LAWS
STATF. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1901.
LEGISLATliRc CONVENED JANLaRY, ADJOUKiNED AUPCH, 1901.
MANCHESTER, N. H.
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LAWS
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1901.
LEGISLATURE CONVENED JANUARY 2, ADJOURNED MARCH 22, 1901.
MANCHESTER, N. H.
Arthur E. Clarke, Public Printer.
1901.
STATE OFFICERS.
CHESTER B. JORDAN", Governor.
EDWARD N. PEARSON", Secretary of State.
SAMUEL H. STEARNS, Deputy Secretary of State.
SOLOIT A. CARTER, State Treasurer.
ALGERNON" WILLIS, Beputy State Treasurer.
ARTHUR E. CLARKE, Public Printer.
BERTRAM ELLIS, President of the Senate.
CYRUS H. LITTLE, Speaker of the House.
THOMAS F. CLIFFORD, Clerk of the Senate.
HENRY E. BROCK, Llerk of the House.
AUGUSTUS D. AYLING, Adjutant- General.
CHARLES E. COX, Warden of State Prison.
JOHN" C. LINEHAN", Insurance Coiamissioner.
ALPHEUS W. BAKER, ")
JOHN HATCH, V Bank Commissioners.
GEORGE W. CUMMINGS, j
HENRY M. PUTNEY, )
JOSIAH G. BELLOWS, \ Railroad Commissioners.
EDWARD B. S. SANBORN, J
CHANNING FOLSOM, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
LYSANDER H. CARROLL, Commissioner of Labor.
CHARLES A. DOLE, Secretanj Board of Equalization.
NTAHUM J. BACHELDER, Secretary of Board of Agriculture.
IRVING A. WATSON, Secretary of Board of Health.
ARTHUR H. CHASE, Librarian.
SUPREME COURT.
> Associate Justices.
ISAAC K BLODGETT, Chief Justice.
WILLIAM M. CHASE, ^
ROBERT M. WALLACE, |
FRANK K PARSONS,
ROBERT G. PIKE,
ROBERT J. PEASLEE,
JOHN E. YOUNG,
EDWIN G. EASTMAN, Attorney- General.
JOHN H. RIEDELL, Law Reporter.
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LAWS
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1901.
CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT TO CLOSE ICE FISHING IN LYME OR POST POND, IN THE
TOWN OF LYME.
Section 1 Section
1. Ice fishing in Lyme or Post pond 2. Takes effect on passage,
prohibited for lour years. 1
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. If any person shall fish through the ice on Lyme Fishing
or Post pond, so called, in the town of Lyme during the next on^Lymepond
four years from the passage of this act he shall be fined twenty prohibited,
dollars for each offense.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. S'lfaslalef
[Approved February 4, 1901.]
497
498
Chapters 2, 8.
CHAPTER 2.
[1901
AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AND IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 198 OF
THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING TO TRUSTEES OF ESTATES.
Section
1. Majority of trustees may act in all
cases, unless instrument otherwise
provides.
Section
2. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
3 it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Majority of
trustees may
act unless in-
strument
otherwise
provides.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. When more than one trustee is required to exe-
cute a trust, a majority of the trustees shall be competent to act
in all cases, unless the instrument or authority creating the trust
shall otherwise provide.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act takes eiFect upon its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 3.
AN ACT TO PERMIT GUARDIANS OF MINORS AND OF INSANE PERSONS,
AND TRUSTEES OF ESTATES, TO INVEST THEIR FUNDS IN CERTAIN
DEFINED STEAM RAILROAD SHARES.
Section l. Guardians and trustees may invest funds in certain railroad stocks.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Guardians
and trustees
may invest
funds in cer-
tain railroad
stocks.
Section 1. Guardians of minors and of insane persons and trus-
tees of estates may invest their funds, in addition to what is now
permitted by the laws of this state, in the stocks of leased steam
railroads located wholly or in part in the New England states,
whose rental is guaranteed by either of the following named rail-
road corporations, to wit : The Boston & Maine, the New York,
New Haven & Hartford, and the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad companies.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 4.
CHAPTER 4.
499
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXHIBITION OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND A DISPLAY OF ITS NATURAL
ATTRACTIONS, AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION OF 1901.
Section
1
Section
3. Seven thousand dollars appropri-
ated to carry out provisions of act.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Board of commissioners to Pan-
American exhibition may unite
with other states in erection of a
building.
2. Members of board to receive actual
expenses when necessarily absent
from their homes.
Whereas, There will be holclen a Pan-American exhibition
of arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine,
and sea, in the city of Buffalo, in the state of New York, in the
year 1901; and
Whereas, It is of great importance that the natural resources,
industrial development, and general progress of the state of
Kew Hampshire should be creditably displayed at said exposition ;
and
Whereas, A board of four commissioners and two vice-presi-
dents were appointed by His Excellency Governor Rollins, for
the purpose of exhibiting the resources, products, and general
development of the state of New Hampshire at said exposition.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the said board shall have power to unite with ^P^^l^^^^^^^
other New England states in the erection of a suitable building American
for the proper display of the natural attractions of the state at miy'^unite
a cost not to exceed five thousand dollars ; and to make such ar- ^^^^J^^^^^,
rano-ements for space as it may deem necessary, and to prepare won of
^ n 1 TT It , • t /• ^'^•J.^'•\ building.
the same for the proper display of articles tor exhibit at said
exposition.
Sect. 2. The members of the board appointed shall not be Members of
entitled to any compensation for their services out of the state rec^eive actual
treasury, except their actual expenses when necessarily absent ^^if/jj'^^^j.ea.
from their homes in the proper performance of their duties as saruy^absent
members of said board. homes.
Sect, 3. To carry out the provisions of this act the sum of seven
seven thousand dollars, including the aforesaid five thousand douars appro-
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby ap-^'"^*^'*-
propriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and the state treasurer is directed to pay the same
from time to time on the requisition of said board, upon approval
b y the governor.
'^Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. ^^^«a^g|f||*
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
600
Chapters 6, 6.
CHArTER 5.
[1901
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE DESECRATION OF MEMORIAL DAT.
Section
1. Towns may adopt police regula-
tions for observance of Memorial
Day.
Section
2. 'i akes eflFect on
Be. it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Towns may
adopt police
regulations
fo I- obser-
vance of Me-
morial Day.
Takes t-ffect
on passage.
Section 1. Towns may by by-laws provide police regulations
for the observance of Memorial Day, whereby interference with,
and disturbance of, the exercises held under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic for the observance of Memorial
T)Siy, by processions, sports, games, or other holiday exercises in
the vicinity of such memorial exercises may be prohibited, pre-
vented, and punished.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 6.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE RIGHTS OF GUARDIANS OF INSANE
PERSONS.
Section
1. The guardian of an insane person
may waive the provisions of a
■will in favor of ward.
Section
2. Takes efifect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Guardian of SECTION 1. The guardian of an insane person shall have the
maywaive^°" Same right that his ward would have, if sane, to waive the pro-
wiiiin^fa"vor^ visious of a will ill favor of his ward, intended to be in lieu of
of ward. dowcr, or curtesy (as the case may be), and distributive share,
and shall likewise have the power to release said ward's right of
dower or curtesy and his homestead right, and take for his ward
the same property and rights that the ward would take and have
if sane; and the guardian of such insane person shall have the
same right to an extension of the time within which such waiver
may be filed, by permission of the judge of probate, for good
cause shown, that the ward, if sane, would have.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 7.
CHAPTER 7.
501
AN ACT PKOVIDING FOR THE DECREASE OF THE NUMBER OF STATE
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BY THE GRADUAL UNION OF THOSE HAV-
ING SUPERVISION OP PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Section
1. Consolidation of trustees of state
library and board of library com
missioners provided tor.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes eflfect
on passage.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Vacancies hereafter occurrino- in the board of consolidation
„ , ,., 1 • ,1 1 ,1 • ;• L of trustees of
trustees ol the state hbrary otherwise than by the expiration ot a state library
prescribed term of office shall be filled from eligible persons who ubrar^^""^!^.^
are at the time members of the board of library commissioners. jJV^^VdSor.
'Eo vacancy hereafter occurring in the board of library commis-
sioners shall be filled if the filling of such vacancy would give that
board more than three members, but after the membership of
said board shall have been reduced to three by the occurrence
of vacancies by expiration of terms of office, death, resignation,
or otherwise, said board shall consist of only three members.
Vacancies occurring after its membership shall consist of only
three by virtue of" this act shall be filled by appointment of
eligible persons holding the office of trustee of the state library.
Whenever it shall transpire, under the operation of the provi-
sions of this act, that the personnel of both of said boards shall
be the same, thereupon all the duties now by law made incum-
bent upon said separate boards shall be performed by the single
board constituted as aforesaid ; and only one report, which shall
be biennial as now by law provided, shall be required or pub-
lished with respect to the business or recommendations of either
board after the union of both, as one board, shall have been per-
fected in accordance with the purpose of this act. JS'o more than
two members of the board of library comm'ssioners shall be ap-
pointed from one political party.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provi- Repealing
sions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take takes^effe^ct
effiict upon its passage. *^" v^^^^s^-
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
502
Chapter 8.
CHAPTER 8.
[1901
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4, CHAPTER 40 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO fflE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS.
Section l. Towns autliorized to distribute literature calling attention to their
resources and advantages.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Townsauthor-
ized to dis-
tribute litera-
ture calling
attention to
their resour-
ces and ad-
vantages.
Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 40 of the Public Statutes
is hereby amended by adding after the words " and other pub-
lic places," in the twenty-third line of said section, the follow-
ing: to issue and distribute circulars, pamphlets, photographs,
and other written or printed matter calling attention to the re-
sources and natural advantages of said towns, so that said sec-
tion as amended will read :
Sect. 4. Towns may, at any legal meeting, grant and vote
such sums of money as they shall judge necessary to support
schools; to build and repair schoolhouses ; to maintain the poor;
to lay out, build, and repair highways and sidewalks; to build
and repair bridges; to light streets; to repair meeting-houses
owned by the town so far as to render them useful for town
purposes; to encourage volunteer enlistments in case of war or
rebellion ; to procure and erect a monument or memorial build-
ing to perpetuate the memory of such soldiers belonging thereto
as may have sacrificed their lives in the service of their countrj-,
including a suitable lot therefor and fence for its protection ; to
defray the expense of decorating the graves of soldiers in the late
Rebellion, not exceeding two hundred dollars yearly; to provide
and maintain armories for military organizations stationed
therein which form part of the New Hampshire National Guard
or reserved militia, not exceeding two hundred dollars yearly
for each organization ; to provide means for the extinguishment
of fires; to establish and maintain public libraries and reading-
rooms for the free use of all the inhabitants of the town ; to
establish cemeteries, and parks or commons, and to improve
the same; to provide and maintain receiving-tombs; to set
out and care for shade and ornamental trees in highways,
cemeteries, commons, and other public places ; to issue and dis-
tribute circulars, pamphlets, photographs, and other written or
printed matter calling attention to the resources and natural
advantages of said towns; to provide and maintain suitable
coasting and skating places, not exceeding five hundred dollars
yearly; to procure the detection and apprehension of any person
committing a felony therein ; to prepare and publish the history
of the town; to maintain and record weather observations ; and
for all necessary charges arising within the town ; but no money
shall be raised or appropriated at any special town meeting ex-
cept by vote by ballot, nor unless the ballots cast at such meet-
1901]
Chapter 9.
503
ing shall be equal in number to at least one half of the number
of legal voters borne on the check-list of the town at the annual
or biennial election next preceding such special meeting; and
such check-list may be used at such meeting upon the request of
ten legal voters of the town.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
CHAPTER 9.
AN ACT TO PROTECT PUBLIC RIGHTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Foi-eign corporation or club not to
hold property for purpose of hunt-
ing, etc., unless first incorporated
by legislature.
Public waters, what are. No person
or corporation to have exclusive
privileges therein.
Section
3. Supreme court may restrain viola-
tions of act by injunction.
4. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
5. Not to be construed as abandonment
of state's riglii in ponds contain-
ing between ten and twenty aci'es.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represcnialiues in General
Court convened:
Section 1. l!^o foreign corporation, association, club, or simi-^oi'ei?"cor-
.. iniiTi r ' • -K^ poration not
lar organization shall hold or hereafter acquire property m IN ew to hold prop-
Hampshire for the purpose of hunting, fishing, sporting, or pol^^of'^"^"'
recreation, without first becoming incorporated by the legisla-}Jn5es"|Vst^'
ture of this state. incorporated by legislature.
Sect. 2. All natural bodies of fresh water having an area ofpubucwaters,
twenty acres or more are public waters, and are held in trust by no person or
the state for public use ; and no foreign or domestic corporation to ilavTex-^
or individual shall have or exercise in any such body of water cinsiveprivi-
any rights or privileges not common to all citizens of this state.
Sect. 3. The supreme court shall have j)ower by injunction or supreme
other appropriate process to restrain any corporation, associu- enjoin^ioia-
tion, club, or similar organization, and any member, servant, or^^°°^'
agent thereof, from occupying, using, or enjoying any property
held or acquired in this state in violation of the provisions of
this act.
Sect. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provi- Repealing^
sions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take takes effect on
effect upon its passage. passage.
Sect. 5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as an No abandon-^
abandonment or waiver of any right of the state in fresh water ™|ht?npomi9
ponds containing between ten and twenty acres. twe^nty^acres.
[Approved February 14, 1901.]
604
Chapters 10, 11.
[1901
CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT RELATING
TO DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS," PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION,
1899.
Section 1. Punishment of owner of dojj in certain cases.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Iiepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Punishment SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 28 of the Laws of 1899 is
dogTn certain hereby amended by striking out the words " wild or domestic"
in the fourth line and inserting before the word "creature"
in said fourth line the word domestic, so that said section as
amended shall read as follows :
Section 1. Any owner of a dog to whom notice has been
given that such dog, when at large,' had been discovered pursu-
ing or harassing nioose, caribou, deer, or sheep, or injuring any
do'mestic creature, shall be fined five dollars for the second and
each subsequent occasion on which said dog shall be so dis-
covered; and if any dog, at any time, shall maim, injure, or de-
stroy any of the animals protected by this act, the owner there-
of shall be fined, in the case of a wild animal, the same amount
which the statutes impose upon persons for killing the same
animals contrary to law.
[Approved February 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 11.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE COUNTY
OF CARROLL.
Salary of
solicitor of
Carroll
county.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section
1. Salary of solicitor of CarroU county
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepreseniaiives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the salary of tlie solicitor of the county of
Carroll shall hereafter be four hundred dollars per annum, pay-
able 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 February 14, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 12, 13. 605
CHAPTER 12.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7 OF CHAPTER 125 OF THE
PUBLIC STATUTES, IN RELATION TO SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.
Section
1. Duties of town sealers of weights
and measures.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 125 of the Public Statutes is Duties of
hereby amended by striking out in the second line, after the ^^^®^^g°^^^^
word " year " and before the word " visit " the following words : measures,
within three months next after the lirst of April, so that said
section when amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 7. Every sealer of weights and measures in a town or
city shall once in each year, within three months next after the
first of April, visit and examine every place where scales or
measures are used for the purchase or sale of any goods or com-
modities, and shall examine all such scales or measures.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. on pa^slfje.*
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 13.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 110 OF THE
PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING TO SMALLPOX AND PESTILENTIAL
DISEASES.
Section
1. Physicians to report to health officers
or selectmen.
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. That section 3 of chapter 110 of the Public P^^y^^jf^^^"^ *«
Statutes be amended by striking out all after the word " ofiicers," health officers
in the fourth line of said section, and inserting instead thereof °^ selectmen,
the following : or in their absence, to the selectmen of the
town. If any physician shall neglect so to do, he shall be fined
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding ninety
days, or both, so that said section as amended shall read :
Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of every physician who attends
upon any person infected with the smallpox, the malignant
cholera, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other malignant pestilential
506
CUAPTER 14.
[1901
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
disease, immediately to report the same to the health officers, or,
in their absence, to the selectmen of the town. If any
physician shall neglect so to do, he shall be fined one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding ninety days, or both.
Sect. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed and this act shall take efiect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 14.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE FISH HATCHERIES OF THE STATE AND TO
THE MATTER OF THE PROPAGATION OF FISH.
Section
1. Certain flsli hatcheries to be abol-
ished.
2. Remaining hatcheries to be changed
and improved.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Certain
hatcheries to
be abolished.
Remaining
hatcheries to
be changed
and im-
proved.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The fish and game commissioners are hereby
authorized and empowered to abolish and dispose of such of
the fish hatcheries of the state as, in the opinion of the governor
and council, should be abolished; and they are hereby directed
to turn the funds resulting from such sales into the state treas-
ury.
Sect. 2. Said commissioners are further authorized and em-
powered, subject to the approval of the governor and council, to
so change and improve the remaining hatcheries as to enable
them to rear the fry hatched therein to fingerlings before
placing them into the waters of the state ; and the governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon any sums in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the necessary ex-
pense of such improvements.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 15.
CHAPTER 15.
507
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF SCHOLARS WHO
ESCAPE FROM THE ' INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Section
4. Right of trustees to clisoharge scholar
not affected.
5. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Section
1. Escape fi-om industrial school, how
punished.
2. If committed during term of minor-
ity, escape punishable how.
3. If original sentence was confinement
in state prison, such order to be
made by supreme court.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
ishable how.
Section 1. Any minor lawfully committed to the industrial Escape from
school, who shall escape or depart therefrom without the con- seJ^ooj^f/o^
sent of the trustees or the superintendent of said school, may, puiiisiieci.
upon conviction thereof, be ordered by the court before whom
said ofl'ender shall be brought to be kept and instructed in said
school for a term not exceeding six months in addition to the
term set forth in the original order for his or her committal to
said school, provided said additional term shall not extend be-
yond such scholar's arriving at the age of twenty-one years.
Sect. 2. Any minor who has been committed to the indus- if committed
trial school for the term of during minority, and escaping or de- of"mmority!
parting therefrom as mentioned in section 1 of this act, may escape
upon conviction thereof be punished therefor after the expira-
tion of the term in the industrial school by imprisonment in the
house of correction to which such minor was originally sentenced
for a term not exceeding sixty days.
Sect. 3. In case the original sentence was confinement inif original
state prison, such order shall be made by the supreme court. tostatepris^''
on, such order to be made by supreme court.
Sect. 4. ISTothing in this act shall prevent the discharge of aRightoftrus-
scholar by the trustees in their discretion, as now provided by ^®^^^*^^i^-
law.
Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its pas- clause; act
sage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
harge
scholar not
affected.
608
Chapter 16.
CHAPTER 16.
[1901
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESTRICTION OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES.
Section
1. Physicians may quarantine dwell-
ings in case of infectious or con-
tagious disease.
2. Every person to report malignant
communicable disease existing in
liis household.
3. Health officers to establish quaran-
tine after notice.
4. Quarantined premises to be pla-
carded.
5. Local health officers to report to
state board of health.
Section
6. Health officers to disinfect premises,
■when and how.
7. Infected or exposed child not to at-
tend scliool.
8. Local health officers to attend meet-
ings of state board of health when
requested.
9. Violation of provisions and regu-
lations thereunder, penalty.
10. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
e it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Physicians
may quaran-
tine dwell-
Every person
to report cer-
tain diseases
in bis house-
hold.
Health
officers to es-
tablish quar-
antine after
notice.
Quai-antine
premises to
be placarded.
Section 1. A physician called upon to attend a sick person,
and who finds the cause of such sickness to be of a contagious
or infectious character and the general public likely to be
endangered thereby, may quarantine such person's residence at
once and report the fact to the board of health. Such quaran-
tine shall continue in force until relieved or revoked by the
board of health.
Sect. 2. Whenever any person knows or has reason to be-
lieve that any member of his family or household (boarder,
roomer, or visitor) has either smallpox, diphtheria, membranous
croup, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, measles, or any other malig-
nant communicable disease, he shall, within twenty-four hours,
if no physician is in attendance, give notice thereof to the local
board of health of the town or city in which he resides, and such
notice shall be given either verbally to one of the health officers,
or by a communication addressed to the board of health and
duly mailed within the time specified.
S'ect. 3. The board of health, upon being notified of the exis-
tence of either of the four diseases first named in section 2, or of
other malignant pestilential disease, shall immediately quaran-
tine the infected house, premises, or rooms, so as efiectually to
isolate the case, and the family if necessary, in such a manner
as will prevent the spread of the disease.
Sect. 4. Whenever a house, tenement, or room is placed in
quarantine, a placard shall be posted in a conspicuous position,
giving the name of the disease and also containing the following
quarantine order : " All persons are strictly forbidden to enter
or leave these premises without special permit from the board of
health. All persons are strictly forbidden to remove this card
without orders from the board of health."
1901] Chapter 17. 509
Sect. 5. Upon the appearance of either of the diseases named ^j°'^^'^\.^^®^\^^^_
in section 2 in any town or city in the state, the board of health poit^to state
shall make an immediate report to the state board of health '^°'^^"'^-
upon blanks furnished for that purpose, and shall there-
after make a weekly report as long as the disease continues,
stating number of cases, number of infected houses, fatality,
and such other facts as may be required by the state board of
health.
Sect. 6. At a proper time after the convalescence or ^leath H^aith^ ^^ ^^.^
of the infected person or persons, the board of health shall cause fntea prem- "
the infected premises to be thoroughly disinfected and cleansed, Jfowr^^'' '^"'^
so as effectually to destroy all contagion, said work to be carried
out according to methods indorsed and recommended b}^ the
state board of health, after which the said premises may be
released from quarantine.
Sect. 7. No parent, guardian, person, or persons having the infected or
custody of any child, shall permit such child, if infected with any cMid^not to
communicable disease, or has been exposed to such, to attend '^"*'''*^^''^'°°^-
any public or private school.
Sect. 8. It shall be the duty of a health officer, or a repre-Loc^^J^ health
sentative of a local board of health, to attend a meeting of the attend
state board of health, when requested by the latter, for consulta- ^Ite^boaid.
tion in the restriction and prevention of contagious and infec-
tious diseases, or for the consideration of other important san-
itary matters.
Sect. 9. Any person who knowingly violates an}- provision vioia,tion8 of
of this chapter, or any regulation established by authority of aid^regu?!-
this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for eachauy!' ^^^'
offense.
Sect. 10. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its pas- takes effect
sage. on passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 17.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4, CHAPTER 40 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS.
Section l. Towns may raise money to defray expenses of observing Old Home Week.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentativcs in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That section 4 of chapter 40 of the Public Statutes Towns may
be amended by inserting after the words " weather observations " to defray"ex-
the following : to defray the expenses of observing Old Home s|i^^fng°oid^"
Week, so that said section as amended shall read as follows : Ho™e week.
510 Chapter 17. [1901
Sect. 4. Towns may, at any legal meeting, grant and vote
such sums of money as they shall judge necessary to support
schools; to build and repair schoolhouses ; to maintain the
poor; to lay out, build, and repair highways and sidewalks; to
build and repair bridges; to light streets; to repair meeting-
houses owned by the town so far as to render them useful for
town purposes ; to encourage volunteer enlistments in case of
war or rebellion; to procure and erect a monument or memorial
building to perpetuate the memory of such soldiers belonging
thereto as may have sacrificed their lives in the service of their
country, including a suitable lot therefor and fence for its pro-
tection ; to defray the expense of decorating the graves of sol-
diers in the late Rebellion, not exceeding two hundred dollars
yearly ; to provide and maintain armories for military organiza-
tions stationed therein which form part of the New Hampshire
l^ational Guard or reserved militia, not exceeding two hundred
dollars yearly for each organization ; to provide means for the ex-
tinguishment of fires; to establish and maintain public libraries
and reading-rooms for the free use of all the inhabitants of the
town; to establish cemeteries, and parks or commons, and to
improve the same; to provide and maintain receiving-tombs;
to set out and care for shade and ornamental trees in high-
ways, cemeteries, commons, and other public places ; to pro-
vide and maintain suitable coasting and skating places, not
exceeding five hundred dollars yearly ; to procure the detection
and apprehension of any person committing a felony therein ;
to prepare and publish the history of the town ; to maintain
and record weather observations; to defray the expenses of
observing Old Home Week ; and for all necessary charges
arising within the town ; but no money shall be raised or
appropriated at any special town meeting except by vote by
ballot, nor unless the ballots cast at such meeting shall be
equal in number to at least one half of the number of legal
voters borne on the check-list of the town at the annual or bien-
nial election next preceding such special meeting; and such
check-list m.ay be used at such meeting upon the request of
ten legal voters of the town.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
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Chapters 18, 19.
511
CHAPTER 18.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 77 OF THE LAWS
OF 1899, ENTITLED " AN ACT TO EQUALIZE THE SCHOOL PRIVI-
LEGES OF THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE STATE."
Skction
1. state not to pay one half of salary
of superintendent of schools of
cities.
S ECTION
Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1.
p,, school super-
'^^^" intendentsof
Amend section 3 of chapter 77 of the Laws ofstatenotto
1899, by striking out the words "whose equalized valuation saiary^oT^ '^
does not exceed $2,000,000," and adding after the word
titled" in the last line thereof the words, This section shall cities.
not apply to cities, so that said section as amended shall read as
follows :
Sect. 3. Any town or special district which shall unite
wdth one or more districts to form a supervisory district which
shall employ as superintendent, at an annual salary, a person
holding a permanent state teacher's certificate and shall certify
through its chairman and secretary such facts to the state treas-
urer, shall be entitled to one half its apportioned share of said
salary, said sum to be paid by him in December of each year to
the town treasurer of each town in said supervisory district,
upon sworn statement of the state superintendent of public
instruction certifying as to what amount each town is entitled.
This section shall not apply to cities.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 19.
an act in amendment of section 2, CHAPTER 93 OF the pub-
lic statutes, relating to scholars.
Section 1. Children to be vaccinated before attending parochial or private schools.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 2, chapter 93 of the Public Statutes is children to be
hereby amended by inserting in the first line, after the word^^?^.!"
before attend-
" pubHc," the following words, parochial, or private, and after '"gpai-ocinai
the last w^ord in the section the words, and this section shall be schooYs^'^^
5J2
Chapters 20, 21.
[1901
enforced by the board of health, so that the section as amended
shall read :
Sect. 2. ISTo child shall attend any public, parochial, or pri-
vate school unless he has been vaccinated or has had the small-
pox, and this section shall be enforced by the board of health.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 20.
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE USE OF MACHINES INTENDED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF WINNING MONEY OR OTHER THING BY CHANCE OR
HAZARD.
Section
1. Slot machines for winning money
declared to be gambling imple-
ments.
Section
a. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Slot machines
for winning
money de-
clared gam-
bling imple-
ments.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. Any slot machine or other machine or appliance
intended for the purpose of winning money or any other thing
by chance or hazard is hereby declared to be a gambling imple-
ment, and all laws relating to gambling implements shall be
deemed and taken to include all such machines and appliances
as aforesaid.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 21.
AN act relating TO INSANE CRIMINALS.
Section
1. Criminal pleading insanity may be
committed to state asylum for ex-
amination.
2. If not of sufficient means, to be sup-
ported by state.
Section
3. Repealing clause ; act takes efTect on
passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Criminal SECTION 1. When a persou is indicted for any oifense, or
?antty may be is Committed to jail on any criminal charge to await the action
com^tted to Qf ^Y^Q grand jury, any justice of the court before which he is to
examination, be tried, if a plea of insanity is made in court, or said justice is
1901]
Chapter 22.
513
notified that such plea will be made, may, in term time or vaca-
tion, order such person into the care and custody of the su-
perintendent of the state asylum for the insane, to be detained
and observed by him until further order of the court, that the
truth or falsity of the plea may be ascertained.
Sect. 2. The person so committed shall be there supported ^[J^°*^^|^J-
at his own expense, if he has sufficient means; otherwise, at the state to sup-'
expense ot the state.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act ^j|p||1^^|j.
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its takes effect
•^ ^ ^ on passage.
passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 22.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19, CHAPTER 175 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETURN OF THE RECORD OF
DIVORCES BY CLERKS OF THE SUPREME COURT TO THE REGISTRAR
OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Section
1. Clerks of court to make return of
divoi-ces to registrar of vital sta-
tistics.
Section
2. Fees of clerks to be paid by counties.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The clerks of the supreme court shall, as soon ascierk-sof
possible after the passage of this act, return to and upon cards or porrdi'^o^i^es
blanks furnished by the registrar of vital statistics a record of ^'J ^fgf ^g^j.|^jjg_
all divorces now in their office decreed since June 1, 1858, giv- tics,
ing the full Christian and surname and residence of the parties,
the date of the decree, together with the date and place of mar-
riage if the same is set forth in the libel, and at the close of each
term hereafter they shall make like return of the divorces
granted by the court.
Sect. 2. County clerks shall receive ten cents for the return Fees to be
of each divorce, to be paid by the county in which said divorce counties,
occurs, and the treasurer of any county shall, upon presentation
of the bill for such services duly approved by the county com-
missioners, draw his warrant therefor.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
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Chapter 23.
CHAPTER 23.
[1901
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A LABORATORY OF HYGIENE.
Section
1. State board of health may establish
laboratory of hygiene.
2. Board to employ chemist.
3. Examination m cases of disease.
4. Board may publish quarterly bulle-
tin of work.
Laboratory investigations free to
people of this state.
Appropriation for laboratory and
expenses.
Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted lij tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
s^ate^boai'd ot SECTION 1. The state boarcl of health is authorized to establish
establish and equip a laboratory with the proper and necessary apparatus,
hygien\°^^°* utcusils, and instruments for the chemical and bacteriological
examination of water supplies, milk, food products, drugs, etc.,
and the investigation of cases and suspected cases of diphtheria,
typhoid fever, tuberculosis, pneumonia, malaria, glanders, and
other infectious and contagious diseases.
piorcheS. Sect. 2. The said board shall employ a chemist, and shall, as
far as practicable, make investigations and analyses of public
w^ater supplies, and of foods and drinks offered for sale in our
markets, and shall conduct investigations along these lines, with
a view to discovering adulterated and fraudulent products, and
shall enforce the law relative to the same, as provided for in
chapter 269 of the Public Statutes.
Sect. 3. The board shall also provide for the bacteriological
examination of cases and suspected cases of diphtheria, typhoid
fever, tuberculosis, glanders, and such other diseases as it may
deem necessary, including any diseased condition that may be
found in slaughtered animals, and in cases of infectious diseases
shall report its findings immediately, by telegraph or telephone,
to the physician requesting the same.
Sect. 4. The state board of health may publish quarterly in a
tei-^y bulletin, bulletin the results of the analytical w^ork done in said labora-
tory, naming fraudulent and adulterated articles of food found'
on sale in this state, together with such other information relat-
ing to sanitary matters as it may deem advisable, and the said
board shall conduct its investigations along such lines as it may
deem to be for the greatest public utility. It shall make
special investigations into the character and quality of the water
supplies of any locality in the state when requested by any
board of water commissioners, board of health, or by consumers.
Sect. 5. All investigations conducted in the said laboratory
shall be free to the people of this state.
Sect. 6. The sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appro-
priated for the purpose of procuring the proper and necessary
apparatus, utensils, and instruments for the equipment of such
laboratory, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or as much
thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated for each of the
Examination
in case ot
disease.
Board may
publish quar
Laboratory
investiga-
tions free.
Appropria-
tion for labo-
ratory and
expenses.
1901]
Chapter 24.
years 1901 and 1902 to pay the necessary expenses of said labo-
ratory, the purchase of suppUes, and. such other incidentals as
may be required, which sums shall be expended under the
supervision and direction of the state board of health, and all
expenditures shall be audited by the governor and council.
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
515
Takes effect
CHAPTER 24.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND TO THE TERMS
OF COURT IN GRAFTON COUNTY.
Section
1. Laws cvealing judicial districts in
Grafton county repealed.
2. Provision saving actions pending
according to former laws.
Terms of supreme court for Grafton
county.
Provision saving writs returnable
and business in order according
to former laws.
3.
4.
Section
5. When grand juries shall attend .
6. Provision for continuances.
7. Petit jurors, from what towns sum-
moned.
8. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. So much of chapter 21 of the Public Statutes andj^^Y^^.cre^f mg
so much of any other existing act or law as divides the county tricts in Graf-
/i^r. ••T-TT'-i 1 11 ton county
of Grafton into judicial districts is hereby repealed. repealed.
Sect. 2. All writs, process, and other court proceedings now Provision
pending in the supreme court for either of the judicial districts tfongfjending
as heretofore existing shall be in order and treated as pending ^tf^^:^l\}'^s^°
the next term of the supreme court for the county of Grafton at
the time and place therefor herein provided, the same as if
originally made returnable there and then or previously con-
tinued thereto, and after the passage of this act all writs and
other process to be entered in said court in said county shall be
made returnable at the next term for which due notice or service
can be given or made.
Sect. 3. The terms of said court for the county of Grafton J«^™« «^f^^;^J-
shall be held as follows, viz.: On the first Tuesday in May atfor^«i^fton
Plymouth ; on the second Tuesday in September at Haverhill ;
on the third Tuesday in November at Lebanon. A term shall
also be held on the third Tuesday of February, at which writs
and process may be entered, actions defaulted or nonsuited,
answers made, orders considered and determined, trials had by
agreement on issues to the court, and judgments ordered. A
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[1901
Provision
saving writs
returnable
and business
in order ac-
cording to
former laws.
When grand
juries shall
attend.
Provision for
continuances
Petit jurors;
fron:i what
towns sum-
moned.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
jury or juries ma}- be summoned for attendance at said term only
for extraordinary cause in the discretion of the court. Said
February term shall be held at Haverhill in 1902, at Plymouth
in 1903, at Lebanon in 1904, and thereafterwards at those places
in rotation in the same order.
Sect. 4. All writs or other process issued or made returnable,
prior to the time when this act shall take eftect, to any term of
said court in either of said judicial districts as heretofore
existing shall be in order and treated as duly returnable at the
first term occurrins: under the provisions of this act. All
business which would be in order or pending before said court
at the next term in each of the said judicial districts as hereto-
fore existing shall be in order and pending for disposition in
said first term under the provisions of this act, the same as if
originally continued to, entered, pending, or in order for dispo-
sition in it. If notice or service in any proceeding shall have
been given of the entry or pendency of any writ, petition, bill,
or other process for any term other than the first term provided
for by this act, new notice maybe ordered and served as justice
may require. Trial of causes pending in said court for said
county shall be had in the judicial district, as heretofore existing,
in which the parties or either of them reside, provided that the
court for cause may order a trial in any district as heretofore
existing, subject to such terms as the court may deem equitable.
Sect. 5. Grand juries shall be summoned for attendance at
each of said terms provided for by this act, unless the court or
some justice thereof in vacation, at the request of the attorney-
general and solicitor, shall seasonably advise the clerk of court
for said count}' that the summoning of a grand jury, for the next
term following the date of such advice, is not required.
Sect. 6. Continuances of matters and things pending before
■ said court at any of the terms provided for by this act, unless
such matters and things are to be disposed of in vacation, shall
be to the next term of said court wherever it shall be held under
the provisions of this act in said count3^
Sect. 7. Jurors for service at each of the three places above
specified may be summoned from the towns in the territory con-
stituting the judicial district in which such shire town is situated,
as such district existed at the time of the passage of this act.
Sect. 8. This act shall take eflfect on its passage and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with its provisions are hereby re-
pealed.
[Approved February 20, 1901. J
1901]
Chapter 25.
CHAPTER 25.
517
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 17, 38, 40, 98, 102, AND 130 OF
CHAPTER 59 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1895, IN RELATION TO
THE MILITIA.
Section
1. Adjutant-general to applj' snms re-
ceived for military property lost
and destroyed, or sold and con-
demned, to use of National Guard;
regimental and battalion field and
staff ; brigade commander and
staff; officers may be ordered to
Section
purchase rations for enlisted men;
pay for care of certain records ;
officers may be placed on retired
list after ten years' service.
2. Repealing clause; act lakes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court co7ivened:
Section 1. That sections 17, 38, 40, 98, 102, and 130 of Adjutant-^
chapter 59 of the Session Laws of 1895 shall be and hereby are appiy'certain
amended. _ " ^Tffi^n^aT
That section 17 shall be amended by adding thereto after ^"^^''•
the word " expense," in the last line, the following words :
All sums which have been or may hereafter be received by the
adjutant-general for military property lost or destroyed, or con-
demned and sold by authority of the commander-in-chief, shall
be applied to the use of the National Guard by the adjutant-
general, and shall be accounted for by him to the governor and
council, so that said section shall read:
Sect. 17. He shall deliver from the arsenals suitable camp
equipage, tents, and utensils for use of a regiment or brigade,
when a regimental or brigade encampment is ordered, and after
such encampment receive and carefully keep the same for the
use of troops next ordered into camp ; and if such equipage is
not in the arsenals at the time of such encampment being
ordered by the commander-in-chief, he shall purchase or pro-
vide such camp equipage, tents, and utensils as ma}' be re-
quired, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for
the necessar}^ cost or expense. All sums which have been or
may hereafter be received by the adjutant-general for military
property lost or destroyed, or condemned and sold by authority
of the commander-in-chief, shall be applied to the use of the
National Guard by the adjutant-general and shall be accounted
for by him to the governor and council.
That section 38 shall be amended by striking out the words. Regimental
"each with the rank of captain," after the word "chaplain" in I'^f^^tuf staff,
the ninth line and the word " each " in the eleventh line, and
inserting the words, each with the rank of captain, after the
word " vacant " in the eleventh line, so that said section shall
read:
Sect. 38. To each regiment of infantry there shall be one
colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major for each four com-
518 Chapter 25. [1901
panies, and a regimental staff, to be appointed by the colonel
and removable at his pleasure, to consist of one surgeon with
the rank of major, one assistant surgeon with the rank of captain,
both of whom shall be graduates of some incorporated school of
medicine and shall be practicing physicians, one paymaster who
shall be the mustering officer and who shall give the bond re-
quired in section 23, and one chaplain, one adjutant, one quarter-
master who shall act as paymaster when the office of paymaster
is vacant, each with the rank of captain, and one inspector of
rifle practice, with the rank of first lieutenant, and a non-com-
missioned staff, to consist of one sergeant-major, one quarter-
master-sergeant, one commissary-sergeant, one hospital steward
who shall be a registered pharmacist, one drummajor, and one
chief trumpeter, who shall be regularly enlisted,
malwerand" That scction 40 shall be amended by striking out the word
staff. " and" after the word " counsellor-at-la\v " in the seventh line,
and the words " one quartermaster" after the word " major " in
the eighth line, and inserting the words, and one quarter-
master, after the word " practice " in the eighth line, so that
said section shall read :
Sect. 40. To each brigade there shall be a brigadier-general,
v.ho shall appoint and may remove at pleasure one assistant
adjutant' general, one medical director who shall be a graduate
of some incorporated school of medicine and a practicing
physician, each with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; one assistant
inspector-general who shall be the mustering officer for un-
attached companies, one judge-advocate who shall be a coun-
sellor-at-law, one inspector of rifle practice, and one quarter-
master, each with the rank of major; one commissary, two aides-
de-camp, each with the rank of captain ; and a non-commissioned
staff consisting of one sergeant-clerk, one trumpeter, and one
color-bearer, each of whom shall rank as sergeants of cavalry ;
one quartermaster-sergeant, who shall rank as post quartermaster-
sergeant; and one hospital steward who shall be a registered
pharmacist, — all of whom shall be regularly enlisted. He shall
also enlist, or cause to be enlisted, a signal corps and a hospi-
tal corps. The assistant inspector-general of the brigade shall
be liable to be detailed as assistant to the inspector-general, in
which case he shall report directly to the inspector-general,
oflacersmay That scction 98 shall be amended by adding to the section
pmximse^m° after the word " dollars," in the last line, the words, provided
listed m^en'?" ^^^^^ ^^^ commander-in-cliief may, in his discretion, order the
proper officers to purchase and issue rations to the enlisted men
during an encampment, in which case the actual cost of the
rations for each man shall be deducted from his pay for atten-
dance at such encampment, so that said section shall read :
Sect. 98. The adjutant-general shall act as paymaster-gen-
eral, and shall have the general charge and supervision of all ex-
penses and pay for the militia in the service of the state. There
shall be paid for attendance and performance of duty of such offi-
cers and soldiers as shall be specially ordered for duty by the
1901] Chapter 25. 519
commander-in-chief, or to attend encampments, parades, and
schools of instruction as provided in this title, to each the follow-
ing sum for each day actually on duty, the inspector-general
excepted : To brigadier-generals, seven dollars ; to colonels, six
dollars; to lieutenant-colonels, five dollars; to majors, four dol-
lars and. fifty cents; to captains mounted, four dollars; to cap-
tains not mounted, three dollars and fifty cents; to lieutenants
mounted, three dollars and fifty cents; to lieutenants not
mounted, three dollars; to non-commissioned stafl" oflicers, two
dollars and fifty cents; to first sergeants, two dollars and fifty
cents; to band musicians, two dollars and fifty cents; to ser-
geants and corporals, two dollars ; to musicians and privates,
two dollars; provided, that the commander-in-chief may, in his
discretion, order the proper oflicers to purchase and issue rations
to the enlisted men during an encampment, in which case the
actual cost of the rations for each man shall be deducted from
his pay for attendance at such encampment.
That section 102 shall be amended by striking out the word Pay for c.are
"ten" after the word "records" in the third line and inserting vecm^is™
the word forty after the word " records " in the third line, so
that said section shall read :
Sect. 102. There shall be paid to the assistant adjutant-
general of the brigade, and to each adjutant of regiments, for
the care and preservation of records, forty dollars per annum.
That section 130 shall be amended by adding thereto after the officers may
word "service" in the last line the following words: Any |?|tfrld ^1 1°''
commissioned ofiicer who shall have served as such in the New ^^^^^^^.^l^^.^j^^.
Hampshire National Guard continuously for a period of not less
than ten years, may at his own request, or upon his honorable
discharge from the service of the state, be placed upon the re-
tired list, to be kept hereafter in the ofiice of the adjutant-general.
Officers so retired shall receive no pay or allowance but are per-
mitted to wear the uniform of their grade upon all public
occasions, so that said section shall read :
Sect. 130. The commander-in-chief is hereby authorized to
confer upon such citizens of this state as shall have faithfully
served as commissioned oflicers in the New Hampshire National
Guard continuously for the term of fifteen years, a brevet rank
of not more than one grade higher than the highest grade held
by them during their term of service. Any commissioned oflfi-
cer who shall have served as such in the New Hampshire
National Guard continuously for a period of not less than ten
years, may at his own request, or upon his honorable discharge
from the service of the state, be placed upon the retired list, to
be kept hereafter in the office of the adjutant-general. Oflicers
so retired shall receive no pay or allowance but are permitted to
wear the uniform of their grade upon all public occasions.
Sect. 2. That all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent Repealing
with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act takes effect
shall take effect upon its passage. °'' ^^''^^''■
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
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Chapter 26.
CHAPTER 26.
[1901
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 30, PUBLIC STATUTES, AND
SECTION 12 OF CHAPTER 43 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, TO PRO-
VIDE FOR THE COLLECTION AND COMPILATION OF ACCURATE STA-
TISTICS OF PAUPERISM AND POOR RELIEF.
Section
1. County olBcers to prepare piinper
statistics.
2. Overseers of poor to prepare pauper
statistics.
Section
3. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
County
officers to pre
pare pauper
statistics.
Overseers of
poor to pre-
pare pauper
statistics.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend section 2, chapter 30 of the Public Sta-
tutes, by striking out all after the word " aforesaid " and inserting
in its place the following : And shall be prepared in a uniform
manner alike in each county, so that accurate statistics can be
compiled from tliem, to wit : Total cost of maintaining a county
farm ; total amount of outdoor relief given ; number and list
of paupers maintained at the farm, including number and list of
insane, also the number and list of feeble-minded; and the
number and list of prisoners, together with the cost per capita
per week at the county farms, computed by the same method in
each county ; number and list of people helped outside the farm
and the towns in which they reside; and said county commis-
sioners shall return such statistics to the state board of charities
on or before the first day of October in each year, on blanks
furnished by the board.
Sect. 2. Amend section 12 of chapter 48 of the Public
Statutes by adding thereto the following: And overseers of the
poor shall keep full and accurate records of the paupers fully
supported, the persons relieved and partially supported, and the
travelers and vagrants lodged at the expense of their respective
towns, together with the amount paid by them for such support
and relief, and said overseers shall make an annual return of the
number of said persons supported and relieved, with the cost of
such support and relief, to the state board of charities on or be-
fore the first day of October in each year, on blanks furnished
by said board.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
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Chapters 27, 28.
521
CHAPTER 27.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 269 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO THE SALE OF POISONS.
Section l. Sale of woven fabric or paper containing arsenic prohibited.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Chapter 269 of the Public Statutes is hereby saie of woven
amended by adding thereto another section as follows : paper con-
" Sect. 16. Any corporation, person, firm, or agent who shall ^^^"^°.gjfj|j*^-
sell or offer for sale or exchange any woven fabric or paper con- ited.
taining arsenic in any form, or any article of dress or of house-
hold use composed wholly or in part of such woven fabric or
paper, or any article of dress containing arsenic, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ;
provided, however, that this section shall not apply to dress goods
or articles of dress containing not more than one one-hundredth
grain, nor to other matei^ial containing not more than one tenth
grain of arsenic per square yard of the material."
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 28.
AN ACT TO SEVER CERTAIN TERRITORY FROM THE TOWN OF LIVER-
MORE AND ANNEX THE SAME TO THE TOWN OF LINCOLN.
Section
1. Territory severed from Livermore
and annexed to Lincoln.
2. Indebtedness and pauper liability
adjusted.
3. Adjustment of taxes on polls and
estates.
Section
4. Adjustment of public taxes.
5. Takes effect upon performance of
terms specified.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. All that part of the town of Livermore, which is Territory
drained by the East branch of the Pemigewasset river, and such L^v|rmore°™
of its tributaries as enter it at points above the northerlj^ line of »"<! annexed
the town of Woodstock, is herebv severed from the town of ^ '"^*^° "'
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Indebtedness
and pauper
Uability ad-
justed.
Adjustment
of taxes on
polls and
estates.
Adjustment
of public
taxes.
Livermore, and annexed to and made part of the town of
Lincoln. The boundary lines of said annexed territory shall be
established and marked with suitable monuments by a compe-
tent civil engineer, to be agreed upon by the boards of selectmen
of said towns; and in case of their failure to so agree, any
justice of the supreme court, may, upon the petition of the
selectmen of either of said towns, appoint some competent and
disinterested civil engineer to establish and mark said boundary
lines as aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the engineer who
shall establish said boundary lines to make and tile in the office
of the secretary of state, a complete return of his doings,
together with a plan of the annexed territory ; and the bounda-
ries so established shall be binding and conclusive upon each of
said towns. The expense of establishing such new boundary
lines shall be borne by the town of Lincoln.
Sect. 2. Said town of Lincoln shall be accountable for and
pay over to said town of Livermore the sum of two thousand
and fifty dollars, with interest thereon from the first day of
January, A. D. 1901 ; said sum being treated for the purposes
of this act as the just share of said Lincoln in the net indebted-
ness of said town of Livermore. And said town of Lincoln
shall also pay two third parts of the expense for the relief and
maintenance of the paupers who may, by reason of settlement
heretofore gained, be chargeable to and supported by said town
of Livermore. And in case the selectmen of said towns shall
not agree with regard to the future support and maintenance of
said paupers, any justice of the supreme court, upon the appli-
cation of the selectmen of either of said towns, may appoint
some suitable and disinterested referee, or referees, who, after
notice and hearing, shall determine the same and make such
award in writing, as they shall consider just, according to the
provisions of this act ; which award shall be binding and
conclusive.
Sect, 3. All taxes assessed for the fiscal years of 1899 and
1900 upon the polls and estates of persons residing within the
limits of the territory annexed to the town of Lincoln, and upon
estates of non-residents in said territory, shall, before this act
shall take efiect, be paid to the treasurer of the town of Liver-
more, by the persons against whom said taxes have been
assessed,*^ and shall be applied, the same as if this act had not
been passed.
Sect. 4. Of every thousand dollars of public taxes hereafter to
be raised, the proportion which the said town of Livermore
shall pay, and for which the treasurer shall issue his warrant,
shall be forty-two cents, and the proportion which said town of
Lincoln shall pay, and for which the treasurer shall issue his
warrant, shall be one dollar and eighty-three cents, and the
town of Lincoln shall also pay two thirds of all taxes assessed
by the county of Grafton upon the property now embraced
within the limits of said town of Livermore. And the treasurer
of the county of Grafton shall issue his warrant for the pay-
ment of said two thirds against the town of Lincoln,
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Chapter 29.
523
Sect. 5. This act shall take efiect upon the performance of Takes effect
the matters and things above specified, as conditions on which foi^amfe of
it shall take efiect; but it shall be of no efiect if such perform- ''°'''^^^*°'^'-
ance shall not be accomplished within six months frc^m the end
of this session of the General Court. If this act shall fail to
take efiect according to the terms aforesaid, then the proper
town officers of the town of Livermore shall have authority to
correct and revise the assessment of persons and property of
Livermore according to the conditions existing by reason of
such failure of this act; which revised assessment shall be bind-
ing upon said persons and property, as if legally made at the
usual time of making assessments upon persons and property
within said town.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 29.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 184 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATIVE TO THE TIMES AND PLACES FOR HOLDING
COURTS OF probate; REPEALING CHAPTER 43 OF THE SESSION
LAWS OF 1899.
SECTION
1. Terms of probate court for Rocking-
ham county.
Section
2. Takes effect May 1, 1001.
e it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 184 of the Public Statutes is Terms of
hereby amended by striking out all of said section after the sec- fn R^J'cking"'"''
ond line and inserting instead the following: imm county.
For the county of Rockingham,— at Exeter, on the fourth
Tuesday of each month except August ; at Portsmouth on the
first Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September, and N'o-
vember ; at Derry on the first Tuesday of February and Octo-
ber, on the second Tuesday of June, and on the third Tuesday
of December; at Raymond on the first Tuesday of April and
December, and on the third Tuesday of July.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efifect on and after the 1st day of Takes effect
May, 1901. Mayi,i9oi.
[Approved February 27, 1901,]
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Chapters 30, 31.
[1901
CHAPTER 30.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1, CHAPTER 10 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, AND TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
Section
1. Name changed.
Section
2. New name substituted in laws.
Name
changed.
New name
substituted.
Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 10 of tlie Public Statutes is
hereby amended by striking out the words " Asykim for the
Insane," and inserting in place thereof the words State Hospi-
tal, so that, when amended, the section will read : The Asy-
lum for the Insane at Concord is a corporation under the name of
the JSTew Hampshire State Hospital.
Sect. 2. Wherever the words "JSTew Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane" occur in the subsequent sections of chapter 10, and
in laws passed in amendment thereof, the words New Hamp-
shire State Hospital shall be substituted.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTEK 31.
AN ACT IN relation TO THE NEAV HAMPSHIRE ASYLUM FOR THE
INSANE.
Section
1. Appropriation of S15,000 for New
Hampshire Asylum lor the Insane.
Section
2. Takes eflect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Appropria- SECTION 1. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be
lor Asyfnm*'° ^^^ hereby is appropriated to the New Hampshire Asylum
forinsane. for the lusauc to enable said asylum to erect upon its farm a
house for its head farmer; to construct new fireproof elevator
shafts and elevators in the several buildings occupied by
patients; to construct in the former laundry building a new-
room for a bakery, and purchase two continuous baking ovens ;
to renew the floors and ceilings in the Kent building, and the
floor in the sewing-room ; to introduce new plumbing in the
administration and chapel buildings; to construct a fireproof
stairway and fire-escape from the chapel building and the apart-
ments in the building adjoining thereto used by employees ; and
that the governor be hereby authorized to draw his warrant for
said sum to be paid out of any money in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated.
Sect, 2. This act shall take eflect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
1901]
Chapters 32, 33.
525
CHAPTER 32.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 126 OF
THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING TO SALES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES.
Section
1. Weight of bread regulated; penalty
for unlaTvful sale.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend section 1 of said chapter by inserting be- weight of
tween the words "one " and " two" in the second line of saidK^^''^'®^"-,,
1 n T ^ n 1 i • /-> lated ; penalty
section the words one and one halt, and amend section 2 ot for unlawful
said chapter by striking out all after the word ''shall" in the^^'^"
second line of" said section and inserting the words, weigh less
than the requirements of the preceding section, he shall be fined
ten dollars for each offense, so that sections 1 and 2 shall read
as follows :
Section 1. Loaves of soft bread offered for sale shall weigh
either half a pound, or one, one and a half, two, three, or four
pounds each ; and soft biscuits shall weigh either four or eight
ounces each.
Sect. 2. If any one shall sell or offer for sale any loaves of
soft bread or any soft biscuits that shall weigh less than the
requirements of the preceding section, he shall be fined ten dol-
lars for each oftense.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its pas- takerefiect
sage. """""
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
on passage.
CHAPTER 33.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC WEIGHERS
AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES.
Public weighers, appointment and
tenure of ofKce.
To weigh coal and hay at expense of
seller.
Not to act if party to sale, or servant
of party.
Sale to town, certiflcate of weight by
seller.
SECiT ION
5. Merchandise other than coal or hay,
buyer may require certificate.
6. Fees of weighers.
7. Towns may erect scales.
8. Penalty for violations.
9. In force only where adopted.
10. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Public
weighers, ap-
Section 1. Any town or city may appoint one or more po'tatment
public weighers of coal or other 'merchandise. Such weighers ^fl'^ce?""''^ °*
526 Chapter 315. [1901
shall be appointed in towns by the board of selectmen and in
cities by the body which appoints the city sealers of wei^^hts and
measures, and shall hold office during the term of office of the
body by which they are appointed, and until their successors
are chosen and qualified, subject, however, to removal at any
time by the body from which they derive their appointment.
To weigh coal Sect. 2. All coal and hay sold by weight in any city OF town
pense^of'^* ^^ adopting the provisions of this act shall be weighed by one of
seller. g^ieli public wcighers, at the expense of the seller. The weigher
shall deliver to the seller or his agent, a certificate of the weight
of all merchandise weighed by him, which certificate shall be
delivered by the seller to the buyer or his agent at the time of
the delivery of such merchandise. The weigher shall keep a
record of all such certificates, which record shall at all times be
open to inspection by any person interested therein.
Not-toactif Sect. 3. E"o person shall act as a public weigher of coal or
or'^serV^am of othcr merchandise of which he is either the buyer or seller, or
party. g^ servant or agent of the buyer or seller, or in the sale whereof
he has any interest.
Sale to town, Sect. 4. Every person selling to an}'- city or town bj^ weight
seuei\°^*^ ^^ 'iny merchandise the weight whereof is more than one hundred
pounds, shall furnish therewith the certificate of a public weigher
of said city or town at his own expense.
Merciiandise Sect. 5. Any pcrsou, uot a city or town, purchasing by
coafor^my, Weight any merchandise the weight whereof is more than one
?Muh-e°cer huiulred pounds, other than coal or hay, may require therewith
the certificate of a public weigher of the city or town in which
such purchaser resides, such certificate to be delivered with said
merchandise at the expense of the seller.
Sect. 6. Public weighers shall be paid such fees, not exceed-
weigbers. .^^^ ^^^^ cciits for cacli Weighing and the certificate and record
thereof, as shall be prescribed by the body by which they are
appointed, which shall be in full for the use of their scales, for
the certificates furnished by them, for the recording thereof, and
for all services performed by them in their official capacity.
Towns may Sect. 7. Any city or town may appropriate money for and
may erect and maintain public scales within the limits of any
public highway, or on any lands leased or purchased by them of
the owners, and shall have power for this purpose to lease or
purchase such lands or to take them in the same manner as
lands are taken for public highways.
Penalty for Segt. 8. Any persou who shall sell an}^ merchandise without
"'"'"* furnishing therewith the certificate of a public weigher as re-
quired by the provisions of this act, or any public weigher who,
on tender to him of his lawful fees, shall refuse to perform any
duty imposed upon him by the provisions of this act, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars,
injorceoniy Sect. 9. This act shall be in force only in such^ cities and
towns as shall, by lawful vote of the town or of the city council,
adopt its provisions. When lawfully adopted in any city or
town, it shall continue in force until the vote by which it was
adopted shall be rescinded.
require cer
tiflcate.
Fees of
violations.
where
adopted
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527
Sect. 10. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the ^i^p®!^^"^!^
provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take ^i^tes effect
effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 34.
AN ACT RELATING TO ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION OF LANDS IN
CARROLL COUNTY FOR PUBLIC USE AND PROVIDING FOR CARE OF
SAME.
Section
1. state may accept convej-ance of Ca-
thedral and. "White Horse ledges
and hold same for public use.
2. Board of custodians to manage and
care for property.
3. Board to choose chairman and clerk,
and make report.
Section
i. Board may make rules and regula-
tions for protection of property.
5. Punishment for violation of rules
and regulations.
6. Board may receive, invest, and ex-
pend funds donated.
7. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The secretary of state is hereby authorized and state may
empowered, on behalf of the state, from time to time to receive cathedral and
from Daniel Merriman and others deeds of gift conveying to ^(^gg^g anJf ^
the state the Cathedral and White Horse ledges, so called, and i^oid.same for
lands contiguous thereto, situate in the towns of Conway, and^*^
Bartlett, and Hale's Location, and any other lands in Carroll
county suitable for the uses hereinafter specified and dedicated
to such uses by the donors thereof, — the same to be held by the
state for the public use and benefit, and perpetually preserved
for such uses free from all impairment, depredation, or deface-
ment.
Sect. 2. The management, improvement, and care of all Management
property conveyed to the state as aforesaid shall be vested in ayes^edm"^*^
board of three custodians, to be appointed by the governor with^^^>';^j°^°"^'
the advice of the council, and to serve without salary. Two, at
least, of such board shall be residents of said Conway or Bart-
lett, and one may be a non-resident taxpayer in either of said
towns. The first members of the board shall be appointed for
two, four, and six years respectively, and their successors shall
thereafter be appointed for terms of six years.
Sect. 3. Said board of custodians shall choose from their Board^to^^_^^
number a chairman and a clerk, and shall cause a correct record man and
of their proceedings to be kept. They shall, when required by make reiwrt.
the governor and council, make a full report of all their ofl&cial
acts and of the condition of the property in their charge.
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May make
rules and
regulations.
Punishment
for violation
of rules and
regulations.
Board may
receive, in-
vest, and ex
pend funds
donated.
Takes effect
on passage.
Sect. 4. Said board of custodians may make such rules and
regulations as may be required to protect and preserve said
property from injury or disfigurement, all such rules and regu-
lations to be posted upon said property and at two public places
in the towns of Conway and Bartlett, and in any other towns in
which any part of such property may be located.
Sect. 5. If any person shall violate any rule or regulation of
said board of custodians, he shall be fined not exceeding twenty
dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding six months.
Sect. 6. Said board of custodians may receive, hold, and
invest such permanent funds as may be donated for the purpose
of providing for the expense of preserving and improving such
property, and may also receive and expend for the care, preser-
vation, and improvement of the same the income from such per-
manent funds and such subscriptions or donations as may be
made from time to time for such purposes.
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 35.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL
FEEDING-STUFFS.
Packages, how to be marked.
Term " Concentrated commercial
feeding-stuffs " includes what.
Certificate of analysis to be filed
with secretary of board of agricul-
ture.
License fee required.
Samples to be analyzed by secretary
of board of agriculture.
Section
6. Penalty for violations.
7. Adulteration of meal or ground
grain, punishment.
8. Secretary of board of agriculture to
prosecute violations.
9. Takes effect December 1, 1901.
how to be
marked.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Every manufacturer, company, or person, who
shall sell, ofier, or expose for sale or for distribution in this state
any concentrated commercial feeding-stuff used for feeding farm
live-stock, shall furnish with each car or other amount shipped
in bulk and shall afiix to every package of such fee ding- stuff, in
a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed
statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds
in the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trademark
under which the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer or
shipper, the place of manufacture, the place of business, and a
chemical analysis stating the percentages it contains of crude
protein, allowing one per centum of nitrogen to equal six and
one fourth per centum of protein, and of crude fat, both con-
stituents to be determined by the methods prescribed by the as-
1901] CnAPTER 35. 529
sociation of official agricultural chemists. Whenever any feecl-
ing-stutf is sold at retail in bulk or in packages belonging to the
purchaser, the agent or dealer, upon request of the purchaser,
shall furnish to him the certified statment named in this section.
Sect. 2. The term " concentrated commercial feedins'-stufFs,"'^®'''^"^?"-
as used m this act, shall include linseed meals, cottonseed meals, commercial
pea-meals, cocoanutmeals, gluten meals, gluten feeds, maize feeds, stuffs"^'
starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewer's grains, malt sprouts, !^hat^^^
hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat
chops, ground beef or fish scraps, mixed feeds, and all other
materials of similar nature; but shall not include hays and
straws, the whole seeds nor the unmixed meals made directly
from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn,
buckwheat, and broom corn ; neither shall it include wheat,
rye, and buckwheat brans or middlings, not mixed with other
substances, but sold separately, as distinct articles of commerce,
nor pure grains ground together.
Sect. 3. Before any manufacturer, company, or person shall certificate of
sell, offer, or expose for sale in this state any concentrated com- A^e^^^'^fth sec^
mercial feeding-stuflls, he or they shall, for each and every feeding- ^o'^jfrd of
stufl^ bearing a distinguishing name or trademark, tile annually agriculture,
during the month of December with the secretary of the board of
agriculture a certified copy of the statement specified in the pre-
ceding section, said certified copy to be accompanied, when
the secretary shall so request, by a sealed glass jar or bottle con-
taining at least one pound of the feeding-stuff to be sold or of-
fered for sale, and the company or person furnishing said sam-
ple shall thereupon make affidavit that said sample corresponds
within reasonable limits to the feeding-stufi:' which it represents,
in the percentage of protein and fat which it contains.
Sect. 4. Each manufacturer, importer, agent, or seller of any License fee
concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs, shall pay annually during ^"'^i"'^"*^'^-
the month of December to the secretary of the board of agricul-
ture a license fee of twenty dollars. Whenever a manufacturer,
importer, agent, or seller of concentrated commercial feeding-
stuffs desires at any time to sell such material and has not paid
the license fee therefor in the preceding month of December, as
required by this section, he shall pay the license fee prescribed
herein before making any such sale. The amount of license
fees received by said secretary pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall be paid by him to the treasurer of the State of New
Hampshire. The treasurer of the State of New Hampshire shall
pay from such amount when duly approved the moneys required
for the expense incurred in making the inspection required by
this act and enforcing the provisions thereof. The secretary of
the board of agriculture shall report biennially to the legislature
the amount received pursuant to this act, and the expense
incurred for salaries, laboratory expenses, chemical supplies, travel-
ing expenses, printing, and other necessary matters. Whenever
the manufacturer, importer, or shipper of concentrated commer-
cial feeding-stuff shall have filed the statement required by section
530
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Samples to be
analyzed by
secretary of
board of
agriculture.
Penalty for
violations.
Adulteration
of meal or
ground grain
punishment.
1 of this act and paid the license fee as prescribed in this sec-
tion, no agent or seller of such manufacturer, importer, or ship-
per shall be required to file such statement or pay such fee.
Sect. 5. The secretary of the board of agriculture shall an-
nually cause to be analyzed at the New Hampshire College Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, at least one sample, to be taken in
the manner hereinafter prescribed, of every concentrated com-
mercial feeding-stuff sold or offered for sale under the provisions
of this act. Said secretary shall cause a sample to be taken, not
exceeding two pounds in weight, for said analysis, from any lot
or package of such commercial feeciing-stuff which may be in
the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer in
this state; but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of the
parties in interest, or their representatives, and taken from a par-
cel or a number of packages, which shall not be less than ten
per centum of the whole lot sampled, and shall be thoroughly
mixed, and then divided into two equal samples, and placed in
glass vessels and carefully sealed and a label placed on each
stating the name of the party from whose stock the sample was
drawn and the time and place of drawing, and said label shall
also be signed by the person taking the sample, and by the part_y
or parties in interest or their representatives at the drawing and
sealing of said samples ; one of said duplicate samples shall be
retained by the secretary and the other by the party whose stock
was sampled, and the sample or samples retained by the secre-
tary shall be for comparison with the certified statement named
in section 3 of this act. The result of the analysis of the sample
or samples so procured, together with such additional infor-
mation as circumstances advise, shall be published in reports or
bulletins from time to time.
Sect. 6. Any manufacturer, importer, or person who shall
sell, offer, or expose for sale or for distribution in this state any
concentrated commercial feeding- stuff, without complying with
the requirements of this act, or any feeding-stuff which contains
substantially a smaller percentage of the constituents than are
certified to be contained, shall, on conviction in a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars
for the first offense, and not more than two hundred dollars for
each subsequent offense.
