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LAWS
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1897.
LEGISLATURE CONVENED JANUARY 6, ADJOURNED MARCH 26, 1897.
MANCHESTER :
Arthur E. Clarke, Public Printer.
1897.
STATE OFFICERS.
GEORGE A. RAMSDELL, Governor.
EZRA S. STEARN'S, Secretary of State.
SAMUEL H. STEARIv^S, Deputy Secretary of State.
SOLON A. CARTER, State Ti^easiirer.
HIRAM F. GERRISH, Dejmty State Treasurer.
ARTHUR E. CLARKE, Public Printer.
CHESTER B. JORDAN, Presidejit of the Senate.
JAMES F. BRIGGS, Speaker of the House.
WILLIAM R. JAR VIS, Clerk of the Senate.
ELIPHALET F. PHILBRICK, Clerk of the House.
AUGUSTUS D. AYLING, Adjutant General.
CHARLES E. COX, Warden of State Prison.
JOHN C. LINEHAN, Insurance Commissioner.
ALPHEUS W. BAKER, ^
JOHN HATCH, \ Bank Commissioners.
THOMAS J. WALKER, J
HENRY M. PUTNEY, )
JOSIAH G. BELLOWS, V Railroad Commissioners.
E. B. S. SANBORN, j
FRED GOWING, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
JULIAN F. TR ASK, Comynissioner of Labor.
CHARLES A. DOLE, Secretary of Board of Equalization.
NAHUM J. BACHELDER, Secretary of Board of Agriculture.
IRVING A. WATSON, Secretary of Board of Health.
ARTHUR H. CHASE, Librarian.
SUPREME COURT.
ALONZO P. CARPENTER, Chief Justice.
LEWIS W. CLARK, ^
ISAAC N. BLOD^ETT, I
WILLIAM M. CHASE, I ■ . r r
ROBERT M. WALLACE, f ^^^^^^^^^^ Justices.
FRANK N. PARSONS, '
ROBERT G. PIKE, j
EDWIN G. EASTMAN, Attorney- General.
CHARLES B. HIBBARD, Law Reporter.
LAWS
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1897.
CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT PROTECTING CERTAIN GAME BIRDS.
Section
1. Taking of pheasants, etc., before Sept.
15, 1901, prohibited ; punishment.
Section
2. Taking after Sept. 15, 1901, regulated;
punishment for violation.
JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. If any person shall, between the date of the pas- Taking of phea-
sage of this act and the fifteenth day of September, A. D. nine- fo^fse^t'.'isf
teen hundred and one, take or destroy any pheasant, black game, JuiiVshme^nt.''^^'
sharp-tail grouse, or capercailzie, or shall molest or remove from
the nest an}- of the eggs of said birds, he shall be fined twenty
dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding sixty days, or both, for
each offense.
Sect. 2. After the fifteenth day of September, A. D. nineteen J*^^8*f'«^„,
hill -p ini 1 1 Sept. Id, 1901,
andred and one, it any person shall take or destroy any pheas- regulated ; pun-
6 Chapter 2. [1897.
j^^^e>it for Tio- ant, black game, sharp-tail grouse, or capercailzie, except between
the fifteentli day of September and the thirty-first day of Decem-
ber of any year, both days inclusive, and then only for consump-
tion within the state, or shall at any time hunt, capture, or de-
stroy any of the above-mentioned birds, in any other manner, or
by any other means, than by the use of firearms, or shall at any
time molest or remove from the nest any of the eggs of said birds,
he shall be fined twenty dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding
sixty days, or both, for each ofitense.
[Approved January 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 2.
AN ACT TO AMEND PUBLIC STATUTES, CHAPTER 160, SECTION 29,
"WITH REFERENCE TO THE TERM OF OFFICE OF RAILROAD POLICE
OFFICERS.
Section 1. Railroad police ofl3cers to hold till appointment revoked.
Railroad police Be it eiuicted hv the Senate and House of Representatives in General
officers to hold ^ i ^ J-
tiii appointment Court convened :
revoked.
Section 1. Section 29, Public Statutes, chapter 160, is hereby
amended by striking out the following words in the last three
lines of said section, namely, " Such police officers shall hold of-
fice during the pleasure of the selectmen, or mayor and aldermen,
unless their powers shall be terminated as hereinafter provided " ;
and substituting in place thereof the following words, namely,
" Police officers so appointed (whether before or after the pas-
sage of this act) shall hold office until such appointment shall
be revoked by said selectmen, or mayor and aldermen, or their
successors in office, unless their powers shall be terminated as
hereinafter provided " ; so that said section as amended shall
read as follows : " Sect. 29. The selectmen of a town, or the
mayor and aldermen of a city, may, upon petition of a railroad
corporation having a passenger station within the limits of such
town or city, appoint as many of the employees of such corpora-
tion as they may deem proper, police officers, to act as railroad
police, for the purposes and with the powers herein set forth.
Police officers so appointed (whether before or after the passage
of this act) shall hold office until such appointment shall be re-
voked by said selectmen, or mayor and aldermen, or their suc-
cessors in office, unless their powers shall be terminated as here-
inafter provided."
[Approved January 28, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 3, 4.
CHAPTER 3.
AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 28 OF THE LAWS OF 1893, PROVIDING
FOR A BOUNTY ON HAWKS.
Section l Section
1. Bounty on lia'wks repealed. | 2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That chapter 28 of the Laws of 1893 be and the Bounty on
,1 T i hawks repealed.
same is hereby repealed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eiFect upon its passage. ^as'^sT e^^^*^* °"
[Approved January 28, 1897.]
CHAPTER 4.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 12 OF CHAPTER 141 OF THE PUB-
LIC STATUTES, RELATING TO LIENS OF MECHANICS AND OTHERS.
Section i Section
1. Lien for sawing lumber. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That section 12 of chapter 141 of the Public Stat- Lien for sawing
utes be and hereby is amended by inserting after the word '"''"^®''*
" teams," in the first line of said section, the words " or machin-
ery," and by inserting after the word " hauling," in the third
line of said section, the word "sawing," so that said section, when
so amended, shall read as follows: viz., " Sect. 12. If a person
shall, by himself or others, or by teams or machinery, perform
labor or furnish supplies to the amount of fifteen dollars or more
toward rafting, driving, cutting, hauling, sawing, or drawing
wood, bark, lumber, or logs, or toward cooking or hauling sup-
plies in aid of such labor, by virtue of a contract with the owner
of the wood, bark, lumber, or logs, he shall have a lien thereon
for such labor or supplies."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 2, 1897.] ^''''^'"
Chapter 5. [1897.
CHAPTER 5.
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES RELATING TO
FISH AND GAME.
Section l. Amendment of fish and game laws ; repealing clause ; act takes effect
on i)assage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Amendment of SECTION 1. That sectioR 1, chaptcr 131 of the Public Statutes,
lawsTrepe^fng be amended by striking out the word "ISTovember" iu the third
effecTJ)rpa8t'''line and substituting therefor the word "December," so that
PP' r M^QK when amended said section shall read as follows: "Section 1.
[See Laws 1895, in • n i n n ^
c. 102, for other If any person shall, at any time, except between the fifteenth
t^^PubHcsV day of September and the fifteenth day of December following,
hawVeen^n- huut, kill, dcstroy, or capture any moose, caribou, or wild deer,
the^amMded'*'" ^^ shall at any time hunt, kill, capture or destroy any of the
forms of certain abovc iiamcd aulmals with dogs, he shall be fined fifty dollars for
irtw"actf' ^^'^ every such animal so hunted, killed, destroyed, or captured, or
be imprisoned six months, or both. The fish commissioners,
their deputies, or any regularly appointed game warden, may
summarily dispose of any dog found pursuing or harassing any
of the animals protected by this section."
And be it further enacted, That section 3, chapter 131, be
amended by striking out the word " first " in the second line,
and substituting therefor the word " fifteenth," so that when
amended said section shall read as follows : " Sect. 3. If any
person shall, between the first day of January and the fifteenth
day of September, in any year, take or kill any gray squirrel or
raccoon, he shall be fined five dollars for each animal so taken
or killed, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both."
And be it further enacted, That section 4, chapter 131, be
amended by striking out the word "first" in the third line, and
substituting therefor the word "fifteenth," so that when amended
said section shall read as follows : " Sect. 4. If any person shall
kill any hares, rabbits, or muskrats, between the first day of
April and the fifteenth day of September, in any year, he shall
be fined five dollars for each animal killed, or be imprisoned not
exceeding thirty days, or both."
That section 5, chapter 131, be and is hereby repealed.
And be it further enacted. That section 2, chapter 132 of the
Public Statutes, be amended by adding thereto after the word
" duck " in the fourth line the words " except sheldrake," so that
when amended said section shall read as follows : " Sect. 2. If
any person shall, between the first day of February and the first
day of August of any year, take or destroy any plover, yellow-
legs, sandpiper, duck (except sheldrake), or rail, or shall, be-
tween the first day of January and the fifteenth day of Septem-
1897.] Chapter 5.
ber of any year, take or destroy any woodcock, ruffed grouse,
partridge, or quail, or shall within the respective times aforesaid
sell, buy, or have in possession any of such birds, he shall be
fined ten dollars for each bird so taken or destroyed, bought,
sold, or had in possession, or be imprisoned not exceeding sixty
days, or both."
And be it further enacted. That section 9, chapter 1.32, be
amended by the addition thereto after the word •' chapter " in
the first line the words " except section 2," so that when
amended said section shall read as follows : " Sect. 9. The pro-
visions of this chapter, except section 2, shall not apply to the
collecting of specimens for the cabinet of any educational insti-
tution by the curator thereof, or by or under his direction."
And be it further enacted. That section 4, chapter 133, be
amended by the addition thereto, after the word " trout " in the
tenth line, of the following words : " and landlocked salmon
when they inhabit the same waters as lake trout;" and after the
word '^ April " in the eleventh line the following words : " and
except that square-tail trout may be taken in the usual manner
prescribed in this chapter, from the lakes and ponds in Carroll,
Grafton, and Coos counties during the first fourteen days of Sep-
tember," so that when amended said section shall read as fol-
lows : " Sect. 4. If any person shall take, kill, or have in his
possession, from any of the waters of this state, any young sal-
mon, known as parr, smelt, or grilse, at any time, or any land-
locked or fresh-water salmon, between the thirtieth day of Sep-
tember in any one year and the fifteenth day of April next fol-
lowing, or any lake trout, brook or speckled trout, from the first
day of September to the first day of May next following, except
lake trout and landlocked salmon when they inhabit the same
waters as lake trout, taken with single hooks and lines during
the months of January, February, March, and April, and except
that square-tail trout may be taken in the usual manner pre-
scribed in this chapter, from the lakes and ponds in Carroll,
Grafton, and Coos counties during the first fourteen days of
September, he shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for each
fish so taken or had in his possession, or be imprisoned not more
than six months, or both."
That chapter 130 of the Public Statutes be amended by the
addition of the following section : " Sect. 16. They shall have
power, whenever such action shall be approved by the governor
and council, to place and keep in position such screens in any of
the public waters of the state as they may deem necessary for
the public good ; provided said screen shall not intercept the
flow of water or the passage of lumber or logs in said waters."
All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 9, 1897.]
10
Chapters 6, 7.
[1897.
CHAPTER 6.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TOWNS AND CITIES TO ACT AS TRUSTEES OF
CEMETERY FUNDS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Section
1. Town may be appointed to fill a va-
cancy in trusteeship of cemetery
funds ; bond not required.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Hejyresentatives in General
Court conveyied :
Section 1.
bond not re^
quired
That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the trus-
vacancyTnlru's-teeship of any funds held for the care and improvement of any
te^y^'un*ds^'"^' cemetery or lot therein, the probate court having jurisdiction
over such fund is hereby authorized to appoint the town or city
in which such cemetery or cemetery lot is located a trustee to
fill such vacancy, and any town or city so appointed shall have
all the powers and be subject to all the duties of the original
trustee ; frovided, that said town or city shall not be required to
give bonds.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 9, 1897.]
Takes effect on
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE LAWS OF 1893, RE-
LATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES BY EXECUTORS, ADMINIS-
TRATORS, AND ASSIGNEES.
SECTION SECTION
1. Trustees and assignees in insolvency 2. Takes effect on passage,
may be ordered to pay unclaimed
money to state treasurer to hold
for person entitled.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bejjresentatives in General
Court convened :
Trustees and SECTION 1.' Scctiou 1 of chaptcr 14 of thc laws of 1893 is
soilfncTmay^be hereby amended by striking out the word "or" between the
ordered to pay T^rQ^tls " administrator " and " executor," in the second line of said
unclaimed . . . , a • • i j
money to state scctlon, aucl inserting aftcr the word "executor, m said second
fofpers^oV en°^'^ liuc of Said sectlou, the words " trustee, or assignee in insolvency,"
""^*^' and by inserting after the word " legatee," in the fourth line of said
section, the words " beneficiary, creditor," and by striking out
the word " or " after the word " administrator," in the sixth line
1897.] Chapter 8. 11
of said section, and inserting after the word " executor," in said
sixth line, the words " trustee, or assignee in insolvency," and by
striking out the word " or " before the word " executor," in the
last line of said section, and inserting after the said word " exec-
utor" the words " trustee, or assignee in insolvency," so that said
section as amended shall read as follows: viz., "Section 1.
Whenever upon a decree of distribution or the settlement of the
account of an administrator, executor, trustee, or assignee in in-
solvency, there shall be in his hands any sum of money belong-
ing to any heir, legatee, beneficiary, creditor, or other person
whose place of residence is unknown and who cannot be found,
the probate court, upon petition of such administrator, executor,
trustee, or assignee in insolvency, when satisfied that due dili-
gence has been used to find the person entitled to such sum,
may decree that the same be paid over to the state treasurer, and
such payment shall be a discharge to said administrator, exec-
utor, trustee, or assignee in insolvency."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 9, 1897.]
CHAPTER 8.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 183 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO REGISTERS OF PROBATE.
Amendment of provision for residence of register of probate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rcpresentatkes in General
Court convened:
That section 1 of chapter 183 of the Public Statutes is here- Amendment of
by amended by inserting after the word " kept," in the second ^rdTncl^of^^e-'^
line thereof, the words " or employ a competent clerk who shall 8'^*^*^" ^^ p''°-
dwell in said town, one of whom shall be present at the probate
office on all days when that office shall be required to be kept
open " ; also by inserting after the word " town " and before the
word " after," in the third line, the words " or neglect to employ
a clerk as aforesaid " ; so that the said section shall read as fol-
lows : "Section 1. The register of probate shall dwell in the
town in which the probate records are required to be kept, or
employ a competent clerk who shall dwell in said town, one of
whom shall be present at the probate office on all days when that
office shall be required to be kept open. If a register shall dwell
in any other town or neglect to employ a clerk as aforesaid, after
the expiration of thirty days from the time of his qualifying as
register, the office shall be vacant."
tApproved Feb 16, 1897.]
12
Chapters 9, 10.
[1897.
CHAPTER 9.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 202, PUBLIC STATUTES, RELAT-
ING TO DAYS OF GRACE AND THE PAYMENT OF PROMISSORY NOTES.
Section
1. Days of grace abolished.
2. Notes, etc., due Sunday or holidaj' to
be payable next business day.
Section
3. Repealing clause
Jan. 1, 1898.
act takes effect
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re^wesentaiives in General
Court convened:
Days of grace
abolished.
Section 1. On all notes, drafts (except sight drafts), checks,
acceptances, bills of exchange, bonds, or other evidences of in-
debtedness made, drawn, or accepted by any person or corpora-
tion after this act shall take effect, and in which there is no ex-
pressed stipulation to the contrary, no grace, according to the
custom of merchants, shall be allowed, but the same shall be due
and payable as therein expressed, without grace.
su^nda o^r^'iiou"^ Sect. 2. All promissory notes, checks, drafts, or bills of ex-
change which fall due on Sunday or any legal holiday shall be
payable and presentable for payment on the secular or business
day next succeeding such Sunday or holiday.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
takereffect Jan. are lierebv repealed, and this act shall take efiect on the first
' ■ day of Januar}^ in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
<Jay to be pay-
able next busi-
ness day.
RepealiDg
clause ; act
CHAPTERIO.
AN ACT PROTECTING MOOSE, CARIBOU, AND DEER, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE DISPOSITION OF FISH AND GAME CAPTURED OR TAKEN FROM
PERSONS WHO HAVE ILLEGALLY TAKEN THE SAME.
Section
1. Taking of moose or caribou before
Sept. 15, 1901, prohibited ; taking
of deer regulated ; punishment.
Section
2. Illegally taken fish and game to be
confiscated.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of JRepresentatives in General
Court convened.
Taking of moose
or caribou be-
fore Sept. 15,
1901, prohib-
ited ; taking of
■deer regulated ;
punishment.
Section 1. If any person shall, between the date of the pas-
sage of this act and the fifteenth day of September, A, D. nine-
teen hundred and one, capture or destroy any moose or caribou
within the limits of this state, or shall, within the respective
dates aforesaid, capture or destroy any wild deer, except in the
1897.]
CUAPTER 11.
13
counties of Carroll and Coos, and the western judicial district of
the county of Grafton, and the eastern judicial district of said
county, excepting the towns of Dorchester and Wentworth,
he shall be lined one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding three months, or both, for each offense, and whoever
shall, at any time, capture or destroy any deer by means of, or by
the use of a jack, so called, or by trapping or snaring the same,
shall be punished by a line of fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not
exceeding sixty days, or both, for each animal so captured or
destroyed.
Sect. 2. All fish and game found in the possession of any per- aKIf gam?to
son or persons who have illegally taken the same shall be confis- te confiscated,
cated by the fish and game commissioners and sold by them or
under their direction to the best advantage, and the proceeds of
such sale added to the detective fund in the state treasury.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eftect from and after its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 11.
AN ACT CREATING A SANITARY DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF NEWBURY.
Section
1. How district is to be established.
2. Sanitary inspector.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage ; repealing
clause.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Upon petition often or more of the taxpayers of^eTst^abil^hed'^
that part of the town of Kewbury commonly known as Blod-
gett's Landing, the selectmen of the said town of Newbury shall
fix, by suitable boundaries, a district including that part of said
town known as Blodgett's Landing as a sanitary district. They
shall cause a record of the petition and their doings thereon to
be recorded in the records of the said town of Newbury.
Sect. 2. The selectmen of said town shall appoint some tax- ^*°''^''y i^spec-
payer of said Blodgett's Landing to act as sanitary inspector of
said district, with power to enforce such sanitary regulations as
may be prescribed by the state board of health.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage, and all acts ^^^^^ ®^^<=* °?
JLo' passage ; repeal-
and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, ing clause.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
14
Chapter 12.
[1897.
CHAPTER 12.
AN ACT TO SIMPLIFY AND PERFECT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
STATE LIBRARY.
Section
1. fle-enactmeut of omilted provisions
relating to department reports and
to files of newspapers.
2. Trustees authorized to buy other
books as well as law books.
Section
3. Shelving and furniture to be supplied
as incidentals under Laws of 1895,
c. 24, s.i.
4. Expenditures not to exceed g5,000.
5. Takes effect on passage.
6. Repealing clause.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
books.
Re-enactment of SECTION 1. Sectioiis 6 aiicl 8 of cliaptei' 7, Laws of 1891,
si'^ns^rd^aung to having beeii omitted from the general revision of 1891 by iuad-
portJanrto files vei'tence, are hereby revived and re-enacted,
of newspapers. Sect. 2. ScctioH 5 of chapter 24 of the Laws of 1895 is here-
Trustees bj amcndcd by striking out the words in said section after the
buy^othe^/books word " govcmor," in the tenth hue thereof, and substituting
as well as law thcrcfor thc followiug : viz., "but hereafter so much of the
appropriation provided by this section as ma^^ not be found
necessary for the law department of the library may be employed
for the improvement and increase of other collections of books
which may be deemed useful and necessary for the state and the
public," so that the said section 5 when amended shall be read
as follows : viz., " Sect. 5. The trustees of the state library are
hereby authorized to procure on competitive bids, at the lowest
price oflered by responsible parties, such session laws, revisions,
digests, American, English, and colonial reports, and such text
and elementary books as may be requisite, so far as the same are
available in the ordinary market, in order to complete the collec-
tion of such works already made in the state library for the use
of the courts and the public, and the expense of the same shall
be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, on the order of the governor ; but hereafter so much of
the appropriation provided by this section as may not be found
necessary for the law department of the library may be employed
for the improvement and increase of other collections of books
which may be deemed useful and necessary for the state and the
public."
Sect. 8. Additional shelving and furniture for the state
library shall be deemed incidentals of the state library and
Shelving and
furniture to be
supplied as in-
Law8*ofV895% suppUcd accordiug to the provisions of section 4 of chapter 24
24. ..4. ' "of the Laws of 1895.
Expendi^tmes Sect. 4. IS'otliing in this act shall be construed to authorize
$5,000. the annual expenditure of more than five thousand dollars for
1897.] Chapter 13. 15
books for the state library, which is the limitation heretofore
fixed by existing law.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. pa^age*^^*'* **"
Sect. 6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent Avith the pro- ^
visions of this act are hereby repealed. ciauee.'"^
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 1.3.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC STATUTES, CHAPTER 68, SECTION
10, RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE SUPREME COURT IN LAYING
OUT HIGHWAYS.
Section i Section
1. Town may appeal from commission- o. Takes effect on passage,
era' award of damages. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 10 of chapter 68 of the Public Statutes is Town may ap-
1 i i-i- • h ^ -I If TO peal from com-
nereby amended by inserting alter the words " it any person to missioners'
whom damages are awarded " the words " or party against whom g^s"
damages are assessed"; also by inserting after the word "if"
and before the words "he recover," the words "the party to
whom damages are awarded," and striking out the word " he "
before the said word " recover " ; also by striking out the word
"his" and inserting the word "the " between the words " as-
sesses " and " damages "; so that said section as amended shall
read as follows : viz., " Section 1. If any person to whom dam-
ages are awarded, or party against whom damages are assessed,
by the commissioners in a highway case, is dissatisfied with the
same, such person or party may appear at court when their re-
port is returned, and object thereto in writing, and then the
court shall assess the damages by jury, and award costs to the
prevailing party."
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi:ect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 16, 1897.] ^''''^'-
16 Chapters 14, 15. [1897.
J
C H A P T E R 14.
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 13 OF THE SESSION LAWS
OF 1895, RELATING TO PATRIOTIC EXERCISES IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
' Section l. The prescribed patriotic exercises may be at any session during week of
Memorial Day.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejjresentatives in General
Court convened :
The prescribed SECTION 1. Sectioii 1 fof chapter 131 of the Session Laws of
patriotic exer- ^ cm-w" • ^ i tti ^^ • -\
cisesmaybe 189o IS hereov amended by striking out the words "the last reg-
durkig week of ular session prior to Memorial Day," and substituting therefor
Memorial Day. ^Y\Q woi'ds " oue sessioii duriug the week in which Memorial
Day falls, " so that said section, as amended, shall read as fol-
lows: "Section 1. In all the public schools of the state one ses-
sion during the week in which Memorial Day falls, or a portion
thereof, shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic nature."
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 15.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 184, SECTION 4, OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO PLACES OF HOLDING PROBATE COURTS.
Section l. Provision for probate court at Wolfeborougb Junction amended by substi-
tuting the new name of that place.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Provision for SECTION 1. That chaptcr 184, section 4, of the Public Statutes
woueborougif bc amended by striking out the words " "Wolfeborough June-
amended by sub- tio^^/' and inserting the word " Sanbornville," so that the section
new nrme"if whcii ameiidcd shall read : " Sect. 4. For the county of Carroll,
that place. at Conway, on the first Tuesday of January, May, and Septem-
ber; at West Ossipee, on the first Tuesday of February, June,
and October ; at Ossipee Corner, on the first Tuesday of March,
July, and November; at Sanbornville, on the first Tuesday of
April, August, and December."
[Approved February 17, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 16, 17.
17
CHAPTER 16.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 81, SECTION 9, OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, AND ELECTRIC
LIGHT COMPANIES.
Section
1. Amendment of provisions for appeal
from selectmen.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy ike Senate and House of Rejwesentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 81 of the Pubhc Statutes l^e, Amendment^of
and is hereby amended, by inserting in the fourth line of said appeal from
section, between the words " decision " and " is," the words " on*^'^'"'™*'''
any such petition, or in granting a license, changing the terms
thereof or revoking the same," so that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows : viz., " Sect. 9. If the selectmen shall
neglect or refuse for thirty days to decide and make return of
their proceedings upon any petition addressed to them under the
provisions of this chapter, or if any party whose interests are af-
fected by their decision on any such petition, or in granting a li-
cense, changing the terms thereof, or revoking the same, is dis-
satisfied therewith, the petitioner or party so dissatisfied may
apply to the supreme court for relief within sixty days after the
expiration of said thirty days or after such decision ; and like
proceedings shall thereupon be had as in case of appeals from the
laying out of highways."
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this actYPfl'"^. ^
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage, effect on pass-
[Approved February 17, 1897.] ''^'•
CHAPTER 17.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 78 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RE-
LATING TO GUIDEBOARDS.
Section
1. Substitute for P. S., c. 78, s. 2. Pen-
alty for neglect, after notice, to
keep guideboards in repair.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That section 2 of chapter 78 of the Public Statutes substitute for
be stricken out, and the following be inserted instead thereof : Penalty fo^rneg-
18 Chapter 18. [1897.
iceNo"eep°*" " ^^^^- ^- ^^ ^^^^^ ^^""^^^ ^^^^^ neglect, for thirty days after written
guideboards in notice to the selectmen of any case of failure, to comply with the
repair. requirements of section 1 of this chapter, said town shall forfeit
for each neglect five dollars, for the use of the person suing
therefor."
v^sUge^^"^ °" Sect. 2. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.
[Approved February 17, 1897.]
CHAPTER 18.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5, CHAPTER 174 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES.
Section
1. Amendment of laws relating to mar-
riage notices.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Amendment of Section 1. That scctiou 5, cliaptcr 174 of the Public Statutes,
mrrriagfnol'" bc ameuded by striking out the words " residing in the state,"
ices. jj^ j^YiQ first line, and adding after the word |" marriage," in
the second line, the words " within the state," and by adding
after the word "dwell," in the eighth line, the words "if either of
them dwell in this state ; otherwise in the state [town] in which
the marriage is celebrated," so that said section as amended shall
read as follows : " All persons proposing to be joined in mar-
riage within this state shall cause notice of their intention, with
the full Christian and surnames, color, occupation, birthplaces,
residences, and ages of the parties, their condition, whether sin-
gle or widowed, whether first, second, or other marriage, and
the full Christian and surnames, residences, color, occupation,
and birthplaces of their parents, to be entered in the ofiice of the
clerk of the town in which they or either of them dwell, if either
of them dwell in this state ; otherwise in the town in which the
marriage is celebrated. If there be no such clerk in the place
of residence, the like entry shall be made with the clerk of any
adjoining town. The clerk shall record the notice in a book
kept for that purpose."
Takes effect Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon passage,
rassagd, [Approved February 17, 1897.]
1
1897.]
Chapter 19.
19
CHAPTER 19.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF STOCKS AND BONDS BY RAILROAD
CORPORATIONS.
Section
1. Railroad may increase its stock or
bonds in certain cases.
2. Amount, ho"w determined; use re-
stricted.
3. How stock to be issued.
Section
4. I'unishment for violation of provis-
ions of tliis act, or for incurring
liability for illegitimate purposes.
5. Elfect of act limited.
G. Takes effect on passage.
.Be it enacted br/ the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. A railroad corporation, for the purpose of build- Ra'''oa<i may in-
ing a branch or extension, or of aiding in the construction of stock or bonds
another railroad, or of taking stock in an elevator corporation ''"^®''*"' '^^^^^^
and erecting and operating elevators upon its own roads and
upon those leased to or operated by it, or of building depots, or
of abolishing grade crossings, or of making permanent improve-
ments, or of paying its floating or funded debt, or for the pay-
ment of money borrowed for any lawful purpose, or for the pur-
chase of the shares of the capital stock of anyrailroad corporation
whose railroad property is leased to or operated by it, or of which
a majority of the capital stock is owned by such purchasing road,
or for other necessary and lawful purposes, from time to time,
with the approval of the railroad commissioners, as herein pro-
vided, may increase its capital stock or bonds beyond the amounts
fixed and limited by its articles of association or its charter or by
any act of the general court concerning the same, provided such
increase shall first be authorized by votes of a majority of the
stockholders present at any meeting of the corporation duly
called for that purpose.
Sect. 2. Upon petition of the directors of the railroad corpo-
ration to the board of railroad commissioners, the amount ofresTri^t'edT
such increase, after notice by publication and hearing, shall be
determined by said commissioners, who shall, within thirt}^ days
after final hearing of said petition, file in the oflice of the secre-
tary of state a certificate showing the amount of increase author-
ized and the purposes for which the proceeds of said new stock
or bonds may be used; and the company shall not apply such
increase or the proceeds thereof to any purpose not specified in
said certificate, and may be enjoined from so doing by any jus-
tice of the supreme court upon application of the board or of any
interested party.
Sect. 3. All shares of stock issued under the provisions ofHowstocktobe
this act shall be sold by public auction and to the highest bidder'*^"*'''"
in the city of Boston or in such city or town as may be pre-
scribed by the railroad commissioners, and a notice of the time
and place of such sale shall be published at least five times dur-
Amount, how
-.determined; use
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Chapter 20.
[1897.
Punishment for
violation of pro-
yisionB of this
act, or for in-
curring liability
for illegitimate
purposes.
Effect of act
limited.
Takes effect on
ing the ten days immediately preceding the time fixed for the
sale, in such daily newspapers, not less than three in number, as
may be prescribed by the commissioners. No shares shall be
sold or issued for a less sum, to be actually paid in cash, than
the par value thereof.
Sect. 4. Any member of the board of directors, or any treas-
urer or other officer or any agent of any railroad company, who
knowingly votes to authorize the issue of, or knowingly signs,
certifies, or issues stocks or bonds under this act and contrary to
its provisions, or who knowingly votes to authorize the applica-
tion of, or knowingly applies, the proceeds of such stock or bonds
contrary to the provisions of this act, or who knowingly votes
to assume or incur, or who knowingly assumes or incurs, in the
name or behalf of such corporation, any debt or liability except
for the legitimate purposes of the corporation, shall be punish-
able by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 5. j^othing herein contained shall be construed as a re-
peal of any of the powers conferred by the Laws of 1889, chap-
ter 5, or by the Laws of 1891, chapters 3 and 4 ; nor to authorize
any railroad corporation to purchase the road, stock, or bonds of
a railroad corporation in any case where authority to purchase
that road or its stock or bonds was conferred on some other rail-
road corporation by chapter 5 of the Laws of 1889.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved February 17, 1897.]
CHAPTER 20.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TREASURER TO NEGOTIATE A TEM-
PORARY LOAN.
Section 1. State treasurer authorized to negotiate temporary loan.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
State treasurer
authorized to
negotiate tem-
porary loan.
Section 1. The state treasurer, by advice and under the direc-
tion of the governor and council, is hereby authorized to borrow
annually for the fiscal years 1897-8 and 1898-9, for the temporary
use of the state, a sum not exceeding three hundred thousand
dollars, at such times and in such amounts as may be necessary,
at such rates of interest as may be determined, not to exceed six
per cent per annum.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 21, 22.
21
CHAPTER 21.
AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 117 OF THE LAWS OF 1895, RELATING
TO JURISDICTION OF POLICE COURTS.
Section
1. Laws 1895, c. 117, repealed.
2. P. S , c. 248, s. 8, re-en acted.
Section
3. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reiwesentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Chapter 117 of the Session Laws of 1895 is here- fa^s 1895, c.
,,,•'• 111, repealed.
by repealed.
Sect. 2. Section 8, chapter 248 of the Public Statutes, which P-gS.,^j;. 248,
was repealed by said chapter 117, Laws of 1895, is hereby re- alsted!^'^""
enacted.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on and after its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 22.
AN ACT in amendment OF CHAPTER 267 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
relating to CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Section
1. Form of action under P. S., e. 267i
s. 2, to be tort, instead of debt.
Disposition of old, injured, or dis-
abled animals, and liability for ex-
pense thereof. OflScers or agents
Section
of incorporated societies for pre-
vention of cruelty to animals, if
designated by sheriff, may arrest.
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That section 2 of chapter 267 of the Public Statutes ^°^™ "^^ ^"°''
be hereby amended by striking out the word " debt " and insert- c. 267, s.' 2,"
ing in place thereof the word " tort," so that the same will read, stead of debt"
as amended: "Sect. 2. Whenever an officer makes an arrest 5!fP,?^?'V°°l°L
. , old, injured, or
upon view or upon a warrant for a violation of any provision of disabled am-
the preceding section, he may take into his possession the animal :ty for expense *
which is the subject of such cruelty, and if the owner has nOcersT/ag°n?sof
knowledge of such taking, he shall give him notice forthwith. T^T^^'^*^.,,.
"-,. ~ • ^ 1 ^ 1 • societies for pre-
1 he person taking possession of such animal shall have a hen mention of cruei-
j-t n 1 • ^ -I 11 tyto animals, if
tnereon tor his proper charges, or he may recover such charges designated by
of the owner of the animal by an action of tort." '^relf.'""^^
22 Chapter 23. [1897,
Also that said chapter be further amended by striking out
all the words in section 3 of said chapter, and inserting in place
thereof the following words, so that the same will read, as
amended : " Sect. 3. Whenever an officer shall take any such
animal into his possession, which appears by reason of age, in-
jury, or other cause, to be disabled for use, said officer shall call
upon three disinterested citizens, who, under oath, shall examine
such animal, and if they shall find such animal to be disabled
for use, said officer shall at once cause such animal to be killed.
All expenses incurred shall be paid by the owner of such
animal, and may be collected by an action of tort."
Also that said chapter be further amended by striking out, in
section 9 of said chapter, the words " the New flampshire, " and
inserting in place thereof the words " any incorporated," so that
the same will read, as amended : " Sect. 9. Any officer or
agent of any incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals, upon being designated in writing for that purpose by
the sherift' of any county in this state, may, within such county,
make arrests, and bring before any court or magistrate having
jurisdiction, offenders found violating the provisions of this
chapter,"
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act sliall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTEE 23.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS.
Section l. Towns may appropriate money for free public band concerts.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of JRepresentatkes in General
Court convened :
Towns may ap- Section 1. Towus may at any legal meeting grant and vote
for free'pu'bi'^^^ such sum of monev as they shall judge necessary in aid of free
band concerts, public band conccrts, not exceeding four hundred dollars
annuall}", in accordance with the provisions of section 4, chapter
40, of the Public Statutes.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 24, 25. 23
CHAPTER 24.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN EARLIER RETURN OF THE VOTES OIVEN
IN AT BIENNIAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
Section i Section
1. Returns of votes for electors, etc. 2. Returns of votes for county officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The town and ward clerks of the several towns Returns of votes
and wards in this state shall make a true and certified copy ofetc.^ ^'^ °"'
the record of the votes given in at any election of electors of
president and vice-president of the United States, representative
in congress, governor, councilor, senator, and representative to
the general court, and shall forward the same, in sealed packages,
to the secretary of state within five days from the date of such
election.
Section 2 of chapter 37, sections 4 and 7 of chapter 36, section Returns of votes
2 of chapter 35, and section 2 of chapter 38 of the Public Stat- om^^ ^
utes are hereby amended in accordance with the terms of this act.
Sect. 2. The town and ward clerks of the several towns and
wards of this state shall make a true and certified copy of the
record of the votes given in at any election of county officers,
and shall forward the same in sealed packages to the clerk of
the supreme court of the county within five days from the date
of such election.
Section 4 of chapter 25 of the Public Statutes is hereby
amended in accordance with the terms of this act.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 25.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT FISHING IN THE TRIBUTARIES OF LAKE WENT-
WORTH, OTHERWISE CALLED SMITH's POND, IN AVOLFEBOROUGH,
OR THE TAKING OF ANY SMALL FISH FOR BAIT FROM THE WATERS
OF SAID LAKE, FOR THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
Section
1. Taking of smaU fish for bait in Lake
Wentwortli, and of any fisli in its
tributaries, proliibitecl for five
years.
Section
2. Punishment.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hij the Seriate and House of Representatives in, General
Court convened :
Section 1. It shall not be lawful to catch, or take in any fis\ fof baft^in
manner, any kind of small fish for bait in the waters of Luke worthran'd'of
24
Chapters 26, 27.
[1897.
any fish in its
tributaries, pro-
hibited for five
years.
Punishment.
Takes effect on
Wentworth, otherwise called Smith's pond, in the town of
Wolfeborough, nor to catch or take in any manner any fish from
any brook emptying into said Lake Wentworth, or Smith's pond,
for the term of five years from the passage of this act.
Sect. 2. Any person violating this act shall be fined ten
dollars for each offense, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days, or both.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
I I [Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 72 OF THE SES-
SION LAWS OF 1893, ENTITLED, " AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ANNEX-
ING PARTS OF TOWNS TO ADJOINING TOWNS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES."
Section
1. Laws 1892, c. 72, limited to town dis-
tricts.
Section
2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-preseyitatives in General
Court convened :
Laws 189;^, c. Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 72 of the Session Laws of
town districts. 1893 sliall not apply to special districts, but only to town dis-
tricts, and all special taxes voted by said districts shall be as-
sessed and collected in the same manner as they were assessed
and collected prior to the enactment of said chapter 72.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act sliall take effect upon its passage.
Dassasre. x: r !~>
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 27.
AN ACT amending CHAPTER 192 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING
TO INSOLVENT ESTATES.
Section
1. P. S., c. 192, s. 2, so amended as to
require commissioner, within thirty days
after appointment, to file in probate
oflBce notice of his meetings, and in his
report to state date of filing such notice .
Section
2. Takes efl"ect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepreserttatives in General
Court convened :
p. s., C.192, Section 1. Amend chapter 192 of the Public Statutes by
amended as to Striking out all of scctiou 2, and insert in lieu thereof the fol-
1897.] Chapter 28. 25
lowing: "Sect. 2. Tlie commissioner sliall give notice of the ^f^^^;^^';°|J|^''»-
tiraesancl places by him appointed to examine and allow claims, H'irty'riays after
, ^ .^^-|•^• • ' T i 11 appointment, to
in such manner as the judge in his commission directs ; and he file in probate
shall tile in the probati3 office, within thirty days after his ap- hf^T^eeungs?^
pointment, a notice giving the times and places of his meetings, ^^'^^J'^g^'j^J^p^^"^*
and shall in the report state the times and places of meeting, and finng such
the manner of giving notice thereof, and the date of his filing the
notice in the probate office ; and also file in said office satisfac-
tory evidence of the notice."
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect on and after its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 23, 1897.J
CHAPTEE 28.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 136 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANATOMICAL AND SURGICAL
SCIENCE.
Section l. What bodies, and Ijy whom, may be permitted to be used for advancement
of science. What bodies not to be so surrendered, and how such bodies to be
disposed of. Punishment for violation of P. S., c. 13G, as amended.
£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Chapter 136 of the Public Statutes is hereby what bodies,
amended by striking out all of section 1 and substituting in place may te per"-™'
thereof the following: " Section 1. It shall be the duty of theSI^S'^ad-^
county commissioners of any county, the mayor and aldermen vancement of
o "^ ., .. n f^ "^ n .uxi 1 „8cience. What
01 any city, the overseers ot the poor ot any town, the warden ot bodies not to be
the state prison, and the keeper of any jail in the state, upon pre- andw" such '
vious request in w^riting by any physician or surgeon of thiSp°gedVf°^Pu^nf'
state (preference beino; o-iven to instructors in medical schools j^hinent for vio-
1 T 1 T 1 1 \ • r' 1 1 • • 1 lation of P. S.
established by law), to notiiy such physician or surgeon when- c. ise, as
ever the body of any person dying in their county, city, town, or ^^^^^^ ■
in the state prison, or a jail, required to be buried at the public
expense, comes into their possession, charge, or control, and to
give permission to such physician or surgeon to take such body
to be by him used within the state for the advancement of ana-
tomical and medical science."
Said chapter is further amended by striking out all of section
3 and substituting in place thereof the following : " Sect. 3. No
such notice need be given, nor shall any such body be surren-
dered, if any person claiming to be, and satisfying the authorities
in charge of said body that he or she is of kindred or related by
marriage to the deceased, shall claim the said body within thir-
ty-six hours after the death, and take it away for burial, nor
shall the notice be given or the body delivered, if such deceased
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Chapter 29.
[1897.
person was a stranger or traveler who died suddenly, in wliich
case the said body shall be buried."
Said chapter is hereby further amended by adding thereto the
following section, to be numbered section 4 : " Sect, 4. Any per-
son upon whom duties are imposed by the provisions of this act,
who shall neglect, refuse, or omit to perform the same as hereby
required, shall be |)unished by a fine of not less than one hun-
dred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each of-
fense."
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 29.
AN ACT EMPOAVERING THE GOVERMOR AND COUNCIL TO TAKE LANDS
AND OTHER PROPERTY, WHEN NECESSARY FOR THE USE OF THE
STATE, AND PRESCRIBING THE METHODS OF TAKING THE SAME.
Section
1. State may take land, water rights
or rights of way, if needed for
purposes of fish culture ; mode
of taking ; damages to be as-
sessed by commission.
2. Appeal to supreme court and pro-
ceedings thereon.
Section
3. State may enter and hold, on pay-
ment of damages awarded by com-
mission, but shall pay additional
award of jury and costs.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
state may take Section 1. Wheiicver, in the opinion of the governor and
rights, or rights couucil, it bccomcs expedient for the state to own any land or
edToTpurposes lands, watcr rights, or rights of way, that are needed by the state
modeVf"takTng;fo'' ^hc purposcs of fish culturc, and when unable to purchase the
^amagestobejsame for what they deem a reasonable price, they may enter
mission. upon and take the same in the manner following : They shall
cause to be filed in the oflice of the secretary of state, and also in
the oflice of the clerk of the town or towns in which said lands
or property are located, and cause to be recorded in the registry
of deeds in the county, an accurate description thereof, with ref-
erence to permanent bounds upon the land, accompanied by a
correct plan of the same, and shall appoint a commission of three
disinterested citizens of the state to assess the damages to the
owner by reason of the taking thereof Said commission shall
thereupon appoint a hearing, give notice thereof, hear the par-
ties, assess the damages, and file their return with the secretary
of state and also with the town clerk or clerks aforesaid.
.^
1897.] Chapter 30. 27
Sect. 2. If the owner is dissatisfied with the award, he may -^pp^*'*** ^
11/1 .1 r- 1 • 1 • 1 supreme court
appeal theretrom to the supreme court or the county m which and proceedings
said property is located, by petition, within sixty days after the
filing of such return, and shall give notice of his appeal by giv-
ing in hand to, or leaving at the abode of the attorney-general of
the state, a copy of the petition and order of notice thereon four-
teen days at least before the term at which it is to be entered.
And the court shall thereupon assess his damages by a jury or
other method, as the parties may agree.
Sect. 3. The state, upon payment or tender of the damages s**it "Pfy euter
, , , , ' ^ ^-, "^ . . => and hold, on
assessed by the above-named commission, may enter upon the payment of
land or property and thereafterwards hold the same in fee, but ed'by^com''miv*^~
shall pay to the owner any additional sum that is awarded p^°y'J^dit^onai
him by the jury, with taxable costs, if he prevail. award of jury
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from its Dassa2:e. ^ , „\
r- * T T-i 1 ^4 -. r^/^^ -i J. O Takes effcct On
[Approved J^ebruary 24, 1897. J pasaage.
CHAPTER 30.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE TAKING OF FISH THROUGH THE ICE FROM
THE WATERS OF WEBSTER LAKE AND OTHER SPECIFIED LAKES, PONDS,
AND STREAMS IN THE STATE.
Section i Section
1. Fishing through ice in certain waters 2. Punishment.
prohibited for live years. I 3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. It shall not be lawful to catch or take in any man- ^''^^'''k through
•-' 1C6 ill cGrtftiii
ner through the ice any kind of fish in the waters of Webster waters pro-
lake in Franklin ; Iveyser lake and Gile pond in Sutton ; Longyeais!
pond in Lempster ; all ponds in the town of Hillsborough ; all
lakes, ponds, rivers, and brooks in the town of Kingston — ex-
cept Great pond and Greenwood lake — Newton, Sandown,
Plaistow, Danville, Hampstead, Salem, Atkinson, Windham,
Derry, and Brookline ; Pleasant pond and Haunted pond in the
town of Francestown ; Sanborn's pond in Gilmanton ; Avery's
pond in Ellsworth ; Gillingham pond in Newbury ; Bradford
pond in Bradford ; Todd's pond in towns of Bradford and New-
bury; the waters, bays, or basins supplied by the Winnipesaukee
river, between dam at East Tilton and Tilton & Belmont rail-
road bridge over said river ; Highland lake in the town of An-
dover; Suncook, Jenness, Long, Little, Bow, and Harvey ponds
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Chapter 31.
[1897.
Punishment.
Takes effect on
in the town of Northwood and vicinity ; Long pond, Mud or
Stacy pond in the town of Stoddard ; Hudson pond in the town
of Washington ; Center pond and Island pond in the town of
Stoddard ; Gilman pond and Marshall pond in town of Unity ;
Cold pond and Hurd pond in towns of Unity, Acworth, and
Lempster ; Eastman or Bradley pond in Andover ; Squaw
cove in town of Sandwich ; Province lake in town of Eifingham ;
all ponds in the town of Barnstead; Otter pond in Sunapee and
]S"ew London ; Cook's pond or Lake Merriam in Brookfield ;
all ponds in town of Londonderry, — for the term of five years.
Sect. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall
be fined ten dollars for each offense, or shall be imprisoned not
exceeding thirty days, or both.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 31.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 83 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, IN RELATION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF PAUPERS.
Section
1. Towns not liable for support of pau-
pers, unless settlement gained
within ten years.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Towns not liable SECTION 1. No towu shall bc liable for the support of any
paupeM°uni*ess pcrsou uiilcss hc. Or the person under whom he derives his set-
glfned'w'ithin tlcmeiit, sliall have wholly gained a settlement therein during
ten years. ^^q ^q^^ yeaTS last preceding the date of application for support.
Repealing Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
effect on pass- are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its pas-
"«'• saee.
[Approved February 24, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 32, 33.
29
CHAPTER 32.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 28 OP CHAPTER 201 OF THE PUB-
LIC STATUTES, RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS IN INSOLVENCY.
Section
1. Insolvent debtor may be allowecl, out
of estate, for legal expenses.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it C7iaded by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Amend section 28 of chapter 201 of the Public ^"^^"•^^^J,^^^^^'
Statutes, by adding after the words " as the judge may order," out of estate, for
in the last line, the following words : " He shall also be allowed, ^^* expenses.
out of his estate, such necessary legal expenses as may be ad-
judged just and reasonable by the judge," so that said section as
amended shall read : " Sect. 28. The debtor shall be paid by
the assignee one dollar a day for his attendance upon the as-
signee and upon the judge M'hen required. He shall also be
allowed out of his estate, for the necessary support of himself
and family, such sum not exceeding two dollars a week for each
member, and for such time, not exceeding two months, as the
judge may order. He shall also be allowed, out of his estate,
such necessary legal expenses as may be adjudged just and rea-
sonable by the judge.
Sect, 2. This act shall take eiFect on its passage.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 33.
AN ACT TO prohibit FISHING FOR LANDLOCKED SALMON, BROOK TROUT,
OR AUREOLUS FROM PLEASANT POND, IN THE TOWN OF NEW LON-
DON.
Section
1. Taking of certain fish from Pleasant
pond or its tributaries prohibited
for sii years.
Section
2. Punishment.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. It shall not be lawful to catch, take, kill, or have Taking of cer-
in possession any salmon, brook trout, or aureolus from the pTeasant poM or
waters of Pleasant pond, in the town of New London, or from [.roMbitedlor
any of the tributaries of said pond, for a term of six years. six years.
30
Chapters 34, 35.
[1897.
Punishment.
Takes effect on
Sect. 2. Any person violating this law shall be fined twenty-
dollars for each salmon, trout, or aureolus so caught, killed, or
taken.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 34.
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE KILLING OF BEAVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1909.
Section
1. Taking of beavers prohibited till Jan.
1, 1909.
Section
2. Punishment.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
beavefs**^ohibi- SECTION 1. No pcrsou sliall take, catch, kill, or have in their
tedtiiiJan. 1, posscssiou any beaver in the state of New Hampshire until Jan-
'^°^- aary 1, 1909.
Punishment. Sect. 2. Any pcrsou violating any provision of this act shall
be fined fifty dollars for each beaver so taken, caught, killed, or
had in their possession.
Takes efifect on Sect. 3. Tliis act sliall take eficct upon its passagc.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 35.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15, CHAPTER 278 OF THE PUBLIC
statutes, RELATING TO HOMICIDE AND OFFENSES AGAINST THE
PERSON.
Section
1. Age of consent raised from thirteen
to sixteen years.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rej^esoitatives in General
Court convened :
Age of consent
rai
'sed from thir- SECTION 1. That scctiou 15, chaptcr 278 of the Public
yews? ^'''*^^° Statutes, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the
1897.] Chapter 36. 31
word " thirteen " in the fourth line of said section and inserting
in place thereof the word " sixteen," so that as amended said
section shall read as follows: "Sect, 15. If any person shall
ravish and carnally know any woman, committing carnal copu-
lation with her hy force, against her will, or if any man shall
unlawfully and carnally know and abuse any woman child under
the age of sixteen years, he shall be imprisoned not exceeding
thirty years."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 25, 1897.] ^''''^''
CHAPTER 36.
AN ACT EXEMPTING THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOREST ASSOCIATION FROM
THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT APPROVED FEBRUARY 16, 1897,
RELATING TO MOOSE, DEER, AND CARIBOU.
Section i Section
1. Association exempted from provision | 2. Takes effect on passage,
of c. 10, ante.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Coiirt convened :
Section 1. The Blue Mountain Forest Association, a corpora- Association ex-
tion existing under the laws of the state of Kew Hampshire, is p^^vition'^or
hereby exempted from the operation of an act approved Febru- '"' ^°' ""'^'
ary 16, 1897, entitled, " An act protecting moose, caribou, and
deer, and providing for the disposition of tish and game captured
or taken from persons who have illegally taken the same," so far
as said act relates to game confined within the limits of Corbin
park, so called, in Sullivan county, New Hampshire.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 25, 1897.] ""'"''■
32
Chapters 37, 38.
[1897.
CHAPTER 37.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 114 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE, ENTITLED " LICENSING SHOWS, BILLIARD TABLES,
AND BOWLING ALLEYS."
Section
1. License fee for keeping billiard or
pool table or bowling alley in
summer hotels, etc., reduced to $4.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
License fee for SECTION 1. Chapter 114 of the Publlc Statutes of NgW Hamp-
er p^'JoftableTor shire is hereby ainended so as to make the annual license fee
bowling alley in four ($4.00) dollars for each billiard table, pool table, or bowline:
summer hotels, t, ■^ • ^ • i • i i i. r
etc., reduced to allej which IS coniiected with, or managed as an adjunct or
summer hotels, summer boarding-houses, or places of summer
outing or resort, when the same are only kept and maintained
for the recreation of visitors durino- such of the summer months
Takes effect on
passage.
as such places are kept open for summer visitors.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 38.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 81, LAWS OF 1895, ENTITLED,
" AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 56 OF THE LAWS OF 1891,
ENTITLED AN ACT PLACING CERTAIN CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS,
SOCIETIES, AND ORDERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER."
Section Section
1. Requisite reserve fund of foreign cas- 2. Takes effect on passage,
ualty insurance company, insur-
ing on assessment plan, reduced
from $50,000 to $10,000.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Hrve'fund'of Section 1. Auicud scctiou 1, chapter 81 of the Session Laws
foreign casualty ^f 1395 in tlic twcntv-third line of said section, by striking out,
insurance com- 1 . . i ' ^ , "^ i , ,, i t ,, r>/^ ?» i • /
pany, insuring m said liuc, after the word "than the word " nity, and insert
pikn!Ted™ced* in placc thcrcof the word " ten," so that said section, as
|To?ooo.°'^°° '° amended, shall read: "Any corporation organized under the
1897]. Chapter 39. 33
authority of any other state or country and engao^ed in the
business of life or casualty insurance upon the assessment plan,
whether mutual or joint stock company, which does not contract
to pay living policy-holders or members any fixed benefit save
for bodily injury or physical disability from any cause, shall,
upon filing with the insurance commissioner copies, statements,
and agreements required by chapter 56 of the Laws of 1891,
and upon payment of the same fees and taxes as are required of
foreign insurance companies, be licensed by the insurance
commissioner to do business in this state, upon furnishing, in
addition to other requirements, a certificate under oath of its
president and secretary that it is paying and for the twelve
months then next preceding has paid the maximum amount
named in its policies or certificates in full, and that an assess-
ment upon its pohcy-hoklers or members will produce a sum at
least equal to the maximum policy or certificate written by the
corporation ; evidence that it has accumulated and maintains, as
a trust for the benefit of policy- or certificate-holders only, a fund
equal at least to the amount which one assessment or mortuary
call upon said certificate- or policy-holders would produce, and,
for corporations engaged in the business of life insurance, of not
less than one hundred thousand dollars, and of casualty insur-
ance, of not less than ten thousand dollars, invested as provided
in section 2 of chapter 169 of the Public Statutes ; and a certifi-
cate from the proper authority of its home state or country that
corporations of this state, engaged in the business of life or
casualty insurance on the assessment plan, are legally entitled to
do business in such state or country. All companies, after they
are licensed under the provisions of this act, shall in all respects
be subject to the provisions of chapter 169 of the Public
Statutes, entitled ' Foreign insurance companies and their
agents,' "
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi^ect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 25, 1897.] passage.
CHAPTER 39.
AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF SOLON A. CARTER, STATE TREASURER.
Section 1. State treasurer relieved from responsibility for amount stolen from
treasury.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Solon A. Carter, state treasurer, is hereby state treasurer
authorized to charge oft' on his books the sum of thirtv-three '■«"'-^e'i.fro'n
undred and eighty-five and oO-lOO dollars ($3,385.50) to thc^'^''a'uo""t
account of _" loss by burglary," and that he be relieved from treitmy."""
responsibility for that sum,
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
34 Chapter 40. [1897.
CHAPTER 40.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 101, LAWS OF 1895, RELATING
TO TAXATION OF PROPERTY.
