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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

PASSED JUNE SESSIOISr, 1870.

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STATE OFFICERS.

NATT HEAD, Governor.

AI B. THOMPSON, Secretary of State.

ISAAC W. HAMMOND, Deputy Secretary of State.

SOLON A. CARTER, State Treasurer.

JOHN B. CLARKE, Public Printer.

JACOB H. GAIAA^G^U, President of the Senate.

JAMES E. DODGE, Clerk of the Senate.

HENRY H. HUSE, Speaker of the House.
Z ALPHEUS W. BAKER, Clerk of the House.

t^ AUGUSTUS D. AYLING, Adjutant- General.

'^ JOHN C. PILSBURY, Warden of State Prison.

f^ OLIVER PILLSBURY,. /«5wra?2ce Commissioner.

CHARLES A. DOWNS, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

JAMES 0. ADAMS, Secretary of the Board of Agriculture.

WILLIAM H. KIMBALL, State Librarian.

SUPREME COURT.

)> Associate Justices.

CHARLES DOE, Chief Justice.

WILLIAM L. FOSTER, ^

CLINTON W. STANLEY,

GEORGE A. BINGHAM,

WILLIAM H. H. ALLEN,

ISAAC W. SMITH,

LEWIS W. CLARK,

MASON W. TAPPAN, Attorney- General.

EDWARD A. JENKS, Law Reporter.

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LAWS

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

PASSED JUNE SESSION, 1879.

CHAPTER 1.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE TENURE OF OFFICE OF SHERIFFS AND
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.

Sect. 1. Tenure of oflBce of elective county officers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Cour^. convened : —

Sect. 1. The persons who were elected to the several offices of tenure of office^
sheriff, county solicitor, county treasurer, register of deeds, regis- ty officers.
ter of probate, and county commissioners, at the election in
November last, in the several counties in this state, shall hold
their respective offices until the thirtieth day of June in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one and until
others are chosen and qualified in their stead ; and those who shall
be hereafter chosen at any biennial election shall take their places
on the first day of July next succeeding their election, and shall
hold their offices two years and until others shall be chosen and
qualified in their stead.

[Approved June 25, 1879.]

330

Chapters 2, 3.

[1879.

CHAPTER 2.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION TEN, CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR OF
THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OP BASTARD
CHILDREN.

Sect.

1. Respondent in bastardy, how discharged
from imprisonment.

Sect.
2. Repealing clause ; takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Respondent in Sect. 1. Sectlon tcii of chapter eighty-four of the General

dfsdiarged from Laws is hereby amended, so that said section, as amended, shall

imprisonment. ^.^^^ ^^ follows : " Scct. 10. If any person committed to prison

by virtue of this chapter is poor, and unable to pay such sum or to

procure such security as may be ordered, any justice of the

supreme court, on application in term time or vacation for that

purpose, may discharge such person from imprisonment at such

time and upon such terms as he thinks expedient."

^i^uf"°tikes Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act

effect, 'when, are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved June 25, 1879.]

CHAPTER 3

AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE VOTES AND ALL PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN
OF LONDONDERRY AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS
OF SAID TOWN HOLDEN MARCH 11, 1879.

Sect.

Proceedings of town meeting and acts of
town officers legalized.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Proceedings of Sect. 1. That all the votes, doings, and proceedings of the
andl^rof totn towu of Loiidondcrry at the annual meeting of the inhabitants
officers legalized, ^i^ercof holdcii March 11, 1879, are hereby made legal ; and all
doings of the officers of said town in pursuance of the votes and
resolutions of said town at said meeting are hereby ratified, con-
firmed, and legalized.
Takes effect, Sect. 2, This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved June 27, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 4, 5. 331

CHAPTER 4.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-NINE OF THE GENERAL LAWS, IN REGARD TO THE PROTEC-
TION OF LOBSTERS.

Sect. 1. Lobsters protected.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That all of section sixteen in chapter one hundred Lobsters pro-
and seventy-nine of the General Laws, between the word "lobster,"
in the second line of said section, and the word "and," in the
tenth line of said section, shall be stricken therefrom, and the
following inserted in place thereof : " Less than ten and one-half
inches in length, measuring from one extreme of the body, extend-
ed, to the other, exclusive of claws or feelers."

[Approved June 27, 1879.]

CHAPTER 5.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO SAVINGS BANKS.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Sect.
1. Closing up of insolvent savings banks regu-
lated.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened, : —

Sect. 1. Whenever any savings bank which has heretofore had, closing up of in.

•' • -\ -\ 1 J.1 • • X solvent savings

or may hereafter have, its deposits reduced, under the provisions oi banks regulated,
sections twenty and twenty-one of chapter one hundred and
seventy of the General Laws, and which has kept or shall keep all
moneys deposited after such reduction, together with the interest
or dividends accruing therefrom, separate and distinct from those
previously deposited, and has kept or shall keep the securities in
which the same are invested, separate and distinct from those
pertaining to the reduced deposits, and whenever in such cases
there shall be occasion for the supreme court or any justice
thereof, on application of the bank commissioners, to enjoin such
bank from doing business, and to appoint an assignee or assignees,
under existing laws, such injunction, the appointment of an
assignee or assignees, and all other proceedings therein may, in
the discretion of the court or such justice, be made applicable only
to the deposits so reduced, the interest or dividends thereon, the
securities, income, and assets thereof, and all else pertaining
thereto, or applicable only to the deposits made after such reduc-
tion, the interest or dividends thereon, the securities, income, and
assets thereof, and all other matters pertaining thereto, or to both

332

Takes effect,
when.

Chapters 5, 6, 7.

[1879.

of such classes of deposits, the securities, income, and assets
thereof, and all other matters pertaining thereto. Provided^
however^ that all applications of the bank commissioners to the
court for the appointment of assignees to close up either the old or
new accounts shall be pulilished in one or more newspapers printed
in the county where the bank is situated, for the space of fifteen
days previous to the hearing of such application by the court.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved June 28, 1879.]

CHAPTER 6.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE, CHAPTER FORTY OF THE GENERAL
LAWS, RELATING TO TOWN OFFICERS.

Sect. 1. Measurers of bark may be chosen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Measurers of
bark may be
chosen.

Sect. 1. That section twelve of chapter forty of the General
Laws be amended by adding the words " and bark," after the word
" wood," in the fourth line, so that this part of the section, as
amended, shall read " measurers of wood and bark."

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 7

AN ACT IN RELATION TO AMENDMENTS IN CIVIL CASES.

Sect.
1. Amendments in civil cases.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Amendments in
civil cases.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. In civil cases, section nine of chapter two hundred
and twenty-six of the General Laws is so amended as to permit
any amendment to be made when it shall appear to the court that
it is necessary for the prevention of gross injustice.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 8, 9. - 333

CHAPTER 8.

AN ACT RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS AND CONSTABLES IN WARD ONE,
CONCORD, AND SCHOOL-DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN IN BOSCAWEN.

Sect.

1. Jurisdiction of police ofBcers defined.

2. Jurisdiction of police officers defined.

Sect.
3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. Police officers or constables elected or appointed by Jurisdiction of
the city of Concord, and residing in ward number one of said city, defined^.**^^"
shall have the same authority and powers within the limits of
school-district number seven in the town of Boscawen, by virtue of
their offices, as they have in said city of Concord.

Sect. 2. Police officers and constables elected or duly appoint- Jurisdiction of
ed in the town of Boscawen, and residing in school-district number defined*!
seven in said town, shall have the same authority and powers
within the limits of ward number one in the' city of Concord, by
virtue of their offices, as they have in said town of Boscawen.

Sect. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 1, 1879.] '''''''■

CHAPTER 9.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION THREE, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED
AND TWELVE OF THE GENERAL LAWS, IN RELATION TO THE ATTEND-
ANCE OP CLERKS OF COURT AT THE LAW TERMS OF THE SUPREME
COURT.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Clerk for each county to attend law terms. | 2. Repealing clause.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1, Section three of chapter two hundred and twelve of cieru for each
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in the second uw'terms.^"^"
line of said section the words following, to wit : " when required
by said court," so that said section, as amended, shall read as
follows, to wit : " Sect. 3. The clerk for each county shall
attend at each law term of said court, and discharge the duties of
his office in relation to the business of his county, as if the court
were sitting therein ; and, for said service, he shall receive from
the state treasury five dollars per day for his attendance, and ten
cents per mile for his travel to and from said court."

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- Repealing
visions of this act are hereby repealed.

[Approved July 3, 1879.]

334

Chapters 10, 11.

[1879.

CHAPTER 10.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TIMES FOR HOLDING THE TRIAL TERMS OF THE
SUPREME COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF COOS COUNTY.

Sect.
1. Trial terms, southern district of Coos, when
held.

Sect.

2. Return day changed.

3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Return day
changed.

Trial terms, Sect. 1. That tliG last clausG of sectioii three, chapter two

of coos™when'° hunclred and ten of the General Laws shall be changed so as to

^^^^- read as follows : " For the southern district of the county of Coos,

— at Lancaster, on the second Tuesday of April and the second

Tuesday of October."

Sect. 2. That all writs and other processes made returnable
before said court on the first Tuesday of November next shall be
entered in said court at the term thereof to be held on the second
Tuesday of October next, the same as though the return day
named in such writ or other process were the second Tuesday of
October next.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage.
[Approved July 3, 1879.]

Takes effect,
when.

CHAPTER 11.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION FOUR, CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO BOUNTIES FOR THE
DESTRUCTION OF WILD ANIMALS.

Sect.
1. Bounty on foxes repealed.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Bounty on foxes
repealed.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. That section four, chapter one hundred and fifteen of
the General Laws, providing for the payment of bounties upon
foxes, is hereby repealed.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

[Approved July 3, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapter 12.

335

CHAPTER 12.

AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION
OF DESTITUTE AND ABUSED CHILDREN."

Sect.

1. Judge of probate may appoint whom guar-

dian for neglected minors.

2. Police judge may give custody of such child

to whom.

Skct.

3. Guardians so appointed not obliged to act.

4. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcritatives in
Greneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. Whenever it sliall be made to appear to the judge of ^"ay^ap^po^nt^^**
probate for any county in this state that any minor resident whom guardian
therein under the age of fourteen years is entirely abandoned, or mLo?!.^*' ^
treated with gross and habitual cruelty, or neglected in such a
manner as to amount to cruelty, by the parents or other persons
having custody of such minor, or that such minor is illegally
de]irived of liberty, said judge may appoint as guardian of such
minor the " New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children," for such period as he may think proper, and said
society shall tliereupon become entitled to the custody of such
minor to the exclusion c?f any other person whomsoever. Said
judge of probate may, at any time, for good cause shown, revoke
said decree.

Sect. 2. Upon complaint of said society, that any child under Police judge may
the age of fourteen years has been abandoned, or treated in a gross fich*chnd^t^o°^
and habitually cruel manner, or neglected in such a manner as to ^^°™-
amount to cruelty, the judge of any police court may, within his
jurisdiction, give the custody of such child to said society for a
period not exceeding sixty days, and the society may thereupon
apply to the probate court for the guardianship of such child upon
such notice as the judge of probate may order. And the judg-
ment of any police court in giving custody of any child to said
society shall be prhna-facie evideiice in the probate court of the
abandonment or cruel treatment of such child.

Sect. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to oblige said Guwdian so ap-
society to receive the custody of any child. owiged to act.

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. T^es effect,

[Approved July 3, 1879.]

336

Chapters 13, 14.

[1879.

CHAPTER 13.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE WAIV-ER OP THE STATUTORY PROTECTION
OP PERSONS INSURED.

Sect. 1. Contracts of insurance regulated.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representativa in
General Court convened : —

Contracts^oMn. Sect. 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the General
lated. Laws shall be a part of every contract of insurance to whicli said

chapter is applicable; and said chapter and this act shall be
plainly printed in every such contract. No waiver of any part of
said chapter or of this act shall be set up by the insurer, and any
stipulation of the contract in conflict with this act shall be void.
[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 14.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE OF THE GENERAL
LAWS, IN RELATION TO THE SUPPORT OF COUNTY PAUPERS.

Sect. 1. Counties, when and how liable: notice of suit.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Gieneral Court convened : —

Counties, when
and how liable ;
notice of suit.

Sect. 1. Section one of chapter eighty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended, so that said section shall read as follows :
" Sect. 1. When any poor person, for whose support no person or
town in this state is chargeable, shall be relieved or buried at the
expense of any town, the overseers of the poor, as soon as practi-
cable thereafter, or, in case a suit therefor has, before the termina-
tion of one year, been commenced against any town or person,
within six months after the termination thereof, may present an
account of all moneys so expended to the county commissioners of
the county in which such town is, with proper vouchers, and they
shall allow such sum as they shall think reasonable, to be paid out
of the treasury of the county ; and notice of such suit shall be
given to the county commissioners of the county that may be
charged with such expense, fourteen days before the entry of said
action ; and thereupon the commissioners may be admitted to
defend said suit."

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 15, 16. 337

CHAPTER 15.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION NINE, CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTEEN OF THE GENERAL LAWS.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Partnerships may be renewed, wlien. I 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That section nine of chapter one hundred and eighteen Partnerships
of tlie General Laws be amended by inserting after the word when.* "^^"^^ '
" formation," in the fourth line of said section, and before tlie
word " and," in the same line, the words " such partnership may
be renewed at any time within thirty days after the expiration of
the previous partnership," so tliat the last sentence of said section
may read : " Such partnership may be renewed at any time within
thirty days after the expiration of the previous partnership, and
every such partnership which shall be otherwise renewed or contin-
ued shall be a general partnership."

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 14, 1879.] ^'''"•

CHAPTER 16.

AN act IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN
OP THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATIVE TO THE TAKING OF BIRDS.

Sect. | Sect.

1. Birds may be taken, when. I 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senite an I House of Representatives in
General Court convened: —

Sect. 1. That section one of chapter one hundred and seventy- Birds may be
seven of the General Laws be amended by adding at the close of *''^®°' '''^®°"
said section the following : " Any resident of the state, over
eighteen years of age, with the sole purpose of furnishing speci-
mens for a cabinet, may receive from the secretary of the board of
agriculture a permit for that purpose only, revocable for good
cause, exempting him from the provisions of this section ; provided,
he shall furnish from the selectmen of the town, or mayor of the
city, in which he resides, a certificate, indorsed by one of the fish
and game commissioners, or a member of tlie board of agriculture,
that he is a proper person to receive such a permit.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 16, 1879.] ^^'"»

838

Chapters 17, 18.

[1879.

CHAPTEE 17.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT APPROVED JULY 25, 1878, AND
ENTITLED " AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE,
CHAPTER ONE OF THE ACTS OF 1868, IN RELATION TO THE EXEMPTION
OF HOMESTEADS."

Sect. 1. Existing rights not affected.

Be it enacted by the Senate aud House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

^^i*"°g."f'^ts Sect. 1. That the homestead exemption named in the act to

not anected. i-ii- • i iii/>p

which this act is an amendment shall not affect any right existing
or contract made prior to the twenty-fifth day of Julv, 1878.
[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 1

AN ACT TO DISANNEX CERTAIN LAND OF THOMAS M. STEELE, DAVID 0.
GATE, AND HENRY PAUL FROM THE TOWN OF ROLLINSFORD, AND
ANNEX THE SAME TO THE CITY OF DOVER.

Sect.
1. Town lines changed.

Be it enacted hy the Senate
G-eneral Court convened : —

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

and House of Representatives in

Town lines
clianged.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. That the southerly line of the town of Rollinsford
hereafter shall commence at Fresh creek, at the northwest corner
of the field of David 0. Gate, and run thence easterly, by the
northerly line of said field and the northerly side line of the
pasture of Thomas M. Steele, to Salmon Falls river, and that all of
said town of Rollinsford which lies southerly of said line be and
hereby is disannexed from said Rollinsford and annexed to and be
a part of the city of Dover.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 19, 20. 339

CHAPTER 19.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE SERVICE OF WRITS UPON TRUSTEES DOING
BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, BUT RESIDING ELSEWHERE.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Notice of disclosure in trustee suit. | 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. Whenever the defendant in any suit has left the state, Notice of dis-

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and his residence is unknown, and he has no known attorney or tee suit,
agent in the state, the disclosure of the trustee may be taken, upon
giving such notice as the court may order.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. wh^n^*^**'*'

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 20.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION TEN, CHAPTER FOUR OF THE
GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO DEPOSITING COPIES OF THE JOURNAL
OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE IN THE OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.

Sect. 1. Clerks to deposit and furnish journals.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. That section ten of chapter four of the General Laws cierks to deposit
be amended by striking out all of said section, and inserting in journals.
place thereof the following, to wit : " Sect. 10. The clerks of the
senate and house shall each prepare a certified copy of their
respective journals, having as few paragraphs or break-lines as may
be consistent with good taste and necessary for a proper under-
standing of the same, the yeas and nays to be arranged in para-
graphs instead of columns, the yeas of each county forming a
paragraph, and the nays the same, with side-headings, and a
digested index of the contents thereof, for the press, and deliver
the same to the public printer within thirty days after the close of
the session. The state printer shall furnish to each of said clerks,
as soon as the same are printed, a copy of the said journals of the
senate and house respectively, which the said clerks shall certify
in writing, and lodge, within ten days thereafter, in the office of the
secretary, to be deposited in the state archives."

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

340

Chapters 21, 22.

[1879.

CHAPTER 21.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT OP CHILDREN UNDER TEN
YEARS OF AGE IN MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS.

Penalty for em-
ploying child
under ten.

Fine paid to
whom.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. Sect.

1. Penalty for employing child under ten. 3. Limitation.

2. Fine paid to whom. 4. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Seriate and Rouse of Representatives in
General Court convened: —

Sect. 1. No child under tlie age of ten years shall be employed
by any manufacturing corporation in this state ; and any agent,
superintendent, or overseer, in any corporation, who willfully
employs, or permits to be employed, any child in violation of this
act, shall, for such offense, be fined not less than twenty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars.

Sect. 2. Such fine shall be paid, one half to the complainant,
and the other half to the use of the county where the offense was
committed.

Sect. 3. No prosecution under this act shall be sustained one
year after the offense is committed.

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect on the first day of October
next.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 22.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER NINETY-SIX OF THE
general LAWS, IN REGARD TO THE " FORMATION AND DUTIES OF
THE ACTIVE FORCE."

years
enlisted.

Sect. 1. Veteran soldiers not above fifty years old may be enlisted.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ReiJresentatives in
Greneral Court convened: —

Veteran soldiers Sect. 1. That after the words "forty-five years" in tlie twenti-
not above^fty^^ ^^^^ liiic of scctiou ouc, chaptcr ninety-six of the General Laws,
shall be inserted the following word's : '' except honorably dis-
charged veteran soldiers of the United States, who may enlist up to
the age of fifty years," so that portion of the section may read as
follows : " No'enlistment shall be allowed in tlie New Hampshire
National Guard other than able-bodied citizens of tliis state between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except honorably dis-
charged veteran soldiers of the United States, who may enlist up to
the age of fifty years, residing in the town or city, or an adjoining
town or city, where the armory of the troop of cavalry, platoon or
battery of light artillerv, or company of infantry is situated."
[Approved July 16, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 23, 24.

CHAPTER 23.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-
NINE OP THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO FISH LAWS.

Sect.

1. Bass and smelts may be taken at any season.

2. Repealing clause.

Sect.
3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. It shall be lawful at anytime to take or catch, with i'-t^s and smeits
nets or otherwise, any striped bass or smelts in any of the waters aTany^^season.
of this state, provided no striped bass shall be so taken, caught, or
destroyed less than fifteen inches in length.

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Rt-pMiing
are hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. This act, and also the act amending the sixteenth sec- Takes effect,
tion of the same chapter, in regard to the protection of lobsters, ''^''*"'
passed this session, shall take effect on their passage.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWING OP THE SUGAR BEET.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Manufacture of beet sugar encouraged. | 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives hi
General Court convened: —

Sect. 1. That the governor and council are hereby authorized, M,-vnufacture of
upon such terms and conditions as they shall deem advantageous courf^ed'.'^ ^^'
to the state, to contract with any responsible party or company to
pay said party or company a sum not exceeding one cent per pound
on all beet sugar manufactured in this state from beets raised in
the state ; the amount of bounty so paid not to exceed seven thou-
sand dollars in any one year, and not to exceed ten years from the
time of the payment of the first bounty money.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 16, 1879.] "^^^°-

342

Chapters 25, 26.

[1879.

CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS FIVE AND SIX OF CHAPTER ONE
HUNDRED AND TEN OF THE GENERAL LAWS.

Sect.
1 Six months' license may be granted.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Mepresentatives in
Greneral Qourt convened : —

Six months' li-
cense may be
granted.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. The clerk of every town and city shall issue to the
owner or person having charge of any billiard-table or bowling-
alley kept for hire, upon application of said owner or person and
the payment of five dollars to said clerk, a license for six months
from the first day of May in the year in which such application shall
be made, subject, however, to all the provisions of sections five
and six of said chapter that are not inconsistent with this act.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 26.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO DEMANDING ATTACHED PROPERTY OF THE
PERSON RECEIPTING THE SAME.

Sect.

1. Demand for receipted attached property on
absent receiptor, how made.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Demand for re-
ceipted attached
property on ab-
sent receiptor,
how made.

Takes'effect,
when.

Sect. 1. When a person who has receipted property attached is
absent from the county of his residence, demand may be made
upon him, by the proper officer holding the receipt for such prop-
erty, by leaving at the last and usual place of abode of such person
a notice in writing, signed by such officer, and directed to such per-
son, and containing a statement of the kind and amount of prop-
erty for which the receipt was given, the names of the parties to
the writ on which the receipted property was attached, and the
time when and the place where such property is required to be
delivered to such officer ; and a demand so made upon such person
shall charge him and make him liable upon his receipt, the same as
if demand upon such receipt had been duly made upon him in his
own proper person.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 27, 28. 343

C PI AFTER 27.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF AN
ANNUAL STATE TAX FOR THE TERM OF TWO YEARS.

Sect. 1. $400,000 state tax animally for two years.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect, 1. The sum of four hundred thousand dollars shall be ^'^'"^'^"^0 ^^t'-^te
raised, annually, for the term of two years, for the use of the state UTOj-eal^'."^^""^
treasury, on or before the first day of December in each of the
years eighteen hundred and eighty and eighteen hundred and
eighty-one ; and the state treasurer is hereby directed seasonablv
to issue his warrants to the selectmen of the several towns and
places and to the assessors of the several cities in this state, accord-
ing to the apportionment of the public taxes made at the June
session, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine ; and the selectmen of
such towns and places and the assessors of such cities are hereby
required to assess the sums specified in said warrants, and cause
the same to be paid to said treasurer, on or before the first day
of December in the years eighteen hundred and eighty and eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-one ; and the state treasurer is hereby
authorized to issue his extents for all the taxes which shall remain
unpaid on the dates last above named.

[Approved July 18, 1879.] .

CHAPTER 28.

AN ACT TO legalize THE DOINGS OF CERTAIN TOWNS AND OFFICERS

OF TOWNS.

Sect. i Sect.

1. Proceediugs of towns legalized. 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court cojwened : —

Sect, 1. The proceedings of the selectmen of the towns of Lee, Proceedings of
Carroll, Pittsburg, and Alexandria in the assessment of taxes for
said towns for the current fiscal year ; the proceedings of the col-
lector of taxes for the town of Bethlehem in the sale of resident
lands for non-payment of taxes, on the fifteenth day of June, A. D.
1878, in so far as the same may be defective by reason of said sale
not being advertised for and made on an earlier day in said year :
the proceedings of the towns of Danville and Washington at their
last annual March meetings, in voting to raise money in said towns,
respectively, by taxation ; the election of supervisors at a town
meeting holden in Richmond on the thirteenth dav of Januarv,
A. D. 1879 ; the proceedings of the town of Haverhill at its annual

344

Takes effect,
when.