Sect. 7. Any person who shall adulterate any kind of meal
or ground grain with milling or manufacturing offals, or any
' other substance whatever, for the purpose of sale, unless the
true composition, mixture, or adulteration thereof is plainly
marked or indicated upon the package containing the same or
in which it is offered for sale ; or any person who knowingly
sells, or offers for sale, any meal or ground grain which has been
so adulterated unless the true composition, mixture, or adulter-
ation is plainly marked or indicated upon the package containing
the same, or in which it is offered for sale, shall be fined not
less than twenty-five or more than one hundred dollars for each
offense.
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531
Sect. 8. Whenever said secretary becomes cognizant of the board*oFagri
violation of any of the provisions of this act he shall prosecute cu^t^ur^ejo °
the party or parties thus reported; but it shall be the duty of violations,
said secretary, upon thus ascertaining any violation of this act, ^^^""
to forthwith notify the manufacturer, importer, or dealer in
writing, and give him not less than thirty days thereafter in
which to comply with the requirements of this article ; but there
shall be no prosecution in relation to the quality of any concen-
trated commercial feeding- stuff if the same shall be found sub-
stantially equivalent to the certified statement named in section
3 of this article.
Sect. 9. This act shall take effect December first, nineteen Takes effect
hundred and one.
December
1901.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CPIAPTER 36.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE OPENING OF LITTLE DIAMOND POND IN
STEWARTSTOWN AND GREENOUGH PONDS IN WENTAVORTH'S LOCA-
TION AND DUBLIN POND IN THE TOWN OF DUBLIN.
Section
1. Protection of square-tail trout in
Little Diamond, Greenough, and
Dublin ponds.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlaiives in General
Cotirt convened:
Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to take from Trout pro-
the waters of Little Diamond pond in Stewartstown, and Green- [^?^®^yj^jj°^'
ough ponds in Wentworth's Location, and Dublin pond in the
town of Dublin, any square-tail trout before the twentieth day
of May in any year, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each
fish so taken, or had in possession.
Sect. 2. This act to take effect on its passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
Takes etTect
on passage.
532
Chapters 37, 38.
CHAPTER 37.
[1901
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE FISHING IN SPOFFORD LAKE IN TOWN OF
CHESTERFIELD.
Section
1. Fishing in Spofford lake regulated.
Section
2. Takes effect upon passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Fishing regu-
lated.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. It shaU not be lawful to catch, kill, or destroy in
any manner any iisii in Spoflbrd lake in the town of Cliesteriield
during the months of April, May, and June, in any year, under
a penalty of live dollars' line for each lish so taken or destroyed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 38.
an act for the PROTECTION OF HOMING PIGEONS.
Section
1. KiUing or trapping of homing pig-
eons prohibited.
Homing
pigeons pro-
tected.
Penalty for
violation.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section
2. Penalty for violation.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court conve7ied:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or
otherwise kill or maim any Antwerp or homing pigeon, com-
monly called "carrier" pigeon, or for any person other than the
owner to entrap, catch, or detain any such carrier pigeon, provid-
ing such pigeon shall at the time have the name of the owner
stamped upon its wing or tail or have a seamless band with the
owner's initial or number upon its leg.
Sect. 2. Any pei'son violating the provisions of this act shall
be lined not less than ten dollars for each oliense nor more than
twenty-live dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months,
or both.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eliect upon its passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 39, 40. 533
CHAPTER 39.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 27 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
KELATING TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Section 1. County commissioners to liave charge and care of county paupers.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Strike out section 6 of said chapter, and insert careof
instead thereof the following;: They shall have the charge and pau^s.
care of county paupers and shall provide for their support upon
the county farm or elsewhere as required by law, and when ex-
pedient they may appoint agents in the several towns to investi-
gate applications and look after the county poor in such towns.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 40.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE TAKING OF FISH THROUGH THE ICE
FROM THE WATERS OF NEWFOUND OR PASQUANEY LAKE.
Section
1. Ice fisliing in Newfound lake pro-
liibited.
Section
2. Penalty for violation.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Newfound or Pasquaney lake in the towns of fishing
Bristol, Bridgewater, Hebron, and Alexandria, being a lake used prohibited!
by the fish and game commissioners for spawning or breeding
purposes, is hereby closed against winter or ice fishing, and it
shall not be lawful to catch or take in any manner through the
ice any kinds offish in the waters of said lake hereafter, until
such time as the same shall be reopened to winter fishing by the
fish and game commissioners.
Sect. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall Penalty for
be fined twenty dollars for each offense, or shall be imprisoned ^^" '^ ^°"'
thirty days, or both.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
[Approved February 28, 1901.] on passage.
634 Chapters 41, 42. [1901
CHAPTER 41.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO INJURIES TO THE PROPERTY OF PERSONS
AND CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE
OF ELECTRICITY AND THE UNLAWFUL DIVERSION AND USE OF
ELECTRICITY.
Section l. Diversionof electricity ami malicious injuries to property uaed in man-
ufacture and sale of electricity prohibited.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Diversionof SECTION 1. If aiij persoii shall waiitoiily and maliciously in-
eiectricity m^Q or clestrov, or cause to be injured, or destroyed, any meter,
andmalicious^' , ^ ■ , " • ^• -i xi •'^ii •
injuries to pipe, conduit. Wire, line, post, lamp, or other apparatus belonging
pi^operty pro- to a pci'sou or Corporation engaged in the manufacture or sale of
hibited. electricity for the purpose of heat, light, or power, or shall wan-
tonly and maliciously prevent an electric meter from duly regis-
tering the quantity of electricity supplied, or cause it to be done,
or shall in any way wantonly and maliciously interfere with its
proper action or just registration, or without the consent of such
person or corporation shall wantonly and maliciously divert elec-
tric current from any wire of such person or corporation, or
shall cause it to be done, or shall otherwise wantonly and ma-
liciously use or cause to be used the electric current from the
wire of such person or corporation without the consent of such
person or corporation, he shall be fined not exceeding three
hundred dollars and be liable to pay treble damages to such per-
son or corporation in an action on the case.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 42.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE LAWS OF 1897,
IN RELATION TO THE SALE OF RAILWAY STOCKS UPON APPRAISAL
BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OR AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
Section
1. Increased capital stock of railroad
corporations, how disposed of.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Bcpresentatives in General
Court convened:
Increased SECTION 1. Chapter 19 of the Laws of 1897 is hereby amended
of riuroad'^'^ bv Striking out section 3 of said chapter and substituting the
of. Sect. 3. Whenever a railroad corporation increases its
capital stock under the provisions of this act, the new shares to
the number necessary to produce the amount necessary for the
1901] Chapter 42. 635
purposes for which such increase is authorized shall be offered
proportionately to its stockholders at not less than the market
value thereof at the time of increase, as shall be determined by
the board of railroad commissioners, taking into account pre-
vious sales of stock of the corporation and other pertinent condi-
tions. The directors shall cause written notice of such increase
to be given to each stockholder who was such at the date of the
vote to increase, stating the amount of such increase and the
proportion thereof in shares or portions of shares which he would
be entitled to receive on a division of the same, and the price
fixed by the railroad commissioners as hereinbefore provided at
which he is entitled to take the same, and fixing a time, not less
than fifteen days from the date of such notice, within which he
may subscribe for such additional stock, and each stockholder
may, within the time fixed, subscribe for his portion of such
stock, and the same shall be paid for in cash on the issue of a
certificate therefor; p-o?;?V/ert, that when the increase in the cap-
ital stock does not exceed four per cent of the existing capital
stock of the corporation, the directors may dispose of the same
in the manner hereinafter provided in this section without
first ofiering the same to the stockholders. If, after the expi-
ration of the notice above provided for, any shares of such
stock remain unsubscribed for by the stockholders entitled
to take them, the directors shall sell the same at auction. All
shares of stock to be disposed of at auction under the pro-
visions of this act shall be oflered for sale to the highest bidder
in the city of Boston, or in such city or towni as may be pre-
scribed by the railroad commissioners; and notice of the time
and place of such sale shall be published at least five times dur-
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 share shall be
sold or issued for a less sum, to be actually paid in cash, than
the par value thereof
Sect. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act RepeaUng
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take efi'ect on its passage, takel^effect
on passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
536
Chapter 43.
[1901
CHAPTER 43.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF FERTILIZERS.
Section
1. Packages, how to be marked.
2. Analj'sis and sample to be furnislied
secretary of board of agriculture.
3. Analysis fees required.
4. Pulverized leather, hair or wool
waste, sale of regulated.
5. Penalties for violations.
Section
■6. Parties manufacturing and import-
ing for own use excepted.
7. Analysis to be made by secretary
of board of agriculture.
S. License fees, how expended,
9. Repealing clause; act takes effect
July 1, 1901.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Packages,
how to be
marked.
Analysis and
sample to be
furnished.
Analysis fees
required.
Pulverized
leather, etc..
sale of regu-
lated.
Penalties for
violations.
Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or fer-
tilizer material sold or offered or exposed for sale within this state
shall be accompanied by a plainly printed statement, clearly and
truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in the
package, the name, brand, or trademark under which the fertil-
izer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or im
porter, the location of the factory, and a chemical analysis stat-
ing the percentage of nitrogen, of potash soluble in distilled
water, of phosphoric acid in available form soluble in distilled
water, and reverted, and of total phosphoric acid.
Sect. 2. Befoi^e any commercial fertilizer is sold, or offered
or exposed for sale, the manufacturer, importer, or party who
causes it to be sold, or offered for sale, within this state shall file
with the secretary of the board of agriculture a certified copy
of the statement named in section 1 of this act, and shall also
deposit with said secretary, at his request, a sealed glass jar or
bottle containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, ac-
companied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample thereof.
Sect. 3. The manufacturer, importer, agent, or seller of any
brand of commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material shall pay for
each brand on or before the first day of March, annually, to the
secretary of the board of agriculture an analysis fee as follows,
namely : ten dollars for the phosphoric acid, five dollars for the
nitrogen, and five dollars for the potash, contained or claimed to
be in the said brand of fertilizer, but the fee for any brand
shall not exceed fifteen dollars ; provkled, that whenever the
manufacturer or importer shall have paid the fee herein required,
any person acting as agent or seller for such manufacturer or
importer shall not be required to pay the fee named in this
section.
Sect. 4. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, in
this state, any pulverized leather, hair or wool waste, raw,
steamed, roasted, or in any form as a fertilizer without an ex-
plicit printed certificate of the fact conspicuously affixed to every
package of such fertilizer.
Sect. 5. Any person selling, or offering or exposing for sale,
any commercial fertilizer without the statement required by the
first section of this act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer
1901] Chapter 43. 537
contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents
mentioned in said section than is contained therein, or respect-
ing the sale of which all the provisions of the foregoing sections
have not been fully complied with, shall forfeit fifty dollars for
the first offense and one hundred dollars for each subsequent
ofl:ense.
Sect. 6. This act shall not aiiect parties manufacturing or Exceptions.
importing fertilizers for their own use and not to sell in this
state.
Sect. 7. The secretary of the board of agriculture shall Analysis to be
annually cause to be analyzed at the New Hampshire Col-J?^fary^o^f^^*'
lege Agricultural Experiment Station one or more samples of ^°j*^^'^.^f ^gn-
every commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material sold or ofl:ered
for sale under the provisions of this act. Said secretary shall
cause a sample to be taken, not exceeding two pounds
in weight, for said analj^sis, from any lot or package of such
fertilizer or fertilizer material which may be in the pos-
session of any manufacturer, importer, agent, or dealer in this
state; but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of the par-
ties in interest or their representatives and taken from a parcel or
a number of packages, which shall not be less than ten per cent ,
of the whole lot sampled, and shall be thoroughly mixed and then
divided into equal samples and placed in glass vessels and care-
fully sealed and a label placed on each, stating the name or brand
of the fertilizer or material sampled, the name of the party from
whose stock the sample was drawn, and the time and place of
drawing, and said label shall also be signed by the person tak-
ing the sample and by the party or parties in interest, or their
representative present at the drawing and sealing of said sam-
ples; one of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the sec-
retary and the other by the party whose stock was sampled ; and
the sample retained by the secretary shall be for comparison
with the certified statement named in section 1. The result of
the analysis of the samples shall be published from time to time,
together with such additional information as circumstances may
advise, in reports of bulletins by the New Hampshire College
Agricultural Experiment Station and in the biennial report
of the state board of agriculture. All parties violating this act
shall be prosecuted by the secretary of the board of agriculture.
Sect. 8. The amount of license fees received by said secre- License fees,
tary by virtue of this act shall be paid by him to the treasurer of pended'.
the State of New Hampshire. The treasurer of the State of New
Hampshire shall pay from such amount, when duly approved,
the moneys required for the expense incurred in making the in-
spection required by this act ancl enforcing the provisions thereof.
Said expenses shall include those incurred for laboratory ex-
penses, chemical supplies, traveling expenses, printing, and other
necessary matters.
Sect. 9. This act shall take effect July first, nineteen bun-Re^peaiing^^
dred and one, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with takes effect,
this act are hereby repealed. Juiyi,i90i-
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
538
Chapters 44, 45.
CHAPTER 44.
[1901
AN ACT RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.
Section
1. Kidnapping of minor child,
punislied.
Section
2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Kidnapping.
7 pun-
3d.
Takes effect
on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1, Every person who shall abduct, take, carry away,
or conceal any minor child with the intent thereby to exact from
any person a reward for its discovery or return, shall be impris-
onecl not exceeding thirty years nor less than five years.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 45.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM BLANKS AND UNIFORM RULES
OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN THE COURTS OF PROBATE.
Section
3. Repealing clause
4. Takes effect on
Committee to
prepare rules
of probate
procedure
and probate
blanks.
Section
1. Committee to prepare rules of pro-
bate procedure and probate blanks.
2. Committee to be paid expense in-
curred.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. A committee composed of three judges and two
registers of the probate courts, to be appointed by the governor
immediately upon the passage of this act, shall prepare before
the first Tuesday of July, nineteen hundred and one, rules of
practice and procedure in said courts, also blanks for use in said
courts, which rules and blanks shall be submitted to the supreme
court for approval ; and when approved by the last named court,
or a majority of the justices thereof, said rules of practice and
procedure shall take effect and be in force in all courts of pro-
bate, and no other blanks shall be used in the courts of probate,
for the purposes for which said blanks are intended, after
two years from the time of the approval thereof as herein pro-
vided. And such a committee, appointed at any time by the
governor, at the request in writing of a majority of the judges
of the probate courts, may make new rules and blanks, or
amendments to existing rules and blanks, which new rules
and blanks, or amended rules and blanks, shall, when approved
by the supreme court, or a majority of the justices thereof, take
effect and be in force in all courts of probate.
1901]
Chapter 4G.
539
Sect. 2. Said committee or committees so appointed shall ^ommutee to
make a report to the governor of such expense as may have been pense in-
incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act, and upon the^""^'^'
approval of the same by the governor and council, the same
shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims
against the state.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing
I 1 IT ^ clause.
are hereby repealed.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect ui)on its passaofe. Takes effect
i 1 o on passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 46.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE ROUTE OF PROPOSED RAILWAYS.
Railroad commissioners may recom-
mend clmnge in route of proposed
street railway.
If recommendation adopted by
court, associators may signify
assent.
Section'
3. If change recommended in proposed
extension of existing road, assent
how made.
4. Repealing clause; act takes effect
on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The board of railroad commissioners to whom Railroad
may have been referred the question whether the public good e?™nTay\-e?-'
requires a proposed street railway, and whether the public good chln|e in
requires that it shall be built on the route specifically set forth in route%f pro-
the petition, shall have the power to recommend such changes railway.
in the route described in the petition as in their judgment the
public good and the interests of the petitioners may require ; and
shall also have the power to consider and report to the court,
whether the public good requires the building of the proposed
street railway over a part or parts of the route set forth in the
petition, and ill their report to the court to fix the termini and
route as thus considered. The court shall thereupon, after hear-
ing such parties as desire to be heard, decide the questions
raised by the petition and the report of the commissioners and
cause a record of their decision to be made.
Sect. 2. If the court shall decide that the proposed railway if recommen-
be established with the route or termini so changed as recom- adopted by
mended by the commissioners' report, twenty-five or more of Xrsma|°ft-
the associators in the provisional corporation may signify their "i^y assent. "
assent to such changes in the route or termini either by vote at
a duly called meeting or by w^ritten agreement and, if an at-
tested copy of said vote or said written agreement shall be filed
with the secretary of state within thirty days from the day on
640
Chapter 47.
[1901
If cLange
recom-
mended in
proposed ex-
tension of
existing road
assent how
made.
Kepealing
clause; act
takes efleet
on passage.
which the court caused a record of its decision to be made, the
secretary of state shall issue to the corporation the certificate
required by Public Statutes, chapter 156, section 14, and such
vote or written agreement shall be taken and deemed to be an
amendment of the original articles of agreement of said pro-
visional corporation.
Sect. 3. If on the petition of a railroad to build an extension
or branch, the route or termini set forth in the original petition
shall be changed in the method herein provided, by a final de-
cision of the court in the proceediiigs had thereon, the pe-
titioner may, within thirty days after the record of the decision
of the court, file in the ofiice of the secretary of state the assent
of the directors of the petitioner, and shall thereupon have the
authority to proceed as provided in Public Statutes, chapter 156,
section 19.
Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take
efifect on its passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 47.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 135, PUBLIC STATUTES, RE-
LATING TO THE SALE OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Section
1. Commission of pliarmacy to enforce
laws relating to sale of drugs and
medicines.
Section
£. Takes efleet on pabsage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Commission
of pharmacy
to enforce
laws relating
to sale of
drugs and
medicines.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The following section shall be added to chapter
135 of the Public Statutes, and shall be known as section 12 of
said chapter :
Sect. 12. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to en-
force the provisions of this chapter. For actual services and nec-
essary expenses in the performance of this duty, they shall be
paid from the state treasury such sums as the governor and
council may determine and approve.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 48, 49. 541
CHAPTER 48.
AN ACT TO EXExMPT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ORPHANS' HOME FROM
, TAXATION,
Section I Secth>n
1. Exempt from taxation. j 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The 'New Hampshire Orphans' Home, being a Exempt from
charitable institution without profit to any person, the property ^^^^^'°'^*
thereof is hereby exempt from taxation.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflfect upon its passage. Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 49.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 54, SESSION LAAVS OF 1895, RELATING
TO THE SUPPORT OF PAUPERS AFTER CONFINEMENT IN PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS.
Section l. Counties liable for support of certain paupers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend section 1 of said chapter by inserting after counties
the words "or other charitable institution," the words, or the ^3^^^^^^/°^^^
New Hampshire State Prison, so that said section shall read ascertain
follows: ^'^"P^^""
Any person who shall become a pauper or public charge
while at any orphans' home, hospital, home for the aged, or
other charitable institution, or the New Hampshire State
Prison, or within three months after leaving snch institution,
shall be chargeable for support to the county in which he last
resided before entering such institution, unless such person has
a settlement in some town, or some other county is liable for his
support.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
542
Chapter 50.
[1901
CHAPTER 50.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAAVS OF 1895, CHAPTER 116, ENTITLED
" AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF DEPENDENT MINOR CHILDREN."
Section
1. State board of charities may appoint
salaried secretary.
Section
2. Repealing clanse; act takes eflfect on
passage.
e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
state board of Spfirp^^N 1
charities may OJiUiiUiN i.
appoint
salaried sec-
retary.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
Amend section 7 of the said act by adding thereto
the following : And the said state board of charities shall be
authorized to appoint a secretary from outside its membership
who, under the direction of the board, shall give his entire time
to the duties of the board, act as visiting agent to the placed-out
children, and supervisor of volunteer visitors, and perform such
other duties, under the direction of the board, as may right-
fully belong to his office. The salary of the secretary and clerk
may be fixed by the board, but in the aggregate shall not ex-
ceed two thousand dollars per annum ; so that said section
shall read as follows :
Sect. 7. The reasonable expenses of said state board of
charities shall be paid by the governor and council out of any
funds in the treasury not otherv^^ise appropriated, and the said
state board of charities shall be authorized to appoint a secretary
from outside its membership, who, under the direction of the
board, shall give his entire time to the duties of the board, act
as visiting agent to the placed-out children, and supervisor of
volunteer visitors, and perform such other duties, under the
direction of the board, as may rightfully belong to his office.
The salary of the secretary and a clerk may be fixed by the
board, but in the aggregate shall not exceed two thousand dol-
lars per annum.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take eflect upon its pas-
sage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 51. 543
CHAPTER 51.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 27, LAWS OF 1895, RELAT-
ING TO THE ISSUE OF STOCK AND BONDS BY STREET RAILWAY
COMPANIES.
Section
1. Isrfue of capital stock regulated when
street railway companies are con-
solidated.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by tJie Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Comi convened:
Section 1. Section 17 of chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895 is ^l^p^f^i stock
hereby amended by addinir after the word "authorized" in lineieguiated
eight of said section as printed in the Laws of 1895, the words railway com-
followiug: In determining the amount of capital stock and of consolidated,
bonds which may be issued in case of the authorized consolida-
tion of two or more railroad corporations and in case of the au-
thorized purchase b}^ one railroad of the property and franchises
of another, the railroad commissioners may consider the value
of the franchises as well as the value of the tangible property, so
that said section as amended shall read:
Sect. 17. Street railway companies, whether such com-
panies are organized under this act, or general laws, or special
charter, and however authorized 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 reason-
ably requisite for the purposes for which such issue of stock or
bonds has been authorized. In determining the amount of
capital stock and of bonds which may be issued in case of the
authorized consolidation of two or more railroad corporations
and in case of the authorized purchase by one railroad of
the property and franchises of another, the railroad commission-
ers may consider the value of the franchises as well as the value
of the tangible property. The said board shall announce a de-
cision 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.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
544 Chapters 52, 53. [1901
CHAPTER 52.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 95 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELAT-
ING TO THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Section 1. Annual appropriation for State Normal School.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Annual
Section 1. Section 8 of the Public Statutes, as amended by
appTOpriation chapter 63 of the Session Laws of 1893, is hereby amended by
Normli^ striking out the word " ten " and inserting instead thereof the
School. word fifteen, so that said section shall read as follows :
Sect. 8. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is annually ap-
propriated for the maintenance of the school, to be expended as
the trustees shall direct.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 53.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO RANGES FOR RIFLE PRACTICE FOR THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL GUARD.
Section I Section
1. Annual appropriation for rifle ranges 2. Govfirnor authorized to draw war-
for National Guard. I rant; act takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Annual SECTION 1. That the sum of fifty dollars be and hereby is an-
foiM-fiie"^""^ ii^^^lly ^PP^'opriated and allowed for each company of infantry,
^aiipsior the troop of cavalry, and the light battery of the New Hamp-
GiSan""' shire National Guard, the same to be used exclusively for the
preparation and maintenance of suitable ranges for rifle practice
for the said companies, troop, and battery ; provided, that no or-
ganization shall receive the said sum until proper vouchers for
its expenditure, approved by the inspector of rifle practice, have
been filed with the adjutant-general, and also provided, that no
organization shall be entitled to receive the allowance a second
year unless at least seventy-five per cent of the members have
qualified as third-class marksmen during the preceding practice
season, and have been certified as such by the inspector of rifle
practice.
Governor Sect. 2. The govcmor is hereby authorized to draw his w^ar-
autiKjr^zeci to j.^^^ fgr g^ch sums as may be necessary to carry out the pro-
rann let' visious of this act, and this act shall take effect upon its passage.
takes effect ' a. i. o
on passage
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 54, 55. 645
CHAPTER 54.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE POWERS OF TOAVNS.
Section [ Section
1. Towns may provide Grand Army 2. Takes eflfect on passage,
laalls. I
Be it enacted lij ilie Senate and House of Representaiives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Any town or citj^, in which a Post of the Grand Towns may
Army of the Kepublic is located, may raise and appropriate Grand Irmy
m
oney for the purpose of providing a hall, or other suitable place
halls.
for the meetino;s of such Post.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. Jn plfssje.*
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 55.
AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FUNDS FROM ATTACHMENT.
Section I Section
1. Certain damages exempt from at. 2. Takes eflfect on passage,
tachment. I
Be it enacted Itj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Damages recovered for the conversion of property Exempt from
exempt from attachment are hereby exempted from attachment attachment.
or levy on execution.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Jn pifsffle.*
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
546
Chapters 56, 57.
CHAPTER 56
[1901
Salary of
state
treasurer.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 286, SECTION 5, OP THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS.
Section l. Salary of state treasurer.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That section 5, chapter 286 of the Public Statutes
be amended by striking out the words " eighteen hundred " in
the second line of said section and inserting in place thereof the
words, twenty-five hundred, so that said section as amended
will read as follows :
Sect. 5. The annual salary of the state treasurer shall be
twenty-five hundred dollars, which shall be in full for his ser-
vices, clerk hire, and allowances of every kind, except as pro-
vided in the following section.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 57.
an act to
PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER PRESERVATION OF CHECK-
LISTS USED AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
To state li-
brary and
K. H. Histori-
cal Society.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section Section
1. Certain check-lists to be sent to state 2. Takes eff'ect on passage,
library and New Hampshire His-
torical Society.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Supervisors of towns and corresponding officers
of cities shall, on or before January 1 succeeding each presi-
dential election hereafter, send to the New Hampshire Historical
Society and to the state library each a copy of the check-list
used in said presidential election duly and properly certified by
such supervisors.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 58. 547
CHAPTER 58.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO SENTENCES TO THE STATE PRISON.
Section Section
1. Maximum iind minimum terms sh-.ill 3. Additional sentences.
be fixed. 4. Convicts held upon two or more sen-
2. Release upon permit at expiration tences.
of minimum sentence. | 5. Repealing clause.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in Generat
Court convened:
Section 1. When a convict is sentenced to the state prison Maximum
otherwise than for life, or as an habitual criminal, the court im-f"m"gg^^™]j^
posing the sentence shall not fix the term of imprisonment, bnt^-^^e'^-
shall establish a maximum and minimum term for which said
convict may be held in said prison. The maximum term shall
not be longer than the longest term fixed by law for the punish-
ment of the ofl:ense of which he is convicted, and the minimum
term shall not be less than the minimum sentence now provided
by law.
Sect. 2. Any convict, sentenced as aforesaid, whose record Release upon
of conduct shows that he has faithfully observed all the rules elpu-atfon of
of said prison, and has not been subjected to punishment, shall ^^j.'^^™"™
be entitled to release from said prison upon the expiration of the
minimum term of his sentence, and he shall then be given a per-
mit to beat liberty therefrom during the unexpired portion of the
maximum term of his sentence. Said permit shall be issued by the
governor and council upon such terms and conditions as they
shall establish. Any convict whose record of conduct shows
that he has violated the rules of said prison may be given a like
permit at such time as the said governor and council shall deter-
mine after the expiration of the minimum term of his sentence.
The governor and council may revoke any permit given in ac-
cordance with this section at any time before the expiration of
the maximum term for which it was issued, and they shall re-
voke it when they have knowledge that the person to whom it
was granted has been convicted of any offense punishable by
imprisonment. If the holder of a permit, issued as aforesaid,
violates any of its terms or conditions, or violates any law of the
state, before the expiration of said maximum term, and is con-
victed thereof either before or after such expiration, said per-
mit shall be void.
Sect. 3. When a convict, who has been sentenced to the Additional
state prison, in accordance with the provisions of this act, re-^'^'^'^®'^^®^-
ceives an additional sentence under saicl act, such additional sen-
tence shall take eftect upon the expiration of the minimum term
of the preceding sentence.
Sect. 4. When a convict is held in the state prison upon convicts held
two or more sentences imposed under this act, he shall be eligi- m^o°i^ sen.°^
ble to receive permit as authorized in section 2, when he has*®"^®^'
548
Chapter 59.
[1901
Kepealinj
clause.
served a term equal to the aggregate of the minimum terms
of the several sentences, but he shall be subject to all the pro-
visions of this act, until the expiration of a term equal to the
aggregate of the maximum term of said sentence.
Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 59.
AN ACT TO PROTECT AND REGULATE THE USE OF THE NAME OR
TITLE OF VETERINARY SURGEON OR V. S.
Section
1. Persons using title to be registered.
2. Board of veterinary examiners.
3. Expenses of board paid by fees.
4. Meetings for examination and regis-
tration.
5. Certain persons excepted.
Section
6. Registration on payment of fee.
7. Registration after examination.
8. Records of board.
9. Penalty for illegal use of title.
10. Takes effect June 1, 1901.
g it enad&d hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
To be reg-
istered.
Board of
veterinary
examiners.
Expenses
paid by fees.
Meetings ff)r
examination
and registra-
tion.
Section 1. No person shall use the name or title of veteri-
nary surgeon, or V. S.,in this state after the first day of June,
1901, unless such person shall be registered in accordance with
this act.
Sect. 2. Within sixty days after the passage of this act, the
governor shall appoint a board of three veterinary examiners, so
appointed that the term of office of one member shall expire
each year during the first three years, and that the members
thereafter appointed shall hold otfice three years, or until suc-
cessors are appointed and qualified. Each vetei-inary examiner
shall receive a commission of his appointment from the gov-
ernor and shall file forthwith with the secretary of state the con-
stitutional oath of ofiice.
Sect. 3. From the fees provided in this act, the board of
veterinary examiners shall pay all proper expenses incurred by
the provisions of this act.
Sect. 4. The board of veterinary examiners shall hold meet-
ings for the purpose of registration and examination at such
times and in such towns or cities as the board may determine.
Examinations shall be in English and embrace such sub-
jects as materia medica, practical chemistry, physiology, anat-
omy, surgery, pathology. Applicants who shall pass the pre-
scribed examination shall be registered and granted the right to
use the name or title of veterinary surgeon, or V. S.
1901] Chapter 60. 549
Sect. 5. This act sliall not apply to persons who at the time certain
of the passage of this act are engaged in the practice of veteri- cepted. ^^'
narj' surgery and medicine.
Sect. 6. Any person who, after April first, 1901, desires to ^^g|^^^;aUo;^
practice veterinary surger}^ and medicine in this state and whoof ree,
is a graduate of a lawfully constituted college or institution of
veterinary science shall he granted registration and entitled to
tise the name or title of veterinary surgeon, or V. S., by paying
to the board of veterinary examiners the sum of two dollars.
Sect. 7. Any person who, after April first, 1901, not being Registra^t^n
a graduate as described in the preceding section, may desire nation,
registration, shall apply to the board of veterinary examiners for
examination as to his qualifications, and such person, upon
passing such examination, shall be granted registration and
entitled to use the name or title of veterinary surgeon, or V. S.,
by paying to the board of veterinary examiners the sum of five
dollars.
Sect. 8. The board of veterinaiy examiners shall keep a re c- Records of
ord book in which shall be entered the names of all persons who
comply with the provisions of this act, and the said record book
shall be open to public inspection.
Sect. 9. Any person who shall use the name or title of vet- Penalty for
•^ ^ -TT- t--i • , .• J ^^ • • f> illegal use of
erinary surgeon, or V. S., in contravention to the provisions ot title,
this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined for each offense the sum of fifty dollars.
Sect. 10. This act shall take effect June 1, 1901. T^^^^, ^^o^?^
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 60.
AN ACT TO regulate EMPLOYMENT OFFICES.
Section , Section
1. To be licensed ; penalty. 5. License, when granted.
2. License, bj^ whom granted. I 6. Valid only in place designated.
3. License, form and record. | 7. Revocation of license.
4. Fee for license. I 8. Takes effect on passage.
Be it cnacic'l hjj flic Sonde and House of Bepresenlalives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Whoever, without a license therefor, establishes to be^u
or keeps an intelligence office for the purpose of obtaining or penalty
giving information concerning places of employment for domes-
tics, servants, or other laborers, or for the purpose of procuring
or giving information concerning such person for or to employ-
ers, or for the purpose of procuring or giving information con-
cerning employment in business, shall pay a fine of ten dollars
for each day such office is so kept.
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[1901
License, by
whom
granted.
License, form
and record.
Fee for
licen.se.
When
granted.
Valid only i
place desig-
nated.
Revocat on of
license.
Takes effect
Sect. 2. The mayor and aldermen of any city, or the select-
men of any town, may, for the purposes mentioned in the pre-
ceding section, grant licenses to suitable persons, subject to the
provisions of sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and may revoke the same
at pleasure.
Sect. 3. Licenses granted to keepers of intelligence offices
shall be signed by the clerk of the city or town in which they
are granted, and every such license shall be recorded by the
clerk of the city or town in a book kept for that purpose, before
being delivered to the licensee. Such license shall set forth the
name of the person licensed, the nature of the business, and the
building or place in such city or town in which it is to be carried
on, and shall continue in force until the first day of May next
ensuing, unless sooner revoked.
Sect. 4. The board issuing such a license shall receive for
the use of the city or town for each license such sum not less
than two dollars as the board shall deem reasonable.
Sect. 5. Such license may be granted during the month of
April, to take effect on the first day of May then next ensuing.
Sect. 6. No license issued as aforesaid shall be valid to pro-
tect the holder thereof in a building -or place other than that
designated in the license, unless consent to removal is granted
by the mayor and aldermen or selectmen.
Sect. 7. When such license is revoked, such clerk shall note
the revocation upon the face of the record of the license, and
shall give written notice to the holder of the license by deliv-
ering the same to him in person or leaving it at the place of
business designated in the license.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 61.
AN ACT TO AME>JD CHAPTER 93 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELAT-
ING TO SCHOLARS.
SECTION
1. Children under twelve years not to he
employed in manufacturing estab-
lishments; children under fourteen
years not to be employed, when;
employment of children under six-
teen years regulated; employment
Section
of illiterate minors regulated; pen-
alty for violations; parents and
guardians to send children to
school; enforcement of laws.
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Chapter 93 of the Public Statutes is hereby
amended by striking out sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, and
1901] Chapter 61. 551
Sect. 10. jSTo child under the age of twelve years shall be SeMweive
employed in any manufacturing establishment. No child under years not to
the age of fourteen years shall be employed in any manufactur-inm^nufac-^
ing establishment, nor in any mechanical, mercantile, or other ifg|jnfentst''
employment during the time in which the public schools are i" unaerlour-
session in the district in which he resides. -■. teenyearsnottobe employed, when.
Sect. 11. No child under the age of sixteen years shall be Knipioyment
employed in any manufacturing establishment, or in any median- unrtcu- sixteen
ical, mercantile, or other employment, during the time in which lated.
the public schools are in session in the district in which he resides,
without tirst presenting a statement of his age from his parent
or guardian, sworn to before the superintendent of schools or, if
there is no superintendent of schools, by some person authorized
by the school board of the district in which such child is em-
ployed.
And no child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed
as aforesaid during the time in which the public schools are
years regu-
in
session in the district in wdiich he resides without first present-
ing a certificate from the superintendent of schools or, if there is
no superintendent of schools, some person authorized by thes,
school board, that such child can read at sight and write legibly \'
simple sentences in the English language. And any superin- '
tendent of schools or person authorized by the school board who
certifies falsely as to matters prescribed by this section shall be
fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each
offense.
Sect. 12. ISTo minor shall be employed in any manufacturing Employment
establishment, or in any mechanical, mercantile, or other em- ^^jnorli^gu-
ployment, who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple lated.
sentences in the English language, while a free public evening
school is maintained in the district in which he resides, unless
he is a regular attendant at such evening school or at a day
school; provided, that upon presentation by such minor of a cer-
tificate signed by a regular practicing physician, and satisfactory
to tlie superintendent of schools, or, where there is no superin-
tendent of schools, the school board, showing that the physical
condition of such minor would render such attendance in addi-
tion to daily labor prejudicial to his health, said superintendent
of schools or school board shall issue a permit authorizing the
employment of such minor for such period as said superintend-
ent of schools or school board may determine. Said superin-
tendent of schools or school board, or teachers acting under au-
thority thereof, may excuse any absence from such evening school
arising from justifiable cause. Any parent, guardian, or i;usto-
dian who permits to be employed any minor under his control
in violation of the provisions of this section shall forfeit not more
than twenty dollars for the use of the evening schools of such
town or city.
Sect. 13. If any owner, agent, superintendent, or overseer of penalty for
a manufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, or any violations,
other person, shall employ any child in violation of the provis-
552 Chapter 62. [1901
ions of either of the three preceding sections, he shall be fined
! not exceeding lifty dollars for each offense, for the use of the
\ district.
Parents and Sect. 14. Evcrj persou having the custody and control of a
: fend^chiidren child between the ages of eight and fourteen years^residing in a
J to school. school district in which a public school is annually taught, shall
* cause such child to attend the public school all the time such
school is in session, unless the child shall be excused by the
school board of the district because his physical or mental con-
dition is such as to prevent his attendance at school for the period
required, or because he was instructed in the English language
in a private school approved by the school board for a number
of weeks equal to that in which the public school was in session
in the common English branches or, having acquired those
branches, in other more advanced studies. Any person who does
not comply with the requirements of this section shall be fined
ten dollars for the first offense and twenty dollars for every sub-
sequent offense, for the use of the district.
Enforcement Sect. 15. The state Superintendent of public instruction shall
of laws. have authority to enforce the laws relating to attendance at
school and the employment of minors, and, for this purpose, he
and any deputy appointed by him shall be vested with the
powders given by law to truant officers when authorized by school
boards to enforce the laws relating to attendance at school and
the employment of children. And the expenses necessarily in-
curred by the state superintendent in such enforcement shall be
paid, as audited and allowed by the governor and council.
Takes effect Sect. 2. Tliis act shall take effect upon its ])assage.
on passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 62.
AN" ACT AUTHORIZING TOWNS TO EMPLOY COUNSEL IN LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS.
Section | Sectiok
1. Towns may employ legislative conn- 2. Takes effect on passage,
sel. I
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Towns may SECTION 1. Towus may at aiiy legal meeting authorize the
mive°coun!'' employment by the selectmen of counsel in legislative matters in
^^^- which the town is directly or indirectly interested, or may ratify
the previous employment by the selectmen of such counsel and
may grant and vote money therefor.
Takes effect Segt. 2. This act shall take eft'cct upou its passage.
on passage.
[Approved March 8, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 63, 64. 553
CHAPTER 63.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DEPOSIT OF SAWDUST, SHAVINGS, OR OTHEE
REFUSE, IN GILFORD AND POOR FAUM BROOKS, IN THE TOWN OF
GILFORD.
Section i Section
1. Deposit of sawdust proliibitetl. | 2. Takes effect September 1, 190L
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. !N"o person or corporation shall pnt or place, orcepositof
cause to be put or placed, any sawdust, shavings, or other WMteci; ^^°'
refuse, or waste, in Gilford or Poor Farm brooks, in the town p®"^"^-
of Gilford; and any person or corporation violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. This act shall take etiect September tirst, A. D. Takes eirect
1901. S"'"''"'''
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 64.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF COUNTY TAXES.
Section i Section
1. Collection of county tax not paid by 2. Takes etiect on passage,
town. I
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. When the taxes granted by a county convention collection of
and assessed against any town shall remain unpaid after the fii'st ;;^^"*yj^^^
day of December in the year in which such tax is due and pay-town!^^ ^
able, such town shall be chargeable with interest upon such
unpaid tax at the rate of ten per cent per annum from said first
day of December, for the use of the county, and the county
treasurer may enforce the payment of such interest in the same
manner as he may enforce the payment of such tax.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efiect upon its passage. Takes effect
, , , , on passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
554
Chapters 65, 66.
CHAPTER 63.
[1901
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 104, LAWS OF 1S99, EELAT-
ING TO THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Section
1. Salary of secretary of state.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Salary of
secretary of
state.
Repealing
clause; act
takes etTect
on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 104 of the Laws of 1899 is
hereby amended by striking out the words "twenty-five hun-
dred dollars " and inserting in the place thereof the words, three
thousand dollars, so that said section as amended shall read as
follows :
Section 1. Chapter 286 of the Public Statutes is hereby
amended by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the fol-
lowing : Sect. 3. The annual salary of the secretary of state
shall be three thousand dollars, which shall be in full for his ser-
vices. He shall render an account to the governor and council
of all fees received by him for civil commissions, for making
and giving copies and certificates to individuals for private use,
and of all other fees received by him for oificial acts, quarterly
on the last days of March, June, September, and December ot
each year, and shall pay the amount thereof to the state treas-
urer for the use of the state.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take
effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 66.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO^ MORTGAGES BY CORPORATIONS.
Section
1. Corporation may mortgage property
thereafter acquired.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
m°a^mort°" SECTION 1. Any corporation making a mortgage of its prop-
^g^ property erty and franchises to secure its bonded or other indebtedness
quired"''''^''" may include therein property and franchises it may thereafter
acquire.
Takes effect Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 67, 68. 555
CHAPTER 67.
•AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11 OF CHAPTER 169 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 04 OF THE LAWS OF 1899,
RELATING TO. THE TAXATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Section l. Taxes to be paid by foreign insurance companies.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of liepresentatlves in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend section 14 of chapter 169 of the Public Taxes to be
Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter 64 of the Laws of }o^reiJn in-
1899, by striking out the word "and" in the first line and in- sm-ance com-
serting after the word " marine " in the first line the words, fidel-
ity and casualty, so that said section 14 shall read as follows :
Every such fire, marine, fidelity, and casualty insurance com-
pany shall pay to the state treasurer within one month after re-
ceiving notice from the insurance commissioner of the amount
thereof, a tax of two per cent upon the gross premiums received
by it, less return premiums and reinsurance, when effected in au-
thorized companies by the company's licensed resident agents
upon business done within the state during the year ending on
the olst day of the preceding December, as assessed by the com-
missioner, and all other such insurance companies shall pay to
the state treasurer within one month after receiving notice from
the insurance commissioner of the amount thereof a tax of one
per cent upon the premiums received by them upon business
done within the state during the year ending on the 31st day of
the preceding December as assessed by the commissioner.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 6S.
AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 149 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES BY RE-
PEALING SECTION 22 THEREOF AND CREATING A SUBSTITUTE.
Section 1. Voting by proxy at stockholders' meetings regulated.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Covrt convened:
Section 1. Section 22 of chapter 149 of the Public Statutes voting by
is hereby repealed and the following new section enacted in place ^to^ckTioWers'
thereof: meetings
Sect. 22. Except in railroad corporations, any person being ^®^"^^^^'''
authorized by a writing under the hand of a stockholder entitled
to vote by proxy, filed with the clerk or cashier, may vote as
proxy in the right of such stockholder : but no person shall vote
as proxy for shares exceeding one eighth of tlie whole, capital
556
Chapters 69, 70.
[1901
stock; nor shall any stockholder, acting as proxy for another
stockholder, vote in his own right and as such proxy on more
than one eighth of the capital stock.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 69.
AX ACT TO PROTECT THE AilMOXOOSUC RIVER IX CARROLL, BETHLE-
HEM, LITTLETOX, LISBOX, AXD BATH, AXD ITS TRIBUTARIES, FROM
POLLrTIOX BY SAWDUST AXD OTHER WASTE.
Section
1. Sawdust and other substances not to
be deposited.
SECTION
'2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Sawdust and SECTION 1. No pcrson or corporation shall put or place, or
stance "not to causc or allow to be put or placed, any sawdust, shavings, edg-
plnaiiy^^^^^'^'i^^gs, chips, bark, or other waste, from wood-work establish-
ments, into Ammonoosuc river, or its tributaries, in the towns of
Carroll, Bethlehem, Littleton, Franconia, Lisbon, and Bath. Any
person or corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be
punished by a tine of not exceeding one hundred dollars for each
offense.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect Auo:ust 1, 1904.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 70.
AX ACT FOR THE PROMOTIOX OF HORTICULTURE.
Section
1. Appi'opriation for New Hampshire
Horticultural Society.
2. Account to governor and counciL
Section
3. Report to secretary of board of agri-
culture.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Beprescntatives in General
Court convened:
Appropria- SECTION 1. The sum of three hundred dollars is hereby an-
Ham^^bil-e'^ nually appropriated for the years 1901 and 1902 for the use
Horticultural of the Ncw Hampshire Horticultural Society, to be expended
-Society. Qnder the direction of the state board of agriculture in proraot-
ins; the horticultural interests of the state.
1901]
Chapter 71.
557
Sect. 2. The society shall annually, in the month of January, Account to
render to the governor and council an itemized account of thecouncu.
uses to which the appropriation of the year has been applied.
Sect. 3. The secretary and treasurer of the society shall sea- Report to
sonably make to the secretary of the state board of agriculture toai^do7agii-
a report of the transactions of the society, which shall be incor-^""^^^-
porated in the agricultural report.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 71.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTERS 5 AND 6 OF THE PUBLIC STAT-
UTES, WITH REFERENCE TO STATE PUBLICATIONS.
Journals of house and senate, bow
distributed.
Annual reports, bow bound and dis-
tributed.
Early state papers, bow distributed.
Section
4. Publications to be delivered to state
librarian.
5. Repealing clause.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 10 of chapter 5 of the Public Statutes is Journals of
hereby amended by striking out the words "and to each town sen|fe?how
in the state " at the end and inserting in place thereof the fol- distributed,
lowing : to each public library in the state, and to each town in
the state having no public library which shall request the same,
and to such publishers of newspapers requesting the same as keep
such open to public use, so that said section shall read as follows :
Sect. 10. The secretary, as soon as he receives the printed
journals from the public printer, shall send one copy thereof to
each of the following named officers and bodies : To each person
composing the executive and legislative branches of the govern-
ment ; to the secretary, treasurer, and adjutant-general ; to each
of the clerks of the senate and house ; to each public library in
the state, and to each town in the state having no public library,
which shall request the same, and to such publishers of news-
papers requesting the same as keep such open to public use.
Sect. 2. Section 11 of said chapter 5 of the Public Statutes Annual re-
is hereby amended by striking out the words " six hundred and]^'°f/^^^^°j
fifty " in the first and second lines thereof and inserting in place <iistributed.
thereof the words four hundred, and by striking out the
words "to the clerk of each town, for the use of the town"
in the fifth line of said section and inserting in place thereof the
words, to each public library in the state, and to each town in the
state having no public library, v/hich shall request the same, and
5
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[1901
Early state
papers, how
distributed.
Publications
to be de-
livered to
state libra-
rian.
Repealing
clause.
Takes effect
on passage.
to sucli publishers of newspapers requesting the same as keep
such open to public use, so that said section shall read as follows:
Sect. 11. The secretary of state shall cause four hundred
copies of the several annual reports of state officers and institu-
tions to be bound together in one or more volumes, and, as soon
as may be after their publication, shall send one copy thereof to
each public library in the state, and to each town in the state
having no public library, which shall request the same, and to
such publishers of newspapers requesting the same as keep such
open to public use, and shall deposit the remainder in the state
library.
Sect, 3. Chapter 123 of the Laws of 1881 is hereby amended
by striking out the.w^ords " city and town in the state, one copy
to such of the public libraries of this state as the governor may
designate " in the tenth and eleventh lines of said act and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: public library in the state,
and to each town in the state having no public library, which
shall request the same, and to such publishers of newspapers re-
questing the same as keep such open to public use.
Sect. 4. Chapter 6 of the public Statutes is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following section :
Sect. 11. The public printer shall, immediately upon publi-
cation, deliver to the state librarian two hundred and fifty copies
of reports of state departments and institutions, and of all other
state publications, except Session Laws and State Papers, bound
in the usual form.
Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.
Sect. 6, This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 72.
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE LAKES, PONDS, AND STREAMS OP THE STATE
EROM POLLUTION BY SxiWDUST AND OTHER WASTE.
Section
Sawmills and similar establishments 3. Notice of such petition,
hereafter constructed and put in 4. Penalty for violation,
operation not to permit escape of 5. Takes effect on passage,
waste to any lake, pond, or stream.
When compliance impracticable, su-
preme court may grant relief on
petition.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaMves in General
Court convened:
Section 1. All sawmills, planing mills, and other wood-work-
ing establishments hereafter constructed and put in operation in
Scfedam"' this State, shall be so constructed and operated that no bark,saw-
Sawmills and
similar estab-
lishments
1901] Chapter 72. 559
dust, shavings, slabs, edgings, or other waste product therefrom put in opera-
shall escape into or be deposited, dumped, or placed in any lake, permit escape
pond, or stream within the state, and no bark, sawdust, slabs, anyfakt,'^"
edgings, or other waste product from any sawmill, planing mill, po^n^i^i''
or other wood-working establishment hereafter erected and put
in operation shall be allowed to escape into or be deposited,
dumped, or placed in any such lake, pond, or stream ; provided,
hoivever, that if the owner or operator of any such establishment
has provided it with reasonably perfect modern machinery and
appliances to prevent such product or waste from escaping into
or being placed in any such lakes, ponds, or streams, and keeps
said machinery and appliances in reasonable repair, he shall not
be responsible for any pi'oduct or waste that may escape from
said establishment into said waters without negligence upon the
part of himself or his employees; and provided, further, that this
act shall not apply to bark that gets into said waters from logs
while being driven, rafted, or stored in said waters, and before
the process of manufacture begins.
Sect. 2. The supreme court, upon petition of any person when com-
hereafter desiring to erect a new mill, or other establishment pmcticawe,
me
may
mentioned in this act, alleging that it will be impracticable for^^P^I
him to profitably do so if obliged to comply with the provisions granY'eiief
of this act, and that the public good will be promoted by grant- ''"^'^
ing him relief therefrom, upon hearing, and satisfactory evidence
to sustain the allegations contained in the petition, may grant
the petitioner relief from the operation of this act, provided they
are of the opinion that in view of all the circumstances justice
requires that such relief should be granted, and that the public
good will be subserved by the granting of such relief.
Sect. 3. Reasonable notice of the petition shall be given to Notice of
the fish and game commissioners, the selectmen of the town, or ^"'^'^ J^^'^^^^^"'
mayor of the city, in which the establishment is to be erected,
and to such other persons as maybe interested, by a notice served
on said parties and a like notice published in a newspaper printed
in the town or city, or county, and said fish commissioners, select-
men, mayor, or other person interested therein may appear and
object to the granting of such relief.
Sect. 4. Any person or officer of any corporation violating penalty for
the provisions of this act shall be fined fifty dollars for each ^^^^^^'°"-
ofiense, and every day that they violate the same shall be deemed
a separate ofiense.
Sect. 5. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. Takes effect
° on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
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CHAPTER 73.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 76 OF THE SESSION LAAVS OP
1897 ENTITLED "AN ACT IN EELATION TO HAWKERS AND PED-
DLERS."
Section
1. Commercial agents selling at whole-
sale by sample not hawkers or
peddlers.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
agS"rseiiing SECTION 1. Sectioii 10 of Said act is hereby amended by add-
to* lam ^^e not ^^^& ^^^^^ *^^ word "goods" the words, at wholesale, so that
hawkers or
peddlers.
Section
2. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
as amended said section shall read as follows
Sect. 10. The provisions of this act shall not apply to com-
mercial agents selling goods at wholesale by sample only.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 74.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AUDITING CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.
Section
1. Incidental expenses of state pro-
vided for.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect
on passage.
Incidental
expenses of
state pro-
vided for.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The governor and council are authorized to audit
and allow, as incidental expenses of the state, all bills for post-
age, stationery, necessary department supplies, and other neces-
sary incidental expenses of the state ; and the governor is author-
ized to draw his warrant for the payment of the same out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sect. 2. Section 6 of chapter 20, Public Statutes of New
Hampshire, and all other acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed, and this act thall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapters 75, 76.
CHAPTER 75.
661
AN ACT IN" RELATION TO THE. ADMINISTEATION OF THE STATE PRISON
AND TO PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
Section 1. Insufficiency in income of state prison proviclied for ; salary of chaplain ;
appropi-iation for library; appropriation for repairs of buildings.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That in case the income of the state prison should insufficiency
lit any time be insufficient to meet the current expenses, the state prison
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treas- safaVy of ^°'^'
ury, from time to time, to provide for such deficiency, out of any pi-opriitVon ^'"
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. for library;
That the sum of eight Jiundred dollars annually, for the ensu-tSn^fm-^^^
ing two years, be and hereb}^ is appropriated for the payment of busings,
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 two years.
That the further sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated
for improvements and repairs of the prison buildings, the same
to be expended under the direction of the governor and council;
and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the same
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 76.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6, CHAPTER 27 OF THE LAWS
OF 1895, RELATING TO STREET RAILWAYS.
Section
1. Jurisdiction over location of street
railwaj' tracks, etc., where vested.
2. Appeal to railroad commissioners.
Section
3. Primary order not vacated by appeal.
4. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895 is ^^^l-'fJcauon
hereby amended by striking out the words " exclusive and final," of street raii-
and by striking out the words " and from such orders there shall Ttcf ^^^ ^'
be no appeal," so that said section as amended shall read :
The board of mayor and aldermen of cities and selectmen of
towns shall within their respective cities and towns have juris-
diction to locate the tracks, sidetracks, turnouts, and poles ot
562
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[1901
Appeal to
railroad com-
missioners.
Primary
order not va-
cated by
appeal.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
said street railway, and may order a street railway conipany to
discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in public
highways, whenever they deem that the safety and convenience
of the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor.
Sect. 2. Any party aggrieved by any location or order of the
board of mayor and aldermen or selectmen may appeal to the
board of railroad commissioners within fifteen days after said
hearing, or the issuing of said order, and shall be entitled to a
speedy hearing upon "his said appeal upon such notice to said
board of mayor and aldermen or selectmen, and other parties
interested, as said commissioners may order. The decree of the
railroad commissioners affirming or setting aside such location or
order shall be final upon all questions of fact. At the request
of any party to the proceeding, any question of law involved in
the determination of such appeal shall be certified to the law
term of the supreme court for decision.
Sect. 3. No order of the board of mayor and aldermen or
selectmen shall be vacated or suspended by the taking of an
appeal as herein provided, but shall continue in full force and
effect unless and until it shall be set aside by the decree of the
railroad commissioners.
Sect. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed, and this act shall take ettect upon its passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 77.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FENDERS UPON STREET RAILWAY CARS.
Section
1. Street railway companies to equip
cars with fenders, when.
Section
2. Penalty for neglect.
3. Takes effect on passage.
Street rail-
ways to equi
cars with
fenders,
when.
Penalty for
neglect.
Takes effect
May 1, 1903.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
p Section 1. Street railway companies operating cars pro-
pelled by any motive power other than horses, when required by
the board of railroad commissioners upon application in writing,
notice to the street railway company interested and hearing
thereon, shall equip their cars with fenders at such height from
the top of the rail as said board may prescribe.
Sect. 2. A street railway company, which, for more than six
months after being notified by said board, operates a car not
equipped with fenders as required under the provisions of the
preceding section, shall, for each offense, forfeit a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect May 1, 1903.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 78.
CHAPTER 78.
563
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A JUDICIARY SYSTEM CONSISTING OF TWO
COURTS.
Section
1. Supreme and superior courts pro-
vided for.
2. Jurisdiction of courts.
3. General term of supreme court.
4. Opinions of supreme court, how filed,
etc.
5. Questions of law, how transferred.
6. Writs, etc., issued under former laws
saved.
7. Causes and proceedings of law term
docliets saved.
Section
8. Records and files of clerks of courts.
9. Clerks of superior court.
10. Clerk of supreme court.
11. Messenger of supreme court.
12. Repeal of referee provisions.
13. Return of grand and petit jurors.
14. Salaries of judges.
l."}. Trial terms of superior court.
16. Repealing clause.
17. Control of supreme court rooms.
18. Takes effect April 1, 1901.
Be it enacted l)y the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Instead of the supreme court as now existing, two supreme and
courts are hereby established, one to be known as the supreme ^^p^[^°J'^,q_
court, consisting of one chief and four associate justices, and the videdtor.
other to be known as the superior court, consisting of one chief
and four associate justices.
Sect. 2. The supreme court hereby established shall have jurisdiction
jurisdiction of all matters and things of which the present court °^'^°"^'^^-
at law terms thereof has jurisdiction « and the superior court shall
have original jurisdiction of all actions, appeals, processes, and
matters and things, which may be entered in, or are cognizable
by, the present court at the trial terms thereof, and the justices
of the superior court in vacation shall have all the powers
possessed by the justices of the present court in vacation.
Sect. 3. There shall be one general term of the supreme Term of
court in each year, to be held in the court room of the state H-coSrL™*^
brary building in Concord, and the justices of the said court
shall be in attendance on the hrst Tuesday of the months of Jan-
uary, February, March, April, May, June, September, October,
jSTovember, December, for the purpose of hearing arguments,
making orders, rendering decisions, and filing opinions.
Sect. 4. The justices of the supreme court shall file with the opinions of
clerk of said court a written opinion in every case decided byeourt.'how
them, and the clerk shall at once notify the parties or their ^'^'''^'^°-
counsel, by mail, of the order made. In thirty days thereafter
he shall forward to the clerk of the court below a certificate of
the order, unless a rehearing is ordered by the court. No order
of the court for a final disposition of a case pending therein shall
be valid and binding until an opinion has been filed as aforesaid.
Sect. 5. Questions of law arising in the trial of any case in Questions of
the superior court may be transferred to the supreme court forlr^nsfe^red.
final decision, "upon a case or statement of facts reserved by the
trial justice. And any party aggrieved by the ruling, direction,
or judgment of the superior court, seasonably objecting, may al-
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[1901
Writs, etc.,
issued under
former laws
Causes and
proceedings
on law term
dockets
saved.
Records and
flies of clerks
of courts.
Clerks of
superior
court.
Clerk of
supreme
court.
lege exceptions thereto in writing, which, being conformable to
the truth of the case, shall be allowed bj the trial justice and be
entered in the supreme court for determination. Reserved cases
and bills of exception may be entered in the supreme court at
any time.
Sect. 6. All writs and processes which have been heretofore
issued or which may be issued before this act takes effect and
all precepts, recognizances, and proceedings of every kind now
returnable at the trial terms of the supreme court, shall be taken
to be returnable at the corresponding terms of the superior court
next to be holden after this act takes effect. And all causes and
proceedings now pending upon the trial term dockets of the
supreme court shall be heard and tried in the superior court for
the respective counties.
Sect. 7. All causes and proceedings pending upon the law
term dockets or which may be entered thereon before this act
takes effect shall be heard and determined by the supreme court
as hereby established. And the justices of the supreme court
shall do and perform all the duties reasonably requisite and nec-
essary to be done by a court of final jurisdiction of questions of
law and general superintendence of inferior courts.
Sect. 8. All records and files which are now in the custody
and under the control of the supreme court, or the clerks thereof,
shall be in the custody and control of the superior court, or the
clerks thereof, and clerks of said court in their respective coun-
ties may certify copies of the same. And the superior court is
authorized to issue writs of execution, scire facias, and all other
proper processes thereon, and may amend the same as if they
had been originally filed and recorded in said superior court.
Sect. 9. One clerk of the superior court for each county
shall be appointed by the justices of that court, who shall be re-
movable at their pleasure. He shall perform all the duties now
imposed upon him, at the trial terms, except as herein modified,
and such other duties as the provisions of this act may require
or render necessary for the due administration of justice. His
fees shall remain as now provided by law. Until said clerks are
appointed and qualified, the present clerks of the supreme court
in the several counties shall continue to perform the duties of
that office.
Sect. 10. A clerk of the supreme court shall be appointed
by the justices thereof and shall be removable at their pleasure.
He shall perform all the duties herein specifically required of him
and such other duties as usually appertain to that office. He
shall give bond to the state in such sum as the justices shall di-
rect, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. He
shall have an office in the state library building and shall have
the right to deposit the files and papers pertaining to his office
in the library vaults. His compensation shall be fixed by the
court and shall be paid by the state quarterl}'. No fees for his
attendance at court shall be allowed.
1901] Chapter 78. 665
Sect. 11. The justices of the supreme court ma}^ appoint a Messenger of
messenger who shall perform such duties with reference to the court.™^
court room and apartments occupied by the justices as they may
prescribe, and shall receive such reasonable compensation as the
justices shall certify to be just and reasonable.
Sect. 12. All acts or parts of acts which authorize the court Repeal of
to commit the trial of cases to referees without the consent of the v1sions.^^°"
parties, or to order the fees of referees to be paid b}^ the county
when the parties agree to a reference, are hereby repealed.
Sect. 13. Grand and petit jurors shall be drawn and returned Return of
to attend terms of the superior court in the same manner as is letiTjurors.
now provided by law for the trial terms of the supreme court.
All trial terras of the present supreme court, whether open, post-
poned, or adjourned to a particular time, shall be continued,
completed, closed, and finally adjourned by the justices of the
superior court as terms of that court, in the same manner as if
originally commenced as terras thereof.
Sect. 14. The annual salary of the chief justice of the su- salaries of
preme court shall be $3,800, and that of each of the associate jus- ^"'^^^^'
tices thereof shall be $3,600, and the annual salary of the chief
justice of the superior court shall be $3,800, and that of the
associate justices thereof, $3,600. Actual expenses shall be al-
lowed to the justices of the courts as now provided by law for the
justices of the present supreme court.
Sect. 15. The terms of the superior court shall be held in Trial terms,
each year at the times and places following :
For the county of Rockingham, at Exeter, on the third Tues-^o^f^kingiiam
day of January, and the third Tuesday of April ; and at Ports-
mouth, on the third Tuesday of October.
For the county of Strafford, at Dover, on the second Tuesday strafford
of February, and the third Tuesday of September. '=°''"^^-
For the county of Belknap, at Laconia, on the first Tuesday of Beiknap
March, and the first Tuesday of November. county.
For the county of Carroll, at Ossipee, on the third Tuesday of carroii
March, and the third Tuesday of October. county.
For the county of Merrimack, at Concord, on the first Tues- Merrimack
day of April, and the first Tuesday of October. *^°""*^-
For the county of Hillsborough, at Manchester, on the first miisborough
Tuesdaj' of January, and the first Tuesday of May, and at Nashua ^^''^"^y-
the third Tuesdaj' of September.
For the county of Cheshire, at Keene, on the first Tuesday of Cheshire
April, and the first Tuesday of October. *^°""^^-
For the county of Sullivan, at Newport, on the second Tues-suiiivan
day of May, and the second Tuesday of November. county.
For the county of Coos, northern district, at Colebrook, on coos county,
the first Tuesday of February, and the first Tuesday of Septem-
ber; southern district, at Lancaster, on the third Tuesday of
April, and the second Tuesday of November,
For the county of Grafton, at Plymouth, on the first Tuesday Grafton
of May ; at Haverhill, on the second Tuesday of September; at^°"'^^^'
Lebanon, on the third Tuesday of November. A term shall also
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[1901
Repealing
clause.
Control of
supreme
court rooms.
Takes effect
April 1, 1901.
be held on the third Tuesday of February at which writs and
processes may be entered, actions defaulted or nonsuited, an-
swers made, orders considered and determined, trials had by
agreement on issues to court, and judgments ordered. A jury
or juries may be summoned for attendance at said term only for
extraordinary cause in the discretion of the court. Said Feb-
ruary term shall be held at Haverhill in 1902, at Plymouth in
1903, at Lebanon in 1904, and thereafterwards at those places in
rotation in the same order.
Sect. 16. All laws heretofore passed which establish and
continue in existence the present supreme court, and all acts and
parts of acts whatsoever inconsistent with the provisions of this
act, are hereby repealed ; but all laws now in force not inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act, applicable to the present
court at the law terra, shall continue in force and shall apply to
the supreme court hereby established; and all laws now in force
not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, applicable to the
present court at the trial terms thereof, or to the justices thereof
in vacation, shall continue in force and shall apply to the supe-
rior court, or to the justices thereof in vacation, as the case may
be. Any and all acts pertaining to the distribution of publica-
tions to the supreme court shall aj^ply to the two courts hereby
constituted.
Sect. 17. The exclusive control of the supreme courtrooms,
in the state library building, shall be vested in the judges of the
supreme court.
Sect. 18. This act shall take effect and be in force on and
after the first day of April, 1901 ; and the first session of the
supreme court shall be held on the first Tuesday of April next,
but the justices of said courts may be appointed and commis-
sioned before said first day of April.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 79.
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CHAPTER 79.
AN ACT TO EEVISE THE FISH AND GAME LAWS OF THE STATE.
Section
1. Fish and game commissioners to be
appointed.
2. Duties of commissioners.
3. To inspect waters and determine
what fish shall be introduced.
4. May take fish at any time for certain
purposes.
5. May close waters against fishing,
6. Penalty ;iJr('ma/ncte evidence.
7. May enforce laws relating to inland
fisheries, etc.
8. May appoint special detectives.
9. May confiscate fish and game ille-
gally taken.
10. Report of commissioners.
11. Compensation of commissioners.
12. Fines, how disposed of.
13. Powers of commissioners, etc.
U. May screen public waters, when.
15. Moose, caribou, and elk protected.
16. Deer protected.
17. Two deer may be killed in open
season.
18. Fawn protected.
19. Use of dogs, jacks, and snares pro-
hibited.
20. Penalty for violations.
21. Dog chasing deer, etc., may be
killed.
22. Sable, otter, and fisher protected.
23. Penalty for violations.
24. Beaver protected.
25. Penalty for violations.
26. Gray squirrel and raccoon protected ;
penalty.
