dollars 600 00 

Transportation of documents, six hundred 

dollars 600 00 

Maine state year book, eight hundred dollars. . . 800 00 

Advertising laws, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Fuel and lights, two thousand dollars 2,000 00 

Night watch, one thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Furniture and repairs of public buildings, seven- 
teen hundred dollars 1,700 00 

Fireman and mail carrier, fifteen hundred dollars 1,500 00 

Inspector of steamboats, eight hundred dollars. 800 00 
Railroad tax due cities and towns, six thousand 

dollars 6,000 00 

Telegraph tax due cities and towns, one thousand 

dollars 1,000 00 

County taxes, collected in eighteen hundred and 

eighty-one, ten thousand dollars 10,000 00 

Agricultural societies, five thousand dollars. . . . 6,000 00 

Board of Agriculture, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Secretary of the board of agriculture, six hun- . . - 

dred dollars 600 00 

Lands reserved for public uses, fifteen hundred 

dollars 1,500 00 

Interest on lands reserved for public uses, one 

thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Forfeited lands, eight hundred dollars 800 00 

Salary of pension agent, one thousand dollars. . 1,000 00 
Salary of fish commissioners, one thousand 

dollars 1,000 00 

Farmers' institutes, fourteen hundred dollars. . . 1,400 00 



206 ^ BXPXNDtraRBs op Goys&Nmurr. 

C^AP. 154 Maine general hospital, five thousand dollars. , . $5,000 00 
Industrial school for girls, four thousand dollars 4,000 00 
Printing revision of statutes, twenty-four hundred 

dollars 2,400 00 

Female orphan asylum, Portland, five hundred 

dollars 500 00 

St. Elizabeth orphan asylum, four hundred 

dollars 400 00 

Bangor children's home, one thousand dollars. . 1,000 00 
Roads, and including bridge in Indian township, 

three hundred and fifty dollars 350 00 

Propagation and protection of fish and game, five 

thousand dollars 5,000 00 

Journal of council, one hundred and fifLy dollars 150 00 

Indices, one hundred and fifty dollars 150 00 

Military purposes, sixteen thousand dollars. . . . 16,000 00 
Bath military and naval asylum, fifty-five hundred 

dollars 5,500 00 

Bounty on animals, one thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Expenses of attorney general's department, five 

hundred dollars 600 00 

Agricultural College, one thousand dollars. .... 1,000 00 

Binding and stitching, one thousand dollars , 1,000 00 

Clerks in Secretary of State's ofiSice, eight hun- 
dred dollars 800 00 

Mrs. W hidden, balance due for services as lady 
visitor to Insane Hospital in eighteen hundred 

and seventy-nine, thirty-two dollars 32 00 

Contingent fund of Secretary of State, one hun- 
dred and fifty dollars 150 00 

Amounting to one million one hundred sixty- 
nine thousand fifty-two dollars and thirty-six 

cent« $1,169,052 36 

Sbct. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 18« 1881. 



8CH00U IS PORTLAND. 207 

€liapter 18S. Chap. 155 

Am Mi SBiAB^tory to *'Ab aet relaUng to the tehooU in the Citj of PortUnd,*' 
approved February ten, eighteen hundred and seTeoty-flve 

£e it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenlaZives 
in LegisUUure assembledy as follows : 

Sbct. 1, The school committee of the city of Portland 2S^**i2StSSf' 
shall consist of the mayor of said city, who shall be,ex-officio, 
chairman, and of seven other persons to be elected as herein- 
after provided. 

Sect. 2, Section two of an act entitled **An act amenda- fSv*°'"^.®f 
tory to an act relating to the Schools in the city of Portland," 
approved February ten, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

'Sect, 2. Members of the school committee shall be schooi committee, 

election and 

residents of the city, and shall be elected at the annual elec- tennaofomoe. 

tion for municipal officers, by a plurality of the ballots cast 

by the qualified electors at «uch election. They shall hold 

their office for the term of two years from the time they are 

elected, and shall be divided into classes as follows : three 

members shall be elected at the municipal election in the year 

eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to fill the places of those 

whose terms expire in March in that year, and four members 

shall be elected at the municipal election in the year eighteen 

hundred and eighty-three, to fill the places of those whose 

terms expire in March of that year ; and thereafter, at each 

annual election, such a number of members shall be elected 

as shall be sufficient to fill the places of those whose terms 

shall expire in that year. In case of vacancy in said board, VMaDciet,how 

the city council shall, in joint convention, elect by ballot, 

some person to fill the office until the next municipal election, 

when some* person shall be elected to fill the unexpired 

term. So that representation and election by wards to said 

board is hereby abolished.^ 

Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith inoonstateDt acta 
are hereby repealed. • 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Maroh IS, 1881. 

14 



t 



208 

Chap. 156 



Corporaton. 



Corporate name, 
priTilrgM and 
duties. 



Aathoriaed to 
carry on mining 
buslneu and 
parcbase prop- 
erty of certain 
companies. 



vJapltal stock. 



First meeting, 
hoir called. 



Offlcerg, their 
I»iiw-«r8 and 
(luties. 



BULLIVAN WAUKBA6 MINING COMPANY. 

Chapter ISO. 

An act to incorporate tbe Snllivan Wankea^ Mining C<onii«n3r. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Joseph D. Prescott, John Slioenbar, Samuel L. 
Symonds and Gustaviis S. Feriiald, their associates, success- 
ors and assigns are hereby created a body politic and corporate, 
by the name of the Sullivan Waukeag Mining Company, with 
all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties 
provided by the general laws of this state, relating to cor- 
porations, with power by that name to sue and be sued, to 
have and use a common seal, to establish all by-laws and reg- 
ulations for the management of its affairs not repugnant to 
the laws of this state, and to do any and all lawful acts inci- 
dent to similar corporations. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to carry 
on the business of mining, quarrying, milling and smelting 
minerals and ores, in the town of Sullivan, county of Han- 
cock, state of Maine, buying, selling and transporting the 
same, and to purchase, own, hold, buy, sell and deal in any 
and all property whatsoever, real and personal, necessary for, 
or incidental to such business, and the management thereof, 
and shall purchase from the Sullivan Silver Mining Company, 
the Waukeag Silver Mining Company, and the Sullivan and 
Waukeag Mining Company, or of any individuals holding 
property in trust for said corporations, all the property and 
rights owned by said corporations, or so held in trust for 
them. 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be 
one million dollars, divided into shares of five dollars each, 
and shall be un-assessable. 

Sect. 4. Any three of the corporators named herein, are 
hereby empo^yered to call the first meeting of said corpora- 
tion, by giving such notice as they may think proper, at 
which meeting any corporate business may be transacted. 
At said meeting, and afterwards at the annual meeting, said 
corporation shall elect by ballot, a president, secretary, assist- 
ant secretary, treasurer, five or seven directors, as may be 
desired, and any other oflEicers deemed necessary. The 
powers and duties of all the officers may be fixed by the 
by-laws, and they shall continue in office until the next 



SHIP BUILDERS AND SHIP MA6TBRS AS800IATI0N.— TOWN OF CARIBOU. 209 

annual meeting, and until others are chosen and qualified in Chap. 157 
their stead. The persons elected secretary, assistant secre- 
tary and treasurer, before entering upon their official duties, 
shall be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, and the 
treasurer shall also give a bond, in such sum as may from 
time to time be ordered by the corporation, with surety or 
sureties approved by a majority of the directors, for the 
faithful performance of his duties. 

Sect. 5. The annual meeting of the corporation shall be Anniua meeting. 
held at such time and place as may be fixed by its by-laws. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Haroh 18, 1881. 



Chapter tS7. 

An act to amend an act entitled *<An act to incorporate the Maine Ship Builders and 
Ship Masters Association," approved March fifteen, in the year of oar Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. The act entitled "An act to incorporate the Maine i[iJende?^' 
Ship Builders and Ship Masters Association," approved March 
fifteen, eighteen hundred eighty-one, is hereby amended by JSSSiSSdfJr 
k striking out the words "Ship Builders" wherever they occur "^wp Buuders." 

in said act and inserting in place thereof the words * Ship 
Owners.* 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



Chapter 1S8. 

Au act setting off a part of the town of Caribon, and annexing it to Connor planta- 
tion. 

I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 

in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. So much of the town of Caribou as lies west of oSiSiiaMexId 
Madawaska stream, and north of aline commencing at the *<>^^°^p*- 



210 ^^N <>' CARIBOU. 

Chap. 158 north-west comer of lot numbered sixty-three, in that part of 

Caribou formerly I township, and running thence easterly on 
lot lines directly to the north-east corner of lot twenty-one 
in said I ; thence northerly on the line between lots twenty- 
two and one hundred and eight, to the north-west comer of 
lot numbered one hundred and eight ; thence easterly on the 
south line of lots numbered one hundred and fourteen and 
one hundred and fifteen, to said Madawaska stream, is hereby 
set off from said town of Caribou and annexed to and made a 
part of Connor plantation, K township, range two. 

Town niicTvd Sect. 2. The town of Caribou is .hei^by relieved from 

from paapar 

SwitSr**^ all future liability on account of pauper settlements now 

existing, or hereafter arising by virtue of residence upon the 
territory hereby set off, of any pauper or any person under 
whom a settlement is derived. 

Unpaid uxM. Sect. 3. All officers of said Caribou shall have the same 

powers as to all taxes now assessed and unpaid, upon polls 
resident upon, or estates located within said territory set off, 
as they have by law ar to other polls or estates within said 
Caribou. 

iDhabitanti and Segt. 4. The inhabitants hereby set off, with their estates 

propnty let off 

d*b**of*'c£bS^^' and all the taxable property in that part of the town hereby 

set off, shall be liable, and may be assessed in said Caribou, 
for a share of the present corporate debt of said Caribou, 
equal to not exceeding five per cent, of the value of the 
estates so set off, or any less sum which the town of Caribou 
by lawful vote may agree to, with interest thereon at six 
per cent, per annum, to be assessed and collected by the 
officers of said Caribou, the same as if this act had not been 

proTito. ^tisoed ; provided^ however ^ that said five per cent., and said 

sum agreed to by the town shall not exceed a fair proportion 
of said town indebtedness, and of said share of indebtedness 
there shall be assessed and collected fifty dollars annually, 
with interest at six per cent, upon all of said share not 
assessed added to said fifty dollars, until said share shall all 
have been assessed. 

Determination t>r Segt. 5. lu casc of dissatisfactlou on the part of those 

made'incaseof hereby Set off, as to the determination of what is a fair share 

diMatiefeotlon. *^ 

of such indebtedness, it shall upon written request signed by 
a majority of the legal voteH upon the territory hereby set 



JUNCnOir RAILWAT 00MPAN7. 211 

off, be lefk to the arbitrament of David Dudley of Presque Chap. 159 
Isle, and John B. Farrell of Van Buren, who after giving 
reasonable notice, may hear and decide, and their decision 
shall be final. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its Aettotak«efhet 

on looeptaooe by 

acceptance by a two-thirds vote of said town of Caribou, and townor cwibou 

'■^ " and Oonnor pL 

a majority vote of the legal voters in said Connor plantation, 
in the manner following: within thirty days after this act 
shall have been approved by the governor, the selectmen of 
the town of Caribou, and the assessors of Connor plantation, 
shall call a meeting of their respective town and plantation 
to decide on the acceptance of this act, and the following 
question by a suitable article in the warrants for said meet- 
ings, shall be submitted to said town and said plantation at 
said meetings : * Shall so much of the town of Caribou as is vormofqoMtioii. 
described in an act of the legislature of eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one for setting off a part of Caribou on to Connor 
plantation be so set off ?* 

Sect. 7. When this act shall have been accepted as pro- orgMinti<mor 

^ * Oonnor pi. to b« 

vided herein, the organization of Connor plantation including l^^J^^ 
the part of Caribou hereby set off, shall be legal and valid. 
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



Chapter IS9. 

An a«k to inoorporate the Junotion Bailwaj Gompanj of Portland. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives 
in Legislature assembled, as follows : 

Sect. 1. Samuel E. Spring, Jacob McLellan, George E. corponton. 
B. Jackson, S. J. Anderson, H. N. Jose and Philip Henry 
Brown are hereby constituted a corporation under the style 



of the Junction Railway Company of Portland, with a capital oorpomte 

oapltal ttook. 

stock not exceeding two million dollars, with authority to Mthorityand 
locate, construct and operate a railway in or through the 
towns of Deering, Westbrook, Cape Elizabeth and Portland, 
or parts of them ; and to cross any navigable waters adjoin- 
ing thereto, for the purpose of connecting the business of the 



212 JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY OF PORTLAND. 

Chap^. J.59 railroads centering at Portland, or part of them, and with 
authority to erect, own and maintain wharvcA, warehouses 
and elevators connected with the said railroad, and with 
authority to lease connecting roads or part of them. Said 

Biffhtt and Corporation shall have all the rights, and be subject to all the 

liabilities of railroads, as provided by the laws of Maine ; 
but shall not pass above any way or street in the city of 
Portland except with the consent of the city councrl ; nor 
along Commercial street, between State and India streets, 
without the consent of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth 
Railroad Company, and the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail- 
road Company ; nor along the route, nor through the station 
grounds of any railroad company, without the consent of said 
company ; nor across tide waters without the consent of, and 
subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the harbor 
commissioners^ and shall be subject to all the laws relating 
to Portland harbor. 

BhAiioonoect Sect. 2. Said Juuctiou Railway shall connect its tracks 

tracks with oUi«r 

raiiraadt, take qq Commercial street, Portland, with the railroad tracks 

and delirer oan. ' ' • 

upon any wharf in said city, when required to do so by the 
owner of such wharf; and in case of any disagreement as to 
the expense of such connection, the amount to be borne by 
the respective parties shall be determined by the Railroad 
Commissioners. Said Junction Railway shall take from and 
deliver upon said connecting wharves all cars, within a 
reasonable time, when requested so to do by persons doing 
business upon such wharves, without any discrimination of 
any kind as to any wharf or wharves. 
Validity of aet Segt. 3. If Said corporatiou shall not have located and 

restricted. "^ 

constructed its road on or before January first, in the year of 
our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, then this act 
shall be null and void as to the portion not constructed. 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



BANQOR If ANUFACTCRINO OOMPANT. 213 

Chapter l«0. Chap . 160 

Ab Mt to iaeorponie the Bangor Manafaotaring Companj. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature ossenMed, as follows : 

Sect. 1. George Stetson, N. C. Ayer, William H. Mc- corpoitton. 
Crillis, Charles Stetson, D. M. Howard, G. L. Boynton, 
Isaac S. Whitman, R. S. Prescott, Joseph S. Wheelwright, 
S. H. Blake, Charles P. Stetson, G. W. Spratt, E. M. 
Hersey, F. A. Wilson, T. N. Egery, C. F. Woodard, A. 
Thompson, Charles Hay ward and George Varney, their 
associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted and 
made a body politic and corporate, by the name of the 
Bangor Manufacturing Company, with all the powers and corporttenamc 
privileges, and subject to all the duties and liabilities pro- <*»*»«^ 
vided by the laws of this state concerning manufacturing 
companies. 

Sect. 2. Said corporation is authorized to manufacture Aathorkedto 

mauulkctiire 

cotton, woolen, linen and flax, in the city of Banofor, in the goodi, purchase 

' ' ' "^ *=> ' and hold prop- 

county of Penobscot, state of Maine, to purchase and hold [J'^^'^S^' **""**' 
real and personal estate, not to exceed in value the sum of 
two millions of dollars, to build aud erect such buildings and 
machinery as their convenience may require, aud make all 
necessary rules and regulations for the prosecution of the 
some, consistent with the laws of this state. 

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not oapitai ttoek. 
exceed two millions of dollars, the issue of which from time 
to time to be determined by the directors of the corporation 
or otherwise, as the stockholders may determine. 

Sect. 4. George Stetson or any one of the other incor- nntmeeuog, 

ROW caltod* 

porators, is hereby authorized to call the first meeting 
of these corporators, by publishing notice thereof in the 
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, or some other newspaper 
published in Bangor aforesaid, seven days at least before the 
meeting. 

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved Much IB, 188 L 



214 

Chap. 161 



Provisions of 
eh. 73, vfieolal 
taws 1878« ex- 
teucled for a 
certain parpoM. 



Provtoo. 



CUMBERLAND AND OXFORD CANAL-^BXPINDITURBS OF OOYEKNMKNT. 

Chapter lOl. 

An aet additioDsl to oh&pl«r seT«otj-thre« of the Speoial Laws of eighteen handred 
uid MTonty-eight, reUtire lo the CumborUiid and Oxford Canal Corpormtion. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepreseniatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. For the purpose of enabling the Cumberland 
and Oxford Canal Cori)oration and its mortgagees to carry 
out the provisions of chapter three hundred of the special 
laws of eighteen hundi*ed and eighty, the provisions of 
chapter seventy-three of the special laws of eighteen hundred 
and seventy-eight, are hereby extended to that portion of the 
Cumberland and Oxford canal location, lying between Gambo 
Falls on Presumpscot river and the point of intersection of 
said canal location with the Portland and Rochester railroad 
location in Westbrook, north of Saccarappa village ; pro^ 
videdy that this act shall have no effect south of said point of 
intersection. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. 

ApproTod Marah 18, 1881. 



Act of ap]»«- 
prlHtlon. 



Chapter 1119. 

An act to proTide in part for the Bzpenditnr«0 of Ooremment. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature assembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. In order to provide for the several acts and 
resolves of the legislature, requiring the payment of money 
from the treasury, and also to provide for the necessary 
expenditures of government for the current fiscal year of 
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the following sums are 
hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury, and the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is 
authorized, at any time prior to the first day of January 
next, to draw his warrant on the treasury for the same : 
Oramandal Smith, clerk of the House of Repre* 
sentatives, publishing journal of the House, 

two bunded and fifty dollars $250 00 

Charles W. Tilden, secretary of the Senate, pub- 
lishing journal of the Senate, two hundred and 
fifty dollars 250 00 



mXTVtn>TTVKEB OF GOVSRNMSRT. 215 

Tobias Lord, junior, chairman of oommittee on Chap. 1 62 

reform school, forty-five dollars $45 00 

L. T. Staples, chairman of committee to investi- 
gate charges against T. B. Swan, seventy-nine 
dollars and eighty-nine cents 79 89 

George D. Bisbee, chairman of committee on 
state prison, one hundred fifty-one dollars and 
twenly-five cents 151 25 

6. R. Femald, chairman of committee on military 
affairs, thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents 31 25 

Maine Greneral Hospital, five thousand dollars. . • 5,000 00 

Industrial School for Girls, four thousand dollars 4,000 00 

County of Franklin, for road, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Salary of land agent, eight hundred dollars 800 00 

Subordinate officei*s of state prison, one thousand 
dollars 1,000 00 

Soldiers' allotments, three hundred dollars 300 00 

Boll of accounts, two hundred dollars 200 00 

Lithographic maps for library, one hundred dollars 100 00 

Fort Kent, thirty-five dollars and fifty-two cents 35 52 

Warren W. Rice, two hundred and sixty-three 

dollars 263 00 

Idiotic and feeble minded persons, six hundred 

dollars 600 00 

Idiotic and feeble minded persons, defficiency for 
eighteen hundred and eighty, seven hundred 
and fifty dollars 750 00 

Deaf, dumb and blind, one thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Female orphan asylum, Portland, five hundred 

dollars 500 00 

St. Elizabeth orphan asylum, four hundred dollars 400 00 

Bangor children's home, one thousand dollars. . . 1,000 00 

Roads, and including bridge in Indian Township, 

four hundred and fifty dollars 450 00 

Recording papers and records in land ofiice, three 

hundred dollars 300 00 

Clerk in library, three hundred and fifty dollars. 350 00 

Protection and propagation of fish and game, five 
thousand dollars 5,000 00 

State prison, forty-four thousand and two hun- 
dred dollars 44,200 00 

Reform school, sixteen thousand dollars 16,000 00 



216 EXPKNBITURBS OF QOVBBNMENT. 

Chap. 162 Military purposes, sixteen thousand dollars $16,000 00 

Bath Military and naval asylum, six thousand 

dollars .• 6,000 00 

Refurnishing executive department, one thousand 

dollars 1,000 00 

Binding and stitching, one thousand dollars 1,000 00 

Passamaquoddy Indians, five thousand five hun- 
dred and ninety dollars 5,590 00 

Penobscot Indians, eight thousand three hundred 

nine dollars and seventy cents 8,309 70 

Clerks in secretary of state's office, eight hundred 

dollars «00 00 

Bounty on animals, five hundred dollars 500 00 

Board of Agriculture, two hundred dollars 200 00 

Maine Reports, two hundred dollars 200 00 

James S. Conklin, one hundred dollars 100 00 

C. L. McCleery, three dollars 3 00 

Agricultural College, twenty-five hundred dollars 2,500 00 
Secretary of the senate, for papers and advertis- 
ing, seven hundred forty-eight dollars and nine 

cents 748 09 

Pay roll of House of Representatives, twenty- 
eight thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. . 28,150 00 
Pay roll of Senate, seven thousand four hundred 

four dollars and sixty-five cents 7,404 65 

Elijah M. Shaw, chairman of committee on appor- 
tionment, seventy-nine dollars 79 00 

Training schools in Madawaska, two hundred 

dollars 200 00 

Teachers' meetings, eight hundred dollars 800 00 

Sprague and Son, six hundred and two dollars . . 602 00 
Ezra L. Pattangall, five hundred ninety-one dol- 
lars and eighty-four cents 591 84 

Amounting to one hundred sixty-four thousand 
three hundred thirty-four dollars and nineteen 

cents 164,334 19 

Sect. 2. This act shall take efiect when approved. 

Approred Mftreh 18, 1S81. 



FREGMAN8 BANE. 217 

Chapter 163. Chap. 163 

An act to incorporate the Freemans Bank of Augusta. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
in Legislature ctssembled^ as follows : 

Sect. 1. Watson F. Hallett, Samuel B. Glazier, Samuel corporaion. 
Titcomb, George F. Potter, Henry Boynton, Russell Eaton, 
S. S. Brooks, George Hunt, James E. Fuller, Amos Wilder, 
M. C. Hervey, A. W. Philbrook, C. N. Hamlen, Frank W. 
Kinsman, E. Haskell, J. F. Hill, Joseph Miller, E. W. 
Whitehouse, Anson P. Morrill and M. V. B. Chase, with 
their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a 
corporation by the name of the pi*esident, directors and com- corporate name. 
pany of the Freemans Bank. 

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said bank shall not exceed capitautock. 
three hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into 
shares of one hundred dollars each. The amount of its 
capital stock shall be fixed at the time of its organization, 
and may be afterwards increased from time to time by a 
majority vote of its stockholders, until the above limit shall 
be reached. 

Sect. 3. Said bank shall be located at Augusta, in this Location and 

flnt meeting. 

state, and the first meeting for the purpose of organization 
shall be held at said Augusta, at any time within two years 
after the approval of this act. Said meeting may be called 
by any one of the corporators named in this act, by giving 
notice as provided in section two of chapter forty -six of the 
revised statutes of Maine. 
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



I 



EK SOLVES 



OF THB 



STATE OF MAINE 



1881. 



J 



I 



RESOLVES 



or Tdc 



STATE OF MAINE 



1881. 



Chapter 1. 

ResolTe in faror of Newell Joieph, Representative of the Pauamaqaoddy Tribe of 

Indians. 

Resolved^ That there be paid from the state treasury one NeTeiiJoieih, 
hundred dollars to Newell Joseph for trarel and attendance, 
before the legislature as representative of the Passamaquoddy 
tribe of Indians. 

Approved January 25, 1881. 



Chapter 3. 

Resolve in favor of Joseph Nioolar, Representative of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians. 

Resolved^ That there be paid from the state treasury one Joseph Nicoiar, 

hi Ikvor of. 

hundred dollars to Joseph Nicoiar for travel and attendance 
before the legislature as representative of the Penobscot tribe 
of Indians. 

Approved January 25, 1881. 



Chapter 3. 

Resolve in fkvor of the town of Maylield. 

Resolved^ That three hundred dollars be appropriated to Towner May- 
assist the town of May field in building a road leading from *•»*»*» ^^^'^- 



4 TKAR BOOK.— MAINS HI8T0RI0AL SOCIBTT. 

^^^' *• Brighton Center to Kingsbury Mills, through said town of 

May field 9 the same to be expended under the direction of the 
county commissioners of Somerset county ; provided that said 
town of Mayfield shall raise and expend an equal sum on said 
road. 

■ 

ApproTad W^ktmuf 12, 1861. 



Chapter 4. 

R«8o1t« for th« pvrehan of the Maine Bute Year Bovk and LegidatiTi MaanaL * 

Malm Bute Tear Resolved^ That the secretary of state be authorised to con- 
Book, for par- i. 1 
ci»M Of. tract for three hundred copies of the Maine State Year Book 

and Legislative Manual for the year eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one, at a cost not to exceed four hundred dollars, 
namely: fifty copies octavo, suitable for binding with the 
documents; one copy to be delivered by the secretary of 
state, on or before the first day of May next, to each officer 
and member of the legislature ; and the balance to the secre- 
tary of state for the heads of departments, for their use. 
Also six hundred copies of the same for the year eighteen 
. hundred atid eighty-two, at a cost not to exceed eight hun- 
dred dollars, one hundred copies octavo, for binding with 
documents and for exchange with other states ; one copy to 
be delivered by the secretary of state, on or before the first 
day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to each officer 
and member of the legislature; and the remainder to the 
heads of departments for their use. 

Approred Febrmary 12, 1881. 



Chapter 5. 

Resolva authoriiiiig the Librarian to dellTer eerUin doonmenU to the Maine Hif- 

torioal Society. 

Maine Hittorioid Hesclvedy That the librarian be, and he is hereby author- 
or. ' ized to deliver to the Maine Historical Society, a copy of the 

acts, resolves, reports, and other documents printed by order 
of the legislature, as may enable said society to have a com- 
plete set of all such publications, to be preserved in its 
ai'chives, provided^ and so far as printed copies of the above 
can be spared from the library. 

ApproTfd Febraary 17, 188L 



COM. ON AORICULTURB.— TOWN OF WASHINGTON.— SPOLIATION CLAIMS. 5 

Chapter 6. Chap. 6. 

RmoIv« in faTor of tht Joint Standing Committee on Agrienltvre. 

Hesolvedj That the treasurer be directed to pay to Joseph ^^{{^^7^ 
S. Berry, the sum of seventy-seven dollars and ten cents, the ^'^•'' °' 
same being the amount paid by him for expenses of the joint 
standing committee on agriculture, while on its recent visit 
to the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic 
Arts at Orono, in accordance with th^ order of the legia^ 
lature. 

Apyrored Febmarj 17, 1881. 



Chapter 7. 

RoBolve In Taror of the town of Wa«hington. 

Resolved 9 That there be paid by the treasurer of state, out Toimorwiuh. 

logtuo, io fkror 

of the school funds of the current year, to the town of Wash- •'• 
ington, the sum of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and 
three cents, it being a balance equitably due said town as its 
proportion of the school funds for the year eighteen hundred 
and eighty* 

Approred Felbruarj 17, 1881, 



Chapter 8. 

B^fBolves in favor cC the French Spoliation Ola4m«. 

Whereas, The commerce of the United States was unlaw- preamwe. 
fully preyed upon by the French government previous to the 
year of our Lord eighteen hundred, at a time when said 
nation and the United States were at peace, thereby destroy- 
ing the property of citizens of this state, as well as of 
several other states of the nation, to the amount of several 
millions of dollars ; and 

Whereas, In the treaty of September thirty, in the year 
of our Lord eighteen hundred, the United States, in accord- 
ance with previous demands, received compensation for said 
property, known as the French spoliation claims, with the 
positive agreement that the indemnities due by France to the 

2 



Q HENBT NASU.'BAST RITBB BRIDQB. 

Chap. 9. citizens of the United States, should be paid by the United 
States ; and 

Whereas, Said claims have never been paid to these 
sufferers or their heirs ; and 

Whereas, Said claims have been and are now universally 
acknowledged justly due these claimants, and a bill paying 
said claims having twice passed both branches of congress, 
lacking only the i^ignature of the president of becoming a 
law ; therefore, 

French tpoii«tion Resolvcd. That we earnestly urffe cousress and our own 

oliims, Id favor ' .^ O O 

of payment of. legislators thcrc, especially, to bring the matter up for action 
during the present congress. 

Resolved^ That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each 
of our congressional legislators. 

Approred February 24, 188 1. 



Chapter 9. 

Resolre in faTor of Henrj Nash of Addison. 

Henrj Nuh, Id Resolved. That the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents be, 

faror of. ' J -> 

and is hereby appropriated for the payment, to Henry Nash, 
in full for his claim for reimbursement for amount paid by 
him for Hay and Shabbed Islands, the title to the same not 
having been in the state. 

• Approved February 24, 1881. 



Chapter lO. 

ReioWes relating to Bast RiTer Bridge. 

Preamble. Whereas, The citizcus of Brooklyn and New York are 

erecting a bridge over East River, connecting the two cities ; 
and 

Whereas, The height of said bridge is not in conformity 
with the provisions of its charter, rendering it necessary for 
all ships and largest class schooners to send down their top- 
masts, causing expense and delay, and thereby in winter 
season endangering the safety of the vessels which are com- 
pelled to pass under this bridge ; therefore 



8ETTLBRS' L0TS.->3WBDISH SETTLERS. fj 

Resolved^ That we respectfully urge upon our senators Chap. 11. 
and representatives in congress to procure such legislation as ^*te^"nter«lu 
in their judgment will best subserve the interests of navi- **'• 
gation. 

Resolved^ That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded 
by the secretary of state to each member of our delegation in 
congress. 

Approved February 24, 1881. 



Chapter 11. 

Resolve requesting the Attorney General to prepare and obtain a deed of certain 
Settlers' lots of land from the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Resolved. That the attorney fifeneral of this state, be Attorney general 

, T /. I i. 1 dlrectwi to obtain 

directed to make and obtain a deed from the treasurer of the dewiofwrtain 

land. 

commonwealth of Massachusetts, in conformity with the fol- 
lowing resolve : 

^^ Resolved y That the treasurer of the commonwealth, be 
and hereby is authorized and directed to convey by deed, to 
Samuel A. Holbrook, treasurer of the state of Maine, for the 
use of said state, all the right, title and interest of the common- 
wealth, to the settlers' lots so called, situated in township num- settienMots in 
bered seventeen, in range seven, in the county of Aroostook, county, convey- 

^ anoe of. 

m the state of Maine, — the state of Maine to make convey- 
ances of said lots to the settlers, in the same manner that the 
commonwealth would have done if no conveyances had been 
made." Approved April twenty-three, eighteen hundred 
and eighty. 

Approved February 24, 1881. 



Chapter 13. 

Resolve to authorise the Land Agent to settle certain accounts with members of the 

Maine Swedish Colony. 

Resolvedy That the land agent is hereby* authorized to Land agent 

• loi'i i/»i BUthorizfd to 

settle the accounts asramst the Swedish settlers for advances sctue accounts 

^ against Sired isk 

made under the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, wtticra. 
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three, upoi\ 



g AORICULTURAL OOLLBGB. 

Chap. 1«3. such terms and conditions as he thinks equitable and advis- 
able ; and make such discounts and allowances as will enable 
him to collect the accounts in money or labor, and close the 
books within two years. 

Approred Fobnury 24, 1881. 



Chapter 13# 

Resolre relating to a bond held in tmat bj the State, for the State College of Agri- 

cnltare end the Meehanic Arts. 

Pieambie. Whereas, The statc of Maine holds in trust for the benefit 

of the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, a 
registered bond of the state of Maine, numbei^d two hundred 
and fifty-one, for the sum of thirty thousand dollars, which 
became due August fifteen, in the year of our Lord eighteen 
hundred and eighty, and the state of Maine, by a resolve 
approved March twenty-four, in the year of our Lord eighteen 
hundred and sixty-four, dii'ected the treasurer of state to invest 
all money received from the sale of land scrip donated to said 
college by the United States, in the six per centum stock of 
this state, to be inviolably held for the benefit of said college, 
and this sum of thirty thousand dollars being a portion of 
said investment, therefore be it 

Treararerofsute Hesolved, That the treasurer of state be authorized and 

aathorised to ^ 

ismienewbond to directed to issuc a new reffistered bond, in favor of said col- 

StHte College of O ' 

aiwSik AitT* '^S®» *^^ *^® s"°^ of thirty thousand dollars, bearing interest 
at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi- 
annually, to bear date of August fifteen, in the year of our 
Lord eighteen hundred and eighty, and payable in nine years 
from date ; the same being in lieu of bond number two hun- 
dred and fifty-one, for a like sum due August fifteen, in the 
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty ; said bond to 
be signed by the treasurer, countersigned by the governor, 
and attested by the secretary of state. 

« ApproTed Febroary 34, 1881. 



MADIB GBNBRAL HOSPITAL.— STATE LIBRART. 9 

Chapter 14. Chap. 14. 

Resolve making an appropriation in favor of the Maine General HoMpital, fur the 
years eighteen hundred and elgbtj-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Resolved. That the sum of ten thousand dollars, be and Maine oenemi 

' ' Hospital, in favor 

hereby is appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the "'• 
Maine Genei-al Hospital, for the year ending December 
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the year 
ending December thirty-one, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
two ; and that the governor be and hereby is authorized to 
draw his warrant quarterly, commencing March thirty-one, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the sum of twelve hun- 
dred and fifty dollars for the above purpose. 

Approved February 26, 1881. / 



Chapter IS. 

Keiolve In favor of the State Library. 

Whereas, By a resolve approved March eighteen, eighteen Preamwe. 
hundred and eighty, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars 
was appropriated to purchase a full set of lithographed maps 
of the north-eastern boundary of the United States, that the 
same may be placed in the state library, and 

Whereas, Said maps have been purchased, and fifty dol- 
lars only of said appropriation has been drawn, the remaining 
one hundred dollars not having been drawn prior to the first 
day of January last, has, by virtue of the appropriation acts 
of eighteen hundred and eighty, lapsed and cannot now be 
drawn, and 

Whereas, The balance of said appropriation is necessary 
to pay for finishing said maps, therefore 

Resolved^ That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the MapiorN. e. 

boundary, pur- 

same is appropriated to complete the purchase and finish of a J*** »°<* ^^^*^ 
full set of lithographed maps of the north-eastern boundary of 
the United States, that the same may be placed and kept in 
the state library. 

Approved February 26, 1881. 



10 
CJhap. 16. 



Committee on 
state prison, in 
favor of. 



STATE PRISON.—B. M. NUTTER.— A. E. COBB.— HELL GATE PILOT LAWS. 

Chapter 16. 

Re§olT6 in faTor of the Joint Standing Committee on State Prison. 

liesolvedy That the treasurer of state be directed to pay to 
George D. Bisbee, chairman of the joint standing committee 
on state prison, one hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty- 
five cents, the same being the amount paid by him for 
expenses of the joint standing committee on state prison 
while on its recent visit to that institution in accordance with 
the order of the legishiture. 

Approved February 26, liSl. « ^av 



BenJ. M. Natter, 
in fkTor of 



Chapter 17. 

Resolre in faTor of Beigamin M. Nntter. 

Resolved^ That the sum of eight dollars per month, for 
one year, be paid Benjamin 'M. Nutter, late of company G, 
thirteenth Maine volunteers. Said amount to be taken from 
the pension fund of this state, appropriated by the legislature 
for like cases. 

Approved Febmary 26, 1881. 



Almira S. Cobb, 
iu favor of. 



Chapter 18. 

Resolve in favor Almira E. Cobb. 

Resolved^ That the pension of Almira E. Cobb, of Lee, be 
continued two years from the sixteenth day of May next. 

Approved February 28, 1881. 



Preamble. 



Chapter 19. 

ReHolvei relating to Hell Gate Pilot Laws. 

Whereas, At the last session of the legislature of this 
state, resolutions were adopted calling the attention of your 
honorable bodies to the Hell Gate Pilot Laws, and 

Whereas, The ship owners of this state are justly indig- 
nant at the compulsory pilot laws of your state which compel 



THOMAS B. SWAN.— T. LOVBLBT. -^^ 

their vessels using the passage through the sound to the sea, Chap. 20. 
to pay pilotage whether their services are required or nof, 
imposing a burden not warranted by the constitution of the 
Untied States, and 

Whereas, The government of the United States have 
expended millions of dollars in removing the reefs in said 
passage, making it comparatively safe for vessels passing 
through, and rendering the services of a pilot unnecessary, 
therefore 

Hesolvedy That we respectfully ask your honorable bodies Hen oate piiot 

i»»tn ^1 • -« •• laws, amendmeot 

to SO amend said Haws, tnat the grievances of our citizens oi; asked ror. 
may be removed, and as in duty bound, your memorialists 
will ever pray. • 

Resolved J That a printed copy of these resolves be trans- 
mitted to the president of the Senate and speaker of the 
House of Assembly of the State of New York, by the Secre- 
tary of State. 

Approved March 2, 1881. 



Chapter 30« 

Resolre in favor of the Speeial Committee of the House to ioTestigate charges against 

Thomas B. Swan. 

# 

Resolved i That the treasurer of state be directed to pay L. committee to in. 

Testigate chargee 

T. Staples, chairman of the special committee of the house, againBtT b. 

^ ' *^ 8wan,in(kTor of 

appointed February four, in the year of our Lord one thou- 
sand eight hundred and eighty-one, to investigate criminal 
charges against Thomas B. SwaUj-seventy-nine dollars and 
eighty-nine cents, the same being the amount paid by him 
for expenses of said investigation. 

Approved March 4, 1881. 



Chapter 31. 

Resolre in favor of Thomas Loveley of Mapleton Plantation. 

Resolved^ That the land agent be and hereby is authorized Thomas Loreiey, 
to convey to Thomas Loveley of Mapleton plantation, the 
north-west quarter of section forty-nine in said plantation, 



1 



22 W- W. RICE.— TOWN or FORT KBNT.— OAK GROVE SBMIKART. 

Chap. 22. instead of the north-east quarter of section forty-nine, whicb, 
by a clerical error, the land agent was authorized to convey 
to said Lovcley, by the legislature of eighteen hundred and 
seventy-five. 

Approred Marafa 4, I8SI. 



fkvor of. 



ClMpter 39. 

Reaolre in faror ol Wamo W. Rioe. 

w. w. Rioe, Id Resolved^ That the sum of two hundred and sixty-three 
* dollars, be and the san^e is hci*ehy appropriated out of the 
state treasury, to be paid to Warren W. Rice, the same 
being for moneys paid by him as damages, costs and expenses, 
by reason of a suit brought against him by Darius Gross, an 
ex-convict, for false imprisonment. 

Approved Maroh i, 1881. 



Chapter 33* 

Reaolre in favor of the town of Fort Kent. 

TofrnofFort Rcsolvedy That the sum of thirty-five dollars and fitty-two 

Kent, In faror of. "^ -^ 

cents be paid Fort Kent, being the amount abated and 
allowed said town of Fort Kent, under Resolve of March six, 
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. 

Approved Mareh i, 1881. 



Chapter 34. 

Resolve id favor of Oak Qrove Seminiiry.' 

oIk Grove Semi- Resolvedy That the "Resolve in favor of Oak Grove Sem- 

nary, In tevor of. 

inary," approved February seventeen, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-two, be and the same is hereby continued in force 
for the term of two years, in addition to the ten years therein 
provided for, upon the terms and conditions stated in said 
resolve, provided^ also however ^ that the annual appropriation 



COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.— RBVISrON OF PUBLIC LAWS. 23 

for each of said two years, shall be three hundred dollars, Chap. 25. 
instead of six hundred dollars, as provided in said resolve. 

Approved March 4, 1881. 



Chapter 3S. 