Chapters 28, 29, 30.

[1879.

town meeting in March, A, D. 1879, including the election of ofifi-
cers and votes to raise money in said town by taxation, — are here-
by made legal and valid.

Sect, 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 29.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OP SECTION FIVE, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY-NINE OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO SALARIES
AND COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

Sect.
1. Adjutant-General's salary.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened: —

Adjutant-Gen-
eral's salary.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. Section five, chapter two hundred and eighty-nine of
the General Laws, is amended by striking out the words " six hun-
dred," in the fourth line, and inserting instead thereof the words
" one thousand," so that the salary of the adjutant-general shall be
one thousand dollars instead of six hundred dollars.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 30

AN ACT REGARDING DISEASED ANIMALS.

Sect.

1. Penalty for exposing diseased horses.

2. Domestic animals.

Sect.

3. Offending parties to be prosecuted.

4. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe^itatives in
General Court convened: —

Penalty for ex-
posing diseased
horses.

Domestic ani-
mals.

Offending par-
ties to be prose-
cuted.

Sect. 1. Any person who shall expose or suffer to be exposed,
in any highway, public place, or pasture, any horse affected by the
disease known as glanders, shall be liable to the penalj^y of a fine
not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense, for the benefit of the
town or city where such offense is committed.

Sect. 2. Any person exposing any domestic animal as afore-
said, affected with any contagious or troulilesome disease, shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, for each offense,
for the benefit of the town.

Sect. 3. The marshals of cities, the selectmen or police
officers of towns, where such offenses are committed, on ])roper

1879.] Chapters 30, 31, 32. 345

and satisfactoiy evidence, shall cause the parties so offending to be
prosecuted.

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage. whln**^'"''

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 31.

AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE TOWNS OP NEWCASTLE AND ALBANY.

Sect. ' I Sect.

1. State and county taxes abated. I 2. Takes effect, when ; repealing clause.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and required |^^^^«^^^^^^o^nty
to abate from the state tax for the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-nine, to be paid by the towns of Newcastle, in the county
of Rockingham, and Albany, in the county of Carroll, the sum of
one hundred dollars each. And the treasurer for said county X)f
Rockingham, for said town of Newcastle, and the treasurer of
said county of Carroll, for said town of Albany, are each required
to abate one hundred dollars from the respective amounts of county
tax for each of said towns to be paid by said towns for the year
aforesaid.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all acts ^^,^n .^fepeki-
or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. '"s clause.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 32.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW APPORTIONMENT FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF

PUBLIC TAXES.

Sect. | Sect.

1. Proportion of every thousand dollars of public 2. Continues till new proportion made,
taxes to each town.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That, of every thousand dollars of public taxes here- f^eTy^thousaLi
after to be raised, the proportion which each town and place shall J^^"g*/j^"gJ,;}j''^'''
pay, and for which the treasurer of the state is hereby authorized town,
to issue his warrant, shall be as follows, to wit : —

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. County^Ss.Sl.

Atkinson, one dollar and seventy-eight cents . . . f 1 78
Auburn, one dollar and sixty-eight cents . . . . 1 68

346

Chapter 32.

[1879.

Brentwood, one dollar and eighty-seven cents
Candia, two dollars and seventy cents
Chester, two dollars and fifty-four cents .
Danville, one dollar and seventeen cents .
Deerfield, two dollars and ninety-six cents
Derry, four dollars and fifty-one cents
East Kingston, one dollar and forty-two cents
Epping, three dollars and sixty-nine cents .
Exeter, thirteen dollars and seventy-eight cents
Fremont, one dollar and seventeen cents .
Greenland, two dollars and forty cents
Hampstead, two dollars and fifty-two cents
Hampton, three dollars and sixty-seven cents
Hampton Falls, one dollar and sixty-two cents
Kensington, one dollar and fifty-eight cents
Kingston, two dollars and thirteen cents .
Londonderry, three dollars and ninety-three cents
Newcastle, eighty cents ....
Newington, one dollar and twenty-five cents
Newmarket, six dollars and two cents
Newton, one dollar and ninety-two cents .
North Hampton, two dollars and sixty-two cents
North wood, two dollars and ninety cents .
Nottingham, two dollars and thirty-three cents
Plaistow, two dollars and thirty-three cents
Portsmouth, forty-one dollars .
Raymond, two dollars and eight cents
Rye, three dollars and fifty-four cents
Salem, three dollars and sixteen cents
Sandown, one dollar and eleven cents
Seabrook, one dollar and fifty-nine cents
South Hampton, one dollar and twenty-nine cents
South Newmarket, two dollars and sixteen cents
Stratham, three dollars and forty-one cents
Windham, two dollars and eighteen cents .

StraffordCounty,
$106.32.

STRAFFORD COUNTY.

Barrington, three dollars and thirty-nine cents
Dover, forty-four dollars and fifteen cents .
Durham, four dollars and ten cents .
Farming-ton, six dollars and forty -three cents
Lee, two dollars and twenty cents
Madbury, one dollar and fifty-seven cents .
Middleton, sixty-seven cents
Milton, three dollars ....

New Durham, one dollar and forty cents .
Rochester, fifteen dollars and six cents
Rollinsford, six dollars and forty-eight cents
Somersworth, fourteen dollars and eighty-three cents
Strafford, three dollars and four cents

87
70
54
17
96
51
42
69

13 78

40
52
67
62
58
13
93
80
1 25
6 02

1 92

2 62
2 90
2
2

41 00

2 08

3 54

16
11

59
29
16
41

^138

$106 32

1879.]

Chapter 32.

347

BELKNAP COUNTY.

Alton, three dollars and forty cents .
Barnstead, three dollars and four cents
Belmont, two dollars and eighty-five cents
Center Hai-bor, one dollar and tlirce cents
Gilford, six dollars and forty-six cents
Gilmanton, tliree dollars and eleven cents .
Laconia, nine dollars and eighty-six cents .
Meredith, three dollars and ninety-seven cents
New Hampton, one dollar and ninety-four cents
Sanbornton, two dollars and eighty-six cents
Tilton, three dollars and six cents .

CAEROLL COUNTY.

Albany, forty-five cents ....
Bartlett, one dollar and forty-five cents
Brookfield, one dollar ....
Chatham, sixty cents ....
Conway, three dollars and sixty-one cents .
Eaton, seventy-five cents ....
Effingham, one dollar and forty-three cents
Freedom, one dollar and fifty-six cents
Hart's Location, twenty-four cents .
Jackson, eighty-one cents ....
Madison, eighty-four cents
Moultonborough, two dollars and three cents
Ossipee, three dollars ....
Sandwich, two dollars and fifty-nine cents
Tam worth, two dollars and twenty-seven cents
Tuftonborough, one dollar and eighty cents
Wakefield, three dollars and twenty-three cents
Wolfeborough, six dollars and forty-three cents
Hale's Location, one cent ....

Belknap County,

S41.58.

.f3 40
3 04

85
03
46
11

9 86
3 97

1 94

2 86

3 06

$41

Carroll County
$34.10.

$0 45

134 10

MERRIMACK COUNTY.

Allenstown, three dollars and eighty-one cents
Andover, three dollars and thirty-one cents
Boscawen, five dollars and fourteen cents .
Bow, two dollars and sixty cents
Bradford, two dollars and fifty-nine cents .
Canterbury, three dollars and eighteen cents
Concord, sixty-three dollars and forty-four cents
Chichester, one dollar and ninety-five cents
Danbury, one dollar and fifty-one cents
Dunbarton, two dollars and ninety-one cents
Epsom, two dollars and forty-one cents
Franklin, nine dollars and thirteen cents .
Henniker, four dollars and twenty-five cents
Hill, one dollar and sixteen cents

3
5
2
2
3
63
1
1
2
2

81
31
14
60
59
18
44
95
51
91
41

Merrimack
County, S153.34

9 13
4 25
1 16

348

Chapter 32.

[1879.

Hooksett, four dollars and eleven cents
Hopkinton, six dollars and fifty-one cents .
London, three dollars and seventy cents .
Newbury, one dollar and fifty cents .
New London, two dollars and forty-nine cents
Northfield, two dollars and fifty cents
Pembroke, six dollars and eighty cents
Pittsfield, four dollars and eighty-two cents
Salisbury, two dollars and four cents
Sutton, two dollars and twenty-six cents .
Warner, five dollars and twenty-six cents .
Webster, two dollars and twenty-three cents
Wilmot, one dollar and seventy-three cents

14 11

6 51

3 70

1 50

2 49

2 50

6 80

4 82

2 04

. 2 26

. 5 26

2 23

. 1 73

L53 34

Hillsborough
County, $249.00.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

Amherst, four dollars and sixty-one cents .
Antrim, two dollars and ninety cents
Bennington, one dollar and twenty-five cents
Bedford, three dollars and seventy-eight cents
Brookline, one dollar and sixty-two cents .
Deering, one dollar and thirty-eight cents .
Francestown, two dollars and eighty-eight cents
Goffstown, six dollars and forty-four cents
Greenfield, one dollar and ninety-seven cents
Greenville, two dollars and ninety-four cents
Hancock, two dollars and fifteen cents
Hillsborough, four dollars and three cents
HoUis, four dollars and thirty cents .
Hudson, three dollars and seventy-four cents
Litchfield, one dollar and sixty-eight cents
Lyndeborough, one dollar and fifty-one cents
Manchester, one hundred and two dollars and sixty-five
cents ......

Mason, one dollar and eighty-eight cents .
Merrimack, three dollars and eighty-nine cents
Milford, nine dollars and sixty cents
Mont Vernon, one dollar and eighty-six cents
Nashua, forty-nine dollars and seventy-two cent
New Boston, four dollars ....

New Ipswich, three dollars and sixty-eight cents
Pelham, three dollars and thirty-seven cents
Peterborough, eight dollars and thirty-two cents
Sharon, forty-three cents ....

Temple, one dollar and seventeen cents
Weare, five dollars and twenty-seven cents
Wilton, five dollars and seventy-eight cents
Windsor, twenty-six cents

102

8249 06

1879.]

Chapter 32.

349

CHESHIRE COUNTY.

Alstead, three dollars and forty-four cents
Chesterfield, three dollars
Dul)lin, two dollars and two cents
Fitzwilliam, two dollars and ninety-five cents
Gilsnm, one dollar and seventy-four cents .
Harrisville, two dollars and eleven cents .
Hinsdale, four dollars and eighty cents
Jaifrey, four dollars and sixty-seven cents
Kcene, thirty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents
Marlborough, three dollars and twenty cents
Marlow, two dollars and foi-ty-six cents
Nelson, one dollar and three cents .
Richmond, one dollar and fifty-two cents .
Rindge, two dollars and ninety-seven cents
Roxbury, thirty-six cents ....
Stoddard, one dollar and twenty-two cents
Sullivan, one dollar and twenty cents
Surry, one dollar and one cent .
Swanzey, four dollars and forty-three cents
Troy, two dollars and thirty-three cents .
Walpole, seven dollars and sixty-six cents .
Westmoreland, four dollars and forty-one cents
Winchester, six dollars and seventy-seven cents

SULLIVAN COUNTY.

Acworth, two dollars and thirty-seven cents
Charlestown, six dollars and thirty-seven cents .
Claremont, fourteen dollars and twenty-one cents
Cornish, three dollars and forty cents
Croydon, one dollar and forty cents .
Grantham, one dollar and three cents
Goshen, one dollar and eight cents .
Langdon, one dollar and fifty-live cents
Lempster, one dollar and thirty-eight cents
Newport, seven dollars and sixty-three cents
Plainfield, three dollars and forty-six cents
Springfield, one dollar and eleven cents
Sunapee, one dollar and fifty-seven cents .
Unity, one dollar and eighty cents .
Washington, one dollar and ninety-two cents

^3 44
3 00

Cheshire Coun-
ty, $102.62.

95
74
11

80
67

37 32
3 20

46
03
52
97
36
22
20
01
43
2 33
7 66
4 41
6 77

$102 62

Sullivan County,

$50.28.

. $2 37

6 37

14 21

. 3 40

1 40

1 03

1 08

1 55

1 38

7 63

3 46

1 11

1 57

1 80

1 92

150 28

GRAFTON COUNTY.

Alexandria, one dollar and twenty-two cents
Ashland, two dollars and twenty-two cents
Bath, two dollars and ninety cents .
Benton, fifty-eight cents ....
Bethlehem, two dollars and seventy-six cents
Bridgewater, seventy-eight cents

$1 22

2 22

2 90

2 76

Grafton County,
$89.10.

350

Chapter 32.

[1879.

Bristol, three dollars and twenty-three cents
Campton, one dollar and ninety cents
Canaan, three dollars and forty-eight cents
Dorchester, seventy-five cents .
Ellsworth, eighteen cents ....
Easton, sixty-three cents ....
Enfield, four dollars and twelve cents
Franconia, one dollar and twenty-nine cents
Grafton, two dollars and sixteen cents
Groton, seventy-fonr cents
Hanover, six dollars and twenty-two cents
Haverhill, five dollars and seventy-eight cents
Hebron, sixty-four cents ....
Holderness, one dollar and twenty-nine cents
Landaff, one dollar and thirty cents .
Lebanon, eleven dollars and fifty-two cents
Lincoln, sixteen cents ....
Lisbon, four dollars and seventy-two cents
Littleton, six dollars and eighty-three cents
Livermore, thirty-eight cents
Lyman, one dollar and fourteen cents
Lyme, three dollars ....
Monroe, one dollar and thirty cents .
Orange, fifty cents ....
Orford, two dollars and eighty-one cents
Piermont, two dollars and four cents
Plymouth, four dollars and five cents
Rumney, one dollar and ninety-five cents
Thornton, ninety-seven cents .
Warren, one dollar and fifty-seven cents
Waterville, twelve cents .
Wentworth, one dollar and fifty cents
Woodstock, thirty-seven cents .

Coos County,
$31.52.

COOS COUNTY.

Berlin, one dollar and twenty-five cents
Carroll, ninety-five cents .....
Clarksville, forty-three cents ....
Colebrook, three dollars and thirty-one cents
Columbia, one dollar and thirty-five cents
Dalton, ninety-three cents ....

Dummer, forty-one cents .....
Errol, thirty-five cents .....
Gorham, one dollar and sixty-three cents .
Jefferson, one dollar and thirty-five cents .
Lancaster, five dollars and forty-one cents
Milan, one dollar and six cents
Northumberland, one dollar and ninety-four cents
Pittsburg, ninety cents .....
Randolph, thirty-seven cents ....
Shelburne, fifty-three cents ....

25
95
43
31
35
93
41
35
63
35
41
06
94
90
37
53

1879.]

Chapters 32, 33.

351

Stark, one dollar and five cents
Stratford, one dollar and sixty-two cents .
Stewartstown, one dollar and fifty-three cents
Whitcficld, two dollars and eighty cents .
Cambridge, twenty cents ....
Bean's Purchase, nineteen cents
Chandler's Purchase, one cent .
Crawford's Purchase, thirteen cents .
Dixville, nine cents .....
Dix's Grant, four cents ....
Erving's Grant, one cent ....
Green's Grant, thirty-one cents

Gilmanton and Atkinson Academy Grant, seven cents
Kilkenny, eight cents ....
Low and Burl)ank's Grant, five cents
Martin's Location, two cents
Millsfield, nineteen cents ....
Nash and Sawyer's Location, four cents .
Wentworth's Location, nine cents
Sargent's Purchase, fourteen cents .
Odell Township, nineteen cents
Pinkham's Grant, two cents
Second College Grant, fourteen cents
Success, nine cents .....
Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, nine cents
Crawford's Grant, twelve cents
Cutt's Grant, three cents ....
Gore between Gilmanton and Atkinson Academy Grant,
one cent .........

II 05

62
53

2 80
20
19
01
13
09
04
01
31
07
08
05
02
19
04
09
14
19
02
14
09
09
12
03

\1 52

Sect. 2. The same shall be the proportion of assessment of all continues tni
public taxes until a new apportionment shall be made and estab- mi^e^'^°^°'^ ^°^
lished, and the treasurer for the time being shall issue his warrant
accordingly.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 3 3.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION ONE, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL LAWS, IN RELATION TO FRAUD
BY FALSE PRETENSES.

Sect.
1. Fraud by personating or false pretenses.

Sect.
2. Repealing clause.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-five Fraud by per-
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in the fifth line pretenses.

352 Chapters 33, 84. [1879.

thereof, after the word " acquittance," the words " or the labor or
services of any person," so that said section shall read as follows :
" Sect. 1. If any person, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall,
by personating or representing another, or by means of any false
pretense or false token, counterfeit letters, or other false means,
wrongfully obtain any money or other property, or any writing con-
taining evidence of debt, or any receipt or acquittance ; or the
labor or services of any person ; or shall, by any such means,
attempt so to cheat or defraud another ; or if any person shall, by
any such means, and with such intent, obtain the signature of
another to any instrument or paper purporting to be a conveyance
or evidence of debt, or to any receipt, discharge, or acquittance of
any debt, claim, or right, he shall be fined not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding seven years."
Tiepeaiing Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provis-

ions of this act are herebv repealed.
[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 34.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, IN RELATION TO THE SALE OF LIGHTNING-
RODS.

Sect. | Sect.

1. Sale of lightning-rods regulated. 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate ayid House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sale of lightning- Sect. 1. That chaptcr one hundred and nineteen of the Gen-
regu ate . gj,^| Laws bc amended by striking out section nine and inserting
the following in the place thereof : " Sect. 9. The treasurer of
the state may grant such license for the term of one year, upon
receiving from any applicant the sum of five hundred dollars, and
from any applicant who has for the five years last past been a citi-
zen of this state, the sum of one hundred dollars ; provi'ied, that
such applicant shall satisfy the treasurer that such lightning-rods
are sufficient for security against lightning, and shall file a bond,
with good and sufficient sureties, with the treasurer, in the penal
sum of one thousand dollars, to respond in damages to any person
who may be aggrieved by reason of any misrepresentation or fraud
in the sale of such lightning-rods or anything relating thereto.
Any person injured by such fraud or misrepresentation, having
recovered judgment thereon against the person obtaining such
license, may commence a suit on his bond in the name of the treas-
urer ; and such license may be revoked at any time for good cause
shown."

T^kes effect, Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapters 35, 36.

353

CHAPTER 35

AN ACT IN RELATION TO ACTIONS FOR PERSONAL INJURIES.

Sect.
1. Damages for personal injuries resulting in
death may be recovered by executors.

Sect.

2. Repealing clause.

3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. When the death of
act or nealect of another

a person is caused by a wrong-ful Damages for

I •' <-' personal injuries

which, if death had not ensued, would rosuiting in

have entitled the person injured to recover damages therefor, then, recovered^ by ex-
on the death of such person, his executor or administrator may, by '''^"'^°'"*-
suit brought within two years of such death, recover damages for
the injury ; and one half of such damages shall go to the widow or
widower, and the other half to the children, of the deceased. If
there is no child, the whole shall goto the widow or widower ; and.
if no widow or widower, to the heirs of the deceased according to
the law regulating the distribution of intestate estates.

Sect. 2. Section fourteen of chapter two hundred and eighty
two of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

Repealing
clause.

Takes effect,
wlien.

CHAPTER 36.

AN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO,
GENERAL LAWS, RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF FERTILIZERS.

Sect.

1. License to sell fertilizers required.

2. Fee for license.

3. Penalty for selling without license.

Sect.

4. Samples of fertilizers to be analyzed.

5. Sale of, below legal standard, prohibited.

6. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. Any person or corporation manufacturing or import- License to sen
ing commercial fertilizers which shall be sold, kept, or offered for quh'ed.^'^"^'
sale, within the state, shall obtain a license from the state treasurer,
countersigned and recorded by the secretary of the board of agricult-
ure, authorizing the sale of the same, and shall affix to each barrel,
bag, or parcel, in addition to the statement now required by law,
the words, " State of New Hampshire, — licensed," with the num-
ber and date of the license, and the names of the articles offered
for sale.

Sect. 2. Every party receiving such license shall pay into the Fee for license,
state treasury the sum of fifty dollars, said license to be valid for
one year.

354

Chapters 36, 37.

[1879.

Penalty for sell-
ing without li-

Samples of fer-
tiliztrs to be
analyzed.

Sale of, below
legal standard,
prohibited.

Takes effect,
when.

^ECT. 3. Any party selling unlicensed fertilizers, as provided
in section one, shall be liable to the same penalty as is provided in
section twenty-three of chapter one hundred and twenty-two.
General Laws.

Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board of
agriculture to collect samples of fertilizers sold in this state, and
any other articles which the interests of agriculture may require,
and submit them to the college of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, for chemical examination. The trustees of said college shall
cause them to be analyzed, and report results to the secretary of
the board of agriculture, who shall cause the facts to be published.
For such service, the college shall be re-imbursed its actual expense,
provided that no expense shall be incurred beyond the sum accruing
to the state from the operation of this act.

Sect. 5. No article shall be licensed that is known to contain
less commercial value than is represented by the label required by
section twenty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the
General Laws.

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from its passage.

[Approved July 18,1879.]

CHAPTER 37.

AN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TWO OF THE
GENERAL LAWS, IN RELATION TO THE RIGHTS OF THE HUSBAND
OR WIFE IN THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED HUSBAND OR WIFE.

Sect.

1. Willful neglect bars estate by the curtesy.

2. Repealing clause.

Sect.
3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Willful neglect
bars estate by
the curtesy.

Repealing
clause.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. The husband of any person deceased, in case she dies
intestate, or if she dies testate and no provision is made for him in
her will, shall not be entitled to her estate by the curtesy in any
lands and tenement owned by said deceased, nor to any portion of
her personal property remaining after the payment of her debts, if
he shall have willingly abandoned and absented himself from the
deceased, or willfully neglected to support and maintain her, or
shall not have been heard from, in consequence of his own neglect,
for the term of three years next preceding her death.

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapters 38, 39.

355

CHAPTER 38.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION SEVEN, CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
OP THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO THE REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS
IN TOWNS.

Sect.
1. One-fourth liighway tax may be worked out
by animals.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That section seven of chapter seventy-two of the one-fourth high-
General Laws, relating to the repairing of highways, be amended worke^i'o'St^by^
by adding the following words to said section : "And any person an'^'ais.
shall have the right to work out at least one-fourth of his tax in
labor of animals."

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect April first, 1880. Takes effect,

[Approved July 18, 1879.] ''''"•

CHAPTER 39

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO THE TIMES AND PLACES OP
HOLDING COURTS OF PROBATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Sect.
1. Times and places of holding probate courts in
Hillsborough County.

Sect.
2. Salary of probate judge, Hillsborough County,

$425.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened: —

T^nr flip Hillsborough
X Ui Uie county.

Sect. 1. Chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the General Times and places
Laws is amended by striking out the sixth section of said chapter bite°coirrt fn°'
and inserting instead thereof the following: "Sect. 6. For the" "

county of Hillsborough, — at Manchester on the third Tuesday of
February, April, June, August, October, and December, and on the
fourth Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September, and
November ; at Nashua, on the fourth Tuesday of February, April,
June, August, October, and December ; at Francestown, on the
Friday next following the fourth Tuesday of August ; at Amherst,
on the Friday next following the fourth Tuesday of June and
December ; at Peterborough, on the Friday next following the
fourth Tuesday of February, May, and November ; at Greenville,
on the Friday next following the fourth Tuesday of April and
October ; at Hillsborough Bridge, on the Friday next following the
fourth Tuesday of January and July ; and at Milford, on" the
Friday next following the fourth Tuesday of March and September.

356

Chapters 39, 40.

[1879.

Salary of pro- Sect. 2. The aimual salary of the judge of probate for the

boroig/countyj county of HiUsborough shall be one hundred dollars in addition to
^^^- the sum provided in section twelve, chapter two hundred

sum provided in section twelve, chapter two
eighty-nine of the General Laws.
[Approved July 18, 1879.]

and

CHAPTER 40.