27. Hares and rabbits protected ; penalty.
28. Taking with ferret; penalty.
29. Trapping without consent of land.
owner, penalty.
30. Hides and carcasses of deer, etc.,
evidence of violatioh.
31. Transportation of certain animals
prohibited; penalty.
32. Transportation of deer regulated;
penalty.
33. Sale of deer regulated; penalty.
Blue Mt. Forest Ass'n excepted.
34. Wild birds, other than game birds,
protected; what are game birds.
35. Nests and eggs of wild birds pro-
tected.
36. Penalties for violations.
37. Not to apply to persons taking birds
and nests for scientific purposes.
38. Birds, nests, and eggs may be taken
for scientific purposes; require-
ments.
39. Cei-tiflcates in force one year.
40. English sparrows, crows, and hawks
not protected.
41. Plover, duck, etc., protected; pen-
alty.
42. Woodcock, grouse, partridge, quail,
snipe, protected; penalty.
Section
43. Shooting of beach birds regulated .
44. Snaring of grouse, penalty.
45. Killing of blue heron and American
eagle, penalty.
46. Transportation of game birds out of
state, penalty.
47. Purchase or sale of certain game
birds, penalty.
48. Taking fish or corrupting waters in
artificial ponds, penalty.
49. Preceding section applies to what
waters.
50. Certain fish to be caught only by
angling; penalty.
51. Destroying fish by poison or explo-
sive, penalty.
52. Use of seine, wire, or net, penalty.
53. 31ore than ten lines in ice fishing',
penalty.
54. Fishing for trout, etc., as occupation,
penalty.
55. Young salmon protected.
56. Lake trout, land-locked salmon, etc.,
protected.
57. Brook or speckled trout protected.
58. Penalties for violations; repealing
clause.
59. Pike perch, white perch, and black
bass protected; penalty.
60. Pickerel and pike not to be put into
waters containing trout; penalty.
61. Pickerel, pike, etc., protected;
penalty.
62. Fish introduced to be unmolested
five years; penalty.
63. Lamper eels protected; penalty.
64. Smelts protected.
65. Taking of smelts with seine regu-
lated.
66. Penalties for violations.
67. Smelts not to be used as manure;
penalty.
68. Not more than ten pounds of trout
in one day; penalty.
69. Taking trout and land-locked sal-
mon through ice ; penalty.
70. Length of trout, black bass, etc., tbat
may be taken ; penalty.
71. Possession of fish during close sea-
son evidence of violation.
72. Boats and implements used in vio-
lation forfeited.
73. Misuse of fish or fry furnished by
commissioners, penalty.
74. Rights of owners of private waters.
75. " Public waters " defined.
76. Planting oysters regulated.
77. Taking oysters in certain months
prohibited ; penalt5\
78. Lobsters protected ; penalty.
79. Unlawful removal of lobster trap,
penalty.
80. Repealing clause.
81. Takes effect on passage.
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Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Commis-
sioners to be
appointed.
Duties of
commis-
sioners.
To inspect
waters.
May take fish
at any time.
May close
waters
against
fishing.
Penalty;
prima facie
evidence.
May enforce
laws relating
to fisheries.
May appoint
special de-
tectives.
Section 1. The governor, with the advice of the council,
shall appoint a board of fish and game commissioners not ex-
ceeding three in number who shall hold office for five years
unless sooner removed. The board as now constituted is
continued.
Sect. 2. The commissioners shall enforce the fish and game
laws, shall take the necessary measures for re-stocking or
introducing any desirable fish into the waters of this state, and
they may co-operate with the commissioners of other states
having joint interests with this state for that purpose.
Sect. 3. Said commissioners shall examine the principal inland
waters of the state and determine what new varieties of fish
shall be introduced into the same.
Sect. 4. Said commissioners may take fish at any time and
of any kind for purposes of science, cultivation, and dissemina-
tion, and may permit other persons to take them for such
purpose under their direction.
Sect. 5. Said commissioners may close any of the waters of
this state against fishing for such period or periods as the}^ may
deem advisable and may also prohibit the taking offish through
the ice from any of the public waters of the state for a period
not exceeding five years, whenever it shall appear to them after
public notice given and a hearing that it is reasonable to close
the same. In case of such closing, they shall publish their order
in some newspaper printed in the county, and cause the same to
be posted in two or more public places as near the waters as may
be in each town in which any part of the waters is located, at
least one week before the order shall be in force.
Sect. 6. Any person who violates the provisions of the
preceding sections, or of any order thereunder, shall be fined
twenty dollars, or be imprisoned sixty days, or both. The hav-
ing in possession any fish, such as are found in the waters so
closed, by any person in the immediate vicinity of such waters
after the order takes effect, shall be prima facie evidence of a
violation by such person of the law and of the order made by
said commissioners.
Sect. 7. Each of the commissioners may personally, or by
deputy appointed in writing under his hand, enforce all laws
relating to inland fisheries, and may seize and remove summarily,
if need be, all unlawful obstructions to the passage of migratory
fish, except dams, mills, or machineiy, at the expense of the
person using or maintaining the same.
Sect. 8. The fish and game commissioners may, whenever
they deem it necessary, and shall, upon the request of three
reputable citizens, appoint one or more persons to act as special
detectives in cases of prosecution relating to fish and game.
The compensation of such detectives shall be fixed by said
commissioners and paid from the fish and game detective fund.
1901] Chapter 79. 569
Sect. 9. All fish and game found in the possession of anyMayconSs-
person or persons who have illegally taken the same shall be lam^me^."'^
confiscated by the fish and game commissioners and sold by ^'^"y*^'^®"-
them or under their direction to the best advantage, and the
proceeds of such sale added to the fish and game detective fund
in the state treasury.
Sect. 10. The fish and game commissioners shall file with Report of
the secretary of state, on or before the first day of December, in sfon^s!"
each alternate year, a report to the governor and council of all
their doings together with a statement of all their expenses.
Sect. 11. Said commissioners shall be paid their traveling compensa-
and other expenses necessarily connected with the discharge of^^^^^^^^^'^;
their duties, and such reasonable compensation for services as
may be determined and allowed by the governor and council,
who shall audit their accounts.
Sect. 12. All fines and forfeitures accruing from prosecu- Fines, how
tions for violation of the fish and game laws shall be paid into '^^^^°®®^ °*'
the state treasury and placed to the credit of the fish and game
commissioners, and be known as the fish and game detective
fund, and may be drawn and used by said commissioners from
time to time as to them may seem necessary, with the approval
of the governor and council.
Sect. 13. The fish and game commissioners, their deputies powers of
and detectives, in the performance of their duties, shall have the^P™??.!,®" ,„
n 11 TiTiT 1 1 • SlOIlGlSj ClC.
powers 01 constables and shall also have authority to arrest, on
view, within the limits of the state any person violating any of
the fish and game laws.
Sect. 14. The fish and game commissioners shall have power May screen
whenever such action shall be approved by the governor and^^a^ers.
council to place and keep in position such screens in any of the
public waters of the state as they may deem for the public good,
provided said screens shall not intercept the flow of water or
passage of lumber or logs in said waters.
Sect. 15. l!^o person shall hunt, catch, kill, destroy, or cap- Moose, cari-
ture any moose, caribou, or elk within the limits of this state. prot'ec'tecL^^
Sect. 16. No person shall hunt, catch, kill, or destroy any Deer pro-
deer within the limits of this state except during the months of ^^'^^^'^"
October and November and the first fifteen days of December in
each year, and then only in the counties of Carroll and Coos,
and in the towns of Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton,
Dorchester, Ellsworth, Groton, Hebron, Ilolderness, Lincoln,
Livermore, Plymouth, Rumney, Thornton, Waterville, Went- >
worth, AYoodstock, Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Easton, Franconia,
Haverhill, Landaft', Lisbon, Littleton, Lyme, Hanover, Monroe,
Orford, Piermont, and Warren, in Grafton county.
Sect. 17. No person during the open season of any year two deer
shall take, catch, kill, or destroy more than two deer. kiiied^
Sect. 18. The killing of fawn is prohibited at all times. rawnpro-
Sect. 19. No person shall at any time hunt, kill, capture, or use of'ciogs,
destroy any deer with dogs, or by the use of a jack, so called, or ^gna'^.|'s'pro-
with any artificial light, or with a trap or snare. Mbiteci.
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Penalty.
Dog may
killed.
Sable, otter,
and fisher
protected.
Beaver pro-
tected.
Penalty.
Gray squirrel
and raccoon
protected ;
penalty.
Hares and
rabbits pro-
tected ;
penalty.
Taking with
ferret,
penalty.
Trapping
without
owner's con-
sent, penalty.
Evidence of
violation.
Transporta-
tion prohibi-
ted; penalty.
Sect. 20. If any person shall violate any provision of any of
the five preceding sections, he shall he fined not exceding two
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding six months, or
both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 21. Any person may summarily dispose of any dog
found pursuing or harassing any moose, caribou, elk, deer,
or sheep.
Sect. 22. Xo person shall take or kill any sable, otter, or
fisher between the thirty-first day of March and the fifteenth
day of October in any year.
Sect. 23. If any person shall violate the provisions of the
preceding sections he shall be fined twenty-five dollars, or be
imprisoned sixty days, or both.
Sect. 24. ]No person shall take, kill, or have in his possession
any beaver within this state prior to the first day of January,
1909.
Sect. 25. If any person shall violate the provisions of the
preceding section he shall be fined fifty dollars for each beaver
caught, killed, or had in his possession.
Sect. 26. No person shall, between the first day of January
and the fifteenth daj' of September in any year, take or kill any
gray squirrel or raccoon under a fine of ten dollars for each
offense, or thirty days imprisonment, or both.
Sect. 27. If any person shall take or kill any hare or rabbit
between the thirty-first day of March and the first day of
October in any year, he shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars,
or imprisoned thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 28. If any person shall at any time take or kill any
rabbit or hare by the use of a ferret, he shall be fined not
exceeding ten dollars, or be imprisoned thirty days, or both.
Sect. 29. If any person shall set or arrange any trap upon
any land of which he is not the owner or legal occupant without
the consent of the owner or legal occupant of said land, he
shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisoned sixty
days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect, 30. If any person shall at any time have in his posses-
sion the carcasses or hides of any moose, caribou, elk, or fawn,
or the parts thereof, or the carcasses or hides, or parts thereof of
more than two deer, in the open season on deer, or the carcasses
or hides or parts thereof of any deer when it is unlawful to take
or kill deer, or the carcasses or hides or parts thereof of any
other animal mentioned in this act Avhen it is unlawful to take
or kill such animal, it shall be yrima facie evidence that such
person has hunted and killed the same contrary to law.
Sect. 31. No person, corporation, or common carrier shall,
at any time within the limits of this state, transport any moose,
caribou, elk, or fawn, under penalty of a fine of fifty dollars,
but such person, corporation, or common carrier may show in
defense that such animals came in the regular course of busi-
ness into their possession for transit through the state from
some place without the state.
1901] CfiAPTER 79. 571
Sect. 32. iN'o person, corporation, or common carrier shall Deer, trans-
transport, within this state, any deer or any parts thereof, except '^^^'^^^^"^ °^'
heads for mounting, unless open to view, tagged, and plainly
labeled with the name of the actual owner, and accompanied by
him, under penalty of a fine of fifty dollars.
Sect, 33. No person shall sell any deer killed in this state, saie of deer
or parts thereof, except for consumption as food within the state, penaity^^^iue
and no person shall buy for the purpose of selling the same, sell , ^^t^.^orest
or give away more than two deer, killed in this state in any one cepted.
season, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense,
except that the Blue Mountain Forest Association may kill deer,
elk, and moose within the confines of its game preserve, as es-
tablished by chapter 258 of the Laws of 1895, until January 15th
of each year, and may ship them to points without the state at
any time when accompanied by a certificate of the fish and game
commission that they were legally killed, and the fish and game
commission shall provide such rules and regulations as are nec-
essary for the carrying out of the provisions of this paragraph
without any expense to the state of New Hampshire.
Sect. 34. No person shall, within this state, kill or catch or wiid birds,
have in his possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than game birds,
a game bird, nor shall purchase, offer, or expose for sale any Pfj°j^^'^\?^'
such wild bird after it has been killed or caught. No part of the game birds,
plumage, skin, or body of any bird protected by this section
shall be sold or had in possession for sale. For the purposes of
this act the following only shall be considered game birds : The
Anatidce, commonly known as swans, geese, brant, and river
and sea ducks ; the HaUidcB, commonly known as rails, coots,
mud-hens, and gallinules; the IJmicoke, commonly known as
shore birds, plover, surf birds, snipe,woodcock, sand-pipers, tatlers
and curlews ; the GalUme, commonly known as wild turkeys,
grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges, and quails.
Sect. 35. No person shall, within this state, take or need-^^g^gg^j^^^
lessly destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild bird nor shall have eggsjiro-
such nest or eggs in his or her possession.
Sect. 36. Any person who violates any of the provisions of penalties for
the two preceding sections of this act shall be guilty of a misde- '*''°'^^'°'^*-
meanor, and shall be liable to a fine of five dollars for each of-
fense, and an additional fine of five dollars for each bird, living
or dead, or part of bird, or nest and eggs possessed in violation
of this act, or to imprisonment for ten clays, or both, at the dis-
cretion of the coult.
Sect. 37. Sections 34, 35, and 36 of this act shall not apply to Not apply to
any person holding a certificate giving the right to take birds pe^^^ons.
and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes, as provided for
in section 38 of this act.
Sect. 38. Certificates may be granted by the fish and game Birds, nests,
commissioners to any properly accredited person of the age off^^^^^^^^
eighteen years or upward, permitting the holder- thereof to col- scientific
lect birds, their nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. p"^p°*®^-
In order to obtain such certificate the applicant for the same
572 Chapter 79. [1901
must present to the commissioners written testimonials from two
well-known scientific men certifying to the good character and
fitness of said applicant to be intrusted with such privilege, and
must pay to said commissioners one dollar to defray the neces-
* sary expenses attending the granting of such certificate ; and
must file with said commissioners a properly executed bond,
in the sum of two hundred dollars, signed by two responsible
citizens of the state as sureties. This bond shall be forfeited to
the state, and the certificate become void, upon proof that the
holder of such a certificate has killed any bird, or taken the nest
or eggs of any bird, for other than the purposes named in sec-
tions 37 and 38 of this act, who shall be further subject for each
oftense to the penalties provided therefor in section 37 of this act.
Certificates in Sect. 39. The certificates authorized by this act shall be in
^jeav.^'^^ force for one year only from the date of their issue, and shall not
be transferable.
English Sect. 40. The English or European house sparrow {Passer
crows^lnd domesUcus), crows, and hawks are not included among the birds
protected' protected by this act.
Plover, duck, Sect. 41. If any person shall, between the thirty-first day ot
tectedT January and the first day of August in any year, take, kill, or
penalty. destroy any plover, yellowlegs, sandpiper, duck, except shel-
drake and loon, or rail, he shall be fined ten dollars for each
bird so taken or destroyed, or be imprisoned sixty days, or both.
Woodcock, Sect. 42. If any person shall, between the fifteenth day of
fringe? quail, December in any year and the fifteenth day of September next
snipe.' ' following, take, Idll, or have in possession any woodcock,
rufled grouse, partridge, quail, or Wilson snipe, or shall at
any time take, kill, or have in possession any of said birds
except for consumption as food within the state, he shall be fined
ten dollars for each bird so taken or destroyed or had in pos-
session, or imprisoned sixty days, or both.
Shooting of Sect. 43. The provisions of the preceding sections shall not
beach birds, jje construed to prevent the shooting of beach birds, so called,
within the limits of Eockingham county after the fifteenth day
of July in any year.
Snaring of Sect. 44. If any person shall at any time take grouse, par-
srouse, tridge, or quail with a trap or snare, he shall be fined ten dollars
for each bird so taken, or be imprisoned sixty days, or both.
Blue heron Sect. 45. If any person shall at any time catch, kill, or de-
anfl American g-j-roy any blue heron, American or bald eagle, he shall be pun-
ished by a fine of twenty-five dollars for each bird so killed, or
be imprisoned three months, or both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Transporta- Sect. 46. If any pcrsou, corporation, or common carrier, or
bh-ds^omof any of their servants or agents, while in their employ, shall have
state, penalty, jj-^ their posscssiou for transportation out of the state at any
time, or for transportation or for any other purpose when the
same are protected by law, any of the birds mentioned in this act,
such person, corporation, or common carrier shall be fined one
hundred dollars for each oftense, but such person, corporation,
1901] Chapter 79. 573
or common carrier maj show in defense that the birds came in
the regular course of business lawfully into their possession for
transit through the state from some place without the state.
Sect. 47. ' If any person shall at any time within this state faie^'orc^er-'"
buy, sell, oifer, or expose for sale, any woodcock, partridge, or ^am game
rutted grouse, he shall for each bird bought and sold, offered for penalty,
sale, or had in their possession, be lined five dollars, or be im-
prisoned thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 48. If any person shall catch or kill fish in any waters Taking ash or
prepared or used for the purpose of breeding, growing, or pre-w"aS\^S^
serving fish, or in any stream connected therewith on landpo^ds^*^^
owned or leased for that purpose, or shall break dow^n any dam penalty,
or embankment of the same, or shall in any way poison or pol-
lute the water, or shall place therein any fish or the roe, spawn,
or fry of the same without permission of the owner or lessee of
the land upon or through which such waters stand or flow, he
shall be fined for every such oflense not exceeding fifty dollars,
or be imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
Seot. 49. The preceding section shall apply only to waters Preceding
not being public waters that are wholly within the control of w^ifatwa\^ers.
some person who ow^ns the land around the same and has
made improvements, expended money or labor in stocking it
with fish, and it shall not apply to such waters unless the owner
or lessee shall keep posted in at least two conspicuous places on
the land a notice containing the words, " lleserved for fish cul-
ture, trespass forbidden," in plain letters.
Sect. 50. If any person shall take, kill, or fish for salmon, certain ash
brook or speckled trout, aureolus or golden trout, lake trout, oniy%y^"^^*
land-locked or fresh water salmon, bass, pike, pike perch, white ^^||^^°^'
perch, pickerel, shad, shad-waiters, white fish, or blue fins, in any
of the fresh waters of this state, in any other manner or with
any other device than the ordinary way of aingling with a single
hook and line, with bait, artificial flies, or spoon, he shall be fined
ten dollars for each oftense, or be imprisoned thirty days, or
both, and shall be liable to a further penalty of one dollar for
each fish so caught, taken, or killed. The having in possession
upon any fresh waters of this state or upon the shore of the same
any gill or seine net, fyke net, spear, jack, torch, trawl, or float-
ing device, shall be prima fade evidence of a violation of the law
by the person having the same in possession.
Sect. 51. If any person shall take or kill any fish in any of Destroying
the waters of this state by the use of any poisonous or deleter!- or'^spio^ve,"
ous explosive substances, he shall be fined not exceeding oneP^"^"^-
hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or
both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 52. If any person shall take or kill in any of the fresh use of seine,
waters of this state any kind of fish except shiners in the Merri- Jenaity.'^*^*'
mack river, with seine, weir, gill net, or fyke net, he shall be fined
not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding sixty
days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
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More than ten
lines in ice
fishing,
penalty.
Fishing for
ti-out, etc., as
occupation,
paiK
ilty.
Young
salmon pro-
tected.
Lake trout,
land-locked
salmon, etc.,
protected.
Brook trout
protected.
Penalties for
violations;
repealing
clause.
Pike perch,
white perch,
and black
penalty.
Pickerel, etc.
not to be put
in waters
containing
trout.
Sect. 53. If any person shall use or have in use, except in
tide waters within this state, more than ten lines with one sin-
gle hook on each line when tishing- through the ice, he shall be
fined ten dollars for each hook and line in excess often.
Sect. 54. If an 3^ person shall, for the whole or any part of the
time, engage in the business or occupation of fishing on any of
the streams or ponds of this state, for brook or speckled trout,
or in the lakes thereof for land-locked salmon, or shall for the
whole or any part of the time engage in the business or occupa-
tion of fishing for such fish for any other person, for gain or hire,
he shall for every such oflense be fined not exceeding fifty dol-
lars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both such
fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 55. No person shall take, kill, or have in his posses-
sion, from any of the waters of this state, any young salmon,
known as parr, smolt, or grilse, at any time.
Sect. 56. 'No person shall take, kill, or have in his possession
from any of the waters of this state, any lake trout, land-locked
salmon, white fish, shad, or blue fins between the fifteenth day
of September in any year and the first day of January next fol-
lowing.
Sect. 57. No person shall take, kill, or have in his posses-
sion from any of the waters of this state, any brook or speckled
trout between the thirty-first day of July in any year and the
first day of April next following, except that brook or speckled
trout may be taken in the usual manner with single hook and
line in the waters of Coos, Grafton, and Carroll counties during
the month of August, but not during the month of April. And
except that it shall be lawful to take trout from the waters of
Lake Sunapee during the month of August, and within the lakes
and ponds of Coos, Grafton, and Carroll counties during the
first fourteen days of September.
Sect. 58. If any person shall violate any provision of the
three preceding sections, he shall be fined not exceeding fifty
dollars for each offense, or be imprisoned not exceeding six
months, or both such fine and imprisonment, except that it shall
be lawful to sell lake trout during the open season ; and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sect. 59. If any person shall take or kill any pike perch,
white perch, or black bass in any of the waters of this state, ex-
cept tide waters, during the months of Ma}^ and June in any
year, except that it shall be lawful to take bass in the waters of
Sunapee and Mascoma lakes in June, he shall be fined ten dol-
lars for each fish so taken or killed, or be imprisoned sixty days,
or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 60. If any person shall put pickerel, pike, black bass,
carp, or the roe, spawn, or fry thereof, into any public waters
containing trout, and free from pike, pickerel, bass, or carp, he
shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars for each
offense.
1901] Chapter 79. 575
Sect. 61. If any person shall take or kill any muskellonge, Pickerel, etc.,
pickerel, pike, or grayling in any of the waters of this state dur-^enluy^'''
ing the months of April and May of any year, he shall be fined
ten dollars for each offense.
Sect. 62. If any person shall take or kill any variety of fish Fish to be un-
which have been or may be introduced by the fish and game avi y^ears?'"
commissioners, their agents, or any person authorized by them,i'<^'^^i^J-
in any of the waters of this state within five years from their in-
troduction into such waters, he shall be fined not exceeding ten
dollars for each fish taken or killed, or be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 63. If any person shall at any time take or catch lam- hamper eeis
per eels in a weir or eel pot, he shall be fined not exceeding fifty penluy^'^'
dollars for each ofiense, or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sect. 64. No person shall, between the twenty-fifth day of smeits pro-
March and the first day of July in any year, take, catch, or kjn *^*^^®'^-
any of the fish called smelts, in any of the waters of the Piscata-
qua river, its tributaries. Great bay and Greenland bay, so called,
in this state.
Sect. 65. No person shall, at anytime of the year, take or Toting of^^^
catch, with a seine, weir, or net, any of the fish called smelts, in s^ine re^u-^
the waters of Great bay and Greenland bay, aforesaid, easterly of ^^^®'^'
a line from the easterly end of the Portsmouth & Concord Eail-
road bridge to Adams Point, so called, in the town of Durham.
Sect. 66. If any person shall violate an^^ provision of the two Penalties for
preceding sections, he shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, ^^°^'^ti°'^*-
for each offense ; provided, hoivever, that nothing in said sections
shall be construed to prevent the use of weirs or nets for the
capture or taking of shad or alewives, the meshes of which nets
are sufficiently large to permit the free ingress and egress of the
before mentioned fish, commonly known as smelts.
Sect. 67. If any person shall take, kill, or use any fresh water smeits not to
or salt water smelt for the purpose of manuring land, or take nfanm-e f^
more than ten pounds in any one calendar day, from the fresh ^'®'^^"^'
waters of the state, he shall be fined ten dollars for each offense.
Sect. 68. If any person shall take or kill more than ten Not more than
pounds of brook or speckled trout in any one calendar day, he troutm'^onV^
shall be fined ten dollars for each offense. f^ay-
Sect. 69. If any person shall take, kill, or have in his pos- Taking trout
session any brook or speckled trout, or any land-locked salmon foc'ie'd'sai-
taken through the ice (except land-locked salmon when they f^'^^^e^a^ify.
inhabit the same waters as lake trout), he shall be fined five dol-
lars for every fish so taken or had in possession.
Sect. 70. If any person shall take, kill, or have in possession Length of
any brook trout at any time of a length less than five inches, or that maybe
any black bass of a length less than eight inches, or any land- Jfj^fauy.
locked salmon, aureolus or golden trout, or pickerel of a length
less than twelve inches, he shall be fined five dollars for ever}^
fish so taken, killed, or had in possession.
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Possession
evidence of
violation.
Boats and
implements
forfeited.
Misuse of fisli
or fry
punished by
commis-
sioners;
penalty.
Rights of
owners of
private
waters.
" Public
waters" de-
fined.
Planting
oysters regu-
lated.
Taking
oysters in
certain
months pro-
hibited;
penalty.
Lobsters
protected ;
penalty.
Unlawful
removal of
lobster trap;
penalty.
Repealing
clause.
Sect. 71. The possession of any fish during the time in which
their capture is prohibited bylaw by any person, shall be deemed
prima ;fade evidence of a violation of the law, and such fish may
be seized by any commissioner, detective, or constable.
Sect. 72. All boats and implements used in taking or getting
fish in violation of law shall be forfeited and may be seized
by any detective, constable, police ofiicer, or selectman, and shall
be held, proceeded with, and disposed of as provided by law in
other cases of forfeiture of goods, except that all spears and
trawls shall be destroyed by the person seizing them.
Sect. 73. If any person shall buy, sell, offer, or expose for
sale, carry beyond the limits of this state, or place in private
waters, any fish or fry intrusted to his care by the fish and game
commissioners or their agents, for planting',in public waters, he
shall be fined fifty dollars for each offense.
Sect. 74. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the owners of
private waters from taking fish from such waters for purposes
of propagation, dissemination, or science at such times and in
such manner as may be most convenient, but they shall not be
taken, used, or sold for purposes of food during the time when
such capture is prohibited by law.
Sect. 75. All natural ponds and lakes containing more than
twenty acres shall be deemed public waters.
Sect. 76. Any person is authorized to plant or bed oysters
in Great bay or its tributaries. Little bay and Durham river, so
called, but no person shall occupy an area of more than four
acres.
Sect. 77. If any person shall take oysters from Great bay or
its tributaries, "'Little bay or Durlaiim river, during the months of
June, July, and August, or shall dredge for oysters through
holes cut in the ice, unless the oysters have been bedded in the
aforesaid waters by the person so dredging for them, he shall be
fined one hundred dollars for each offense.
Sect. 78. If any person shall catch, preserve, sell, or expose
for sale within this state, any lobsters under ten and one half
inches in length, measuring from one extreme of the body to the
other, exclusive of claws or feelers, at any time, or shall kill or
destroy any female lobster while carrying her spawn, he shall
be fined ten dollars for each lobster so caught, killed, sold, pre-
served, or exposed for sale.
Sect. 79. If any person shall take or attempt to take up or
in any way knowingly and willfully interfere with any lobster
trap while set for lawful use within this state without the au-
thority of the owner thereof, he shall be fined fifty dollars, but
no indictment shall be maintained unless the name or the initials
of the owner of the trap or traps shall be carved, painted, or
printed in legible letters not less than three fourths of an inch in
length on alfthe buoys connected with such traps.
Sect. 80. This act shall take the place of chapters 130, 131,
132, and 133 of the Public Statutes, and all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, except that sec-
1901] Chapters 80, 81. 577
tions 15 to 25 of this act, both inclusive, shall not apply to the
Blue Mountain Forest Association, and except that existing spe-
cial statutes relatino- to fish protection, fishing, and deposits of
sawdust in certain specified waters of the state shall not be
repealed by this act, but shall be continued in force according
to the tenor and meaning of said statutes.
Sect. 81. This act shall take eftect on its passage. mi^a\sa|e.*
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 80.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 16, CHAPTER 287 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES ENTITLED "FEES AND COSTS IN CERTAIN CASES."
Section 1. Sheriffs' fees for attendance at court to be audited by presiding justice.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That section 16, chapter 287 of the Public Stat- sheriffs' fees
utes be amended by adding to the last clause but one of said d*ance tobe
section (he words, to be audited and allowed by the presiding ^"'^^^®'^-
justice, so that said clause shall read as follows: For attending
the supreme court by order thereof, to be paid out of the county
treasury, the sherift', each day, three dollars ; each deputy, two
dollars and fifty cents, to be audited and allowed by the presid-
ing justice.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 77 OF THE LAWS OF 1899, AND
IN RELATION TO SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS.
Section I Section
1. Vote to form supervisory school dis- 2. Takes effect on passage,
trict may be rescinded. |
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represe7itatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Any town or special district which has united, orRggciggionof
may hereafter unite, with any other town or towns, district or "^ote to form
districts, to form a supervisory district as provided "by chapter 77 school dis-
of the Laws of 1899, may at any annual school district meeting, ^^"^^^'
by vote, rescind such action, and thereupon shall, at the end of
the school year or at the expiration of the period for which such
supervisory district may then already have contracted for the
services of a superintendent, cease to be a part of such super-
visory district.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efifect upon its passage. Tates effect
on passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
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Chapters
83.
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Not exempt
from tax-
ation.
Takes effect
on passage.
CHAPTER 82.
AN ACT I^T AMENDMEXT OF CHAPTER 108, LAWS OF 1895, RELATING
TO THE TAXATION OF SAVINGS BANKS.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Section
1. Savings banks not exempt from tax-
ation on general deposits on ac-
count of railroad securities.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Savings banks, trust companies, loan and trust
companies, and loan and banking companies shall not be enti-
tled to exemption from taxation on their general deposits on
account of railroad stock or bonds owned by them, whether
secured by real estate, mortgages, or otherwise.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5, CHAPTER 40 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUNDS HELD
BY TOWNS.
Section .^
1. Towns to pay interest on trust fund
in public treasury.
Interest on
trust funds In
town
treasury.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
Section
2. Repealing clause;
passage.
act takes effect on
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Add to section 5, chapter 40 of the Public Stat-
utes the following words: And any town or city which now
holds or hereafter may hold in trust, by bequest or otherwise,
any funds for the improvement of the town or city, or any part
thereof, or in aid of public libraries and such objects as may be
supported in whole or in part by funds raised by public taxation,
may pay the same into the town or city treasury, and so long as
the same remains therein said town or city shall pay thereon an
annual income at the rate of three and one half per cent, which
income shall be expended in accordance with the terms of the
trust by which said fund or funds are held. Towns and cities
are hereby authorized to receive from cemetery associations or
individuals funds for the care of cemeteries or any lot therein,
or from school districts therein, sinking funds, ancl pay thereon
an annual income not exceeding three and one half per cent per
annum, and the income thereof shall be expended by said town
or city in accordance with the terms of the trust or contract
under which the same was received.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon its pas-
[ Approved March 21, 1901.
1901]
Chapter 84.
CHAPTER 84.
579
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
Public Printing Commission pro-
vided for. ■
Public printing to be ordered by
commission.
May contract for public printing.
Contracts to be awarded to residents
of New Hampshire.
Section
5. Commission may pTirchase matei'ials.
G. Bonds for fulfillment of contracts to
be required.
7. Repealing clause; act takes effect
July 1, 1901.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The governor, with the advice of the council, Public
shall biennially designate live state officers, no one of whom commission,
shall be pecuniarily interested in any printing establishment, who
shall constitute a board to be known as the Public Printing
Commission.
Sect. 2. All printing, binding, and blank-book making re- Public
quired bj^ the several departments of the state government andorderecf by^^
paid for out of the state treasury shall be termed public printing ''°™'"^®^^°"-
for the purposes of this act. All of the public printing sball be
ordered by the public printing commission, and no other party
or parties shall have authority to contract for said public
printing in the name of the state of New Hampshire.
Sect. 3. The public printing commission may contract with May contract
responsible parties, with or without competitive bidding as said*°^"^""*™^'
commission may deem for the best interests of the state, for the
public printing, adopting such policy in distributing contracts
for work not offered for competitive bids as will be equitable
and just to all printing offices in the state equipped to render
satisfactory service. iS"o contract shall be awarded at prices in
excess of those established b}^ chapter 38 of the Laws of 1899.
Sect. 4. Contracts for the public printing shall be awarded ^^^t^^°^t|g*^o^^
only to parties who are residents of, and who will do the work whom,
in, !N"ew Hampshire; provided, that if any portion of said work
cannot be procured in New Hampshire at the prices established
by chapter 38 of the Laws of 1899, said commission may con-
tract therefor with parties outside said state at those prices.
Sect. 5. The public printing commission may purchase, in jj^^y ^^^.^^^3^5^
the name of the state, materials used in doing the public print- materials,
ing, whenever in their opinion such purchase will effect a saving
in the cost of the same or will improve the quality of such work.
Sect. 6. The public printing commission shall require parties Bonds for fui-
to whom contracts for public printing are awarded to give ^^\™®°j,\^_*
satisfactory bonds for the fulfillment of the terms of such
contracts relating to the time of the delivery of the articles
contracted for and the quality of the material and workmanship
to be furnished.
Sect. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Ke^peaimg^
are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect July 1, 1901. takes effect
•' '^ -^ ' July 1, 1901.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
680
Chapter 85.
CHAPTER 85.
[1901
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF REVISING THE CONSTITUTION.
Section
1. Time of choosing delegates.
2. Eligibility to convention.
3. Manner of choosing.
4. Credentials of delegates.
5. Blanks for certificates.
Section
6. Meeting and organization.
7. Amendments agreed' to.
8. Supplies for convention.
9. Mileage and compensation.
10. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted tjij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Time of
choosing
delegates.
Eligibility.
Manner of
choosing.
Credentials.
Meeting and
organization.
Amendments,
Section 1. That at the election in the several towns and cities
of this state to. be holclen in November, A. D. 1902, delegates
to a convention to revise the constitntion of this state shall be
chosen and an article therefor shall be inserted in the warrants
calling said meetings ; and all the laws relating to the election of
representatives to the general conrt, so far as the same may be
applicable, shall apply to the election of delegates except as
herein otherwise provided.
Sect. 2. Any person shall be eligible to a seat in said con-
vention who by the laws of this state is a qualified voter in the
town or district from which he may be elected.
Sect. -3. The delegates shall be chosen in the same manner
and proportioned as the representatives to the present general
court, 2^^^ovuled, that each and every town shall be entided to
send one delegate at least.
Sect. 4. Town clerks and clerks of supervisors of election
sliall deliver to the person or persons elected a certificate of his
or their election.
Sect. 5. The secretary of state is directed to prepare and
seasonably transmit to the several town clerks suitable blank
forms for certificates of the election of delegates.
Sect. 6. The delegates so chosen shall meet in convention at
the capitol in Concord on the first Tuesday of December, A. D.
1902, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and shall proceed to organ-
ize themselves in convention by choosing by ballot one of their
number as president, and such other oflicers as they may deem
necessary ; they shall be the judges of election and returns of
their own members, and may establish rules of proceeding, and,
when organized, shall proceed to revise the constitution.
Sect. 7. If any alterations or amendments of the constitu-
tion shall be agreed to by said convention, they shall be so
arranged and prepared that the same can be voted on by the
people separately, unless the convention shall be of the opinion
that it is impracticable so to prepare and arrange them, in which
case the amendments shall be voted on together; and in either
case the convention shall prescribe the mode of publication of
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Chapter
681
be submitted to the people for their approval, and may pass an
ordinance in relation to the manner of ascertaining their de-
cision and declaring and publishing the same, the time when
such amendments as shall be approved shall take eft'ect, and may
do any and all other things which they deem necessary to carry
out the purpose and object of such convention.
Sect. 8. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to suppnes.
furnish said convention such books, documents, papers, station-
ery, and printing as the convention shall require or order.
Sect. 9. The pay for the travel for the officers and members Mileage ana
of the convention shall be the same as that of the officers and tion.^*^°*^"
members of the house of representatives and for his attendance
each member shall receive three dollars per day during the said
convention, except that the clerk and assistant clerk shall receive
the same pay as a member of the convention, and one hundred
dollars each additional for making up the journals, the same to
be paid out of the treasury.
Sect. 10. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. J^ p^^ssfge.^
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 86.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 86, LAWS OF 1895, ENTITLED " AN ACT
REGULATING FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY SOCIETIES, ORDERS, OR
ASSOCIATIONS."
Section
1. " Fraternal Beneficiary Association "
defined; form and work prescribed.
3. Associations now doing business
may continue, if satisfactory to
insurance commissioner.
Section
3. Associations admitted to do business
to be satisfactory to insurance
commissioner.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened: . ^
Section 1. Section 1, chapter 86, Laws of 1895, is hereby " Fraternal
amended by striking out, after the word "age" in the ninth ^l^o^Son"
line, the words "or such benefit as provided by, and subject to*^,^?"®*^'J'*""
their compliance with its constitution and laws," so that said presc'i^bed.
section as amended shall read as follows :
Section 1. A fraternal beneficiary association is hereby
declared to be a corporation, society, or voluntary association
formed or organized and carried on for the sole benefit of its
members and beneficiaries, and not for profit. Each association
shall have a lodge system, with ritualistic form of work and
representative form of government, and may make provision for
the payment of benefits to members and their beneficiaries in
case of death, sickness, temporary or permanent physical disa-
bility, either as the result of disease, accident, or old age. The
582 Chapter 86. [1901
fund from which the payment of such benefit shall be made,
and the fund from which the expenses of such association shall
be defrayed, shall be derived from assessments or dues collected
from its members. Payment of death benefits shall be to the
families, heirs, blood relatives, affianced husband, or affianced
wife, or to persons dependent upon the member. Such associa-
tions shall be governed by this act, and shall be subject to the
provisions of the insurance laws of this state consistent with the
provisions of this act, and no law hereafter passed shall apply to
them unless they be expressly designated therein.
May continue Sect. 2. Scctiou 2 of saicl act is hereby amended by adding
to^^isui^nce^ after the word " business" in the fourth line of said section, the
sionei\^' words, if the commissioner of insurance is satisfied that such
associations are reliable and worthy of public patronage, so
that said section as amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 2. All such associations coming within the description
as set forth in section 1 of this act, organized under the laws of this
or any other state, province, or territory, and now doing business
in this state, may continue such business if the commissioner of
insurance is satisfied that such associations are reliable and
w^orthy of public patronage; jwomded, that they hereafter com-
ply with the provisions of this act regulating annual reports,
and the designation of the commissioner of insurance as the
person upon whom process may be served, as hereinafter
provided.
Associations Sect. 3. Section 3 of said act is hereby amended by adding
besatisfac° after the word "state" in the fourth line of said section, the
lurIn?e°om- ^^^o^'^'^' ^f ^^^ Commissioner of insurance is satisfied that such
missionei'. association is reliable and worthy of public patronage, and,
so that said section when amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 3. Any such association coming within the description
as set forth in section 1 of this act, organized under the laws of
any other state, province, or territory, and not now doing busi-
ness in this state, shall be admitted to do business within the
state, if the commissioner of insurance is satisfied that such
association is reliable and worthy of public patronage, and when
it shall have filed with the commissioner of insurance a duly
certified copy of its charter and articles of association, and a
copy of its constitution or laws, certified to by its secretary or
corresponding officer, together with an appointment of the com-
missioner of insurance of this state as a person upon whom pro-
cess may be served as hereinafter provided, and provided that such
association shall be shown by certificate to be authorized to do
business in the state, province, or territory in which it is incor-
porated, or organized, in case the laws of such state, province,
or territory shall provide for such authorization ; and in case
the laws of such state, province, or territory do not provide for
any formal authorization to do business on the part of any such
association, then such association shall be shown to be conduct-
ing its business in accordance with the provisions of this act,
for which purpose the commissioner of insurance of this state
1901] Chapters 87, 88. 583
may personally, or by some person to be designated by him,
examine into the condition, affairs, character, and business
methods, accounts, books, and investments of sucli association
at its home otiice, which examination shall be at the expense of
such association, and shall be made within thirty days after de-
mand therefor, and the expense of such examination shall be
limited to $5 per diem and expenses.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 87.
AN ACT IX AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1, CHAPTEE 251 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO SEAECH-WAEPvANTS.
SECTION 1. Justice may issue search-warrant f oi- oleomargarine.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That chapter 251 of the Public Statutes t)^ S|arch-war
amended by inserting at the end of section 1 the following : margarine^ "
VII. Oleomargarine, butterine, or any oleaginous substance
not produced from pure unadulterated milk or cream of the
same, which is in imitation of yellow butter.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1902 and 1903.
CHAPTER 88.
AN ACT TO PEOVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF AN
ANNUAL STATE TAX FOR THE TEEM OF TWO YEAES.
SECTION 1. State tax for 1902 and 1503.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The sum of four hundred and twenty-five thou- state tax for
Till • 1 IIP 1 PI „)0nTnnrl1 QTlt
sand dollars shall be raised annually for the use of the state for
the years 1902 and 1903, 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 in 1899 ; and the
selectmen 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, 1902 and 1903; and the state
treasurer is hereby authorized to issue his extent for all taxes
which shall remain unpaid on the dates last above mentioned.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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Chapters 89, 90.
[1901
CHAPTER 89.
AN ACT IN EELATION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS.
Section
1. Appropriations exceeding one thou-
sand dollars to be by ballot and
cheok-list in certain towns.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect
on passage ; applies to what towns.
B'l it enacUd hj the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
No appro- SECTION 1. Excepting the appropriations required by law for
money except the payment of state and county taxes, and for the support of
ey(
all<
by ballot
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage ;
applies to
what towns.
schools, no sum of money exceeding one thousand dollars shall
be raised or appropriated for any one object at any meeting of
any town the population of which, according to the last preced-
ing national census, exceeds three thousand inhabitants, except
by ballot and the use of the check-list, if the use of the check-list
is requested by seven legal voters of the town.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this
act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its
passage.
This act shall apply only to such towns as shall adopt the
same and at a legal meeting, the warrant for which contains an
article providing for such adoption.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 90.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE TAKING OF SALMON FROM BERRY POND IN
PITTSFIELD FOR FIVE YEARS FROM APRIL 1, 1901.
Section
1. Salmon in Berry pond protected.
Section
2 . Penalty for violation .
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Salmon pro-
tected.
Penalty.
Section 1. That for the term of five years from April 1,
1901, no person shall take any salmon from Berry pond, the res-
ervoir and water supply of the town of Pittsfield in the county
of Merrimack.
Sect. 2. Any person violating the provision of this act shall
be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901]
Chapters 91, 92.
CHAPTER 91.
585
AN ACT TO PEOTECT THE WATEPiS OF STILLWATER POND IN SALEM.
Section
1. Sole use and control granted.
Section
2. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
"Whereas, Edward F. Searles is the owner of all the real estate
surrounding the pond in Salem known as " Stillwater pond,"
and
Whereas, Said Searles is desirous of improving and beauti-
fying said land surrounding said pond, and for that purpose
wishes the absolute control of said pond for a limited period ;
therefore
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Edward F. Searles, his heirs and assigns, soie use and
are hereby authorized to have and maintain the sole arid unin-
terrupted use, enjoyment, benefit, and control of Stillwater
pond, so called, in the town of Salem for and during the term of
live years.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act eilus?;*"!!
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect
sage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
upon Its pas- *^^^^|g^gǤ^'
CHAPTER 92.
AN ACT IN amendment OF CHAPTER 88 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
IN RELATION TO THE RAISING OF SCHOOL MONET.
Section
1. School tax, amount and assessment.
Section
2. Takes effect January
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 88 of the Public Statutes, as schooi tax
amended by chapter 57 of the Session Laws of 1893, and chapter ^™°^°*^'^'^
83 of the Session Laws of 1895, is hereby amended by striking
out the word " five " in the third line and inserting in place
thereof the word six, so that said section shall read :
Section 1. The selectmen in each town shall assess annually
upon the polls and ratable estate taxable therein, a sum to be
computed at the rate of six hundred dollars for every dollar of
the public taxes apportioned to such town, and so for a greater
or less sum.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi:ect January 1, 1902.
Takes effect
Jan. 1, 1902.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
686 Chapter 93. [1901
CHAPTER 93.
AN ACT IJSr AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4, CHAPTER 27, LAWS OF 1895,
ENTITLED "AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE INCORPORATION, ORGAN-
IZATION, AND REGULATION OF STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF ELECTRICITT AS A MOTIVE POWER BY
EXISTING STEAM RAILROADS."
Section
1. Street railway corporations may
take land tor power plants, car-
houses, etc.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted Inj the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
street rail- SECTION 1. Amend sectioii 4, chapter 27, Laws of 1895, by
tTons maT'"'" inserting after the words " Public Statutes " in the third line
certain pm°'" thereof the following :
poses. Said railwa}^ corporations may take and hold in the manner
provided by said statute such land as may be necessary for
the purposes of installing and maintaining power plants, car-
houses and depots, repair shops, pole lines, wires, side-tracks,
and gravel pits, so that said section as amended will read as
follows :
Sect. 4. All parts of street railways, not located in a public
highway, shall be laid out, located, and the location changed,
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes ; said
railway corporations may take and hold in the manner provided
by said statute such land as may be necessary for the purposes
of installing and maintaining power plants, car-houses and
depots, repair shops, pole lines, wires, side-tracks, and gravel
pits ; and said railway corporation and all persons whose prop-
erty shall be taken for the use of such railway corporation
shall have respectively all the rights and privileges, and be
subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities contained
in said chapter.
Takes effect Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
on passage. x c?
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 94, 95. 587
CHAPTER 94.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTESTATION OF THE RECORDING OF
THE RECORDS IN COOS COUNTY DAMAGED BY FIRE.
SECTION I Section
1. Attestation of Coos county records. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the county commissioners for Coos count}' Attestation of
may employ some competent person to record the records dam- ^®^°^
aged by fire in said county and the person so employed is here-
by authorized to attest said records the same as any register of
• deeds and with the same effect.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
Oil ptlSSftg^G.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 95.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLVES.
Section
1. Laws to be published on wliat con-
ditions.
Section
2. Repealing clause; act takes effect
on passage.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That chapter 5 of the Public Statutes be amended Laws to be
by. striking out section 7 of said chapter, and the sub-sections what condi-°°
thereof, and insert instead thereof, the following : *^°"^'
Sect. 7. The secretary of state shall cause the public acts
and resolves to be published and distributed in each weekly
newspaper printed and circulated in the state, upon the follow-
ing conditions :
I. They shall be printed in type not smaller than nonpareil,
on fair quality of book paper, in pamphlet form, nine by twelve
inches square, wath an index. The sheets shall be stitched and
issued as a supplement to such weekly papers.
II. Thej^ shall be published and distributed to each sub-
scriber within forty days of the close of the session.
III. N'o publisher shall receive any compensation unless all
the public acts and resolves are published in said supplement,
nor shall any publisher, firm, or corporation receive compensa-
tion for more than one newspaper, nor unless such supplement
588
Chapter 96.
[1901
Repealing
clause; act
takes eftect
on passage.
is furnished the subscribers of all weekly papers published and
issued by such publisher, firm, or corporation.
IV. The publisher shall furnish to the state treasurer a
copy of such supplement, and make oath, upon a form prepared
for that purpose, that he has furnished a like copy to each and
every subscriber of his paper or papers, when the treasurer shall
give him a certificate of the fact, and the governor on receipt of
such certificate shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer to pay
for such publication at the rate of sixty cents for every printed
page of the pamphlet laws.
The publisher shall, without further compensation, beginning
with the first number of the volume of such publication next
after the passage of this act, send one copy of the newspaper
regularly to the state library.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take eflect upon its pas-
sage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 96.
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGH SCHOOLS.
SECTION
1. Town not maintaining high school to
pay tuition of resident attending
elsewhere.
2. Town liable for neglect to pay.
3. Annual appropriation for such tui-
tion ; how paid.
Section
4.
"High school" or "academy" de.
lined.
Town so paying entitled to share of
literary fund.
Takes effect August 1, 1901.
e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresetitatives in General
Court convened:
Town not SECTION 1. Any towu uot maintaining a high school or
hi|h"schooi^to school of corresponding grade shall pay for the tuition of any
pay tuition of child who with parents orguardian resides in said town and who
scholar' attends a high school or academy in the same or another town
or city in this state, and the parent or guardian of such_ child
shall notify the school board of the district in which he resides of
the high school or academy which he has determined to attend.
Sect. 2. If any town in which a high school or school of cor-
responding grade is not maintained neglects or refuses to pay
for tuition "as provided in the preceding section, such town
shall be liable therefor to the parent or guardian of the child
furnished with such tuition if the parent or guardian has paid
the same, or to the town or city furnishing the same in an action
of contract.
Town liable
for neglect.
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Sect. 3. Five thousand dollars shall be appropriated annu- Annual ap-
ally from the state treasury for the payment of tuition in high for such
schools or academies, to be paid by the state treasurer in the paM?'^' ^°^
month of December of each year to the treasurers of such towns
as are entitled, and in such manner as is hereinafter provided,
upon a sworn certificate of the superintendent of public instruc-
tion of the sums due.
Towns whose rate of taxation for school purposes in any
year is $3.50 or more on $1,000, and whose average rate of taxa-
tion for all purposes for five years next preceding is $16.50 or
more on $1,000, shall receive a share of said appropriation as
follows :
If the tax rate is from $16.50 to $17.49, one tenth of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $17.50 to $18.49, two tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $18.50 to $19.49, three tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $19.50 to $20.49, four tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $20.50 to $21.49, five tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $21.50 to $22.49, six tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $22.50 to $23.49, seven tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $23.50 to $24.49, eight tenths of the
tuition paid.
If the tax rate is from $24.50 to $25.49, nine tenths of the
tuition paid.
Over $25.49, the whole of such tuition.
If more than $5,000 should be needed in any year for the pur-
poses of this act, the said $5,000 shall be distributed. j9ro rata to
the towns entitled to receive the same, in accordance with the
foregoing classification.
Sect. 4. By the term " high school " or " academy," as used "mgh schoor;
in this act, is understood a school having at least one four years' defined^^"^^
course properly equipped and teaching such subjects as are re-
quired for admission to college, technical school, and normal
school, such high school or academy to be approved by the state
superintendent of public instruction as complying with the re-
quirements of this section.
Sect. 5. Towns paying tuition of scholars in high schools or Towns en-
academies shall receive a proportionate share of the literary fund onffera/y ^^^
for the attendance of such pupils. All academies and private ^"'^<^-
schools shall be furnished with copies of the school register, and
shall make an annual statistical report to the state superinten-
dent.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect August 1, 1901. luguItT''*
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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Chapter 97.
CHAPTER 97.
[1901
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SURVEY, LOCATION, AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE JEFFERSON NOTCH ROAD, IN JEFFERSON, LOW AND BUR-
BANK'S grant, CRAAVFORD'S PURCHASE, AND BEAN's PURCHASE.
Section
1. Commission to survey and locate
highway.
2. Highway to be surveyed and located
in two sections.
3. Commissioners to secure convey.
ances or assess damages.
4. Return of assessments.
5. Agents to contract for and superin-
tend construction.
Section
6. Conditional appropriation for first
section.
7. Conditional appropriation for second
section.
8. Awards to landowners, how paid.
9. State and town of Jeflferson not liable
for defect.
10. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Commission
to survey and
locate high-
way.
To be sur-
veyed and
located in
two sections.
Commis-
sioners to
secure con-
veyances or
assess
damages.
Section 1. The governor, with the advice of the council,
shall appoint a commission of three persons to survey and locate
a highway beginning at a point in Jeiferson on the highway
leading from Lancaster to Gorham, opposite the house of Ethan
A. Crawford, thence southerly through Jefferson, Low and Bur-
bank's Grant, and Crawford's Purchase to a point on Mount
Washington turnpike near the Twin River Farm, thence from
said turnpike through Crawford's Purchase and Bean's Purchase
to some point on the highway through Crawford's Notch near
the Crawford House. The commissioners shall be appointed
and commissioned on or before May 1, and shall make said sur-
vey and locate said highway, and make return of such survey
and location of said highway to the secretary of state prior to
June 15, 1901.
Sect. 2. The commissioners shall survey and locate said road
in two sections, or parts, one section, or part, extending from
the point of beginning in Jefferson to the Mount Washington
turnpike near Tw^in River Farm, and the other part, or section,
from said turnpike to the terminus on the Crawford I^otch road
near the Crawford House, and the commissioners shall make a
separate return to the secretary of state of the survey and loca-
tion of each section of said road.
Sect. 3. After making the survey and location of said road,
and making a return thereof to the secretary of state, as pro-
vided in the last preceding section, the commissioners may
secure from the respective owners thereof a conveyance, or con-
veyances, to the state, of the fee or an easement in the land cov-
ered by such location ; and should any owner of land or property
taken for said road, or any part thereof, refuse to make such
conveyance, without compensation, the commissioners shall as-
sess the damages sustained by such owner of land or property
so taken upon giving such owner notice of a hearing upon the
question of such damages, at least ten days before hearing there-
1 con-
struction.
1901] Chapter 97. 591
on, in the manner in which notice is given by selectmen of a
hearing for the assessment of damages for land taken for high-
ways_ laid out by them ; and an appeal may be taken from the
decision of said commissioners, in the assessment of such damages,
as in the assessment of damages for land taken for a highway laid
out by selectmen.
Sect. 4. The commissioners shall make return of any assess- Return of
ment of damages by them made, within ten days after hearing ^^^®^^™^''*^'
thereon, to the secretary of state, and the clerk of the supreme
court of the county in which the land taken is located ; and such
assessment or assessments must be made and completed, and re-
turn thereof made as before provided, on or before July 1, 1901.
Sect. 5. The governor, with the advice of the council, shall Agents to
appoint three persons who shall act as agents, with authority to and^superin-
make a contract or contracts with the lowest responsible bidder *®^^^'
or bidders for the construction of the whole or any part of each
section of said road ; such contract or contracts to be in the names
of said agents and subject to the approval of the governor ; and
such agents shall be authorized and required to superintend the
construction of said road and all parts thereof to ascertain that
the same is being constructed and has been completed in accord-
ance with the terms of the contract or contracts therefor. It is
provided, however, that the agents thus appointed and commis-
sioned, for the purpose of making contract for and superintending
the construction of said road, shall serve without compensation.
Sect. 6. It is further provided that said contract or contracts conditional
for the construction of that section of said road between the ^Pr^fl^P^ge^^l-^''
point of beginning in Jefferson and the point on the Mount tion.
Washington turnpike near the Twin River Farm, shall not be
approved by the governor until a sum sufficient to construct the
same, less six thousand dollars, shall have been either paid to
said agents, or the payment thereof upon the completion of said
section guaranteed to the satisfaction of the governor, the amount
to be subscribed, paid in, or guaranteed, to be not less than five
thousand dollars. The contract or contracts herein authorized
shall provide for the construction of a road suitable for the use
and accommodation of persons with teams and shall be con-
structed and completed to the satisfaction of the agents and the
governor. And upon satisfactory proof that a sum sufficient in
addition to six thousand dollars and not less than five thousand
dollars has been provided by subscription, payment, or guaranty
of an amount sufficient to pay the cost of the construction of said
road from Jefferson to the Mount Washington turnpike at Twin
Elver Farm, the amount of six thousand dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated to aid in the construction of the same,
and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for said sum
of six thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary,
in addition to said five thousand dollars to complete said section
of said road.
Sect. 7. And it is further provided that the contract or con- appro^Son
tracts for the construction of that section of said road between for second
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Chapter 98.
[1901
Awards to
landowners,
liow paid.
Xo liability
for defect.
Takes effect
on passage.
the Mount Washington turnpike, near Twin Mountain Farm,
and the point upon. the highway near the Crawford House, shall
not be approved by the governor until he has satisfactory proof
that a sufficient amount to construct the same, less four thousand
dollars, shall either have been paid to said agents or the pay-
ment thereof, upon the completion of said section, guaranteed to
the satisfaction of the governor. The character of the road to be
constructed to be the same as that provided for in the preceding
section, and the same to be constructed and completed to the
satisfaction of the agents and the governor. And upon satis-
factory proof that a sum sufficient, in addition to four thousand
dollars, has been provided by subscription, payment, or guaranty,
to construct said section from the Mount Washington turnpike
to the point near the Crawford House, the sum of four thousand
dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to aid in the con-
struction of the same, and the governor is authorized to draw his
warrant for said sum of four thousand dollars from any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sect. 8. The suras awarded to owners of land taken for said
road, or any part thereof, by the commissioners shall be paid out
of the amount heretofore provided for and appropriated for the
respective sections of said road, or out of the amount contributed
or guaranteed by others interested in the construction of said
road.
Sect. 9. No action shall be maintained against the state or
the town of Jeffisrson for any injury to person or property on any
part of the road located and constructed under the provisions of
this chapter, nor shall any indictment or information be main-
tained against any town on account of the condition of said road.
Sect. 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 98.
AX ACT IX AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 85, LAWS OF 1895, EELATING
TO THE PROTECTION- AND PRESERVATION OF ORNAMENTAL AND
SHADE TREES IN THE HIGHWAYS.
1. Tree wardens provided for.
2. Shade and ornamental trees to be
marked.
3. Trees may be purchased, if private
property.
4. Appropriation for use of warden.
5. Cutting of public trees regulated.
6. Injury and defacement prohibited.
7. Brush fires regulated.
8. Penalties for violations.
9. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Tree wardens SECTION 1. Mayors of cities and selectmen of towns shall,
proviled^'for immediately upon the passage of this act, and annually there-
1901] Chapter 98. 593
after, appoint one or more tree wardeus, who shall be discreet
persons, resident of the city or town where appointed, interested
in the planting, pruning, and preservation of shade and orna-
mental trees in public ways and grounds, whose business it shall
be to perform the duties hereinafter specified, and shall be al-
lowed such compensation for their services and expenses as the
mayor or selectmen may deem reasonable.
Sect. 2. Towns and cities shall have control of all shade and^reesjobe
ornamental trees situated in any public way or ground within
their limits, which the tree warden deems reasonably necessary
for the purpose of shade and ornamentation ; and it shall be the
duty of the tree wardens, as soon as possible after their appoint-
ment, to carefully examine the trees, situated as aforesaid, and
to plainly mark such trees as they think should be controlled
by their municipality, for the purposes aforesaid, by driving into
each tree, at a point not less than three nor more than six feet
from the ground, on the side toward the highway, a nail or
spike, with the letters " N. H. " cut or cast upon the head.
Said spikes or nails shall be procured by the secretary of the
forestry commission, and furnished by him to said officers as
may be required by them for the purposes of this act, at a cost
not to exceed five hundred dollars a year. If any of the nails or
spikes shall be destroyed or defaced, it shall be the duty of the
warden to renew them as soon as possible after he is informed
or discovers that they have been removed. They shall also
have the power to designate from time to time, in the same man-
ner as hereinbefore directed, such other trees within the limits
of the public ways and grounds as in his [their] judgment should
be preserved for ornament or shade.
Sect. 3. If any of the trees designated as aforesaid should '^^®«?™^y^e
1 • , it" . ,^ r. purchased.
prove to be private property, and the owners thereot refuse to
release or convey their interest therein to the municipality, the
tree warden shall acquire them for the use of the city or town,
by purchase, if it can be done at a fair price. Failing in this he
may, on petition for that purpose, acquire them in the same
way and manner and with the same right of appeal to their
owners as in the case of land taken for a highway.
Sect. 4. Towns and cities may annually appropriate money APP^loi^^'ia- ^
, T • xl X Jia . n 1 n .i • tion f Or USe Of
not exceeding in the aggregate fifty cents for each of their warden,
ratable polls in the preceding year, to be used by the tree
warden in planting, pruning, protecting, and, whenever neces-
sary, acquiring, shade and ornamental trees within the limits of
their public ways and grounds.
Sect. 5. Whoever desires the cutting and removal in whole, pu"iic| ^Jes.
or in part, of any public shade or ornamental tree, may apply to
the tree warden, who shall give a public hearing, upon the ap-
plication, at some suitable time and place, after duly publishing
and posting notices of the hearing in two or more public places
in town, and also upon the tree or trees which it is desired to
cut and remove ; provided, however, that the tree warden may, if
he deems it expedient, grant permission for such cutting or
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Chapter 99.
[1901
Injury and
defacement
prohibited.
Brush fires
regulated.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on
removal, without a hearing, if the tree or trees in question is on
a public way outside of the residential part of the town limits,
such residential part to be determined by the tree warden, Ko
tree within such residential limit shall be cut by the tree warden,
except to trim it, or removed by him, without a hearing, as
aforesaid. The decision of the tree warden shall be final.
Sect. 6. It shall be unlawful to cut, destroy, injure, deface,
or break any public shade or ornamental tree, or to aflix to any
such tree a play bill, picture, announcement, notice, advertise-
ment, or other device or thing, whether in writing or otherwise,
or to paint or mark such tree, except for the purpose of pro-
tecting it, and under a written permit from the tree warden, or
to negligently or caielessly suffer any horse or other beast,
driven or being lawfully in a public way or place, to breakdown,
injure, or destroy a shade or ornamental tree within the limits
of said public way or place ; or to negligently or willfully, by
any other means, break down or injure any such tree.
Sect. 7. Owners of land abutting on the highways, and all
other persons, are hereby prohibited from burning brush within
or beside highways without first removing the brush such dis-
tance from the trees within the highway as not to endanger or
injure them in any manner.
Sect. 8. Persons violating any of the provisions of this act
shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars,
to be recovered in an action of debt by the tree warden or any
other person for the benefit of the town or city in which the
tree is situated, or be fined not less than five or more than one
hundred dollars.
Sect. 9. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this
act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 99.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTEE 55 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF
1899, EELATIVE TO THE EXAMINATUON OF PLUMBEES, AND THE
EEGULATION OF PLUMBING AND HOUSE DEAINAGE.
Section
Section
3. Duties of examining board.
4. Takes effect on passage.
1. Plumber to have license or certifi-
cate in cities and towns adopting
act.
2. Cities and towns adopting act may
prescribe rules and regulations
and create examining boards.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
hiv^ucense SECTION 1. That scction 1 of chapter 55 of the Session Laws
or certificate.: of 1899 is hereby amended by inserting after the word " city"
1901] Chapter 99. 595
in the second line of the first section thereof the words, or town,
and striking out in the said second hne and in the third line
thereof the words " or in such towns, " so that the same shall
read as follows :
Section 1. No person, firm, or corporation engaged in or
working at the business of plumbing in any city or town in this
state as shall by vote adopt the provisions of this chapter, shall
hereafter engage in or work at said business in this state, either
as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber,
unless such person or persons shall first obtain license or certifi-
cate so to do, in accordance with the provisions of this act.
Sect. 2. That section 3 of said act is hereby amended by cities and
striking out the word " every" in the first line and inserting inldopfmgact
lieu thereof the words, any such, before the word " city " ; by Sbe mies
inserting the words, or towns, after the said word " city " ; ^."'^ ^eguia-
by striking out the words "any such towns as above provided " create*"
in first and second line and inserting in lieu thereof the words, boaMs!^°^
which shall by vote adopt the provisions of this chapter as afore-
said ; by striking out the word " shall " in the said second line
and inserting in lieu thereof the word may before the words
" by ordinance " ; and by striking out in the second and third
lines the words " within six months from the passage of this
act, " so that said section shall read as follows :
Sect. 3. Any such city or town in this state which shall by
vote adopt the provisions of this chapter, may by ordinance or
by-law prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, [con-
struction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing, house
drainage, and sewer connections, creating a board for the exam-
ination of plumbers, fixing the length of term each member
shall serve, and providing for an inspector of plumbing. Said
board shall be appointed by the mayor or board of selectmen,
and shall consist of the following three persons : A member of
the local board of health, the city or town engineer, or, in the
absence of such officer, a local physician in regular practice, and
a journeyman plumber of not less than five years' active and
continuous practical experience.
Sect. 3. That section 4 of said act is hereby amended by Duties of
striking out the word "herein" and inserting in lieu thereof boa^!'^^°°
the word when, and by inserting after the word " created " the
words, as aforesaid, so that said section when amended shall read
as follows :
Sect. 4. The examining board when created as aforesaid
shall examine and pass upon all applicants, whether as masters
or employing plumbers, or journeyman plumbers, in their re-
spective cities or towns, and also all persons who may apply for
the office of plumbing inspector. They shall issue a license to
such persons only as shall successfully pass the required written
and practical examination ; and they shall register in a book
kept for that purpose the names and places of business of all
persons to whom a plumber's license has been granted. They
shall not issue a license for more than one year, but the same
696 Chapter 100. [1901
shall be renewed from year to year upon proper application and
upon the payment of a fee of fifty cents. Said examining board
shall serve without compensation. Each applicant for examina-
tion for a plumber's license or certificate shall pay the sum of
one dollar, and all moneys so collected shall be paid into the
treasury of the city or town where such application is made.
The license or certificate provided for by this act shall be non-
transferable; and said application and examination shall not be
required of the same person more than once in the same city or
town. Said license or certificate shall be valid throughout
the state.