Section l. Horses, asses, mules, oxen, cows, and other neat stock made taxable if over
IS months old.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened. :
Horses, asses, SECTION 1. Ameiicl sectloii 1 of cliaptei' 101 of the Laws of
™ows%nd*othe.- 1895 by striking out the words "three years" in chapter 55,
taxabie^if'over''^ section 7, cUvisions 8 and 9, therein recited, and inserting in
IS months old. place thorcof the words " eighteen months," so that as amended
said section shaU read: " Sect. 7. Personal estate liable to be
taxed is — (1) Stock in public funds, including all United States,
state, county, city, or town stocks or bonds, and all other inter-,
est-bearing bonds not exempt from taxation by the laws of the
United States. (2) Stock in corporations in the state, except
where the property represented by the stock is taxable directly
to the corporation. (3) Stock in corporations located out of the
state, owned by persons living in the state, except where
either the stock or the property represented by it is taxed in the
towns or states where the corporations are located. (4) The
surplus capital on hand of banking institutions, (5) Money on
hand or at interest more than the owner pays interest for,
including money deposited in any bank other than a savings
bank within this state, or loaned on any mortgage, pledge, obli-
gation, note, or other securit}^, whether on interest or interest be
paid or received in advance. (6) Stock in trade, whether of
merchants, shopkeepers, mechanics, or tradesmen employed in
their trade or business, reckoning the same at the average value
thereof for the year ; and for purposes of taxation, raw materials
and manufactures of any manufactory, wood, timber, logs, and
lumber, manufactured or otherwise, if exceeding fifty dollars in
value, and fishing vessels, steamboats, horse-boats, or other
vessels owned by individuals and navigating the waters of the
state for the transportation of passengers or freight, and sea-
going vessels, shall be deemed stock in trade. (7) Carriages, if
exceeding fifty dollars in value. (8) Horses, asses and mules
over 18 months old. (9) Oxen, cows, and other neat stock over
18 months old. (10) Sheep and hogs over one year old ; but
two such hogs to each family shall be exempt from taxation.
(11) Fowls of every description exceeding fifty dollars in value."
[Approved February 26, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 41, 42.
35
CHAPTER 41.
AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF BROOK OR SPECKLED TROUT
AND LAKE TROUT.
SECTION
1. Fishing for brook or speckled trout,
or for lake trout in certain lakes,
matle punishable-
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of JRepreseniaiives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That any person who shall, for the whole or any Fishing for
part of the time, engage in the business or occupation of fishing speckled trout,
on any of the streams or ponds of this state for the brook or^ncerta^in^iakw*
speckled trout, or in the lakes thereof of less size than the first ^^^^ p""'***"
Connecticut lake, for lake trout, with intent to sell or trade fish
so caught, shall, for every such offense, be fined not less than
two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days
or more than six months, or both.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 3, 1897.] ^'"'^''
CHAPTER 42.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE FORFEITURE OF LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES.
Section l. Life or endowment policies not forfeited in certain cases. Surrender value,
how estimated and payable. Act takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. IlTo policy of life or endowment insurance issued Life or endow.
upon the industrial plan shall become forfeit or void for non-pay- noTfo?feiteTin
ment of premium after premiums have been paid thereon for the *'®'''^''' *^**®*-
term of two consecutive years. Every such policy shall have a
surrender value after the payment of the premiums for two full
years, said value to be estimated upon the basis of the actuary's
table of mortality, and under such rules as the insurance com-
missioner of the state shall prescribe.
On policies of prudential or industrial insurance on which the ?""^°'^." ''*',''^'
I,-'- .'• TCP IT now estimated
weekly premiums are not more than fitty cents each, the surren- and payable,
der value shall be payable in cash. When the weekly premium
36
Chapters 43, 44.
[1897.
Act takes effect
on passage.
is more than fifty cents per week, a paid-up policy maybe issued,
and for such amount as the insurance commissioner bj^ rule shall
prescribe, based upon the actuary's table of mortality.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
CHAPTER 43.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS.
Section
1. Administrator of judgment creditor
may have execution, how.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Administrator SECTION 1. Whcu thc plaintiff in any action pending in any
credito^r'^may court iu tlils statc, in vvliosc favoT judgment shall have been ren-
ha^e execution, (jgj.g(j^ sliall dcccase bcforc an execution shall have been issued
from such court, the clerk thereof shall issue execution to the
executor of the will, or administrator of the estate, of such plain-
tiff, at his request and upon his filing with such clerk a certificate
of the judge of probate of his appointment as such administrator
or executor.
Takes effect on ^^Q^, 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
CHAPTER 44.
AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE SETTING OUT AND CARE OF NUT, SHADE, AND
ORNAMENTAL TREES IN HIGHWAYS, CEMETERIES, COMMONS, SCHOOL-
HOUSE YARDS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
Section
1. Selectmen may receive, set out, and
protect trees.
Section
2. Limitation of effect of act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Selectmen may Section 1. Whencvcr any partv, at a proDcr tmic of the vcar,
receive, set out, , ,, ^ ^ ^i t .. x" i. ^ n
and protect shall prcscut to the selectmen oi any town or ward well-grown
^^'^^^' nursery trees of the nut, shade, or ornamental varieties, such se-
lectmen may set out said trees in the highways, cemeteries, com
1897.]
Chapter 45.
37
mons, schoolhouse yards, and other public places, as indicated
by the donor of said trees, and protect the same at the expense
of the town.
Sect. 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any ^^^j^'aj^'^^^^of
party to have trees set in the highway on the side next his land
without his consent.
[Approved March 4, 1807.]
CHAPTER 45.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS OF HEALTH IN
THE SEVERAL TOWNS.
Section
1. Selectmen to appoint board of health
and fin vacancies; term of office.
2. Previous board to be discontinued.
Section
3. Towns not to elect or selectmen to
serve ; where act does not apply.
4. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The selectmen of each town shall, within thirty selectmen to
days after the passage of this act, appoint a board of health, which heaitiTand fin "^
shall consist of three persons, selected with reference to their fit- ^^ "j*^^^^^ ' '"™
ness for the office, and they shall be so appointed that the term
of office of one member shall expire each year, and the members
thereafter appointed shall hold office three years, and until their
successors are appointed and qualified. In case a vacancy occurs
in the board, the selectmen shall appoint a person to fill the un-
expired term.
Sect. 2. When a board of health has been appointed and Previous board
qualified in accordance with section 1 of this act, the previously thiued.'^*^°°"
existing board of health shall be discontinued.
Sect. 3. Chapter 43 of the Public Statutes is hereby amended towjis cot to
L «/ 6l6Ct or SGl6Ct-
by striking out the words " health officers " in section 25, and men to serve;
the words " or health officers " in section 40 of said chapter. Tot^Ippiy. °^*
This act shall not apply to cities or to precincts in which health
officers are provided for by special act of the legislature.
Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act ^j^peaimg^^
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take eft'ect upon its pas- takes^eWt on
sage.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
passage.
Chapter 46.
[1897.
CHAPTER 46.
AN ACT RELATING TO ITINERANT VENDORS.
Section
1. Term " itinei-ant vendors " defined
for purposes of act ; itinerant
vendor not exempt in certain
cases ; act not to apply in certain
cases.
Deposit and license fee ; state li-
cense ; restrictions ; fee of secre-
tary of state.
3. Applications ; record of state li-
censes.
4. Itinerant vendor, before doing busi-
ness in any town, to file ■with col-
lector state license and application
for local license, and pay local li-
cense fee; collector to receipt for
fee on state license, and retain li-
cense while business continues;
application for local license; local
license fee in each town.
5. Assessors to examine goods and cer-
tify to collector amount of local li-
Section
cense fee, which shall be 2 percent
of value ; license, how restricted,
and when expires ; supplementary
license if stock increased.
6. Restrictions on advertisements of
itinerant vendors.
7. No advertisement till licenses pro-
cured.
8. Punishment for certain offenses.
9. Punishment for other offenses
against act.
10. Lien of town on goods.
11. Surrender and cancellation of state
license ; deposit to be held 60 days
and then balance returned after
satisfying claims.
12. Deposit subject to creditors' claims ;
deposit subject to payment of
fines.
13. Repealing clause.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Itiuerant vendor
not exempt in
certain cases.
Term " itiner- SECTION 1. For all pupposes of this act the words "itinerant
defined fo^pur- vendops " mean all persons, both principals and agents, who en-
posesofact. gage in a temporary or transient business in this state, either in
one locality or traveling from place to place, selling goods,
wares, and merchandise, and who, for the purpose of carrying on
such business, hire or occupy any building or structure for the
exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise.
Ko itinerant vendor shall be exempt from the provisions ot
this act by reason of associating himself temporarily with any lo-
cal dealer, trader, or merchant, or by conducting such tempo-
rary or transient business in connection with, or as a part of the
business of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, or mer-
chant.
Act not to apply The pi'ovisious of this act shall not apply to sales made to
dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents, nor to bona
Jide sales by sample for future delivery, nor to hawkers or ped-
dlers.
Sect. 2. Every itinerant vendor desiring to do business in this
state shall deposit with the secretary of state the sum of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) as a special deposit, and thereafter,
upon application in proper form and the further payment of
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a state license fee, the secretary of
state shall issue to him an itinerant vendor's license, authorizing
him to do business in this state in conformity with the provis-
in certain cases.
Deposit and
license fee ;
state license
1897.] Chapter 46. 39
ions of this act, for the term of one year from the date thereof,
which license shall contain a copy of the application upon which
it is granted.
Such license shall not be transferable, nor give authority to ^^^'j'''*',''"'' ;
more than one person to sell goods, nor in any other way than o.rstate'^^'^^ '"^^
in his own proper person, but any licensee may have the assist-
ance of other persons in conducting his business, who shall have
authority to aid the principal, but not to act for or without him.
No person shall be entitled to hold, or directly or indirectly re-
ceive the benefit of more than one state license at the same time.
The fee of the secretary of state for issuing each license shall be
two dollars ($2.00) and shall be paid by the licensee.
Sect. 3. All applications for state licenses shall be sworn to, ^^ppj.|j*tj'''^°^^j^
shall state the name and residence of the owners or parties in licenses,
whose interests the business is conducted, and shall be kept on
file by the secretary of state, who shall keep a record of all li-
censes issued by him.
Sect. 4. Every itinerant vendor intending to sell e:oods in itinerant
•^ , , " , o vendor, before
any town shall file his state license and an application for a local doing business
license with the tax collector for such town, and before selling, me^wfthcoHec-''
or ofi:ering, or exposing for sale any goods, shall pay to the col- ^J'n/appiigatufn
lector, for the use of the town, as a local license fee for such sale ^o"*, locauicense,
1 ,1 , 1 ' t T • t 1^ n 3'^d pay local
in such town, a sum to be computed as provided in the follow- ucense fee.
ing section.
A receipt for such local license fee when paid shall be in- collector to
dorsed by the collector on the back of such state license, which onTtate^LeMe
shall remain on file with the collector so long as such sale shall fi^en?e'^'°
continue, or such goods be kept, ofifered, or exposed for sale in ^ontLues'"^^'
such town.
Every application for a local license shall be signed by the Application for
holder of the accompanying state license and shall specify the locai iJcense fee
kind and line of goods then in stock in such town, the name of'°^*''*'*'*''^°'
the town from which said goods were last shipped, and the name
of the town in which they were last exposed or oflfered for sale.
Such local license fee shall be computed and collected in each
town in which said goods shall be offered or exposed for sale.
Sect. 5. The tax collector for any town, upon receivins: an Assessors to ex-
T,. • 1 T • 1 1 T • 1 M r> 1 • ^ amine goods and
application as provided in the preceding section, shall f or thwitli certify to coi-
give notice thereof to the assessors. The assessors, or a major- locaMfc'^nse^fee,
ity of them, shall, as soon as practicable, examine the goods de- p^'J.'^gjf^''*" ^® ^
scribed in such application and shall compute and certify to the value,
collector the amount of the applicant's local license fee for such
intended sale, which shall be 2 per cent of the value of said
goods.
The payment of such local license fee shall authorize such ap- License, how re-
plicant to sell within the limits of said town goods only of the when^exp?rts.
kind or line specified in his application, and for that purpose to
carry in stock such goods not to exceed in amount at any one
time the value on which the local license fee was computed ;
and such license shall terminate and expire on the first day of
April next following the date of application.
40 Chapter 46. [1897.
HcenleTAwk ^"J itinerant vendor who, after applying or paying for a lo-
increased. cal liccnse, sliall incrcase Lis stock kept, oflerecl, or exposed for
sale in the town for wdiich such local license fee was paid, above
the valuation upon which the license was computed, shall make
application for a supplementary license for such excess of stock
in like manner as for his original license, and the fees therefor
shall be computed, certified, and collected in like manner.
Restrictions on Sect. 6. !No itinerant vendor shall advertise, represent, or
advertisements 1110,1 i . ii ,•!,
ofitinerant hoJd tortli any sale as an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, r.s-
vendors. signee's, trustee's, testator's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's,
wholesale, manufacturer's, or closing-out sale, or as a sale of
goods damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, or in any
similar form, unless he shall, before so doing, state under oath
to the secretar}' of state, and to the tax collector of each town
where the goods are offered for sale, cither in the applications
for licenses, or in supplementary applications subsequently filed
and copied on the licenses, all the facts relating thereto, the rea-
son for and the character of such sale, including a statement of
the names of the persons from whom the goods were obtained,
the date of their delivery to the applicant, the place from which
they were last taken, and all the details necessary to locate and
identify them,
me^uifn^-^' Sect. 7. Xo person, either as principal er agent, shall, by cir-
cenaes procured, culars, handbills, ucwspapcrs, or in any other manner, advertise
any sale by an itinerant vendor before state and local licenses for
such sale have been procured.
Punisbment for Sect. 8. Whocvcr, as principal or agent, having in his care,
*"'''"" custody, or keeping any goods for the sale of which a local li-
cense is required, neglects or refuses to file the application for
such license, or makes a false or fraudulent representation or
statement in such application, shall be fined not less then twenty
dollars ('$20) nor more than fifty dollars (.$50) for each day such
goods are so kept, ofifered, or exposed for sale.
Puuisiiment for Sect. 9. Wliocvcr violatcs auy of the provisious of tliis act for
against act. whicli a penalty is iiot provided in the preceding section, shall
be fined not exceeding fifty dollars (|50) or imprisoned not ex-
ceeding sixty (60) days, or both.
Lien of town on Sect. 10. Evcry towu iu which is kept, exposed, oroii'ered for
^°° *■ sale an itinerant vendor's stock of goods, shall have a lien on
such goods for the amount due such town for the local license
fee, to be enforced by suit and judgment within ten (10) days
from the time when such goods were first publicly offered or ex-
posed for sale in such town.
Surrendered Sect. 11. Auv statc llcensc may be surrendered for cancella-
cancellation of , . , , . *^ -r-r , i • • i j l
state license; tiou at any time. Upon the expiration and return or surrender
hefd GO days^nri of auy statc liceusc, the secretary of state shall cancel the same,
^iJ^^g^*^*"^*'/ *■''■ endorse the date of delivery and cancellation thereon and place
satisfying it Oil file. IIc shall thereafter hold the special deposit herein-
before mentioned for the period of sixty days, and after satisf3'ing
the claims made upon the same under section 12, shall return
the balance of said deposit to the licensee.
1897.]
Chapter 47.
41
Sect. 12. Each deposit made with the secretary of state shall J^^p^^^'.^^^'j.^^r'^'
be su])ject, so long as it remains in his hands, to attachment claims,
under trustee [process and execution in behalf of crediters whose
claims arise in connection with the business done in the state,
and he shall pay over, under order of court, or upon execution,
such sum as he may be charged with upon his disclosure.
Said deposit shall also be subject to the payment of all fines
and penalties incurred by the licensee for violations of this act, Deposit subject
and the clerk of the court in which such fine or penalty is im-fl'nes^.^"*"
posed shall thereupon notify the secretary of state of the name
of the licensee against whom such fine or penalty is adjudged
and the amount thereof. The secretary of state, if he has in his
hands a sufiicient sum, shall pay the same to said clerk, and if
he shall not have a sufiicient sum he shall make payment as afore-
said of so much as he has in his hands. All claims upon the
deposit shall be satisfied after judgment in the order in w^hich
notice thereof was received by the secretary of state until all
claims are satisfied or the deposit exhausted ; but no notice filed
after the expiration of said sixty (60) days shall be allowed. No
deposit shall be paid to the licensee so long as there are outstand-
ing claims or notices of claims against it.
Sect. 13. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
Repealing
clause.
CHAPTER 47.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS AT THE STATE
CAMP GROUND.
Section
1. Appropriation for Ne^r Hampshire
National Guard; how to be ex
pended.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
I be ex-
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of JRej^resentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The sum of eight thousand dollars is hereby £ii^- fj'J'^%'^^'"''
propriated for the purpose of relieving the annual appropriation National Guard;
for the New Hampshire National Guard, to be expended under pemild. '
the direction of the governor and council in the following man-
ner :
First, to refund to the appropriation such sums as have already
been expended in the construction of stables and cookhouses,
and charged to the regular appropriation.
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Takes effect on
passage.
Chapters 48, 49.
[1897.
Second, to refund to the appropriation such sums as have al-
ready been expended in laying pipes for supplying water to the
campground and for building fence around the ground, and
charged to the regular appropriation.
Third, the remainder of this appropriation may be expended
in the payment of any claims that the annual appropriation for
the current year will not provide for.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
CHAPTER 48.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE COUNTY
OF HILLSBOROUGH.
Salary raised.
Takes effect on
passage .
Section
1. Salary raised.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the salary of the solicitor of the county of
Hillsborough shall hereafter be thirteen hundred dollars, payable
as now provided by law; and so much of section 17 of chapter
286 of the Public Statutes as is inconsistent with this act is hereby
repealed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
CHAPTER 49.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2, CHAPTER 1, LAWS OF 1895, RE-
LATING TO VOLUNTARY CORPORATIONS.
Section l. Corporation clianging name, etctobave vote recoi-ded instead of filed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Corporation SECTION 1. Amcud scctioii 2 of chaptcr 1, Laws of 1895, by
etc^.^to'Lve""^' striking out the word " filing " in the seventh line of the printed
rnst^eld^of med. scctlou and substituting therefor the word " recording," so that
1897.]
Chapter 50.
43
said section as amended shall read : " Sect. 2, Any corporation
now or hereafter organized in accordance with the provisions
of said chapter as hereby amended, and any existing corporations
which might have been organized under the provisions of said
chapter, may change its name, increase or decrease its capital
stock, or amend its articles of association, by a majority vote of
such corporation, at a meeting duly called for that purpose, by
recording a certified copy of such vote in the office of the secre-
tary of state and in the office of the clerk of the town or city in
this state which is its principal place of business."
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
CHAPTER 50.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE TAKING OF FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.
Section
1. Unlawful to set trap on land not
owned or occupied by person set-
ting.
Section
2. Punishment.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to set or arrange umawfuito set
_ _ _ ^ trap on land not
any trap upon any land of which he is not the owner or lesrai owned or occu-
^ i. i. ^ o pied bv person
occupant. setting.
Sect. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this punishment.
act shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine not
exceeding twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding
sixty days, or both.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
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Chapter 51.
[1897.
CHAPTER 51.
AN ACT REGULATING THE MAINTENANCE OF PARKS OR PLEASURE
GROUNDS BY RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAYS.
Section
1. Kailroads and street railwaj's may
acquire and bold land for park or
pleasure ground.
2. Admission fee may be charged ;
regulations to be prescribed.
Section
3. Punisliment for violation of regula-
tions.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Railroads and Section 1. Wltli the conseiit of the railroad commissioners,
mlT/acquile^a^id ^1^^ upoH such terms Es thej may approve, raih'oads and street
parkor°pie'*a'sure ^'^ilwajs ma}' accjuire, by lease or purchase, suitable lands, and
ground. may continue to hold such lands as have been acquired before
the passage of this act, and convert and maintain the same, as a
part of their system, into parks and pleasure grounds for the
accommodation and recreation of the public. Such lands may
be properly inclosed, and suitable buildings and structures may
be erected and maintained thereon, for the convenience, enter-
tainment, and comfort of the public.
Admission fee Sect. 2. Evcry railroacl and street railway maintaining a park
^guiations to%e <^r placc of rcsort may charge a reasonable fee for admission
prescribed. thcrcto, aud shall prescribe suitable rules and regulations for the
conduct and government thereof, which, when approved by the
railroad commissioners in writing, and when printed copies
thereof shall have been posted in and about said park or
place of resort, shall be respected and obeyed by all persons
entering upon said premises, or frequenting the same.
Sect. 3. Any person who shall violate any of the rules and
regulations established for the government of any railroad and
street railway park or place of resort, which shall have been
established in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of this
act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, or [punished]
by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 4. This act shall take efifect from and after its passage.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
Punishment for
violation cf reg
ulations.
Takes effect on
1897.]
Chapter 52.
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CHAPTER 52.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TOWNS AND CITIES TO GRANT RELIEF TO
DISABLED MEMBERS OF THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN CERTAIN
CASES.
Section
1. Town or city may vote money for re-
lief of fireman disabled in dis-
charge of dutj'.
2. May grant pension for permanent
disubilitj'.
Section
3 May assume funeral expenses.
4 Act applies in what cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Any town, at u legal meeting, or city, by its ^own^^or^cky^^^
city councils, may appropriate, grant, and vote money for tbcforreiief of fire-
relief of any member of the fire department of such town orcii-schargeof
city who shall become disabled by accident in the discharge ot*^"*^'
his duty in aiding to extinguish any fire or conflagration in such
town or city, providing that such disabled member of the firu
department is not receiving any other compensation from sucli
town or city during the continuance of the disabilities so
incurred.
Sect. 2. In case any member of the fire department of anvgfo^fjrp'e^f''"
town or city, in the discharge of his duty, as set forth in section jnatient uisabii-
1 of this act, shall, by accident, as set forth in said section,
become permanently disabled from the performance of manual
labor, such town or city may grant such disabled member of the
fire department such monthly relief, not exceeding twenty
dollars per month, as a pension during the continuance of such
inability to perform manual labor.
Sect. 3. In case any member of the fire department of any f^^^^
town or city, in the discharge of his duty, as set forth in section penses.
1 of this act, or in going to or returning from a fire, shall be
accidentally killed, or receive injuries which shall result in death
within sixty days from the date of said accident, the town or
city to whose fire department such deceased member belonged,
by its selectmen or mayor, may assume the burial expenses of
such deceased member to the extent of one hundred dollars.
Sect. 4. The provisions of this act shall apply in all cases what cale^s*.'"
where members of the fire department are acting under the
authority and direction of the chief of the fire department of
such town or city, or other legally authorized oflicer of such
department.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
assume
fuueral ex-
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Chapters 53, 54.
[1897.
CHAPTER 53.
AN ACT CONFERRING AUTHORITY ON THE FISH AND GAME COMMIS-
SIONERS TO CLOSE PONDS AND LAKES AGAINST FISHING THROUGH
THE ICE.
Section
1. Fish and game commissioners may
proliibit fishing through ice for not
exceeding five years ; expense of
hearing.
Section
■2. Act subject to P. S., c. 130, ss. 4, 5.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Fish and game
cominissioners
may prohibit
fishing through
ice for not ex-
ceeding five
years; expense
of heariiig.
Act subject to P.
S.,c. 130,w.4, 5
Takes effect on
passage.
Section 1. The fish and game commissioners are hereby
authorized to prohibit the taking of fish through the ice from
any of the public waters of the state for a period not exceed-
ing five years, whenever it shall appear to them, by petition or
otherwise, reasonable and proper to close the same. In all cases
when there is a hearing, those petitioning or asking for the
hearing shall defray the expenses thereof.
Sect. 2. This act shall be subject to the provisions of sections
4 and 5 of chapter 130 of the General [Public] Statutes, except
as to the period of closing.
Sect. 3. This act shall take efl:ect on its passage.
[Approved March 11, 1897.]
CHAPTER 54.
AN ACT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF LINES TO BE USED WHEN FISH-
ING THROUGH THE ICE.
Section
1. In fishing
to five.
through ice, lines limited
Section
2. Punishment for violation.
3. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, or have
throughfce, in use, except in tide waters within the state, more than five
Mnes limited to \\y^Q^^ ^N\{\i ouc siuglc hook ou eacli line, when fishing through
the ice.
1897.]
Chapter 55.
47
Sect. 2. Any person violatino; the provisions of this act shall ^.""'f.^™^''* fo""
•, n 1 i"np 1 ? T. o 1 Violation.
be lined two dollars tor each and every line in excess ot nnmber
mentioned in section 1.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 11, 1897.] ''
CHAPTER 55.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROVINCIAL RECORDS.
Section
1. Records of provincial courts to be re-
moved to state library building.
2. Sufficient room for same to be set
apart in library vaults.
Section
3. Certified copies of records
4. Expense of removal.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The records of all the courts of the province of Records of pro-
New Hampshire prior to the time said province was divided into 7'""='*' '=°"ftf '"
1.1. 1. Qg r8mov6<l to
counties shall be removed by the secretaiy of state from the state library
county records building in Exeter to the state library building ^"''*^'°^'
in Concord within one year from the passage of this act.
Sect. 2. The trustees of the state library shall set apart for sufficient room
the use of the secretary of state sufficient room in the vaults opoT&^vn^to be
1 T 1 /• T . f^• p • 1 - set apart in
the state library lor the convenient nling away ot said records, library vaults.
Sect, 3. The secretary of state, whenever requested and paid certified copies
for so doing, shall furnish copies of any of said records, and such °^ ''^''°'''^^-
copies, when certitied by the secretary or his deputy and
authenticated by the seal of the state, shall be evidence in like
manner as the originals.
Sect. 4. The necessary expense of removing said records, not Expense of re-
to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, shall be allowed by™*""*'-
the governor and paid by the state treasurer.
[Approved March 11, 1897.]
48 Chapters 56, 57. [1897.
CHAPTER 56.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO SPECIAL RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Sectiox
]. Repeal of certain acts provicliag for
special railroad commissioners.
Section
2. Takes effect December 31, 1897.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Repeal of cer- SECTION 1. Sectioii 3 of chaptei' 6 of the private acts of the
ing"fors*pecTaV Laws of 1841, ill relatloii to the appointment and duties of a
miisfoners.'"' spccial raih'oad commissioner for the Boston & Maine raib'oad,
and sectioii 5 of chapter 2161 of the Laws of 1858, in relation to
the appointment and duties of a special railroad commissioner
for the Peterborough & Shirley Railroad Company, be and are
hereby repealed.
Tabes effect Dec. Sect. 2. This act shall take etlect December 31, 1897.
' ■ [Approved March 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 57.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3, CHAPTER 27 OF THE LAWS
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1895, RELATING TO STREET RAILWAYS.
Section j section
1. Reduction in amount of capital re- | 2. Takes effect on passage,
quired for street railway corpora- |
tions. !
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Reauctionin SECTION 1. That scctioii 3, chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895, be
tai required for amciided as follows : In the twelfth line of said sectioii 3 strike
corporations?' out thc word " slx " and insert in place thereof the word " three,"
and in the fourteenth line of said section strike out the word
" ten" and insert in place thereof the word "five," so that said
section as amended shall read as follows : " Sect. 3. Corpora-
tions, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operat-
ing street railways, may be created and organized in the mode
prescribed in sections 1 to 20, inclusive, of chapter 156 of the
Public Statutes, all the provisions of which, except as herein
1897.] Chapter 58. 49
modified, are hereby made applicable to all such corporations ;
and the question whether the public good requires the proposed
street railway, and whether the public good requires that it
shall be built on the proposed route, which shall be specifically
set forth in the petition to the court, shall be determined in the
manner provided in sections 8 to 13, inclusive, of said chapter
156. The capital stock of such corporations, to be paid in cash,
shall not be less than three thousand dollars for each mile of the
proposed railroad if the gauge thereof is to be three feet or less,
and not less than five thousand dollars each mile if the gauge
is to be more than three feet. It shall be divided into shares of
one hundred dollars each."
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi:ect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 58.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE SALARIES OF THE JUDGE AND REGISTER
OF PROBATE FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
Section
1. Salaries increased.
Section
2. RepeaUng clause; act takes eflect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The annual salary of the iudge of probate for the s*'*"«f i°-
^ ^ C'r6£lS6Q •
county of Rockingham shall be one thousand dollars, and the
annual salary of the register of probate for said county shall
hereafter be twelve hundred dollars, to be payable at the same
time and in the same manner as they are now payable.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are Repealing
hereby repealed, and this act shall take efiect upon its passage, take^effecton
[Approved March 16, 1897.] p"^^^^"-
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Chapters 59, 60.
[1897.
CHAPTER 59.
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE BURIAL PLACES OF THE BEAD
AGAINST TRESPASS BY STOCK.
Section
1. Selectmen to maintain fence around
public burial places.
2. Town to pay expense.
3. Penalty for trespasses by stock on
public burial place.
Section
4. Eemedy for non-compliance of select-
men.
5. Repealing clause.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Court convened:
}f Representatives in General
Selectmen to
tnaintain fence
around public
burial places.
Town to pay ex-
pense.
Penalty for
trespasses by
stock in public
burial place.
Remedy for
non-compliance
of selectmen.
Repealing
clause.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the board of selectmen of
towns to provide and maintain around all public burial places of
the dead a good and sufficient fence, to supply the same with
necessary gates.
Sect. 2. The board of selectmen are hereby authorized to
draw their warrant upon the town treasurer for funds necessary
to pay the expenses of the provisions of this act.
Sect. 3. If any stock is found trespassing upon such burial
places, the owner thereof shall be subject to pay a fine of not less
than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, the same to be col-
lected (by suit, if necessary) by the said selectmen, and by them
paid over to the town treasurer.
Sect. 4. If any board of selectmen shall fail to comply with
the provisions of this act, any citizen ot the state may file a com-
plaint with the commissioners of the county wherein the town is
situated, and it shall thereupon become the duty of such com-
missioners to compel compliance therewith in same manner as
by law provided in case of defective highways.
Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 60.
AN ACT TO REPEAL AN ACT ENTITLED ''AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS ACTING UNDER SPECIAL CHARTERS,"
PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION, 1895.
Section 1. Laws 1895, c. 80, repealed.
Laws 1895, c. 80, SECTION 1. Chapter 80 of the laws of 1895 is hereby repealed,
repealed. [Approved March 16, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 61, 62.
51
CHAPTER 61.
AN ACT IX RELATION TO THE PROPER CARE OF HIGHWAYS, STREETS,
AND PUBLIC PLACES.
Section Section
1. Articles likely lo injure feet or rub- 2. Punishment.
ber tires not to be put in public Takes effect on passage,
places.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatkes in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Xo person shall put or place, or cause to be put or Articles iikeiy
placed in or upon any higliwav, street, square, lane, alley, or other rubber Tirea^ not
public place in any city or town in the state, any ashes, glass, pubu^lfi^ea.
crockery, scrap iron, nails, tacks, or any other articles which
would be liable to injure the feet of children or animals, or the
tires of bicycles or other vehicles which have wheels with rubber
or pneumatic tires.
Sect. 2. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding Punishment,
section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for
each ofi:ense.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 62.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 189 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, ENTITLED " INVENTORY AND ACCOUNTS," AS AMENDED
BY SECTION 8, CHAPTER 67 OF THE LAWS OF 1893.
Section 1. Administrator's inventory of savings bank deposit to state amount due at
date of last dividend, less withdrawals since.
Be it enacted., by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 189 of the Public Statutes is Administrators
hereby amended by striking out the amendment thereto passed saSs^ank
at the January session, 1893, and by adding after the words ^Xmt due at*
" due thereon " the words " less any withdrawals since that date," '^^^^ o^ last dir-
so that said section when amended shall read : "■' Section 1, dJ-lwais^sfnc".
Every administrator, within three months after his appointment,
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Chapter 63.
[1897.
shall return to the probate office, under oath, a full, true, and
itemized account of all the estate of the deceased which has
come to his knowledge. The inventory shall contain a descrip-
tion of the real estate ; a correct schedule of all goods, chattels,
stocks, bonds, and other effects of the deceased ; of all notes,
with their dates and terms of payment, and the date and amount
of each endorsement thereon ; of all deposits in savings banks,
with the name and location of each bank, the number of each
book, the date of the last dividend, and the whole amount then
due thereon, less any withdrawals since that date ; and a list and
description of his other written evidences of debt."
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 63.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF PHYSI-
CIANS AND SURGEONS.
Section
1. Physicians and surgeons to be regis-
tered, etc.
2. Boards of medical examiners, how
appointed.
3. Commissions; oathofoflSce; powers.
4. Regent of boards.
5. Expenses.
6. Organization; quorum; powers of
committees.
7. Qualifications of candidates for ex-
amination.
8. Preparation of examination papers.
Section
9. Examinations; report of result.
10. Licenses to practice; indorsement
of licenses obtained elsewhere, or
of diplomas, when equivalent to li-
cense.
11. Exemptions from application of act.
12. Punishment for offenses against act.
13. Registration of persons practicing
in state prior to act,
14. First meeting of boards.
15. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Physicians and
surgeons to be
registered, etc.
Boards of med-
ical examiners,
how appointed.
Section 1. No person shall hold himself out to the public as
a physician and surgeon, or advertise as such, or use the title of
M. D. or Dr. (or any title which shall show or tend to show that
the person using the same is a practitioner of any of the branches
of medicine) in New Hampshire, after September 1, 1897, unless
previously registered and authorized, or unless licensed and reg-
istered as required by this chapter; nor shall any person practice
medicine and surgery whose authority to practice is suspended
or revoked by the regent of a state board.
Sect. 2. Within sixty days after the passage of this act, the
governor and council shall appoint three separate state boards
of medical examiners, of five members each, so appointed that
the term of office of one member shall expire each year, and the
1897.] Chapter 63. 63
members thereafter appointed shall hold office five years, or until
their successors are appointed and qualified. One board shall
represent the New Hampshire Medical Society, one the New
Hampshire Homeopathic Medical Society, and one the New
Hampshire Eclectic Society. Each of these three societies shall
nominate annually twice the number of examiners to be ap-
pointed in that year on the board representing it. The names of
such nominees shall be annually transmitted under seal by the
president and secretary to the governor and council, who shall
appoint from such lists the examiners required to form the boards
and to fill any vacancy that may occur from expiration of office
or otherwise. Each nominee, before appointment, shall furnish
to the governor and council satisfactory proof that he has
received the degree of doctor of medicine from some registered
medical school, and that he has legally practiced medicine in
this state for at least five years. If no nominees are presented
from a society to the governor and council, they may appoint
from members in good standing in such society without restric-
tion. The governor and council, upon recommendation of the
board, may remove any examiner for misconduct, incapacity, or
neglect of duty.
Sect, 3. Every medical examiner shall receive a commission commiBsions;
of appointment from the state, and before beginning his term of po^weri"^'^^'
office shall file with the secretary of state the constitutional oath
of office. Each board, or any member thereof, may take testi-
mony and proofs concerning all matters within its jurisdiction.
Each board may make any by-laws and rules, not inconsistent
with law% necessary in performing its duties.
Sect. 4. The superintendent of public instruction, ex oj^cfo, Regent of 1^^.--'^
shall be the regent of the state boards of medical examiners,
and shall perform such duties as are herein specified.
Sect. 5. From the fees provided by this act, the regent may Expenses,
pay all proper expenses incurred by its provisions, except com-
pensation to medical examiners ; and any surplus at the end of
any year shall be apportioned equally among the three boards ;
and the state shall not pay the expenses of said boards, or either
of them, or compensate them, or either of them, for services
rendered under their commissions.
Sect. 6. Each board shall annually elect from its members a organization;
president and a secretary for the year, and shall hold one or of co^itte°e1?'"
more meetings each year pursuant to call of the regent, who may
also call joint meetings of the three boards or of their officers.
At any meeting a majority shall constitute a quorum ; but ques-
tions prepared by the boards may be grouped and edited, or
answer papers of candidates may be examined and marked by
committees duly authorized by the boards.
Sect. 7. The regent shall admit to examination any candi- Qualifications of
date who pays a fee of $10 and submits satisfactory evidence, examfnauon*!'^
verified by oath, if required, that he
I. Is more than twenty-one years of age ;
II. Is of good moral character ;
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Chapter 63.
[1897.
Preparation of
examination
papers.
Examinations ;
report of result.
III. Has graduated from a registered college or satisfactorily
completed a full course in a registered academy or high school ;
or had a preliminary education considered and accepted by the
regent as fully equivalent ;
IV. Has studied medicine not less than four full school years
of at least nine months each, including four satisfactory courses
of at least six months each, in four different calendar years, in a
medical college registered as maintaining at the time a satisfac-
tory standard. The regent shall accept as the equivalent for any
part of the third and fourth requirements evidence of five or
more years' reputable practice, provided that such substitution
be specified in the license ;
v. Has either received the degree of bachelor or doctor of
medicine from some registered medical school, or a diploma or
license conferring full right to practice medicine in some foreign
country.
Students who matriculate in a New Hampshire medical school
before January 1, 1898, on the prescribed study of medicine,
shall be exempt from this preliminary education requirement.
Sect. 8. Each board shall submit to the regent, as required,
lists of suitable questions for thorough examinations in anatomy,
physiology and hygiene, chemistry, surgery, obstetrics, pathology
and diagnosis, and therapeutics, including practice and materia
medica. From these lists the regent shall prepare question
papers for all these subjects, which at any examination shall be
the same for all candidates, except that in therapeutics, practice,
and materia medica^ all the questions submitted to any candidate
shall be chosen from those prepared by the board selected by
that candidate, and shall be in harmony with the tenets of that
school as determined by its state board of medical examiners.
Sect. 9. Examinations for license shall be given at Concord
in this state, an4 at least t^vice annually, and shall be exclusively
in
writmg
and in English. Each examination shall be con-
ducted by the regent or a competent examiner appointed by him,
who shall not be one of the medical examiners. At the close of
each examination the regent or examiner in charge shall deliver
the questions and answer papers to the board selected by each
candidate, or to its duly authorized committee, and such board,
without unnecessary delay, shall examine and mark the answers
and transmit to the regent an official report, signed by its presi-
dent and secretary, stating the standing of each candidate in
each branch, his general average, and whether the board rec-
ommends that a license be granted. Such report shall include
the questions and answers, and shall be filed in the public rec-
ords of the regent. If a candidate fails on first examination, he
may, after not less than six months' further study, have a second
examination without fee. If the failure is from illness or other
cause satisfactory to the boards they may waive the required six
months' study.
1897.] Chapter 63. 55
Sect, 10. On receiving from a state board an official report ^;°^['i'g^/. *?
that an applicant has successfully passed the examinations and is ^orsement of
^ 1 -, r' T ii Jill- ,!• !• liceuses obtained
recommended tor hcense, the regent shall issue to him a license euewhere or of
to practice medicine. Every license shall be issued by the re- equ°v?ient'to*''
gent under seal and shall be signed by each acting medical ex- '''''"'^^•
aminer of the board selected and by the regent, and shall state
that the licensee has given satisfactory evidence of fitness as to
age, character, preliminary and medical education, and all other
matters required by law, and that after full examination he
has been found properly qualified to practice. Applicants
examined and licensed by other state examining boards regis-
tered by the regent as maintaining standards not lower than
those provided by this chapter, and applicants who matriculate
in a Xew Hampshire medical school before January 1, 1898, and
who receive the degree M. D. January 1, 1903, may, without
further examination, on payment of |5 to the regent and on sub-
mitting such evidence as may be required, receive an indorse-
ment of their licenses or diplomas conferring all rights and priv-
ileges of a regent license issued after examination.
Before any license is issued it shall be numbered and recorded
in a book kept in the regent's office, and its number shall be
noted in the license. This record shall be open to public inspec-
tion, and in all legal proceedings shall have the same weight as
evidence that is given to a record of conveyance of land.
Sect. 11, This chapter shall not be construed to aftect com- Exemptions
missioned medical officers serving in the United States army, jr^t^^ "'^^'^^
navy, or marine hospital service, while so commissioned, or any
one while actually serving on the resident medical staft' of any
legally incorporated hospital, or any legally registered den-
tist exclusively engaged in practicing dentistry ; or any manu-
facturer of artificial eyes, limbs, or orthopedic instruments or
trusses in fitting such instruments on persons in need thereof; or
any lawfully qualified physician in other states or countries
meeting legally registered physicians in this state in consulta-
tion ; or any physician residing on a border of a neighboring
state and duly authorized under the laws thereof to practice
medicine therein, whose practice extends into this state, and who
does not open an office or appoint a place to meet patients or re-
ceive calls within this state ; or to the regular or family physi-
cians of persons not residents of this state, when called to attend
them during a temporary stay in the state, or to the hotel physi-
cian regularly employed by the landlord of the summer hotel in
the care of his guests or employees ; neither shall the provisions
of this act apply to clairvoyants or to persons practicing hypnot-
ism, magnetic healing, mind cure, massage. Christian science, so
called, or any other method of healing, if no drugs are employed
or surgical operations are performed ; provided such persons do
not violate any of the provisions of this act in relation to the use
of M, D, or the title of doctor or physician.
Sect. 12. Any person who, not being then lawfully authorized Punishment for
,.''.'- • 1 • -I • 1 • 1 T offenses against
to practice medicine within this state and so registered according act.
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Chapter 63.
[1897.
Registration of
persons practic-
ing in state
prior to act.
First meeting
«f boards.
Takes effect on
passage.
to law, shall hold himself out to the public as a physician and
surgeon, or advertise as such, within this state, without lawful
registration or in violation of any provision of this chapter ; and
any person who shall buy, sell, or fraudulently obtain any medi-
cal diploma, license, record, or registration, or who shall aid or
abet such buying, selling, or fraudulently obtaining, or who shall
practice medicine under cover of any medical diploma, license,
record, or registration illegally obtained, or signed or issued un-
lawfully or under fraudulent representations or mistake of fact
in a material regard ; and any person who shall append the let-
ters M. D. to his or her name ; or shall assume or advertise the
title of doctor (or any title which shall show or tend to show
that the person assuming or advertising the same is a practi-
tioner of any of the branches of medicine) in such a manner as
to convey the impression that he or she is a legal practitioner of
medicine, or of any of its branches, without having legally re-
ceived the medical degree, or without having received a license
which constituted at the time an authority to practice medicine
under the laws of this state then in force, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $100, or imprisonment for three months, for the
fi.rst offense ; and on the conviction of any subsequent ofiense,
by a fine of not more than $250, or imprisonment for not lees
than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 13. Every person who is a practitioner of medicine and
surgery in this state prior to the passage of this act shall be,
upon satisfactory proof thereof to the regent and upon the pay-
ment of a fee of one dollar, entitled to registration ; and the said
regent shall issue to him a certificate signed by himself and the
chairman and secretary of such board of medical examiners as
the applicant may elect ; and said certificate shall state the facts
and the cause of said registration, and shall entitle the said per-
son to practice medicine legally in'the state of New Hampshire.
Sect. 14. The first meeting of the boards may be called by
any one of the members by a notice in writing, stating the time
and place of meeting, sent by mail to each of the other members
at least one week prior thereto.
Sect. 15. This act shall take efitect on its passage.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 64.
CHAPTER 64.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 4 AND 5 OF CHAPTER 222 OF THE
PUBLIC STATUTES, IN RELATION TO NOTICE IN CERTAIN CASES,
Section
1. Order of notice in police court when-
there has been no service on de-
fendant, but it appears tliat per-
sonal service can be made in this
state.
Section
2. Proceedings on default after notice.
Be it enacted bj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 222 is hereby amended by P^^^r of notice
-IT 1 1 I' \^ . -n, -111 1 'n ' in police court
addino; thereto tlie tollowmo^ : ^^ iTovuied, however, that ir it ap- when there has
..I... jy t'- j^ij 1 • 1 been no service
pears to the justice ot a pohce court that personal service can be on defendant,
made upon the defendant in this state, the said justice of said po- that'per^'sona?
hce court may continue such action for at least tvventy-eisrht days «^''^'^? <=f°.^^
1-1 1 • PI • ^^n^f made in this
and order personal service or such notice on the detendant tour- state,
teen days at least before the date to which such action is contin-
ued."
Sect. 2. Strike out all of section 5 of said act, and insert in jeTauft^Lffer*"*
lieu thereof the followina;, which shall be known as section 5 of notice,
such act as amended : " If the defendant shall not appear at the
time and place to which the action is continued, judgment shall
be rendered on satisfactory evidence that notice has been posted
or ofiven as ordered aforesaid, and execution shall issue thereon
upon the plaintiff's filing with the justice a bond with sufficient
sureties to the defendant to respond to the judgment, which the
defendant may recover, upon a review of the action ; but if
personal service has been given to said defendant, no bond is re-
quired in said action on the part of the plaintifi!"
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
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\f
Chapter 65.
CHAPTER 65.
[1897.
AN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 91 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, IN
RELATION TO SCHOOLHOUSES.
Section
1. Schoolhouse lots in city to be selected
by school board, and purchased by
same after appropriation by city
councils.
2. Plans for schoolhouse or change
Section
therein in citj' to be approved by
school board; joint building com-
mittee for new schoolhouse.
3. Care and control of schoolhouses.
i. Exemptions from application of act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The school board of cities shall
have sole power
When said
Schoolhouse lots
'selected by ^ to sclcct aud purchase land for schoolhouse lots,
pu^rchased'^by*"*^ board lias secured, by vote of the city councils, an adequate
M™p^ritt^i^n w appropriation for the purchase of a specified lot at a specified
city councils, pricc, tlicu Said board may make the purchase.
Plans for school- Sect. 2. No schoolhousc shall be erected, altered, remodeled,
therdn^ncu"/^ or changed in any city school district, unless the plans thereof
b°y''schwrboard;have bccn previously submitted to the school board of that
district and received its approval, and all new schoolhouses shall
be constructed under the direction of a joint special committee,
chosen in equal numbers by the city councils and the school
board.
joint building
committee for
new school-
house.
Care and control
of schoolhouses.
Exemptions
from application
of act.
Sect. 3. Upon the completion of a new schoolhouse, the city
councils shall, by vote, transfer it to the care and control of the
school board. Whenever a schoolhouse shall no longer be
needed for public school purposes, the school board shall re-
transfer its care and control to the city.
Sect. 4. The provisions of the three preceding sections shall
not apply to the Union school district of the city of Concord,
or to the Union school district in the city of Keene.
[Approved March 17, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 66, 67.
59
CHAPTER 66.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT FISHING AND BATHING IN ROUND POND.
Sectiok
1. Bathing and fishing in Round pond
prohibited.
Section
2. Punishment.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate arul House of Hepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That no person shall bathe or fish in Round pond,B»t^^'^|^«^"^^«J>
situated in the town of Barrington, and used by the city of pond prohibited
Rochester as a source of water supply for domestic purposes.
Sect. 2. Any person violating any provisions of this act shall Punishment.
be fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 67.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3, CHAPTER 29 OF THE LAWS
OF 1893, ENTITLED " AN ACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVE-
MENT, AND REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES IN TOWNS, AND
IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 73 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES."
Section
1. Highway agents to act under direc-
tion of selectmen.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Amend section 3, chapter 29 of the Laws of Highway agents
1893, by inserting after the word "who," in the second line,d°rectiontf'"
"under the direction of the selectmen," so that said section, as**"*^*^'""^"-
amended, shall read as follows : " Section 3. At the annual elec-
tion each town shall elect, by ballot, one or more, not exceeding
three, highway agents, who, under the direction of the select-
men, shall have charge of the construction and repair of all
highways and bridges within the town, and shall have authority
to employ the necessary men and teams, and purchase timber,
plank, and other material for the construction and repair of
highways and bridges ; and they may remove gravel, rocks,
60 Chapter 68. [1897.
or other materials from one part of the town to another, doing
no damage to adjoining land, for the purpose of grading or other-
wise repairing the same. Said agents shall be sworn to the faith-
ful discharge of their duty, give bonds to the satisfaction of the
selectmen, and be responsible to them for the expenditure of
money and the discharge of their duties generally. The com-
pensation of said agents shall be fixed by the town or selectmen,
and they shall render to the selectmen monthly statements of
their expenditures, and receive no money from the treasurer,
only on the order of the selectmen."
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage.
passage. [Approved March 18, 1897.]
CHAPTER 68.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4, CHAPTER 156, PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO THE CAPITAL PER MILE OF RAILROADS
ORGANIZED UNDER THE GENERAL LAW.
Section 1. Reduction in amount of capital required for railroad corporation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened. :
Reduction in SECTION 1. The fourth section of chapter 156, Public Statutes,
t^ required foi' IS hcrcby amcudcd by striking out the word " six " before
railroad corpora. " thousand " iu thc sccoud line, and the word "fifteen" before
" thousand " in the fourth line, and substituting in place thereof
the words " five " and "ten" respectively, so that said section
as amended shall read as follows : viz., " Sect. 4. The capital
stock of the corporation shall not be less than five thousand dol-
lars for each mile of the proposed railroad if the gauge thereof
is to be three feet or less, and not less than ten thousand dollars
each mile if the gauge is to be more than three feet. It shall be
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each."
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 69, 70.
61
CHAPTEK 69.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15 OF CHAPTER 90 OF THE
PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING TO ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF SCHOOL X
DISTRICTS.
Section
1. riovision for election of school
district officers amended so as to
require majority vote for clerk,
school board, and treasurer.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be ii enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 15 of chapter 90 of the Public Statutes is Pr^ovuion^for
hereby stricken out, and the followins; inserted in its place : Bchooi district
"Sect. 15. The moderator shall be chosen by ballot, by a Bo^'aTto reTuIre'''
plurality vote ; the clerk, school board, and treasurer shall be ^^^cferkjschooi
chosen by ballot, by a majority vote. The moderator, clerk, and ^o^rd, and
school board shall be sworn."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 70.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 2 OF AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO
REGULATE THE INVESTMENTS OF SAVINGS BANKS," PASSED AT
THE JANUARY SESSION, 1895.
Section
1. La"ws 1S95, c. 114, s. 2, repealed; one
who is cashier of naiional and
treasurer of savings bank to give
bond in double amount.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 114 of the Laws of 1895 isLawsisos.c.iH.
hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor : " Sect. onewhoTs'^^a'sh-
2. Whenever any person shall at the same time hold the posi- anV/re^sureTof
tions of cashier of a national bank and treasurer of a savings ^^ll^^^^d^^ *"
bank, he shall give bond in double the amount required by double amount,
existing laws as treasurer of the savings bank."
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act J|^p®*"''e
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its effect on passage.
passage.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
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Chapters 71, 72.
[1897.
CHAPTER 71.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 156 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES
RELATING TO THE FORMATION OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.
Section
1. Railroad corporations may mortgage
property and franchises to secure
bonds ; no bonds to be issued
except as provided by l&yr.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Railroad corpo- SECTION 1. Chapter 156 of the Public Statutes is hereby
mortgag'^prop. ameiicleci bj aclcliiig thcreto the following section: viz., "Sect.
chuertosec^ure 46. Railroacl corporations, whether such companies are organ-
to beVaaued ex^^ ^zed uudcr tMs act, or general laws, or special charter, may
cept as provided mortgagc their property and franchises to secure the payment,
^ *'^' of tlieir bonds, but no bonds shall be issued except in accord-
ance with the provisions of existing laws."
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 72.
AN ACT IN amendment OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF
1893, ENTITLED " AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A THIRD JUDICIAL DIS-
TRICT IN THE COUNTY OF GRAFTON."
Section
1. Transitory actions in Tvhicli a party
is inhabitant of southern judicial
district of Grafton county may be
brought in judicial district or
county in which any party resides.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Transitory ac-
tions in which a
party is inhab-
itant of southern
judicial district
of Grafton
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Transitory actions in which any one of the parties
is an inhabitant of the southern judicial district of the county
bmught'^u^judi- of Grafton may be brought in said district or in any other
ciai district or iudicial dlstrlct or county in which any one of the other parties
county in which J ./ ./ r
any party re- reSldCS.
^'''^^' Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Takes effect on [Approvcd March 23, 1897.]
1897."
Chapters 73, 74.
63
CHAPTER 73.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 249 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN RELATION TO SPE-
CIAL POLICE OFFICERS.
Section i Section
1. Special police officers to holfl office ' -2. Takes effect on passage,
during pleasure of selectmen, or
until successors are chosen or ap-
pointed. I
Be it enacted b)/ the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Amend section 1 of chapter 249 of the Public ^pf^'*' police
,^ 1 • 1 • n ,■> , 1 1 pj 1 1 / , 1 OEHcera to hold
Statutes by striking out all ot the words alter the word " select- office during
men" in the fourth line of said section 1, and inserting in place rectmen^o^/ until
thereof the words, " or until their successors are chosen or W- chosen^or%-
pointed," so that said section shall read as follows: " Chapter po'^'ed.
249, section 1. The selectmen of a town, when they deem it
necessary, may appoint special police ofhcers, one of whom may
be superintendent, and they shall continue in office during the
pleasure of the selectmen, or until their successors are chosen or
appointed."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 23, 1897.] ^ '"'''^''
CHAPTER 74.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17, CHAPTER 27 OF THE LAWS OF
1895, ENTITLED, " AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE INCORPORATION,
ORGANIZATION, AND REGULATION OF STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES,
AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF ELECTRICITY AS MOTIVE POWER BY
EXISTING STEAM RAILROADS."
Section
1. street railway companies may mort-
gage property and franchises to
secure bonds.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatires in General
Court convened :
oi -1 c^ • 1 — r> 1 ^»,/ii-i- r> . Street railwav
Section 1. Section 1< ot chapter 2/ of the Laws of 1895 is companies may
hereby amended by striking out the word '' and" in the second ^tffnffraT'
line of said section and inserting in place thereof the following ^0^3.'° *''''"'^*
64 Chapter 75. [1897.
words : " May mortgage their property and franchises to secure
the payment of their bonds, but," so that said section as amended
shall read as follows : " Sect. 17. Street railway companies,
w^hether such companies are organized under this act, or general
laws, or special charter, may mortgage their property and fran-
chises to secure the payment of their bonds, but, however author-
ized to issue capital stock and bonds, shall hereafter issue only
such amounts of stock and bonds as may from time to time,
upon investigation by the board of railroad commissioners, be
deemed and be voted by them to be reasonably requisite for the
purposes for which such issue of stock or bonds has been author-
ized. The said board shall announce a decision within thirty
days from the date of the last hearing, upon the application of
any street railway company for permission to issue such stock
or bonds. The provisions of this section shall not apply to bonds
already executed and in the hands of trustees under existing
mortgages to secure the same."
Takes effect on Sect. 2. Thls act sliall take effect upon its passage.
passage. [Approvcd March 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 75.
AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE PROPERTY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS FROM TAXATION.
Section | Section
1. Exemption from taxation granted. I 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Exemption from SECTION 1. That thc propcrty of the New Hampshire College
**^*"'"'^'*°*^''- of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts is hereby exempted from
taxation.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
passage. [Approvcd March 23, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 76.
65
CHAPTER 76.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS.
Section
1. Hawkers and peddlers to procure li-
cense; exemptions.
2. Secretary of state to issue license to
one tiling certiticaie of good char-
acter from mayor or selectmen.
.3. License to name towns, with sums
to be paid town treasurers ; fee of
secretary; licensee may sell after
payment to town treasurer; sums
paid to be for use of town.
4. Sums to be paid town treasurers.
5. Special state licenses; fees; licensee
may sell anywhere in state with-
out other payment.