AN ACT RELATING TO TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

Sect.

1. Telegraph companies to keep offices, where.

2. Penalty for neglect.

Sect.
3. Attorney-general and solicitors to prosecute.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Telegraph com- Sect. 1. Evcrv telegraph company whose lines pass through

DRniBS to k66T) ^•/CJi. It/ 1 CD

offices, where, auy portioii ot this state on the line of any railroad shall keep
and maintain an office for the receipt and transmission of messages
over its wires, for the accommodation of the public, in every town
having a population of fifteen hundred or more, according to the
latest census of the United States, through which such line passes ;
provided^ there is a passenger station on said railroad in such town ;
provided, also, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the
lines of the United States Direct Cable Company.

Sect. 2. Every telegraph company neglecting or refusing to
comply with the provisions of section one of this act shall pay a
fine of one hundred dollars for each and every month of such
neglect or refusal in each and every such town in which the
provisions of section one apply, one-half of such fine to go to
the complainant, and the balance to the county in which such
town is situated.

Sect. 3. The attorney-general and county solicitors are hereby
ors'trprosecute. instructcd to euforcc the provisions of this act in every case in
which complaint is made.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

Penalty for neg-
lect.

Attorney-gen
eral and solicit-

1879.]

Chapters 41, 42.

357

CHAPTER 41.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND TEN, SEC-
TION THREE, OP THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO THE COURTS IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

Sect.

1. No court at Amherst.

2. Times of holding court at Mancliester and

Nashua.

Sect.
3. Repealing clause.

Be, it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. So much of section three, chapter two hundred and ^"^.^^"'''^ '^^ ^""^
ten of the General Laws, as provides that a trial term of the
supreme court shall be holden at Amherst on the first Tuesday in
May, is hereby repealed.

Sect. 2. A trial term of the supreme court shall be held at Times of holding

J^ i^mi court at Man-

Manchester and Nashua, on alternate years, on the nrst i uesday Chester and
of May, at which grand and petit jurors shall be summoned to
attend.

Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are fjaus^""^
hereby repealed.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 42.

AN ACT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF THIS STATE, HOLD-
ING CLAIMS AGAINST OTHER STATES.

Sect.

1. Any citizen holding claim against another

state may assign the same to this state and
deposit assignment with attorney-general.

2. Attorney-general's duty in such cases.

Sect.

3. State not liable for fees or expenses.

4. Disposition of moneys received in settlement

of claims.

5. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. Whenever any citizen of this state shall be the owner Any citizen how-
of any claim against any of the United States of America, arising another state'
upon a written obligation to pay money issued by such state, which same^t^^this"'*
obligation shall be past due and unpaid, such citizen so holding ^*'''^'™^'^1«p??|*

~ . i 1 r~, 1" TkT rr i • assignment with

such claim may assign the same to the State oi New Hampshire, attomey-gen-
and deposit the assignment thereof, duly executed and acknowl-
edged in the form and manner provided for the execution and
acknowledgment of deeds of real estate by the laws of this state,
together with all the evidence necessary to substantiate such claim,
with the attorney-general of the state.

Sect. 2. Upon such deposit being made, it shall be the duty of ^rarSyln"
the attorney-general to examine such claim and the evidence ^^^^ '^''««*-

358

Chapters 42, 43.

[1879.

State not liable
for fees or ex-

Takes effect,
when.

thereof ; and if, in his opinion, there is a valid claim which shall be
just and equitable to enforce, vested by such assignment in the
State of New Hampshire, he, the attorney-general, shall, upon the
assignor of such claim depositing with him such sum as he, the
said attorney-general, shall deem necessary to cover the expenses
and disbursements incident to or which may become incident to
the collection of said claim, bring such suits, actions, or proceed-
ings in the name of the State of New Hampshire, in the supreme
court of the United States, as he, the said attorney-general, shall
deem necessary for the recovery of the money due upon such
claim ; and it shall be the duty of the said attorney-general to
prosecute such action or actions to final judgment, and to take
such other steps as may be necessary after judgment for the col-
lection of said claim, and to carry such judgment into effect, or,
with the consent of the assignor, to compromise, adjust, and settle
said claim before or after judgment.

Sect 3. Nothing in this act shall authorize the expenditure of
any money belonging to this state, Ijut the expenses of said pro-
ceedings shall be paid by the assignor of such claim ; and the
assignor of such claim may associate with the attorney-general in
the prosecution thereof, in the name of the State of New Hamp-
shire, such other counsel as the said assignor may deem necessary,
but the state shall not l)e liable for the fees of such counsel or any
part thereof.

Sect. 4. The attorney-general shall keep all moneys collected
by reason of any compromise of any such
any other moneys of this state
which may be in his hands, and shall deposit, the same to his own
credit, as special trustee under this act, in such bank or banks as
he shall select ; and the said attorney-general shall pay to the
assignor of such claims all such sums of money as may be recov-
ered by him in compromise or settlement of such claims, deduct-
ing therefrom all expenses incurred by said attorney not l)efore
that time paid 1)y the assignor.

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect on its passaa-e.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

Disposition of

moneys received , ■• .

in settlement of UpOU SUCh Claim, 01

claims. claim, separate and apart from

CHAPTER 43.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION FOUR OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-NINE OF THE GENERAL LAWS, CHANGING THE TIME
FOR CATCHING BROOK TROUT ; AND SECTION NINE OF SAID CHAP-
TER, IN RELATION TO THE TIME FOR CATCHING SALMON.

Sect.
1. Time of taking salmon and trout, etc.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eyieral Court convened : —

Timeoftating Sect. 1. That scctiou four of chapter one hundred and seventy-
trout, etc. nine of the General Laws of the State of New Hampshire be so

1879.] Chaptkrs 48, 44. 359

amended as to read, " from the thirtieth day of Septemljer, of any
year, to the tliirtieth day of April next following," instead of
" between the month of September of any year and tlie month of
April next following." That section seven of cha})ter one hnndred
and seventy-nine of the General Laws of the state be amended l)y
striking out the words " eighteen hundred and seventy-live," and
inserting the words " eighteen hundred and sevent>^-seven," and
adding the words " nor shall young salmon, known as parr,
smolts, or grilse, be caught or killed in any of the waters of the
state after tlie expiration of said time, under the penalty herein
provided."

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 44.

AN ACT TO RECxULATE THE SALE OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND TATENT-

RIGHTS.

Sect. ! Sect.

1. License to sell trees, patent- rights, etc., re- 3. Penalty for fraud of license.

quired. 4. Disposition of fees.

2. Fee for licen.se. I 5. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. No party shall sell, or act as the agent or receive sub- License to sen
scriptions for the sale of, trees, shrubs, or vines not grown in the r[ght's,^etc.°*re-
state, nor sell, as principal or agent, patent-rights of farm or house- 1"'^®*^-
hold implements, except those invented Ijy parties in the state :
nor formulas or recipes foi" special fertilizers, ]mints, or other
compounds, — unless he shall have first obtained a license for that
purpose as herein after provided, under the penalty of one hundred
dollars for each and every offense, to be recovered in the same way
as is provided in chapter one hundred and nineteen, section seven,
of the General Laws, in regard to the sale of lightning-rods.

Sect. 2. On the receipt of fifty dollars, ])aid into the treasury, Fee for license.
the state treasurer shall issue a license to any reputable party, to
sell or take orders for the sale of trees, shrubs, vines, or roots ;
and, for one hundred dollars thus paid, he shall issue a license to
sell, by subscription or otherwise, the right to make and use any
patent machine or implement used in agricultural pursuits, or any
formula or recipe, as named in the preceding section ; said licenses
to be countersigned by the secretary of the board of agriculture,
and be valid for one year from their date.

Sect. 3. If any party shall be guilty of fraud in his transac- Penalty for fraud
tions, or effect sales through misrepresentations, or fail to deliver °
what he sells or takes orders for, he shall forfeit his license, and
be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recov-
ered for the use of the state, as already herein provided.

360

Chapters 44, 45.

[1879.

Disposition of
fees.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 4. A sum not exceeding the amount accruing to the
state under this act may be expended by the board of agriculture,
and paid out on the order of the governor, in carrying into effect
measures for detecting spurious, old, or adulterated seeds ; trees,
shrubs, and vines not true to name or not worthy of cultivation : or
patent-rights that are not adapted to the purposes for which they
are advertised ; and shall from time to time cause the results of
their investigations to be published.

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 45.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER NINETY-THREE OF THE GENERAL
LAWS, RELATING TO THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

Sect. i Sect.

1. Number of ti'ustees reduced from fifteen to 2. §5,000 appropriated annually,
seven. ' 3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Number of trus-
tees reduced
from fifteen to
seven.

85,000 appropri-
ated annually.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. That section two of chapter ninety-three of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended as follows : Instead of " fifteen," in
the third line of said section, insert the word " five," and strike
out, after the word " council," in the fourth line, the words " to be
so apportioned that at least one and not more than two of said
fifteen persons shall be appointed from the same county," so that
the first clause of said section shall read as follows, to wit : " The
management of said school shall be vested in a board of trustees,
composed of the governor, the superintendent of public instruction,
and five persons to be appointed by the governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, and to hold said office two years."

Sect, 2. Said chapter is further amended by adding the follow-
ing : " Sect. 7. The sum of five thousand dollars is annually
appropriated for the maintenance of said school, said sum to be
expended as the trustees of said school shall direct."

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

1879.] Chapter 46. 3G1

CHAPTER 46.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXISTING LAW IN RKILATION TO THE ANNUAL
INVOICE OF POLLS AND TAXABLE PROPERTY.

Sect.

1. Real estate to be included in inventory.

2. Assessors' duties on return of inventory.

3. Blanks to be delivered to whom.

Sect.

4. Tax-payer not required to appraise his own
property.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. The inventory required by section two of chapter fifty- ,^ciudediu*in-^''
five of the General Laws shall be so arranged by the secretary ventory.
of state as to require a descri])tion of all real estate taxable to the
person or corporation named in said section.

Sect. 2. Upon the return of such inventory, the selectmen or onTeuu-n o^Mnt*
assessors, upon examination of the same, shall, unless they shall ventory.
be of the opinion that the same does not contain a full, true, and
correct statement of the estate and property for which such per- The inventory
son or corporation is taxable, assess a tax against such person or ltatementrti»e
corporation, in accordance with the statement therein contained , •^^^^^^j'^JJ,^^^*^*/'^^^^
and such further examination and appraisal of said taxable estate thereto.
and property as is provided for by existing laws, and such further
examination as they may think proper to make ; so that said es- ^"""P^^gg^^i^^t^ts
tate and property shall be appraised and assessed by said selectmen fuii and true
or assessors at its full and true value in money, agreeably to the "^^^ "^ "^^^^y-
requirements of section one, chapter fifty-six of the General Laws.
If any such person or corporation shall willfully omit to make, de- SSg^nore-
liver, and return such inventory, or to answer any interrogatory t^'n'or^f^i^^
therein, as by said chapter fifty-five required, or shall make any
false answer or statement therein, or in relation to the estate or
property for which he is taxable, or if such selectmen or assessors
shall be of opinion that such inventory so returned does not con-
tain a full, true, and correct statement of the estate and property
for which such person or corporation is taxable, according to the
requirement of such interrogatories, and that there has been such
willful omission or false answer or statement on the part of said
person or corporation, the selectmen or assessors shall ascertain as
nearly as may be, and in such way and manner as they may be
able, the amount and value of the property and estate for which,
in their opinion, he is liable to be taxed, and shall then set down to
such person or corporation, by way of doomage, four times as
much as such estate and property, if so inventoried and returned,
would be legally taxable ; and section five of chapter fifty-five of
the General Laws is hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. Section three of said chapter is hereby amended by utMedtowhom.
striking out the words " personal estate," in the sixth line of said
section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words " real or personal
estate or property "; and section seven of said chapter is hereby
amended by striking out the words " personal estate," in the ninth
line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words " real
or personal estate or property."

362 Chapters 46, 47, 48. [1879.

Tax-payer not re- Sect. 4. Sectioii two of chapter fiftv-five of the General Laws
praise his own is hereby amended by striking out, in the thirteenth and fourteenth
property. lines of Said section, the words, '' and the vahie by such classes of

his personal property and estate."
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

legalized.

CHAPTER 47.

AN ACT TO LEGALIZE CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS OF OFFICERS IN THE CITY
OF KEENE AND THE TOWN OF STEWARTSTOWN.

Sect. i Sect.

1. Lapses of officers legalized. I 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened: —

waiw»?/ "^'^^'^'^ Sect. 1. In so far as the general court has power so to do, the
proceedings of the town of Stewartstown, at the annual meeting of
said town in March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight,
so far as the same may be defective by reason of the failure of the
selectmen of said town to affix the certificates required by law to
be made upon the check-list and warrant for said meeting on the
opening of or before said meeting ; and the proceedings of the
assessors and collector of taxes of the city of Keene, in relation to
the sale of lands of non-residents for non-payment of taxes, in so
far as said proceedings may be defective by reason of the failure of
said assessors to deliver a list of said taxes to said collector on or
before the thirteenth day of May last, — are hereby made legal and
valid.

Takes effect, Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

when.

CHAPTER 4

AN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO OP
THE GENERAL LAWS.

Sect.

1. Copies of notes, etc., maybe filed for judg-
ment by order of justice in vacation.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Copies of notes, Sect. 1. Copics of aiiy note or instrument may be filed in any
for'jiui^ent * suit, for tlic purposc of rendering judgment thereon, upon the order
tice°fn"acation" ^^ ^"^7 j^dge of tlic suprcmc court in vacation, for good cause, upon

1879.] Chapters 48, 49, 50. 363

petition reciting the facts and the due (iling of the petition and
order in said suit.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. '^^'^e««*fe<=t,

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 49.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF A BOND BY EXECUTORS
AND TRUSTEES UNDER A WILL.

Sect. 1. Bond of executors and trustees.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. Executors and trustees under a will shall be exempt Bond of execu-
from giving a bond, or from giving a surety or sureties on their
bonds, whenever the testator shall by his will so direct. Provided^
however^ that the judge of probate may at any time require a bond
with sufficient sureties, if he is of opinion that the same is made
requisite by a change in the situation or circumstances of the
executor or trustee, upon petition of heirs or creditors within thirty
days after such will is filed with the judge of probate, or for other
sufficient cause. Provided, also, that a bond for the payment of
debts shall be given in all cases.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 50.

AN ACT TO TAX CHURCH PROPERTY EXCEEDING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS

IN VALUE.

Sect. | Sect.

1. Church property taxable. I 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That all property, whether real or personal, owned by church property
any church association or corporation, used exclusively for a place
of worship, not exceeding ten thousand dollars in value, shall be
exempt from taxation ; and all such associations or corporations
owning church property, whether real or personal, in excess of ten
thousand dollars in value, shall be taxed at the same rates as other
property for the total valuation of such excess.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon and after its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

364

Chapters 51, 52.

[1879.

CHAPTER 51

AN ACT TO SUPPRESS PIGEON-SHOOTING AND SIMILAR SPORTS.

Pigeon target
shooting pro-
hibited.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect.
1. Pigeon target shooting prohibited.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
GreneraJ Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That any person who shall keep or use any live
pigeon, fowl, or other bird, for the purpose of a target, or to be
shot at, either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship,
and any person who shall shoot at any bird as aforesaid, or be
present as a party, witness, umpire, or judge at any such shooting
of any fowl or bird, and any person who shall rent any building,
shed, room, yard, field, or premises, or shall knowingly suffer or
permit the use of any building, shed, room, yard, field, or premises,
for the purpose of shooting any fowl or bird as aforesaid, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment
not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Nothing herein contained shall apply to the shooting of any wild
game in its wild state.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 52.

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE PAMPHLET LAWS OF
1877, RELATING TO THE TOWN OF RYE.

Sect. 1. Gosport district.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Gosport district. Sect. 1. That scctioii two of cliaptcr thirty-seven of the
Pamphlet Laws of 1877 be amended by adding to the end of the
same the following words : " And the district shall be liable for
all pauper claims and all other demands against the district the
same as though it was an independent township. The expenses of
assessing and collecting the taxes of said district shall be paid by
it."

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapters 53, 64.

365

CHAPTER 53.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OP AND IN ADDITION TO SECTION THIRTEEN
OP CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE OP THE GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND TEACHERS.

1. One-fifth literary fund may be expended for
school apparatus.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. Section thirteen of chapter eighty-nine of the General one-fifti. uterary
Laws, relating to school committees and teachers, is hereby peuded for
amended by adding the following words : " And the same officers "au^s".^ '*^^''"
are also empowered to expend, at their discretion, for the use of
the schools, one fifth part of the ' literary fund ' which may an-
nually be assigned any city or town, in the purchase or repair of
blackboards, maps, charts, globes, dictionaries, or any apparatus
which in their judgment will advance the educational interests of
said schools ; and that any unexpended portion of such fifth part
on hand the first day of March, annually, shall then be passed to
the credit of the general school fund of such city or town for the
support of schools in same during current year."

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

Takes effect,
when.

CHAPTER 54.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN CORPORATIONS.

Sect.

1. Cumulative voting in corporations.

2. Submitted to the people.

3. Ballots to be counted, etc., and return made

to secretary of state.

Sect.

4. Secretary to record, governor to proclaim, the

result.

5. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1,

27. Rights of married women.

Cumulative vot-

tions.

court.
Past acts done under chapter 219 legalized.
Verbal coiiectionj.

of state,
lause.

11. Fee to clerk at sale of non-resident land for

taxes not allowed.

12. Notice in newspapers of sale of real estate

for residpnt taxes not I'eauired. ---

Sect. 2. At the biennial election to be holden in November, submitted to the
eighteen hundred and eighty, the sense of the voters of this state ^^°^ ^'
shall be taken upon section one of this act, by ballot, those in favor
thereof voting " yes," and those opposed voting " no " ; and it is
hereby made the duty of the selectmen in the several towns and
wards in the state to insert in their warrants, for the meeting then
to be holden, an article for this purpose.

366

Chapters 54, 55.

[1879.

Ballots to be Sect. 3. Said ballots shall be assorted, counted, and declared

Ld retu'rn made in Open meeting, and the clerks of the several towns and wards
state?'^*^"^^ °* shall make a true record thereof, showing the number of ballots
upon each side of the question, and shall, on or before the fifteenth
day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty, return to the secre-
tary of state a true copy of said record.
^^rr^TvernoT Sect. 4. The sccrctary of state shall make a record of the re-
to proclaim, the tums SO made to him and lay the same before the governor on or
result. before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one ;

and the governor shall, on or before the fifteenth day of January,
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, make proclamation of the result
of said vote ; and, if it shall appear that a majority of the voters
voting upon said proposition voted in favor thereof, then section
one of this act shall go into effect and become a law from and after
said fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-one,
and otherwise shall be of no effect.
Takes effect, Sect. 5. This act, cxccpting section one, shall take effect upon

when. ^^g passage, and section one as aforesaid.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 55

AN ACT IN RELATION TO FREIGHT CHARGES ON RAILROADS.

Sect.

1. Freight tariff regulated.

2. Tariff on through freights not affected.

Sect.

3. Penalty for violation.

4. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Freight tariff
regulated.

Tariff on through
freights not af-
fected.

Penalty for vio-
lation.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. No railroad owned or operated in this state shall charge
a higher tariff on like classes of freight by the car-load, when de-
livered at any station on its line, than is charged to deliver the
same at any station on the road when the transportation is for a
greater distance.

Sect. 2. Nothing in section one shall be so construed as to af-
fect the rights of any railroad owned or operated in this state from
establishing such rates on freights shipped over their lines from
points outside of the state to points beyond the state as may seem

, for tlieii' hpst interests. o — ^

;ame as though it was an independent township. The t,j--\y^r^' onv of

issessing and collecting the taxes of said district shall be paid by

■ ??

[Approved Jull_19, J879.1 _

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon and after its passage.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapters 56, 57.

367

CHAPTER 5 6.

AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE DOINGS OF THE SELECTMEN AND COLLEC-
TOR OF TAXES IN THE TOWN OF BRISTOL, FOR THE YEAR 1877.

Sect.
1. Taxes legalized.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the t^enate and Hovse of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That all taxes assessed by the board of selectmen of Taxes legalized,
the town of Bristol, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-
seven, are hereby legalized ; and all the acts and doings of the
selectmen and collector of taxes of said town, for the said year, in
relation to the inventory, assessment, and collection of all taxes in
said town for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, are
hereby ratified, confirmed, and legalized.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

Takes effect,
when.

CHAPTER 57.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OP
THE GENERAL LAWS, PASSED JUNE SESSION, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-EIGHT.

Sect.

1. What newspapers to publish the laws.

2. Commissioners to take acknowledgment of

deeds, etc., may be appointed in foreign
countries.

3. Number of laws, etc., to be printed.

4. Hearings for correction of check-lists.

5. Certificates of election of representative to be

returned to secretary of state.

6. Verbal amendment.

7. Check-lists to be used at all elections of mod-

erator and supervisors.

8. Sea-going vessels to be rated as personal es-

tate for taxation.

9. Invoice-books to be furnished to selectmen

liy secretary of state.

10. Repealing clause.

11. Fee to clerk at sale of non-resident land for

taxes not allowed.

12. Xotiee in newspapers of sale of real estate

for resident taxes not required.

13. A member of the board of county commis-

sioners to meet with board of equalization
when notified, and not otherwise.

14. Settlement of damages in laying out or al-

tering highways.

15. Secret.iry of state to furnish blank invento-

ries annually.

16. Discrimination against minors repealed.

17. (See section 14 of this act.)

Sect.

18. Oath that copy of warrant for school-meeting

has been posted may be administered by
clerk of district ; three months' residence
in district a qualification to vote.

19. Women admitted to all offices in school-dis-

tricts.

20. Village fire-districts may sprinkle streets.

21. Public health protected.

22. Certain persons not required to take out ped-

dler's license.

23. Employe of dealer in, not to be inspector of

petroleum.

24. Purity of petroleum.

25. Lumbermen's lien.

20. Mile.ige of bank commissioners.

27. Rights of married women.

28. Attachment may be made without order of

court.

29. Past acts done under chapter 219 legalized.

30. Verbal correction.

31. Challenges by the state.

32. Penalty for breaking, entering, and larceny.

33. County not chargeable as trustee.

34. When court may order sale of attached prop-

erty.

35. When and how attachments may be released.

36. When justice not to sit at law term.

37. As to meetings and warrants when towns and

districts are identical.

368

Chapter 57

[1879.

Sect.

38. The General Laws of 1878.

39. Ballots at general elections to be preserved.

40. Town clerk to have custody of, to send to

secretary of state, when.

41. Penalty for violation.

Sect.

42. Certificate to be obtained of committee of ad-

joining town, when.

43. Incidental expenses of the state provided for.

44. This act takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate
G-e7ieral Court convened : —

and House of Representatives in

What newspa-
pers to publish
the laws.

Commissioners
to take acknowl-
edgment of
deeds, etc., may
be appointed in
foreign coun-
tries.

Number of laws,
etc., to be print-

Sect. 1. Section eight of chapter four is amended by striking
out the words " such newspapers as the legislature shall order." in
the second line, and inserting in their stead the words " each
weekly newspaper printed and circulated in this state."

Sect. 2. Section ten of chapter seventeen is amended by strik-
ing out the words " of the United States, and in each district and
territory," in the second line, and inserting in their stead the
words " state, district, and territory of the United States, and in
each foreign country to which the United States sends a represent-
ative."

Sect. 3. The secretary of state is authorized to procure the
printing of nine hundred copies of the session laws and journals
of the senate and house of representatives of each session of the
legislature ; twelve hundred copies of the biennial message of the
governor ; seventeen hundred copies each of. the reports of the in-
surance and bank commissioners ; fifteen hundred copies of the
report of the trustees of the asylum for the insane, and twelve
hundred copies each of all the other reports made to the legisla-
ture, the governor and council, and the secretary of state, annu-
ally or biennially ; and so much of section four of chapter five as
is inconsistent with this amendment is hereby repealed.