ReBolre in faTor of the Coaniy of Franklin. 

Hesolvedy That five hundred dollars be appropriated to Prankiio coonty, 
assist the county commissioners of Franklin county in build- 
ing a road leading from Kingfield to Eustis, through the 
township of Jerusalem, so-called, the same to be expended 
under the direction of the said county commissioners of 
Franklin county. 

Approved March 7, 1881. 



Chapter 36. 

Reaolre for the rerision and consolidation of the Pablio Laws of the State. 

Resolved^ That the revision of the public laws of this State o. w. ooddard 
be committed to Charles W. Goddard, of Portland, whose wtim patu^ 

lam< 

duty it shall be to revise, collate, arrange and consolidate all 
the general and public laws now in force and such as shall be 
enacted at the present session of the legislature ; preserving 
unchanged, the order and arrangement of the present revised JJJJJJ^ *^ 
code, and retaining the phraseology thereof, except so far as 
it may be necessary to vary it by incorporating existing laws 
therewith ; and such subsequent laws as are in force at the 
time of the revision shall be incorporated into the revised code. 
An the appropriate chapters and sections thereof, in language 
concise and intelligible, and of the same intent, eifect and 
construction ; leaving out of the new revision all such parts 
of the present revised statutes as have been repealed or super- 
seded, and omitting also, chapter ten, concerning the militia; 
and so modifying other provisions as to conform to existing 
laws ; also causing the head notes and marginal notes to be 
carefully examined and changed to conform to the new revis- 
ion ; and references to the recent adjudged cases interpreting 
the statutes to be added ; and a copious and perfect general 



u 

Chap. 27. 



Revision to be 
compteted on 
lint day of next 
session of legltla- 
ture and 600 
copies printed. 



Judiciary com- 
mittee authoriaed 
to fix compensa- 
tion uf commis- 
sioner and con- 
tract for printing. 



•^iimit. 



8TATB VALUATION. 

index to all the provisions of the revised code to be prepared ; 
also suggesting, with proper distinguishing marks, such con- 
tradictions, omissions, repetitions and imperfections as may 
appear in the present revised statutes and in the subsequent 
laws, and the mode in which the same may be reconciled, 
supplied, amended and corrected. 

Resolved^ That said commissioner shall complete said revis- 
ion in separate titles, and on or before the first day of the 
next session of the legislature shall cause five hundred copies 
thereof to be printed by such person as shall be employed in 
accordance with the resolve following ; and said commissioner 
shall superintend said printing. 

Resolved y That the committee on the judiciary be; and 
they are hereby authorized to arrange the details of said 
commissioner's service, and his compensation; and to con- 
tract, in behalf of the state, with some competent and respon- 
sible printer for the printing aforesaid ; provided^ that the 
entire expense of said revision, and of the printing above 
specified, shall not exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars. 

ApproTed March S. 1881. 



Valuation, State, 
csubliabing of. 



Chapter 37. 

ReBoWe establishing a general Valuation of the State. 

Resolved^ That the number of polls and the amount of the 
estates annexed to the several cities, towns and plantations 
in the several counties within this state, and the lists of wild 
lands not included in the lists of cities, towns and plantations, 
with the number of acres and the value thereof thereto 
annexed, and the aggregate of the several counties, as con- 
tained in the schedules hereunto annexed, are hereby taken 
and established as the true number of polls and the valuation 
of estates, of taxable polls and estates of this state, as pro- 
vided by section seven of article nine of the constitution of 
Maine, until further order of the legislature, or a new gen- 
eral valuation shall be taken. 



Approred Mareh 9, 1881. 



8TATB VALUATION. 



15 
Chap. 27. 



8TATE VALUATION, 1S81 



ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. 



TOWHB. 

Aabum 

Dnrham 

Bast Lirennore.. 

Groene 

Leeds 

Lewiston 

Lisbon 

Livermore 

Minot 

Poland 

Tamer 

Wales 

Webster 

m 

Amity 

Ashland 

Bridgewater 

Benediota 

Blaine 

Caribou 

Baston 

Fort Fairfield. . . . 

Fort Kent 

Frenohville. . . . . . 

Grand Isle 

HaynesriUe 

Horsey 

Hodgdon 



Polls. 



2,320 
336 
268 
279 
340 

3,452 
677 
398 
473 
714 
659 
135 
261 



BSTATBB. 



10,312 



Five million ninety nine thousand four hundred 

and forty six dollars 

Four hundred twenty two thousand seTen hun* 

dred and twenty four dollars 

Three hundred forty four thousand and ninety 

two dollars 

Three hundred ninety four thousand two hundred 

and siifty dollars. 

Four hundred fifteen thousand four hundred and 

eighty six dollars 

Nine million fire hundred twenty one thousand 

one hundred and three dollars 

One million one hundred fifteen thousand seven 

hundred and sixty dollars 

Four hundred thirty thousand seven hundred and 

nine dollars 

Seven hundred twenty thousand five hundred 

and forty nine dollars 

Nine hundred twenty thousand and fifty seven 

dollars 

Seven hundred forty eight thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty six dollars 

One hundred ninety eight thousand five hundred 

and seventy eight dollars 

Four hundred forty five thousand three hundred 

and fifty three dollars 



109 

108 

154 

68 

120 

527 

181 

532 

243 

375 

150 
61 

25 

245 



AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 

Forty four thousand four hundred and seventy 
six dollars 

Ninety thousand seven hundred and twenty five 
dollars 

One hundred throe thousand four hundred and 
nx dollars 

Forty two thousand eight hundred and ten dol- 
lars 

Forty nine thousand eight hundred and sixty 
dollars 

Three hundred thirty seven thousand three hun- 
dred and eighty eight dollars 

Eighty eight thousand four hundred and eighty 
four dollars 

Four hundred sixty eight thousand four hundred 
and seventy one dollars 

Seventy two thousand six hundred and sixty six 
dollars 

One hundred seven thousand seven hundred and 
fifty three dollars 

Eighty thousand and fourteen dollars 

Forty two thousand four hundred and fifty six 
dollars 

Twenty six thousand four hundred and ninety 
six dollars 

One hundred seventy three thousand six hundred 
and twenty seven dollars 



$5,099,446 
422,724 
344,093 
394,260 
415,486 
9,521.103 
1,115,760 
430,709 
720,549 
920,067 
748,856 
198,578 
445,353 



20,776,978 



$44,476 
90,726 

103,406 
42,810 
49,860 

337,389 
88,484 

468,471 

72,666 

107,753 
80,014 

42,456 

26,496 

173,627 



16 
Chap. 



27. 



STATE VALUATION. 



AROOSTOOK COUNTY— Continued. 



TOWDB. 



Polls. 



Hoolton 

Island Falls .... 

Limestone 

Linneas 

Littleton 

Ludlow 

Madawaska 

MarsUill 

Itfasardis 

Majsville 

Monticello 

Kew Limeriok . . . 

Orient 

Presque Isle . . . . . 

Bherman 

Smyrna 

Wasbbarn 

Weston 



635 



Estates. 



Bancroft planta- 
tion. 

Caswell planta* 
tion. 

Cbapman planta- 
tion. 

Crystal plantation 

Castle Hill plan 
tation. 

Cyr plantation... 

Glenwood planta- 
tion. 

Hamlin planta- 
tion. 

Macwahoo planta- 
tion. 

Mapleton planta- 
tion. 

Merrill plantation 

Moro plantation* 

New Sweden plan- 
tation. 

No. U, R 1 plan- 
tation. 

Oakfield plantat'n 

Oxbow plantation 

Perham plantat'n 
Portage Lake 

plantation 
Reed plantation . 

Silver Ridge plan- 
tation. 

St. Francis plan- 
tation. 

Van Baren plan- 
tation. 



118 

193 

177 

107 

240 

14.1 

62 

190 

188 

126 

61 

296 

177 

48 

167 

98 

68 

64 



Seren hundred twenty fire thousand four hun- 
dred and sixty nine dollars 

62 Forty seven thousand two hundred and twenty 
nine dollars 

.Seventy six thousand fire hundred and eighty 
three dollars 

One hundred fifty one thousand three hundred 
and forty nine dollars 

One hundred twenty six thousand two hundred 
and eighty nine dollars 

One hundred nine thousand six hundred and fifty 
seren dollars 

Ninety thousand one hundred and serenty four 
dollars 

Serenty one thousand fire hundred and serenty 
seven dollars 

Forty two thousand three hundred and four dol- 
lars 

Two hundred tVrenty four thousand two hundred 
and eighty eight dollars 

One hundred forty nine thousand two hundred 
and serenty three dollars 

Une hundred thousand seren hundred and 
twenty dollars 

Forty two thousand fire hundred and fifty four 
dollars 

Three hundred thirty nine thousand three hun- 
dred and twenty fire dollars 

Ninety seren thousand eight hundred and forty 
four dollars 

Sixty thousand eight hundred and serenty two 
dollars | 

One hundred thousand two hundred and forty 
three dollars 

Fifty two thousand one hundred and sereilty nine 
dollars 

Forty eight thousand nine hundred and sixty 
one dollars 

Seventeen thousand three hundred and seventy 

nine dollars .... 

42.Eleven thousand eight hundred and fifteen dol- 
lars 

73 Fifty two thousand five hundred and five dollars 
80 Twenty seven thousand six hundred and thirty 

six dollars 

Twenty eight thousand and sixty six dollars .... 

63 Twenty eight thousand eight hundred and forty 

five dollars 

84:Thirty eight thousand six hundred and thirty 
I seven dollars 

40 Twenty five thousand nine hundred and seven- 
teen dollars 

139 Fifty one thousand six hundred and forty two 
{ dollars 

37 Fifteen thousand six hundred and five dollars . . 
39 Forty six thousand six hundred and ninety throe 

I dollars 

120 Twenty two thousand and forty one dol- 
I lars 

74 Twenty thousand two hundred and thirty dol- 
I lars 

140 Forty one thousand and one hundred dollars. . . . 
24 Eighteen thousand nine hundred and seventeen 

I dollars 

99 Thirty one thousand and serenty three dollars. . 
29 Twenty three thousand and eighteen dol- 
lars 

Forty five thou&nd four hundred and fifty one 
dollars 

Sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty two dol- 
lars 

Twenty thousand eight hundred and forty dol- 
lars 

One hundred eleven thousand six hundred and 
seventy dollars • 



82 



26 

63 

62 

186 



$725,469 

47,229 

76,589 

151,349 

126,289 

109,667 

90,174 

71,57T 

42,304 

224,288 

149,273 

100,720 

42,654 

339,325 

97,8U 

60,872 

100,243 

62,179 

48,961 

17,379 

11,816 
62,505 

27,636 
28,06$ 

28,845 

38,637 

25,917 

51,642 
15,606 

46,693 

22,041 

20,230 
41,100 

18,917 
81,073 

23,018 

45,461 

16,662 

20,840 

111,670 



8TATB VALUATIOBI. 



17 



AROOSTOOK COUNTY— Concluded. 



Chap. 27. 



TOWHB. 



Wad« plantation 

WalUgraae plan- 
tation. 

Weatfield planta- 
tion. 

Woodland planta- 
tion. 



Polls. 



BSTATCB. 



24 Ton thousand five hundred and .sixty five dol- 
lars I 

85 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars > 

29 Thirty four thousand four hundred and twenty 

six dollars 

137 Serenty soren thousand five hundred and thirty 

nine dollars 



7,734 

AROOSTOOK COUNTY— WILD LANDS. 



TOWNBBIPB. 



A, R. 5, N. half. 

A, K. 5, 8. Italf 

Ko. 1, R. 4, N. Yarmouth 
Acad. Ut., W. B. L. S. 
No. 1, R. 5, W. E. L. rJ. . 
KO, 2| R. Af W. E L. S. . . 
No. 3, K. 2, Forkstown, 

W. E.L S 

No. 3, R. 3, W. B. L. 8 
No. 3, U. 4. do 
No. 4, R. 3, do 
Cos Patent 

A, R. 2 

B,R. 2 

C,R. 2 

D, R. 2 

B, R. 2 

K, R. 2 

No. 7| R. 3| W. E. L. S. 

No. 1, K. 4, do 

No. 7, R. 5, do 

No. 8| R. 3, do 

No. 8| R. 4^ do 

No. 8y R. 5| do 

No. 9, R 3, do 

No. />, R. 4, Dyer Brook 
plantation, W. B. L 8.. 

No. 9f R. 4y W. E. L. 8. 
No. 9, R. 5, do 

No. 9, R. 7, do 

No. 9, R. 8| do 

No. 10, K. 3, do 

No. 10, R. 4, do 

No. 10, R. 6, do 

No. 10, R. 7, do 

No. 10, R. 8, do 

No 11, R. 4, do 

No. 11, R. 6, do 

No. 11, R. 7, do 

No. 11, R. 8, do 

No. 11, R. 9, do 

No. 11, R. 10, do 

No. 11, R. 11, do 




Valuatidit. 



11,020 Sixteen thousand fire hundred dollars 
7,6t$0 Seren thousand six hundred and eighty 
dollars 



22,040 
22,040 
22,040 

21,000 
22,040 
22,040 
22,040 
1,000 
11,387 
22,040 

21,080 
21,477 

12,722 

22,000 
22,010 

22,040 

22,040 
22,040 

22,040 
22,040 
22,U40 

22,040! 

22,04o| 
22,080 

22,080 
21,092 
22,040 
22,040 

22,060 

22,040 
22,040 

22,040 
21,.'>44 

22,040 
22,560 

23,066 
24,155 
22,089 



Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 
Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 
Twenty two thousand and torty dollars 



Twenty one thousand dollars.. 
Thirty three thousand dollars. 
Twenty five thousand dollars.. 
Thirty five thousand dollars. . 

One thousand dollars 

Fifteen thousand dollars 



Twenty eight thousand six hundred 

dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars I 

Twenty one thousand four hundred and 

sevcnt}' seven dollars j 

Twelve thousand seven hundred and 

twenty two dollars 

Three thousand dollars 

Twenty seven thousand five hundred 

and fifty dollars 

Thirty eight thousand fiye hundred and 

seventy dollars ; 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars! 
Twenty seven thousand five hundred 

dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 
Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 
Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Twenty seven thousand five hundred 
and fifty dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Eight thousand eight hundred and 
thirty two dollars 

Twenty two thousand and eighty dollars 

Twenty one thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Sixteen thousand and five hundred dol- 
lars 

Twenty seven thousand five hundred 
and seventy dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Thirty three thousand nine hundred 
and twenty four dollars 

Eleven thousand and twenty dollars. . . 

Sixteen thousand and two hundred dol- 
lars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Twenty two thousand five hundred and 
sixty dollars 

Twenty three thousand dollars 

Seventeen thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and eighty nine 
dollars 



$10,565 

22,040 

34,426 

77,639 

5,225,834 



$16,500 

7,680 

22,040 
22,040 
22,040 

21,000 
33,000 
25,000 
35,000 
1,000 
15,000 

28,600 
25,000 

21,477 

12,722 
3,000 

27,550 

38,570 
22,040 

27,500 
22,0 to 
22,040 
22,040 



27,550 
22,040 

8,832 
22,080 
21,000 
22,040 

16,500 

27,670 
22,040 

33,924 
11,020 

16,200 
22,040 

22,560 
23,000 
17,000 

22,089 






18 

Chap. 27. 



8TATB VALUATION. 



AROOSTOOK OOUNTT. WILD LANDS^-Gontioiied. 



TOWXBBIPS. 




No. 11, R. 12, W. B. L. S. 

No. 11, R. 13, do 

No. 11, R. U, do 

No. 11, R. 15, do 

No. 11, R. 16, do 

No. 11, R. 17, do 
No. 12, R. 5, Sheridan 

pUntatioD, W. B. L. S.. 

No. 12, R. 6, Nashrille 

plantation, W. B. L. S.. 
No. 12, R. 7, W. B L. 8. 

No. 12, R. 8, do 

No. 12, R. 9, do 

No. 12, R. 10, do 

No. 12, R. 11, d« 

No. 12, R. 12, do 

No. 12, R. 1», do 

No. 12, R. 14, do 

No. 12, R. 15, do 

No. 12, R. 16, do 

No. 12, R. 17, do 

No. 13, R. 5, do 

No. 13, R. 7, do 

No. 13, R. 8, do 

No. 13, R. 9, do 

No. 13, R. 10, do 

No. 13, R. 11, do 

No. 13, R. 12, do 

No. 13, R. 13, do 

No. 13, R. 14, do 

No. 13, R. 15, do 

No 13, R. 16, do 

No. 14, R. 5, do 

No. 14, R. 6, do 

No. 14, R. 7, do 

No. 14, R. 8, do 

No. 14, R. 9, do 

No. 14, R. 10, do 

No. 14, R. 11, do 

No. 14, R. 13, do 

No. 14, R. 13, do 

No. 14, R. 14, do 

No. 14, R. 15, do 

No. 14, R. 16, do 



Twenty two thoaaand two hnndred and 

fifteen dollars 

Twenty seTen thoniand seren hundred 

and aerentj two dollars 

Twenty one thoaaand nine hundred and 

eighty nine dollars 

Eighteen thousand and fifty eightdoUars 
Fifteen thousand and fire hu ndred dollars 
Twenty thousand dollars 



22,215 

22,218 

31,980 

22,573 
22,040 
25,009 

22,723 Bleren thousand three hundred and 

sixty one dollars 
22,044 Fifteen thousand dollara 
22,040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 
22,679 Twenty two thousand six hundred and 

serenty nine dollars 

22,123 Twenty two thousand one hundred and 

twenty three dollars. 

23,632 Sixteen thousand eight hnndred and 

sixteen dollars 

22,268 Twenty two thousand two hundred and 

sixty eight dollars, 
22,298 Twenty two thousand two hundred and 

ninety eight dollars 
22,137 Twenty two thousand one hundred and 

thirty seyen dollars 
22,222 Fifteen thousand nine hundred and 

ninety nine dollars 
22,087 Nineteen thousand eight hundred and 

seventy eight dollars 
22,038 Twenty two thousand and thirty eight 

dollars 

22,970 Eighteen thousand three hundred and 

I serenty six dollars 

22,040 Sixteen thousand and five hundred dol- 

I lars 

22,040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollara 
22,582 Twenty two thousand five hundred and 

I eighty two dollars 

22,123 Twenty two thousand dollars 

22,994 Fourteen thousand dollars 

22,756 Twenty two thousand seven hundred 

I and fifty six dollars 
22,250'Twenty one thousand one hundred and 

I thirty seven dollars 

22,226 Sixteen thousand six hundred and 

I sixty nine dollars 

22.396 Seventeen thousand nine hnndred and 

six dollars . . . . / 

22,260 Eighteen thousand eight hundred and 

I twenty one dollars 

30,920 Twenty six thousand two hundred and 

eighty two dollars 

22,040 Eleven thousand dollars 

22,040 Fifteen thousand dollars 

22,040'Twenty two thousand dollars 

22,034 Twenty two thousand and thirty four 

dollars 

21,764 Sixteen thousand dollars 

22,634;Fifteen thousand dollars 

22,512 Thirteen thousand five hundred and ten 

dollars 

22,182 Twenty three thousand two hundred 

and eighty eight dollars 
22,096 Seventeen thousand six hundred and 

seventy six dollars 

21,751 Twenty one thousand seven hundred 

and fifty one dollars 1 . . . 

21,323 Twenty one thousand three liundred 

and twenty three dollars 

14,747 Fourteen thousand seven hundred and 

forty seyen dollara •• . • 



$22,315 

37,773 

21,989 
18,058 
15,500 
20,000 

11,361 
15,000 
22,040 

22,679 

23,133 

16,816 

33,368 

23,398 

22,137 

15,999 

19,878 

33,038 

18,376 

16,500 
32,040 

32,582 
22,000 
14,000 

33,756 

21,137 

16,669 

17,906 

18,821 

26,282 
11,000 
15,000 
22,000 

22,034 
16,000 
15,000 

13,510 

23,288 

17,676 

21,751 

21333 

14,747 



StATE VALUATION. 
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, WILD LANDS— Concluded. 



19 
Chap. 27. 



TOWNBBIPB. 




No. 15, R. 4, B. half, 
Fryebarg AeademT, W. 
B. L.S 

No. 15, R. 4, W. halfl 
Frjebarg Aoademj, W. 

No. 15, R. 5, W. E. L. S. 
No. 16, R. 6, do 

No. 15, R. 7, do 

No. 15, R. 8, do 

No. 15, R. 9, do 

No. 15, R. 10, do 

No. 15, R. 11, do 

No. 15, R. 12, do 

No. 15, R. 13, do 

No. 15, R. 14, do 

No. 16, R. 15, do 

No. 16, R. 3, do 

No. 16, R. 4, do 

No. 16, R. 5, do 

No. 16, R. 6, do 

No. 16, R. 7, BftgU Lake 
plantation, W. B. L. S. 
No. 16, R. 8, W. B. L. S. 
No. 16, R. 9, do 

No. 16, R. 10, do 

No. 16, R. 11, do 

No. 16, R. 12, W. B. L. 8. 

No. 16, R. 13, do 

No. 16, R. 14, do 

No. 17, R. 3, do 

No. 17, R. 4, do 

No. 17, R. 6, do 

No. 17, R 6,8.half W.E.L.S 

W. B. L. S 

No. 17, R. 8, St. John, W. 

'f • mJ9 D • ■« •••• •••• ■••• 

No. 17, R. 10, W. B. L. B. 

No. 17, R. 11, do 

No. 17, R. 12, do 

No. 17, R. 13, do 

No. 17, R. 14, do 

No. 18, R. 10, do 

No. 18, R. 11, do 
No. 18, R. 12, do 

No. 18, R. 13, do 

No. 19, R. 11, do 
No. 19, R. 12, do 

No. 20, R. 11 and 12, W. 

A. Jj. O*. .. .*.. ..•• •■•■ 



11,020 



11,020 
22,040 
22.040 
22,080 
20,830 

20,967 
22,205 
21,894 

21,484 

22,000 
24,946 

21,615 

20,036 
22,040 
22,040 
22,060 

22,040 
22,447 
22,340 
19.955 
21,751 

21,917 

22,038* 
28,519 

20,565 
22,040 
20,026 

10,650 

26,380 

12,320 

21,876 

22,037 

22,299 

13,265 

22,353 

22,139 
22,131 

20,051 

26,183 
25,833 



33,897 



Valuatioit. 



Twenty two thonsand dollars 



Eleren thonsand and twenty dollars. . . 

Bleren thousand dollars 

Fifteen thousand dollars 

Fourteen thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand eight hundred 

and thirty six dollars 

Fifteen thousand dollars 

Twelre thousand dollars 

Thirteen thonsand one hundred and 

thirty eii dollars 

Seventeen thousand one hundred and 

eighty dollars 

Twenty two thousand dollars 

Sixteen thousand four hundred and 

ninety dollars 

Twenty fire thousand nine hundred and 

thirty eight dollars 

Ten thonsand and two hundred dollars. 

Eighteen thonsand dollars 

Eleren thousand dollars 

Ten thousand dollars 



Bleren thousand and twenty dollars. . . 

Bleyen thousand dollars 

Twenty thousand dollars 

Fifteen thonsand dollars 

Ten thousand eight hundred and 

serenty fire dollars 

Twenty four thousand one hundred and 

eight dollars 

Fifteen thonsand dollars 

Nineteen thousand nine hundred and 

sixty three dollars 

Twelre thousand dollars 

Thirteen thousand dollars 

Twenty thousand two hundred and 

serenty eight dollars 

Four thousand fire hundred and fifty 

dollars ,. 

Twenty six thousand three hundred 

and eighty dollars 

Twelve thousand three hundred and 

twenty dollnrs 

Ten thousand nine hundred and thirty 

eight dollars 

Sixteen thousand fire hundred and 

twenty eight dollars 

Seventeen thousand two hundred and 

twenty d9llar8 

Thirteen thousand two hundred and 

sixty five dollars 

Sixteen thousand seven hundred and 

fifty four dollars 

Eleven thousand and seventy dollars. . 
Sixteen thousand nine hundred and 

fourteen dollars 

Thirteen thousand and thirty three dol- 
lars. 

Fourteen thousand dollars 

Thirty eight thousand seven hundred 

and forty nine dollars 

Twenty five thousand and four hundred 
dollars 



Total of Wild Lands. 



$22,000 



11,020 
11.000 
15,000 
14,000 

22,836 
16,000 
12,000 

13,136 

17,180 
22,000 

16,490 

25,938 
10,200 
1S,000 
11,000 
10,000 

11,020 
11,000 
20,000 
15,000 

10,875 

24,108 
15,000 

19,963 
12,000 
13,000 

20,278 

4,550 

26,380 

12,320 

10,938 

16,528 

17,220 

13,265 

16,764 
11,070 

16,914 

13,033 
14,000 

38,749 



25,400 



2,339,098 
Total of Bstates 5,225,834 

7,564,932 



20 

« 

Chap. 27, 



8TATI VALUATtOK. 
CUMBERLAND COUKTY 




Baldwin ........ 

BridgtoB 

Branswiok 

Cape BlUabeth . . 

Caaoo 

CnmberlaDd . . . . . 

Deering.... 

Falmoath.... .... 

Freeport 

Gray 

Gorham. ,.*. 

Harpswell 

Harrison 

Naples 

New Glonoester. . 
North Tarmontb. 

Otisfleld 

Pownal 

Portland... 

Raymond 

8oarboroagh 

Sebago..... 

SUndish 

West brook 

Windham... .... 

Yarmouth 



273, Three hundred tweWe thoaaand one hvadred and] 

I one dollars 

730 One million one hundred two thousand six hnn- 
I dred and thirteen dollars 
1,109 Two million six hundred eighty fonr thousand 

three hundred and serenty four dollars 
I|165 One million eight hundred sixty nine thousand 

one hundred and ninety nine dollars 

237 Two hundred sixty fire thousand two hundred 

and fifty nine dollars 

415 Fire hundred fifty six thousand four hundred 

i and sixty dollars 

1,168 Two million fire hundred eighty fire thousand 

I eight hundred and twenty fire dollars 

383 Seren hundred sixty nine thousand four hundred 

I and seyenty dollars 

569 Nine hundred >eTenty nine thousand and thirty 

I eight dollars 

418 Five hundred serenty two thousand one hundred 

I and twenty two dollars. 

756 One million three hundred ninety eight thousand 

fire hundred and twenty four dollan 

430 Four hundred ninety nine thousand six hundred 
I and twenty one dollars.. 



343 

280 
427 
262 
214 
249 
8,529 
284 



498 



191 



671 
854 
702 
503 



21,639) 



Three hundred fifteen thousand eight hundred 
and twenty six dollars 

Two hundred forty two thousand six hundred 
and eighteen dollars 

Bight hundred nineteen thousand fire hundred 
and serenty fire dollars 

Three hundred seventy two thousand fire hun- 
dred and ten dollars.... 

Two hundred sixty two thousand and twenty 
seven dollars 

Three hundred three thousand four hundred and 
eighty six dollars 

Thirty million four hundred thirty seven thou- 
sand five handred and forty one dollars 

Two hundred twenty seven thousand two hun- 
dred and thirteen dollars 

Seven hundred eighty thousand seven hun- 
dred and two dollars 

One hundred eighty three thousand and ninety 
five dollars 

Six hundred twenty thousand nine hundred and 
twenty two dollars 

One million five hundred twenty seven thousand 
eight hundred and eighty dollars 

Bight hundred nineteen thousand eight hundred 
and thirty nine dollars 

One million twenty two thousand six hundred 
and seventy dollars ...... 



Avon 

Carthage . . . 
Chesterville 

Eustis 

FarmingtoB. 
Freeman . . . 
Industry . . . 
Jay 



146 



129 
249 
87 
879 
128 
186 
349 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 

One hundred twenty nine thousand three hundred 

and forty seven dollars 

One hundred seven thousand eight hundred and 

twenty three dollars 

Two hundred ninety thousand nine hundred and 

sixty eight dollars 

Sixty four thousand eight hundred and eighty 

dollars 

One million six hundred and one thousand two 

hundred and seventy one dollars 

One hundred forty thousand two hundred and 

sixty nine dollars 

One hundred forty eight thousand two hundred 

and fifty two dollars 

Four hundred eighty three thousand six hundred 

and one dollars 



$312,101 

1,102,613 
2,684,374 
1,869,199 
265,259 
656,460 
2,565,816 
769,470 
979,038 
672,123 
1,398,624 
499,621 
316,820 
242,618 
819,575 
372,510 
262,027 
803,480 
30,437,541 
227,213 
780,702 
183,095 
. 620,922 
1,527,880 
819,839 
1,022,670 



61,530,510 



129,347 
107,823 
290,968 
64,880 
1,601,271 
140,269 
148,252 
483,601 



BTATB YALUATIOZf. 
FRANKLIN COUNTY— Concluded. 



Towns. 



Kingfkld 

Madrid 

New Sharoa 

Now Vineyard... 

Pliiilips 

RsDgelej 

Salem 

BtroBg 

Temple 

Weld 

Wilton 



Poll!. 



Coplein plmnta 
tiun. 
Dallaa plantation 

Greenrale planta- 
tion. 

Letter B planta- 
tion. 

Perkini planta- 
tion. 

Rangelej planta- 
tion. 



132 

144 

S88 

201 

S79 

131 

67 

173 

150 

817 

463 

18 

PV 

10 

8 

27 

13 



BSTATBl. 



One hundred nineteen thoasand and ninetj Are 

dollars '....... 

Sixty nine thovaand eight hundred and sixty 

six dollars. 

Foar hundred serenty thousand nine hundred 

and seventeen dollars. 

Two hundred two thousand eight hundred and 

sixty soren dollars.. 

Four hundred forty seven thousand nine hundred 

and five dollars 

One hundred three thousand two hndttred and 

forty one dollars 

Fifty nine thousand eight hundred and sixty 

eight dollars. 

Two hundred twenty three thousand five hundred 

an I twenty five dollars 

One hundred sixty thousand two hundred and 

forty five dollars 

Two hundred thirty one thousand nine hundred 

and eleven dollars 

?*x hundred thirty eight thousand seven hundred 

end ninety seven dollars 

Thirty one thousand five hundred and fifty seven 

dollars 

Nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety 

dollars 

Thirteen thousand eight hundred and fifty one 

dollars 

Fourteen thousand five hundred and forty five 

dollars.... 

Twenty two thousand and sixty seven dol- 
lars 

Sixteen thousand four hundred and eight dol- 
lars 



4,791 



FRANKLIN COUNTY— WILD LANDS. 



TOWNBHIPB. 



No. 4, Washington plan- 
tation 

No. 2, R. 1, Sandy Kiver 
plantation 

No. 4) R. \f D. K. P . . . . . . 

N /. 4, H. 2, do 



No. of 
Aerea.' 



Valuatioit. 



7,292 Seven thousand two hundred and ninety 
two dollars • 



No. 2y R. 3) W. B. K. P. • . 

do . . • • 



No. 3, R. 3y 
No. 2, R. 4, 

No. 2, R. 4, 

No. 3, R. 4, 

No. 1, R. 5, 
No. 2, R. 5, 
Mo. 3, R. 5, 

No. 1, R. 6, 
No. 1, K. 6, 
No. 3, R. 6, 
Mo. 3. R. 6, 

No. 1, R. 7, 
No. 2, R. 1, 



do N.haIfll,UVO 

do 8.half: 11,020 

do .... 22,210 

do 
do 
do 



21,000 Eight thoasand and four hundred dollars 
17,600 Four thousand and two hundred dollars. 
22,040 Sixteen thousand five hundred and thirty 

I dollars 

No. 4, R. 3, S. half, B.K.P.'Il ,020!Five thousand dollars 

D, R. 1 19,'i00j.\ineteen thousand dollars 

D, Qore | 3*20 Three hundred and twenty dollars 

Mo. 3, R. 2, B. K. P 25,792 Twelve thousand eight hundred and 

ninuty six dollars 

22,040 Twenty three thousand and five hundred 

dollars 

20,00() Twenty thoasand dollars 

Twelve thousand six hundred and sev- 
enty three dollars 

Nine thousand nine hundred and eigh- 
teen dol lars 

Seventeen thousand seven hundred and 

sixty eight dollars 

,...|21,080 Twenty one thourand end eighty dollars 

|22,040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

,...;22,40U Twenty two thousand and four hundred 

dollars 

Eightthousand and seven hundred dollars 

Six thousand dollars 

do .... '2-).000 Twenty five thousand dollars 

do .... 8,027 Eight thousand six hundred and twenty 

seven dollars 

do .... 20,200 Ten thousand and one hundred dollars., 
do .... 8,600 Four thousand and three hundred dollars 

8 



do S.ha1f 13,294 
do N.half 10,040 



21 
Chap. 27. 



$110,095 

69,8«« 

470,017 

202,867 

447,906 

103,241 

69,868 

323,626 

160,246 

231.911 

638,797 

31,567 

19,790 

13,851 

14,645 

22,067 

16,408 

6,812,866 



$7,292 

8,400 
4,200 

16,530 

6,000 

19,000 

320 

12,896 

23,500 
20,000 

12,673 

9,918 

I7,7C8 
21,080 
22,040 

22,400 
8,700 

6,ono 

25,000 

8,627 

10,100 

4,300 



22 

Chap. 27. 



0TATI VALUATION. 
FRANKLIN OOUNTT, WILD LANDS-^CoMtnded. 



ToWHlfllPt. 


No. of 
Aerai. 


Yalvatiov. 




No* 1* R« 8, W • o. ^K. P . . 


21,830 

7,600 

! R.aaii 


Thirty eight thonaand two hundred and 
two dollan .... .... .••• ..•. ..••.... 


$38,101 

3,800 

4,000 
9,000 


No« 3| R. 8, do .... 

Gore, N. of Nof. 3 and 3, 

R. 6 


Three thonaand and eight handred dollan 
Four thoMand dollara. •••• .••• •••• •■•• 


No 6, N. of Weld between 
PhiUiDB and fi^roa .... lo.ooo 


• 

Nine thonaand dollara. ...•...•.■••..•• 




,^w- 


Total of WildLanda 




340.746 




Total of Kftatee 


6,81 1,868 








6,153,611 



HANCOCK COUNTY. 




Towira. 

Amheret ....... 

Aurora 

Blnehill 

Brooklin 

Brooks? ille 

Bnckiport 

Oastine 

Cranberry Iilea. 
Deer Isle 

Dedham 

Bastbrook...... 

Bden 

Bllsworth 

Franklin 

Gonldsborongh.. 

Hancock 

Isle an Hant . . . 

Lamoine 

MariaTille 

Mt-Deaert 

Orland 

Otis 

Penobscot 

Sedgwick 

Snlliran 

Snrry... 

Tremont 



112 

..! 

63 T 

173 

344 

852 

299 

98 
804 

90 

64 
330 
1,114 
289 
493 
286 

76 
185 
112 
143 
435 

88 
335 
301 
145 
309 
607 



ye vent J two thonsand fiye hundred and twenty 
four dollars 

Forty one thonsand nine hundred and fifty three 
dollars 

Four hundred forty nine thonsand fonr hundred 
and ninety se^en dollars 

One hundred forty two thousand three hundred 
and fifty nine dollars 

Two hundred se^en thousand four hundred and 
forty three dollara > 

One milliun fifty sercn thonsand and fire hundred 
dollars 

Throe hundred sixty two thousand seren hundred 
and fifty four dollars 

Fifty two thousand and sixty three dollars 

Three hundred soTonty three thousand one hun- 
dred and eighty two dollars. 

Ninety eight thousand three hundred and eight 
dollars 

Sixty three thousand six hundred and eighty one 
dollars 

Six hundred twenty two thousand nine hundred 
and one dollars 

One million four hundred fifty six thousand three 
hundred and sixty six dollars 

One handred seventy eight thousand two hun- 
dred and twenty dollars 

Two handred twenty five thousand two hundred 
and forty four dollars 

One hundred seventy seven thousand five hun- 
dred and thirty four dollars 

Thirty two thousand seven handred and fifty six 
dollars 

One handred forty eight thonsand three hundred 
and thirty three dollars. 

Eighty one thonsand eight hundred and fonr 
dollars 

One handred sixty thousand eight hundred and 
three dollars 

Three hundred fifty eight thonsand three hun- 
dred and twenty five dollars 

Thirty fonr thonsand seren hundred and twenty 
five dollars 

Two handred fifteen thousand fonr hundred and 
thirty seTen dollars 

One hundred eighty eight thousand six hundred 
and five dollars 

One hundred ninety three thousand fbur hundred 
and seventy seren dollara 

Two hundred twelre thousand five hundred and 
eighty two dollars 

Three hundred sixty one thousand four hundred 
and nineteen dollars. 



$71,6U 

41,953 

U9,49T 

141,359 

207,443 

1,057,500 

362,754 
52,063 

373,181 

98,308 

63,681 

612,901 

1,456,366 

178,210 

125,244 

177,534 

32,766 

148,333 

81,804 

160,803 

358,326 

34,715 

115,437 

188,605 

193,477 

111,681 

861,419 



BTATX VALUATION. 



HANCOCK COUNTY— Concluded. 



Towns. 

Tr«nton 

Verona 

Waltham 

Swmn'i leland 

pUntation. 

Long Island 

plantation. 

No. 7 plantation. 



9,560l 



EnATU. 

One hundred eleven thooiand eight hundred and 

serenteen dollars 

Fiftj thousand and serentj three dollars 

Serentj eight thousand one hundred and fifty 

four dollars (. 

Forty nine thousand eight hundred and fifty six 

dollars 

Twenty two thousand two hundred and ninety 

one dollars 

Fifteen thousand flre hundred and two dollars. . 



$111,817 
60,073 

78,154 

49,856 

22,291 
15,503 



23 

Chap. 27. 



7,897,488 



HANCOCK COUNTY— WILD LANDS. 



TOWNBHIPI. 

No. 3, North Division .... 

No. 4, do do .... 

Strip, N. of No. 3, North 

Division.. 

Strip, N. of No. 4, North 
Division 

No. 8, South Diyision .... 

No. 9, South Division .... 
No. 10, adjoining Steuben 
No. IG, Middle Division.. 
No. 21, do .... 

No. 22, do .... 

No. 28, do .... 

No. 32, do .... 

No. 33, do .... 

No. 34, do • . • . 

No. 35, do ••.. 

No. 39, do .... 

No. 40, do .... 

No. 41, do .... 

Butter Island... 

Bagle Island 

Spruce Head and Bear Isl. 

Beaoh Island 

Hog Island 

Bradbury's Island 

Pond, near Little Deer 

Island 

Western Island 

Little Spruoe Head Island. 

Marshall's Island 

Pickering's Island 

Old Harbor Island 



No. oft 
Acres. 

22,040 

22,040 

7,844 

7,844 

9,600 

5,760! 
22,936 
22,040, 
22,040' 
22,040 
22,040 

22,040 

22,040 

22,040 

20,040 

22,040 

22,040 

22,040 

260 

263 

281 

64 

47 

142 

82 

16 

40 

843 

206 

144 



Valuation. 



Twenty thousand and eight hundred dol 

lars 

Thirty three thousand and twenty dollars 

Six thousand two hundred and serenty 
five dollars 



hundred and 



Eleven thousand seven 

sixty six dollars 

Seven thousand six hundred and eighty 

dollars 

Three thousand and nine hundred dollars 

Ten thousand dollars 

Fifteen thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 
Forty four thousand and eighty dollars 
Seventeen thoustnd six hundred and 

thirty-two dollars . . . 
Thirty four thousand four hundred and 

thirty dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Fifteen thousand dollars 

Two thousand dollars. .. 

Three thousand dollars.. 

One thousand dollars. . . . 

Five hundred dollars. . . . 

Seven hundred dollars . . 

Seven hundred dollars . . 



Three hundred dollars 

One hundred and seventy five dollars. . . 