Section
6. Licenses good for one year; restric-
tions; records.
7. Licensee to show license, when ; pun-
ishment for not showing; synopsis
of this cliapter to be on license.
8. Punishment of unlicensed peddler.
9. Disabled soldiers and sailors ex-
empt.
10. Commercial agents selling only by
sample exempt.
11. Repealing clause; licenses now is-
sued unaffected.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. No person shall do any business as a hawker or Hawkers and
peddler, or go about from town to town, or from place to place ^ureucens^r*'*
in the same town, exposing for sale or selling any goods, wares, ®''®™p"°"^-
or merchandise, other than provisions, agricultural implements,
fruit trees and ornamental trees, vines, shrubs, books, newspa-
pers, pamphlets, the products of his own labor or the labor of his
family, and the product of his own farm or the one which he
tills, the manufacturers of furniture and ladders excepted, until
he shall have procured a license so to do as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sect. 2. The secretary of state shall grant a license to go secretary of
about exposing for sale and selling any goods, wares, or mer- nc^en8e''to o"ne
chandise to any person who files in his office a certificate signed of'goo'd charac^
bv a mayor of a city or by a maiority of the selectmen of a town, ter from mayor
stating to their best knowledge and belief that the applicant
therein named is of good moral character; but such license shall
be granted to no other person. The mayor of a city or the se-
lectmen of a town, whenever application is made for such cer-
tificate, shall forthwith act upon the same, and if in their judg-
ment it should be issued to such applicant, shall at once issue
the same. The mayor or selectmen aforesaid are hereby author-
ized and empowered to administer oaths when sitting to deter-
mine such applications.
Sect. 3. The secretary of state shall cause to be inserted in License
every license the names of such cities and towns as the applicant town*8?with
selects, with the sums to be paid to the respective treasurers to^nt^r^asl^ew;
thereof, as provided in the following section, and shall receive [l^fg^^g'^^^^^^.^^'yl
from the applicant one dollar (§1.00) for each city and town so after payment''
inserted, which said sum shall be for the personal use of said sec- u°rer;Tumrpai.i
retary for making out said license. Every person so licensed town.^°'' "^^''^
66 Chapter 76. [1897.
may sell as aforesaid in any city or town named in his license
any goods, wares, or merchandise (not prohibited by the laws of
this state) upon first paying to the treasurer of such city or town
the required sum, who shall certify on the face of such license
the sum so paid ; and the sums paid to the treasurer of each city
or town under the provisions of this act shall be for the use of
such city or town.
Sums to be paid Sect, 4. Every person licensed under the preceding section
lulr"."^^*^" shall pay to the treasurer of each city or town mentioned in his
license the sums following, before ottering or exposing for sale
any goods, wares, or merchandise : For every town containing
not more than one thousand inhabitants, according to the census
next preceding the date of his license, five dollars ($5.00); for
towns containing more than one thousand and less than two
thousand inhabitants eight dollars ($8.00) : for towns containing
more than two thousand and less than three thousand inhab-
itants ten dollars ($10.00) ; and for every thousand inhabitants in
excess of three thousand one dollar ($1.00).
Special state Sect. 5. The sccrctary of state, upon conditions required in
iicensee'may*' scctlou 2, sliall grant spccial state licenses upon the payment by '
'ti'te^uhout *"the applicant of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the use of the state as a
other pay meut. gtatc liccnse fcc, and the further payment of the sum of two dol-
lars ($2.00) for the personal use of the secretary for issuing such li-
cense, and the person so licensed may do business as a hawker or
peddler in any city or town in this state, and the person licensed
under this section shall be required to pay no other license fees
required by this act.
Licenses good Sect. 6. All liccnses issued under the provisions of this act
rtistruftiouT;' sliall bcar date the day they are issued and shall continue in
records. force oue year. 'No such license shall be transferable, nor shall
it give authority to more than one person to hawk or peddle, nor
in any other way than in his own proper person; and no person
shall be entitled to hold, or directly or indirectly receive the
benefits of more than one license at the same time. The secre-
tary of state and the several treasurers of cities and towns shall
keep records of all such licenses upon which the sums herein
provided have been paid to them, with the number of each, the
names and residences of the persons licensed, and the sums re-
ceived thereon, and all such records shall be open for public in-
spection.
Licensee to show Sect. 7. Evcry pcrsou liccnsed to pcddlc as hereinbefore pro-
punL^hm'^nt'for vidcd, whcu hls Kceuse is demanded of him by & mayor, select-
synop^siro^fu'iis "lau, aldcrmau, town or city treasurer, sheriff or his deputy, any
chapter to be on constable Or police officer, or any person to whom he sells
or offers or exposes for sale his goods, wares, or merchandise,
shall forthwith exhibit the same, and if he neglect or refuse so
to do he shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had no li-
cense. A synopsis of this chapter shall be printed on each li-
cense.
Punishment of Sect. 8. Wlioevcr gocs from town to town, or from place to
unlicensed -i • ^ , • f ^ • i* i
peddler. placc lu the same town, carrying tor sale or exposing lor sale
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any goods, wares, or merchandise contrary to the provisions of
this chapter, shall be punished by a tine of not more than t\vo
hundred dollars (-$200.00), or by imprisonment for not more than
six months, or both.
Sect. 9. Any soldier or sailor disabled in the war for the sup-^sawedsowiers
pression of the rebellion, or by sickness or disability contracted empt.
therein, or since his discharge from the service, shall be exempt
from paying the license fees recpiired by this act.
Sect. 10. The provisions of this act shall not apply to com-gge'^^^g'eTifng
mercial agents selling goods by sample only. exlm^'t ^""^^^^
Sect. 11. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are^^ ^^j.
hereby repealed ; but the provisions of this act shall in no way clause: licenses
n-' . ■> !• • t T ' n 1 • ii now issued un-
aitect such licenses as are now issued and in lorce, during the re- affected,
mainder of the time they have to run.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 77.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 162 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, IN RELA-
TION TO BANK COMMISSIONERS.
Section
1. Eeports under P. S., c. 162, s. S, to show
condition last business day of June.
Section
'2. Annual report; -what to contain.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 162 of the Public Statutes is Reports under
hereby amended by striking out the words, " on the first busi- to show condt '
ness day in July," and inserting in place thereof, "on the last^^y^f ju"g°®^^
business day in June," so that said section shall read : " The
treasurers of all institutions under the supervision of the bank
commissioners shall balance their books at the close of business
on the last business day in June, and within fifteen days there-
after shall make reports to the commissioners upon blanks fur-
nished by them, showing the true condition of the institution at
that time."
Sect. 2. Chapter 162 of the Public Statutes is hereby amended Annual report,
by striking out section 9 of said chapter and inserting in place "^'^
thereof the following: " Sect 9. The board shall file with the
secretary of state, on or before the first day of December in each
year their annual report, which shall contain a statement of the
resources and liabilities of each institution under their supervis-
ion, the amount of earnings of each institution between the dates of
the examinations of the commissioners, or for a twelve months' pe-
riod, as they may select, and the disbursements for the same pe-
riod for taxes, expenses, and other charges, together with the
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[1897.
rate and amount of dividends paid during the same time. Said
report shall also give the names of the treasurer and clerks of
each institution, of the amount of the officers' bonds, the salary
and compensation paid to each officer, and the kinds and amounts
of stocks and bonds held by each institution, with the par value,
book value, and the estimated value thereof, and the true con-
dition of each institution. They shall make such recommenda-
tions therein as they think will promote the public good."
Takes effect on Sect. 3. This act shall take cffect upou its passagc.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 78.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING TO THE
MANNER OF CONDUCTING CAUCUSES AND ELECTIONS.
Section
1. Elections to which act applies ; " cau-
cus " and "convention" defined
for purposes of act.
2. Caucuses.
3. Contentions.
4. Certificates of nomination.
5. Nomination papers.
6. Time of filing certificates of nomina-
tion and nomination papers; fill-
ing of vacancies.
7. Nominations for city and ward offi-
cers.
8. Act may be adopted for tOTvn or city
elections.
9. Objections to certificates of nomina-
tion and nomination papers; l)al-
lot-law commissioners.
10. Ballots, how prepared and what to
contain.
11. Number of ballots to be furnished;
specimen ballots and cards of in-
struction.
Section
12. Distribution of ballots to city and
town clerks.
Delivery of ballots to election offi-
cers; cards of instruction to be
posted; provisions in case ballots
lost or destroyed.
inspectors.
Polling places; marking shelves;
guard-rail ; ballot boxes.
Voters; how admitted within rail
and furnished ballot.
Preparation of ballot by voter, and
manner of voting.
Counting of ballots.
Assistance to voter unable to mark
ballot; plurality to elect, in what
cases; new ballot, in what cases
and how conducted.
Offenses against act; punishment
therefor.
21. Repealing clause.
13.
16.
17.
20.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Jiejrresentatives in General
Court convened:
Elections to SECTION 1. Thc provisions of this act shall apply to all elec-
phis^ ^cau^' tions held for the choice of electors of president and vice-presi-
cus" and "con. (jgjjt; of the United States, representatives in congress and to the
vention " de- , ' ^ ., . . m
fined for pur- general court, governor, councilors, senators, county oincers,
poses of act. ^^^^-j^ ^^^ ward and town officers chosen at biennial elections, and
to any other election of national or state officers.
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The word " caucus " as employed in this act shall mean a
meeting of the legal voters of any political party assembled for
the purpose of choosing delegates or for the nomination of can-
didates for office. The word " convention " shall mean an as-
sembly of delegates chosen at caucuses in accordance with the
usage of any political party.
Sect. 2. Any caucus of legal voters representing a political ^*"c"se8.
party which at the biennial election next preceding polled at
least three per centum of the entire vote of the state given in for
governor, may choose delegates to conventions and may nomi-
nate candidates for representative to the general court and can-
didates for such town and ward officers as are chosen at biennial
elections.
Sect. 3. The nomination of a candidate in an electoral dis- conventious.
trict containing more than one town or more than one ward of
a city may be made by a convention, except as otherwise provided
for the nomination of a candidate for mayor or other city officer.
Sect. 4. Certificates of nominations made in accordance with certificates of
the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of this act, shall contain ^|-,g °°°'™ '"''•
name and residence of each candidate, the office for which he
is nominated, and the political principles or party he represents,
and shall be signed by the chairman and clerk of the caucus or
convention, and when practicable such certificates of nomination
shall be signed by each candidate, but the absence of the signa-
ture of a candidate shall not invalidate a certificate of nomina-
tion.
Sect. 5. The nomination of a candidate may also be made by Nomination
petition. Such petitions shall be styled nomination papers.
Such nomination papers shall contain all the facts required in
certificates of nominations, and shall be signed by such persons
only as are qualified to vote at the election of the candidates
named in the petition, and no voter shall sign more than one
nomination paper for each officer to be voted for, and no nomi-
nation paper shall contain the names of more candidates than
there are offices to be filled. Such nomination papers shall be
submitted to a majority of the supervisors of the check-list of the
town or ward in which the signers reside, and they shall certify
what number of the signatures are the names of legal voters in
said town or ward.
It shall require the names of one thousand legal voters to
nominate by petition a candidate for governor or other candidate
to be elected by the voters of the entire state, five hundred to
nominate a candidate for representative in congress, two hun-
dred and fifty to nominate a candidate for councilor, senator, or
county or city officer, and fifty to nominate a candidate elected
by the voters of a town or ward of a city.
Sect. 6. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers T'"e of fiiinf
C6riiric&t6S 01
shall be filed with the secretary of state as follows : Thirty days nomination and
prior to the day of election in case of candidates to be voted forpa^rs^ fimng
by the voters of the entire state, sixteen days in case of nomina-"^
tions made by wards and cities, and twenty-three days in case
vacancies.
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of all other nominations. The number of clays herein given
shall include Sundays, and shall end on the day before election
at six o'clock in the afternoon. Provided^ however^ that in case
of the death or resignation of a candidate whose nomination has
been duly tiled with the secretary of state, the vacancy may be
tilled in the same manner as the original nomination was made
or by an executive committee representing the political party
making the original nomination. The name so supplied for the
vacancy shall be placed on the ballot instead of the name of the
original candidate if the ballots have not been printed, or, if
printed, new ballots containing the new nomination may be
printed, if practicable. Proof of the resignation or death of a
candidate shall be filed with such new nomination.
^t™ind"ward*"^ Sect. 7. Candidates for mayor of a city and other candidates
officers. voted for by the voters of the entire city, may be nominated by
any party recognized by section 2 of this act, in a general city
caucus, or by a convention of delegates from the several wards,
or by a caucus held by each ward. Candidates for officers
elected by the several wards may be nominated by ward cau-
cuses. Provided, hoicever, that any party qualified to hold con-
ventions may in caucus or convection or by its recognized
political committee, make regulations concerning the manner ot
holding such caucuses and conventions.
Act may be Sect. 8. Towus, in the election of town officers chosen by
town or city ballot, and cities holding their election on a day other than the
elections. ^^^ of the bieuuial state election, in the choice of city and ward
officers, may adopt the provisions of this act so far as they are
applicable to town and city elections. In such cases the ballots
shall be prepared by the town or city clerk, and printed at the
expense of such town or city, and the time for filing certificates
of nomination and nomination papers shall be at least six days
prior to the day of election. Towns and cities having voted to
adopt such provisions may rescind the vote by which they were
adopted.
Certificates of Sect. 9. Certificates of nomination made in accordance with
jjomination and ^hc provlslous of sectious 2, 3, and 4 of this act, and nomination
pars ; ballot-law papers made in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of
°°'"""" this act, shall be regarded as valid and shall be received by the
secretary of state, unless objection thereto is made in writing
within three days succeeding six o'clock in the afternoon of the
last day for the filing of such nominations.
On or before the first day of September preceding a biennial
election, the governor, with the advice of the council, shall ap-
point two persons from the two difterent political parties casting
the largest number of votes at the preceding biennial election,
who, with the attorney-general, shall constitute a board of ballot-
law commissioners. They shall meet at the office of the secre-
tary of state on the Tuesday next succeeding the last daj- for
filing nominations, and shall continue in session from day to day
until all questions submitted have been heard and determined.
They shall consider and decide all objections to the nomination
commissioners.
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of a candidate and all questions arising in case of nominations,
and their decision shall be final. They shall receive such com-
pensation for their services as shall be approved by the governor
and the council.
Sect. 10. Ballots for use in biennial elections and in all other ^^jiots, how
elections for national and state ofiicers shall be prepared by the what to contain,
secretary of state, and printed and delivered at the expense of
the state. Every ballot shall contain the name and residence of
each candidate who has been nominated in accordance with the
preceding sections, and shall contain no other name except party
a];»pellation and names of candidates for president and vice-pres-
ident of the United States. In case a nomination is made by
nomination papers, the words " nom. papers " shall be added to
the party appellation.
The names of candidates nominated by any party or by petition
shall be arranged upon the ballot in perpendicular columns and
the candidates of each party shall be printed in a separate col-
umn. Provided, hoivever, that in case only a part of a full list of
candidates is nominated under a political designation, two or
more such lists may be arranged whenever practicable in the
same column.
Immediately above the name of each candidate shall be printed
the political designation of the ofiice for which he is nominated,
as " For Governor," " For Senator," and the like, and at the
right of the name of each candidate and on the same line there
shall be a square, except that in the case of electors of president
and vice-president of the United States one square shall suffice
for each group of electors.
In the last or right hand column of each ballot there shall be
no circle or device, but there shall be printed in the regular
order the political designation of each office, as " For Governor,"
" For Senator," and the like, and beneath each designation there
shall be left as many blank lines as there are persons to be elected
to such ofiice. Above each column or list of candidates shall be
printed in large plain letters the name of the political party b}^
which the candidates in such column were nominated. Above
the party designation shall be printed a circle not less than three
fourths of an inch in diameter, and such circle shall be sur-
rounded by the following words printed in plain letters, " For a
straight ticket make a cross (X) within this circle."
Whenever the approval of a constitutional amendment or other
question is submitted to the vote of the people, such question
shall be printed upon the ballots after, or beneath, the lists of
candidates. The ballots shall be so printed as to give to each
voter an opportunity to designate by a cross mark (X) in a
square his answer to the question submitted.
The ballots shall be printed on plain white paper, in weight
not less than that of ordinary printing paper, and there shall be
no impression or mark to distinguish one ballot from another.
The names of all candidates shall be printed in uniform type,
and the ballots for each town or ward shall be so folded that
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their width and length when folded shall be uniform. Upon the
back of each ballot shall be printed, " Official ballot for,"
followed by the name of the town or ward for which the ballot
is prepared, the date of the election, and a facsimile of the
signature of the officer who prepares the ballot.
Above each circle shall be placed an emblem or device desig-
nating or distinguishing the political party assigned to that
column.
The device or emblem shall be selected by the secretary of
state or other officer preparing the ballots for each political
party represented upon the tickets, shall be diiFerent for each of
such parties, and may be the representation of a star, an animal,
an anchor, or any other appropriate symbol, but neither the
coat of arms nor seal of any state, nor of the United States, the
national flag, nor any religious emblem or symbol, nor the
portrait of any person, nor a representation of a coin, or of the
currency of the United States shall be chosen as a distinguish-
ing emblem.
NumbRr of bai- Sect. 11. Tlicre shall be furnished each town and ward at
Dished; speci- eacli clcctiou couductcd under the provisions of this act, not less
^Ms^of 'instruc- than sixty ballots for each fifty and fraction of fifty voters there-
*''*°- in. The officer who prepares the ballots shall cause to be
printed for each town and ward fifteen ballots, printed on tinted
paper and without the facsimile indorsement, which shall be
known as specimen ballots. These shall be forwarded as soon
as printed to the clerk of the town or ward, who shall immediate-
ly post five copies in the most public places in the town or ward.
On the morning of the day of election he shall cause ten copies
to be posted outside of the guard-rail in the room in which the
election is held. The officer who prepares the ballots shall also
prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at such
elections, as to obtaining ballots, the manner of marking
them, the method of gaining assistance, and as to obtaining new
ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled, and shall cause the
same to be printed in clear type, on separate cards, to be called
cards of instructions ; and he shall furnish a suitable number of
the same to each town and ward.
Distribution of Sect. 12. Thc sccrctary of state shall send in a sealed
andfown clerks, package the ballots printed by him to the several city and town
clerks, so as to be received by them twelve hours, at least, prior
to the day of election. The same shall be marked on the
outside, clearly designating the town or ward for which they are
intended and the number of ballots of each kind inclosed ; and
the city and town clerks shall, on delivery to them of such
package, return receipts therefor to the secretary. The secre-
tary shall keep a record of the time when and the manner in
which the several packages were forwarded.
Delivery of bai- g^(.rj, ^Q Thc scveral clty and town clerks shall deliver to
lots to election -^ . pi -ii it
officers;cardsof the election officers, before the opening 01 the polls on the day
blfpoTted" p°ro- of any election under this chapter, the sealed package aforesaid.
baik,ts' lostTr'' At the opening of the polls in each town or ward, the seal of
destroyed .
1897.] Chapter 78. 73
the package shall be publicly broken by the ward or town clerk,
and the ballots shall be delivered l>y him to the ballot clerks
hereinafter provided for. The cards of instruction shall be
immediately posted at or in each markinii; shelf or compartment
provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for
the marking of the ballots, and not less than three such cards
shall be immediately posted in or about the polling room,
outside the guard-rails. In case the ballots to be furnished to any
town or ward, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
shall fail for any reason to be duly delivered, or in case after
delivery they shall be destroyed or stolen, it shall be the duty of
the city or town clerk, as the case may be, to cause other ballots
to be prepared substantially, as far as may be, in the form of the
l)allots so wanting ; and upon receipt of such other l^allots from
him, accompanied by a statement under oath that the same have
been so prepared and furnished by him, and that the original
ballots have so failed to be received or have been so destroyed
or stolen, the election officers shall cause the ballots so substi-
tuted to be used in lieu of the ballots wanting, as above.
Sect. 14. The mayor and board of aldermen of each city, i^^spectors.
and the selectmen of each town, at some time between the first
and tenth day of October preceding the biennial election, shall
appoint as additional election officers, to act with the clerk,
moderator, and the selectmen at each polling place, four inspec-
tors. Such officers shall be qualified voters at the said polling
place, and shall be appointed from the two political parties which
cast the largest number of votes for governor in the state at the
biennial election next preceding their appointment, and two of
the inspectors shall be of a different political faith from that of
the clerk and the other inspectors. The aforesaid appointments
shall be made from nominations of caucuses of the two
parties above named, holden by the ward or town, provided
such nominations were made on or before the first day of Octo-
ber. If any appointment shall not be made within the specified
time, then, on the application of six qualified voters, a justice of
the supreme court shall appoint. Each of said officers shall be
sworn to the faithful performance of his duties, and shall hold
office for two years from the first daj' of November in the year
in which he is appointed, and until a successor is appointed and
qualified.
In case of any vacancy, or the absence of any of these officers
so appointed from any polling place at any election held under
this chapter, the selectmen shall appoint some person qualified
as aforesaid to fill said office, and the said appointment shall be
made from nominations of aforesaid caucuses, or, in the absence
of such nominations, then from similar nominations of the ward
or town executive committee of the two parties above named,
provided such nominations are made.
Two of the inspectors, one from each of the two political
parties above named, shall be detailed by the moderator at the
opening of the polls to act as ballot clerks. They shall have the
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Polling places ;
marking
shelves : guard-
rail ; ballot-
boxes.
Voters : how
admitted within
rail and fur-
nished ballot.
charge of the ballots therein and shall furnish them to the
voters in the manner herein set forth. A duplicate check-list of
the qualified voters shall be prepared for the use of the ballot
clerk, and all the provisions of law relative to the preparation,
furnishing, and preservation of check-list^ shall apply to such
duplicate list. The other two inspectors shall be detailed by
the moderator to assist the illiterate and physically disabled in
the marking of their ballots, as provided in section 19 of this
act.
Sect. 15. The selectmen in the diiferent wards and towns
shall prepare the polling places, or booths therein, and shall
cause the same to be suitably provided with marking shelves
or compartments at or in Avhich voters may conveniently mark
their ballots, so that in the marking thereof they may be
screened from the observation of others ; and a guard-rail shall
be so constructed and placed that only such persons as are inside
said rail can approach within six feet of the ballot-box and of
such marking shelves or compartments, or within four feet of
the ballots in possession of the ballot clerks. The arrangement
shall be such that neither the ballot-box nor the marking shelves
or compartments shall be hidden from view of those just outside
the said guard-rail. The number of such marking shelves or
compartments shall not be less than one for every seventy-five
voters qualified to vote at such polling place, and there shall not
in any case be less than four of these marking shelves or com-
partments at any polling place. No persons other than the
election oflicers and the voters, admitted as hereinafter provided,
sliall be permitted within said rail except by authority of the
election ofiacers, and then only for the purpose of keeping order
and enforcing the law. Each marking shelf or compartment
shall be kept provided with proper supplies and conveniences for
marking the ballots. Cities and town shall provide suitable
ballot-boxes, which shall be used at all elections therein. At the
opening of the polls, and before any election under this chapter,
the ballot-box shall be publicly opened and shown to be empty,
and the election officers shall ascertain that fact by a personal
examination of the ballot-box.
Sect. 16. Any person desiring to vote shall, before being
admitted within the guard-rail, give his name to one of the
ballot clerks, who shall thereupon likewise announce the same,
and if such name is found upon the check-list by said ballot
clerk, he shall put a check mark against it and again repeat the
said name. The voter, unless challenged, shall then be allowed
to enter the space inclosed by the guard-rail, as above provided.
If his vote is challenged, he must not enter until he makes the
affidavit now required by law. After he enters the inclosed
space, the ballot clerk shall give him one ballot only. Besides
the election officers, no more voters than the number of mark-
ing shelves or compartments provided shall be allowed in said
inclosed space at one time ; but this number shall not include
any voter Avho is engaged in the act of depositing his ballot in
1897.] Chapter 78. ' 75
the ballot box, as herein provided. If any voter spoils a ballot,
he may successively receive others, one at a time, not exceeding
three in all, upon returning each spoiled one. The ballots thus
returned shall be immediately marked "canceled" by the ballot
clerk, and; togethei -vv-th those i:ct distrihuted to the voters,
shall be preserved.
Sect. 17. On receipt of his ballot, the voter shall forthwith, ^XtTy Toter,
and without leaving the inclosed space, retire alone to one ofandmaunerof'
the voting shelves or compartments, and shall prepare his ballot as ''° '°^'
follows : He may place a cross ( X ) Avithin the circle above the
party name or designation, in which case his vote shall be counted
for all the persons named in the column under such party or des-
ignation. In case a voter desires to vote for a candidate whose
name is not printed under the circle in Avhich he has marked, he
shall erase or cancel the name of the candidate in such column
for whom he refuses to vote, and may vote for the candidate of
his choice by marking a cross (X) in the square opposite the name
of such candidate, or by writing in the name of the person for
whom he desires to vote in the right-hand column prepared for
the purpose. In such case the vote so marked in the square, or
so inserted in the right-hand column, shall be counted, and such
ballot shall not be counted for the candidate for the same office
whose name is erased. Unless canceled or erased, all names in
the party columns under the circle marked by the voter shall be
counted, to the exclusion of all others. One mark in the square
opposite the names of candidates for electors of president and
vice-president shall be counted as a vote for each. Provided,
however, that a voter may omit to mark in any circle, and may
vote for one or more candidates by marking a cross (X) in the
square opposite the names, or he may insert the names of the
candidates of his choice in the blank or right-hand column, and
such votes shall be counted. In case of a question submitted to
the vote of the people, the voter may mark in the appropriate
square a cross (X) against the answer which he desires to give.
Before leaving the voting shelf or compartment, the voter
shall fold his ballot without displaying the marks thereon, in the
same way it was folded when received by him, and he shall keep
the same so folded until he has voted. He shall immediately
give his name to the w^ard or town clerk, wdio shall likewise
repeat the same and place a check mark against it on his check-
list. The voter shall forthwith present his ballot with the official
indorsement uppermost to the moderator, wdio shall then deposit
the same in the ballot-box. He shall mark and deposit his ballot
without undue delay, and shall quit said inclosed space so soon
as he has voted. Ko voter shall be allow^ed to occupy a voting
shelf or compartment already occupied by another, nor to
remain within said inclosed space more than ten minutes, nor to
occupy a voting shelf or compartment for more than five minutes,
in case all of such shelves or compartments are in use, and other
voters are w^aiting to occupy the same. Xo voter, not an elec-
tion officer, whose name has been checked on the list by the
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Chapter 78.
[1897.
Counting of
ballots.
Assistance to
voter unable to
mark ballot ;
plurality to
elect, in what
cases : new bal-
lot, in what
cases and how
conducted.
ballot clerks, shall be allowed to re-enter said inclosed space dur-
ing said election, unless another balloting is had. It shall be
the duty of the moderator to secure the observance of the pro-
visions of this section, and of other sections relative to the
duties of election officers.
Sect. 18. If a voter votes for more names for any one office
than there are persons to be elected to such office, or if, for any
reason, a disagreement occurs among those present at the count-
ing of the ballots, as provided in this act, as to the voter's choice
for any office to be tilled, and a majority of those so present
shall decide that it is impossible to determine the voter's choice
for that office, his ballot shall be regarded as defective therein,
and shall not be counted with reference to that office.
ISTo ballot without the official indorsement shall, except as
herein otherwise provided, be allowed to be deposited in the bal-
lot-box, and none but ballots pirovided in accordance with the
p^rovisions of this act shall be counted.
All ballots not counted in whole or in part, on account of de-
fects, shall be marked " defective " on the back thereof by the
moderator, and shall be sealed with the other ballots cast and
returned to the cit}' or town clerks.
Immediately after the polls are closed the ballots shall be ex-
amined, and the votes for the several candidates and on the ques-
tions submitted shall be counted by the moderator, in the pres-
ence of the town clerk, the selectmen, and the other election of-
ficers herein provided.
The counting shall be public, but within the guard-rail, and
shall not be adjourned nor postponed until it shall have been
completed, and the whole number of ballots cast for each person
and on each question submitted to the voters shall have been
publicly announced. While being counted, no ballot shall be
placed nearer than four feet of the guard-rail which forms the
inclosure in which the counting is done, during which time only
the aforesaid officers shall be allowed within said inclosure.
The check-lists and all ballots cast shall be preserved, accord-
ing to existing laws for the preservation of ballots.
Sect. 19. Any voter who declares to the moderator that he
cannot read, or that, because of blindness, or other physical dis-
ability, he is unable to mark his ballot, shall, upon his choice
and request, receive the assistance of either of the election offi-
cers detailed for that purpose by the moderator ; and such offi-
cer or officers shall certify on the outside thereof that it was so
marked with his or their assistance, and shall thereafter give no
information regarding the same.
A plurality of votes shall elect representatives to the general
court, and all city, ward, and town officers elected under the pro-
visions of this act. In case of a tie vote, or other failure to elect
the aforesaid officers, the balloting may be continued until
the requisite number of persons are chosen. Such subsequent
balloting shall be by an open ballot in the same manner that rep^-
resentatives to the general court were chosen previous to 1892,
1897.] Chapter 79. 77
and in such case no balloting shall be begun between sunset and
sunrise.
Sect. 20. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person entj-ao-ed in ?^^"!?„f?'°*'
• 1-1 IT 1 • • see t punisii-
preparing or printing the omcial ballot to purloin, or give away, mem therefor.
or allow to be removed any of such ballots. A voter shall not
allo\v his ballot to be seen or examined by any person, except as
prescribed in this act, nor shall any person interfere with any
voter when such voter is within the inclosed space, or attempt in
any manner to influence or change his vote. No person shall
destroy any certiiicate of nomination or nomination paper,
or sign any such certificate or nomination paper, or sign
the name of any other person to such certificate or nom-
ination paper, except as provided in this act. Whoever willfully
violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not
exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding six
months. Any and all fines imposed by this section shall be paid
to the county in which the person is prosecuted. Repealing
Sect. 21. Chapter 33 of the Public Statutes, and all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 79.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT FISHING AND BATHING IN GILMAN POND.
Section I Section
1. Bathing ami fishing in Oilman pond -2. Punishment.
pi-ohibited. j 3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatlces in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That no person shall bathe or fish in Gilman pond, Bathingand fish-
situated in the town of Unity, and used by the village of New- JTondVowb^d-
port as a source of water supply for domestic purposes.
Sect. 2. Any person violating any provisions of this act shall Punishment,
be fined not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved :\Iarch 24, 1897.] '"'''^''
78 Chapters 80, 81. [1897.
CIIAPTEE 80.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF AN AN-
NUAL STATE TAX FOR THE TERM OF TWO YEARS.
Section 1. State tax for 1S98 and 1899.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
state tax for SECTION 1. The suiii of foiu' hundred aiitl tweutj-five thousaiid
dollars shall be raised annually for the use of the state for the
years 1898 and 1899, and the state treasurer is hereby directed
seasonably to issue his warrants to the selectmen of the several
towns and places and to the assessors of the several cities in this
state, according to the apportionment of the public taxes made
at the January session of the legislature, 1895 ; and the select-
men of such towns and places and the assessors of such cities are
hereby directed 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, 1898 and 1899 ; and the state treasurer is
hereby authorized to issue his extent for all taxes which shall re-
main unpaid on the dates last above named.
[Approved :March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 81 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RE-
LATING TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COM-
PANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section I Section
1. Damages by electric 5\ires or poles to 2. Takes effect on passage,
be assessed like highway damages. I
Damages by SECTION 1. Thc sixth scctiou of chaptcr 81 of the Public Stat-
pou/'^o be'"""' utes is hereby amended by striking out the words "and they
assessed like shall o^ive uoticc to all parties interested, and after hearino- them
highway dam- "-^"-j-i i iin t • J.^ '~ i
ages. shall award such damages as may be legally and justly due to
such person," and substituting therefor the following, namely,
1897.] Chapter 82. 79
" such proceedings shall thereupon be had, including the right of
appeal, as are provided in the case of assessment of damages in
laying out highways by the selectmen, and in all cases arising
under the provisions of this chapter such damages, if any, may
be awarded as shall be legally and justly due," so that said
section shall read as follows : " Sect. 6. If any person shall be
damaged in his estate by the erection of any poles or other
structures, or by the stringing of any wires for which license is
granted, he may apply to the selectmen to assess his damages :
such proceedings shall thereupon be had, including the right of
appeal, as are provided in the case of assessment of damages in
laying out highways by the selectmen, and in all cases arising
under the provisions of this chapter such damages, if any, may
be awarded as shall be legally and justly due."
Sect. 2. This act shall take ettect upon its passage. SSf ^'' °°
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 82.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRESERVATION AND INSPECTION OF BALLOTS.
Section Section
1. Disposition of ballots for certain offl- 3. Production of ballots for inspection.
cers at biennial elections. 4. Fee for inspection.
2. Proceedings for obtaining inspection 5. P. S., c. 3t, ss. 15, 16, repealed.
of ballots.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Town, ward, and citv clerks receiving ballots for P'fpo''''0'^ of
'-. ., , "i p XT' iri ballots for cer-
preservation cast at biennial elections tor United States, state, tain officers at
and county officers and for supervisors of the check-list and mod- tions°'^' ^'**''
erator, shall, unless they are sooner forwarded to the secretary
of state, carefully keep them for sixty days after the meeting at
which they were cast, without breaking the seal or otherwise
changing the condition of the package in which they were re-
ceived. If any person for whom a ballot was cast and recorded at
any biennial election shall so rerpiest in writing within said sixty
days, the clerk having custody of the ballots shall forthwith for-
ward them to the secretary of state, who shall receive and pre-
serve them until the next succeeding biennial election. All
ballots remaining in possession of the town, ward, or city clerk
shall be destroyed at the expiration of sixty da^'s after an elec-
tion.
80
Chapter 83.
[1897.
Proceedings for
obtaining in-
spection of
ballots.
Production of
ballots for
inspection.
Fee for inspec-
tion.
P. S., c. 34, s.*.
15, 16, repealed.
Sect. 2. If any person for whom a vote was cast and recorded
for any office at a biennial election, before the expiration of ninety
days, shall apply in writing to the secretary of state for an in-
spection of the ballots given in for all persons for such office,
and state in his application the names of the opposing candidates,
the secretary of state shall appoint a time for the inspection not
earlier than fifteen days after the receipt of the application.
Such inspection shall take place in the state house, and the sec-
retary shall order the applicant to give notice thereof by giving
to each of the opposing candidates, or leaving at his place of
abode, a copy of the application and order of notice seven days
at least prior to the day so appointed for inspection of the ballots.
No other notice shall be required.
Sect. 3. At the time and place so appointed and notified, the
secretar}' of state shall produce the ballots, and they shall be
open to the inspection of the candidates and their counsel under
such suitable rules as the secretary of state shall prescribe.
Sect. 4. The candidate petitioning for an inspection of the
ballots shall pay the secretary of state a fee of three dollars in
full for such service.
Sect. 5. Sections 15 and 16 of chapter 34 of the Public Stat-
utes are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 83.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE PRISON.
Section 1. Governor may draw warrant to provide for deflciencyin income; appro-
priation for chaplain ; appropriation for library ; appropriation for repairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepreseniaiices in General
Court convened :
Governor may
draw warrant to
provide for
deficiency in
income.
Appropriation
for chaplain.
Appropriation
for library.
Section 1. That in case the income of the state prison should
at any time be insufficient to meet the current expenses, the gov-
ernor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury
from time to time, to provide for such deficiency, out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
That the sum of eight hundred dollars annually, for the ensu-
ing two 3'ears, be and hereby is appropriated for the payment of
the salary of the chaplain of the state prison.
That the further sum of two hundred dollars annually be and
the same is hereby appropriated for the benefit of the state prison
library for the ensuing tAvo years.
1897.] Chapter 84. 81
That the further sum of twenty-five hundred dollars (',$2,.500')^pp'"''p'">*'<'°
1 • 1 (• 1 • /• T > 1 1 T .i ^ for repairs.
be appropriated tor the repair of the prison buildings, boiler and
plumbing therein; to be expended by the governor and the
council, if in their opinion the whole or any part of said sum
should be used for the purposes stated.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTEE 84.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE SESSION LAWS.
Section ' Section
1. state reporter to furnish acts to print- j 3. Repealing clause.
er, with abstracts and index. i 4. Takes effect on passage.
2. Compensation. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the state reporter, within ^^^^e reporter to
thirty days after the close of a session of the legislature, to fur- printer, with
nish the public printer a fair copy of the acts and resolves of the fnaex!*^*^^ '^"'^
session, with marginal abstracts and index in form and style like
the Public Statutes, with an index of the subjects embraced
therein.
Sect. 2. He shall receive for such labor one hundred and ^''™p^°*^''°°-
fifty dollars for each volume of Session Laws,
Sect. 3. So much of section 1, chapter 5 of the Public Statutes, Repealing
as is inconsistent with this act is hereby repealed.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 24, 1897.] ^ ''"''"
82
Chapter 85.
[1897.
CHAPTEE
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE TAKING OF ICE.
Section
1. Boards of healtli to inspect sources
of domestic ice supply.
2. If waters found polluted, board to
give notice of danger and that tak-
ing must cease.
Section
3. Punishment for cutting
from polluted waters
condemned bv board.
taking
waters
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Hepreseniaikes in General
Court convened :
Boards of health SECTION 1. It sliall be tliG clutv of boards of health of the
to inspect . . , „ , -J . -. .
sources cities and towns ot the state to examine and inspect the sources
?ce supply'.*' from which ice is cut, or is proposed to be cut, for domestic use
in such cities and towns, and to employ such means as may be
necessary to determine whether the waters of such sources of ice
supply have been polluted, or whether ice taken therefrom will
be deleterious to the public health.
" jY^ters found Sect. 2. lu cacli casc where the waters of the sources of ice
to give notice of suppllcs shall bc fouud SO pollutcd that the ice taken therefrom
takmg musV^*' will bc Unhealthy or unsafe for domestic use, the board of health
cease. ^f ^}^g (.j^y Qp town coucerncd in the same shall immediately no-
tify such person or persons as may have taken, or who propose
to take, ice from such polluted source for their own domestic
use or for sale for domestic use, of the dangerous character of
the waters inspected, and that the taking of such ice for domestic
use must cease.
Sect. 3. Whoever knowingly or willfully shall cut or take any
ice for domestic purposes from any waters which are polluted
with sewage or other substance deleterious or dangerous to life
or health, or from waters which a board of health has condemned,
shall be fined not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or
imprisoned not exceeding six months.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
Punishment for
cutting or tak-
ing from pollut-
ed waters or wat
ers condemned
by board.
1897.]
Chapter 86.
83
CHAPTER 86.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ASYLUM FOR THE
INSANE.
Section
1. Changes and investments of trust
funds to be approved by governor
and council; governor and council
may direct in whose custody secu-
rities shall be kept.
3. Auditing and examination by bank
commissioners under direction of
governor and council.
Section
3. Plans and estimates of new build-
ings to be approved by governor
and council.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. No change shall be made by the trustees of the ^e^Snts of '°"
New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane of its trust funds, except *™s* *"5l« *° ^^
r J -IT 1 • • approved by go V-
upon approval by the governor and council, in making any in- ernor and coun-
vestments of its trust funds, the trustees shall submit their rec- and c^o^uncn^may
ommendations to the governor and council before such invest- ^istody^src^^!
ments are made. The governor and council may also direct in ^es^shaii be
whose custody the bonds, notes, and other securities of the insti-
tution shall be kept.
Sect. 2. The auditing of the accounts of the trustees, or any ^^f^*'^^^^^'^®''-
agent appointed by them, shall be performed by the bank com- ^ank Mmmis-
missioners, under the direction of the governor and council, who direction of gov-
shall have authority at any time to direct said commissioners t© ^r°°'" ^^"^ *'°"°*
make an examination of the financial affairs of the institution.
Sect. 3. Before expending any money received from any^'^t°eso°*^new^'
source in the construction of new buildings, the trustees shall ^"'•^^j^K^to^'e^
submit plans and estimates of all such buildings to the governor ernor and coun-
and council for their approval.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. paM^e**^*"' °°
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
84
Chapter 87.
[1897.
CHAPTER 87.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO COUNTY AUDITORS.
Section
1. Supreme court to appoiut county au-
ditors to audit accounts and bills
of commissioners.
3. Commissioners to file sworn state-
ments of bills outstandmg.
Section
3. Court to fix compensation of audit-
ors.
4. Itemized statements and annual re-
ports.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hejyresentatives m General
Court convened :
Supreme court
to appoint couH'
ty auditors to
audit accounts
and bills of com.
missioners.
Commissioners
to file sworn
statements of
bills outstand-
ing.
Court to fix com-
pensation of au-
ditors.
Itemized state-
ments and an-
nual reports.
Takes effect on
Section 1. The supreme court, on or before the first day of
April annually, beginning with April, 1897, shall appoint
two auditors, one from each of the two leading political
parties, for each county of the state, who shall once in three
months audit the accounts of the county commissioners,
superintendent of the county farm, and county treasurer,
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 24 of the Public
Statutes. The auditors shall also audit once in three months the
bills of the county commissioners for services and expenses, and
report their findings to the court. Provided, however, that if,
in the opinion of the supreme court, a semi-annual or annual
audit shall be deemed sufiicient in any county or counties in
said state, the said court may so direct, and the auditors shall
make up semi-annual or annual statements of receipts and dis-
bursements accordingly, and the supreme court shall have au-
thority to direct special examinations in such manner as they
deem advisable, if in their judgment the same are required.
Sect. 2. The county commissioners shall file with the auditors
at each audit a sworn statement of all bills outstanding.
Sect. 3. The supreme court shall fix the compensation of the
auditors.
Sect. 4. The auditors shall issue for publication in any or all
newspapers in the county, when requested, an itemized state-
ment of the receipts and disbursements of the county, immedi-
ately after each audit, provided, however, that such publication
shall be made without comj>ensation, and shall make an annual
reptort of the receipts and disbursements of the county for publi-
cation in the county report, together with such recommendations
as they may deem advisable.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 88, 89.
85
C H A P T E R 88.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 67 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, IN
RELATION TO THE LAYING OUT OF HIGHWAYS.
Section
1. Selectmen may lay out highway for
winter use.
Section
2. Takes effect on passag
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The selectmen, upon petition, may, in any case ^_^eiectmen m^y
where, in their judgment, the public good requires it, lay out a for winter use.
public road exclusively for winter use, such public road to be open
as such only from November 15 till April 1, and they shall as-
sess the damages to the owners of the land over which such pub-
lic road may pass in the form of yearly rentals. Hearings shall
be had upon seven days' notice to land owners : in all other re-
spects, except as herein provided, such laying out shall be sub-
ject to the same provisions as are now required by law in the
laying out of an ordinary highway.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 25, 1897.] ''""^"
CHAPTER
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 160, PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING
TO PASSENGERS, FREIGHT, AND RAILROAD POLICE.
Section
1. Free transportation, to whom lim-
ited.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoxise of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Chapter 160 of Public Statutes i^ hereby amended r^^e^^^tj^^^p^''^-
by striking out section 5 of said chapter 160, and substi- limited,
tuting in place thereof the following, to wit : " Section 5. No per-
son shall ride upon a car or train who has not paid, or does not
pay on demand, the established fare, except the following :
86
Takes effect on
passage.
Chapter 90.
[1897.
Stocknolders going to and returning from stockholders' meet-
ings ; the directors, superintendent, treasurer, and clerk of the
proprietors ; the directors, superintendent, treasurer, and clerk
of the proprietors of other railroads with which their road has
connection ; persons in charge of mails and expresses ; and poor
persons and persons in misfortune, who are unable to pay the
fare, and others to whom passes have been granted by the proper
officers."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passao'e.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 85 OF THE
PAMPHLET LAWS OF 1895, ENTITLED " AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION
AND PRESERVATION OF ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE TREES IN THE
HIGHWAYS.
Section l. Appropriation to carry into effect Laws 1895, c. 85.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Appropriation Section 1. That tlic sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
effe^uw8°895, ($250) bc and the same hereby is appropriated to carry into effect
c. 85. ^YiQ provisions of chapter 85 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1895, enti-
tled " An act for the protection and preservation of ornamental
and shade trees in the highways."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 26, 1897-1
1897.]
Chapter 91.
87
CHAPTER 91.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 116 OF THE LAWS OF 1895, EN-
TITLED " AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF DEPENDENT MINOR CHILDREN."
Minors between three and fifteen not to
be supported at county almshouse;
exceptions; county commissioners to
provide homes; if they do not, state
board of charities to do so.
Overseers of the poor and county com-
missioners to find permanent homes
for minors and contract for tlieir edu-
cation and support; authority of state
board of charities.
Board to inspect certain institutions
and report.
Secretary of state board of liealth to be
member of board of charities.
Adoption of minor under care of board.
Repealing clause.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatms in General
Court convened :
Chapter 116 of the Laws of 1895 is hereb}' amended as follows : Minors between
Strike out section 1 of said chapter and insert in place thereof the notWbe sup- ^^
following : " Section 1. ]Sro minor between the ages of three and P°j^*3''^'|,„*gg?g°*y
fifteen years shall be supported at any county almshouse in this ceptions: county
<J .ii .«'- "^ />ii 1 commissioners
state tor more than sixty days, unless the consent ot the board to provide
of charities shall have been obtained, excepting such as are dHot,' sute*^
under serious physical disability or are mentally incapacitated ^'j^g^'^^^f^'^gg*""
for education, or are under sentence for crime ; and it shall be
the duty of the commissioners of the various counties to find
suitable homes for such minor children Avithin said period of
sixty days. On and after the expiration of said sixty days, if
suitable homes have not been provided said minors, other than
said county almshouse, the state board of charities shall have
full control over said minor children, and shall be charged with
the duty of procuring permanent homes for said minors, as a
board or through such agent as said board may appoint, when-
ever it shall appear to them that the welfare of the minor will be
promoted thereby, at the expense of the county to which such
minor is chargeable, the compensation to be the same as is al-
lowed the county commissioners."
Strike out section 3 and insert in place thereof the following : overseers of the
"Section 3. It shall be the duty of overseers of the poor and comm'usioM"f ^
county commissioners, as soon as practicable, to find permanent *°nt''homerfor
homes for all such orphan minors, and make contracts for their '"i'^o?- \°d con-
1. '. . in 1 tract for their
education and support during minority, and all such contracts education and
shall be subject to rescission by the state board of charities, a/Efsute"* *''^"
whenever the interest of such minors shall make it necessary, ^"g^*^ °^ *=^*""
and said board of charities shall have the same authority, in re-
spect to the control of all children for whom they provide per-
manent homes, as is now vested in overseers of the poor and
county commissioners."
88
Chapter 92.
[1897.
Board to inspect
certain institu-
tious and report.
Secretary of
state board of
health to be
member of board
of charities.
Adoption of mi-
nor under care
of board.
Repealing
clause.
Said chapter is hereby further amended by striking out sec-
tion 8 and substituting in place thereof the following sections :
" Sect. 8. It shall be the duty of the board to inspect all state
and county charitable or correctional institutions, except the
state prison and tlie asylum for insane at Concord, and report to
the governor and council and legislature biennially the result of
their inspection, with a recommendation for such changes in ex-
isting laws as in their judgment the public good requires; and
shall, on making such inspection, report and recommend to the
county commissioners, or such other county or state officers as
have the control and management of such institutions, the
changes, if any, that said boards find on such inspection should
be made in said institutions.
" Sect. 9. The secretary of the state board of health shall be,
ex officio, member of the state board of charities and correction ;
and shall, when requested by the board, give advice and perform
service without additional compensation except expenses in-
curred.
" Sect. 10. They may give any minor under their care to any
suitable person, to be adopted by sucli person, whenever such
adoption is for the best interests of said minor, providing it shall
appear upon a hearing upon the petition of such person to the
probate court for leave to adopt such child, that its parents have
abandoned the same, or that the}' are unknown, and in such case
notice of the proceedings may be given by publication, and no
consent of the parents or others shall be required in order to
legally adopt said child.
" Sect. 11. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed."
Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 92.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 81 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COM-
PANIES.
Section
1. Confirmatioii of locations of electric
lines.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Confirmation of SECTION 1. Chapter 81 of the Public Statutes is hereby
l?ic liner' ''''"amended by adding thereto the following section : "Section 18.
The proprietors of telegraph, telephone, electric light, or elec-
1897.]
Chapter 93.
89
trie power poles, structures, and ^vires, within or beneath the
surface of any highwa_y, may obtain confirmation of the locations
of their lines actually constructed and operated under license,
by petition to the selectmen of the town within which lines are
maintained. Upon any such petition like proceedings shall 1)6
had as in the case of petitions to selectmen for laying out high-
ways and the assessment of damages therefor, and the return
thereon shall award such damages as justice and law may re-
quire
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 93.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE USE OF BICYCLES AND SIMILAR VEHICLES.
Section
1. Punishment and UabiUty for riding
bicycle on sidewalk or -witlioutbell
or at more tlian ten miles an hour;
children under twelve exempted.
2. Definition of terms " sidewalk,"
"bicycle," "tricycle," "park,"
" square," for purposes of act.
Section
3. Permits for riding without limit of
speed .
4. Limitation of prosecutions under this
act.
5. Local regulations forbidden.
6. Repealing clause.
7. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hejyresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Whoever, without the permit provided for in sec- Punishment and
_„,. .,',. 1 '^,. 1^ • ^ n liability for na-
tion 3 of this act, rides a bicycle or a tricycle on a sidewalk, or ing wcycie on
rides such machine in the streets, squares, or parks of any city or ^jth^ut beu, or
towai when the same is not provided with a suitable alarm bell,^*j{^°^^^^tjj^°/.^''
adapted for use by the rider, or who rides the same in the com- children under
n • , , n T T J. twelve
pact part of an}' city or town at a rate ot speed exceeding ten exempted,
miles an hour, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten
dollars, and shall be further liable for all damage occasioned to
any person by such unlaw^ful act. The provisions of this section,
however, shall not be construed to apply to children under the
age of twelve years.
Sect. 2. The term " sidewalk" as used in this act, shall mean Definition of
.- TiT.T 11 •, n ^• 1. • J. terms "side-
all Sidewalks laid out as such by a city, town, or nre district, or waik,'' "Wcy-
reserved by custom for the use of pedestrians, that are within wp^rk"'-"'^^'*'^®'
the compact part of a city, village, or fire district. Upon peti- ^^^^^^1^'!^/°'"^^
tion of five or more legal voters, the selectmen of towns or the
mayor of cities, upon notice and hearing had, shall have the
power to include within the operations of this act sidewalks
without the compact part of a town or city that are built or im-
proved by said town or city or by the abutters ; Ijut, in such case,
notices to that efl:ect shall be posted near said walks at least one
90
Chapter 94.
[1897.
week before tliey shall be included within the operations of this
act. This act shall not include cross walks, nor footpaths out-
side the compact part of towns and cities that are worn only by
travel and not improved by towns or cities or the abutters. JSTor
shall it include any paths or walks that are now or may hereaf-
ter be built for the exclusive use of bicyclists. The term " bicy-
cle " and " tricycle," as used in this act, shall be deemed to in-
clude all vehicles propelled by the person riding the same, either
whollj^ or in part. The term " park " and " square " as used in
this act, shall not include any spaces under the control of park
commissioners or a park board, or a special park department
of a town or city having power to make regulations relative
to such places, and this act shall not in any way abridge the
powers of such commissioners, board, or department.
Permits for rid- Sect. 3. Thc mavor of a citv, or selectmen of a town, may,
ing without limit .,.,. .*' "'., . j-i
in their discretion, upon any special occasion, grant permits
to any person or persons to ride such machines, at any rate
of speed, for a time not exceeding one day upon specified por-
tions of the public ways of such city or town, and may annex
such other reasonable conditions to such permits as they shall
deem proper.
Sect. 4. Proceedings for the enforcement of the penalties
imposed by this act shall be instituted within sixty days from the
time the offense is committed.
Sect. 5. ]^o city or town shall have any power to make any
ordinance, by-law, or regulation, respecting the use of bicycles or
tricycles, except as provided in section 3 of this act.
Sect. 6. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
of speed.
Limitation of
prosecutions
under this act.
Local regula-
tions forbidden.
Repealing
clause.
Takes efEect on
CHAPTER 94.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 33 OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE PUB-
LIC STATUTES, RELATING TO THE COMxMISSION OF LUNACY.
Section
1. Limit of expense of state for support
at insane asylum of indigent in-
sane persons removed there by
commission of lunacy.
Section
2. Takes effect from June 1, 1897
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
ofTtate^for sup'.* Section 1. Scctiou 33 of chaptcr 10 of the Public Statutes is
port at insane hereby amcudcd by inserting after the word " state," in the elev-
|ent"iS8°ane"per- enth liuc, the words " such expense not to exceed in any one
Bons removed ^.^^^ thc sum of sixtccu thousand dollars ($16,000) for all such
1897.] Chapter 95. 91
persons," so that said section, as amended, shall read : " Section 33. SonVnu-
The commission, by one or more of their members, shall, with-nacy.
out previous notice, visit and make thorough inspections of all
asylums and other institutions for insane persons in the state, as
often as once in four months. They shall examine into the care
and treatment of the insane, the sanitary condition of each asy-
lum or institution, and all other matters relating to the general
welfare of the inmates. They may order the removal of any in-
digent insane person to the New Hampshire Asylum for the In-
sane for remedial treatment and such person while under such
treatment shall be supported at the expense of the state, such
expense not to exceed in any one year the sum of sixteen thou-
sand dollars ($16,000) for all such persons. When the need of
such treatment shall cease, the commission shall so notify the
county, town, or relative liable for the support of such inmate,
and if he is longer continued at the asylum it shall be at the
expense of such county, town, or relative."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from andjrom'wi
after June 1, 1897. ^^g?.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 95.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 109 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
IN RELATION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SWAMP LANDS.
Section l. Selectmen may cause swamp land to be drained or tilled for advancement
of agriculture.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatices in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 109 of the Public Statutes is selectmen may
1 1 Til" . ^ 1 1/ i?5' • ^ cause swamp
hereby amended by inserting atter the word " good in said sec- land to be
tion the words "or the advancement of agriculture," so thatforrdvance- '^^
said section, as amended, shall read as follows : " Section 1. Se-^®?!^'Jj^^g
lectmen, upon petition, may cause any low or swamp lands with-
in their town to be drained or filled when the public health or
good or the advancement of agriculture requires it, and may lay
out and take such land, easement, or rights in land as may be
necessary for the purpose."
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
92
Chapter 96.
CHAPTER 96.
[1897.
Names changed.
Rockingham.
Strafford.
Belknap.
NAMES CHANGED.