Sect. 4. Section four of chapter thirty is amended by adding
after the word " election," in the sixth line of said section, the
words, " one of which days shall be the day next preceding the
day of election."

Sect. 5. Section two of chapter thirty-five is amended by strik-
ing out the first two lines of said section, and inserting instead
thereof the following : " The certificate of election shall be made
in duplicate, certified and signed in the same manner as the votes
for governor, one of which shall be delivered to the representative
elect, and the other shall be forwarded to the secretary of state
within twenty days after the day on which such election is held ;
and the provisions of this section shall also apply to classed towns."

Sect. 6. Section one of chapter thirty is amended by striking
out the word " said," in the seventh line of said section, and insert-
ing instead thereof the word " any."
Check-lists to be Sect. 7. Scctioii tcu of chaptcr thirty is amended by adding at
tions of 'modera- the end of Said scctiou thc woi'ds, "at annual and biennial elec-
tions."

Sect. 8. Section six of chapter fifty-three is amended by add-
ino- after the words " waters of the state," in the seventh line of
the sixth clause of said section, the words," and sea-going vessels.

Sect. 9. Section one of chapter fifty-five is amended by adding
after the word " month " in the last line, the following words :
" And the blank invoice-books to be used hereafter bv selectmen and

Hearings for
correction of
check-lists.

Certificates of
election of rep-
resentative to
be returned to
secretary of I
state. /

Verbal amend-
ment.

tor and super-
visors.
Sea-going vessels
to be rated as
personal estate
for taxation.

Invoice-books to
be furnished to
selectmen by
secretary of
state.

1879.] Chapter 57. 369

assessors in taking snch invoice, shall be prepared ])y the secretary
of state, printed by the pnblic printer, and seasonably furnished to
the selectmen and assessors of the several towns and cities of this
state."

Sect. 10. Sections seven, eight, nine, and ten of chapter fifty- Repealing
six are hereby re|)ealcd.

Sect. 11. Section sixteen, chapter fifty-nine, is amended by Fee to cierk at
striking out, in the fifth line, the words, ''and the same sum for a dent land for *'

plorl- " taxes not al-

<^^*^^'^' lowed.

Sect. 12. Section fourteen of chapter fifty-eight is amended by xotice in news-
striking out all of said section that requires publication in a news- ?earestateTor '^

nnnor resident taxes

pajJUl . ^Qj required.

Sect. 13. Chapter sixty-one is amended by striking out of sec- a member of the
tion four all after the word " town," in the twelfth line from the "isliXr.^
bottom, and insertino- the following: " and the chairman (ov a *° '"f *7'''' ,.

. Til 1X111 • board of equali-

member designated by the board) shall meet with the board ol zation when noti-
equalization when notified to do so, and when the inventories of ot^hMwise""
his county are under consideration by the board ; and shall give
the board the results of the aforesaid inspection by the county
commissioners, and all other information in his possession." Sec-
tion six of said section [chapter] is amended by striking out the
first six lines of said section.

Sect. 14. Chapter sixty-nine is amended by striking out sec- settlement of
tions ten and eleven of said chapter and inserting the following : inTouror\iter-
" Any land-owner or other person aggrieved by the decision of the '^s i^gi^^'^y*-
selectmen, in the assessment of damages in any case relating to
a highway, may appeal therefrom to the supreme court by petition,
within one year after the highway or alterations are made ; and
any land-owner or other person aggrieved by the decision of the
selectmen in the laying out or altering a highway may appeal
therefrom to said court by petition, which shall be filed within
sixty days after the return thereof is recorded, if he had actual
notice of such laying out or altering, otherwise within one year
after the highway or alterations are made ; and shall file with it
a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, with sufficient sureties,
conditioned to pay to the petitioners for the highway or alteration
the costs that may be awarded them in case the decision of the
selectmen is affirmed ; and on notice, as provided in section two,
and such other notice as the court may order, such petitions may
be referred to the commissioners."

Sect. 15. Section eight of chapter sixty-one is amended by Secretary of
striking out the word " fourth," in the fourth line of said section ; w'ank Lvento- '
and also the words " next after said inventories are returned," at "''^ '''"'"''"^''
the end of said section, and inserting in place of said last-named
words the following : '' at which such equalization is to be made."

Sect. 16. Section one of chapter sixty-four is amended by Discrimination
striking out from said section all after the words " be exempt from ?fpeaied™'°°'^
tax or duty," in the twelfth line.

Sect. 17. Section eleven of chapter sixty-nine is hereby (See .section h
amended by striking out the words " sixty days," and inserting in-" * '*''*'^''
stead thereof the words " one year." \ j/

Sect. 18. Section five of chapter eigiity-seven of the General oath that copV
Laws is amended by adding after the word •' oath," in the first line schooi-meeti°ng
of said section, the words " which may l)e administered by the m^'^bradmi-nfs-

370

Chapter 57.

[1879.

tered by clerk of clcrk
district ; three
months' resi-
dence in district
a qualification to
vote.

Women admitted
to all offices in
school-districts.

Village fire-dis-
tricts may
sprinkle streets.

Public health
protected.

of the district ; " and section six of the same chapter is
amended by striking out the words " one month." in the fourth line
of said section, and inserting instead thereof the words " three
months."

Sect. 19. Section ten of chapter eighty-seven is amended by
striking out in the fourth line of said section the words " the com-
mittee."

Sect. 20. Section four of chapter one hundred and seven is
amended by inserting after the word " light," in the fourtli line of
said section, the words " and sprinkle."

Sect. 21. Section nine of chapter one hundred and eleven is
amended by striking out the words " where tlie current will not re-
move the same," and inserting instead thereof the following : " or
shall allow to be exposed unburied any animal or other ; " and by
striking out the word " ten," in said section, and inserting instead
thereof the word " fifty."

Sect. 22. Section one of chapter one liundred and nineteen is
amended by adding after the word " persons," at the end of the
fourth line in said section, the words, " not being agents or em-
ployes of a person so assessed."

Sect. 23. Section thirty of chapter one hundred and twenty-
two is amended by inserting in the seventh line thereof, after the
word " products," the following : " or who is not the employe of
any person so interested."

Sect. 24. Sections thirty-one and thirty-two of chapter one
hundred and twenty-two are amended by striking out the words
" one hundred and ten," in each section, and inserting instead
thereof the words " one hundred and twenty."

Sect. 25. Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and thirty-
nine is amended by striking out the word " sixty," in the seventh
line of said section, and inserting instead thereof the word " nine-
ty " ; and the lien provided for in section sixteen of said chapter
shall continue ninety days after the labor is performed.

Sect. 26. Section eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-six is
amended by inserting, between the words " cents" and " for" in
the third line, the words " a mile."

Sect. 27. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and eighty-
three is amended by striking out in the sixth line of said section
the words " before marriage," and in the tenth line the words " of
property held by her in her own right," and add, at the end of said
section, " except a mortgage releasing her right of dower and
homestead."

Sect. 28. Section seven of chapter two hundred and nine is so
ord'^r^l.f court."* Q-i^ended that in all suits in equity, and libels for divorce, the
plaintiff, or complainant, may, without order of such court or
justice, attach the estate and property of the defendant or respond-
ent, as provided therein and by sections eight and nine of said
chapter.

Sect. 29. Chapter two hundred and nineteen, and all acts
and proceedings which have been performed oi- taken place in
accordance with its provisions, are hereby legalized, ratified, and
confirmed, as fully as if said chapter and its provisions had been
incorporated in the General Laws at the time of their passage.
Verbal correc- Sect. 30. Scctiou uiuc of chapter two hundred and twenty is

Certaiu persons
not required to
take out ped-
dler's license.

Employe of
dealer in, not to
be inspector of
petroleum.

Purity of petro-
leum.

Lumbermen's
lien.

Mileage of bank
commissioners.

Rights of mar-
ried women.

Attachment may

Past acts done
under chapter
219 legalized.

1879.] Chapter 57. 371

amended by striking out the word " two," in the fifth line of said
section, and inserting instead thereof the word " four."

Sect. 31. Section nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-one is ciiaiieuges by
amended by inserting after the word " accused," in the fourtli line
of said section, the words " and the state."

Sect. 32. If any person shall, in the night-time, break or enter, ['rra^king^^enter-
or in the day-time break and enter, any dwelling-house or out-house iu^, anaiarceuy.
adjoining thereto, any office, bank, shop, store, warehouse, ))arn,
granary, or mill, any meeting-house, court-house, town-house,
college, academy, school-house, or other building erected for the
public use, or any vessel lying within the body of any county, or
any railroad depot, freight or passenger car, repair-shop, engine-
house, or any out-building connected with any railroad, and shall
therein commit larceny, he shall be imprisoned not exceeding five
years.

Sect. 33, No county shall be chargeable as trustee in any suit, ^,"a°e^abie*as
on account of the pay of jurors or the fees of witnesses. trustee.

Sect. 34. Whenever any party in interest to a suit is dissatisfied when comt may

.,1,,,.. ,. .'^^•^p. , -, If 1 order sale of at-

with the decision of examiners reiusmg to order a sale oi property tached property,
attached in such suit under the provisions of sections twenty,
twenty-one, and twenty-two of chapter two hundred and twenty-
four, such party may make application to any judge of the supreme
court, in term time or vacation, for an order of sale of such attached
property, or any part thereof, by the officer attaching or holding
the same, and such judge may, upon reasonable notice to the
adverse party, or his agent or attorney, and proper evidence, order
the sale of said property, or any part thereof, by such officer ; and
thereupon such officer shall advertise and sell such property
embraced in said order, in the same manner as if the parties con-
sented thereto.

Sect. 35. Any party, defendant, whose interest in real estate '^hen and how

•J r J 1 1 _ attachments may

IS attached on mesne process, or whose rights, credits, or other be released.
thing are attached by the trustee process, may petition in writing
to a justice of the supreme court, in term time or vacation, to have
such attachments released ; and, upon reasonable notice to all
parties interested, or their attorneys, said justice may order such
petitioner to give bond to the plaintiff, with sufficient sureties,
conditioned to pay the judgment which may be recovered by the
plaintiff, with his costs on such petition, within thirty days after
such judgment ; the petition and proceedings thereon shall be filed
in the office of the clerk of the supreme court in the county where
such suit is bjL^ought, and recorded as a part of the case, and the
said clerk shall, upon payment or tender of his fees, give the
petitioner an attested copy of the petition and proceedings, with a
certificate, under seal of the court, attached thereto, that such bond
has been duly filed in his office, and the recording of such copy and
certificate in the registry of deeds in the county where such real
estate or interest lies shall vacate and dissolve the attachment
thereof ; and the delivery of a like copy and certificate to the party
summoned as such trustee, or to his agent or attorney, shall vacate
and dissolve such attachment made under and by virtue of such
trustee process. If, on such hearing, the said justice shall find the
said real estate, rights, credits, or other things so attached, or the
interest of the defendant therein, to be of less value than the

district are iden-
tical.

372 Chapter 57. [1879.

amount ordered in the writ to be attached, such bond shall be con-
ditioned to pay the value of such interest so found, and costs on
said petition, within said time.
When justice not Sect, 36. Xo justicc of the Supreme court shall sit on the hear-
tenn."^*'""^ ing and determination of any cause at a law term which comes
from a trial term upon a bill of exceptions, or reserved case,
allowed or reserved by himself, unless it shall be necessary for the
V. decision of such case.
As to meetings ^ Sect. 37. Whcuever any school-district shall consist of the
whtrrown and wholc towu, the district meetings thereof may be held at the usual
place or places where the town meetings of such town are held, and
the warrants for such district meetings may be posted at such
places as warrants for town meetings are required by law to be
posted.
The General Sect. 38. Tlic body of laws entitled the General Laws of New

Hampshire, as arranged, revised, and compiled by the commission-
ers, and published under their authority, and such chapters of the
public laws passed June session, eighteen hundred and seventy-
eight, as are not incorporated or adopted in the General Laws, are
hereby declared to be the public laws of this state, and to super-
sede all laws inconsistent therewith passed before January one,
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and are to be the basis of all
amendments. All laws passed at the June session, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-nine, shall be deemed to have been passed subse-
quent to the passage of this section.
Ballots at gen- Sect. 39. At evcry election for governor, councilor, senator,
beVeserved* ° clcctors of prcsidcut and vice-president, representatives in congress,
representatives to the general court, or county officers, the moder-
ator and selectmen shall cause all ballots given in for governor,
councilors, senators, electors, representatives in congress, and
county officers, and all ballots given in for representatives to the
general court, at any balloting at which such representative shall
be declared elected, after such ballots shall have been counted, de-
clared, and recorded respectively, to be secured and placed in suita-
ble packages or envelopes, and shall inscribe on such packages or
envelopes a record of such vote as declared by the moderator, and
at what election the same were given in, and attest such inscrip-
tion by their own signatures, and shall deliver the same so sealed,
inscribed, and attested to the town clerk before the adjournment
of the meeting at which the ballots were cast.
Town clerk to Sect. 40. Tlic Said towii clcrk shall carefully keep such pack-
toIendto°^ecrel agcs or euvelopcs, and the ballots therein so delivered, -in the same
when°^ ^^^^' condition and unopened for sixty days after such election, and shall,
at the request in writing made within said sixty days, by any per-
son for whom a ballot shall have been cast at said election and so
recorded, send to the secretary of state the package or envelope afore-
said, containing the ballot or ballots given in for sucli person ; and
the secretary of state shall preserve said package or envelope, and
the ballots therein, until otherwise ordered by the legislature.
Penalty for viola- Sect. 41. Whocver shall willfully violate the provisions of
*'°°' either of the two sections next preceding shall be fined not exceed-

\ / ing five hundred dollars.

V Certificate to be Sect. 42. Wlicu a tcachcr of any school in any town shall be
mittee''of°adj'oiS- the solc member of the superintending school committee, said

ing town, when.

1879.] Chapters 57, 58, 59. 373

teacher shall obtain a certificate from the superintending school
committee of an adjoining town l)efore beginning school.

Sect. 43. The governor and council arc authorized to audit and incidental ex.
allow l)ills for postage, stationery, and other necessary incidental sutrprovided
expenses of the state, and the governor is hereby authorized to ^°''
draw his warrant for the payment of the same out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise ap})ropriated ; and sections eleven and
twelve of chapter fifteen of the General Laws are hereby repealed.

Sect. 44. This act shall take effect on and after its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 58.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF INDIGENT BLIND' PERSONS, DEAF
MUTES, AND FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.

$5,000 for deaf and dumb ; $4,000 for blind ; $1,000 for feeble-minded.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

That the following sums of money be, and hereby are, appro- ^^,000 for deaf
priated annually for the pui'^joses herein after specified; viz., five $4,ooo'Sr blind;
thousand dollars for the support, clothing, and education of indigent mVnd^d°'^ ^^^^^'
deaf and dumb persons of this state, in the asylums at Hartford
and Mystic River, Connecticut, and in asylums or schools for
deaf and dumb persons in Massachusetts ; four thousand dollars for
the support, clothing, and education of indigent blind persons of
this state, at the Massachusetts school for the blind ; one thousand
dollars for the support, clothing, and education of feeble-minded
children of this state at the institution in Massachusetts established
for that purpose ; and that said sums be expended under the direc-
tion of the governor, and he is hereby authorized to draw his war-
rant upon the treasurer therefor.

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 59.

.JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE

GOVERNOR.

$500 appropriated.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Greneral
Court convened : —

That the sum of five hundred dollars annually be allowed as the $500 appropri-
contingent fund of the governor, and that he may draw his warrant ^^^^'
7

374 Chapters 59, 60, 61. [1879.

therefor in such sums and at such times as he may think proper,
and that vouchers be filed in the office of the state treasurer for the
amounts so drawn.

[Approved July 3, 1879.]

CHAPTER 60.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JOHN CHAMBERLAIN.

Appropriation to pay claim.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

^a ^dafm *'*"" *° That the sum of two hundred and eighty dollars, and interest
on one hundred and thirty-four dollars from June first, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, be allowed to Rev. John Chamberlain, in
full for his claim for services, and cash paid for expenses, as special
state agent to care for sick and wounded soldiers during the late
war, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, and the governor be hereby authorized to issue
his warrant therefor.

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 61.

JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND PRESERVATION
OF THE OLD RECORDS OP THE STATE.

$200 appropriated.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Greneral
Court convened : —

S^jappropri- That the sum of two hundred dollars be and is hereby appropri-
ated to be expended, under the direction of his excellency the gov-
ernor, in the care and preservation of old records of the state, in
the offices of the secretary, treasurer, and adjutant-general, and that
the governor is authorized to issue his warrant therefor out of any
money in the treasury unexpended.
[Approved July 11, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 62, 63. 375

CHAPTER^62.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OP THE PRISONERS' AID ASSOCIATION.

S400 appropriated.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That the siim of four hundred dollars be allowed for the use of ffp^/P'"'°P"'
the Prisoners' Aid Association, during the coming two years, and
the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the same upon
any money in the treasurv not otherwise appropriated.

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 63.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OP THE CARROLL COUNTY FIVE CENT

SAVINGS BANK.

Preamble ; tax remitted.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court conveiied : —

Whereas, The Carroll County Five Cent Savings Bank, by de- Preamble,
preciation of its securities and losses in other ways, has lost two-
fifths of all its deposits ; and,

Whereas, Said deposits were largely the property of widows and
orphans, and of poor people who had all theii- savings deposited in
said bank ; and.

Whereas, Said bank has been enjoined from doing business, and
its affairs are now being wound up by assignees appointed by the
supreme court, who have been obliged, in the process of closing up
its affairs, to collect the assets and convert them into cash, and
place the money on deposit where it yields a very small percent-
age to the depositors ; therefore,

Resolved, That the tax of one per cent on one-half of the de- Tax remitted,
posits and accumulations in said bank on the fii'st day of April,
A. D. 1879, be and the same hereby is remitted to said Carroll
County Five Cent Savings Bank ; and the state treasurer is hereby
directed to enforce the payment of one-half of said tax only,

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

376

Chapters 64, 65.

[1879.

CHAPTER 64

JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPAIR OF THE
SENAL AT PORTSMOUTH.

STATE AR-

Preamble; $1,000 appropriated.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened : —

Preamble.

$1,000 appropri-
ated.

That tvhereas, The State of New Hampshire has lately come
into the knowledge of its ownership of a building, with land at-
tached, at Portsmouth, known as the state arsenal, originally prop-
erty of the city of Portsmouth, and donated to the state for
military purposes and use ;

And whereas, Said building is in immediate need of repairs suffi-
cient to make it available for the purpose before mentioned, and by
such repairs and use it may be made to lessen the expense of the
state for armory purposes in said Portsmouth ; therefore,

Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or so
much of such sum as may be necessary, be and hereby is appropri-
ated for the purpose of prosecuting and completing such repairs as
may be necessary upon the state arsenal and grounds at Portsmouth,
to make the premises available for military use as a storehouse for
artillery, and as an armory ; and the governor is hereby authorized
to draw his warrant for such sum as may be necessary to complete
said repairs, not to exceed the sum before mentioned.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 65.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF J03IAH B. WIGGIN.
ApproiDriation to pay claim.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened : — ■*

Appropriation to
pay claim.

That the sum of sixty-four dollars and eighteen cents be allowed
Josiah B. Wiggin, in full for his claim for expenditures in proving
his right to a seat in the house of representatives, from the town
of Stratham, for the years 1879 and 1880, and that the same be
paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, and that the
governor l3e authorized to draw his warrant for the same.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 66, 67, 68. 377

CHAPTER 66.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE STATE LIBRARY.

$500 appropriated.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

Tliat the sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby ssoo appropri-
appropriated in each of the years 1879 and 1880, for the use of '^'^^'^'
the state library, to be expended by the trustees thereof in pur-
chasing and binding books for said library.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 67.

JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

$300 appropriated.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

That the sum of three hundred dollars (8300) be allowed f or $300 appropri-
the clerical expenses of the adjutant-general's department, and that ^*'^'^"
the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and that the governor is hereby authorized to draw
his warrant therefor.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 68.

JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE INCREASE AND
REPAIRS OF THE STATE-PRISON LIBRARY.

$150 appropriated.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150), annually, f^^^^^ *pp'°p""
for the two ensuing years, be and hereby is appropriated for the'
increase and repairs of the state-prison library, to be expended at
the discretion of the chaplain, and that the same be paid out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and his
excellency the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
for the same.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

378 Chapters 69, 70, 71. [1879.

CHAPTER 69.

JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING A NEW STEAM-HEATING APPARATUS FOR

THE STATE-HOUSE.

$2,500 appropriated.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

$2^500 appropri- That a siuii iiot exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated for procuring a new boiler, necessary
steam-pipes, and radiators for heating the state-house ; and the
governor, with the advice of the council, is authorized to contract
for the same, and to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the
whole of that sum or such part thereof as may be necessary for
that purpose.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 70.

JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE FOUNTAIN IN THE

STATE-HOUSE YARD.

Removal of fountain.

Resolved hy the Senate and Mouse of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

Removal of foun- That the govcriior is hereby authorized to secure the removal of
''*"^" the fountain in the state-house yard to such other location in said

yard as he may deem fit and suitable ; and a sum sufficient to de-
fray the cost of such removal is hereby appropriated from the
treasury, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for
the same.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 71.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM.
State tax abated.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

state tax abated. Sect. 1. That tlio statc treasurer bc and is hereby authorized
and required to abate from the state tax, for the year 1879, to be

1879.] Chapters 71, 72, 73. 379

paid by the town of Gorham, in the county of Coos, the sum of five
hundred dollars.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 72.

JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY FOR THE REPAIR
OF ROADS THROUGH THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NOTCH AND VICINITY.

$900, annually, appropriated for repairing highway from Bartlett to Fabyan's.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General

Court convened : —

That there is hereby appropriated for the purpose of repairing f^?^priat"ed'for
roads in the vicinity of the White Mountains, for the years 1879 ^^P'^'/i"^ 3^^-
and 1880, for each year the following sums, and for the following lett to Fabyan's.
roads : For the main road between the Fabyan House and the
Crawford -House, two hundred and fifty dollars ; for the road lead-
ing from the north line of Bartlett to the Willey House, three
hundred dollars ; for the road leading from the Willey House to
the Crawford House, three hundred and fifty dollars ; so much of
said sums to be expended on said roads as the governor shall think
necessary ; and the governor may appoint an agent or agents to
make such repairs, and is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
for the said several sums.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 73.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR FRANCONIA
NOTCH ROAD, IN THE TOWN OF LINCOLN.

$100, annually, appropriated.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court eo7ivened : —

That the sum of one hundred dollars be and the same is hereby sioo, annually,
appropriated for the purpose of repairing the road through Fran- •'^pp'^op"*^®'^-
conia notch, so called, in the town of Lincoln, for the year 1879,
and the same sum for 1880, and that the same be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended
by an agent to be appointed by the governor and council for that
purpose.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

380

Chapters 74, 75.

[1879.

CHAPTER 74.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE REPAIR
OF THE HIGHWAYS IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH.

$400, annually,
appropriated.

$400, annually, appropriated.

Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That the sum of four hundred dollars be and hereby is appro-
priated for the repair of the highways in the town of Randolph, for
the year 1879, and the same sum for the year 1880, to be expended
by an agent or agents appointed by the governor, and to be paid
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and
the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 75.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE DIXVILLE, MILLSPIELD, AND
MAGALLOWAY ROADS IN COOS COUNTY.

Appropriation
for repairing
highways in
Coos County.

Appropriation for repairing highways in Coos County.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened : —

That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated for the purpose of repairing the Dixville
road, in Coos County ; the sum of one hundred dollars for the
repair of Millsfield road, in Coos County ; and the sum of one
hundred dollars for the road leading from Errol through Went-
worth's Location to Magalloway Settlement, — for the year 1879,
and the same amount for 1880 ; said several sums to be expended
by an agent or agents to be appointed by the governor, and to be
paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ;
and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the
same.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 76, 77. 381

CHAPTER 76.