OB passale' Sect. 4. This act shall take effect on its
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 100.
AN ACT TO PEOVIDE FOE SPECIAL TEEMS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
IN THE COUNTIES OF CARROLL AND BELENAP.
Section i section
1. Special terms of superior court for 2. Takes effect April 1, 1901.
Carroll and Belknap counties. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Special terms SECTION 1. A Special term of the superior court shall be
coun^forcar- holdcu at Ossipce in the county of Carroll to commence on the
knap^^ountfes ^^^^^^^ Tuesday of April next, and a special term of the superior
court shall be holden at Laconia in the county of Belknap on
the first Tuesday of May next. All writs and processes which
have been issued or may be issued before the first day of April
next and made returnable at the trial terms of the former su-
preme court for said counties shall be returnable to said special
terms of the superior court; all precepts, recognizances, and
proceedings of every kind now returnable at the trial terms of
the former supreme court for said counties shall be returnable
at said special terms herein provided ; and all proceedings now
upon the trial term docket of the former supreme court for said
counties shall be heard and tried by the superior court under
the provisions of the act establishing two courts, and said supe-
rior court at the said term snail have all the powers and duties
as if said special terms had been provided for in the act herein-
before mentioned.
Takes effect Sect. 2. Tliis act shall take effect the first day of April, 1901.
April 1, 1901. "^ ^
[Approved March 22, 1901.J
1901]
Chapters 101, 102.
CHAPTER 101.
597
AN ACT TO AMEXD SECTION 14, CHAPTER 286 OF THE PUBLIC STAT-
UTES, RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE FOR
COOS COUNTY.
Section
I. Salary of judge of probate for Coos
county.
Section
2. Takes eflect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That section 14, chapter 286 of the Public Stat- salary of
utes, be amended by striking out the word "five " in the twelfth {'"a'tl^f or coss
line of said section and inserting the word six, so that said line county,
shall read as follows : In Coos county six hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passag-e. Takes effect
^ o on passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 102.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND EDUCATION OF FEEBLE-
MINDED CHILDREN.
Section
1. School for idiotic and feeble-minded
children to be establislied.
2. Trustees to be appointed.
3. Governor ex-officio member.
4. Destitute children admitted as state
charges ; children from other
states admitted, when.
^j. Children may be committed by judge
of probate, when.
6. Appeal from order of committal;
discharge of inmate.
Section
7. Order of admission.
8. Purchase of site and. erection of
building.
9. Trustees may make rules and regu-
lations.
10. Appropriation for two years.
11. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The state shall establish and maintain a school school for
for the care and e«>lucation of the idiotic and feeble-minded, be- j.^^iotic and
tween three and twenty-one years of age, which shall be known mfndld chii-
as the New Hampshire School for the Feeble-minded Children. SbUshld.
All children supported by towns or counties in the state, who in
the judgment of the selectmen of towns or county commis-
sioners of the county or state board of charities are capable of
being benefited by school instruction, shall be committed to this
institution.
598 Chapter 102. [1901
Trustees to Sect. 2. The govemor shall, with the advice and consent of
toe appointed. ^1^^ council, appoint five persons, one of whom shall be a woman,
to be trustees of such school, who shall serve without compen-
sation, except that they shall be reimbursed for any necessary
expenses they may incur in the discharge of their duties as
trustees. The trustees shall be appointed as follows : The first
three to serve for two years, the next two for four years, and
thereafter trustees shall be appointed to serve four years. Said
trustees shall have the general management and supervision of
said school, and one or more of said trustees shall visit the
school as often as once a month, and said board of trustees shall
annually, on or before the first day of October of each year,
furnish a report to the governor and council, containing a his-
tory of the school for the year and a complete statement of the
accounts with all the funds, general and special, appropriated
or belonging to said school, with a detailed statement of
disbursements.
Governor ex Sect. 3. The govcmor shall be, exofficio, a member of the
me^mber. board of trustccs of said school and shall annually visit and
inspect the same.
Destitute Sect. 4. All indigent and destitute children in this state who
^lltiala^' are proper subjects for said school, and who have no parents,
statecharges;]jinsmen, friends, or guardians able to provide for them, may be
otherlt'ates!" admitted as state charges, and all other children in this state
who are proper subjects for said school whose parents or other
kinsmen bound by law to support such children are able to pay,
shall pay such sum for care, education, and maintenance of such
children as the trustees may hereafter determine; and such
children and children from other states net having similar
schools may be received into said school whenever there is room
for them, providing there is room for them without excluding
state charges, at a cost to such persons or those who are respon-
sible for their maintenance of not less than three dollars and
twenty-five cents per week.
Children may Sect. 5. Whenever it is made to appear upon application to
bljSdy^or'* the judge of probate for any county, and after a proper hearing,
probate, that any child resident within said county, and who is not
already in any almshouse, the industrial school, or the New
Hampshire hospital, or supported by any town or county, is a
fit subject for the Kew Hampshire School' for Feeble-minded
Children, such judge may commit such child to said New
Hampshire School for Feeble-minded Children by an order of
commitment directed to the trustees thereof, accompanied by
the certificate of two physicians who are graduates of some
legally organized medical college and have practiced three years
in this state that such child is a suitable subject for said institu-
tion. Whenever, upon such application, there is occasion for the
judge of probate to attend a hearing on days other than those
fixed by statute as the regular days for the sitting of the pro-
bate court he shall be allowed five dollars a day for his services
and his expenses, which shall be paid by the county treasurer
upon the certificate of the county commissioners.
1901] Chapter 102. 599
Sect. 6. Any order of committal under this act shall be Appeal from
subject to appeal in the same manner, by the same persons, and d?scS.rge^of
to the same extent that decrees of the judge of probate appoint- ^'^™'^*^-
ing guardians over persons alleged to be insane are subject to
appeal, and no commitment under this act shall bar habeas
corpus proceedings, but the court upon habeas corpus proceed-
ings may confirm the order of commitment whenever justice
requires. Any inmate of the New Hampshire School for
Feeble-minded Children may be discharged by any three of
the trustees, or by a justice of the superior or supreme court,
whenever a further detention at the school is, in their opinion,
unnecessary ; but any person so discharged who was under
sentence of imprisonment at the time of his commitment, the
period of which shall not have expired, shall be remanded
to prison.
Sect. 7. Feeble-minded children shall be admitted to the order of ad-
institution in the following order: First, feeble-minded chil- ™^®^^°°"
dren now in public institutions supported entirely at public ex-
pense ; second, the feeble-minded children not supported as
aforesaid ; third, the feeble-minded children ©f the state not in
any public institution, who have no parents, kinsmen, or guar-
dian able to provide for them, or who are committed by a judge
of probate ; fourth, those residing within the state whose par-
ents, kinsmen, or guardian bound by law to support such
children are able to pay ; fifth, children of other states whose
parents or guardians are able and willing to pay.
Sect. 8. The board of trustees, as soon as appointed and Purchase of
organized, shall proceed as soon as practical to purchase a suit- erectk)n of
able site for said school and home, and erect thereon and^""'^*^'""'
properly furnish and equip suitable buildings and structures, to
accomplish the objects set forth in this act.
Sect. 9. Said trustees shall have power to make all neces- Trustees may
sary rules and regulations as to admission to the institution and mki reguil-
for the government and control of said institution and its in-"°"^"
mates, and to do everything that is necessary to properly care
for and educate the feeble-minded children of the state. All
bills contracted by them in purchasing a site, erecting, repair-
ing, and equipping suitable buildings and operating the institu-
tion for the next two years shall be audited by the auditor of the
state treasurer's accounts, and the governor shall draw his war-
rant upon any money in the treasury to pay the same.
Sect. 10. A sum of money not exceeding thirty thousand Appropria-
dollars shall be appropriated under this act, to be used or ye^rl?^' *^°
expended for the purposes named therein within the next two
years.
Sect. 11. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this Repealing
act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its?S\'ffect
passage. o° passage.
[Approved March 22' 1901.]
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CHAPTER 103.
[1901
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE
GENERAL COURT.
Section
1. Apportionment of representatives.
2. Representation of towns liaving less
than six liundred inhabitants.
Section
3. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Apportion- SECTION 1. Until another general census of the state is taken
resentatfves. and officially promulgated, the following named towns and
wards may send representatives to the general court under the
authority of the constitution as follows :
Towns One representative each from Alexandria, AUenstown, Al-
one represen- stead, Alton, Amherst, Andover, Antrim, Ashland, Auburn,
tativeeach. Bamstead, Barriiigton, Bartlctt, Bath, Bedford, Belmont, Ben-
nington, Bethlehem, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Brentwood,
Bristol, Brookline, Campton, Canaan, Candia, Canterbury, Car-
roll, Charlestown, Chester, Chesterfield, Columbia, wards two,
three, and eight of Concord, Cornish, Banbury, Danville, Deer-
field, Durham, Dublin, ward five of Dover, Efiiugham, Epping,
Epsom, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Franconia, ward one ot
Franklin, Fremont, Gilford, Gilmanton, Gorham, Greenfield,
Greenland, Greenville, Grafton, Hampton, Hampstead, Hancock,
Harrisville, Henniker, Holdemess, Hollis, Hooksett, Hopkinton,
Hill, Hudson, Jackson, Jefferson, wards four and five of Keene,
Kingston, ward three of Laconia, Londonderry, Loudon, Lyme,
Lyndeborough, ward seven of Manchester, Marlborough, Mere-
dith, Merrimack, Milan, Milton, Moultonborough, wards four, five,
and six of Nashua, JSTew" Boston, New Durham, ISTewfields, New
Hampton, New Ipswich, New London, Northfield,Northwood,
Nottingham, North Hampton, Newton, Orford, Ossipee, Pel-
ham, Piermont, Pittsburg, Plainfield, Plaistow, wards four and
five of Portsmouth, Raymond, Rindge, Rollinsford, wards one,
two, three, five, and six of Rochester, Rumney, Rye, Salisbury,
Sandwich, Sanbornton, Seabrook, wards one, two, three, and
five of Somersworth, Stark, Straflrard, Stratford, Stratham, Stew-
artstowu, Sunapee, Sutton, Swanzey, Tamworth, Troy, Tufton-
borough, Warner, Wakefield, Warren, Weare, Wentworth,
Westmoreland, Wilton, Wilmot, Windham, and Woodstock.
Tworepresen- Two representatives each from ward three of Berlin, wards
tatives each qj-^q^ ^yq, and nine of Concord, Colebrook, wards one and three
of Dover, Enfield, Farmington, wards two and three of Frank-
lin, Goffstown, Hanover, Hillsborough, Hinsdale, JaftVey, wards
one, two, and three of Keene, wards one, two, and four of
Laconia, Lisbon, wards one and two of Nashua, Newmarket,
Northumberland, Peterborough, Pittsfield, Plymouth, wards one
and three of Portsmouth, ward four of Rochester, Salem, ward
1901] Chapter 103. 601
four of Somersworth, Tilton, Walpole, Whitefield, Winchester,
and Wolfeborough.
Three representatives each from wards one and two of Berlin, Three r^in-e-
wards four, six, and seven of Concord, Conway, Derry, wards each,
two and four of Dover, Haverhill, Lancaster, Littleton, ward
one of Manchester, Milford, wards three, seven, and eight of
Nashua, IS'ewport, Pembroke, and ward two of Portsmouth.
Four representatives each from Exeter, Lebanon, wards six Four repre-
and ten of Manchester, and ward nine of Nashua. Ilch!^^^^^
Five representatives each from Claremont and wards two and Five repre-
• 1 , o -Kir 1 1 sentatives
eight of Manchester. each.
Isix representatives each from wards three and four of Man-s^^.^-epresen-
Chester. seven re
Seven representatives from ward nine of Manchester. sentatives
Eight representatives from ward five of Manchester. Sftatives^"
Sect. 2. The following named towns, not having six hun- Representa-
dred inhabitants according to the census of 1900, may each elect having le^s"
a representative, and send him to the general court such propor- inhabitants,
tionate part of the time as the number of their inhabitants, ac-
cording to said census, bears to six hundred ; that is to say,
they may elect one representative in each of the years set oppo-
site their names in the following list :
Acworth — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Albany— in the years 1902, 1910.
Atkinson — in the years 1902, 1904, 1908, 1910.
Benton — in the years 1904, 1908.
Bridgewater — in the years 1904, 1908.
Brookfield — in the years 1904, 1906, 1910.
Center Harbor — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Chatham —in the years 1902, 1904, 1910.
Chichester — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Clarksville — in the years 1902, 1904, 1908.
Croydon —in the years 1904, 1908, 1910.
Dalton — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Deering — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908.
Dorchester — in the years 1904, 1906, 1910.
Dummer — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Dunbarton— in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910
East Kingston — in the years 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Easton — in the years 1904, 1906.
Eaton — in the years 1904, 1906, 1910.
Ellsworth — in the year 1904.
Erroll — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Freedom— in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Gilsum — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Goshen — in the years 1904, 1906, 1908.
Grantham — in the years 1902, 1904, 1910.
Groton — in the years 1904, 1908, 1910.
Hampton Falls —in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Hart's Location — in the year 1908.
Hebron — in the years 1902, 1906.
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Kepealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
Kensington — in the years 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Landaff— in the years 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Langdon — in the years 1902, 1904, 1908.
Lee— in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Lempster — in the years 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Lincohi — in the years 1902,1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Litchfield — in the years 1902, 1906.
Lyman — in the years 1904, 1908, 1910.
Livermore — in the year 1908.
Madbury — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Madison — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908.
Mason — in the years 1902, 1906, 1908.
Marlow — in the years 1902, 1904, 1908, 1910.
Middleton — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Mont Vernon — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1910.
Monroe — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906,1908, 1910.
Newburv — in the years 1904, 1908, 1910.
Nelson — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Newcastle — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Newington — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Orange— in the years 1902, 1908.
Randolph — in the year 1904.
Richmond — in the years 1902, 1904, 1908, 1910.
Roxbury — in the year 1906.
Sandown — in the years 1902, 1906, 1908.
Sharon — in the year 1902.
Shelburne — in the years 1902, 1906, 1908.
South Hampton — in the years 1902, 1908, 1910.
Springfield — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Stoddard — in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Sullivan — in the years 1904, 1908.
Surry — in the years 1904, 1908.
Temple— in the years 1902, 1906, 1910.
Thornton- in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Unity — in the years 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Washington — in the years 1902, 1906, 1908.
Waterville — in the year 1904,
Webster — in the years 1902, 1906, 1908, 1910.
Windsor — in the year 1908.
•Sect. 3. This act shall take efiect upon its passage, and all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby
repealed.
[Approved March 22 1901.]
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Chapter 104.
CHAPTER 104.
603
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE ARRAIGNMENT AND TRIAL OF PER-
SONS CHARGED AVITH MURDER IN EITHER DEGREE,
Section
Respondent to have copy of indict-
ment, etc., counsel assigned by
court, and process to compel "wit-
nesses to attend.
May be arraigned before one judge
and sentenced on plea of guilty.
Peremptory challenges by respond-
ent.
Section
4. Peremptory challenges by state.
5. Witnesses for state in rebuttal.
6. Compensation of counsel assigned
to respondent.
7. Jury to be kept separate.
8. Repealing clause; act lakes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Every person indicted for murder in either degree Tohave copy
shall be entitled to a copy of the indictment before he is ar- e2!^'^ouS^'
raigned thereon; to a list of witnesses to be used, and of j urors assigned by
returned to serve on the trial, with the place of abode of each, compulsory
to be delivered to him twenty-four hours before the trial; to^^'°*^^®^'
counsel learned in the law, not exceeding two, to be assigned to
him by the court, at his request, who shall have access to him at
all reasonable hours ; and to such process from the court to com-
pel witnesses to appear and testify at the trial as is usually
granted on behalf of the state ; and any person indicted for
any other offense, the punishment whereof may be thirty years'
imprisonment, shall be entitled to have counsel assigned him by
the court if he is poor and unable to defray the expense of pro-
curing their atteo dance.
Sect. 2. A person indicted for murder in either degree may May be
be arraigned before the court holden by one justice, and, if he ^efoll'^olfe
plead guilty, the court may award sentence against him accord- J"''^®-
ing to law ; if he do not plead guilty, the court may assign him
counsel, and take all other measures preparatory to a trial. At
such trial two of the justices of the court shall be present.
Sect. 3. Every person arraigned and put on trial for murder Peremptory
in either degree may, in addition to challenges for cause, per- by^re^°^^®
emptorily challenge twenty of the jurors. spondent.
Sect. 4. Upon the trial of an indictment for murder in peremptory
either degree, the state, in addition to challenges for cause, by'^Se^^^
shall be entitled to ten peremptory challenges.
Sect. 5. In the trial of murder cases witnesses may be called witnesses
in behalf of the state to rebut or explain any evidence of^.g^uttaL^"^
new matter offered by the defendant, or to discredit his wit-
nesses, though the names of such witnesses have not been fur-
nished to the defendant ; but time may be allowed the defendant
to answer such evidence, if in the opinion of the court justice
requires it.
Sect. 6. Counsel for prisoners in cases of murder, in either fjo^^f ^®^'
degree, or any other offense, the punishment whereof may be counsel
imprisonment for thirty years, when assigned by the court, shall ^®^^^^*
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receive reasonable compensation for their services, not exceeding
one hundred and fifty dollars in all at any one trial, which shall
be allowed by the court and paid by the county.
Jury to be Sect, 7. The jury impanelled to try cases of murder in either
degree shall be kept separate from all other persons during the
trial.
Sect. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take efifect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
kept separate.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
CHAPTER 105.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO POLITICAL CAUCUSES AND CONVENTIONS.
Section
1. Caucuses, how called.
2. Notice; caucus to remain open, how
long.
3. Nominations by ballot; check-list to
be used.
4. Preparation of checklist.
Section
5. Power of local executive committee.
6. Who may vote.
7. Challenges; penalties for violations-
8. Presiding oflBcer to make return.
9. Act in force, where.
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Caucuses,
how called.
Notice ;
caucus to
remain open,
how long.
Nominations
by ballot.
Preparation
of check-list.
Section 1. All town and ward caucuses shall be called by a
notice posted in five conspicuous places in the town or ward,
one of which places shall be the postoffice, if there is one in
said town or ward, and published in some newspaper, if there
be any, published in the town or city, ten days or more before
the day of the caucus.
Sect. 2. Said notice shall specify the place and the day
and hour of meeting, and shall further state the time during
which the polls will be open for the reception of ballots, which
shall be, in towns and wards having not more than two thou-
sand inhabitants according to the last preceding national census,
not less than two hours, and in towns and wards having more
than two thousand inhabitants according to such census, not less
than three hours.
Sect. 3. All nominations and elections at any caucus shall
be by ballot, and in balloting a check-list shall invariably be
used ; a plurality shall in every case be sufficient to nominate or
elect.
Sect. 4. The check-list for use at any caucus shall be pre-
pared by the local executive committee of the party holding
said caucus. Notice of the times and places where the execu-
tive committee will attend for the purpose of receiving evidence
and suggestions as to the make-up of the check-list, shall be
given in the same manner as notice of the caucus is required to
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be given. No man shall be allowed to vote in the caucus unless
his name is on the said check-list.
Sect. 5. The local executive committee of the party holding Power of
the caucus shall have full power to regulate the form, size, and ex^'ecutive
character of the ballots to be used, and also to regulate the committee,
manner of conducting the caucus, in any way consistent with
the provisions of this act.
Sect, 6.* No person shall vote in any caucus unless his name who may
is on the check-list used by said caucus, or upon the name of
any other person, and no person having voted in a town or
ward caucus holden for the nomination or election of candi-
dates to be voted for at any election, shall vote in the town or
ward caucus of another political party holden for the nomina-
tion or election of candidates to be voted for at the same election.
Sect. 7. No person shall vote in any caucus unless he intends challenges;
to support the ticket of the party holding the caucus at the nextP®'^^^^^®®-
ensuing election. When the right of any person to vote in a
caucus is challenged he shall stand aside and subscribe to the
following oath or affirmation before his vote shall be received :
I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a legal voter
in , and that I intend to vote the ticket of the party hold-
ing this caucus at the next ensuing election.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dol-
lars or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. Any person
who shall swear falsely in regard to the provisions of this act
shall be guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
Sect. 8. The presiding officer of every caucus shall, within Q^^^fg^^Q^
forty-eight hours after the close of said caucus, file with the make return,
clerk of the city or town in which such caucus was held, the
check-list used in said caucus, and the said clerk shall keep the
same for the full period of two calendar months thereafter, in
his office, open to the inspection of every citizen of such city or
town, and shall not make nor permit to be made upon such
check-list any mark whatever.
Sect. 9. This act shall be in force in all cities of fifteen ^cU" foi"ce.
thousand inhabitants, according to the census of 1900, and in
such other cities and towns of the state as shall by majority vote
of the voters at an annual or biennial meeting adopt the same.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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CHAPTER 106.
AN ACT FOR THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE MILK IN THE
MARKETS OF THE STATE.
Section
1. Milk inspectors to secure certificates
of competency.
2. Instruments to be tested.
Section
3. Record of certificates and tests.
4. Penalty for violation.
5. Takes effect July 1, 1901.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Milk
inspectors to
secure certifi
cates of
competency.
Instruments
to be tested.
Record of
certificates
and tests.
Penalty for
violation.
Section 1. Every person who holds or fills the position of
milk inspector in any city or town in this state or who, either
for himself or in the employ of any other person, firm, or corpo-
ration manipulates the Babcock test, or any other test, whether
mechanical or chemical, for the purpose of measuring the con-
tents of butter fat or solids in milk or cream as a basis for
apportioning the value of such milk or cream, or the butter or
cheese made from the same, shall procure from the super-
intendent of the dairy department of the New Hampshire
College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, a certificate
showing that the holder is competent and well qualified to per-
form such work. The fee for issuing such certificate shall in
no case exceed one dollar, the same to be paid by the applicant
to said superintendent and to be used by the superintendent in
meeting the expense incurred by him under this section.
Sect. 2. Every instrument or piece of glassware used for
testing or measuring milk or cream, at any creamery, butter
factory, cheese factory, or condensed milk factory in determin-
ing the value of milk or cream received from diflerent persons,
or by any milk inspectors in any city or town in this state, shall
be tested for accuracy of measurement, and for the accurac}^ of
the per cent scale marked thereon, by the superintendent previ-
ously named or by some competent person designated by him.
The superintendent or person thus designated shall so mark
such instruments or glassware with such marks or characters as
cannot be erased, which marks or characters shall stand as proof
that they have been so tested ; and no incorrect instruments or
glassware shall be thus marked. The superintendent of the
dairy school shall receive for such service the actual cost in-
curred and no more, the same to be paid by the person or
corporation for whom the test is made.
Sect. 3. The person or persons who grant certificates and
test appliances at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts shall keep a record of all persons to
whom certificates are issued, with the dates thereof, and of the
number and description of all instruments and pieces of glass-
ware inspected and marked, and for whom each article or lot
was inspected and marked.
Sect. 4. Any person who tests milk or cream by the Bab-
cock test or any other test, whether mechanical or chemical, for
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the purpose of measuring the contents of butter fats or solids
when sold as milk or as a basis for apportioning its value when
used at creameries or factories, without first having obtained a
certificate of competency in the manner previously named in
this act, or who tests milk or cream to determine or apportion
its value with appliances that have not been inspected and
marked by the authorities herein named, shall be liable to a fine
of not less than five dollars for each week that he or she serves
or that such unmarked and untested appliances have been used.
Sect. 5. This act shall take eft'ect July 1, 1901.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
Takes effect
July 1, 1901.
CHAPTER 107.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 127 OF THE PUBLIC STAT-
UTES, RELATING TO THE INSPECTION OF MILK.
Boards of health of cities to have
charge of inspection; selectmen
may appoint inspectors; licenses
to sell milk; selling -without li-
cense, penalty ; storekeepers to be
licensed ; right of inspectors to
take samples ; record of licenses ;
sale of skim-milk regulated ;
Section
record of convictions ; connivance
at violation, penally ; act to be in
force, where.
2. Penalty for selling impure milk ;
milk deemed to be adulterated,
when.
3. Repealing clause ; act takes eflfect
July 1, 1901.
e it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That chapter 127 of the Public Statutes be
amended by striking out sections 1 to 11 inclusive, and substi-
tute instead thereof the following :
Sect. 1. The boards of health of cities shall be in charge of Boards of
the inspection of milk, skim-milk, and cream, and may appoint ^f^^^^J^^^^j^^^^g
one or more persons as their agents for that purpose who shall charge of
act under their direction in their respective places, and ^y}-^Q ^^^^p^^^^^"-
may be removed by them at any time. The compensation to
such agents shall be fixed by said boards of health, but no milk
inspector shall be paid for his services unless he is a registered
chemist or is the holder of a certificate from the superintendent
of the dairy department of the New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts showing the said holder to
be qualified to perform such work.
Sect. 2. The selectmen of towns may annually appoint one selectmen
or more persons to be inspectors of milk, skim-milk, and cream, [^|^ee^^\?g^,'^*
under the same provisions and conditions as agents are ap-
pointed by boards of health.
Sect. 3. The boards of health of cities and the selectmen of Licenses to
towns may grant to any person who applies therefor and pays ^®^^'^^^^'
the sum of two dollars a license to sell milk, skim-milk, and
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cream within their city or town, until the first day of June next
following, and may renew such license annually in the month of
May upon application and the payment of a like fee, providing
said applicant will satisfj^ said boards of health or selectmen
that he understands the care and handling of said product, and
files the name and address of all his producers, and gives rea-
sonable assurance that the cows from which the milk is taken
are healthy, and are properly fed and cared for. The license
and its renewal shall state the name of the party to whom
granted, his residence, place of business, the names of all per-
sons employed by him in carrying on the business, the number
of carriages or other vehicles used, the name of the town for
which it is granted, and the number of the license. It shall not
be transferable, and may be revoked at any time for cause.
The person to whom any license is granted shall cause his name,
place of business, and the number of his license to be legibly
placed on the outer side of all carriages and vehicles used in the
business, and in the case of a merchant selling, or oftering for
sale, in a store, booth, or market place, in a city or town in
which said licenses are granted, said license and its renewals
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in said merchant's place
of business,
semngwith- Sect. 4. "Whoever goes about in carriages or makes a busi-
penaity!^^^' ^^ss of Selling milk, skim-milk, or cream in any such city or
town, or ofl:ering for sale or having in possession with intent to
sell milk, skim-milk, or cream, unless a license has first been
obtained as provided in the preceding section, or whoever vio-
lates any of the provisions of the preceding sections, shall be
fined not more than ten dollars for the first offense ; and for any
subsequent ofifense he shall be fined fifty dollars, or be imprisoned
not more than sixty days, or both,
storekeepers Sect. 5. Every person selling milk, skim-milk, or cream, or
offering such for sale in a store, booth, or market place in a city
or town in which licenses are granted, shall procure a license as
provided in section 3. Any person so selling or offering for
sale, who neglects to comply with this section, shall be punished
as provided in section 4.
Right to take Sect. 6. The boards of health of cities, and their agents, the
samples. selectmen of towns and the inspectors appointed by them, may
enter places where milk, skim-milk, or cream are stored or kept
for sale, and into and upon carriages used for the conveyance
thereof, and may take such samples of milk, skim-milk, or cream
as they may deem necessary, upon payment of the current price
therefor, and may examine the milk, skim-milk, or cream there
found, and, if requested, shall leave a sample of the same product,
securely sealed, with the person from whom said sample was
taken, and if they have reason to believe that any such milk,
skim-milk, or cream is adulterated, they shall cause specimens
thereof to be analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall
make a record of the result of the analysis or test.
Record of Sect. 7. They shall make a record of all licenses granted
licenses. ^^^^ renewed by them, which, together with all registries made
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with them, shall be open to public inspection ; and shall pay to
the treasurer of their city or town all fees received, within
thirty days after receipt.
Sect. 8. No dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of a saie of skim-
dealer, shall sell, exchange, deliver, or have in his custody or pos-Sted^^^*^"
session with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, milk from which
the cream or any part thereof has been removed, unless in a con-
spicuous place above the center upon the outside of every vessel,
can, or package from or in which such milk is sold, the words
^' skimmed milk" are distinctly marked in letters not less than
one inch in length. Whoever violates the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be punished by the penalties provided in section 17 of
this chapter.
Sect. 9. A record shall be made and kept by said boards of Record of
health and selectmen of each and every conviction in their rg. convictions,
spective cities and towns of any violation of the provisions of this
chapter.
Sect. 10. Any board of health, or any agent thereof, or se- connivance
lectman, or inspector appointed under the provisions of this penaity!^°^'
chapter, who willfully connives at or assists in a violation of the
provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than three
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than sixty days, or
both.
Sect. 11. The preceding sections shall be in force only in Act m force,
such towns and cities as now have inspectors of milk, and those ^^®^'®-
which may hereafter adopt the same, but nothing in this act shall
be construed as affecting any one w^ho may at the time of the
passage of this act be a regularly elected inspector of milk in
any city in this state, so as to cut short his present term of office,
or vary his salary.
Sect. 2. Further amend said chapter by striking out sec-
tions 17 and 18 and substituting therefor the following :
Sect. 17. If any persons shall adulterate milk, skim-milk, or ^3u4*^ji™;
cream with water or otherwise to be sold, or shall sell or offer penalty
for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any adulter-
ated or unwholesome milk, skim-milk, or cream, containing any
coloring matter or preservative, or any milk produced from sick
or diseased cows, or cows fed upon the refuse of breweries or dis-
tilleries, or any other substance which may be deleterious to the
quality of milk, skim-milk, or cream, or shall sell, or offer for
sale, or have in possession with intent to sell as pure milk, any
milk from which the cream or a part thereof has been re-
moved, he shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or
imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. And it shall be
the duty of the boards of health and milk inspectors to file the
necessary information with the chief of police of the cityor
town, or the county solicitor of the county in which such city
or town may be situated, and it shall be the duty of such chief
of police and county solicitor to prosecute offenders under this
act to final judgment and sentence.
Sect. 18. In all proceedings under this chapter, if the milk Miik deemed
is shown, upon analysis, to contain less than thirteen per cent of a°ed^, when.^'
610
Chapters 108, 109.
[1901
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
July 1, 1901.
milk solids, or to contain less than nine and one half per cent of
milk solids exclusive of fat, or to contain less than three and one
half per cent of fat, it shall be considered evidence of adultera-
tion except during the months of April, May, June, July, Au-
gust, and September, when milk containing less than twelve per
cent of milk solids, or less than three per cent of fat, shall be
considered evidence of adulteration, or if, in the case of skim-
milk, it shall contain more than ninety-one per cent of water
and less than nine per cent of milk solids exclusive of fat, it
shall be considered evidence of adulteration.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect July 1, 1901.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 108.
Killing of
pheasant
prohibited ;
penalty.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE KILLING OF PHEASANT.
Section l. Killing of pheasant prohibited ; penalty.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. If any person shall, between the date of the pas-
sage of this act and the fifteenth day of September, A. D. (1905)
nineteen hundred and five, take or destroy any wild pheasant,
or shall molest, or remove from the nest, any of the eggs of saicl
birds, he shall be fined ten dollars, or be imprisoned not exceed-
ing sixty days, or both, for each oflense.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTEE 109.
AN ACT IN amendment OF CHAPTER 199 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO BONDS TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE AND SUITS
THEREON.
Section l. Probate bonds by authorized surety companies.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Probate
bonds by
surety
companies.
Section 1. Amend section 1 of chapter 199 of the Public
Statutes, by inserting after the word " state " in the fourth line
of said section, the following : or authorized by the insurance
commissioner to transact business therein, so that said section,
as amended, will read as follows :
1901] Chapter 110. 611
Section 1. All bonds given to a judge of probate shaU be
made "to the judge of probate for the county of -," with-
out naming the incumbent of the office. Any corporation duly
established by the laws of this state, or authorized by the insur-
ance commissioner to transact business therein, and authorized
thereto by its charter, may be accepted as sufficient surety upon
the bond of an executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, by
the judge of probate if he is satisfied with the ability of the
corporation as such surety.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 110.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 14, CHAPTER 281: OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATIVE TO AVHO MAY BE COMMITTED TO THE IN-
DUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Section l. Minor under fourteen years may be sent to industrial school in default
of bail.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend said section 11 by adding thereto the pommittaito
„ ,, . , J Q industrial
lollowmg paragraph : school in
When a minor under the age of fourteen years shall be or- ban."" °^
dered by a police court or justice of the peace to recognize and
furnish bail for his or her appearance to the supreme court, and
is unable to procure such bail the court or justice may, in his
discretion, order that such minor be committed to the industrial
school instead of the county jail, to await the term of court to
which he may be ordered, and mittimus may issue accordingly,
and the board of such minor shall be chargeable to the county
from which he was sent.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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Chapters 111, 112.
CHAPTER 111.
[1901
AN" ACT IX AMEISTDMENT OF SECTION" 26 OF CHAPTER 158 OF THE
PUBLIC STATUTES, RELATING TO RAILROADS.
Section
1. Railroad proprietors may take land
for the diversion of streams.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Piepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Railroad
proprietors
may take
land for
diversion of
streams.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. Section 26 of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes,
ill relation to railroads, is hereby amended by inserting after the
word " water " in the fifth line, the words, and for the purpose
of changing, or diverting, the course of streams, where neces-
sary, for the purpose of properly constructing, maintaining, or
protecting their railroad, so that said section, as amended, shall
read as follows :
Sect. 26. The proprietors of a railroad may take and hold
such land as may be necessary for yards, side-tracks, woodsheds,
repair shops, turntables, gravel pits, engine, car, and freight
houses, and depots, and for making provisions to supply their
buildings and engines with water, and for the purpose of chang-
ing or diverting the course of streams, where necessary, for
the purpose of properly constructing, maintaining, or protecting
their railroad, by filing a location thereof as provided for filing
the location of a railroad, and by giving the copy of such loca-
tion to the owner of the land, if known and resident in the
state, fourteen days at least before application shall be made
for an appraisal of the damages, and if such owner is unknown,
or does not reside in the state, by publishing such copy in some
newspaper published in the county in which the land is situated.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
N
CHAPTEPv 112.
AN" ACT TO ESTABLISH EVENING SCHOOLS IN CITIES AND TOWNS OF
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS.
Section
1. Evening schools to be established
upon petition.
2. To be under superintendence of
school board.
Section
3. No exemption from existing law as
to scholars.
4. Takes effect September, 1001.
Evening
schools to be
ertablished
uponpetitioiic
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Upon petition of five per cent of the legal voters
,of any city or towm having more than five thousand inhabitants.
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Chapter 113.
613
supenn-
of
school board.
according to the latest United States census, said city or town
shall establish and maintain, in addition to the schools required
by law to be maintained therein, evening schools for the instruc-
tion of persons over fourteen years of age in such branches of
learning and art as the school board shall deem expedient.
Sect. 2. The school board of such cities and towns shall ^o be under
- . - I'll supenn-
have the same superintendence over such evening schools astendence
they have over other schools, and may determine the length ^f °"''""' ^"
term or terms in each year and the hours of the evening during
which such schools shall be kept, and may make such regula-
tions as to attendance at such schools as they may deem
expedient.
Sect. 3. Nothing contained in this act shall
person from the requirements of chapter 93 of
Statutes.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect September,
beginning of the school year of 1901 and 1902.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
exempt any ^o exemp-
li r» I.T *10" ffo™
the r ubllC existing law.
1901, at the Takes effect
September,
1901.
CHAPTER 113.
AN ACT IN AMEXDAIEXT AND IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 195 OF THE
PUBLIC STATUTES, ENTITLED "tHE EIGHTS OF HUSBAND OE WIFE,
SURVIVING, IN THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED HUSBAND OR WIFE."
Section
1. Share of widow where personal es-
tate does not exceed three thou-
sand dollars.
2. Share of widow where real estate does
not exceed three thousand dollars.
3. Husband's share where personal
estate does not exceed three thou-
sand dollars.
Section
4. Husband's share where real estate
does not exceed three thousand
dollars.
5. Repealing clause.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 10 of chapter 195 of the Public Statutes ^'}jo®^°^^iiere
is hereby amended by adding after the word "him" in clause P|r|oiiai^^^
numbered "11" of said section the following words: Provided, not exceed
however, that if such remaining portion does not exceed in value thousand
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and if he dies intestate, then '^oii^rs.
she shall be entitled to the whole thereof; and in case the value
thereof exceeds the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, but does not
exceed the sum of three thousand dollars, she shall be entitled
to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. So that said section
when amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 10. The widow of a person deceased, testate or intes-
tate, by waiving the provisions of his will in her favor, if any,
shall be entitled, in addition to her dower and homestead rights,
as her distributive share, to the following portion of his personal
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Chapter 113.
[1901
Share of
■widow where
real estate
does not
exceed three
thousand
dollars.
Husband's
share where
personal
estate does
not exceed
three
thousand
dollars.
estate, remaining after the payment of debts and expenses of
administration.
I. One third part thereof, if he leaves issue surviving him.
II. One half thereof, if he leaves no issue surviving him.
Provided, however, that if such remaining portion does not exceed
in value the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and if he dies intes-
tate, then she shall be entitled to the whole thereof; and in case
the value thereof exceeds the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, but
does not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars, she shall be
entitled to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
Sect. 2. Section 11 of said chapter is hereby amended by
adding after the word " him " in the clause numbered "II" of
said section the following words : Provided, however, that if the
value of said remaining portion shall not exceed the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars she shall be entitled to the whole thereof;
but if such remaining portion shall exceed in value the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars, but does not exceed the sum of three
thousand dollars, she shall be entitled to the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars of the value thereof, and the same shall be assigned
to her by the probate court in the same manner as dower is now
assigned. So that said section when amended shall read as
follows :
Sect. 11. The widow of a person deceased, testate or intes-
tate, by waiving the provisions of his will in her favor, if any,
and by releasing her right of dower and her homestead right,
shall be entitled instead thereof, in fee, to the following portion
of all the real estate of which he died seized, after the payment
of debts and expenses of administration :
I. One third part thereof, if he leaves issue by her surviv-
ing him.
II. One half thereof, if he leaves no issue whatever surviv-
ing him. Provided, hoioever, that if the value of said remaining
portion shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars she
shall be entitled to the whole thereof; but if such remaining
portion shall exceed in value the sum of fifteen hundred dollars,
but does not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars, she shall
be entitled to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars of the value
thereof, and the same shall be assigned to her by the probate
court in the same manner as dower is now assigned.
Sect. 3. Section 12 of said chapter is hereby amended by
adding after the word " her " in clause numbered " II " of said
section the following words : Provided, however, that if such
remaining portion does not exceed in value the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars, then he shall be entitled to the whole thereof;
and in case the value thereof exceeds the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars, but does not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars,
he shall be entitled to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars. So
that said section when amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 12. The husband of a person deceased, testate or intes-
tate, by waiving the provisions of her will in his favor, if any,
shall be entitled in addition to his estate by the curtesy and
1901] Chapter 113. 615
homestead riglit, if any, as his distributive share, to the follow-
ing portion of her personal estate remaining after the payment
of debts and expenses of administration :
I. One third part thereof, if she leaves issue surviving her.
II. One half thereof, if she leaves no issue surviving her.
Provided, however, that if such remaining portion does not ex-
ceed in value the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, then he shall be
entitled to the whole thereof; and in case the value thereof
exceeds the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, but does not exceed
the sum of three thousand dollars, he shall be entitled to the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
Sect. 4. Section 13 of said chapter is hereby amended bynusband-s
adding after the word "her" in clause numbered " III" of said^^f[|g7j^^^|''®
section the following words: Provided, however, that if such^oesjK)t^^_^^
remaining portion does not exceed in value the sum of fifteen thousand
hundred dollars, then he shall be entitled to the whole thereof ; *^°^^^^'^'
but if such remaining portion shall exceed in value the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars, but does not exceed the sum of three
thousand dollars, he shall be entitled to the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars of the value thereof, and the same shall be assigned
to him by the probate court in the same manner as dower is now
assigned to a widow. So that said section when amended shall
read as follows :
Sect. 13. The husband of a person deceased, testate or in-
testate, by waiving the provisions of her will in his favor, if any,
and by releasing his estate by the curtesy and his homestead
right, if any, shall be entitled instead thereof to the following
portion of all the real estate of which she died seized, after the
payment of debts and expenses of administration :
i. One third part thereof, to hold in fee, if she leaves issue
by him surviving her.
n. One third part thereof, to hold during life, if she leaves
issue surviving her, but not by him, and if he has no estate b}^
the curtesy in her real estate.
III. One half thereof, to hold in fee, if she leaves no
issue whatever surviving her. Provided, however, that if such
remaining portion does not exceed in value the sum of fif-
teen hundred dollars, then he shall be entitled to the whole
thereof; but if such remaining portion shall exceed in value the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars, but does not exceed the sum of
three thousand dollars, he shall be entitled to the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars of the value thereof, and the same shall be as-
signed to him by the probate court in the same manner as
dower is now assigned to a widow.
Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing
are hereby repealed. clause.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
^ i- ■=> on passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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Chapter 114.
CHAPTER 114.
[1901
AN ACT TO REGULATE AND LIMIT THE INVESTMENTS OF SAVINGS
BANKS.
Investments of savings banks regu-
lated.
May hold real estate acquired by-
foreclosure.
Call deposits, where made.
Section
4. Special deposit or guaranty fund.
5. Loss from violation, liability of offi-
cer or trustee.
6. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Investments
of savings
banks
regulated.
Section 1. On and after the passage of this act, savings
banks and savings departments of banking and trust companies
shall make investment of their funds in the following classes of
securities only :
(1) In notes secured by first mortgage of real estate situ-
ated in New Hampshire ; but not over seventy per cent of the
value of the property covered shall be so loaned, and not exceed-
ing seventy per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
^2) In notes secured by first mortgage of real estate situated
outside of New Hampshire which is at the time improved, oc-
cupied, and productive ; but not over fifty per cent of the value of
the property covered shall be so loaned, and not exceeding
twenty-ti.ve per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(3) In notes secured by collateral in which the bank is at lib-
erty to invest of a value at least ten per cent in excess of the
face of the note. The amount of any one class of securities so
taken as collateral, added to that which the bank may own at
the time, shall not exceed the total limit of that class of security ;
but not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the deposits shall be
so invested.
(4) In notes secured by collateral securities which are dealt
in on the stock exchanges of Boston and New York, the stock
exchange price of which shall at all times be at least twenty per
cent in excess of the face of the note, while held by the bank;
but not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the deposits shall be
so invested.
(5) In notes of individuals or corporations with two or more
signers or one or more indorsers ; but not exceeding five per
cent of the deposits shall be loaned any one person or corporation
in this class of securit}', and not exceeding twenty-five per cent
of the deposits shall be so invested.
(6) In the public funds of the United States, or those for
w^hich the faith of the United States is pledged to provide for the
payment of the interest and principal.
(7) In the bonds and notes of this state, or of any county,
city, town, precinct, or district of this state.
1901] Chapter 114. 617
(8) In the authorized bonds or notes of any state or territory
of the United States ; and in the bonds or notes of any city of
the states of Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, or New York, whose net indebtedness does not
exceed five per cent of the last preceding valuation of the prop-
erty therein for taxation, or of any county or town in said states
whose net indebtedness does not exceed three per cent of such
valuation.
(9) In the authorized bonds of any county, city, town,
school district, or other municipal corporation of any other of
the United States or territories whose net indebtedness at the
time of such investment does not exceed five per cent of the last
preceding valuation of the property therein for taxation ; and in
the authorized bonds of any city of one hundred thousand inhab-
itants of any of said states whose net indebtedness does not ex-
ceed seven per cent of the last preceding valuation of the prop-
erty therein for taxation. The term " net indebtedness " shall
be construed to denote the indebtedness of any city, town, or
other municipal corporation, omitting the debt created for sup-
plying the inhabitants with water and deducting the amount of
any sinking fund available for the payment of the municipal
indebtedness. Provided, however, that such bonds shall not
have been issued in aid of railroads or for special assessment
purposes. Provided, also, that the bonds of any county, city, or
town of less than ten thousand inhabitants, or of any school
district or other municipal corporation of less than two thousand
inhabitants, in any state or territory other than those named in
paragraph 8 of section 1 of this act, shall not be authorized in-
vestments. Provided, further, that such bonds are issued by
municipalities that are permitted by law to levy taxes suflicient
to pay the interest and to provide sinking funds for their debt;
otherwise, such bonds shall not be authorized investments. And
provided, further, that the bonds of any such county, city, town,
school district, or other municipal corporation, of any state or
territory, except in the states named in paragraph 8 of section 1
of this act, which does not have a constitutional provision limit-
ing the indebtedness of counties, cities, towns, school districts,
or other municipal corporations therein shall not be legal invest-
ments. But not exceeding fifty per cent of the deposits shall be
so invested.
(10) In the bonds or notes of any railroad company, except
street railways, incorporated under the laws of this state, whose
road is located wholly or in part in the same ; but not exceeding
twenty-five per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(11) In the bonds of any railroad company, except street
railways, incorporated under the authority of any of the New
England states, whose road is located wholly or in part in the
same, and which is in possession and operating its own road,
and has earned and paid regular dividends for the two years
next preceding such investment; or in the bonds guaranteed or
assumed by such railroad company; but not exceeding twenty-
five per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
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(12) In the bonds of any railroad company, except street rail-
ways, incorporated under the authority of any of the United
States or territories, which is in possession of and operating its
own road and has earned and paid regular dividends of not less
than four per cent per annum on its capital stock for the three
years next preceding such investment; i^rovkled, such capital
stock on which it earns and pays dividends equals in amount
one third of the entire bonded indebtedness of said road; or in
the bonds guaranteed or assumed by such railroad ; but not ex-
ceeding twenty-five per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(13) In the first mortgage bonds of corporations of this state
except street railways located and doing business therein whose
net indebtedness at the time of such investment does not exceed its
capital stock actually paid in and remaining unimpaired ; but
not exceeding ten per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(14) In the bonds of street railway corporations incorporated
under the laws of this state and located wholly or in part in the
same ; and in the bonds of street railway corporations located
wholly or in part in cities of thirty thousand inhabitants|or more in
any of the other New England states ; and in the bonds of street
railway corporations located wholly or in part in cities of fifty
thousand inhabitants or more in any of the United States, when
the net indebtedness of such street railway corporations does
not exceed the capital stock actually paid in and remaining un-
impaired at the time of such investment, and that has earned and
paid regular dividends of not less than four per cent per annum
on its capital stock for five years next preceding such investment ;
but not exceeding ten per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(15) In the bonds of telephone, telegraph, or express com-
panies doing business in the United States or territories ; pro-
vided, the total indebtedness of such company does not exceed
its capital actually paid in and remaining unimpaired, and pro-
vided, such company has earned and paid regular dividends of
at least four per cent per annum upon its capital stock of shares
for five years previous to such investment ; but not exceeding
ten per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(16) In the capital stock of any banking or trust company
incorporated under the laws of this state and doing business
therein ; but the amount of such stock held by any savings bank
as an investment and as collateral for loans shall not exceed
one tenth of the total capital stock of such banking or trust
company, and not exceeding ten per cent of the deposits shall
be so invested.
(17) In the stock of any national bank or trust company in
the New England states and in the state of New York ; but the
amount of such stock held by any savings bank as an investment
and as collateral for loans shall not exceed one tenth of the total
capital stock of such national bank or trust company, and not
exceeding ten per cent of the deposits shall be so invested.
(18) In the stock of any railroad corporation, exclusive of street
railways, located in any part of the United States or territories,
1901] Chapter 114. 619
that has earned and paid regular dividends of not less than four
per cent per annum on its capital stock for five years next pre-
ceding such investment ; jyrovided, such capital stock on which
it pays dividends equals in amount one third of the entire bonded
indebtedness of said corporation ; or in the stock of any other
railroad corporation in the New England states whose railroad
and railroad property are leased to such railroad upon an annual
rental of not less than four per cent per annum upon the capi-
tal stock of the leased railroad ; ■provided, said leased railroad shall
have earned dividends of not less than three per cent upon its
capital stock for a period of three years immediately preceding
said lease ; but not exceeding tweuity-five per cent of the deposit's
shall be so invested.
(19) In the stock of any manufacturing company in the New
England states that has paid regular dividends on its capital
stock for five years previous to such investment and whose net
indebtedness does not exceed the amount of its capital stock
fully paid in ; but not exceeding ten per cent of the deposits
shall be so invested.
(20) In the stock of any parlor car or sleeping car company
incorporated and doing business in the United States and whose
cars are in actual use upon any railroad whose stock is a legal
investment for New Hampshire savings banks, and that has
earned and paid regular dividends of not less than four per cent
per annum on its capital stock for five years next preceding such
investment; but not exceeding five per cent of the deposits shall
be so invested.
(21) In land and buildings suitable and actually used by it
in part for its banking room, the total cost of which shall not
exceed ten per cent of its deposits. ■
Sect. 2. Any savings bank may hold and lease real estate May hold real
acquired by foreclosure of mortgages owned by the bank ; but acSiu-ed by
all taxes, foreclosure expenses, and cost of maintenance shall be foreclosure,
paid out of the income of the bank.
Sect. 3. Deposits of cash on call, or subject to check, shall caii deposits,
be made in some authorized banking or trust company incorpo- "^'^^^^ ^^'i^-
rated under the laws of this state or Massachusetts, or in some
national bank located in the New England states, or in the cities
of New York or Philadelphia.
Sect. 4, The special deposits or guaranty fund of a guaranty special
savings bank shall not be included in the amount of deposits on gSnty'^'
which the percentage of any investment is reckoned. f"^<i-
Sect. 5. If any ofiicer or trustee of any savings bank or loss from
savings department of a banking and trust company shall know-^!f^fj^\°'^=
ingly and willfully violate any of the provisions of law regulat-
ing and limiting investments of savings banks he shall, in'addi-
tion to the penalties already prescribed, become personally liable
for all loss which may occur to the bank by reason of such ille-
gal investment ; and it shall be the duty of the bank commis-
sioners to sue for and recover such loss in an action of debt for
the benefit of such bank.
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Repealing Sect. 6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
takes^e^rt are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage.
on passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 115.
AX ACT ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Section
1. Boundary line between New Hamp-
shire and Massacliusetts estab-
lished.
SrECTION
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Boundary
line between
New Hamp-
shire and
Massachu-
setts ■
established.
Section 1. The boundary line between the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire shall be and
hereby is fixed as follows, to wit : Beginning at the southwest
corner of the State of New Hampshire, at the center of a copper
bolt in a granite monument set in the shore on the western bank
of the Connecticut river near South Vernon railroad station, and
distant south, eighty-seven degrees forty-six minutes forty-five
seconds east, five hundred and eighty-two feet from a large pol-
ished granite monument standing on the w^estern bank of the
river above high-water mark; thence south, eightj^-seven degrees
twenty-three minutes thirty seconds east, three thousand three
hundred and fifty-six feet to a granite monument standing on
the east side of the Doolittle road; thence south, eighty-seven
degrees twenty minutes east, nine thousand one hundred and
twenty-one and five tenths feet to a granite monument at the
corner of Northfield and Warwick, Massachusetts ; thence south,
eighty-seven degrees forty minutes thirty seconds east, twenty-
three thousand and ninety feet to a granite monument at the
corner of Winchester and Richmond, New Hampshire; thence
south, eighty-seven degrees fifty-two minutes thirty seconds east,
eleven thousand six hundred and eleven and five tenths feet to a
granite monument at the corner of Warwick and Royalston,
Massachusetts; thence south, eighty-eight degrees eight minutes
east, tw^enty-one thousand three hundred and fifty feet to a
granite monument at the corner of Richmond and Fitzwilliam,
New Hampshire ; thence south, eighty-seven degrees fifty-five
minutes thirty seconds east, twenty-four thousand nine hundred
and seventeen feet to a Varnum monument, recut, at the corner
of Royalston and Winchendon, Massachusetts ; thence south,
eighty-seven degrees fifty-nine minutes east, eight thousand
seven hundred and thirteen feet to a granite monument at the
corner of Rindge and Fitzwilliam, JSTew Hampshire; thence
south, eighty-seven degrees thirty minutes east, twenty-six thou-
1901] Chapter 115. 621
sand one hundred and seventy-five feet to the corner of Win-
chendon and Ashburnham, Massachusetts; thence south, eighty-
eight degrees twenty-five minutes thirty seconds east, fourteen
thousand one hundred and forty-eight feet to a granite monu-
ment at the corner ot Rindge and JSTew Ipswich, New Hampshire ;
thence south, eighty-seven degrees forty-nine minutes thirty
seconds east, eight thousand one hundred feet to a granite monu-
ment at the corner of Ashburnham and Ashby, Massachusetts;
thence south, eighty- eight degrees six minutes east, twenty thou-
sand one hundred and thirty-seven feet to a granite monument
standing at the west side of the Whitney road ; thence south,
eighty-seven degrees fifty-six minutes thirty-two seconds east,
four thousand nine hundred and ninety-two feet to a granite
monument at the corner of New Ipswich and Mason, New
Hampshire ; thence south, eighty-seven degrees fifty-eight min-
utes twenty-two seconds east, eight thousand eight hundred and
twenty -nine feet to a granite monument at the corner of Ashby
and Townsend, Massachusetts; thence south, eighty-seven de-
grees thirty-seven minutes forty-eight seconds east, nineteen
thousand one hundred and ninety-six feet to a granite monument
at the corner of Mason and Brookline, New Hampshire ; thence
south, eighty-eight degrees ten minutes fifty-three seconds east,
thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-two feet to a granite
monument at the corner of Townsend and Pepperell, Massachu-
setts ; thence south, eighty-eight degrees fifty-three minutes east,
five thousand seven hundred and twenty-six and five tenths feet
to a granite monument at the corner of Brookline and Hollis,
New Hampshire ; thence south, eighty-eight degrees six min-
utes fifty-five seconds east, twenty-three thousand five hundred
and seventy-four and five tenths feet to a granite monument on
the west bank of the Nashua river ; thence south, eighty-seven
degrees fifty-one minutes east, twenty-two thousand nine hun-
dred and nine and five tenths feet across the Nashua river to a
granite monument at the corner of Dunstable and Tyngs-
borough, Massachusetts; thence south, eighty-eight degrees
thirteen minutes east, six thousand five hundred and sixty-two
feet to a granite monument standing on the west bank of the
Merripack river on the site of the Bancroft pine ; thence south,
eighty-eight degrees eleven minutes thirty seconds east, twelve
thousand four hundred and eighty-eight and five tenths feet to
a granite monument at the corner of Pelham and Hudson, New
Hampshire; thence south, eighty-eight degrees five minutes
forty seconds east, seventeen thousand three hundred and sixty-
seven and five tenths feet to the boundary pine monument, so
called, standing between the towns of Pelham, New Hampshire,
and Dracut, Massachusetts, in the pasture land owned by Zacha-
riah Coburn, at a point where one George Mitchell, surveyor,
marked a pitch pine tree, March twenty-one, seventeen hundred
and forty-one, then supposed to be three miles due north of a
place in the Merrimack river called Pawtucket Falls, now
Lowell; thence north, eighty-nine degrees fifty-five minutes
622 Chapter 115. [1901
fifteen seconds east, seven thousand three hundred and seventy-
two feet to a granite monument called Leslie, standing between
Pelham and Dracut, aforesaid ; thence north, thirty-nine degrees
forty minutes forty-five seconds east, six thousand six hundred
and seventy-four and three tenths feet to a granite monument
called Wilson, standing on the easterly side of the highway lead-
ing from Dracut to Pelham, on the land formerly of Clifton
Wilson; thence north, twenty-eight degrees thirty-eight min-
utes east, six thousand one hundred and fourteen and seven
tenths feet to a granite monument called Smith, on land owned
by S. E. Young, between the towns of Dracut and Pelham;
thence north, forty-two degrees twenty-four minutes ten seconds
east, five thousand one hundred and fifty-seven feet to a granite
monument called Dracut Corner on land of the Harris brothers,
between Dracut and Methuen ; thence north, forty-nine degrees
thirty-nine minutes forty-five seconds east, three thousand four
hundred and twenty and six tenths feet to a granite monument
called Harris, standing in the Ordway pasture, at the corners of
Pelham and Salem, New Hampshire; thence north, sixty-eight
degrees twelve minutes fifteen seconds east, two thousand three
hundred and fourteen and two tenths feet to a granite monu-
ment called Noyes, on land of F. B. Fellows, between Methuen,
Massachusetts, and Salem, New Hampshire; thence north, eighty
degrees fifty-four minutes thirty seconds east, three thousand
seven hundred and one feet to a granite monument called Web-
ster, on land owned by A. J. Webster, of Salem, New Hamp-
shire; thence south, seventy-three degrees thirty-five minutes
thirty seconds east, eleven thousand seven hundred and seventy-
four feet to a granite monument called Strongwater, on land
owned b}^ S. CKimball, between the towns of Salem and Me-
thuen; thence north, three degrees twenty-six minutes five
seconds west, nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy-three
and four tenths feet to a granite monument called Poor, on land
of Samuel Poor, between the towns of Methuen and Salem ;
thence north, thirty-eight degrees fift3'-seven minutes twenty
seconds east, one thousand five hundred and ninety-three and
seven tenths feet to a granite monument at the corners of Haver-
hill and Methuen, Massachusetts, on land of A. B. Noyes ; thence
north, thirty-eight degrees thirty-six minutes fifteen seconds
east, six thousand seven hundred and eighty-two and three
tenths feet to a granite monument called Captain's pond, at the
corners of Salem and Atkinson, New Hampshire, on land owned
by David Webster of Haverhill, Massachusetts; thence north,
sixty-two degrees six minutes fifteen seconds east, five thousand
six hundred and fifty-one feet to a granite monument called
Proctor, on the westerly side of North Broadway, and by land
of H. F. Proctor of Haverhill ; thence north, sixty-four degrees
thirty-four minutes fifteen seconds east, four thousand five hun-
dred and twenty-five feet to a granite monument called Foot,
between Haverhill and Atkinson, on land of S. P. Foot; thence
south, seventy-three degrees twelve minutes east, nineteen thou-
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sand one hundred and seventy feet to a granite monument called
Lovers' lane, by land of Merrill 0. Luce, between Haverhill,
Massachusetts, and Plaistow, Few Hampshire ; thence north,
fifteen degrees fifty minutes east, ten thousand two hundred and
twenty-eight and eight tenths feet to a granite monument on
Brandy Brow hill, at the common corner of Plaistow and IlTew-
ton, New Hampshire, and Haverhill and Merrimac, Massachu-
setts; thence north, twenty-three degrees twenty-six minutes
thirty seconds east, six thousand one hundred and fifteen and
two tenths feet to a granite monument called Thompson, on land
of Richard Peaslee, between Merrimac and Newton ; thence
north, forty-three degrees thirty minutes thirty seconds east,
five thousand three hundred and forty-four and four tenths feet
to a granite monument called Janes, by land of Col. Albert
Janes, between Merrimac, Massachusetts, and Newton, New
Hampshire ; thence north, seventy-seven degrees forty minutes
thirty seconds east, four thousand one hundred and four and
eight tenths feet to a granite monument on the easterly side of
the highway leading from Newton village to Merrimac, by land
of Joseph Hoit, of Newton ; thence north, seventy-eight degrees
forty-six minutes thirty seconds east, five thousand one hundred
and forty-five and three tenths feet to a granite monument
called Farnsworth, near a mill pond on the easterly side of the
highway leading from Newton to Amesbury ; thence north, sev-
enty-eight degrees fifty-six minutes thirty seconds east, eight
thousand two hundred and ninety feet to a granite monument
called Perley, on land owned by the heirs of Perley Eaton;
thence north, sixty degrees fifty-two minutes thirty seconds east,
five thousand five hundred and thirteen and eight tenths feet to
a granite monument called Delaware, on the westerly side of
the highway leading from South Hampton village, by land of
Oliver F. C. F. Delaware ; thence north, fifty-eight degrees eight
minutes fifteen seconds east, six thousand one hundred and
thirty-three and seven tenths feet to a granite monument called
Eandall, on land formerly of William Randall, between South
Hampton and Amesbury; thence north, eighty-one degrees
thirty-six minutes east, four thousand and fifty-three and five
tenths feet to a granite monument called Evans, standing at the
common corner of four towns. South Hampton and Seabrook,
New Hampshire, and Amesbury and Salisbury, Massachusetts ;
thence north, eighty-nine degrees three minutes east, two thou-
sand nine hundred and seventy-four and two tenths feet to a
granite monument called Bagley, on the easterly side of the
highway from Seabrook to Salisbury; thence south, seventy-
three degrees twenty-one minutes thirty seconds east, five thou-
sand and fourteen and six tenths feet to a granite monument
called Morrill, standing just northerly of the highway from Sea-
brook to Salisbury ; thence south, fifty-one degrees forty-six
minutes thirty seconds east, twelve thousand nine hundred and
thirty-two feet to a granite monument called Pike, between the
towns of Salisbury and Seabrook ; thence north sixty-four de-
624 Chapter 115. [1901
grees forty-three minutes east, three thousand two hundred and
sixty and two tenths feet to a granite monument called North
dock, on land of George W. True; thence north, fifty-two de-
grees thirty seconds east, two thousand three hundred and
eighty-nine and seven tenths feet to a granite monument called
South dock, standing on the marsh and on the land now or for-
merly of Souther; thence north, sixty-six degrees fifteen minutes
thirty seconds east, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-five
feet to Bordens, Salisbury Marsh station, a copper bolt set in
Major's rock and protected by a granite tablet; thence north,
eighty-six degrees seven minutes thirty seconds east, eight hun-
dred and seventy-six feet to the center of a granite monument
on Salisbury beach ; thence same course three miles from low-
water mark to the limit of state jurisdiction, the location of said
line being shown on two plans marked " Map of Massachusetts
and New Hampshire Boundary Line, Eastern Section," and
" Map of Massachusetts and New Hampshire Boundary Line,
Western Section," which, together with a printed description of
the line and the monuments marking it, were tiled in the office
of the secretary of state, January thirty, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine.
The stone monuments at the corners on the eastern section
are of granite, sixteen inches square, eight and one half feet
long and four and one half feet above the "surface of the ground,
marked " MASS. " on the south side and " N. H." on the north
side. The date eighteen hundred and ninety, name of the angle,
and the initial letters of the names of the adjacent towns are
also cut in the stone.
The stone monuments at the corners on the western section
are similar, except that they are fourteen inches square, the date
is eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the name of the angle
is omitted.
Boundary pine monument is eighteen inches square, nine feet
long, dressed down five feet, all four sides polished, and marked
on the south side with the letters " MASS.," the initial letter
" D. " for Dracut, date eighteen hundred and ninety, and the,
names of the Massachusetts commissioners and surveyors,
also Massachusetts commissioners and surveyors of eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-five. On the north side the let-
ters "K H.," initial letter "P." for Pelham, date eighteen
hundred and ninety, and the names of the New Hampshire
commissioners and surveyors, also New Hampshire commis-
sioners and surveyor of eighteen hundred and twenty-five. On
the east side the date seventeen hundred and forty-one, Mitchell's
boundary pine, with latitude and longitude of the same, and a
cut of a pitch pine tree. On the west side the date of the royal
decree and the names of the surveyors who marked the line
originally in seventeen hundred and forty-one, — George Mitchell
and Eichard Hazen.
Major's rock is marked by a granite tablet three feet square
and one foot thick, firmly fastened to the rock and with a circu-
1901] Chapter 116. 625
lar opening in the center, showing the copper bolt placed there
by Borden in his survey as a point on the northern boundary of
Massachusetts, and adopted by the commissioners. The top
surface and sides of the tablet are polished and marked with the
names of the commissioners of both states, and with the date
eighteen hundred and ninety, and the latitude and longitude of
the point.
The southwest corner of New Hampshire and southeast cor-
ner of Vermont are marked by a copper bolt in the apex of a
granite block set upon a stone pier and sunk in the shore of the
western bank of the Connecticut river, and its location desig-
nated by a large polished granite monument, five hundred and
eighty-two feet distant on the western bank of the river above
high-water mark, and marked on the north, south, and east sides
with the names of the commissioners and surveyors of the three
states. On the west side the distance and direction to and
description of said corner is given, with the latitude and longi-
tude of the same.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, a similar Takes effect
act having been already passed in the year 1899, by the Com- ^"^ ^^^^^°^'
monwealth of Massachusetts, establishing the line in this act
described.
[All bearings given in this description are from the true
meridian.]