From January, 1895, to January, 1897, the judges of probate
have made and returned to the secretary of state the following
changes of names :
Rockingham County. — Hattie Donovan toHattie Curry ; Mary
Helen Moore to Helen May Moore; Mabel L. Abbott to Mabel
L. Burbank; Hector B. Wilson to Herbert B. Wilson; Ellen
M. Pratt to Ellen M. Sawyer ; Rosaltha Parks to Rose Althea
Todd ; Ida S. Dow to Ida S. Mason ; Pauline Bicknell to Paul-
ine Challis ; Charles R. Edmunds to Charles Reuben Edmunds
Bodw^ell ; Georgianna A. Jones to Georgianna A. Garland ;
Mary Frances Hanscom to Marj^ Frances Goodwdn ; William
Andrew" Lloyd to William An drew" Lloyd Cochran ; Horatio
Beede Row^ell to Beede H. Rowell ; IN'ellie Louise Brennan to
Nellie Louise Hill ; Amelia Hill to Amelia Martin ; Fred Brown
to Fred Sanborn ; Mary Genevive Costello to Mary Genevive
Randall; Nettie M. Rowell to Nettie M. George; Mary F.
Walker to Mar}" F. Emery ; Susan F. Leathers to Susan F. Ken-
nard ; Margueritte Sullivan to Lillian F. Sullivan ; George W.
Witham to George W. Purington ; Iva Franklin Witham to Iva
Franklin Purington ; Lucia A. Cotton to Lucia A. liynes ;
Annie L. Darbe to Annie L. Fitts ; Alphonso Davis to Alphonso
Charles Davis ; Emma C. Gray to Emma C. Wallace ; Grace
Noyes Beane to Grace Noyes Straw; Annie B. Stickney to
Annie B. Sleeper.
Strafford County. — Nettie S. Blaisdell to Nettie S. Hamil-
ton; Nellie Riley to Nellie Brown; Georgie E. Hughes to Geor-
gie E. York ; Ernest Dufor to Ernest Carron ; Margaret J.
Doherty to Margaret J. Gerry ; Ida May Brown to Ida May
Home ; Eva E. Hoyt to Eva E. Leightou ; Laura J. Corson to
Laura J. Brooks ; Frank W. Gibson to Frank Wilder Messer ;
Myra J. Nutting to Myra J. Randall; Holman Pearl to Holman
Isaac Pearl; Emma D. Colomy to Emma D. Brackett ; Clara
Bell Hall to Iva E. Davis; Cynthia G. Currier to Cynthia G.
Winkley; Mary B. Parrott to Mary B. Moody; Jennie A.
Worster to Jennie A. Green ; Minnie E. Tibbetts to Minnie E.
Blaisdell ; Jennie Juliette Duxbury to Juliette Wheeler Dux-
bury ; Eva Sophia Stanyon to Eva Sophia Cilley ; Alice May
Stanyon to Alice May Cilley; Lydia E. Baker to Lydia E.
O'Connor; Clara E. St. John to Clary E. Winkley ; Elizabeth
J. Stiles to Elizabeth J. Warren ; Lillian B. How^ard to Lillian
B. Ayer ; Irene Mae Hawksw"orth to Effie May Swallow".
Belknap County. — Gertie J. Goodro to Gertie J. Ames ;
Arthur J. Whitcomb to Arthur J. Wiggin ; Anna Francis
French to Anna French Thompson; May E. Thomas to May E.
Burpee; Elenora P. Hatch to Elenora P. Quinby; Eva Alma
Law"rence to Eva May Babb ; Jennie A, Cox to Jennie A.
1897]. Chapter 96. 93
Clark; Ruth H. Clark to Ruth H. Caniiey ; Mae L. Craig to INIae
L. Hardy ; Mary L. Symes to Mary L. Osgood ; Marion G.
Daniels to Marion G. Files ; Bertrand N, Daniels to Bertrand
N". Files; Johnnie P. Matten to Johnnie P. Shaw; Gladis Seeley
to Ethel May Severance; Gladiss May Furber to Gladiss May
Eaton; Richard Hooker to Irvin Jewell Severance; Alice
Crosby Preble to Alice Crosby Page; Harry Cole Quinby to
Henry Cole Quinby ; William Rowe Jones to William D, Rowe ;
Helen Fidelia Leighton to Helen Leighton Merrill ; Johnwesley
B. Stevens to Wesley B. Stevens ; James Smith to James Stuart
Smith.
Carroll County. — Frank G. Lane to Frank G. Chase; Mag-Carroii.
gie E. Lane to Maggie E. Hale ; Nellie W. Lane to Nellie W.
Hobbs ; Georgia Jenness to Georgia Wyman ; Henry A. Gram-
mo to Henry D. Piper; Bertha Clara Valley to Bertha Clara
Demerritt; Susan Wallace, otherwise known as Susie M. Wal-
lace, to Susan Mildred Meloon ; Elizabeth Chick to Elizabeth
Lawrence ; Sylvia E, Moody to Sylvia E. Evans ; Martha Jane
Nickols to Martha Jane Hill ; Maud Blackey to Maud Lillian
Tilton ; Edward L. Harmon to Edward L. Libbey ; Chastina A.
Littletield to Chastina A. Robin ; Ellen McGraw to Ellen M.
Plummer ; Almena S. Avery to Almena S. Sawyer.
Merrimack County. — Ida B. Merrill to Ida B. Flanders ; Merrimack.
Winnie L. Arlin to Winnie L. Hoyt; Annie B. Daniels to An-
nie B. Merrill ; Sarah E. Dowlin to Sarah E. Hall ; Agnes G. Rob-
inson to Agnes G. Whittier ; Jennie M. Kenney to Jennie M.
Richardson; Eula M. Mansfield to Eula Maud Anderson; Roberta
Mansfield to Roberta Mansfield Anderson ; Laura E. Jameson to
Ida M. Heath ; Nancy M. Stevens to Nancy M. Batchelder ; Alta
M. Virgin to Alta M. Willey ; Emma H. Tidmarsh to Emma H.
Tuttle ; John Langdon Tallant to John Langdon Tallant Shaw ;
Bell C. Ordway to Bell C. Bingham ; Mary L. Follansbee to
Mary L. Gould ; Nellie L. Gillingham to Nellie M. Rowe ; Belle
Manion to Belle Eastman ; Annie V. Ordway to Annie V, Mor-
rison ; Carrie E. Burgum to Carrie E. Stanyan ; Carrie A. Vin-
ica to Carrie A. Holt; Gertrude Thompson to Edith May Towle ;
Mamie Prescott Payne to Mamie Prescott Wheeler; Harold
Gilpatrick to Harold Ferguson ; Clara M. Curtice to Clara M.
Young; Sadie Dennen Swift to Sadie Swift Richardson ; Addie
E. Piper to Addie E. Towne; George Vosburgh to George E.
Wells; Isa G. Smith to Isa Laura Appleton ; Harold R. Fergu-
son to Harold O. Haskins ; Mark Brown to Mark Smith ; Clyde
M. Tryron to George H. Palmer ; Mura Lawrence Fairbanks to
Gladys May Pickard.
Hillsborough County. — George Leander Morency to George H'"sborough.
Leander Dwinnell; Anna Garneau to Anna Currier; Fannie I.
Noyes to Fannie I. Watson ; Mary Louisa Fox to Dorothy Eliza-
beth Williams; Drusilla Prichard Flather to Mary Drusilla
Flather ; Daisy B. Waldron to Daisy B. Swallow ; Florence A.
Fox to Bessie Florence Fletcher ; William Livermore to Wil-
liam Livermore Newell ; Mary A. Cox to Mary A. Prescott ;
94 Chapter 96. [1897.
Mamie E. Gates to Mamie E. Wright ; Philip A. Eiile to Philip
A. Baker; Lillian M. Flanders to Lillian M. Ordway; Israel
Besnikouitz to Israel Resnik ; Phileua Agnes Cook to Philena
Agnes Cloyd ; Emma J. Nichols to Emma J. Atwood : Bertie
Parker to Albert Parker Bowker ; Susan Tetu to Anna Mason ;
Dominique Lemay to Joseph Alfred Duplessis ; George Cald-
well to James Henry Brown ; Jessie L. Hackett to Jessie L,
Burnett; Lucyas Martin Strang to Francis Henry Phelps ; Es-
ther Antoinette Strang to Esth'er Antoinette Phelps ; Inez Le-
nora Whiting to Inez Lenora Church ; Leila Upham Marsh to
Leila Upham ; " Baby " Lane to Fred Herson Turner ; Edwin
Francis Colby to Edwin Francis Pike ; Grace S. Ranno Holt to
Grace S. Ranno ; Angle L. Aldrich to Angle L. Weeks ; Minnie
L. Nye to Minnie L. Stoddard ; Gracie Proctor to Gracie F.
Ladd; Teresa Lucy Bailey to Teresa Lucy Hurley ; Frank Per-
ley Newhall to Frank Perley Hutchinson ; Eugene Barriauet to
Eugene Simard ; A^erna Camille Sefton to Mary Elizabeth
Welch; Delia A. Douglass to Delia A. Phippen : Abbie L.
Bridges to Abbie Louise Lincoln; EstellaM. Hildreth to Estella
H. Boutelle ; Edward White to Edward Yelser ; Hermine Ca-
mona to Hermine Geissler ; Alice Alina Leveque to Lena Sump-
ter; Mary F. Emery to Mary F. Dow; Addie Robbins to Ad-
die Beckwith ; Max Cunzer to Max Solomon Hillson ; Flora P.
Dorr to Flora P. Adams ; Mabel M. Hatch to Mabel M. Wes-
cott ; Josephine Kedny to Josephine Kennedy; ISTellie Kedny to
Nellie Kennedy ; Elizabeth Kedny to Elizabeth Kennedy ;
Elise Gervais to Elise Dube; Kate A. Thompson to Kate A.
Kelley; Antonio Berard to Antonio Berard Marcoultier ; Emma
I. Belford to Emma I. Clark ; Rosa Flanders to Rose Linda
Burton ; Annie Pearl Richardson to Pearl Richardson ; Alta
Hall to Alta Thompson ; Fern B. Marsh to Fern B. Ford; Ida
M. White to Ida M. Gould.
Cheshire. CHESHIRE CouNTY. — Harry E. Merritt to Josiah Kendall
Rand ; Guy Lockwood Sabin to Guy Lockwood Roby ; Matilda
Turner Abbott to Matilda M. Turner ; Abbie E. Hicks to Abbie
Elvira Chappell ; Luna B. Cobb to Luna B. Hubbard ; Belle
Bond Paddelford to Belle Bond Wilder ; Nellie May Cowan to
Nellie May St. John ; Blanche Ellis to Blanche Olive Jewett ;
Willie Chase to William Roy Brown ; Addie Maria Brooks to
Addie Maria Young.
suiiiTan. Sullivan County. — Laura E. Booth to Laura E. Angell;
Florence L. Bartlett to Mabel A. Bean ; Catherine May Cragin
to Catherine May Stewart; Jessie M. Cutts to Jessie M. Sar-
gent ; Maude M. Holt to Maude M. Chapin ; Mary E. Hill to
Mary Elizabeth Knight ; Florence L. Harding to Florence Lu-
cinda Harding Eastman ; Lizzie McDonald to Lizzie Lull; Con-
stance Pollard to Susie Constance Benway; Ella Edna Putnam
to Ella Edna Cutts; Ida H. Read to Ida H. Read Bellville;
Flora B. Tryon to Belle Clara Russell.
Grafton. Grafton County. — Josepli H. Birch to Joseph H. Bennett ;
Anna Mabel Cunningham to Anna Cunningham Kimball ;
1897.] Chapter 97. 96
Nellie B. Davis to Nellie B. Chase ; Cora E. Davis to Cora E.
Gannett ; Helen M. Draper to Helen M. Clough ; Clara Des-
coteau to Clara Saporte ; Susan Ellison to Susan A. Eastman ;
Emma G. Fisher to Emma G. Webster ; Carl G. Heath to Carl
Hoit; James Bertram Hill to James Bertram Sias ; Gladys Her-
bert to Gladys M. Brown ; Katie I. Lamb to Katie I. Sedgell ;
Abbie McDonough to Elevyn Myrle Percy ; Clementine Y.
Manson to Clementine V. Davis ; Daisy Mitchell to Grace
Plant; Lydia Mitchell to Bonnie Belle Dow; Lena Belle Moore
to Lena Mary Carpenter ; Herbert Nichols to Herbert M.
Tucker ; Hazel P. Noble to Hazel P. Cleasly ; Henry James
Palmer to Henry James "Wright ; Walter Koyce to Walter
Thomas ; Fred Stewart to Fred Stewart Emerson ; Lydia Jennie
Waldron to Jennie M. Chase ; Edna B. Wallace to Gertrude
Mory ; Fernald H. Webber to Francis H. Spokesfield ; Mary A.
Webber to Mary A. Spokestield.
Coos County. — Agnes Gertrude Fuller to Agnes Gertrude ^°°*'
Bond ; Wilfred Coughlain to Wilfred Wedge ; Charles Fred
Cleaveland to Fred Charles Cleaveland ; Nelly Corier to Nellie
Driscoll; John H. Doll off to John H. Powers; Jennie M. L.
DollofF to Mrs. Jennie M. L. Powers; Vyrne Elliott to Vyrne
Crawford; Gertrude E. Fuller to Gertrude Elethea Hildreth ;
Henri Gonya to Henri Fisher ; J. William Greenlaw to Frank
Charles Stone ; Kosina Holbrook to Rosina Roberts ; Madeline
G. Lewis to Helen Osburne Whipp ; Emma W. Lull to Emma
Anna Whitney ; Eva May Murry to Eva May Jodrie ; Henry
Osburne to Henry Thorndike Osburne ; Sarah J. Ranney to
Sarah J. Moore ; Lena Ross to Lena Ross Stewart ; Lizzie
Sheehe to Maud Lois Hutchins; Helen Ross Whitham to Helen
Ross Humphrey.
CHAPTER 97.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE REVISED REG-
ISTER OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE WAR OF THE
REBELLION,
Section | Section
1. To be sold to soldiers and sailors 2. Takes effect on passage,
at $3. I
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened :
Section 1. That the trustees of the state library be and are here- xo be sou to
by instructed to sell the bound copies of the revised register of g°|fo'rIat $3.
soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion
96 Chapters 98, 99. [1897.
at three dollars per copy to all honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors of New Hampshire who served in the War of the Rebel-
lion.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This joint resolution shall take efFect on its passage.
passage. [Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 98.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE WIDOW OF THE LATE EDAVIN
P. BURPEE OF NEW LONDON.
Salary to be paid to widow.
Eesolvexl hy the Senate and House of Hej^resentaiives in General
Court convened :
Salary to be paid That the State treasurer be and hereby is authorized to pay to
the widow of the late Edwin P. Burpee of New London the full
salary and mileage due to him as a member of the house of rep-
resentatives.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 99.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS. /
$2,500 annually appropriated.
Resolced hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
$2,500 annually That the sum of tweuty-five hundred dollars be and is hereby
appropriate.!, appropriated for the two years' course and the horticultural de-
partment and other purposes of the New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts for each of the college years
of"l897 and 1898, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw
his warrant on the treasury therefor out of any money therein
not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 100, 101. 97
CHAPTER 100.
JOINT HESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME.
820,000 appropriated for " Soldiers' Home Furnl."
Eesolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That tlie sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropri- S2o,ooo appro-
,,^„ -xlx iil .•^^^^. priated for "Sol-
ated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- diers' Home
ated, for the support and maintenance of the JSTew Hampshire ^"°'^-"
Soldiers' Home and the members thereof, from the first day of
January, 1897, to the assembling of the legislature in 1899, in
addition to such sums as the state may be entitled to receive
from the general government, in aid of the support of disabled
soldiers and sailors, during or for said period, and which the state
treasurer is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for.
The sums so appropriated shall be known as the " Soldiers'
Home Fund," and shall be subject to the order of the state board
of managers, and be drawn upon orders signed by the secretary
and countersigned by the governor, as provided in the act estab-
lishing said home.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
CHAPTER 101.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS.
$3,105 appropriated for purchase of land.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives in General
Court convened :
That the sum of three thousand one hundred and five dollars $3,105 appropri-
be and is hereby appropriated to the jSTew Hampshire College of chase°o'f und.
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts for the purpose of purchas-
ing land bounded on three sides by the college farm, and now
owned by Lucien Thompson, and that the governor is hereby
authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury therefor out of
any money therein not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 11, 1897.]
98
Chapters 102, 103.
CHAPTER 102.
[1897.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF GEORGE N. JULIAN.
Section
1. $156.89 allowed.
Section
2. Payment of same.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Eepresentaikes in General
Court convened :
$156.89 allowed. SECTION 1. That George N. Julian be allowed the sum of one
hundred fiftj-six dollars and eighty- nine cents for services ren-
dered during the war of the Rebellion.
Sect. 2. The governor is hereby authorized to draw his war-
rant for the same out of any money in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated.
[Approved March 11, 1897.]
Payment of
same.
CHAPTER 103.
$150 annually
appropriated.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE GRANITE STATE DEAF MUTE
MISSION.
$150 annually appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives in General
Court convened :
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars annually be ap-
propriated for the use of the Granite State Deaf Mute Mission
during the coming two years, and the governor is hereby author-
ized to draw his warrant for the same from the money appropri-
ated for the support and education of indigent deaf and dumb
persons of this state, under chapter 86 of the Public Statutes, en-
titled "State aid to indigent deaf and dumb, blind, and feeble
minded persons."
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 104, 105. 99
CHAPTER 104.
JOINT RESOLUTION 'WITII REFERENCE TO THE TITLE OF THE PROP-
ERTY OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE,
Preamble.
Attorney-general to examine title and
trustees to execute conveyances to
state as advised by him.
Whereas, the entire property of the New Hampshire Asylum Preamble,
for the Insane is owned by the state of New Hampshire, either
absolutely or in trust, but the legal title of the land, buildings,
and other property stands in the name of the trustees of the
asylum appointed by the state, and
Whereas, it is desirable that the legal title should conform to
the actual title, therefore.
Be it resolved bj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That the attorney-general be directed to examine the deeds Attomey-gen-
and other conveyances of title to said property, and advise the tnie.'and t^8°-^
trustees what conveyances, if any, should be made to perfect the*®^*^"^^^®^"^^
legal title of the state to said property, and the trustees be di- state as advised
rected to execute such conveyances as may be advised by the ^^ ^™'
attorney-general, and deliver the same to the governor and coun-
cil in behalf of the state within sixty days from the passage of
this resolution.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 105.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE SANDWICH NOTCH ROAD, IN THE
TOWN OF THORNTON, AND OTHER HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE.
Highways ; $10,650 appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
That the following sums be and are hereby appropriated for I'K^^^'^^ys ^
the construction and repair of highways, as hereinafter specified, priS.^^^'°'
amounting to the sum of ten thousand six hundred and fifty
dollars :
100 Chapter 105. [1897.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of that portion of the
Sandwich Notch road that lies between Sandwich town line and
Mad river bridge in the town of Thornton.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the
repair of highways in the town of Albany, one half to be ex-
pended in 1897 and the remainder in 1898.
That the sum of fifty dollars, for each of the years 1897 and
1898, be appropriated for the repair of the north and south road
in the town of Benton.
That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated,
for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of that portion
of the mountain road leading from North Woodstock to Warren
that lies in the town of Woodstock.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of that portion of the
highway leading from Breezy Point to North Woodstock that
lies in the town of Warren.
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated,
for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of highways
and bridges in the town of Campton.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of that portion of
Sandwich Notch road that lies in the town of Sandwich.
That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated,
for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of highways
in the town of Dixville.
That the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway leading
from Crawford House to the Willey House in the town of Carroll.
That the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be appropri-
ated, for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the
highway leading from the Willey House in Carroll to Bartlett
town line.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway lead-
ing from Crawford House to Fabyan House in Carroll.
That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated, for each of the
years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of Sugar Loaf road on the
north side of Newfound lake in the town of Alexandria.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the old Turnpike
and Knot-hole roads, so called, lying between John Rogers's
house and the old Edward Howe place, and the Whitefield and
Jeflerson town line.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated, for
each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway in
the town of Pittsburg, between first and second Connecticut
lake.
That the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) be appropriated, for
each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the road on the
1897.J Chapter 105. 101
west side of the Androscoggin river from the house of L. H.
Grover in Errol to Dummer line.
That the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) be appropri-
ated, for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the
road in the town of Dummer, beginning at the east line of
Dummer on the west side of the Androscoggin river; thence
down the river to the north line of Milan.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated, for
each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway
from Errol to Wentworth's Location.
That the sum of seventy-five dollars be appropriated for the
repair of the highway in Wentworth's Location, for each year
of 1897 and 1898.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated, for
each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repairs of highways
in Millsfield.
That the sum of four hundred dollars be appropriated, for
each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway
leading from North Woodstock to the Flume House.
g That the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway leading
from the height of land in Franconia to the Flume House.
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated,
for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for placing and main-
taining buoys and lights in Lake Winnipesaukee and adjacent
waters.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of highways in the
town of Dalton.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the highway lead-
ing from Stewartstown Hollow to Diamond pond, in the town
of Stewartstown.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated, for each
of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the Pinkham road,
so called, and bridges therein, in Coos county, leading from a
point near the house of George Wood, in Eandolph, to the north-
erly line of Martin's Grant.
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropri-
ated, for each of the years 1897 and 1898, to assist the town of
Eandolph in the repair of highways in said town.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated, for
each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the Pink-
ham ISTotch road, that lies in the town of Jackson.
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropri-
ated, for each of the years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of the
Mascoma Valley and Lyme highway, in the town of Dorchester.
That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated, for each of the
years 1897 and 1898, for the repair of that part of the road lead-
ing from Kendall's Mills, so called, to the main highway be-
tween Canaan and Dorchester, that lies in the town of Groton.
102 Chapter 106. [1897.
All of the above to be expended under the direction of an
agent or agents to be appointed by the governor and council,
and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
therefor from any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
Also, that the sum of six hundred dollars be and the same is
hereby appropriated, for the purpose of surveying, and laying
out, and extending, and making plans and specifications prelim-
inary to extending, the road between Great Boar's Head, in
Hampton, N. H., and Little Boar's Head, in Rye, IST. H., so that
the same may extend from Massachusetts state line at Salisbury
Beach to Fort Point, in ISTewcastle, N. H.
That the sum hereby appropriated be expended under the di-
rection of the governor and council, and that they make report
to the next legislature.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 106.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
$5,000 annuaUy appropriated.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatkes in General
Court convened :
SSriTd'"^ That the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be appro-
priated and paid out of the state treasury to the trustees of Dart-
mouth college on the warrant of the governor on the first day of
September each year, for a period of two years next after the
passage of this resolution, for the use of said college in its gen-
eral educational work.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 107, 108. 103
CHAPTER 107.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A BRIDGE ACROSS SAWYER's RIVER, IN UART's LOCATION, AND RE-
PEALING CHAPTER 152 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1895.
$2,500 appropriated ; previous appropriation repealed.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That tlie sum of §2,500, to construct a bridge across Sawyer's 52,500 appropri-
river, in Hart's Location, be and hereby is appropriated, to be ex- appropriation*
pended under the direction of three commissionerg appointed by "'^p®*^^*^-
the governor and council, if, in the judgment of the governor
and council, it is deemed necessary ; and the governor is hereby
authorized to draw his warrant for the same from any mone}' in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated, provided that the sum
shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ; and chap-
ter 152 of the Session Laws of 1895, being a joint resolution ap-
propriating money for a similar purpose, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 108.
JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO REPAIRS ON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
S715 appropriated.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
That the sum of seven hundred and fifteen dollars be and is S7i5 appropri-
hereby appropriated for repairs and heating of state normal** '
school buildings at Plymouth, said sum to be expended under
the direction of the trustees of said school ; and the governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said sum for the pur-
pose aforesaid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
104 Chapters 109, 110. [1897.
CHAPTER 109.
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONTINUING OF
THE WORK OF INDEXING THE RECORDS IN THE OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE.
$1,000 annually appropriated.
Besolvecl hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
fppr?priated."^ That the sum of one thousand dollars a year for two years from
the first day of June, 1897, to be expended under the direction
of the governor and council, be and hereby is appropriated for
continuing the work of indexing the records in the ofiice of the
secretary of state, as provided in chapter 86, Session Laws of
1883
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 110.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION IN FAVOR OF LIGHTING
THE LIGHTHOUSE ON LOON ISLAND, IN SUNAPEE LAKE, BY ELEC-
TRICITY, AND FOR PLACING AND MAINTAINING BUOYS ON SAID LAKE,
AND FOR PLACING ADDITIONAL BUOYS On LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE,
AND REPAIRING BUOYS ALREADY EXISTING ON SAID LAKE.
$1,100 appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
$1,100 appropri- That tlic suiii of scvcu huudrcd dollars be, and the same is
**''^' hereby appropriated, for lighting the lighthouse on Loon island,
in Sunapee lake, by electricity, and for placing and maintaining
buoys on said lake, said sura to be expended by an agent ap-
pointed by the governor, with the advice of the council ; and the
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same
out of any money not otherwise apj^ropriated.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated for the purpose of placing additional buoj^s
at dangerous points on Lake \Vinnipesaukee not already pro-
1897.] Chapter 111. 105
vided with buoys, and for the purpose of repairing buoys on
said lake already existing, the same to be expended under the
direction of an agent to be appointed by the governor and coun-
cil ; and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
for said sum of one hundred dollars out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
And that the sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated for repairing the Miller Park Mountain
road (so called) situated in the towns of Temple and Peterl)or-
ough, one hundred dollars to be expended in the year 1897
and one hundred dollars in the year 1898, said sum to be ex-
pended by an agent to be appointed by the governor, with
the advice of the council, and the governor is hereby author-
ized to draw his warrant for the same out of any money not
otherwise appropriated ; and that the sum of one hundred dol-
lars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for repairing
the Crotchet Mountain road (so called) situated in the town of
Francestown, fifty dollars of said sum to be expended in the
year 1897, and fifty dollars in the year 1898, said sum to be
expended by an agent to be appointed by the governor, with
the advice of the council, and the governor is hereby author-
ized to draw his warrant for the same out of any money not
otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTEPv 111.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PLACING AND MAINTAINING BUOYS IN
SQUAM LAKE.
Section i section
1. $50 annually appropriatea. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That the sum of fifty dollars for each of the years 1897 andgj/„°^i"^fjy
1898 be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of placing
and maintaining buoys in Squam lake, the same to be expended
under the direction of a committee appointed by the governor
and council.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. Takes esfect on
[Approved March 26, 1897.] ""''"''■
106 Chapters 112, 113. [1897.
CHAPTER 112.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION TO AID IN THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER AT THE
FORD, SO CALLED, IN THE TOWN OF SHELBURNE.
$2,500 appropriated.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rei^resentatkes in General
Court convened :
$2,500 appropri- Tliat tliG sum of tweiitj-five hundred dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated to aid in the construction of a bridge
across the Androscoggin river at the ford, so called, in the town
of Shelburne. Said sum is to be expended under the direction
of an agent to be appointed by the governor and council, and
the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the
same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, provided that said bridge shall be completed before the first
dav of January, 1899.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 113.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF EDAVARD L. MILES.
$25 allowed for expenses.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
$25 allowed for That the sum of twenty-live dollars be and the same is al-
expenses. lowcd Edward L. Miles for expenses incurred in maintaining
his right to a seat in this house. The governor is hereby author-
ized to draw his warrant therefor out of any money in the treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 114, 115. 107
CHAPTER 114.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Section I Section
1. $2,500 appropriated. I 2. Takes effect on passage.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars S2^5oo appropri-
($2,500) be and is hereby appropriated for the present indebted-*^ '
ness and necessary repairs on buildings, this sum to be expended
by the advice of the trustees. And the governor is authorized to
draw his warrant for the same from any money not already ap-
propriated.
Sect. 2. This joint resolution shall take effect on its passage. '''*''g|*|*^^'=**'''
[Approved March 26, 1897.] ^''''^''
CHAPTER 115.
joint resolution authorizing the governor and council to
distribute thirty sets of Hitchcock's geology.
Distribution of Hitchcock's Geology and Atlas.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That the governor and council be authorized to exchange or Distribution of
present thirty sets of Hitchcock's Geology and Atlas, as they shall Sg^and
deem for the best interest of the state. ^'^'*^-
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
108 Chapters 116, 117. [1897.
CHAPTER 116.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF EDAVIN F. RICHMOND AND JAMES
KEARNS.
S156.50 allowed for expenses and services.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
s^ise.M^aUowed That the sum of forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents be al-
and services, lowed Edwin F. Richmond, and the said sum be paid him for
expenses incurred by him in establishing his right to a seat in
this house ; and that the sum of forty-three dollars and twenty-
five cents be allowed James Kearns for expenses incurred by
him in defending his right to a seat in this house, and that the
further sum of seventy dollars be paid him for twenty-eight days'
service as a member of said house ; and the governor is author-
ized to draw his warrants for said sums out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 117.
.JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF MICHAEL o'MALLEY,
$128.60 allowed for expenses.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives in General
Court convened :
$128.60 allowed That tlic sum of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and
or expenses, ^y^^y ceuts bc, and the same is hereby, allowed Michael O'Malley
for expenses incurred in maintaining his right to a seat in this
house. The governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
for the same out of any money in the treasuiy not otherwise ap-
propriated.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 118, 119, 120. 109
CHAPTER 118.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JOHN H. FRENCH.
SlOO allowed for expenses.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court cojwened :
That Jolin II. French be, and is hereby, allowed the sum of f *J^„*JJ°^"'^ ^°'
cue hundred dollars for expenses incurred by him in maintaining
his right to a seat in this house. The governor is hereby author-
ized to draw his warrant therefor out of any money in the treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 119.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ANDREW J. CROOKER.
$213.42 allowed for expenses.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That the sum of two hundred and thirteen dollars and forty- $213.42 allowed
two cents be, and the same is hereby, allowed Andrew J. Crooker "'" ^''p®°^®^-
for expenses incurred in maintaining his right to a seat in this
house. The governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
therefor out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 120.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JAMES H. WILLOUGHBY AND OTHERS.
Sundry appropriations.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Rej^esentatives in General
Court convened :
That James H. Willoughby, John Demeritt, and Walter F. sundry appro-
Buck be allowed the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars ^"**'^'^''
each.
no Chapter 120. [1897.
That Eev. Frank L. Pbalen, John J. Kichols, John "Wood-
ward, Edward P. Hunt, John H. Willey, Charles W. Torr,
Henry B. Stearns, Horace B. Sherburne, Charles T. Huntoon,
Andy Holt, Silas G. Clifford, be allowed the sum of two hun-
dred and eighty ($280) dollars each.
That James F. Estes, John W. Odlin, Edward Plummer,
Fred P. Eichardson, and Ralph "W. Gordon, be allowed the sum
of one hundred and sixty dollars each.
That Josephine C. Larkin be allowed the sum of one hundred
and sixty dollars.
That John W. Bourlet, Jr., be allowed the sum of eighty-eight
dollars.
That Laura J. Welch be allowed the sum of fifty dollars.
That A. W. Presler be allowed the sum of eleven dollars and
eighty-five cents.
That William P. Lamb be allowed the sum of two hundred
dollars in full for services.
That James M. Adams be allowed the sum of twenty dollars.
That the Nashua Telegraph Publishing Company be allowed
the sum of twelve dollars and fourteen cents.
That Horace L. Ingalls be allowed the sum of twenty dollars.
That William F. Whitcomb and Clark S. Edwards be allowed
the sum of fifteen dollars each ; that Orrin W. Head be allowed
the sum of six dollars and twenty cents ; Calvin Robie the sum
of fourteen dollars and forty cents; Edward L. Austin and
Irving Bodwell the sum of ten dollars each, in full for services
rendered.
That the Times Publishing Co. be allowed the sum of ten dol-
lars, and the John B. Clarke Co. be allowed the sum of six hun-
dred and twenty dollars and fifty-two cents ; John R. Miller be
allowed the sum of two hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty
cents.
That George A. Place be allowed the sum of seventeen dollars
and twenty-five cents.
That Edson C. Eastman be allowed the sum of fifty -five dol-
lars and thirty cents ; Fred L. Johnson, one dollar and forty
cents ; Howard & Co. be allowed one hundred and sixty-four
dollars and fifty-three cents ; John H. Clark, the sum of thirty
dollars and twenty cents ; Woodbury E. Hunt, the sum of one
dollar and ninety cents ; Goodhue & Milton the sum of seven-
teen dollars and ninety-nine cents ; George R. Pierce the sum
of nine dollars ; Benjamin Billsborough the sum of seven dol-
lars and twenty-one cents ; J. M. Stewart & Sons Co. be allowed
the sum of two hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety-
four cents.
That Silsby & Son be allowed the sum of four hundred and
thirty-six dollars and sixtj'-eight cents for stationery supplies.
That the Republican Press Association be allowed tlie sum
of five hundred and eighty-eight dollars; the ITnion Publish-
ing Company be allowed the sum of five hundred and eighty-
four dollars and forty-two cents ; that the iS". H. Democratic
1897.] Chapter 120. Ill
Press Co. be allowed the sum of five hundred and fifty-seven
dollars and fiftv-two cents.
That H. C. Pearson, G. W. Fowler, J. E. Cofiin, L. B.
Brown, W. T. Dodge, D. B. Donovan, G. H. Moses, H. H.
Metealf, A. H. Robinson, and J. E. Keelei", legislative re-
porters, be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars each ;
that Susie R. Morrison be allowed the sum of fifty dollars ; that
Edward M. Kason, Anthon W. Colby, and Orlando I. Godfrey
be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars each.
[Approved March 26, 1897.]
PRIVATE ACTS.
CHAPTER 121.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF BERLIN.
Section
1. City constituted.
3. Wards.
3. City council.
4. Powers of mayor and council.
5. School district.
tj. City takes property and debts of
town and school district.
7. Representatives to general court.
8. Moderator and sui)ervisors of check-
lists.
9. Check-lists.
10. Ward meetings.
11. Election and term of councilmen
and ward clerks.
12. Mas'or; election, powers, vacancy,
salary.
Section
13. Oath of mayor and council; election
of city clerk.
14. Election, term, and compensation
of city officers.
15. Board of education.
16. Appropriations and expenditures
for schools.
17. Police court.
18. Vacancies to be filled by city coun-
cil.
19. Elections.
20. First election.
21. When takes effect; adoption by
town.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
City consti-
tuted.
Wards.
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Berlin in the
county of Coos shall continue to be a body corporate and politic,
under the name of the city of Berlin.
Sect. 2. Said city of Berlin is hereby divided into three wards,
which shall be constituted as follows, namely :
Ward one shall include all that part of said Berlin lying
southerly and westerly of the following described line : Begin-
ning on the town line between the town of Berlin and the town-
ship of Success, where said line is intersected by the range line
between ranges nine and ten ; thence running w^esterly on said
range line to its intersection with the center line of the location
of the Concord & Montreal Railroad ; thence in a direct line to
the center of Dead river, where it empties into the Androscoggin
(112)
1897.] Chapter 121. 113
river; thence up the center of Dead river to the range line be-
tween ranges seven and eight; thence westerly on said raiif'-e
line to its intersection with the town line between the town of
Berlin and the township of Kilkenny.
Ward two shall include all that part of said Berlin lying
northerly and easterly of the line above described and the fol-
lowing described line : beginning on the town line between the
town of Berlin and the township of Success, where said line
is intersected by the range line between ranges eight and
nine ; thence westerly on said range line to the point where
it intersects the established land line between the Glen Man-
ufacturing Company and the Berlin Falls Fibre Company;
thence on said land line to the west bank of the Androscog-
gin river ; thence in a direct line to the southerly line of
lands now owned and occupied by Philip St. Laurent ; thence
on the line of said St. Laurent's land to School street ; thence
across School street to the center of Prospect street ; thence
on the center line of Prospect street as far as it is occupied ;
thence on same course as Prospect street to the check line be-
tween lots numbered four and five; thence southerly on said
check line to the center line of the location of the Grand
Trunk railway ; thence on said railway line to the range line
between ranges three and four ; thence on said range line to
the town line between the town of Berlin and the township of
Kilkenny.
Ward three shall include all that portion of said Berlin not
embraced in wards one and two as herein constituted.
Sect. 3. ■ The administration of all the fiscal, prudential, and city council,
municipal affairs of said city and the government thereof shall
be vested in one principal officer to be called the mayor, and one
board, consisting of nine members, to be called the council, the
members whereof shall be called councilmen. The mayor and
council shall sit and act together and compose one body, and in
their joint capacity be called the city council.
Sect. 4. The mayor and council created by this act shall Powers of mayor
have all the powers, and do and perform in reference to each ^"^ """""^ '
other, or otherwise, all the duties which mayors, boards of alder-
men, and common councils of cities are by law authorized or re-
quired to do or perform, either separately or otherwise; and all
provisions of the statutes pertaining to the duties or powers of
boards of aldermen and common councils of cities, separately or
otherwise, shall be construed to apply to said city council, unless
a contrary intention appears.
Sect. 5. Said city shall constitute one school district, and the school district,
administration of all fiscal, prudential, and district affairs of said
district shall be vested in the city council, except such as shall
hereinafter be vested in the school board.
Sect. 6. All property of said town of Berlin, or of the school ^;*y*^^^^gP^j°p-
district of said town, shall be vested in said city, and all debts ofoftownand ^
said town and said school district shall be considered for all p^r.^^^^-^'-ii^t^o*-
poses as the debts of said city.
114
Chapter 121.
[1897.
Representatives
to general court
Moderator and
supervisors of
check-lists.
Check-lists.
Ward meetings.
Election and
term of council-
men and ward
clerks.
Mayor : elec-
tion, powers,
vacancy, salary.
Sect. 7. Each ^Yard shall elect one representative to the gen-
eral court until such time as any or all of said wards shall, by
virtue of their constitutional rights, be entitled to a greater num-
ber.
Sect. 8. Each ward shall, at each state biennial election,
choose by ballot a moderator and three supervisors of check-
lists, who shall hold office for two years, and until their succes-
sors are elected and qualified, and shall receive for their services
only such compensation as the city council may vote. Said
supervisors shall perform all the duties required by law of select-
men of wards in cities and supervisors of check-lists in towns,
and for all purposes requiring such officers shall be considered
selectmen of said wards. The present board of supervisors of
said town of Berlin shall act as supervisors and selectmen of
each of said wards until supervisors are chosen by each of
said wards at the next biennial election, as herein provided.
They shall detail one of their number to attend each meeting
in each of said w^ards at which supervisors are required by law to
be present, and such supervisor, while in attendance on such
meeting, shall have the powers and perform the duties of the.
full board.
Sect. 9. Said supervisors, in regulating and posting check-
lists, shall be governed by the law applying to the supervisors of
towns, their respective wards being considered as a town for
such purposes.
Sect. 10. The annual meeting of each ward shall be held on
the second Tuesday of March in each year, at such place in said
city as may be fixed by said city council. The first meeting of
said wards shall be called by the present supervisors of the town
of Berlin, at such place as they may select, and said board of
supervisors shall prepare a check-list for each ward, for use at
such meetings.
Sect. 11. Each ward, at its annual meeting, shall elect a
councilman who shall serve for three years, and a ward clerk
who shall serve for one year, except that at the first election in
each ward there shall be elected one councilman to serve for one
year, one for two years, and one for three years.
Sect. 12. The mayor of said city shall be chosen annually,
and shall have a negative upon all the acts of the council to
which his veto power would extend had the city government
herein constituted provided for a board of aldermen, and such
veto power shall extend to individual items of appropriations.
He shall preside in all meetings of the city council, but shall
have no vote except in case of an equal division. In his absence,
the council may elect one of their number chairman, who shall
have all the powers and perform all the duties of mayor during
his absence or disability, or during a vacancy in said office from
any cause. The mayor shall receive for his services an annual
salary of two hundred dollars, payable semi-annually, which shall
be in full for all services of every kind rendered by him in said
office.
1897.] Chapter 121. 115
Sect. 13. The mayor and council shall annually, on the ^ast ^^^^'^ °^j|^*y<>'"
Monday of March, meet for the purpose of taking their respect- election of cuy
ive oaths, and shall elect a city clerk, who shall be clerk of the '''^'^'^'
city council and have a salary of two hundred dollars per
annum.
Sect 14. Said council shall also, within one week of said an-^^^<=^'J'°'*^'^™'
nual meeting, appoint a board of three assessors, one' from each tion of city
ward, who shall receive for their services seventy-five dollars °*''^'^^"
each per annum ; and said council shall also, within thirty days
of said annual meeting, appoint a board of health of not more
than three persons, a city treasurer, who shall also serve as treas-
urer of the board of education and receive as compensation fifty
dollars per annum, a city auditor, a collector of taxes, a city
solicitor, a city marshal and police ofiicers, a highway commis-
sioner, a chief engineer and assistant engineers of the fire de-
partment ; and may create such other governmental departments
and elect or appoint such other ofiicers or agents as are neces-
sary for the good government of the city, not otherwise provided
for.
The term of such ofiicers shall be for one year, and until their
successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed, but
all ofiicers and agents shall be subject to removal by the city
council. The compensation of ofiicers and agents whose salary
is not fixed shall be only such as may be fixed by the city
council.
Sect. 15. The general management and control of the public ^oard of educa-
schools, and of the buildings and property pertaining thereto,
shall be vested in a board of education consisting of three mem-
bers, who shall be elected by the city council until such time
as the city may vote to elect them at their annual ward meetings,
or at special meetings called for that purpose. They shall hold
ofiice for three years, and until their successors are elected and
qualified, except the terms of those first elected shall be for one,
two, and three years respectively. They shall receive such com-
pensation as may be fixed by the council, and their terms of ofiice
shall begin on the first Monday of April. Councilmen shall be
ineligible to election as members of the board of education.
Sect. 16. The appropriations for schools shall be vested in the AppropriaHona
city council, and the school board shall be accountable to the turelfor" '
city council for its expenditures. Bchoois.
Sect. 17. The police court of the town of Berlin, as hereto- ^°''°^ •'°'"'*-
fore existing and constituted, is hereby constituted and estab-
lished as the police court of the city of Berlin, and all precepts,
civil and criminal, which by law are made returnable to, or
which have been instituted and were pending before the said po-
lice court of the town of Berlin when the act establishing the
city of Berlin shall go into eflect, shall be heard and adminis-
tered in said court under the name of the police court of the city
of Berlin. The salary of the justice of said police court shall be
the sum heretofore fixed by the town of Berlin. The justice of
said court may appoint a clerk of the court, if provision is made
116 Chapter 121. [1897.
by the city council of said city for his compensation ; but, until
such provision is made, the justice, or, in his absence, the special
justice, shall be clerk as to all business before them respectively
transacted in the court, and such clerk or justice shall keep a
full record of all proceedings. The fees and costs imposed by
said court shall be for the use of the city of Berlin, and shall be
paid over to the city treasurer by any person collecting the
same.
Vacancies to be Sect. 18. All vacaucies iu the board of education and in all
counciK " ^ ward offices shall be tilled by the city council.
Elections. Sect. 19. The general provisions of the statutes relating to
state biennial elections shall apply to all elections for city and
ward offices.
First election. Sect. 20. The supervisors of said town shall seasonably post
check-lists and warrants for said first annual ward meetings, and
shall seasonably appoint a moderator and clerk for each of said
wards from the legal voters thereof, w^ho shall, after being duly
sworn, have the powers and perform the duties of their respect-
ive offices at the first annual election under this act, and until
others are elected and qualified. The returns of votes provided
by law to be made to the city clerk shall, at said first annual
election, be made to said town supervisors, who shall forthwith
perform all the duties in relation thereto which are by law as-
signed to the mayor and council and city clerk respectively.
Said supervisors shall also select and provide a suitable place for
the first meeting of the city council, and seasonably notify the
members thereof of the place so selected.
Iffect*fdo* tion ®^^^- ^^- "^^^^^ ^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^^ efiect ou the 20th day of Febru-
by tovJu. ary, 1897, provided the town shall, before that date, have adopted
the same at a legal meeting called for that purpose.
If at any meeting this act shall fail of adoption, it may at the
expiration of three months from such meeting and prior to Jan-
uary 1, 1900, be again submitted for adoption.
It shall be the duty of the selectmen to call a meeting of the
town to act on said question of adoption in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, upon the petition of ten or more voters of
said town.
[Approved February 2, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 122, 123. 117
C HAPTER 122.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF MANCHESTER TO APPROPRIATE A
SUM OF MONEY NOT EXCEEDING SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE
PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF ITS SEMI-
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
Section i Section
1. Appropriation authorized. 2. Takes effect on passage; repealing
I clause.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The city of Manchester is hereby authorized to ^pp''op"^t'oa
appropriate a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars for the
preparation and publication of the proceedings of its semi-cen-
tennial celebration in September, 1896.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage, and all Takes effect on
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re- fngdil'se!^^^^*''
pealed.
[Approved February 2, 1897.]
CHAPTER 123.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE WESTON & HILL CO.
Section i Section
1. Name changed. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejjresentaiives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The name of the Weston & Hill Company shall Name changed,
be, and hereby is, changed to that of the James W. Hill Com-
pany, by which name it shall be known and transact its busi-
ness.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes esect on
[Approved February 3, 1897.] P^'^'^se.
118
Chapters 124, 125.
[1897.
CHAPTER 124.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE VOTE PASSED BY THE TOWN OF HOLDERNESS
AT A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JULY 13, 1895, EXEMPTING CER-
TAIN PROPERTY OF JOHN S. DAVISON FROM TAXATION.
Vote legalized.
Takes effect on
passage.
Section
1. Vote legalized.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the vote passed by the town of Holderness at
its special town meeting held July 13, 1895, exempting the
boarding-house property of John S. Davison from taxation for
the term often years, is hereby legalized, ratified, and confirmed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 3, 1897.]
CHAPTER 125.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF COURT CONCORD, NO. 7400, ANCIENT
ORDER FORESTERS OF AMERICA, OF CONCORD, TO COURT CONCORD,
NO. 4, FORESTERS OF AMERICA, OF CONCORD.
Section
1. Name changed.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Name changed.
Repealing
clause; acttaksB
effect on
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of RepreseJitaiives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the name of Court Concord, No. 7400, An-
cient Order Foresters of America, of Concord, be changed to
Court Concord, No 4, Foresters of America, of Concord, and it
shall be hereafter known by that name.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 126, 127. 119
CHAPTER 126.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE BIENNIAL ELECTION OF THE TOWN OF LON-
DONDERRY, HELD NOVEMBER 3, 1896.
Section i Section
1. Election legalizetl. I 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the biennial election of the town of London- ?'g^j°*'<"^'*3*'-
derry, held Tuesday, November 3, 1896, be, and the same is here-
by, declared legal, and that all acts done and elections made and
declared by the moderator for said meeting be, and the same are
hereby, ratified and confirmed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect npon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 16, 1897.] '''"'"
CHAPTER 127.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE DOINGS OF THE TOWN OF DALTON AT THE
BIENNIAL ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 3, 1896.
Section I Section
1. Election legalized . | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
That the acts of the town of Dalton at the biennial election Election legai-
held Tuesday, November 3, 1896, be, and the same are hereby, '^^ '
declared legal, and all elections made at said meeting are hereby
ratified and confirmed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 16, 1897.] ^'''*^'
120
Chapter 128.
[1897.
CHAPTER 128.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANCHESTER TO RE-FUND OUT-
STANDING WATER-LOAN BONDS AS THE SAME MAY COME DUE.
Section
1. Re-funding authorized.
2. Bonds of January 1, 1897
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reiwesentatives in General
Court convened :
Re-funding
authorized.
Bonds of Jan
1, 1897.
Takes effect on
passage.
Section 1. The city of Manchester is hereby authorized to
re-fund any of its outstanding water-loan bonds which were is-
sued prior to January 1, 1893, by the issue of the same amount
of bonds, which shall be issued in the same manner and under
the same conditions as to time, rate of interest, and sinking fund
as the five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of bonds author-
ized by chapter 183 of the Laws of New Hampshire passed at the
January session, 1893, and amended by chapter 172 of the Laws
of New Hampshire passed at the January session, 1895, are to be
issued, but shall not be deemed to form any part of said five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of bonds, authorized by
said laws.
Sect. 2. The one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of
bonds issued January 1, 1897, in payment of one hundred thou-
sand dollars (1100,000) of water-loan bonds, which became due
at that date, shall be deemed a part of the water-works debt of
said city of Manchester, and the annual interest upon the same
shall be a charge upon the amount standing to the credit of the
water-works in the city treasury ; and the annual appropri-
ation for the sinking fund for the payment of said one hun-
dred thousand dollars ($100,000) of bonds shall also be an
annual charge upon said amount so standing to the credit of the
water- works .
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
1897.] Chapters 129, 130. 121
CHAPTEK 129.
AN ACT ENABLING THE CITY OF SOMERSWORTU TO CONTRACT WITH
THE manufacturers' AND VILLAGE LIBRARY.
Section , Sectio n
1. Contract authorized. 3. Takes effect on passage.
2. City may pay over library fund and
be excused from electing trustees. |
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The city of Somersworth is hereby authorized to ^^^°jf^^F*gj
make such contracts as may be deemed expedient by the city
councils with the Manufacturers' and Village Library, in order
to secure to said city the free use of the librar}" of said Manufac-
turers' and Village Library.
Sect. 2. Said city of Somersworth is hereby authorized and^^^yj^^^^p^y
empowered to turn over to said Manufacturers' and Village Li- fund and be ex.
t ^ fi/^',i /> T ,• 1 •,• cused from elect-
brary, lor detraymg the expenses ot conducting and maintain- ing trustees,
ing the library, and of purchasing new books, or for other
library purposes, all sums of money required to be assessed
under the provisions of chapter 118 of the Laws of the State of
IS'ew Hampshire passed at the January session, 1895, for the
purpose of establishing free public libraries ; and if saicl city of
Somersworth shall contract with said Manufacturers' and Vil-
lage Library, and shall turn over to it said sums of money, or
other additional sums of money, then said city shall not be re-
quired to elect the board of trustees provided for by said act.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 16, 1897.] ""'''"'■
CHAPTER 130.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SOMERSWORTH.
SECTioy I Section
1. Wards changed; residence required 2. Takes effect on passige.
for voting or holding ofBce. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Strike out all of section 2, chapter 171, laws of wards changed.
1893, after the words, " and thence northeasterly by Rochester
to ward 1," and insert in place thereof the following:
122 Chapter 130. [1897.
" Ward jSTo. 3 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded as follows : Commencing at the city of Dover, and the
southwesterly corner of ward 2, and extending thence easterly
and northeasterly, by said ward 2, to Washington street,
thence easterly through Washington street and by ward 1 to
Berwick, thence southerly by said Berwick to a point due east
from the easterly end of Fayette street, thence westerly to and
through Fayette street to Green street, thence southerly through
Green street to Franklin street, thence westerly through Frank-
lin street to Portland street, thence southerly through Portland
street to South street, thence westerly through South street to
proposed street now known as Locke avenue, thence southerly
through Locke avenue to Myrtle street, thence in a direct line
from the intersection of Myrtle street and Locke avenue to the
intersection of Indigo Hill road and Green street, thence south-
erly by Green street and new Dover road to the town of Rollins-
ford, thence southwesterly by Rollinsford to Dover, and thence
northwesterly by Dover to ward 2.
" Ward ISTo. 4 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded by a line extending from Rollinsford northerly b}' ward
3 through new Dover road and Green street to the direct line
from the intersection of Indigo Hill road and Green street to the
intersection of Myrtle street and Locke avenue ; through Locke
avenue, South street, Portland street, Franklin street. Green
street to Fayette street ; thence easterly through Fayette street
to Annis street, thence southerly through Annis street to Frank-
lin street, thence easterly through Franklin street to Union street,
thence southerly through Union street to Shorey's lane, thence
easterly through Shorey's lane to Main street, thence south-
erly through Main street to town of Rollinsford, and thence
southwesterly by town of Rollinsford to ward 3.
"Ward No. 5 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded by a line extending from Rollinsford northerly by ward
4, through Main street to Shorey's lane, thence westerly through
Shorey's lane to Union street, thence northerly through Union
street to Franklin street, thence westerly through Franklin
street to Annis street, thence northerly through Annis street to
Fayette street, thence easterly through Fayette street and by
ward 3 to Berwick, thence southeasterly by said Berwick to Rol-
linsford, and thence southwesterly by said Rollinsford to ward 4.
" K'o person shall have a right to vote or hold office in either of
the wards hereby established, unless he shall have been an actual
resident of such ward, or the territory embraced therein, for the
period of six months next preceding such election or next pre-
ceding the passage of this act."
So that section 2, as amended, shall read :
"Sect. 2. The said city of Somersworth is hereby divided into
five wards, which shall be constituted as follows, namely :
" Ward No. 1 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded by a line described as follows : Commencing at the
most northerly point of said Somersworth, on the line of the
1897.] Chapter 130. 123
town of Berwick and the state of Maine, and extending thence
southeasterly by said Berwick to a point due east from the east-
erly end of Washington street ; thence westerly to and through
"Washington street to its junction with Orange street; thence
northwesterly through Orange and Highland street to Prospect
street, thence westerly through Prospect to Rochester street,
thence northwesterly through said Rochester street and Rocky
Hills road to the city of Rochester, and thence northeasterly by
said Rochester to the state of Maine.
" Ward No. 2 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded by the following described line : Commencing at the
city of Rochester and the northwesterly corner of ward 1, and
extending southeasterly by ward 1 to Washington street at its
junction with Green street, thence southerly through Green
street to Pleasant street, thence westerly through Pleasant to
High street, thence southwesterly through High street to Indigo
Hill road ; thence westerly through Indigo Hill road, the new
road to Blackwater, and the old Blackwater road, to the city of
Dover, near the dwelling of Thomas Walsh ; thence northwest-
erly by said Dover to Rochester, and thence northeasterly by
Rochester to ward 1.
" Ward jSTo. 3 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded as follows : Commencing at the city of Dover, and the
southwesterly corner of ward 2, and extending thence easterly
and northeasterly, by said ward 2, to Washington street, thence
easterly through Washington street and by ward 1 to Berwick,
thence southerly by said Berwick to a point due east from the
easterly end of Fayette street, thence westerly to and through
Fayette street to Green street, thence southerly through Green
street to Franklin street, thence westerly through Franklin
street to Portland street, thence southerly through Portland
street to South street, thence westerly through South street to
proposed street now known as Locke avenue, thence southerly
through Locke avenue to Myrtle street, thence in a direct line
from the intersection of Myrtle street and Locke avenue to the
intersection of Indigo Hill road and Green street, thence south-
erly by Green street and new Dover road to the town of Rollins-
ford, thence southwesterly by Rollinsford to Dover, and thence
northwesterly by Dover to ward 2.
" Ward No. 4 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded by a line extending from Rollinsford northerly by ward
3 through new Dover road and Green street to the direct line
from the intersection of Indigo Hill road and Green street to the
intersection of Myrtle street and Locke avenue ; through Locke
avenue, South street, Portland street, Franklin street, Green
street to Fayette street ; thence easterly through Fayette street
to Annis street, thence southerly through Annis street to Frank-
lin street, thence easterly through Franklin street to Union
street, thence southerly through Union street to Shorey's lane,
thence easterly through Shorey's lane to Main street, thence
southerly through Main street to town of Rollinsford, and
thence southerly by town of Rollinsford to ward 3.