JOINT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN THE STATE

REFORM SCHOOL.

$G,000 appropriated.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened: —

That the sum of four thousand dollars be and is hereby appro- f^fi^ appropn
priated for the year 1879, and that two thousand dollars be
appropriated for the year 1880, to be used and applied at the best
discretion of the trustees of the State Reform School, for the
purpose of providing such necessary rooms, power, and appliances
as will enable the inmates of said institution to acquire some
industrial trades or callings, and for furnishing the requisite
instruction and defraying the current expenses of the same until it
shall become self-supporting ; and the governor is authorized to
draw his warrant for said appropriations upon presentation of the
bills and vouchers for the money expended in accordance with this
resolution.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 77.

JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE STATE TREASURER TO BORROW
MONEY TEMPORARILY.

Treasurer authorized to borrow $150,000.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened:-^

That for the purpose of canceling the present floating debt of the ^ojfj^^to*^;^.
state at maturity, the state treasurer be authorized, under the row $150,000.
direction of the governor and council, to borrow temporarily, for
the use of the state, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

382

Chapters 78, 79.

[1879.

CHAPTER 78.

JOINT EBSOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK.
Preamble ; tax remitted.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

Preamble. Whereas, The Mechanics' Savings Bank of Nashua has been pro-

hibited from paying depositors of the reduced deposits known and
reported as the "old accounts " of said bank, and an application is
now pending to a justice of the supreme court for the appointment
of an assignee to wind up the affairs pertaining to said " old
accounts," and a large loss has been and will be sustained by said
depositors ; therefore,

Tax remitted. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty-three dollars

and sixty-two cents, being the tax of one-half of one per cent on
said deposits and their accumulations in said bank on the first day
of April, 1879, be and the same is hereby remitted to the said
Mechanics' Savings Bank, and that the state treasurer be and
hereby is authorized and instructed to refund the same to said
bank, if the same shall be paid into the state treasury before the
passage of this resolution.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 79

Thanks for por-
traits.

JOINT RESOLUTION OF THANKS FOR PORTRAITS.
Thanks for portraits.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That the thanks of the State of New Hampshire be presented to
the following-named persons for their generous gifts to the state,
as follows : To William Dinsmoor, for the portrait of Governor
Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr. ; to Ralph Cross Cutter, for the portrait of
Governor Jonathan Belcher ; and that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded by the secretary of state to the donors herein mentioned.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 80, 81. 383

CHAPTER 80.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF CAR-
ROLL COUNTY.

Financial transactions of Carroll County to be investigated.

Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives in Greneral
Court convened: —

That a committee, consistiiio- of three persons, shall be appointed ^'J'ionsof c^f "oJi
by the governor and council, who shall have power to investigate county to be lu-
the financial proceedings, condition, and affairs of the county of ""^^^'s^*^®^-
Carroll, for the twelve years last past, and up to the time said com-
mittee may make up their report. That said committee shall have
power to send for persons and papers, to examine the books and
records of said county heretofore kept and used by the officers of said
county, to summons witnesses, and make report to the next session
of the legislature. All expenses incurred by this committee, in
making this investigation, shall be paid by the county of Carroll.

[Approved July 19, 1879. ]

CHAPTER 81.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN REFERENCE TO CLOSING UP THE CENTENNIAL
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, A. D. 1876.

U. S. senators directed and representatives requested to prepare and support an act appropriating
money to pay subscribers to the stock of the centennial board of finance the balance due on their
stock.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives m General
Court convened : —

" Whereas, The inhabitants of the State of New Jersey, through u. s. senators
their representatives in the senate and general assembly, did, in the resentltires r'e^-^'
year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, pass a joint resohition des- pareamuupport
isnating the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, in an act appropri-

~ ~T-vi. c T • 1 1 1 atiDg money to

which the Declaration oi Independence was signed and promui- pay subscribers
gated, as the proper place to appropriately celebrate the one bun- tL centennial
dredth anniversary of the same, and did appoint a committee to the baunce Xe^
confer with the authorities of the said city, in reference to the on their stock,
holding of an international exhibition of science, arts, manufac-
tures, and products of the soil and mine ; and,

" Whereas, The said international exhibition was held in the name
of and under the auspices of the government of the United States,
in Fairmount park, city of Philadelphia, in eighteen hundred and
seventy-six, it being the centennial anniversary year of American in-
dependence, and designed to commemorate and perpetuate the mem-
ories of the heroes, statesmen, and inhabitants of the colonies, who,
through their wisdom, great sufferings, and sacrifices, achieved in-

384 Chapter 81. [1879.

dependence, established for the inhabitants thereof constitutional
government, and registered it upon the roll of the family of nations
as the government of the United States of America, in which name
the people of all nations and governments were cordially invited to
attend and participate in said international exhibition ; and,

" Whereas, The invitation was accepted by all nations, who were
represented through government officials and their people, bearing
with them specimens of art and the products of the intelligent in-
dustries of their respective countries in their greatest perfection ; and,

" Whereas, The large attendance and display by the people of all
nations upon that occasion was not only complimentary to the mem-
ories of the founders of this republic, but highly instructive to the
people of the United States, and produced the most beneficial effects
upon the commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural industries of
the countries, and was of incalculable influence in promoting senti-
ments of peace and good-will among the people of all the states of
the American Union, as well as in elevating our country in the es-
timation of all nations who participated with us ; and,

" Whereas, The contribution of one million dollars by the State of
Pennsylvania, and one million five hundred thousand dollars by the
city of Philadelphia, with the uniform courtesy and generous and
liberal hospitality extended to the nation's invited guests during
their attendance at the exhibition, by the citizens of that city,
should be deemed by the people of the United States as a liberal and
generous contribution in support of the honor and dignity of the
nation ; and,

" Whereas, The large amount necessary to defray the expenses of
the commissioners appointed by the president of the United States,
the proper officers, judges, and police force for the protection of
the amount of valuable property on exhibition by all nations, was
an unavoidable expenditure, as also for the erection of spacious
buildings adapted to no other purpose, which buildings were sold at
the close of the exhibition at a nominal price ; and,

" JVhereas, In view of the large contributions made by the State of
Pennsylvania, the city and citizens of Philadelphia, to insure the
success of the exhibition, and the fact that the people of the entire
nation have and will continue to share alike its honors and its ben-
efits, it is but proper that the government of the United States should
bear a reasonable proportion of the expense, of which the balance
due to stockholders is but a small amount ; therefore,

"(1) Be it resolved. By the senate and general assembly of the
State of New Jersey, that the United States senators from the State
of New Jersey be and are hereby instructed, and the representa-
tives in congress requested, to ascertain the balance due to the
subscribers to the centennial board of finance, and to prepare and
support an act appropriating the same from the treasury of the
United States ; and,

"(2) Be it resolved, That the governors of the other twelve of the
thirteen original states be requested to send copies of this preamble
and resolution to the senators and representatives of their respective
states, requesting them to use their influence to have the great cen-
tennial anniversary of our nation's independence closed up con-
sistently with the honor and dignity of a nation holding so high a
position in the estimation of the civilized world ; and,

1879.] Chapters 81, 82, 83. 385

"(3) Be it resolved, That the governor of this state be and is
hereby requested to transmit an engrossed copy of this preamble
and resolution to the president of the United States, vice-president,
and speaker of the house of representatives, and engrossed copies
to the governors of the twelve states as aforesaid."

(1) That we fully adopt said preamble, and the senators and
representatives in congress from the State of New Hampshire are
requested to ascertain the l)alance due to subscril)ers to the centen-
nial board of finance, and to prepare and support an act appropria-
ting the same from tiie treasury of the United States ; and,

(2) Be it resolved, That the governor of this state be and he is
hereby requested to transmit engrossed copies of the aforesaid pre-
amble and resolutions to the president and vice-president of the
United States, the speaker of the house of representatives, and to
the governors of the several states.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 82.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF SOLON A. CARTER AND OTHERS.
Appropriation to pay claims.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That Solon A. Carter be allowed the sum of one hundred and Appropriation to
fifty dollars ($150) ; I. W. Hammond, two hundred dollars ($200) ; P^y^'^'"^^-
Andrew Jackson, fifty dollars ($50) ; A. W. Baker, twenty-three
dollars (|23) ; and H. W. Parker thirty dollars ($30), in full for
their respective claims, and that the same be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and the gover-
nor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant therefor.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 83.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF VOGLER BROTHERS AND OTHERS.

Appropriation to pay claims.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That Vogler Brothers be allowed the sum of six hundred five Appropriation to
dollars and twenty cents ($605.20), and H. H. Aldrich the sum of P'^y "'''™^-
seventy-seven dollars twenty-five cents ($77.25), in full for their
respective claims, and that the same be paid out of any money in

386 Chapters 83, 84, 85. [1879.

the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and the governor is hereby
authorized to draw his warrant therefor.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 84.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF HAMMOND AND AYERS AND OTHERS.

Appropriation to pay claims.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

Appropriation to That the suui of thirty-two dollars seventy-five cents (i32.75)
pay c aims. ^^ allowed Hammoud and Ayers, and three dollars sixty-five cents
($3.65) be allowed Stevens and Duncklee, in full for their respect-
ive claims, and that the same be paid out of the treasury from any
money not otherwise appropriated ; and the governor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant therefor.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 85.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO BUILDING AN ARSENAL IN THE

CITY OF CONCORD.

§2,000 appropriated.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

$2,000 appropri- That tlic govomor is hereby authorized to appoint a committee
^^^^' of three suitable persons to select and purchase land in the city of

Concord and superintend the erection thereon of a suitable build-
ing for an arsenal, the same to be fireproof, and is hereby author-
ized to draw his warrant on the treasury for such sum as may be
necessary to pay for said land and the erection of said building,
provided the same shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dol-
lars.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 86, 87. 387

CHAPTER 86.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JOHN UNDERBILL AND OTHERS.

Appropriations to pay sergeant-at-arms, door-keepers, pages, chaplain, etc.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

That John Underhill be allowed the sum of one hundred seventy- Appropriations
one dollars twenty cents ($171.20) ; George A. Perkins the sum of at-arms^door"
one hundred sixty-nine dollars fifty cents ($169.50) ; William A. 5?:^^^"^'
Caswell, one hundred sixty-nine dollars fifty cents ($169.50) ;
George A. Dickey, one hundred sixty-seven dollars sixty cents
($167.60) ; Frank B. Sinclair, ninety-four dollars ($94) ; David H.
Rand, ninety -four dollars ($94) ; Anthony C. Hardy, one hundred
thirty-eight dollars ($138) ; Fred F. Rolfe, ninety-six dollars ($96) ;
Charles B. Cummings, seventeen dollars and ninety cents ($17.90) ;
Wm. H. Gardiner, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50) ;
John K. Stokes, one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) ; Wm. E.
Barrett, one hundred and eighty-six dollars ($186) ; F. S. Jenkins,
thirty-one dollars ($31) ; George H. Bartlett, one hundred seventy-
three dollars and forty cents ($173.40) ; Lyman Hayes, one hundred
and seven dollars ($107) ; Calvin Sanders, fifteen dollars ($15) ;
Samuel H. Hull, thirty dollars ($30) ; and that the same be paid
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant therefor.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 87.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF J. E. SARGENT AND OTHERS.
Appropriation to pay commissioners to revise the laws.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened: —

That J. E. Sargent, L. W. Barton, and J. F. Wiggin be allowed ^pp'^p^^^^^^^*".
the sum of six hundred dollars each, in full for their services as ers to revise the
commissioners on revision of the statutes, and the governor is hereby
authorized to pay the same out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

Chapters 88, 89, 90. [1879.

CHAPTER 88.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE CHAPLAIN OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE

STATE-PRISON.

Annual salary of chaplain provided for two years.

Annual salary of That the Slim of eight hiiiidred dollars a year for the two

%'idedfortwo eiisuing jeors be aiid is hereby appropriated for the salary of the

years. chaplain of the New Hampshire state-prison, and that the same be

paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,

and that the governor be authorized to draw his warrant therefor.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 89.

JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF
TRUSTEES OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, INCURRED PREVIOUS TO
JANUARY ]^1879.

Executive board to audit and allow expenses of trustees.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened: — >

Executive board That the govcmor and council be authorized to audit and allow
low expenses of claims for expcuscs incurred by trustees of the State Normal School
trustees. previous to-JanuaiT 1, 1879, now remaining unpaid, and that the

same be |mid out oiany money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
therefor, j^ ^

[Appro\€d July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 90

•••Joint resolution in favor of the engrossing clerk.

$100 appropriated.

Resolved hy the ■ Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —
/
$100 appropri- That tlic sum of one hundred dollars be allowed to the engrossing
clerk for extra clerk hire during this session, and the governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro}Da«ated.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 91, 92, 93. 389

CHAPTER 91.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF GEORGE H. BROWN AND OTHERS.
Appropriation to pay claims.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened: —

That the sum of one hundred and eight dollars thirty-seven cents Appropriation to
be allowed George H. Brown, one hundred sixteen dollars ninety- ^''^ *''^™*'
five cents (1116.95) to Russell T. Noyes, twenty-eight dollars (.$28)
to John Foster, for expenses incurred in their several election cases,
and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise ai^propriated ; and the governor is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant therefor.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 92.

JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE PRICE OF BOARD IN THE ASY-
LUM FOR THE INSANE.

Board to be reduced.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

The governor and council are hereby directed to take immediate Board to be re-
steps to cause a reduction in the board at the insane asylum to four '^'"'®'^'
dollars per week ; provided, that this resolution shall not be con-
strued to forbid the charge and payment for necessary extra attend-
ance and expense required by any patient in case of severe sick-
ness or accident.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 93.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JOHN FARR AND OTHERS.

Appropriation to pay claims incident to investigation of Winnipesaukee Lake Company.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Greneral
Court convened : —

That the sum of four hundred and thirteen dollars and eighteen Appropriation to
cents ($413.18) be allowed John Farr ; that the sum of one Se^tt'lntlstt
hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-three cents (8116.23) be sa«on^o^ ^mni-

9 Company.

390 Chapters 93, 94, 95. [1879.

allowed the administrator of the estate of the late Francis A.
Faulkner ; that the sum of two hundred and seventy-seven dollars
and sixty-six cents (1277.66) be allowed Charles W. Woodman ;
the sum of two hundred and two dollars and fifty-six cents
($202.56) to Henry P. Rolfe, in full for their services as commis-
sioners in relation to Winnipesaukee Lake Company ; and that the
sum of fifteen dollars (115) be allowed L. B. Brown, five dollars
and fifty cents ($5.50) to Charles H. Parker, nine dollars and fifty
cents ($9.50) to Republican Press Association, three dollars ($3)
to Martin A. Haynes, and eight dollars and twenty-five cents
($8.25) to Democratic Publishing Company, for incidental ex-
penses of said commission ; and that the same be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the governor
be authorized to draw his warrant therefor.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 94.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF RANDALL S. KENESON.
Appropriation to pay claim.

Resolved hy the Senate mid Souse of Representatives in Greneral
Court convened : —

Appropriation »o That the sum of onc hundred and fifty dollars ($150) be al-
paycaim. lowcd to Randall S. Keucson, in full for liis attendance and mile-
age as a member at the present session of the legislature, and that
the governor be authorized to draw his warrant therefor.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 95.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ALONZO W. CANNEY. '
Appropriation to pay claim.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in Greneral
Court convened : —

Appropriation to That the sum of one hundred fifty-four dollars and sixty-six
cents ($154.66) be allowed Alonzo W. Canney, for expenses in-
curred in contesting for his right to a seat in the house of repre-
sentatives, from the town of Center Harbor, and that the governor
be authorized to draw his warrant for the same.
[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 96, 97. 391

CHAPTER 96.

JOINT RESOLUTION INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE YARD OF THE NEW
STATE-PRISON AND APPROPRIATING MONEY THEREFOR.

S5,000 appropriated to enlarge the yard of tlie new prison.

Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened : —

That the commissioners appointed under chapter sixty-six of tlie 85,000 appropri-
Pamplilet Laws of 1877, to build a new state-prison, be and are ui'eVanrof'the
hereby instructed to locate the west wall of the prison yard at least "^"' p"^°"-
seventy-two feet westerly from the westerly wall of the work-shop
already built for the new prison ; and a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ($5,000) is hereby appropriated for the purpose of
making the change in existing plans herein contemplated, which
sum the state treasurer, with the advice and consent of the gover-
nor and council, is hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of
the state, upon the best terms he is able to make.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 97.

JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE PRISONERS IN THE NEW HAMP-
SHIRE STATE-PRISON.

Prisoners may communicate directly with the governor and council.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened : —

That whenever any prisoner in the New Hampshire state-prison Prisoners may

f • , • j_ -L-y It T .111 communicate di-

desires to communicate With the governor and council, he or she rectiy with the
shall be permitted to do so in a direct manner, and without any founcLL"^ ^°*^
supervision being exercised over the letters of said prisoners by
the prison officials, or other persons connected in any way with
said institution.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

392 Chapters 98, 99. [1879.

CHAPTER 98.

JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JOHN B. CLARKE AND OTHERS.
Appropriation to pay claims.

Resolved hy the Seiiate and House of Representatives in G-eneral
Court convened: —

Appropriation to That the sum of two hundred ninety-seven and one-half dollars
pay c aims. ($291.50) be allowed John B. Clarke ; two hundred ninety-seven
and one-half dollars (f 297. 50) to Democratic Publishing Com-
pany ; two hundred ninety-four dollars and eighty-seven cents
($294.87) to Republican Press Association ; five dollars (§5) to
Campbell and Hanscom ; fifteen dollars eighty cents ($15.80) to 0.
C. Moore ; one hundred seventy- four dollars and forty-one cents
(il74.41) to John B. Clarke ; eight dollars and twenty-five cents
($8.25) to I. W. Hammond : two hundred and fifty-eight dollars
and forty-two cents ($258.42)to Morrill and Silsby ; fourteen dollars
eighty cents (S14.80) to Joseph A. Meloon ; eight dollars ($8) to
Carmi M. Parker, in full for their respective claims ; and that the
same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his money
[warrant] therefor.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 99.

NAMES CHANGED.

Names changed. The followiiig cliangcs of uauies have been legally made by the
judges of probate in the counties where the persons reside, dur-
ing the year from June, 1878, to June, 1879.

Rockingham. RocKiNGHAM CouNTY. — Albert A. and Fannie A. Hoag, of

Stratham, to Albert A. and Fannie A. Haven ; George Edward
Shaw and Georgietta Shaw, of Hampton, to George Edward and
Georgiette Hobbs ; Susan C. Richardson, of Exeter, to Susan C.
Robinson ; Mary E. Roberts, of Salem, to Mary E. Morrison ;
Susan L. Stone, of South Hampton, to Susan L. Currier ; Jennie
May Crosby, of Portsmouth, to Jennie May Wolcott ; Vena S.
Hibbert, of Newmarket, to Vena S. Ames ; Ella F. Wentworth, of
Newmarket, to Ella F. Drew.

Strafford. Strafford County. — Lena Hill, of Milton, to Mildred L. Rob-

erts ; Hannah A. Ellis, of Rochester, to Grace Varney Hussey ;
Emma F. Cobem, of New Durham, to Emma F. Burnham ; Henry
H. Hough, of Dover, to Harry Hough ; Musetta Arabella Raitt, of
Milton, to Musetta Arabella Dorr ; Eben Leathers, of Barrington,
to Eben Rutherford Hayes ; Sarah E. George, of Somersworth, to
Sarah E. Sanborn ; Mary P. Otis, of Rochester, to Mary A. Pearl ;
Mark W. Leathers, of Barrington, to Mark W. Stanton ; Sarah E.

1879.] Chapter 99. 393

Levy, of Sonicrsworth, to Sarah E. Home ; Catherine E. Heiden,
of Dover, to Catherine E. Rieckman ; John William Heiden, of
Dover, to William Henry Rieckman ; Edward Julius Heiden, of
Dover, to Edward Julius Rieckman ; Bridget Anna Lindsay, of
Milton, to Jennie Anna Lindsay ; Amos Bailey Noyes, of Milton,
to Frank E. Pernald.

Belknap County. — Alice Lucina Newton, of Center Harbor, Beiknap.
to Alice Lucina Hawkins ; Mary J. Whitton, of Alton, to Mary J.
Twombly; Woodbury Melcher Tilton, of Laconia, to Woodbury
Melcher ; Eliza J. Tilton, of Laconia, to Eliza Taylor Melcher ;
Lydia P. Doe, of New Hampton, to Lydia P. Wiggin,

Carroll County. — Sadie P. Craig, of Conway, to Sadie F. ^arroii.
Franklin ; Frank E. Foss, of Tuftonborough, to Frank E. Piper ;
DoUie May Fyre, of Sandwich, to Edith May Johnson.

Merrimack County. — Anna Francella Ladd to Anna Francella Merrimack.
Osgood ; William A. Harvey to Walter A. Harvey ; Lucy Janette
Pelkey to Flora Belle Harvey ; Anna M. Weeks to Anna M. Mud-
gett ; Frank M. James to Frank M. Ring; Apphia R. Conery to
Kate Apphia Robinson ; Fanny L. Blood to Fannie L. Barrett ;
Minnie S. Chase to Minnie S. Clough.

Hillsborough County. — Carrie B. Stearns to Carrie S. Brad- musborough.
ford ; Andrew J. Henesy to Andrew J. Hersey ; Charles A. Hen-
esy to Charles A. Hersey ; Robert J. Henesy to Robert J. Hersey ;
Edith E. Henesy to Edith E. Hersey ; William Campbell Grisim to
William Campbell ; Mary Kaveney to Mary McQueeney ; Ara L.
Chalk to Ara L. Piatt ; Frances L. Yeaton to Frances L. Dorr ;
Addie J. French to Addie L. James; Mrs. Hannah Marshall to
Miss Hannah Young ; Emma M. Cady to Emma M. Kimball ; Eli-
jah Brown Hazzen to Elijah Breton-Gamage Hazzen ; Abbie Jane
Hazzen to Eugenie Abrandette Hazzen.

Cheshire County. — Lena Mabel Estabrook to Lena Mabel Cheshire.
Cook ; Eddy Weller Yolman to Edward Weller Yolman ; Burton
Lewis Currier to Burton Lewis Upham ; Bertha Russell to Bertha
Ruth Clark ; Patrick Harrington to Henry P. Harrington ; Rebecca
Edith Buss to Rebecca Edith Hetherington.

Sullivan County. — Eugene E.White to Eugene E. Pollett ; suiiivan.
Martha A. Toothacre to Martha A. Towne ; Lucien W. Young to
Lucien W. Cowles ; Luke Shepherd Bowers to Shepherd Luke
Bowers ; Ida Noll to Ida Noll Chapman.

Grafton County. — Oscar Charles Eastman Baker to Charles Grafton.
Eastman Baker ; Alice H. Cunningham to Alice H. Elliott ; Effie
Denio to Effie Bernard ; Ella Denio to Ella Bernard ; Alvin Harri-
son Johnson to Harry A. Johnson ; John Mitchell to John M.
Mitchell ; Charlotte Pettes Searcy to Charlotte Prescott Searcy ;
Emma Davis Benton Scott to Emma Davis Benton ; Mary Isabella
Tuttle to Mary Belle Clark.

Coos County. — Mary E. Dain to Mary E. Howard ; Nancy coos.
French to Nellie F. Webb ; Eldon S. Maguire to Eldon S. Cole.

PRIVATE ACTS.

CHAPTER 100.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO INCORPO-
RATE THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER COMPANY," APPROVED JULY 18,
1878.