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 116.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9 OF CHAPTEE, 84 OF THE PUBLIC
STATUTES, RELATING TO THE SUPPORT OF TOWN PAUPERS.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Section
1. Aid to dependent soldiers to be fur.
nished in town of abode, when ;
penalty for refusal by officer.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend section 9 of chapter 84 of the Public aw to^^ ^^^
Statutes by inserting after the word "Rebellion," in the fourth soidiersjo
line of said section, the words, or in the Spanish or Philippine fn to wn^o^f^*^
wars, so that said section as amended shall read as follows : S^°^f;J^4-^®^'
Sect. 9. Whenever any person, resident in this state, who refusal by
enlisted in the quota of this state, and was reckoned and served ° ^^^'
as a soldier or sailor from IsTew Hampshire in the army or navy
of the United States, in the War of the Rebellion, or in the
Spanish or Philippine wars, and who received an honorable
discharge, not being under guardianship or legal restraint, shall
become poor and unable to provide maintenance for himself and
626 Chapter 116. [1901
dependent family, such person, his wife, widow, or minor chil-
dren, or such of the children as are unable to maintain them-
selves, shall be supported at the public expense in the town or
city of their abode, at their own home or such place, other than
a town or county almshouse, as the overseers of the poor or the
county commissioners shall deem right and proper, but no person
shall receive aid under the provisions of this section unless he
has resided in this state three years or more before making
application for such aid; and no person shall, while receiving
aid under the provisions of this section, use intoxicating liquors
to an extent which will render him incapable of working at his
usual occupation ; and no person receiving aid under the provis-
ions of this section shall sell any articles furnished him, nor
exchange them for intoxicating liquors, nor share any such aid
with any persons other than those above named as being en-
titled to the benefit of these provisions. Any person receiving aid
under the provisions of this section, who receives a pension
from the United States government, shall, while receiving such
aid, apply the pension to the support of himself and dependent
family, and shall, when requested, furnish to the overseers of the
poor or the county commissioners satisfactory proof that such
pension has been so applied. Any person applying for such aid
shall, when requested, furnish to the county commissioners or
the overseers of the poor the certificate of a reputable physi-
cian, resident in the county in which he lives, as to any
incapacity on his part to perform manual labor. Neglect by any
person applying for or receiving aid under the provisions of this
section to comply with th6 foregoing provisions and conditions
shall relieve the town or county liable for such person's support
from the provisions of this section so far as such person is con-
cerned, and such person may be supported at the town or county
almshouse.
And any overseer of the poor, county commissioner, or other
public official whose duty may include the disbursement of public
money in aid of the poor, who shall decline or refuse to carry
out the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of
fifty dollars, except when such official may reasonably consider
that the compliance with said provisions would be a menace to
the public health, safety, or peace.
on^tSe* Sect. 2. This act shall take efifect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 117, 118. 627
CHAPTER 117.
JOINT EESOLUTIOX IX FAYOE OF CHARLES E. BUZZELL AN"D OTHERS.
Sundry appropriations.
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That Charles E. Buzzell be allowed the sum of fifty-nine dol- sundry
lars and fifteen cents; Andy Holt be allowed the sum of twenty- p^^tions.
six dollars and eighty cents ; Van B. Glazier be allowed the sum
of thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents ; John Woodward be al-
lowed the sum of forty dollars and thirty cents ; Charles W.
Torr be allowed the sum of twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents;
C. D. Rowe be allowed the sum of twenty-nine dollars ; James
F. Estes be allowed the sum of seventeen dollars and sixty cents ;
Arthur G. Decatur be allowed the sum of twenty-five dollars;
Charles C. Wright be allowed the sum of thirty-four dollars
and forty cents ; Charles T. Huntoon be allowed the sum of sev-
enteen dollars and fifty cents; Lyman Rollins be allowed the
sum of twelve dollars ; Bent and Bush be allowed the sum of
twenty-four dollars; and the governor is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant for the same out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved January 29, 1901.]
CHAPTER 118.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND
ITS EXPENDITURES ON BEHALF OF NEW HAMPSHIRE STUDENTS.
Annual appropriation of $15,000 for Dartmouth College.
Resolved Tjy tlie Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars shall be appro- ^^p^o^^^ j^^.
priated and paid out of the state treasury to the trustees of Dartmouth
Dartmouth College, on the warrant of the governor, on the °^ ^^^'
first day of September each 3'ear, for a period of two years next
after the passage of this resolution, for the use of said college in
its general educational work.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
Chapters 119, 120.
CHAPTER 119.
[1901
Expense of
Kearsarge-
Alabama
parade.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO THE EXPENSE OF THE MILITARY
PARADE AT PORTSMOUTH UPON THE OCCASION OF THE KEAR-
SARGE-ALABAMA CELEBRATION, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900.
Expense of parade at Kearsaige- Alabama celebration.
Resolved hy tlie Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That the state treasurer be and hereby is authorized to credit
to the appropriation for the support of the New Hampshire
National Guard for the current year, the sum of three thousand
and fifty-two dollars and three cents, such sum having been
drawn from the regular appropriation of the National Guard
by direction of the governor and council to defray the expenses
of the military parade at Portsmouth upon the occasion of the
Kearsarge- Alabama celebration, September 19, 1900.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
CHAPTER 120.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF A COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE
QUESTION OF A STATE SANITARIUM FOR CONSUMPTIVES.
State sanitarium for consumptives.
Besolved by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
state sani-
tarium for
consump-
tives.
That the governor be and is hereby authorized and in-
structed to appoint a committee consisting of three or five
members, one of whom shall be a member of the state board of
health, to consider the question of a state sanitarium for consump-
tives ; and who shall report to the next legislature the best loca-
tion for, and probable cost of erection and maintenance of, such
an institution, together with such recommendations as thej'
deem proper; the report to be submitted to the legislature some-
time during the first six days of the session ; the committee to
serve without pay, except for actual necessary expenses, which
shall be paid from money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant for the same.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 121. 629
CHAPTER 121.
JOINT EESOLIlTION FOE THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC RIGHTS IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
Preamble ; attorney -general to clefend certain suits.
Whereas, Proceedings have been begun by certain non-resi- PreamWe.
dents and foreign corporations to deprive the citizens of New
Hampshire and the public generally of rights heretofore enjoyed,
and particularly of access to and enjoyment in the public waters
and lands of xTew Hampshire ; and
Whereas, It is the design of such non-residents and foreign
corporations to monopolize such rights, and to exclude citizens
of New Hampshire and the public generally from public waters
and lands by seeking legislation and obtaining federal decisions
to break down and impair the protection now afforded the public
by existing statutes and judicial decisions within this state; and
Whereas, A suit in equity has actually been begun against
citizens in this state residing at Northumberland, designed to
obtain perpetual injunctions against them and all other citizens
of this state and to exclude them from the right of fishing in
the open season in the waters formerly known as North pond
and now known as Christine lake in the town of Stark ; there-
fore, be it
Besolved hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That the attorney-general be and hereby is authorized and Attorney-
directed to appear and defend in behalf of the people of the iSd^ ^°
state such suits as are now pending or which may hereafter be ^^"'^^^ ^""^•
brought in the federal courts, in which the rights of the citizens
of New Hampshire in public waters and lands are sought to be
restrained, limited, or abrogated ; and to employ such assistance
as he may deem necessary in said defense and in the prepara-
tion and recommendation of such additional legislation as may
further protect said public rights; and the governor is hereby
authorized to draw his warrant upon any money in the treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, for the reasonable expenses incurred
as aforesaid.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
630 Chapters 122, 123. [1901
CHArTER 122.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR PORTRAIT OF HARRIET P. DAME.
$2£0 for portrait of Harriet P. Dame.
Besolved by tJie Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
Portrait of First, that the secretary of state be and is hereby authorized
Damef* ^* ^^ procure a suitable portrait of Harriet P. Dame in honor of
her distinguished services in the War of the Rebellion, and that
the portrait be placed in an appropriate position in the state
house.
Second, that the sum of not exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, and that the same be
expended under the direction of the secretary of state for the
purpose aforesaid.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
CHAPTER 123.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE LIONET TO COMPLETE THE WORK
OF INDEXING THE RECORDS IN" THE OFFICE. OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
$1,000 annually appropriated.
Besolved hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives m General Court
convened:
si.ooo That the sum of one thousand dollars annually, from the first
IppropSated. ^^^y of June, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and one, to be
expended under the direction of the governor and council, be
and is hereby appropriated for completing the work of index-
ing the records in the office of the secretary of state, as provided
in chapter 86, Session Laws of 1883.
[Approved February 18, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 124, 125. 631
CHAPTER 124.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SOLDIERS'
HOME.
$20,000 for "Soldiers' Home Fund."
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropri- Ap^pro^-^^^ ^^^
ated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- <« soldiers-
ated, for the support and maintenance of the " New Hampshire ^°^^ Fund."
Soldiers' Home " and the members thereof, from the first day of
January, 1901, to the assembling of the legislature in 1903, 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 establishing said home.
[Approved February 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 125.
JOINT RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING MONET TO BE EXPENDED FOR THE
CORRECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE. INSCRIPTIONS ON THE
MONUMENTAL STONES OP THEj FIFTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT,
ON THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
$300 appropriated.
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of three hundred dollars be and the same is hereby fpJrop,.iated.
appropriated for the purpose of procuring bronze tablets to be
placed upon and fastened to "the monument of the Fifth New
Hampshire Regiment, now standing on the field of Gettysburg
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
632 Chapters 126, 127. [1901
CHAPTER 126.
JOIXT EESOLUTIOISr FOE AN" APPROPEIATION TO PAY THE EXPENSE OF
THE TEAXSPOETATION OF THE BODY OF CAPTAIN W. A. SANBOEN",
LATE OF COMPANY K, FIEST EEGIMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE VOL-
UNTEEES, WHO DIED AT CHICKAMAUGA, GEOEGIA, AUGUST 25, 1898,
§54.50 appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
$54.50 That the sum of fifty-four dollars and fifty cents be and the
appropna e • g^^^g jg j^ereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the
expense of transporting the body of Captain W. A. Sanborn,
late of Company " K, " First Regiment of New Hampshire
Volunteers in the war with Spain, from Chickamauga, Georgia,
where he died August twenty-fifth, 1898, to his home in Laco-
nia, in this state, and the governor is hereby authorized to
draw his warrant for the same out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 127.
JOINT EESOLUTION TO PEOVIDE FOE THE; IMMEDIATE, INDEXING OF
THE VITAL STATISTICS NOW ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECEE-
TAEY OF THE STATE BOAED OF HEALTH.
Indexing of vital statistics.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convetied:
Indexing ot That the govemor be and hereby is authorized and instructed
stat/stics. ^^ cause the vital statistics now on file in the ofiice of the secre-
tary of the state board of health to be immediately indexed, so
that the information that they contain may be conveniently
accessible to the public, and to draw his warrant for the pay-
ment of the expenses incurred in the carrying out of this reso-
lution on any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 128, 129. 633
CHAPTER 128.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREDIT TO THE NATIONAL
GUARD APPROPRIATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS EXPENDED FROM THAT
APPROPRIATION FOR THE EQUIPMENT OF THE FIRST REGIMENT
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
Credit of $2,660.42 to the National Guard appropriation.
Besolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Conrt
convened:
That the state treasurer be and hereby is authorized to credit to
credit to the appropriation for the support of the New Hamp- Guard ^^
ation.
shire National Guard for the current year the sum of twenty- |pp
six hundred and sixty dollars and forty-two cents, such sum
having been drawn from the regular appropriation of the Na-
tional Guard by direction of the governor and council to defray
the expenses of the equipment of the First Eegiment New
Hampshire Volunteers in the war with Spain, the said amount
having been refunded to the state by the United States, and the
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the said
sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
ropri-
CHAPTER 129.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE GRANITE STATE DEAF MUTE
MISSION.
$150 annuaUy appropriated.
Besolved hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of one hundred and jBfty dollars annually be J^^j^-o^SS
appropriated for the use of the Granite State Deaf Mute Mission
during the coming two years, and the governor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant for the same from the money appro-
priated for the support and education of indigent deaf and dumb
persons of this state, under chapter 86 of the Public Statutes,
entitled " State aid to indigent deaf and dumb, blind, and
feeble-minded persons."
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
634 • Chapters 130, 131. [1901
CHAPTER 130.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO THE FLAG CASES CONTAINING
THE COLORS OP NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENTS IN THE CIVIL WAR
AND THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
Sl.OOO appropriated.
Besolved hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
ippropriated. That a sum Dot exceeding one thousand dollars be and
hereby is appropriated for the purpose of procuring metallic
plates, having suitably engraved thereon a correct list of the
engagements in which the several New Hampshire regiments in
the War of the Rebellion participated, also a similar plate for
the First ISTew Hampshire Regiment in the war with Spain, the
same to be attached to the flag cases recently erected, for the
purpose of procuring metallic markers bearing the regimental
numbers, to be attached to the staff of every flag and color
preserved in these cases, and for the purpose of procuring a
metallic railing to protect these cases from injury; said sum
to be expended under the direction of the governor and coun-
cil, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for said
sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved February 20, 1901. ]
CHAPTER 131.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCREENING LYME OR
POST POND, IN THE TOWN OF LYME.
$75 appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
$75 That the sum of seventy-five dollars be and hereby is appro-
appropriated. p^jg^^-g^j fQj, ^^^q purpose of constructing a fish screen at or near
the outlet of Lyme or Post pond, in the town of Lyme, said
screen to be constructed under the direction of the fish and game
commissioners, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw
his warrant therefor out of any money in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 132. 635
CHAPTER 132.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE SUGAR LOAF ROAD, IN THE
TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA, AND OTHER HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE.
Appropriations for sundry highways.
Besolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the following sums be and are hereby appropriated for Ai^pro-
the construction and repair of the highways, as hereinafter fuifdry"^
specified, amounting to the sum of nine thousand one hundred ^^^^^^^'®"
dollars :
That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated for each of the
years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of the Sugar Loaf road, so
called, on the westerly side of Newfound lake, in the town of
Alexandria.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repairs of the roads in the
town of Albany.
That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be appropri-
ated for the repairs of the road leading from the Willey House
in Hart's Location to the west line of Bartlett, for each of the
years 1901 and 1902.^
That the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated for each of the
years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of the North and South road,
so called, in the town of Benton.
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropri-
ated for each of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repairs of the
highway known as the Gale River road in the town of Bethlehem.
That the sum of one hundred seventy-five dollars be and is
hereby appropriated for each of the years 1901 and 1902 for
repair of Cherry Mountain road, so called, that lies in Carroll.
That the sum of three hundred dollars be and is hereby appro-
priated for each of the years 1901 and 1902 for repair of the
road leading from the Crawford House to the Willey House in
the towns of Carroll and Hart's Location.
That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be appropri-
ated for each of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of high-
ways in the town of Dixville.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of the highway in the
town of Dummer on the west side of the Androscoggin river,
thence to the north line of Milan.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of the highway on the
west side of the Androscoggin river from the house of L. H.
Grover, in Errol, to Dummer line.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the
repair of the highway from Errol to Wentworth's Location, for
each of the years 1901 and 1902.
686 (Chapter 132. [1001
Tliut the Hum of ono liundrcd dollarH 1)0 appropriated for re-
i>uiriii/^ tlic Crotcliol MomilalM road, ho called, in llio town of
iVaiiccHtovvii, oik; iiitJI" to l)(! (txjxuidod iti 1!)01 and oiieliairiii
1902.
That the Hum of two liimdred (illy dollarH bo appro[)rial(!d for
each of the yearn 1!»01 and 1!»02 for the re|»airH of the road lead-
in l? from tli(! ('hane I'arm to j^lcho lake, in the Kranconia Notch.
MMiatlhc! Hum oriour hundred dollarH he apj)ropriated lor each
of lh(! yearn 1!H)1 and 1!)02 for the rejjairH of the road leadin<^
from tiie heii/^ht of land in Ki-anconia U) the Flume JIouho.
That the Hum of oik; liundr(;d lifty dollars ho a[){)ropriated for
the rejiairn of tlus (^xiHtint^ liiii^hwayH around StiuHon lake, in the
towiiH of KiimiKiy and MIlHworth.
That, (he Hum of ouv. hundred fifty dollarH be apj»ropriated for
th(! yciarH 11)01 and 1!M)2 for the rei)air of the Pinkham road, ho
(tailed, and brid<^eH thereon in Coos county leadint^ from a
]»oint near the (Jleor<i;e Wood houHe, ho called, in Randolph, to
the northerly line of Martin's jjocation.
That the Hum of throe hundred dollars for each of (he years
1001 and 1002 be and the same is hereby a})iu-opriated for the ex-
tension of (he Lake Shore hi^^hway, loadin*;- from Hen Mere Inn to
liako View Hotel in the town of Suna[)oe, ])rovidod the town
shall apiu-oi)riate and exi)end an equal amount.
That the sum of (wo hundred dollars be ap])ropriated for each
of the years 100! iind 1002 for (he rojiair of the, hii^diways in
th(! (ovvn of Salitm, known as the Londonderry Tui'n|)ike.
That th(i sum of four hundriid dolhirs bis and is hereby a]>pro-
])riated for repairing:: (ho Sandwich Not(-h road, that lies between
the road loiuliiiii; from tin; hous(,' of AHaliol Wallace to the Thorn-
ton town lints one ludf to Ik; (iXpondtMl in 1001 and one half in
1002.
That the huiu of two hundred dollars be and is hereby appro-
priated for the repair of (he Miller ]*ark Mountain road, in the
towns of Temple and Poterboroui^h, one half to be exj)ended in
1001 and the remainder in 1002."
That the sum of one hundriMl and fifty dollars bo appropriated
for each of the years 1001 and 1002 for the roi)air of that por-
tion of the Mountain road leading' from North Woodstock to
lireozy Point that I'es in the town of Warren.
That the sum of seventy-tive dollars be appropriated for the
repair of the hii^hway in WontworlJi's Localion, for each year
1001 and 1002."
That (he sum of (liree hundred :iiid (if(y dollars bo approi)riated
for (he repairs of the hiii:hw!iy loadiui;- "from North Woodstock
to the hMume House, for each of the years 1001 and 1002.
That the sum of live huiulrcd dolhirs bo ami hereby is appropri-
a(ed (o construct the hii^dnvay recently laid out to Forest lake,
in (ho towns of Whitoliold and Didton.
That the Hum of two hundred and (ifly dollars be appropriated
for each of the years 1001 and 1002 for "the rei)air of the hi,«;hway
known as the VVarren roiid, that lies in the town of Wooilstock.
[Approved February 2S, 1001.]
1901] CiiAPTKKS 133, 134, 135. 687
ClIAI'TKK 133.
JOINT RESOLUTION PUOVIDINO FOR A SCREEN FOR TUB OUTLET OF
STINSON LAKE.
}f400 uppropriatod.
Ttesolvcd hy the Senate and House, of HrpresenlaUi'cs in General Court
convened:
That the sum of four hundred dollars be appropriated for the $400
purpose of phicing a screen upon the outlet of Stinson lake, in ''J*i"'"'"'"'^*^^'-
the town of Rumney.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
. (MIAITKR 134.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE WIDOW OF THE LATE CHARLES
A, RARNEY OF DEERINO,
Salary to bo paid to widow. «k.
Besolved by Ihe Senate and House of Ilcjjresentatlvcs in CIcneral (Uyurt
convened:
That the state treasurer be and hereby is authorized to pay to salary to bo
the widow of the late Cliarles A. Barney of Deeriuo- the full '^'JljI^Jy
salary and mileage due to hini as a member of the House of
Representatives.
[Ai)proved March 7, 1901.]
(MIATTKR 135.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN AIM'ROI'RIATION FOR SCREENING CRYSTAli
LAKE IN ENFIELD.
}f2()0 appropriated.
Resolved hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of two hundred dollars be and hereby is appro- »2oo
priated for the pur[)OKe of constructing a ilsh screen at or „ear ''^""'°'"'^''''''*-
the outlet of Ci-ystal lake, in Kniicld ; said sci-een to be con-
structed under the direction of the iish and game commission-
ers, and the governor is hereby authoi-izcd to draw his warrant
therefor out of any money in the treasury not otherwise a|>pro-
priated.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
638 Chapters 136, 137, 138. [1901
CHAPTER 136.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING BUOYS AND PLACING
LIGHTS ON SQUAM LAKE.
$50 annually appropriated.
Resolved hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened :
$50anni:any That the suHi of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby appro-
appropriated, p^iated for each of the years 1901 and 1902 to place and repair
buoys and maintain lights on Squam lake.
[Approved March 7, 1901.J
CHAPTER 137.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR PAINTING AND DECORATING
THE WALLS OF THE STATE LIBRARY BUILDING.
81,200 appropriated.
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
$1,200 That the governor and the trustees of the state library as cus-
ap'propriated. ^Q(.|ians of the State library building are hereby authorized and
instructed to cause the walls in said building to be painted and
decorated in a proper manner, and the governor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant for a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred dollars, to pay the expenses incurred in carrying into
effect this resolution, upon any money in the treasury not other-
wise appropriated.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 138.
JOINT EESOLUTION FOE AN APPEOPEIATION FOE A FOOTBRIDGE FROM
THE SHOEE OF LAKE WIN^NIPESAUKEE TO ENDICOTT ROCK.
$1,200 appropriated.
Resolved hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
$1,200 That a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars be and the
appropriated. ^^^^ -^ j^^peby appropriated for the purpose of constructing a
steel footbridge from the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee to and
around Endicott Rock in the city of Laconia; said sum to be
1901] Chapters 139, 140. 639
expended under the direction of the governor and council, and
the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for said sum out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 139.
JOINT EESOLUTION FOE. LIGHTING THE LIGHTHOUSE ON LOON ISLAND
IN SUNAPEE LAKE, EEPAERING THE, CABLE CONNECTED THEREWITH,
PLACING AND MAINTAINING BUOYS ON SAID LAE:E, AND FOR REMOV-
ING OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION IN SAID LAKE.
$600 appropriated.
Resolved by the Senate and Hoiise of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of six hundred dollars be and the same is hereby $6oo
appropriated for lighting the lighthouse on Loon island in s^;iji. appropriated,
apee lake by electricity, for repairing the cable connected there-
with, for placing and maintaining buoys on said lake, and for
removing obstructions therein near the lighthouse and at
Burkehaven, and at other places ; said sum to be expended by
an agent appointed by the governor with the advice of the coun-
cil, and the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
for the same out of any money not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 140.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF A JOINT RESOLU-
TION APPROVED MARCH 11, 1899, "tO PROVIDE STATE PAT FOR
SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN THE FIRST RE.GIMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOLUNTEERS DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN."
Resolution as to soldiers in war witb Spain extended.
Resolved hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the joint resolution approved March 11, 1899, "To pro- Resolution as
vide state pay for soldiers who served in the First Regiment ofwar^'^th'^'^
New Hampshire Volunteers during the war with Spain, " be and^P^^^^^^
it is hereby extended, in the cases of those members of the First ^^
New Hampshire Volunteers who were transferred from said
regiment to the United States hospital corps, so that they shall
be paid the sum of seven dollars a month for their term of ser-
vice in said war with Spain whether serving in said First Reo-i-
640 Chapters 141, 142. [1901
ment or hospital corps ; j^i^ovided, that in no case shall pay be
given for service rendered subsequent to the date of the dis-
charge of said First Regiment.
And the provisions of said joint resolution shall also be ex-
tended to these persons enlisted in the United States Navy from
ITew Hampshire during the war with Spain who obtained an
honorable discharge subsequent to the date of the discharge of
said First New Hampshire Regiment, but in no case shall pay be
given for service rendered subsequent to the date of the dis-
charge of said First Regiment.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 141.
JOINT EESOLUTrON" PEOVIDING FOR SCREEJSmSTG THE OUTLET OF LAKE
WINNESQUAM AT EAST TILTON.
$1,000 appropriated.
Besolved ly the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in Ge?ieral Court
convened:
a 'To riated That the sum of one thousand dollars be and hereby is appro-
' priated for the purpose of constructing a suitable screen to pre-
vent the escape of iish at the outlet of Lake Winnesquam, in
East Tilton ; said screen to be constructed under the direction of
the fish and game commissioners, and the governor is hereby
authorized to draw his warrant therefor out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 142.
JOINT EESOLIFTION APPROPRIATING MONE.T TO PAY FOR CHAIRS AND
PLACING THE, SAME IN REPRESENTATIVES' HALL.
$2,854 appropriated.
Besolved ly the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General Court
convened:
$2,854 That the sum of twenty-eight hundred and fifty-four dollars
appropriated, -[^q ^^^ hereby is appropriated for the purpose of paying for the
chairs in Representatives' Hall and placing the same in position ;
and the governor is hereby authorized to draw warrants for the
same out of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 143, 144. 641
CHAPTER 143.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF JOHN H. RIEDELL OF MANCHESTER,
N. H.
$41.60 to be paid.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of forty-one dollars and sixty cents be paid tos^^'jotobe
John H. Riedell of Manchester, K H., out of any money in the^^^ '
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse him for ex-
penditures on account of volumes 68 and 69 of the New Hamp-
shire Reports ; and the governor is hereby authorized to draw
his warrant therefor.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 144.
JOINT EESOLUTION APPEOPRIATING MONE,T TO' MEET EXPEISTSES IN-
CURRED BY THE KEAESARGE COMMISSION.
$3,020.15 appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of three thousand and twenty dollars and fif- $3,020.15 .^^ ^
teen cents be and the same is hereby appropriated for the pay-*^^^°^"^ ®
ment of expenses incurred by the commission provided for by
resolution of the house of representatives of 1899-1900, and ap-
pointed by His Excellency Governor Rollins in accordance
therewith,— to procure a suitable testimonial for the battleship
^' Kearsarge " and to present the same ; that the further sum of
fifteen hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated
to reimburse the city of Portsmouth for moneys paid out of the
treasury of said city on account of said presentation; and that
the governor be and is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
for the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
642 Chapters 145, 146. [1901
CHAPTER 145.
JOINT EESOLUTION FOR AN" APPROPRIATION FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS
AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
$6,800 appropriated.
Resolved hj ilie Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
$6,800 That the sum of six thousand eight hundred dollars is hereby
appropriated, appropriated and set apart out of any money not otherwise ap-
propriated, for permanent repairs at the industrial school, to be
expended under the direction of the trustees of said school, for
the following purposes : For steam heating, for stand-pipes and
necessary connections for fire protection, for steel ceiling in
front halls, for gymnasium, for repairs of floors and for fire es-
capes in girls' dormitory.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 146.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR SCREENS AT THE OUTLET OF
BOW LAKE IN STRAFFORD.
$250 appropriated.
Besolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
^250 That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be and the
appropriated, game is hereby appropriated for the purpose of constructing and
maintaining suitable screens at the outlets of Bow lake, situated
in Straftbrd in the county of Strafibrd, to prevent the egress of
fish from said waters ; said sum to be expended by the fish and
game commissioners under the direction of the governor and
council, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for
said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 147. 643
CHAPTER 147.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF HIGHWAYS IN THE TOAVN OF DOR-
CHESTER AND OTHER HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE.
Appropriations for sundry highways.
Besolvcd hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the following sums be and are hereby appropriated fo^" p^^^t^ng for
the -construction and repairs of the highways as hereinafter sundry
specified, amounting to the sum of four thousand three hundred ^^^^^*^'^"
dollars :
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of highways and
bridges in the town of Dorchester.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the
repair and improvement of the road and bridle path leading to
Cardigan mountain in the town of Orange.
That the sum of two hundred fifty dollars for each of the
years 1901 and 1902 be appropriated for the removal of ledges
in public highways in the town of Newcastle.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for construction and repairs of high-
ways and bridges in the town of Campton.
That the sum of seventy-five dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for repair of highways and bridges
in the town of Millsfield.
That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for repair of the highways known as
Turnpike and Knot-Hole roads leading from Jefierson to White-
field.
That the sum of seventy-five dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of the Turnpike road,
so called, in the town of Sharon.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for each
of the years 1901 and 1902 for the repair of the highway in the
town of Pittsburg between the Farnsworth place, so called, and
the Second Lake House at Second Connecticut lake.
That the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated
for each of the years 1901 and 1902 for repair of the highway
leading from the south line of Gorham to the north line of Jack-
son, including the branch road leading from said road through
Pinkham Notch to Gorham line.
That the sum of one hundred fifty dollars be appropriated for
each of the years 1901 and 1902 to assist the town of Randolph
in the repairs of highways in that town.
That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated
for each of the years 1901 and 1902 for repair of highways in
the town of Barrington, as follows : The road known as the
644 Chapters 148, 149. [1901
Canaan road, leading from the Northwood line to the main stage
road from Bow lake to Dover, thence from said point to Mad-
bury line, past the Barrington depot ; also the road known as
the McDaniel, Scruton Pond, and Waterhouse road, leading
from the main stage road to the Rochester line.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 148.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNOR'S PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Salary and mileage to be paid.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
Salary and That the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant
mileage. ^^ ^^^ ^^^ salary and mileage of his private secretary out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 149.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE DIXVILLE NOTCH HIGHWAY, IN
THE TOWN OF DIXVILLE.
$3,000 appropriated.
Besolved ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
$3,000 That the sum of three thousand dollars be appropriated for
appropriated, changing and repairing the highway in Dixville Notch in the
town of Dixville, on the south side of the summit of said Notch,
and the same be expended under the direction of 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 other-
wise appropriated.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 150, 151. 645
CHAPTER 150.
JOINT RESOLUTION INSTRUCTING THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO COM-
MENCE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CERTAIN SAVINGS BANKS.
Preamble; attorney-general to investigate tax returns of certain banks.
llesolved hj the Senata and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
Whereas, It is claimed that certain banks in this state have Preamble,
omitted in their returns property upon which taxes should be
paid, now, therefore.
Resolved, That the attorney-general in behalf of the state be^ttomey-
and hereby is authorized and empowered to investigate all^^^erano^
questions relating to such taxes, and if, in his opinion, amended
returns should be made to the state treasurer, to use all rea-
sonable efforts to have such returns made and to cause to be paid
to the state treasurer any moneys that may have been withheld
in the payment of any former tax, and should it become nec-
essary to properly adjust all of said matters said attorney-general
is hereby authorized and instructed to commence legal pro-
ceedings in behalf of the state.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 151.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO CERTAIN STATE ARCHIVES IN
THE CUSTODY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Indexing of provincial records.
"Whereas, Certain valuable books, records, and papers, relat- Preamble,
ing to titles to land in all parts of the state, and to the pro-
ceedings in court covering the entire Province period, have by
operation of law from time to time and by virtue of recent legis-
lation come into possession of the state in the office of the sec-
retary of state and now constitute a very large collection of
unarranged archives of constantly increasing importance and
value; and.
Whereas, It is indispensable to the economical and satisfactory
prosecution of the public business related to said archives, and
particularly to the prompt and correct production of abstracts
and copies from said records for the use of the people of the state
in tracing the titles to real estate, and to the courts in adminis-
646 Chapter 152. [1901
tering the law in all parts of the state, that a systematic arrange-
ment and indexing of said archives be effected as speedily as is
consistent with an economical and efficient accomplishment of
that undertaking ; therefore, be it
Besolved ty tJie Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
Indexing of That the secretary of state be authorized to proceed with the
records.^^^ arrangement and indexing of said books, records, and papers in
his custody relating to court proceedings, titles to real estate, and
the public business incidental thereto in the Province period, on
such plan as, being first recommended by him, shall be ap-
proved by the governor and council and determine their place of
deposit; that the secretary of state be and hereby is also made
and constituted the official custodian of the books, records, and
papers in this preamble and resolution mentioned, and author-
ized to employ such competent assistants' as may be necessary
for the purpose aforesaid, and that the governor be and hereby
is authorized to draw his warrant for meeting the expense
aforesaid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 152.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC
ARTS.
$30,000 appropriated for new building; $7,500 annually appropriated.
Besolved ly tJie Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
S3Moo^apin-o- That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be and hereby is ap-
newbuiiding- propriatcd for the benefit of the ^N'ew Hampshire College of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts ; which sum shall be ex-
pended in providing and equipping a suitable building wherein
shall be taught the various branches of study related with agri-
culture, horticulture, and forestry, and such other studies as may
most properly and conveniently be taught therein ; said build-
ing to be constructed and equipped within the sum named in
the above appropriation.
$7,500 That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars be and
tppropwated. hereby is appropriated annually for the period of two years for
use of said College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, to be
expended in such manner as the trustees shall direct; proinded,
that out of this sum suitable provision shall be made for the two
1901] Chapters 153, 154. 647
years' course in practical agriculture, provided for in chapter
107 of the Laws of 1895.
That the sums hereby appropriated shall be paid to the treas-
urer of said college, on the warrant of the governor, whenever
the college shall have shown, to the satisfaction of the governor
and council, that suitable provision has been made for the pru-
dent and economical expenditure of the same.
That a special report shall be made to the governor and council,
concerning the expenditure of the above sum of thirty thou-
sand dollars, or such part thereof as shall have been expended,
not later than June 1, 1902.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 153.
JOINT RESOLUTION REFUNDING TO THE CITY OF SOMERSWORTH THAT
PORTION OF THE LITERARY FUND WITHHELD FOR THE YEAR 1899,
AMOUNTING TO $528.96.
§528.96 appropriated.
Resolved lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of |528.96 be and hereby is appropriated from $528.96
the unexpended balance of the literary fund, now in the hands ^^p^^^p"^*®*^'
of the state treasurer, and paid out to the treasurer of the city
of Somersworth, for the uses of the department of public in-
struction of said city, the same to be paid after July 1, 1901.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 154.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES
OP A CONVENTION TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION.
$25,000 appropriated.
Resolved hj tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars be ands25,ooo
is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of a convention to ^PP^^op^ated.
revise the constitution ; and the governor is authorized to draw
his warrant for so much of said sum as may be necessary for
that purpose.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
648 Chapters 155, 156. [1901
CHAPTER 155.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF BUILDING A HIGHWAY FROM A
POINT IN THE LAKE SHORE ROAD (sO CALLED) TO THE HOUSE OF
HENRI G. BLAISDELL AND OTHERS, ON SHORE OF LAKE WINNIPE-
SAUKEE IN THE TOAVN OF TUFTONBOROUGH.
S150 appropriated.
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
appropriated. That the sum of One hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated
to construct a highway from a point near the dividing line oi
land of Orlando Kichardson and land of J. and F. E. Hersey on
the Lake Shore road, in the town of Tuftonborough, to the houses
of Henri G. Blaisdell and others, on the shore of Lake "VVinni-
pesaukee ; said sum to be expended by an agent 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 ap-
propriated,
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 156.
JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO A STATE HIGHWAY BETAVEEN MASSA-
CHUSETTS STATE LINE AND FORT POINT IN NEWCASTLE, N. H.
120,000 appropriated.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
«2o,ooo That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and is hereby ap-
appropriated. • , i , i j. xi • i. n J.^ • • n
propriated to complete the carrying out of the provisions or
chapter 89 of the Laws of 1899 and to build that portion of said
highway — as shown by report of Arthur "W. Dudley, civil en-
gineer, to the governor and council and now on file ^n the ofiice
of the secretary of state — as lies between the Wentworth road
and Straw's Point in the town of Rye ; and the governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said sum out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to
be expended under the direction of three commissioners to be
appointed by the governor with the advice of the council.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 157, 158. 649
CHAPTER 157.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THOMAS L. HOITT OF BARNSTEAD,
$416.21 to be paid.
Besolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That Thomas L. Hoitt be allowed and paid the sum of one $4i6.2ito be
hundred and eleven dollars in full payment of salary for thirty- ^^^^'^'
seven days' attendance as member of the house of representa-
tives, and that he be allowed and paid the further sum of three
hundred and five and 21-100 dollars for expenses incurred in
contesting; his right to his seat as such representative, and the
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the pay-
ment to said Thomas L. Hoitt of said total sum of four hundred
and sixteen and 21-100 dollars out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, and this joint resolution shall take
effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 158.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF TWO HUNDRED DOL-
LARS FOR THE REPAIRING OF THE HIGHWAY IN DALTON.
$200 appropriated.
Besolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the 8200
repair of the highway in the town of Dalton, one hundred (Jq1_ '^pp^op"^*®
lars to be expended in the year 1901, and one hundred dollars in
the year 1902, and an agent be appointed by the governor and
council to work out the same ; this to be paid out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
650 Chapters 159, 160, 161. [1901
CHAPTER 159.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SANDWICH
NOTCH ROAD IN THE TOWN OF THORNTON.
$100 appropriated.
Besolved hy the Seriate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
«ioo That the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated for the
appropriated, j-^pairg of the road in the town of Thornton leading from the
Mad River bridge, so called, to the Sandwich tow^n line, and the
governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same
out of any money not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 160.
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BROOK ROAD, SO
CALLED, IN GROTON.
$50 annually appropriated.
Besolved hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
$50 That the sum of fifty dollars for each of the years 1901 and
appropnated. 1902 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the repair of
the Brook road, so called, being a public highway in Groton lead-
ing from the town line of Rumney to North Groton village, and
the governor is hereby authorizecl to draw his warrant for the
same out of any money not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 161.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF PLACING AND MAINTAINING BUOYS
IN LAKE WINNIPESAUKEB AND ADJACENT WATERS.
S700 appropriated.
Besolved ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
$700 That the sum of seven hundred dollars be and hereby is ap-
appropriated. ppopriatcd for placing and maintaining buoys and lights in Lake
1901] Chapters 162, 163. 651
"Winnipesaukee and adjacent waters, four hundred dollars of
said sum to be paid in 1901 and the balance to be paid in 1902;
said sum to be expended by an agent or agents to be appointed by
the governor with the consent of the council, and the governor is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same out of any
money not otherwise appropriated.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 162.
JOINT RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF HANSON H. YOUNG.
AUowance of $400.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That Hanson H. Young be allowed four hundred dollars, the AUowance of
same being the cost incurred in contesting his right to a seat ^'^^'^'
as a member from Barnstead ; and the governor is hereby au-
thorized to draw his warrant for the same.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 163.
JOINT EESOLUTION" IN FAVOE OF JAitES H. MOOEE.
Allowance of gioo.
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
That the sum of one hundred dollars be allowed James H. Anoyance of
Moore, and the same is hereby allowed, for expense 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 treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
652 Chapter 164. [1901
CHAPTER 164.
JOINT EESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMIS-
SION TO ASCERTAIN AND EXACTLY DETERMINE THE POSITIONS OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS IN THE CAMPAIGN AND SIEGE OF VICK6-
BURG, AND TO' MAKE, AN APPROPRIATION TO PAY THE NECESSARY
TRAVELING EXPENSES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
Governor to appoint; duty of commission; «500 appropriated; report to be made.
liesolved by the Senate and House of Bepresentativcs in General Court
convened:
Governor to That the govemor of the state be and is hereby authorized to
appoint. appoint a commission consisting of three members, being one
member for each jSTew Hampshire organization participating in
the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, namely : the 6th, 9th, and
11th Infantry Regiments. Each member of said commission
shall have served with honor in the siege of Vicksburg and
with the organization which he is appointed to represent, and
shall serve on the commission without pay except as to the
necessary traveling expenses.
Duty of That it shall be the duty of the commission to co-operate with
commibsion. ^-^^ IS'ational Park Commission in ascertaining and exactly de-
termining the positions of each New Hampshire organization in
the siege of Vicksburg, and also to recommend to the governor
of the state such subsequent legislation as will, in the opinion of
the commission, permanently and suitably mark the positions
thus ascertained and worthily commemorate the valor and ser-
vices of New Hampshire soldiers in the campaign and siege of
Vicksburg.
f°°ro riated That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as
appropria e . ^^^ -^^ necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of
the funds of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be
drawn and used by the said commission to pay the necessary
traveling expenses of the members thereof in the discharge of
the duties aforesaid, on the presentation of such certified
vouchers as the governor and council shall direct.
Report to be Said commission *hall make a full report of the execution of
its trust to the governor on or before the 15th day of January,
1902.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
made.
1901] Chapter 165. 653
CHAPTER 165.
JOIXT EESOLL'TIOX IX FAVOR OF JOHN K. LAW AND OTHERS.
Simclry appropriations.
Resolved hi the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General Court
convened:
That John K Law and John Demeritt be allowed the sum of l"'^^^]^^^
S.324 each; that the Rev^ Joel B. Slocum, Herbert A. McEl- P^iations.
waine, Martin L. Piper, Edward C. Hunt, James F. White-
head, Hiram E. Currier, Warren W. Lovejoy, George W. John-
son, George C. Bingham, AYilliam H. vSmith, William H.
Weston be allowed the snm of §280 each ; that Harry M. Lee
be allowed the sum of $280 ; that Fremont E. Shurtlefi' be al-
lowed the sum of $400 ; that Josephine C. Larkin be allowed
the sum of $300 ; that Julia E. Sullivan be allowed the sum of
$75"; that Fred A. Gardner, Albert D. Laneville, Charles L.
Roberts, Herbert J. Stowell, and Charles J. Ballon be allowed
the sum of $160 each ; that Edward M. Nason be allowed the
sum of $300 ; that Horace L. Ingalls, John W. Lowry, and
Stephen S. Ford be allowed the sum of $200 each; that J. M.
Stewart & Sons Co. be allowed the sum of $27.86 ; that Edson C.
Eastman be allowed the sum of $432.06; that the sum of $64.80
be allowed James Burbeck ; that the sum of $5 be allowed
James H. Holland ; that the sum of $6.90 be allowed Humphrey-
Dodge Co. ; that the sum of $22.20 be allowed the Chronicle
& Gazette Co. ; that the sum of $3.96 be allowed the Herald
Publishing Co.; that Martin L. Piper be allowed the sum of
$3.50; that L^a C. Evans be allowed the sura of $7.92; that
George H. Wilson be allowed the sum of $15.65 ; that Harlan
C. Pearson, Fred Leighton, George W. Fowler, John Edward
Coffin, Elias A. McQuaid, W. Shannessy, Harry B. Cilley, Frank
H. Challis, Henry H. Metcalf, Allan H. Robinson, I Eugene
Keeler, Frank M. Shackford be allowed the sum of $100 each ;
that the sum of |2 be allowed A. H. Britton ; that the sum of
$632.30 be allowed the Monitor & Statesman Co. ; that the sum
of $26.98 be allowed the People & Patriot Co. ; that the sum of
$605.46 be allowed the Union Publishino- Co. ; that the sum
of $145.12 be allowed Frank L. Sande^rs ; that William F.
AVhitcher be allowed the sum of $2.30 ; that James E. Henry be
allowed the sum of $7.60 ; that James M. Cooper be allowed
the sum of $350 ; that George A. Place be allowed the sum of
$15; that Charlotte Bartlett be allowed the sum of $62; that
the sum of $1.40 be allowed the Concord Evening Monitor ;
that Diamond G. Wells be allowed the sum of $6.80 ; that
Henry E. Brock be allowed the sum of -$100 ; that Thomas F.
Clifford be allowed the sum of $50 ; that The John B. Clarke Co.
be allowed the sum of $415.50 ; that the sum of $100 be allowed
Alice M. Littlefield; that the sum of $50 be allowed Susan R.
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[1901
Morrison ; that Merrill Shurtleff be allowed the sum of $355,
Sentinel Printinoj Co., $2, George W. Johnson, $3.50.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 166.
NAMES CHANGED.
Names
changed.
From January, 1899, to January, 1901, the judges of probate
have made and returned to the secretary of state the following
chancres of names :
Rockingham. EocKiNGHAM CouNTY. — Jane Wost, to Jane Lee ; Mary E.
Gentley, to Mary E. Kelliher ; Mary L. Clay, to Mary L. Lang ;
Alice A. Eastman, to Alice A. Deane; Emma Estelle Smith,^to
Estelle E. Langley; Annie M. Downing, to Annie M. Hill;
Robert M. Wiggin, to Robert M. French; Alice E. Kane, to
Alice E. Wall ;"Myra H. Twombley, to Myra H. Davis; Anna
M. Davis, to Anna M. Jones ; Clara Sclack, to Clara Gill ; Mary
W. Stirling, to Mary W. Flynn ; N"ellie E. Gove, to I^ellie E.
Lyford : Phoebe M. Pratt, to Phoebe M. Briggs ; Minnie Tilton,
to Minnie Farrell ; Ida M. Ladd, to Ida M. Kennard ; Frederick
W. Joslyn, to Frederick W. Harrington; Carrie E. Joslyn, to
Carrie E. Harrington ; Etta B. Coleman, to Etta B. Smith ;
Emma Y. Wells, to Emma Y. Hodgdon; Caroline E. Warner,
to Caroline E. Dodge ; Mary E. Kuselich, to Mary E. Atkins ;
George S. Tilton, to George G. Tilton; Jennie McGrath, to
Jennie Merrick ; Ada F. Williams, to Ada F. Mason ; Ella M.
Yarrell, to Ella M. Marshall; Abbie M. Brown, to Abbie M.
Wells ; Perley E. White, to Perley E. Mason ; Sarah Ella Mc-
Kenna, to Ruth Marion Svenson ; Lncy D. Ball, to Lucy D.
Bartlett ; Wilber I. Short, to Wilber I. Fay ; Bertha H. Bunker,
to Bertha H. Keyes ; Isabel Luck, to Isabel L. Leavitt ; John C.
Kirk, to John C. Houtvet; Katherine A. Tollbom, to Katherine
A. Cockburn; Hazel May SkiUings, to Hazel May Frame;
Marion Parker Fife, to Marion Parker Moulton ; Emma H.
Given, to Emma Florence Flynn ; Edward Arthur Foote, to
Edward Arthur Hills.
sti-afford. Strafford County.— George Herbert Wentworth, to Bert
Wentworth ; Priscilla A. Cook, to Priscilla A. Paul ; Mary Etta
Stevens, to Mary Etta Hayes ; Annie Springer, to Annie Knapp ;
Millicent Agnes Grover, to Doris Millicent Shapleigh ; John W.
Smallcon, to John W. Small; Ella May Butterworth, to Arvillar
Hussey ; Ralph Foster, to Ralph Otis Watson ; Martha Roberts,
to Martha Leigh ; M. Geneva Beal, to M. Geneva Berry ; Wil-
liam Stanley "Skeetup, to WilUam Stanley Blaisdell ; Grace
Yiola Poor, to Phyllis Yera Poor ; Persis L. Levy, to Persis L.
Wiggin ; Mary Marcotte, to Mary Q. Marcotte ; Maria Exerina
1901] Chapter 166. 655
Goiilet, to Exerina Gagnon ; Alice Cartland, to Alice Cartland
Downing; Mabelle Bardsley, to Mabelle Bailey ; Samuel Bell,
to Samuel Harding Bell ; Frederick Henry Peppin, to Fred-
erick Henry Ryan ; Marie Berube, to Marie Audeux ; Mar-
gretta Upton, to Jennie Margretta Whitehouse ; Gilberta Irene
Herrick, to Lottie Gilbertha H. Pound ; Phyllis Meriam Grant,
to Phyllis Grant Redlow ; Maudie May Hall, to Maudie May
Wilkinson ; Nellie M. Brown, to Kellie M. McDonald.
Belknap County. — Sarah E. Savage, to Jessie Savage; EdnaBeiknap.
Black, to Lillian Beatrice Currier ; Perley E. Senter, to Henry
E. Wade ; Margaret Garland, to Margaret Fames ; Edith Farrar,
to Stella lola Giles ; Lola B. Reed, to Lola B. Foss ; Grace A.
Durgin, to Grace A. Locke ; George Davis, to John Herman
Semple ; William Rowe Jones, to William Danforth Rowe ;
Emma T. Frye, to Emma Taylor Ladd ; Blanche M. Lessard, to
Blanche M. Turmal ; Frances L. Gero, to Frances L. Dexter.
Carroll County. — Louisa Stewart, to Mary Belle Willey ; carron.
Christie Ealy, to Vera Gordon ; Lottabell Osgood, to Lottabell
Andrews ; Rhoda IS'utt, to Rhoda Kenney ; Carrie Wentworth,
to Carrie Hepworth ; Sarah F. Jones, to Sarah F. Strickland ;
Jareb Alonzo Greene, to Jared Alonzo Greene.
Merrimack County. — Margaret L Stanley, to Margaret I. Merrimack.
Ferguson ; Bessie May Sanborn, to Bessie May Momblo : Gladys
Marion Kelley, to Gladys Marion Ordway ; Emma Grace Proc-
tor, to Emma Grace Phelps; Harry Chauncy Davis, to Harry
Chauncy Cate ; Lena Kimball, to Lena Gordon ; Jessie W.
Davis, to Jessie W. Foster ; Willie C. Buswell, to William C.
Rowe; Charles Brennan, to Charles Cranston ; Grace Taylor, to
Grace Lull ; Lester Howard Ligalls,to Lester Howard Fletcher;
Marjorie Atkins, to Jessie Gould ; Esther C. Hart, to Esther
C. Hewitt ; Wilson Boyd, to William Cyrus Brown ; Abbie R.
Jacobs, to Abbie R. Batcher.
Hillsborough County. — Gladis H. Derby, to Gladis H. Huisborougii.
Whiting; WiUiam Pillsbury, to William Pillsbury Stickney ;
Joseph Murphy, to Joseph Phillippe Massicotte ; Edith H. Pero,
to Edith H. Sargent; I^ellie Robinson, to Is'ellie F. Smith;
John E. Blanchard, to John E. Barden; Theresa Corina Dris-
coll, to Corina Bacigalupo ; Frank L. Reed, to Frank Cronin ;
Evelyn Crooks, to Evelyn Parker ; Ruth M. McPherson, to Ruth
M. Blakely ; Alma R. Sedgewick, to Alma A. Robinson ; JSTell
B. Lawrence, to Nellie Lawrence Marshall ; Lena J. Wood-
bridge, to Lena J. Blackmun; Nellie F. House, to Nellie E.
Flanders ; Emma Frances Williams, to Emma Frances Pierce ;
Franklin Augustus Hill, to Franklin Augustus Hills ; Rosa S.
Morrill, to Rosa A. Crowell ; Eliza S. Cheever, to Lizzie A.
Cheever ; Abby G. Lee, to Abby G. Forbush ; Mary A. Ben-
nett, to Mary A. Haselton; Cora E. Forgays, to Cora E. Aralam ;
Maria Cotilda Martina, to Maria Clotifda Bacigalupo ; Musette
Elsworth, otherwise called Estella Musette Titus, to Estella Mu-
sette Mills ; Minnie C. Currier, to Minnie C. Johonnett ; Clar-
ence Wheater Gannon, to Clarence Shepherd Gannon ; Clara L.
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Chapter 166.
[1901
Pettee, to Clara L. Howard ; Delincla Ann Pelkie, to Belinda
Ann Lee ; Dorothy Frances Heath, to Dorothy Frances Whid-
den ; Annie Elizabeth Brown, to Elizabeth Scribner Brown;
Mettie ISTette Burgess, to Meltie IS'ette Mitchell ; Ina S. Knowles,
to Ina S. Colby ; Clara Sanborn Dudley, to Clara Loretta
Sanborn.
Cheshire County. — Sylvia Estelle Cobb, to Sylvia Estelle
Goodwin ; Lillian Alice McRegney, to Lillian Alice Cahill ;
Harry Hurton Stevenson, to Charles Hurton Blake; Sylvia Mar-
ribee Day, to Sylvia Marribee Hay den ; Elsie Moulton Whyte,
to Bessie Gertrude Dunton ; Clara Lilly Veber, to Clara Lilly
Knight ; Fred Theodore Yeber, to Fred Theodore Knight ; Wil-
liam A. Bemis, to Francis Truth; Walter Henry Penniman, to
Walter Henry Turner ; Arethusa Whitney Adams, to Katherine
Whitney Alden ; Olive Pratt Eraser, to Olive Pratt Keniston ;
Mary Esther Smith, to Mary Esther Allard ; Addie M. Peck, to
Addie M. Grant ; Helen Maria Berry, to Helen Berry Banning ;
Linnie L. Bemis, to Linnie L. Truth ; Myrtle Mabel Crassley, to
Myrtle Mabel Lund.
Sullivan County. — Ray Edward Alexander, to Ray Edward
Stowell ; Leon W. Chase, to Leon W. Burns ; Pearl M. Eddy, to
Pearl M. Dean ; Frank Willis Grandy, to Frank Willis Crane ;
Florence L. Johnson to Florence L. Guild ; Florence E. Lufkin,
to Florence E. Dunlap ; Ehnor Millner, to Elinor Trow; Abbie
Maud Mann, to Georgia Maud Carlton ; Winifred A. Stevens, to
Winifred A. Bartlett; Charles B. Slawenwhite, to Charles B.
Howlett; Frank A. Slawenwhite, to Frank A. Howlett.
Grafton County. — Luella Bonett, to Luella Turner ; Hugh
iN". Bonett, to Hugh N. Turner; Bertha L. Crawford, to Bertha
Crawford Large ; Frank Curtis, to Frank Curtis Jackson ; Sarah
Maud Davis, to Sarah Maud Little ; Ephraim Henry Davis, to
Ephraim Henry Little ; Wilma Gertrude Elliott, to Wilma Ger-
trude Harris; Guy G. Furnel, to Guy Goodwin Fernald; Wil-
liam B. Hook, to William B. Corser; Blanch Kinney, to Blanch
Miller ; Grace W. Marshall, to Grace W. Ricker ; Donald J.
Miclon, to Donald J. Vandyke ; Carl George Peaslee, to Errol
Kenneth Muzzey ; Sadie P. Rowe, to Sadie P. Sanborn ; Martha
Smith, to Agnes Ethel Kinne ; Ralph Swindlehurst, to Ray Ab-
bott Craig ; Robert Swindlehurst, to Roy Byron Craig ; Cecil H.
Tarady, to Cecil H. Smith ; Jesse A. Tarady, to Jesse A. Smith ;
Alma B. Tarady, to Alma B. Smith ; Archibald Barry, to Ar-
chibald Gregory ; Fred Kimball Buxton, to Fred Kimball Mc-
Connell ; Mabel Crane, to Mabel Hall ; Jessie M. Counter, to
Jessie M. Cham.berlin ; Fannie Ruth Forbes, to Fannie Ruth
Forbes ; Benjamin J. Frizette, to Benjamin J. Lawrence ; Bea-
trice Heath, to Beatrice Hildreth ; Merl W. Heath, to Merl W.
Hildreth ; Jennie L. King, to Jennie L. Putnam ; Catherine Me-
han, to Catherine Hunter; Georgianna Repley, to Georgianna
Tondreau ; James Watson Smith, to James Watson ; Mary
Smith, to Mary Watson ; Mary Edith Whitney, to Edith Mary
Emery.
1901]
Chapter 166. 657
Coos County.— Lillia A. Davis, to Lillia A. Goodwin; Le-Coos.
land Smith, to Leland Nelson Boutwell ; Natt Ray Laughton,
to Natt Ray Cummings; Achsah Alice French, to Ruth Kent;
Maud Agnes Willard,"to Maud Agnes Stevens ; Earl C. Keeler,
to Harry Earl Morse; Viola L. Kitchin, to Lurline Elsie Gil-
landers.
PRIVATE ACTS.
CHAPTER 167.
AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 194 OF THE PAMPHLET LAWS OF 1899,
AND TO CHANGE THE CORPORATE NAME OF THE DOVER HOME FOE
AGED PEOPLE.
Section
1. Former act repealed.
2. Name cbangeil.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Former act
repealed.
Name
changed.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. That chapter 194 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1899,
approved March 8, 1899, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sect. 2. That the Dover Home for Aged People is hereby
authorized to change its corporate name to " Wentworth Home
for the Aged."
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved January 29, 1901.]
CHAPTER 168.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE, FOR THE, ELECTION OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF
STREETS FOR THE CITY OF DOVER.
Section 1. Superintendent of streets provided for.
Be it enacted hi the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Superintend- SECTION 1. At the next annual municipal election of the
provided for! votcrs of the city of Dover there shall be chosen a superinten-
dent of streets, who shall commence his term of office at the
same time as the mayor. He shall hold office for the term of
one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. At
each annual election thereafter he shall be so chosen. He shall
1901] Chapters 169, 170. 659
be elected and the votes canvassed in the same manner as that
of mayor. His salary shall be one thousand dollars for the term,
to be paid by the city in monthly payments. His duties shall
be such as now are or may be prescribed by ordinances of the
city.
[Approved January 29, 1901.]
CHAPTER 169.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE AND CONFIEM THE WAERANT FOE, AND THE
VOTES AND PEOCEEDINGS AT, THE BIENNIAL ELECTION AND MEET-
ING IN HAMPTON, HELD THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1900. '
Section | Section
1. Warrant and proceedings legalized. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the selectmen's warrant for, and the votes ^^rrant^and
and proceedings thereunder at, the biennial election and meet- legalized,
ing in the town of Hampton, held in said town on the sixth day
of November, 1900, are hereby legalized and confirmed.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage. on p1fslf|e°*
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 170.
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE. TIME FOE THE, LOCATION, CONSTEUCTION, AND
COMPLETION OF THE EAILEOAD OP THE MOOSILATJKE EAILEOADi COM-
PANY.
Section 1. Time for construction extended; act takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The time for the location, construction, and com- Time for
pletion of the Moosilauke Railroad is hereby extended to the first eSd'e'iSct
day of July, 1904, and this act shall take effect upon its passage. *^'^^® ®^®^'
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
660
Chapters 171, 172.
CHAPTER 171.
[1901
AN ACT TO EXTEXD AND AMEND THE CHAETEE OF THE DEEET & PEL-
HAM ELECTEIC EAILWAY COMPANY.
Section
1. Time for building estendefl; capital
increased.
Section
2. Takes effect upon passage.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Time for
building
extended ;
capital
increased.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. An act incorporating the Deny & Pelham Elec-
tric Railway Company, approved February 7, 1899, is hereby
so far amended that the time for building said road, as pro-
vided in section 7 of said act, is extended for the term of two
years from and after the seventh day of February, 1901.
Section 6 of said act is hereby amended by striking out the
word " two " where it appears in the second line of said section
and inserting in place thereof the word three, so that as
amended said section shall read : The capital stock of said cor-
poration shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and
shall be divided into shares of a par value of one hundred dol-
lars each ; but said company may issue capital stock and bonds
to such an amount only as may be necessary to construct and
equip said railway, including the amount required to provide
motive power for the operation thereof, and its bonded and
other indebtedness shall at no time exceed the amount of its
capital stock actually paid in. The amount of capital stock
and bonds to be so issued from time to time shall be determined
and issued in accordance with the provisions of the general laws.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 172.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE. CHAETEE OF THE GILMANTON & BAENSTEAD
ELECTEIC EAILWAY COMPANY.
Time for
building
Takes effect
on passage.
Section
1. Time for building extended.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The time fixed in the charter of the Gilman-
ton & Barnstead Electric Railway Company, approved Feb-
ruary 15, 1899, chapter 160, Pamphlet Laws 1899, in which to
build its road, is hereby extended to February 15, 1903.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflect on its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901,]
1901] Chapters 173, 174. 661
CHAPTER 173.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE MEREDITH & OSSIPEE ELEC-
TRIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
Section [ Section
1. Time for building extended. 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The time fixed in the charter of the Meredith &bui?din°^
Ossipee Electric Railway Company, approved February 15, 1899, extended,
chapter 161, Laws of 1899, in which to build its road, is hereby
extended to February 15, 1903.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efltect on its passas^e. Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 174.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT TO INCORPORATE' THE NORTH OON-
WAY & jrOUNT KEARSARGE RAILROAD, PASSED AT THE JUNE SES-
SION, 1883, AND OF AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE COMPLE-
TION OF THE SAME, PASSED JUNE SEiSSION, 1887, AND OP AN ACT
IN AMENDMENT OF THE SAME, PASSED JUNE SESSTOiST, 1889, AND
OF AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE SAME, APPROVED MARCH 31,
1893, AND OF AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE COMPLETION
OF THE SAME, APPROVED MARCH 1, 1899.
Section i Section
1. Time for completion extended. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The time for the completion of the JSTorth Con- Time for
way & Mount Kearsarge Railroad is hereby extended to the first eSS''
day of July, 1904.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
662
Chapters 175, 176.
CHAPTER 175.
[1901
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE CHAETEE FOE THE BUILDING OF THE CLAEE-
MONT STEEET EAILWAY.
Section
1. Time for building extended.
Section
2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Time for
building
extended.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The time fixed in the charter of the Claremont
Street Railway Company, approved February 14, 1899, in which
to build its road is hereby extended to February 14, 1903, and
said corporation shall have such additional time in which to
build its road.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 176.
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE CHAETEE OF THE HUDSON, PEL-
HAM & SALEM ELECTEIC EAILWAY COMPANY.
Section
1. Time tor building extended; capital
increased.
Section
•2. Take
effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Time for
building
extended ;
capital
increased.
Section 1. An act incorporating the Hudson, Pelham &
Salem Electric Railway Company, approved March 7, 1899, is
hereby so far amended that the time for building said road, as
provided in section 11 of said act, is extended for the term of
two years from and after the 7th day of March, 1901.
Section 2 of said act is hereby amended by striking out the
word " two " where it appears in the second line of said section,
and inserting in place thereof the word three, so that as
amended said section shall read : The capital stock of said cor-
poration shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and
shall be divided into shares of a par value of one hundred dol-
lars each ; but said company may issue capital stock and bonds
to such an amount only as may be necessary to construct and
equip said railway, including the amount required to provide
motive power for the operation thereof; and its bonded and
other indebtedness shall at no time exceed the amount of its
capital stock actually paid in. The amount of capital stock and
1901]
Chapters 177, 178.
663
bonds to be so issued from time to time shall be determined and
issued in accordance with the provisions of chapter 27, section
17, Laws of 1895.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
Takes effect
on passage.
CHAPTER 177.
AN" AOT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF BOW TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
FOE THE RELIEF OF ALEXANDER MC HARG, COLLECTOR OF TAXES
OF SAID TOWN.
Section
1. Appropriation authorized.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The town of Bow is hereby authorized and empow- Appropri-
ered to raise and appropriate money to an amount not exceed- ^^^'J^'^j.j^ejj,
ing two hundred and twenty-five dollars to reimburse Alexan-
der McHarg for money collected by him, as collector of taxes of
said town, and destroyed by fire on April 14, 1899.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. rpj^jjgy ^^^^^
on passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTER 178.
AN ACT TO REVIVE AND LEGALIZE THE LONDONDERRY CALVINIST
BAPTIST CHURCH AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section
4. Subject to repeal; act takes effect
on passage.
Section
1. Articles of agreement revived.
2. Corporation constituted.
3. Meeting of corporation.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The articles of agreement of members of the Articles of
Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church to form a corporation, rfvivS!''*
dated April 6, 1895, recorded in the records of Londonderry,
April 8, 1895, and in the ofiice of the secretary of state April
24, 1895, are revived, legalized, and made of full force and effect,
and the membership as provided therein is confirmed.
664
Chapter 179.
[1901
Corporation
constituted.
Meeting of
corporation.
Subject to
repeal ; act
takes effect
on passage.
Sect. 2. The title to such property as has been granted and
conveyed to said Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church as
heretofore constituted is legalized and made valid as now con-
stituted, and said Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church shall
have all the rights, powers, and privileges and be subject to all
the duties and obligations incident to corporations of a similar
nature.
Sect, 3. The first two persons signed to said articles, namely,
Fi-ank A. N'esmith and Ernest W. Watts, are authorized and
empowered to call a meeting of said corporation, by posting a
notice in two public places in the town of Londonderry ten days
before said meeting, for the purpose of organization and such
business as may be incident and necessary for the sale.
Sect. 4. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
at pleasure ; and it shall be of force and eflect on its passage.
[Approved February 5, 1901.]
CHAPTEK 179.
AN ACT TO REMOVE DOUBTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 1,
CHAPTER 181 OF THE LAWS OF 1881, AND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 163
OF THE LAWS OF 1887, EELATING TO TAXATION OF THE PROPERTY
OF THE LITTLETON WATER & LIGHT COMPANY.
Section
1. Intent of former act declared; in-
debtedness fixed.
2. Provision for reduction of indebted-
ness.
Section
3. Annual statement of condition.
4. No reduction in assessment.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Intent of
former act
declared ;
Indebtedness
fixed.
Section 1. That the true intent and meaning of section 1,
chapter 181 of the Laws of 1881, and section 1, chapter 163 of
the Laws of 1887, be and hereby is declared to be, to exempt
from taxation the property of the Littleton Water & Light Com-
pany as successor to the Apthorp Reservoir Company, the
Ammonoosuc Electric Light Company, the Littleton Water &
Electric Light Company, and the Littleton Water & Power
1901] Chapter 179. 665
Company, to an amount equal to its outstanding, bona Jide,
interest-bearing, construction indebtedness, whether said in-
debtedness originated under tlie administration of said Little-
ton Water & Light Company, or came to it as successor to
the companies aforesaid, either by assignment, foreclosure, or
reorganization. Said construction indebtedness at the date of
the passage of this act is fixed and declared to be one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sect. 2. That the earnings of said company, after paying Provision for
interest upon its indebtedness aforesaid, necessary construction indebtedness.
and operating expenses, and other reasonable and necessary
charges, and providing and maintaining a fund of two thousand
dollars to meet extraordinary expenses, shall be treated as ap-
plied to said indebtedness, and as said indebtedness is reduced
as aforesaid, the assessment of said property shall be correspond-
ingly increased, until said property is taxed in proportion to
other property in said town. Said fund of two thousand dol-
lars may be invested in the bonds of the United States or in the
bonds of the company.