124
Chapter 131.
[1897.
" Ward No. 5 shall include all that part of said Somersworth
bounded by a line extending from Rollinsford northerly by
ward 4, through Main street'to Shorey's lane, thence westerly
through Shorey's lane to Union street, thence northerly through
Union street to Franklin street, thence westerly through Frank-
lin street to Annis street, thence northerly through Annis street
to Fayette street, thence easterly through Fayette street and by
ward 3 to Berwick, thence southeasterly by said Berwick to
Rollinsford, and thence southwesterly by said Rollinsford to
ward 4.
Residence re- " ^q person sliall have the right to vote or hold office in either
or hoiding''offlc°e^ of thc wards hereby established unless he shall have been an ac-
tual resident of such ward, or the territory embraced therein, for
the period of six months next preceding such election or next
preceding the passage of this act."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 131.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE CENTER HARBOR VILLAGE FIRE PRECINCT
IN THE TOAVN OF CENTER HARBOR.
Section
1. Establishment and acta legalized.
2. Authority to borrow and to fund in-
debtedness.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Establishment
and acts
legalized.
Authority to
borrow and to
fund
indebtedness.
Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the inhabitants of
that portion of the town of Center Harbor, now known as the Cen-
ter Harbor village fire precinct in the town of Center Harbor ;
the acts and proceedings of the town officers of said town w4th
reference to the establishment of said precinct or district ; and
all acts and proceedings of said district in its annual and spe-
cial meetings are hereby legalized and made valid ; and said dis-
trict is hereby established, with all the powders and privileges
conferred on village districts by chapter 53 of the Public Stat-
utes.
Sect. 2. Said district may, by vote, at any meeting regularly
called, authorize its district commissioners to borrow money
on the credit of the district, not exceeding fifteen thousand dol-
lars (.$15,000), to meet the expenses that may be incurred by the
1897.] Chapter 132. 125
authority of the district for any of the purposes specified in sec-
tion 1 of chapter 53 of the Public Statutes, and may fund its in-
debtedness by issuing bonds of such kinds and denominations,
payable at such times and places, with interest semi-annually or
annually, at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, as by
vote it may authorize.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Sbm'/^*'''""
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHATTER 132.
AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CITY OF MANCHESTER TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
TOWARD THE ARMORY RENT OF LOUIS BELL POST, NO. 3, GRAND
ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, AND JOSEPH FRESCHL POST, NO. 94, GRAND
ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Section i Section
1. Appropriation authorized. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The city of Manchester is hereby authorized to ap- Appropriation
propriate a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars annually for *"'^°"^^'^-
the purpose of paying one hundred dollars annually toward the
rent of the armory for Louis Bell Post, No. 3, Grand Army of the
Republic, and one hundred dollars annually tow^ard the rent of
the armory for Joseph Freschl Post, No. 94, Grand Army of the
Republic.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. xakea effect on
[Approved February 16, 1897.] ^ p"'"'^"
126
Chapter 133.
CHAPTER 133.
[1897.
AN ACT TO ENABLE LANCASTER ACADEMY TO UNITE WITH, AND BE-
COME MERGED IN, UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, OF LANCASTER.
Section
1. Academy and district may unite;
conditions.
Section
2. Disposition of property of academy.
3. Talies effect on passage.
Academy and
district may
unite.
Conditions.
Disposition of
property of
accademy.
Takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The corporation kuown as the Trustees of Lancas-
ter Academy may, within one year from the passage of this act,
become united with, and merged in, Union school district No.
1, of Lancaster, by vote of the trustees of the academy and
of the district, on such terms as shall be mutually agreed upon.
Provided, That the schools of Lancaster formed by such union
shall be known as Lancaster Academy and High School ; and
that some department of such schools shall be maintained on the
premises now occupied by said academy ; and that all scholars
of said Lancaster outside said Union school district who shall
pass an examination as to proficiency, to be established and pub-
lished jointly by the board of education of said Union school dis-
trict and the school board of the town district, shall be entitled
to an academic education in said Lancaster Academy and High
School at the actual cost per capita (tuition and running ex-
penses only) of maintaining the academic department of said
Lancaster Academy and High School.
Sect. 2. Upon completing the union here provided, the trus-
tees of said academy shall convey all real and personal property
and assets of the corporation to said Union school district, con-
ditioned as herein provided, with reversion in case of failure by
said district to observe said covenants to the town of Lancaster,
for literary and educational purposes ; and on the completion of
such union and conveyance, said corporation of the Trustees of
Lancaster Academy shall be dissolved.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after
its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 134.
127
CHAPTER 134.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF LANCASTER TO ISSUE CERTAIN
BONDS.
Section
Preamble.
1. Bonds authorized.
Section
2. Requirements as to bonds.
3. Takes effect on passage.
"Whereas, the town of Lancaster did, at its annual meeting in ^'eambie.
March, 1896, vote to issue certain bonds, to fund its debt and
provide for local improvements, in presumed conformity Avith
chapter 43 of the Pamphlet Laws, passed at the January session,
1895, and
Whereas, the record of such meeting omits to show the pas-
sage of such vote by the necessary two thirds majority, and be-
cause the requirements of said town may demand a larger issue of
such bonds than the §30,000 originally so specified,
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatkes in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The town of Lancaster may issue bonds, not to ex- Bonds
ceed in amount the sum of forty thousand dollars, for the pur- ^"^^°"'^'^"
poses set forth in its vote of March 10, 1896, and for such fur-
ther and similar expenditure as it shall designate at the March
meeting of the present year.
Sect. 2. Such bonds shall set forth the authority under Requirements
which, and the purpose for which they are issued ; shall be pre- ''^ '" ^°'"^*"
pared, procured, and negotiated b}' the committee designated by
said vote of March 10, 1896, and shall be drawn and executed
in substantial conformity with section 5 of said chapter 43 of the
act hereinbefore cited, and in accordance with the vote or votes
of said town.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eifect and be in force from and ^akes effect on
rv ., passage.
alter its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
128 Chapters 135, 136. [1897.
CHAPTER 135.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF LIVERMORE AND
BARTLETT.
Section l. Line established.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatkes in General
Court convened :
Line established. SECTION 1. That liiie between the towns of Livermore and
Bartlett shall begin at the northwest corner of the towm of Al-
bany, and strike Hart's Location at the nearest point.
[Approved Febrnary 16, 1897.]
C PI A P T E R 136.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE AUSTIN, FLINT & DAY COMPANY.
Section I Section
1. Name changed. ) 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Name changed. SECTION 1. The name of the Austin, Flint & Day Company
shall be, and hereby is, changed to that of the Manchester Sash
& Blind Company, by which name it shall be known and trans-
act its business.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act sliall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 137.
129
CHAPTER 137.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE UNITED GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY TO
PURCHASE AND OPERATE THE PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE CONSOL-
IDATED LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
Section
1. Purchase and operation authorized;
powers of borrowing and mortgag-
ing.
Section
2. Takes effect
clause.
on passage; repealing
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The United Gas and Electric Company, a corpo- Purchase and
ration organized under the laws of the state of Xew Hampshire, thodzed'- powers
is hereby authorized to purchase, hold, maintain, and operate and'mortSng.
the property acquired by the Consolidated Light and Power
Company, a corporation heretofore organized and doing busi-
ness under the Laws of 1889, chapter 196, and the Laws of
1893, chapter 177 ; and upon the purchase of said property, the
United Gas and Electric Company is hereby vested with all the
franchises, rights, and powers granted to said Consolidated Light
and Power Company, and it may issue stock to the amount of
three hundred thousand dollars, and it may hire money, issue
bonds and secure the paj'ment thereof by mortgages of its prop-
erty, rights, and franchises in a sum not exceeding the amount of
the capital stock, viz., three hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all'^*^«««ff«°*<>'^,
1 if • • -ii. 11 passage ; repeal -
acts and parts ot acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re- ing clause,
pealed.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
130
Chapter 138.
[1897.
CHAPTER 138.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE HARTFORD WATER COMPANY OF HART-
FORD, VT., TO EXTEND ITS SYSTEM OF WATER-WORKS INTO THE VIL-
LAGE OF WEST LEBANON, N. H.
Section
1. Made a corporation of tins state.
2. May extend works to supply West
Lebanon with water.
3. May buy property; privileges in
streets, etc.
4. Eminent domain.
5. Assessment of damages.
Section
6. May contract to supply water to
persons and corporations.
7. Lebanon and fire districts may con-
tract for supply of water.
8. Takes effect on passage; subject to
repeal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
May buy prop-
erty; privileges
in streets, etc.
tfo*noi^thi8^°'"** Section 1. The Hartford Water Company, incorporated by
state. the legislature of the state of Vermont by an act passed Novem-
ber 24, 1890, is hereby made and constituted a corporation
within this state and in the authority thereof, with all the rights
and privileges, and subject to all the liabilities and duties which
now are or may hereafter become incident to corporations of a
similar nature by the laws of this state.
Mayextend ^ Sect. 2. Said Corporation is hereby authorized and empow-
west Lebanon orcd to coutinuc, extciid, and prolong its pipes, conduits, and
with water. water- works from the east line of the town of Hartford, in the
state of Vermont, to the village of West Lebanon, in the town of
Lebanon, in this state, for the purpose of supplying the inhab-
itants of said village of West Lebanon with an abundant supply
of water for public and domestic use.
Sect. 3. Said corporation is empowered to purchase and hold,
in fee simple or otherwise, any existing aqueduct system, and
any real or personal estate necessary for carrying into effect the
purposes of this act, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars
at the time of the purchase, and said corporation is authorized to
enter upon and break ground, dig ditches, and make excavations
in any street, place, square, passageway, highway, water course,
or railroad through which it may be deemed necessary for the
pipes, conduits, and water-works to pass, be, or exist, for the pur-
pose of placing said pipes, conduits, w^ater-works, and such other
material as may be deemed necessary for building said water-
works, and to relay and repair the same, subject to such regula-
tions as to the safety of the citizens and security of the public
travel as may be prescribed by the selectmen of the town of Leb-
anon ; and provided such corporation put such street, place,
square, passageway, highway, water-course, or railroad, as speed-
ily as possible, in as good condition as before the laying out and
construction of said pipes, conduits, and water-works.
1897.] CuAPTER 138. 131
Sect. 4. Said corporation is authorized to dig ditches, and^^^^°«°*^
make excavations through, over, in, or upon any land or inclos-
ure through which it may be deemed necessary for said pipes,
conduits, and water-works to be or exist, for the purpose of con-
ducting said water, and placing such pipes, other materials, or
works as may be necessary for operating such water-works, or
repairing or maintaining the same.
Sect, 5. If said corporation shall not be able to agree with AsseBsment of
the owners thereof for the damages that may be done by said *™*^^^"
corporation, or the owners shall be unknown, either party may
apply to the supreme court at the trial term of the southern ju-
dicial district of the county of Grafton to have the same laid out,
and the damages determined ; and said court shall refer the
same to the county commissioners for said county, who shall ap-
point a time and place of hearing, and give notice thereof in the
same manner as now provided for laying out highways. Said
commissioners shall make a report to said court, and said court
may issue execution therein accordingly; but if either party shall
desire it, they may have the same right of appeal from such as-
sessment and award as now exists in case of lands taken for
highways by the action of said commissioners.
Sect. 6. Said corporation may contract with individuals and cor- May contract to
porations for supplying them with water, and may establish such perfonslnr
tolls, and charge such rent for the use of water as shall be ''°'"p°'^"°°'-
deemed reasonable.
Sect. 7. Said town of Lebanon, or any fire precinct or dis- Lebanon and
trict within such town, now existing, or which may be hereafter contr'^t for ^p^.
created, shall have the power to make such contract for a term ^'^ °* '^**®'"'
of years with said corporation for a supply of water, and the es-
tablishment of hydrants for the extinguishment of fires, and
other necessary and proper purposes, as may be authorized by
vote of said town, or fire precinct, or district, at any meeting of
said town, precinct, or district, the call of which shall contain a
notification of that purpose.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and the '^^^^^ t^f,^h°^
legislature may alter, amend, or repeal the same whenever the to repeal,
public good requires.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
132
Chapter 139.
[1897.
CHAPTER 139.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BARTLETT VILLAGE FIRE PRECINCT TO
PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN A SYSTEM OF WATER-WORKS.
"Sectiox
1. Establishment aucl acts of precinct
legalized; precinct incorporated.
2. May buy property and rights of Bart-
lett Water Co.
3. How price fixed, if no agreement.
4. Eminent domain.
Section
5. Contracts; regulations and tolls; offi-
cers.
6. Appropriating or borrowing money;
notes or bonds; exemption from
taxation.
7. Repealing clause; takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reyresentatives in General
Court convened :
Establishment
and acts of pre-
cinct legalized ;
precinct
incorporated.
May buy prop-
erty and rights
of Bartlett
Water Co.
How price fixed,
If no agreement.
Eminent
domain.
Section 1. The acts of the officers of the town of Bartlett,
and of the inhabitants and officers of the Bartlett Village Fire
Precinct, under said name or under the name adopted by said
precinct from time to time in relation to the establishment of
said precinct, and all the acts relating thereto in the election of
its officers, in the management and control of its affiiirs, and all
the official acts of the officers of said precinct in the manage-
ment and control of the same, are hereby legalized, ratified, and
confirmed ; and the inhabitants of said precinct are hereby made
a body politic and corporate under the name of the Bartlett
Village Fire Precinct, and are hereby vested with all the powers
and privileges incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. The said Bartlett Village Fire Precinct is hereby
authorized and empowered to take, purchase, hold, maintain,
and own, in fee simple or otherwise, the water-works
of the Bartlett Water Company, consisting of its works, struct-
ures, fixtures, property, rights, franchises, and estate of whatever
nature, at a price to be agreed upon or fixed by reference
between said precinct and said water company, for the purpose
of supplying said precinct with water for domestic, fire, park,
sewerage, and other purposes; and upon the purchase of the
property of said water company, said precinct shall be and is
hereby invested with the franchises, rights, and powers granted
the Bartlett Water Company by chapter 278 of the Laws of
1893, or by the public law^s.
Sect. 3. Should said precinct be unable to agree with said
water company upon a fair and equitable price for its property,
application may be made to the supreme court for the county
of Carroll, at the trial term thereof, for estimating the value of
said property, rights, and franchises, and said court shall refer
the same to the county commissioners of said county, as provided
in section 4 of this act.
Sect. 4. Said precinct is authorized and empowered to enter
upon, take, and appropriate any springs, streams, or ponds not
1897.] Chapter 139. 133
belonging to any aqueduct company, to construct reservoirs, to
make excavations through, over, in, or upon any land or
inclosure, street, highway, or lane through which it may be
necessary to pass or "lay its pipes, to construct its reservoirs and
water works, or to repair the same. Provided^ that if it shall be
necessary to enter upon and appropriate any stream, spring, or
pond, or any land for the purposes aforesaid, or to raise or lower
the level of the same, and if an agreement with the owners
thereof for the damages that may be done by said precinct can-
not be made, or if such owners shall be unknown, said precinct,
or the parties injured, may apply to the supreme court at a trial
term of the same in Carroll county, to have the same laid out
and the damages determined, and the said court shall refer the
same to the county commissioners for said county, who shall
appoint a time and place of hearing in the same manner as is
provided by law for the laying out of highways. If either party
shall desire before reference to the commissioners, they shall be
entitled to trial by jury in such manner and under such regu-
lations as the court may prescribe.
Sect. 5. Said precinct is authorized and empowered to con- confacta ;
. r . „ , K . , . regulations and
tract with individuals or corporations tor supplying said precinct tous; officers.
with water, to make such other contracts, establish such regula-
tions and tolls for the use of water, as may from time to time be
deemed proper, and to elect such officers or commissioners as
may be necessary, and prescribe their duties.
Sect. 6. Said precinct is also authorized, at any annual ofbo^owhi^""^*"^
special meeting duly called, to raise and appropriate, borrow, or money; notes or
hire such sums of money on the credit of the precinct as may tion from''^™^'
from time to time be deemed advisable for the purposes of**''*"*'"-
defraying the expense of purchasing the property of said water
company, said real estate and rights, and for constructing,
maintaining, and operating said water-works, said sum not to
exceed twenty-five thousaiid dollars (|25,000), and to issue its
notes or bonds therefor, which, with said water-works, shall be
exempt from taxation.
Sect. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- ^i|Pgg"''t|^g3
visions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on
etiect upon its passage. passage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
134
Chapters 140, 141.
[1897.
CHAPTER 140.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT PASSED JULY 12, 1876, ENLARG-
ING SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20 STREET LIGHTING PRECINCT, IN
CONCORD.
SECTION
1. City council of Concord may change
boundai-ies of precinct.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatiues in General
Court convened :
City council ot SECTION 1. The citv council of Coiicorcl shall have full power
Concord may ii«i n ^ iiip
change bounda- aDcl authority, by concurrent vote of the two branches thereoi,
riea of precinct. ^^ enlarge, modify, define, and alter, from time to time, as the
public interests and the increasing population of said city may re-
quire, the boundaries of school district No. 20 street lighting
precinct, in said city, authorized by the act of July 12, 1876 ;
and the inhabitants and property that may be included within
the boundaries of said precinct, as so enlarged, modified, de-
fined, or altered, shall be subject to all the liabilities of the in-
habitants and property of said precinct as originally constituted.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. Tliis act shall take cftect from aud after its passagc.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 141.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, APPROVED
JULY 10, 1846.
Section
1. Number of trustees to be eleven ; elec-
tion of additional number and fill-
ing of vacancies; power to borrow
money and secure its payment.
Section
2. Quorum.
3. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court co7ivened :
Number of trus- SECTION 1. The uumbcr of said trustees
_ . shall hereafter be
eiectionVfaddu eleven. The existing board of trustees shall elect, at their next
and fiiHn^of" mccting aftcr the passage of this act, a sufficient number of per-
vacancies ; g^j-^g ^q complete the full uumber of trustees herein provided for,
1897.]
Chapter 142.
135
and whenever thereafter any vacancy in said board may exist, pJ'J^^'''^jj^*»"'"^
the same shall be filled by the then existing board of trustees, secure its
The name of every person elected a trustee under the provis- ^*'^*°*'
ions of this act shall be submitted to the next succeeding annual
convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in the diocese of
New Hampshire for approval or rejection; but every person
thus elected by the board of trustees shall possess all the powers
and qualifications of a trustee from the time of his election until
and unless he shall be rejected by said convention.
The said trustees may, from time to time, borrow on the
credit of the corporation such sums of money as the exigencies
of the diocese may require, and may mortgage or pledge any of
the property or securities of the corporation as security for the
payment thereof.
Sect. 2. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum *^"*'"'™-
for the transaction of any and all business.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act^P^gl'^^j^^gg
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take eftect upon its pas-eflecton
>J i- ' J- J- passage.
sage.
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 142.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN .JACKSON.
Section
1. District constituted, as herein speci-
fied.
2. Voters to vote on establishment of
district.
3. Officers and their powers.
4. District, at annual meeting, may
raise money for schools.
5. District, at any meeting, may raise
money for schools; how assessed,
collected, paid over, and accounted
for.
Section
6. Accounts of school board; auditing;
fiscal year; annual meeting.
7. School district property and indebt-
edness transferred.
8. Division of school money.
9. Repealing clause.
10. Takes efTect on passage.
Be it enacted hy .the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. So much of the territory of the town of Jackson ^i**™'^ <=<"i-
as is comprehended within school district numbered one under herdn specifte.!.
the district system, the description and bounds of which appear
on the records of said town, shall be constituted and known as
a special school district in said town in the manner specified in
this act.
136 Chapter 142. [1897.
Voters to vote on Sect. 2. Upoii petitioii of ten OF more lecjal voters residiiio; ill
establishment of .,,.. i '■^ p-i iii ti • r>
district. said district, the selectmen or said town snail call a meeting ot
the legal voters in said district in the same manner in which
town meetings are required by law to be warned, the notices be-
ing posted in two public places in said district. At such meet-
ing the legal voters resident in the territory above described
may by vote establish such special school district, and shall
thereupon be invested with the powers belonging to towns in re-
spect to schools, as specified in this act.
offipfrsand^ Sect. 3. The voters at said meeting, and at each annual meet-
ing, shall elect by ballot a moderator, clerk, three members
of the school board, and of said members of the school
board, one shall be elected at the first meeting to serve
for a term of one year, one for two years, and one for three
years ; and after the first year one member of the school board
shall be elected at each annual meeting, to serve for a term of
three years. All of said ofiicers shall be elected by a plurality of
votes. The moderator and clerk shall exercise, in relation to
district meetings, the like powers to those of moderator and
clerk of towns. The clerk shall have in said district the same
powers and perform the same duties as the clerk in towns. The
members of the school board shall have, within the district, all
the powers of members of school boards of towns respecting
schools. They shall control and direct the expenditure of all
moneys raised under authority of the district and by the town
for expenditure in the district.
District at annu- Sect. 4. Tlic distfict, at Its anuual meeting, shall determine
rai^e^monl^for wliat auiouut, to be Icvied by authority of the town, shall be
schools. raised for the maintenance of schools in the district, in addition
to the sum appropriated by the town.
District at any Sect. 5. Said dlstrlct may vote to raise money at any meeting,
meeting may .,,.. , • t i ^ n T •
raise money for m additioii to thc amouut raiscd by the town, tor expenditure in
asses^sed, coiTect- the distrlct for the support and maintenance of schools. All
and^accounYed votcs to raisc moucy by taxation shall be certified by the clerk of
*<"■• the district and seasonably transmitted to the selectmen of the
town, and the sums so voted shall be assessed, collected, and
paid over from the town treasury upon the order of the select-
men to the school board, when raised for school purposes, as the
same may be required by said board. All school taxes levied in
the district shall be collected in money by the collector of other
taxes in said town, and in the first instance paid into the town
treasury. A separate account of the same shall be kept by the
town treasurer, but the school fund shall be expended and ac-
counted for by the school board of the district.
Accounts of Sect. 6. The school board shall annually prepare and submit
auditing; fiscal a detailed account of all its transactions, its receipts and expendi-
Sing?'^"** tures, itemized statements of the prices paid, to whom, for whom,
and for what all such payments have been made, with a state-
ment of all outstanding bills due or claimed to be due against the
district at the close of the fiscal year. Such accounts shall be
audited by the town auditors before the 15th day of February in
1897.] Chapter 143. 137
each year, and in their reports said auditors shall state in regard
to any illegal expenditures that they may find in the transactions
of the school board. The fiscal year of the district shall end on
the 15th day of February. The annual meeting shall be held in
March after the second Tuesday. In the case of the failure ot
the school board to call the annual meeting in time for its
holding in the period named by this act, it shall be called in
the manner in case of similar lapses in school districts.
Sect. 7. All the property of said school district known as ^J^°°Jj.'i'8^^^''^'='^
number one in said town shall become the property of said spe- indebtedness
cial school district, which shall satisfy and assume any indebted-
ness, if any there be, of said district.
Sect. 8. Said special school district shall be entitled to its f;i;'^7^°[,^y_
proportionate share of all money raised for the support and
maintenance of schools in town, to be divided in same manner
as under the town system.
Sect. 9. All acts'and parts of acts inconsistent with this act^i^p^^""?
are hereby repealed.
Sect. 10. This act shall take eflect upon its passage. ™'gf ''^^ "''
[Approved February 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 143.
AN ACT TO SEVER A PORTION OF THE TOWN OF BATH FROM SAID TOWN
AND ANNEX THE SAME TO THE TOWN OF MONROE.
Section i Section
1. Pari of Bath annexed to Monroe. I 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court conveyied :
Section 1. That the following described territory in thetown of Pan of Bath
Bath, county of Grafton and state of ISTew Hampshire, namely, Monroe,
commencing at the northwest corner of the home farm of
Andrew J.Leighton ; thence easterly along the northerly line
of said Leighton's farm to the southeasterly corner of the
land of M. Soper Bedell ; thence northerly along the east- '
erly line of said Bedell's land and the line of the home farm
of M. S. Johnson to the southerly line of land of Larkin
Hastings; thence easterly and northerly along the easterly
line of said land af said Hastings and land of Henry -H.
and Lizzie Randall to the southeasterly corner of the town of
Monroe ; thence along the southerly line of said town of Mon-
roe to the Connecticut river; thence down said river to the point -
138
Chapter 144.
[1897.
Takes effect on
passage.
or place begun at, including that portion of the Connecticut
River in this state opposite said territory, — be, and the same
hereby is, severed from said town of Bath and annexed to the
town of Monroe, in the county and state aforesaid.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eifect upon its passage.
[Approved February 17, 1897.]
CHAPTER 144.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CONWAY ELECTRIC LIGHT, POWER, AND
HEAT COMPANY, OF CONWAY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Capital; power to liold and mortgage
property.
3. May manufacture certain electrical
machinery and appliances.
4. May distribute electricitj' in Conway,
regulate use, and collect rents;
Conway and precincts may con-
tract.
Section
5. Powers as to holding property,
t). Placing of wires.
7. Eminent domain.
8. First meeting.
9. Suljject to repeal; repealing clause;
takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bej^resentaiives in General
Court convened :
Corporation
constituted.
Capital; power
to hold and
mortgage
property.
3Iay mauufoc-
ture certain
electrical
machinery and
appliances.
May distribute
electricity in
Conway, regu-
late use and
collect rents ;
Section 1. A. Crosby Kennett, Benjamin F. Clark, Joel E.
Morrill, John B. Nash, Nathan W. Pease, William Kennett, and
S. M. Hobson, and their successors and assigns, shall be, and
hereby are made, a body politic and corporate by the name of
" The Conway Electric Light, Power, and Heat Company," to be
located in said Conway in this state, and are hereby vested with
all the authority, powers, and privileges, and subject to the lia-
bilities, incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex-
ceed twenty-five thousand dollars ; it may acquire and hold real
and personal estate necessary and convenient for carrying out
the provisions of this act ; and it may issue bonds and other ob-
ligations, secured by mortgage of its franchise and other
property, to carry out the purposes for which it is created.
Sect. 3. This corporation shall have power and authority to
manufacture machinery and appliances connected with and inci-
dent to the use of, and convenient for producing, developing,
measuring, and utilizing electricity and electrical agencies for
lighting, power, heating, and mechanical purposes.
Sect. 4. This corporation shall have power and authority to
distribute electricity through said town of Conway ; may regu-
1897.] CuAPTER 144. 139
late the use of the same, and fix and collect rents to be paid for ^^^J.^'^fy *^^^
the same. The said town and precincts therein is hereby au- contract,
thorized to contract with said corporation for electricity for pub-
lic uses, on such terms as the parties may agree, and to raise
money therefor in the same manner as other town and precinct
charges.
Sect. 5. Said corporation shall have power and authority to P^.^e" »» to
take and hold by purchase any real estate necessary or conveni- property,
ent for carrying out the purposes for which this corporation is
created; and it shall have power and authority to obtain, man-
age, and dispose of personal or real estate to an amount equal to
its capital stock.
Sect. 6. Said corporation may erect poles and place wires for Placing of wires.
the transmission of electricity, or may lay the same in subterra-
nean tubes, through or over the lands of any person or corpora-
tion, and under or over any railroad or private way, and, having
first obtained the permission of the municipal officers of said
town or precincts, and under such restrictions and regulations as
they may prescribe, along the streets and ways of said town ;
and may enter upon and dig up any such real estate, street, or
way for the purposes aforesaid ; and it may do any other act or
thing necessarj' or convenient or proper to carry out the pur-
poses for which this corporation is created.
Sect. 7. Said corporation shall pay all damages sustained by fg°^°f°*
any person or corporation by the taking of any land, right of
way, or easement, or by any other thing done by said corpora-
tion under the authority of this act, jwovided^ that if it shall be
necessary to enter upon and appropriate any private property or
easement therein, and said corporation shall not be able to agree
with the owner thereof for the damage that may be done by said
corporation, or the owners shall be unknown, either party may
apply to the supreme court at a trial term of the same in the
county of Carroll to have the same laid out and the damages de-
termined ; and said court shall refer the same to the county
commissioners for said county, who shall appoint a time and
place of hearing, and give notice thereof in the same manner as
now provided by law for the laying out of highways, and said
commissioners shall make report to said court, and said court
may issue execution thereon accordingly.
Sect. 8. Any person named in this act may call the first meet- First meeting,
ing of the corporation by personal notice to all the grantees, or
by posting notices in two or more public places in said town at
least ten days before such meeting, at which meeting, or any
other meeting duly holden, associates may be elected, by-laws
adopted, and a president, clerk, and such other officers and
agents as may be determined necessary, may be chosen.
Sect. 9. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act subject to re-
whenever the public good may require the same, and all acts in- l\mie\i^^&%^
consistent with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall gfle* °" p**"
take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 17, 1897.]
140 Chapters 145, 146. [1897.
CHAPTER 145.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TU'O (2) OF THE ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, APPROVED
JUNE 24, 1826.
Section 1. Limit of propertj- i-aised.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Limit of prop- SECTION 1. To ameiicl section two (2) of said act by strikiuer
out the two words " thirty thousand " in said act and insert-
mg therein the words " one hundred thousand," so that the act
as amended shall read as follows : " Sect. 2. Be it further en-
acted., That the said corporation shall have power to receive and
hold all donations, subscriptions, and legacies in real and per-
sonal estate, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars ; and to use and improve the same for the purpose of pro-
moting foreign and domestic missions and the education of indi-
gent and pious young men for the gospel ministr}^, and any other
religious charities which they may deem proper, and the same
may sell and dispose of at pleasure."
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 146.
AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE WOMAN's HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
FROM TAXATION.
Section i Section
1. Exemption from taxation granted. I 2. Takes etfect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Exemption from SECTION 1. The Wouiau's Hospital Aid Association, of Con-
'cord, being a charitable institution, without profit to any person,
the property thereof shall be exempt from taxation..
Takes effect on Sect. 2. Thls act shall take effect upon its passage.
passage. [Apppovcd February 23, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 147, 148.
141
CHAPTER 147.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE TUE VOTE OF THE TOWN OF COLEBROOK OF
OCTOBER 15, 1895, TO EXEMPT THE MONADNOCK HOUSE PROP-
ERTY FROM TAXATION FOR A TERM OF TEN YEARS.
Section
1. Vote otexemption legalized.
Section
2. Takes eflect on passage.
Be it enacted by ike Senate and House of Bejwesentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The proceedings of the town of Colebrook at a uo^ie^gauz'ld"^'
special town meeting holden on the fifteenth day of October,
1895, exempting from taxation the Monadnock House property,
a hotel to be built in said town, are hereby legalized and made
valid.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi:ect upon its passage. 11^^^^"^ '"'
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 148.
an act to incorporate the west DERRY SEWERAGE ASSOCIATION.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers.
3. Eminent domain.
4. Rates.
5. Capital.
6. Kight to borrow and give security.
Section
7. Directors.
S. May hold real estate.
9. Derry or West Derry Fire Precinct
may take at appraisal.
10. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Harvey P. Hood, William S. Pillsbury, Con- ^"^P^i^^'^^j"
verse H. Abbott, Gilbert H. Hood, Edward J. Hood, Leonard
H. Pillsbury, Fred S. Pillsbury, and Edwin N. Whitney, their
successors, associates, and assigns, be and they are hereby made
a body corporate under the name of the West Derry Sewerage
Association, with all the rights and privileges, and subject to
all the liabilities, which by law are incident to corporations of a
similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation are hereby authorized to lay, make, Powers.
maintain, and repair main drains or common sewers through
142
Chapter 148.
[1897.
Eminent do-
main.
Rates.
Capital.
Riebt to borrow
and give
security.
Directors.
May hold real
estate.
Derry or West
Derry Fire Pre-
cinct may take
at appraisal.
Takes effect on
passage.
such public streets in the village of "West Derry as the selectmen
or board of health of the town of Derry shall adjudge necessary
for the public convenience or preservation of the public health ;
and to discharge the said sewers into the Beaver brook or into
settling tanks, sewerage basins, or filtering tanks, at such point
below the pumping station of the Derry Water- Works Com-
pany as the selectmen may determine.
Sect. 3. When any private lands are taken for the use of said
association, and the same cannot be obtained by purchase or
agreement with the owners thereof, or when it is determined to
lay and maintain such sewer across any private land, and no
satisfactory agreement can be made with the owners of said
lands, said corporation shall petition the selectmen of said town,
representing that the public accommodation requires the taking
or laying of said sewer across and through saicl lands, who shall
order a hearing in the same manner as is required in laying out
of highways ; and if, in their opinion, after hearing, the public
good requires the taking of said land, or the laying of said sewer
across the same, they may condemn the same, and shall assess
damages to the owner or owners, and make return of their do-
ings in the same manner as is required in the laying out of a
highway, and either party shall have the right of appeal, the
same as in the case of the laying out of highways. All damages
shall be paid by said corporation, and the costs and expenses
incident to the hearing shall be awarded the same as in case of
the laying out of highways.
Sect. 4, Said corporation shall have the power to fix, from
time to time, such rates of compensation for entering said sewer,
and receive such rents for the use thereof, as may be just and
reasonable.
Sect. 5. The capital stock of the corporation shall be ten
thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dol-
lars each ; and the same may be increased by vote of the stock-
holders to a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.
Sect. 6. Said corporation may borrow money for the purpose
of laying and making such sewer, and issue its bonds or other
obligations therefor, and secure the same by mortgage of its
property, assets, and franchise to an amount not greater than
the amount of capital stock actually paid in in cash.
Sect, 7. The management of the affairs of the corporation
shall be vested in a board of directors not exceeding five, to be
chosen by the stockholders at the annual meeting.
Sect. 8. Said corporation shall have power to hold such real
estate as may be necessary.
Sect. 9. The town of Derry or the West Derry Fire Precinct
may take said properties at any time at an appraisal, the value
to be determined by three disinterested appraisers, one to be
chosen by each party thereto, and a third to be chosen by the
other two appraisers.
Sect. 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 149, 150.
143
CHAPTER 149.
AN ACT RELIEVING THE TOWN OF AVATERVILLE FROM THE ASSESSMENT
OF SCHOOL MONEY WHILE IT HAS NO RESIDENT SCHOLARS.
Section
1. Town i-eleased from assessment of
school money; disposition of
school money now on hand.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The town of Waterville is hereby released from p^n released
• Till- 1 from assessment
the assessment of school money required by law during such of school money;
time as there are no scholars resident in said town, and the schooTmoney
selectmen are hereby authorized to expend any school nioney ''*''^°°^^'"^"
now in the treasury of such town on the repairs of highways.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passas^e. Takes effect on
[Approved February 23, 1897.] ^ '""'''"
CHAPTER 150.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE HILLSBOROUGH BRIDGE VILLAGE FIRE
PRECINCT, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF WATER COM-
MISSIONERS THEREFOR, AND DEFINING THEIR DUTIES.
Section
1. Acts of precinct legalized and exten-
sion authorized.
2. Election of water commissioners;
their powers; vacancies.
3. Further powers ; reports.
Section
4. Regulations protecting works and
water; penalties.
5. Property exempt from taxation.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The Hillsborough Bridge Village Fire Precinct Acts of precinct
having been organized and established under the general laws of ex^tensf^Tu^.
this state, for the following purposes : the extinguishment of *^"'"^^'*'
fires, the lighting and sprinkling of streets, the planting and car-
ing for shade and ornamental trees, the supply of water for do-
mestic and fire purposes, the construction and maintenance of
sidewalks and main drains or common sewers; and having pur-
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[1897.
Election of
water commis-
sioners; their
powers; vacan-
cies.
Further powers
reports.
Regulations pro-
tecting works
and water ; pen-
alties.
chased real estate and a system of water-works therefor ; — said
precinct is hereby authorized to hold and operate the same, and
farther extend its said system, and pay therefor ; and all acts of
said precinct relating to the purchase, holding, operating, or the
extension of said water-works, and all acts in relation to the pay-
ment therefor, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Sect. 2. The management, control, and direction of the
water-works in said precinct shall be vested in a. board of water
commissioners, to consist of five inhabitants of the precinct, the
first board to be chosen by the legal voters of the precinct at the
next annual, or some subsequent special, meeting duly called for
the purpose ; and of the five so chosen at the first election, one
shall be chosen and hold his oflice until the annual meeting for
the year 1898; one until the annual meeting for the year 1899;
one until the annual meeting for the year 1900 ; one until the
annual meeting for the year 1901; and the other until the an-
nual meeting for the year 1902 ; and at each annual meeting of
the precinct, beginning with the year 1898, one commissioner
shall be chosen to fill the place of the one whose term then ex-
pires ; and they shall each hold their respective offices for the
term of five years, and until others are chosen and qualified in
their stead respectively. Their compensation shall be fixed by
the precinct. They shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of
their duties. They may choose one of their number as chair-
man of the board, and may appoint a clerk; they may also ap-
point a superintendent of the works and such other agents and
servants as they deem necessary, and may fix their compensa-
tion. They may make such rules and regulations for their own
government, and in relation to all officers and agents appointed
by them, as they deem proper. Whenever a vacancy occurs in
said board, from any cause, the remaining members of the board
may fill such vacancy temporarily by an appointment in writing,
which shall be filed with the clerk of the precinct and recorded
by him, and the person so appointed shall hold said office until
the next annual precinct meeting after his appointment, when
the precinct shall elect a commissioner to fill the unexpired
term, if any, of the person whose office became vacant, and was
so temporarily filled by such appointment.
Sect. 3. Said commissioners shall have full charge and con-
trol over the said works. They shall establish rates and tolls,
and prescribe rules and regulations for the use of water, and
may sell and dispose of such articles of personal property con-
nected with the said works as they shall deem expedient, and
may purchase such property as may be in their judgment neces-
sary for said works and the purpose contemplated by this act ;
and they shall annually make a report to the precinct of the con-
dition of the water-works and the funds belonging to their de-
partment, and the expenses and income thereof, which shall be
published in the precinct report of each year.
Sect. 4. The water commissioners are authorized and empow-
ered to make rules and regulations to prevent injury to the water-
1897.] Chapter 151. 145
works, and to any of its appurtenances, and to prevent any defile-
ment or pollution of any spring, stream, or pond from which water
shall be taken for such works, and of the water that enters or is in
the works, and may affix penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars
($20), for any violation thereof, to be recovered on complaint
iDcfore any justice of the peace, for the use of the precinct.
Sect. 5. All property, real and personal, used by said pre- Property exempt
-*■■'■*' ■*■ •^ *■ from ttixatiOD.
cinct in the operation of its water-works shall be exempt from
taxes.
Sect, 6. This act shall take effect from its passage, Takes effect on
[Approved February 2.3, 1897.] '"'''^'"
CHAPTER 151.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 194 OF LAWS OF 1883, ESTABLISHING
THE MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME.
Section i Section
1. Object of iNtasoiuc Orphans' Home. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be a enacted by the Semite and House of Hejjresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 3 of said act is amended as follows, by object of Ma-
inserting after the word "destitute," in the second line of said sec- Home°'^^^*°*
tion 3, "Freemasons and destitute widows and," so that said sec-
tion 3, as amended, shall be, " The object of this institution shall
be to provide and sustain a home for destitute Freemasons and
destitute widows and orphans of Freemasons of the state of New
Hampshire."
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi'ect upon its passage. "^^^^^ «ff^<=' <"*
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
10
146
Chapters 152, 153.
[1897.
CHAPTER 152.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
BIBLE SOCIETY, APPROVED DECEMBER 1, 1812.
Section
1. Kigbt to hold property.
Section
2. Repealing clause; takes effect on pas-
sage.
Right to hold
property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened. :
Section 1. That the Kew Hampshire Bible Society be, and
they are hereby, authorized and empowered to hold real and per-
sonal estate, not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars in
amount.
Repealing Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
clause ; act takes ■, -i ^ A.^ • j. ^ ^^ j. ^ ny i. • j_
effect on pas- are repealed, and this act shall take eiiect upon its passage.
'"8"- [Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 153.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE
THE AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHIC COMPANY," PASSED JULY 29, 1885.
Section
1. Corporation may engage in electri-
cal and manufacturing business.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Corporation may Section 1. Scctioii 2 is amcudcd by inserting in the third
tricafbudners. Hue after the word "publishing," the words "electrical and
manufacturing," and after the word "business" the words
" and may develop, use, and deal in electricity, electrical agen-
cies, and machinery," so that the first clause of said section 2
as amended shall be as follows : " The principal place of business
of this corporation shall be Manchester, IST. H., but it is author-
ized to carry on a general printing, publishing, electrical, and
manufacturing business, and may develop, use, and deal in elec-
tricity, electrical agencies, and machinery in any state of the
United States, the dominion of Canada, and foreign countries,
subject to the laws thereof"
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.
passage. [Approvcd February 23, 1897.]
1897.] Chapter 154. 147
CHAPTER 154.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE GLEN JUNCTION TRANSFER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers.
3. Capital; bonds and mortgages.
4. May hold real estate and collect tolls.
Section
5. Rights in highways.
6. First meeting.
7. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That John L. Hobson, Henry M. Knowles, Isaac ^^^p°J**^o°
B. Hosford, Arthur Hobson, James Lavin, their associates, sue- .
cessors, and assigns, be and they hereby are made a body corpo-
rate and politic by the name and style of the " Glen Junction
Transfer Company," with all the rights, privileges, liabilities,
and duties by the laws of this state incident to similar corpora-
tions, and necessary and proper to carr\' into effect the purposes
of this act.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to acquire. Powers,
construct, maintain, and operate a railway in the town of Ber-
lin, in this state, to be used for the purpose of transferring
freight and other commodities from the Boston & Maine Rail-
road and the Grand Trunk Raihvay in Berlin, to, from, and bet-
ween the various mills, storehouses, and other property of the
Glen Manufacturing Company, and other places in said town of
Berlin, with the right to employ any connecting railroad to fur-
nish cars and motive power for said corporation.
Sect. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of capital; bonds
not more than five hundred shares of one hundred dollars (§100) ^^^ ™o''tgages.
each, and said corporation is empowered to issue bonds to an
amount not exceeding the par value of its stock, and to secure
the same by a mortgage of its property and franchises.
Sect. 4. Said corporation shall have the power to hold such May how real
real estate as maybe necessary, and a toll is hereby granted fattens.
upon all freight which may be transferred in the town of Berlin,
in accordance with the authority conferred by this act.
Sect. 5. Said transfer company shall have the right to con- Rights in high-
struct, maintain, and operate its tracks across any public high-"^*^^'
way, in accordance with the terms and regulations prescribed by
the board of railroad commissioners.
Sect. 6. Any three of the parties named in this act may call First meeting,
the first meeting of said corporation by printing a notice of the
time and place of said meeting in any newspaper printed in the
county of Coos, two weeks at least before the day named for a
hearing ; or said first meeting may be had at any time and place
agreed upon in writing by all the grantees hereof.
o if mi • J 1 n , T rti . Takes effect on
bECT. 7. Ihis act shall take etiect upon its passage. passage.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
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Chapter 155.
[1897.
CHAPTER 155.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE COLEBROOK AVATER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Capital; rights to hold and mortgage
property.
3. Eminent domain and rights in high-
ways.
4. Assessment of damages.
5. Contracts authorized.
Section
6. Directors; special meetings.
7. Punishment for injury to water or
property.
8. First meeting.
9. Subject to repeal ; takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Corporation SECTION 1. That WarrGii E. Drew, Harry F. Bailey, J. H.
cons 1 u e . i)Q(jiej^ Walter Drew, Holman A. Drew, S. R. M. Ramsay,
^ Albert M. Day, Henry F. Jacobs, Ira A. Ramsay, and Charles
Colby, their associates and successors, are hereby made a cor-
poration b}^ the name of the Colebrook Water Company, for the
purpose of furnishing to the people of said town a supply of
pure water for domestic, mechanical, and manufacturing pur-
poses, and to said town of Colebrook for the extinguishment of
fires and other public uses, with all the rights, privileges, immu-
nities, duties, and obligations incident to similar corporations.
Capital ; rights Sect. 2. The Capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed
gage properTy."^ fifty thousaud doUars. It may acquire and hold real and per-
sonal estate necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid,
and it may issue bonds and other obligations, secured by mort-
gage of its real and other property, to carry out the purposes for
which it is created,
^n'd ri^h^ts*!™*'" Sect. 3. Said corporation may take and hold by purchase, or
highways. Hiay take as for public uses, any real estate or easement therein,
including the water of any ponds, streams, springs, or artesian
wells necessary for obtaining a sufficient supply of water for the
construction of reservoirs and laying pipes, and may erect and
maintain all necessary dams, reservoirs, standpipes, and hy-
drants; it may lay its pipes through the land of persons and
corporations, having first obtained permission of the municipal
officers of said town, and, under such regulations and restrictions
as they may prescribe, along the streets and ways of said town,
and may lay its pipes under any railroad, water-course, or pri-
vate way, and cross any drain or sewer or pipe ; provided, that in
the matter of crossing pipes, it shall, at its own expense, and
within a reasonable time, replace, repair, and cover all such
pipes and mains as may be displaced, injured, or disturbed du-
ring the construction or repair of its water-works ; and it may
enter upon and dig up any such real estate, railroad, street, or
way, for the purpose of laying pipes or erecting hydrants or
other fixtures, and maintaining and repairing the same ; and it
1897.] Chapter 155. 149
may do any other act or thing necessary, convenient, and proper
to carry out the purpose of providing a supply of water and dis-
tributing the same to the inhabitants of said town for the uses
aforesaid.
Sect. 4. Said water company shall pay all damages sustained ^|^^^™®°* °*
by any person or corporation, in property, by the taking of any
land, right of way, water, water-course, water right or easement,
or by the erection of any dam, or by any other thing done by
said company under the authorit}- of this act. In case, however,
said company shall not be able to agree with the owners thereof
for the damages that may be done by said company, or the own-
ers shall be unknown, either party may apply to the supreme
court at a trial term, in the county of Coos, to have the same
laid out and the damages determined ; and said court shall refer
the same to the county commissioners of said county, who shall
appoint a time and place of hearing, and give notice thereof in
the same manner as now provided by law for laying out high-
ways. Said commissioners shall make report to said court, and
said court may issue execution therein accordingly ; but if either
party shall desire it, upon application to said court before refer-
ence to said commissioners, they shall be entitled to a trial by
jury, in such manner and under such regulations as said court
may prescribe.
Sect. 5. Said corporation may make any contract with said ^^^jj^o^j.^^
town of Colebrook, or with any fire precinct in said town, or
with any persons or corporations, to furnish water, hydrants, and
other means and apparatus for extinguishing fires, and for such
other purposes as may be deemed necessary, and said town, or
any fire precinct therein now existing or hereafter organized, is
hereby authorized to contract with said corporation for the use
of said water, hydrants, or other apparatus for said purpose, and
it may raise and appropriate money therefor. And said corpora-
tion is hereby authorized and empowered to sell or lease for a
term of years, to said town or any fire precinct now existing or
hereafter organized therein, all of its works, structures, and
estate, of whatever kind or nature ; and said town or fire precinct
is hereby authorized to purchase or lease the same.
Sect. 6. The annual meeting of said company shall be holden Directors ; ape-
C 1 1/ ci&l tU66tinGrs
at such time and place as may be prescribed 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 whenever they may deem it
necessary, giving such notice as the by-laws may prescribe.
Sect. 7. Any person who shall willfully and maliciously cor- ?'j°j.*y^'^®''4ater
rupt the waters of any of the sources of supply or reservoirs of o'' property,
said company, or shall willfully injure any dam, reservoir, con-
duit, pipe, hydrant, or other property held, owned, or used by
said company, for the purposes of this act, shall, on conviction of
either of said acts, be punished by fine not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one year.
Sect. 8. Any two of the corporators named in this act may ^''■^' meeting.
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[1897.
call the first meeting of the company by giving a notice in wri-
ting to each of the corporators at least seven days before the
meeting, or by notice printed in some newspaper published in
Colebrook, in the county of Coos, at least fourteen days before
said day of meeting; and at said meeting, or at any subsequent
meeting duly called, associates may be admitted, and all proper
ofiicers chosen, the number and par value of shares fixed, and
such by-laws and regulations adopted as may be deemed neces-
sary to carry into efiect the business of the company.
Subject to re- Sect. 9. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed when-
T)6cL1' t&K6S 6n6Cv
onpkssage. ever the public good requires, and shall take eliect upon its pas-
sage.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 156.
AN ACT TO A3IEND AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO INCORPORATE
THE LACONIA AND LAKE VILLAGE WATER-WORKS," PASSED SEPTEM-
BER 7, 1883.
Section
1. Name changed.
2. Increase of capital authorized.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate arid House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Name changed. SECTION 1. The uamc of tlic Lacouia and Lake Village \yater-
works is hereby changed to Laconia "Water Company.
Increase of capi- Sect. 2. Said corporatiou is hereby authorized to increase its
tai authorized, ^.g^p^^r^j gtock to a sum not exccediug one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
1897.] Chapter 157. 161
CHAPTER 157.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 288 OP THE LAWS OF 1891,
INCORPORATING THE MASCOMA LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER COMPANY.
Section i Section
1. Addition to powers of corporation. 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 288 of the Laws of 1891 is ^owlrg°/° r
hereby amended by inserting after the w^ord " Vermont," in thepomlon.
thirteenth line, the words " and to engage in any mannfacturing
business in which they can profitably utilize their machinery or
power, and to acquire any real estate they may deem necessary
for that purpose, or to lease their power, or any part thereof,
for manufacturing purposes, so that said section, as amended,
and as amended by chapter 222 of the Laws of 1895, will read :
"Section 1. That Amos Barnes of Boston, county of SulFolk,
state of Massachusetts, N. S. Huntington of Hanover, county of
Grafton and state of New Hampshire, M. E. Gates of Hartford,
county of Windsor, state of Vermont, W. S. Carter and F. C.
Churchill of Lebanon, county of Grafton and state of New
Hampshire, and C. F. West of Concord, county of Merrimack,
state of New Hampshire, their associates, successors, and assigns,
are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name
of Mascoma Light, Heat, and Power Company (changed by
chapter 172 and 307 of Laws of 1893 to Mascoma Electric Light
and Gas Company) for the purpose of doing a general illumina-
ting, heating, and power business, by the manufacture, distribu-
tion, and sale of electricity and gas, either or both of them, in the
counties of Grafton and Sullivan, except the town of Claremont,
state of New Hampshire, and in the county of AVindsor, in the
state of Vermont, and to engage in any manufacturing business
in which they can profitably utilize their machinery or power,
and to acquire any real estate they may deem necessary for that
purpose, or to lease their powder, or any part thereof, for manu-
facturing purposes, with all the powers and privileges, and sub-
ject to all the duties and liabilities by law incident" to corpora-
tions of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 23, 1897.] "
152
Chapters 158, 159.
[1897.
CHAPTER 158.
AN ACT TO REVIVE THE CHARTER OF THE NEWMARKET ELECTRIC
LIGHT, POWER, AND HEAT COMPANY.
Section l. Charter revived.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentaiives in General
Court convejied :
Charter revived. SECTION 1. The act entitled an act to incorporate the New-
market Electric Light, Power, and Heat Company, approved
April 11, 1891, is hereby revived and continued in force as fully
and completely, to all intents and purposes, as if the same were
re-enacted at the present time.
[Approved February 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 159.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE AMERICAN ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; autliority.
2. Rights as to personal property.
3. Provisions relating to policies.
4. Disposition of benefit assessments.
Section
5. Directors; by-laws.
6. First meeting.
7. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Corporation
constituted ;
thority.
Rights as to per-
sonal property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reiwesentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Adolph W. Pressler, John J. Donahue,
James F. Brennan, W. L. Mason, J. E. Lewis, and F. M. Dins-
moor, their associates, successors, and assigns, be, and are
hereby made, a body politic and corporate, by the name of
American Accident Association, wdth authority to have and ex-
ercise all the powers and privileges incident to corporations of a
similar nature, unless limited or extended by this act, for the mu-
tual benefit, protection, and assurance of its members (or their
beneficiaries) w^ho shall have sustained, w-hile members of the
association, bodily injury, w^hether fatal or disabling, efl:ected
through or by external, violent, and accidental means, and under
such conditions, provisions, limitations, and exceptions as may
be established under the by-laws of the association.
Sect. 2. The corporation may purchase, take, and hold by
deed, gift, bequest, or otherwise, personal estate for the purposes
of said corporation, to an amount not exceeding, at anyone time,
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Chapter 160.
153
five thousand dollars, and may improve, use, sell, convey, or
otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure.
Sect. 3. The corporation may issue policies containing a P[^^|^*'°",?Jg^^**-
stipulation or agreement providing for the assessment of its
policy-holders when necessary for the payment of the liabilities of
the corporation. The amount of such liability to assessment
shall be limited in the policy so issued, and the amount thus
limited and expressed in such polic}' shall, by the acceptance of
the policy by the insured, be deemed an acknowledgment of such
agreement to pay said assessment, and such agreement shall be
construed, in eftect, a premium note given by the insured to said
corporation, and in all cases shall be deemed to be assets of the
corporation to the extent and amount so fixed and limited in the
policy.
Sect. 4. No part of the money realized from the assessments ^'"po^'*'"" of
^_*^ _ - D6D6nt 388688—
made to pay benefits shall be used tor any other purpose thanments.
the payment of such benefits.
Sect. 5. The management of the corporation shall be vested 1^^^^'°''* • ^y'
in a board of directors, to be chosen by the corporation at its or-
ganization and at each annual meeting. The corporation may
adopt suitable by-laws for carrying into efifect the purposes of
this corporation, not repugnant to the laws of the state and this
act.
Sect. 6. The first meeting of the members of the corporation ^''"^'^ ™^®"°g-
may be held by written agreement of all said grantees, stating
the time, place, and purpose thereof.
Sect. 7. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed when-s^^jj^ct^to^^^-^j.
ever the public good may require, and this act shall take effect on passage.
upon its passage.
[Approved February 23, 1897.] •
CHAPTER 160.
AN ACT TO DISANNEX THE HOMESTEAD OF B. W. COUCH FROM THE
TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ANNEX SAID PREMISES TO SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 20 IN THE CITY OF CONCORD, FOR SCHOOL PUR-
POSES.
Section
1. Homestead transferred from one
district to another.
Section
2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the homestead of B. W. Couch be and is transferred from
hereby disannexed from the Town School District in the city of another""* ^°
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[1897.
Concord, and the said premises are hereby annexed to School
District No. 20 of said city, for school purposes.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.
[Approved February 24, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 161.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF COURT ROCKINGHAM NO. 7539,
ANCIENT ORDER FORESTERS OF AMERICA, OF PORTSMOUTH, TO
COURT ROCKINGHAM NO. 6, FORESTERS OF AMERICA, OF PORTS-
MOUTH.