Sect. 1. Limitation of property.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That the act to incorporate the Crystal Springs Water Limitation oi
Company, approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-
eight, be and the same hereby is amended as follows ; that is to
say, strike out of the sixth line of the first section of said act the
words "the compact," and insert instead thereof the word " any" ;
also strike out the word " ten " wherever it occurs before the words
" thousand dollars," and insert the word " twenty."

[Approved June 25, 1879.]

CHAPTER 101.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AMORY MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Location and purpose.

3. Capital stock.

Sect.

4. First meeting, by-laws, etc.

5. Subject to repeal.

6. Takes eifect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That Daniel Clark, Samuel N. Bell, T. Jefferson corporation con-
Coolidge, and John L. Bremer, and their associates, successors, and ^*'*"*^'^-
assigns, be and they are hereby made a body corporate and politic
forever, by the name of the Amory Manufacturing Company, and
by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final
judgment and execution, and shall be and hereby are vested with
all the powers, privileges, and immunities, and subject to all the
liabilities, of corporations of a similar nature.

396

Chapters 101, 102.

[1879.

Location and
purpoBe.

Capital stock.

First meeting,
by-laws, etc.

Subject to re-
peal.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 2. The said corporation is hereby empowered to establish,
manage, and carry on the business of manufacturing cotton, woolen,
linen, paper, or other goods, or any of the various branches of
manufactures or of the mechanic arts that may be conveniently or
necessarily connected therewith, at Manchester, in the county of
Hillsborough, and for that purpose may purchase, have, and hold
such personal and real estate as may be found necessary and proper
for the business hereby authorized, and the same may sell, alien-
ate, and dispose of at pleasure.

Sect. 3. The capital stock of the corporation shall not exceed
twelve thousand shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each,
the number of such shares to be determined by the grantees at their
first meeting, and may be increased from time to time by the
directors, not exceeding in the whole the amount herein limited.

Sect. 4. Daniel Clark and Samuel N. Bell, or either of them,
may call the first meeting of said corporation, by giving each of
their associates named herein notice in writing of the meeting, at
least seven days prior thereto, at which, or any future meeting,
such by-laws, rules, and regulations, not repugnant to the constitu-
tion and laws of this state, may be adopted, such officers chosen,
and all such other matters and things done and transacted as may be
necessary to the organization of said corporation and its future
operations, for the full enjoyment of the rights and privileges hereby
granted.

Sect. 5. Any future legislature may alter, amend, or repeal
this charter, whenever in their opinion the public good shall re-
quire it.

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 102.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE MORRISON LODGE NO. 90, OF ANCIENT FREE
AND ACCEPTED MASONS, OF NORTHWOOD.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. First meeting.

Sect.
3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Corporation con-
stituted.

Sect. 1. That John 0. Boody, George W. Boody, William S.
Gray, Elisha S. Tasker, Ivory B. Hill, Nathaniel E. Gate, Frank M.
Knowles, their associates and successors, be, and they hereby are,
made a body politic and corporate by the name of Morrison Lodge
No. 90, of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Northwood, for
such charitable and benevolent purposes as said corporation may
from time to time designate ; and by that name may sue and be
sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and
shall be vested with all the powers and privileges, and subject to

1879.]

Chapters 102, 103, 104.

397

all the liabilities, of corporations of a similar nature ; and may take
and hold real and personal estate, by donation or otherwise, for the
purpose of said corporation, to an amount not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars, and the same may sell, use, or dispose of at
pleasure.

Sect. 2. The first three members named, or either of them, ^-irst meeting.
may call the first meeting of said corporation, by giving notice to
each of the others named in said act, and to said lodge in open
meeting, at least five days prior to said meeting.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, ^f^^^"^^^"*-

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 103.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE MISSIONARY

SOCIETY.

Sect.
1. Name changed.

Sect.
2. Taies effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That the name of "The New Hampshire Missionary Name changed.
Society " be changed, and that its name shall hereafter be " The
New Hampshire Home Missionary Society."

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and Takes effect,

<. , . . when.

after its passage.

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 104.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE WORCESTER AND NASHUA RAILROAD COM-
PANY TO MORTGAGE ITS ROAD AND PROPERTY.

Sect.

1. Corporation authorized to mortgage its prop-
erty.

Sect.

2. May issue new bonds to replace existing ones*

3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

erty.

Sect. 1. The Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company is ^^Xed tomM't-
authorized to mortgage the whole or any part of its property, real gasj* its prop-
er personal, including its franchise, not exceeding in amount at any
time the capital paid in, for the purpose of securing such bonds as
have been or may be issued by said company, and its pre-existing
debts and liabilities ; provided, that any such mortgage shall be so
drawn as to secure the bonds of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad,

398

Chapters 104, 105.

[1879.

guaranteed by the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company, equally
with the bonds of said Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company,
and the annual rental or interest on the capital stock of said Nashua
and Rochester Railroad according to the terms of the lease existing
between it and the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company, or
any modification thereof at the time of said mortgage ; and provided,
said mortgage shall not affect or discharge any valid attachment or
lien on the property of said Worcester and Nashua Railroad Com-
pany existing at the date of said mortgage.
May issue new Sect. 2. At tlic rcqucst of any owner or holder of any coupon
e:^tta?ones.^^ bouds lawfully issucd, the said Worcester and Nashua Railroad
Company may issue new coupon bonds in exchange for and in lieu
of them, bearing a uniform rate of interest, upon such terms and
under such regulations as may be prescribed by the board of
directors of said company, with the consent and approval of the
trustees to whom any mortgage or pledge shall be executed ; such
exchange of bonds shall not affect the said mortgage, and said
mortgage shall remain in force for such new bonds ; provided, that
the old bonds shall be canceled and destroyed at the same time the
new bonds are exchanged in lieu thereof.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.
[Approved July 3, 1879.]

Takes effect,
when.

CHAPTER 105

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE APTHORP RESERVOIR COMPANY.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted ; its purpose.

2. Capital stock.

3. Annual and special meetings.

4. Limitation of property ; powers and privileges.

Sect.

5. May take springs, dig ditches, etc. ; damages

6. First meeting.

7. Subject to repeal ; takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Corporation con-
stituted ; its pur-
pose.

Capital stock.

Sect. 1. Richard Taft, Cyrus Eastman, Charles H. Greenleaf,
John M. Mitchell, Charles F. Eastman, Grover W. Barrett, Albert
S. Batchellor, and their associates, successors, and assigns, shall
be and hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name
of the Apthorp Reservoir Company, for the purpose of bringing
water into any part of Littleton village, in the town of Littleton,
in subterranean pipes ; and by that name may sue and be sued,
prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and are
hereby vested with all the powers, and subjected to all liabilities,
incident to corporations of a similar nature.

Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of
such number of shares, not exceeding one hundred dollars each, as
be from time to time determined by the directors of said

may

corporation, not exceeding in

dollars.

the whole the sum of ten thousand

1879.] Chapter 105. 399

Sect. 3. The annual meeting of said corporation shall Ije holden A^j'^^i^andspe-
at such time and place as may be prescriljed by the by-laws or "* ""^^ "'^^'
appointed by the directors, at which meeting not less than three,
nor more than seven, directors shall be chosen by ballot. The
directors may call special meetings of the corporation whenever
they shall deem it necessary, giving such notice as the l)y-laws may
prescribe.

Skct. 4. Said corporation is empowered to purchase and hold, p^^pertyTpow-
in fee simple or otherwise, any real and personal estate necessary «s^and p'rivi-
for carrying into effect the purposes of this act, not exceeding in
value, at the time of its purchase, ten thousand dollars ; and said
corporation is authorized to enter upon and break up ground, dig
ditches, and make excavations in any street, place, square, pass-
way, or highway, through which it may be deemed necessary for
said pipes and water-works to pass, be, or exist, for the purpose of
placing said pipes and other material, as may be deemed necessary
for building said water-works, and relay and repair the same, sub-
ject to such regulations as to the safety of the citizens and
security of public travel as may be prescribed by the selectmen of
the town of Littleton.

Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon and Jr[n*g^^dig
appropriate any springs, streams, or ponds, not belonging to any ^^^^£^*<=-'
aqueduct company, and to secure by fences or otherwise such
springs, streams, or ponds, and dig ditches, make excavations or
reservoirs through, over, in, or upon any land or inclosure through
which it may be necessary to pass said pipes or water, or said
excavations, reservoirs, or water-works to be or exist, for the
purpose of obtaining, holding, preserving, or conducting said water
and placing such pipes, other material or works as may be
necessary for building and operating such water-works or repairing
the same ; provided, that [if j it shall be necessary to enter upon and
appropriate any springs, streams, or ponds, or any land for the
purpose aforesaid, or to raise or lower the level of tlie same, and
said corporation shall not agree with the owners thereof for the
damages that may be done by said corpoi'ation, or such owners
shall be unknown, either party may apply to the supreme court, at
the trial term thereof, to have the same laid out and damages
determined ; and said court shall refer the same to the county
commissioners for the county, who shall appoint a time and place
of hearing and give notice thereof in the same manner as is now
provided by law for the laying out of highways, and said commis-
sioners shall make report to said court, and said court may issue
execution accordingly. If either party shall desire, upon applica-
tion to said court before reference to said commissioners, the
parties shall be entitled to a trial by jury, in such manner and
under such regulations as said court may prescribe ; and it shall
not be lawful for said corporation to make such entry and appropria-
tion as aforesaid, except the same shall be by agreement between
the parties, until a tender of the amount of the damages found as
aforesaid shall have been previously tendered to the owner of the
estate or right to be entered upon and appropriated as aforesaid,
if such owner shall be known.

Sect. 6. Any two of the corporators named in this act may call First meeting.
the first meeting of the corporation, by giving a notice in writing

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Chapters 105, 106.

[1879.

Subject to re-
peal ; takes ef-
fect, when.

to each of the corporators of the time and place of meeting, at
least sis days before the day of meeting, or by notice printed in
some paper published at Littleton, in the county of Grafton, at
least fourteen days before said meeting ; and at said meeting, or any
adjournment thereof, or at any subsequent meeting duly called,
associates may be admitted, and all proper officers chosen, the
number and par value of stocks fixed, and such by-laws and regula-
tions adopted as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the
business of the corporation, not inconsistent with the constitution
and laws of the state.

Sect. 7. The legislature may amend, alter, or repeal this act
when it is made to appear that the public good requires it ; and this
act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Api)roved July 3, 1879.]

CHAPTER 106.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING ASSOCIATION

OF ROCHESTER.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Limitation of property.

3. By-laws, officers, etc.

Sect.

4. Deceased member's interest vests in corpora-

tion.

5. Subject to repeal ; takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Corporation con-
stituted.

Sect, 1. That David Legro, Stephen D. Wentworth, Zenas H.
Nute, Augustine S. Parshley, John P. Trickey, Larkin B. Moulton,
Charles W. Bradley, Edward Josselyn, Charles T. Yeaton, Joseph
P. Swasey, and Ruel M. Perkins, their associates, successors and
assigns, be and are hereby made a body corporate by the name of
the Odd Fellows' Building Association of Bochester ; and by that
name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment
and execution, and shall be and are hereby vested with all the
rights and privileges, and subject to all liabilities, incident to corpo-
rations of a similar nature.

Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby empowered to hold real
estate and personal property not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.

Sect. 3. Said corporation may, at any meeting duly notified and
holden, make such regulations and by-laws (not repugnant to the
laws of this state) for the management of its interests and con-
cerns, and may elect such officers, as they may think proper ; and
either one of the corporators may call the first meeting of said
corporation, by notice to each corporator sent through the mails to
his address ten days at least before said day of meeting.
Dece^ed mem- Sect. 4. Said corporatioii is hereby authorized to maintain and
vests kfcorpora- manage its building, called Odd Fellows' Block, in Rochester, in the
*'*'''• county of Strafford ; and all interest of any member in corporate

property shall terminate and vest in said corporation whenever

Limitation of
property.

By-laws, officers,
etc.

1879.] Chapters 106, 107, 108. 401

such member by death, resignation, or otherwise ceases to be a
member thereof.

Sect. 5. The legislature may, at any time, alter, amend, or p"^^^'=*ak'e8 eV-
repeal this act ; and this act shall take effect on its passage. feet, 'when.

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 107.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OP THE CONCORD AND ROCHESTER

RAILROAD.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Time of beginning the construction extended. | 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That the time limited in and by the act approved Time of begin-

■'.,-, , ^ '■ ningthe con-

July sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-mne, entitled "An act to struction extend
incorporate the Concord and Rochester Railroad," for the expendi-
ture of the sum of fifty thousand dollars towards the construction of
said railroad, is hereby extended to the fourth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and
said act shall be in force as to any and every portion of said railroad
which shall be completed and fit for use on or before the first day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-four. Takes effect,

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. when.

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 108.

AN ACT TO sever THE FARM OF ISAAC N. SAWYER, IN SALISBURY,
FROM SCHOOL-DISTRICT NO. 9 IN SALISBURY, AND ANNEX THE SAME
TO SCHOOL-DISTRICT NO. 3 IN SAID TOWN.

Sect.

1. Farm transferred from one school-district to
another.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That the real estate owned by Isaac N. Sawyer, Farm trans-
situate in school-district No. 9, in the town of Salisl^ury, be and schwi-dTs^ictto
hereby is severed from said school-district No. 9, and annexed, for ^''*^"-
the purpose of schooling, to school-district No. 3, in said town of
Salisbury.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and ^*^^^ ^*^^'=''

,. . when.

after its passage.

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

402

Chapters 109, 110.

[1879.

CHAPTER 109.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE INDEPENDENT
ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. First meeting.

Sect.
3. Takes eSect, when ; subject to repeal.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Corporation' con-
stituted.

Sect. 1. That Horace G. Whittier, George A. Bailey, Lorenzo
Frost, Emma P. Whittier, J. L. Dow, and Josephine Ham, their
associates and successors, be and hereby are made a body politic
and corporate by the name of " The Grand Lodge of the Inde-
pendent Order of Good Templars," for such moral, charitable, and
benevolent purposes as said corporation may from time to time
designate, and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and
defend to final judgment and execution ; and shall be vested with
all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the liabilities, of
corporations of a similar nature, and may take and hold real and
personal estate, by donation or otherwise, for the purpose of said
corporation, to an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, and
the same may sell, use, and dispose of at pleasure ; and may make
and establish such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of this act.

Sect. 2. The first two of said grantees, or either of them, may
call the first meeting of this corporation, at such time and place as
they may deem expedient, and in such manner as they may think
proper.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage ; and the legis-
when ; subject laturc may, at any time, alter, amend, or repeal the same, when-

First meeting.

Takes effect,

to repeal

ever in their opinion the public good requires it.
[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 110.

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR COMPLETING THE BOSTON, CONCORD,
AND MONTREAL RAILROAD TO COLEBROOK AND CANADA LINE.

Sect.
1. Time of completing road extended.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Time of com- Sect. 1. That the time for completing the Boston, Concord,

fiS'*'^*''' and Montreal Railroad to Colebrook and Canada line be extended

1879.] Chapters 110, 111, 112. 403

to the thirty-first day of Deceml)er, eighteen hundred and eighty-
three.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 111.

AN ACT TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE CHARTER OF THE ELLIOT BRIDGE

COMPANY.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Error corrected. I 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That in the second section of the act passed July twen- Error corrected,
ty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled "An act to
incorporate the Elliot Bridge Company," the words " South Ber-
wick " shall be substituted for the word " Elliot."

Sect. 2. This act shall be exempt from the charge provided in ^h^n!^^^*'*'
section five, chapter thirteen of the General Laws.

[Approved July 16, 1879.]

CHAPTER 112.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER.

Sect. 1. City council to appoint board of instruction.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That all the power that is now vested in the board of city council to
aldermen of said city, for the appointment of a board of instruction, fns^trlTction"
by section eight, chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the Pamphlet
Laws passed July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,
be and is hereby vested in the city council of said city instead of
said board of aldermen.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

404

Chapters 113, 114.

[1879.

CHAPTER 113.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHAKTER OF THE FARMINGTON AND ROCHESTER

RAILROAD.

Sect,

1. Time of completing road extended.

2. Bepealing clause.

Sect.
3. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Time of com-
pleting road ex-
tended.

Repealing
clause.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. That the act incorporatmg said railroad, approved
June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby
amended so that the time for tlie completion and having in fit
condition for use of any and every portion of said railroad, shall be
extended four years from and after the first day of July in the
year eighteen hundred and eighty.

Sect. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 114.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF KEENE.
Sect. 1. Custody and preservation of check-lists.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Custody and
preservation of
check-lists.

Sect. 1. That section three of the charter of the city of Keene,
passed at June session, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be
stricken out, and that the following be inserted in its place : " Sect.
3. The several check-lists, as finally corrected by the supervisors,
shall be given into the hands of the selectmen of their respective
wards before the hour of meeting, and shall be used in voting at
every election ; and the clerk of each ward shall, immediately
upon the closing of the polls, pass said check-list into the hands of
the supervisor in attendance, who shall within ten days pass the
same into the hands of the city clerk, to be filed for preservation."

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapter 115.

405

CHAPTER 115

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE LANCASTER

COMPANY.

AND KILKENNY RAILWAY

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Line and termini of road.

3. Limitation as to quantity of land.

4. Capital stock ; officers.

5. Tolls ; excess of earnings above ten i)cr cent.

6. Powers of directors.

Sect.

7. Crossing public and private ways.

S. By-laws and regulations.

9. Meetings.

10. Contrat^ts and leases.

11. Time of constructing limited.

12. Repealing clause ; takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in

G-eneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That Frank Smith, Henry 0. Kent, Jared I. Wil- corporation con-
liams, Samuel H. Legro, B. H. Corning, Irving W. Drew, William
Clough, Josei)h A. Dodge, Warren Daniell, and Samuel N. Bell,
their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they hereby are
made a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of " The
Lancaster and Kilkenny Railway Company," with all the rights
and privileges, liabilities and duties, by the laws of this state inci-
dent to railroad corporations, and necessary and proper to carry
into effect the purposes of this act.

Sect. 2. The said corporation is hereby authorized and em po w- ^me and termini

I •' 'of road.

ered to locate, build, and maintain a railroad, not exceeding six rods
in width, with necessary additions for cuttings and emljankments,
from a point on the line of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal and
White Mountain Railway, near the bridge of said road crossing
Israel's River, west of the village of Lancaster, via the valley of
the said Israel's River, the valleys of the Otter Brook and Marden
or Garland Brook, one or both, or from one of said valleys to the
other, to the forks of the said Garland Brook, near the base of
Round Mountain, in the township of Kilkenny, a distance of about
ten miles, or may construct and maintain au}^ part thereof.

Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have no more land, exclusive of Limitation as to
what is within the limits of their road, and necessary for procur- ''^^"^ ' ^ °
ing stone, gravel, sand, and other materials, and for machine-shops
and terminal or depot accommodations, than shall be worth, at the
time of its purchase, five per cent of its capital stock.

Sect. 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed capital stock ;
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares
of such value as the by-laws may determine ; and the immediate
government and direction of the affairs of said corporation shall
be vested in a board of five directors, who shall be chosen by the
members or stockholders in the manner herein provided, and shall
hold their ofiices until others shall be duly elected and qualified in
their stead. And the said directors, a majority of whom shall
form a quorum for the transaction of business, shall elect one of
their number who shall be president of the board and of the cor-
poration. They shall also choose a clerk, who shall be clerk of the
corporation, and sworn to the faithful performance of the duties of
his office ; a treasurer, who shall give a bond, with sureties to their
satisfaction, for the faithful discharge of his trust ; and such other
11

ors.

406 Chapter 115. [1879.

officers, agents, and servants as they may deem expedient ; fix their
salaries, and generally shall have and exercise all the powers of the
corporation for carrying into effect the object and purposes of this
act.

ToUs ; excess of Sect. 5. A toll is licrcby granted said corporation on all pas-

tt^vBTlent^^ sengers and property transported at such rates as may be agreed
upon by the directors, any average excess of net earnings over ten
per centum from the commencement of operations to be paid into
the state treasury, unless otherwise ordered by the legislature.

Power of direct- Sect. 6. The president aud directors for the time being are
authorized to fix the amount of capital stock, not exceeding the
amount limited in this act, and by themselves or their agents to
exercise all the powers granted to the corporation for the purpose
of building, maintaining, and operating said road, or any part
thereof, including the purchase of land, materials, rolling-stock,
and the transportation of passengers or commodities ; to make
such assessments on the stock as they may deem proper, and in de-
fault of payment to sell the defaulting shares at public auction, on
ten days' notice, at the office of the treasurer ; and to do all things
necessary and proper to build, equip, maintain, and operate said
road.

Crossing public Sect. 7. If Said railroad shall intersect or cross any private
priva eways. ^^^^ ^^iQ corporatiou shall so construct said railroad as not to ob-
struct the safe and convenient use of said private way ; and if said
railroad shall not be so constructed, the owner of said private way
shall be entitled to his reasonable damages for said injury, recover-
able by action on the case, commenced within two years from such
obstruction, and not afterwards ; and if such railroad shall inter-
sect or cross any public highway, the said railroad shall be so con-
structed as not to obstruct the safe and convenient use of such
public highway ; and the said corporation shall have power to raise
or lower such highway, and if it shall not raise or lower the same,
so as to be satisfactory to the selectmen of the town wherein it is
situated, such selectmen may require in writing of such corporation
such amendment or alteration as they may think proper ; provided^
that said railway may run on and through or across Canal, Main,
and Middle streets, or any necessary part thereof, in said village of
Lancaster, at grade. In case the requirements of the selectmen
are not met within a reasonable time, and they are approved by
the county commissioners in writing, the said selectmen may pro-
ceed to make such needed alterations at the expense of such cor-
poration, and may institute and prosecute to final judgment and
execution an action on the case versus said corporation, and shall
recover all reasonable damages with costs of suit. And said corpo-
ration shall maintain its road, bridges, abutments, and embank-
ments, or trestles, in good and safe condition, or, in default
thereof, shall be liable, in an action on the case, to any party
aggrieved. And if it shall be necessary to alter the course of any
highway where the said railroad may run near the same, or for the
purpose of avoiding or facilitating the crossing thereof, such high-
way may be altered, with the approbation of the selectmen of the
town wherein such alteration is desired.
By-laws and reg- Sect. 8. Such corporatiou sliall have power to make, ordain,
and establish all such by-laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances as

Illations,

1879.] Chapters 115, 116. 407

they shall deem expedient and necessary to accomplish the designs
of this act, provided the same be not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of this state.

Sect. 9. The annual meeting of said corporation shall be Meetings,
holden at such time and place in this state as the corjjoration by
their by-laws or the directors for the time being shall appoint, at
which meeting the directors shall be chosen by ballot ; and the
three first persons named in this act, or any two of them, are
hereby authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, at
which meeting they may transact any business they may deem
proper, by advertising the same three weeks successively in some
newspaper printed in Lancaster ; and the directors are authorized
to call special meetings of the members or stockholders, whenever
they shall deem it expedient, giving such notice as the corporation
by their by-laws shall direct.

Sect. 10. Said corporation is authorized to lease its road to any coutracts and
other corporation in this state, and said railroads are authorized to ^^'^^^'^'
make such other contracts in relation to the use and operation of
said railroad, as to the directors thereof may be deemed expedient,
to accommodate the business or interests of the same.

Sect. 11. This act shall be void as to all its parts if the rail- Time of con- ^^
road line herein named is not constructed within ten years from ed.
the passage of this act.

Sect. 12. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act, Repealing
whenever in their opinion the public good may require it ; and this eff^t^Vheu.
act shall take effect and be force from and after its passage.

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

CHAPTER 116.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE BRISTOL SAVINGS
BANK, CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE, LAWS OF 1868.

Sect. 1. Holding real estate regulated.

Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives in
Geyieral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. That section three of said chapter be amended by Holding real es-
inserting in the eighth line of said section, after the word " what- *''*'^ ■■eguiated.
ever," and before the word " wliich," the following : " which may
have been heretofore, or may hereafter be, in good faith pledged
or mortgaged for the security of its loans or debts, or" so that it
shall read : " And the said corporation shall be further able to
take, hold, and dispose of any real estate whatever, which may
have been heretofore, or may hereafter be, in good faith pledged or
mortgaged for the security of its loans, or debts, or which may be
bona Jide conveyed to or taken by said corporation in satisfaction or
discharge of debts, demands, or liabilities, which shall have been
previously contracted or incurred."

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

408

Chapters 117, 118.

[1879.

CHAPTER 117.

AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT IN RELATION
TO THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.

Sect.
1. Salaries of judge and clerk of police court.

Sect.
2. Repealing clause ; takes effect, when.

Be it e7iacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
Greneral Court convened : —

Salaries of judge
and clerk of po-
lice court.

Repealing
clause ; takes ef-
fect, \^en.

Sect. 1. That section nineteen of chapter one hundred and
sixty-three of the private acts passed June session, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-eight, entitled " An act in relation to the city of
Manchester," is hereby amended by striking out the words " fifteen
hundred," in the first and second lines of said section, and insert-
ing the words " twelve hundred " in place thereof, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows : " Sect. 19. The salary
of the justice of said court shall be twelve hundred dollars per
annum, and the salary of the clerk of said court shall be four
hundred dollars per annum, which said salaries shall be paid in
quarterly payments out of the city treasury, and the salaries so
received shall be in full for services of every kind rendered by
them in the discharge of all the duties pertaining to their office."

Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take
effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 118.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF

MANCHESTER.

Sect.

1. School committee, how chosen ; tenure of

office.

2. Special election.

Sect.

3. Government of.

4. Vacancy by reason of failure to elect.

5. Repealing clause ; takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

School commit- Sect. 1. At cvcry election hereafter held in said city, there
teuurrof''office"' shall bc clccted from each ward two members of the board of
school committee, who shall hold their office for the term of two
years from the first Tuesday of January next following their elec-
tion.
Special election. Sect. 2. A spccial meeting of the inhaloitants of each of said
wards shall be held on the nineteenth day of August, eighteen
liundred and seventy-nine, said meeting to be called as provided by
law, for the election of one person from each ward as school com-

1879.] Chapters 118, 119. 409

mittee to serve with and in addition to tlie j^-esent school commit-
tee, and the term of office of the committee so elected shall expire
at the same time as that of the present committee.

Sect. 3. Said special election shall be conducted in accordance Government of.
with the law in force in regard to elections in said city ; provided,
hcnvever, that at said special election no supervisors shall V)e ap-
pointed, and tlie polls shall 1)0 opened at ten o'clock in the fore-
noon and shall close at three o'clock in the afternoon. At said
special election tlie several check-lists as prepared for the last elec-
tion may be used, with such corrections and additions as may be
necessary ; and for the purpose of correcting and revising said lists
the inspectors shall be in session on the Saturday preceding said
special election, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon, and from
eight to twelve in the forenoon of the day of said election.

Sect. 4. In case any of said wards fail to elect a member of vacancy by^^ea-
said school committee at said special election, as aforesaid, the city elect,
council shall fill the vacancy so occasioned in accordance with law.

Sect. 5. All acts or parts of acts, so far as they provide for the ^,^P^f "f^^^^ ^j.
election of one member of the school committee from each of the feet ' when,
wards of said city, are hereby repealed, and this act shall take
effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 119.

AN ACT TO SEVER FARMS FROM SCHOOL-DISTRICTS NO. 5 AND NO. 6 IN
THE TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD, AND ANNEX THE SAME TO SCHOOL-
DISTRICT NO. 7 IN SAID HAMPSTEAD, FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Sect. | Sect.

1. Farms transferred from one district to anoth- , 2. Takes effect, when,
er. 1

Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That the land of Lyman Pillsbury, Aldeii E. Pills- Farms trans-
bury, the heirs of Benjamin L. Pillsbury, and Tappan S. Carter, is ciTstrict\T '*'
hereby severed from school-districts number five and number six, in ai^o'i^^r.
the town of Hampstead, and annexed to school-district number
seven, in said Hampstead, for school purposes.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. ' Takes effect,

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

410

Chapter 120.

[1879.

CHAPTER 120

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE UNITARIAN EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Object.

3. Name may be changed.

Sect.

4. Rules and regulations.

5. First meeting.

6. Repealing clause ; takes eifect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Corporation con-
stituted.

Object.

Name may be
changed.

Rules and regu-
lations.

First meeting.

Repealing
clause ; takes ef-
fect, when.

Sect. 1. That Samuel C. Bean, Clinton W. Stanley, Heniy
Powers, Joseph C. A. Hill, Moody Currier, Warren Brown, Daniel
Clark, Edward Gustine, Alvan W. Sulloway, Lewis Downing, Jr.,
Charles H. Burns, Gust. Walker, Warren F. Daniell, James De-
Normandie, Alpheus W. Baker, Zimri Wallingford, Benjamin F.
Prescott, Solon A. Carter, Frank A. McKean, John C. Moulton,
William D. Cad well, Aubrey W. Pendleton, Person C. Cheney,
their associates and assigns, be and hereby are made a body cor-
porate by the name of " The Unitarian Educational Society," and by
that name may sue and be sued, and prosecute to judgment, and
have all the powers and privileges and subject to all the liabilities
incident to corporations of a similar character.

Sect. 2. Said corporation may establish an institution of learn-
ing for the instruction of youth in the arts and sciences and all
useful knowledge ; may hold real and personal property to an
amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ; may take, manage,
or dispose of all gifts, bequests, or donations, given, bequeathed,
or bestowed upon the said corporation, in such manner as shall
be deemed for the best interests of the corporation.

Sect. 3. Said corporation may, at any meeting duly notified
and holden, change the corporate name and adopt any other name.

Sect. 4. Said corporation may, at any meeting duly notified
and holden, make all rules and regulations for the management of
the affairs of the corporation.

Sect. 5. The first meeting of said corporation may be called by
the first five persons named in this bill, by a notice in writing, stat-
ing the time and place of the meeting, either personal or by the
usual manner of mail service, at least ten days prior thereto, upon
each member of the corporation.

Sect. 6. The legislature may alter or repeal this bill whenever
the public good requires. This bill shall take effect on and after
its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

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CHAPTER 121.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AMOSKEAG BANK.

Sect. i Sect.

1. Corporation constituted. 4. First meeting, etc.

2. Place of business. 5. Subject to repeal.

3. Capital stock. {

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. Tliat George B. Chandler, Moody Currier, Edsoii Hill, ^ffid.""" "'*°"
Lucien B. Clough, Henry Chandler, David B. Varney, John B.
Yarick, Reed P. Silver, George W. Riddle, Henry C. Merrill, Mar-
tin \. B. Edgerly, Abraham P. Olzendam, Thomas L. Livermore,
Benjamin C. Dean, and Nathaniel W. Cumner, their associates,
successors, and assigns, be and they are hereby incorporated and
made a body corporate by the name of the Amoskeag Bank, and
shall so continue for the term of twenty years from the first day of
January which will be in the year eighteen hundred and eighty,
invested with all the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to
all the duties and liabilities, which by the laws of this state are
incident to corporations for the purpose of banking.

Sect. 2. The said corporation shall be located and have its Place of busi-
place of business at Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough.

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be a sum Capital stock,
not less than one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided
into such number of shares as the members shall determine.

Sect. 4. George B. Chandler, Moody Currier, and Lucien B. ^'^f*'^^^*^^'
Clough, or any two of them, may call the first meeting of said cor-
poration, by publishing a notice thereof in some one newspaper
published at said Manchester, three weeks successively, the last
publication to be prior to the day of holding the same ; and at such
first or any subsequent legal meeting of said corporation, the cap-
ital stock may be divided into shares, the amount of payment on
each and the time of making them, the mode of calling future
meetings determined, and such rules and regulations, not repugnant
to the constitution and laws of the state, adopted as may be conven-
ient and necessary for the government and management of said
corporation.

Sect. 5. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or subject to re-
repeal this act.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

412

Chapter 122.

[1879.

CHAPTER 12 2.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE " MERCHANTS' BANK," IN CONCORD,
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Place of business.

3. Capital stock.

Sect.

4. First meeting, etc.

5. Subject to repeal.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Corporation con-
stituted.

Place of busi-
ness.

Capital stock.

First meeting,
etc.

Subject to re-
peal.

Sect. 1. That Augustine C. Pierce, William Walker, Joseph
Wentworth, Thomas Stuart, James W. Johnson, William M.
Chase, Josiah B. Sanborn, and William P. Thayer, and their asso-
ciates, successors, and assigns, be and they are hereby incorporated
and made a body corporate by the name of the Merchants' Bank,
and shall so continue for the term of twenty years from the first
day of January which will be in the year eighteen hundred and
eighty, invested with all the powers, rights, and privileges, and
subject to all the duties and liabilities, which by the laws of this
state are incident to corporations for the purpose of banking.

Sect. 2. The said corporation shall be located and have its
place of business at Concord, in the county of Merrimack.

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be a sum
not less than one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided
into such number of shares as the members shall determine.

Sect. 4. Augustine C. Pierce and William Walker may call
the first meeting of said corporation, by publishing a notice thereof
in some one newspaper published at said Concord, three weeks suc-
cessively, the last publication to be prior to the day of holding the
same ; and at such first or any subsequent legal meeting of said cor-
poration, the capital stock may be divided into shares, the amount
of payment on each, and the time of making them, the mode of
calling future meetings determined, and such rules and regulations,
not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the state, adopted as
may be convenient and necessary for the government and manage-
ment of said corporation.

Sect. 5. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or
repeal this act.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.]

Chapter 123.

413

CHAPTER 123

ACT TO INCORPORATK THE GUARANTY

CHESTER.

SAVINGS HANK AT MAN-

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. May receive and invest deposits.

3. Guaranty fund.

4. Special deposits for guaranty fund.

5. Membership ; individual liability ; trustees ;

quorum ; rules and regulations.

Sect.

6. Limitation of real estate.

7. Taxation of special deposits.

8. First meeting.

9. Subject to repeal.
10. T.akes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. That Nathan P. Hunt, Robert M. Shirley, William R. ^t'?[P°g'',f' °" '=°°-
Patten, H. K. Slayton, Alonzo Elliott, James A. Weston, Jesse
Ganlt, J. W. Hildreth, Horace Pettee, George W. Weeks, James.
P. Briggs, George A. Bailey, John C. Ray, Patrick A. Devine,
Rufus H. Pike, and their associates, successors, and assigns, are
hereby made a body politic and corporate under the name of the
Guaranty Savings Bank, to be located at Manchester, with all the
rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties and liabilities,
except so far as otherwise provided in this charter, which by the
laws of this state are incident to savings-bank corporations.

Sect. 2. Said bank may receive deposits of money from any May receive and
person or persons, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed »^^e^* ^epo^'t^.
by it or its trustees, or be agreed to by the parties making the same,
and may invest, use, and manage the moneys deposited in or be-
longing to it in such securities and stocks, and in such ways, as
may be for the convenience and advantage of the bank.

Sect. 3. For the better protection and security of the general Guaranty fund,
depositors of the bank, it shall provivde for and have a permanent
guaranty fund of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, with
liberty to increase the same at pleasure to not exceeding two hundred
thousand dollars. Said fund shall be kept and maintained as a guar-
anty to the general deposits for the repayment of said deposits,
according to the terms and conditions thereof, in case of any insuf-
ficiency of the assets of the bank to pay all of its liabilities ; and
the general deposits shall have precedence of payment from the
assets of the bank, before payment from said assets on account of
said guaranty fund ; and no business in the way of receiving gen-
eral deposits shall be transacted by the bank unless tlie amount of
twenty-five thousand dollars shall have been provided for said guar-
anty fund, nor to a greater amount of general deposits than two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars unless the amount of fifty thou-
sand dollars shall have been provided for said fund. And the
special deposits shall at no time be less than ten per cent of the
general deposits.

Sect. 4. Special deposits may be received by the bank to con- special deposits
stitute the guaranty fund before mentioned, which shall not be funf.*^^*"*^
withdrawn except by permission of the bank, nor at any time so as
reduce said fund below the amount required for the same, as here-
in before provided. The general deposits shall be entitled to such

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Chapter 123.

[1879.

Membership; in'
dividual liabili-
ty ; trustees ;
quorum ; rules
and regulations.

Limitation of
real estate.

Taxation of spe-
cial deposits.

First meeting.

Subject to re-

Takes effect,
when.

rate of interest from the bank as may be prescribed or agreed to,
not, however, in any case to exceed the rate of six per cent per an-
num ; and the special deposits for the guaranty fund shall not be
entitled to any interest, but instead thereof shall have all the net
income and profits of the bank above its expenses, the interest due
to the general deposits as aforesaid, and all losses of the bank.
And said net income and profits may be divided proportionally
among said special deposits, at such times and in such ways as the
bank or its trustees may order ; provided, hotvever, that such divi-
dends shall be made only when the net resources of the bank above
its expenses, its liabilities for the general deposits, and the guaranty
fund aforesaid shall be sufficient to pay the same.

Sect. 5. The special depositors for the guaranty fund, and
their assigns, shall by virtue thereof become and be members of
the corporation, nnd have and exercise all the rights and powers of
the same, each special depositor being entitled to one vote for each
one hundred dollars of his said deposit. But no member shall in-
cur or be subject to ^any individual liability in any case for any debts
or liabilities of the corporation ; and the management and control
of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in a board of not
less than five nor more than twelve trustees, to be chosen by the
members of the corporation. A majority of said board, at any
meeting duly notified, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business ; and said board shall have the power to make and estab-
lish such rules and regulations as they may think proper for trans-
acting and governing the business of the corporation.

Sect. 6. Said bank may purchase and hold real estate to the
value, when purchased, of not exceeding forty thousand dollars ;
and may hold such amount as may at any time be deemed advisa-
ble, for the security and satisfaction of any debts due to it.

Sect. 7. The special deposits for the guaranty fund shall, for
the purpose of taxation, be treated as stock in bank, and each spe-
cial depositor's share of such special deposits shall be returned by
the cashier or treasurer to the selectmen or assessors of the towns
or cities wherein the special depositors reside, if within this state,
otherwise to the assessors of the city of Manchester.

Sect. 8. Any two of the six grantees first named may call the
first meeting of the corporation by notice in writing or print to
each grantee, or by publication in some newspaper printed at Man-
chester, at least one week before the day of meeting.

Sect. 9. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
whenever in its opinion the public good shall require.

Sect. 10. This act shall take effect on its passage.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 124, 125. 415

CHAPTER 124.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER.

Sect.

1, Additions to ward two.

2. Election of common councilmen.

Sect.
3. Takes effect, when.

Be it etiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. That the lands of Henry Paul, David 0. Cate, and Additions to

W3.rcl two.

Thomas M. Steele, which, by an act passed at this session of the
legislature, have been disannexed from Rollinsford and annexed to
Dover, shall be and the same are hereby made a part of ward two in
said city.

Sect. 2. That section live of chapter one hundred and sixty- ^^'"^"oync^ii^^eT
four, being an act to amend the charter of the city of Dover,
approved August sixteentli, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is
hereby amended by adding to said section live the following words :
" And three members of the common council from each ward for
the term of one year," so that said section shall read, " One alder-
man from each ward shall be elected for the term of one year, and
one alderman for the term of two years ; and at each succeeding
annual election, one alderman shall be chosen from each ward for
the terra of two years, and three members of the common council
from each ward for the term of one year."

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect,

[Approved July 18, 1879.]

when.

CHAPTER 125.

AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE NASHUA AND
ROCHESTER RAILROAD.

Sect.

1. New bonds may be issued to take the place of
old ones.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened: —

Sect. 1. The present and future holders of the mortgage bonds New bonds may
of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad, dated the first day of April, the place S ow^
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and secured by mortgage of o^^^^-
said railroad, dated February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and
seventy-four, are hereby authorized to surrender any or all of said
bonds, and receive in lieu thereof new bonds of the same date and
to the same amount ; and said mortgage shall be security for said
new bonds in the same way and manner, and to the same extent,
as it was for the bonds surrendered ; but nothing in this act shall

416

Chapters 125, 126.

[1879.

Takes effect,
when.

be construed to authorize the said corporation to increase the
amount of its present mortgage debt.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.

[Approved July 1, 1879.]

CHAPTER 126

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MANCHESTER STEAM-HEATING COMPANY.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Capital stock, etc.

3. May lay steam -pipes.

Sect.

4. First meeting.

5. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Creneral Court convened: —

Corporation con-
stituted.

Capital stock.

May lay steam-
pipes.

First meeting.

Takes effect,
when.

Sect. 1. That Moody Currier, Benjamin F. Martin, Charles E.
Balch, George B. Chandler, Jesse Gault, Abraham P. Olzendam,
John B. Varick, Nathaniel W. Cumner, John Q. A. Sargent, and
George W. Riddle, their associates, successors, and assigns, are
constituted a body corporate and politic by the name of the
Manchester Steam-Heating Company, and vested with all the
powers and privileges, and made subject to all the restrictions and
liabilities, by law incident to corporations of a similar nature.

Sect. 2. The said corporation is authorized to hold such real
and personal estate as may be necessary and proper to enable them
to carry on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of steam, for the
purpose of heating, to buildings, public and private, and furnishing
motive power for the same, in the city of Manchester, and to erect
such buildings and works and construct such furnaces, boilers,
pipes, conduits, and other things as may be requisite and proper
for said purpose ; provided, the whole amount of the capital stock
of the company shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.

Sect. 3. The said company shall have the right to lay steam-
pipes in any of the public streets and highways in said Manchester,
and to relay and repair the same, subject to such regulations as
may be prescribed by said city of Manchester for the security of
the public travel and health of said city.

Sect. 4. The three persons first named in this act, or any two
of them, may call the first meeting of said corporation by notice
published in any newspaper printed in said Manchester.

Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

1879.] Chapters 127, 128. 417

CHAPTER 127.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE WHITEFIELD AND JEFFERSON RAILROAD
COMPANY TO INCREASE ITS CAPITAL STOCK.

Sect. I Sect.

1. Capital stock may be increased. | 2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives i.i
Greneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. The directors of the Whiteficld and Jefferson Railroad capital stock

_, ,1 ji-tj. 11 -1 ^ • 1 ^^^y "^ increas-

Company are hereby authorized to increase the capital stock oi said ed.
corporation from time to time, as the same may be required to
construct and equip said railroad, to an amount not exceeding the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars in addition to the amount
now authorized by law.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. wtn '*^"'*'

[Approved July 11, 1879.]

CHAPTER 128.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PITTSFIELD BANK, IN PITTSFIELD, STATE

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Location.

3. Capital stock.

Sect.

4. First meeting, etc.

5. Subject to repeal.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That Charles H. Carpenter, Josiah Carpenter, Stephen corporation con-
Perkins, Thomas H. Thorndike, James W. Batch6lder, John A. '"'"*"^-
Goss, and their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they are
hereby incorporated and made a body corporate by the name of the
Pittslield Bank, and shall so continue for the term of twenty years
from the first day of January which will be in the year eighteen
hundred and eighty, invested with all the powers, rights, and
privileges, and subject to all the liabilities, which by the laws of
this state are incident to corporations for the purpose of banking.

Sect. 2. The said corporation shall be located and have its Location,
place of business at Pittsfield, in the county of Merrimack.

Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be a sum capital stock,
not less than fifty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into such
number of shares as the members shall determine.

Sect. 1. Charles PI. Carpenter and John A. Goss may call the First meeting,'
first meeting of said corporation, by publishing a notice thereof in
some one newspaper published at Concord, in the State of New
Hampshire, three weeks successively, the last publication to be
prior to the day of holding the same ; and at such first or any sub-

418

Subject to re-
peal.

Chapters 128, 129.

[1879.

sequent legal meeting of said corporation, the capital stock may be
divided into shares, the amount of payment on each and the time
of making them, the mode of calling future meetings determined,
and such rules and regulations, not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of the state, adopted as may be convenient and necessary
for the government and management of said corporation.

S: CT. 5. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or
repeal this act.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 129.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE KEARSARGE BANK.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. Location.

3. Capital stock.

Sect.

4. First meeting.

5. Repealing clause.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened: —

Corporation con- Sect. 1. That Georgc Savory, Ira Harvey, Lewis N. Chase,

stituted. JqI-^j^ Aiken, Frank G. Wilkins, Timothy Flanders, A. C. Carroll,

Stephen C. Pattee, and Gilman C George, their associates, succes-
sors, and assigns, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a
body corporate by the name of the Kearsarge Bank, and shall so
continue for the term of twenty years from the first day of January
which will be in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, invested
with all the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to all the
duties and liabilities, which by the laws of this state are incident
to corporations for the purpose of banking.

Location. Sect. 2. Tlic Said corporation shall be located and have its

place of business at Warner, in the county of Merrimack.

Capital stock. Sect. 3. The Capital stock of said corporation shall be a sum

not less than fifty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into such
number of shares as the members shall determine.

First meeting. Sect. 4. Gcorgc Savory, Ira Harvey, Lewis N. Chase, John
Aiken, Frank G. Wilkins, Timothy Flanders, A. C. Carroll,
Stephen C. Pattee, and Gilman C. George, or any two of them,
may call the first meeting of said corporation, by publishing a
notice thereof in some one newspaper published at Concord, in the
county of Merrimack, three weeks successively, the last publication
to be prior to the day of holding the same ; and at such first or
any subsequent legal meeting of said corporation, the capital stock
may be divided into shares, the amount of payment on each, and
the time of making them, the mode of calling future meetings
determined, and such rules and regulations, not repugnant to the
constitution and laws of the state, adopted as may be convenient
and necessary for the government and management of said corpora-
tion.

1879.]

Chapters 129, 130, 131,

419

Sect. 5. The legislature may at any time alter, anmil, amend. Repealing
or repeal this act.

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 130.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE MANCHESTER AND KEENE
RAILROAD, APPROVED JUNE 24, 1870.

Sect.
1. Time of constructing road extended.

Sect.
2. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives m
Gfeneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That the time limited in and by the act approved Time of con-
June twenty-four, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, for the L'tended.'^"
construction of the Manchester and Keene Railroad, be and hereby
is extended to the first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five. And the provisions of the act approved
July sixteen, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, shall be
in force as to all parts of said railroad which shall be completed
on or before December first, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. w^n^*^*°*'

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

CHAPTER 131

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BANKING COMPANY.

Sect.

1. Corporation constituted.

2. May receive and invest deposits.

3. Guaranty fund.

4. Special and general depositors ; dividends to

be regulated.

5. Membership ; individual liability ; manage-

ment.

Sect.

6. Limitation of real estate.

7. Taxation of special deposits.

8. First meeting.

9. Subject to repeal.
10. Takes effect, when.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
G-eneral Court convened : —

Sect. 1. That George W. Davis, Edward E. Parker, Hiram T. ^j'^JPt^^''^"*"^ •=°'''
Morrill, Henry A. Marsh, Charles H. Campbell, Solomon A. Davis,
A. H. Dunlap, Charles Holman, R. A. Maxfield, and Charles
Hardy, and their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby
made a body politic and corporate under the name of The New
Hampshire Banking Company, to be located at Nashua, with all
the rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties and liabili-

420

Chapter 131.

[1879.

May receive and
invest deposits.

Guaranty fund.

Special and gen-
eral depositors ;
dividends to be
regulated.

Membership ; in-
dividual liabili-
ty ; manage-
ment.

ties, except so far as otherwise provided in this charter, which by
the laws of this state are incident to savings-bank corporations.

Sect. 2. Said bank may receive deposits of money from any
person or persons, on such terms and conditions as may be pre-
scribed by it or its trustees, or be agreed to by the parties making
the same, and may invest and manage the moneys deposited in or
belonging to it in such securities and stocks, and in sucli ways, as
may be for the convenience and advantage of the bank, subject,
however, to the provisions of the existing laws of the state in rela-
tion to savings banks.