Sect. 8. That the said Littleton Water & Light Company Annual
shall annually, on the 1st day of April, file in the ofiice of the of^co™fi"ioji
clerk of the town of Littleton, a sworn statement of its indebt-
edness on said day, and of its earnings and expenses for the year
ending on said day, in such form and with such detail as the
selectmen of said town may require.
Sect. 4. l^othing in this act shall be construed to require or xo reduction
authorize an assessment of the property of said company for jjjg'^j^*®®^"
less than it is now assessed.
Sect. 5, This act shall take effect upon its passao:e. Takes effect
^ ^ on passage.
[Approved February 7, 1901.]
666
Chapteks 180, 181.
CHAPTER 180.
[1901
AN ACT TO PREVENT MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS RAISED BY TAX-
ATION FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Section
1. Apportionment of free library funds
In Haverhill.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage; repealing
clause.
Be it enacted hij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Apportion- SECTION 1. One third part of the taxes heretofore raised and
ubmVy^funcfs set apart under existin.sj law for the purpose of a free public
in Haverhill, jij^rary in the town of Haverhill, shall be paid by the trustees of
the town library to the trustees of the Woodsville Free Public
Library in said town for the purposes of said library, and one
third part of the amount hereafter to be raised for free public
library purposes in said town shall annually be paid to said
trustees for the purpose of said Woodsville Free Public Library.
The accumulation of said library funds in said town by reason
of said two thirds of said library taxes in said town not hereby
appropriated to the present use of any library shall be held by
the town library trustees for the use of any other free public
library or libraries in said town which may hereafter conform to
the requirements of law regarding free public libraries.
Takes effect Sect. 2. This act shall take efiect upon its passage, and all
aets and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
repealing
clause.
CHAPTER 181.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE KEENE GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
Section
1. Increase of capital stock authorized.
2. Corporate name changed.
Section
3. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Increase of
capital stock
authorized.
Section 1. The said corporation is hereby authorized to in-
crease its capital stock to a sum not exceeding one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of making extensions and
paying its indebtedness, and to issue its certificates of stock at
such times and for such amounts as the directors may de-
termine.
1901] Chapters 182, 183. " 667
Sect. 2. The name of said corporation is hereby changed to corporate
The Keene Gas & Electric Company. changed.
Sect. 3. Any part of the charter of said corporation granted gjl^yge^i'^lt
June 27j 1860, inconsistent with this act is hereby repealed, and takes effect
this act shall take effect upon its passage. °" passage.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
CHAPTER 182.
AN ACT TO AMEXD THE CHARTER OF THE AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHIC
COMPANY, PASSED AT JUXE SESSION, 1885, BY CHANGING THE
NAME OF SAID CORPORATION.
Section { Section
1. Corporate name changed. 2. Repealing clause act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Covrt convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 177, Laws of 1885, is hereby Name
amended by striking out the name "American Typographic ^^^°^^*^'
Company," and inserting in place thereof the name, Manches-
ter Traction, Light & Power Company, in which name it
shall transact all its business.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- ?,t?,®^^"l?^
visions of this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take ^-^kes effect
effect on its passage. on passage.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
CHAPTER 183.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 2 AND 3, CHAPTER 228 OF THE
LAWS OF 1893, TO ENLAEGE THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED TO THE PLY-
MOUTH VILLAGE FIEE DISTRICT.
Section j section
1. Privileges enlarged. I 2. Right of eminent domain.
Be it enacted lij tlie Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. To amend section 2 of chapter 228 of the Laws of Privileges
1893 by striking out the words " said town " after the word ^"^^"^ed.
" in " in the second line of said section and inserting in place
domain.
668 Chapter 183. [1901
thereof the following words : the towns of Plymouth, Holder-
iiess, Campton, Rumney, and Ellsworth, in the county of Grafton,
so that said section as amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 2. Said district is also authorized and empowered to
purchase, take, and appropriate any streams or ponds in the
towns of Plymouth, Holderness, Campton, Rumney, and Ells-
worth, in the county of Grafton, and to raise and lower the wa-
ters of the same, and to dig canals and ditches in any lands
through which it may be desirable for its aqueducts and pipes to
pass, so far as it may be deemed necessary and jjroper for the
purpose of obtaining, accumulating, preserving, and conducting
w^ater for the use of said water-works, and to place pipes and
make other suitable works for building, maintaining, operating,
and repairing said water-works, with the right to relaj-, change,
and repair the same at any time.
?mtoeni ^ECT. 2. To amend section 3 of chapter 228 of the Laws of
1893, by inserting after the word " clerk" at the end of the thir-
teenth line in said section the words, of each, and by striking out
the word " town " after the word " said " in the fourteenth line
of said section and inserting in place thereof the words, towns
in which any real estate, rights in real estate, water rights,
streams, or other rights as aforesaid may be situated, so that
said section as amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 3. In case said district shall take and appropriate any
real estate, rights in real estate, water rights, streams, or other
rights as aforesaid, or shall so make its dams and aqueducts as
to raise or lower the water in any stream or streams, or to affect
the supply of water therefrom to any mills or privileges, to the
injury of any persons having rights in said water, and shall not
agree with the owner or party injured upon the damages to
be paid by the district therefor, said district, or said owners or
parties injured, may apply to the county commissioners for the
county of Grafton for an assessment of damages, and said com-
missioners, after due notice to the parties interested and a hear-
ing, shall assess and award the damages to the party entitled
thereto, which assessment and award shall be in writing and filed
in the otfice of the clerk of each of said towns in which any
real estate, rights in real estate, water rights, streams, or other
rights as aforesaid may be situated, and upon payment or tender
to the owner or party injured of the sum so assessed, the right
so taken shall be vested in said district, but the same right of ap-
peal from such award shall exist as in case of lands taken for
highways by the action of said commissioners.
[Approved February 13, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 184. 669
CHAPTER 184.
AN ACT TO AUTHOEIZE A VILLAGE DISTRICT OF BEL3I0NT TO PFK-
CHASE, COXSTEUCT, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTEIC LIGHT PLANT.
Section [ Section
1. Purchase, construction, etc., author- j 3. Power of district to contract.
ized. j 4. Power to raise money.
2. Regulation and control. I 5. Takes eflect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Any village district, under an appropriate name, purchase,
now or hereafter established in the town of Belmont under the e?".!^^'"^^'^"'
provisions of the Public Statutes, is hereby authorized to pur- '^^^^^^o"^*'^-
chase the property and franchises of the Citizens' Electric Light
Company of said Belmont, and to enlarge and maintain the
same, for the purpose of generating and supplying electricity to
light the streets and public buildings and for domestic and
manufacturing uses in said Belmont and adjoining towns, and
may distribute, convey, and supply the same by metallic wires,
or by any other suitable means, upon poles erected for that pur-
pose, or in other convenient ways, in any public street or high-
way in said towns, and may relay and repair the same, having
proper regard for the rights of the public.
Sect. 2. Said district shall have the power and authority to Regulation
make regulations for the use of said electricity, and the control
and management of the plant may be placed in the hands of the
firewards, who shall appoint all necessary officers.
Sect. 3. Said district is authorized and empowered to con- Power of
tract with individuals or corporations for supplying it with contract,
electricity, to sell electricity to the town of Belmont, private in-
dividuals, and corporations, to make such other contracts and
establish such tolls for the use of electricity as may from time
to time be deemed proper.
Sect. 4. Said district is also authorized at any annual meet- Power to
iug by a major vote of those present and voting and at any gp^- ^"^^^® ^°"^^'
cial meeting by a major vote of those present and voting, pro-
vided a majority of the voters of the district are present and
vote, to raise and appropriate and to borrow or hire such sums
of money on the credit of the district as may from time to time
be deemed advisable, not exceeding in all twelve thousand dol-
lars, for the purpose of defraying the expense of purchasing the
property of the Citizens' Electric Light Company and such
other property as may be necessary, and for enlarging, maintain-
ing, and operating said electric light plant, and to issue notes or
bonds of the district therefor, payable at such times and at such
rates of interest as the district may determine, and such notes
and bonds shall be exempt from local taxation in Belmont when
owned by citizens of said Belmont.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. on^^^ssf-e*
[Approved February 13, 1901.1
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Chapter 185.
CHAPTER 185
[1901
AX ACT ArTHOEIZIXG THE HILLSBOEOUGH COUXTY COXYEN-TIOISr TO
EAISE MOXEY FOR THE BUILDING AND REPAIEING OF COUET HOUSES.
Section
1. Vote to raise money authorized.
2. Adjustment with Nashua and Man.
Chester.
Section
3. Right of eminent domain.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Vote to raise
money
authorized.
Adjustment
with Nashua
and
Manchester.
Right of
eminent
domain.
Section 1. The county convention for Hillsborough county,
for the years 1901 and 1902, is authorized to vote a sum of
money not exceeding one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
for the purchase of land and the erection, completion, and fur-
nishing of a court house and county otHces in the city of I^ashua,
and for the purchase of land and buildings and the making addi-
tions to and alterations and repairs of such buildings so purchased
in Manchester, or for the erection and completion of a building
in the city of Manchester and the furnishing thereof for court
house and county otSce purposes, and to empower the county
commissioners of said county, together with such committee as
the said county convention may appoint, to borrow a sufficient
sum of money for such purpose, and to issue the bonds of the
county therefor in such denominations and at such rate of inter-
est, not exceeding four per cent per annum, payable at such
time and place as they may determine.
Sect. 2. Said convention is further authorized and empow-
ered to adjust with and discharge the city of Nashua and the
city of Manchester from the obligations, leases, and bonds at
present existing on behalf of said cities or either of them to and
with said county. In case said convention shall vote to erect
such building or buildings hereinbefore described and shall vote
to cancel such obligations, leases, or bonds, or either of them,
then and in that case the supreme court sitting in and for said
county shall, on petition being made therefor, appoint a
board of arbitrators to pass upon said petition and iix the
amount which said cities or either of them shall pay for sucli re-
lease ; on payment of which sum to the county a full release and
cancellation thereof shall be made. For the complete carrying
out of the same the county commissioners are hereby authorized,
on such paj'ment, to make, execute, and deliver on behalf of the
county such release or releases, discharge or discharges, as may
be decreed necessary by such board of arbitrators for the com-
plete cancellation and satisfaction of such obligation or obliga-
tions. Any and all costs of such arbitrators shall be paid by the
county.
Sect. 8. Whenever the committee, appointed by said county
convention for such purpose, cannot obtain suitable lands for the
erection of said court houses and county office buikhngs by con-
1901] Chapter 186. 671
tract for a reasonable price, any lands so required for said uses
may be taken, the damages assessed, and the same remedies and
proceedings had as in the case of laying out of highways ; ])ro-
vided, however, that the venue of said actions shall be in such
county as the supreme court for the county of Hillsborough
shall determine.
Sect. 4. This act shall take eflect upon its passage. Takes effect
r i. a on passage.
[Approved February 13,1901.]
CHAPTER 186.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF AN ACT OF JUNE, 1816, INCOEPOEAT-
ING THE FIEST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY IN RAYMOND.
Section
1. Act of incorporation amended.
2. Repealing clause.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The following clause contained in section 1 of Act of incor-
said act of incorporation, "and may make, purchase, and re- amencfed.
ceive subscriptions, grants, and donations of real and personal
estate not exceeding three thousand dollars for the use and ben-
efit of said corporation," may be and is hereby amended by
striking out after the word "estate" the words " not exceeding
three thousand dollars," so that said clause as amended may
read as follows : and may make, purchase, and receive subscrip-
tions, grants, and donations of real and personal estate for the
use and benefit of said corporation.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are Repealing
hereby repealed. clause.
Sect. 3. This act shall take efifect upon its passage. on'plfssfge.^
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
672
Chapter 187.
CHAPTER 187.
[1901
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPO-
RATE THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMP-
shire/'passed JUNE 31, 1826, amended JUNE 29, 1860, amended
FEBRUARY 23, 1897.
Section
1. Amendment of charter and enlarge-
ment of powers.
2. May have corporate>eal.
Section
3. Repealing clause; act subject to re-
peal and takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Amendment
of charter
and enlarge-
ment of
powers.
May have
corporate
seal.
Repealing
clause ; act
subject to
repeal and
takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The said corporation is authorized to hold prop-
erty, real and personal, for all purposes and subject to all the
provisions of said acts, to an amount not exceeding three hun-
dred thousand dollars, and it may be appointed and constituted
a trustee by any person, church, or society, and under any will or
by probate court, and is authorized to act as such andreceive,
manage, and control property, either personal or real, in trust,
to all intents and purposes and subject to all the laws and regu-
lations relating thereto, the same as natural persons. The man-
agement and control of the aifairs, business, and property, and
the performance of all trusts and duties thereunto pertaining
shall be vested in a board of trustees to consist of not less than
seven nor more than twenty-seven, who shall be elected annually,
and shall hold their office for one year and until their successors
are chosen and qualified. Said board shall have the power to
till any vacancy in the board or in any office of the corporation
until the next annual election, and shall have and be vested with
all the powers of the corporation.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may have a seal of such style as
the board of trustees shall direct, to be in the custody of the
treasurer and be affixed to such instruments executed by the
corporation as are required to be sealed by law.
Sect. 3. All parts of said acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal
this act at pleasure, and it shall take effect on and after its
passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 188. 673
CHAPTER 188.
ATSr ACT TO' INCOEPORATE l'UNION CANADIEXNE DE MANCHESTER, N. H.
Section [ Section
1. Corporation constituted; powers. 3. First meeting.
2. Property. I i. Act subject to repeal.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Hermogene Desrosiers, Vital Fortier, Hor- corporation
midas L. Gauvin,Euclide GeofFrion, and Joseph Y. Gelinas, their po'^^eJ.g'**®'*'
associates, subscribers, and assigns, be and hereby are made a
body politic and corporate by the name of L'Union Canadienne
de Manchester, N. H., for charitable and benevolent purposes,
to provide for the sick and distressed members of the associa-
tion and to establish a relief and benefit fund by means of
mutual agreements and the payments of funds from which the
members of the association may receive sick and funeral bene-
fits. And said corporation may sue and be sued, defend and be
defended, have and use a common seal, and shall have full
power to adopt a constitution and by-laws, not repugnant to the
laws of this state, and said corporation shall be vested with all
the powers and privileges and be subject to all the liabilities of
law incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may purchase, take, and hold by Property,
deed, gift, bequest, devise, or otherwise, real and personal es-
tate for the purposes of the corporation to an amount not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars and may improve, sell, and convey
or otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure.
Sect. 3. Hermogene Desrosiers, Vital Fortier, Hormidas First meeting.
L. Gauvin, Euclide Geoffrion,and Joseph V. Gelinas, or any
three of them, may call the first meeting of the corporation at
the White Hall, on Amory street, in Manchester, ]^. H., by
personal notice, either written or printed, delivered or mailed
to each member at least ten days before the meeting.
Sect. 4. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or^ct^ub^ect
repeal this act whenever the public good may require.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
674
Chapters 189, 190.
CHAPTER 189.
[1901
AN ACT AUTHOEIZING THE TNITED GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY TO
ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE THE PROPERTY OF THE
DOVER GAS LIGHT COMPANY AND THE BERWICK POWER COMPANY.
Section
1. Purchase authorized.
2. May issue bonds.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage; repealing
clause.
Purchase
authorized.
May issue
bonds.
Takes effect
on passage ;
repealing
clause.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The United Gas & Electric Company is hereby
authorized to acquire, hy purchase or otherwise, the franchises
and property of tlie Dover Gas Light Company and the Berwick
Power Company and, upon the acquisition of the same, to have,
exercise, and enjoy all the powers and privileges of said corpora-
tions, subject, however, to all their duties and liabilities.
Sect. 2. Said corporation, in order to refund its present in-
debtedness and to procure funds for the purchase of the afore-
said properties, is hereby authorized to issue its bonds in an
amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and secure
the same by a mortgage upon its property and franchises now
owned or hereafter acquired by it.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 190.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF AND IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER 173 OF
THE LAWS OF 1897, ENTITLED "aN ACT IN RELATION TO THE
LACONIA ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANY."
Section 1. Charter amended; preamble ; bonds legalized.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Charter
amended.
Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 172 of the Laws of 1897 is
hereby amended by inserting after the word " otherwise" in the
ninth line of said act the following : upon all its franchises,
rights, and property, and upon all the franchises, rights, and
property it may hereafter at any time acquire, so that said
section shall read :
1901] Chapter 190. (
Sect. 6. For the purpose of enabling said corporation to
carry on its business and to purchase real estate, rights in real
estate, water rights, rights of llowage, the right to erect and
maintain dams and reservoirs as aforesaid, and corporate rights
and franchises as hereinafter provided, and for the carrying on
its business [it] is hereby authorized and empowered to bor-
row such sums of money as may be necessary from time to time,
and issue its notes, bonds, and obligations therefor, secured b}''
mortgage or otherwise, upon all its franchises, rights, and prop-
erty and upon all the franchises, rights, and property it may
hereafter at any time acquire, as may be deemed necessary for
the best interests of the corporation ; such notes, bonds, or obli-
gations to be in such denomination, bearing such dates, and
payable at such time and at such a rate of interest, not exceeding
six per cent, as may be fixed and determined by the corporation.
And, Avhereas, the Laconia Electric LigViting Company, a Preamble,
corporation existing and continued by said chapter 172 of the
Laws of 1897, by a clerical error in section 6 of said chapter,
whereby the words franchises, rights, and property were omitted
from said section, and, whereas, acting in perfect good faith the
said Laconia Electric Lighting Company has issued its bonds to
the amount of fifteen thousand dollars, and a trust deed to se-
cure the condition and payment of said bonds, and said bond
and deed contain the omitted words, to wit, " franchises, rights,
or property, " said chapter 172 is further amended by adding
the following section thereto :
Sect. 9. The bonds issued by said Laconia Electric Lighting Bonds
Company bearing date of I^ovember 1, 1899, for the sum of^*'^'''"^^'^-
fifteen thousand dollars, and the trust deed made to secure the
payment of said bonds, are hereby legalized and made of the
same legal efiect and power as they would have been had the
words franchises, rights, and property been incorporated in
section 6 of chapter 172 of the Laws of 1897, and said bonds
and trust deed in accordance with the conditions therein con-
tained are hereb}' made a valid lien upon the franchises, rights,
and property of said Laconia Electric Lighting Company until
the full amount due upon said bonds shall have been satisfied.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
676
Chapters 191, 192.
CHAPTER 191.
[1901
AN ACT JN AMENDMENT OF AN ACT TO INOORPOEATE THE DOVER GAS
LIGHT COMPANY, PASSED AT THE JUNE SESSION, 1850.
Section
1. Charter amended.
Section
2. Takes eflFect on passage.
Charter
amended.
Takes effect
on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The Dover Gas Light Company is hereby au-
thorized to lease or sell and convey its franchises and property
to the United Gas & Electric Company, a corporation organ-
ized under the laws of the state of New Hampshire, subject,
however, to all its duties and liabilities.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 192.
AN ACT TO EXTEND AND CONTINUE THE CHARTER OF THE MANCHESTEE
BANK FOR A TERM OF TWENTY YEARS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF
JANUARY, 1902.
Section
1. Charter extended.
2. Act subject to repeal.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Charter
amended.
Act subject
to repeal.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The charter of the Manchester Bank, approved
August 5, 1881, is hereby extended and continued for the term
of twenty years from the first day of January, 1902, with all the
powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to all the duties and
liabilities which by the laws of this state are incident to corpora-
tions for the purpose of banking and which were originally
granted by said charter.
Sect. 2. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or re-
peal this act.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 193, 194. 677
CHAPTER 193.
AN- ACT TO PERMIT THE TOWN OF LITTLETON OR LITTLETON VILLAGE
DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BAND.
Section 1. May maintain a band.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The town of Littleton or Littleton Village Dis- May maintain
trict may at any legal meeting vote to establish, equip, aucl'^
maintain a band for the purpose of giving free public band
concerts, and may grant such sums of money, not exceeding
four hundred dollars annually, as they deem reasonable and
necessary for the purpose of equipping and maintaining a band,
or in aid of free public band concerts; but no money shall be
raised or appropriated at any special meeting except by vote by
ballot, nor unless the ballots cast at such meeting shall be equal
in number to at least one half of the number of legal voters
borne on the check-list of the town at the annual or biennial
election next preceding such special meeting, and such check-
list may be used at such meeting and upon the request of ten
legal voters of the town.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 194.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME,
INCORPORATED BY AN ACT APPROVED AUGUST 7, 1883, AND
AMENDED BY AN ACT APPROVED FEBRUARY 33, 1897, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
Section i Section
1. Name changed. 4. Act subject to repeal ; takes effect on
2. Powers and duties. passage.
3. Repealing clause. |
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The name of The Masonic Orphans' Home, in- Name
corporated by an act approved August 7, 1883, amended by s^n^^^^^sed.
act approved February 23, 1897, is'changed to Masonic Home,
by which name it shall hereafter be known and transact all the
business of the corporation.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have the right and power to Powers
take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise, real and ^""^ *^'^*^®^'
personal estate to an amount not exceeding three hundred thou-
sand dollars ; to manage, improve, and invest, and to dispose
678
Chapter 195.
[1901
Repealing
clause.
Act subject
to repeal ;
takes effect
on passage.
of and convey the same as the purposes of the corporation shall
require. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to act
as trustee and to receive, hold, manage, and conduct funds and
property as such and to apply the same with all the powers,
rights, and privileges and subject to all the duties and obliga-
tions in a similar manner as provided by law for natural persons.
Sect. 3. All parts of said acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sect. 4. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or
repeal this act, and it shall take eifect from and after its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 195.
AN ACT TO AUTHOEIZE THE PORTSMOUTH GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHT &
POWER COMPANY TO SELL, DISPOSE OF, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, AND
CONVEY ITS PROPERTY AND FRANCHISES TO THE ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE LATTER
COMPANY TO BUY THE:\r, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section
1. Sale authorized. i
2. Proceedings if stockholders dissent. I
3. Shares held by purchasing company. I
4. Purchasing company maj' issue
bonds. I
Section
5. Right of eminent domain.
6. Restrictions upon purchasing com-
pany.
7. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power
Company, a corporation organized and existing and acting under
act of tiie legislature of this state passed June 28, 1850, as
amended by acts of the legislature of this state approved July
2, 1873, and August 24, 1887, and February 25, 1897, is hereby
authorized to sell, dispose of, assign, transfer, and convey to the
Rockingham County Light & Power Company, a corporation
organized for lawful purposes under chapter 147 of the Public
Statutes and amendments thereto, all its property, estates, assets,
contracts, rights, privileges, and franchises upon such terms as
to cash payment or payment in stock of the Rockingham County
Light & Power Company, or upon such other terms as a ma-
jority of the stockholders of the two corporations may, by votes
passed at properly called meetings thereof, determine, and said
Rockingham County Light k Power Company is hereby author-
ized and empowered to purchase, obtain, and acquire in manner
atoresaid for money or by exchange of shares^ of its stock
therefor, or otherwise, said property, estates, assets, contracts,
rights, privileges, and franchises and to hold, possess, enjoy,
1901] Chapter 195. 679
carry out, and exercise the same as fully as said Portsmouth Gas,
Electric Light & Power Company has heretofore exercised the
same, together with such other and additional rights, powers,
and franchises as said Rockingham County Light & Power Com-
pany now has.
Sect. 2. If any stockholder or stockholders of said Ports- Proceedings
mouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Company, or of said Rock- ers dissent. "
ingham County Light & Power Company, shall dissent from such
sale and transfer and conveyance, or from such purchase and ac-
quisition, the procedure by the corporation or corporations in
which such dissenting stockholder or stockholders hold stock
shall be the same as provided by chapter 156 of the Public Stat-
utes in relation to dissenting stockholders of railroad corpora-
tions, in case of a lease. Whenever the lessee corporation
w^ould become in proceedings under said chapter 156 seized and
possessed of the property, franchises, and rights of the lessor
railroad, then at that point the said Rockingham County Light
& Power Company shall become seized and possessed of all the
property, estates, contracts, rights, privileges, and franchises of
the said Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Company, in
case such proceedings are had.
Sect. 3. Said Rockingham County Light & Power Company shares held
may purchase, hold, and vote upon, as an individual might, iifg^^ompany.
shares of the capital stock of said Portsmouth Gas, Electric
Light & Power Company, and the same may sell, assign, and
transfer at pleasure.
Sect. 4. To carry out the powers conferred by this act or to Purchasing
carry out any of the purposes of its incorporation, said Rocking- may^itsue
ham County Light & Power Company may issue its bonds secured ^o'^'^i^-
by mortgage of its property, estate, and franchises then owned,
and such as may be thereafter acquired by it, and use the money
accruing from sale thereof to effectuate the purposes aforesaid,
or any of them, or for an}' legal purpose.
Sect. 5. Said Rockingham County Light & Power Company Right of
is hereby authorized to take and hold and to purchase and hold domain!
such lands and interests in land as may be reasonably necessary
to carry out the purposes and objects for which it was organized,
and the procedure in such cases of taking lands and interests
in land shall be the same as that provided by chapter 158, sec-
tion 26, of the Public Statutes, except that the petition for ap-
praisal of damages shall be filed in the supreme court for the
county in which the land or interest in land to be taken is, and
thereafterwards the proceedings upon said petition shall be the
same as in case of land taken for a highway.
Sect. 6. The said Rockingham County Light & Power Com- Restrictions
pany shall not, except in the city of Portsmouth and in the town purchasing
of Exeter, enter into the business of lighting any town or city company,
mentioned in its articles of agreement in which a lighting plant
is in operation, unless it shall first acquire by purchase the plant
and property in operation in said town or city. In case it makes
such purchase it shall have with respect to the plant, property.
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Chapters 196, 197.
[1901
Takes effect
on passage.
and franchise purchased all the franchises and privileges enum-
erated and set forth in its articles of agreement aforesaid.
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 196.
AN ACT SEVERING THE HOMESTEAD OFI CHARLES F. PENDERGAST FRQ.M
THE TOWN OF DURHAM AND ANNEXING THE SAME TO THE TOWN
OF NEWMARKET FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Section
1. Homestead severed and annexed.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enaded hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Homestead
severed and
annexed.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. That the homestead of Charles F. Pendergast is
hereby severed from the school district of the town of Durham,
and the said premises are hereby annexed to the school district
of the town of Newmarket for school purposes.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 197.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH WATER- WORKS IN THE TOWN OF SUNAPEE.
Water-works authorized.
Right of eminent domain.
Right restricted to town of Sunapee.
Contracts for water-supply author-
ized.
Section
5. Appropriations authorized.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of ReiJresentatives in General
Court convened:
Water-works
authorized .
Section 1. The town of Sunapee is hereby authorized and
empowered to construct, manage, maintain, and own suitable
water-works, for the purpose of introducing into and distribut-
ing through the villages in said town an adequate supply of pure
water in subterranean pipes, for extinguishing fires and for the
use of its citizens, and for other purposes; and for that purpose
may take, purchase, and hold, in fee simple or otherwise, any
1901] Chapter 197. 681
real or personal estate, and any rights therein, and water rights
necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of this act, and to
excavate and dig canals and ditches in any street, place, squares,
passways, highways, commons, or other place through which it
may be deemed necessary and proper for building said water-
works, and relay, change, and repair the same at pleasure, having
due regard for the safety of its citizens and security of the pub-
lic travel.
Sect. 2. Said town is authorized and empowered to enter Rigiit of
upon, take, and appropriate any streams, springs, ponds, lakes, domain!
or water rights, and to secure, by fence or otherwise, such
streams, springs, ponds, lakes, or water rights, and dig ditches
and canals, make excavations or reservoirs, through, over, in, or
upon any land or enclosure through which it may be necessary
for said aqueduct to pass, or said excavations, reservoirs, and wa-
ter-works to be or exist for the purpose of obtaining, holding,
preserving, or conducting such water, and placing such pipes or
other materials or works as may be necessary for building and
operating such aqueduct and water-works, or for repairing s'ame ;
jjroiided, if it shall be necessary to enter upon and appropri-
ate any land or water rights, or any stream, spring, lake, or
pond, for the purpose aforesaid, or to raise or lower the level of
any stream, spring, lake, or pond, and if said town shall not
agree with the owners thereof for the damage that may be done
by said town, or such owners shall be unknown, said town, or
said owner or party injured, may apply to the trial term of the
supreme court for the county within which such stream, spring,
pond, lake, water rights, or land is situate, 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 will ap-
point 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 make report to said'court, and said
court may issue execution accordingly ; if either party shall de-
sire, they shall be entitled to trial by jury in such manner and
under such regulations as the court may prescribe, in the same
manner as appeals from the award of damages in the case of lay-
ing out highways.
Sect. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be deemed toRigbt
empower said town to acquire by eminent domain any real estate tolu^^apee.
situate outside the limits of said town of Sunapee, or to exer-
cise outside said limits any of the rights herein given as to use
of streets, highways, and other public places.
Sect. 4. Said town is authorized and empowered to contract contracts
with individuals and corporations for supplying them with water, ^''^^"'■'^®'''
and to make such contracts and establish such regulations and
tolls for the use of water as may from time to time be deemed
proper; and for the more convenient management of said water-
works the said town may, either before or after the construction
of the same, place them under the direction and control of a board
of water commissioners, with such powers and duties as may
from time to time be prescribed by said town.
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Chapter 198.
[1901
Appropri-
ations
autliorized.
Takes effect
on passage.
Sect. 5. Said town is also authorized, at an}- animal or spe-
cial 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 town as ma}^ from time to time be
deemed advisable, for the purpose of defraying the expense of
purchasing real estate, rights in real estate, water rights, streams,
springs, lakes, ponds, and rights aforesaid, and for constructing,
maintaining, and operating said water-w-orks, payable at such
times and such rates of interest as may be thought proj^er.
The purchase of real estate and water rights already made by
said tow^i, and the issue of bonds for the payment of same, are
hereby ratified and confirmed.
Sect. 6. This act shall take efl:ect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 198.
AN ACT TO permit THE OOUNTT OF ROCKIATGHAM TO ISSUE BONDS TO
SECURE ITS PLOATIXG INDEBTEDNESS AND REFUND BONDS OE THE
COUNTY BECOMING DUE OCTOBER 1, 1901.
Section
1. Issue of bonds authorized.
2. Form of bonds.
Section
3. Designation of bonds; act takes ef-
fect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Court convened:
Representatives in General
Bonds
authorized.
Form of
bonds.
Designation
of bonds ;
act takes
effect on
Section 1, The commissioners of the county of Rocking-
ham are hereby authorized to issue county bonds, with coupons
annexed for the annual or semi-annual interest, for a sum not
exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, in denominations of one
thousand dollars each, bearing interest not exceeding three per
cent per annum, and payable within twenty years from the date
of issue, for the purpose of funding the floating debt of said
county at the time of said issue and refunding such bonds of
the county as become due October 1, 1901.
Sect. 2. Said bonds shall be signed by the county commis-
sioners, or two of them, countersigned by the county treasurer,
and registered by the clerk of the supreme court for said
county. The coupons attached to each of said bonds shall bear
a fac-simile of the signatures of the county commissioners
and the county treasurer engraved or printed thereon and, be-
ing so executed, shall be of the same validity as if signed by
the hands of said oflicials.
Sect. 3. Said bonds shall be designated as the Rockingham
county funding bonds of 1901; and this act takes effect upon
its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901 .]
1901] Chapters 199, 200. 683
CHAPTER 199.
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE MANCHESTER
BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION,
Section I Section
1 Increase of capital stock. ' 2. Takes effect on passage; repealing
1 clause.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Conrt convened:
Section 1. The Manchester Building & Loan Association increase
is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock not exceeding stock?^'^'^
five hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflfect upon its passage, and all ^,^ p^a^s|f^|!^
acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, repeaiinl
^ ./I clause.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 200.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 241 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1893,
entitled "an ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF LACONIA."
Section Section
1. Ward limits tlefined. I 3. City council, how chosen.
2. Supervisors of check-lists. I 4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend said chapter as follows: Strike out all ward
of sections 2 and 3 and insert in place thereof the following : 'Cleaned.
Sect. 2. The said city of Laconia is hereby divided into four
wards, which shall be constituted as follows, viz.:
Ward No. 1 shall include all that part of said city which now^
constitutes Ward No. 6.
Ward No. 2 shall include all that part of said city bounded
westerly by a line commencing on the easterly shore of Round
bay or Lake Opechee, where the present northwesterly boun-
dary of Ward No. 2 as heretofore constituted commences;
thence southerly by the easterly shore of Round bay or Lake
Opechee and the easterly shore of the Winnipesaukee river to a
point on the easterly shore of said river in the center of Main
street ; thence southerly through the center of Main street to a
point opposite the center of Union avenue; thence northerly
through the center of Union avenue to a point opposite the cen-
ter of Baldwin street; thence southeasterly through the center
limits
684 Chapter 200. [1901
of Baldwin street to Baldwin-street extension ; thence following
the direction of the center line of said Baldwin-street extension
to the Gilford town line ; thence easterly and northerly by said
Gilford town line and the southerly line of Ward 'No. 1, to the
point of beginning.
Ward No. 3 shall include all that part of said city now in-
cluded in Wards ISTos. 1 and 3, and all that part of Ward No. 4
lying on the westerly side of the Winnipesaukee river.
Ward No. 4 shall include all that part of said city not em-
braced in the three before mentioned wards.
Sect. 3. Said Wards 1, 2, and 4 shall elect two representa-
tives, and Ward 3 one representative, to the general court until
such time when their constitutional rights shall entitle any of
said wards to a greater number.
Supervisors Sect. 2. Strike out section 8 of said chapter and insert in
of check-lists. i ,, i- ;i ^ ii •
place thereot the following :
Sect. 8. Wards 1, 2, 3, and 4, as hereby constituted, at
every state biennial election, commencing with the biennial elec-
tion in 1902, shall choose by ballot and plurality vote one su-
pervisor of check-lists, and the city council shall also on the
Wednesday next following the state biennial election in 1902, ,
and on the Wednesday next following the state biennial elec-
tion thereafter, by ballot and major vote, choose one supervisor
of check-lists, who shall hold office for the term of two years.
The persons thus chosen shall constitute the board of super-
visors of check-lists of all the wards of the city, and the mem-
ber chosen by the city council shall be chairman of the board.
All vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled by the city
council. The existing board of supervisors, as elected at the
state biennial election in 1900, and the chairman of said board
now holding said office by vote of the city council subsequent to
said biennial election, shall continue in office and constitute the
board of supervisors of check-lists for said city until their suc-
cessors are chosen as provided in this section and qualified,
how chosen. Sect. 3. Strike out scctiou 15 of said chapter and insert in
place thereof the following :
Sect. 15. At the annual city election on the second Tuesday
of March, 1901, there shall be elected in each of said Wards 1,
2, 3, and 4, by and from the qualified voters in each of said
wards, one councilman to serve for two years, and these four
councilmen so chosen, together with the seven councilmen from
the wards as heretofore constituted, whose terms will not have
expired, shall constitute the city council until the organization
of the council on the fourth Tuesday of March, 1902. At the
annual city election on the second Tuesday of March, 1902, each
of said Wards 1, 2, 3, and 4 shall, by and from the qualified
voters of each of said wards, elect one councilman to serve for
two years, and thereafter at each annual election one council-
man shall be chosen by and from the qualified voters of each of
said wards to serve for the term of two years.
All duties pertaining to the warning and holding of the
annual city election on the second Tuesday of March, 1901, shall
1901] Chapter 201. 685
be performed as follows, viz. : In Ward 1 as hereby constituted,
by tlie proper ward officers in said ward elected in said ward
known heretofore as Ward 6.
In Ward 2 as hereby constituted, by the proper ward officers
in said ward elected in Ward 2 as heretofore constituted.
In Ward 3 as hereby constituted, by the proper ward officers
of Ward 3, as elected in said ward as heretofore constituted.
In Ward 4 as hereby constituted, by the proper ward officers
as elected in Ward 4 as heretofore constituted.
The term of office of all ward officers, except supervisors of
check-lists and councilmen in Wards 1 and 5 as heretofore con-
stituted, shall terminate and be of no effect on and after the
date of the passage of this act.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and Takes eftect
f., ., on passage.
after its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 201.
AN ACT IX AMENDMENT OP SECTION 4, CHAPTEE 217 OF THE PAM-
PHLET LAWS OF 1899, ENTITLED "aN ACT TO AUTHOEIZE THE TOWN
OF PETEEBOEOUGH TO' CONSTEUCT AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTEIO
LIGHT PLANT FOE LIGHTING, HEAT, OE POWEE PUEPOSES."
Section 1. ToTvn authorized to borrow 520,000.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Cotirt convened:
Section 1. That section 4, chapter 217 of the Pamphlet Laws Town
of 1899 be and is hereby amended by striking out the word fo bm-row'^
" fifteen " in the eleventh line of said section and inserting the^^^'""^-
word twenty in the place thereof, so that as amended said sec-
tion 4 shall read :
Sect. 4. Said town is also authorized and empowered, at
any annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of those present and
voting, to raise by taxation and appropriate, or to borrow or
hire, such sums of money on the credit of the town as may be
deemed necessary and expedient for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of purchasing real estate, rights in real estate,
water rights, power, and all other rights and property as afore-
said, and for purchasing, constructing, maintaining, repairing,
extending, enlarging, and operating said electric lighting, heat,
or power plant, the indebtedness created under the provisions of
this section not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, and to issue
notes or bonds of the town therefor in such amounts and de-
nominations as may be thought proper, not exceeding in all the
amount above stated ; said loan to be issued under the provis-
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Chapters 202, 203.
[1901
ions of the Municipal Bonds Act of 1895, the whole to mature
and fall due not later than twenty years from its date, and not
to bear interest at a rate exceeding four per cent per annum ;
and said town may exempt such notes or bonds from taxation
when held by inhabitants of the town, provided they shall be
issued bearing interest at not exceeding three per cent per
annum.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 202.
AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE ACTION OF THE TOWN OF FAKMINGTON" AT
ITS LAST ANNUAL MEETING, WITH EEFEKENCE TO DONATING
MONET TO THE FARMINGTON BOARD OF TRADE.
Section
1. Appropriation legalized.
Section
•2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Appropri-
ation
legalized.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. That the action of the town of Farmington at its
last annual meeting, holden the thirteenth day of March, A. D.
1900, donating and appropriating the sum of twenty-five hun-
dred dollars to the Farmington board of trade for the promotion
of the business interests of the town, is hereby ratified, con-
firmed, legalized, and made valid.
Sect. 2. That this act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 203.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE EXETER VETERAN FIREMEN S ASSOCI-
ATION.
Section
1. Corporation constituted ; powers.
2. May bold funds as trustee.
3. Purposes of corporation.
Section
4. First meeting of corporation.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly tlie Senate and House of Representalives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted ;
powers.
Section 1. That George W. Green, Theodore B. Lyford,
George F. Adams, George W. Gadd, Cyrus E. Robinson, Will
S. Day, Joseph W. Tilton, Edward E. Nowell, George H. Gooch,
1901]
Chapter 204.
687
William P. Flanigan, and their associates, successors, and as-
signs, are incorporated and made a body politic by the name of
the Exeter Veteran Firemen's Association, and under that name
shall be vested with all the powers and privileges and subject
to all the liabilities of corporations of a similar nature, and may
hold and possess real estate and personal property for the pur-
poses of said corporation and sell and convey the same at pleas-
ure.
Sect. 2. It may also receive and collect funds from any legal May iiow
source and hold and dispose of the same as trustee for the bene- tru^tee!^
fit of sick and disabled firemen, and upon the death of any
such fireman for the payment of his funeral expenses and the
aid of his dependent parents, widow, or children.
Sect. 3. The purposes for which said association is incorpo- Purposes of
rated are : to form a more perfect organization, establish j^^j.. ^^^^P^^^t^o"-
mony of action, insure prosperity and success, provide pecuni-
ary support, secure protection, and promote the best interests of
the firemen of Exeter.
Sect. 4. Any of the persons named herein may call the first First meeting.
meeting of said corporation by giving written notice to each of
the others at least one week prior to such meeting.
Sect. 5. This act takes effect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.;
CHAPTER 204.
ANi ACT TO INOOEPOEATE THE BENEVOLEXT SOCIETY OF ST. JEAN
BAPTISTE OF KEENE.
Skction
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers.
Section
3. First meeting.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy tie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That mison Auger, Doler Loiselle, Colbert Au-gSS
ger, George Leblanc, Ferdinand Leblanc, Narcisse Leblanc,
their associates and successors, be and hereby are made a body
politic and corporate by the name of the Benevolent Society of
St. Jean Baptiste of Keene, with headquarters at Keene in the
county of Cheshire, for the purpose of creating and maintaining a
fund for the relief of sick members, to render financial assist-
ance to the widow and heirs of deceased members, to bury de-
ceased members, and for religious, moral, and charitable pur-
poses, with all the powers and privileges and made subject to the
liabilities of corporations of a similar nature.
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Powers. Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have power to hold real and
personal estate bj' gift, bequest, or otherwise to an amount not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and may dispose of the same
at pleasure.
First meeting. Sect. 3. ISTclson Auger may Call the first meeting of said Cor-
poration by giving notice, in writing, to each of the persons
named in this act seven days prior to such meeting.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 205.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE UPPEE GILMANTON VILLAGE
UNION CEMETERY A SSIOCIATION, INCORPORATED AUGUST 24, 1851.
Name
changed.
Takes effect
on
Section
1. Name changed.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it eno.dcd ly ilie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Conrt convened:
Section 1. That the name of the Upper Gilmanton Village
Union Cemetery Association, so called, incorporated August 24,
1851, be changed to the name of Highland Cemetery.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 206.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE SOCIETE DE TEMPERANCE DE ST. JOSEPH
OF SOMERSWORTH, N. H.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; powers.
2. First meeting.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage ; subject to
repeal.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted ;
powers.
Section 1. That Rev. C. Demers, Michel Rousseau, Au-
guste Bernier, Evariste Turcotte, and Joseph Bergeron, all of
Somersworth, their associates, successors, and assigns, be and
hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name of
Societe de Temperance de St. Joseph of Somersworth, K H.,
with authority to have and exercise all the powers and privileges
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incident to corporations of a similar nature, unless limited or
extended by this act, for the mutual benefit and protection of its
members, for the promotion of the cause of temperance, and for
such other moral, charitable, and benevolent purposes as such
corporation may from time to time designate and provide, in-
cluding the payment of such sums of money for sick benefits
and to the personal representatives of deceased members such
death benefits as said corporation may by its by-laws provide,
and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend
to final judgment and execution, and may take and hold real
and personal estate by donation or otherwise for the purposes
of said corporation to an amount not exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars ; and may make and establish such by-laws and regu-
lations as may be necessary for the purposes of this act.
Sect. 2. The first three grantees may call the first meeting First meeting,
of this corporation at such time and place as they may deem ex-
pedient and in such manner as they think proper.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage ; and the ?'f'^tl!F'°*
, . Til ^" passage ;
legislature may at any time alter, amend, or repeal the same subject to
whenever in their opinion the public good requires it. ^^^^^ '
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 207.
AK ACT TO INCOEPOEATE LA SOCIETE DE ST. JEAN BAPTISTE DE
MANCHESTEE, N. H.
Section
1. Corporation constituted ; powers.
2. Property.
3. Death benefits.
Section
4. First meeting.
5. Subject to repeal.
Bn it enacted hij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Joseph L. D. Gamache, Alexis F. Bisson, corporation
Hermogene Desrosiers, Clement Beaudet, Celestia Lefebvre,powers!*^*^'
and Louis A. Levesque, their associates, subscribers, and assigns,
be and are hereby made a body politic and corporate by the
name of Societe St. Jean Baptiste de Manchester, K H., for
charitable and benevolent purposes, to provide for the sick and
distressed members of the association, and to establish a relief
and benefit fund by means of mutual agreements and the pay-
ments of funds from which the members of the association may
receive sick and death benefits. And said corporation may sue
and be sued, defend and be defended, have and use a common
seal, and shall have full power to adopt a constitution and by-
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laws whicli may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this
act, but said constitution and by-laws shall not be repugnant
to the laws of this state, and shall be approved by the insur-
ance commissioner of this state. Said corporation shall be
vested with all the powers and privileges and be subject to all
the liabilities of law incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may purchase, take, and hold by
deed, gift, bequest, devise, or otherwise, real and personal es-
tate for the purposes of the corporation to an amount not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars, and may improve, use, and sell
and convey, or otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure.
Sect. 3. ^"0 part of the money realized from the assess-
ments made to pay death benefits shall be used for any other
purpose than the pacing of death benefits.
First meeting Sect. 4. Joseph L. D. Gamaclie, Alexis F. Bisson, Hermo-
gene Desrosiers, Clement Beaudet, Celestia Lefebvre, and Louis
A. Levesque, or any three of them, may call the first meeting of
the corporation at the St. John Baptist Hall in Manchester,
N. H., by personal notice, either written or printed, delivered or
mailed to each member at least ten days before the meeting.
Sect. 5. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or
repeal this act whenever the public good may require.
[Approved February 20, 1901.]
Property.
Death '
benefits.
Subject to
repeal.
CHAPTER 208.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE. CHARTER OF THE MONT VERNON &
SriLFORD ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
Section
1. Time for construction extended.
Section
2. Takes eflfect February 15, 1901.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Time for
construction
extended.
Takes effect
Feb. 15, 1901.
Section 1. Section 11 of chapter 162 of the Session Laws of
1899 is hereby amendec^ by striking out the words " within two
years from its passage," and inserting in place thereof the words,
on or before February 15, 1903, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows :
Sect. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage, but shall
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-
structedand ready for operation on or before February 15, 1903.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect February 15, 1901.
[Approved February 22, 1901.]
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CHAPTER 209.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHAETER OF THE CITY OF SOMEES-
WOETH, ABOLISHING ONE BRANCH OF THE CITY GOVEENMENT.
Section
1. Administration vested in mayor and
council ; bow elected.
2. Powers and duties of mayor and
council.
3. Contested elections.
Section
4. Oaths of office.
5. City clerk ; powers and duties.
6. Election of sundry city officers.
7. Verbal amendments ; repealing
clause ; act takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Strike out section 11 of said charter and substi- Administra-
tute in place thereof the following: in^mlyor^
Sect. 11. The administration of all the fiscal, prudential, j!,'^^^^g°i^^fj^'
and municipal affairs of said city, and the government thereof,
shall be vested in one principal ofiicer to be called the mayor,
who shall be chosen annually and wdio shall receive a salary of
two hundred dollars, who shall have the same negative upon all
the acts of the council as by the Public Statutes the mayors of
cities are given upon the action of the aldermen, who shall pre-
side in the meetings of the city council, but shall have no vote
except in case of an equal division, and in whose 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 his ofiice for any
cause, — and one board consisting of ten members, to be called
the council, and the members whereof shall be called council-
men, as foUoAvs : At the first annual election after the adoption
of this act, two councilmen shall be chosen by and from the
qualified voters of each w^ard, to serve one for one year and one
for two years, and at each annual election thereafter one coun-
cilman shall be chosen by and from the qualified voters of each
ward to serve for the term of two years, or until another is
chosen and qualified in his place, and the mayor and council
shall sit and act together and compose one body, and in their
joint capacity shall be denominated the city council.
Sect. 2. Strike out section 12 and substitute in place thereof Powers and
the following : mayor and
Sect. 12. The mayor and council created by this act shall ""^^^^^ *
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
required to do and perform, either separately or otherwise ; and
all provisions of statutes pertaining to the duties of boards of
aldermen and common councils of cities, separately or other-
wise, shall be construed to apply to the board of council created
by this act unless a different intention appears.
Sect. 3. Strike out section 15 and substitute in place there- contested
Ti-i r m • elections.
of the followino; :
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Oaths of
office.
City clerk ;
powers and
duties.
Election of
sundry
officers.
Verbal
amendments
repealing
clause ; act
takes effect
on passage.
Sect. 15. All votes cast at municipal elections shall be pre-
served by the city clerk for sixty days with the seals unbroken,
except that they shall be subject during that time to the exami-
nation of the council in determining the election of its
own members; and the city council shall have power to decide
all cases of contested elections of persons chosen to Avard ofiices,
and for that purpose shall have power to examine the votes pre-
served as above, and shall proceed to recount the votes upon
demand therefor made within sixty days by any person voted
for at such election.
Sect. 4. Strike out section 16 and substitute in place there-
of the following:
Sect. 16. The mayor and council shall meet on the third
Tuesday of March at 10 o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose
of being qualiiied, and the oaths of office shall be administered
and the records of the same shall be made in the same manner
as now prescribed by chapter 48, sections 3, 4, and 5, of the
Public Statutes of this state.
Sect. 5. Strike out section 17 and substitute in place there-
of the following :
Sect. 17. The city council shall annually on the third Tues-
day of March meet and elect a city clerk, whose term of office
shall continue for one year and until another shall be chosen
and qualified to act in his stead, removable, however, at the
pleasure of the city council. He shall perform all the duties
and exercise all the powers incumbent upon or vested in him by
the Public Statutes of this state.
Sect. 6. Strike out section 18 and substitute in place there-
of the following :
Sect. 18. The city council first elected under this act shall
meet at the time fixed by the ordinance for that pur2:)ose and
shall by major vote elect three persons, legal voters of said city,
to constitute a board of assessors, one to serve for the term of
one year, one to serve for the term of two years, and one for the
term of three years, and thereafter the city council shall annu-
ally in the month of March, and after the third Tuesday therein,
elect one such person to serve as a member of said board for the
term of three years.
The city council shall at the same time elect a city treasurer,
a chief engineer, and assistant engineer of the fire department,
a street commissioner, a city solicitor, a city physician, a tax
collector, and all other officers necessary for the good govern-
ment of the city, who are not chosen in the ward meetings or
otherwise appointed by law. The city council shall have power
to prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all officers
elected or appointed by them, and may remove any officer so
elected or appointed, at the pleasure of the city council, unless
his term of office is fixed by this act.
; Sect. 7. Strike out the words " in convention " wherever
they appear in section 21 of said charter, and strike out the
word " councils " wherever it appears in sections 19, 20, 21, 22,
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23, 24, 26, and 30 of said charter, and insert in place thereof the
word council. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this
act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved February 23, 1901.]
CHAPTER 210.
AN ACT TO EATIFT THE LEASE OF THE AMESBUET & HAMPTON STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE EXETER, HAMPTON & AMESBURY STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Section
1. Lease ratified.
2. Contracts legalized.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The lease executed on the first day of July in the ^^^.^^e^
year of our Lord 1900, by and between the Amesbury & Hamp-
ton Street Eailway Company, a corporation duly established
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Company, a cor-
poration duly established under the laws of the State of New
Hampshire, whereby in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 182
of the acts of 1900 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the
said Amesbury & Hampton Street Railway Company leased unto
the said Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Com-
pany all and singular its franchises, railway, land, and other prop-
erty of every description, with all the rights, privileges, ease-
ments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, including the
right to demand and receive to the lessee's own use all tolls,
rents, revenues, income, and profits of the demised premises for
a term of twenty-five years from the date of the said lease, is
hereby legalized, ratified, affirmed, and approved.
Sect. 2. All contracts entered into in accordance with the contracts
provisions of said lease by either of the parties thereto, and ^^^^'^^^'^'
all actions taken by either of said parties under the terms
thereof, are hereby legalized, ratified, affirmed, and approved,
and shall be of the same force and eflect as if said lease had been
in all respects legal and valid under the laws of this state at
and from the date of its execution.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eflect upon its passage. Takes effect
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
on passage.
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AN ACT TO INCOKPOKATE THE DEAD DIAMOND lilPPvOVEMEXT COM-
PANY.
Section
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
6. Lien on logs for tolls.
2. Capital stock.
7. First meeting.
3. Meetings.
8. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
4. Powers.
passage.
5. Toll to be charged for logs.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in Ge7ieral
Court convened:
Coi'poration
constituted.
Capital stock
Meetings.
Tolls to be
charged
for logs.
Lien on logs
for tolls.
Section 1. Wm. W. Brown, Herbert J. Brown, and Orton
B. Brown, Fremont D. Bartlett, Cassius M. C. Twitchell, and
their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby constituted
a body corporate by the name of the Dead Diamond Improve-
ment Company, and as such corporation may make and adopt
by-laws not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this
state, and shall be clothed with all the powers, rights, and privi-
leges enjoyed and exercised by like corporations.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not be
less than three thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand
dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars
each, and the amount of capital stock may be determined and
fixed by vote of the stockholders and changed from time to
time within the limits above named.
Sect. 3. The annual and all special meetings of said corpo-
ration shall be held at such times and places and upon such no-
tice as may be provided by the by-laws of the corporation.
Sect. 4. Said corporation may erect, purchase, maintain, and
keep in repair dams on the Dead Diamond river at Hell Gate
falls and McKeen falls, and such other points above McKcen
falls as may be necessary for the driving of logs, with the right
to improve the stream by constructing dams, side dams, booms,
side booms, sluices, and other improvements which will facihtate
the transportation of logs and lumber down said river, including
blasting, and removal of logs, rocks, ledges, and other obstacles
to log driving upon said waters, together with the right to im-
prove the streams which flow into said river.
Sect. 5. Said corporation shall be authorized and empow-
ered to assess, levy, and collect a toll of twenty cents per thou-
sand feet, board measure, according to customary woods scale,
on all logs and lumber put into the Dead Diamond river or
other streams above Hell Gate falls, and ten cents per thousand
feet for all logs and lumber put into the Dead Diamond river be-
low Hell Gat'e falls.
Sect. 6. And said corporation shall have a lien upon all said
logs and lumber for the payment of said tolls and charges; but
the logs of any particular mark shall be holden only for the
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tolls upon logs bearing such mark. And if the tolls and charges
on logs and lumber to be driven down the Dead Diamond river
shall not be paid within ten days after said logs and lumber
shall arrive at the mouth of Dead Diamond river, said corpora-
tion may seize, wherever they may be found, a sufficient quantity
of said logs and lumber to secure the tolls thereon, and proceed
to sell the same at public auction in the same manner as is pro-
vided for the sale of mortgaged personal property.
Sect. 7. Any one of the above named incorporators may call First meeting
the first meeting of said corporation by giving not less than six
days' notice to each of the incorporators, at which meeting or at
any subsequent meeting officers may be chosen, by-laws adopted,
and any other business transacted that may be thought proper.
Sect. 8. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act sub^|ct to^^^
whenever the public good may require it ; and this act shall take effect o'n
. • , passage.
eftect upon its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 212.
AN ACT TO INCOSPOKATE THE MEECHANTS SAVINGS BANK OE DOVER.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers and duties.
3. May hold real estate.
4. Election of trustees, etc.
Section
5. Trustees, tluties of.
6. Who may receive salaries.
7. Meetings of corporation.
8. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hjj the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Benjamin F. Kennard, Frank B. Clark, corporauo^n
Charles S. Otis, Dudley L. Furber, Theodore W. Woodman,
William W. Cushman, Walter W. Scott, Owen Coogan, J. E.
Mooney, Adams T. Pierce, and Charles C. Goss, their associates
and successors, and such other duly elected members as in this
act provided, be and they hereby are constituted a body politic
and corporate by the name of the Merchants Savings Bank, to
be located at Dover, in our county of Straffi)rd, for the purpose
of establishing and maintaining a mutual savings bank, and by
the name and style aforesaid may sue and be sued, prosecute
and defend to final 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 alike nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may receive from any person or powers
persons, corporations or associations, disposed to enjoy the ad- '^"'^ '^"^^®*'-
vantages of said savings bank, any deposit or deposits of money.
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May hold
real estate.
Election of
trustees, etc.
Trustees,
duties of.
Who may-
receive
salaries.
not exceeding five thousand dollars from any one person, cor-
poration, or association, and may use, manage, and improve the
same for the depositors in such manner as shall be convenient or
necessary for the security and profitable investment thereof;
and all deposits may be withdrawn, and the net income of the
deposits divided, at such reasonable times and in such man-
ner and proportions, and subject to such equitable rules and reg-
ulations, as said corporation shall prescribe, not repugnant to
the laws of this state.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may purchase, hold, and acquire,
by foreclosure of mortgage or otherwise, such real estate as sav-
ings banks are permitted to hold under the general laws of this
state.
Sect. 4. Said corporation, at its first meeting under this act,
and at any annual meeting thereafter, shall have power to elect,
by ballot and major vote of those present, other persons as mem-
bers of this corporation, not exceeding fifty, including those who
are at the time of such election members thereof At the first
meeting of said corporation, and at each subsequent annual
meeting, there shall be chosen in the same manner from among
the members a clerk and a board of trustees, not exceeding fif-
teen 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 by-laws of said corporation and the
laws of this state. Any vacancy in the board of trustees may be
filled at a special meeting of said corporation called for that pur-
pose. 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 meet-
ing called for that purpose, alter and amend the same ; but no
by-law or regulation shall take eiiect 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 renewed at pleasure, and all deeds,
conveyances, grants, covenants, and agreements made by the
president of said bank, or any other person, acting under the
authorit}^ 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
president of said bank. They shall also annually choose a treas-
urer and such other clerks, agents, and servants as may be
necessarj^ 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
compensation for his services in said savings bank, nor derive any
emolument therefrom ; jirovided, hoioever, 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-
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posits shall be received or special rates of interest allowed to
any depositor.
Sect. 7. The first meetincr of this corporation shall be called ^leetings of
by any two of said nicorporators withm two years from tlie pas-
sage of this act by publishing a notice within one week of said
meeting in any newspaper or newspapers published in said
Dover; 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 of said bank 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 upon its passage. oii''passagef
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 213.
AX ACT TO INCOEPOEATE, TPIE PITTSFIELD LOAX & TEUST COilPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Capital stock.
3. Po-wers and duties.
4. First meeting.
Section
5. Taxation and supervision.
6. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court conven-ed:
Section 1. That Hiram A. Tuttle, Louis W. Kaime, Sher- corporation
burn J. Winslow, Andrew B. Tyler, Herbert W. Dustin, Ben- ""^'""'''^•
jamin F. Kaime, M. Swaia Clough, Frank H. Sargent, and
Nathaniel W. Adams, and their associates, successors, and assigns,
be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body corporate
by the name of The Pittsfield Loan & Trust Company, to be
located at Pittsfield, New Hampshire.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have a capital of tw^enty-five capital stock,
thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each,
and shall not begin business until that sum shall have been paid
in cash.
Sect. 3. This corporation shall be empowered with authority powers
to have and execute all the powers and privileges incident to cor- ^"'^ '^"'^®^"
porations of the same nature, for the purpose of prosecuting the
business of a safe deposit and trust company ; to receive on deposit
or for safe keeping money and other valuables, the funds of trus-
tees, guardians, administrators, or others ; to act as trustee for
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individuals and corporations, and officially, under judicial ap-
pointment by the courts of this or other states, to act as financial
agent; to make and negotiate loans for itself and others; to
loan, borrow, and deal in money and investment securities; and
to do a general banking business ; but nothing in this act shall
be construed as authorizing said corporation to do a savings bank
business.
First meeting. Sect. 4. The first four persons named in the first section of
this act, or any three of them, shall call the first meeting of the
corporation by notice in writing to each grantee, or by publish-
ing in some ne-wspaper printed in Pittstield, at least ten days
before the day of meeting.
Sect. 5. The provisions of law now or hereafter in force gov-
erning the taxation of the capital stock in banks and trust com-
panies shall apply to this corporation, and the affairs of this
corporation shall be under the supervision and control of the
bank commissioners.
Sect. 6. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act,
whenever in their opinion the public good requires it, and this
act shall take efiect upon its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901]
Taxation and
supervision.:
Subject to
repeal ; takes
effect on
passage.
CHAPTER 214.
AN ACT TO IXCOEPOEATE, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HEALTH & ACCIDENT
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Capital stock.
3. First meeting.
Section
4. Adoption of by-laws.
5. Returns and taxation.
6. Takes effect on passage.
e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted.
Section 1. That Lyman Jackman, William M. Titcomb, Ru-
fus ]Sr. Elwell, Thomas M. Lang, and Charles L. Jackman, and
their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they hereby are
incorporated and made a body politic by the name of the
New Hampshire Health & Accident Insurance Company, to be
located within this state where the board of directors, a majority
of whom shall be residents of this state, may determine, with
authority to have and exercise all the powers and privileges inci-
dent to corporations of a similar nature, for the purpose of trans-
acting health, accident, and plate-glass insurance.
Capital stock. Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have a capital stock of not
less than ten thousand dollars, with authority to increase^ the
same to not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, divided
into shares of ten dollars each ; and may acquire and hold real
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estate for its own use to the value of fifty per cent of its capital
stock paid in, exclusive of such real estate as may be taken for
debts, or may be held for collateral security.
Sect. 3. Said Lyman Jackman and Rufus K Elwel], or any First meeting,
two of the above named corporators, may call the first meeting
of the corporation, by an advertisement in some newspaper pub-
lished in Concord at least seven days before the day named for
such meeting.
Sect. 4. Said corporation, at any meeting duly held, may Adoption
adopt such by-laws and regulations, not repugnant to the laws ° ^■^"^^■
of this state, as shall be convenient and necessary for the proper
management of the business and concerns of the corporation,
and the prosecution of health, accident, and plate-glass insur-
ance.
Sect. 5. Said corporation shall make such returns as are Returns and
required by law, and be taxed in the manner provided by law ^^^^*^°^-
for the taxation of other insurance companies organized under
the laws of this state.
Sect. 6. This act shall take efi"ect on its passage. on p\\saT
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 215.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 188 OF THE LAWS OF 1899,
ENTirrLED "an ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OP THE
Al\r0?.Y MILLS."
Section I Section
1. Error corrected. | 2. Takes eflfect on passage.
Whereas, Chapter 388 of the Laws of 1899 was in fact passed Preamble,
in amendment of the charter of the Amory Manufacturing Com-
pany, but the said company in said act was misnamed "The
Amory Mills " ; now, for the purpose of correcting said error,
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the words "Amory Mills," in the title and^J^o^^^^^^^
section 1 of said act be stricken out and the words, Amory
Manufacturing Company, be substituted in place thereof
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflfect upon its passage. Takes eflfect
on passage.
[Approved February 27,1901.]
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CHAPTER 216.
AN ACT AUTHOEIZIXG THE TOWN OF SHELBUKNE TO EXEMPT EKOM
TAXATION THE, WASHINGTON HOTEL COMPANY PEOPEETY FOR A
TEEM OE YEAES.
Section
1. Exemption authorized.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly tlie Senate and House of Ilepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Exemption
authorized.
Takes effect
on passage.
ISection 1. The town of Shelburne is hereby authorized, at
any legal meeting, to exempt from taxation the .Washington
Hotel Company property for a term not exceeding ten years.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 217.
AN ACT TO ENABLE THE TOWN OF NEWPOET TO FUND ITS DEBT BY
THE ISSUE OP BONDS EXEMPT FEOM TAXATION.
Section
1. Issue of bonds authorized.
2. Form of bonds.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly tlie Senate and House of liepresentativt
Court convened:
in General
Issue of bonds
authorized.
Form of
bonds.
Section 1. The said town of Newport, for the purpose of
funding and refunding its existing indebtedness, and for the ex-
tension of its water and sewer system, is hereby authorized and
empowered, at any legal meeting holden therein for the pur-
pose, by a majority of the legal voters thereof present and vot-
ing, to authorize its selectmen to hire money to the aggregate
amount of one hundred and twenty -five thousand dollars, and
to issue its bonds therefor, made payable not more than twenty
years from their issue, bearing interest semi-annually at a rate
not to exceed four per cent per annum, with interest coupons
annexed ; and to exempt said bonds from taxation when held by
inhabitants or corporations of said town of ISTewport.
Sect. 2. Said bonds shall be made payable to bearer at the
office of the treasurer of the town, signed by the selectmen of
the town or a majority thereof, countersigned by the treasurer
for the time being, and shall have the corporate seal of the town
affixed thereto. Said bonds may be in the form, so far as ap-
plicable, prescribed in chapter 43 of the Laws of 1895 called
the Municipal Bonds Act of 1895, and may contain a provision
for the payment, at the election of the town, on any date when
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CUAPTERS 218, 219.
interest thereon becomes payable, written notice of such elec-
tion first having been given to the holder, either personal or by
post addressed to his place of abode, if known, at least fourteen
days before the date specified for such payment, or by publica-
tion in two newspapers published in the county of Sullivan,
three weeks successively, the last publication to be fourteen
days at least before such time of payment.
Sect. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
701
Takes effect
on passage.
CHAPTER 218.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE l'UNION ST.
JEAN BAPTISTE SOCIETY IN NASHUA, N. H.
Section l. Charter amended.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Amend section 2 by striking out the word
teen" in the third line, and insert in place thereof the word
fifty, so that the section shall read :
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have power to hold real and
personal estate by gift, bequest, or otherwise, to an amount not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and may dispose of the same at
pleasure.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
fif. Charter
amended.