Three hundred dollars 

Four thousand dollars. 

Two thousand and six hundred dolls rs. 
One thousand and five hundred dollars. 



ToUl of Wild Lands. 
ToUl of EsUtes 



$20,800 
33.020 



6,276 



11,766 

7,680 
3,900 
10,000 
15,000 
22,040 
44,080 

17,633 

34,430 

25,000 

25,000 

25,000 

22,040 

22,040 

15,000 

2,000 

3,000 

1,000 

600 

700 

700 

300 

175 

300 

4,000 

2,600 

1,500 



377,478 
7,897,488 



8,274,966 



24 

Chap. 27. 



8TATB VALTTATIOK. 



KENNEBEC COUNTY. 



Towns. 

Albion 

AngastA 

Belgrade 

Bentoo 

Chelsea 

China 

Clinton 

Farkningdale .... 

Fayetto 

Gardiner 

Hallowell 

Litchfield 

Manchester. . . . . . 

Monmonth 

Mt Vernon 

Pittaton •■ • • • . • • . 

Beadfield 

Borne 

Bidoej 

Vassalborongh. . 

Vienna 

Waterville 

Wajne 

West Gardiner... 

West Waterville. 

Windsor 

Winslow 

Winthrop 

Unitjr plantation 



Polls. 



345 



EfTATBg. 



Three hundred seventj thousand Are hundred 
and one dollars 

Five million one hundred siztj eight thousand 
nine hundred and sixty four dollars 

Four hundred ninety three thousand six hun- 
dred and thirty one dollars ^ 

Three hundred seventy six thousand six hun- 
dred and one dollars 

Two hundred six thousand seven hundred and 
thirty eight dollars.. 

Five hundred seventy one thousand two hun- 
dred and three dollars 

Five hundred eighty six thousand five hun- 
dred and sixty one dollars 

Three hundred eighty seven thousand eight 
hundred and forty two dollars 

Two hundred seventy four thousand five hun 
dred and ninety two dollars 

Two million three hundred seventy nine thou 
sand one hundred and twenty nine dollars.... 

One million six hundred eleven thousand three 
hundred and twenty dollars 

Four hundred fifty four thousand three hundred 
and thirty dollars 

Two hundred ninety one thousand and two hun- 
dred dollars 

Six hundred nine thousand and forty two dollars 
320 Three hundred ninety three thousand three 
hundred and eighty one dollars 

Six hundred sixty nine thousand six hundred 
and eighty eisht dollars 

Four hundred ninety nine thousand and eighty 
nine dollars 

One hundred twenty nine thousand eight hun- 
dred and fifty seven dollars .... 

Five hundred seventy nine thousand seven hun- 
dred and sixty four dollars 

One million one hundred eighty eight thousand 
nine hundred and eighty dollars 

One hundred sixty seven thousand three hun- 
dred and sixteen dollars 

Two million six hundred twelve thousand four 
hundred and ninety six dollars 

Throe hundred thirty eight thousand eight hun 
dred and two dollars 

Three hundred twenty five thousand two hun- 
dred and twenty dollars 

Six hundred sixty one thousand one hundred 
and fifty seven dollars 

Three hundred two thousand and eighty eight dol- 
lars 

Five hundred three thousand two hundred and 
sixty nine dollars 

One million one hundred twenty five thousand 
three hundred and seventeen dollars 

Fourteen thousand and eighty six dollars 



1,762 
341 
323 
17» 
493 
423 
223 
21'; 

1,17) 
633 
38t; 
18i 



484 



65Q 
311 
174 
435 
800 
176 
1,04*2 
250 
261 
453 



279 



409 



619 



15 



13,352 



$370,501 

5,168,964 

493,631 

376,601 

206,738 

671,203 

686,561 

387,842 

274,592 

2,379,1TO 

1,611,320 

454,330 

291.200 
609,042 

393,381 

669,688 

499,089 

129,857 

679,764 

1.188,980 

167,316 

2,612.496 

$338,802 

325,220 

661,157 

302,088 

603,269 

1,125,317 
14,086 

23,292,164 



STATI YALUATION. 



KNOX COUNTY. . 



25 

Chap. 27. 



TOWKS. 

Appleton 

Camden 

Caihing 

Friendihip 

Hope 

Horih HaTon*... 

RookUnd 

Booth Thomatton. 

8(. Qeorge 

Thomaiton 

Union 

VinalhaTen 

Warren 

Washington 

llatinicoa lale. . 

Hnrrioane Isle. . . 
Mascle Kidge 

plantation 




Alna« 

Boothbftj •• 

Bremen... 

Bristol 

Damarisootta.... 

Dresden 

Bdgeeomb. 

JelTerson 

Newcastle 

Nobleborongh.. . . 

Somerrille 

Bontbport 

Waldoborongh .. 

Westport 

Whitefleld 

Wiscasset....i.. 

Monbegan Isle 

plantation. 



337 
1,238 
SL5 
353 
237 
195 
2,318 
441 
687 
723 

467 

• 

783 

603 

290 

63 

204 
73 



EtTATBB. 



Three hundred twenty thonaand six hundred and 
sixty four dollars 

One million six hundred seventy six thousand 
five hundred and thirty six dollars 

One hundred fifteen thousand four hundred and 
sereuty four dollars 

One hundred fifty seren thousand one hundred 
and sixty fire dollars 

Two hundred eleven thousand nine hundred and 
eighty fire dollars 

One hundred fifty one thousand six hundred and 
fifty two dollars . • 

Two 0)1 11 ion nine hundred fifty one thousand 
and nineteen dollars 

Three hundred twenty one thousand eight hun- 
. dred and sixty one dollars 

Five hundred twenty three thousand two hun- 
dred and sixty six dollars 

Two million two hundred two thousand two hun- 
dred and eleven dollars 

Five hundred ninety seven thousand three hun- 
dred and thirty dollars 

Four hundred seventy thousand five hundred 
and fourteen dollars 

Seven hundred eighty nine thousand eight hun- 
dred and twenty dollars 

Two hundred ninety four thousand five hundred 
and fifty one dollars 

Twenty two thousand three hundred and eighty 
seven dollars 

Forty thousand and twenty eight dollars 

Thirty two thousand two hundred and seventy 
three dollars • 



9,087 

196 
925 
229 
872 
312 
327 
216 
448 
39 
319 
147 
178 
1,087 
163 
392 
614 
39 

6,750 



LIKCOLN COUNTY. 

Two hundred six thousand three hundred and 
thirty nine dollars 

Seven hundred sixty nine thousand seven hun- 
dred and sixty dollars 

One hundred ninety thousand three hundred and 
eighty seven dollars 

Five hundred eighty nine thousand one hundred 
aufl fifty nine dollars 

Five hundred ninety two thousand two hundred 
and eight dollars 

Three hundred twenty six thousand six hundred 
and sixty five dollars .. • 

One hundred eighty nine thousand four hundred 
and forty dollars 

Four hundred fifty nine thousand two hundred 
and thirty seven dollars 

Eight hundred twenty seven thoasand one hun- 
dred and eight dollars 

Two hnndred thirty nine thousand two hundred 
and ninety five dollars 

One hnndred six thoasand two hundred and 
thirty five dollars 

One hundred thirty two thousand three hnndred 
and fifty dollars 

One million one hundred thirty five thousand 
and twenty three dollars 

One hundred thousand four hundred and thirty 
five dollars 

Four hundred forty thousand nine hundred and 
seventy four dollars 

Three hundred nineteen thousand seven hundred 
and seventy three dollars. 

Ten thousand three hundred and five dol- 
lars 



$320,664 

1,676,536 
115,474 
157,165 
211,985 
151,652 

2,951,010 
321,861 
623,266 

2,202,211 

597,330 

470,514 

789,820 

294,551 

22,387 
40,028 

32,273 



10,878,736 

$206,339 
769,760 
190,387 
589,159 
592,208 
826,665 
189,440 
459,237 
827,108 
239,295 
10G,235 
132,350 

1,135,023 

100,435 

440,974 

319,773 

10,305 

6,634,699 



26 

ruAV. 27. 



STATS VALUATIOir. 



OXFORD COUNTY. 



TOWVB. 

Albmnj. 

Aodorer 

Bethel 

Brownfleld 

Buokfleld 

Byron 

Canton 

Denmark 

Dizfleld 

Fryebnrg 

Gilead 

Grafton 

Greenwood ...... 

Hanover 

Hartford 

Hebron 

Hiram 

Lorell 

Maion 

llezieo 

Newry 

Korwaj 

Oxford.. 

Paris 

Pern 

Porter 

Rozbnry 

Ramford 

Stow 

Btoneham 

Bnmner 

Bweden 

Upton. 

Waterford 

Woodstoek 

Franklin planta- 
tion. 



Polls. 



179 



209 



S69 



272 
270 
251 



UO 



94 



22 
21 



67 



229 
146 
867 

sie 

26 
109 
119 
646 
405 
779 
231 
S07 

43 
297 
104 
119 



BSTATU. 



One hundred thirty nine thousand and twenty 
nine dollars 

One hand red twenty two thousand two hundred 

and fifty two dollars < 

597|SeTeu hundred thirty eight thousand five hun- 
dred and eighty fix dollars 

S25|Two hundred fifty two thousand three hundred 
and forty six dollars 

Three hundred ninety seren thousand fiye hun- 
dred and ninety eight dollars 

69|Thlrty nine thousand dollars 

Three hundred sixty seven thousand six hundred 
and ninety three dollars 

Three hundred fire thousand one hundred and 
eighty five dollars 

Three hundred twenty thousand two hundred 
and sixty fire dollars 

Seren hundred ninety six thousand three hun- 
dred and twenty two dollars. ..,. 

Seventy two thousand three hundred and sixty 
four dollars 

Twenty five thousand eight hundred" and fifty 
seven dollars 

One hundred forty nine thounnd and seventy 
three dollars. 

Sixty four thousand one hundred and twenty 
four dollars 

Three hundred thousand nine hundred and 
seventy five dollars 

One hundred eighty nine thousand one hundred 
and thirteen dollars 

Three hundred ninety three thousand one hun- 
dred and sixteen dollars 

Three hundred five thousand six hundred and 
thirty two dollars 

Twentv-seven thousand lour hundred and forty 
six dollars 

One hundred five thousand six hundred and 
eighteen dollars 

Ninety thousand six hundred and sixty three 
dollars. 

Bight hundred eighty nine thousand eight hun 
dred and sixty three dollars. , 

Four hundred eighty-three thousand two hun- 
dred and forty six dollars 

Nine hundred eighty five thousand two hundred 
and seventy four dollars 

Two hundred forty seren thousand one hundred 
and sixty dollars 

Two hundred serenty nine thousand three hun- 
dred and fifty nine dollars k • . . . 

Twenty three thousand two hundred and one 
dollars 

Three hundred fifty one thousand one hundred 
and nineteen dollars 

One hundred twenty eight thousand two hun- 
dred and two dollars 

Sixty eight thousand three hundred and eighty 
one dollars 

Three hundred ten thousand nine hundred and 



283 
141 



56 



849 
M8 



42 



eichty five dollars 
oe hund 



One hundred fifty eight thousand four hundred 
and six dollars 

Forty three thousand seven hundred and eighty 
three dollars 

Three hundred thirty-eight thousand nine 
hundred and eighty seven dollars. 

One hundred ninety six thousand and thirty five 
dollars 

Twenty six thousand one hundred and ten dol- 
lars • 



$139,029 

122,252 

738,586 

252,346 

397,598 
39,000 

367,693 

805,185 

820,266 

796,323 

$72,364 

25,857 
149,073 

64, m 
300,976 
189,113 
393,116 
305,632 

27,446 
105,618 

90,663 
889,863 
483,M6 
985,274 
M7,160 
279,359 

23,201 
351,119 
128,202 

68,381 
310,985 
158,406 

43,783 
338,987 
196,035 

26,110 



BTATS YAL0ATlOir. 



OXFORD COUNTY— Concluded. 



Towvs. 



Lineoln plkoto- 

tioD. 

Milton plantation 




BflTAna. 



Serantoen thoaHind nine hundred and terenty 
two dollara 

Fortj thousand nine hundred and liztj six 
dollan 



8.810 



OXFORD COUNTY— WILD LANDS. 



TOWVBBIPI. 

Fryebnrc Aoademj Grant. 
A, K. 1, Kilej plantation. . 

AndoTer, North Surplus... 

Andorer, West Surplus. . . 


C, Surplus 

No. A, Range 1 

No. 5, Range 1 

No. i, Range 3 

No. A, Range S 

Vo. 6, Range 3 

No. 4, Range 4 

No. 6, Range 4 

No. 4, Range 6 

No. 5, Range 6 

No. 6, Range 6, 8. half. . . 

No. 6, Range 6, N. half. . . 

Baehelder's Orant 




4,000 
25,201 

15,320 

4,00(1 
19,790 

19,996 

23,480 

30,780 

22,080 

19,720 

21,437 

21,700 

23,476 

2,22 

20,329 

9,924 

5,102 

10,000 



YALOATIOlf. 

Eight thousand dollars 

Bigbteen thousand and eight hundred 

dollars 

Nine thousand one hundred and ninetj 

two dollars 

Four thousand dollars 

Thirteen thousand eight hundred and 

fiftj three dollars. 

Bleren thousand nine hundred and 

ninety seven dollars 

Sixteen thousand four hundred and 

thirty-six dollars 

Twenty seven thousand seven hundred 

and twelve dollars 

Nineteen thousand eight hundred and 

seventy two dollars 

Fifteen thousand six hundred and two 

dollars 

Twenty one thousand four hundred and 

thirty-seven dollars 

Twenty one thousand and seven hundred 

dullars 

Thirty five thousand two hundred and 

fourteen dollars • 

Six thousand seven hundred and ninety 

two dollars 

Seven thousand one hundred and fifteen 

dollars 

Nine thousand seven hundred and sixty 

three dollara 

Nine thouaand seven hundred end sixty 

three dollars 

Ten thousand dollars.. 

ToUl of Wild Lands 

ToUl of Bstates 



$17,972 
40,966 



9,791,306 



$8,000 

18,800 

9,192 
4,000 

13,858 

11,99T 

16,438 

27,711 

19,87S 

16,602 

21,487 

21,700 

35,314 

6,791 

7,115 

9,763 

9,763 
10.000 



27 
Chap. 27. 



267,248 
9,791,308 



10,058,564 



PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 

BaTATSS. 

Seventy eight thousand nine hundred and fifty 
nine dollars 

Fifty thousand three hundred and eighty nine 
dollars 

Bight million seven hundred thirty eight thou- 
sand six hundred and five dollara 

Two hundred fifty two thousand four hundred 
and thirteen dollars 

One hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred and 
ninety eight dollars 

Seven hundred thirty five thousand one hundred 
and sixty nine dollars 

Eighty nine thousand and forty one dollars .... 

Two hundred ninety-one thousand and seventy 
three dollars 




$78,959 

60,389 

8,738,606 

252,413 

118,998 

735,169 
89,041 

291,073 



28 



STATS YALUATIOBr . 



Chav. 27: 



PENOBSCOT COUNTY— Continued. 



TOWVB. 



Carroll 

CharleatoQ .... 

Cheater 

Clifion 

Corinna 

Corinth.. 

Dexter 

Dizmont 

Sddington .. .. 

Bdinburg 

Enfield 

Etna 

Exeter 

Garland 

Glenbam 

Greenboah .... 
Greenfield ..... 

Hampden 

Harmon ....... 

Helden 

Howland 

Hadaon 

Konduskeag. .. 

Kingman 

Lagrange 

Lee 

Levant 

Linooln 



Lowell 

llattawamkeag 



Mazfleld.. 
Medwaj .. 
Milford... 
Mt. ChaM. 
Newburg .. 
Newport . , 



P0LL8. 



EftTATSa. 



lob One hundred twelre thouaand four hnndred and 
sixty four dollan 

293 Two handrvd seTenty Mren thousand eight ban- 
dred and oightjr three dollars 

97 Forty two thousand seren hundred and sixty 

dollars 

98 Forty four thousand two hundred and fifty-nine 

dollars ' 

380 Four hundred twenty one thousand six hundred 

and forty nine dollars 

381 Four hundred thirty nine thousand and thirty six 

dollars 

679 Nine hundred sixty three, thou^nd and twenty 
nine dollars 

324 Three hundred eight thousand one hundred and 
seventy-six duliars 

2U One hundred twenty eight thousand seven hun- 
dred and sixty auven dollars 

II Seventeen thousand seven hundred and forty 
dollars 

13i Sixty four thousand two hundred and twenty 
four duliars 

210 One hundred sixty two thousand two hundred 
and nine dollara. 

355 Four hundred twenty aix thousand one hundred 
and fifty one dollars 

343 Three hundred thirty one thousand six hundred 
and ninety dollars 

175 One hundred thirty eight thousand six hundred 
and thirty two dollars 

169 Ninety one thousand nine hundred and ninety 

six dollars 

92 Forty four thousand nine hundred and forty 
dollars 

731 Six hundred seventy six thousand and seventeen 
dollars ....^ 

369 Three hundred ninety nine thousand nine hun- 
dred and ninety nine dollars 

200 One hundred seventy four thouaand six hundred 

and eighty on» dollars 

42 Thirty thousand three hundred and forty one 
dollars 

185 Ninety three thousand eight hundred and six 
dollars 

193 One hundred eighty one thousand and seven hun- 
dred dollars 

165 Seventy five thousand four hundred and fifty 
five dollars 

188 Two hundred two thouaand six hundred and sev- 
enty threo dollars 

220 One hundred nine thousand nine hundred and 
fifty throe dollars 

279 Two hundred eighty two thousand one hundred 
and forty nine dollan 

449 Three hundred sixty five thousand two hundred 
and ninety five dollars... 

1 16 Sixty five thousand four hundred and six dollars 

122 i!$eventy seven thousand seven hundred and sixty 

eight dollars 

39 Seventeen thousand five hundred and forty one 
dollars 

156 Seventy nine thousand six hundred and thirty 
eight dollars 

164 One hundred seventy four thousand aeven hun- 
dred and nine dollars 

71 Twenty eight thousand one hundred and 
dollara 

304 Two hundred seventy five thousand one hundred 
and two dollars 

397 Three hundred seventy eisht thousand one hun- 
dred and sixty eight dollars 



one 



$112,464 

277.88S 

42,760 

44,259 

431,649 

439,036 

963,029 

308,176 

128,767 

17,740 

64,2U 

162,209 

426,151 

331.690 

138,632 

91,996 

44,940 

676,01T 

399,999 

174,681 

30,341 

93,806 

181,700 

75,455 

202,673 

109,953 

282,149 

365,295 
65,406 

77,76S 

17,541 

79,638 

174,709 

28,101 

375,109 

978,168 



STATI VALUATIOir. 



PENOBSCOT COUNTY— Concluded. 



Towas. 




Oldtown 

Orono 

OrriAgton 

PutadnmkMg .. 

Pfttten 

Plymoath 

Pnniiflg. 

Spriogfleld 

SUtion 

YoAzio 

Winn 



Drew plitntatlon.. 
LnkerilU planta- 
tion. 

llattamiMontii 

plantation. 

Ko. 2, Grand Falls 

plantation. 

StaoejTille plan- 

tatiiin. 

Webttor planta* 

tion. 

WoodTilIe plan- 

Ution. 



4»9 



658 



449 



103 



318 

176 

302 

20 

34 

16 



23 



45 



60 



FiTO hondred twenty eight thousand one hun- 
dred and nine dollars. 

Fire hundred tweire thousand six hundred and 

twenty fonr dollars 

Four hundred fire thousand eight hundred and 

ninety eight dollars 

78! Forty two thousand six hundred and sixty two 

I dollars - 

193 One hundred ninety eight thoussnd three hnn* 

dred and fifty eight dollars 

204 One hundred eighty three thousand one hundred 

and ninety three dollars 

Sixty seven thousand seven hundred and eighty 

I nine dollars. 

108 One hundred fire thousand two hundred and 

forty two dollars 

Two hundred nineteen thousand three hundred 

and ninety nine dollars 

One hundred twenty one thousand four hundred 

and thirty nine dollars # 

One hundred three thousand three hundred and 

four dollars. 

Thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty 

five doHars 

Forty eight thousand six hundred and eight dol- 
lars. 

Twelve thousand eight hundred and seventy six 

dollars 

Twenty three thousand eight hundred end twenty 

dollars 

Twenty thousand three hundred and sixty two 

dollars 

20 Thirty six thousand one hundred and twenty 

nine dollars 

Thirty one thousand nine hundred and thirty 

seven dollars 



17,407 



$628,109 

612,624 

405,898 

42,662 

196,358 

183,193 

67,789 

105,242 

219,399 

121,439 

103,304 

33,835 

48,608 

12,876 

23,820 

20,362 

36,120 

31,937 



29 
Chap. 27. 



20.753,838 



PENOBSCOT COUNTr— WILD LAKDS. 



TOWHSHIPS. 



No. 8, R. 1, N. B. P. P. 
No, 5. B. 1, do 

No: 2, R. 8, N. W. P. 
No. 3, R.8, 8. half,N.W.P. 

No. 3, R. 8, W. half, do 



No. ofl 
A ores. 



No. 2, R. 9, 

No. 3, R. 9, 
No. 1, R. 6, 

No. 2, R. 9f 
No< 6, R. 6f 
No. 7, R. 6, 

No. 8, R. 6y 
A, R. 7, 
No. 1, R. 7, 

No. 2, R. 7, 

No. 3, K. 7, 8. part do 

No. 3, R. 7, N. part do 
No. 4, R. 1, do 

No. 6, R. 7, do 



do 

do 
W. B. I«. S. 

do 
do 
do 

do 
do 
do 

do 



Valuatioh. 



20,010 Twenty six thoosand and ten dollars. .. 
11,020 Eleven thousand and twenty dollars... 
25,22.) Twelve thousand and tix hundred dollars 
11,020 Three thousand eight hundred and fifty 

dollars 

11,020 Three thousand eight hundred and fifty 

dollars 

27,680 Thirteen thousand and ci;;bthundreddol- 

lars 

27,8f^0 Eleven thousand and two hundred dollars 
22,000 Twenty three thousand and five hundred 

dollars 

23,083 Fifty thousand dollars 

22,04U Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 
21,621 Twenty three thousand six hundred 

and twenty dollars 

22,080 Twenty two thousand and eighty dollars 
23,000 Fifteen thousand and five hundred dollars 
23,740 Twenty three rhousand seven hundred 

and forty dollars 

22,040 Sixteen thousand dullars 

11,793 Kleven thousand seven hundred and 

ninety three dollars 

I0,14T Fifteen thousand dullars 

*22,040 Sixteen thousand and five hundred dollars 
22,040 Eleven thoussnd dollars 



$26,010 
} 1,020 
12,600 

3,850 

3,850 

13,800 
11,200 

23,600 
5U,000 
22,040 

23,620 
22,080 
15,500 

23,740 
16,000 

11,793 
15,000 
16,500 
11,000 



30 

t^AP. 27. 



STATI VALUATIOir. 



PEN0B800T OOTTNTT, WILD LAKDS-Oonelsdad. 



TOWKBBIPS. 



No. 6, B. 7, W. B. L. 8. 

No. 7, R. 7, do 

No.8,R. 7,N. hftif, W.E.L.8 
No. 8, R. 1, 8. W. quriory 

No. 8, R. 1, 8. B. quaiier, 

Bftft Hopkins Aoademj, 
Wert Hopkini AoAdem j. 

No. 8, R. 8f W. B. li. D. 
A, R. 8 A 9, do 

No. 3, Indian ParehMO, 

No. i, do do 

No. 1, R. 8, W. B. L. 8. 
No. 2, R. 8, 8. hftlf, do 
N0.2.R.8, N.balf. do 
No. 3, K.8. E. half, do 
No.3, R. 8,W.half, do 



No. of 
Acres. 



32,040 

22,040 

11,020 

5,510 



Six ihoDsand aeren hvndred ftnd flfiy 
dollars 

Sixteen thousand fire hand red and flftj 
dollars 

Twel re thoosand and five hundred dolUrs 

Three thousand and Are hundred dollars 



No. 4, B. 8, 

No. 5, R. 8, 
No. 6, R. 8f 
No. 7, R. 8, 



do 

do 
do 
do 



No. 1, North Division.... 
No. 2, do do N. half. 
No. 2, do do 8. half. 



Valvatiov. 



5,510 Six thousand ftnd fire hundred dollars. . 
o,5€0 Bleren thousand and one hundred dollars 
5,560 Eight thousand three hundred nnd 
twenty dollars 

22,040 Thirteen thousand dollars. 

18,055 Twenty two thousand nnd Ave hundred 
dollars 

24,400|Twenty four thousand and four hundred 
dollars 

20,800 Twenty thousand and eight hundred dol- 
lars 

1 1 ,020 .Sixteen thousand and five hundred dollars 

11,02<* Bleren thousand dollars 

11,020 Seven thousand dollars 

11,020 Six thousand andlix hundred dollars.. 

11,020 Five thousand fire hundred and fifty 
dollars 

22,040|SeTenteeu thousand and six hundred dol- 
lars 

22»040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

22,040 Sixteen thousand and fire huodrf^ dollars 

21,440 Twenty one thousand and fire hundred 
dollars 

22,040 Fifteen thousand dollars 

11.020 Twelve thousand dollars 

1 1,020 Twenty four thousand dollars 



Total of wild lands, 
Totolof estates.... 



$«,76« 

1€,6S# 
12,50Q 

3,509 

€,500 
11,10* 

8,310 
13,000 

12,500 

14,400 

10,800 

10,500 

11,000 

7,000 

6,000 

5,550 

17,600 
12,046 
16,500 

11,500 
15,006 
12,006 
M.006 

654,313 

10,753,836 

21,408,151 



TowHg. 

Abbot 

Atkinson .. . 
Brownrille. 
Blanchard. . 

Dover. 

Foxerofl . . . 
Greenrille. . 
euilford... 
Kingsbury.. 
Medford... 

llilo 

Monson ..... 
Ornerille. • . 



Polls. 



183 

190 

210 

4C 

452 

287 

142 

239 

47 

89 

23( 

298 

117 



PISCATAQUIS COUNTY. 

Estates. 

One hundred soventy four thousand six hundred 

and sixty nine dollars 

One hundred eighty thousand nine hundred and 

two dollars 

Two hundred twelve thousand four hundred and 

fifty two dollars 

Thirty thousand four hundred and twenty four 

dollars 

Five hundred seventy four thousand nine hun- 
dred and furty three dollars 

Throe hundred ninety four thousand six hundred 

and seventy five dollars. 

Ninety one thousand one hundred and twenty one 

didlars 

Two hundred fifty three thousand fire hundred 

and seventy eight dollars 

Twenty three thousand two hundred and forty 

four dollars 

Fifty two thousand eight hundred and eighty 

five dollars 

Two hundred three thousand four hundred and 

thirty eight dollars 

One hundred fifty niqe thousand four hundred 

and sixty one dollars 

Seventy three thousand seven hundred and thirty 

dollars 



$174,668 
180,901 
112,452 

30,4U 
574,9a 
394,675 

91,121 
153,576 

23,1U 

51,885 
103,436 
159,461 

73,730 



STATE VALUATION. 
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY— Concluded. 




3,622 



Ebtatbs. 

Two hnndred forty nine thonmnd two hundred 
and eleven dollars 

Two hundred ninety one thousand six hundred 
and three dollars 

One hundred serenty nine thousand nine hun- 
dred and furty dollars 

Fifty thousand nine hundred and serenfy three 
dollars 

One hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred 
and twelve dollars 

Twenty eight thousand two hundred and serenty 
five dollars 



$2i9,311 
291,603 
179,940 

50,973 
116,712 

28,276 



31 
Chap. 27. 



3,342,236 



PISCATAQUIS GOUNTT— WILD LANDS. 



ToWltBHIPl. 



Ho. 4, R. 8, N* W. P 

Ko. 6, R. 8, formerly Bar- 
nard 



Ho. 7, R. 8, formerly 

Bowerhank 

Ho.8, K. 8, N. W. P 

No. 4, R. 9, ' do 
No. K R. 9, do 
No. 6, R. 9, do 
No. 1, R. 9, do 



No. 8, R. 9, ElHoUville 
No 9, R. 9, N. V 
Np. 3, R. 5, B. P 

No. 2,R.6, B.P 

No. 1, R. 9, W. B« L. 8 ■ . 



No. of 
A ores. 



Yalvatioit. 



22,040 Sixteen thousand five hundred and thirty 
dollars 



22,040 



Twenty eight thousand seven hundred 
and fifty three dollars 



22,040 .Twenty five thousand dollars 

22,040 Fifty thuuaand dollars 

22,040 Eleven thousand and twenty dollars — 
22,040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

22,040 1 Fifty thouftand dollars 

22,040 iFifteon thonsiind four hundred and 

I twenty eight dollars 

22,040 Elevrn thousand and twenty dollars.... 
No 9, R. 9, N. W. P 10,000 Six thousand dollars 



No. 1, R. 9, 

No. 3. R. 9, 
No. 4, R. 9, 
No. 6, R. 9, 



do 

do 
do 
do 

do 



No. 6. R. 9, 
No. 7, U. 9, E. half, 
W. K. L. B.......... 



No. 7, R. 9, W. half, 
W. B. L. B. ....•••• 



No. 8, R. 9, W. E. L. S . • 
No. 9, R. 9. do 

No. 10, R. 9, do 

A, R. 10, do 

B, R. 10, do 
No. 1, K. 10, do 
No. 2, R. 10, do 
No. 3, R. 10, do 
No. 4, R. 10, . do 



22,040 

22,040 

22,040 

22,040 

22,040 
22,040 
22,017 

23,063 

10,998 



1 wenty four thousand and seven hundred 

dollars 

Twenty four thousand and seven hundred 

dollars 

Thirteen thousand two hundred and 

twenty four dollars 

Seventeen thousand six hundred and 

thirty two dollars 

Ton thousand dollars .'. 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 
Twenty two thousand and seventeen 

dollars* 

Thirty thousand dollars 



Ten thousand nine hundred and ninety 
eight dollars 



10,998 Ten thousand nine hundred and ninety 

eight dollars 

21,998 .Bight thousand seven hundred and 

I ninety nine dollars 

21,969 Thirteen thousand one hundred and 

eighty one dollars 

23,048 Twenty three thousand and forty eight 

I dollars 

22,040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 
16,424 Fiv • thousand and one hundred dollars. 
122.010 Twenty two thott«and and forty dollars. 
2'i,04U Tw. nt y (wo thousand and forty dollars. 
22,U40'Tw iity two thousand and forty dollars. 



2'J,040 Twi-nt^ two thousand and furty dollars. 

No.5,R.10,B hAlf,W.E.L.S ll,040,Twelve thousand dollars 

No. 6,R.10, N. W. quurtor, | 

W. £. It. S j 5,732 Five thousand seven hundred and 

' thirty two dollars 



I 



$16,530 

28,753 

2:>,000 
50,000 
11,020 
22,040 
50,0U0 

15,428 

11.020 

6,000 

24,700 

24,700 

13,224 

17,631 
10,000 
22,040 

22,017 
30,000 

10,998 

10,998 

8,799 

13,181 

23,048 
23,040 
6,100 
32,040 
22,040 
22,040 
22,040 
12,000 

5,733 



32 
Chap. 27. 



STATB VALUATION. 



PISCATAQUIS OOUNTT, WILD LANDS— OoaiiBScd. 



T0WV8BIP8. 



No. 5, R. 10, 8 If. qaarter, 

No. 6, R. 10, W. E. L. 8.. 
No. 7| R. 10, do 
No. 8, tt. 10, do 
No. 9, R. 10, do 
No. 10, R. 10, do 

A, R. 11, do 

B, R. 11, do 

No. 1, R. U, do 
No. 2, R. 11, do 

No. 3, R. 11, do 
No. 4, R. 11, do 

No. 6, R. 11, do 
No. 6, R. 11, do 

No. 7, R. II, do 

No. 8, R. 11, do 

No. 9, R. 11, do 

No. 10, R. 11, do 

Bowdoin Gollego, Bmst. . . . 
Bowdoin Collegei West... 
A, K. 1*, W • IS. 1j« d. .... 

No. 1, R. 12, N. iwo.third0, 
W. K. L.8 



No. 1, B. 12, 8. ono'third, 

V* . JS. ^. O.. •«•. *••• . 



No. of 
Acres. 



5,308 

22,729 

23,489 

22,760 

22.987 

24,393 

22.040 
28,736 

22,040 
22,040 

22,040 
24,326 

22,383 
22,040 

28,803 

22,194 

22,200 

22,760 

22,040 
22,040 
24,658 

15,360 

7,680 



Yalvatiov. 



No. 2, R. 12, W. E. L. 8.. 22,040 
No. 3,R. 12,B. half,W. B.' 
L.S 11,020 

No.3, R. 12, W. half.W. B. 
L. 8 ,11,020 

No. 4, R.;i2, B. half,W. B. 

L. 6 6,081 

No. 4, R. 12,W.hftlf,W.B.' 

L. 8 11,377 



No. 5, R. 12, W. B. L. 8.. 23,337 

! 
No. 6, R. 12, W. B. L. 8. 32,554 



No. 7, R. 12, do 

No. 8, R. 12, do 

No. 9, R. 12, do 

No. 10, R. 12, do 

A, Range 13, do 



23,204 
22,124 
21,385 



22,040 



A, 2, Ranges 13 k 14, W. 17,925 

£• L.S I 

No. 1, R. 13, W. B. L. 8. 22,040 



No. 2, R. 13, do 



19,022 



Fi^e thovsaod three bnndred and eight 

dollars 

Iwentj two thousand seren hundred 

and twenty nine dollars 

Sixteen thousand and five hundred dol- 
lars. 

Thirteen thousand six hundred and ftftj 

six dollars 

Thirteen thousand seren hundred and 

ninety two dollars 

Thirteen thousand six hundred and 

twenty fl^e dollars 

Thirty three thousand and sixty dollars 
Twenty eight thousand seven hundred 

and thirty six dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 
Sixteen thousand fire hundred and 

thirty dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty doUsrs. 
Twenty four thousand three hundred 

and twenty fire dollars 

Twenty three thousand dollars 

Thirty two thousand and three hundred 

dollars 

Twenty eight thousand eight hundred 

and three dollars. 

Twenty two thoussnd one hundred and 

ninety four dolLtrs 

Twenty two thousand and two hundred 

dollars 

Twenty two thousand seren hundred 

and sixty dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollar^ 
Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 
Forty nine thousand Ato hundred and 

sixteen dollars. 

Thirty thousand seren hundred and 
twenty dollars. 

Fifteen thousand three hundred nnd 

sixty dollars. 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Eight thousand three hundred and 
four dollars 

Eight thousand three hundred and 
four dollars 

Eleven thousand and eighty one dollars 



Eleven thousand three hundred and 
seventy seven dollars. 

Twenty nine thunssnd one hundred and 
seventy one dollars 

Twenty two thousand, Ave hundred and 
fifty four dfilUrs 

Twenty three thousand two hundred 
and four dollars 

Twenty two thousand one hundred and 
twenty four dolLirs c 

Twenty one thousand three hundred 

and eighty five dollars 

21,990 (Twenty one thousand nine hundred and 
ninety dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Seventeen thousand nine hundred and 
twenty fivo dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

Nineteen thousand and twenty two dol- 
lars. 



$5,308 

32,729 

16,500 

18,656 

13,793 

13.625 
33,060 

28,736 
33 040 

16,530 
22,040 

24,325 

23,000 

32,300 

28,803 

22,194 

32,200 

22,760 
22,040 
22,040 

49,516 
30.720 



15,360 
22,040 



8,304 

8,304 
11,081 

11.377 

29,171 

22,554 

23,204 

22,124 

21,385 

31,990 
25,000 

17.925 
22,040 

19,023 



8TATB VALUATION. 



PISCATAQUIS OOVStY, WILD LANDS— Ooneladed. 



TomiBHIPB. 



No. 3, R. 13, W. B. L. S. 

No.4,R. 13, quarter do 
No.4, R.I3,S. hmlf do 
No. A, R. 13| N. qnmrter, 
W* £. L. b. . . 



• «•. •••« 



No. 5, R. 13, W. E« L. S., 
part 

No. 5, R. 13, W. B. L. S , 
p«rl 

No. 5, R. 13, W. E. L. S., 
part 

No. 6, K. 13, W. E. L. S. . 

No. 7, R. 13, W. E. L. S> « 

No. 8, R. 13, W. E. L. S.. 
No. 9, R. 13, W. E. L- S. • 
No. 10, R. 13, W. E. L. S. 

A, R. 14, three-quarters, 

A, R. 14, one quarter W. E. 
L, S., Shaw St Bradstreet 

No 1, R. 14, and Z, R. 14 

No. 3.1R.!14 and 1&, 6. half 
W. E. L.O. •>•••..•.. 




VALUATIOir. 



Nineteen thonsand eight hundred and 
ninety five dotlara .... 
&,461 Fourteen hundred dollsira 



10,126 Six thousand and seventj fire dollars... 
4,450 



4,500 
11,020 



Two thonsand six hundred and serenty 
dollars 

Three thousand and six hundred dollars 

Eight thousand dollars 



2,892 Seven hundred dollars 
21,928 Twenty one thousand nine hundred 

I and twenty eight dollars 

23,272 Sixteen thousand two hundred and 

I ninety dollars 

22,835 Fourteen thousand dollars 

22,383 Fifteen thousand dollars 

22,252 Eleven thousand one hundred and 

I twenty six dollars 
13,623, Thirty one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty seven dollars 



No. 3, R. Hand 15, W. half 
W* B« L* S« • 



a • • • • 



No. 4, R. 14, W. B. L. S.. 
No. 5, R. 14, do 
No. 6, R. 14, do 
No. 7, R. 14, do 
No. 8, R. 14, do 

No. 9, R. 14, do 

No. 10, R. 14, do 
Sugar Island, do 

Deer Island, do 
Middlesex Canal, W.B.L.S. 
Day's Academy Grant, 
W.E.L 8 

No. 4, R. 15, W. E. L. S. . 

No. 5, R. 15, do 
No. 6, R. 15, do 

No. 7, R. 15, B. half, W. 

B. L.S 

No. 7, R. 15, W. half. W. 

Jfi. Mjm D. ..... .... ...... 

No. 8, R. 15, W. B. L. 8. • 
No. 9, R. 15, do 

No. 10, R. 15, do 



Four thousand five hundred and forty 
one dollars 



Twenty five thousand five hundred and 
fifty two duUars 



Seventeen thousand nine hundred and 
twenty eight dollars 



Moose Island 

Kineo , 

Farm Island. 



4,541 
25,652 

18,787 

23,236jBleveu thousand six hundred and eigh- 

I teen dollars 

24,855 'Nineteen thousand dollars 

21,773; Nineteen thousand dollars. 

22,778 Si.xteen thousand dollars. . 

23,979 'Fifteen thousand dollars. . 

22,820; Eleven thousand four hundred and ten 

I dollars 

22,558 Eleven thousand two hundred and sev 

I enty nine dollars. 

23,123 Ten thousand dollars 

4,050 Sixteen thousand and two hundred dol- 

I lars 

2,000 Four thousand dollars 

22,040 .Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

15,271 Fifteen thousand two hundred and sev- 
enty one dollars 
22,445 Twelve thousand one hundred and sixty 

seven dollars 

21,851 [Thirteen thousand dollars 

22,650 Eleven thousand three hundred and 

twenty five dollars 

11,788 Eight thousand eight hundred and thirty 

two dollars 

11,368 ;Five thousand six hundred and ninety 

I three dollars 
22,722. Nine thousand and eighty eight dollars 
22,950 Nine thousand one hundred and eighty 

I dollars 
22,290 Eight thousand nine hundred and sixty 

I dollars 

SCO Two thousand dollars . 