Section
1. Name changed.
Section
2. Repealing clause; act takes eflFect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of BejJresejiiatives in General
Court convened :
Name changed. SECTION 1. That the name of Court Rockingham No. 7539,
Ancient Order Foresters of America, of Portsmouth, be changed
to Court Rockingham No. 6, Foresters of America, of Ports-
mouth.
dausfj'aft takes Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
effect on pas- hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon itspassaare.
''^'' [Approved February 24, 1897.]
/
CHAPTER 162.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 IN THE TOWN
OF LANCASTER TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHAS-
ING A SITE AND ERECTING THEREON A HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING,
AND FOR SECURING SUITABLE PLAYGROUNDS AND ATHLETIC
FIELD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Section
1. Bonds authorized; provisions as to
same.
Section
2. Eminent domain.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Bonds author- SECTION 1. The school committcc or board of education of
asVsame''.'^"''' Uiiion School District No. 1 in the town of Lancaster, for the
1897.J Chapter 163. 155
purpose of raising money to defray the expense of securing a
plot of land and erecting thereon a high school building, and
furnishing and equipping the same, and for the purpose of secur-
ing and preparing land for a playground or athletic field, to be
used in connection therewith, may issue negotiable coupon bonds
of said district to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dol-
lars. Said bonds shall be payable not more than twenty-five
years from this date, shall be redeemable at any time after ten
years from this date, at the option of said district, shall bear in-
terest at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum, and shall
be signed by the school committee or board of education of said
district, or a majority thereof. All bonds purporting to be issued
by virtue of or in pursuance of this act, and signed as hereinbe-
fore provided, shall, in favor of bonajide holders, be conclusively
presumed to have be^n duly and regularly authorized, and issued
in accordance with the provisions herein contained, and no such
holder shall be obliged to see to the existence of the purpose of
the issue, or to the regularity of any of the proceedings, or to
the application of the proceeds of such issue.
Sect. 2. Said district shall have the right to proceed and con- ^^°f°*
demn land for the purposes aforesaid, and for the purpose of
establishing and preparing an athletic field, if it cannot agree
with the owners of said land, in the same manner as land is
taken for a public park.
Sect. 3. This act shall take efi'ect upon its passage. Takes esect on
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 163.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 231, SESSION LAWS OF 1893,
ENTITLED " AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MEREDITH VILLAGE FIRE
DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH WATER-WORKS."
Section i section
1. Authority to increase amount of 2. Takes effect on passage,
bonds. I
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 231 of the Session Laws ^^J^°J"f y^^^^^t
passed January session, 1893, is hereby amended by striking out°^''°"d.
the word " forty " and inserting in place thereof the word "for-
ty-five," so that said section as amended shall read as follows :
" Section 6. Said district is hereby authorized and empowered
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[1897.
to borrow such sums of money on the credit of the district as
may from time to time be deemed advisable, for the purpose of
defraying the expense of constructing, maintaining, and opera-
ting said water-works, such indebtedness not to exceed at any
one time forty-five thousand dollars, and to issue notes and bonds
of the district therefor, to be signed by the secretary of the water
commissioners, and countersigned by the president thereof, and
payable at such times and at such rate of interest as said district
may determine ; and such notes and bonds shall be valid and
binding upon said district."
Takes effect on Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 164.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CLAREMONT AVATER-WORKS COMPANY TO
RE-FUND ITS PRESENT FUNDED INDEBTEDNESS, AND TO PROVIDE
MEANS FOR THE EXTENSION OF ITS WORKS.
Section
1. Authority to re-fund indebtedness
and issue mortgage bonds for ex-
tension of works.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Seymte and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
^"thority tore- Section 1. The Claremoiit "Water-Works Company is hereby
nessand issue authorizcd and empowered to re-fund its present funded indebt-
f^re^xt^enstonof edness and to provide means for the extension of its works, by
works. purchase or construction, as may be deemed necessary or expe-
dient, and for such purposes may issue bonds of such denomina-
tions, payable at such times and place and rate of interest as
may be thought proper, and may secure the same by mortgage
upon the water-works, property, assets, and franchises of the cor-
poration,
pas^ay^*""* °" Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 165.
157
CHAPTER 165.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE
MANCHESTER CHILDREN'S HOME.
Section
1. Corporation constituted and acts le-
galized.
2. Object.
3. Officers.
4. Annual meeting.
5. By-laws.
Section
6. Quorum at certain meetings.
7. Officers and by-laws till changed by
corporation.
8. Meeting to adopt, act, and change by-
laws.
9. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Mejjresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Mrs. Josiah Carpenter, Mrs. Leonard French, corporation con-
Mrs. Frederick Smyth, Mrs. Maria F. Kidder, Mrs. F. W. feKgauL'ed-
Sargeant, Mrs. James M. Moore, Mrs. Freeman Higgins, Miss
Julia A. Baker, Mrs. D. D. Felton, Mrs. J. M. Hill, Mrs. L. H.
Josselyn, Mrs. Joseph Merrill, Mrs. J. P. Walker, Mrs. J. B.
Pattee, Mrs. C. S. Harris, Mrs. A. Eschelmullner, Mrs. A. J.
Lane, Mrs. L. A. Blaney, and their associates, heretofore acting
as a voluntary corporation known as the Manchester Children's
Home, are hereby made a body corporate under the name of the
Manchester Children's Home, located at Manchester, N. H.,
and all prior acts of said association as a corporation are hereby
ratified and legalized. The said corporation shall have power to
receive, take, and hold, either by gift, purchase, devise, bequest,
or otherwise, any real or personal estate for the use and for the
advancement of the purposes of the corporation.
Sect. 2. The object of this corporation shall be to provide and object.
maintain in said Manchester a home for indigent and neglected
Protestant children, and to provide suitable care and instruction
for said children, and to otherwise promote their welfare.
Sect. 3. The officers of this corporation shall be, president, offlcers.
vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, and a board of lady mana-
gers consisting of not less than twenty, nor more than fifty mem-
bers.
The president, vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, and board
of managers shall constitute the board of direction to man-
age the aliairs of the corporation. There shall also be an advis-
ory board of three gentlemen, who shall advise and assist the
board of direction. All officers shall hold oflice for one year,
and until their successors are elected. Li case of a vacancy in
any ofiice, the board of direction shall fill the same until the
next annual election.
Sect. 4. The annual meeting of this corporation shall be held Annual meeting.
on the first Thursday in December of each year, at the time and
place designated by the president. Notice thereof shall be pub-
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[1897.
By-laws.
Quorum at cer
tain meetings.
OiJScers and by-
laws till changed
by corporation.
Meeting to
adopt act and
change by-laws.
Takes effect on
passage.
lished in one or more newspapers in said Manchester at least
two weeks before the meetins^.
Sect. 5. Said corporation may adopt by-laws, and may amend
the same at any meeting called for that purpose.
Sect. 6. Two thirds of the members of the board of direction
shall constitute a quorum at the annual meeting, or at any
meeting called for the amendment of the by-laws.
Sect. 7. The officers of said association shall be the officers of
this corporation until others are chosen in their stead. The con-
stitution and by-laws of said association shal] be the by-laws of
this corporation.
Sect. 8. The president of said association is hereby author-
ized to call a meeting thereof to act upon the adoption of this
act, and upon any change in its by-laws. Notice of such meet-
ing shall be published three weeks successively in some news-
paper published in said Manchester.
Sect. 9. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 166.
AN ACT IX AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE PORTSMOUTH GAS
LIGHT COMPANY.
Section
1. Name changed.
2. Extension of powers.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Name changed.
Extension of
powers.
Section 1. That the corporate name of " The Portsmouth
Gas Light Company," as established by an act of the legislature
approved June 28,1850, be and hereby is changed to "The
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light and Power Company."
Sect. 2. That section two of the charter of said corporation,
as originally enacted, and as amended by chapter 247 of laws of
1887, be, and hereby is, amended by adding after the word
"lighting" in section two, the words following, "heating, and
all mechanical purposes in," so that said section 2 of the orig-
inal act as amended by said chapter 247 of the laws of 1887, and
as further amended by this act, shall read : " Section 2.
Said corporation is authorized to hold all such real and
personal estate as may be necessary and proper to enable
them to carry on the manufacture, distribution, and sale of gas
1897.] Chapter 167. 159
for the purpose of lighting, heating, and all mechanical pur-
poses, in the streets, factories, and all other buildings in the city
of Portsmouth, and to erect such buildings and works, and to
construct such reservoirs, gas holders, gas pipes, and other
things as may be requisite anxl proper for said purpose, provided
the whole amount of the capital stock of said company shall not
exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars."
And said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to
establish, manage, and carry on in said city of Portsmouth the
business of generating, manufacturing, producing, and supply-
ing electricity for purposes of light, heat, and mechanical
power; and to convey, distribute, and supply such electricity by
wires or other suitable means, upon poles erected or by other
overground means ; or underground in tubes, pipes, and boxes,
or other subterranean appliances, placed in the highways, streets,
sew^ers, or other places; and to erect, build, maintain, and oper-
ate all suitable buildings, boilers, engines, electrical machines
and works as may be necessary or convenient for conducting
the business of the corporation ; and to purchase, lease, hold,
and take all necessary real estate and rights for such business ;
also, to lease and let lines of wire and other appliances for con-
veying electricity, and also all the rights said corporation may
have under its charter, all to be in accordance with and subject
to the laws of this state as now existing.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eflect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved February 25, 1897.] " p*''*»^-
CHAPTEP 167.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, AND IN AMENDMENT OF
CHAPTER 23, SECTION 25, OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES."
Section
1. Hours of check-list sessions cbanged.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage ; repealing
clause.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Section 24 of said chapter 183 of the Laws of Hours ofcheck-
1895 is amended by striking out the word " six " after the word chan|ed.°"^
" until " in the eighth line of said section, as printed in the laws
of 1895, and by inserting the word "five" in lieu thereof, and
by striking out the word " ten " in the ninth line of said section,
as printed in the Laws of 1895, and by inserting in lieu thereof
160 Chapter 168. [1897.
the word " nine," so that said section, as .amended, shall read :
" Sect. 24. The said board of registrars and each succeeding
board shall make up for every election a list of the legal voters
in each ward in said city, the list for each ward to be separate
from the other ward lists, in the manner following : They shall,
at least twenty days before the day of the election at which said
lists are to be used, begin, at the common council room at the
city hall in said city, to hold public meetings from nine o'clock
a. m. to twelve o'clock noon, and from two o'clock p. m. until
five o'clock p. m., and from half past seven o'clock p. m. to nine
o'clock p. m., the times and places of said meetings to be pub-
licly advertised in at least two daily newspapers printed in
said Portsmouth, for at least three days prior to the first meet-
ing, and thence each day until the last session has been held,
and not less than ten meetings shall be held during said
period."
Takes effecton Sect. 2. This act shall take efi'ect upon its passage, and all
passage ; repeal- . . • i i • • n ^ •
ing clause. acts and parts ot acts inconsistent with the provisions ot this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved February 26, 1897.]
CHAPTER 168.
AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE NEWMARKET ELECTRIC
LIGHT, POWER, AND HEAT COMPANY.
Section I Section
1. May do business in Lee. | 2. Exempt from charter fee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives m General
Court convened :
May do business SECTION 1. Thc Ncwmarkct Elcctric Light, Powcr, and Heat
in Lee. Company, a corporation empowered to establish, manage, and
carry on business in Newmarket and Durham, is hereby author-
ized and empowered to carry on its business in the town of Lee.
Exempt from Sect. 2. Thc provisious of section 5, chapter 14 of the Public
charter fee. _^ in i i •
Statutes, shall not apply to this act,
[Approved February 26, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapters 169, 170.
161
CHAPTER 169.
AN .ACT IN RELATION TO THE EAST GRAFTON UNION MEETING-
HOUSE SOCIETY.
Section
1. Reorganization; constitution
by-laws legalized.
and
Section
2. Repaii-s, etc., legalized.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejiresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the reorganization of the East Grafton Union foSS^nd
Meeting-House Society of the town of Grafton, made in the year ^y-iawa legai-
1896, inckiding the constitution and by-laws adopted at the re-'^* '
organization meeting, is hereby legalized.
Sect. 2. That all outside and interior repairs made on 8aid^^P^|[g*^®*'='
Union meeting-house in the year 1896, including the appraisal
and removal of the old pews, and the replacing of the same by
new ones, and the sale of said new pews, and all acts of the re-
pairing committee, is hereby legalized.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. t*^«« ^*^' o**
[Approved March 3, 1897.] ''
CHAPTER 170.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SO-
CIETY OF WILTON TO THE FIRST UNITARIAN CONGREGATIONAL SO-
CIETY OF WILTON CENTRE.
Section
1. Name changed.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bej^resentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the name of the "First Congregational Soci- Name changed,
ety of Wilton " be, and hereby is, changed to the "First Unita-
rian Congregational Society of Wilton Centre."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 3, 1897.]
Takes effect on
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[1897.
CHAPTER 171.
AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH TO ABATE A PUBLIC
NUISANCE AND TO CONSTRUCT A HIGHWAY IN SAID CITY.
Section
1. City autliorized to take certain
rights.
2. Puddle Dock declared a nuisance.
3. Assessment of damages for rights
taken; petition to court; reference
to county commissioners.
4. Proceedings of county commission-
ers.
Section
6. Report to court and proceedings
thereon.
6. Title to land made by filling; proviso.
7. City may convej' made land.
8. Highway on made land.
9. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
City authorized
to take certain
rights.
Puddle Dock
declared a nui-
sance.
Assessment of
damages for
rights taken ;
petition to court;
reference to
county commis-
sioners.
Proceedings of
county commis-
sioners.
Report to court
and proceedings
thereon.
Section 1. The city of Portsmouth is hereby authorized to
take by purchase or, if need be, by exercise of eminent domain,
for the purpose of abating a public nuisance, all the right, title,
property, estate, privilege, and easement which each and every
owner of land abutting on a navigable water in said city, called
Puddle Dock, may have in and to the waters, soil, flats, and
shores of said dock, and to the navigation thereof.
Sect. 2. Said dock is hereby declared to be, in its present
condition, a menace to the public health in said city, and to be
a public nuisance which the public good requires should be
abated.
Sect. 3. If said city shall be unable to agree with any owner
of land abutting on said dock as to the price of his right, title,
property, estate, privilege, and easement which said owner may
have in and to the waters, soil, flats, and shores of said dock,
and to the navigation thereof, it shall petition the supreme
court for the county of Rockingham, at a trial term, to assess
the damages to such owner for the taking by said city of his
right, title, property, estate, privilege, and easement in and to
said dock, and to the waters, soil, flats, shores, and navigation
thereof, and said court shall refer the petition to the board of
county commissioners for the county of Rockingham to examine
the right, title, property, privilege, and easement or right of
navigation proposed to be taken, and to assess the damages
therefor.
Sect. 4. Said board, upon said petition being so referred,
shall throughout proceed as in case of the laying out of a high-
way by the county commissioners.
Sect. 5. Said commissioners shall make report to the supreme
court for the county of Rockingham, at a trial term thereof, as
soon as may be after flnal hearing, and said court shall proceed
in all matters in relation thereto as in case of a report of the
county commissioners in laying out a highway.
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163
Sect. 6. The title to all land made by the filling in of said ^^«^*^ '»^,<|.^
dock shall be vested in the city of Portsmouth, but nothing ;^»-oi""so.
herein contained shall be construed as preventing or restraining
said city from carrying out its agreement made with various
owners of lands abutting on said dock, dated July, 1896, or as
in any wise invalidating said agreement.
Sect. 7. Whenever necessary to keep its ao;reement afore- ^'*y Ty/''''^®y
said, and whenever, in other cases, it may so choose, said city
may convey, with or without consideration, to any owners of
lands abutting upon the shores of said dock, all made land ad-
joining the upland of such abutting owner, and which may lie
outside the side lines of the highway hereinafter authorized to
be constructed.
Sect. 8. Said city may, by vote of the city councils in form ^^d'e'land""
of an ordinance, dedicate so much of said made land as it may
have after carrying out its agreement aforesaid, to the pub-
lic use as a highway running with a continuously straight side
line on each side from Washington street to Liberty Bridge, so
called, on "Water street. Said highway shall be of such MHdth
as the city councils, by said ordinance, shall determine. The con-
struction of said highway shall be proceeded with by said city in
such manner and as rapidly as the city councils of said city may
think proper.
Sect. 9. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 3, 1897.]
CHAPTER 172.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE LACONIA ELECTRIC LIGHTING COM-
PANY.
Section
1. Powers of corporation.
2. Poles and wires.
3. Increase of capital.
4. Act not to invalidate stock, debts, or
obligations.
5. Organization continued; right to
change by-laws.
Section
6. Right to borrow money and give se-
curity.
7. May buy out Winnipesaukee Gas
and Electric Light Co.
8. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bejyreseiitatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The Laconia Electric Lighting Company, a corpo- Po'^efs of cor-
ration organized and existing under the laws of the state of New ^'"'**"*°*
Hampshire, and having its place of business at Laconia, in the
county of Belknap, is hereby continued a body corporate and
politic, for the purpose of constructing machinery, maintaining
164 Chapter 172. [1897.
and operating electric light stations, furnishing electric appli-
ances and power for lighting and other purposes, as stated in its
original articles of incorporation, subject to the restrictions here-
inafter provided, shall have the power and authority to purchase
real estate, rights in real estate, and water rights and the rights
of tlowage, and the right to erect and maintain such necessary
dams and reservoirs for the purpose of utilizing water power
upon such rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds in said county of
Belknap, and in the town of Hill, in the county of Merrimack,
and the town of Bristol, in the county of Grafton, as the said
corporation may purchase as aforesaid, but said corporation shall
not have the right to use any of its power for electric lighting in
said town of Bristol, or the towns of Tilton and Meredith, in the
county of Belknap aforesaid, except for its own uses ; nor shall
said corporation have the right to use or dispose of power for
the use or operation of electric railroads, except it may furnish
power to the Laconia Street Railway within the limits of said
city of Laconia.
Poles and wires. Sect. 2. Said corporatiou shall have the right to erect and
maintain its poles and string its wires, as now located, and to
erect poles and string its wires thereon through any street, place,
highway, or passway in any of the cities or towns in said county
of Belknap, or said town of Hill, in the county of Merrimack,
and Bristol, in the county of Grafton, the permission of the se-
lectmen, mayor, and aldermen, or city councils of the towns
and cities being first obtained for said purposes.
Increase of Sect. 3. This corporatiou is authorized and empowered to
capital. . . -ill i T
increase its present capital stock to a sum not exceeding one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), and issue its cer-
tificates in the sum of fifty dollars ($50) each, at such times and
upon such calls as shall be deemed necessary for the best inter-
ests of the corporation,
^^ct not to in- Sect. 4. This act shall not be construed to, in any way, inval-
debts, or obiiga- idate the existing capital stock, common or preferred, or debts
*"'°^' or obligations of the corporation, but said stock, debts, and obli-
gations shall continue in force, and not in any way be invali-
dated, the same as if this act had not been passed.
Organization Sect. 5. The prcscut Organization of the company shall be
continued ; right . ,- -T, v t ^^ i ,i n
to change by- continucd, but said corporation shall have the power, irom time
to time, to make such alterations or modifications of its by-laws
as shall be deemed for the best interests of the corporation, con-
sistent with the existing laws of the state.
Right to borrow Sect. 6. For the purpose of enabling said corporation to carry
^curity."'^ ^"'^ on its busiucss and to purchase real estate, rights in real estate,
water rights, rights of fiowage, the right to erect and maintain
dams and reservoirs as aforesaid, and corporate rights and fran-
chises as hereinafter provided, and for the carrying on its business,
[it] is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such sums
of money as may be necessary from time to time, and issue its
notes, bonds, and obligations therefor, secured by mortgage or
otherwise, as may be deemed necessary for the best interests of
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165
the corporatiou ; such notes, bonds, or obligations to be in such
denomination, bearing such dates, and payable at such times,
and at such a rate of interest, not exceeding six per cent, as may
be fixed and determined by the corporation.
Sect. 7. The corporation is hereby authorized and empow- May buy out
ered to purchase the property, rights, and franchise of the "Win-oaTalfdErec-^
nipesaukee Gas and Electric Light Company, a corporation duly '""^ ^'^^* ^°"
established at said Laconia, and if such purchase shall at any
time be made, all the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises
of said Winnipesaukee Gas and Electric Light Company shall
pass to the control of the said Laconia Electric Lighting Com-
pany as fully and completely as the same are now held and en-
joyed by said Winnipesaukee Gas and Electric Light Company.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage. '^^^^^ «*fe<=t on
[Approved March 3, 1897.]
CHAPTER 173.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MERRIMACK RIVER HEAT, LIGHT,
AND POWER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers.
3. Right to lay wires.
4. Right to buy or sell patents.
5. Capital.
Section
6. Mortgage bonds authorized.
7. By-laws, etc. ; meetings; officers.
8. First meeting.
9. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Charles C. Kenrick, Edward A. Pike, corporation
George D. Mayo, George E. Shepard, Asa J. Thurston, j^j^y^j^ "=o°^*''»'^«<i*
T. Drake, John D. Kirk, their associates, assigns, and succes-
sors, be and hereby are made a body politic and corporate, under
the name of the Merrimack River Heat, Light, and Powder Com-
pany, and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and de-
fend to final judgment and execution, and shall be and hereby
are vested with all the rights, powers, and privileges, and made
subject to all the duties and liabilities of corporations of like na-
ture under the laws of the state.
Sect. 2. Said body corporate, — or corporation, — is hereby Powers,
authorized and empowered to engage in, establish, and carry on
the business of generating, producing, and manufacturing gas,
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[1897.
Right to lay
wires.
Right to buy or
sell patents.
Capital.
Mortgage bonds
authorized.
By-laws, etc.;
meetings;
ofiScers.
First meeting.
electricity, or other agency for obtaining heat, light, or mechan-
ical power; to deal in, sell, supply, distribute, transmit, and util-
ize such gas, electricity, or other means of obtaining heat, light,
or mechanical power, for such purposes as may be desirable ; and
to use and employ such chemicals, machinery, and other mate-
rials and appliances as may be useful or convenient therefor ; to
procure, hold, build, establish, and own such plants, buildings,
machinery, and appliances as may be necessary or convenient
for the objects of its business ; provided., however., that the value
of such plants, buildings, machinery and appliances shall not ex-
ceed fifty thousand dollars.
Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have the right to lay metallic
wires upon poles erected or obtained for the purpose, or in sub-
terranean pipes, tubes, or boxes, and in other appropriate and
convenient ways, in the public streets and highways of the city
of Franklin, and to relay and repair the same subject to the
consent of the city council of said Franklin and license therefor,
in accordance with the provision of existing laws applicable to
corporations of a similar nature, a due regard being had to pub-
lic safety and travel, to locate its wires or other means of trans-
mission over, through, or under public or private property or
lands, permission being had and a price agreed upon between
the parties.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to
procure, purchase, sell, or convey, in whole or in part, letters
patent granted by the government of the United States or any
foreign government.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to
issue capital stock to any amount not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hun-
dred dollars each and issued in such amounts, at such times and
upon such calls as the directors may determine.
Sect. 6. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to
issue its bonds for any of the purposes for which it is incorpo-
rated, in such amounts, at such times and for such purposes as
the stockholders may authorize, and may mortgage its property
of any and all descriptions and franchises as security for such
bonds, 'provided, however, that no bonds shall be issued in excess
of three fourths of the capital stock actually paid in.
Sect. 7. Said corporation may establish such rules, regula-
tions, and by-laws as may be deemed fit by the corporation and
are agreeable to the laws of the state. An annual meeting of
said corporation shall be holden at such time and place as may
be directed by the by-laws, at which shall be chosen by ballot
a board of directors, not less than three nor more than seven in
number, and such other officers as may be deemed advisable.
All officers chosen at the annual meeting shall hold office for one
year and until their successors have duly qualified.
Sect. 8. Any three of the corporators hereinbefore named
may call the first meeting of the corporation by giving four days'
notice in writing to all the corporators of the time and place
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167
of said meeting. At said first meeting, or any subsequent one,
associates may be elected, by-laws and regulations adopted, and
in said first meeting a board of directors shall, and other oflicers
may, be elected, by ballot in all cases, to serve until the first an-
nual meeting and until their successors have duly qualified.
Sect. 9. This act shall take efi:ect upon its passage.
[Approved March 3, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 174.
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE POWERS OF THE NASHUA STREET
RAILWAY.
Section
1. Authority to make lease.
2. state's rights reserveil.
3. Requisites for validity of lease ; pro-
vision for dissenting stockholders.
Section
4. Part of location may be abandoned.
5. No rights or release from obligations
except as specified in ss. 1, 4.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The Nashua Street Railway is hereby authorized Authority to
and empowered to make a lease of all the property, rights, priv-""^ ^ ^^*'
ileges, easements, and franchises of the corporation to the Lowell
& Suburban Street Railway Company, a body corporate, estab-
lished under the laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. All the rio-hts of this state, by its legislature or other- state's rights
wise, to regulate the said Nashua Street Railway and its manage-
ment or to amend its charter are reserved, and any lease made
under the authority hereby granted shall be made subject to all
the duties, liabilities, and restrictions imposed upon said Nashua
Street Railway.
Sect. 3. No lease executed under the authority of this act Requisites for
shall be valid or binding until the terms thereof have been agreed lease; provision
to by two thirds of the directors, and two thirds in interest of stockhowers.^
the stock of the lessor, and approved by the board of railroad
commissioners ; and should there be dissenting stockholders, the
value of the stock of such dissenting stockholders may be deter-
mined as provided in the Public Statutes of this state, chapter
156, and the provisions of said chapter shall apply to the taking
of said stock as in the case of railroads.
Sect. 4. So much of the track of said Nashua Street Railway ?»»* of location
as is located and laid between Temple street in Nashua, over abandoned.
Commercial and Hudson streets to Hollis street, and also as
much as is located and laid across the "Worcester, Nashua &
Rochester railroad from the north side thereof on Palm street,
southerly through Palm, West Hollis, and Hanover streets to
168
Chapter 175.
[1897.
Kinsley street, upon application to and approval of the railroad
commissioners, may be taken up, the location abandoned, and
the running of cars thereon discontinued, subject to such condi-
tions and restrictions as to putting the said streets in proper
condition after the track is taken up, as exist under the laws of
the state and as were imposed by the board of mayor and alder-
men of said city when the locations upon which said track was
laid were granted.
Sect. 5. Nothing in this act contained, except the authority
given in sections 1 and 4 of said act, shall be construed as giving
fiedTnw.M*^'' to said Nashua Street Railway or its lessees any rights which
said railway does not now enjoy, or as releasing said railway
from any lawful obligations which now exist or which may here-
after be law^fully imposed.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
No rights or
release from
obligations
Takes effect on
CHAPTER 175.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SECOND ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL
SOCIETY OF NASHUA.
Section
1. Association incorporated.
2. Oflacers continued and acts legalized.
Section
3. Rights as to holding pi'operty.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Association
incorporated .
Officers contin-
ued and acts
legalized.
Rights as to
holding
property.
Takes eflfect on
passage.
Section 1. The Second Orthodox Congregational Society of
Nashua, a voluntary association heretofore existing in the city of
Nashua, is hereby made a body politic and corporate for the
purposes named in its articles of association, and by that name
may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment
and execution, use a common seal, and is hereby invested with
all the powers, privileges, and immunities and made subject to
all the liabilities incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. The present officers of said society shall retain their
respective offices until their successors shall be elected, agreeably
to said articles of association, and all contracts heretofore made
by said society are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Sect. 3. Saidsociety may hold real and personal estate which
it may acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise, and may manage
and dispose of the same and the income thereof, to such amount
as may be necessary for the purposes of said society.
Sect. 4. This act shall take eflect on its passage.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 176.
169
CHArTEK 176.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NORTH WOODSTOCK WATER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Capital.
3. Meetings.
4. Rigbts as to holding property ; rights
In streets, etc.
5. Eminent domain.
Section
6. Contracts.
7. First meeting.
8. May borrow money and secure by
mortgage.
9. Subject to repeal ; takes eflfect on pas-
sage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. W. F. Butler, A. W. Sawyer, W. L. E. Hunt, C. J.^^J^^'J^^"
L. Parker, and S. N. Weeks, their associates, successors, and
assigns, shall be, and hereby are made, a body politic and corpo-
rate by the name of North Woodstock Water Company, for the
purpose of bringing w^ater into the towai of Woodstock and any
village therein for domestic uses, the extinguishment of fires,
and such other purposes as may be deemed necessary and
proper; 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 privileges and made subject to all the
liabilities incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of Capital,
such number of shares, not exceeding one hundred dollars each,
as may from time to time be determined by the directors of said
corporation, not exceeding in the whole the sum of twelve thou-
sand dollars.
Sect. 3. The annual and all special meetings of said corpora- ^«^"°^-
tiou shall be held at such times and places, and upon such no-
tice, as may be provided by the by-law^s of the corporation.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is empowered to purchase, and hold ^^e^^^y^ t°pg^_
in fee simple or otherwise, any real or personal estate necessary ty^; '■j|ht8in
for the carrying into eftect the purposes of this act, and to pur-
chase any existing aqueduct or system of water-w^orks in said
Woodstock now^ constructed or in operation ; and said corpora-
tion is authorized to enter upon and break ground, dig ditches,
and make excavations in any street, place, square, passageway,
or highw^ay through which it may be deemed necessary for the
pipes and water-works of said corporation to pass, be, or exist,
for the purpose of placing said pipes, hydrants, water- works, and
such other material as may be deemed necessary for construct-
ing said water-works, and to re-lay and repair the same, subject
to such regulations as to the safety of the citizens and the secu-
rity of the public travel as may be prescribed by the selectmen
of the town of Woodstock.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon and ap- Eminent
propriate any springs, streams, or ponds, in the town of Wood-
170
Chapter 176.
[1897.
Contracts.
First meeting.
regulations as
May borrow
money and
secure by
mortgage.
stock, not belonging to any aqueduct or water-works company,
and to secure such streams, springs, or ponds by fences or
otherwise, and to dig ditches, make excavations and reservoirs,
through, over, in, or upon any land or inclosure through which it
may be necessary for said pipes and water to pass, or said exca-
vations, reservoirs, and water-works to be or exist, for the pur-
pose of obtaining, holding, preserving, or conducting said water,
and placing such pipes, material, or works as may be necessary
for building and operating such water-works, or repairing the
same; procided, that if it shall be necessary to enter upon and
appropriate any streams, springs, ponds, or land for the purpose
aforesaid, or to raise or to lower the level of the same, and the
said corporation shall not be able to agree with the owners thereof
for damages that may be done by said corporation, or the owners
shall be unknown, either party may apply to the supreme court,
at the trial term in the eastern judicial district of the county of
Grafton, to have the damages determined ; and said court shall
refer the same to the county commissioners for said county, who
shall appoint a time and place of hearing, and give notice
thereof in the same manner as now provided by law for laying
out of highways. Said commissioners shall make report to said
court, and said court may issue execution therein accordingly ;
but if either party shall desire it, upon application to said court
before reference to said commissioners, they shall be entitled to
a trial by jury in such manner and under such
said court may prescribe.
Sect. 6. Said corporation may make any contract with said
town of Woodstock, or with any fire precinct in said town, or
with any persons or corporations to furnish water, hydrants, and
other means and apparatus for extinguishing fires, and for such
other purposes as may be deemed necessary ; and said town, or
any fire precinct therein now existing or hereafter organized, is
hereby authorized to contract with said corporation for the use
of said water, hydrants, or other apparatus for said purpose,
and may raise or appropriate money therefor. And said corpor-
ation is hereby authorized and empowered to sell or lease for a
term of years to the town, or any fire precinct now existing or
hereafter organized therein, all of its works, structures, and es-
tate, of whatever kind or nature ; and said town or fire precinct
is hereby authorized to purchase or lease the same.
Sect. 7. The first two corporators named herein may call the
first meeting of the corporation by giving a notice in writing to
each of the corporators of the time and place of meeting at least
seven days before the day of meeting, or by leaving the same at
his last and usual place of abode ; and at said meeting, or at any
adjourned meeting thereof, associates may be admitted, all
proper oflicers chosen, the capital stock fixed, and such by-laws
and regulations adopted as may be deemed necessary to carry
into effect the business of the corporation.
Sect. 8. Said corporation may borrow money for the purpose
of constructing or extending the water-works named herein, and
1897.]
Chapter 177.
171
issue bonds or other obligations therefor, and secure the same
by mortgage upon the said water-works, property, assets, and
franchises of said corporation.
Sect. 9. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed when-fg"p^jff*j'^°^g,
ever the public good requires, and shall take effect upon its pas- effect on passage.
sage.
[Approved March 4, 1897.]
CHAPTER 177.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE ORPHANS' HOME
AT CONCORD, APPROVED JUNE 26, 1874.
Section
1. Authority to increase amount of
property; extension of powers.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The first section of an act entitled "An act to incor- A"rpali'^™T,f
porate the trustees of the Orphans' Home at Concord, approved of property;
June 26, 1874, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : powrrs.°° °
" Section 1. That William W. Mies, Henry A. Coit, Joseph H.
Coit, Josiah Minot, Albert R Hatch, and their associates, are
hereby incorporated and made a body politic, under the name of
the Trustees of the Orphans' Home at Concord. Said corpora-
tion may take, hold and manage such property as may be ob-
tained, by donation or otherwise, not exceeding two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of maintaining, edu-
cating, or otherwise aiding children who have lost one or both
parents, or are otherwise destitute, and of aiding or supporting-
aged clergymen and their families, the families of deceased cler-
gymen, and other worthy persons, and also of aiding or support-
ing persons devoted to such charitable works as the nursing and
rehef of the sick and the care and teaching of indigent young
children. They may also receive all such minor children as
may be bound to them under indenture by their surviving parent
or guardian according to the laws of this state relating to master
and apprentice, and shall have the same rights, and be subject to
the same liabilities, in regard to children so bound as other mas-
ters may lawfully have,"
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
172 Chapters 178, 179. [1897.
CHAPTER 178.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF CERTAIN CITY OF-
FICIALS OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.
Section l. Change in election and term of officers; time of first election under
this act; repealing clause.
£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Change in eiec- SECTION 1. All officers of the citj of Manchester now annually
officeraf ti^ of appointed by the board of mayor and aldermen, or annually
under'tw^Mt : elected by the jolut conveiition of the city councils, shall here-
repeaiing clause, after bc appointed or elected biennially in the month of Janu-
ary, and shall hold ofl&ce two years, and until their successors
are appointed or elected and qualified in their place. But any
such officer may be removed for cause at any time by the city
councils. The first election under this act shall be held in Jan-
uary, 1899. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
CHAPTER 179.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCOR-
PORATE THE MANCHESTER BANK," PASSED AUGUST 5, 1881.
Section l. Additional corporate members; provision for special meeting; takes
effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court coiwened :
Additional cor- SECTION 1. Said act is amended by adding thereto the follow-
provisi^nTor'"' i^g scctions : " Scct. 5. Charles T. Means, W. Byron Stearns,
takeilff^cton*' Stephen N". Bourne, Frank E. Putney, and Joseph W. Fellow^s
passage. are hereby made grantees and members of said Manchester Bank
corporation, with the same powers, privileges, rights, and duties
as the original grantees, associates, successors, and assigns.
Sect. 6. Walter M. Parker, Charles D. McDuflae, Charles T.
Means, and Stephen N. Bourne, or any two of them, are author-
ized and empowered to call a special meeting of said corpora-
1897.]
Chapter 180.
tiori for the election of directors and officers of the corporation,
and the transaction of any other business that may legally come
before the meeting. Sect. 7. Notice of the time, object, and
place of said meeting shall be given by publication in a news-
paper published in the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, at
least ten days prior thereto. Sect. 8. The directors and offi-
cers elected at said meeting may hold their respective offices
until the next annual meeting of the corporation, and until
others are chosen and qualified in their stead, and this act shall
take efi'ect from its passage."
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
CHAPTER 180.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SILVER LAKE RESERVOIR COMPANY.
173
Section
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
8. Authority of Warner or Are districts
2. Capital.
to contract with corporation, or
3. Meetings.
to lease or purchase property.
4. Rights as to property; rights in
9. Management in case of lease or pur-
streets, etc.
chase.
5. Eminent domain.
10. First meeting.
6. Appeal from award of damages.
11. Takes effect on passage; subject to
7. Contracts.
repeal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Alfred T. Batchelder, William H. Elliot, E. ^^^Jj;'/"^^
W. Gustine, Charles H. Hersey, Edward Gustine, and Francis
C. Faulkner, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall be and
hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name of the
Silver Lake Reservoir Company, for the purpose of bringing
water into the town of Warner and any village therein, for do-
mestic purposes, the extinguishment of fires, and such other pur-
poses as may be deemed necessary and proper ; and by that
name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judg-
ment and execution, and are hereby vested with all the powers
and privileges, and subject to all the liabilities incident to corpor-
ations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of ^*p''*''
such number of shares of one hundred dollars each as may be
from time to time determined by the directors of said corpora-
tion, not exceeding in the whole the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars.
174
Chapter 180.
[1897.
Eminent
domain.
Meetings. Sect. 3. The aniiual and all special meetings of the corpora-
tion shall be held at such times and places and upon such notice
as may be provided by the by-laws of the corporation, and such
officers and agents may be chosen as therein provided.
Rights as to Sect. 4. Said corporation is empowered to purchase and hold,
fnBtreefsiete.'^in fcc simple or otherwise, any real and personal estate neces-
sary for the carrying into eftect the purposes of this act ; and
said corporation is authorized to enter upon and break ground,
dig ditches, and make excavations in any street, place, square,
passageway, or highway through which it may be deemed
necessary for the pipes, hydrants, aqueduct, and water-works of
said corporation to pass, be, or exist, for the purpose of placing
said pipes, hydrants, aqueduct, and water-works, and such other
material as may be deemed necessary for building said aqueduct
and water-works, and to re-lay, repair, and change the same, sub-
ject to such regulations as to the safety of the citizens and secu-
rity of the public travel as may be prescribed by the selectmen
of said Warner.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon and ap-
propriate any springs, streams, rivers, or ponds in said "Warner
(not belonging to any aqueduct company), and to secure the
same by fences or otherwise, and erect, construct, and maintain
such dams, reservoirs, and buildings as may be necessary for such
water-works and aqueduct, and dig ditches and make excava-
tions and reservoirs through, over, in, or upon any land or in-
closure through which it may be necessary for the pipes and
water to pass, or said excavations, reservoirs, aqueduct, build-
ings, and water-works to be or exist, for the purpose of obtain-
ing, holding, preserving, or conducting said water, and placing
such pipes, other materials, or works as may be necessary for
building or operating such aqueduct and water-works, or repair-
ing the same ; jwovided, if it shall be necessary to enter upon and
appropriate any streams, springs, rivers or ponds, or any land
for the purpose aforesaid, or to raise or lower the level of the
same, and if said corporation shall not agree with the owners for
the damage that may be done by said corporation, or such
owners shall be unknown, said corporation may apply to the
trial term of the supreme court for the county of Merrimack to
have the same laid out and the damages determined, and the
said court shall refer the same to the county commissioners of
said 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 laying out highways ; and said commissioners shall lay
out the same, determine the damages, and report to said court,
and said court may issue execution accordingly.
Sect. 6. The same right of appeal from such award of dam-
ages shall exist as in the case of lands taken for highways by
county commissioners.
Sect. 7. Said corporation may contract with individuals and
corporations for supplying them with water, and establish such
regulations and rents for the use of water as may from time to
Appeal from
award of
Contracts.
1897.] - Chapter 180. 175
time be deemed proper ; and said corporation is authorized to
borrow money to defray the cost of such aqueduct and water-
works, and to issue their notes or bonds therefor, and to secure
the same by a mortgage of all their estate.
Sect. 8. Said town of "Warner, or any fire district now or Authority of
.,. ., -ii J^ • ^ 1 Warner or fire
hereatter organized in said town, is hereby authorized and em- districts to
powered to make contracts with said corporation for a supply ofcorporationo'rto
water and the establishment of hydrants for the extinguishment prope^ty."'^''''**^
of fires and other necessary and proper uses, and to lease or pur-
chase their franchise, works, structures, and estate, of any kind
whatever, and may raise and appropriate money for such pur-
poses, and may borrow or hire money therefor on the credit of
said town or fire district, and may issue notes and bonds there-
for, first being instructed to do any of said things in the same
manner as is prescribed for the appropriation of money by towns
in chapter 40, section 4, of the Public Statutes.
Sect. 9. If said town, or any fire district therein now or here-^^^'^^f j»«°*'°
rt 'TiTiT 1 r> * "i 1 n C£tS6 01 l6clS6 Or
after organized, shall lease or purchase, as aioresaid, the tran- purchase,
chise, works, structures, and estate of said corporation, said
town or said fire district, for the more convenient management
of said water-works, may place them under the direction and
control of a superintendent or board of water commissioners, or
both, and the selectmen of said town or the firewards of said
district are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint such
superintendent or board of commissioners, with such powers
and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by said town
or fire district.
Sect. 10. Any two of the corporators named in this act may call F'^st meeting,
the first meeting of the corporation, by giving or mailing a no-
tice in writing to each of said corporators of the time and place
of meeting five days previous to said meeting, and at said
meeting, or any adjourned meeting thereof, or at any subse-
quent meeting duly called, associates may be admitted and
all proper officers chosen, the number of shares fixed, and
such by-laws and regulations adopted as may be deemed neces-
sary to carry into eftect the purposes of this act.
Sect. 11. This act shall take eftect upon its passage, and the Takes effect on
1^ r & ' passage; subject
legislature may alter, amend, or repeal the same whenever the to repeal,
public good requires.
[Approved March 10, 1897.]
176
Chapter 181.
[1897.
CHAPTER 181.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TRUSTEES OF McCOLLOIVI INSTITUTE.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Rights as to property.
3. By-Laws; ofticers; vacancies.
Section
4. Acts legalized.
5. Purpose of act.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Corporation
constituted.
Rights as to
property.
Section 1. William H. Conant, Franklin O. Kittredge, Clark
Campbell, Charles H. Raymond, George A. Marden, Albert
Conant, and John H. Colby, and their successors, are hereby made
a corporation by the name of " The Trustees of McCollom
Institute," for the purpose of maintaining a school in the town
of Mont Vernon with all the powers and privileges, and subject
to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities set forth in all
general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force and
applicable to such corporations.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have authority to receive,
hold, and manage the funds and property now held by McCollom
Institute, and any other donations or bequests which may be
made for its benefit, and may hold, for the purposes aforesaid,
real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 3. The said trustees shall have the power to adopt such
by-laws as may be useful or necessary, with authority to elect
one of their own number as president, also a treasurer and a
secretary who may or may not be members of the corporation.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the trustees by the death,
resignation, or disability of any member, a successor shall be
elected by the remaining trustees, who shall thereby become a
member of the corporation.
Sect. 4, All the acts and transactions of the trustees acting
under supposed authority as said trustees, up to the present
time, are hereby legalized and made valid.
Purpose of act. Sect. 5. The purposc of this act is to continue the work
contemplated in the establishment of the McCollom Institute
under chapter 1051 of the Laws of the year 1850 and acts
amendatory thereof and additional thereto.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
By-law8 : offi-
cers ; vacancies
Acts legalized.
Takes effect on
1897.]
Chapter 182.
177
CHAPTER 182.
AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT CREATING A BOARD
OF PARK COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CITY OF NASHUA."
Section
1. Erroneous reference in Laws 1895, c.
■241, s. 1, correcteil.
2. Authority of commissioners to hold
and manage property.
3. Investment of funds.
SECTION
i. Disposition of income from parks
and of city appropriations,
ij. Reports and accounts.
6. Takes effect on passage.
1, corrected.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bejyresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That chapter 241 of the laws of said state, passed Erroneous
January session, a. d. 1895, entitled "An act in amendment of LawsTsgs'c. 241,
and in addition to the charter of the city of JS'ashua, creating
a park commission for said city," be amended by striking out
the word " section " in the fourth line of section 1 thereof, and
inserting in lieu thereof the word " chapter," so as to read as
follows : " Section 1. The powers now possessed by the city
councils of Nashua, in relation to the regulation, care, and man-
agement of public squares, parks, and commons of said city, as
provided in chapter 40 of the Public Statutes, are hereby trans-
ferred to a board of park commissioners."
Sect. 2. Said board of park commissioners are authorized to Authority of
take and hold any grant, donation, or bequest of property in tohXTndma
trust, to apply the same, or the income thereof, for the improve- *^® p^^p^'^'^*
ment or embellishment of the parks and squares of said city, or
for the erection, repair, preservation, or renewal of any monu-
ment, memorial, testimonial, or other work, or for the planting
and cultivation of trees, shrubs, or plants in said parks or com-
mons, or for improving the said premises in any other form or
manner consistent with the purposes for which said parks or
commons were or may be established, according to the terms of
such grant, donation, or bequest; and any legacy, bequest, do-
nation, grant, or deposit heretofore made to said city for a like
purpose, as well as all property or estate heretofore granted or
which may hereafter be granted for parks, commons, or park
purposes, shall be placed under the full control, charge, and man-
agement of said commissioners.
Sect. 3. Any sums of money so received by said board shall investment of
be invested by the city treasurer of Nashua, under the direction
of said board, in any securities in which savings banks are au-
thorized by law to invest, unless other provision is made by the
terms of any such grant, donation, or bequest, and shall remain
separate from and independent of any other moneys or property
belonging to said city and free from all control of the city coun-
cils ; the income or earnings of such funds shall be received by
the city treasurer, subject to the orders of said board, who shall
12
178
Chapter 183.
[1897.
Disposition of
income from
appro'priate and expend the same in such manner as they may
deem best to promote and carry out the purposes for which said
grants, donations, and bequests are made.
Sect. 4. Any sum or sums of money realized from the sale of
income irom i_*ij?i • ■;• -i i
parksandof city any material tound, growmg, or being on said parks or com-
appropriaticns. j^Qj^g j^y gaid board shall be paid over to and placed to the credit
of said board by the said city treasurer, as well as all sums appro-
priated by the city councils to their use, and any and all sums re-
ceived as rentals or otherwise for said parks and commons ; all
which moneys shall be used, paid, laid out, and expended by
said board in the construction, care, and maintenance of said
parks and commons, and the appurtenances thereto, and for no
other purpose.
Sect. 5. Said board shall annually, in the month of Decem-
ber, make a detailed report in writing to the city councils of
their acts and proceedings, and of the condition of the parks and
commons under their charge, and an account of the receipts and
expenditures for the same and the funds subject to their order.
Sect. 6. This act shall take eftect on its passage.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
Reports and
accounts.
Takes effect on
CHAPTER 183.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE FIRE PRECINCT OF WOLFE-
BOROUGH TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC PLANT.
Section
1. Electric plant authorized.
2. Regulations and management.
Section
3. Appropriations; borrowing
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Electric plant
authorized.
Section 1. The village fire precinct in the town of Wolfebor-
ough is hereby authorized to construct and maintain an electric
light plant, for the purpose of generating and supplying elec-
tricity to light the streets and buildings in said precinct, and
may distribute, convey, and supply the same by metallic wires, or
by any other suitable means, upon poles erected for that purpose,
or in other convenient ways, in any public street or highway in
said precinct, and may re-lay and repair the same, having
proper regard for the rights of the public.
Regulations and Sect. 2. The said prcciuct shall have the power and authority
management. ^^ make rcgulatious for the use of said electricity, and the con-
trol and management of the plant may be placed in the hands of
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179
the firewards of said precinct, who shall appoint all necessary
officers.
Sect. 3. The said precinct is also authorized, at any annual or Appropriations
special meeting, by a major vote of those present and voting, to °'''"'"^'°^'
raise and appropriate, and to borrow or hire, such sums of money
on the credit of the precinct as may from time to time be deemed
advisable, for the purpose of defraying the expense of purchas-
ing real estate, and for constructing, maintaining, and operating
said electric light plant, and to issue notes or bonds of the pre-
cinct therefor, payable at such times and at such rates of interest
as may be thought proper.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
passage.
CHAPTER 184.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE DALTON POWER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. May lease or huy property of otber
electric light companies.
3. Wires.
4. Capital ; rights as to holding property.
5. Bonds and mortgages.
Section
6. Dam, etc., on Connecticut river au-
thorized ; limitation of flowage
rights : condition of charter.
7. Privileges of existing electric light
companies.
8. First meeting.
9. Subject to repeal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Walter H. Creamer, Myron G. SafFord, both corporation
of Bethel, county of Windsor and state of Vermont, Irving M. '"'°^*'*"*®'^'
Frost, of Concord, county of Merrimack and state of New Hamp-
shire, George S. Walker, of Boston, county of Suffolk, state of
Massachusetts, and Charles P. Creamer, of New York city, state
of New York, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby
constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the Dal-
ton Power Company, for the purpose of doing a general illu-
minating, heating, manufacturing, and power business, by the
manufacture, distribution, and sale of electricity and power for
general illuminating, heating, and manufacturing purposes,
either or any of them, in the counties of Grafton and Coos, state
of iNew Hampshire, and in the county of Caledonia and county
of Essex, state of Vermont, with all the powers and privileges
and subject to all the duties and liabilities by law incident" to
corporations of a similar nature.
180
Chapter 184.
[1897.
May lease or
buy property of
other electric
light companies
Wires.
Capital : rights
as to holding
property.
Bonds and
mortgages.
Dam, etc., on
Connecticut
river authorized
limitation of
flowage rights ;
condition of
charter.
Sect. 2. That said company is hereby authorized to acquire,
by lease or purchase, the property, rights, franchises, privileges,
■ and immunities of any electric light company now or hereafter
existing in any town or city in said counties of Grafton or Coos,
state of New Hampshire, or said county of Caledonia and county
of Essex, state of Vermont, upon such terms or conditions as
may be mutually agreed upon ; and upon such lease or purchase
and a transfer and conveyance of the same to the Dalton Power
Company, it shall succeed to and enjoy all the rights, privileges,
and immunities now enjoyed and belonging to any such electric
light company.
Sect. 3. The said company is hereby authorized to construct
or maintain its lines of wires in accordance with the laws of the
state of JSTew Hampshire.
Sect. 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed
the sum of forty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hun-
dred dollars each. The amount thereof, within said authorized
limit, shall be fixed by the corporators upon the organization of
the company and the same from time to time be increased as de-
termined by the stockholders, until all of said forty thousand
dollars has been issued. Said capital stock may be paid in cash
or in property taken at a fair valuation, but no shares shall be
issued until fully paid for. The said company shall have the
right to acquire, own, or hold by lease or purchase, any and all
property, both real and personal, that may be necessary or useful
for the purpose of its business, and shall also have the power to
sell, mortgage, or lease its franchises, rights, and properties to
other corporations in this state or the state of Vermont.
Sect. 5. The said company may issue its bonds for the accom-
plishment of any of the purposes for which it is incorporated at
such rates and times, and in such amounts, as the stockholders
may authorize ; iiroiided, such bonds shall not be issued in
amounts exceeding seventy-five per cent of the capital stock act-
ually paid in ; and it may secure payment of such bonds, both
principal and interest, by mortgage on its property and fran-
chises.
Sect. 6. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered
to erect and maintain a dam, and all such works as may be nec-
essary and proper to carry into eftect the objects aforesaid, on
and across the Connecticut river at Fifteen Mile Falls, at a point
on said falls about three miles below the Sumner house in the
town of Dalton, in said county of Coos, and to make and main-
tain all such canals and slips as may be necessary and proper for
the purposes aforesaid ; provided, that this grant shall not be held
or construed to impair any rights, powers, and privileges hereto-
fore granted by the legislature of this state wnthin the limits
aforesaid.
This corporation shall not fiow any land lying north of the
southerly line of land now owned by the Concord & Montreal
railroad on said river above the location of said dam, and if the
dam shall not be constructed and an electric plant created and
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Chapter 185.
181
equipped for use for one or more of the purposes of this act by
December 1, 1900, this act shall thereafter be void and of no
effect.
Sect. 7. Any existino; electric lisrht company in said counties Privileges of
*-' ^^ ' ' ^ •^ 6X16tlD? ©l6Ctri
of Grafton and Coiis, in New Hampshire, and the counties of I'g'it companie
Caledonia and Essex, in the state of Vermont, shall have the
first right to contract with said corporation for electricity for
their lines at a reasonable rate, frovlded they make said contract
within three months after receiving written notice from this cor-
poration that said corporation is ready to make said contract and
furnish electricity at its power house.
Sect. 8. The first meeting of said company may be called by ^'■"^'^ '"^^''■^k-
a corporate member, giving personal notice at least ten days prior
to the time of meeting to his associates, stating the time and
place thereof, at which meeting, or any other meeting duly
holden, associates may be elected, by-laws adopted, and a presi-
dent, clerk, and such other officers and agents as maybe deemed
necessary may be chosen.
Sect. 9. The legislature may alter, amend, and repeal this act ^g"*'j^{=' *<>
whenever the public good may require the same.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 185.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SO-
CIETY OF DERRY.
Section
1. Name changed.
2, Provision as to property, bequests,
and contracts.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The name of the "First Congregational Society Name changed.
in Derry," organized July 12, 1837, is hereby changed to " The
Central Congregational Society in Derry."
Sect. 2. All properties of, bequests to, or contracts of the Provision .is to
First Congregational Society shall be vested in the said Central beqS' and
Congregational Society. contracts.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
182
Chapters 186, 187.
[1897.
CHAPTER 186.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 241 OF THE PAMPHLET LAWS OF
1891, ENTITLED, " AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF ROCHESTER."
Section
1. Mayor's salary increased.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Mayor's salary
increased.
Takes effect on
passage.
Section 1. Section 11, chapter 241 of the Laws of 1891, is
hereby amended by striking out the words " two hundred " in
the thirteenth line, and inserting in the place thereof the words
" four hundred," so that portion of the section as amended will
read : " The mayor shall receive an annual salary of four hun-
dred dollars, to be paid him at stated periods out of the city
treasury, and said salary shall be in full for services of every kind
rendered by him in the discharge of all the duties pertaining to
his office."
Sect, 2. This act shall take eftect on its passage.
[Approved March 16, 1897.]
CHAPTER 187.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 241 OF THE LAWS OF 1891,
entitled "an act to establish THE CITY OF ROCHESTER."
Section
1. Amendments relating to school
board and supervision of schools.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Amendments
relating to
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Hepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. Chapter 241 of the Laws of 1891 is hereby
amended by striking out sections 20, 21, and 22, and inserting in
school board and -, ,^ c A^ o ^^ •
supervision of placc tlicreot the rollowmg :
^^''°°'*' " Sect. 20. The general management and control of the pub-
lic schools in said city, and of the buildings and property per-
taining thereto, shall be vested in a school board consisting of
thirteen members, their terms of office to commence the first
Wednesday in January next after their respective elections un-
der this act, and who shall have the power and perform the du-
1897.] Chapter 187. 183
ties, and be subject to the liabilities pertaining to the school
boards of towns, except wherein a different intention appears ;
but all bills, notes, and demands made or contracted for school
purposes shall be paid from the city treasury.