CHAPTER 219.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF DALTON TO CONSTRUCT A FREE
BRIDGE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT RIVER.
Section
1. Construction authorized.
2. Assessment of damages.
3. Funds, how raised.
Section
4. Liability for accident.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the town of Dalton, in the county of Coos, is construction
hereby authorized and empowered to build and maintain a free ^"^'^°"^®*^^-
bridge with a single span across the Connecticut river, at some
convenient point near the site of the present dam of the Dalton
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Chapter 220.
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Assessment
Of damages.
Funds, how
raised.
Liability for
accident.
Takes effect
on passage.
Power Company, and to take such land as may be needed to
construct and maintain said bridge with suitable approaches
thereto.
Sect. 2. If said town shall not be able to agree with the
owners of such land as may be necessary to take for the purposes
aforesaid, upon the damages to be paid therefor, nor upon a com-
mittee to assess such damages, either party may apply by peti-
tion to the supreme court for the southern district of Coos
county, and said court, after due notice to the parties, shall refer
the same to the county commissioners for said county of Coos,
who shall, upon due notice, assess said damages, and report same
to said court, and judgment thereon shall be final and conclusive
unless either party elects at the term of the court when said
report is filed to go to the jury. Upon the trial by jury to
ascertain the amount of the damages, such proceedings shall
be had as are by law provided in case of ordinary highway.
Sect. 3. Said town is authorized to raise money by assessing
taxes in the ordinary way to build said bridge, and until such
time as money can be so raised, to hire money for that purpose;
provided, the majority vote of any town meeting, duly called and
held in said town, shall authorize the selectmen of said town to
80 hire the necessary funds to go on and construct said free
bridge.
Sect. 4. Said town shall be liable for accidents on said free
bridge, same as on any other highway bridge within said town.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved February 27, 1901.]
CHAPTER 220.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER TO
PJtOVIDE A SALARY FOR THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
Section
1. Salaries provided for alderpien.
Section
2. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Salaries
provided for
aldermen.
Section 1. That the charter of the city of Manchester be
amended by adding after the last section thereof the following
sections : The members of the board of aldermen of the city of
Manchester shall be paid a compensation for time and services
as follows : Three dollars for each regular or special meeting of
the board, three dollars for each and every committee meeting
of which they are a member, and for road hearings or hearings
of any other nature in which their presence is required during
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Chapters 221, 222.
703
the day, three dollars per day ; the bills for the above compen-
sation to be made out by the city clerk, and in due form approved
by the city auditor, at the end of each quarter of the year. The
total amount to be paid to any alderman shall in no case exceed
two hundred dollars per year, nor shall any alderman be paid
for any meeting or hearing at which he is not present.
Sect. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing
are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect on its passage, takel^'tfect
on passage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 221.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTEE OF E. H. ROLLINS & SONS,
APPROVED AUGUST 7, 1889.
Section
1. Increase of capital stock.
Section
2. Repealing clause; act takes eflfect on
passage.
Be it enacted hi the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the corporation E. H. Rollins & Sons, which increase of ^
was duly incorporated under the name of E. H. Rollins & Son ^^^^^^
by an act of the legislature approved August 7, 1889, said name
being changed to E. H. Rollins & Sons by an act of the legislature
approved March 25, 1891, is hereby authorized to increase its
capital stock to six hundred thousand dollars, said increased cap-
ital stock to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each.
Sect. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act ^i^^®^^.^ tikes
are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon its pas- effect on
sage.
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 222.
AN ACT TO CONTINUE AND CONFIRM THE ORGANIZATION AND CHAR-
TER OF THE EASTERN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW HAMP-
SHIRE.
Section
1. Charter-confirmed.
2. First meeting.
Section
3. No additional fee.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The charter of the Eastern Fire Insurance Com- charter
pany of New Hampshire, granted at January session, 1893, of °°''^''°'®'^'
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the New Hampshire legislature, and the organization under
said charter, is hereby confirmed.
First meeting. Sect. 2. The records of the organization of said corporation
having been lost, the first meeting of said corporation may be
held in accordance with said charter within one year from the
date hereof with the same force and validity as if held within
three years after the granting of said charter.
Sect. 3. Ko additional charter fee shall be required.
No additional
fee.
[Approved February 28, 1901.
CHAPTER 223.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY SAVINGS BANK OF BERLIN.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers and duties.
3. May liold real estate.
4. Election of trustees, etc.
Section
5. Trustees, duties of.
6. Who may receive salaries.
7. First meeting.
8. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted.
Powers
and duties
Section 1. That C. M. C. Twitchell and J. S. Phipps of
Milan, George E. Clarke of Gorham, John B. Gilbert, John B.
Noyes, A. M. Stahl, George E. Burgess, John Goebel, F. D.
Bartlett, Lewis A, Hutchinson, and Charles N. Hodgdon, all of
Berlin, their associates and successors, and such other duly
elected members as in this act provided, be and they hereby are
constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the
City Savings Bank of Berlin, to be located at Berlin, in our
county of Coos, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
a mutual savings bank, and by the name and style aforesaid may
sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final 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
persons, corporations or associations, disposed to enjoy the
advantages of said savings bank, any deposit or deposits of
money, not exceeding five thousand dollars from any one per-
son, except when made for the purpose of creating a sinking
fund, 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
1901] Chapter 223. 705
funds; and all deposits, together with the net income and
protits, 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, May hold
by foreclosure of mortgage or otherwise, such real estate as sav- ^'^^^ ®^^'^^**
ings banks are permitted to hold under the general laws of this
state.
Sect. 4. Said corporation, at its first meeting under this act. Election of
and at any annual meeting thereafter, shall have power to elect, *^""^'^^^^' ®'^°'
by ballot and major vote of those present, other persons as mem-
bers of this corporation, not exceeding fifty, including those who
are at the time of such election members thereof. At the first
meeting of said corporation, and at each subsequent annual
meeting, there shall be chosen in the same manner, from among
the members, a clerk and a board of trustees, not exceeding fif-
teen 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 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 cor-
poration, at its first meeting, shall enact such by-laws for the
government and management of its business as shall not be in-
compatible 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 regu-
lation shall take eftect or be in force until the same shall have
been approved by the bank commissioners. Said corporation
shall at its first meeting adopt a cojpmon seal, which may be
changed and renewed 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 pre- Trustees,
scribed by law. They shall annually choose one of their num- ''^^^^^ °^"
ber as president of said bank. They shall also annually choose
a treasurer and such other officers, 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 anywiiomay
compensation for his services in said savings bank, nor derive sliSs.
any emolument therefrom ; 'provided, however, that a reasonable
compensation shall be paid to the ofiicers of said bank and others
necessarily employed in transacting its business. ISTo special
deposits 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
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therefrom the necessary charges and expenses and a proper sum
for the establishment of a guaranty fund.
First meeting. 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 some newspaper published in Berlin ; and all subse-
quent meetings of said corporation shall be notified by a like
publication or by wa-itten or printed notices mailed to each
member of said corporation signed by the president of said bank.
Special meetings of the corporation may be called at any time
by the president or any three of the trustees, but no business
shall be transacted at a special meeting unless the subject thereof
shall have been stated in the call for said meeting.
Takes effect Sect. 8. This act shall take effect on its passage.
on passage. ^ '^
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
CHAPTER 224.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COCHECO MANUFACTURING COMPANY TO
CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN- A RAILROAD FROM ITS PLANT IN THE
CITY OF DOVER TO.THE TRACKS OF THE BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
IN SAID DOVER, ';F0R THE PURPOSE OF SHIPPING FREIGHT TO AND
FROM SAID BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.
Section
1. Construction authorized ; route.
2. How laid out.
3. Repair of highways ; liability.
4. Obstruction of railroad or highway,
penalty.
Section
5. City may take up street for repair.
6. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
authoriSr Section 1. The Cocheco Manufacturing Company is hereby
route. authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a railroad from
some convenient point on the line of the Portsmouth & Dover
branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad in the city of Dover, over
and upon First street, across Central avenue, to and through the"
yards of said Cocheco Manufacturing Company, over and upon
Washington, Payne, and Main streets in said Dover, to connect
with its print works, coal sheds, and the storehouses of said
company, and to erect and maintain in any such highway poles
and wires and all necessary appliances to operate said road by
electricity or any motive power except steam; said company
to have also the right to erect and maintain over and upon said
streets wires for the purpose of operating a system of overhead
wire freight transportation.
1901] Chapter 224. 707
Sect. 2. Said railroad shall be laid out by the mayor and How laid out.
aldermen of said Dover in like manner as highways are laid out,
and notice shall be given to all landowners abutting on the
streets or highways through which said raih'oad shall pass, of
the time and place of hearing in reference to such laying out, by
publication in such of the newspapers published in said Dover
as the mayor and aldermen shall direct, fifteen days at least be-
fore said day of hearing, and they shall determine the distance
at which the track shall be laid from the sidewalk, the location
of poles, wires, and other appliances.
Sect. 3. Said corporation shall keep in repair such portion Repairs of
of the streets or highways as are occupied by their tracks, andlrabuTty^"'
shall be liable to pay for any loss or damage arising by reason
of the negligence, carelessness, or misconduct of its agents or ser-
vants, and in case any recovery is had against said city of Dover
for defect or want of repair in or use of said railroad, said cor-
poration shall be liable to pay the same with all reasonable costs
and expenses.
Sect. 4. Any person willfully or maliciously obstructins' obstruction
•1 4.- • 4-v. r • 1 •! 1 xi J} * of railroad or
said corporation m the use ot said railroad or the passage of any highway;
carriages thereon, or who shall aid, abet, or counsel the same, ^'"'^^*^"
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, and if said cor-
poration, its agents or servants, willfully or maliciously obstruct
any highway, they shall be punished by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars.
Sect. 5. Said city shall have the power to take up the street, city may take
through or across which the railroad may pass, for the same pur- rl'pain^^ ^^
poses and in the same manner they may now do, doing no un-
necessary damage to the railroad.
Sect. 6. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act subject
whenever in their opinion the public good may require; and 'effect oi
this act shall take efi*ect on its passage. passage
[Approved February 28, 1901.]
to
takes
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Chapter 225.
CHAPTER 225.
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AN ACT TO DEFINE, ENLARGE, AND CONFIRM: THE POWERS OF THE
VILLAGE PRECINCT OF HANOVER.
Adoption
of act.
Special
precinct
meeting.
Powers of
precinct.
Officers
and duties.
Section
1. Adoption of act.
2. Special precinct meeting.
3. Powers of precinct.
4. Officers and duties.
5. Additional powers.
6. Chief engineer and assistants.
7. Highway and sewer taxes.
8. Taxes, how voted and collected.
9. Borrowing money.
10. Bond of treasurer.
11. Reports of commissioners ; audit
of accounts.
12. Fiscal year; annual meeting.
13. Check-list.
14. Issue of bonds confirmed; annual
tax to pay directed.
15. Precinct a corporation.
16. When act takes effect; repealing
clause.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Cotirt convened:
in General
Section 1. The village precinct of Hanover, comprising
school district No. 1 of said town, established under laws hereto-
fore in force, may adopt the provisions of this act at its annual
meeting, or at any special meeting called for that purpose, and
thereupon shall be invested with all the powers specified therein,
and shall be governed thereby.
Sect. 2. The said special meeting for the adoption of this act
may be called by any justice of the peace, upon the petition of
ten or more legal voters in said precinct, in the same manner as
town meetings may be called by a justice of the peace.
Sect. 3. The said precinct shall have all the rights and be
subject to all the liabilities now belonging to it, and shall have
all the powers granted to village districts under chapter 53 of
the Public Statutes, including the extinguishment of fires, the
lighting and sprinkling of streets, the planting and caring for
shade and ornamental trees, the supply of water for domestic
and fire purposes, the construction and maintenance of sidewalks
and main drains or common sewers, and the appointing and
employing of watchmen and police officers, and the said pre-
cinct shall have all the powers in relation to these objects
that towns have or may have in relation to like objects, and all
that are necessarj^ for the acconiplishment of its purposes.
Sect. 4. The legal voters of said precinct, at each annual
meeting, shall elect by ballot a m.oderator, a clerk, a treasurer,
an auditor, and three commissioners, all of whom shall be resi-
dents of the precinct. All of said officers shall be elected by a
majority vote of all the legal voters present and voting at the
annual meeting. The moderator, clerk, treasurer, and auditor
shall hold their ofiices for one year and until their successors are
chosen or appointed and qualified. At the annual meeting at
which this act shall be adopted, or, if it shall be adopted at a
special meeting, at the next annual meeting thereafter, one com-
missioner shall be elected to serve for one year, one for two
years, and one for three years, and thereafter at each annual
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meeting one commissioner shall be elected to serve for a term of
three years. The moderator, clerk, treasurer, and commissioners
shall severally qualify, and possess the same powers and perform
the same duties in respect to the precinct's meetino:s and busi-
ness aftairs that the moderator, clerk, treasurer, and selectmen
of towns respectively possess and perform in respect to like mat-
ters in towns. The commissioners shall fill vacancies in the
offices of clerk and treasurer and in their own board in the same
manner as selectmen are required to till vacancies in correspond-
ing town offices.
Sect. 5. The commissioners shall have, within the precinct, Additional
all the powers conferred by existing law upon the mayor and^°^"^"
aldermen of cities respecting highways, sidewalks, and sewers;
all the powers of city councils to regulate the use of public high-
ways, sidewalks, and commons, as prescribed in section 10, sub-
section 7, chapter 50 of the Public Statutes; all the powers of
selectmen of towns respecting the locating and licensing of lines,
of wire, poles, and other structures of telegraph, telephone, elec-
tric light, and electric power companies, as prescribed in chap-
ter 81 of the Public Statutes, and respecting the granting of per-
mits for riding bicycles without limit of speed, as prescribed in
chapter 93 of the Laws of 1897, and respecting the protection
and preservation of ornamental and shade trees, as prescribed in
chapter 40 of the Public Statutes and chapter 85 of the
Laws of 1895 ; all the powers of firewards as prescribed in
chapter 115 of the Public Statutes, and of city councils as
prescribed by section 10, subsection 8, chapter 50 of the Pub-
lic Statutes; and all the powders of health officers of towns
as prescribed in chapter 108 of the Public Statutes, and of
city councils as prescribed in section 10, subsection 13, chapter
50 of the Public Statutes. The commissioners shall control and
direct the expenditure of all moneys raised under authority of
the precinct and by the town for expenditure in the precinct.
They shall have sole authority to appoint a highway surveyor in
said precinct, and in default of such appointment shall them-
selves perform the duties of that office. The surveyor or com-
missioners performing the duties of highwa}' surveyor in the
precinct shall give bond to the town to account for all money com-
ing into their bands and for the proper care and custody of the
property of the town or precinct which may come into their cus-
tody or control, and shall be deemed officers of the town. Noth-
ing in this act shall be construed to impose any distinct or spe-
cial liability upon the precinct respecting highways which is not
by law imposed on any other highway district in said town.
Sect. 6. The commissioners may, if they think proper, ap- chief
point a chief engineer and two assistant engineers, who shall Inl^"^^''
perform attires the duties now devolving upon firewards, or fire *^®^^^^^*^-
engineers. The clerk of the precinct shall forthwith, after any
election of firewards or engineers, report their names and post-
office addresses to the town clerk.
Sect. 7. The precinct at its annual meeting shall determine Highway^
what amount of money in addition to the highway taxes to be taxes.
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Taxes, liow
voted and
collected.
Borrowing
money.
Bond of
treasurer.
Reports of
commission,
ers ; audit
of accounts.
levied by the authority of the town shall be raised in the pre-
cinct, and what amount shall be raised for sewers. All taxes
for sidewalks, highways, and sewers in the precinct shall be
raised in money, whether by authority of the town or precinct;
pirjiided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to dero-
gate from the powers and duties of the town and selectmen
to provide for ordinary and extraordinary repairs of bridges,
culverts, highways, and embankments, and for the construction
of new highways that may be laid out in the town.
Sect. 8. The said precinct may vote to raise money at any
legal meeting, in addition to the amount raised by the town, for
expenditure in the precinct for any lawful purposes, including the
making and repairing of highways, sidewalks, and sewers in the
precinct, to purchase materials, tools, and apparatus, to purchase
and lease land and buildings, to erect suitable buildings for the
use of the precinct, but the land purchased for the precinct
buildings and storage of its property shall not exceed one half
acre. AH votes to raise money by taxation shall be certitied by
the clerk of the precinct and transmitted within ten days 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 selectmen to the treasurer of the precinct. The power to
abate and correct the assessment of such taxes shall belong to
the board authorized to assess them, and aggrieved parties shall
have the same remedies for relief as in case of town taxes. The
commissioners shall draw orders upon the treasurer of the pre-
cinct for the payment of all accounts and claims against the pre-
cinct allowed by them, and take proper vouchers therefor. All
highway and sewerage taxes levied in the precinct shall be col-
lected in money by the collector of other taxes in 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 said
funds shall be expended and accounted for by the precinct com-
missioners.
Sect. 9. The commissioners, upon authority given them by
vote of the precinct at any annual meeting or special meeting
called for that purpose, may borrow money upon the credit of
the precinct, to be used only for the purposes of the precinct,
upon such time of credit, at such rate of interest, and to such an
amount, as may by vote of the precinct be specially authorized.
Sect. 10. The precinct treasurer shall within six days after
his election or appointment, and before entering upon the duties
of his office, give bond to the precinct, with sufficient sureties to
the acceptance of the precinct or the commissioners for the^
faithful performance of his official duty, in form like that of
county officers, and in default thereof the office shall be vacant.
Sect. 11. The precinct commissioners shall annually prepare
and submit in printed pamphlets a detailed account of all their
transactions, their receipts and expenditures, with itemized state-
ments of the prices paid for labor and material, to whom, for
whom, and for what all such payments have been made, a state-
1901] Chapter 225. 711
ment of the indebtedness of the precinct, if auj exists, and of
all outstanding bills due or claimed to be due against the pre-
cinct at the close of the fiscal year. Such accounts shall be
audited by the precinct auditor before the first day of March in
each year, and in his report said auditor shall specify any illegal
expenditures that he may find in the transactions of the commis-
sioners or of the surveyor of the precinct.
Sect. 12. The fiscal year for the precinct shall end on the Fiscal year;
15th day of February. The annual meeting shall be holden in meeting.
the month of March after the second Tuesday. In case of the
neglect or refusal of the commissioners to warn a meeting or
insert an article in a warrant, or of faihire to hold an annual
meeting within the period limited by this act, it shall be called
and warned in the same manner as in like cases in towns.
Sect. 13. Upon petition of ten or more legal voters to the ciieck-iist.
commissioners of the precinct, they shall prepare, post, and cor-
rect a check-list of the legal voters of the precinct for use at any
meeting, as supervisors of check-lists are required to do in case
of towns ; and such check-list may be used in the election of offi-
cers, or otherwise, as a check-list maybe used in town meetings.
Sect. 14. The proceedings of said precinct in adopting the issue of bonds
provisions of section 4 of chapter 290 of the Laws of 1893, em- annuauax'
powering it to subscribe for stock of the Hanover Water-Works ^°i^"^e^|
Company and to make contracts with said company for the use
of its water for extinguishing fires and for such other purposes
as may be deemed expedient, and to pay for said stock by bor-
rowing money and issuing bonds therefor, are hereby ratified
and confirmed ; and all subsequent proceedings of said precinct,
and its ofiicers thereunder, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and
legalized, and the said precinct shall raise by an annual tax the
amount necessary to pay the interest on any of said notes or
bonds outstanding, together with such further sum as may be
necessary to redeem and cancel said notes and bonds as they
may become due.
Sect. 15. The villa2:e precinct of Hanover is declared to be Precinct a
.., ,.*^-,i.,T • f J^ •■ 1 corporation.
a municipal corporation withm the meaning of the municipal
bonds act, 1895, and to have the power and authority vested
in municipal corporations by the said act.
Sect. 16. This act shall take effect upon its adoption by said^^|^|j^^^,t.
precinct, except that if it shall be adopted at any special meet- repealling
ing, the terms of ofiice of all persons then holding precinct
offices in said precinct shall continue until its next annual meet-
ing; and thereupon all acts and parts of acts inconsistent here-
with shall be repealed so far as they or any of them shall be
applicable to said precinct.
[Approved March 6, 1901.]
712
OuAPTERS 226, 227.
CHAPTER 226.
[1901
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EXTENSION OF A SIDE TRACK IN MAN-
CHESTER.
SECTION
1. Track authorized.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Track
authorized.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. That for the accommodation of the abutting or
acljoiiiing landowners, the Concord Eailroad, or the Boston &
Maine Railroad, lessee of the Concord Railroad, is hereby au-
thorized to extend its side track from the south line of Auburn
street in the city of Manchester northerly over and along the
westerly side of Franklin street to the southerly side of Granite
street in said city.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 6, 1901.]
CHAPTER 227.
AN ACT TO UNITE THE ROCHESTER STREET RAILROAD COMPANY AND
THEI UNION ELECTRIC RAILWAY INTO' ONE CORPORATION, TO BE
KNOWN AS THE DOVER, SOMERSWORTH & ROCHESTER STREET RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Authorized to acquire certain street
railways.
3. Transfer by certain street railways
authorized.
Section
4. Capital stock; bonds.
5. May make by- laws.
6. First meeting.
7. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
6 it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted.
Section 1. That Sumner Wallace, Albert Wallace, George
E. Wallace, J. F. Springfield, Elisha R. Brown, Thomas H.
Dearborn, George D. Barrett, Charles H. Fish, Arthur G.
Whitteraore, Rufus K Elwell, Wallace D. Lovell, A. S. McReel,
and Edwin L. Pride, their associates, successors, and as.signs,
are hereby made a body politic and corporate by the name of
Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company,
and by that name mgiy sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to
final judgment and execution, and shall be and hereby are in-
vested with all the powers and privileges, and made subject to
1901] Chapter 227. 713
all the liabilities under the laws of this state, which are appli-
cable to said corporation.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized at any time ^"^c°uhe^^
within two years from the date of the passage of this act, to certain street
acquire by contract all the property, assets, and franchises of^'*^^^^^'^'
the Rochester Street Railroad Company, a corporation duly
chartered by an act of the legislature approved July 17, 1889,
and all the propertj-, assets, and franchises of the Union Elec-
tric Railway, a corporation originally chartered under the name
of the Union Street Railroad Company by an act of the legisla-
ture approved August 9, 1889, and subsequently reincorporated
by the title. Union Electric Railway, under the provisions of
chapter 52 of the Laws of 1895, as appears from the record in
the office of the secretary of state of l^Tew Hampshire, filed
February 19, 1897, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by
said Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company,
said Rochester Street Railroad Company, and said Union Elec-
tric Railway, and upon execution of such contract said Dover,
Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company shall have
and enjoy all the franchises, rights, and powers of the said
Rochester Street Railroad Company, and the said Union Street
Railroad Company, and Union Electric Railway, together with
the same rights of extension and franchises, rights, and powers
in relation thereto necessary and convenient for the maintenance
and operation of said Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street
Railway Company ; subject, nevertheless, to any limitations in
the respective charters, and to all provisions in the statutes ap-
plicable thereto not inconsistent with this act; it being the
intent of this act to authorize the said Rochester Street Rail-
road Company and the corporation now known as the Union
Electric Railway and formerly known as the Union Street Rail-
road Company to unite and merge the property, assets, and
franchises of said corporations into the corporation to be known
as the Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Com-
pany created by this act.
Sect. 3. The said Rochester Street Railroad Company and Transfer by
the said Union Electric Railway are each hereby authorized rlfiw^/s^'''^^'
and empowered to transfer and convey by contract all the prop- ^"^^°"^®'^-
erty, assets, and franchises of each of said corporations to said 0
Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Company upon
such terms as may be agreed upon by said corporations and as
will enable said Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Rail-
way Company to maintain and operate the street railways now
owned and operated by said corporations and all extensions
thereof, and to use and exercise all the franchises and powers
thereof as fully and completely as each of the said corpora-
tions may now or in any case could if no contract was made.
Sect. 4. The capital stock of this corporation shall not ex- capital stock;
ceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided ^°"'^^*
into shares of one hundred dollars each, except that said corpo-
ration may increase its capital stock, subject to the general 'laws
714 Chapter 227. [1901
applicable to such increase. Said capital stock shall be issued
to such amount as may be approved by the board of railroad
commissioners, subject to and in accordance with the provisions
of section 17, chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895, and all amend-
ments thereto. Said corporation may from time to time issue
coupon or registered bonds to provide means for construction
and equipment and for funding so much of the floating debt
as may have been incurred for construction ; or for the purchase
of such real or personal estate as may have been necessary or
convenient for the operation of its road or plant or for the pur-
pose of refunding its funded debt, or that of either of the com-
panies authorized to be united under this act, or renewing or
retiring the funded debt of either of the companies to be united
under this act, or to provide means for building and equip-
ping branches, extensions, or additions, to such amount and
upon such terms as may be approved by the board of railroad
commissioners, and subject to and in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 17, chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895, and all
amendments thereto. To secure the payment of such bonds,
with interest thereon, said corporation may make a mortgage
or mortgages of its road and franchises and any part of its other
property and may include in any such mortgage property there-
after to be acquired.
May make Sect. 5. Said Corporation may make such by-laws as may be
y- ^"^^^ required, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, and may fix
the time and place for holding the annual meeting.
First meeting. Sect. 6. Any scven of the persons named as grantees may
call the first meeting by publishing notice thereof in two news-
papers, one printed at Dover, IST. H., and the other at Rochester,
IST. H., said notices to be published at least two weeks prior to
the time of said meeting, at which meeting, or any adjournment
thereof, by-laws may be adopted and directors chosen who shall
hold office until the first annual meeting thereafter or until their
successors are chosen at a meeting of the stockholders legally
called.
Subject to Sect. 7. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
effecf on^*^^^ whenever in its opinion the public good may require, and this
passage. ^ct shall take efiect upon its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 228.
CHAPTEll 228.
715
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE HAVERHILL, PLAISTOW & NEWTON
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.
Corporation constituted ; powers and
purposes.
Capital stock.
How laid out in highways.
How laid out elsewhere.
Location of tracks.
Selectmen may make certain regu-
lations.
Section
7. Rights reserved to towns.
8. Company to keep highways in repair.
9. Subject to general law.
10. First meeting.
IL
Takes effect on passage; void as to
parts not built in two years.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That A. J. Sawyer, B. F. Wakefield, J. E. Haj- corporatum
ford, Irving- M. Heath, A. W. Saro:ei)t, D. F. Wilder, all of Kew- purposes and
ton, Charles W. Cass, Fred P.^Hill, John Dutlell, Moses B. p°^"''-
Dow, Hilaire Golbert, Benjamin G. Farnsworth, all of Plaistow,
Warren Brown of Hampton Falls, R. N. Elwell and A. E.
McReel of Exeter, W. D. Lovell of Boston, and R. D. Hood of
Hampton, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby
made a corporation by the name of the Haverhill, Plaistow &
IS'ewton Street Raihvay Company, with power to construct, main-
tain, and operate a railway with convenient sidings, poles, wires,
turnouts, and switches from some convenient point in the town
of Newton, beginning at the state line between the states of New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, and thence running through and
in said towai of Newton, through and in the town of South
Hampton, and through and in the town of Newton, and through
and in the town of Plaistow, to some, convenient point in the
town of Plaistow^ at the state line between the states of New
Hampshire and Massachusetts; and in said towns said street
railway may be constructed upon and over such highways and
lands as may be necessary ; and may also construct and main-
tain suitable buildings, dams, water and other motors, engines,
electric and other machinery for the generation of electricity or
other motive power, except steam, for the operation of said
railway.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex- capital stock,
ceed one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into
shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each ; but said com-
pany may issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount only
as may be necessary to construct and equip said railway, includ-
ing the amount required to provide motive power for the opera-
tion thereof; and its bonded and other indebtedness shall at no
time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid in.
The amount of capital stock and bonds to be so issued from time to
time shall be determined and issued in accordance with the pro-
visions of chapter 27, section 17, Laws of 1895. Any mort-
How laid out
in highways.
715 Chapter 228. [1901
gages made by this corporation may include after-acquired
property and franchises as well as those existing.
Sect. 3. All parts of said railway occupying any portion of a
public highway or street shall be located thereon by the select-
men of the town in which said portions of highways or streets
maybe. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon petition
of the directors of said railway for a location of its tracks on or
over any public highway upon the line of said route, shall give
notice by publication to all parties interested of the time and
place at which they will consider said petition for location in the
public highways of said town; and after a public hearing of all
persons interested, they may make an order granting the same,
or any portion thereof, under such restrictions and upon such
conditions as they may deem the interests of the public require;
and the locatioji thus granted shall be deemed to be the true
location of the tracks of "said railway. But upon petition of any
party interested, and after a public hearing of all parties, the
same may be changed at any time toother parts of the same
highway or street by subsequent order of said selectmen or their
successors in office, if in their judgment the public good requires
such change ; but, if such order is made after the construction
of said railway on the original location, an appeal therefrom by
any party interested may be had to the board of railroad com-
missioners, whose decision shall be final ; and the expense ot
making such change in location shall be apportioned by the
board of railroad commissioners between the railway and the
town, as such board may deem just. The selectmen of said
town shall assess damages to abutters, subject to the right of
appeal, in the same manner as now provided by law in the lay-
ing out of highways.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway not located in a public
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes ; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall
be taken for its use, shall have, respectively, all the rights and
privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and
liabilities contained in said chapter.
Sect. 5. The selectmen of the towns through w-hich said
railw^ay shall pass, shall, within their respective towns, have ex-
clusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks,
turnouts, and poles for said railway, and may order said railway
to discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any
highway, whenever they deem that the convenience and safety
of the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor; and from such orders there shall be no
appeal.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns through which said
How laid out
elsewhere.
Location ot
tracks.
Selectmen
Sin'i^lu- rail*\'ay shall pass, respectively, may designate the quality and
latioas. i^-^^^-j ^^f materials to be used in the construction of said railway
within their said towns, and may from time to time make such
reasonable orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that
1901] Chapter 228. 717
portion of said railway occupying the public highways in their
respective towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of operating
said railway, the construction of tracks, poles, wires, switches,
and turnouts within any highway in their respective towns, as
the interests or convenience of the public may require ; and all
designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made or estab-
lished and all locations made by the selectmen shall be forthwith
recorded in the records of said respective towns. The railway
company, or any person interested, may at any time appeal from
such designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made and
established to the board of railroad commissioners, who shall,
upon notice, hear the parties and finally determine the questions
raised by said appeal.
Sect. 7. Said towns, for any lawful purpose, may take up Rights
and repair highways occupied by said railway, or may alter high- towDlf*^ *°
ways as authorized by law, without incurring any liability there-
for to said corporation.
Sect. 8. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair, to the company to
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commis- mghVays in
sioners, road commissioners, or surveyor of highways, in the^®^^"'*
respective towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the sur-
face material of the portion of highways and bridges occupied by
its tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel the
highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occupied by its track ; and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in its employ
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence, or miscon-
duct of its agents and servants in construction, management, or
use of its tracks.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the subject to
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the provis- ^^"^"^^^ ^*^-
ions herein.
Sect. 10. Any three of the grantees may call the first meet- ^^^^ meeting,
ing by publication or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees at least ten days prior to the time of meeting.
Sect. 11. This act shall take eff"ect on its passage, but shall Takes effect
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con- void as to
structed and ready for operation within two years from its pas- l^unt fn two
sage. years.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
718
Chapter 229.
CHAPTER 229.
[1901
AN ACT TO INCORPOEATE THE PORTSMOUTH & EXETER STREET RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
1. Corporation constituted; powers and
purposes; route.
2. Capital stock.
3. How located in highways.
4. How located elsewhere.
5. Location of tracks.
6. Selectmen may make certain regu
lations.
Section
7. Eights reserved to towns.
8. Company to keep highways in re-
pair.
9. Subject to general law.
10. First meeting.
11. Takes effect on passage; void as to
parts not built in two j-ears.
Be it enacted hij the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted;
powers and
purposes; "
route.
Section 1. That John Templeton, Eben Folsom, R. N. El-
well, A. E. McReel, A. S. Wetherell, William Burlina^ame, Frank
O. Tilton, Charles W. Taylor, and F. M. Cilley, all of Exeter, John
W. Griffin of Newmarket, Herbert B. Dow and Samuel W.
Emery of Portsmouth, Warren Brow^n of Hampton Falls, Wal-
lace D. Lovell of Newton, Massachusetts, and E. R. Hastings of
Boston, Massachusetts, their successors, associates, and assigns,
are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Portsmouth
& Exeter Street Railway Company, with power to construct,
maintain, and operate a railway with convenient sidings, poles,
wires, turnouts, and switches from some point on High street
opposite Portsmouth avenue in the town of Exeter at the track
of the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Com-
pany, connecting there with such track, thence running through
the towns of Exeter, Stratham, and Greenland and the city of
Portsmouth to a terminal point in the city of Portsmouth.
Said terminal point in the city of Portsmouth shall be ascer-
tained and is fixed as follows : If the Boston & Maine Railroad
shall before October 20, 1901, construct and build and have
in condition for operating a line extending from the present
terminus of its electric railroad to Portsmouth Plains, then the
terminus of said Portsmouth & Exeter Street Railway shall be at
some convenient point in the track of said Boston & Maine
Electric Railroad in the highway at Portsmouth PJains, but in
case the said Boston & Maine Electric Railroad extension to
said Plains is not built and extended to Portsmouth Plains
and ready for operation by October 20, 1901, then the said Ports-
mouth & Exeter Street Railway Company's railroad shall have
its Portsmouth terminus at the track of the said Boston & Maine
Electric Railroad at the junction or intersection of Middle and
Lafayette roads in said Portsmouth, running to reach that point
through the Plains and Middle roads. At whatever point the
terminus in Portsmouth is finally fixed, at such terminal point
the Portsmouth & Exeter Street Railway Company may make
connection with its track with said Boston & Maine Electric
1901] Chaptbr 229. 719
Railroad. In said towns of Exeter, Stratham, and Greenland
said street railway may be constructed in and over such public
highways and private lands as may be necessary ; and may also
construct and maintain suitable buildings, dams, water and
other motors, engines, electric and other machinery for the gen-
eration of electricity or other motive power, except steam, for the
operation of said railway.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex- capital stock,
ceed one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into
shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each ; but said
company may issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount
only as may be necessary to construct and equip said railway, in-
cludmg the amount required to provide motive power for the
operation thereof; and its bonded and other indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid
in. The amount of capital stock and bonds to be so issued
from time to time shall be determined and issued in accord-
ance with the provisions of chapter 27, section 17, Laws of 1895.
Sect. 3. All parts of said railway occupying any portion of a how located
public highway or street shall be located thereon by the select- ^'^ ^^s^^^^^-
men of the town in which said portions of highways or streets
may be. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon peti-
tion of the directors of said railway for a location of its tracks
on or over any public highway upon the line of said route, shall
give notice by publication to all parties interested of the time
and place at which they will consider said petition for location
in the public highways of said town ; and after a public hear-
ing of all persons interested, they may make an order granting
the same, or any portion thereof, under such restrictions and
upon such conditions as they may deem the interests of the pub-
lic require ; and the location thus granted shall be deemed to
be the true location of the tracks of said railway. But upon
petition of any party interested, and after a public hearing of
all parties, the same may be changed at any time to other parts
of the same highway or street by subsequent order of said se-
lectmen or their successors in office, if in their judgment the
public good requires such change ; but if such order is made
after the construction of said railway on the original location,
an appeal therefrom by any party interested may be had to the
board of railroad commissioners, whose decision shall be final ;
and the expense of making such change in location shall be ap-
portioned by the board of railroad commissioners between the
railway and the town, as such board may deem just. The se-
lectmen of said town shall assess damages to abutters, subject
to the right of appeal, in the same manner as now provided
by law in the laying out of highways.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway not located in a public how located
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed ^^^®^^®^®"
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall
be taken for its use, shall have respectively all the rights and
720
Chapter 229.
[1901
Location of
tracks.
Selectmen
may make
certain
regulations.
Rights
reserved to
towns.
Company to
highways in
repair.
Subject to
general law.
First meeting,
privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and
liabilities contained in said chapter.
Sect. 5. The selectmen of the towns through which said
railway shall pass shall, within their respective towns, have ex-
clusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks,
turnouts, and poles for said railway and may order said railway
to discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any
highway, whenever they deem that the convenience and safety
of the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor; and from such orders there shall be no appeal.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns through which said
railway shall pass, respectively, may designate the quality and
kind of materials to be used in the construction of said railway
within their said towns, and may from time to time make such
reasonable orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that
portion of said railway occupying the public highways in their
respective towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of operat-
ing said railway, the construction of tracks, poles, wires,
switches, and turnouts within any highway in their respective
towns, as the interests or convenience of the public may require ;
and all designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made
or established and all locations made by the selectmen shall be
forthwith recorded in the records of said respective towns. The
railway company, or any person interested, may at any time ap-
peal from such designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus
made and established, to the board of railroad commissioners,
who shall upon notice hear the parties and finally determine the
questions raised by said appeal.
Sect. 7. Said towns, for any lawful purpose, may take up
and repair highways occupied by said railway, or may alter
highways as authorized by law, without incurring any liability
therefor to said corporation.
Sect. 8. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair to the
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commis-
sioners, road commissioners, or surveyor of highways, in the
respective towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the sur-
face material of the portion of highways and bridges occupied
by its tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel
the highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the por-
tion of the highway so occupied by its tracks ; and shall be lia-
ble for any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in
its employ may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence,
or misconduct of its agents and servants in construction, man-
agement, or use of its tracks.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the pro-
visions herein.
Sect. 10. Any three of the grantees may call the first meet-
ing by publication or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees at least ten days prior to the time of meeting.
1901] Chapter 230. 721
Sect. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage, but shall Takes effect
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-void^as'to^'
■structed and ready for operation within two years from its guif^ |n*uro
passage. ye^^^-
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 230.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF LISBON TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PURCHASING OR TAKING LAND AND ERECTING THEREON
A TOWN BUILDING,
Section , Section
1. Issue of bonds authorized. 3. Action by town required.
3. Right of eminent domain. | 4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The town of Lisbon is hereby authorized to erect issue of
for the use of the town a building of such size and proportion ^^"iforized.
as it may determine on, and may rent such parts thereof as are
not required for town purposes to any private library asso-
ciation existing in said town or to any other association, corpo-
ration, or individual, on such terms and for such lawful purposes
as the selectmen may determine upon ; and for the purpose
aforesaid and for the purpose of securing a suitable plot of land
therefor, may issue negotiable notes or bonds of said town, not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars. Said bonds shall be payable
in twenty years from their date and redeemable after ten years
at the option of the town, and shall bear interest at a rate not
exceeding four per cent per annum, and shall be signed by the
selectmen and countersigned by the treasurer of said town. All
bonds purporting to be issued by virtue or in pursuance of this
act, and signed as hereinbefore provided, shall, in favor of bo7ia
jide holders, be conclusively presumed to have been duly and
regularly authorized and issued in accordance with the pro-
visions herein contained, and no such holder shall be obliged to
see to the existence of the purpose of the issue, or to the regu-
larity of any proceedings, or to the application of the proceeds
of such issue.
Sect. 2. Said town shall have the right to proceed and con- Right of
demn land for the purpose aforesaid, if it cannot agree with the domain,
owner or owners thereof, in the same manner as land is taken
for the purpose of a public park.
Sect. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize Action by
any proceeding under the same except upon vote of the town at °^" J^eqmre
a meeting regularly called for the purpose.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. l^^^Ltf^2^
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
722
Chapter 231.
CHAPTER 231.
[1901
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE
HEDDING CAMP MEETING ASSOCIATION OF THE METHODIST EPISCO-
PAL CHURCH," PASSED JUNE 2, 1863.
Section
1. Annual tax authorized.
2. How collected if unpaid.
3. How expended.
Section
4. Unexpended taxes ; books to be kept.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Annual tax
authorized.
if unpaid.
Section 1. That the Hedding Camp Meeting Association
may lay upon each and every one of its members who is or may
become the owner of property within the grounds now or here-
after owned or controlled by said association, an annual tax or
assessment, the same not to exceed one per cent upon the valua-
tion which the assessors of the town of Epping shall place upon
said property, as the basis of town taxation for the then current
year.
How collected Sect. 2. That said association shall have a lien upon the
property assessed for the payment of said assessment or tax, and
when the owner of such property fails to pay the tax so assessed
after thirty days' written notice of such assessment, the treasurer
of said association may collect such assessment by auction sale
of the property assessed, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
subject to the right of redemption within one year upon pay-
ment of the tax with interest and the expenses of sale, notice of
the sale to be given in the same manner required by law in case
of sales under power of sale mortgages.
Sect. 3. The tax so assessed and collected shall be expended
for lighting said grounds, furnishing and providing water for
domestic and mechanical uses, for policing said grounds, and
providing sanitary accommodations ; jwovided, that in no event
shall the money received from taxes as hereinbefore authorized
be diverted from the purposes named in this section.
Sect. 4. Any moneys raised by assessment as hereinbefore
authorized, and not expended during the year covered by such
assessment for the purposes specified in section 3 of this act, shall
be carried upon the books of the association to the credit of
" Sanitary Improvements," and be applied in the following years
to the purposes named ; jwovided^ that the books of the associa-
tion shall be open to the inspection of the property owners at all
times and be regularly audited at each annual meeting of the
association by a representative of the tax-paying property
owners.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
How-
expended
Unexpended
taxes; books
to be kept.
Takes effect
on passage.
1901]
Chapter 232.
CHAPTER 232.
723
AN ACT TO CREATE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF MANCHESTER
AND HIS SUCCESSORS A CORPORATION SOLE.
Section
1. Corporation created ; succession.
2. Powers.
3. Return by present bishop to secre-
tary of state.
4. Returns by successors.
Sectiok
5. Cei-tain conveyances to be construed
as made to corporation.
6. Restrictions upon conveyance.
7. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The present Roman Catholic bishop of the die- corporation
cese of Manchester and his successors in office shall be and succession,
hereby are made a body politic and corporation sole, under the
name of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, and by that
name the said bishop and his successors in office shall be kno\Yn,
and shall hereafter have succession, with all the powers, rights,
and privileges prescribed, and subject to all the liabilities and
limitations imposed by the Public Statutes. In the event of a
vacancy in the office of bishop, owing to the decease of an incum-
bent, or his resignation, or transfer to another see, or should any
bishop in said office be or become incapacitated from perform-
ing his duties therein, then the person regularly appointed admin-
istrator of said diocese shall, while his appointment as such
administrator continues, have the same powers as are by this act
conferred upon the Roman Catholic bishop of said diocese ; but
no person shall succeed to, or have, enjoy, or administer any of
the rights, privileges, powers, or franchises herein granted or pro-
vided for, who is not a citizen of the United States of America.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall be empowered to receive, take. Power?,
and hold, by sale, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, real and per-
sonal estate of every description, for religious, charitable, educa-
tional, and burial purposes, and to manage and dispose of the
same for the religious, charitable, educational, and burial pur-
poses of the Roman Catholic church, subject to the laws of this
state and to the terms of any trust set forth in any bequest,
devise, deed, or conveyance of any such estate, or which may now
exist or result by implication or force of law, with such limita-
tions as may by law govern any such trust, with full power, sub-
ject to the laws of this state and to the terms of such trusts, to
convey the said estate by deed absolute, or by mortgage to secure
payment of money.
Sect. 3. The present Roman Catholic bishop of Manchester Return by
shall, within one year after the passage of this act, make, sign, bis^hop\o
and make oath to a statement which he shall submit to the secre- stat'e.'^^'^ °'
tary of state, setting forth that he lawfully and regularly holds
the office of Roman Catholic bishop of Manchester, and that he
accepts the provisions of this act and will duly conform to them.
724 Chapter 232. [1901
If it appears that the statement has been duly made, signed, and
sworn to, the secretary of state shall certify that fact and his
approval of the statement by his indorsement thereon. Such
statement shall thereupon be tiled by the person making the
same, in the office of the secretary of state, who shall cause the
statement, with the indorsement thereon, to be recorded, and
shall thereupon issue a certificate to the person making the state-
ment, reciting this act, the substance of the statement aforesaid,
and that said Roman Catholic bishop of Manchester and his suc-
cessors are legally established as and are made an existing corpo-
ration, under the name of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Man-
chester, with the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to
the limitations, duties, and restrictions which by law appertain
thereto. The secretary shall sign the same and cause the seal of
the state to be thereto affixed, and such certificate shall be con-
clusive evidence of the existence of such corporation. He shall
also cause a record of such certificate to be made, and a certified
copy of such record may be given in evidence with like effiset as
the original certificate.
Returns by Sect. 4. Every successor in the office of Roman Catholic
successors. j^jgijQp of Manchester, and every person duly appointed to
administer the office for any cause, shall forthwith make, sign,
and make oath to a statement, which he shall immediately tile
in the office of the secretary of state, setting forth that he is a
citizen of the United States, that at the time of making such
statement he lawfully and regularly held the office of bishop of
Manchester, or the office of administrator of the diocese thereof,
as the case may be, and that he has accepted said office and com-
menced the duties thereof; and, in addition thereto, he shall
submit to the secretary of state his letter of appointment in evi-
dence of his being bishop or administrator.
Certain Sect. 5. All gifts, grants, deeds, and conveyances, and also
to bl con"*^^^ all devises and bequests heretofore made, of property within this
Se^o^ state, to Denis M. Bradley, or Denis M. Bradley, Bishop of Man-
corporation. Chester, or Denis M. Bradley, Roman Catholic Bishop of Manches-
ter, or Denis M. Bradley, Bishop of New Hampshire, with or
without the prefix Rt. Rev., shall be construed, unless the con-
trary clearly appears from the instrument, when the terms of it
and the limitations thereof shall prevail, as conveying, giving,
granting, devising, or bequeathing the property in such instru-
ment mentioned to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester,
and that the titles passing respectively by such instruments and
now held by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, shall be
and the same are hereby vested in the corporation established
by this act, subject to any trust expressed in any said instru-
ment, and to any limitations governing said trust. It being
hereby provided, however, that such title shall vest in the cor-
poration hereby established, subject to such mortgages, or en-
cumbrances, now existing thereon.
Restrictions Sect. 6. It is also hereby provided that said corporation shall
be regarded as holding, in trust, the property of each parish, in
upon
conveyance.
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Chapter 233.
725
said diocese, for tlie use and benefit of the members of such
parish ; and said corporation shall not convey by mortgage, or
otherwise pledge, the property of any parish for the debts, or
other obligations, of any other parish within the diocese ; the
property of each parish thereof to be only liable and subject to a
mortgage or pledge to secure or satisfy debts and obligations
incurred and created for the use and benefit of such parish.
Sect. 7. This act shall take eifect upon its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
Takes effect
on passage.
CHAPTER 283.
AN ACT TO INC0RP0rLi.TE THE EXETER, HAMPTON & AMESBUEY STREET
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES' RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Powers.
3. Purposes.
Section
4. First meeting.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Jack C. Herlyck, Bert Burbank, Joseph M. corporation
Burbank, Harry S. Stone, Louis P. Clark, Jerry Mahouey, John ''°"'^^*''^^'^-
Smith, John Drysdale, and their associates, successors, and assigns,
be and hereby are incorporated and made a body politic by the
name of the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Em-
ployees' Relief Association, and under that name shall be vested
with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the liabili-
ties of corporations of a similar nature, and may hold and pos-
sess real estate and personal property for the purposes of said
corporation, and sell and convey the same at pleasure.
Sect. 2. Said association may receive funds from any source, powers,
and hold and dispose of the same as trustee for the aid and
relief of sick and disabled members by the payment of sick
benefits.
Sect. 3. The purposes for which said association is incorpo- Purposes,
rated are : to form a more perfect organization, establish har-
mony of action, insure prosperity and success, provide pecu-
niary support, secure protection, and promote the best interests
of the employees of said railway.
Sect. 4. Any three of the persons named herein may call the First meeting,
first meeting of said corporation by giving notice to each of the
others at least one week prior to such meeting.
Sect. 5. This act takes effect upon its passasre. Takes effect
*■ ^ '^ on passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
726
Chapter 234.
CHAPTER 234.
[1901
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SOMEES-
WORTH, CREATING/ A BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS FOR SAID
CITY.
Section
1. Board of police commis.sioners estab-
Jislied.
2. How and -when appointed; terms of
ofHce.
3. Power of removal.
4. Police force, how constituted; pow-
ers and duties.
5. Compensation of police.
6. Commissioners to make rules and
require enforcement of criminal
laws.
Section
7. Chairman and clerk.
8. Compensation of commissioners.
9. Meetings of hoard; reports.
10. Tenure of office of present lorce.
11. Repealing clause; act takes effect >
passage.
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Board of
police com-
missioners
established.
How and
when
appointed ;
terms of
Office.
Section 1. The powers now possessed by the mayor and
city councils of the city of Somersworth in regard to the election
and appointment and the removal of police officers for said city,
as provided by the city charter of said city and by the statutes
of this state, are hereby transferred to a board of police commis-
sioners, and shall from and after the taking effect of this act be
exercised only by said board of police commissioners, of whom
two shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business
and making appointments and removals.
Sect. 2. On or before the first day of March, 1901, the gov-
ernor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint
three police commissioners, who shall have been residents of
said city of Somersworth at least five years immediately pre-
ceding the date of their appointment, one of whom shall hold
office for two j^ears from the first Tuesday of March, 1901, one
for four years and one for six years, from said date, or until their
successor is appointed and qualified; and biennially thereafter,
on or before the first day of March, the governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, shall appoint one commissioner who
shall take the place of the one whose term expires, and who shall
serve for six years, unless sooner removed as hereinafter pro-
vided; and any vacancy in said board shall be filled in the same
manner. At no time shall more than two of said commissioners
belong to one political party, and no commissioner shall hold or
be a candidate for any other public office during his term of
office.
Power of Sect. 3. The governor, with the advice and consent of the
removal. council, shall have full power to remove any commissioner at
any time, after a fair hearing and for just cause.
Police force, Sect. 4. The policc forcc of said city shall consist of a city
tutldTpowers^^^i'shal, assistant city marshal, and not exceeding three police
and duties, officers, who shall devote such time as may be required by the
1901] Chapter 234. 727
commissioners to the performance of the duties of their office,
and who shall not be engaged in any other business or occupa-
tion, or hold any state, county, or municipal office, except as'
aforesaid, during their continuance in office, and special police
officers whenever occasion requires, who shall perform such ser-
vice as may be required of them by the police commissioners,
and they shall all be appointed by the police commissioners, and
ishall severally hold their office during the pleasure of said com-
missioners. All police officers appointed by the police commis-
sioners shall have and exercise when on duty all the powers now
possessed by police officers and constables, except as to the ser-
vice of civil process. The police commissioners shall have the
right to remove any member of the police force when in their
judgment the public good requires it.
Sect. 5. The compensation of each police officer shall be one compensation
dollar and seventy-five cents per day, when actually on duty ; the °^ p°^^°®-
assistant city marshal, one dollar and seventy-five cents per day
when actually on duty ; and the city marshal, seven hundred and
fifty dollars per year ; all the above salaries, including those of
the police commissioners and their necessary expenses, to be paid
monthly by said city of Somersworth, and to be in full for all
fees in criminal cases.
Sect. 6. The police commissioners shall have full power, and commission-
it shall be their duty to make rules for the government of the ruies^and^^
police force which shall be in accordance with the laws of the enforcement
state, and enforce said rules. It shall be the duty of the police of criminal
commissioners to see that the police officers appointed by them,
and under their control, faithfully and impartially enforce all the
criminal laws of the state.
Sect. 7. The board of police commissioners shall elect one ciiairman
of their number who shall act as chairman, and one who shall act ^^^ ^^®^'^'
as clerk and keep a record of their proceedings, issue all notices,
and attest all such papers and orders as said board shall desire.
Sect. 8. The annual compensation of said police commis- compensa-
sioners shall be seventy-five dollars for the member chosen clerk, commis-
and fifty dollars for each of the other two members. The city ^^°'^^^^-
councils of Somersworth shall immediately furnish a suitable
room in some central place in said city, properly heated and
lighted, provided with furniture and stationery and all articles
necessary for the use of said police commissioners in the per-
formance of their duties.
Sect. 9. The board of police commissioners shall meet at Meetings of
least twice a month, and shall make a detailed report of their report's,
doings quarterly to the mayor and city councils of said city, and
annually to the governor in the month of December. The
records of said board shall at all times be open to the inspection
of the governor and the citizens of said Somersworth,
Sect. 10. The persons now holding the offices of city mar- Tenure of
shal, assistant city marshal, and all police officers, constables, presen" force
and special police officers, now in office in said Somersworth,
shall hold their respective offices only until their successors are
728
Chapter 235.
[1901
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
appointed by the board of police commissioners for said city, and
shall receive pay only for such time as they may have served in
office.
Sect. 11. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 235.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE MANCHESTER SAFETY DE-
POSIT & TRUST COMPANY, PASSED MARCH 25, 1891, FIXING AND
REGULATING THE ISSUE OF ITS CAPITAL STOCK, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
Section
1. Charter amended.
2. Repealing clause.
Section
3. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Charter
amended.
Repealing
clause.
Subject to
Section 1. Section 4 of said act is amended so as to read and
be as follows : Said corporation may fix its capital stock at any
sum not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, nor more than
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and issue the same in
such sums and upon such calls and at such times as the board
of directors shall determine, and it shall be taxed in the same
manner and subject to the same laws, rules, and regulations as
guaranty savings banks.
Sect. 2. Any part of said act inconsistent with this act is
repealed.
Sect. 3. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this
effecf on^^^^ act, and it shall take efiect from and after its passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
effect on
passage
1901]
Chapter 236.
CHAPTER 236.
729
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE) PEEELESS CASUALTY COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes.
2. Who deemed to be members.
Section
3. Stock to constitute guarantee fund.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Calvin B. Perry, C. J. Woodward, Walter R. corporation
Porter, Johu E. Allen, Walter G. Perry, and all other persons ^^^Ssf^'
who are and who shall continue to be residents of ^ew Hamp-
shire and may hereafter become members in the manner hereafter
described, are hereby constituted a corporation by the name
of the Peerless Casualty Company, for the purpose of insuring
any person against bodily injury, disablement, or death resulting
from accident, and providing benefits for disability caused by
sickness ; and by said name they may sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, have a common seal and the same alter at
pleasure, and may enjoy all the other rights and powers incident
to such corporations.
Sect. 2. All stockholders of this corporation and all persons who deemed
who shall at any time become interested in said company by in- members,
suring or continuing to be insured therein as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall be deemed and taken to be members thereof for
and during the term specified in their respective policies and no
longer ; and shall at all times be concluded and bound by the
provisions of this act.
Sect. 3. Said corporation shall issue stock to the sum of ten stock to
thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing a guarantee |uarantee
fund for the payment of claims of its policy holders. Saidf^*^-
stock may receive dividends not to exceed ten per cent per
annum. Further profits shall accrue for the benefit of the com-
pany and its members.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
730
Chapter 237.
CHAPTER 237.
[1901
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHAETER OF THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS WATER
COMPANY OF BETHLEHEM.
Section
1. Charter amended; capital stock in-
creased.
2. Increase in amount of real estate.
3. May hold property in Franconia.
Section
4. May take land, etc., in Franconia.
5. Takes effect on passage; repealing
clause.
<e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Increase of
capital stock,
Increase in
real estate.
May hold
property in
Franconia.
May take
land, etc., in
Franconia.
Takes effect
on passage;
repealing
clause.
Section 1. That the charter of the Crystal Springs "Water
Company as granted by chapter 141 of the Laws of 1878, and
amended by chapter 100 of the Laws of 1879, be amended by
striking out the word " twenty " inserted by said amendment
in said chapter 100 of said Laws of 1879 and inserting instead
thereof the words seventy-five, so that the capital stock of said
corporation may consist of such number of shares of the par value
of one hundred dollars each as may be determined by the direc-
tors, not exceeding in the whole the sum of seventy-five thou-
sand dollars.
Sect. 2. That section 4 of said chapter 141 of the Laws of
1878 be amended by striking out the word " ten " therein and
inserting instead thereof the word seventy-five, so that said
corporation may purchase and hold real and personal estate not
exceeding in value seventy-five thousand dollars.
Sect. 3. That section 4 of chapter 141 of the Laws of 1878
be amended by inserting after the words " the purpose of this
act" the words, whether located in the town of BethleheYn or
the town of Franconia or both, and also by inserting at the end
of said section after the word " Bethlehem " the words, and
Franconia respectively, so that said corporation may have the
same rights in the town of Franconia as it has in the town of
Bethlehem.
Sect. 4. That section 5 of said chapter be amended by in-
serting in the second line thereof after the word "ponds" the
words, whether located in said Bethlehem or in Franconia, so
that said corporation shall have the same rights in the town of
Franconia under this section that it has in the town of Bethle-
hem.
Sect. 5. This act shall take efiect upon its passage and all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
1901]
Chapters 238, 239.
CHAPTER 238.
731
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 150 OF THE LAWS OF 1878,
INCORPORATING THE ELIOTT BRIDGE COMPANY.
Section
2. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
Section
1. May transfer property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The Eliott Bridge Company is hereby authorized ^ayuansfer
and empowered to lease, transfer, or convey all its rights, privi-^^°^^^ ^"
leges, property, and franchises to any individual or corporation
duly established under the laws of the State of N'ew Hampshire.
Sect. 2. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act subject to
whenever in its opinion the public good may require; and this eC^ on*^^^^
act shall take effect upon its passage. passage.
[Approved March 7, 1901.]
CHAPTER 239.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NEWPORT k GEORGB'S MILLS ELECTRIC
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Section
Section
.1. Corporation constituted;
powers;
7. Rights reserved to towns.
route.
8. Company to keep highways in re-
2. Capital stock.
pair.
3. How located in highways.
5. Subject to general law.
4. How located elsewhere.
10. First meeting.
5. Location of tracks.
11. Takes effect on passage; void as to
6. Selectmen may make certain
regu-
parts not built in two years.
lations.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Henry Patten, Elwin F. Philbrick, G. H. corporation
Cross, B. E. Sanborn, Ruel L. Heath, Edson F. Hill, Marshall powers^;route.
P. Clark, Enos Collins, Walter S. Clough, Vasco Kennedy,
Albe E. Wheeler, George A. Chase, Charles P. Dole, K S.
Gardner, Grin F. Hill, Adah G. Hill, Alva B. Brown, Joseph C.
Severance, John Robie, Kirk M. Tenney, Joseph L. Brown,
N. J. Gardner, John L. George, and G. F. Sanborn, all of
Springfield, in the county of Sullivan, Charles H. Forehand, Grin
A. Stocker, Charles 0. Hall, Isaac P. Rawson, S. W. Gilman,
S. G. Walker, Daniel Kennedy, George A. Wright, O. C. Fore-
hand, Stephen O. Powers, Norman B. Foye, G. W. Dissibar,
Elizabeth D. Comings, William 0. Burke, D. A. Sargent, Gus-
732 Chapter 239. [1901
tavus F. Allen, of Croydon, in the county of Sullivan, Eeed &
Buswell, George H. Walker, Ira B. Walker, Imla S. Brown,
Aaron L. Brown, Elwin L. Walker, E. L. Dion, C. T. Mat-
thews, E. A. Spiller, F. L. Hudson, James M. Howe, Isaac
Eeney, W. H. Miller, F. W. Leavitt, M. P. Burpee, W. C. Bur-
pee, J. B. Pillsbury, A. Collins & Son, Abijah Powers, Perley
Walker, D. J). Thornton, Epaphras Shuman, Erwin E. Spiller,
Udo I. Currier, John L. Spiller, Edwin Howard, of Grantham,
in the county of Sullivan, their associates, successors, and
assigns, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the New-
port & George's Mills Electric Eailway Company, with power
to construct, maintain, and operate a railway, w^ith convenient
sidings, turnouts, and switches, starting from and forming con-
nection with the Boston & Maine Eailroad track at some conve-
nient point in the town of Newport in the county of Sullivan,
and continuing by w^ay of Croydon Flat, East Croydon, Gran-
tham, and Springfield to any convenient point in the town of
Sunapee in said county of Sullivan, over and upon such high-
ways and lands as may be necessary, and may also construct
and maintain suitable buildings, dams, water and other motors,
engines, electric and other machinery for the generation of
electricity or other motive power, except steam, for the opera-
tion of said railway.
Capital stock. Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not
exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided
into shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each ; but said
company may issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount
only as may be necessary to construct and equip said railway,
including the amount required to provide motive powder for the
operation thereof; and its bonded and other indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually
paid in. The amount of the capital stock and bonds to be so
issued from time to time shall be determined and issued in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 27, section 17, Laws of
1895.
How located Sect. 3. All parts of Said railway occupying any portion of
ways. ^p^1j-[j^ -j^-g]^^^-^ QP g^Pgg^ g]^j^]J |3g lQg^^g(J -f^gpgQjj |3y j.Jjggg]g(j^.
men of the town in which said portions of highways and streets
may be. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon peti-
tion of the directors of said railway for a location of its tracks
on or over any public highway upon the line of said route, shall
give notice by publication to all parties interested of the time
and the place at which they will consider said petition for loca-
tion in the public highways of said town ; and after a public
hearing of all persons interested they may make an order
granting the same, or any portion thereof, under such restric-
tions and upon such conditions as they may deem the inter-
ests of the public require ; and the location thus granted shall
be deemed to be the true location of the tracks of said railway.
But upon petition of any party interested, and after a public
hearing of all parties, the same may be changed at any
1901] Chapter 239. 733
time to other parts of the same highway or street by subse-
quent order of said selectmen or their successors in "office, if
in their judgment the public good requires such change;
but if such order is made after the construction of said railway
on the original location, an appeal therefrom by any party
interested may be had to the board of railroad commission-
ers, whose decision shall be final ; and the expense of making
such change in location shall be apportioned by the board of
railroad commissioners between the railway and the town, as
such board may deem just. The selectmen of said towns shall
assess damages to abutters, subject to the right of appeal, in the
same manner as now provided by law in the laying out of high-
ways.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway not located in a public How locatea
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed ^^^*'^^"'®
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes ; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall be
taken for its use, shall have respectively all the rights and priv-
ileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabili-
ties contained in said chapter.
Sect. 5. The selectmen of the towns through which said Location of
railroad shall pass, shall, within their respective towns, have ex- ^^'^'^'^^"
elusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks,
turnouts, and poles for said railway, and may order said railway
to discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any
highway, whenever they deem that the convenience and safety
of the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor; and from such orders there shall be no appeal.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns through which said rail- selectmen
way shaU pass, respectively, may designate the quality and kind cenafn'"''®
of materials to be used in the construction of said railway within ^''^^'^'^"°"^'
their said towns, and may from time to time make such reason-
able orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that portion
of said railway occupying the public highways in their respec-
tive towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of operating said
railway, the reconstruction of tracks, poles, wires, switches, and
turnouts within any highway in their respective towns, as
the interest or convenience of the public may require ; and
all designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made or
established, and all locations made by selectmen shall be forth-
with recorded in the records of said respective towns. The
railway company, or any person interested, may at any
time appeal from such designations, orders, rules, and reo-ula-
tions thus made and established to the board of railroad conimis-
sioners who shall, upon notice, hear the parties and finally
determine the questions raised by said appeal.
Sect. 7. Said towns, for any lawful purpose, may take up and Rights
repair highways occupied by said railway, or may alter high- to't^ownl
ways as authorized bylaw, without incurring any liability there-
for to said corporation.
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[1901
Company to
keep
highways in
repair.
Sect. 8. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair, to the
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commis-
sioner, highway commissioner, or surveyor of hig-hways, in the
respective towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the sur-
face material of the portion of highways and bridges occupied by
its tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel the
highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occupied by its tracks ; and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in its employ
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence, or miscon-
duct of its agents and servants in the construction, manage-
ment or use ot its tracks.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the provis-
ions herein.
First meeting, j^ect. 10. Any three of the grantees may call the first meet-
ing by publication or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees at least ten daj-s prior to the time of meeting.
Sect. 11. This act shall take etiect upon its passage, but shall
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-
structed and ready for operatio^i within two years from its pas-
sage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
Subject to
general law-
Takes effect
on passage;
void as to
parts not
built in two
years.
CHAPTER 240.
AN ACT TO IXCOEPOEATE THE ASHLAXD & ASQUAM ELECTRIC EAIL-
WAY COilPAXT.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; powers;
route.
2. Capital stock.
3. How located in highways.
4. How located elsewhere.
5. Location of tracks.
6. Selectmen may make certain regu-
lations.
Section
7. Rights reserved to towns.
8. Company to keep highways in re-
pair.