1,150 Fifty thousand dollars.. 

600 Throe thousand dollars 



33 

Chap. 27. 



ToUl of Wild Lands. 
ToUlof BtUUs 



$19,895 
1,400 
6,076 



3,670 

3,600 

8,000 

700 

31,938 

16,290 
14,000 
15,000 

11,136 

31,787 

4,541 
35,663 

17,938 



11,618 
19,000 
19,0U0 
16.000 
15,000 

11,410 

11,279 
10,000 

16,200 

4,000 

22,040 



15,371 

12,167 
13,000 

11,836 

8,833 

6,698 
9,088 

9,180 

8,960 

2,000 

60,000 

3,000 



1,913,610 
3,343,236 

6,356,746 



I 



34 
Chap. 27. 



8TATB VALUATION. 



SAGADAHOC COUNTY. 




6,183 



BtTATSB. 



Eighty viz thonaand three handred and liiDetj 
eight dollari 

Fire million nine hundred thirteen thontand one 
hundird and ninetj two dollars 

Six hundred ten thouaand fuar hnndred and nine 
dullan 

Three handred ninetj foar thonaand nine hnn- 
dred and one dollars 

One handred forty eeren thoosand eight hundred 
and twenty four dollars. : . . 

Thirty seven thousand fire handred and ninety 
fonr dollars 

Three handred serenty one thonaand eight han- 
dred and thirty six dollars 

One million two hundred twenty one thousand 
three hundred and fifty four dollars 

Eight hundred nineteen thousand fire hundred 
and thirty seren dollars 

One hundred sixty one thousand fire hundred 
and thirty one dollars 

Fire handred thirty two thousand six hnndred 
and thirty nine dollars 



$86,S98 

5,91S.193 

610,409 

394,901 

147,824 

37,594 

371,836 

1,221,354 

819,537 

101,531 

532,039 



10,297,215 



SOMERSET COUNTY. 

447 Fire hundred eighty fire thousand and eighty 

dollars 

341 Three hundred sixty seren thousand eight han- 
dred and serenty eight dollars 

236 Two hnndred one thousand four hundred and 

serenty one dollars 

146 Serenty one thousand nine hundred and thirty 

dollars 

138 One hundred serenteen thousand three hundred 

and twelre dollars 

364 Three hundred fifty thousand fire hundred and 

serenty three dollars 

109 Ninety fire thousand one hundred and thirty 

six dollars 

272 Three hundred forty four thousand and forty two 

dbtlars 

177 One handred serenteen thousand and nineteen 

dollars 

169 One hundred serenty one thousand two hundred 

and three dollars 

806 One million two hundred eighty eight thousand 

fire hundred and eighty two dollars 

226 One hnndred eighty nine thousand seren hun- 
dred and fifty one dollars 

296 Three hundred sixty six thousand two handred 

and twenty one dollars 

83 Fifty eight thousand four handred and twenty 

one dollars 

405 Fire handred forty six thousand and serenty 

seren dollars 

34 Serenteen thousand eight hundred and serenty 

fire dollars 

198 Two hundred fifteen thousand two hundred and 

ninety four dollars 

133 Ninety fire thousand one hundred and forty 

two dollars . • 

413 Fonr hundred sixty six thousand two hnndred 

and fifty dollars 

442 Fire hundred eighty one thousand eight hnndred 

and forty seren dollars 

347 Three hundred fifty seren thousand four hundred 

and sixty one dollars. 

477 Fire hundred sixty thousand seren hundred and 
nine dollars 



$585,080 
367,878 
201,471 
71,930 
117,312 
350,573 



95,136 



344,042 

117,019 

171,103 

1,288,582 

' 189,751 

366,221 

58,421 

546,077 

17,875 

215,294 

95,142 

466,250 

581,847 

357,461 

560,709 



8TATI VALUATION. 



SOMERSET COUNTY— Concluded. 



TOWHB. 

Ripley 

St. Albans 

• 

Solon 

Skowhegan 

Bmithlleld 

SUrks. 

Onnying Place 

plantation 
Dead Kiver plan- 
tation 
Wlmg Staff plan 
tation 
Highland planta- 
tion 




ESTATKB. 



187 



274 

1,015 

185 

269 

13 



29 



21 
36 



One hundred nineteen thousand two hundred and 

flfcjr three dollars f 

Four hundred eighteen thousand nine hundred 

and thirty one dollars 

Three hundred forty five thousand two hundred 

and eighty eight dollars 

Two miilinn fifty three thousand eight hundred 

and eighteen dollars 

One hundred forty two thousand six hundred 

and sixty two dollars 

Three hundred twolvo thousand two hundred and 

sixty four dollars 

Nine thousand nine hundred and eighty dol 

Urs 

Twenty two thousand nine hundred and eighty 

two dollars 



8,698 



Forty one thousand and eighty two dollars .... 
Eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty one 
dollars 



$119,253 

418,931 

345,288 

2,053,818 

142,662 

312,264 

9,980 

22,982 

41,082 

18,361 



35 

Chap. 27. 



10,649,895 



60MEEISET COUNTT^WILD LANDS. 




No. 1. R. 2, W. K. R. 13,436 
Ko. 2, R. 3. do 24,1(J2 

No. 4, k. 3, N. half, do '11,144 
Ko. 1, R. 4, do 17,800 

No. 2, R. 4, do 25,200 



No. 3, R. 4, do 

No. 1, R. 6, do 

No. 1, R. 6, do 

No. 3, R. 6, do 

No. 4, R. 6, do 

No. 1, R. 6, do 

No. 3, R. 6, do 

B. C. R part, 

No. 2, R. 6. do 



24,040 
29,900 

22.320 

23,984 
23,915 
24,175 



13,040 



W. C. R. part, 




10,000 


No. 3, K« 6y 


do 


22,040 


No. 4, R. 6, 


do 


22,040 


No. 5, R 6, 


do 


22,040 


No. 1» R. 7, 


do 


17,600 


No. 2, R. 7, 


do 


22,985 


No. 3, R. 7, 


do 


14,600 


No. 4, R. 7, 


do 


15,144 


No. 6, R. 7, 


do 


15,744 


No. 6, R. If 


do 


16,350 


No. 1, R. 3, Bi P. B. K. K. 


29,590 


No. 2, R. 3, 


do 


22,040 


. No. 1, R. 4, 


do 


22,040 


No. 2, R. 4, 


do 


22,250 


Ko. 1, R. 6, 


do 


12,240 


No. S, R. 6, 


do 


22,240 


No. 1, R. 6, 


do 


10.759 



Twenty thousand dollars 

Twenty thousand dollars 

Ten thousand and seven hundred dollars 

Six thousand dollars 

Seronteen thousand six hundred and 

forty dollars 

Thirty thousand dollara 

Twenty nine thousand nine hundred 

and fifty dollars 

Twenty two thousand three hundred 

and twenty dollarp 

Forty five thousand dollars 

Thirty thousand dollars 

Twenty four thousand one hundred and 

seventy five dollars 

Thirteen thousand and forty dollars . . . 

Ten thousand dollars 

Thirty thousand dollars 

Forty thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

Thirty thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand nine hundred 

and eighty five dol tars . . . . , 

Twenty one thousand and nine hundred 

dollars 

Thirty thousand two hundred and 

eighty eight dollars 

Thirty one thousand fonr hundred and 

eighty eight dollars 

Thirteen thousand and three hundred 

dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

Forty thousand dollars 

Seven thousand dollars 

Thirty three thousand three hundred 

and sixty dollars 

Twelve thoosand dollars 



$20,000 

20,000 

10,700 

6,000 

17,640 
30,000 



29,950 



22,320 
45,000 
30,000 

24,175 

13,040 

10.000 
30,000 
40,000 
22,040 
30,000 

22,985 

21,900 

30,288 

31,488 

13,300 
25,000 
25,000 
22,040 
40,000 
7,000 

33,360 
12,000 



36 
Chap. 27. 



8TATB VALUATION. 



BOMBRSBT OODNTT, WILD LANDS— Continiied. 




No. 1, K. 1, N. B. K. P. T. 

AR., 
No. 1, R. 1, itrtp K. B. 

K. P., 
No. 2, R. 1, N. B. K. P 

Standish Academy , 
No. 2, K. 1, strip N. B. 

K. P., 
No. 3, R. 1, N. B. K. P. 

Long Pond, 
No. 4, R. 1, do 

Jaekmantown, 
No. 5, R. 1, do 

Attean Pond, 

No. 6, R. 1, do 

Holeb, 
No. 1, R. 2, do 

Tom began, 
No. 2, R. 2, do 

Brassna, 
No. 3, R. 2, do 

Thorndike, 

No. 4, R. 2, do 

Holdontown, 

No. 6, R. 2, do 

Donnistown. 
No. 6, R. 2, do 

Forsaithtown, 
Big W., do 

Little W., do 

No. 1, R. 3, do 

West Middleaex, 
No. 2, R. 3, do 

Boldiertown, 

No. 8,R. 3,B. half do 

No.3,R.3,W.half do 

No. 4, R. 3, do 

Bald Mountain, 

No. 5, R 3, do 

No. €, R. 3, do 

Seboomook 

No. 1, R 4, N. B. K. P. 

Plymouthtown, 
No. 2, K. 4, do 

Plttstim Academy, 



No. 3, R. 4| 
Hammondtown, 

No 4, R. 4, 

No. 5, R. 4, 
No. 3, R. 5, 
No. 4, R. 6, 



do 



do 

do 
do 
do 



No. 4, R. 16, W. E. L. 8. 
No.6,R.16,B. half do 

No.5,R.16,W.balf do 

No. 6, R. 16, do 



1 1,*'>20 Twenty thooaaDd dollars 

2,066 Two thousand and Afo hundred dollars . 

I 
ll,S20.Fifteea thousand dollars 

4.469 



20,065 
22,040 
22,040 

19,620 
18,224 
21,940 
22,040 

17,000 

22,040 

22.040 
11,140 

2,920 

22.040 
17,000 
10,960 
11,680 

22,040 

17,111 

600 

22,040 

22,040 

27,500 



Four thouaaad four hundred and sixty 

nine dollars 

Twenty thousand and sixty Ato dollars. 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

Sixteen thousand ft re hundred and 
thirty dollars 



Thirty thousand dollars 

Twenty fire thousand dollars 
Forty fire thousand dollars. . 



Twenty seren thousand fire hundred 
and fifty dollars 

Twenty fire thousand and nine hundred 
dollara 



Twenty two thonaand and forty dollars. 

Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 
Sixteen thousand seren hundred and 

ten dollars 

Five thousand eight hundred and forty 

dollars 



Twenty two thousand and forty dollars. 

Twenty five thousand and fire hundred 
dolliirs 

Ten thousand nine hundred and sixty 
dollars 

Ton thousand nine hundred and sixty 
dollars 



Five thousand five hundred and ten 

dollars 

Five thousand dollars 

One hundred dollars 

Thirty three thousand and sixty dollars 



Eighteen thousand dollars. 



Twenty seven thousand and fire hnndred 
dollars 



22,040 Seventeen thousand nine hundred and 
thirty two dollars 

17,661 Seven thousand six hundred and forty 

seven dollars 

3,600 One thousand and eight hundred dollars 

22,040 Eleven thousand and twenty dollars . . . 

13,900 Six thousand eight hundred and fifty 
dollars 

17,219 Fifteen thousand and twenty fonrdollars 

10,833 Eight thousand one hundred and twenty 
four dollars 

10,832 Five tbonsand four hundred and six- 
teen dollars 

22,893 Nine thousand one hundred and fifty 
seren dollars 



$20,000 

2,500 

15,000 



4,409 

20,065 

22,040 



16,530 
S0,000 
15.000 
45,000 

27,550 

25,900 
22,040 
22,040 
16,710 
5,840 
22,040 

25,500 
10,960 
10,960 



5,510 

5,000 

100 

33,060 

18,000 



27,500 

17,932 

7,647 

1,800 

11,020 

6,850 
15,024 

8,124 

5,416 

9,167 



8TATB VALUATION. 



BOMKRSBT COUNTT, WILD LANDS— Concluded. 



37 
Chap. 27. 




No. If R. 16y W. B. L. 8. 

No. 8,R. 16, do 

No. », R. 16, do 

No. 10, R. 16, do 

No. 4, R. 17, do 

No. 6, R. 17, do 

No. 6, R. 17, do 

No. 7, R. 17, do 

No. 8, R. 17, do 

No. 9, R. 17, do 



No. 10, R. 17, 


do 


No. 4, R. 18, 


do 


No* 6, R. 18. 


do 


No. 6, R. 18, 


do 


No. 7, R. 18, 


do 


No. 8, R. 18, 
No. 9, R. 18, 


do 
do 


No. 5, R. 19, 


do 


No. 6, R. 19, 


do 


No. 7, R. 19, 


do 


No. 8, R. 19, 


do 


No. 5, R. 20, 


do 



2S,745 
2S,n8 



hundred mad 



22,366 

22,465 

21,056 

22,482 

22,866 
22,261 



Seven thoasand one 

twenty three dollars 

Bight thoasand and ninety one dollars. 
23,542 Eight thoasand two hundred and fifty 

nine dollars 

Eleven thoasand one hundred and 

eighty three dollars 
Twenty two thousand four hundred and 

sixty Ito dollars... 
Four thousand two hundred and eloTon 

dollars 

Eight thoasand nine hundred and 

ninety two dollars 

Sixteen thousand and six dollars 

Ten thoasand and seventeen dollars .... 
23,296:Nine thousand three hundred and 

' eighteen dollars 

32,356 Twelve thousand and five hundred doU 

I lars 

29,826 Eight thousand nine hundred and forty 

' seven dollars 

21,355 Fourteen thousand nine hundred and 

eighty four dollars 

22,691 Seven thousnnd eight hundred and forty 

' one dollars 

23,343 Eieht thousand one hundred and sixty 

dollars 

22.883 Twenty thousand dollars 

14,953 Five thousand nine hundred and eighty 

one dollars 

15,974 Seven thousand four hundred and ninety 

I four dollars 

25,879 Ten thousand three hundred and fifty 

' dollars 

23,195 Nine thousand two hundred and sciv- 

' entv eight dollars.. 
10,293 Ten thousand two hundred and ninety 

three dollars 

19,960 Nine thousand ninA hundred and eighty 
dollars 



ToUlof wild lands, 
Total of estates.... 



$7,128 
8,091 

8,259 
11,18S 
22,465 

4,211 

8,992 
16,006 
10,017 

9,318 
12,600 

8,947 
14,964 

7,841 

8,160 
20,000 

5,981 

7,494 

* 

10,350 
9,278 

10,293 

9,980 

1,478,983 
10,649,895 



12,128,878 



WALDO COUNTY. 

Ebtatbi. 

Two million four hundred sixty three thousand 
six hundred and seventy seven dollars 

One hundred three thousand two hundred and 
ninety six dollars 

Two hundred twenty nine thousand four hundred 
and thirty seven dollars 

Two hundred four thousand two hundred and 
forty eight dollars 

One hundred eighty six thousand eight hundred 
and fifteen dollars 

One hundred seventy seven thousand two hundred 
and forty ono dollars 

One hundred fifty eight thousand and thirty three 
dollars 

One hundred fifty nine thousand three hundred 
and fifteen dollars 

Two hundred eighteen thousand six hundred and 
eight dollars 

Two hundred sixty four thousand seven hun- 
dred and fifty seven dollars 




$2,463,677 
103,296 
229,437 
204,248 
186,815 
177,241 
158,033 
159,315 
218,608 
264,757 



38 
Chap. 27. 



8TATB VALUATION. 



WALDO COUXTY— Concluded. 



TOWRB. 

LinoolDTille 

Monroe 

Montrille 

Morrill 

Northpori 

Palermo 

Prospect ........ 

Seartport. 

Searamont 

Blockton ........ 

fiwanville 

Thomdike 

Troy 

Unity 

Waldo 

Winterpcrt 



Polls. 



483 
335 
356 
139 
238 
280 
211 
635 
323 
511 
170 
187 
243 
272 
149 
523 



8,563 



BSTATEB. 



and 



Foar hundred nine thousand two hundred and 

ninety six dollars 

Three hundred ten thonsMid one hundred 

fifty fire duUars 

Three hundred sixty two thousand six hundred 

and ninety two dollars 

One huudred twenty two thousand and ninety 

eight dollars 

One hundred ninety .six thousand two hundred 

and fifty three dollars 

Two hundred fifty four thousand nine hundred 

and sixty six dollars 

One hundred sixty six thousand two hundred and 

twenty four dollars 

One million forty nine thousand six hundred and 

sixty two dollars 

Three hundred sixty five thousand nine hundred 

and iorty nine dollars 

Four hundred one thousand four hundred and 

forty six dollars 

One hundred thirty oight thousand three hun- 
dred and thirty oight dollars 

Two hundred eighty thousand and thirty three 

dollars 

Two hundred sixty three thousand nine hundred 

and thirty nine dollars 

Three hundred eighty six thousand three hun- 
dred and thirty four dull&rs 

One hundred forty six thousand nine hundred 

and twenty three dollars 

Five hundred fifty eight thousand and ninety 

nine dollars 



$409,296 

S10,l&6 
362,691 

122,098 
196,156 
254,966 
166,214 
1,049,661 
. 365,949 
401,446 
138,336 
280,033 
263,939 
386,334 
146,921 
558,099 



9,577,834 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



Towns. 

Addison 

Alexander 

Bailey ville 

Baring 

Beddington . . • . 

Calais 

GenterTille 

Charlotte 

Cherryfield 

Columbia 

Columbia Falls. 

Cooper 

Crawford 

Cutler 

Danforth.. 

Deblois 

XXennysFille . . • . 



Polls. 



Bbtatbb. 



87 

66 



35 



425 

161 

165 

79 

48 

211 

141 

29 



117 



333 Two hundred seventy eight thousand nine hun- 
dred and seventy eight dollars 

Seventy one thousand and eighty five dollars.. . 

Fifty three thousand and sixty one dollars 

57 Seventy six thousand three hundred and sixteen 

dollars 

34 Thirty two thousand six hundred and five dol 

I lars 

1,409 One million seven hundred thirty two thousand 
and fifty six dollars 

Forty thousand two hundred and seventy eight 

dollars 

93 Sixty thousand two hundred and ninety three 
dollars 

Four hundred four thousand five hundred and 
seventy six dollars 

One hundred twenty one thousand eight hundred 
and twenty six dollars 

One hundred sixty thousand two hundred and 
eight dollars 

Fifty two thousand three hundred and forty dol- 
lars 

Twenty nine thousand five hundred and eighty 
four dollars 

Bighty seven thousand two hundred and fifty 
one dollars 

One hundred six thousand nine hundred and 
thirty four dollars 

Seventeen thousand eight hundred and eighty six 
dollars 

One hundred eighty four thousand seven hundred 
and eighty Bix dollars 



$278,978 
71,085 
63,061 

76,316 

32,605 

1,732,056 

40,278 

60,293 

404,576 

121,826 

160,206 

52,340 

29,584 

87,261 

106,934 

17,886 

184,786 



BTATB VALUATION. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY— Concluded, 



39 

Chap. 27. 



Towirs. 



BaBtMaehUs.... 

Xutport. ■-. 

lAton 

Xdmiindt. 

Hftrrlngton 



Joneaboroagh. . . . 
Jonesport 



KoKoth. 
Labee . . . 
Maehias 



Polls. 



Maohiaaport 

Marion 

Marahfield 

Meddjbempi . . . . 

Mlllbridge 

Korthfield 

Pembroke 



Perry 

Prinoeton . . 
Robbinston 
Sfcenben . . . . 
Talmadge . 
Topsfield .. . 
Tresoott. . . . 
y%neeboro. . 



Waite . 
Wesley. 



WbitiDg 

Whitney ville .... 

Codyville planta- 
tion. 

Jaokson Brook 

plantation. 

No. 14 planta- 
tion. 

No. 21 plantation 



BsTAna. 



S89 
721 



66 



97 

330 

133 
258 

27 

490 

631 

306 



60 



75 
54 



400 



61 



637 
224 
232 
198 
278 

25 
105 
147 

89 

48 
60 

88 
117 

24 

60 

35 

23 



Four hundred ninety fire thousand fire hundred 

and fifty flye dollars 

Eight hundred eighty eight thousand eight hun- 
dred and ninety two dollars 

Eighty eight thousand two hundred and ninety 

four dollars. 

Serenty two thousand throe hundred and thirty 

one dollars 

Two hundred eighty-flTO thousand nine hun- 
dred and seTonty eight dollars 

Eighty thousand dollars 

One hundred ninety two thousand nine hundred 

and eighty four dollars 

Twenty six thousand six hundred and forty-five 

dollars 

Three hundred ten thousand eight hundred and 

eighteen dollars 

Seven hundred seventy nine thousand five hun- 
dred and eighty eight dollars 

One hundred niaety one thousand two hundred 

and forty-eight dollars 

Twenty eight thousand one hundred and twenty 

seven dollars 

Sixty two thousand six hundred and sixty nine 

dollars 

Twenty five thousand eight hundred and thirty 

three dollars 

Three hundred four thousand seven hundred and 

seventy nine dollars 

Thirty three thousand three hundred and eleven 

dollars 

Four hundred nine thousand four hundred and 

forty three dollars 

One hundred seventy two thousand nine hundred 

and twenty one dollars 

One hundred seventy six thousand five hundred 

and eighteen dollars 

One hundred eleven thousand six hundred and 

ninety four dollars 

One hundred eighty five thousand one hundred 

and thirty three dollars 

Fifty one thousand seven hundred and eighty 

dollars < 

Sixty eight thousand six hundred and eight dol 

lars 

Forty nine thousand three hundred and thirty 

five dollars 

One hundred twenty nine thousand five hundred 

and twenty eight dollars 

Thirty one thousand and four hundred dollars. . 
Forty one thousand six hundred and eighty four 

dollars 

Eighty two thousand and thirty seven dollars. 
Seventy two thousand six hundred and seventy 

one dollars 

Forty three thousand seven hundred and fifty 

seven dollars • 

Eighty four thousand six hundred and sixty dol 

lars 

Thirty two thousand six hundred and fifty nine 

dollars 

Twenty four thousand one hundred and sixty five 

dollars 



9,768 



$495,565 

888,892 

88,294 

72,331 

285,978 
80,000 

192,984 

26,645 

310,818 

779,588 

191,248 

28,127 

62,660 

25,833 

304,779 

33,311 

409,443 

172,921 

176,518 

111,694 

185,133 

51,780 

68,608 

49,336 

129,528 
31,400 

41,684 
82,037 

72,671 

43,767 

84,660 

32,669 

24,165 

9,145,108 



40 
Chap. 27. 



STATI YALUATIOV. 



WASHINGTON OOUNTT— WILD LAKBS. 



TowiisviPt. 



No. 18, Bast Dirision.... 
No. 19, do 
Ko. 96, do 

No. 27, do 

No. 18. Middle PiTiiioo.. 
No. 19. Middle Di^Uion, 

S. £. qoarter 

No. 19, Middle Division, 

N. half and 8. W. quarter 
No. 24, Middle DiTieion.. 



No. 25, 


do 


No. 39, 


do 


No. 30, 


do 


No. 31. 
Ne. 36, 


do 
• do 



No. 37, 
No. 42, 



do 
do 



No. 43, Middle Division, 

B.half 

No. 43. Middle Division , 

W.half 

No. 5, North Division, N. 

half 

No. 5, North Division, 8. 

half 



No ofl 
Aeres. 



Yalvatiov. 



22,040 Eight thousand dollars. 

22,040 Kigbt thousand dollars. 

18,000 Nine thousand dollars 

17,398 Ten thousand three hundred and thirty 
eight dollars 

22,040 Six thousand dollars 

3,J00One thousand and one hundred dol- 
lars. 

13,790 Six thousand four hundred and fifty 
dollars 

22,040 Twenty seven thousand five hundred 
and fifty dollars 

19,500 Twelve thousand and five hundred del 
lars , 

22,040 Twenty nine thousand seven hundred 
and fifty four dollars 

22,040 Twenty nine thousand seven hundred 
and fifty four dollars 

22,040 Twenty two thousand and forty dollars 

22,04u Sixty six thousand one hundred and 
twenty six dollars 

22,040 Nineteen thousand and thirty five dol- 
lars. 

22,040 Thirty seven thousand dollars 



11,020 
11,020 

6,020 



11,020 



No. 6, North Division.... 12,483 



E. half Strip, N. of No.' 3,300 
6, North Division | 

W. half Strip, N. of No.' 
6, North Division 2,100 

Two Mile Strip N. of No. 5 4,000 

B. two-thirds No. 1, B. 1 11,293 

W. third No. 1, R. 1 ' 5,635 

No. 3, R, 1 29,770 

No. 1, B. 2, North Division 29,990 

I 
No. 1, B. 3, North Division 23,222 



No. 6, B. 1, North Divis- 
ion, W. half. 11,040 

No. 6, R. 1, North Divis- 
ion, E. half 11,020 

No. 8,B. 3 22,041 



No. 10, B. 3 24,811 

No. 11, R. 3 ' 8,000 

No. 8, R.4 14,667 

B. Part Indian Township, 
strip one mile wide 3,200 



Six thousand and six hundred dollars. . 

N ine thousand and seven hundred dol- 
lars 

Four thousand and five hundred dol- 
lars 



Eleven thousand and twenty dollars . . . 

Twelve thoueaod four hundred and 
eighty three dollars 

Three thousand and three hundred dol- 
lars. 



Two thousand and one hundred dollars. 
Four thousand and one hundred dollars 
Bight thousand five hundred and sixty 

nine dollars 

Nine hundred dollars 

Eighty nine thousand three hundred and 

ten dollars 

Sixteen thousand four hundred and 

ninety two dollars 

Twenty three thousand two hundred and 

twenty two dollars 



Six thousand dollars 



Fifteen ^ousand dollars 

Twenty two thousand and forty one dol- 
lars 

Twenty five thousand dollars 

Eight thousand dollars 

Twelve thousand and five hundred dol- 
lars 



Three thousand and two hundred dollars 



ToUl of Wild Lands. 
Total of Estates 



$8,000 
8,000 
9,000 

10,SS8 
6,000 

1,100 

6,iftO 

27,550 

12,500 

29,754 

29,754 
22,040 

66,i2e 

19,035 
37,000 

6,600 

9,700 

4,500 

11,020 

12,483 

3,300 

2,100 
4,100 

8,569 
900 

89,310 

16,493 

23,232 

6,000 

15,000 

32,041 

36,000 

8,000 

12,500 

3,200 



576,684 
9,145,108 

9,721,793 



STATB VALUATION. 



YORK COUNTY. 



41 

Chap. 27. 



881 



Tomri. Polls. 

▲oton 

Alfnd 

Berwiok 

Biddeford 

Buxton 

Oomiih 

Dmyton. 

niiot 

Hollis 

Kennebank 

Kennebankport . . 

Kitterj 

Ijobanon 

Umington 

lameriok 

Lyman 

Newfleld 

Korth Benriok . . 

Panonsfield 

8mo 

Sanford 

Bhapleigb 

Boatb Berwiok... 

Waterborongh . . . 

Well 

York 



BSTATM. 



Three hundred sixtj three thontand one 
hundred and fire dollars 

Four hundred tweuty one thousand four hundred 
and eighteeu dollars 

Eight hundred twenty one thousand six hundred 
and twenty nine dollars 

Fire million eight hundred seventy seren thou- 
sand eight hundred and sixty seren dollars.. . . 

Six hundred sixty six thousand nine hundred 
and one dollars . .' 

Four hundred twenty eight thousand two hundred 
and eighty Are dollars 

Two hundred forty eight thousand four hundred 
and ninety two dollars 

Four hundred sixty two thousand and sixty dol- 
lars 

Four hundred eighteen thousand seren hundred 
and sixty one dollars 

One million three hundred ninety fire thousand 
seren hundred and ninety eight dollars 

Eight hundred sixty six thousand eight hundred 
and two dollars 

Fire hundred thirty fire thousand two hundred 
and eighty aiae dollars ^.. 

Four hundred twenty fire thousand and fifty dol 

lars 

414|Four hundred eight thousand fire hundred and 
serenty three dollars 

Three hundred sixty fire thousand three hundred 
and sixty two dollars 

Three hundred serenty three thousand seren 
hundred and thirty nine dollars 

Two hundred sixty four thousand fire hundred 
and serenty seren dollars 

Six hundred thirty seren thousand three hun- 
dred and thirty four dollars 

Fire hundred sixty three thousand and serenty 
fire dollars 

Three million four hundred eight thousand fire 
hundred and thirty three dollars 

Six hundred fifty four thousand three hundred 
and three dollars 

Two hundred forty eight thousand seren hundred 
and thirteen dollars 

Bight hundred sixty four thousand fire hundred 
and ninety dollars 

Three hundred serenty three thousand fire hun- 
dred and eighty dollars 

Six hundred thirteen thousand three hundred 
and twenty six dollars 

Seren hundred sixteen thousand seren hundred 
and ninety eight dollars , 



S33 

636 
3,774 
649 
306 
179 
453 
432 
754 
653 
796 



421 



306 
241 
283 
451 
471 
1,558 
599 
353 
564 
403 
570 
625 



15,504> 



$363,105 
421,418 
821,629 

5,877,867 
666,901 
428,285 
248,492 
462,060 
418,761 

1,395,798 
866,802 
535,289 
425,050 
408,573 
365,362 
873,739 
264,577 
637,334 
563,076 

3,408,533 
654,303 
248,719 
864,590 
373,580 
613,326 
716,798 



22,423,960 



42 
Chap. 28, 



COMMITTEE ON MILITART AFFAIB8. 



JEtECAPITULATION. 



COUNTIES. 

AndroMoggin 

Aroostook 

Cumberland 

Franklin 

Haneook 

Kennebeo 

Knox 

Linooln 

Oxford 

Penobioot 

PlMataqnii 

Sagadahoc 

Somerwt 

Waldo 

Waihingtoii 

York 

ToUl 



P0X«L8. 



10,312 
7,734 

31,539 
4.791 
9,560 

13,252 
9,087 
6,760 
8,810 

17,407 
9,622 
6,182 
8,698 
8,663 
9,768 

16,604 



160,569 



BSTATM. 



$20,776,973 
5,226,834 

61,530,510 
5,812,866 
7,897,488 

23,292,164 

10,878,736 
6,634,693 
9,791,306 

20,753,838 
3,342,236 

10,297,216 

10,649,896 
9,677,834 
9,146,108 

22,423,960 



$228,030,666 



Wild LA.n>B. 



$2,339,098 

340,746 
377,478 



267,248 

664,313 

1,913,510 

1,478,983 

676,684 



$7,948,060 



Total. 



$20,776,973 

7,664,932 

61,630,610 

6,163,612 

8,374,96« 

23,293,164 

10,878,736 

6,634,683 

10,058,664 

21,408,161 

6,266,746 

10,297,316 

13,128,878 

9,577,834 

9.721,793 

32,423,900 



$335,978,716 



CoMMlttee oo 
Mintaiy aflUn, 
hi HftTor of. 



Chapter 98. 

Reaolre in favor of the Joint Standing Committea on Military Affain. 

Resolved^ That the treasurer of state is hereby authorized 
and directed to pay G. R. Fernald, chairman of the joint 
standing committee on military affairs, the sum of thirty-one 
dollars and twenty-five cents , the same being for expenses 
incurred by the committee, visiting the Bath Military and 
Orphan Asylum. 

Approved Maroh 9, I88I: 



SSrOBM SCHOOL.— INOUSTIIIAL SCHOOL.— B. BRSWBB.— P. McEENZIB. ^ 

Chapter «». Chap. 29. 

Reaolre in IkFor of the Committee on Reform Sohool. 

Resolved J That the treasurer of state be directed to pay to committee on 

reform school, in 

Tobias Lord, Junior, the sum of forty-five dollars, the same f^vor of. 
being the amount paid by him for expenses of the committee 
on reform school, while on its recent visit to that institution, 
in accordance with the order of the legislature. 

Approred Maroh 9, 1881. 



Chapter SO. 

ReeolTe in fhvor of the Maine Industrial Sehool /or Girla. 

Resolved, That there be, and hereby is appropriated, the lodiutriai sehooi 
sum of four thousand dollars, for the use of the Maine Indus- or. ' ^^ 
trial School for Girls, at Hallowell, to meet the current ex- 
penses of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty- 
one ; and four thousand dollars for the same purpose, for the > 
year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. 

Approved Maroh 9, 1881. 



Chapter 31. 

Resolre in favor of Bmery Brewer. 

Resolved J That the land agent be authorized to convey two 
small islands, known as Sow and Pigs, situated in Casco Bay, 
near Pettengill's Island, to Emery Brewer of Freeport, in the 
county of Cumberland. 

Approved Maroh 9, 1881. 



Smery Brewer, 
in (kvor of. 



Chapter 39. 

Reflolve in favor of Peter MoKenile. 

Resolvedy That the land agent be and hereby is authorized peter MeKemie, 
to convey to Peter McKenzie of Maysville, all the right, title 
and interest the state of Maine has in and to lot numbered one, 



44 

Chap. 



TIMBER ON TOWNSHIP NO. 8, llANOfi 16.— DEEDS IN LAND OFFICE. 

33. section four, in the town of Maysville, Aroostook county, 
Maine ; provided j the state shall not be holden to make good 
any defect in this title. 

Approved Mareh 15, 1881. 



S. L. Jewelt, or 
aMlffDB, in HftTor 
of. 



ProTlM. 



Chapter SS* 

Kesolvo authorising tho sale of the State's interest la Timber on township number 

eight, range sixteen. 

Hesolvedy That the land agent, under the direction of the 
governor and council, is hereby authorized to sell and convey 
to £. L. Jewett, or ansigns, all the right of the state, in and 
to seven undivided eighth parts of the timber standing on 
township number eight, in range sixteen, west of the east 
line of the state, and the right to remove the same until 
eighteen hundred and eighty^four. Provided^ he pay to 
the state, on or before the twentieth day of June next, the 
amount due on two notes of E. D. Jewett, now in the land 
office, for thirteen hundi*ed eighty-two dollars and twenty-six 
cents each, and bearing date September twenty-three, eigh- 
teen hundred and seventy-four. If said payment is not made 
as aforesaid, then the land agent, under the direction of the 
governor and council, will sell and convey said right to 
others, according to their discretion. 

Approred Maroh 15, 1881. 



Papers and 
(eeordstn land 
olEloe, recordiDff 
of. 



Chapter 34. 

ResolTO in relation to the reoording of oertain papers and records now in the Land 

Office. 

Resolved, That; the land agent be authorized and instructed 
to cause to be recorded in volumes suitable for said purpose, 
the copies of deeds of lands in this state, now on file in the 
land office, which have been received from the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, together wilh the maps, plans of survey, 
field notes, certificates and other evidences of title and limits 
relating to said lands ; provided, that the total expense for 
the same shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars. 

Approred Maroh 15, 1881. 



PBINTINe OV HILITIA LAW.— FISH ASD GAMS.— INDIAN TOWNSHIP. ^g 

, Chapter Sff. Chap. 35. 

t 

' BesoWe in favor of printing three thousand oopies of the Militia Law of eighteen 

hundred and eighty. 

Resolved^ That the adjutant general have printed three Mfiitiauw, print. 
\ thousand copies of the militia law of eighteen hundred and ^^ 

eighty, with rules and regulations governing the militia. 
The expense of the same shall be taken out of the appro- 
priation for military purposes. 

Approved March 15, 1881. 



Chapter 36. 

Reaolre for the propagation and proteetion of Fish and Game, for the years of eigh- 
teen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Resolved 9 That the sum of five thousand dollars be, and Fish and game, 
hereby is appropriated for each of the years of eighteen hun- protection or. 
dred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 
to be expended under the direction of the commissioners of 
fisheries and game, for the propagation and protection of fish 
and game. 

Approved Maroh 15, 1881. 



Chapter 37. 

Besoive in favor of an appropriation on Roads, including Bridge in Indian Township, 

in the County of Washington. 

Resolved^ That the sum of two hundred dollars be, and is Roads and 
hereby appropriated yearly, for the years eighteen hundred townsw^in 
and eighty-one and .eighteen hundred and eighty-two, on the 
Houl'ton and Baring road, across the Indian township, in the 
county of Washington, also one hundred and fifty dollars for 
each of said years, to be expended on the road leading from 
said Houlton and Baring road, in said township, to the Grand 
Lake stream, also one hundred dollars, to be expended the 
coming year on the bridge across western branch of St. Croix 
river, at Princeton, all of which is to be expended by the 
county conmiissioners of Washington county. 

Approved Maroh 15, 1881. 



46 BANGOB CHILDREH'S HOMB.— ORPHAN ASTLUMS. 

Chap. 38. Chapter 88. 

Retolre mftking appropriation for the support of Soldien' OrphanSf at the Bangor 
Children's Home, for the jeart eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen 
hundred and eighty-two. 

Baogorchiidres^ Hesolved. That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and 

Ikome, in llaTor of. ' ' 

hereby is appropriated for the support of soldiers' orphans, 
at the Bangor Children's Home, of which there shall be paid 
the sum of one thousand dollars in eighteen hundred. and 
eighty-one, and the sum of one thousand dollars in the year 
eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Approred March 15, 1881.. 



Chapter 39. 

Resolre making an appropriation in faror of the St. Elisabeth Orphan A»y1nm of 
Portland, and for the support of Soldiers' orphans therein, for the years eighteen 
hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

SiihSlitlMujB Resolved y That the sum of eight hundred dollars be, and 
in faror of. hereby is appropriated for the benefit of the St. Elizabeth 

Orphan Asylum of Portland, and the support of soldiers' 
orphans therein, of which there shall be paid the sum of four 
hundred dollars in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, 
and the sum of four hundred dollars in the year eighteen 
hundred and eighty-two. 

Approred Mareh 15, 1881. 



Chapter 40. 

Resolre making an appropriation in faror of the Female Orphan Asylum of Portland, 
and for the support of Soldiers' Orphans therein, for the years eighteen hundred 
and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Female orphan Itesolved^ That the sum of one thousand dollars be, and 

asyluD, Portland, 

interorof. hereby is appropriated for the benefit of the Female Orphan 
Asylum of Portland, amd for the support of soldiers' orphans 
therein, of which there shall be paid the sum of five hundred 
dollars in eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and five hundred 
dollars in eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Approved Mareh 15, 1881. 



REFORM SCHOOL.— TBMPORART LOANS. ^7 

Chapter 41* C hap. 41 . 

Rctoire in faror of the SUU Reform School. 

Resolved^ That there be and hereby is appropriated the Reform whooi, in 
sum of twenty-niDe thousand dollars for the use of the reform 
school, of which shall be paid the sum of sixteen thousand 
dollars in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four 
thousand of the same being to pay outstanding bills, and 
twelve thousand to meet the current expenses ; and the sum 
of thirteen thousand dollars shall be paid in the year eighteen 
hundred and eighty-two, one thousand of which being for 
painting the buildings and other repairs, and twelve thousand 
to meet the current expenses. 

Approved March 15, 1881. 



Chapter 49. 

ReeolrM authorising a Temporary Loan. 

Resolvedy That to provide for the wants of the treasury, remporarr loaa 
the treasurer of state be, and he hereby is authorized to pro- ^ ^ 
cure, on the faith of the state, if he shall deem it necessary, 
during the current year, a temporary loan of three hundred 
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needed. 

Resolvedy That the treasurer of state is hereby authorized 
to give notes in behalf of the state, reimbursable within twelve 
months from the date hereof, for such portions of the loan 
hereby authorized as may be found necessary. 

Approred March 15, 1881. 



Chapter 43. 

ResolTes authorizing a Temporary Loan. 