" Sect. 21. The members serving upon the school board in
said city at the time of the passage of this act, together with the
mayor and three additional members by him appointed, shall
serve until the first Wednesday of January following; and for
the further continuance of said school board, the mayor elected
at the annual meeting shall be one member thereof, who shall
act as chairman of said board ; the other members thereof shall
consist of the members of the present school board elected from
wards five and six, and the member elected by the city council
at the beginning of the municipal year 1897 ; and the three
members appointed by the mayor shall serve as members of the
school board until the first Wednesday in January, 1899 ; and
at the annual election in 1897, and at every annual election
thereafter, each ward shall elect one member of the school board
to serve for the period of two years from the first Wednesday in
January following their election, and a residence within either
of the wards electing shall not be necessary to eligibility to the
office.
" Sect. 22. Said school board shall annually elect one or more
persons to visit, and under their direction have the general su-
pervision of the schools, and in no case shall he be a member of
said school board ; he shall make an annual report at such time
as the school board shall determine, shall report his proceedings
and condition and progress of the schools as often and in such
manner as they may require, and perform such other duties as
the board may direct and is not repugnant to the laws of the
state, and shall receive such compensation as the school board
may determine."
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes eflfect on
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
184
Chapters 188, 189.
[1897.
CHAPTER 188.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 263 OF THE LAWS OF 1891,
AMENDING CHAPTER 242 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1881, AUTHOR-
IZING THE TOWN OF ROCHESTER TO ESTABLISH WATER-WORKS IN
SAID TOWN.
Section
1. Rochester may extend water pipes
to Lebanon.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened. :
Rochester may
extend water
pipes to
Lebanon.
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 263 of the Laws of 1891 is
hereby amended by adding to said section the following, to wit :
" The city of Rochester is further empowered and authorized to
extend its pipe lines across the Salmon Falls river at East Roch-
ester to convey its water in subterranean pipes for fire protec-
tion, domestic use, and other purposes, for the village of Leba-
non, Maine, and for this purpose said city shall be subject to all
the duties and have all the rights and powers contained in chap-
ter 242 of the Session Laws of 1881 in reference to supplying
Rochester village therewith ; and any contract made with said
town shall be binding on said city.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. Tliis act shall take cffcct ou its passagc.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
CHAPTER 189.
AN ACT LEGALIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY BY THE TOWN
OF GREENVILLE TO CELEBRATE THE QUARTER CENTENNIAL OF ITS
INCORPORATION.
Section
1. Appropriation legalized.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejn'esentatives in General
Court convened:
Appropriation
legalized.
Takes effect on
Section 1. That the action of the town of Greenville, at its
last annual meeting, appropriating two hundred dollars for the
celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its incorporation,
be and the same is hereby legalized and confirmed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efiect upon its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
1897.] Chapter 190. 185
CHAPTER 190.
AN ACT TO IXCORPORATE " THE SOCIETY FOP. THE CARE OF THE
SOUTH CEMETERY IN PORTSMOUTH, N. H."
Section , Section
1. Corporation constituteil. 4. Takes effect on passage; subject to
2. Kiglits as to propertj-. repeal.
3. First meeting; by-laws, officers,
members.
Be it enacted hij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Alfred Gooding, Charles H. Mendum, G^us-Corporat^i^i
tave Peyser, Edwin C. Blaisdell, and Henry C. Hewitt, their
associates and successors, be and hereby are incorporated and
made a body politic by the name of " The Society for the care
of the South Cemetery in Portsmouth, N. H.," and shall have
power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their own board,
and by that name said corporation may sue and be sued, prose-
cute and defend to final judgment and execution, and shall have
and exercise all the powers and privileges and be subject to all
the liabilities by law incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized: {a) To re- R'gwa as to
ceive bequests, legacies, and funds in trust, and to expend annu- ^'^''^*'^ ^"
ally the income of the same, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, for the perpetual care of burial lots in the South Cemetery
in Portsmouth, N. H., and for the proper maintenance and re-
pair of the avenues, streets, and paths in said cemetery ; and for
said purposes may take and hold property by donation, bequest,
or otherwise, and care for, invest, manage, and reinvest said
funds so coming into its hands according to the terms of any dona-
tion, bequest, legacy, or trust deed, and according to the laws of
the state of New Hampshire. (6) To care for burial lots in said
cemetery, and to keep in proper maintenance and repair the ave-
nues, streets, and paths in said cemetery, for subscribers for
terms of from one to twenty-five years, at an annual rate to be
fixed by said corporation.
Sect. 3. The three ofi'antees first named may call the first First meeting;
meeting of said corporation by giving notice in writing to eacii officers,
of the grantees named in this act of the time and place of said ™®™''^''^'
meeting, or by one publication in one of the daily papers of the
city, at which meeting, or some subsequent meeting, this act
may be accepted; and then, or at some adjourned meeting, said
corporation may adopt, and thereafterwards maintain, change,
or alter such rules and by-laws for the government of its pro-
ceedings and regulation of its affairs, not inconsistent with the
laws of this state, and elect or provide for the election of such
officers, managers, and agents, as they may deem advisable, and
186 Chapter 191. • [1897.
may prescribe the duties and powers of said officers, and may
regulate the terms and conditions of membership to said cor-
poration.
Takes effect on Sect. 4. This act shall take efi'ect upon its passage, and shall
torep^eVi.*" ''^^ be subjcct to alteration, amendment, or repeal.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
CHAP TEE 191.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE ACTION OF THE TOWN OF RUMNEY, EX-
EMPTING THE PROPERTY OF THE F. E. BELDEN MICA MINING
COMPANY FROM TAXATION FOR A TERM OF YEARS.
Section i Section
1. Exemption from taxation legalized. I 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Exemption from Section 1. That the votc of the town of Rumney, March 9,
i^aiiz°ed. 1897, exempting the property of the F. E. Belden Mica Mining
Company from taxation for a term of eight years, is hereby le-
galized.
Takes effect on Sect. 2. Tliis act sliall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 192.
187
CHAPTER 192.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE GRANITE SAVINGS BANK OF MILFORD.
Sectiox
1. Corporcition constituted.
2. Deposits and withdrawals.
3. Right to hold real estate.
4. Members, clerk, and trustees ; vacan-
cies; by-laws; common seal;
deeds, etc.
5. Trustees and other officers ; quorum
of trustees.
Section
6. No compensation to members, except
officers; no special deposits or
rates of interest.
7. First meeting; special meetings.
8. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That John A. Ober, Henry H. Barber, Frank E. corporation
Kaley, Charles S. Emerson, and Arthur L. Keyes, their associ- "^""^ "^ ^ '
ates and successors, and such others duly elected members as in
this act provided, be and they hereby are constituted a body
politic and corporate by the name of the Granite Savings Bank,
to be located at Milford in the county of Hillsborough, for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining a mutual savings bank,
and by the name and style aforesaid may sue and be sued, pros-
ecute and defend to iinal judgment and execution, and shall be
vested with all the powers, rights, and privileges and subject to
all the duties and liabilities which by the laws of this state are
or may become incident to corporations of a like nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may receive from anv person or deposits and
^. '■ .,.*' -,. ■, '' . ^ , , withdrawals.
persons, corporations, or associations, disposed to enjoy the ad-
vantages of said savings bank, any deposit or deposits of money,
not exceeding $5,000 from any one person, corporation, or asso-
ciation, subject to the by-laws of said savings bank; and may
manage, use, and improve the same for the benefit of the depos-
itors in such manner as shall be convenient or necessary for the
security and profitable investment thereof under the restrictions
of the laws regulating the investment and management of such
funds ; and all deposits, together with the net income and
profits thereof, may be withdrawn at such reasonable times, and
in such manner and proportions, and subject to such equitable
rules and regulations as said corporation may from time to time
by its by-laws prescribe, not incompatible with the laws of the
state.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may purchase, hold, and acquire, by R'giit to hold
foreclosure of mortgage or otherwise, such real estate as savings "^^^ ^^^^'
banks are permitted to hold under the general laws of this
state.
Sect. 4. Said corporation, at its first meeting under this act, Members, dark,
and at any annual meeting thereafter, shall have power to elect vacandLTby-
by ballot and major vote of those present, other persons as mem-seriVdTedsTe°c.
bers of this corporation not exceeding fifty, including those who
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Trustees and
other officers :
quorum of
trustees.
No compensa-
tion to members,
except oflBcers ;
no special
deposits or rates
of interest.
First meeting :
special meetings.
Takes effect on
are, at the time of such election, members thereof. At the first meet-
ing of said corporation, and at each subsequent annual meeting,
there shall be chosen in the same manner, from among the mem-
bers, a clerk and a board of trustees not exceeding nine in imm-
ber, who shall hold their ofiice until others are elected and qual-
ified in their stead. The management of the business of said
savings bank shall be committed to said trustees under the re-
strictions of the by-laws and the laws of the state. Any vacancy
in the board of trustees may be filled at a special meeting of said
corporation called for that purpose. Said corporation, at its
first meeting, shall enact such by-laws for the government and
management of its business as shall not be incompatible with
the laws of the state, and may, from time to time, at the an-
nual meetings, or at a special meeting called for that purpose,
alter and amend the same ; but no by-law or regulation shall
take effect or be in force until the same shall have been ap-
proved by the bank commissioners. Said corporation shall, at
its first meeting, adopt a common seal, which may be changed
and renewed at pleasure, and all deeds, conveyances, grants, cov-
enants, and agreements made by the president of said bank, or
any other person acting under the authority of the board of trus-
tees, shall be good and valid in law.
Sect. 5. Said trustees shall qualify in the manner prescribed
b}' law. They shall annually choose one of their number as
president of said bank. They shall also annually choose a treas-
urer, and such other clerks, agents, and servants as may be nec-
essary for the proper management of the business of said bank,
and may remove the same at pleasure. A majority of the
trustees shall constitute a quorum.
Sect. 6. No member of the corporation shall receive any com-
pensation for his services in said savings bank, nor derive any
emolument therefrom ; -provided, however, that a reasonable com-
pensation shall be paid to the ofiicers of said bank and others
necessarily employed in transacting its business. No special de-
posits shall be received, or special rates of interest allowed to
any depositor, but all the profits arising from said business shall
be equitably divided among the depositors at such times and in
such manner as the trustees may determine, after deducting
therefrom the necessary charges and expenses, and a proper sum
for the establishment of a guaranty fund.
Sect. 7. The first meeting of this corporation shall be called
by any two of said incorporators within two years from the pas-
sage of this act, by publishing a notice within one week of said
meeting in one or two newspapers published in Milford, and all
subsequent meetings of said corporation shall be notified by
a like publication signed by the president of said bank.
Special meetings of the corporation may be called at any
time by the president or any two of the trustees, but no business
shall be transacted at a special meeting, unless the subject thereof
shall have been stated in the published notice.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
1897,]
Chapter 193.
189
CHAPTER 193.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CHESHIRE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK OF
KEENE,
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Deposits and withdrawals.
3. Eights as to real estate.
4. Members, clerk, and trustees; vacan-
cies; by-laws ; common seal ; deeds,
etc.
Section
5. Trustees and other officers; quorum
of trustees.
6. No compensation to members except
officers; no special deposits or
rates of interest.
7. First meeting; other meetings.
8. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatkes in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That John M. Parker, George B. Williams, Chas. corporation
J. Amidon, Jerome E. Wright, and Wallace E. Mason, their as- '°'^''""''*'-
sociates and successors, and such others duly elected members
as in this act provided, be and they hereby are constituted a body
politic and corporate by the name of Cheshire County Savings
bank, to be located at Keene, in our county of Cheshire, for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining a mutual savings bank,
and by the name and style aforesaid may sue and be sued, pros-
ecute and defend to linal judgment and execution, and shall be
vested with all the powers, rights, and privileges and subject to
all the duties and liabilities which by the laws of this state are
or may become incident to corporations of a like nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may receive from any person or Deposits and
• • •*■ ...*' T 1, -J.! 1 withdrawals.
persons, corporations or associations, disposed to enjoy the ad-
vantage of said savings bank, any deposit or deposits of money,
not exceeding $5,000 from any one person, corporation, or asso-
ciation, subject to the by-laws of said savings bank ; and may
manage, use, and improve the same for the benefit of the depos-
itors in such manner as shall be convenient or necessary for the
security and profitable investment thereof under the restrictions
of the laws regulating the investment and management of such
funds ; and all deposits, together with the net income and profits
thereof, may be withdrawn at such reasonable times, in such
manner and proportions, and subject to such equitable rules and
regulations as said corporation may from time to time by its by-
laws prescribe, not incompatible with the laws of the state.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may purchase, hold, and acquire, ^J fe^,^ggt^e*°
foreclosure of mortgage or otherwise, such real estate as savings
banks are permitted to hold under the general laws of this state.
Sect. 4. Said corporation at its first meeting under this act, Members, c^ierk,
and at any annual meeting thereafter, shall have power to elect, vacancies ; by-
by ballot and major vote of those present, other persons as mem-leriVde°ed™etc.
bers of this corporation, not exceeding fifty, including those who
are at the time of such election members thereof At the first
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Trustees and'
other officers ;
quorum of
trustees.
No compensa-
tion to members,
except officers ;
no special
deposits or rates
of interest.
First meeting :
special meetings.
Takes effect on
passage.
meeting of said corporation and at each subsequent annual meet-
ing there shall be chosen in the same manner from among the
members a clerk and a board of trustees, not exceeding nine in
number, who shall hold their office until others are elected and
qualified in their stead. The management of the business of
said savings bank shall be committed to said trustees under the
restrictions of the bj-laws and the laws of the state. Any va-
cancy in the board of trustees may be filled at a special meeting
of said corporation called for that purpose. Said corporation at
its first meeting shall enact such by-laws for the government and
management of its business as shall not be incompatible with
the laws of the state, and may from time to time, at the annual
meetings or at a special meeting called for that purpose, alter
and amend the same ; but no by-law or regulation shall take
efiect or be in force until the same shall have been approved by
the bank commissioners. Said corporation shall at its first
meeting adopt a common seal which may be changed and re-
newed at pleasure, and all deeds, conveyances, grants, covenants,
and agreements made by the president of said bank, or any other
person acting under the authority of the board of trustees, shall
be good and valid in law.
Sect. 5. Said trustees shall qualify in the manner prescribed
by law. They shall annually choose one of their number as pres-
ident of said bank. They shall also annually choose a treasurer
and such other clerks, agents, and servants as may be necessary
for the proper management of the business of said bank, and may
remove the same at pleasure. A majority of the trustees shall
constitute a quorum.
Sect. 6. No member of the corporation shall receive any com-
pensation for his services in said savings bank, nor derive any
emolument therefrom ; proi'ided^ hoiuever, that a reasonable com-
pensation shall be paid to the officers of said bank and others
necessarily employed in transacting its business. 'No special de-
posits shall be received or special rates of interest allowed to any
depositor, but all the profits arising from said business shall be
equitably divided among the depositors at such times and in such
manner as the trustees may determine, after deducting therefrom
the necessary charges and expenses and a proper sum for the
establishment of a guaranty fund.
Sect. 7. The first meeting of this corporation shall be called
by an}' two of said incorporators within two years from the pas-
sage of this act, by publishing a notice within one week of said
meeting in two newspapers published in Keene ; and all subse-
quent meetings of saicl corporation shall be notified by a like
publication, signed by the president of said bank. Special meet-
ings of the corporation may be called at any time by the presi-
dent or any two of the trustees, but no business shall be trans-
acted at -a special meeting unless the subject thereof shall have
been stated in the published notice.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 194.
191
CHAPTER 194.
AN ACT CREATING A BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR SUBURBAN CEMETERIES
IN NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Section
1. Board of trustees constituted; tlieir
powers, election, and term; va-
cancies.
2. Further powers and duties; present
riglits in lots saved ; proviso.
3. Disposition of funds.
4. Grants, donations.or bequests; agree-
ments to repair.
Section
5. Investment of funds and appropria-
tion of income.
6. City responsible; proviso.
7. Reports and accounts.
8. Cemeteries affected.
9. Act void unless accepted ; takes effect
on passage; repealing clause.
Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Samuel P. Wilson, Willard C. Tolles, Levi Board of trus-
W. Goodrich, Charles H. Lund, and Benjamin F. Cotton are irelr'powi'r'''
hereby appointed and constituted a board of trustees, who shall jerm'f"' ^""^ •
have the sole care, superintendence, and management of the ^^<=ancie8.
property, expenditures, business, prudential affairs, and sale of
lots in the cemeteries hereinafter described in the city of Xashua,
together with any and all additions thereto. One member of each
[such] board shall retire from office each year, and one member
shall be elected by ballot annually in the month of March by
the board of mayor and aldermen of said city, in convention with
said board of trustees, by major vote, to hold the office for five
years, the retiring trustee having no vote therein, the first of
which election[s] to take place in March, 1898 ; and the term for
which the members herein appointed shall hold their office shall
be determined by lot ; one to hold his office for five years, one
for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one
for one year. The mayor of said city shall be, ex officio, a member
of said board. Said trustees shall receive no compensation for .
their services as such. ISTo person shall be eligible as such trustee
who is not a resident and tax-payer in said city. Said board shall *
meet annually on the first Monday in April for organization,
and shall elect a chairman and secretary from their own number,
and three members shall constitute a quorum for the exercise of
the powers and the performance of the duties of said board.
Any vacancy occurring in said board by death, removal, resigna-
tion, or otherwise, shall be filled by the board of mayor and
aldermen, in convention with said board of trustees, for the re-
mainder of the term.
Sect. 2. The said board shall have the authority to grant and Further powers
convey to person or persons, by deeds duly executed, the sole and present 'rigks
exclusive right of burial and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs, tablets, '° ^°'^ ^^''^^ '
and other monuments in any of the designated lots or sub-divis-
ions of said cemeteries, upon such terms and conditions as they,
by their rules and regulations, shall prescribe ; and said boarcl
proviso.
192 Chapter 194. [1897.
may make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations in the
execution of their trust, not inconsistent with this act or rejDug-
nant to the laws of this state, as they shall deem expedient ; and
said board shall hold said property and estate for the same pur-
poses, and charged with the same duties and liabilities for and
subject to which the same are now held by the city councils of
said ]S"ashua, and all rights of ownership of lots which any per-
son or persons have acquired in said cemetery shall remain to
the same extent as if this act had not been passed. Provided,
hoicever, if any person or persons shall fail or neglect for one year
after a written notice to make improvements upon their lot, said
lot shall be forfeited to this corporation.
Disposition of Sect. 3. The proceeds of sale of lots or rights of burial, ap-
propriations by the city councils, or other moneys, except as
hereafter provided, received for said cemeteries, shall be paid
into the city treasury, to be kept separate from any other funds
of the city, and subject to the order of said trustees, and shall
be devoted to the care, improvement, embellishment, and en-
largement of said cemeteries under the direction of said trustees.
Grants, dona- Sect. 4. The Said board of trustees are authorized to take
bequests; agree- and hold auy grant, donation, or bequest of property, upon trust
ments to repair. ^^ apply the samc. Or the income thereof, for the improvement
or embellishment of said cemeteries, or for the erection, repair,
preservation, or renewal of any monument or other erection, or
for the planting and cultivation of trees, shrubs, or plants in or
around any lot, or for improving the said premises in any other
manner or form consistent with the purposes for which said
cemeteries are established, according to the terms of such grant,
donation, or bequest ; and whenever any such grant, donation,
or bequest, or any deposit, shall be made by any owner of a lot
in said cemeteries for the annual repair, preservation, or embel-
lishment of such lot and the erection thereon, the said trustees
may give to such owner, or his or her representative, an agree-
ment or obligation, in such form and upon such terms and con-
ditions as they may establish, binding themselves and their suc-
cessors to preserve and keep in repair said lot forever, or for
such period as may be agreed on ; and any legacy, bequest, do-
nation, grant, or deposit heretofore made to said city for like
purpose in said cemeteries, and now in force, shall be placed
under the control of said board of trustees.
Investment of Sect. 5. Auy sums of moncy so received by said trustees
p'Ji'atlorof*^^''"" shall be invested by the city treasurer of Nashua, under the di-
income. rcction of Said trustees, in savings banks, or in any securities in
w^hich savings banks are authorized to invest ; and all such
property received under the provisions of the foregoing section,
unless other provision is made by the terms of any such grant,
donation, or bequest, shall be invested under the charge of said
city treasurer, but shall always remain separate from, and inde-
pendent of, any other moneys or property belonging to said city
of N'ashua, and free from all control of the city councils ; and
the income of said fund or funds shall be received by said treas-
1897.] Chapter 194. 193
urer, subject to the order of said trustees, and shall be appropri-
ated by them in such manner as shall, in their opinion, best pro-
mote the purposes for which said grants, donations, bequests, or
deposits are made.
Sect. 6. The city of Nashua shall be responsible for the good cuy responsi-
faith of said trustees and the treasurer of said city, in the execu- ^ ■ •P'"'"'"''"
tion of any trust which they may assume pursuant to the forego-
ing provisions ; but said trustees shall not be liable to make any
renewal of, or reconstruct any monument or other erection on
any lot in said cemeteries, unless such liability shall be expressed
in the agreement given [by] them as aforesaid, or in the terms and
conditions under which they accept any grant, donation, or be-
quest.
Sect. 7. Said board of trustees shall annually, in the month Reports and
of December, make a detailed report in writing to the city coun-
cils of their acts and proceedings, and of the condition of the
cemeteries, and an account of the receipts and expenditures of
the same and funds subject to their order.
Sect. 8. Said board of trustees shall have charge of the ceme- cemeteries
tery situated on the west side of the Lowell road, adjoining and* ^^
northerly of the brick schoolhouse, and bounded on the west by
land of Lund, on the north by land of Thompson, and com-
monly known as the " Old South Cemetery"; also the cemetery
situated on the west side of the Lowell road, bounded on the
south by land of Hiland A. Holt, on the west by land of Mar-
shall, on the north by land formerly owned by Aaron F. Stevens,
and known as the "Pratt Cemetery"; also the cemetery near
the Stillman Swallow place, and known as the " Gilson's Road
Cemetery"; also the cemetery situated on the easterly side of
Amherst road, so called, bounded on the north by land of Roby,
on the east by land of Roby, on the south by land of Roby, and
known as the " Roby Cemetery." Said cemeteries are generally
classed and known as suburban cemeteries, and shall hereafter
be known and called as suburban cemeteries.
Sect. 9. This act and the provisions thereof shall be void un- Act void unieBs
less the board of mayor and aldermen of said city of Nashua effec^^on'pal-''*^
shall accept the same; and this act shall take effect upon its ^ff®g^f^P^*''°s
passage, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
[Approved March 18, 1897.]
194
Chapters 195, 196.
[1897.
CHAPTER 195.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT TO ESTABLISH WATER-WORKS IN THE
TOWN OF CHESTER AND TO INCORPORATE THE CHESTER WATER-
WORKS COMPANY, PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1895.
Section 1. Extension of time for construction.
Extension of
time for
construction.
Be it eyiacted by the Senate and House of Ilei)resentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the time for construction of said water-works
by said town of Chester is hereby extended two years from
March 5, 1897.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 196.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A POLICE COURT IN THE TOWN OF LISBON.
Section
1. Vote of town legalized.
2. Salaries and fees.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Vote of town
legalized.
Salaries and
fees.
Takes effect on
Be it eyuLcted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The vote of the town of Lisbon, passed at the
March annual meeting of said town in 1897, is hereby ratified,
confirmed, and legaUzed; with a justice and associate justice to
be nominated by the governor, and appointed with the approval
of the honorable council.
Sect. 2. The salary of the justice shall not exceed one hun-
dred dollars annually, nor be in excess of the fines and costs col-
lected by him, other than in civil cases; and the associate justice
shall be entitled to the fees by him received as compensation.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eflfect upon its passao:e.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 197.
195
CHAPTER 197.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NASHUA.
Section
1. Street commissioners to be elected
and controlled by city councils.
2. Superintendent of city farm and two
street commissioners added to the
Section
list in city charter of officers to be
elected by city councils.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That section 6 of chapter 285 of the Laws of 1893, street commis-
in so far as it relates to the election of street commissioners in eiect^ed and ^
said city of Nashua, be repealed, and the following substituted: city*counciu!
" There shall be elected by the city councils in joint conven-
tion, by ballot and by major vote, in the month of January, 1898,
and each year thereafter in the month of January, one street
commissioner to superintend the streets, roads, and brid_^es of
wards 1, 2, and 3, as now constituted, and there shall also be
elected, in like manner, one street commissioner to superintend
the streets, roads, and bridges of wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as
now^ constituted. Said wards 1, 2, and 3 shall be known and
designated as highway district No. 1, and said wards 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, and 9 shall be known and designated as highway district No.
2. Said commissioners shall be under the control of said city
councils.
" The salary of each of said commissioners shall be fixed by the
city councils."
Sect. 2. That section 27 of the city charter, in as much as it superintendent
relates to the election of city officers by the city councils, be two street com-
amended by adding to said section the words " a superintendent ^'us'ti'nd^^^'^
of the city farm and two street commissioners," so that such part ^^"g^^Jto^e
of the section shall read, "The city councils of said 'city, in elected by city
joint convention, shall elect, by ballot, and by major vote, a city
clerk, a city solicitor, collector of taxes, city treasurer, city X'>hy-
sician, a city engineer, board of health officers, consisting of
three persons, a superintendent of the city farm and two street
commissioners."
Sect. 3. This act shall take efifect upon its passage.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
Takes effect on
passage.
196
Chapter 198.
[1897.
CHAPTER 198.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OP THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANCHES-
TER RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN AND
COMMON COUNCIL OF SAID CITY.
Section
1. Powers of city councils or eitlier
chamber given to mayor and al-
dermen, excepting and reserving
to common council decision upon
amouTit and purposes of taxation,
and upon indebtedness ; mayor
and aldermen not to contract be-
yond appropriations.
2. Estimates to be transmitted to com-
mon council.
Section
3. Mayor's approval or veto of acts of
common council.
4. Meetings of common council.
5. Requirements for imposition of pen-
alties or authorization of expen-
ditures.
6. Takes effect from Jan. 1, 1S99.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Powers of city
councils or
either chamber
given to mayor
and aldermen,
excepting and
reserving to
common council
decision upon
amount and
purposes of
taxation and
upon indebted-
ness ; mayor and
aldermen not to
contract beyond
appropriations.
Estimates to be
transmitted to
common council.
Mayor's appro-
val or veto of
acts of common
council.
Section 1. All the powers now vested by law in the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Manchester and the common coun-
cil of said city and the city councils of said city jointly and sev-
erally shall be vested in the board of mayor and aldermen, ex-
cepting and reserving to the common council of said city the
sole power and authority to consider and decide upon the amount
of money to be raised by taxation in each and every year, and
the objects and purposes for which the taxes of said city shall be
raised, under the laws of the state and the ordinances of said
city, and also the amount of indebtedness to be incurred by said
city, by loan or otherwise. The board of mayor and aldermen
shall make no contracts for the expenditure of money not previ-
ously appropriated by the common council.
Sect. 2. The board of mayor and aldermen, police commis-
sioners, street commissioners, engineers, and school committee
shall annually, in the month of January, transmit to the common
council an estimate of the amount of money required by their
several departments, with a specified and detailed statement of
the purposes for which it is to be used.
Sect. 3. Every resolution or vote to raise or appropriate
money, by taxation or otherwise, which shall have passed the
common council, shall, before it becomes effective, be presented
to the mayor ; if he approves, he shall sign it, but if he shall not
approve it, he shall return it, with his objections, to the common
council, who shall enter the objections in full upon their journal,
and immediately proceed to reconsider it. If, after such recon-
sideration, two-thirds of the whole common council shall vote to
pass the resolution, notwithstanding the objections of the mayor,
it shall become effective and binding. In all such cases, the
votes of the members of the common council shall be by yeas and
nays, and the names of the members of the common council voting
1897.]
Chapter 199.
197
for and against the resolution shall be entered on the journal of the
board. If such resolution or vote shall not be returned by the
mayor to the common council within ten days after it shall have
been presented to him, the same shall become effective and bind-
ing in like manner as if he had signed it. The maj'or, in his ap-
proval or disapproval of any such resolution or vote, shall have
the right to veto or disapprove of, or reduce in amount, any item
in any appropriation, or any portion of the amount of any pro-
posed loan or proposed indebtedness, subject to the reconsider-
ation of the common council as aforesaid.
Sect. 4. The mayor may call a meeting of the members of ^^eetings of
•^ "^ . , . ~ , . common council.
the common council at any time by written personal notice, or
through the mail, at least three days before the day of meeting,
and the mayor shall call such meeting upon the written request
of four members of the common council.
Sect. 5. No order, ordinance, or resolution imposing a pen-^«^'l^^p«^'^^^°^'^^j
alty, or authorizino; the expenditure of money, shall be valid penalties or
v' ,1,^ 1 ,. f 1 1 • ±_ authorization of
unless presented at a regular meeting, referred to its proper com- expenditures,
mittee, and, after the report of the committee, shall have laid
upon the table for a period of not less than five days before
final action thereon.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect from and after the first day Ta^^«j|^«f
of January, 1899. isss-
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 199.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4 OF CHAPTER 21, PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN BELKNAP
AND CARROLL COUNTIES, AND TO CERTAIN ISLANDS IN LAKE
WINNIPESAUKEE.
Section
1. Change of boundary.
2. Islands annexed.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That section 4 of chapter 21 of the Public ^^^"1®/*
Statutes be amended by striking out after the words " Parker's ""^ ^^^'
Island " in the thirteenth line of said section, the words " Thence
easterly to the westerly termination of the line separating the
198 Chapter 199. [1897.
towns of Wolfeboroiigh and Alton," and inserting instead there-
of the following : " Thence easterly to the southwesterly end of
Keniston's Island, sometimes called Baker's Island ; thence along
the southerly shore of said island to the easterly end of the
same ; thence to the westerly termination of the line separating
the towns of "Wolfeborough and Alton," so that said section
shall read as follows : " The county of Belknap is bounded
thus : beginning at the easterly corner of Pittsfield ; thence by
the northerly lines of Pittsfield, Loudon, Canterbury, Northfield,
and Franklin to the westerly line of Sanbornton ; thence by the
westerly lines of Sanbornton and New Hampton to the southerly
line of Ashland ; thence by the southerly line of Ashland and
Holderness to the westerly line of Center Harbor ; thence by
the westerly line of Center Harbor to the northerly corner of
Center Harbor; thence by the northerly line of Center Harbor
to the easterly termination of the line separating the towns of
Center Harbor and Moultonborough ; thence easterly to the
southerly point of Long Island in Winnipesaukee Lake ; thence
easterly to the southerly part of Parker's Island ; thence easterly
to the northwesterly* end of Keniston's Island, sometimes called
Baker's Island; thence along the southerly shore of said
island to the easterly end of the same ; thence to the westerly
termination of the line separating the towns of Wolfeborough
and Alton; thence on the northerly line of Alton to the north-
erly corner of New Durham ; thence by the county of Strafford
to the bound first mentioned."
Islands annexed. Sect. 2. All of the islauds in Said Lake Winnipesaukee lying
southerly of said line, excepting Diamond Island, and between the
easterly and westerly lines of Alton shall belong to and become
a part of said Alton, and all the Islands in said lake lying north
of said line, between the easterly and westerly lines of Wolfe-
borough, shall belong to and become a part of said Wolfe-
borough.
Takes effect on Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
*In the original bill this woi'd was first written "southwesterly" and then changed
to "northwesterly" as printed. In line 6 the word "southwesterly" was left
unchanged.
passage.
1897.] Chapters 200, 201. 199
CHAPTER 200.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIENNIAL TOWN
MEETING IN THE TOWN OF DUNBARTON, HELD ON THE THIRD
DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1896.
Section | Section
1. Proceedings legalized. I 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That the proceedings of the biennial town meet- proceedings
ing of the town of Dunbarton, held in said town on the third ^^^^^
day of Kovember, 1896, as well as all votes passed and officers
elected at said meeting, are hereby legalized and confirmed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 23, 1897.] ' ''"''"
CHAPTER 201.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE VOTE OF THE TOWN OF STRATFORD TO
exempt from TAXATION THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BUILDING.
Section I Section
1. Exemption from taxation legalized. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1, The vote of the town of Stratford at its annual Exemption from
town meeting held in March, 1896, exempting from taxation, for ie|aiiz"ed.
the term of five years, the building known as the Knights of
Pythias building, is hereby legalized and made valid, and said
building is exempted from taxation for said term of five years.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 23, 1897.] "*''''''■
200
Chapter 202.
[1897.
CHAPTER 202.
AX ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WHITEFIELD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.
Sectiox
Section
1. Corporation coustituted.
5. May borrow money and secure by
2. Powers.
mortgage.
3. Rights over public or private prop-
6. First meeting.
erty.
7. Subject to repeal; takes eflfect on
4. Capital.
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened :
Corporation SECTION 1. That Geors^e H. Morrison, Perrin T. Kellogcr,
constituted. -g^^^^-^^ y^ -g^^^,^ William H. Bailey, and Carson K White, all
of Whitefield, N. H., their successors and assigns, be and are
hereby made a body politic and corporate by the name of the
Whitefield Electric Light Company, to be located in Whitefield
in this state, with the authority, powers, and privileges, and
subject to the liabilities, incident to corporations of a similar
nature, subject to such modifications as are herein made.
Powers. Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby empowered to generate,
manufacture, produce, and supply electricity for purposes of
light, heat, and mechanical power for public and private use ;
and may lease, purchase, acquire, hold and improve property,
real or personal, to an extent not exceeding in value its capital
stock and bonds, which it shall be necessary or convenient for
said corporation to do in carrying out the purposes of this act,
with the right to sell, convey, and dispose of the same at
pleasure ; and may contract with persons and corporations for
the use of electricity for any of said purposes ; and may contract
with said town of Whitefield, or the Whitefield Village Fire
District, now organized in said town, for electricity for public
uses, on such terms as may be agreed upon, and said town or
said district is hereby authorized to contract with said corpora-
tion for electricity for public uses, and to raise money to pay for
the same in the same manner money is raised for other purposes.
Rights over Sect. 3. Said corporatioii shall havc the right to erect poles,
pro^pert'y.**"^***'^!!^ placc wircs thcrcou, or to lay subterranean pipes, tubes, or
boxes, and in other appropriate and convenient w^ays, in the
public streets and highways in said town ; provided, that the
location and manner of construction of said poles, pipes, boxes,
or tubes and the maintenance of the same shall be approved by
the selectmen of said town, with the right to relay and repair
the same after first having obtained the permission of the select-
men of said town to make use of the streets and highways for
the purpose aforesaid, due regard being had to the public safety
and travel ; and may locate and put in position its lines of wire
and other means of transmission over or through public or
private property or lands within said town with the right to
1897.] Chapter 202. 201
maintain and repair the same, doing no greater injury to
property or lands than it may reasonably do in carrying out the
})urposes of this act ; and said corporation may agree with the
selectmen of said town, and other persons or corporations that
are injured by this corporation in carrying out the ])ur[iose of
this act, as to the damages to be paid for such injuries, and, in
case of failure to agree, either party may petition the supreme
court, at a trial term held in the county of Coos, to have the
same assessed, and such proceedings shall be had as may be de-
termined upon by said court, and execution shall issue accord-
ingly.
Sect. 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of capital,
such number of shares of the par value of one hundred dollars
each as ma}^ from time to time be determined upon by the
directors of said corporation, not exceeding, in the whole, the
sum of thirty thousand dollars, and said stock shall be paid for
in cash, or property equivalent in value.
Sect. 5. Said corporation may borrow money for the pur- May borrow
, ■*■ •^ */ 1. IQ0D6V ftEU
poses of carrying into eftect the provisions of this act, to an ex- secure by
tent not exceeding its capital stock actually issued and paid in, ™°'^s^^^-
and may issue its bonds or other obligations therefor, and secure
the same by mortgage upon its property, rights, and franchises.
Sect. 6. Any two of the corporators named in this act may ^'■■^t'»®^'^'°ff-
call the first meeting, at some place in said Whitefield, by giving
ten days' written notice to eachof the corporators of the time and
place of meeting, and at such meeting, or any adjourned meet-
ing, [said corporation] may adopt by-laws, choose officers, and
do an}' other act or thing necessary to the organization of said
corporation.
Sect. 7. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act ^^"p^j^l'.'J^^gg
whenever the public o-ood mav require it, and this act shall take effect on
n? , ■, ^ ^ - 1 passage.
eiiect upon its passao:e.
[Approved Marcir2.3, 1897.]
202
Chapter 203.
[1897.
CHAPTER 203.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEWFIELDS ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT,
AND POWER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Business and powers.
3. Right to lay wires; may contract witli
Newfields.
4. Fii'st meeting.
Section
5. May Issue bonds and secure by mort-
gage.
6. Capital.
7. Takes effect on passage.
Corporation
constituted.
Business and
powers.
Right to lay
wires; may
contract with
Newfields.
First meeting.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. That Charles H. Sanborn, J. Thornton Pike, "Wil-
liam H. Connor, John Torrey, and George "W. Paul, their asso-
ciates, successors, and assigns, be and they are hereby made a
body politic and corporate by the name of the Newfields Electric
Light, Heat, and Power Company, and by that name may sue
and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execu-
tion, and shall be and are hereby invested with all the powers,
privileges, and made subject to all the liabilities under the laws
of the state applicable to corporations of similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to establish,
manage, and carry on in the town of Newfields the business of
generating, manufacturing, producing, and supplying electricity
for the purpose of light, heat, and mechanical power, distribut-
ing, conveying, and supplying electricity by metallic wires or by
any other suitable means of transmitting the same, upon poles
erected or obtained for the purpose, or in subterranean tubes,
pipes, or boxes placed in the public streets, highways, or sewers
and other places, to construct suitable buildings, boilers, engines,
electrical machinery and works as may be needed and convenient
for conducting the business of said corporation ; and may lease,
hold, purchase and acquire real and personal estate not exceed-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars in value, and the same may be
sold, conveyed, and disposed of at pleasure.
Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have the right to lay metallic
wires upon poles erected or obtained for the purpose, or in
subterranean pipes, tubes, or boxes, and in other appropriate
and convenient ways in the public streets, highways, or sewers
of said town of Newfields, and to relay and repair the same
agreeably to the discretion of the selectmen of said town, a due
regard being had to public safety and travel, to locate its wires
or other means of transmission over or through public or private
property or lands, permission being had and price agreed upon
between the parties, and to make a contract with the said town
of Newfields for lighting its streets and public buildings.
Sect, 4. The first three grantees, or either of them, mUy call
the first meeting of the corporation by publishing a notice there-
1897.] Chapter 204. 203
of in the " Exeter News Letter," a newspaper published at Exe-
ter, or by giving notice in writing to each of the grantees named
in this act, fourteen days at least prior to said meeting.
Sect. 5. The said corporation may issue its bonds for the ac- ^Ysecureby"*^*
complishment of any of the purposes for which it is incorporated, mortgage,
at such rates and times and in such amounts as the stockholders
may iiuthorize, 2)rovided ench bonds shall not be issued in amounts
exceeding seventy-five per cent of the capital stock actually paid
in ; and it may secure payment of such bonds, both principal
and interest, by a mortgage on its property and franchises.
Sect. 6. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist ^"P'**'-
of as many shares of one hundred dollars each as the directors
may from time to time determine ; pj^ovkled, that the whole cap-
ital stock shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sect. 7. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. Jms^^^*'**"'
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
CHAPTER 204.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE STARK MILLS.
Section i Section
1. Corporation may increase capital, and 2. Takes effect on passage,
may invest same and do business
in any part of the United States. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The Stark Mills may from time to time increase p^°^p°^'|.°°?^»y
its capital stock to an amount not exceeding two million dollars, and may invest
and may invest such portions thereof in real and personal estate, bu^nets in any
either within or without the state, and within the United States, ^^''^te^stltes.
as may be necessary and convenient for carrying on its busi-
ness ; and it may carry on the business authorized by its charter
in any part of the United States.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. Takes effect on
[Approved March 23, 1897.]
204
Chapters 205, 206.
[1897.
CHAPTER 205.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES INTO THE CITY
TREASURY OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.
Section
1. Fees paid to city officei's to be paid
over to city ; witness fees excepted.
Section
2. Takes effect first Tuesday of January
1899.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Geyieral
Court convened :
city ; witness
fees excepted.
Fees paid to Section 1. All fcGS paid to any officer of the city of Manches-
city officers to be , jf • ii, , ^ • i (v
paid over to tCF Oil accouiit 01 serviccs renaerecl to any party by said oincer
in the course of his official duties, and which are so paid by vir-
tue of any statute of the state of New Hampshire, shall be by
the officer receiving them paid into the city treasury, and all
such officials shall receive in lieu thereof, and in full payment for
all services rendered by him in his office, such salary as the city
councils may from time to time establish for said office ; with
the exception of the city marshal, assistant city marshal, police
officers, and watchmen of said city, who shall receive such salary
or pay as the board of police commissioners of said city may
from time to time establish for said offices, but this law shall not
apply to fees paid to any such officer for attending at any court
as a witness.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon the first Tuesday in
January, 1899.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
Takes effect
first Tuesday of
January, 1899.
CHAPTER 206.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BETHLEHEM ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers.
3. May lay wires; assessment of dam-
ages.
4. Cai)ital.
Section
5. Maj' borrow money and issue mort-
gage bonds.
6. First meeting.
7. Subject to repeal; takes elTect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentcdives in General
Court convened :
Corporation SECTION 1. That Hai'lcv H. Danforth, Alfred W. Fuller,
constituted. Yv^^i'k W. Fuller, Alfred N. Twitchell, and Albert S. Twitchell,
their successors and assign [s], be and are hereby made a body
1897.] Chapter 206. 205
politic and corporate by the name of the Bethlehem Electric
Light Company, to be located in Bethlehem in this state, with
the authority, powers, and privileges and subject to the liabili-
ties incident to corporations of a similar nature, subject to sach
modifications as are herein made.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby empowered to generate, Powers,
manufacture, produce, and supply electricity for purposes of
light, heat, and mechanical power for public and private use ;
and may lease, purchase, acquire, hold and improve property,
real or personal, to an extent not exceeding in value its capital
stock and bonds, which it shall be necessary or convenient for
said corporation to do in carrying out the purposes of this act,
with the right to sell, convey, and dispose of the same at pleas-
ure ; and may contract with persons and corporations for the
use of electricity for any of said purposes ; and may contract
with said town of Bethlehem, or any village district that now is
or may hereafter be organized in said town, also with the town
of Franconia adjoining, or any village district that now is or
may hereafter be organized in that town, for electricity for pub-
lic uses, on such terms as may be agreed upon, and said town or
said districts are hereby authorized to contract with said corpo-
ration for electricity for public uses, and to raise money to pay
for the same in the same manner money is raised for other pur-
poses.
Sect. 3. Said corporation shall have the right to erect poles ^^gYssme^'of'
and place wires thereon, or to lay wires in subterranean pipes, damages,
tubes, or boxes, and in other appropriate and convenient ways,
in the public streets and highways in said towns, ■provided^ that
the location and manner of construction of said poles, pipes,
boxes and tubes and the maintenance of the same shall be ap-
proved of by the selectmen of said town, with the right to
re-lay and repair the same, after first having obtained the per-
mission of the selectmen of said towns to make use of the streets
and highways for the purposes aforesaid, due regard being had
to the public safety and travel, and may locate and put in posi-
tion its lines of wire and other means of transmission over or
through public or private property or lands within said towns,
with the right to maintain and repair the same, provided that the
location of said lines and other means of transmission and main-
tenance of the same shall be approved of by the selectmen of
said town, doing no greater injury to property or lands than it
may reasonably do in carrying out the purposes of this act ; and
said corporation may agree with the selectmen of said town, and
other persons or corporations that are injured by this corpora-
tion in carrying out the purposes of this act, as to the damages
to be paid for such injuries, and, in case of a failure to agree,
either party may petition the supreme court, at a trial term held
in the county of Grafton, to have the same assessed, and such
proceedings shall be had as may be determined upon by said
court and execution shall issue accordingly.
206
Chapter 207.
[1897.
Capital.
May borrow
money and
issue mortgage
bonds.
First meeting.
Subject to
repeal : takes
effect on
Sect. 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of
such number of shares, of the par value of one hundred dollars
each, as may from time to time be determined upon by the
directors of said corporation, not exceeding in the whole the
sum of iifty thousand dollars, and said stock shall be paid for in
cash, or property equivalent in value.
Sect. 5. Said corporation may borrow money for tlie purposes
of carrying into effect the purposes of this act, to an extent not
exceeding its capital stock actually issued and paid in, and may
issue its bonds or other obligations therefor, and secure the same
by mortgage upon its property, rights, and franchises.
Sect. 6. Any two of the corporators named in this act may call
the first meeting at some place in said Bethlehem, by giving ten
days' written notice to each of the corporators of the time and
place of meeting, and at such meeting, or any subsequent meet-
ing, [said corporation] may adopt by-laws, choose officers, and
do any other act or thing necessary to the organization of said
corporation.
Sect. 7. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
whenever the public good may require it ; and this act shall
take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
CHAPTER 207.
AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO SEVER THE HOMESTEAD OF MOSES
F. RILEY FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF AYOODSVILLE, IN
THE TOWN OF HAVERHILL, AND ANNEX THE SAME TO THE UNION
SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF BATH FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES,"
Section
1. Homestead transferred from one dis-
trict to another.
Section
2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Homestead
transferred from
one district to
another.
Takes effect on
passage.
Section 1. That the homestead of Moses F. Riley, in the
high school district of Woodsville, in the town of Haverhill, be,
and the same hereby is, severed from said high school district in
the town of Haverhill, and annexed to the union school district
in the town of Bath, for school purposes.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 24, 1897.]
1897.]
Chapter 208.
207
CHAPTER 208.
AN ACt TO LEGALIZE THE VOTE OF THE TOWN OF FRANCONIA OF
MARCH 9, 1897, EXEMPTING FROM TAXATION FOR A TERM OF TEN
YEARS AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT, TO BE ESTABLISHED IN SAID
TOWN.
Section
1. Exemption from taxation legalized.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The proceedings of the town of Franconia at the Exemption from
annual town meeting holden on the ninth day of March, 1897, ie|aiiz°ed.
exempting from taxation an electric light plant, to be established
in said town, are hereby legalized and made valid.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes eflfect on
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
CHAPTER 209.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ADMISSION OF THE NEW ENGLAND LIVE
STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Section
1. Company may be licensed.
2. Receipts for mortuary fund to be de-
posited in this state ; witbdrawals
of deposits.
3. License may be revoked, when.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened :
Section 1. The New England Live Stock Insurance Company, company may
a corporation estabhshed by special act of the legislature of Mas- ^^ "''^'''^'^"
sachusetts in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, may be
licensed by the insurance commissioner to transact the business j^^^^i ^^ ^^^
of live stock insurance in this state. mortuary iIx^a
Sect. 2. Said company shall deposit quarterly, in the months In thifsutl?*^
of March, June, September, and December of each year, in its Jepositr*""^
208
Chapter 209.
[1897.
name, in such trust company or national bank in this state as
the insurance commissioner shall designate, all moneys received
by it for its mortuary fund from policy holders in this state.
Such deposits may be withdrawn for the purpose of paying losses
and veterinary attendance occurring in this state, or for other
purposes, in such form and manner as said company and the
commissioner shall determine.
Sect, 3. The insurance commissioner is hereby authorized to
revoke, either temporarily or permanently, the authority granted
by this act, whenever, on investigation, he is satisfied that said
company has failed to comply with the provisions of this act, or
has unreasonably neglected to pay the lawful claims of its policy
holders in this state.
Takes effect on Sect. 4. This act sliall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 25, 1897.]
License may be
revoked, when.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Office of the State Reporter, June 12, 1897.
I hereby certify that the foregoing acts and resolves and
changes of names have been compared with the originals and
found to be correctly printed.
CHARLES B. HIBBARD, State Reporter,
INDEX.
I N D EX
TO
PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1897.
Acceptances, no grace on 12
Accounts, county, auditing- of 84
Actions, survival of 36
Adams, James M., appropriation in favor of 110
Administration, what inventory of savings bank deposit shall
contain 51
Administrator may take out execution on judgment in favor of
deceased 36
Advertisements of itinerant vendors 40
Age of consent raised 30
Agriculture, draining or filling swamp lands for advancement of 91
New Hampshire College of, exempt from taxation. 64
appropriations in favor
of 96,97
Almshouses, county, support of children at 87
Amendments to constitution, how voted on 71
(See Public Statutes amended and Session Laws amended.)
American Accident Association, charter 153
Manufacturing Company, charter amended 146
Typographic Company, charter amended 146
Anatomical science, amendment of laws for advancement of . . . . 25
Androscoggin river, appropriation for bridge across 106
Ancient Order Foresters of America, names of courts changed, .118, 154
Animals, cruelty to 21
disabled, proceedings for killing of 22
setting of trap on land not owned by person setting
forbidden 43
Appeal from award of damages for land, etc., taken by state. ... 27
decision of selectmen with respect to electric lines 17, 78
Appropriation for bridge across Androscoggin river 106
Sawyer's river 103
buoys in Squam lake 105
Sunapee lake 104
and lights in Winnipesaukee lake and
adjacent waters 104
highways (See Highways) 100, 105
indexing records in secretary of state's office 104
lighthouse on Loon island in Sunapee lake. . 104
214 Index. [1897^
Appropriation for New Hampshire National Guard 41
protection of trees in highways 86
removing provincial records 47
state prison 80
in favor of James M. Adams 110
Edward L. Austin 110
Benjamin Billsborough 110
Irving Bodwell 110
John W. Bourlet, Jr 110
L. B. Brown Ill
Walter F. Buck 109
John H. Clark 110
John B. Clarke Co 110
Silas G. Clifford 110
J. E. Coffin Ill
Anthon W. Colby Ill
Andrew J. Crooker 109
Dartmouth College 102
John Demeritt 109
W. T. Dodge Ill
D. B. Donovan Ill
Edson C. Eastman 113
Clark S. Edwards 110
James F. Estes 110
G. W. Fowler Ill
John H. French 109
Orlando J. Godfrey Ill
Goodhue & Milton 110
Kalph W. Gordon 110
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission 93
Orrin W. Head 110
Andy Holt 110
Howard & Co 110
Edward P. Hunt 110
Woodbury E. Hunt 110
Charles F. Huntoon 110
Horace L. Ingalls 110
Fred L. Johnson 110
George N. Julian 98
James Kearns 108
J. E. Keeler Ill
William P. Lamb 110
Josephine C. Larkin 110
H. H. Metcalf Ill
Edward L. Miles 106
John E. Miller 110
Susie R. Morrison Ill
G. H. Moses Ill
Nashua Telegraph Publishing Co.... 110
Edward M. Nason Ill
New Hampshire :
College of Agriculture and the Me-
chanic Arts 96, 97
Democratic Press Co 110
Soldiers' Home 97
John J. Nichols 110
John W. Odlin 110
Michael O'Malley 108
H. C. Pearson Ill
Frank L. Phalen 110
George E. Pierce 110
George A. Place 110
Edward Plummer 110
A. W. Presler 110
Republican Press Association 110
Fred P. Richardson 110
1897.]
Index.
215
Appropriation in favor of Edwin F. Richmond lOS
Calvin Robie 110
A. H. Robinson Ill
Horace B. Shcrbnrne 110
Silsby & Son 110
State Normal School 103
Henrj^ B. Stearns 110
J. M. Stewart & Sons Co 110
Times Publishing' Co 110
Charles W. Torr 110
Union Publishing Co 110
Laura J. Welch 110
William F. Whitcomb 110
John H. Willev 11»
James H. Willoughby 100
John Woodward 110
Ashes not to be placed in highways, etc 51
Asses, taxation of 34
Assessment of state tax for 1898 and 1899 TS
Assignee in insolvency', provision for unclaimed money in hands
of 10
Assistance to illiterate, blind, or disabled voters 76
Association, building- and loan, acting imder special charters, re-
peal of law afEecting 50
(See also Corporations.)
Asylum, See New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane.
Atkinson, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Attorney-general to be one of ballot-law commissioners 70
examine title to property of New Hamp-
shire Asylum for the Insane and advise as
to conveyances to state 90
Auditors of county, appointment and duties 8-t
Aureolus, protected in Pleasant pond (New London) and trib-
utaries 29
Austin, Edward L., appropriation in favor of 110
Austin, Flint & Day Company, name changed to Manchester
Sash & Blind Company ". 128
Australian ballot law% See Elections.
Avery's pond (Ellsworth), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 27
Ballot boxes 74
clerks 73
law (See Elections) 6S
commissioners 70
Ballots, preservation and inspection of 79
(See Elections.)
Balloting after tie vote 76
Band concerts, town naay appropriate money for 22
Bank, bond of treasurer of savings, if also cashier of national. . 61
charters, Cheshire County Savings bank of Keene 189
Granite Savings bank of Milford 187
commissioners' reports 67
deposits in savings, how to be inventoried by administra-
tor 51
Baptist Convention of the State of New Hamj)shire, charter
amended 140
Barnstead, fishing through ice prohibited for five jears in all
ponds 27
Bartlett, line between it and Livermore established 12S
village fire precinct, establishment and acts legalized. . 132
may buy out Bartlett Water Co . . 132
raise or borrow money 133
take land, etc 132
Water Co., Bartlett village fire j^recinct may buy or
take propertj^ and franchises 132
216 Index. [1897.
Bath, part annexed to Monroe 137
union school district in, homestead of Moses F. Kiley an-
nexed 206
Bathing and fishing prohibited in Kound pond (Barrington) 59
Beaver protected 30
Belden, F. E., Mica Mining Co., exemption from taxation legal-
ized 186
Belknap county, boundary changed 197
names changed by probate court 92
Berlin, city charter 112
adoption of 116
board of education 115
city council 113-115
debts of town and school district assumed 113
elections 114, 116
mayor 113-115
officers 115
police court 115
property of toAvn and school district taken by city 113
^ representatives to the general court 114
school affairs 113, 115
board 115
supervisors 114, 116
vacancies 116
wards 112
officers of 114
Bethlehem Electric Light Company, charter 206
Bicj'cles, placing of articles injurious to tires in highways, etc.,
prohibited 51
use regulated 89
Billiard tables, license fee for summer hotels, etc 32
Billsborough, Benjamin, appropriation in favor of 110
Bills of exchange, no grace on 12
falling due Sunday or holiday, when payable 12
Birds, See Fish and game.
Black game protected 5
Blind or disabled voters, assistance to 76
Blodgett's Landing (Newbury), made a sanitary district 13
Blvie Mountain Forest Association exempted from chap. 10, so
far as it relates to Corbin park 31
Board of charities. See State board of charities and correction,
health, state. See State board of health.