Sect. 3. For the better protection and security of the general
depositors of the bank, it shall provide for and have a permanent
guaranty fund of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, with
liberty to increase the same at pleasure to not exceeding two
hundred thousand dollars. Said fund shall be kept and maintained
as a guaranty to the general deposits for the repayment of said de-
posits, according to the terms and conditions thereof, in case of
any insufficiency of the assets of the bank to pay all of its liabili-
ties ; and the general deposits shall have precedence of payment
from the assets of the bank before payment from said assets on ac-
count of said guaranty fund ; and no business in the way of
receiving general deposits shall be transacted by the bank unless
the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars shall then have been
provided for said guaranty fund ; nor to a greater amount of gen-
eral deposits than five hundred thousand dollars, unless the amount
of one hundred thousand dollars shall then have been provided for
said fund. The special deposits shall at no time be less than ten
per cent of the general deposits.

Sect. 4. Special deposits may be received by the bank to con-
stitute the guaranty fund before mentioned, which shall not be
withdrawn except by the permission of the bank, nor at any time
so as to reduce said fund below the amount required for the same
as herein before provided. The general deposits shall be entitled
to such rate of interest from the bank as may be prescribed or
agreed to, not, however, in any case to exceed the rate of six per
cent per annum ; and the special deposits for the guaranty fund
shall not be entitled to any interest, but instead thereof shall have
all the net income and profits of the bank abo^-e its expenses, the
interest due to the general deposits as afoi'esaid, and all losses of
the bank. And said net income and profits may be divided pro-
portionally among said special deposits, at such times and in such
ways as the bank or its trustees may order ; provided., howevei\
that such dividends shall be made only when the net resources of
the bank above its expenses, its liabilities for the general deposits,
and the guaranty fund aforesaid, shall be sufficient to pay the
same.

Sect. 5. The special depositors for the guaranty fund and their
assigns shall, by virtue thereof, become and be members of the
corporation, and have and exercise all the rights and powers of the
same, — each special depositor being entitled to one vote for each
one hundred dollars of his said deposit. But no member shall
incur or be subject to any individual liability, in any case, for any
debts or liabilities of the corporation ; and the management and con-
trol of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in a board of

1879.] Chapter 131. 421

not less than five nor more than ten trustees, to be chosen by the
members of the corporation. A majority of said board, at any meet-
ing duly notified, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business ; and said board shall have the power to make and establish
such rules and regulations as they may think proper for the trans-
acting and governing the business of the corporation.

Sect. 6. Said bank may purchase and hold real estate to the i''«?'*»t'ono*
value, when purchased, of not exceeding twenty-five thousand dol-
lars ; and may hold such amounts as may at any time be deemed
advisable, for the security and satisfaction of any dues to it. _^ .

Sect. 7. The special deposits for the guaranty fund shall, for Taxation of sre-
the purpose of taxation, be treated as stock in lanks, and each
special depositor's share of such special deposits shall be returned by
the cashier or treasurer to the selectmen or assessors of the towns or
cities wherein the special depositors reside, if within this state,
otherwise to the assessors of the city of Nashua.

Sect. 8. Any three of the five grantees first named may call ^■'"^•^ '"'^^*'"^-
the first meeting of the corporation, by notice in writing to each
grantee, or by one publication in some newspaper printed at
Nashua, at least one week before the day of meeting.

Sect. 9. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act, Subject to re-
whenever in their opinion the public good shall require.

Sect. 10. This act to take effect upon its passage. whcD^^^^''*'

[Approved July 19, 1879.]

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Office of Secretary of State,
Concord, August 25, 1879.

I hereby certify that the acts and resolves contained in this
pamphlet have been compared with the originals in this office, and
found to be correctly printed.

A. B. THOMPSON,

Secretary of State.

APPENDIX.

OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT ON THE LAW
AUTHORIZING TOWNS TO EXEMPT MANUFACTUR-
ING PROPERTY FROM TAXATION.

To the House of Representatives : —

The undersigned respectfully comply with your resolution
requesting our opinion on the question, whether the law authoriz-
ing towns to exempt manufacturing property from taxation is a
violation of the bill of rights.

" Towns may by vote exempt from taxation, for a term not
exceeding ten years, any establishment therein, or proposed to be
erected or put in operation therein, and the capital used in oper-
ating the same, for the manufacture of fabrics of cotton, wool,
wood, iron, or any other material ; and such vote shall be a con-
tract binding for the term specified therein." — General Laws,
chap. 53, sect. 10.

The title of the original act (Laws 1860, chap. 2,361) was " An
act to encourage manufactures." The general purpose of the law
was to increase employments, means of support and profit, home
markets, business, and po])ulation, by the extension of manufac-
turing industry, upon which the general prosperity of the state is
so largely dependent. Another purpose was to increase the future
revenues of the state, the counties, and the towns, by inducing
home capital to remain, and foreign capital to come, for permanent
investment here, subject to taxation after the expiration of the
temporary exemption. For similar purposes, similar encourage-
ment is given to certain agricultural improvements, and the build-
ing of railroads. General Laws, chap. 53, sect. 4 ; chap. 62, sect.
1. The exemption in each case is limited to ten years. A perpet-
ual alienation of the whole power of taxation would be the destruc-
tion of government ; and the dangerous tendency of legislation sus-
pending any part of that power, for any future period, is manifest.
But we are not aware that these laws, encouraging the extension
of agriculture, manufactures, and railways, have, thus far, prac-
tically impaired the efficiency of the government, or that the public
has not received the benefits to which it was entitled, and which
the legislature sought to gain by the promise of exemption.

By the offer and promise to exempt from taxation such property
as the owner shall, in a new investment, devote to a business of

424 Appendix.

public utility, and by an acceptance of that offer, and a new invest-
ment of money according to its terms, an agreement is made that
contains every element of a contract binding upon both parties, if
they are capable of making it. There are parties, mutual assent,
consideration, and performance of the contract on one side. The
supreme court of the United States held it to be a valid contract,
protected by the constitution of the United States, — a contract,
the obligations of which the state cannot impair. Its validity was
understood not to be an open question. By the stipulation that
"• such vote shall be a contract binding for the term specified there-
in," the state held out the decisions of the highest judicial tribunal,
as a ground on which the promise of the state could be safely relied
upon. By that stipulation, the state said to owners of money, " In
addition to such faith as our word is entitled to, we invite you to
put your trust in a binding contract, the constitutional inviolability
of whicli has been settled by the court whose judgment is final and
conclusive. If you doubt our honor, you can confide in the
national guaranty."

Having thus briefly stated the situation of the parties under the
contracts of ten-years' exemption heretofore made, and shown that
the question of the performance of those contracts by the govern-
ment involves a question of common honesty, we may not be justi-
fied in considering the expediency or the legality of a breach of
faith, and a repudiation of the solemn obligations which the gov-
ernment understandingly proposed and fairly entered into. When
the nature of this case is understood, no legal advice can be neces-
sary for the guidance of the party whose promise remains, in whole
or in part, to be performed.

But the credit of a trustworthy people, indispensable to the
strength of the state in war or peace, ought not to be weaivcned by
any groundless distrust of the legal validity of public contracts.
The constitution of New Hampshire makes it the duty of the legis-
lators and magistrates to inculcate and constantly adhere to hon-
esty and justice as virtues necessary to preserve the blessings of lib-
erty and good government. Constitution, part i., article 88 ; part
II.. article 83. As magistrates, sharing that duty with the legisla-
ture, we are not prepared to hold that it would not be illegally vio-
lated by allowing the state or any of its municipal agencies to be
guilty of the fraud and tyranny of breaking such contracts of ten-
years' exemption as have been made with manufacturers, railroads,
and farmers.

But, if the true construction of the state constitution did not
authorize the making of those contracts, they are binding never-
theless. Laws authorizing such conti'acts for ten years were passed
in the last century, soon after the date of the constitution, and we
are not aware that their constitutionality was questioned by the
generation that made and adopted the constitution. And, not-
withstanding what was said by the court (in 4 N. H. 565, and in
Brewster v. Hough, 10 N. H. 138, 147), the construction established
• wlien tlie present contracts were made, — the construction acqui-
esced in, always acted upon, and never decided to be erroneous, —
was, that such contracts are constitutional. So fully and so uni-
versally has this been understood, that the public declaration in the
act of 1860, setting forth thel)inding nature of tliese contracts, was

Appendix. 425

repeated by the legislature in 1867, in 1871, and in 1878. General
Statutes, chap. 49, sect. 9 ; Laws 1871, chap. 25 ; General Laws,
chap. 53, sect. 10. Contracts, valid by the well-settled, practical
construction of the constitution when they were made, cannot l)e
invalidated l)y an amendment of the constitution (Dodge v. Wool-
sey, 18 How. 331, 360; J. \l. Bank v. Skelley, 1 Black 436, 449,
450 ; P. R. Co. v. Maguire, 20 Wall. 36), or by a judicial change
of construction. Rowan v. Runnels, 5 How. 134, l39 ; 0. L. I. <fe
T. Co. V. Debolt, 16 How. 416, 431, 432 ; Pease v. Peck, 18 How.
595, 599 ; Gelpcke v. Dulmque, 1 Wall. 175, 206 ; Havemeyer
V. Iowa Countv, 3 Wall. 294, 303 ; Chicago v. Sheldon, 9 Wall.
50, 55, 56; Olcott v. Supervisors, 16 Wall. 678, 690. Should
it be now decided that the true construction of the constitution
does not authorize these ten-years' exemption contracts, the
decision could have no retrospective effect : no such contracts here-
after made would be binding ; but those heretofore made, under a
different construction, would remain in force. Upon these princi-
ples of integrity and fair dealing the government was founded.

Whether the true construction of the constitution authorizes the
making of ten-years' tax-exemption contracts, is a question on
which, we conceive, the house cannot need our opinion. So long
as the existing laws remain unrepealed, and the constitutional con-
struction heretofore adopted remains unchanged, contracts hereaf-
ter made under those laws and that construction will be valid. If
the legislature, for any reason, wish to prevent the making of any
more such contracts, their object can be accomplished by a repeal
of the laws authorizing them. As coiitracts made before the repeal
could not be affected by the repeal, and as the power of making
future contracts under those laws would Ije taken away by the
repeal, we see no contingency in which the house can desire our
opinion on the question whether a new construction of the consti-
tution should be introduced. And the proper investigation of that
question would require so much time, that a well-considered answer
could not probably be given at the present session. On the point
which we have undertaken to decide, having duly deliberated, and
carefully examined the authorities of other jurisdictions, we enter-
tain no doubt.

C. DOE,

WM. L. FOSTER,
C. W. STANLEY.
GEO. A. BINGHAM,
W. H. H. ALLEN.
ISAAC W. SMITH,
LEWIS W. CLARK.
July 10, 1879.

INDEX.

INDEX

PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS,

PASSED JUNE SESSION, 1879.

Acts done under chapter 219 legalized .

Adjutant-general's department, appropriation for

Adjutant-general, salary increased

Albany, tax abated .....

Aldric'h, H. H., claim of .

Alexandria, doings of selectmen legalized

Amendments in civil cases

Annual invoice, in relation to

Animals, diseased, penalty for exposing

Apportionment of state tax .

Appropriation for State Normal School
for deaf mutes, blind, etc.
for contingent expenses of governor
to pay claims of individuals . 374, 376, 385, 386,

for care and preservation of old records

for Prisoners' Aid Association

for repair of arsenal at Portsmouth

for state library ....

for state-prison library .

for adjutant-general's department .

for heating apparatus for state-house

for repairing roads at White Mountain Notch

for repairing roads in Lincoln

for repairing roads in Randolph

for repairing roads in Coos County

for building an arsenal in Concord

for salary of chaplain to state-prison

for expenses of trustees of normal school

for reform school

for engrossing clerk ....
for new state-prison ...
Arsenal in Portsmouth, appropriation to repair .
Arsenal in Concord, appropriation to build •
Asylum for insane, price of board .....
Attachments may be released, when and how
Attachments, may be made without order of court
Attached property, relating to

Baker, A. W., claim of
Ballots to be preserved

. 370

. 377

. 344

. 345

. 385

343

. 832

. 361

. 344

. 345

. 360

. 373

387, 389, 390,

392

. 374

. 375

. 376

. 377

, 378

. 379

. 380

. 386

. 388

. 381

. 388

. 391

. 376

. 386

. 389

. 371

. 370
342, 371

885
372

430

Index.

[1871K

Bank commissioners, mileage of

Banks, savings, in relation to

Bark, measurers of may be chosen

Barrett, Wm. E., claim of

Bartlett, G. H., claim of .

Barton, Levi, claim of .

Bass, striped, may be taken .

Bastard children, maintenance of .

Beet, sugar, to encourage growing of

Beneficiaries of state, appropriation for

Bethlehem, doings of collector legalized

Billiard-tables, relating to license of

Birds may be taken, when

Bonds of executors and trustees under a will

Boscawen, police officers in district No. 7

Bounty on foxes repealed

Bristol, doings of selectmen and assessors le,

Brown, Geo. H., claim of

Brown, L. B., claim of .

Burglary, how punished .

alized

Campbell and Hanscom, claim of .

Canney, A. W., claim of

Carter, Solon A., claim of

Carroll County Bank, tax remitted

Carroll County, in regard to aflfairs of

Carroll, doings of selectmen legalized

Caswell, Wm. A., claim of .

Centennial exhibition, in relation to closing up

Certificates of election of representatives, how returned

Challenges of jurors, by the state .

Chamberlain, John, claim of .

Chaplain to state-prison, salary of .

Check-lists, hearings for correction of

Check-lists to be used at all elections

Children, act relating to employment of

Children, destitute and abused, protected

Church property taxable

Civil cases, amendments in .

Claims of citizens against other states, may be assigned

Clarke, John B., claim of

Clerks of court to attend law terms

Clerk at sale of non-resident land, fees not allowed

Commissioners may be appointed in foreign countries

Concord, police officers in ward one

Coos County, times for holding supreme court changed

Corporations, minority representation in

County, not chargeable as trustee .

County commissioner, when to meet with board of equalization

County officers, tenure of office

County paupers, in relation to support of

Cummings, C. E., claim of . . .

Cumulative voting in corporations

Danville, proceedings of legalized .
Democratic Publishing Co., claim of
Dickey, Geo. A., claim of
Dover, line changed

Executors under a will, relating to bond

Farr, John, claim of . . .
Faulkner, F. A., claim of heirs
Fertilizers, sale of regulated .
Fire-districts may sprinkle streets .
Fish, in relation to catching salmon
Fish, in relation to bass and smelts

to this state

370
331
332
387
387
387
341
330
.341
373
343
342
337
363
333
334
367
389
390
371

392
390
385
375
383
343
387
383
368
371
374
388
368
368
340
335
363
332
357
892
333
369
368
333
334
365
371
369
329
336
387
365

. 343

390, 392

. 387

. 338

363

889
390
353
370
358
341

1879.]

Index.

431

Foster, John, claim of .

Fountain in state-house yard, to be moved

Foxes, bounty on repealed

Fraud by false pretenses, relating to

Freights, charges for on railroads regulated

Gardner, "Wm. H., claim of .
General Laws, sections of repealed
General Laws, verbal correction .
General Laws of 1878, supersedence, etc.
Gorham, state tax abated

Hammond, I. W., claims of .

Hammond and Ayers, claim of

Hardy, A. C, claim of .

Haverliill, proceedings of legalized

Hayes, Lyman, claim of ...

Haynes, M. A., claim of . . .

Health officers, to remove matter liable to become

Highways, repairs of

Highways, settlement of damage in laying out
Hillsborough County, times and places of holding
Hillsborough County, salary of judge of probate
Homesteads, exemption of ... .
Hull, Samuel H., claim of ... .
Husband, relating to right in estate of deceased wife

Incidental expenses of governor provided for
Insane, asylum for, price of board ....
Insurance, contracts of regulated ....
Inventories, blank, furnished by secretary of state
Invoice, annual, act in relation to .
Invoice-books, to be furnished by secretary of state

putrid

probate courts

Jackson, Andrew, claim of

Jenkins, F. S., claim of

Journal of senate and house, relating to . . .

number to be published .
Justices of supreme court, may not sit at law term, when

Keene, proceedings of assessors and collectors legalized
Keneson, R. S., claim of ......

Lee, doings of selectmen legalized
Lien, lumbermen's . . .
License, for sale of fei'tilizers

for sale of lightning-rods

for billiard-tables

for sale of trees, shrubs, and patent-rights

peddler's, certain persons exempt
Lightning-rods, sale of regulated .
Lobsters, protection of .
Londonderry, proceedings of annual meeting legalized

389
378
334
351
366

387
369
370
372
378

385, 392

. 386

. 387

. 343

. 387

. 390

. 370

. 355

. 309

. 355

. 356

. 338

. 387

. 354

373

389
336
369
361
368

385
387
339
368
372

362
390

. 843

. 370

. 353

. 352

. 342

. 359

. 370

. 352
331,341

. 330

Manufacturing corporations may not employ children under ten years

old 340

Married women, rights of 370

Measurers of bark may be chosen 332

Mechanics' Savings Bank, tax remitted 382

Meloon, J. A., claim of 392

Minors, discrimination against repealed 369

Moore, O. C, claim of 392

Morrill and Silsby, claim of 392

Names changed • . . . . 392, 393

Newcastle, tax abated 345

432

Index.

[1879.

N. H. N. G., concerning enlistments in
NewsiDapers to publish laws .
Non-resident land, fees not allowed to clerk at sale
Normal school, trustees and appropriation

appropriation to pay trustees
Notes, copies of, may be filed in vacation
Noyes, R. T., claim of .

Pamphlet laws, number to be published
Parker, H. W., claim of ...

Parker, Charles H., claim of .
Parker, Carmi M., claim of .
Partnerships may be renewed, when
Patent-rights, sale of regulated
Paupers, county, in relation to support of
Peddler's license, certain persons exemj^t
Perkins, George A., claim of .
Personal injuries, actions for .
Petroleum, in relation to inspection of .

in relation to puritj' of
Pigeon-shooting, act to suppress
Pittsburg, doings of selectmen legalized
Portraits, thanks for ....
Prisoners' Aid Association, appropriation for
Prisoners, may communicate with governor
Probate courts, times and places of holding

salary of judge, Hillsborough
Public health protected ....

County

Eailroads, freight charges regulated

Rand, D. H., claim of .

Reform school, appropriation for .

Reports to legislature, number to be published

Representatives, certificates of election to be sent

Republican Press Association, claim of .

Richmond, proceedings of legalized

Rolfe, Henry P., claim of ... .

Rolfe, Fred F., claim of

Rollinsford, town line changed
Rye, relating to Gosport district

Sale of attached property, court may order .

Salmon, time of taking

Sanders, Calvin, claim of ... .

, Sargent, J. E., claiiPv of

Savings banks, act in relation to . ...
Schools, relating to literary fund .
School-districts, women may hold office in .
School-district meetings, relative to
School-meetings, oath may be administered by clerk
School-meetings, qualification of voters in
School-teacher, how examined in certain cases
Sheriffs and count}'^ officers, tenure of office .
Shooting-matches, act to suppress .
Sinclair, Frank B., claim of .
Smelts, may be taken .....
State-hou-e. appropriation for heating apparatus

library, appropriation for

prison, appropriation for enlarging yard
relating to prisonei's
library, appropriation for

tax, amount to be raised

treasurer, may borrow money

normal school, trustees and appropriation
Stevens and Dunklee, claim of . . .
Stewartstown, proceedings of annual meeting legalized
Stokes, John K., claim of

340
368
369
360
388
362
389

368
385
390
392
337
359
336
37U
387
353
370
370
364
343
382
375
391
355
356
370

to secretary of

'. 366

. 387

. 381

. 368

state. 368
392, 390

. 343

. 390

. 387

. 338

. 364

871

358

387

331

365 •

370

372

309

370-

372

.329

364

887

341

378

377

391

891

377

343

381

360

386

362

387

1879.]

Index.

433

Sugai' beet, to encourage growing of
Supervisors of check-lists, law relating to amended
Supreme court, Amherst tei'm abolished . . . .
times of holding at Nashua and Manchester
when justices may not sit .
Coos County, times of holding changed

Taxable property, annual invoice of ... ,
Taxes, resident, notice in newspapers of sale of real estate in

of, not required

Telegraph companies, wliere to keep offices .
Trees, shrubs, and patent-rights, sale of regulated

Trout, time of taking

Trustees, relating to service of writs upon
Trustees under a will, relating to bond .

Underbill, John, claim of

Vessels, sea-going, how rated for taxation
Veteran soldiers may enlist in iN". H. iN". G., when
Village fire-districts, may sprinkle streets
Vogier Brothers, claim of

Washington, proceedings of legalized .

Wiggiu, Josiah B., claim of .....

Wiggin, J. F., claim of

Wife, relating to right in estate of deceased husband
Wild animals, bounty on foxes repealed
Winuipesaukee Lake Company, commissioners' claims

Woodman, C. W., claim of

Writs upon trustees, service of ... .

colle

ction

341
368
357
367
372
334

361

309
850
359
358
339
363

387

368
340
370
385

343
376
387
354
334
389
390
339

INDEX

PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS,

PASSED JUNE SESSION, 1879.

Amory Manufacturing Company incorporated

Amoskeag Bank incorporated

Apthorp Reservoir Company incorporated

Banks incorporated, Amoskeag

Guaranty Savings
Kearsarge
Merchants'
New Hampshire
Pittsfield
B., C. and M. Railroad, charter amended
Bristol Savings Bank, charier amended

Carter, T. S., homestead changed for school purposes
Charters amended, B., C. and M. Railroad
Bristol Savings Bank
city of Dover .
ciiy of Keene .
city of Manchester .
Concord and Rochester Railroad
Crystal Springs Water Company
Elliot Bridge Company .
Farmington and Rochester Railroad
Manchester and Keene Railroad
N. H. Missionary Society
Whitefield and Jefterson Railroad
(Joncord and Rochester Railroad, charter amended
Crystal Springs Water Company, charter amended

Dover, city of, charter amended ....

Elliot Bridge Company, charter amended

Farmington and Rochester Railroad, charter amended

Good Templars, Grand Lodge of, incorporated

Hampstead, homesteads changed for school purposes

Kearsarge Bank incorporated ....
Keene, city of, charter amended ....

. 395

. 411

. 398

. 411

. 413

. 418

. 412

. 419

. 417

. 402

. 407

. 409

. 402

. 407
403, 415

. 404

. 408

. 401

. 895

. 403

. 404

. 419

. 397

. 417

. 401

. 895

403, 415

. 403

. 404

. 402

. 409

. 418

. 404

Lancaster and Kilkenny Railroad incorporated

405

1879.]

Index.

435

Manchester, city of, charter amended .
Manchester and Keene Raih'oad, charter amended
Manchester Steam-IIeatiug Company incorporated
Merchants' Bank incorporated ....
Morrison Lodge, F. and A. Masons, incorporated

Nashua and Rochester Railroad, relating to bonds
New Hampshire Banking Company incorporated
N. H. Missionary Society, name changed

Odd Fellows' Building Association incorporated .

Pillsbury, Lyman, Alden E., and Benj.
school purposes . . . .
Pittsfield Bank incorporated .

L., homesteads changed for

Railroads, Worcester and Nashua .

Boston, Concord, and Montreal
Concord and Rochester .
Farmingtou and Rochester .
Lancaster and Kilkenny
Manchester and Keene
Nashua and Rochester .
Whitefield and Jefierson

Salisbury, homestead changed for school purposes
Savings Bank, Guaranty, of Manchester, incorporated
Sawyer, I. N., homestead changed for school purposes

Unitarian Educational Society incorporated .

"Whitefield and Jefierson Railroad, charter amended
Worcester and Nashua Railroad may mortgage road

408
419
416
412
396

415

419
397

400

409
417

397
402
401
404
405
419
415
417

401
413

401

410

417
397

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