Resolved^ That to provide for the wants of the treasury, Temporaxj loan 
the treasurer of state be, and he hereby is authorized to pro- 
cure on the faith of the state, if he shall deem it necessary, at 
any time during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 
a temporary loan of three hundred thousand dollars, or so 
much thereof as may be needed. 



^ BTATB P11IS0N.^BATH ORPHAN A8TL1TM. 

Chap. 44, Resolved y That the treasurer of state is hereby authorized 
to give notes in behalf of the state, reimbarsable within 
twenty-four months from the ^date hereof, for such portions 
of the loan hereby authorized as may be found necessary. 

Approred Mareh 15, 1881. 



Chapter 4S. 

Resolye in fayojr of the Bath Military and Naral Orphan Asylam. 

Bathmiutary Resolved^ That the sum of six thousand dollars be, and is 

•Mjism^iaSYw hereby appropriated for the support of the Bath military and 
naval orphan asylum for the year eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one ; and that the sum of five thousand and five hun- 
dred dollars be, and hereby is appropriated for the year 
eighteen hundred and eighty-two ; and that the sum of five 
hundred dollars of the above appropriation be expended in 
painting and repairing buildings, if needed. 

ApproTed March 16, 1881. 



Chapter 44. 

RetoWe in faror of the State Prison. 

State prtM», in licsolvedy That the sum of forty-four thousand and two 
hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the benefit 
of the state prison, to be clivided as follows : forty-two thou- 
sand dollars for the payment of the old indebtedness of the 
prison, said sum to be paid out under the direction of the 
governor and council, who are hereby authorized to adjust 
and settle the claims against the prison in such manner as I 

they deem just and equitable ; two thousand dollars for re- 
pairs on prison buildings for the years eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and two 
hundred dollars for the prison library ; the two latter sums 
to be expended under the direction of the warden of the 
prison. 

Approved Mareh 1&, 1881. 






PBNOBSCOT INDIANS.— GOrNTT TAXBS. ^9 

Chapter 46. Chap> 46. 

lUfolve smradfttor J to the ** EwoWe in relstion to the Pcnobeeot trihe of Indiaaf," 
spprored Febroaj^ twentj-one, eighteen hnndred and sixty-slz. 

Resolved^ That the ''Resolve in relation to the Penobscot ?i»-»«»'«*>i!?<>' 

' 1860, Maeoded. 

tribe of Indians," approved February twenty-one, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-six, is hereby amended so as to read as 
follows : 

^Resolved^ That the Penobscot tribe of Indians, hereafter Eiectiou, when 

end how made. 

be allowed to elect by ballot, their governor, lieutenaiit-^v- 
emor, and representatives to the legislature, on the second 
Tuesday of September, biennially, and that the old and new 
party, so called, be allowed to select from their respective 
parties, candidates for said offices, alternately, commencing 
with the old party, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty- 
seven, and the new party shall have no voice in the selection 
of candidates for said offices, and shall not vote in their elec- 
tion in those years when the old party is entitled to them ; 
and the old party shall have no voice in the selection of can- 
didates for said offices, and no vote in their election in those 
years when the new party is entitled to them ; and it shall 
be the duty of the agent to preside at such election.' 

Approved March 17, 1881. 



Chapter 47. 

Ref olre laying a tax on the ooanties of the State for the years eighteen hundred and 

eighty>one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Resolved^ That the sums annexed to the counties in the Ooonty taxes. 
following schedule are hereby granted as a tax on each county 
respectively, to be appropriated, assessed, collected, and 
applied for the purpose of paying the debts and necessary 
expenses of the same, and other purposes ordered by law, 
for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, to 
wit : Androscoggin, twenty-eight thousand dollars ; Aroos- 
took, sixteen thousand dollars ; Cumberland, sixty-two thou- 
sand dollars ; Franklin, seven thousand dollars ; Hancock, 
eleven thousand five hundred dollars ; Knox, eighteen thou- 
sand dollars ; Kennebec, thirty-seven thousand dollars ; Lan- 
coln, nine thousand two hundred dollars ; Oxford, ten thou- 



50 JAMBS 8. OONKLIN.^MAINB REPORTS. 

Chap. 48. sand dollars ; Penobscot, forty thousand dollars ; Piscataquis, 
six thousand dollars ; Sagadahoc, fifteen thousand dollars ; 
Somerset, thirteen thousand dollars ; Washington, thirteen 
thousand dollars ; Waldo, sixteen thousand dollars ; York, 
twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. 

For the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, 
the following sums, to wit : Androscoggin, twenty-eight thou- 
sand dollars ; Aroostook, sixteen thousand dollars ; Cumber- 
land, forty-six thousand dollars ; Franklin, seven thousand 
dollars; Hancock, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; 
Knox, seventeen thousand dollars ; Kennebec, thirty-six 
thousand dollars ; Lincoln, eight thousand nine hundred dol- 
lars ; Oxford, ten thousand dollars ; Penobscot, thirty-five 
thousand dollars ; Piscataquis, six thousand dollars ; Sagada- 
hoc, fifteen thousand dollars ; Somerset, thirteen thousand 
dollars; Washington, thirteen thousand dollars; Waldo, 
fifteen thousand dollars; York, twenty-two thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

Approred March 17, 1881. 



Ckapter 48. 

Resolre in favor of James S. OoDklin. 

jMim8.GoDk- Resolved. That there be paid out of the treasury of the 

tin, In ftiTor of. ^ 1,11 

state, to James S. Conklin, the sum of one hundred dollars, 
the same to be paid from any funds not otherwise appro- 
priated ; said sum being for bounty due him as private in 
company C, thirteenth Maine volunteers. 

Approved March 17, 1881. 



Chapter 49. 

Resolre aathorising the Secretary of State to purchase certain yolnmes of the Maine 

Reports. 

Maine report!, Hcsolved, That the Secretary of state be, and is hereby 

poiehaM of 

aathoriMd. authorizcd to purchase for the use of the state, of Dresser, 
McLellan and Company, twenty-five volumes each, of the 
Maine reports, volumes forty-three and forty-four, at a price 



PBNOBSCOT INDIANS. 51 

not exceeding four dollars per volume. Said reports are to Cha p. 50. 
be annotated in a style similar to the late volumes purchased 
by the state. 

Approved March 17, 1881. 



Chapter SO. 

Resolre making appropriaiionB for the Penobaeot tribe of Indians for the years eigh- 
teen hundred and eightj-one and eighteen hundred and eight j- two. 

Resolved^ That there be paid from the state treasury to the Penob8ootio. 

diaoe, approprla- 

agent of the Penobscot tribe of Indians, to be appropriated tionefor. 
for the benefit of said tribe, each year, af follows : 

Forty-four hundred twenty-nine dollars and seventy cents, 
amount of interest on their trust fund held by the state for 
the benefit of said tribe ; fifteen hundred dollars for their 
annual annuity each year ; seven hundred dollars for agricul- 
tural purposes each year ; four hundred and fifty dollars for 
bounty on crops each year ; two hundred dollars for salary 
of agent for each year; six hundred dollars for schools each sehoois, prorts. 

ions tor. 

year, to be used in employing competent teachers, viz : four 
hundred dollars for Oldtown island, under the supervision of 
the agent of said tribe and resident priest ; seventy-five dol- 
lars on Olamon island, under the supervision of the superin- 
tending school committee of Greenbush ; one hundred and 
twenty-five dollars on Mattanawcook island, under the super- 
vision of the superintending school committee of Lincoln ; 
and said committees are required to report as directed in re oommitteea, 

iwnort of 

solve approved March seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty, 
and it shall be the duty of said agent to see that the money 
is fully expended for the education of the children of the 
tribe ; one hundred dollars for the salary of said priest for 
each year, provided he says mass at least twenty-four Sun- 
days during the year, for said tribe of Indians ; fifty dollars 
for salary of their governor each year ; thirty dollars for sal- saiariM. 
ary of their lieutenant governor each year ; two hundred and 
fifty dollars for repairs on chapel. This sum is in addition to 
fifty dollars appropriated under resolve dated March fifteen, 
eighteen hundred and eighty, unexpended, and is in full for 
repairs on said chapel, for the years eighteen hundred and chapei, repair of. 
eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two; all the 



J 



52 

Chap. 51. 



C. L. McGLSBRT.--ST. CROIX AND PENOB. B. R.— IN8AKB HOSPITAL. 

foregoing sums to be paid under the direction of the governor 
and council. 

Approred Maroh 17, 1881. 



0. L. MeCleery, 
in teror of. 



Chapter SI. 

Resolre in faror of C. L. MeCleery. 

Resolvedj That the sum of three dollars be, and the same 
is hereby appropriated, to be paid to C. L. MeCleery, as 
reporter for the investigating committee of the legislature on 
binding and stitching for the years eighteen hundred and 
seventy eight and eighteen hundred and seventy nine. 

Approred Mareh 17, 1881. 



St. Oroix and 
Penobscot B. B., 
state tax oo, 



Chapter S9. 

Resolre for the abatement of the state tax for the year one thousand eight hundred 
and eighty, aoaessed upon the Saint Croix and Penobseot Railroad Company. 

Resolved^ That the governor and council are hereby au- 
thorized and directed to abate the tax assessed by virtue of 
chapter two hundred and forty-nine of the public laws of the 
year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, upon the Saint 
Croix and Penobscot Railroad Company, amounting to about 
four hundred dollars, and no further steps shall be taken by 
the treasurer for the collection of the same. 

Approved Maroh 17, 1881. 



Committee on 
insane hospital, 
In teror of. 



Chapter ffS. 

Resolve in favor of the Joint Standing Committee on Insane Hospital. 

Resolved^ That the treasurer of state is hereby authorized 
and directed to pay to Ezra L. Pattangall, chairman of the 
joint standing committee on Insane Hospital, the sum of five 
hundred and ninety-one dollars and eighty-four cents, the 
same being for expenses incurred in the investigation of the 
charges against the Maine Insane Hospital, in accordance 
with an order of the legislature. 



Approved Marpfa 18, 1881. 



UNSSTTLBD AC00UNT8.^IN8ANB HOSPITAIi. 53 

Chapter 54. Chap. 54. 

BoMlye reUting to nnsettled Mooants with tbt Btate. 

Resolved y That the governor and council be, and are hereby uuettied m. 

ftA wntt with th4 

empowered to adjust all unsettled accounts existing between j^i wyoitmcot 

the state and Alonzo Garcelon, and for such purpose shall 

have full power to send for persons and papers, and adopt 

such measures as the rights of the state shall demand, and 

may cause such proceedings to be . instituted as shall fully 

protect the interests of the state. 

Approved Maroh 18, 1881. 



Chapter SS. 

Resolre to provide for the ereotlon of an additional building to the Maine Insane 

Hospital. 

Resolvedj That the trustees of the Maine Insane Hospital '^^^^^' 
be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to erect a suit- *>«"<**"«• 
able building for the accommodation and better classification 
of patients, at some point on the hospital premises ; provided^ 
the means for the purpose can be drawn from the accrued 
funds and current income of the hospital during the years 
eighteen hundred and eighty- one and eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two ; said building to be completed during the year 
eighteen hundred and eighty-two. But not more than eighty- 
five per centum of such funds or income shall be used in any 
one year. The cost of such building shall not exceed the coet. 
sum of twenty-four thousand dollars. Plans and specifica- 
tions of said building shall be made by the trustees, and the 
materials, erection and completion of the building shall be 
done by contract or contracts, and the trustees shall superin- 
tend the work as it progresses. Chapter one hundred and ^^-^^ rejoivet 

1880) rcpt'Kifiu. 

ninety-eight of the resolves of eighteen hundred and eighty 
18 hereby repealed. 

ApproTod Maroh 18, 1881. 



54 PRBSIDBSTT GARFIBLD.— SBTTLSBS' LOTS IH WALLABRASS. 

Chap. 56. Chapter 96. 

Refolve in reUtion to InriUtion to the PrMidont of the United States, to rint the 

Stele of Maine. 

Praembie. Whereas, Aq Organization of the soldiers and sailors of 

the State of Maine, who participated in the recent war of the 
rebellion, have concluded to have a general re-union of the 
veterans of Maine, on some day in August next, or there- 
abouts, and have through their president, General Joshua L. 
Chamberlain, extended an invitation to James A. Garfield, 
President of the United States, to be present as a guest dur- 
ing the exercises of so interesting an occasion. Therefore, 

ooreraorand Resolved^ That his excellency, Harris M. Plaisted, gov- 

ooaDcil reqoQited *^ *^ 

te^ii**!? Se '' ernor of the state, and his executive council, be requested to 
prMideot. extend to the President of the United States such attention 

and courtesies as his presence in the state on such an occasion 

should demand. 

Approved Mareh 18, 1881. 



Chapter S7. 

Reeolre in regard to settlers' lots in township nomber sereDteen, range eeren, now 

Wallagrass plantation. 

LaDdsffentto Hes'olvedy That the land asrent is hereby directed to inves- 

MoertalD who are c? ar 

2!rJ*to«rSai"' ^'S*^^' ^y biroself or by some one by him appointed, virho are 

lota in waiiagraMi the prcseut aud lawful claimants of the settlers lots in town- 
ship number seventeen, range seven, now Wallagrass planta- 
tion, to wit: lots numbered two, ten, thirteen, fifteen, seven- 
teen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-seven, 
thirty, thirty-one, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-eight, forty- 
seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, and one-half of twenty-four ; 

-.when to deed, aud whcn SO ascertained, he shall deed said claimants the 

whole or parts of lots, as the case may be, by quit-claim, 
conveying all the right, title and interest which the state of 
Maine received from the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
by deed, dated February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one, as now on file in the land office ; and if any other 
lot or lots, not numbered or mentioned in this resolve, in said 
plantation, the said land agent is also empowered to ascertain 
the claimant, and deed the same, as provided for the lots 

proTiio. named in this resolve ; provided^ however ^ that this resolve 



REPORT OF R. R. COMMISSIONBRS.^PASSAMAQUODDT INDIANS. 55 

shall not be so construed as to instruct or direct the land Chap. 58. 
agent to deed any lands heretofore conveyed by the state ; 
and provided said claimants are actual settlers. 

Approred March 18, 1881. 



Chapter S8. 

Reiolre fixing the number of copies of the report of the Railroad Commissioners, to 

be printed at the expense of the State. 

Hesolvedy That the number of copies of the report of the Report ©r a. e. 

*■ *■ oommlulooert, 

railroad commissioners, to be printed annually hereafter at JX^pdoJed*^**' 
the expense of the state, shall be twenty hundred. 

Approved March 18, 1981. 



Chapter S9. 

Resolre making appropriations for the Passamaqnoddy tribe of Indians for the years 
eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 

Resolved^ That there be paid from the state treasury, to be Panamaquodd/ 

Indians, api>rD- 

expended under the direction of the governor and council, to priationt fer. 
the agent of the Passamaqnoddy tribe of Indians for the 
benefit of said tribe, for the years eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as follows : 
For May dividends, four hundred dollars each year; for 
November dividends, three hundred dollars each year; for 
distressed poor, two thousand dollars each year ; for agricul- 
tural purposes, six hundred dollars each year ; for bounty on 
crops, three hundred dollars each year ; for ploughing, one 
hundred and fifty dollars each year ; for salaries of governors, salaries. 
one hundred dollars each year; for salaries of lieutenant 
governors, forty dollars each year; for wood, two hundred 
dollars each year; for contingent expenses, one hundred 
dollars each year; for educational purposes, six hundred 
dollars each year, to be expended under the supervision of 
the agent of said tribe and the resident priest ; for salary of 
priest, one hundred dollars each year ; for dressing for land, 
one hundred dollars each year ; for salary of agent, two hun- 



56 MAINB STATE 00LLBOB.--TEACHIB8' HIBTINGS. 

Chap, 60. dred dollars each year; for coutingeat poor fund, five hun- 
dred dollars each year. 

ApproTed Marth 18. 1881. 



Chapter 60. 

Reiolye in Diyor of the Maine State College of Agrionltare and the Hechanio Arta. 

College or agri. Resolvedy That the sum of three thousand and five hundred 

oaUare and 

SJSlf*off *^* *" dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the pur- 
pose of paying for instruction and contingent expenses of the 
Maine State. College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 
for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and eighteen 
hundred and eighty-two, as specified in the report of the 
joint standing committee on agriculture. 

Approved March 18, 1881. 



Chapter 61. 

Resolye to enable the state superintendent of oommon schools tp hold teachers' meet- 
ings, as provided in item fonr of section seventy-one, chapter elevea of the Revised 
SUtntes. 

Resolved^ That the sum of eight hundred dollars be, and 
the same is hereby appropriated for the year eighteen hun- 
dred and eighty-one, and the like sum for the year eighteen 
hundred and eighty-two, the same to be taken from any 
school money belonging to the state, to enable the state 
Teachcn* meet- Superintendent of common schools to defray the expenses of 

logs in the ooon- * . . 

f!?4x'eni«of holding teachers' meetings in the several counties of this 

state, one meeting or more to be held in each county in the 
state ; which sums shall be expended under the direction of 
the state superintendents all bills for which, shall be audited 
by the governor and council ; provided^ however^ that no 
bills shall be paid from said sums except for advertising such 
meetings, and paying actual traveling expenses of speakers 
and lecturers not residing in the counties in which sudi 
meetings are )ield. 

Approved Mareh 18, 1881. 



OOMMITTBE ON APPORIIOSlfKirr.— 3I0RBTART OF 8ENATB. 57 

Chapter 69. Chap. 62. 

BMolre in fayor of the Joint Gommittoe on apportionment of Senators and Represen- 

tatires. 

Resolved. That the treasurer of state is hereby authorized oommitiaeon 

' •^ apportionmeot, 

and directed to pay to Joseph S. Berry, chairman of the joint ^^^\}^ 
committee on apportionment of senators and representatives, 
the sum of fifty dollars, the same being for clerk hire in 
making the apportionment of senators and representatives 
for the next decade. 

Approved Maroh 18, 1881. 



Chapter 63. 

ReiolTe in faror of the Seeretary of the Senate, for the payment of bills for adrertis- 
fng and newspapers for the Legislatore, Coaneil, Valuation Commission and Depart- 
ments. 

Resolved^ That there be paid from the treasury, for fur- seeietaryorthe 
niahing daily papers to members and officers of the senate, to ^• 
members and officers of the house of representatives and to 
the executive council during the present session ; for papers 
furnished members of the valuation commission, while in 
session; for advertising for the legislature and executive 
council ; for bill of stationery furnished members of the 
senate, and for postage, the sum of seven hundred and forty- 
eight dollars and nine cents, and that the secretary of the 
senate be authorized to pay the several parties with whom 
the foregoing bills were contracted. 

Approved Maroh 18, 1881. 



58 
Chap. 64. 



PAY ROLL OF THB HQUSB. 



PAY ROLL OF HOUSE. 



COUNTY OF ANDROSCOGGIN. 




Auburn 



LisboQ 

Lewieton .... 



Minot . 
Poland 
Turner 
Wales . 



Elery F. Goss 

Ebenezer Jordan 

E. M. Shaw 

Isaac N. Parker 

Silas W. Cook 

Liberty H. Hutchinson, 

Speaker, 

Thomas B. Swan 

Diman B. Perry 

H. C. Haskell 

Joseph G. Bragg 






65150 
65150 
60150 
65150 



$163 GO 

163 00 

162 00 

163 00 



65300 


313 00 


75; 96 


111 00 


75; 54 


69 00 


70150 


164 00 


70 


150 


164 00 




1,635 00 



COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK. 



Caribou. . . 
Easton . . . 
Fort Kent. 
Hoalton . . 
Linneus... 
Sherman. . 
Van Buren 



L. R. King 

Samuel G. Wheeler. . . 

William Dickoy 

Joseph B. Hutchinson.. 
Frank C. Nickcrson. . . 

John Burnham 

Peter C. Keegan 



340)150; 
315;i50; 
400,150 
250150 
260150 
175 150 



355 



150 



218 00 
213 00 
230 00 
200 00 
202 00 
185 00 
221 00 



1,469 00 



COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. 



Bridgton 

Brunswick 

Cape Elizabeth . . . 

Cumberland 

Deering 

Freeport 

Gorham 

Gray 

Harpswell 



Albion G. Bradstreet.. 
Weston Thompson. . . . 

Daniel Strout 

L. P. Sturdivant 

Geo. B. Leavitt 

J. C.Kendall 

Alpheus Boothby 

William Elder 

Charles E. Tru&nt. . . . 



130 
35 
70 
75 
65 
45 
80 
90 
45 



150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 



176 00 
157 00 

164 00 

165 00 
163 00 
159 00 

166 00 
168 00 
159 00 



PAT BOLL or THB HOUSB. 



COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND— Concluded. 



TOWNS. 


NAMB3. 


• 

1 

e 

8 
an 


^8 


< at 


North Yarmouth . . 
Otisfield 


Albion S. Perley 

Ebenezer F. Ward well. 

Almon A. Strout 

Byron D. Verrill 

Ruel S. Maxey 

N. E. Redlon 

Samuel A. True 

Joseph B. Brown 

George W. Leighton. . 
Appleton N. Burnell. . 
Frank H. Boody 


60 
90 
65 
65 
65 
65 
65 

110 
75 

100 
85 


150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 


$162 00 
168 00 


Portland 


163 00 


4 

SebafiTo 


163 00 
163 00 
163 00 
163 00 
172 00 


Westbrook 

West Baldwin. . . . 
Windham 


165 00 
170 00 
167 00 




3,296 00 



59 

Chap. 64. 



COUNTY OF FRANKLIN. 



Carthage . . 
Fannington 
Kingfield... 



New Sharon 
Phillips. , . . 



JohnF. Libby 

John J. Linscott 

William S. Gilbert.... 

Thomas Smith 

Benjamin Tarbox 



100 
100 
125 
25 
110 



150 


170 00 


150 


170 00 


150 


175 00 


150 


155 00 


150 


172 00 




842 00 



COUNTY OF HANCOCK. 



Bucksport 

Ellsworth 

Deer Isle 


Guy W. McAlister.. . . 
James T. Cushnmn.... 
Seth Webb 


Orland 


John A. Buck 


Sedgwick 

Sullivan 


Henry W. Sargent. . . . 
Oliver P. Brandon . . . . 


Surrv 


Edwin H. Torrey 

Eben B. Clark 


Tremont 


Trenton 


Lyman S. Hopkins. . . . 



90150 
100 150 
200 150 
100 150 
195150 
135150 
125150 
210150 
220,150 



168 


00 


170 00 


190 00 


170 00 


189 


00 


177 


00 


175 


00 


192 


00 


194 00 


1,625 


00 



60 

Chap. 64. 



PAY ROLL OF THB H0U8I. 



COUNTY OF KENNEBEC. 



TOWNS. 



Augusta 

Belgrade 

China 

Gardiner 

Hallowell 

Monmouth 

Mt. Vernon 

Waterville 

West Gardiner... 

Windsor 

Winslow 

Winthrop 



NAMES. 


t 

<•• 

8 

a 


Amount for 
■tlendanu. 




Anson P. Morrill 

Josiah P. Wyman .... 
William F.EIdred.... 
Charles F. Achorn .... 
David Wentworth .... 

Eliphalet Rowell 

J. H. Norris 


5150 
5150 
20150 
15150 
10150 
5150 
20150 
20150 
20150 
10150 
10150 
25150 
10150 


$151 00 

151 00 
154 00 

153 00 

152 00 
l51 00 

154 00 


Quintin L. Smith 

F. E. Heath 


154 00 
154 00 


E. P. Seavey 

James E. Ashford .... 

Allen P. Varney 

Reuben T. Jones 


152 00 
152 00 
155 00 
152 00 




1,985 00 



COUNTY OF KNOX. 

Camden ' Hosea B. Eaton 

Hope ! Fred O. Bartlett 

Rockland S. M. Bird 

Oliver G. Hall 

Charles A. Glidden. . . 

J. T. McKellar 

William E. Vinal 

Emery F. Joy 



St. George 

South Thomaston.. 

Thomaston 

Union 



100 

105 

90 

90 

105 

105 

90 

90 



150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 



170 00 

171 00 
168 00 



168 


00 


171 


00 


171 


00 


168 


00 


168 


00 


1,355 


00 



Boothbay 

Bristol 

Dresden 

Jefferson 

Newcastle 

Waldoborough .. . 



COUNTY OF LINCOLN. 

Charles H. Fislier. . . . 
James W. Partridge.. 

Honitio G. Allen 

James H. Noyes 

Moses Chase 



George G. Benner. 



75 
85 
25 
15 
60 
85 



150 


165 00 


150 


167 00 


150 


155 00 


150 


153 00 


150 


162 00 


150 


167 00 




969 00 



TOWNS. 



PAT BOLL OF THB H0U8B. 



COUNTY OF OXFORD, 



NAMES. 



Bethel 

Brownfield 

Buckfield ........ 

Denmark 

Norway 

Paris 

Peru 

Rumford 



Samuel B. Twitchell. . 

John A. Sweat 

Thomas S. Bridgham. . 

William Bean 

Albert F. Andrews.. . . 

J. C. Marble 

Henry Rowe 

C. W. KimbaU 



• 



a 




125 

105 

95 

105 

90 

90 

130 

130 



150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 



"o S 

► d 



$175 00 

171 00 

169 00 

171 00 

168 00 

168 00 

176 00 

176 00 



61 
Chap. 64. 



1,374 00 



COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT. 



Bangor 



Bradley 

Brewer 

Charleston 

Corinna 

Etna 

Garland 

Glenbum 

Hampden 

Hudson 

Levant 

Newport 

Oldtown 

Passadumkeag .. 

Patten 

Prentiss 



Charles V. Lord 

Silas C. Hatch 

Same, Speaker j>ro tern. 

B. B.Thatcher 

Frank P. Livermore . . 
Jephtha H. Nickerson . 

L. N. Doore 

George. W. Nutter. . . . 
Horace H. Wheeler . . . 

Calvin P. Berry 

Lowell Marston 

A. P. Loud 

Joseph Goodwin 

John White 

David O. Trafton 

F. W. Folsom 

Amos Dennis 

Samuel Waters 

Benjamin D. Averill... 



75 
75 

75 

90 

80 

105 

66 

60 

70 

90 

85 

95 

85 

50 

90 

105 

185 

150 



150 


165 00 


150 


165 00 


28 


28 00 


150 


165 00 


150 


168 00 


150 


166 00 


150 


171 00 


150 


163 00 


150 


162 00 


150 


164 00 


150 


168 00 


150 


167 00 


150 


169 00 


150 


167 00 


150 


160 00 


150 


168 00 


150 


171 00 


150 


187 00 


150 


180 00 




3,054 00 



COUNTY OF PISCATAQUIS. 



Dover 

Kingsbury 

Williamsburg . . . . 



Ephraiin Flint.. . . . . . . 

Leonard Hilton 

M. W. Kennison 



135 
160 
135 



1150 
150 
150 



177 


00 


182 00 


177 


00 


536 00 



62 
Chap. 64. 



PAT BOLL or THK HOUSB. 



COUNTY OF SAGADAHOC. 



TOWNS. 


KAMBS. 


m 

1 

8 

i 


£8 

n 

< • 


si 

< 3 


Bath 


Guv C. Goss 


40 


ISO 


$158 00 


Bowdoin 


N. S. Purinton 

Franklin P. Sprague. . 
Isaac E. Mallett 


60ll50 


162 00 


Phipsburg 

Topsham 


65; 150 
40150 


163 00 
158 00 




641 00 



COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 



Athens . . 
Brighton 
Hartland 



Mercer 

Norridgewock 
New Portland 

Palmyra 

Skowhegan . . 



Edward Ware 

James M. Jones 

George C. Goodale . . . 

George E. Burr 

Hiram H. Crosby 

A. S. Parsons 

Pet«r H. Lang 

Silas Leland 



50 
60 
50 
45 
45 
75 
60 
40 



150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 



160 00 


162 00 


160 00 


159 00 


159 00 


165 00 


162 00 


158 00 


1,285 00 



Belfast 

Lincolnville 
Palermo . . . 
Searsmout.. 
Searsport . . 

Troy 

Waldo .... 
Winterport 



COUNTY OF WALDO. 

Oscar W. Pitcher 

Ellis C. Freeman 

J. R. Bradstreet 

Edward R. Packard. . . 

J. C. Nickels 

Orriu P. Estes 

James G. Harding. . . . 
Fred W. Ritchie 



65 

80 
25 
80 
70 
50 
60 
75 



150 


163 00 


150 


166 00 


150 


155 00 


150 


166 00 


150 


164 00 


150 


160 00 


150 


162 00 


160 


165 00 




1,301 00 



COUNTY OF WASHINGTON. 



Calais 

Cherryfield 
Danforth . . 



Dennysville . 
Eastport .... 
East Machias 
Jonesport ... 
Machias... . . 
Pembroke... 
Whiting . . . . , 



Marshall N. McKusick. 

Willlatn Freeman 

Joel Foss 

John Policy s, contest.. 

Isaac S. Eastman 

Hiram Blancbard 

John C.Talbot 

Charles H. Cummings. 
Eliphalet S. Means.... 

John C. Wilder 

R. L. Crosby 



295.150 
275 150 
1170150 
305; 60 
285,150 
265 150 



'315 
'285 
'315 
280 
265 



150 
150 
150 
150 
150 



209 


00 


205 


00 


184 00 


121 


00 


207 


00 


203 00 


213 


00 


207 


00 


213 00 


206 


00 


203 00 


2,171 00 



PAY ROLL or THE HOUSB. 



COUNTY OF YORK, 



TOWNS. 



Berwick . . 
Biddeford 



Buxton • . . • . 
Dayton .... 

Eliot 

Kennebunk 
Kittery ... . , 

Limingtou.. 
Parsonsfield. 

Saco 

Sanford .... 
Shapleigh .. 
Waterboro* 
York 



Clerk: 



Messenger 



(( 



Assistant Clerk . . . 



1st Ass't Messenger 
2d Ass't Messenger 



Chaplain, 



Page 



(( 



Official Reporter.. 



NAMES. 



Lorenzo R. Hersom.. . 
George W. Donnell.. . 

O. H. Staples 

A. G. Smith 

Zebulon G. Staples . . . 

Howard Staples 

Robert W. Lord 

M. F. Wentworth 

L. S. Edgecomb 

Loring T. Staples . , . . 
George A. Emery . . . . 

Ernest M. Goodall 

Edmund Goodwin 

James M. Chadbourne. 
Daniel B. Harris 

OFFICERS. 
Oramandal Smith 

Frank L. Patten 

Charles H. Gatchell.. . 
Asbury F. Haynes . . . . 

John W. Phinney 

William J. Smith 

Rev. John Allen 

Joseph Campbell 

Charles F. Pressey . . . . 

Frank A. Small 




115 
80 
80 
90 
90 

130 
95 

130 

100 

110 
80 
95 

110 
95 

125 



o . 
•S o 

5 « 



150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 



■< 3 



$173 00 
166 00 
166 00 
168 00 

168 00 
176 00 

169 00 
176 00 

170 00 

171 00 
166 00 
169 00 

172 00 
169 00 
175 00 



2,554 00 



25 600 



50300 



70 
105 

60 

50 

100 

5 
65 



150 
10 



150 



150 

150 

75 
75 



5300 



605 


00 


310 00 


164 00 


31 


00 


•162 


00 


160 00 


170 


00 


76 


00 


88 00 


301 


00 


2,067 


00 



63 
Chap. 64. 



64 
Chap. 64. 



PAY ROLL 07 THB H0U3B. 

RECAPITULATION. 

Androscoggin $1,635 00 

Aroo^stook 1,469 00 

Cumberland 3,296 00 

Franklin 842 00 

Hancock 1,625 00 

Kennebec 1,985 00 

Knox 1,355 00 

Lincoln .. 969 00 

Oxford 1,374 00 

Penobscot 3,054 00 

Piscataquis 536 00 

Sagadahoc 641 00 

Somerset 1,285 00 

Waldo 1,301 00 

Washington 2,171 00 

York 2,554 00 

26,083 00 

Officers 2,067 00 

$28,150 00 



Chapter 64. 

Resolve on the P&y Roll of the House. 

p»7 roll ofbooie. Resolvedj That there be paid out of the treasury of the 
state to the several persons named in the foregoing pay roll 
the sums set against their names respectively, amounting to 
the sum of twenty-eight thousand one hundred and fifty 
dollars. 

Approved M»roh 18, 1881. 



PAT ROLL OF THB BBNATB. 

PAY ROLL of the members and Officers of the Senate of 
the Sixtieth Legislature, at the session held at Augusta, 
commencing on the fifth day of January, and ending on the 
eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. 

MEMBERS. 



65 
Chat. 65. 



DISTRICTS. 



First 



/Second 



Third 



Fourth. 



Fifth. 
Sixth 



Seventh 



Eighth 



Ninth 



TerUh 




Eleventh 



George H. Wakefield .. 

Jason W. Beatty 

Charles F. Sanborn . . . 

Joseph A. Locke, Pres. 

Heury C Brewer 

Albert F. Nutting 

Tobias Lord, Jr 

Augustus H. Walker . . 

Same, for telegrams. . 

George D. Bisbee 

Jeremiah Dingley, Jr. . 
George Parcher 

Geoi^e R. Fernald . . . . 

Edwin D. Lamson . . . . 

Colby C. Cornish 

Joseph S. Berry 

Same, Presidentpro tern. 

Chandler Baker 

Nathaniel B. Buxton. . . 

Levi C. Flint 

Joseph L. Smith 

Stephen Jennings 

Francis W. Hill 

Henry C. Friend 

James W. Clarke 



110 

90 

110 

65 
45 
90 
90 

130 

90 

65 
75 



150 
150 
150 

300 
150 
150 
150 

150 

150 

150 
150 



90'l50 



20150 



20 
20 



60 
60 

150 

100 
80 
75 
70 

70 



150 
150 



150 
150 

150 

150 
150 
150 
150 

150 



1' 

U o 

< s 



$172 00 
168 00 
172 00 

313 00 
159 00 
168 00 
168 00 

176 00 

1 65 

168 00 

163 00 

165 00 

168 00 

154 00 

154 00 

154 00 

4 00 

162 00 
162 00 

180 00 

170 00 

166 00 
165 00 

164 00 

164 00 



< 



66 


1 


PAT ROLL OF THE SB9ATB. 






1 


Ohap. 65. 

MEMBEB8 OF THE SENATE — CoDCladed. 






DISTRICTS. 


NAMES. 


• 




II 

•• S 












<< S 




Twelfth 


David N. Mortland. . . . 
Same , President j^ro tern. 


90 


150 


$168 00 
4 00 








Thirteenth 


James B. Taber 


50 


150 


160 00 






Calvin W. Sherman . . . 


90 


150 


168 00 




Fourteenth 


Nahum T. Hill 


90 


152 


168 00 { 

170 00 ' 






Lucilius A. Emery 


100 


150 




Fifteenth 


Ezra L. Pattangall .... 
Voranus L. Coffin 


315 
280 


150 
150 


213 00 
206 00 




Sixteenth 


David Dudley 


340 


150 


218 00 

1 






OFFICERS. 




Secretary 


Charles W. Tilden 


10 


600 


602 00 




Asst. Secretary. . . 


George E. Brackett . . . 
George E. Minot 


70 
20 


30 
300 


44 00 
304 00 




Messenger 


Charles H. Lovejoy . . . 
Same, extra service. . 


20 


150 


154 00 
25 00 1 

1 




Asst. Messenger. . 


A. B. T. Chadboume. . 
F. E. Voter 


80 
100 


30 
150 


46 00 
170 00 




Pasre 


William H. Prescott . . 
Same, extra service. . 


20 


100 


104 00 
5 00 




'*■ •tS^ 




Folder 


John R. Flint 

George E. Hezeltiue . . 


— 


58 


58 00 
300 00 

• 




Reporter 




Chaplains 


Rev. Mr. Penney 

Rev. Dr. N. Butler . . . 


10 


150 


5 00 
152 00 




$7,404 65 



w 



PAT ROLL OP SENATE.— SPRAQUB AND SON. gy 

Chapter 6S. Chap. ft5. 

Resoire on the Pay Roll of the Senate. 

Itesolvedf That there be paid out of the treasury of the PajroiiofMoate. 
state to the several persons named in the foregoing pay roll, 
the sums set against their names respectively, amounting in 
the whole to the sum of seven thousand four hundred and 
four dollars and sixty-five cents. 

Approred Maroh 18, 1881. 






Chapter 66. 

Resolre in t%roT of Spragae and Son. 

Resolved y That the sum of six hundred and two dollars be, spngMMidgoo, 
and is hereby appropriated for the payment of the bill of 
Sprague and Son, for legislative advertising, and for copies 
of the Daily Kennebec Journal furnished members and offi- 
cers of this legislature. 

Approved March 18. 1881. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



Segretart op State's Office, 
Augusta, June 22, 1881. 



} 



I hereby certify that the Acts and Resolves contained in 
this pamphlet, have been carefully compared with the originals 
deposited in this office, and appear to be correctly printed. 

JOSEPH O. SMITH, 

Secretary of State. 



Note. — ^The Sixtieth Legislature of Maine convened on 
the fifth day of January, and adjourned on the eighteenth 
day of March, 1881. 



1 



GOVERNOR PLAISTED'S ADDRESS. 



Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives : 

Called by the voice of the people and the voice of law, to 
assume the responsibilities and undertake the duties of Chief 
Magistrate of our State, I avail myself of this presence to 
• express my grateful thanks to my fellow citizens, to whose 
partiality I am indebted for this distinguished honor. I 
should be, indeed, something more, or less, than human, if so 
distinguished a mark of public favor did not command my 
gratitude and my devotion, and fill me with a profound sense 
of the trust reposed. 

A public trust is the most sacred of all trusts, and one that 
should bear, with the greatest weight of obligation, upon every 
right-thinking mind. The betrayal of a high public trust is 
more than treason, and admits of no excuse or palliation, and 
no mercy or pity for him who betrays it. For, be it remem- 
bered, that, after all the safeguards human wisdom and 
human prudence can devise for the security of our most 
sacred interests, we must repose at last, for that security, 
upon the simple honesty of man. No sure foundation but 
this hath society or government. 

While it is with no little distrust of my own abilities, it is 
not without some confidence, that I assume the trust to which 
I am called of my fellow citizens, and to the faithful discharge 
of which I have just pledged myself by the most solemn 
sanctions ; for the people are never unreasonably exacting of 
their public servants. Brilliant talents and great abilities are 
held by them in comparatively light regard ; but faithful 
public services, when rendered by moderate abilities, never 
fail of their reward in the appreciation and gratitude of the 
people. The short comings and mistakes of a public servant, 
in the highest station, even, are forgiven and overlooked, 
\ provided he has done his best. Indeed, so little exacting, 

6 



70 GOYBRNOR PLAISTED'S ADDRESS. 

and so indulgent are the people, it would seem as if they were 
quite ready to impute it to him for righteousness if a public 
servant does not bcti*ay his trust. This is a sad reflection, if 
it be true, and yet one that should inspire each of us, enter- 
ing upon this term of service, with a zeal to do his best for 
the commonwealth, and, at the same time, to lament that he 
is not able to do more. 

I shall not be able, gentlemen, to furnish you with any 
detailed statement of the ufiairs of the departments and insti- 
tutions of' the State. I have not had access to the official 
Reports of the last year ; they have not yet been published. 
Besides, owing to the uncertainty as to the election — the 
declaration of the result — I have not made such examination 
of these affairs of the State as I might otherwise have felt it 
my duty to make. Hence, for needed information respecting 
the affairs of the several departments and the condition and 
wants of our State institutions, I have to refer you to the 
official Reports, which will be laid before you at an early 
day ; confining myself in the main, to such general reflections 
and suggestions, concerning them, as seem to me appropriate. 

Finances. 