Boards of health of towns, to be appointed 37
duties with respect to ice 82
Bodies to be used for advancement of science 25
Bodwell, Irving, appropriation in favor of 110
Bond as condition for judgment in police court in certain cases. 57
of treasurer of savings bank, if also cashier of national
bank 61
Bonds, increase of, by railroads 19
of railroad may be secured by mortgage 62
street railway may be secured by mortgage 63
no grace on 12
Books, collections of, may be purchased for state library 14
Booths for voting 74
use of 75
Boston & Maine Eailroad, repeal of act providing for special
commissioners 48
Bounty on hawks repealed 7
Bourlet, John "\V., Jr., appropriation in favor of 110
Bow pond (Northwood), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 27
Bowling alleys, license fee for summer hotels, etc 32
Bradford pond (Bradford) , fishing through ice prohibited for five
3' ears 27
1897.] Index. 217
Bradley pond (Andover), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Bridge across Sawyer's river (Hart's Location), appropriation
for 103
Bridges, construction and repair of, to be under direction of
selectmen 59
(See Highw^ays.)
Brook trout, taking from Pleasant pond (New London) or trib-
utaries prohibited for six years 29
fishing for, as a business, with intent to sell, pro-
hibited 35
Brookline, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Brown, L. B., apiiropriation in favor of Ill
Buck, Walter F., appropriation in favor of 109
Building and loan associations acting under special charters,
repeal of law affecting 50
Burial places, public, to be fenced 50
trespasses on 50
Burpee, Edwin P., salary and mileage to be paid to widow 96
By-laws respecting use of bicycles and tricycles, town has no
power to make 90
Camp ground, state, appropriation for 41
Candidates for office, arrangement of names on ballot 71
death of 70
may obtain inspection of ballots 80
nomination of 69
resignation of 70
Capercailzie protected 5
Capital of railroad, reduction of amount required 60
street railways, reduction of amount required 48
Cards of instruction for voting to be furnished 72
to be posted 73
Caribou -protected 8, 12, 31
Carnal abuse, age of consent to, raised 31
Carroll county, boundary changed 197
names changed by probate court 93
Carter, Solon A., relieved 33
Cattle (See Stock.)
Caucuses, definition of and provisions concerning 69, 70
inspectors of election to be nominated by 73
party may make regulations concerning manner of
holding 70
Cemeteries, public, to be fenced 50
trespasses on 50
town or city may be trustee of 10
Center Harbor village fire precinct, establishment and acts
legalized 124
Center pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Central Congregational Society in Derry 181
Certificates of nomination 69
punishment for offenses respecting. 77
Challenge of vote, voter to make affidavit before entering guard-
rail enclosure 74
Chaplain of state prison, appropriation for salary of SO
Charitable institutions, state and county, inspection of 88
Charities, state board of. See State board of charities and cor-
rection.
Charters of corporations and amendments thereto. See Corpora-
tions.
Check-list for ballot clerks 74, 76
sessions in Portsmouth 159
Checks, no grace on 12
falling due on Sunday or holiday when payable 12
Cheshire county, names changed by probate court 94
Index. [1897
Chester Savings Bank of Keene, charter 189
Chester, time for construction of water- works extended 194
Children, minor, adoption of, in certain cases SS
support of, at county almshouses 87
to be provided with homes 87
City (See also Town.)
councils, powers with respect to schoolhouses and lots. ... 58
license fees of hawkers and peddlers in 66
limitation of right to make ordinance or regulation respect-
ing use of bicj'cles and tricycles 90
may adopt chap. 78 (relating to caucuses and elections) ... 70
be triistee of cemetery 10
schoolhouses and lots in ... .^ 58
selectmen of ward may accept and protect trees 36
of Berlin, charter 113
Manchester, appropriation for rent of armories of G. A.
E. posts authorized... 125
semi-centennial celebra-
tion 117
certain fees to be paid into city treasury. . 204
charter amended 196
election and term of officers 172
re-funding authorized 120
water-loan bonds 120
Nashua, charter amended 177, 195
trustees for suburban cemeteries in 191
Portsmouth, hours of check-list sessions 159
Eochester, charter amended 182
may extend water pipes to Lebanon, Maine . 184
Somersworth, provisions as to library 121
wards changed 121
Claremont Water Works Companj^ niay re-fund debt and issue
mortgage bonds 156
Clark, John H., approj)riation in favor of 110
Clarke, John B., Co.. appropriation in favor of 110
Clerks of court, to receive ballots 23
school districts, majoritj'^ to elect 61
Clifford, Silas G., apjjropriation in favor of 110
Coffin, J. E., appro ]3riation in favor of Ill
Colby, Anthon W., appropriation in favor of Ill
Cold pond (Acworth and Unity), fishing through ice prohibited
for five 'years 2S
Colebrook may contract with Colebrook Water Co 149
vote legalized 141
Water Company, charter 148
Collecting of specimens for certain purposes permitted (under
game laws) 9
Collection of state tax for 1898 and 1899 78
College, Dartmouth, appropriation in favor of 102
Agricultural, See New Hampshire Cbllege of Agri-
culture and the Mechanic Arts.
Commission of lunacy, limitation of expense of persons sup-
ported at New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane by order of . 90
Commissioner, See Insolvent commissioner. Insolvent estates.
Commissioners, ballot-law 70
bank, reports of 67
county, auditing of accoimt and bills of 84
duties with respect to minor children. 87
fish and game. See Fish and game commission-
ers.
Compartments for marking ballots 74
use of 75
Concerts, towns ruay appropriate money for , 22
Concord, school district No. 20 in, homestead of B. W. Couch an-
nexed 153
street lighting precinct, city
council mav change boundaries 134
1897.] Index. 219
Concord, union school district of, exempted from chap. 65 58
Congress, election of representatives in 68
Connecticut river, dam at Fifteen Mile Falls authorized ISO
Consent, age of, raised 3C
Consolidated Light and Power Company, United Gas and Elec-
tric Company may buy out 129
Constitution, amendment to, how voted on 71
Convention, definition of and provisions respecting- 69, 70
partj' may make regulations concerning manner of
holding 70
Conway Electric Light, Power, and Heat Company, charter.... 138
Cook's' pond (Brookfield), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 27
Coos county, names changed by probate court 95
Corbin park, game in 31
Corporations, change of name, capital, or articles of association 43
(See Bank, City, District, Electric, Fire district. Fire
precinct, llailroads, School district. Street rail-
ways. Town.)
American Accident Association, charter 153
Manufacturing' Company, charter
amended 146
Typographic Company, charter
amended 146
Austin, Flint & Day Company, name changed. . . . 128
Baptist Convention of the State of New^ Hamp-
shire, charter amended 140
Bartlett Water Company 132
Bethlehem Electric Light Company, charter 206
Central Congregational Society in Derry 181
Claremont Water-Works Company, may re-fund
debt and issue bonds 156
Colebrook Water Company, charter 148
Consolidated Light and Power Company 129
Conway Electric Light, Power, and Heat Com-
pany, charter 138
Dalton Power Company, charter 179
East Grafton Union Meeting House Society, re-
organization and acts legalized 161
First Congregational Society in Derry, name
changed 181
First Congregational Society of Wilton, name
changed 161
j^'irst Unitarian Congregational Society of Wilton
Centre 161
Glen Junction Transfer Company, charter 147
Granite Savings Bank of Milford, charter 187
Hartford Water Company, made a corporation of
this state 130
Laconia & Lake Village Water-Works, name
changed, increase of stock 150
Laconia Electric Lighting Company, additional
powers 163
Laconia Water Company, increase of stock author-
ized 150
Lancaster Academy, raay unite with school dis-
trict 126
Lowell & Suburban Street Railway Company, may
take lease of Nashiia Street Eailway 167
McCollom Institute, trustees of, charter 176
Manchester Bank, charter amended 172
Manchester Children's Home, charter 157
Manchester Sash & Blind Company 128
Mascoma Electric Light and Gas Company, char-
ter amended 151
220 Index. [1897.
Corporations, continued:
Mascoma Light, Heat, and Power Company, char-
ter amended 151
Masonic Orphans' Home, charter amended 145
Merrimack Kiver Heat, Light, and Power Com-
pany, charter 165
Nashua Street Railway, may lease to Lowell &
Suburban Street Railway Co 167
New England Live Stock Insurance Co., may be
licensed 207
Newfields Electric Light, Heat, and Power Com-
pany, charter 202
New Hampshire Bible Society, charter amended. . 146
Newmarket Electric Light, Power, and Heat Com-
pany, charter revived 152
amended 160
North Woodstock Water Companj', charter 169
Orphans' Home at Concord, charter amended .... 171
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light and Power Com-
, pany 158
Portsmouth Gas-Light Company, name changed, . 158
Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hampshire,
charter amended 134
Second Orthodox Congregational Society of
Nashua, charter 168
Silver Lake Reservoir Company, charter 173
Society for the Care of the South Cemetery in
Portsmouth 185
Stark Mills, charter amended 203
Trustees of McCollom Institute, charter 176
Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
New Hampshire, charter amended 134
United Gas and Electric Light Company, may buy
out Consolidated Light and Power Co., issue
stock and bonds 129
West Derry Sewerage Association, charter 141
Weston & Hill Company, name changed 117
Whitefield Electric Light Company, charter 200
Winnipesaukee Gas & Electric Light Company,
may sell out to Laconia Electric Lighting Co . . . 165
Woman's Hospital Aid Association, of Concord,
exempt from taxation 140
Correctional institutions, state and county, inspection of 88
Couch, B. W., homestead annexed to school district No. 20 in
Concord 153
Councilors, election of 68
County accounts, auditing of 84
almshouse, support of children at 87
auditors, appointment and duties 84
boundaries between Belknap and Carroll changed 197
commissioners, auditing of accounts and bills 84
duties with respect to minor children.. 87
farm, auditing of superintendent's accounts 84
institutions, charitable or correctional, inspection of... 88
names changed by courts of probate 92
officers, election of 68
reports, auditors to make, of receipts and disburse-
ments 84
salaries, See Hillsborough county and Rockingham
county.
treasurer, auditing of accounts 84
Court, See General court. Police courts. Probate courts. Supreme
court.
venue when one party is inhabitant of southern judicial
district of Grafton 62
1897.] Index. 221
Courts of Ancient Order Foresters of America, See Names
changed.
Foresters of America, See Names changed.
Cows, taxation of 34
Crockery, not to be placed in highways, etc 51
Crooker, Andrew J., appropriation in favor of 109
Cruelty to animals 21
Dalton, election legalized 119
Dalton Power Company, charter 179
Damages from electric poles, \\'ires, etc., assessment of 78
taking of land by state 27
Danville, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Dartmouth College, appropriation in favor of 102
Davidson, John S., exemption of his property legalized 118
Death of candidate for office 70
Deer, wild, protected 8, 12, 31
Demeritt, John, appropriation in favor of 109
Derry, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Department reports 14
Disabled voters, assistance to 76
Dissection, See 25
District, See Fire district, School district.
sanitary in Newbury 13
Doctor, Dr., title of, not to be used without authority 52
Doctors of medicine, licensing and registration of 52
Dodge, W. T., appropriation in favor of Ill
Donovan, D. B., appropriation in favor of Ill
Drafts, no grace on, except on sight drafts 12
falling due Sunday or holiday, when payable 12
Ducks, shelldrakes excepted from protection 8
Dunbarton, election and votes legalized 199
East Grafton Union Meeting House Society, reorganization and
acts legalized 161
Eastman, Edson C, appropriation in favor of 110
Eastman pond (Andover), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Edwards, Clark S., appropriation in favor of 110
Election officers 73
duties of 73-76
of school district officers 61
Elections :
amendment to constitution, how voted on 71
assistance to illiterate, blind or disabled voters 76
attorney -general to be ballot-law commissioner 70
Australian ballot law 68
ballot law 68
ballot-boxes 74
ballot clerks 73
ballot-law commissioners 70
balloting after tie vote 76
ballots, assistance in marking 76
cards of instruction for marking of 72
constitutional amendment, how voted on 71
counting of 75, 76
delivery to ballot clerks 73
designation of office 71
designation of party of candidate 71, 72
device or emblem designating party 72
disposition of those not counted 76
distribution to towns and wards 72
f ac-simile 72
folding of, before delivery 71
< by voter •. 75
inspection of, by candidates 79
222 Index. [1897.
Elections :
ballots, preservation of 75, 76, 79
marking- of 75
number to be furnished 73
preparation of 71
punishment for offenses respecting 77
spoiled, new may be furnished in place of 75
to be canceled and preserved 75
to be in charge of ballot clerks 74
blind or disabled voter, assistance to 76
booths for voting 74
use of 75
candidates for oiiice, arrangement of names on ballot 71
nomination of 69
resignation or death of 70
cards of instruction for voting to be f virnished 72
to be posted 73
caucuses, definition of and provisions respecting 70
inspectors to be nominated by 73
party may make regulations concerning manner of
holding 70
certificates of nomination 69, 70
punishment for offenses respecting 77
check-list for ballot clerks 74, 76
challenge of vote, voter to make affidavit before passing guard-
rail ; 74
city may adopt chap. 78 70
commissioners, ballot-law 70
compartments for marking ballots 74
use of 75
congress, election of representatives in 68
constitutional amendment, how voted on 71
convention, definition of and provisions respecting 69, 70
partj^ may make regulations concerning manner
of holding 70
councilors, election of 68
county officers, election of 68
court, general, election of representatives to 68
death of candidate for oihce 70
disabled voters, assistance to 76
election officers 73
duties of 73, 76
electors of president and vice-president, election of 68
f ac-simile ballots 72
general court, election of representatives to 68
governor, election of 68
illiterate voters, assistance to 76
inspectors of election, appointment 73
duties 73-76
filling of vacancy 73
instruction, cards of, for voting, to be furnished 72
to be posted 73
majority, when not required 76
marking shelves or compartments 74
use of 75
mayor of city, nominations for 70
nomination, certificates of 69, 70
punishment for offenses respecting 77
of candidates 69, 70
officers of nation, state, county, town, and ward, election of . . 68
papers, nomination 69, 70
punishment for offenses respecting 77
party, political, nominations by caucuses and conventions of. . 69, 70
of candidates, designation of 71
petition, nomination by **9
1897.] Index.
Elections :
plurality to elect certain officers 76
political ])arty, »See sub-head, party.
polling- places or booths > 74
use of 75
presidential electors, election of G8
Public Statutes relating- to, amended 77
representatives in congress, election of 68
representatives to the general court, election of 68
resignation of candidate for office 70
returns of votes 23
senators, election of 68
shelves for marking ballots 74
use of 75
tie vote, provisions in case of 76
town may adopt chap. 78 70
town officers, election of 08
voters, illiterate, blind or disabled, assistance to 76
when to be allowed to pass guard-rail 74
votes, Sec sub-head ballots.
voting', manner of 74, 75
ward officers, election of 68
Electors of president and vice-president, election of 68
Electric companies:
Bethlehem Electric Light Company, charter 206
Consolidated Light and Power Company, may sell out to
United Gas and Electric Company 129
Conway Electric Light, Power, and Heat Comjiany, charter. . 138
Dalton Power Company, charter 179
Laconia Electric Lighting- Company, additional powers 163
Mascoma Electric Light and Gas Comijany, charter amended 151
Light, Heat, and Power Company, charter amended 151
Merrimack River Heat, Light, and Power Company, charter.. 165
Newfields Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company, charter 202
Newmarket Electric Light, Power, and Heat Company, charter
revived 152
amended 160
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light and Power Company 158
Gas-Light Company, name changed 158
United Gas and Electric Light Company, may buy out Consol-
idated Light and Power Comiiany, issue stock and bonds. . . 129
Whitefield Electric Light Company, charter 200
Winnipesaukee Gas and E^lectric Light Company, may sell out
to Laconia Electric Lighting Company 165
Wolfeborough village fire precinct may have electric plant. . . . 178
Electric jjoles, wires, etc., apjjeal from selectmen 17
assessment of damag-es 78
confirmation of locations 88
Endowment insurance policies not forfeited in certain cases.... 35
surrender value 35
Episcopal, aSVc Protestant Episcopal.
Estates of persons deceased, executor or admini.strator may
have execution on judgment in
favor of deceased 36
notice and report of commis-
sioner 24
Estes, James F.. appropriation in favor of 110
Examination of physicians and surgeons 52
Examiners, medical 52
Exchange, bills of, no grace on 12
falling due Svmday or holiday, when payable 12
Execution, executor or administrator may have when plaintiff
dies after judgment in his favor 36
Executor or administrator may take out execution on judgment
in favor of deceased 36
224 Index. [1897.
Exemption from taxation granted to Hillsborough Bridge village
fire precinct 145
New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and the Me-
chanic Arts 64
Woman's Hospital Aid Asso-
ciation, of Concord 140
of F. E. Belden Mica Mining Co., legal-
ized 186
John S. Davison, legalized 118
electric light plant in Franconia,
legalized 207
Knights of Pythias building in Strat-
ford, legalized 196
Monadnock House, legalized 141
Fac-simile ballots 72
Fares on railroads, who may ride without paying 85
F. E. Belden Mica Mining Company, exemption from taxation
legalized 186
Feet, articles likely to injure, not to be placed in highways, etc. . 51
Fences, to be maintained about public burial places 50
Fifteen Mile Falls, dam at, authorized 180
Files of newspapers in state library 14
Fireman, disabled, may be pensioned 45
Fire district, Meredith village, may increase indebtedness 155
districts of Warner, contracts authorized 175
precinct, Bartlett village, establishment and acts legalized
and powers granted 132
Center Harbor village, establishment and acts
legalized 124
Hillsborough Bridge village, acts legalized and
i powers granted 143
Wolfeborough village, powers granted 178
precincts of Lebanon, contracts authorized 130
First Congregational Society in Derry, name changed to Cen-
tral Congregational Society in Derry 181
First Congregational Society of Wilton, name changed to First
Unitarian Congregational Society of Wilton Centre 161
First Unitarian Congregational Society of Wilton Centre 161
Fish and game :
beaver protected 30
black game protected 5
Blue Mountain Forest Association exempted from chap. 10,
so far as it relates to Corbin park 31
bounty on hawks repealed 7
brook trout in Pleasant jfbnd (New London) and tributaries
protected 29
fishing for, as a business, prohibited 35
capercailzie protected 5
caribou protected 8, 12, 31
collection of specimens for certain purposes permitted 9
commissioners may place screens in public w^aters 9
prohibit fishing through ice 46
deer, wild, protected 8, 12, 31
fishing prohibited in Gilman pond (Unity) 77
Round pond (Barrington) 59
regulated in Lake Wentworth and tributaries 23
through ice in certain waters prohibited for five years 27
regulated 46
gray squirrels protected 8
grouse, sharp-tail, protected 5
hares protected 8
hawks, repeal of bounty on 7
landlocked salmon protected in Pleasant pond (New London)
and tributaries 29
1897.]
Index.
225
Fish and game :
Jand-locked salmon not protected in certain waters 9
moose protected 8, 12, 31
muskrats protected 8
pheasants protected 5
rabbits protected 8
salmon, hmdlocked, protected in I'leasant pond (New London)
and tributaries 29
not protected in certain cases 9
screens in public waters 9
sharp-tail g-rouse protected 5
shelldrakes excepted from protection 8
specimens collection of, permitted for certain purposes 9
squirrels, graj', protected S
traps, not to be set on others' land 43
trout, fishing for, as a business, prohibited, except in lakes not
smaller than first Connecticut lake 35
(See also sub-head brook trout.)
Avild deer protected S, 12, 31
Fish culture, state may take land, etc., for 26
Fishing, See Fish and game.
Foresters of America, names of courts changed 118, 151
Fowler, G. W., appropriation in favor of Ill
Franchise of railroad may be mortg-aged to secure bonds G2
street railway maj^ be mortgaged to secure bonds 63
Franconia, proceedings legalized 207
Free concerts, town may appropriate money for 22
French, John H., appropriation in favor of 109
Fur-bearing animals. See 43
Game, See Fish and game.
General court, election of representatives to 68
Geology and Atlas, Hitchcock's, exchange or presentation of
thirtj^ sets authorized 107
Gile pond (Sutton), fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Gillingham pond (Newbury), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 27
Gilman pond (Unity), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 27
and bathing prohibited 77
Glass, not to be placed in highways, etc 51
Glen Junction Transfer Company, charter 147
Godfrey, Orlando I., appropriation in favor of Ill
Goodhue & Milton, appropriation in favor of 110
Gordon, Ralph W., appropriation in favor of 110
Governor, election of 68
Governor and council :
duties with respect to insane asylum S3
loan 20
state prison SO
may condemn land for fish culture 26
exchange or present Hitchcock's Geology and Atlas 107
to appoint agent to direct expenditure of appropriation for
bridge across Androscoggin river lOG
agents for expending appropriations for Sunapee
and Winnipesaukee lakes 104, 105
ballot-law commissioners and fix compensation. . 70, 71
committee to direct expenditure of appropriation
for biioys in Squam lake 105
medical examiners and may remove them 52, 53
direct expenditure for indexing records in office of secre-
tary of state 104
of appropriation for highways 102, 103 105
appropriation for New^ Hampshire
National Gxiard 41
receive conveyances of property of New Hampshire Asylum
for the Insane 99
226 Index. [1897.
Grace, none to be allowed on notes, etc 12
Grafton county, names changed, by probate court 94
venue of actions, when one party is inhabitant
of southern judicial district in 62
Granite Savings Bank of Milford, charter 187
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, appropriation in favor of 98
Gray squirrels protected 8
Greenville, appropriation for celebration of 25th anniversary
legalized 184
Grouse, sharp-tail, protected 5
Guide-boards, penalty for town's failure to maintain 17
Hampstead, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Hares protected 8
Hartford Water Company, made a corporation of this state 130
may extend its works to West Leb-
anon 130
Harvey pond (Xorthwood), fishing through ice pi'ohibited for
five years 27
Haunted pond (Francestown), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 27
Haverhill, high school district in, homestead of Moses F. Eiley
disannexed 20(>
Hawkers and peddlers, provisions as to licensing 65
Hawks, repeal of bounty on 7
Head, Orrin W., appropriation in favor of 110
Health, boards of, to be appointed 37
duties with respect to ice 82
state board of, secretary to be member of state board of
charities and correction 88
Health ofiicers replaced b,v boards of health 37
Highland lake (Andover), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 27
Highway agents, their construction and repair of roads and
bridges to be under direction of selectmen 50
JEighwaj's, articles likely to injure not to be placed in 51
construction and repair of, to be under direction of
selectmen , 59
may be laid out for winter use 85
regulations concerning riding of bicycles and tri-
cycles in 89
town may have trial by jury on assessmeJit of dam-
ages for land taken 15
appropriations for :
Androscoggin river, west side of 100
bridge across Androscoggin river 106
Sawyer's river 303
Crotchet mountain road 105
Mascoma valley and Lyme highway 101
Miller park mountain road 105
Pinkham Notch road 101
road 101
Sandwich Notch road 100
Sugar Loaf road 100
Turnpike and Knothole roads 100
in Albany 100
Alexandria 100
Benton - 100
Campton 100
Carroll 100
Dalton 101
Dixville 100
Dorchester 101
Dummer 101
Errol 101
Francestown 105
1897.]
Index.
227
Highways, appropriations for, continued:
in Franconia 101
Groton 101
Hart's Location 103
Jackson 101
Millsfield 101
Peterborough 10.5
Pittsburg 100
Randolph 101
Sandwich 100
Stewartstown 101
Temple 105
Thornton 100
Warren 100
Wentworth's Location 101
Woodstock 100
from Breezy Point to North Woodstock 100
Crawford House to Fabyan House 100
Willey House 100
Errol to Wentworth's Location 101
first to second Connecticut lake 100
Great to Little Boar's Head 101
height of land in Franconia to Flume House. . 101
Kendall's Mills to highway between Canaan
and Dorchester 101
North Woodstock to Flume House 101
Warren 100
Stewartstown Hollow to Diamond Hollow.... 101
Willey House to Bartlett line 100
Hill, James W., Company 117
Hillsborough Bridge village fire precinct, acts ratified 143
exempt from taxation. 145
extension authorized.. 143
water commissioners.. 144
county, names changed by probate court 93
salary of solicitor 42
town of, fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 27
Hitchcock's Geology and Atlas, exchange or presentation of
thirty sets authorized 107
Holderness, vote legalized 118
Holt, Andy, approx^riation in favor of 110
Home, Soldiers', appropriation in favor of 97
Horsecar companies, See Street railways.
Horses, taxation of 34
Howard & Co., appropriation in favor of 110
Hudson pond (Washington), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 28
Hunt, Edward P., appropriation in favor of 110
Hunt, Woodbury E., appropriation in favor of 110
Huntoon, Charles T., appropriation in favor of 110
Hurd pond (Lempster), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Ice, fishing through, prohibited for five years in certain waters 27
provisions to protect against pollution 82
niiterate voters, assistance to 76
Improvement of swamp lands by draining or filling for advance-
ment of agriculture 91
Incorporations, See Corporations.
Index to records in office of secretary of state, appropriation for 104
Industrial school, state, appropriation for 107
Ingalls, Horace L., appropriation in favor of 110
Insane, New Hampshire Asylum for, See New Hampshire Asy-
lum for the Insane.
Insolvency, allowance to debtor 29
provision for unclaimed money in hands of assignee 10
228 Index. [1897.
Insolvent estates of persons deceased, notice and report of com-
missioner 24
Inspection of ballots 80
Inspection of state or county charitable or correctional insti-
tutions 88
Inspectors of election, appointment 73
duties 73-76
filling of vacancy 73
Instruction, cards of, for voting, to be furnished 72
to be posted 73
superintendent of public, See Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
Insurance commissioner may license New England Live Stock
Insurance Co. and may revoke license 207, 208
companies, reduction of reserve fund of certain 83
policies, surrender value of 35
when not forfeited 35
Inventory of savings bank deposit, what to contain 51
Island pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Itinerant vendors 38
Jackson, special school district constituted 135
James W. Hill Company 117
Jenness pond (Northwood and Pittsfield), fishing through ice
prohibited for five years 27
J. M. Stewart & Sons Co., appropriation in favor of 110
John B. Clarke Co., appropriation in favor of 110
Johnson, Fred L., appropriation in favor of 110
Joseph Freschl post. No. 94, G. A. R., Manchester naay appropri-
ate for rent of armory 125
Judge of probate for Rockingham county, salary raised 49
Judgment in police courts on default after notice 57
creditor dying, executor or administrator may have
execution 36
Julian, George N., appropriation in favor of 98
Kearns, James, appropriation in favor of lOS
Keeler, J. E., appropriation in favor of Ill
Keene, union school district of, exempted from chap. 65 58
Keyser lake (Sutton), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 27
Kingston, fishing through ice prohibited for five years, except in
Great pond and Greenwood lake 27
Laconia and Lake Village Water-Works, increase of stock au-
thorized 150
name changed to La-
conia Water Com-
pany 150
Electric Lighting Company, additional powers 163
Water Company 150
Lake Merriam (Brookfield), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 28
Squam, appropriation for buoys in 105
Sunapee, appropriation for lighting lighthouse on Loon
island and for buoys 104
Wentworth, fishing regulated 23
Winnipesaukee, appropriation for buoys and lights in. .. .101, 104
islands annexed 198
Lamb, William P., appropriation in favor of 110
Lancaster Academy may unite with union school district No. 1
of Lancaster 126
bonds authorized 127
union school district No. 1, Lancaster Academy may
unite with 126
1897.] Index.
Lancaster, union school district No. 1, may issue bonds 154
take land 155
Land, how state may take, for purposes of fish culture 26
Landlocked salmon not protected in certain cases 9
protected in Pleasant pond (New London)
and tributaries 29
Larkin, Josephine C, appropriation in favor of 110
Laws, See Public Statutes and Session Laws.
Lebanon, town or precincts may contract with Hartford Water
Company 130
Legislature, election of representatives to general court and of
senators 68
Library of state prison, appropi'iation for 80
state, administration of 14
expenditure limited 14
sale of revised register of soldiers and sailors of
New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion . . 95
shelving and furniture to be deemed incidentals of 14
{See also Somersworth.)
License fees for billiard or pool tables or bowling alleys of sum-
mer hotels, etc 32
Licenses of hawkers and peddlers 65
insurance companies 32
itinerant vendors 38
phj^sicians and surgeons 53
Lien for charges of officer taking anLmal 21
sawing lumber 7
Life insurance policies not forfeited in certain cases 35
surrender value of 35
Lisbon, establishment of police court legalized 194
salaries and fees of justices 194
Little pond (Northwood or vicinity), fishing through ice pro-
hibited for five years 27
Livermore, line between it and Bartlett established 128
Loan for use of state 20
Locations of electric lines, confirmation of 88
Londonderry, election legalized 119
fishing through ice prohibited for five years in all
ponds , 28
Long pond (Lempster, Northwood, Stoddard), fishing through
ice prohibited for five years 27
Loon island, appropriation for lighting lighthouse on 104
Louis Bell post. No. 3, G. A. E., Manchester may appropriate for
rent of armory 125
Lowell & Suburban Street Railway Company may take lease of
Nashua Street Railway 167
Lumber, lien for sawing 7
Lunacy, commission of, limitation of expense of persons sup-
ported at New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane by order of . . 90
McCoLLOM Institute, tmstees of, charter 176
Majority, when not required 76
Manchester Bank, charter amended 172
Children's Home, charter 157
city of, appropriation for rent of armories of G. A.
R. posts 125
semi-centennial celebra-
tion 117
charter amended 196
election and term of officers 172
fees to be paid to 204
re-funding authorized 120
water-loan bonds 120
Sash & Blind Company 128
Marking shelves or compartments, for voting 74
use of 75
230 Index. [1897.
Marriage notices of non-residents 18
Marshall pond (Unity), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 23
Mascoma Electric Light and Gas Company, charter amended.., 151
Light, Heat, and Power Company, charter amended.. 151
Masonic Orphans' Home, charter amended 145
Mayor of city may grant permits for riding of bicycles at any
speed, under certain circumstances 90
nominations for 70
M. D., title of, not to be used without authority 52
Medical examiners 52
Memorial Day, patriotic exercises in schools may be any day in
week of 16
Meredith village fire district may increase amount of bonds. . . . 155
Merriam lake, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 28
Merrimack county, names changed by probate court 93
River Heat, Light, and Power Company, charter 1G5
Metcalf, H. H., appropriation in favor of Ill
Miles, Edward L., appropriation in favor of 106
Militia, appropriation for 41
Miller, John R., appropriation in favor of 110
Minor children, adoption of, in certain cases 88
support of, at county almshouses 87
to be provided with homes 87
Moderator of school district, plurality elects 61
Monadnock House, exemption from taxation legalized 141
Money in hands of trustee or assignee in insolvency and un-
claimed, provision for 10
!Monroe, part of Bath annexed to 137
Moose protected 8, 12, 31
Morrison, Susie R., appropriation in favor of Ill
Mortgages, railroad may make to secure bonds 62
street railway may make to secure bonds 63
Moses, G. H., appropriation in favor of Ill
Mud pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Mules, taxation of 84
Muskrats protected 8
Nails or tacks not to be placed in highways, etc 51
Names changed :
Austin, Flint & Day Company to Manchester Sash & Blind
Company 128
by courts of probate 92
Court Concord, No. 7400, Ancient Order Foresters of America,
to Court Concord, No. 4, Foresters of America 118
Court Rockingham, No. 7539, Ancient Order Foresters of Amer-
ica, to Court Rockingham, No. 6, Foresters of America 154
First Congregational Society in Derry to The Central Congre-
gational Society in Derry 181
First Congregational Society of Wilton to First Unitarian
Congregational Society of Wilton Center 161
Laconia and Lake Village Water-Works to Laconia Water
ComxDany 150
Portsmouth Gas-Light Company to The Portsmouth Gas, Elec-
tric Light and Power Company 158
Weston & Hill Company to James W. Hill Company 117
Nashua, charter amended 177, 195
Street Railway may lease to Lowell & Suburban Street
Railway Co., and part of location may be abandoned 167
suburban cemeteries, trustees for 191
Telegraph Publishing Co., appropriation in favor of.. 110
Nason, Edward M., appropriation in favor of HI
National Guard, appropriation for 41
Neat stock, taxation of ^^
Newbury, sanitary district in 13
1897.]
Index. 231
New England Live Stock Insurance Company :
license to do business in this state may be granted 207
revocation of license 208
shall deposit certain funds 207
Newfields may contract with Newfields Electric Light, Heat,
and Power Co 203
Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company, charter. . 203
New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane :
auditing of trustees' accounts 83
conveyances to be made to state 99
investments and changes to be approved bv governor and coun-
cil '. 83
limitation of expense for persons removed by commission of
lunacy 90
plans and estimates to be approved by governor and council. . 83
title to property 99
New Hampshire Bible Society, charter amended 14G
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic .\rts :
approiiriations in favor of 96, 97
exempt from taxation 64
New Hamjishire Democratic Press Co., appropriation in favor of 110
National Guard, appropriation for 41
Newmarket Electric Light, I'ower, and Heat Company :
charter revived 152
amended 160
Newspaper tiles in state library 14
Newton, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Nichols, John J., appropriation in favor of 110
Nomination, certificates of 69, 70
punishment for offenses respecting.. 77
papers 69, 70
punishment for offenses respecting 77
Nominations of candidates for office 69, 70
Norxual school, appropriation for 103
North Woodstock Water Companj^, charter 169
Notes, promissory, no grace on 12
falling due Sunday or holidaj', when payable 12
Notice of actions in police courts 57
Odlin John W., appropriation in favor of 110
Office, tenure of, of railroad police officers 6
special police officers 63
Officers of nation, state, county, town, and ward, election of . . . . 68
O'Malley, Michael, appropriatioii in favor of 108
Ordinances respecting use of bicycles, city has no power to pass 90
Orphans' Home at Concord, charter amended 171
Otter pond (Sunapee and New London), fishing through ice pro-
hibited for five years 28
Overseers of the poor, duties with respect to minor children. ... 87
Oxen, taxation of 34
Pamphlet Laws, See Session Laws.
Papers, nomination 09, 70
punishment for offenses respecting 77
Parks of railroads and street railways 44
regulations concerning riding of bicycles in 89
Party, political, nominations b,y caucuses and conventions of.. 69, 70
of candidates, designation of, on ballots 71
Passes for travel on railroad S5
Pauper settlement in town not valid unless wholly gained within
ten years 28
Paupers, expense of state for, at New Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane, limited 90
Pearson, H. C, appropriation in favor of Ill
Peddlers, provisions as to licensing 65
232 Index. [1897.
Pension of disabled fireman 45
Peterborough & Shirley Eailroad, repeal of act for special com-
missioner 48
Petition, nomination by 69
Phalen, Frank L., appropriation in favor of 110
Pheasants protected 5
Physicians, licensing and registration of 53
provisions as to obtaining bodies to use for advance-
ment of anatomical science 25
Pierce, George E., appropriation in favor of 110
Place, George A., appropriation in favor of 110
Plaistow, fishing through ice i^rohibited for five years 27
Pleasant pond (Francestown), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 27
(New London), landlocked salmon, brook trout,
and aureolus protected 29
Plummer, Edward, appropriation in favor of 110
Plurality to elect in certain cases 76
Poles of electric companies, appeal from selectmen 10
assessment of damages therefrom. . 78
confirmation of locations 88
Police courts, jurisdiction of 21
judgment on default after notice 57
notice of actions 57
officers, railroad, to hold till appointment revoked 6
special, tenure of ofiice 63
Political party, nominations by caucuses and conventions of . . . . 69, 70
of candidates, designation of, on ballots 71
Polling places or booths, for voting 74
use of 75
Pollution of sources of ice supply, protection against 82
Pool tables, license fee for summer hotels, etc 32
Policies, See Insurance.
Poor, overseers of the, duties with respect to minor children. . . 87
Portsmouth, hours of check-list sessions 159
may take Puddle Dock. 162
Gas, Electric Light and Power Compan}^ 158
Gas-Light Companj^ name changed to Portsmouth
Gas, Electric Light and
Power Company 158
charter amended 158
Precinct, See Fire precinct.
Presidential electors, election of 68
Presler A. W., appropriation in favor of 110
Prison, See State prison.
Probate court, disposition of unclaimed money 10
to be held at Sanbornville 10
judge of, Rockingham county, salary raised 49
register of, Eockingham county, salary raised 49
{See also Insolvencj', insolvent estates.)
Promissory notes, no grace on 12
falling due Sunday or holiday, when jjayable 12
Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hampshire, charter
amended 134
Province lake (Effingham), fishing through ice prohibited for
five 3'ears 28
Provincial records of courts to be kept in state library' 47
Public places, articles likely to injure feet not to be placed in. . 51
schools. See School.
Public Statutes amended, etc.:
chapter 5, section 1. publication of Session Law« 81
10, section 33, expense of jiaupers removed to insane
asylum 90
21, section 4, boundary line between Belknap and Car-
roll counties 197
" 23, section 25, check-list sessions in Portsmouth 159
1897.]
Index.
233
Public Statutes amended, etc., continued:
chapter 24, sections 10-12, county auditors.
25, sect^ion 4, returns of votes
33
34
35
36
37
38
40
43
55
67
68
73
78
81
81
81
83
86
90
91
109
114
130
130
131
132
133
136
156
160
162
174
183
184
189
192
201
202
222
248
249
267
278
286
elections
sections 15, 16, preservation and inspection of bal-
lots
section 2, return of votes
section 4, 7, return of votes
section 2, return of votes
section 2, return of votes
section 4, objects for which town may appropriate
money
sections 25, 40, health officers
section 7, divisions 8, 9, taxation
highways for winter use
section 10, town may have jury trial on damages by
laying out of highway
highway agents
section 2, guideboards
section 6, damages from electric wires or poles. . . .
section 9, location of electric lines
section 18, confirmation of electric locations
section 6, pauper settlements
aid to indigent deaf and dumb persons
section 15, school district elections
schoolhouses
section 1, swamp lands
licenses of billiard tables, etc
sections 4, 5, closing of waters against fishing....
section 16, screens in public waters
sections 1, 3, 4, 5, game laws, quadrupeds
sections 2, 9, game laws, birds
section 4, game laws, birds
sections 1, 3, 4, advancement of anatomical science
section 4, capital of railroads
46, railroad bonds and mortgages
section 5, free transportation by railroad
29, railroad police officers
sections 8, 9, reports to and by bank commissioners
section 5, marriage notices
section 1, residence of register of probate
section 4, places for holding probate courts
section 1, inventory of savings bank deposit
section 2, insolvent commissioner's notice and re-
port
section 28, allowance to insolvent debtor
days of grace, etc
sections 4, 5, notice and proceedings in police court
section 8, jurisdiction of police courts
section 1, special police officers
sections 2, 3, 9, cruelty to animals
section 15, age of consent
sections 14, 15, salaries
section 17, salary
Puddle Dock declared a nuisance
may be taken by Portsmouth
Eabbits protected
Eaccoons protected
Railroad commissioners, duties with respect to increase of stock
or bonds
repeal of acts providing for special
parks
police officers to hold till appointment revoked
stocks and bonds provisions as to increase of
Bailroads, capital of, reduction of requisite amount
may make mortgages to secure bonds
84
23
77
80
23
23
23
23
22
37
3i
85
15
59
17
78
17
83
28
98
61
58
91
32
46
9
8
8,9
9
24, 25
60
62
85
6
67
18
11
16
51
24
29
12
57
21
63
21
30
49
42
162
162
8
8
19
48
44
6
19
60
62
234 Index. [1897.
Railroads, passes on 85
(»S'ee street railways.)
Eecords in office of secretary of state, appropriation for index-
ing 104
of provincial courts to be kept in state library 47
Regents of state boards of medical examiners .'iS
Register of probate, residence of 11
Rockingham county, salary raised 49
soldiers and sailors of New Hampshire in War of
Rebellion, sale of 95
Registration of physicians and surgeons 52
Repairs of state prison, appropriation for 81
Reporter, state, duties with respect to publicatioli of laws and
compensation therefor 81
Reports of bank commissioners 67
county auditors 84
departments 14
medical examiners 54, 55
treasiirers of institutions under bank commissioners 67
Representatives in congress, election of 6S
to the general court, election of 68
Republican Press Association, appropriation in favor of 110
Resignation of candidate for office 70
Return of votes 23
Richardson, Fred P., appropriation in favor of 110
Richmond, Edwin F., appropriation in favor of 108
Riley, Moses F., homestead annexed to union school district in
Bath 206
Roads, See Highways.
Robie, Calvin, appropriation in favor of 110
Robinson, A. H., appropriation in favor of Ill
Rochester, charter amended 182
may extend water pipes to Lebanon, Maine 184
Rockingham county, names changed by probate court 92
salary of judge and register of probate.. 49
Round pond (Barrington), fishing and bathing prohibited 59
Rumney, vote legalized 186
Sailors may buy revised register of soldiers and sailors of New
Hampshire in War of Rebellion for three dollars 95
Salaries of judge and register of probate, Rockingham county.. 49
solicitor, Hillsborough county 42
Salem, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Sales by hawkers and peddlers 65
itinerant vendors 38, 40
Salmon, landlocked, not protected in certain cases 9
jDrotected in Pleasant pond (New London)
and tributaries 29
Sanborn's pond (Gilmanton), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 27
Sanbornville, probate court to be held at 16
Sandown, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Sanitary district in Newbury established 13
Savings bank, bond of treasurer, if also cashier of national bank 61
deposits, how to be inventoried by administrator 51
charters :
Cheshire County Savings Bank of Keene 189
Gi-anite Savings Bank of Milford 187
Sawing lumber, lien for 7
School board, majority required to elect 61
in city, powers with respect to schoolhouses and
lots , 58
district, union, in Bath, homestead annexed 206
No. 20, in Concord, boundary of street lig'hting
precinct 134
homestead annexed 153
1897.]
Index. 236
School district, union, of Concord, exempt from chap. 65.... 58
homestead disannexed. . . . 206
No. 1, in Jackson, made a special school district 135
union, of Keene, exempt from chap. 65 58
union, No. 1, of Lancaster, Lancivster Academy
may unite with.. 126
powers granted.... 154
districts, collection of taxes in part of another town an-
nexed for school purposes 24
elections in 61
special, exempt from Laws 1893, chap. 72, sect. 6 24
house lot in city to be selected and purchased by school
board after appropriation by city councils 53
plans for erection or alteration in city to be ap-
proved by school board 58
state industrial, apjiropriation for 107
normal, appropriation for 103
Schools, public, patriotic exercises to be held during week in
which Memorial Day falls 16
Science, anatomical, amendment of laws for advancement of 25
Secretary of state :
appropriation for indexing records in office of 104
duties with respect to elections 69-73, 79, 80
licenses to hawkers and peddlers 65, 66
itinerant vendors 38-41
Second Orthodox Congregational Society of Nashua, charter... 168
Selectmen, construction and repair of highways and bridges to
be under direction of 59
may accept and protect trees 3G
grant permits for riding of bicycles at any
speed under certain circumstances 90
to fence public burial places 50
Senators, election of 68
Service of writs of police courts 57
Session laws, ijublication of 81
Session Laws amended, etc.:
1812, December 1, New Hampshire Bible Society 146
1826, June 24, Baptist Convention of the State of New Hamp-
Hampshire 140
1841, chapter 6 (private), section 3, special railroad commis-
sioner 48
1846, July 10, trustees of Protestant Episcopal Church in New
Hampshire 134
1850, chapter 1045, Portsmouth Gas Light Company 153
1051, trustees of McCollom Institute 176
1853, chapter 1404, Nashua 177
section 27, Nashua 195
1858, chapter 2161, section 5, special railroad commissioner... 48
1874, chapter 168, Orphans' Home at Concord 171
1876, chapter 137, school district No. 20 street lighting pre-
cinct in Concord 134
1881, chapter 225, Manchester Bank 172
242, water-works in Eochester 184
1883, chapter 86, indexing records in office of secretary of state 104
1883, chapter 194, Masonic Orphans" Home 145
240, Laconia & Lake Village Water-Works 150
1885, chapter 177, American Typographic Company 146
1887, chapter 247, Portsmouth Gas-Light Company 158
1889, chapter 5, lease, union, or purchase of railroad 20
190, Consolidated Light and Power Company 129
1891, chapters 3, 4, increase of capital by certain railroads 20
chapter 7, sections 6, 8, department reports and files of
newspapers 1*
241, section 14, salary of mayor of Eochester 182
sections 20-22, schools in Eochester 182
236
Index.
[1897.
Session Laws, etc., continued:
1891, chapter 263, section 1, water-works in Eochester 184
282, Newmarket Electric Light, Power, and Heat
Company 152, 160
288, section 1, Mascoma Light, Heat, and Power
Company 151
1893, chapter 8, third judicial district in county of Grafton. . . 63
section 1, disposition of unclaimed money on
settlement of estates 10
bounty on hawks 7
section 3, construction and repair of high-
ways 59
section 6, parts of towns annexed to adjoin-
ing towns for school purposes 24
section 8, administrator's inventory of sav-
ings bank deposit 51
section 2, wards of Somersworth 121
Consolidated Light and Power Company 129
section 6, Meredith village fire district 155
section 6, street commissioners in Nashua. . 195
section 2, voluntary corporations 43
section 1, patriotic exercises in schools 16
section 5, state library 14
section 3, street railways 48
municipal bonds act 127
building and loan associations 50
section 1, casualty insurance companies 32
ornamental and shade trees in highways .... 86
section 1, taxation 34
section 2 ,bond of treasurer of savings bank. . 61
sections 1, 3, 8, education and maintenance of
dependent minor children 87
jurisdiction of police courts 21
bridge across Sawyer's river 103
section 24, check-list sessions in Portsmouth 159
section 14, water- works in Chester 194
Mascoma Light, Heat, and Power Company.. 151
section 1, park commissioners in Nashua. . . . 177
1897, chapter 10, moose, caribou, and deer 31
Settlement of probate accounts, disposition of unclaimed money 10
Settlement of pauper in town invalid unless wholly gained
within ten years 23
Sewage, protection against, in sources of ice supply 82
Shade trees in highways, appropriation for protection of 86
Sharp-tail grouse protected 5
Shelldrakes not protected 8
Shelves for marking ballots 74
use of 75
Sherburne, Horace B., appropriation in favor of 110
Sidewalks, bicycles and tricycles not to be ridden on 89
definition of, for purposes of act 89
what may be included within act, if notice posted. ... 89
Silsby & Son, appropriation in favor of 110
Silver Lake Reservoir Company, charter 173
Smith's pond, fishing regulated 23
Society for the care of the South Cemetery in Portsmouth, N. H.,
charter 185
Societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, agents may
be authorized to make arrests 22
Soldiers may buy revised register of soldiers and sailors of New
Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion for three dollars 95
Soldiers' Home fund 97
Solicitor of Hillsborough county, salary raised 42
Somersworth, library 121
wards changed 121
Southern judicial district of Grafton county, venue when one
party is inhabitant of 62
Special police officers, tenure of office 63
14
72
171
177
231
285
1895, chapter 1
13
24
27
43
80
81
85
101
114
116
117
152
183
204
222
241
1897.] Index. 237
Special railroad commissioners, repeal of acts providing' for.... 48
school districts exemj)t from Laws 1893, chapter 72, sec-
tion 6 24
Specimens, collecting of for certain purposes permitted, under
fish and game laws 9
Squam lake, appropriations for buoys in 105
Squares, regulation concerning riding of bicycles and tricycles
in 89
Squaw cove (Sandwich), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Squirrels, gray, protected 8
Stacy pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice prohibited for five
years 28
Stark Mills, charter amended 203
State board of charities and correction, duties and powers with
respect to minor chil-
dren and their adop-
tion 87, 88
inspection of institu-
tions 88
secretary of state board
of health to be a mem-
ber 88
health, secretary to be a member of state board
of charities and correction 88
boards of medical examiners 52
campground, appropriation for 41
industrial school, appropriation for 107
institutions, charitable and correctional, inspection of . . . . 88
library, administration of 14
expenditure limited 14
sale of revised register of soldiers and sailors of
New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion 95
shelving and furniture to be deemed incidentals of 14
licenses of hawkers and peddlers 62
itinerant vendors 3S
physicians and surgeons 52
loan 20
may take land for purposes of fish culture 26
normal school, appropriation for 103
prison, appropriation for library 80
repairs 81
salary of chaplain 80
provision for deficiency of income 80
reporter, duties with respect to publication of laws and
compensation therefor 81
secretary of. See Secretary of state.
tax, assessment and collection of, for 1898 and 1899 78
treasurer relieved 33
duties with respect to unclaimed money 10
Statutes, See Public Statutes amended, Session Laws amended.
Stearns, Henry B., appropriation in favor of 110
Stewart, J. M., & Sons Co., appropriation in favor of 110
Stock, increase of, by railroads 19
neat, taxation of 34
trespassing in public burial places, owner liable 50
Strafford count 3% names changed by probate court 92
Stratford, vote legalized 199
Street railway companies may make mortgage to secure bonds. . 63
parks 44
capital of 48
Streets, articles likely to injure feet not to be placed in 51
regulations concerning riding of bicycles and tricycles
in 89
Sullivan county, names changed by probate court 94
Sunapee lake, appropriation for lighting lighthouse on Loon
island and for buovs 104
238 Index. [1897.
Suncook pond (Northwood), fishing through ice prohibited for
five years 27
Superintendent of county farm, auditing of accounts of 84
public instruction to be regent of state board
of medical examiners 53
Supreme court to appoint county auditors 84
venue when one party is inhabitant of southern
judicial district of Grafton county 62
Surgeons, licensing and registration of 52
provisions as to obtaining bodies to use for advance-
ment of science 23
Survival of actions 36
Swamp land, draining or filling of, for advancement of agri-
culture 91
Tacks or nails ,not to be placed in highways, etc 51
Tax, state, assessment and collection of, for 1898 and 1899 78
Taxation of horses, asses, mules, oxen, cows, and other neat
stock 34
(See Exemption.)
Taxes, collection of, for school purposes, in part of town an-
nexed to school district in another town 24
Telegraph lines, api)eal from selectmen's decision 17
assessment of damages 78
confirmation of locations 88
Telephone lines, appeal from selectmen's decision 17
assessment of damages 78
confirmation of locations 88
Tenure of office of railroad police officers 6
sjiecial police officers 63
Tie vote, provision in case of 76
Times Publishing Co., appropriation in favor of 110
Tires, rubber, injurious articles not to be placed in highways,
etc 51
Todd's pond (Bradford and Newbury), fishing through ice pro-
hibited for five years 27
Torr, Charles W., appropriation in favor of 110
Town boards of health 37
failure to maintain guide-boards 17
limitation of right to make by-law or regulation re-
specting use of bicycles and tric.vcles 90
license fees of hawkers and peddlers 66
itinerant vendors 39
may adopt chap. 78 (relating to caucuses and elections) . . 70
be trvistee of cemetery 10
object to commissioners' award of highway damages
and have trial by jury 15
pension disabled fireman 43
not liable for support of pauper, unless settlement wholly
gained within ten years 23
officers, election of 68
selectmen may accept and protect trees 36
of Bartlett, line between it and Livermore 128
Bath, part annexed to Monroe 137
Berlin incorporated as a city 112
Dalton, election legalized 119
Dunbarton, election and votes legalized 199
Franconia, proceedings legalized 207
Greenville, appropriation legalized 184
Holderness, vote legalized 118
Lebanon, contract authorized 130
Lisbon, police court 194
Livermore, line between it and Bartlett 123
Londonderry, election legalized 119
Monroe, part of Bath annexed 137
Newbury, sanitary district in 13
1897.] Index. 239
Town of Newfields, contract authorized 202
llumney, vote legalized 186
Stratford, vote legalized 199
Warner, contract authorized 175
Waterville, school money 143
Whitefield, contract authorized 200
Woodstock, contract authorized 170
For provisions about fishing through the ice in speci-
fied towns, See 27
Traps not to be set on others' land 43
Treasurer of county, auditing of accounts S4
savings bank, bond of, if also cashier of national
bank 61
school district, majority required to elect 61
Trees, ornamental and shade, appro^jriation for protection of.. 86
selectmen may accept and jjrotect 36
Ti'icycles, use regulated 89
Trout protected 35
in Pleasant pond (New London) and tributaries 29
Trustee of cemetery, town or city may be 10
unclaimed money in hands of 10
Trustees of McCollom Institute, charter 176
the Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hamp-
shire, charter amended 134
Unclaimed money in hands of trustee or assignee in insolvency 10
Union Publishing Co., apj)ropriation in favor of 110
school district No. 1 of Lancaster, Lancaster Academy
may unite with.. 126
may issue bonds. 154
take land... 155
of Concord exemx^ted from chap. 65 58
Keene exempted from chap. 65 58
United Gas and Electric Company may buy out Consolidated
Light and Power Company, issue stock and bonds 129
Vendors, itinerant 38
Venue, when part}' is inhabitant of southern judicial district of
Grafton county 62
Voluntary' corporations. See Corporations.
Voters, illiterate, blind, or disabled, assistance to 76
what, to be allowed within guard-rail 74
{See Elections.)
Votes, See Ballots, Elections.
return of 23
Voting, manner of 74, 75
Ward officers, election of 68
selectmen maj- accept and protect trees 36
Warner or fire districts may contract with Silver Lake Reservoir
Co 175
Water companies, precincts, etc.:
Bartlett village fire precinct 132
Water Company 132
Claremont Water- Works Company 156
Colebrook Water Company, charter 148
Hartford W^ater Company 130
Laconia & Lake Village Water Works 150
Water Company 150
Meredith village fire district 155
North Woodstock Water Company, charter. ., 169
Rochester 184
Silver Lake Reservoir Company, charter 173
from which ice is taken, protection of 842
rights, state may take for purposes of fish culture 26
Waters, public, placing of screens in 9
^U,
24a Index. [1897.
Waterville, need not assess school money when no resident
scholars 143
Webster lake, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 27
Welch, Laura J., appropriation in favor of 110
Wentworth lake, fishing prohibited 23
West Derry Sewerage Association, charter 141
Weston & Hill Company, name changed to James W. Hill Com-
pany 117
Whitcomb, William F., appropriation in favor of 110
Whitefield Electric Light Company, charter 200
may contract with Whitefield Electric Light Co 200
Wild deer protected 8, 12, 31
Willey, John H., appropriation in favor of 110
Willoughby, James H., appropriation in favor of 109
Windham, fishing through ice prohibited for five years 37
Winnipesaukee Gas and Electric Light Company, Laconia Elec-
tric Lighting Co. may buy out 165
lake, appropriation for buoys and lights in 101, 105
islands annexed 198
river, fishing through ice in certain waters con-
nected with, prohibited for five years 27
Winter highway may be laid out 85
Wires of electric companies, appeal from selectmen's decision. . 17
assessment of damages 78
confirmation of locations 88
Wolfeborough village, fire precinct of, may furnish electric
lights 178
raise or borrow
money 179
Woman's Hospital Aid Association of Concord, property exempt
from taxation 140
Women, age of consent raised 31
Woodstock may contract with North Woodstock Water Co. or
lease or buy works 170
Woodward, John, appropriation in favor of 110
Writs in police court, service of 57
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