Upon the subject of the SUite finances I give you such in- 
formation as I have been able to obtain from the Treasurer's 
office : 

Receipts for 1880 $1,672,395 13 

Expenditures 1,581,469 96 

Sinking fund, Jan. 1, 1881 1,307,857 75 

Bonded debt 5,883,900 00 

The estimates for 1881 are not yet completed. For these 
and all other details as to the finances of the State, I refer 
you to the Treasurer's Report. 

Taxation. 

Taxation is the one subject of universal and vital interest 
to the people of this State. It will receive from you, I doubt 
not, that earnest attention which its supreme impoilance 
demands. I wish it were permitted me to say, that none of 
our people were oppressed by debt and taxation ; that none 
looked to the future with gloomy forebodings, seeing no way 
out of the toils of debt and taxation ; that none, under the 
weight of these burdens, either succumbed to despair or left 



r 



GOVERNOR PLAISTRD'S ADDRESS. 7]^ 

their homes to try their fortunes in a new country ; but, 
rather, that all were prosperous, contented and happy. It 
would be far more agreeable to me and more in accordance 
with the customary language of this occasion. 

The truth is, the people of this State are oppressed by the 
burdens they bear, — the burdens of debt and taxation. Tax- 
ation falls heavily upon some, because it does not fall equally 
upon all. Too large a proportion of the public burdens falls 
upon real estate. This is especially true of all farm property. 
The property of the farmer, both real and personal, is all 
visible and exposed to assessment. Besides, no account is 
taken of his mortgages, though his farm may be mortgaged 
for all that it is worth. It approximates the truth, to say 
that none of his property escapes taxation "according to the 
just value thereof." Of this the farmer does not complain, 
but when other classes of proi>erty, in vast amounts, are per- 
mitted to escape taxation, in whole or in part, he docs com- 
plain, and has a right to complain of the injustice of his gov- 
ernment. For he is thus made to bear, not his own burdens 
only, but the burdens of others. This is injustice. Taxation 
and protection are reciprocal. It is the spirit of our institu- 
tions to be equal as well as free, equal rights and equal bene- 
fits ; equal protection and equal burdens ; special privileges 
to none. 

It will devolve upon you, the legislative branch of the 
government, to devise and pursue such measures of relief 
from unequal taxation as shall seem to you the most appro- 
priate. It will be your pleasure, as well as your duty, I 
doubt not, to reduce the current expenses of the government, 
if it can be done by the practice of a severe, not parsimoni- 
ous, economy. 

But it is not in the economical expenditure of the public 
revenue, so much as in seeking new sources of revenues and 
in equalizing the burdens of taxation, tbat you will be able 
to compass such reforms and such relief as will gladden the 
hearts and cheer the hopes of our people. The public bur- 
dens are unequally borne. When all the property in the 
State is reached and taxed as real estate and all property of 
farmers, ** according to the just value thereof," the rate of 
taxation will be reduced one half. Then will taxation fall 
lightly and be borne cheerfully, because it will fall equally 
upon all. True it is, that absolute equality in taxation can 



fji} GOVBRNOK PLAISTBD3 ADDRBSS. 

never be attained. A disproportionate share of the public 
burdens will always be thrown on certain kinds of pniperty 
because they are visible and tangible. The best system to be 
« sought is that which, in its practical operation, approximates 
nearest to equality. 

Exemptions. 

The legislature in its discretion, has always exercised the 
power of exempting certain kinds of property from taxation. 
On the theory that taxation and protection are reciprocal, no 
exemptions can be defended. As all property receives' the 
equal protection of the laws, all should be made to bear its 
proportionate share of the public burden. The exemption of 
any species of property is not equal taxation, and can only 
be defended on the ground of a subsidy ; for it is the same 
thing as granting, to the owners of the exempted property, a 
considerable sum out of the public treasury. 

Monet at Interest. 

« 

While there is a laro;e amount of property in the State 
exempt by law from taxation, an amount much larger, in the 
form of bonds and notes — ^raoney at interest, is practically 
exempt because not reached by the assessors. How can this 
property be reached? Most of the States in the Union 
require the inventory to be made under oath. Experience 
has shown that the pains and penalties of perjury are not 
without an immense moral influence in bringing personal 
property within the reach of the assessors, and there would 
seem to be no valid reason why these should not be invoked 
to secure that end. As the law now stands, it is left to the 
discretion of the assessors whether they will require the tax- 
payers to give in their inventory under oath. There would 
seem to be good and obvious reasons why this reqiMrement 
should not be left to the discretion of the assessors, but made 
imperative in all cases ; and m case of refusal or neglect, on 
the part of any tax payer, to give in such sworn statement, 
then the assessors should assess such persons, from the best 
knowledge within their reach, adding thereto a heavy doom- 
age. It cannot be doubted that by this means the aggregate 
mass of taxable property, brought within the reach of the 
assessors, would be greatly increased, the rate of taxation 
lessened, and individual burdens lightened. 



qovbrnob plaistbd's abdrbss.] 73 

Taxation op Railroads. 

Prior to the law of 1880, providing for the taxation of 
raih'oad corporations, the capital stock only, of these cor- 
porations, in other words the right of redemption only, was 
taxable. Property of more than $20,000,000 in value, there- 
fore, escaped with trifling taxes compared with other kinds of 
property in the State. Hence, the law of last winter was 
passed providing for the assessment by the Governor and 
Council of one per cent, on the road-ways, roUing-ntock and 
franchises of the several roads — ^leaving <Hhe lands, buildings 
and fixtures outside of the road-ways to be taxed by the town" 
where situated. 

Under this act the several railroads were assessed by the 
Governor and Council, and the assessments have been paid 
by the several corporations assessed, excepting the Maine 
Central, the Boston and Maine, and the Portland, Saco and 
Portsmouth Railroads. These corporations resist the pay- 
ment on the ground that the Act of last winter is unconsti- 
tutional. Actions to recover the taxes of these corporations 
have been commenced by the Attorney General ; the cases 
have been made up and are now in the hands of the Court. 
An early decision is hoped for, and expected before the close 
of this session. 

The taxes levied upon the corporations contesting the 
legality of the tax, are as follows : Maine Central, $22,000 ; 
Boston and Maine, $18,000 ; Portland, Saco and Portsmouth, 
$12,000; assessed upon a valuation of $2,200,000, $1,800,- 
000, and $1,200,000, respectively; being at the rate per mile 
of $7,000, $38,000, and $24,000, respectively. 

It is possible that these corporations may escape the pay- 
ment of their assessments, through defects of the law in the 
mode of imposing the tax. The assessments may not be sus- 
tained, either as a property or an excise tax. The constitu- 
tion is over all, corporations and individuals alike, and, in a 
case of doubtful constitutionality, it is the right and duty of 
the management of these corporations to test the validity of 
the tax. They have seconded the efforts of the Attorney to 
the State, in seeking the decision of the Court at the earliest 
possible day. 

As to your power to tax these corporations, you need only 
to be reminded that you are clothed with the sovereign func- 



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tions of legitslatioD, and that the only question for your deter- 
mination is : what is the just and effective mode of imposing 
the tax. The power of taxation is an incident of Sovereignty, 
a State necessity, and the onlj*^ power which our constitution, 
in express terms, declares that "the Legislature shall never 
in any manner suspend or surrender." All subjects there- 
fore, over which the sovereign power of the State extends, 
are in its discretion legitimate subjects of taxation in one 
form or another ; either as a property or an excise tax or 
license ; and this may be carried to any extent to which the 
government may choose to carry it, provided the constitu- 
tional limitation, as to equality, is observed. 

Succession Tax. 

As all property should bear its just and equal proportion of 
taxation,' it would seem but reasonable that all legacies and 
inheritances should not go untaxed. The propriety of an 
inheritance tax, distinguishing between lineal and collateral 
inheritance, is approved by the soundest political economists ; 
nor can there be any doubt of the legal and moral right of 
the Legislature to impose it. The conditions that make such 
a tax just and desirable, are, that a large amount of personal 
property that passes by bequest — particularly Government 
bonds — will escape taxation altogether, unless taxed when it 
comes to the light in its transfer from the dead to the living. 
Besides, it would seem but just and proper that this class of 
property should be made to contribute to the cost of main- 
taining Courts of Probate and of Probate Records, estab- 
lished and maintained for the sole benefit thereof. Then, 
again, the expenses attending the collection of this tax would 
be but trifling, and the burden of the tax would fall lightly 
upon those who pay it, because it would be deducted from 
what was never in their possession. The State of Pennsyl- 
vania derives an annual income of over $300,000 from collat- 
eral inheritances and bequests, and in addition thereto a rev- 
enue of over $100,000 from a tax on wills, writs, deeds, etc. 

Board of Equalization. 

When the burdens of taxation shall fall equally upon all, 
they will bear lightly and be paid cheerfully by all. This 
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and so earnestly to be sought, is a subject that should com- 
mand your especial attention. Without the determination of 
values for the purpose of taxation, there can be no equalization 
of the public burdens. Values should be readjusted oftener 
than once in ten years. Stata boards of equalization, or tax 
commissioners, have been created, in many of the States of 
the Union, for the determination and readjustment of values, 
and the discovery of new sources of revenue for purpose of 
taxation. The Attorney General, Secretary of State, and 
State Treasurer are the officers usually selected to constitute 
these boards, in States where there is no Executive Council. 
Any expense necessary to secure a result of such vital and 
universal interest as the determination of values for the pur- 
poses of taxation, will be an expenditure in the line of true 
economv. 

Railroad Commissioners. 

The railroads of our State are of great public utility, and 
should be objects of public favor; but though the property 
of these corporations is of private ownership, they are 
public highways, the creatures of the law — created to pro- 
mote, not private interests, but the public good, and it is the 
bounden duty of the Legislature to see to it that their fran- 
chises are used ta that end. 

The almost unlimited control these corporations have over 
their rates, the power to change them at pleasure, raise or 
lower them, and levy discriminating rates, places the indus- 
tries of our State at their mercy. For it is in the power of 
the few individuals, controlling their management, to tax pro- 
duction and commerce at will, and practically dictate what 
reward the farmer, manufacturer and merchant shall receive 
for their labor. The public interests involved in the manage- 
ment of these highways of traffic, require that their manage- 
ment should be regulated and controlled by the sanctions of 
law. It may be said the railroads of Maine have been man- 
aged upon business principles only ; that they can be trusted, 
and should be trusted. So they can be — to look after their 
own interests, but not to look after the public interests alto- 
gether. For the protection of these interests, the State can 
be trusted, and trusted, also, to do no wrong to private in- 
terests, but even and exact justice to both. We have to-day 
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State, and one hundred thousand miles in the United States. 
Certain it is that unless the railroads of the country are sub- 
jected to legislative supervision, the legislation of the country 
will soon be subjected to railroad supervision. 

The railroad commissioners should be invested with ample 
power to supervise the management of railroads in respect to 
rates, with full power to revise and establish them. The law 
providing for the appointment of the commissioners implies 
as much. While one only of the commissioners is required 
to be an engineer, the law expressly declares that two of them 
shall be experienced in the " management," as well as con- 
struction of railroads. This requirement of the law has not 
been observed in the construction of the board ; while the 
board is composed of two engineers of well-known experience 
and skill in the construction of railroads, and one lawyer, I 
am not aware that it has ever contained even one member 
experienced as a railroad*manager. 

State College. 

The administration of the State College of Agriculture and 
the Mechanic Arts for the past two years has been of very 
economical character, but by very close work on the part of 
the instructors, its efficiency, it is believed, has been fully 
maintained. 

The value of the farm, buildings, apparatus, stock, etc., 
which the State holds in this Institution is about $1^5,000, 
and the endowment is $131,300, yielding an annual revenue 
of between $7,000 and $8,000 ; a revenue unfortunately much 
too small for the wants of the College. The Buruside's bill, 
which has recently passed the Senate, provides for an annual 
appropriation for the support of the State Colleges of Agri- 
culture and the Mechanic Ails. Should the bill become a 
law, it is hoped that this institution need be of no further 
charge to the State. 

The number of graduates is 134 ; and the number that has 
been connected with the college for periods ranging between 
one term and three and a half years, is 186, giving a total of 
320. This does not include the 104 now in the institution. 
Of the 310 graduates and former students, the vocations of 
230, who may be regarded as established in the work of life, 
are known. Of these, 27 per cent, are in agricultural pur- 
suits, and 27 per cent, in the mechanic arts. Only 11 per 



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cent, are in the so-called professions; 89 per cent, being 
engaged in pursuits of non-professional character. It is very 
obvious that the college is training its pupils for the industries 
of life rather than for the professions. 

I believe that the college is filling a necessary and impor- 
tant place in our educational system ; that its afisiirs are 
judiciously managed ; that its work is candied forward with 
efficiency » and that it is worthy of hearty and liberal support. 
I am free to say, that the knowledge I have of this institu- 
tion, and of its discipline, and particularly of the character 
of the young men gathered there, has given me a most favor- 
able opinion^of its advantages. These advantages, I believe, 
are not surpassed, in many respects, by those of any sister 
institution in this State. Then, as to the necessary expenses 
to the student, I am able to state from actual knowledge, 
that they need not exceed, or even reach, $150 a year. 
Hence it may be truly said that the inestimable advantages 
of a liberal education are within the reach of every young 
man in the State who possesses only the ordinary resources 
of the farmer's boy — ^pluck and muscle. 

Insane Hospital. 

The condition and treatment of the insane in the State 
demand very careful consideration. Statistics clearly show 
that insanity is greatly on the increase, both in this State and 
throughout the country. 

The dictates of ordinary humanity require that the best 
care and treatment possible should be given to this most 
unfortunate and helpless class. They should be placed under 
the most skillful and efficient superintendence ; and the 
highest ability and intelligent experience should be secured for 
this purpose. As these patients are among the most difficult 
cases that come under medical practice, the best medical 
skill at command should have them under their care. Modern 
science is making a more thorough diagnosis of insanity, 
seeking more fully to learn its causes and how to reach it 
with a remedy. The Insane Hospital of Maine ought not to 
be behind others in the progress that is making in this 
direction. 

Many States have a permanent Board of Commissioners in 
Lunacy, who' have the general oversight of all insane institu- 
tions, both public and private, in the State. 



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Nearly one-half of the patients in our Hospital are women. 
In many cases their insanity is the result of diseases incident 
to their sex, and all of them require medical attention. 
There are many thoroughly educated women physicians, who 
have made the treatment of their own sex a specialty. A 
growing public sentiment favors the employment of a woman 
physician at the Hospital. There are now several women 
physicians, successfully occupying such positions in different 
hospitals for the insane in the United States. 

The increase of insanity in the State demands more hos- 
pital room for the insane. The hospital at Augusta is already 
crowded, so that it would seem to be impossible to have 
proper classification of the patients ; and patients are con- 
stantly associated in an improper manner, so that the recov- 
ery of hopeful cases is greatly retarded, if not rendered 
impossible. 

Previous Legislatures have authorized the trustees to erect 
another building and appropriated funds for the purpose. No 
such building has been erected. The two systems of hospital f 

buildings, viz : the massive, expensive, castle-like and prison- 
like structures, and what is known as the ^ cottage system," 
deserve careful consideration and investigation. 

There appears to be a question whether the Hospital has 
an adequate supply of water. This is a matter of such grave 
importance, the people will rest satisfied with nothing less 
than absolute certainty that the water supply is abundant and 
at command, at all seasons of the year. The Legislature, 
through its committee, can settle this question, and secure 
what is of such vital importance. If there be any of our 
fellow citizens whose condition should touch our sympathies, 
and command our most considerate care and protection, they 
are these wards of the State, deprived of both reason and 
liberty. This subject is full of pathos. All other calamities 
that can befall humanity, are but light afflictions, and it would 
seem as if some were made to bear the accumulated woes of 
out* race, lest man should become wholly unmindful of his 
absolute dependence. Unacquainted as I am with the peculiar 
needs and demands of this institution, I can do no more than 
refer you to the official reports of its officers, and to pledge 
myself to discharge, so far as in me lies, my duties concern- 
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Reform School. 

The Reform School will commnnd, as it deserves, your 
especial attention. All who have boys, and know how they 
love liberty, and must have it, cannot but feel a deep sym- 
pathy for the class of unfortunates detained here. True, 
they have been committed, and are detained by sentence of 
the court, but not so much for their own, as the fault of their 
parents and of society. When we consider their tender years, 
a large proportion of them not in their teens, and orphans, 
committed for "Truancy," " Malicious mischief," "Sabbath- 
breaking," "Idle, and disorderly conduct," and other petty 
misdemeanors, this school must be regarded by every humane 
person as a part of our Educational System, and not as a State 
prison for boys. But it must be admitted, that such is the 
impression upon the public mind ; due, not to the treatment 
its inmates receive, but to the name the institution bears* 
Every boy who leaves this institution has a feeling, and is 
looked upon as such, that he is a graduate of the State prison 
for boys, and this feeling he must carry with him through life. 
If he learn a trade, it is a constant reminder of the misfor- 
tune of his youth. It is the skeleton in his house from which 
legislation should relieve him, by changing the name of the 
institution to that of Industrial School for Boys. We have a 
kindred institution for girls. No one ever thought of giving 
to that institution the name of Reform School for Girls. Why 
should not the boys be treated with equal consideration and 
humanity? The general affairs of the institution will be laid 
before you in the report of the superintendent and trustees. 

Insurance. 

Every public officer, holding public funds, should be re- 
quired to give the usual bond. There would seem to be no 
good reason why the Insurance Commissioner should be made 
an exception to this general rule. 

As to the insurance of our public buildings, I can see no 
valid reason whv the State should not exercise the common 
prudence of business men, and insure such property. 



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State Pbisox, 

The duties now devolved upon the Warden of the State 
Prison seem to me to require qualifications rarely found united 
in one person. If this institution is to be made self-sustain- 
ing, I believe its business and financial affairs must be sepa- 
rated from the duties of warden, and devolved upon a busi- 
ness agent of the very best business capacity and qualifica- 
tions. When the business affairs of the institution are man- 
aged upon strict business principles, by the best skill and 
ability attainable, it will pay its wity. No doubt of it. 

The management of the State Prison and all other State 
institutions, should be taken out of politics — wholly. While 
Inspectors and Trustees of these institutions are all given to 
one party, we may expect them to be a burden to the tax- 
payers ; for they can hardly fail to be run, not on business, 
but on political principles. It should be required by law that 
Inspectors and Trustees of all our State institutions should 
be representatives of the different political parties. 

Militia. 

The report of the Adjutant General will furnish you with 
the full information as to the military organizations of the 
State, and the expenditures for military purposes during the 
year. 

The well considered Act of last winter provides for a com- 
plete and efficient military system. First, the enrollment, 
biennially, of all able-bodied male citizens between the ages 
of 18 and 45 (not exempt) to be known as the enrolled mil- 
itia of Maine, not to b^ subject to active duty except in case 
of war. Second, the Reserve Militia — companies organized 
from the enrolled military, uniformed at their own expense, 
the State furnishing arms and equipments. Third, the 
Active or Volunteer Militia, regularly enlisted for five years, 
consisting of not more than three regiments of infantry, one 
battery of artillery and one squadron of cavalry. On a peace 
footing the whole force is limited to 2025 enlisted men, uni- 
formed, and when on duty paid by the State. 

Under the provisions of this Act two regiments of infantry, 
one company of artillery and one company of cavalry have 
been organized as the active military of the State, armed and 
equipped and uniformed at the expense of the Stnte, com- 






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prising in the aggregate 1034 enlisted men and commissioned 
officers. The work of organization under this act has pro- 
ceeded de novo. The whole force has been enlisted, officered, 
and organized without regard to the previously existing 
military establishment. The Adjutant General has dis^ 
charged his duties with great ability and faithfulness. It has 
been to him a labor of love, in the results of which he may 
indulge a just pride. The completeness and efficiency of 
organization and supervision, if maintained and perfected by 
practice, will give to Maine a military establishment of sur- 
passing excellence. 

The expenditures for military purposes during the year 
have not yet been reported. 

The estimated cost to the State for maintaining the present 
military establishment, will require an annual appropriation 
of $15,000. As the law now stands, the expenditures for 
military purposes are limited only by the discretion of the 
Executive. Section 156 of the Militia Act provides as fol- 
lows : "and to carry into full effect the provisions of this law, 
the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant from 
time to time on any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
expended, for the purposes thereof." 

So large a discretion should not be imposed on the Execu- 
tive. It is a responsibility that belongs to the Legislature. 
The amount of annual expenditures for military purposes 
should be limited by law. 

Cui bono publico? For what are we training these citizens 
in the art of war, in the practice of arms? 

Undoubtedly military exercises and military discipline, 
when maintained at a high standard of excellence, should be 
accounted, even in time of peace, as among the most effective 
agencies for the moral and physical training of our young 
men. For such military training cannot fail to impart to our 
citizen soldiers a spirit of manly independence and pride, a 
love of order and neatness, and habits of subordination. 
Besides, they serve to keep alive, in old and young, the 
spirit of patriotism. Reminded of the past glorious achieve- 
ments of our citizen soldiers in defence of their country, they 
will covet the honors of those who have deserved well of 
their country, and lament that they had not lived in the heroic 
days of the Republic, and had part in the war of the Rev- 
olution, or the great struggle for the vindication and preser- 



32 govehnor plaistbd's address. 

ration of the work of our fathers. A true military spirit is 
a patriotic spirit* 

These are considerations which should recommend, and 
justify, the requirements, bj' law, of military drill and disci- 
pline as a part of our educational system for the moral and 
physical training of young men in our colleges. But whether 
they are sufficient to justify the annual appropriation neces- 
sary to maintain a military establishment beyond the small 
number of highly disciplined companies, scattered over the 
State, to supplement the police force, you will judge and 
determine. 

The great Republic has psissed that period of its existence 
when it was thought arms might be necessary to vindicate 
national honor or preserve national interests against a foreign 
foe. The Geneva Arbitration settled that point, and forever. 

Our dangers are not from without; they are all from 
within. And yet, thank God, we are not training these 
soldiers for another sectional war. The conditions for such 
a conflict no longer exist. That great barrier between the 
sections — Slavery — that barred all intercourse and made us 
strangers, hence enemies, is removed. A chasm is left, but 
that will be filled. Then, again, it is no longer true that, 

— ^^ Mouotains interposed 
Make enemies of nations, which had else 
Like kindred drops been mingled into one/* 

For, by the agencies of steam and electricity, all our moun- 
tain barriers are removed, and space, that severs and 
estranges, is annihilated. So that now the dwellers upon the 
Atlantic and Pacific slopes are neighbors as well as fellow 
citizens, and the most distant portions of our widely extended 
Republic are brought into the closest relations, commercial 
and social, as well as political. We are now one people, of 
one country, with one constitution and one destiny. Nor 
need we train soldiers to sustain a ** Strong Government" — a 
government of force to be felt only in its power, in its con- 
trol, and not in its protection, in its beneficence. For the now 
fifty millions, and the untold future millions, of this Repub- 
lic cannot be governed. They must govern themselves or the 
Republic itself cease to be ; for force is ever the immediate 
parent of despotism. 

Our dangers are all from within ; and our chief danger is 
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GOVERNOR PLAISTED'S ADDRESS. ^3 

peril attending the transfer of power from the hands of one 
to the hands of another. "Wars of successions " have deso- 
lated all lands but ours, and even our experience has rendered 
us sensible of this peril to our institutions. But we need 
not train soldiers for this contingency ; for our exemption 
from civil war — a war of succession — depends not upon the 
presence of military force at the Capital, but rather upon 
their absence ; so liable are armed men, like concealed 
weapons, to be used when the blood is up. 

In the days of the Eoman Republic her legions were not 
permitted to approach the Capital, not permitted to cross the 
Rubicon. Caesar crossed it and the Roman Republic fell. Is 
it possible that the American people can contemplate, with 
indifference, the proposed gathering of militia of the States at 
the National Capital on the 4th day of March next? True, 
the result of this election is not in dispute, but the result of 
the next election may be disputed, and then the gathering of 
the military forces, at the inauguration of General Gartield, 
may prove a fatal precedent, the very Rubicon of our Repub- 
lic. If the President-elect has the instinct of a patriot, he 
will signalize his inauguration by placing his veto upon this 
proffered courtesy, and imitate the simplicity of the third 
President, who, without pomp and circumstance, almost 
unattended, walked to the Capitol and took the oath of his 
great office. By a wise provision of our Constitution the 
militia of Maine cannot be marched 'out of the State by the 
commander-in-chief, without the consent of the Legislature. 

Recent events, in our own State, have taught us that we 
are not exempt from this common danger, attending the 
transfer of the Government from the hands of one to the 
hands of another. We should look this danger square in 
the face, and apply such remedy as wisdom and patriotism 
demand of us. 

If the framers of our Constitution failed, in any respect, 
to guard perfectly and at all points, the citadel of constitutional 
liberty, it was in this precise particular. Their great patriot- 
ism seems to have rendered them incapable of appreciating 
this great peril. They never dreamed that the American 
people oould ever become so blinded by party zeal as to sink 
the patriot in the partisan, and be ready to tear down the 
very temple of liberty itself if public offices were not 
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the mind of the Father of our country, and in his farewell 
address he gave us solemn warnings against it. 

And Jefferson, having in view this great peril to our 
institutions, lays down this rule as the vital principle of all 
republics, viz : '^Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of 
the majority I" But this rule does not touch the point of our 
difficulties. One element is wanting. Who shall decide? 
Who shall canvass the returns, and determine the result? No 
man shall be a judge in his own case. Absolute acquiescence 
in the decisions of the majority, as determined by the tribunal 
constituted, by law , for that purpose; — this is the vital prin- 
ciple, to which the attention of the people should be directed ; 
the essential condition of the orderly conduct of the Govern- i 

ment ; the only safe-guard against civil strife and bloodshed. 

The powers of our Government are distributed into three 

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Departments : Legislative, Executive and Judicial, each inde- 
pendent of the other. While it belongs to the Executive 
Department to canvass the votes, returned for Senators and 
Representatives, and certify the prima facie result, it is 
made the duty of the Legislature to canvass the returns for 
Governor, determine the result and declare it. And from 
that decision there is no appeal except to force. The Gov- 
ernor and Council may err in certifying who ^ appear " to be 
elected members of the Legislature ; the Legislature may err 
in determining who is elected Governor ; but in either case, 
there is no appeal except to force. So, possibly, either of 
these departments in the discharge of these official duties, 
may act corruptly and fraudulenty, and decide in favor of a 
candidate not elected ; yet there is no appeal except to force. 
All possible frauds that may thus be committed, better be 
borne for a time, than to plunge the State into the horrors of 
civil war. 

■ 

The provision of our constitution which permits the Execu- 
tive, or Legislature, to call upon the Court on any occasion, 
solemn or otherwise, for its opinion, seems to me as wrong in 
principle, as dangerous in practice. Under this provision, 
questions are referred to the Court not for decision, only for 
opinions, which the Executive or Legislature may biko for 
what they are worth, follow them or disregard them at will, 
as has sometimes happened in our history. If these opinions 
are to be regarded as decisions binding the conscience and 
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GOVERNOR PLAISTBD'S ADDRESS. 

the boasted independence of these co-ordinate branches, 
which has ever been deemed the peculiar beauty of our sys- 
tem, and as fundamental as the reserved rights of the State? 

As the Court has not the responsibility of deciding such 
questions, its opinions partake of the character of opinions 
generally. We all know how cheap our opinions are when 
we are not responsible for them. We never kiiow quite 
what we ought to- do, any more than what we can do, until 
brought face to face with our responsibilities. For responsi- 
bility is the true inspirer that gives us wisdom and courage 
equal to our day, — -the wisdom to discern the path of duty, 
and the courage to pursue it. 

In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, John Adams 
proposed to engraft upon our National Constitution this pro- 
vision of his own State Constitution — whence we derived it; 
but fortunately for the Republic, his proposition was rejected. 
If, in an evil moment, it had been adopted, can it be doubted 
that our Constitution would have contained a dangerous, if 
not fatal, provision ;— that the Supreme Court would have 
become the overshadowing power in the Goveniment, and, in 
the hands of a weak or wicked President, been used to sus- 
tain Executive usurpations, destructive of the Government 
itself? 

It may be asked, is there, then, no remedy against possi- 
ble fraud and corruption, in matters of such vital importance? 
Yes, wait for the righteous and certain vengeance of the 
ballot box ; and, as to the guilty perpetrators of the fraud — 
traitors to a public trust — ^let their punishment be as swift as 
was his of old, who laid his hand upon the Ark of the Cove- 
nant. 

Imprisonment for Debt. 

The increase of population in this State, during the last 
decade, is between three and four per cent. This increase, 
for the roost part, is limited to two counties, Androscoggin 
and Aroostook, and is due chiefly to the manufacturing in- 
terests of the one, and the agricultural attractions of the 
other. Thousands of our citizens have left the State, during 
tjie decade, to escape their burdens of debt and taxatiou, 
hoping to better their chances in a new country. 

Why is it that the West is making such drafts upon our 
population, upon the bone and muscle and intelligence of our 

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people ? A prosperous people do not emigrate ; only those 
who are in distress. This is true of emigration from one 
State to another, as well as of emigration from the old coun- 
tries to this. 

One of the most efficient causes tending to drive citizens 
from the State, is the law of imprisonment for debt, as all 
must admit who know anything of its operation. This law is 
made the means of <]rreat oppression. Demands are cut up 
into small amounts, ten or fifteen dollar notes given, execu- 
tion taken out upon each, and the debtor is pursued, harassed 
and oppressed, until he is forced to leave the State to pre- 
serve his personal liberty. The poor debtor in this State is 
deprived of the benefits of the statute exempting his prop- I 

erty from attachment, for it must go, if it be his last cow or 
shoat, to pay the fees and costs of his disclosure. It is a 
shame that the personal liberty of the citizen should be held 
more cheaply than the collection of a ten dollar demand. 
Maine is now about the only State that retains upon its stat- 
ute books this relic of barbarism. 

The act of last winter, giving justices of the peace and of 
the quorum jurisdiction throughout the State, adds to the 
abomination of this law; for, in cases of dis^closure, the cred- 
itor may now take his justice from the most distant part of 
the State, at the expense of the debtor. 

Usury. 

Then, in aid of the law of imprisonment for debt, we have 
a statute which limits the interest, w^hich the creditor may 
exact only by his greed and the necessities of the debtor. 
Under this law, whatever the exactions by the money-lender, 
in the form of interest, they are not regarded as usury or 
extortion, only as a business transaction. The evil effects of 
the law develop slowly but surel3'. They tend not only to 
transfer the property of the many to the pockets of the few, 
but to paralyze and blight all productive industries, by ren- 
dering the trade of the money-lender the most profitable as 
well as the most favored business in the State. 

The evil effects of this law have been most conspicuous in 
the disasters it has brought upon our savings institutions. 
All have suffered by it, and many been brought to the verge 
of ruin. The managers of these institutions are of the best 
men in our State, and yet, in the management of funds not 



GOVERNOR PLAISTBD'S ADDRESS. ^^ 

their own, and under the restraints of legislative supervision, 
such was their passion for high rates of interest, these men 
neglected their first duty to the depositors and loaded the 
banks with investments of such doubtful character that banks 
holding six millions of deposits, suspended payment. If these 
insolvent banks had gone into the hands of receivers, instead 
of having their liabilities scaled down under the wise provis- 
ions of our law, the result would have been disastrous indeed. 
If good men — ^the best in the State — handling trust funds, 
are so anxious to make money for others, what may we not 
expect, under the license of this law, from men who are gov- 
erned in their rates of interest, only by their greed to make 
money for themselves? 

This law also tends to aggravate, immensely, far greater 
evils — those resulting from the non-taxiible Government bond. 

Government Bonds. 

Debt, public and private ; debt and taxation are slowly but 
surely undermining our free institutions. Government bonds 
not only escape taxation themselves, but they furnish a cover 
for all other kinds of evidences of debt that are taxable. 
This double iniquity must be borne so long as United States 
bonds are endured. It would seem that the proposition to 
refund the seven or eight hundred millions of United States 
bonds now maturing, could meet with but little favor by the 
mass of the people in this State ; that their interests demanded 
that these bonds should be paid, not refunded to remain a 
burden for a generation at least, and perhaps for generations. 
Then that other proposition, before the American Congress, 
to retire and destroy the 34(>,000,000 of legal tender notes, — 
burn them, so that out of their ashes may arise a like amount 
of interest-bearing bonds to further tax the labor and indus- 
try of the country 1 Would it not be more in accordance 
with the interest of the toiling masses in this country, to 
require the National Banks to retire their currency, some 
over three hundred millions, and replace it with United 
States legal tenders, and thereby pay off a like amount of 
United States bonds, burn them up and thus relieve the peo- 
ple of so much burden of interest, and above all, from the 
baneful influence of these bonds upon the currency and busi- 
ness of the country ? 



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GOVERNOR PLAISTBD'S ADDRESS. 

The Treasurer of the United States in his last report says: 
* 'Instead of the volume of the circulation being regulated by 
the business needs of the country, it is governed by the 
price of United States bonds ! Within the last year a large 
reduction of bank circulation has taken place in the face of 
an active demand for money, simply because a good profit 
could be made by withdrawing and selling the four per cents 
deposited as security for circulation. Nearly twenty-five 
million dollars in four per cent, bonds were thus withdrawn 
during the last fiscal year,'* The power that controls the 
volume of the people's money is certain to control the people's 
destinies. 

This question of the currency is one about which honest i 

men may honestly differ. It is an important question. Its 
decision will be of far-reaching consequence. If the bank 
currency win the whole field of circulation, then we shall 
have a never-ending national debt, maintained by the banks 
as the basis of their existence ; yes, fostered by them as ^ a 
national blessing " — ^to the banks, ever increasing in number 
and power as the country increases in wealth and population, 
and certain to become, if not so already, a political machine, 
hostile to free government, mingling in the elections and leg- 
islation of the country, corrupting the press and exerting its 
influence in the only way known to the money power — by 
corruption. 

But it is claimed that this bond policy is demanded in the 
interest of idle capital ; that it is necessary to furnish '*an 
opportunity for the safe investment of idle capital." These 
safe investments for idle capital are destructive, not only of 
the industries, but of the morals of the people. As they 
render the trade of the money lender the most profitable 
business, they tend to create a race of idlers, misers and 
cowards who will never take any chances with labor in the 
productive industries, while this opportunity, for safe invest- 
ment and exemption from taxation, is open to them. They 
take no risks. The Vanderbilts, with tens of millions of 
United States bonds, spending the interest in Europe, and 
the tens of thousands of lesser bondholders, who produce 
nothing and do nothing except clip coupons, what are they to 
this country and its industries, but a class of gilded paupers 
supported by the labor of the country. 



GOVERNOR PLAISTED'S ADDRESS. . 39 

If this bondholding policy shall continue, judging by the 
rapid accumulation of property in the hands of the few, dur- 
ing the last fifteen years, how long will- it be before we shall 
see, in this country, the same condition of things as in 
England, where one hundred and sixty persons own one-half 
of all the soil of England, and two-thirds of Scotland ; or, as 
in Ireland, where only one person in ten hundred and fifty- 
eight, owns one foot of mother earth? Order reigns at 
Dublin to-day ; so it did at Warsaw. 

We have in this country 5,000 persons who own and pos- 
sess 5,000 millions of property, mostly accumulated within 
the last fifteen years, and that, too, through unequal laws. 
Twenty years ago a millionaire in this country, was as rare 
as a prince, and so was a tramp. 

Corporate Power. 

According to Poor's Manual on Railroads, the number of 
miles of railroads in operation in this country, increased 
from 9,000 in 1851, to 86,500 miles in 1879 ; and the gross 
earnings from $36,000,000 in 1851 to $529,000,000 in 1879. 
These facts serve to illustrate the most startling development 
of the age — the development of corporate power. 

The presidents of the great trunk lines in this country 
control property, three of them, valued at $1,818,000,000; 
and three others, property valued at $943,000,000. 

These great trunk lines have been in the habit of com- 
bining, and raising and lowering rates, not according to 
business principles, but according to their selfish interests. 
It is notorious that the change of these rates in a single week 
recently added $5,000,000 per week to the burdens of the 
people, and put many times that amount into the hands of 
Eastern holders of grain, some of whom were Railroad 
Directorai Continue for another thirty years the present 
power of corporations to tax the public, and we shall have a 
moneyed aristocracy m this country, such as the world has 
never seen, and with all the attendant phenomena of venal 
legislators, and corruption in high places, which has caused 
the downfall of all republics in history. 

How, then, can any reflecting mind, any patriot, contem- 
plate without anxious concern, the tendency of the legislation 
of this country to create such rapid accumulation of property 
in the hands of the few at the expense of the many ? 






i\() GOVERNOR PLAISTED*8 ADDRESS. 

"The freest government," says Webster, *' cannot long 
endure, where the tendency of the laws is to create a rapid 
accumulation of property in a few hands, and to render the 
masses of the people poor and dependent." 

Universal suffrage and great landed estates cannot long 
exist together, for either the owners of the estates must 
restrict the right of suffrage, or that right of suffrage will ia 
the end divide their estates. 

Is it not time we paused in our career, and reviewed our 
principles? 

Freeholds. 

Our institutions were founded upon equality, or rather, i 

grew out of equality — that condition of comparative equality 
as to property, that characterized the early settlers of New 
England. They brought with them no great capitals, and, 
fortunately for humanity, there was nothing here productive, 
to tempt investments. If one millionaire had come over in 
the Mayflower, he would have blasted the prospects of a con- 
tinent ; for ours, then, would have been a government not to 
protect labor but capital. Capital would have shaped it. Our 
ancestors came here all upon an equality as to property, or 
rather as to poverty. But the lands were all open and free 
to them. They entered into possession and established the 
town system, the hundred acre lot system, the district school 
system, and upon this foundation they builded their free and 
Christian republic. All were tillers of the soil, farmers — not 
tenant faripers, but freeholders, having absolute dominion | 

over their acres, recognizing no man as lord or master, no 
power between them and the God they worshipped. They 
were lords and sovereigns themselves, and if we arc a nation 
of sovereigns to-day, it is only so far as we are a nation of 
freeholders. When these sovereigns got together to form a 
government what kind of a government could they form? 
Only that under which all were equals, all were sovereigns. 
They could not have formed any other if they had tried. It 
was this necessary act of parceling out the land into small 
freeholds, says Webster, *^that fixed the future frame and 
form of their government." 

Our New England ancestors not only began their system 
of government under a condition of comparative equality as 
to property, but all their laws were of a nature to favor and 



GOYBRNOR PLAISTED'S ADDRBS8. 9^ 

perpetuate that equality. This is undoubtedly the true prin- 
ciple of legislation. Any system of legislation, therefore, that 
tends to destroy this happy equality, wipe out the small free- 
holds and centralize the ownership of land in the hands of the 
few, not only destroys the prosperity and independence of 
the people, but strikes at the very foundation of our repub- 
lic. There is nothing in this country so sacred as the free- 
hold. It was the immediate parent of our free-school system 
and constitutes the essential condition of its existence, for in 
a country of great landed estates the district school system is 
as impossible as it is unknown. 

Conclusion. 

At the foundation of our free system, therefore, lies the 
principle of equality, and it is only upon that principle it 
can be preserved ; for it can rest in the love of all only as it 
rests in the interests of all. Move it from this basis of 
equality and our temple of liberty falls, and then who shall 
raise up its shapely columns again? It was only by a happy 
concurrence of the most fortunate circumstances, our Consti- 
tution was framed and adopted. No other people, no other 
country, no other age were equal to the work. How far above 
the powers of the American people to-day is such an achieve- 
ment? We should know, since we are not able to supply its 
one little defect, in relation to counting the electoral votes. 
The wisdom and patriotism of Congress is unequal to the task, 
though urged to it by every consideration of public safety. 
No, if our experiment of free government shall fail from the 
earth, it will be the knell of popular liberty the world over 
and for all time. 

Cicero, in one of his orations, is led off into a panegyric 
upon the Roman Constitution. How apt are his words, when 
applied to our immaculate charter, the crowning glory of the 
Revolution, — that master-piece of human invention, at once 
the wonder and hope of the world, — the Constitution under 
which we live I for, says the great orator, "O wonderful sys- 
tem and discipline of government which we have received 
from our fathers ! — ^let us preserve it.** 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 



GOVERNOE PLAISTED'S MESSAGES. 



Executive Department, 

Augubta, January 25, 1881 



.} 



To the President of the Senate and 

Speaker of the House of Representatives : 

Gentlemen : I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a 
commuuicution received from Major General Joshua L. 
Chamberlain, accompanied by a Resolve adopted at a meet- 
ing of the Association of Maine Soldiers and Sailors, request- 
ing the use of the Regimental Colors now deposited in the 
SUite House, at a proposed reunion of Maine Veterans to be 
held during the current year. 

These colors are in the custody of the law. I shall not 
feel authorized to permit their removal from the Capitol with- 
out the sanction of the Legislature. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 



Executive Department, 1 
Augusta, March 7, 1881. J 

To the Senate and House of Mepresentatives : 
I hereby notify you that a vacancy has occurred in the 

representation of this State in the Senate of the United 
States, caused by the resignation of the Honorable James G. 
Blaine, as signified to me in his communication herewith 
transmitted. Your attention is respectfully called to the duty 
of filling the vacancy thus created. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 



governor plaistbd's mbssagb3. 93 

Executive Department, 1 
Augusta, March 14, 1881. ) 

To the Honorable^ the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives : 

I return herewith bill entitled *'An act relating to the 
municipal court of the town of Brunswick,^' being unable to 
give the same my official approval. 

The second section of the bill provides that the judge of 
said court ^ shall appoint a recorder * * and in case of 
absence from the court room of the judge, and when the office 
of judge shall be vacant^ the recorder shall have and exercise 
all the powers of the judge and perform all the duties re- 
quired of said judge by law, except the trial of civil causes.'* 

Section third provides that *'for the performance of official 
duties while the office of judge shall be vacant, the recorder 
shall have the same fees which the law allows to the judge 
for like services.'' 

The first section of the bill provides that the jurisdiction of 
said judge shall be the same as thai of trial justices in this 
State. 

My objections to the bill are, that it delegates to the judge 
of said court the power to appoint his successor ^ clothed with 
the powers of a trial justice, except as to the trial of civil 
causes ; in other words, to appoint a judicial officer and make 
such officer his successor in office^ when the Constitution, sec- 
tion 8, article 5, part first, declares that the Governor ^ shall 
nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the Council, 
shall appoint all judicial officers." 

I return, therefore, the bill to the House in which it origi- 
nated, with these my objections thereto. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 



Executive Department, 1 
Augusta, March 16, 1881. j 

To the Honorable^ the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives: 

I return, herewith, bill entitled ^An act to incorporate the 
Casco Bank," being unable to give the same my official 
approval. 



^ QOVBRNOR PLAISTED'S ME&3A0BS. 

My objectiou is to the provision of the bill which author- 
izes the proposed corporation **to issue bank bilU,** thereby 
creating it a bank of issue, not merely a bank of discount, 
deposit and exchange, legitimate banking in which there 
might well be free tnide. Banking is a trade and only a 
trade, but it is no part of legitimate banking to issue bank 
notes to circulate as money. The right so to do is a legis- 
lative i)rivilege to capital, not in accord with those principles 
of equality which require government to confine legislation to 
equal protection and equal benefits ; and, as Heaven does its 
rains, shower its favors alike upon all, the high and the low, 
the rich and the poor. Capital is entitled to an equal chance 



-no more. 

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No one, (says Mr. Jefferson in 1813), has any natural 
right to the trade of a money lender but he who has money 
to lend. Let those, then, among us, who have moneyed cap- 
ital, and who prefer employing it in loans rather than other- 
wis^e, set up banks and give cash or national bills for the 
notes they discount. My original disapprobation of banks 
circulating paper is not unknown ; nor have I since observed 
any effects either on the morals or fortunes of our citizens 
which are any counter balance for the public evils produced." 
It would seem by the number of charters of this character 
proposed to be granted, (hat it was the policy of the legisla- 
ture to return to the old system of State banks. That sys- 
tem is obsolete. Whether professedly based upon coin, State 
bonds, or other securities, we would not have such banks if 
we could, and we could not if we would. After experiencing, 
for nearly twenty years, paper money based on the authority 
and credit of the whole nation and of uniform value through- 
out the country, the people of the United States, while they 
have their liberties, will never favor or tolerate a return to 
the old State bank system. That system they have tried 
and found wanting. 

Mr. Knox, the Comptroller of the Currency, says : 

^In nearly all of the States, banks especially chartered 
were favorite organizations. The amount of currency issued 
was frequently ticzce and in many instances three times the 
amount of the nominal capital of such banks. These char- 
ters were thus very valuable, and the State legishatures were 
besieged by applicants for such privileges.** 



GOVBRKOa PLAISTSD'S MESSAGES. J|5 

Ex-Secretary McCuIlocb, in an address delivered before 
the Bankers' Association in Philadelphia in 1876, in refer- 
ence to the State banks, says : 

*'Iu some States the circulation of the banks was secured, 
partially at least, by mortgages and bonds ; in others there 
was no security except the capital, which was frequently a 
myth. In some States, banking was a monopoly ; in others 
it enjoyed the largest liberty. The consequence was that we 
had a bank note circulation frequently worthless, and, when 
solvent lacking that uniform value which was needed in busi- 
ness transactions between the citizens of different States. It 
is enough to say that the circulation of the State banks was 
entirely unfitted for a country like ours ; that by it the people 
were subjected to 'enormous losses, not only in the way of ex- 
change but in the inability of a great many of the banks to 
redeem their notes/* 

Secretary Blaine said in his Cooper Institute speech : 

*'When the war broke out we had thirty-three kinds of 
paper currency in this country. AVc thought we had a good 
system in New England, called the Suffolk Bank System. 
We thought we enjoj-ed it down in Maine, and yet regularly, 
with great periodicity, which beat the equinoctial storm, these 
banks would turn up defunct. I remember perfectly well, as 
if it were yesterday, on a pleasant summer morning in 1858, 
that a large bank in Maine, known as the Ship Builders' Bank, 
was announced as having failed, with $357,000 of circulation 
out ; and it is out yet. That was a good thing about the old 
State bank, that when it failed it made a clean thing of it." 

Comptroller Knox says again : "The losses under the old 
bank system were estimated to equal in twenty years, the 
entire amount of the circulation." 

I am not aware that the people of this State have petitioned 
the Legislature for a return to the old sj'stem of State banks. 
I cannot believe they are in favor of a banking system that 
has proved a vortex in which the fortunes of the people have 
been so mercilessly swallowed up; not so much indeed, bj' 
reason of the insecurity or worthlcssncss of the bank circula- 
tion, as on account of the power which the banks possessed, 
in common with all banks of issue, of expending and con- 
tracting their circulation at pleasure ; thus enabling them to 



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fix the price upon every man's property, and to change that 
price at will. The purchasing power of money depends upon 
its volume ; hence the power that controls the volume of the 
people's money is certain to control the people's destinies. 

In 1861, was suggested by the then Secretary of the Treas- 
ury, a new system — a better way than the old system of banks 
of issue. Secretary Chose, in his report to Congress of De- 
cember 9, 1861, speaking of the 202 millions of State bank 
currency then in circulation, says : 

^ The whole of this circulation constitutes a loan without 
interest from the people to the banks, costing them nothing 
except the expense of issue and redemption, and the interest 
on the specie kept on hand for the latter purpose ; and it 
deserves consideration whether sound policy does not require 
that the advantages of this loan be transferred, in part at 
least, from the banks, representing only the interests of the 
stockholders, to the government, representing the aggregate 
interests of the whole people. * * It is too clear to be 
reasonably disputed, that Congress, under the constitutional 
power to lay taxes, to regulate commerce, and to regulate 
the value of coin, possesses ample authority to control the 
credit circulation which enters so largely into the transactions 
of commerce and affects in so many ways the value of coin. 
In the judgment of the Secretary, the time has arrived when 
Congress should exercise this authority." 

I object to the bills on the ground of public policy. It has 
become the policy of the general government — its settled 
policy, I believe — to control the entire credit circulation of 
the country. Whether that circulation shall be issued and 
its volume controlled directly by the government for the 
benefit of the whole people, or issued and controlled by the 
National Banks in the interests of their stockholders, is a 
question for the future determination of the American people, 
to be determined by them in their wisdom and in their own 
good time. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTSD. 



GOTBRNOB PLAISTBD'8 MBSSAOBS. 



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Executive Department, > 
Augusta, March 17, 1881. > 

To the Honorable the President of the Senate: 

I return, herewith, bill entitled '*An act to incorporate the 
Merchants* Bank of Waterville," being unable to give the 
same my official approval for the reasons and objections 
stated in my message of the 16th inst. to the House, return- 
ing the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Casco Bank.** 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 

The following named bills were returned, the same day, to 
the Senate, accompanied by similar messages signed by the 
Governor, viz : 

'*An act to incorporate the Sagadahoc Bank." 

"An act to incorporate the Richmond Bank." 

"An act to incorporate the Lejok Bank." 

The following named bills were returned, the same day, to 
the House of Representatives, accompanied by similar mes- 
sages signed by the Governor, viz : 



"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 
"An act 



to incoi-porate the Brunswick Bank." 

to incorporate the Auburn Bank." 

to incorporate the Veazie Bank." 

to incorporate Oakland Bank, Gardiner." 

to incorporate the Cobbossee Bank, of Gardiner." 

to incorporate Rockland Granite Bank, Rockland." 

to incorporate American Bank." 

to incorporate the City Bank of Biddeford." 

to incorporate the Belfast Bank." 

to incorporate the International Bank of Portland." 

to incorporate the Bangor Bank." 

to incorporate the Canal Bank of Portland." 

to incorporate the Merchants Bank of Portland." 

to incorporate the Kenduskeag Bank." 

to incorporate the Rockland Bank of Rockland." 

to incorporate the Gardiner Bank." 

to incorporate the Bank of Cumberland." 

to incorporate the Searsport Bank." 

to incorporate the Lime Rock Bank of Rockland." 

to incorporate the North Bank." 

to incorporate the Calais Bank." 

to incorporate the Marine Bank." 

to incorporate the Bath Bank." 

to incorporate the Ocean Bank of Kennebunk." 



gg OOYBRNOR PLAISTBD'S MBS8AGB& 

Executive Department, > 

Augusta, March 17, 1881. ) 

To the Hoiwrable the Ptesident of the Senate: 

I return, herewith, bill entitled '*An act to iucorporate the 
People's Bank" of Waterville, being unable to give the same 
my official approval for the reasons and objections stated in 
my message of the 16th inst. to the House returning bill 
entitled "An act to incorporate the Casco Bank." My par- 
ticular objection to this bill is that while it does not expressly 
authorize, it does not expressly prohibit the proposed cor- 
poration from issuing bills to be used as currency as is pro- 
vided in chapter 183 Special Laws of 1879. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 

The bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Norway Bank" 
was, the same day, returned to the Senate accompanied by a 
similar message signed by the Governor. 



Executive Department, > 
Augusta, March 18, 1881. J 

To the Honorable the JPresident of the Senate : 

I return herewith resolve to apportion the State for Sena- 
tors to the Legislature ; also resolve entitled, " Resolve to 
apportion 151 Representatives among the several counties, 
cities, towns, plantations and classes in the State of Maine," 
being unable to give the same my official approval. 

Section 2, article 4, part first of the constitution, provides 
that "the Legislature shall within every period of at most ten 
years, and at least five, cause the number of inhabitants of 
the State to be ascertained, exclusive of foreigners not nat-- 
uralizedy and Indians not taxed. The number of representa- 
tives shall at the several periods of making such enumeration, 
be fixed and apportioned among the seyeral counties as near 
as may be, according to the number of inhabitants, having 
regard to the relative increase of population." 

The only basis of representation contemplated by the con- 
stitution, is this "enumeration" of the " inhabitsmts of the 
State, exclusive of foreigners not naturalized and Indians not 
taxed." 



GOVERNOR PLAISTSD'S MESSAGES QQ 

The apportionment, provided for in the resolve, of the 
number of representatives to the several counties, is not 
based upon the inhabitants thereof " exclusive of foreigners 
not naturalized and Indians not taxed," but inclusive of both 
classes. In this respect, therefore, the resolve, as it seems 
to me, after such reflection as I have been a!)le to give to it, 
is not in accordance with the fundamental law. 

In the division of the State into Senatorial districts the 
constitution, provides that, " the districts shall conform as 
near as may be to county lines and be apportioned according 
to the number of inhabitants.^ 

It is within the discretion of the legislature, therefore, to 
disregard county lines and it is its duty so to do when an 
adherence to county lines would defeat this primary object 
of the constitution, viz: that "the districts shall * * 
be apportioned according to the number of inhabitants ;" 
conformation of the districts " as near as may be to county 
lines" is a secondary object. 

In the resolve before me the Senatorial districts are not 
fairly "apportioned according to the number of inhabitants," 
but arbitrarily, according to county lines. For instance, 
Piscataquis county with 14,873 inhabitants, is entitled to 
elect one Senator, while Waldo with over 32,000, is entitled 
to elect but one ; and so of Somerset with over 32,000 inhab- 
itants ; while Oxford county with only 100 more inhabitants 
than Waldo, is entitled by the resolve to elect two Senators. 
Again, Somerset and Waldo, with an aggregate population 
of 64,807, are given but two Senators, while Kennebec with 
only 53,061 is given three Senators. 

In the apportionment of representatives to cities the cities 
are given a larger representation than, as it seems to me, 
they are entitled to, under the plain provisions of the consti- 
tution, at the expense of the towns. In some instances the 
apportionment seems entirely arbitrary. Saco, with a popu- 
lation of 6,396, for instance, is given two representatives, 
while Biddeford with 12,652 is accorded the same number 
only. 

The classification of towns is equally arbitrary, unfair, 
unjust and, as it seems to me, unduly partizan. 

I recommend that the existing apportionment and classifi- 
cation be by resolve extended until January 1, 1883, and 



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200 QOVBRNOR PLAiaiBD'S MBSSAOBS. 

that provision be made for aBcertainiog in the mean time the 
number approximately of ** foreigners not naturalized and 
Indians not taxed." 

Therefore, withholding my approval of the resolves, I 
return the same to the House in which they originated with 
my objections. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 



Executive Department, > 
Augusta, March 18, 1881. 5 

To the Senate and House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith, a list of the titles of Acts and Re- 
solves passed during the present session of the Legislature 
and approved by me, also the title of An Act that became a 
law by remaining iive days in my hands, numbering in all 
261 Acts and 66 Resolves. 

I have no further communication to make. 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED. 



GOVERNOE DAVIS' MESSAGE. 



Executive Depaktment, > 
Augusta, January 5, 1881. > 

To the President of the Senate and 

Speaker of the House of Representatives : 

In conformity to the provisions of Section XI, Part I, 
Article V, of the Constitution, I herewith communicate a list 
embracing every case of reprieve, remission of penalty, com- 
mutation or pardon granted by me, with the advice and con- 
sent of the Council, in the year 1880, and stating the name 
of the convict, the crime for which he was convicted, the date 
of the reprieve, remission, commutation or pardon, and the 
conditions, if any, upon which the same was granted. 

DANIEL F. DAVIS. 



GOVERNOR DAVIS' PROCLAMATION. 



STATE OF MAINE. 

a proclamation. 
By the Governor. 

Whereas, The Legislature on January 27, 1880, by the 
concurrent vote of 'both branches proposed an amendment to 
the Constitution of the State of Maine, by Resolves as fol- 
lows, to wit : 

"Resolves providing for amendment of the Constitution, so 
as to elect the Governor by a plurality, instead of a 
majority, of votes. 

Resolved^ Two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature 
concurring, that the Constitution of this State shall be 

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GOVERNOR DAVIS' PROCLAMATION. 

amended, in the third section of the first part of article five, 
by striking out the word "majority," wherever it occiira 
therein, and inserting in the place thereof the word 
'plurality;' and a plurality of the votes cast and returned 
for Governor, at the annual September election for the year 
eighteen hundred and eighty, shall determine the election of 
Governor for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-one and 
two. 

Resolvedy That the aldermen of cities, selectmen of towns, 
and the assessors of phintations, in the State, are hereby 
empowered and directed to notify the inhabitants of their 
respective cities, towns and plantations, in the manner pre- 
scribed by law, at the annual meeting in September next, to { 
give in their votes upon the amendment proposed in the fore- 
going resolve ; and the question shall be, ''Shall the Consti- 
tution be amended so as to provide for the election of Gov- 
ernor by a plurality, instead of a majority?" And the inhab- 
itimts of said cities, towns and plantations shall vote by ballot 
on said question, those in favor of said amendment voting 
"yes," and those opposed voting "no," upon their ballots; 
and the ballots shall be received, sorted, counted and declared 
in open ward, town and plantation meeting; and fair lists of 
the votes shall be made out by the aldermen of cities, select- 
men of towns, and assessors of plantations, and signed by 
them, and attested by the clerks, and returned to the office 
of the Secretary of State within thirty days after the election. 
And the Governor and Council shall open, examine and count 
the same immediately after the expiration of said thirty days ; 
and if it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast and 
returned on the question is in favor of said amendment, it 
shall then be a part of the Constitution, and the Governor 
shall make known the fact by his proclamation. 

Resolved^ That the Secretary of State shall prepare and 
furnish to the several cities, towns and plantations, blank 
returns, in conformity with the foregoing resolves, accom- 
panied by a copy thereof." 

And the lists of votes having been made out and returned 
to the office of the Secretary of State, and examined and 
counted by the Governor and Council, are found to be as 
follows, to wit : Fifty-seven thousand and fifteen votes for, 



GOVBBNOB DAVIS' PROCLAMATION. 206 

and thirty-five thousand four hundred and two votes against 
said proposed amendment. 

Now, therefore, I, Daniel F. Davis, Governor of the State 
of Maine, in accordance with said Resolves, do issue this my 
Proclamation to make known the fact. 

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State 
to be hereunto affixed, at Augusta, this ninth day of 
[l. 8.] November, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
eight hundred and eighty, and of the Independence 
of the United States of America the one hundred 
and fifth. 

DANIEL F. DAVIS. 
By the Governor. 

S. J. Chabbournb, Secretary of State. 



CIVIL GOVERNMENT 



OB TEE 



STATE OF MAINE. 



FOR THE POLITICAL YEARS 



1881-2. 



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GOVEENOE : 

HARRIS M. PLAISTED, 

BANGOR. 



COUNCILLORS: 

FREDERICK ROBIE, Gorham. 
LEWIS BARKER, Bakoob. 
JOSEPH T. fflNCKLEY, Blothill. 
SAMUEL N. CAMPBELL, Chbbbtfield. 
WILLIAM WILSON, Hallowell. 
ROSCOE L. BOWERS, Saco. 
JAMES G. PENDLETON, Seabspobt. 



I JOSEPH O. SMITH, Skowhegan, Secretary of State. 

SUMNER J. CHADBOURNE, Augusta, Deputy Secretary of State. 
SAMUEL A. HOLBROOK, Freepobt, Treasurer of State. 
GEORGE L. BEAL, Norway, Adjutant General. 
HENRY B. CLEAVES, Pobtland, JUomey General. 
CYRUS A. PACKAJUD, Blanchabd, Land Agent. 
NELSON A. LUCE, Fbeedok, SuperifnJtendenJt of Schoola. 
JOSIAH S. HOBBS, Augusta, Librarian. 



1QQ CIVIL GOVBRNHBNT OF HAIffB. 



SENATE. 



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JOSEPH A. LOCKE. President. 



First Senatorial District George H. Wakefield. 

Jason W. Beatty. 

Charles F. Sanborn. 
Second Senatorial District Joseph A. Locke. 

Henry C. Brewer. 

Albert F. Nutting. 

Tobias Lord, Jr. 
Third Senatorial District Augustus H. Walker. 

George D. Bisbee. 
Fourth Senatorial District Jeremiah Dingley, Jr. 

George Parcher. 

Fifth Senatorial District George R. Fernald. 

Sixth Senatoral District Edwin D. Lamson. 

Seventh Senatorial District Joseph S. Berry. 

Colby C. Cornish. 
Eighth Senatorial District Chandler Baker. 

Nathaniel B. Buxton. 

Ninth Senatorial District Levi C. Flint. 

Tenth Senatorial District Joseph L. Smith. 

Stephen Jennings. 

Francis W. Hill. 

Henry C. Friend. 
Eleventh Senatorial District., . .James W. Clarke. 
Twelfth Senatorial District. . . .David N. Mortland. 
Thirteenth Senatorial District. .James R. Taber. 

Calvin W. Sherman. 
Fourteenth Senatorial District. .Nahum T. Hill. 

Lucillius A. Emery. 
Fifteenth Senatorial District. . .Ezra L. Pattangall. 

Voranus L. Coffin. 
Sixteenth Senatorial District. . .David Dudley. 



Charles W. Tilden, Secretary. 
George E. Minot, Assistant Secretary. 
Charles H. Love jot, Messenger. 

F. E. Voter, Assistant Messenger. 
John R. Flint, Folder. 
William H. Prescott, Page. 

G. W. Heselton, Reporter. 

Rev. Nathaniel Butler, Chaplain. 



CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE. ^QJ 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



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LIBERTY H. HUTCHINSON, Speaker. 



COUNTY OF ANDROSCOGGIN. 

Auburn Elery F. Goss. 

Ebenczer Jordan. 
Lewiston Silus W. Cook. 

Libcrtv H. Hutchinson. 

Isaac N. Parker. 

Lisbon Elijah M. Shaw. 

Minot Thomas B. Swan (expelled). 

Poland Diman B. Perry. 

Turner Horace C. Haskell. 

Wales Joseph G. Bragg. 

COUNTY OF AROOSTOOK. 

Caribou L. R. King. 

Easton Samuel G. Wheeler. 

Fort Kent William Dickey. 

Houlton Joseph B. Hutchinson. 

Linneus Frank C. Nickcrson. 

She4*man John Burnham. 

Van Buren Peter C. Keegan. 

COUNTY OF CUMBKRLAND. 

Baldwin Appleton N. Burnell. 

Bridgton Albion G. Bradstreet. 

Brunswick Weston Thompson. 

Cape Elizabeth Daniel Stront. 

Cumberland L. P. Sturdivant. 

Deering Geo. B. Leavitt. 

Freeport John C. Kendall. 

Gorham Alpheus Boothby. 

Gray William Elder. 

Harpswell Charles E. Trufant. 

North Yarmouth Albion S. Perley. 

Otisfield Ebenezer F. Ward well. 



20g dVIL eOVBRNMBNT OF MAINB. 

•COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND— Concluded. 

Portland Reuel S. Maxcy. 

Nathan £. Redlon. 

Almon A. Strout. 

Samuel A. True. 

Byron D. Verrill. 

Sebago «. Joseph B. Brown. 

Westbrook George W. Leighton. 

Windham Frank H. Boody. 

COUNTY OF FRANKLIN. 

Carthage John F. Libby. 

Farmington John J. Linscott. 

Kingfield William S. Gilbert. 

New Sharon Thomas Smith. 

Phillips Benjamin Tarbox. 

COUNTY OF HANCOCK. 

Bucksport Guy W. McAlister. 

Deer Isle Seth Webb. 

Ellsworth James T. Cushman. 

Orland John A. Buck. 

Sedgwick Henry W. Sargent. 

Sullivan Oliver P. Braigdon, 

Surry Edwin H. Torrey. 

Tremont Eben B. Clark. 

Trenton Lyman S. Hopkins. 

COUNTY OF KENNEBEC. 

Augusta Anson P. Morrill. 

Josiah P. Wyman. 

Belgrade William F. Eldred. 

China Charles F. Achorn. 

Gardiner David Wentworth. 

Hallo well Eliphalet Rowell. 

Monmouth James H. Norris. 

Mt. Vernon Quintin L. Smith. 

Waterville Francis E. Heath. 

West Gardiner Elisha P. Seavey. 

Windsor James E. Ashtbrd. 

Winslow Allen P. Varney. 

Winthrop Reuben T. Jones. 



aVIL eOVBRNMBNT OF MAINS. • ^QQ 

COUNTY OF KNOX. 

Camden Hosea B. Eaton. 

Hope Fred O. Bartlett. 

Rockland Sidney M. Bird. 

Oliver G. Hall. 

South Thomaston Joseph T. McKellar. 

St. George Charles A. Glidden. 

Thomaston William E. Yinal. 

Union Emery F. Joy. 

COUNTY OF LINCOLN. 

Boothbay Charles H. Fisher. 

Bristol James W. Partridge. 

Dresden Horatio G. Allen. 

Jefferson James H. Noyes. 

Newcastle Moses Chase. 

Waldoborough George G. Benner. 

COUNTY OF OXFORD. 

I Bethel Samuel B. Twitchell. 

Brownfield John A. Sweat. 

! Buckfield Thomas S. Bridgham. 

Denmark William Bean. 

Norway Albert F. Andrews. 

Paris Jarvis C. Marble. 

Peru Henry Rowe. 

Rumford Charles W. Kimball. 



COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT. 

Bangor Silas C. Hatch. 

Charles V. Lord. 

Benj. B. Thatcher. 

Bradley Frank P. Livermore. 

Brewer Jeptha H. Nickerson. 

Charleston Lorenzo N. Doore. 

Corinna George W. Nutter. 

Etna Horace H. Wheeler. 

Garland Calvin P. Berry. 

Glenbum Lowell Marston. 

Hampden Abial P. Loud. 

Hudson Joseph Goodwin. 



220 CIVIL QOYERNMENT OF MAINE. 

COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT— Concluded. 

Levant Johu White. 

Newport Duvid O. Trafton. 

Oldtown Franklin W. Folsom. 

Pussadumkeag Amos Dennis. 

Patten Samuel Waters. 

Prentiss Benjamin D. Avcrill. 

COUNTY OF PISCATAQUIS. 

Dover Ephraim Flint. 

Kingsbury Leonard Hilton. 

Williamsburg Moses W. Kennison. 

COUNTY OF SAGADAHOC. 

Bath Guy C. Goss. 

Bowdoin Nathaniel S. Purinton. 

Phipsburg Franklin P. Sprague. 

Topsham Isaac E. Mallett. 

COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 

Athens Edward Ware. 

Brighton James M. Jones. 

Hartland George C. Goodale. 

Mercer George E. Burr. 

Norridgewock Hiram H. Crosby. 

New Portland Albert S. Parsons. 

Palmyra Peter H. Lang. 

Skowhegan Silas Leland. 

COUNTY OF WALDO. 

Belfast Oscar W. Pitcher. 

Lincolnville Ellis C. Freeman. 

Palermo John R. Bradstrect. 

Searsraout Edward R. Packard. 

Searsport Jonathan C. Nickels. 

Troy Orriu P. Estes. 

Waldo James G. Harding. 

Winterport Fred W. Ritchie. 



CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE. HJ 

COUNTY OP WASfflNGTON. 

Calais Marshall N. McKusick. 

Cherryfield William Freeman. 

Danforth Joel Foss. 

Dennysville Isaac S. Eastman. 

East Machias John C. Talbot. 

Eastport Hiram Blanchard. 

Jonesport Charles H. Cummings. 

Machias Eliphalet S. Means. 

Pembroke John C. Wilder. 

Whiting Roswell L. Crosby. 

COUNTY OF YORK. 

Berwick Lorenzo R. Hersom. 

Biddeford George W. Donnell. 

Orrin H. Staples. 

Buxton Abel G. Smith. 

Dayton Zebulon Staples. 

Eliot Howard Staples. 

Kennebunk Rol)ert W. Lord. 

Kittery ^Mark F. Wentworth. 

Limington Lorlng S. Edgecomb. 

Parsonsfield Loring T. Staples. 

Saco George A. Emery. 

Sanford Ernest M. Goodall. 

Shapleigh Edmund Goodwin. 

Waterboro' James M. Chadbourne. 

York Daniel B. Harris. 



Oramandal Smith, Clerk. 

Frank L. Patten, Asshtant Glerh. 

Charles H. Gatchell, Messenger. 

John W. Phinney, Ist AssiMant Messenger. 

William J. Smith, 2d Assistant Messenger. 

Charles F. Pressey, Page. 

Joseph C. Campbell, Page. 

Frank A. Small, Reporter. 

Rev. John Allen, Chaplain. 



INDEX. 



A, 

PUBUG LAWS. 

PAGE. 

Abfttement of toxes, relating to 59 

Absent defendants, Attaohment of eetates of 89 

Abused and negleoted ohildren, eare of 66 

Aeeident insurance poUoies, attachment of restricted 14 

Aoeidents, rai!road| to prerent 71 

Accounts of administrators, etc., oath to be made to.. 8 

Actions against insolrent estates, relating to 8 

in behalf of the State, civil, relating to 17 

of dower, apportionment of costs in 33 

on mortgages of real estate, relating to 70 

Administrators, etc., accounts of to be sworn to 7 

with will annexed, appointment of 16 

and executors' bonds, suits on 36 

Admission to the bar, to regulate 43 

Agricultural societies, payment of bounties to 66 

products, inspection and sale of 83 

Alewires, for protection of 66 

Appeals and proceedings in probate courts • 74 

Appointment of administrators, with will annexed, relating to 16 

Appropriation for normal schools 80 

Assessment and abatement of taxes, relating to 59 

Attachment of property of insolvent debtors 11 

absent defendants 39 

Auditors, powers and duties of 34 

PRIYATB AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Academy, Hallowell, additional to charter of 96 

Aid in construction of Kennebec Central Railroad, certain towns authorised to. 146 

Boothbay Bailroad, certain towns authorised to 161 

Alewires in Bennys river, for protection of. 34 

Fish Committees of Nobleborough and Newcastle authorised to protect, 103 

Anson, town of, authorised to refund certain bonds and create a sinking fund 

for their payment 99 

Appropriation, acts of. 63, 133, 303, 314 

Aqueduct Company, Auburn, to incorporate 31 

Aroostook River Railroad Company, ttuthorized to extend road 39 

Assessment of State tax, 1881 '. 153 

1882 175 

Auburn Aqueduct Company, to increase capital stock of 21 

Steam Heating Company, to incorporate 8 

city of, to amend act to establish municipal court in 45 

relating to drains and sewers in.... ISO 



114 ^™«^- 

BBSOLVBS. 

PAQB. 

Aooounte of Swediflh colony, relating to settlement of. 7 

with the State, nnaettled, relating to 6S 

Agrionlture, in favor of Committee on 6 

and Hecfaanic Arts, College of, relating to bonds held in trust for. 8 

in favor of &6 

Apportionment, in faror of Committee on 57 

Attorney General, authorised to obtain deed of certain settlers' lots from Com- 
monwealth of Massachusetts • 7 

B. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Bar, to regulate admission to AS 

Bark, wood and timber, taxation of • SO 

Bath Military and ^aval Orphan Asylum, pauper settlement of inmates of . . . . 65 

Bears, to provide for bounty on 39 

Billiard rooms and bowling alleys, munioipal officers may license , 10 

Bond of insurance commissioner, providing for 43 

Bonds, administrators' and executors', relating to suits on. 35 

probate, relating to 56 

Bounty on bears, providing for • 39 

to agricultural societies, payment of 66 

Bowling alleys and billiard rooms, municipal officers may license 10 

Boys in Reform School, may be committed to individuals on probation 37 

Bribery and corruption at elections, punishment for 28 

Bridges, penalty for fast driving on 7 

Buildings used for public purposes, for better protection of life in 33 

Burying grounds, private, how made public 5 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Bangor Boom Company, to amend act relating to 73 

city of, authorised to make agreement with Bangor and Piscataquis 

Railroad Company 81 

and Piscataquis Railroad Company, to amend acts relating to 81, 143 

Manufacturing Company, to incorporate 213 

Bank, Calais, to revive charter of for certain purposes « 6 

Farmers, to extend time for organising • 147 

Freemans, Augusta, to incorporate 217 

Bar Association, Maine State, to incorporate 114 

Harbor, to incorporate Mt. Desert Reading Room at 6 

Barker, Fred C. et als., authorised to navigate certain waters 27 

Baptist Meeting-Uouse in Mt. Vernon, to authorise sale of. 7 

Barrel's mill pond in town of York, for the protection of fish in • 70 

Baskahegan Dam Company, to repeal act increasing tolls of. 92 

Bass in Winnegance Creek, for protection of. 200 

Bath, Topsham and Brunswick, to supply the people of with water 109 

Bear River Improvement Company, to incorporate 121 

Belfast, city of, authorised to refund bonded indebtedness 102 

Berwick and South Berwick, to change boundary lines between towns of 22 

Biddeford, city of, election of school committee and superintendent of schools of 53 

to amend act to establish munioipal court in 81 

and Saco Water Company, to incorporate 127 

Bishop of Protestant Episcopal Church in Diocese of Maine authorised to repair 

church in Oldtown 40 

Bonded indebtedness, city of Belfast authorised to refund 102 

Rockland authorised to refund 197 

Bonds in aid of Somerset Railroad, certain towns authorised to refund and 

create a sinking fund for payment of. . . .99| 136 



INDEX. 

PA€i1. 

Bonds in aid of Enox and Lincoln Kailroad, to amend law relating to issne of 103 

Boom Company, Bftngor, to amend aet relating to 73 

Levi W. Weston, et als., anthorited to maintain in Kennebeo rirer at 

Skowhegan 142 

at Brown's island, Kennebeo Log Driving Company authorized to main-j 

tain 146 

Boothbay Telegraph Company, to incorporate 74 

Railroad Company, to incorporate 106 

to enable certain towns to aid in construction of 151 

Boston and Maine Railroad authorized to purchase the Orchard Boach Railroad 59 
Boundary line between the towns of Berwick and South Berwick, to change ... 22 
Brewer, town of, County Commissioners authorized to take land for ferry land- 
ing iif 44 

Bridge, free, across Georges river, authorized 113 

Bridgton and Presnmpsoot River Railroad, permission granted to extend 51 

authorized to sell or lease its road.. 108 

Telegraph Company, authorized to change location of lines 51 

town of, to legalize doings of First Universal ist Society in 63 

Brunswick, Topsham and Bath, act to supply people of with water 109 

Brown's Island, Kennebec Log Driving Company erect booms at. 146 

Bucksport and Bangor Railroad, to authorize the extension of 100 

RESOLVES. 

Bangor Children's Home, in favor of 46 

Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, in favor of. 48 

Bond belonging to College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, relating to 8 

Brewer, Emery, in favor of 43 

Bridge, East River, relating to 6 

across St. Croix river in Indian township, in favor of. 45 

c. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Cemeteriea, prirate, how made public • 6 

public, etc., relating to 8 

Charitable societies, etc., relating to 8 

Children, abused and neglected, care of 66 

Cider, relating to sale of , 74 

City ordinances, relating to 9 

Civil actions in behalf of the State, relating to 17 

Clerk hire, in State department, relating to 80 

Clerks of courts, records of how made 24 

Collectors of taxes, relating to suits by ^ 55 

Commitment of tramps, expense of how paid 25 

Common carriers, unclaimed goods held by 15 

Compensation of jailers for support of prisoners, to fix 44 

Congressional raoancies, providing for election to fill 72 

Continuance fees, abolished in certain courts 32 

Conveyances in mortgage or trust, relating to 30 

Corporations, manufacturing, mining and quarrying, officers of. 31 

to enforce returns and publication of statements by 67 

Costs, trustees, relating to 14 

in actions of dower, apportionment of. 21 

of travel and attendance of parties in court, relating to 23 

and expense of commitment of tramps, how paid 25 

County commissioners of Washington county, sessions of. 22 

Oxford county, sessions of. 68 

Court, costs of parties for travel and attendance in 23 

sale of real estate by license of 36 



115 



116 »»«• 

Court, Superior, of Kennebeo ooant j, feei for iraTol and Aliendaiioe in %1 

criminal juriidiotion of. 6$ 

Svpreme Jadioial, for Oxford oonntj, to abolish December term of 71 

Oonrtfl of insolTenoy, witnonea and testimonj in 30 

Judical, records of, how to be made S4 

Probate, jurisdiction of. t6 

proceedings and appeals in 74 

continuance fees abolished in certain 32 

Crossings, railroad, proYiding for gates or flagmen at SI 

Cumberland county, increase of salary of deputy clerk of 69 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. • 

Calais bank, to reyire the charter of for certain purposes ...• C 

city of, to amend charter of. lOi 

Ganal Corporation, Cumberland and Oxford, additional relating to 214 

Cape Elisabeth Railroad Company, to incorporate M 

Capital stock of Auburn Aqueduct Company, to increase 21 

Kennebec Fibre Company, to increase. 28 

Caribou, to set off part of town of and annex to Connor plantation 209 

Cemetery, Evergreen, relating to 9 

Aseooiation, South Buxton, to make yalid doings of S3 

Company, Union, to incorporate 62 

Charter of Calais Bank, to roTire for certain purposes. 6 

Westbrook Manufacturing Company, to amend 4S 

Katahdin Dam Company, to amend 58 

Sebois Dam Company, to amend 66 

Waraataqnoik Dam Company, to amend. ^ 79 

Godfrey Fails Dam Company, to amend 16, 104 

City of Calais, to amend act relating to 104 

Hallowell Academy, additional to 96 

Ocean Park Association, to amend 134 

CherryHeld, town of, Ephraim Grant and others with their lands annexed to. .. 83 
Church, St. James Parish in Oldtown, Bishop Neely authorised to remoyeor rebuild 40 
City of Portland, conferring certain rights upon, relating to Kyergreen Ceme- 
tery 9 

officers authorized to compel attendance of witnesses in cer- 
tain cases 86 

amendatory relating to schools in 207 

Auburn, to amend act to establish municipal court in ' 45 

relating to drains and sewers in 130 

Biddeford, election of iduperintending School Committee and Superin- 
tendent of Schools of. 63 

to amend act to establish mnnioipal court in 8] 

Belfast, authorized to refund bonded indebtedness 102 

Calais, to amend act relating to charter of 104 

Rockland, authorized to refund bonded indebtedness 197 

Cobb Lime Company, authorised to subscribe for certain stock. 126 

Cobbossecontee lake, for the nayigation of..... 112 

Cold Stream pond, to prevent destruction of smelts in 29 

Columbia, town of, Ephraim Grant et als., and their land set off from. .... .... 33 

Commissioners of Washington county, authorised to re-assess certain taxes .... 9 

Somerset county, authorized to re-assess oertain taxes 10 

Franklin county, authorised to re-assess oertain taxes 26 

Piscataquis county, authorized to re-assess a certain tax 31 

Penobscot county, authorized to take land for ferry landing. . 44 
York county, authorized to establish highway over Spinney's 

creek 136 



INDEX. 



117 



Conant, Benjamin, authorited to maintain boom In Little AndroMoggin ri^er.. 147 

Ck)nnor plantatioui pari of town of Caribou annexed to 209 

Con J, George A. et a1s.| authorised to navigate Cobbosseeeontee lalce 112 

Cottage Companj, laland, to inoorporate 61 

Countj of WashiDgton, oommissionere of, anthorixed to re-assess certain taxes. 9 
Somerset, eommissioners of, authorised to re-assess certain taxes .... 10 
Franklin, eommissioners of, authorised to re-assess certain taxes .... 26 
Pisciitsquis, commissioners of, authorised to re-assess a eertain tax. . 31 
Penobeoot, commissioners of, authorised to take land for ferrj land- 
ing 44 

York, authorised to establish highway over Spinney's creek 136 

Court, municipal, in oity of Auburn, to amend act to establish 45 

BIddeford, to amend act to establish^. 81 

Creighton, James A., authorised to propagate and preserve oysters in Georges 

river 105 

Crockett, Lothrop L., authorised to raise dams at outlet of Triokey pond.. .... 117 

Cryptal plantation, land of Jonathan G. Record set off from 36 

Cumberland and Oxford canal corporation, additional relating to 214 

Cupsuptie and Mooselucmeguntic lakes, navigation of 27 

Cushnoo Manufucturing Company, to incorporate 152 

RESOLVES. 

Children's Home, Bangor, in favor of 46 

CUims, French Spoliation, in favor 6 

Gubb, Almira E., in favor of 10 

Culloge of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, relating to bond belonging to 8 

in favor of '. 56 

Commissioners, Railroad, number of copies of reports of to be printed annually, 55 

Committee on Agriculture, in favor of 5 

State Prison, in favor of 10 

to investigate charges against Thomas B. Swan, in favor of II 

on Military Affairs, in favor of. 42 

Reform Sch<iol, in favor of 43 

Insane Hospital, in favor of 52 

A pportionment, in favor of. 7 

Common Schools, to ensble Superintendent of, to hold teachers' meetings 66 

Conklin, James S., in favor of. 50 

County of Franklin, in favor of 13 

Counties of the State, laying a tax on 49 

D. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Damage for flowage, relating to 73 

Damages for land taken for highways 35 

December term, supreme judicial court Oxford county, to abolish 72 

Deeds from the State, relating to registry of 40 

Depositions, relating to 45 

Deputy clerk of courts of Cumberland county, increase of salary of 69 

Directors of insurance companies, majority must be citisens of State 38 

Dower, apportionment of costs In actions of 22 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS 

Dam across Pemaquid river, to authorise the construction of 11 

and Improvement Company, Magalloway river, to incorporate 1 15 

Company, Godfrey falls, to amend charter of 16, 1U4 

Katahdin, to amend charter of 58 

Flood Pond Stream, to incorporate 66 

Sebois, additional to act to incorporate 66 

9 



Jig ISDKX. 

PAflB. 

Dam Company, B^iskahegan, to repeal act inereasiog toUa of 9S 

Great Pood and Bog, to iooorporate ...^ 119 

Nahmakanta. to increase tolls of 130 

Pleasant river, to amend act relating to 86 

Wasaataquoik, to amend the charter of. 79 

Dams at outlet of Triokej pond, L. L. Crockett authorised to raise 117 

Dead River Log Driving Company, relating to assessments of 129 

Donnys river, fur protection of alewives in • 24 

salmon in 88 

Dexter, town of, conveyance of Good Templars hall to selectmen, authorised. . . 43 

Dill, Seward, authorised to have supervision of Lufkin pond 46 

Doings of South Buxton Cemetery Association, to make valid 33 

Drains and sewers in city of Auburn, relating to 130 

Dyer Library Association, to incorporate 4 

RESOLVES. 

Deeds in Land OflBce, record of 44 

K. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Elections, punishment for bribery and corruption at 28 

to fill congressional vacancies, governor to issue proclamations for.. . 73 

Equity proceedings, to regulate the practice of 47 

Estates insolvent, relating to actiims against 8 

Execution on real estate, levy of 68 

Executors, etc., accounts of to bo sworn to ' 7 

and administraturs' bonds, suits on 35 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Eastern Telegraph Company, to incorporate 84 

Eclectic Medical College of Maine, to establish 71 

Elden, town of, to confer certain powers on inhabitants and oflBcers of. 85 

Evergreen Cemetery, conferring certain powers on city of Portland, relating to 9 

Expenditures of Government, to provide for 63, 123, 203, 214 

Extension of Buokspori and Bangor railroad, to authorise 100 

RESOLVE. 

East River Bridge, relating to 6 

F. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

False certificates and witness fees, relating to 15 

Fast driving on bridges, penalty for 7 

Fees, official and witness, relating to ^.. .. 15 

continuance, abolished in certain courts 33 

for travel and attendance of superior court for Kennebec eoanty 37 

for commitment and discharge of prisoners 44 

for inspection of lime and lime casks, regulating 77 

Fences, partition, relating to. 81 

Fish, to regulate the propagation of. 46 

Fisheries, to regulate and protect 46 

Flowage, relating to damage for 73 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Farmers' Bank, to extend time for organising 147 

Farrar, Charles A. J., and associates, authorised to navigate Richardson lakes. 34 

Ferry Company, Sullivan and Hancock Steam, to ineorporato 37 

landing in Brewer, providing for,. •... 44 

Fibre Company, Kennebec, to increase capital stock of • 28 

First Universaliit Society, Bridgton, to legalise doings of 63 



IND8X. Iiy 

PAflB. 

Fish, for protection of is Kennebftgo and Kaogeley Ukos and vireams. 21 

Hosmer*a pond in Camden • 2S 

MeBMbesie pond in Alfred 24 

Sabbath Day pond in Sebago and New Qiouoester . . . .32, 80 

LnfkinpoDdinPhillipe. ; 46 

Hewes pond in Hermon 67 

Barren's miil pond in Tork 70 

Medomak liver in Waldoborongh 70 

Pleasant pond in Garland 80 

Great Watchio pond in SUndish 87 

tributaries of Wilson pond in Auburn 87 

Bennjrs river 88 

No-Name pond in Lewiston 96 

and Game Proteotire Society, to incorporate '23 

committee of Nubleborough and Newcastle, authorised to protect alewives. 102 

Flint, I^eyi C, and others, authorized to build railroad 202 

Flood Pond Stream Dam Company, to incorporate 66 

Franklin County, Commissioners of, authorised to re-assess certain taxes 26 

Free bridge across Georges rirer, authorised 113 

Freemans Bank, Augusta, to incorporate 217 

RE30LVBS. 

Female Orphan Asylum, in faror of • 46 

Fish and game, for pr /tection and propagation of 46 

Fort Kent, in faror of town of 12 

Franklin county, in faror of 13 

French Spoliation Claims, in favor of 6 

G. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Guardians, etc., accounts of to be sworn to • 7 

Goods nnclaimed, held by common carriers, sale of. 16 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Game and Fish Protective Society, Pittcataquis, to incorporate. 23 

Georges river, James A. Leighton authorised to cultivate oysters in 106 

anthorising the building of a free bridge across 113 

Godfrey Falls Dam Company, to amend charter of 16, 104 

Good Templar's hall in Dexter, convoyance to selectmen of town authorised.. . 43 

Government, to provide for expenditures of. 63, 123, 203, 214 

Grant, Ephraim, and others, with lands, set off from Columbia and annoxod to 

Cherry field S3 

Great Pond and Bog Dam Company, to incorporate 119 

KESOLVBS. 

Game and fish, for protection and propagation of. 46 

Girls, in favor of Industrial School for 43 

Governor and Council, authorised to extend courtesies to the President.. . ..... 64 

H. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Highway taxes, assessment and payment of 12 

Highways, relating to damages for land taken for 36 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Ballowell Academy, additional to charter of 96 

Hampden, town of, John S. Jenness authorised to erect wharves in tide waters 

in 85 

Harbor eommiasioners' line is Portland harbor, to change location of pari of. . . 66 



1 20 INDEX. 

PAOB. 

Herring, Bpawn, (o prohibit taking of, witliin eortain limits 13S 

Hewef pond in town of Uermon, relating to fishing in 57 

Highway across Spinney's creelc, oovnty eommissioners authorised to loeaie . . 136 

Homo for Aged Men Assoeiation, Mercantile, to ineorporate 141 

Horse railroad/ West Bnd Railroad Company authorized to oonstraet and 

maintain.. 137 

Hosmer*8 pond in town of Camden, to proteot fish in 23 

Howard, town of, to incorporate 49 

RBSOLYBS. 

Hell Gate pilot laws, relating to 10 

Historical Society, Maine, librarian authorised to itfue certain documents to . . 4 

Home, Bangor Children's, in favor of 46 

Hospital, Maine General, in faror of. 9 

Insane, to provide for erection of additional building to 53 

in faror of Committee on 53 

House of Representatives, pay roll of 58 

resolve on *. . . . 64 

I. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Improvement of marshes, meadows and swamps, suihorising 60 

Inmates of Bath Orphan Asylum, pauper settlement of 55 

Insolvent estates, relating to actions against 8 

laws of Maine, relating to 11, 20 

Court, witnesses and testimony in 30 

Inspectors of lime and lime casks and their deputies, fees of. 77 

Insurance, relsting to 23 

commissioner, report of 9 

appointment, term, duties and bond of. 43 

oompanios, investments of 13 

place of business and directors of. 88 

PHIVATB AND SPBCIAL^LAWS. 

Ice and Water Power Com pany , Pleasant Cove, to incorporate • 1 22 

Improvement Company, Bear River, to ineorporate 121 

Inhabitants and ofllcers of town of Bden, to confer certain powers on 85 

Institute, Maine Central, relating to name and location of 68 

International and Maine Turning Companies, to consolidate 11 

Island Cottage Compiiny* to incorporate 61 

RKSOLVBS. 

Indians, Passamaqnoddy, in favor of representative of. 3 

appropriation for 55 

Penobscot, in favor of representative of 3 

tribe, relating to elections of. • 49 

appropriation for • 51 

Indian township, in favor of roads and bridges in 45 

Industrial School for Girls, in favor of 43 

Insane Hospital, in favor of committee on 53 

to provide for erection of additional building to 53 

Invitation to the President of the United States, relating to. 54 

J. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Jailers, compensation of for support of prisoners 44 

Judges of probate, powers and duties of • 35 

Judicial courts, records of, how to be made 34 

JurisdieiioB of probate courts, foUiing to ..•• • 36 



IKDBZ. 

PAGI. 

Jvriidietioii of tiial jostioes in oolleoiion of taxea 55 

luperior ooort of Kennebee county, relating to 63 

JustlooB, of tho peace and qvoram and trial, fees of 27 

■uperior ooarta, maj set aside Yerdict and grant new trials .... 29 

PKIVATB AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Jenness, John S. and associates, authorized to erect wharves in Hampden 35 

Jimmy Brook and Scagg Rock Company, to incorporate ' 118 

Junction Railway Company of Portland, to incorporate 211 

RBSOLVB. 

Jewett, B. L., in favor of. • 44 

K. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Kennebec county, superior court, fees for travel and attendance in 37 

criminal jurisdiction of. 63 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Eatahdin Dam Company, to amend act to incorporate 58 

Kennebago and Rangeley lakes and streams, to protect certain fish in 21 

Kennebec Fibre Company, to Increase capital stock of 28 

Central Railroad Company, to incorporate 82 

to enable certain towns and cities to 

aid 145 

Log Driving Company, relating to assessments of 129 

authorised to erect boom at Brown's island. . 146 
and Franklin Telephone and Telegraph Company, additional to act 

incorporating- 197 • 

Kent's Hill, sale and conveyance of Methodist parsonage at, authorised 126 

Knoz and Lincoln Railroad, to amend laws relating to issue of bonds in aid of. 103 

L. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Land taken for highways, payment of damages for 85 

Levy of execution, on real estate 68 

Library, charitable societies, and public cemeteries, relating to 8 

License of court, sale of real estate by 36 

Liens, relating to suits to enforce • 6 

Lime and lime casks, foes ft r inspection of 77 

Location of railroads, relating to 69 

Loitering in public places, reliting to •••* 28 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 
Land-locked salmon and trout in Kennebago and Rangaley lakes and streams, 

to protect 21 

Lewiston Steam Heating Company, to incorporate 41 

and Augusta Kailroad, to extend time for location and completion of. 198 

Library Association, Dyer, to incorporate 4 

Little Androscoggin Water Power Company, authorised to increase capital stock 17 

river, Benjamin Conant and associates authorised to main- 
tain piera and booma across 147 

Log Driving Company, Mattawamkeag, assessment and collection of tolls of. . • 91 

Kennebec, authorized to erect boom at Brown's island. 146 
companies, Kennebec, Dead river and Moose river, relating to 

assessments of 129 

Lumbering and Manufacturing Company, Van Buren, to incorporate 30 

Luf kin pond in town of Phillips, to protect iish in 46 



121 



122 



IVDEZ. 
RBS0LVK3. 

PAAB. 

Land Agent, aatboriied to Battle accounts of Swedish settlers. 7 

Offioe, for reoordtng of papers in 44 

Laws, HellQste Pilot, relating to 10 

public, for revision and consolidation of. IS 

militia, providing for the printing of • 45 

Librarian, State, authorised to issue certain documents to Maine Historical Sooiety 4 

Library, State, in favor of 9 

Loveley, Thomas, in favor of 11 

M. . 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Magistrates, fees for services and travel of 17 

Manufacture and sale of vinegar, to regulate € 

Manufacturing, mining and quarrying eorporations, officers of 31 

Marshes, meadows and swamps, improvement of M 

Meadows, marshes and swamps, improvement of. GO 

Medical science, for promotion of. 78 

additional to 79 

Meridian lines, erection and verification of 19 

Militia, inspection, sale or exchange of property of. 4 

annual expenditure authorised for 27 

Mortgages or trust, conveyances in 80 

of real estate and actions thereon 70 

Municipal officers, may lay out ways for certain purposes • 5 

ma/ license bowling alleys and billiard rooms. 10 

care of abused and neglected children by 66 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Magslloway Dam and Improvement Company, to incorporate lU 

Maine Turning Company, to facilitate consolidation with International Turning 

Company 11 

Sportsmen's Association, to incorporate 19 

Medical College, Eclectic, to incorporate. 71 

Central Institute, relating to name and location of • 68 

Shore Line Railroad Company, to incorporate 89 

State Bar Association, to incorporate 114 

8hip Builders and Ship Masters Association, to incorporate 144 

amendatory of 209 

Pedagogical Society, to Incorporate 201 

Machissport Kail road Corporation, authorized to build branches 126 

Madawaska territory, relsting to schools for training of teachers in 201 

Manufacturing Company, Pejepscot, to incorporate • 17 

Tebbctts, to Incorporate.. 27 

Westbrook, to amend charter of. 4S 

Cushnoc, to incorporate 152 

Bnngor, to incorporate 21S 

and Lumbering Company, Van Buren, to incorporate SO 

Mattawamkeag Log Driving Company, to provide for assessments and collec- 
tion of tolls of 91 

Medical College of Maine, Eclectic, to establish 71 

Medomak river, for protection of fish in • 70 

Meeting-Honse in Mt. Vernon, to authorise sale of 7 

Mercantile Home for aged men association, to incorporate 141 

Messabesic pond in Alfred, for protection of fish in 24 

Methodist parsonage at Kent's Hill, sale and conveyance of authorised 126 

Mexico and Byron Railroad Company, to incorporste 94 

Millbridge or Narraguagus bay, to prohibit taking of spawn herring within 

certain limits in 122 



HTDBZ. 



123 



PAGB. 

Milton Mining Company, to inoorporate 198 

Mining and Smelting Company, Twin lioad and Heola, to incorporate 97 

Company, Milton, to incorporate 198 

Snllivan Wankeag, to incorporate 208 

Monaon Village Corporation, to inoorporate 76 

to Athens, Levi C. Flint authorised to bnild railroad 202 

Moose Rirer Log Driving Company, relating to assessments of. 129 

Moosehead lake, extension of railroad to 81 

Mooselacmeguntio and Cnpsuptio lakes, navigation of 27 

Mount Desert Reading room, to inoorporate 6 

Vernon, to anihorise sale of meeting-house in town of. 7 

Municipal court of Auburn, to amend act establishing 45 

Biddeford, to amend act to incorporate. 81 

officers of Portland, authorised to send for persons and papers in cer- 

taineases 86 

RESOLVES. 

Maine State Year Book, for purchase of 4 

Historical society, in favor of.. 4 

Swedish colony, relating to accounts of 7 

General Hospital, in favor of .' 9 

Industrial School for Qirls, in favor uf. 43 

Insane Ilospital, to provide for erection of additional building to 63 

reports, for purchase of 50 

State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, in favor of 56 

Massachusetts, deeds of certain lands to bo obtained from treasurer of. 7 

Mayfield, town of, in favor of. 3 

MeCIeery, C. L., in favor of 52 

McKentie, Peter, in favor of. 43 

Military Affairs, Committee on, in favor of 42 

and Naval Orphan Asylum, Bath, in favor of. 48 

Militia law, authorizing the printing of 45 



N. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Few trials, granting of 29 

Formal schools, annual appropriation for 80 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Kahmakanta Dam Company, to increase tolls of. 130 

Narraguagus Bay, to prohibit the taking of spawn herring within certain limits 

of 122 

Navigation of Cobbosseecontee lake, providinjc for 1 12 

Neely, Henry A., Bishop, authorised to rebuild church at Oldtown 40 

Nobleborough and Newcastle, fish committees of authorised to protect alewives. 102 

Ko-Name pond in Lewiston, to protect fish in 96 

Norombega Sportsman's Club, to incorporate 18 

Norridgewock, town of, authorised to refund certain bonds and create sinking 

fund for their payment 136 

RESOLVES. 

Rash, Henry, in favor of. 

Rewell, Joseph, in favor of 3 

Newspapers and advertising, for payment of 67, 67 

Kicolar, Joseph, in favor of •• 3 

Number seventeen, range seven township, relating to certain lots in.. • 64 

Nutter, Benjamin M., in favor of • 10 



124 



INDBX. 

0. 
PUBLIC LAWS. 

PAOB. 

OflBoes, oertaiD school, women eligible to 20 

Officers of certain corporations, choice of 31 

churches, corporations for certain purposes 41 

Old junk, metals, etc., cities may regulate traffic in 9 

Ordinances, etty, relating to 9 

Ossipee Valle j Agricultural Society, payment of bounty to 66 

Oxford county, additional sessions of commissioners of 68 

to abolish December term of S. J. Court in It 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Ocean Park Association, to incorporate S 

amendatory of 134 

Street Railroad Company, to amend act to incorporate 7 

Officers, Municipsl of Portland, authorised to send for persons and papers in 

certain cases 86 

Oldtown, Bishop Neely authorised to rebuild church in town of 40 

Oxford and Androscoggin Telegraph Company, to incorporate 49 

Orchard Beech railroad, Boston and Maine railroad authorised to purchase.... 59 

Oysters in Qcorges river, James A. Creighton authorised to cultiyate. 105 

RESOLVES. 

Oak Grove Seminary, in favor of 11 

Orphan Asylum, Bath Military and Naval, in favor of. 48 

P. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Parishes, relating to 2) 

and religions societies, relating to 41 

Parks and squares, public, municipal officers may take land for 64 

Partition fences, relating to 81 

Pauper settlement of inmates of Bath military orphan asylum, relating to.... 55 

Paupers in certain plantations, providing for support of. 45 

Person, word how construed in certain cases 21 

Plantations, proTiding for support of paupers in 45 

Policies, accident insurance, exemption from attachment of 14 

Powers and obligations of school districts, relating to 18 

duties of auditors, relating to 24 

Practice in supreme judicial courts, relating to 26 

equity proceedings, to regulate 47 

Prisoners, compensation for support of 44 

Probate courts, jurisdiction of. 25 

proceedings and appeals in 74 

bonds, relating to 55 

Proceedings and appcbls in probate courts, relating to 74 

equity, to regulate practioe in 47 

Products, agricultural, inspection and sale of 82 

Promotion of medical science, act for 78 

additional to 79 

Property of militia, inspection, sale or exchange of 4 

Protection of life in public buildings, to provide for 32 

alwives, providing for 65 

Public laws 1872, to amend chapter 83, relating to new trials 29 

1873, to amend chapter 148, relating to insurance companies IS 

1874, to amend chapter 241, relating to burying grounds. 6 

182, relating to unclaimed goods 15 



INDBX. J25 

PAQB. 

Pnblie Iawi, 1874, to ftmoDd chapter 193, relating to elerks of ooorts 24 

189, relating to railroad croMings 31 

224, relating to agrioaltural products 82 

1876, to auend chapter 144, relating to insnranoe oompanies 38 

1877, to amend chapter 174, relating to administrators, etc 7 

186, relating to labor on railroads 17 

163, relating to loitering in public places. . 28 

to repeal chapter 160, relating to bounty on bears 39 

1878, to amend chapter 74, relating to insolvent laws 11 

75, relating to smelts 46 

explanatory of chapter 78, relating to tramps 25 

1879, to amend chapter 154, relating to insolrent laws 11 

125, relating to clerk hire. 80 

140, relating to normal schools 80 

to repeal chapter 145, relating to insurance 23 

106, relating to costs of courts 23 

1880, to amend chapter 225, relating to militia 4 

239, relating to insurance 9 

156, relating to militia 26 

205, relating to Sute deeds 40 

206, relating to taxes 55 

247, relating to sale of cider 74 

179, relating to inspection of lime 77 

to repeal chapter 191, relating to Washington county 22 

cemeteries, etc., relating to 8 

* buildings, for protection of life in 32 

places, penalty for loitering in 28 

parks and squares, relating to. 64 

Publication of statements of corporations, to enforce • 67 

Punishment for bribery and oorruption at elections.. 28 

PRIVATB AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Park Association, Ocean, to incorporate 3 

amendatory of 134 

Pedagogical Society, Maine, to incorporate 201 

Pejepeoot Manufacturing Company, to incorporate 17 

Water Company, to incorporate 109 

Pemaquid riyer, to authorise the construction of a dam across 11 

Penobscot and Lake Megantio Railruad Company, to amend act to incorporate* 59 

People of WaterTille, to snpyly with pure water 148 

Pickerel in Winthrop ponds, to repeal act relating to preservation of. 41 

Piers and booms in Little Androscoggin river, Benjamin Conant authorised to 

maintain 147 

Piscataquis Game and Fish Protective Society, to incorporate 23 

County, Commissioners of authorized to re-assess certain taxes 31 

Pleasant pond in Garland, to prevent fishing in 80 

River Dam Company, to amend act relating to 86 

Cove Ice and Water Power Company, to incorporate 122 

Portland and Rochester Railroad, to incorporate 13 

harbor, to authorise extension of certain wharves in 16 

change the location of part of the line of. 56 

Cement, Cobb Lime Company authorised to take stock of company 

manufacturing • 120 

city of, conferring certain powers on relating to Kvergreen Cemetery. 9 
officers authorised to send for persons and papers in certain 

oases 86 

amendatory relating to schools of ; 207 



128 INDEX. 

RBSOLVBS. 

PMnmaqaoddy IndUiif, in favor of reproMntaiive of S 

ftppropriAti<ms for &6 

Fay roll of HooM of RoproMnUtirof • 68 

roaolv^on. • 64 

8enato 65 

resolre on 67 

Ponobeeot IndUns, in favor of repretonUtive of S 

routing to elootioifb of • • 19 

appropriation! for SI 

Portland, in favor of St. Elisubetb Orphan Atylnm of 46 

Femalo Orphan Aijlnm of 46 

Priion, State, in favor of 48 

Committooon.... 10 

President of the United Statee, Qovemor and Coaneil reqnetted to extend oonr- 

tesies to 64 

Propagation and protection of flih and game, relating to. ..•• 46 

Pnblie laws of the State, for reviaion and eonaolidation of. IS 

R. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Bailroad eompanies, liability of, for labor on roads 17 

crossings, providing for gatea or flagmen at 31 

accidents, to prevent, 71 

Railroads, transportation of passengeri and freight on 34 

looation of 69 

taxation of 76 

Real estate of resident owners, sale of for taxes • 3 

sales of hj license of eonrt 36 

levy of execution on 68 

mortgages of, and actions thereon 70 

Records of clerks of courts, how to be made 24 

Reform school, boys In may be committed to an inhabitant of State on probation 37 

Registry of deeds from State, relating to 40 

Religions societies and pariahes, relating to 41 

Report of inanrance eommissioner, relating to 9 

Retarna of stoclc holders by corporations, to enforce 67 

Revised statutes, to amend chapter 6, relating to taxes 3, 31, 30, 63 

15, relating to burying grounds 6 

16, relating to waya 6, 13, 35 

128, relating to sale of vinegar 6 

19, relating to fast driving on bridges 7 

65, relating to libraries, etc 8 

3, relating to city ordinances 3 

49, relating to insurance 9, 13, 14, 49 

86, relating to tmstees' costs 14 

122, relating to fees. 16 

64, relating to adminUtrators 16 

61, relating to railroada 17,34, 69 

11, relating to school districts 18 

43, relating to meridian lines 19 

78, relating to Washington county 23 

12, relating to parishes and societies 22, 41 

82, relating to auditors 24 

attachments 39 

63, relating to probate con rta 25 

116, relating to travel of magistrates. 27 



INDEX. 

PAQB. 

Kevind statatet, to aiiiAikd ehapter 4, relating io elections 28 

73, relating to oonreyanoes SO 

48, relating to corporations 31 

71, relating to sale of real estate 36 

107, relating to depositions 45 

72, relating to probate bonds 66 

68, relating to agricttltural societies 66 

92, relating to damage for flowage 73 

27, relating to sale of cider 74 

22, reUiting to partition fences 81 

PRIYATB AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Bailroad, Portland and Rochester, to incorporate IS 

Bridgton and Presnmpscot River, extension antboriaed 51 

Boston and Maine, anthorised to pnrohaso the Orebard Beach Rail- 
road , 59 

to Moosehead lake, relating to construction of. • 81 

Bncksport and Bangor, to aathorise extension of 100 

Knox and Lincoln, to amend law relating to issue of bonds in aid of. 103 

Bangor and Piscataquis, to amend act relating to 143 

Kennebec Central, to enable certain towns and cities to aid.. 145 

Boothbaj, to enable certain towns to aid 151 

Lewiston and Augusta, to extend time for location and completion of 198 
from Monson to Athens, Levi C. Flint and associates authorised to 

build 202 

Company, Ocean Street, to amend charter of 7 

Aroostook River, authorized to extend road 29 

Cape Elisabeth, to incorporate 55 

Penobscot and Lake Megantic, to amend charter of 59 

Bangor and Piscataquis, authorized to make contract with 

city of Bangor 81 

Kennebec Central, to incorporate 82 

Maine Shore Line, to incorporate 89 

Skowhegan and A thens, to incorporate 92 

Mexico and Bjron, to incorporate , 94 

Boothbay, to incorporate 106 

Bridgton and Presumpsoot Kirer authorized to sell or lease 

line 108 

Mschiasport authorised to build branobes 126 

Somerset, certain towns authorized to refund bonds issued 

in aid of 99, 136 

West End, to incorporate 137 

Railway, Junction of Portlsnd, to incorporate 211 

Rangeley and Kennebago chain of lakes and rtreams, to protect fish in 21 

Reading Room, Mt. Desert, to incorporate 5 

Record, Jonathan O., part of homestead farm of set olf from Crystal plantation, 36 

Reservoir Company, Square pond, to amend charter of 38 

Richardson lakes, Charles A. J. Farrer and associates, authorised to navigate.. 34 

Rockland, city of, authorised io refund bonded indebtedness 197 

Rockport Village 'School Corporation, to incorporate 46 

RESOLVES. 

Railroad, St. Croix and Penobscot, sbatement of tax on , 52 

Commissioners' report, number to be printed annually 56 

Reform School, in favor of 47 

committee on 43 

Reports, Maiae, for purchase of 50 



127 



128 "fDML 

PAOB. 

Report of Railroad CommiMioners, number to be printed annually. 56 

Representatire of Passamaquoddy Indians, in faror of S 

Penobsoot Indians, in favor of S 

Revision and consolidation of the statutes, providing for IS 

Rice, Warren W., in faver of IS 

Road in Majfleld, in aid of S 

Roads in Indian township, in favor of 45 

s. 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Balarj of deputy clerk of courts of Cumberland conntj, to increase 69 

Sale of real estate of resident owners for taxes, relating to S 

bj lieense of court, relating to 36 

cider, relating to 7i 

Salt, to regulate weight of 11 

School districts, powers and obligations of. 18 

offices, women eligible to 20 

reform, boys in may be committed to an inhabitant of State on probation S7 

Science, medical, for promotion of. 78 

additional to 79 

Secretary of State's office, clerk hire in 80 

Sessions of county commissioners of Washington county, to establish 22 

Sex, persons not to be ineligible to certain school offices on account of 20 

Smelts, relating to the taking of 46 

Societies, charitable, etc., relating to 8 

' State, certain actions on account of, may be brought in any county 17 

deeds, registry of 40 

Statements by corporations, to enforce publication of 67 

Suits to enforce liens, relating to 6 

on administrators' and executors' bonds, relating to 36 

by collectors of taxes 65 

Superior court for Kennebec county, jurisdiction of 63 

fees for travel and attendance in 37 

courts, justices of may set aside verdicts and grant new trials 29 

Support of prisoners, compensation of jailers for 4i 

Supreme judicial court) relating to practice in 26 

Oxford county, to abolish December term of. 72 

and superior courts, continuance fees abolished in certain. .. 32 

Swamps, marshes and meadows, improvement of 60 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Sabbath Day pond, to protect fish in : 32, 80 

Saco Water Company, to incorporate • 134 

Saint James' Parish church, Oldtown, Bishop Neely authorised to rebuild 40 

Sale of Baptist meeting-house in Mt. Vernon, to authorise 7 

Salmon and alewife fishery in Medomak river, relating to 70 

in Dennys river, relating to the taking of. 88 

Scagg Hock and Jimmy Brook Company, to incorporate 118 

School Corporation, Rockport Village, to incorporate 46 

Committee and Superintendent, Biddeford, election of 53 

Schools for training teachers in Sdadawaska territory, relating to 201 

of city of Portland, amendatory of laws relating to « 207 

Sebois Dam Company, additional to act to incorporate. 66 

Selectmen of Dexter, conveyance of hall to, authorised 43 

Sherman, town of, land of Jans than Q. Record annexed to 36 

Ship Builders and Ship Masters Association, Maine, to incorporate 144 

amendatory of. 209 



INDEX. 



129 



PAGE. 

Bbore Lioe Railroad Companj, Maine, to inoorporata 89 

Sinking fand, town of Anson anthorised to create for payment of certain bonds. 99 
town of Norridgewook anthorised to create for payment of cer- 
tain bonds 136 

Bkowbegan, Levi W. Weston and otbers anthoriied to maintain boom in Ken- 
nebec river at 14S 

and Athens Railroad Companj, to incorporate 92 

Smelts in Cold Stream pond, in Eofleid, to prevent destruction of 29 

Somerset county, Cummidsioners of autborised to re-assess certain taxes. ...... 10 

Railroad Company, towns authorised to refund bonds issued in aid of. 99, 136 

South Berwick and Berwick, to change boundary lines between towns of 22 

Buxton Cemetery Association, to make valid doings of. 33 

Special laws 1852, to amend chapter 613, relating to Pleasant River Dam Com- 
pany 86 

1863, additional to chapter 275, relating to Evergreen Cemetery . . 9 

1865, to repeal chapter 453, relating to Baskahegan Dam Company 92 

1866, to repeal chapter 110, relating to Winthrop ponds 41 

1868, to amend chapter 578, relating to Dennys river 88 

1869, to amend chapter 49, relating to Bangor Boom Company. . . 73 

1871, to amend chapter 541, relating to Penobscot and Lake 
Mogantic Railroad Company 69 

1872, to amend chapter 44, relating to Bangor and Piscataquis 
Railroad 145 

1876, to amend chapter 200, relating to He wes pond 57 

1877, to amend chapter 392, relating to Mooraluomeguntic lake . . 27 

1878, to amend chapter 43, relating to Winneganoo creek 200 

85, rulatiug to Madawaaka schools 201 

additional to chapter 63, relating to Cumberland and Oxford 

Canal 214 

1879, to amend chapter 105, relating to alow! ves 34 

147, relating to fish in tribuUries of'WiU 

son pond 87 

178, relating to bonds in aid of Knox and 

Lincoln Railroad 103 

158, relating to city of Calais 104 

1880, to amend chapter 249, relating to Ocean Street Railroad. ... 7 

Spawn herring, to prohibit taking of, within certain limits 122 

Spinney's creek, to authorize location and construction of highway across 136 

Sportmen's Club, Norombega, to incorporate 18 

Association, Maine, to incorporate 19 

State tax, assessment of, for 1881 163 

1882 175 

Square Pond Reservoir Company, to amend charter of 38 

Steam Heating Company, Auburn, to Incorporate 8 

Lewiston, to incorporate 41 

Sullivan and Hancock Steam Ferry Company, to incorporate 87 

Waukeag Mining Company, to incorporate 208 

Superintendent of Schools of city of Biddeford, eieetiun of 53 

RESOLVES. 

Saint Croix and Penobscot Railroad, abatement of tax on 62 

Elizabeth Orphan Asylum, Portland, in favor of «. 46 

School, Reform, in favor of 47 

committee on 43 

Industrial, for Girls, in favor of. 43 



130 «»»*«• 

PABI. 

SeorAUrj of State ftatborited to parohaie eertain reports 60 

Senate, in favor of • 57 

Seminarj, Oak Qrore, in farur of IS 

Senate, pay roll of 65 

reiolve on 07 

Settlers' lots, relating to deed of from Massaehosetts 7 

in Wallagraas plantation, relating to 54 

Soldiers' orphans, for support of , . 46 

Spragne and Son, in favor of. 67 

State aooottnts, unsettled, relating to 53 

College of Agrieolture and Mechanic Arts, in favor of 56 

relating to bond held in trust 

bjr the State for. 8 

Library, in favor of 9 

Reform School, in favor of 47 

Prison, in favor of. 48 

committee on « « . . 10 

Valuation, to establish 14 

Superintendent of Common Schools, to enable to hold teachers' meetings 56 

Swan, Thumas B., in favor of committee to investigate charges against 11 

Swedish settlers, Land Agent authorized to settle accounts of 7 

T, 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Tftzation of wood, bark and timber, relating to..... •... SO 

railroads, providing for 75 

Taxes, sale of real estate of resident owners for S 

highwn J, assessment and collection of. IS 

on merchandise, where asses^od 11 

assessment and abatement of 59 

Timber, wood and bark, taxation of 30 

Tramps, costs and expenses of commitment of 25 

Transportation of passengers and freight by railroad 34 

Travel and attendance of superior court of Kennebec county, fees for.... 37 

Trial justices, fees for services and travel 37 

jurisdiction of in collection of taxes 55 

Trustees, etc., accounts of to be sworn to 7 

costs, payment of 14 

PKIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Tax in Piscataquis county, new assessment authorised. .# 31 

Sute assessment of for 1881 153 

1882 175 

Taxes, certain, commissioners of county of Washington authorised to re-assess. 9 

Somerset authorised to re-assess .... 10 

Franklin, authorised to re-assess. . . 26 

Teachers in Madawaska territory, to amend act relating to schools for training, 201 

Tebbetts Manufacturing Company, to incorporate 37 

Telegraph Company, Oxford and Androscoggin, to incorporate 49 

Bridgton, authorised to change location of lines. 51 

Boothbay, to incorporate 74 

Eastern, to incorporate 84 

Telephone and Telegraph Company, Kennebec and Franklin, additional to 

oharter of 197 

Tolls of Mattawamkeag Log Driving Comxmny, assessment and oolleotion of.. . . 91 

Nahmakanta Dam Company, to inerease 130 

Baskahegan Dam Company, to repeal act inereasing 92 

Topsham, Brunswick and Bath, to supply people of with water • 109 

Town of Van Boron, to incorporate 35 



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PAGE. 

Town of Colambia, ooriaiD persons with lands set off from mnd annozod to 

Cherryfleld 33 

Hampden, John S. Jenneee et als., avthorixed to eroot wharres in tide 

waters of ... 35 

Sherman, certain land set off from Crystal plantation and annexed to.. 36 

Howard, to incorporate 49 

Eden, to confer certain powers on inhabitants and officers of 85 

Anton, authorised to refund certain bonds and create sinking fond for 

their payment 99 

Norridgewoek, anihorized to refand certain bonds and create sinking 

fund for their payment 136 

Caribou, part annexed to Connor plantation 209 

Towns of Berwick and North Berwick, to change the boundary lines between . . 23 
Waldobo rough and Newcastle, Fish Committees of authorised to pro- 
tect alewires 103 

Brunswick and Topsham and city of Bath, to supply people of with 

water 109 

Trickey pond, L L. Crockett authorised to raise dams at outlet of. 117 

Trout and land-looked salmon in Kcnnebago and Rangeley lakes and streams, 

to prott^ct 21 

Trustees of Methodist church property at Kent's Ilill authorised to sell parson- 
age 126 

Turning Companies, Maine and International, to facilitate the consolidation of 11 

Twin Lead and liecla Mining Company, Bluehill, jbo incorporate 97 

RBS0LVE3. 
Tax, county, proriding for 49 

on St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad, to abate 53 

Teachers' meetings, superintendent of schools to hold 56 

Temporary loan, authorising. 47 

Town of Mayfield, in favor of ^ 3 

Washington, in faror of . 6 

Fort Kent, in favor of 12 

Township No. 8, R. 16, W. E. L. S., sale of State's interest in timber authorised 44 

17, R. 7, Wallagrass plantation, relating to certain setttlers'- lots 

In 54 

Treasurer of State, interest of Massachusetts in settlers' lots to be conveyed to, 7 

• u. 

PUBLIC LAW. 
Unclaimed goods held by edbmon carriers, sale of 16 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAW. 
Union Cemetery Company, to incorporate 52 

RE-'GLVB. 
Unsettled accounts with the State, relating to 53 

V, 

PUBLIC LAWS. 

Vacancies, congressional, calling elections to fill 72 

Vinegar, to regulate the manufacture and sale of. 6 

PHIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS. 
Van Bnren, town of, to incorporate 25 

Lumbering and Manufacturing Company, to incorporate 30 

Village Corporation, Rookport, to incorporate 46 

Monson, to incorporate 76 

EBSOLVB. 
Valuation, Bute, to esUblish 14 



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W. 

PUBLIC LAWS. ^ 

PA as. 

WftshiDgton eoanty, lecslons of oommiaiioners of •SS 

Ways, manicipal oflBoers may Uj oat for corUin parposM 2 

Weight of salt, to regalato )1 

Witness feeband false eertifioates, relating to 16 

Women, declared eligible to certain sobuol offloos M 

Wood, bark and timber, taxation of SO 

PRIVATB AND SPECIAL LAWS. 

Washington eoanty. Commissioners of, authorised to re-assess certain taxes.. .. 9 

Watohio pond, in town of Standish, to prevent the taking of fish from 87 

Wassataqnoik Dam Company, to amend oharter of ^9 

Water Power Company, Little Androscoggin, authorised to increase capital 

stock of 17 

Water Company, Pejepscot, to incorporate 109 

Biddeford and Saco, to incorporate 127 

Baco, to incorporate 134 

Waterrille, to supply people of with pure water 148 

Westbrook Manufacturing Company, to amend charter of ..•• 4S 

West End Railroad Company, to incorporate • 137 

Weston, LoTi W., and others, authorised to maintain boom in Kennebec river.. 142 

Wharves in Portland harbor, to authorise the extension of certain . . ■ 10 

tide water at Hampden, John R. Jenness authorised to erect. ...... 35 

Whitehonse, Edgar F. and associates, authorised to navigate Winnccook lake. . 36 

Wilson pond, for protection of fish in the tributaries of, in Auburn 87 

Winnecook lake, Edgar F. Whitehonse authorized to navigate 36 

Winnegance creek, for protection of bass in 200 

Winthrop ponds, for repeal of act relating to protection of pickerel in 41 

Witnesses, municipal officers of Portland authorised to compel the attendance 

of, in certain cases. f 80 

RESOLVES. 

Wallagrass plantation, relating to certain lots in 64 

Washington, in favor of town of 6 

Y. 

RESOLVE. 

Tear Book, Maine State, for purchase of. ...... ••.. •••• 4 



Oovemor Plaisted's address 09 

messages 92 

Davis* message 101 

proclamation 101 

Civil government 106 



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