9. Subject to general law.
10. First meeting.
11. Takes effect on passage; void as to
parts not built in two years.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted ;
powers ;route,
Section 1. That Alvin F. Wentworth, Frank H. Rollins,
Charles T. Ayer, and Charles J. Gould of Plymouth, and James
L. Wilson and James F. Huckins of Ashland, and their associ-
ates, successors, and assigns, are hereby made a corporation by
the name of the Ashland & Asquam Electric Railway, with
powers to construct, maintain, and operate a railway with con-
venient sidings, turnouts, ancl sw^itches, from some convenient
point in the village of Ashland in the town of Ashland, and
1901] Chapter 240. 735
through the towns of Ashland and Holderness, to some conven-
ient point in the town of Sandwich; and may also construct and
maintain suitable buildings, dams, water and other motors, en-
gines, electric and other machinery for the generation of elec-
tricity or other motive power, except steam, for the operation of
said railway.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex- capital stock,
ceed fifty thousand dollars and shall be divided into shares of
a par value of one hundred dollars each; but said company may
issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount only as may be
necessary to construct and equip said railway, including the
amount required to provide motive power for the operation
thereof; and its bonded and other indebtedness shall at no time
exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid in. Tbe
amount of capital stock and bonds to be issued from time to
time shall be determined and issued in accordance with the pro-
visions of the general laws.
Sect. 3. All parts of said railway occupying any portion of how located
a public highway or street shall be located thereon by the ge- ^'i ^^^siiways.
lectmen of the town in which said portions of highways or streets
may be. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon peti-
tion of the directors of said railway for a location of its tracks
on or over any public highway upon the line of said route, shall
give notice by publication to all parties interested of the time
and place at which they will consider said petition for location
in the public highways of said town, and, after a public hear-
ing of all persons interested, they may make an order granting
the same, or any portion thereof, under such restrictions and.
upon such conditions as they may deem the interests of the pub-
lic require ; and the location thus granted shall be the true loca-
tion of the tracks of said railway. But upon petition of any
party interested and after a public hearing of all parties, the
same may be changed at any time to other parts of the same
highway or street by subsequent order of said selectmen or their
successors in ofiice, if in their judgment the public good re-
C|uires such change ; but if such order is made after the construc-
tion of said railway on the original location, an appeal therefrom
by any party interested may be had to the board of railroad
commissioners, whose decision shall be final ; and the expense
of making such change in location shall be apportioned by the
board of railroad commissioners between the railway and the
town, as such board may deem just. The selectmen of said
town shall assess damages to abutters, subject to the right of ap-
peal, in the same manner as now provided for by law in the lay-
ing out of highways.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway not located in a public how located
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed elsewhere,
under the provisions of chapter 15 of the Public Statutes ; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall
be taken for its use, shall have respectively all the rights and
privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and lia-
bilities contained in said chapter.
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[1901
Location of
tracks.
Selectmen
may make
certain
regulations.
Rights
reserved to
towns.
Company to
keep
liigliways
in repair.
Subject to
general law.
First meeting
Takes effect
on passage;
void as to
parts not
built in two
years.
Sect. 5. The selectmen of tlie towns through which said
railway shall pass, shall, within their respective towns, have ex-
clusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks,
turnouts, and poles for said railway, and may order said railway
to discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any
highway, whenever they deem that the convenience and safety
of the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor ; and from such orders there shall be no appeal.
Sect. 6. Selectmen of the towns through which said railway
shall pass, respectively, may designate the quality and kind of
materials to be used in the construction of said railway within
their said towns, and may from time to time make such reason-
able orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to their por-
tion of said railway occupying the public highways in their
respective towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of opera-
tion of said railway, the reconstruction of tracks, poles, wires,
switches, and turnouts within any highway in their respective
towns, as the interest or convenience of the public may require ;
and all designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made
or established and all locations made by selectmen shall be forth-
with recorded in the records of said respective towns. The
railway company, or any person interested, may at any time
appeal from such designations, orders, rules, and regulations
thus made and established to the board of railroad commis-
sioners, who shall, upon notice, hear the parties and finally de-
termine the questions raised by said appeal.
Sect. 7. Said towns, for any lawful purpose, may take up
and repair highways occupied by said railway or may alter high-
ways as authorized by law without incurring any liability there-
for to said corporation.
Sect. 8. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair to the
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commis-
sioners, road commissioners, or surveyors of highways in the
respective towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the sur-
face material of the portion of highways and bridges occupied
by its tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel
the highway at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occupied by its tracks ; and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in its employ
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, neghgence, or mis-
conduct of its agents and servants in the construction, manage-
ment, or use of its tracks.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the pro-
visions herein.
Sect. 10. Any three of the grantees may call the first meet-
ino- by publication or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees at least ten days prior to the time of meeting.
Sect. 11. This act shall take efl:ect upon its passage, but shall
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-
structed and ready for operation within two years from its pas-
sage.
• [Approved March 14, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 241.
CHAPTER 241.
737
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MANCHESTER & HAVERHILL STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; powers;
route.
2. Contingent extension of route.
3. Capital stock.
4. How located in highways.
5. How located elsewhere.
6. Location of tracks.
. 7. Selectmen may make certain regu-
lations.
SECTION
8. Rights reserved to owns.
9. Company to keep highways in re-
pair.
10. Subject to general law.
11. First meeting.
12. Takes effect on passage ; void as to
parts not huilt in two years.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Charles M. Floyd, James W. Hill, Roscoe corporation
K Home, and Albert A. Lamprey," all of Manchester, in the f°';^j.^g'?[.^Sie.
county of Hillsborough ; Simon G. Prescott, Alfred D. Emery,
Willard H. Griifin, and Edwin Plummer, all of Auburn, in the
county of Rockingham ; John Webster, John "W. Noyes,
George Rand, W. H. Thayer, all of Chester, in the county of
Rockingham ; Greenleaf K. Bartlett of Derry, in the county of
Rockingham; William A. Emerson, Charles W. Bailey, and
W. A. Allen, all of Hampstead, A. A. Collins of Danville,
Charles W. Cass, Fred P. Hill, John Duffell, Moses B. Dow,
Hillaire Gilbert, and Benjamin G. Farnsworth, all of Plaistow^, in
the county of Rockingham ; Wallace D. Lovell and Edwin L.
Pride of Boston, Massachusetts ; Warren Brown of Hampton
Falls, and A. E. McReel of Exeter, in the county of Rocking-
ham, their successors, associates, and assigns, are hereby made a
corporation by the name of the Manchester & Haverhill Street
Railway Company, with power to construct, maintain, and oper-
ate a railway with convenient sidings, poles, wires, turnouts, and
switches from an iron pin in the ground located on the division
line between the town of Auburn and the city of Manchester,
]Sr. H., near the house of Samuel Reed ; thence running through
the towns of Auburn, Chester, Derry, Sandown, Hampstead,
Danville, and Plaistow to an iron pin located on the dividing
line between the State of New Hampshire and the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, over and upon such highways and
lands as may be necessary ; and may also construct and main-
tain suitable buildings, dams, water and other motors, engines,
electric and other machinery for the generation of electricity or
other motive power, except steam, for the operation of said rail-
way.
Sect. 2. In case the Manchester Street Railway Company contingent^^
does not, before the time at which the tracks of this street rail- r?ute.
way company are constructed and its road completed to the line
between Auburn and Manchester, construct its road in the high-
738
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[1901
How located
in highways.
way in which it is at present laid, towards Auburn, to the line
between Manchester and Auburn, then this company maj^ build
its track beyond the Auburn line and into Manchester along
said highway, until it reaches an iron pin in said highway at an
elm tree, which tree is about one thousand feet from the line
between Auburn and Manchester, and is at the division line
between the property of the Manchester Street Railway Com-
pany and the highway aforesaid. The track of this company
shall not physically connect with the track of the Manchester
Street Hallway Company.
Capital stock. Sect. 3. The Capital stock of said corporation shall not
exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and shall be
divided into shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each,
but said company may issue capital stock and bonds to such an
amount only as ma}^ be necessary to construct and equip said
railway, including the amount required to provide motive power
for the operation thereof, and its bonded and other indebtedness
shall at no time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually
paid in. The amount of capital stock and bonds to be so issued
from time to time shall be determined and issued in accordance
with the provisions of the general laws.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway occupying any portion of
the public highway or street shall be located thereon by the
selectmen of the town in which said portions of highways or
streets may be. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon
petition of the directors of said railway for a location of its
tracks on or over any .public highway upon the line of said
route, shall give notice by publication to all parties interested of
the time and place at which they will consider said petition for
location in the public highways of said town ; and, after a pub-
lic hearing of all persons interested, they may make- an order
granting the same or any portion thereof, under such restrictions
and upon such conditions as they may deem the interests of the
public require ; and the location thus granted shall be deemed
to be the true location of the tracks of said railway. But upon
petition of any party interested, and after a public hearing of all
parties, the same may be changed at any time to other parts of
the same highway or street by subsequent order of said select-
men or their successors in office, if in their judgment the public
good requires such change, but if such order is made after the
construction of said railway on the original location, an appeal
therefrom by any party interested may be had to the board of
railroad commissioners, whose decision shall be final; and the
expense of making such change of location shall be apportioned
by the board of railroad commissioners between the railway" and
the town, as such board may deem just. The selectmen of said
towns shall assess damages to abutters, subject to the right of
appeal, in the same manner as now provided by law in the lay-
ing out of highways.
Sect. 5. All parts of said railway not located in a public
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed
How located
elsewhere.
1901] Chapter 241. 789
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall
be taken for its use, shall have respectively all the risjhts and
privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and lia-
bilities contained in said chapter.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns through which saidi^ocanonot
railway shall pass shall, within their respective towns, have
exclusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks,
turnouts, and poles for said railway, and may order said railway
to discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any
highway, whenever they deem that the convenience and safety
of the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor; and from such orders there shall be no
appeal.
Sect. 7. The selectmen of the towns through wdiich said I'^i^- ^f^^^^^k^
wa}^ shall pass, respective^, may designate the quality and kind certain^ ^
of material to be used in the construction of said railway within ^^^"^^'■'°"^"
their said towns, and may from time to time make such reason-
able orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that portion
of said railway occupying the public highways in their respective
towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of operating said rail-
way, the reconstruction of tracks, poles, wires, switches, and
turnouts within any highway in their respective towns, as the
interest or convenience of the public may require ; and all the
designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made or estab-
lished, and all locations made by selectmen, shall be forthwith
recorded in the records of said respective towns. The railway
company, or any person interested, may at any time appeal from
such designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made and
established to the board of railroad commissioners, who shall
upon notice hear the parties and finally determine the questions
raised by said appeal. •
Sect. 8. Said towns, for any lawful purpose, may take up Rights
and repair highways occupied by said railway, or may alter [0^^®^!^*^ ^^
highways as authorized by law, without incurring any liability
therefor to said corporation.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair, to the company to
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commissioner, ^f|i?ways
road commissioner, or surveyor of highways, in the respective i° repair,
towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the surface mate-
rial of the portion of highways and bridges occupied by its
tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel the
highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occupied by its tracks, and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in its employ
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence, or mis-
conduct of its agents and servants in the construction, manage-
ment, or use of its tracks.
Sect. 10. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the subject to
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the p^Q. s^'^^'^ai i^'^-
visions herein.
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Chapters 242, 243.
[1901
First meeting. Sect. 11. Aiiv three of the grantees may call the first meet-
ing by publication, or by giving personal notice to the other
Takes effect
on passage ;
void as to
parts not
built in two
years.
grantees, at least ten days prior to the time of the meeting.
Sect. 12. This act shall take etiect on its passage, but shall be
void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-
structed and ready for operation within two years from its
passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 242.
AN ACT TO SEVER A PART OF THE TOV\'N OF NEWBURY FROil THE
TOWN OF SUTTON, FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Section
1. Territorj- severed and annexed.
Section
2. Takes efTect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Territory '
severed and
annexed.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. All the territory which has been heretofore an-
nexed to the town of Sutton from the town of Newbury for
school purposes is hereby disannexed from the town of Sutton
and annexed to the town of Newbury for school purposes.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force after its
passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 243.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE GRAFTON IMPROVEMENT MANUFACTURING
& POWER COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; powers and
purposes.
2. May acquire property of similar cor-
porations.
3. May construct and mantain poles,
etc.
4. Capital stock.
Section
5. May maintain dam across Connecti-
cut river.
6. First meeting.
7. Subject to repeal.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation SECTION 1. That Daniel C. Remich, Frank P. Bond, Henry
powerl"'nd' F. Green, John Tillotson, Harry M. Morse, and George W.
purposes. Morse, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby consti-
tuted a body politic and corporate by the name of the Grafton
1901] Chapter 243. 741
Improvement Manufacturing & Power Company, for the pur-
pose of establishing;, generating, and operating water and electric
power to be used for the purpose of manufacturing, milling,
mining, lieating, lighting, and operating electric railways, with
full power to lease or sell any power generated b}' them for any
of said purposes or any other legal purpose within the limits of
Grafton and Coos counties, in the State of Xew Hampshire, and
the counties of Caledonia and Essex, in the State of Vermont,
with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties
and liabilities to which such corporations are legally incident.
Sect. 2. That said company is hereby authorized to acquire j!^iayacquii-e
b}' lease, purchase, or otherwise, the properties, rights, fran- similar cor-
chises, privileges, and immunities of any company now or hereaf-^'°^^ ^^"®'
ter existing in said counties, doing a like business, upon such
terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon, and upon
such lease, purchase, or otherwise acquiring and a transfer and
conveyance of the same to the said corporation, it shall succeed
to and enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities now or
then enjoyed and belonging to any such individual or corpo-
ration.
Sect. 3. The said company is hereby authorized to construct Mayconstruct
and maintain lines of poles and wires or other devices for the poies?etc! ^"^
transmission of electric power in accordance with the laws of
the State of New Hampshire.
Sect. 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex- capital stock,
ceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, divided into
shares of one hundred dollars each. The amount thereof, within
said authorized limits, shall be tixed by the corporators upon the
organization of the company and may be increased from time to
time as determined by the stockholders, until all of said two hun-
dred thousand dollars has been issued. Said capital stock may
be paid in cash or in property taken at a just valuation, but no
certificate of stock shall be issued until fully paid for. Said com-
pany shall have the right to acquire, own, or hold by lease, pur-
chase, or otherwise, any and all property, real, personal, or mixed,
that may be necessary, useful, or desirable for the purpose or
prosecution of its business, and shall also have the power to sell,
mortgage, pledge, or lease its properties, rights, and franchises
to other corporations in this state or the State of Vermont.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is hereby authorized and em- May maintain
powered to build and maintain a dam or dams, and all such comiecticut
works and structures as may be necessary and useful to carry ^■^^^^'"
into eflect the objects aforesaid, on and across the Connecticut
river at any feasible location between the AVaterford bridge, so
called, across said river, connecting the towns of Littleton, New
Hampshire, and Waterford, Vermont, and a point in the town
of Dalton, northeasterly from and so far up said river as may be
and not in any way infringe upon or interfere with any fran-
chises or rights heretofore granted or now existing in said town,
and to make and maintain all such canals, slips, and other de-
vices as may be necessary and useful in the prosecution of its
business.
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[1901
Firstmeetinj
Subject to
repeal.
Sect. 6. The first meeting of said company may be called by
any 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 dul}^
called and holden, associates may be elected, by-laws adopted,
and a president, clerk, and such other olficers and agents as may
be deemed necessary may be chosen.
Sect. 7. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
whenever the public good may require.
[Approved March 14,1901.]
CHAPTER 214.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE XAME OF THE BAPTIST CHUKCH IX NEW
LONDON, AND TO ENABLE SAID CHURCH TO HOLD PEOPERTT AND
TO PEREOEM THE FUNCTIONS OF A CHURCH SOCIETY.
Section
1. Name changed.
2. Authorized to hold property for cer-
tain purposes.
Section
3. May perform functions of church
society.
i. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Name
changed.
hold property
for certain
purposes.
Section 1. The corporate name of The Baptist Church of
Xew London is hereby changed to, and shall hereafter be known
as, The First Baptist Church of Xew London.
Authorized to Sect. 2. Said churcli is hereby givcu full powcr and author-
ity to purchase, hold, and manage real and personal property
necessary and needful for the support of religious preaching in
New London, and to hold such property in trust for religious
and charitable uses as may be conveyed to it or vested in it.
Sect. 3. Said church corporation is also authorized to have
and exercise all the powers and privileges heretofore legally
exercised by the Baptist Society in jSTew London ; jwovidcd, said
society shall relinquish its said povrers and privileges or shall be
dissolved and cease to exist.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Powers
enlarged.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 245.
CHAPTER 245.
743
AN" ACT AUTHOEIZIXG THE, MEEEIMACK COUNTY CONVENTION TO
EAISE MONET FOR THE, EEECTION" OE EEPAIE OF A COUET HOUSE
AND FOE THE PUECH-4.SE OF A SUITABLE LOT THEEEFOE, AND CON-
FEEEING THE, EIGHT TO CONDEMN LAND.
Section
1. Vote to raise money authorized.
2. Adjastment with city of Concord.
Section
3. Right of eminent domain.
4. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convemd:
Section 1. The county convention for Merrimack county for vote to raise
the years 1901 and 1902 is authorized to vote such sum of money amhonzed.
as in their judgment may seem necessary and advisable for the
purchase of land and the erection, completion, and furnishing
of a court house and county offices in the city of Concord, pro-
viding, upon investigation, they shall deem it advisable to pur-
chase a lot and erect such court house and county office building.
Said county convention is also authorized to appoint such com-
mittee as they deem advisable, including the commissioners of
Merrimack county, to investigate the matter of the erection of a
new court house building and the purchase and location of a suita-
ble lot therefor, and report the result of such investigation to the
county convention. Said county convention is also further em-
powered, in case they decide to build a new court house or re-
pair the present one, to appoint such committee as they deern
advisable, including the county commissioners of said county,
to locate and purchase a suitable lot, erect a building thereon,
and furnish the same, and to invest said committee with full
power and authority in regard to the location, erection, construc-
tion, and furnishing of such building or the repairing or chang-
ing over the present court house building. Said committee so
appointed shall also have power to borrow a sufficient sum of
money to accomplish the purposes aforesaid and to issue the
bonds of the county therefor for such period of time, in such
denominations, and at such rate of interest, payable at such time
and place as they may determine.
Sect. 2. The committee who shall be appointed under the Adjustment
provisions of the foregoing section for the purpose of locating, concoriu °
erecting, constructing, and furnishing the building referred to,
shall have full authority to make such arrangements with the
city of Concord in regard to the disposal of the county's inter-
est in the present city and county lot and building, or the ac-
quirement of the city's interest in the said lot and building, or
in the sale of the city's and county's interest in said lot and
building, as they may deem advisable, and shall have full power
to make any arrangement or agreement with said city in relation
thereto or with any committee appointed by said city council as
744
Chapter 246.
[1901
Eight of emi-
nent domain.
Takes eflect
on passage.
they may deem advisable. For the complete carrying out of the
same, said committee are hereby authorized to make, execute, and
deliver, on behalf of the county, such releases, discharges, and
conveyances as they may deem advisable. Said committee shall
select a chairman and a secretary, and a full record of the pro-
ceedings of said committee shall be kept by said secretary. The
reasonable expenses of said committee in the performance of
their duties shall be paid by the county treasurer, after being
first audited by any justice of the supreme court.
Sect. 3. Whenever the committee appointed by said county
convention for such purpose cannot obtain suitable lands for the
erection of said court house and county office building by con-
tract for a reasonable price, any land so required for said uses
may be taken, the damages assessed, and the same remedies and
proceedings had as in the case of laying out highways ; provided,
however, that the venue of said actions shall be in such county
as the supreme court for the county of Merrimack shall deter- •
mine.
Sect. 4. This act shall take efitect upon its passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
CHAPTER 246.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 176 OF THE LAWS OF 1895, ENTITLED
"AN" ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH NEW-
MARKET," AND TO RATIFY THE SAME.
Section
1. Town name confirmed.
2. Former legislation ratified.
Section
3. Takes eflfect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Benate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Town name
confirmed.
Former
legislation
ratified.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. Amend section 1, chapter 176 of the Laws of
1895 by adding at the end of said section the words, and so re-
main, so that said section as amended will read : that the town
of South l!^ewmarket shall hereafter be known and called by
the name of Newfields, and so remain.
Sect. 2. Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1895 is hereby re-
enacted, ratified, and confirmed as amended.
Sect. 3. This act shall take eftect upon its passage.
[Approved March 14, 1901.]
1901]
Chapters 217, 218.
CHAPTER 217.
746
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE, KEENE ELECTRIC RAILWAY
COMPANY, AND TO EXTEND THE TIME THEREOF.
Section
1. Extension of time for building
2. Increase of capital.
Section
3. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted Ijy the Senate and House of Eepreseniatives in General
Court conveiud:
Section 1. The time fixed in the amendment to the charter Extension of
of the Keene Electric Railway Company, approved March 7, ^"^^'
1899, in which to build its road, is hereby extended to March 31,
1901, and said corporation shall have such additional time in
which to build its road.
Sect. 2. Said Keene Electric Railway Company is hereby increase of
authorized and empowered to increase its capital stock already *^^^^'
authorized, not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, and to issue
bonds to an amount not exceeding the capital stock so increased,
actually paid in at the time of issuing said bonds; said stock
and bonds to be issued agreeably to provisions of chapter 27,
Laws of 1895.
Sect. 3. Any part of said charter inconsistent herewith is ^]|P®s|^.'^|t
hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on its passage. takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 218.
AN ACT TO extend CERTAIN POWERS OP THE HUDSON,
SALEM ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
PELHAM &
Section
1. May lease certain railway property.
2. Lease subject to original restrictions
3. Approval of lease.
Section
4. No rights to be implied.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Railway May lease
Company is hereby authorized and empowered to make a lease ^"a" pi^oSrty.
of all the property, rights, privileges, easements, and franchises
of the corporation to "the Haverhitl & Southern New Hampshire
Street Railway Company, a body corporate established under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sect. 2. All the rights of this state, by its legislature or Lease^subject
otherwise, to regulate the said Hudson, Pelham & Salem Elec- restrictions.
746
Chapter 249.
[1901
Approval of
lease.
No rights to
be implied.
Takes effect
on passage.
trie Railway Company and its management 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 Hudson, Pelham & Salem
Electric Eaihvay Company.
Sect. 3. No lease executed under the authority of this act
shall be valid or binding until the terms thereof have been
agreed to by two thirds of the directors, and two thirds in in-
terest of the stock of the lessor, and approved by the board of
railroad commissioners ; and should there be dissenting stock-
holders, the value of the stock of such dissenting stockholders
may be determined 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. Nothing in this act contained, except the authority
given in section 1 of said act, shall be construed as giving to
said Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Railway Company 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 hereafter be lawfully imposed.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 249.
AN ACT EEVIVIXG THE CHAETER OF THE GENERAL MILLER PARK
RAILROAD ASSOCIATION, APPROVED APRIL 1, 1893.
Section
1. Charter revived.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage ; no charter
fee.
e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentaiives in General
Court convened:
Charter
revived.
Takes eflfect
on passage;
no charter
fee.
Section 1. An act entitled " An act to incorporate the Gen-
eral Miller Park Railroad Association," approved April 1,
1893, is hereby revived and continued in force as fully and
completely, to all intents and purposes, as if the same were in-
corporated at the present time.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage, and the provisions of section 5, chapter 14 of
the Public Statutes, shall not apply thereto.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 250.
CHAPTER 250.
747
AN ACT TO INCOEPOBATE THE CONCOED, DOYEE & EOCHESTEE STEEET
EAILWAY.
SECTION
1. Corporation constituted; powers;
route.
2. Substitution in ease of death of in-
corporator.
3. Capital stock.
i. How located in highways.
5. How located elsewhere.
6. Location of tracks.
Section
7. Selectmen may make certain regula-
tions.
S. Reserved rights of towns.
9. Company to keep highways in repair.
10. Subject to general law.
11. First meeting.
12. Takes effect on passage; void as to
parts not built in two years.
Be it enacted hij the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Elislia li. Brown, Arthur G. Whittemore, corporation
Thomas H. Dearborn, Daniel Hall, and Geor£:e D. Barrett, all «o"*^i^"^«'^;
of Dover in the county of Stratford, Frederic E. Small, John F. route.
Springfield, R. DeWitt Burnham, Charles S, Barker, and Hor-
ace L. Worcester, all of Rochester in said county, Xathaniel
E. Martin and James H. Morris, both of Concord in the county
of Merrimack, John B. Jameson of Antrim in the county of
Hillsborough, George W. Lane of Chichester in said county of
Merrimack, Charles F. Gate, F. H. Folsom, and Samuel W.
Gerrish, all of lN"orthwoocl in the county of Rockingham, Wil-
liam C. Chesley of ]S"ottingham in said county of Rockingham,
and Wallace D. Lovell of West iS"ewton in the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, their associates, successors, and assigns, are
hereby made a corporation by the name of the Concord, Dover,
& Rochester Street Railway, with power to construct, main-
tain, and operate a railway with convenient sidings, poles, wires,
turnouts, and switches from some convenient point at or near
the intersection of jSTorth Main and Bridge streets in the said
city of Concord ; thence through said Bridge street, and
through said city of Concord to the line of the town of Pem-
broke ; thence through the northwestern corner of said Pem-
broke, and through Chichester, and through the village of Short
Falls or Epsom Depot in the town of Epsom, JSTorthwood, and
through the northerly corner of the town of lN"ottingham, Bar-
rington ; thence through Straftbrd, and the northerly corner of
the town of Madbury, and in the city of Dover to some conven-
ient point at or near the Boston & Maine Railroad station in the
city of Dover, or through the cityof Rochester to some conven-
ient point at or near the Boston &' Maine Railroad station in the
city of Rochester, or to said terminals in both said cities, as this
corporation may determine (but this corporation shall not build
directly from Dover to Rochester, or from Rochester to Dover),
and in each of said cities, in case the corporation shall build the
railroad hereby authorized to both of them, or in either of said
cities in case it shall build the railroad herein authorized to but
748 Chapter 250. [1901
one of them, the ti'ack of this corporation shall be laid to con-
nect with the track of the Dover, Somersworth & Rochester
Street Railway at the extreme point to which said Dover, Som-
ersworth & Rochester Street Railway shall have been con-
structed at the time of the building of the railroad hereby
authorized, towards the west in said city or cities. And in said
city or cities from such extreme point this corporation may en-
ter upon, use, and run its cars over the line of the Dover, Som-
ersworth & Rochester Street Railway directly to the terminus of
the railroad of this corporation in each or either of said cities
upon such terms as this corporation and said Dover, Somers-
worth & Rochester Street Railway may agree, or in the absence
or inability to make an agreement, upon such terms as the
railroad commissioners may determine, upon the petition of
either party.
If the Concord Street Railway Company shall during the year
1901, or at such time thereafter as the said Concord, Dover &
Rochester Street Railway shall have constructed its said line
from the said corner of Bridge and jSTorth Main streets through
said Bridge street and the city of Concord to the line of tlie
town of Pembroke, reconstruct its lines so as to make them of
standard gauge railroad, then said corner of Bridge and North
Main streets shall be the terminal of the said Concord, Dover &
Rochester Street Railway in Concord. If said Concord Street
Railway shall not have so reconstructed, then the terminal of
said Concord, Dover & Rochester Street Railway shall be some
convenient point at the corner of Korth Main street and Pleas-
ant street in said Concord, and the said Concord, Dover &
Rochester Street Railway shall have the right to build, operate,
and maintain its said line from ITorth Bridge street aforesaid to
the corner of K'orth Main and Pleasant streets aforesaid. Said
corporation may construct the railroad herein authorized
through such of the towns herein named and in such sequence
as it may determine, and may pass in and through a town or
part of a town more than once if necessary, between the termini.
Sect. 2. In case of the death or inability to act of any incor-
porator, his associates from the town or city in which he lived
may fill the vacancy by choice signified to all their associates in
writing within thirty days of the death or inability to act of
such incorporator, and the person so elected to fill the vacancy
shall have and possess all the rights and powers he would have
had, had he been named herein as incorporator. In case of the
death or inability to act of an incorporator from a town or city
from which there is but one incorporator, all his associates shall
act in filling the vacancy.
Capital stock. Sect. 3. The Capital stock of said corporation shall not
exceed four hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into
shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each, but said com-
pany may issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount only
as may be necessary to construct and equip said railway, includ-
ing the amount required to provide motive power for the opera-
Substitution
In case of
death.
1901] Chapter 250. 749
tion thereof, and its bonded and other indebtedness shall at no
time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid in.
The amount of capital stock and bonds to be so issued from
time to time, shall be determined and issued in accordance with
the provisions of the general laws.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway occupying any portion of how located
a public highway or street shall be located thereon by the select-"^ ^"^ ^^^^
men of the town or towns or the board of mayor and aldermen
of the city or cities in which said portions of highways or streets
may be. The selectmen of the towns, or mayor and aldermen
of cities, respectively, upon petition of the directors of said rail-
way for a location of its tracks over or on any public highway
upon the line of said route, shall give notice by publication to
all parties interested, of the time and place at which they will
consider said petition for location in the public highways of said
town or towns, city or cities, and after a public hearing of all
persons interested, they may make an order granting the same
or any portion thereof, under such restrictions and upon such
conditions as they may deem the interests of the public require;
and the location thus granted shall be deemed to be the true
location of the tracks of said railway. But upon the petition of
any party interested, and after a public hearing of all parties,
the same may be changed at any time to other parts of the same
highway or street by subsequent order of said selectmen, boards
of mayor and aldermen, or their successors in office, if in their
judgment the public good requires such change; but, if such
order is made after the construction of said railway on the origi-
nal location, an appeal therefrom by any party interested may
be had to the board of railroad commissioners, whose decision
shall be final ; and the expense of making such change of loca-
tion shall be apportioned by the board of railroad commissioners
between the railway and the city or town, as such board may
deem just. The boards of mayor and aldermen of cities and
selectmen of towns shall assess damages to abutters, subject to
the right of appeal, in the same manner as now provided by law
in the laying out of highways.
Sect. 5. All parts of said railway not located in a public how located
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed ^^®®'^^^'^®'
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes ; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall
be taken for its use, shall have respectively all the rights and
privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and lia-
bilities contained in said chapter.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns and the board of mayor Location of
and aldermen of cities through which said railway shall pass traciis.
shall, within their respective towns or cities, have exclusive and
final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks, turnouts, and
poles for said railway, and may order said railway to discontinue
temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any highway, when-
ever they deem that the convenience and safety of the public
require such discontinuance, without incurring any liability
therefor; and from such orders there shall be no appeal.
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[1901
Selectmen
may make
certain regu-
lations.
Keserved
rights of
towns.
Company to
keep
highways
in repair.
Subject to
general law.
First meeting,
Takes effect
on passage ;
Toid as to
parts not
built in two
years.
Sect. 7. The boards of major and aldermen of cities and the
selectmen of the towns through which said railway shall pass,
respectively, may designate the quality and kind of material to
be used in the construction of said railway within their said
towns or cities, and may from time to time make such reason-
able orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that por-
tion of said railway occupying the public highways in their
respective towns or cities, as to the rate of speed, the manner of
operating said railway, the reconstruction of tracks, poles, wires,
switches, and turnouts within any highway in their respective
towns or cities.
Sect. 8. Said towns and cities, for any lawful purpose, may
take up and repair highways occupied by said railway, or may
alter highways as authorized by law, without incurring any lia-
bility therefor to said corporation.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair, to the
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commissioner,
road commissioner, or surveyor of highways, in the respective
towns or cities, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the surface
material of the portion of highways and bridges occupied by its
tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel the
highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occupied by its tracks, and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in its employ
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence, or mis-
conduct of its agents and servants in the construction, manage-
ment, or use of its tracks.
Sect. 10. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the provi-
sions herein.
Sect. 11. Any of the three grantees may call the first meet-
ing by publication, or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees, at least ten days prior to the time of the meeting.
Sect. 12. This act shall take effect on its passage, but shall
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-
structed and ready for operation within two years from its pas-
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 251.
CHAPTER 251.
751
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GRANITE STATE LAND COMPANY TO CON-
STRUCT AND MAINTAIN A BRIDGE ACROSS HAMPTON RIVER, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section
Authority granted ; right of eminent
domain.
Schedule of tolls to be taken.
May turn back those not paying;
right to sue.
Raising of draw.
Bridge free if toll gatherer absent.
Not taxed by towns, when; liability
when bridge left open.
Liability for neglect to repair.
Street railway tracks.
Bridge deemed real estate; bonds
may be issued.
Corporation may furnish water;
right of eminent domain.
Section
Water pipes may be laid.
Liability for neglect.
No additional payment when pipes
relaid.
Pipes in Hampton river.
Proceedings when additional land
taken.
Corporation may construct sewers
at certain places.
Rates to be reasonable.
Bridge becomes free, when.
Towns may acquire sewerage system
and water-works by eminent do*
main.
Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convemd:
Section 1. The Granite State Land Company, a corporation le- Authority
gaily organized under the provisions of chapter 147 of the Public fight of emi-
Statutes of this state and amendments thereto, is hereby author- "®'^^*^°°'*^""
ized and empowered to construct and maintain from the south-
erly end of Hampton beach to the northerly end of Seabrook
beach, and across Hampton river, a bridge of suitable width and
height, with suitable draw and pass-way for vessels having occa-
sion to pass the same, and said corporation is hereby fully em-
powered to build and construct and maintain suitable approaches
to said bridge, and it may take and hold such lands and interests
therein as may be necessary for such approaches and for toll
house or toll houses and such other structures and buildings as
may be necessary. The said lands and interests therein shall be
taken by the same method as provided by chapter 158, sec-
tion 26, of the Public Statutes in relation to the taking of lands
by railroad corporations for yards, turntables, etc., except that
the proceedings for appraisal of damages shall be had as pro-
vided in section 10 hereof in case of taking lands.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may erect, keep up, and maintain schedule of
at the termini of said bridge and in the center thereof, toll gates, taken? ^^
and may demand, take, and receive from such persons as pass over
and upon said bridge, tolls according to the following schedule :
For each foot passenger or bicycle rider, five cents ; for each car-
riage drawn by one horse, five cents, and for each person riding
in a carriage or in any vehicle, five cents ; for each carriage drawn
by two or more horses, ten cents; for each head of neat stock,
one cent; for each load of merchandise or of any property or
commodity, five cents, and five cents for the vehicle ; for each
752 Chapter 251. [1901
beast of burden not attached to a vehicle, and not ridden by a
rider, one cent; for every other vehicle than carriages, but not
includino- a bicycle, five cents; for sheep and swine, one cent
each ; each horse and rider, five cents.
May turn Sect. 3. Said corporation may detain and turn back, at its
notpa??n|; toll gate, such pcrsous as do not pay the established toll, and
right to sue. ^^^j g^^ for and recover, in an action of assumpsit, any tolls not
paid by those who pass the gates by agreement, or by force,
craft, or fraud.
Raising of Sect. 4. Whenever a vessel shall desire to pass up or down
'^''^^' said Hampton river, the draw shall be seasonably raised, and
said vessel shall pass without payment of any sum whatsoever.
Bridge free if Sect. 5. The toll gate shall be left open at such times as the
Ibsen^t!^^"^^^ toll gatherer, or some person to take toll, shall not be present to
receive toll, and at such times passage over said bridge shall be
free. Said corporation may take toll at either end gate it
chooses, or at the middle of said bridge, but for one passage it
shall take but one toll.
Not taxed by Sect. 6. If Said Corporation shall choose to leave its toll
Iffiity'^heii gates open from the first day of October to the first day of May
t-i-idgeieft ^^ ^^^ twelve months, then and so often as it shall do so the
towns of Hampton and Seabrook shall assess no tax on April 1
of such twelve months against said corporation for said bridge
for that tax year. But said corporation shall not be liable to
any person or traveler undertaking to pass said bridge during
such period, from October 1 to April 1, for any injury caused
by reason of snow or ice on said bridge, or from any other neg-
lect of said corporation, nor shall said corporation be bound to
snow said bridge during any part of the same period from Octo-
ber 1 to April 1.
Liability for Sect. 7. Said Corporation may be indicted and fined if it
neg^iect to re- ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ bridge in a reasonably safe and suitable con-
dition for the travel thereon at all times, except as provided
in section 6, and it shall be liable to pay damages to any trav-
eler paying toll for any injury suftered by him in person or
property by reason of any failure of said corporation to use ordi-
nary care to keep said bridge in a reasonably safe and suitable
condition for travel. But in case any loaded vehicle shall, with
its load, exceed in weight three and one half tons, the corpora-
tion may refuse passage for it.
street rail- Sect. 8. Either the Seabrook & Hampton Beach Street
way tracks. -j^^-|^^^y Company, or the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street
Railway Company, or the successor of either, or assigns of either,
may lay its track over, along, and upon said bridge if it can by
agreement with this corporation obtain the right so to do. But
in no case shall more than one track be laid on said bridge, and
then it shall be laid upon one of the extreme outer sides thereof.
A clear carriage way of not less than sixteen feet in width shall
be left for carriage travel.
Stl^tVomis Sect. 9. Said bridge, approaches, and the property appurte-
may be nant thereto, shall be deemed to be real estate, and the same may
issued. '
1901] Chapter 251. 753
be conveyed as real estate is conveyed. Said Granite State Land
Company for the purpose of constructing and maintaining said
bridge, approaches, and necessary buildings, or for any legal pur-
pose, may issue its mortgage bonds secured by mortgage of its
franchises and property then acquired and thereafter to be ac-
quired.
Sect. 10. Said Granite State Land Company is further hereby ^^ay furn^S
empowered and authorized to bring and conduct, in such man- water; right
ner as it may deem best, fresh water, for domestic and raechan- dom^in.^"^*
ical purposes, and for extinguishing fires, into the towns of
Hampton and Seabrook, and the said water it may supply and
sell to the inhabitants thereof, and to all others therein. It may
enter upon and appropriate any ponds, streams, or springs within
the towns of Seabrook, Hampton, Kensington, South Hampton,
and Hampton Falls, not previously appropriated for supplying
water to the inhabitants of a town, and in case the said corpora-
tion and the owner or owners of the land or lands containing
such ponds, streams, or springs, cannot agree upon a price at
which said corporation may buy the same, then it may apply by
petition to the supreme court for the county of Rockingham for
an appraisement of said land or lands, and such proceedings
shall thereafterwards be had as in case of taking land for a high-
way; provided, however, that if said corporation ehall appropriate
any spring, stream, or pond from which any family or families
or their domestic animals are supplied with water, the corpora-
tion shall furnish such family or families with water therefrom
before furnishing to any other persons therefrom.
Sect. 11. Said land company may dig up the streets and water pipes
roads in said towns and elsewhere to lay its pipes and to renew ™^^ ^^ ^^^'^^
or repair the same, if necessary, and may acquire the right to lay
its pipes on such private lands as may be necessary, using the
method provided in the preceding section to acquire said right
if an agreement as to the price to be paid for the easement can-
not be arrived at.
Sect. ] 2. Whenever said corporation shall, as it may, dig up Liability for
a public street or road, it shall use ordinary care to keep it safe ^^^ ^^ '
for passage of the public thereon, and for failure to use such care
it shall be responsible in damages to any person injured by its
neglect. Said corporation shall speedily restore the streets or
roads so dug up to a suitable condition, so far as disturbed by
the corporation.
Sect. 13. The corporation may take up, repair, relay, and xo additional
renew, and lay larger or other pipes, in any private land in ^^^en^p^peg
which they have acquired an easement to lay pipes, without pay-reiaid.
ment of any sum beyond that first paid for the right to lay pipes
therein, and it shall have the same right as to streets and roads.
Sect. 14. If necessary, said corporation may lay its pipes ^^^y^^
along and on the bed of Hampton river. river.
Sect. 15. In case it becomes necessary to take any land or ^^j^^J^f ^'^^'^^^
lands other than those herein mentioned, said corporation may, f*^j^^i\^2k^n
if a price cannot be agreed on, proceed as in section 10 hereof.
754 Chapter 251. [1901
Corporation Sect. 16. Said Corporation may construct at Hampton and
construct Scabrook beaches, or either of them, a sewer system for the ac-
cenain^ commodation of those residing and sojourning there, and may
places. construct its sewers to empty into any body or bodies of salt
water which the board of health of this state may permit ; such
sewers may be so laid in public highways under the conditions
prescribed in sections 11, 12, and 13 hereof in relation to pipes
for water. It may, for creating such sewer system, take such
' lands and interests in land as may be necessary, as provided by
section 11 hereof, and shall have with respect to said lands all
the rights conferred in relation to pipes for water by section 11
hereof.
Rates to be Sect. 17. For the use of such water and of its sewers, or
either of them, said company may charge and collect such sums
from the takers of such water, and those who connect their build-
ings with and use such sewers, as may be reasonable.
Bridge Sect. 18. If the State of Ncw Hampshire shall, within five
wlie™^^ ^^®' years after said bridge is opened for public travel, expend in con-
structing a state highway along Hampton beach and Seabrook
beach, aforesaid, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, then, when
said sum shall have been so expended, the bridge herein author-
ized shall be and become a free bridge, upon condition that the
state shall forever after keep and maintain all parts thereof and
its approaches in good repair, except the superstructure of the
part occupied by the street railway. The ownership of the
bridge shall remain in the corporation until the state takes such
bridge under the right of eminent domain, if it so chooses.. But
in such case, from and after said sum has been so expended by
the state hereunder, and said state shall assume such repairs,
said corporation shall be under no liability with respect to said
bridge or to travelers thereon, or to vessels passing up and down
said river. But in case of the expenditure of said sum, the rail-
road track shall continue on said bridge, and be maintained
there by such corporation as may at that time be authorized to
lay and maintain its track there, agreeably to this act, and its
successors and assigns may forever maintain such track on said
bridge without payment for the right so to do to the state, but
the street railroad shall repair the superstructure of that part of
the bridge on which its track is laid.
Towns may Sect. 19. The town of Scabrook is hereby authorized to ac-
sewerage quire by exercise of the power of eminent domain any sewerage
watli^^wmks. System established in its limits under and by authority of this act.
The town of Hampton is vested with the same power as to any
sewerage system established within its limits under and by au-
thority of this act. The towns of Hampton and Seabrook may
jointly or severally acquire in the same manner the entire water-
works system established by and under authority of this act.
The petition in any case hereunder for appraisal of damages shall
be filed in the supreme court for the county of Rockingham, and
thereafter the proceedings shall be as like as may be to those in
case of taking of land for a highway.
Takes effect Segt. 20. This act shall take eftect upon its passage.
on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapters 252, 253. 755
CHAPTER 252.
AX ACT TO EEVIVE, C0NFIE5I, AND CONTINUE. THE OEGANIZATION OF
THE AMOSKEAG FIEE INSUEANCE COMPANY.
Section | Section
1. Corporation revived. 1 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The Amoskeag Fire Insurance Company, a cor- corporation
poration constituted and organized under the general laws/^^^^®'^'
which was confirmed and continued by chapter 174 of the Laws
of 1887, is hereby revived, confirmed, and continued, with all
the powers and privileges and subject to all the lialDilities of
corporations of a similar nature, including all the powers and
privileges conferred by said chapter 174 of the Laws of 1887.
Sect. 2. This act shall take efi:ect upon its passage. Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 253.
AN ACT TO BEVIVE THE CHAETEE OF THE SALEil WATEE-WOEKS COM-
PANY.
Section Section
1. Corporation constituted ; purposes. | 6. May make contracts for use of
2. Capital stock. water ; may seU system to town
3. Meetings. 1 of Salem.
4. May hold property; right to exca- \ 7. First meeting.
vate. 8. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
5. May take certain property by emi- 1 . passage.
nent domain. 1
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Frank P. Woodbury. John W. Wheeler, tiorporation
Wallace W. Cole, James Ewins, T. M. Russ, Fred C. Buxton, purposes! '
Kimball B. McLaughlin, E. A. Wade, Frank D. Wilson, B. R.
Wheeler, Oliver E. Branch, George W. Prescott, Charles S.
Collins, their successors, associates, and assigns, shall be and are
hereby made a corporation by the name of the Salem Water-
Works Company, for the purpose of constructing a system of
water-works and supplying individuals and corporations in the
villages of Salem and Salem Depot, New Hampshire, with water
for domestic use, manufacturing purposes, and the extinguish-
ing of fires ; 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 subject to all the liabilities inci-
dent to corporations of a similar nature.
756
Chapter 253.
[1901
Capital stock .
Meetings.
May bold
property ;
right to
excavate.
May take
certain
property bj*
eminent
domain.
May make
contracts for
water; may
sell system
to town ol
Salem.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of
such number of shares, not exceeding one hundred dollars each,
as may from time to time be determined by said corporation,
not exceeding in the whole sum one hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 3. The annual and all special meetings of this corpo-
ration shall be held at such times and places, and upon such no-
tice, as may be provided by the by-laws of the corporation.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is empowered to purchase, and
hold in fee simple or otherwise, any real or personal estate nec-
essary for the carrying into effect 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 neces-
sary for the pipes and water-works of said company to pass, be,
or exist, and for the purpose of placing its pipes, hydrants, struc-
tures, and such materials as may be deemed necessary for con-
structing said water- works, and to relay and repair the same,
subject to such regulations as to the safety of citizens and the
security of public travel as the selectmen of the town may pre-
scribe.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon and
appropriate the water known as Corbett's pond, and Policy
pond, so called, in the county of Rockingham, and to secure
said waters by fence or otherwise, and to dig ditches, make ex-
cavations 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 excavations, reservoirs, and water-works
to be or exist, for the purpose of obtaining, holding, preserving,
or conducting said water and placing such pipes and other ma-
terial and works as may be necessary for building and operating
such water-works or repairing the same ; j^'t'oiided, that if it be nec-
essary to enter upon and appropriate any land for the purpose
aforesaid, or to raise or lower the level of said waters, and the
said corporation shall not be able to agree with the owners
thereof for the damages that may be done by said corporation,
or the owner shall be unknown, either party may apply to the
supreme court at a trial term in the county of Rockingham,
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 appoint a time and place of hearing, and give
notice thereof in the same manner as now provided by law for
laying out highways. Said commissioners shall make report to
said court, and said court may issue execution thereon accord-
ingly ; but if either party shall desire it, upon application to said
court before reference to said commissioners, they shall be enti-
tled to a trial by jury in such manner and under such regula-
tions as said court may prescribe.
Sect. 6. Said corporation may make contracts with individ-
uals and corporations, village and fire precincts, for supplying
them with water and hydrant service, and may establish such tolls
and charge such rents therefor as may be deemed reasonable,
1901] Chapter 254. 757
and said corporation is hereby authorized, empowered, and shall
sell to said town of Salem, or any fire precinct hereafter organ-
ized therein, all of its works, constructions, and estate, of what-
ever kind or nature, at the cost of said plant, whenever said
town or fire precinct elects to purchase the same, and said town
or fire precinct is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase
or lease the same ; and said corporation is authorized to borrow
money to defray the cost of such water-works, water rights, and
land damages, and may issue its notes, bonds, or obligations
therefor, not exceeding one half its capital stock, actually paid
in and unimpaired, payable in such times and at such rates of
interest, not exceeding six per cent, as it may determine, and
may, if it be deemed expedient, secure such notes, bonds, or obli-
gations by a mortgage of all its estate, real, personal, and mixed,
which mortgage shall be recorded in the office of the register of
deeds for the county of Rockingham, This charter shall be for-
feited unless said corporation shall have constructed said water-
works, and have the same in operation, on or before the first
day of September one thousand nine hundred and one.
Sect. 7. Any two of the first-named grantees may call the First meeting,
first meeting of the corporation by giving a written or printed
notice to the other members at least ten days before the day of
meeting, or by leaving such notice at their last place of abode
ten days before such meeting.
Sect. 8. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or subject to^^^
repeal this charter; and this act shall take effect upon its pas-eflecton
r ' •■ ^ passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 254.
AN ACT TO INCOKPOPtATE LA SOCIETE ST. JEAN" BAPTISTS DE LACONIA,
N. H.
Section i Skction
1. Corporation constituted; purposes. | 2. Rights and liabilities.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresetitatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Napoleon Fecteau, Alfred A. Pickard, Paul corporation
— ■ - - - — - - - -_ _ . - _ . — constitute^"
purposes.
E. Morin, Charles Paquette, Charles K Lapierre, and Paul Mo «o°s«tuted
rin, their associates, subscribers, and assigns, be and hereby are
made a body politic and corporate by the name of La Societe
Saint Jean-Baptiste de Laconia, for religious, moral, and benev-
olent purposes ; to provide for the sick and distressed members
of the association, and to establish, by mutual agreements and
payments, a fund out of which the members of the association
may receive sick and death benefits.
758
Chapter 255.
[1901
Rights and
liabilities.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall be empowered to adopt a
constitution and enact by-laws not repugnant to the laws of the
state, and which shall meet the approval of the insurance com-
missioner of said state, also to have and to use a common seal,
to sue and to be sued, to defend and to be defended, and to be
further vested with all the rights and subject to all the liabilities
incident to corporations of a kindred nature.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 255.
AN ACT TO INCOEPOEATE THE SWEDISH SICK BENEFIT & BUEIAL
SOCIETY OF MANCHESTEE, N. H.
Section
1. Corporation constituted ; purposes.
2. May bold property.
3. First meeting.
Section
4. Takes effect on passage; subject to
repeal.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation |
constituted ;
purposes.
May bold
property.
First meet-
ing.
Takes effect
on passage ;
subject to
repeal.
Section 1. That Olaf P. Nyberg, C. A. Nordstrom, Ludwig
Lindquist, William Nyberg, C. A. Levan, John A. Nelson, J. A.
Lindquist, their associates and successors, be and hereby are made
a body politic and corporate by the name of the Swedish Sick
Benefit & Burial Society of Manchester, N. H., for charitable
and benevolent purposes ; to establish a sick |benefit fund from
which the members may receive sick and death benefits, and to
make other provisions for such purposes, with all the powers
and privileges and subject to all liabilities of corporations of a
similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may purchase, take, and hold by
deed, gift, bequest, devise, or otherwise, real and personal es-
tate for the purpose of the corporation to an amount not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars, and may improve, sell, and convey,
or otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure.
Sect. 3. Olaf P. Nyberg, or any three of the persons named
herein, may call the first meeting of the corporation at such
time and place and in such manner as they think proper.
Sect. 4. This act shall take efl:ect upon its passage, and the
legislature may alter, amend, or repeal the same whenever the
public good may require.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901] Chapter 256. 769
CHAPTER 256.
AN ACT TO INCOEPOEATE THE J. Q. A. WAEREN CAMP NO. 18, SONS OF
YETEEANS, U. S. A., OF NASHUA, N. H.
SECTION I Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes; I 3. First meeting.
may hold property, etc. 4. Takes effect on passage ; subject to
2. May establish sick fund. ! repeal.
Be it enacted hij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Benjamin 0. Roby, Edo:ar C. Damon, Wil- corporation
liam White, George Sanders, WilHam E. Caffrey, James Fifield,P?o'sesf '
Mathew Sawyer, Robert Morrison, Frank Walters, and Lorenzo ^^^JjPtl?, etc.
Cole, their associates and successors, be and are made a body
politic and corporate by the name of The J. Q. A. Warren Camp
No. 18, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., of i^ashua, K H., for such
moral, charitable, and benevolent purposes as said corporation
may from time to time designate, and by that name may sue and
be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment, and shall be
vested with all powers and privileges and subject to ail the lia-
bilities of corporations of a similar nature ; and may take and
hold real and personal estate, by donation or otherwise, for the
purposes of said corporation, to an amount not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars, and the same may sell, use, and dis-
pose of at pleasure ; and may make and establish such by-laws
and regulations as may be necessary for the purposes of this act.
Sect. 2. Said association may establish a fund to provide for sick fund.
the care of sick and distressed members, and to pay sick bene-
fits from said funds in such manner and in such amounts as may
be determined by vote of said association.
Sect. 3. The first five of said grantees, or either of them. First
may call the first meeting of this corporation at such time and ^^^ ^°^'
place as they may deem expedient and in such manner as they
may think proper.
Sect. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage ; and the Takes effect
legislature may at any time alter, amend, or repeal the samcsubj'ect to^'
whenever in their opinion the public good requires it. repeal.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
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Chapter 257.
CHAPTER 257.
[1901
AN ACT TO INCOEPOEATE THE FATHER ELLIOTT CATHOLIC TOTAL
ABSTINENCE & MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY OF MANCHESTEE, N. H.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes.
2. May hold property.
3. Siclv and death benefits.
!;ECTION
4. First meeting.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted ;
purposes.
SECTION 1. Patrick H. O'Malley, Patrick J. White, John D.
Sullivan, Peter O'Reill}^ James A. Sajers, and George J. Bach-
ner, their associates and successors, be and hereby are made a
body politic and corporate by the name of Father Elliott Catho-
lic Total Abstinence & Mutual Benefit Society of Manchester,
[N". H., for the promotion of the cause of temperance; and by
that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final
judgment and execution, and shall be and hereby are vested
with all the powers and privileges and made subject to all the
liabilities of corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall have power to hold real and
personal estate by gift, bequest, or otherwise, to an amount
not exceeding five thousand dollars, and may dispose of the
same at pleasure.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may enact by-laws providing for
the payment of weekly benefits ,to those of its members who
may become sick, and for the payment of death benefits to the
representatives of those of its members who may die.
First meeting. Sect. 4. The first three persons named in this act may call
the first meeting of said corporation by giving notice to each of
the others at least two days before the date of said meeting.
Takes effect Sect. 5. This act shall take efiect upon its passage.
on passage .
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
May hold
property.
Sick and
death
benefits.
1901]
Chapter 258.
CHAPTER 258.
761
AN ACT TO ENABLE THE TOWN OF MILFORD TO ACQUIRE, OWN, AND
OPERATE AN ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHTING PLANT.
Electric plant may be constructed ,
purchased, or taken by right of
eminent domain .
Board of lighting commissioners;
election, and term of office.
Section
3. Compensation, organization, and
duties of board; vacancy, how
filled; report.
4. Town may raise ^25,000 for purpose.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the town of Milforcl in the county of Hills- Electric plant
borough be and hereby is authorized, for the purpose of supplying ^n^tructed,
electricity for lighting its streets and public buildings and for ^J^taken^V
domestic and manufacturing uses in said Milford and adioinino-iigbt of
I'll •! 1 1 -i.V ^ eminent
towns, to build or acquire by purchase an electric light and domain,
power plant and to operate the same for purposes above stated,
or to take or purchase franchises of the Miiford Electric Light
Company, including dynamos, batteries, wires, engines, boilers,
and all other machinery, tools, and apparatus used in the manu-
facture, distribution, and operation of said electric light works,
and the land and buildings connected and used therewith ; and
should said town and said electric light company be unable to
agree upon what is a fair and ecj[uitable price for their said
property, either party may apply to the supreme court for the
county of Hillsborough, at a trial term thereof, for appraisal of
the value of said property, rights, and franchises; and said
court shall refer the question to three disinterested referees to be
selected and appointed by a judge of said court for that pur-
pose ; and said board of referees shall, as soon as may be there-
after, fix a time for hearing said parties and their witnesses, and
report their findings to the supreme court, which shall issue its
decree thereon ; and provided, further, that if either party shall
elect a trial by jury, upon application to said court for said ref-
erees, a trial by jury shall be had in such manner and under
such regulations as said court may prescribe ; and after such
purchase or taking the said town, for the purpose aforesaid, may
erect and maintain poles and extend wires over or under the
streets in said town, and may take, purchase, and hold in fee
simple or otherwise any real or personal estate and any rights
therein necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of this
act ; and may purchase, erect, construct, and maintain such
machinery, dams, reservoirs, buildings, and other things as may
be necessary for said electric light works, and to excavate and
dig ditches in any highway, place, square, pass-way, or com-
mon, or other place, through which it may be deemed necessary
and proper to construct said electric light works, and to relay,
change, and repair the same at pleasure, having due regard for
the safety of its citizens and the public travel.
762 Chapter 258. [1901
Board^of Sect. 2. For the more convenient management of said elec-
commission- tric plant, tlie said town may place the construction, manage-
and'fermo'f mcnt, control, and direction thereof in a board of lighting corn-
office, missiouers, to consist of three citizens of the town, said commis-
sioners to be vested with such powers and duties relating to the
construction, control, and management of the same as may from
time to time be prescribed by said town. Their term of office
shall be for three years and until their successors are elected and
qualified. The first board of commissioners may be chosen by
the legal voters of the town at the next or any subsequent an-
nual meeting, or at any special meeting duly called for that pur-
pose, and their successors shall be elected at each annual meeting
thereafter ; provided, however, that of those first elected, the term of
one shall expire at the first annual meeting after the first board is
elected, one at the second annual meeting held thereafterwards,
and one at the third annual meeting held thereafterwards, and
after the first election one shall be elected for three years at each
annual meeting, to fill the occurring vacancy ; lorovided, also,
that the term of service of the commissioners first elected shall
be designated at the time of their election. Said commissioners
may be appointed by the selectmen of said town if the town
shall fail to elect, or if the town at any annual meeting vote to
authorize and instruct the selectmen to make the appointment,
compen- Sect. 3. The compensation of such commissioners shall be
iz^fo"n,anT' fixed by the town. They shall be sworn to the faithful dis-
duties of charge of their duties. They shall annually organize by choos-
vacancy, how ing one of their number as chairman of their board, and another
mied; ^'^po^*- ji^ember as clerk of their board, who shall keep a proper record
of their doings. Said board shall appoint a superintendent of
the plant, and such other officers and agents as they may deem
necessary ; and they shall furnish the town clerk certificate of
their organization and appointments, and the town clerk shall
record the same in the records of the town. The commissioners
shall fix the compensation of all officers and agents appointed
by them, and all officers and agents shall be sworn to the faith-
ful discharge of their duties. Whenever a vacancy shall occur
in said board from any cause, the remaining members of the
board shall certifiy that fact to the selectmen of the town, who
shall fill such vacancy temporarily by appointing a citizen of
said town in writing, which appointment shall be filed with the
town clerk and recorded by him on the records of the town ;
and the person so appointed shall iiold the office until the next
annual town meeting after his appointment, when the town
shall elect a commissioner to fill out the unexpired term, if any,
of the person whose office became vacant and was so tempora-
rily filled by appointment. Said commissioners shall annually
make a report to the town, at the time other town officers
report, of the condition of the lighting, heat, and power plant,
financially and otherwise, showing the income from said plant,
the funds belonging to their department, the expenses of main-
tenance and cost of plant • and operating expenses, and such
1901] Chapter 259. 763
report shall be published each year in the annual report of said
town.
Sect. 4. Said town is also authorized and empowered at any Town may
annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of those present and vot- foi-^purpose.
ing, to raise by taxation and appropriate, or to borrow or hire
such sums of money on the credit of the town as may be deemed
necessary and expedient for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses of purchasing real estate, rights in real estate, water
rights, power and all other rights and property as aforesaid, and
for purchasing, constructing, maintaining, repairing, and ex-
tending, enlarging, and operating said electric lighting, heat, or
power plant, the indebtedness created under the provisions of
this section not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, and to
issue notes or bonds of the town therefor in such amounts and
denominations as may be thought proper, not exceeding in all
the amount above stated.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect on its passage. Jn p\^ssf-e.*
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
CHAPTER 259.
AN ACT SEVERING THE HOMESTEAD OF JOHN H. S. WILLCOX FEOil THE
MILLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CONCORD, AND AN-
NEXING THE SAME TO THE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SAID CITY
OF CONCORD.
Section , Sectiox
1. Homestead severed and annexed. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the homestead of John H. S. Willcox is Homestead
hereby severed from the Millville school district of the city of InSSif''*^
Concord, and said premises are hereby annexed to the Union
school district of the city of Concord for school purposes.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
764
Chapter 260.
CHAPTER 260.
[1901
AN ACT TO INCOKPOEATE . THE IXTDIATE EEIEXDS, OF HAXCHEiSTEE,
N. H.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes.
2. May bold property.
3. First meeting.
Section
4. Subject to repeal.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation SECTION 1. That Albiii Gustafsoii, Claes Anderson, John
purposes? ' Rydin, Charles Lindquist, C. Wm. Gustafson, Guslaf Oberg,
Alex. Sandlund, Carl E. Rjdin, their associates and successors,
be and hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the
name of Intimate Friends, of Manchester, jS". H., for social and
benevolent purposes, to have a place of meeting where discus-
sions, readings, and lectures on instructive subjects will be held,
for the benefit and social improvement of its members, and to
make provisions for a sick benefit for its members in case of
sickness, and to provide a fund, and make other provisions for
said purposes; said fund to be accumulated and all payments
from it made in accordance with the constitution and by-laws
made and adopted by said corporation.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may purchase, take, and hold by
deed, gift, bequest, devise, or otherwise, real and personal estate
for the purposes of the corporation to an amount not exceeding
five thousand dollars, and may improve, sell, and convey, or oth-
erwise dispose of the same at pleasure.
First meeting. Qect. 3. Albin Gustafson, Claes Anderson, John Rydin,
Charles Lindquist, or any two of the above-named persons may
call the first meeting of this corporation at such time and place
and in such manner as they think proper.
Sect. 4. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this
act whenever the public good may require.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
May bold
property.
Subject to
repeal.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 20, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 261.
CHAPTER 261.
765
AN ACT TO IXCOEPOEATE THE KEENE, MARLOW
RAILWAY COMPANY.
NEWPORT ELECTRIC
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes;
route.
2. Capital stock.
3. How located in highways.
4. How located elsewhere.
5. Location of tracks.
6. Selectmen may make certain regula-
tions.
7. Rights reserved to towns.
8. Company to keep highways in re-
pair.
9. Subject to general law.
10. First meeting.
11. Takes effect on passage; Toid as to
parts not built in two years.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Elgin A. Jones, Perley E. Fox, Rockwell corporation
F. Craig, Leander B. Huntley, George A. Petts, Frank B. Far-pm-posesf '
ley, Herbert B. Adams, John S. Collins, Francis C. Minor, ^■°"^®-
Israel A. Loveland, John A. Smith, Mason A, Carpenter, Frank
E. i^esmith, Frank E. Ellis, Frederick R. Crain, and Xewton D.
Reed, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby made a
corporation by the name of the Keene, Marlow & Newport Elec-
tric Railway Company, with power to construct, maintain, and
operate a railway, with convenient sidings, turnouts, and switches,
from some convenient point on the south line of the town of
Surry, near Ashuelot river, through the towns of Surry, Gilsum,
Marlow, Lempster, and Goshen, over and upon such highways
and lands as may be necessary, to some convenient point in the
town of Newport; and may also construct and maintain suitable
buildings, dams, water and other motors, engines, electric and
other machinery for the generation of electricity or other motive
power, except steam, for the operation of said railway.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not capital stock.
exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided
into shares of a par value of one hundred dollars each ; but said
company may issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount
only as may be necessary to construct and equip said railway,
including the amount required to provide motive power for the
operation thereof; and its bonded and other indebtedness shall
at no time exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid
in. The amount of capital stock and bonds to be so issued from
time to time shall be determined and issued in accordance with
the provisions of the general laws.
Sect. 3. All parts of said railway occupying any portion of now located
the public highway or street shall be located thereon by the "' ^'^^'^^^^*
selectmen of the town in which said portions of highways or
streets may be. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon
petition of the directors of said railway for a location of its
tracks on or over any public highway upon the line of said
route, shall give notice by publication to all parties interested of
766
Chapter 261.
[1001
How located
elsewhere.
Location of
tracks.
Selectmen
may make
certain
regulations.
the time and place at which they will consider said petition for
location in the public highways of said town ; and after a public
hearing of all persons interested they nuiy make an order grant-
ing the same or any portion thereof under such restrictions and
upon such conditions as they may deem the interests of the pub-
lic require; and the location thus granted shall be deemed to be
the true location of the tracks of said railwa}'. But upon peti-
tion of any party interested, and after a public hearing of all
parties, the same may be changed at any time to other parts of
the same highway or street by subsequent order of said select-
men or their successors in office, if in their judgment the public
good requires such change, but, if such order is made after the
construction of said railwa}' on the original location, an appeal
therefrom by any party interested may be had to the board of
railroad commissioners, whose decision shall beiinal; and the
expense of making such change of location shall be apportioned
by the board of railroad commissioners between the railway and
the town, as such board may deem just. The selectmen of said
towns shall assess damages to abutters, subject to the right of
appeal, in the same manner as now provided by law in the lay-
ing out of highways.
Sect. 4. AH parts of said railway not located in a public
highwa^y shall be laid out, located, and the location changed
uii'der the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall be
taken for its use, shall have respectively all the rights and privi-
leges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities
contained in said chapter.
Sect. 5. The selectmen of the towns through which said
railway shall pass shall, within their respective towns, have
exclusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks,
turnouts, and poles for said railway, and may order said railway
to discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any
highway whenever they deem that the convenience and safety
ofthe public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor; and from such orders there shall be no
appeal.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns through which said
railway shall pass, respectivel}', may designate the quality and
kind of materials to be used in the construction of said railway
within their said towns, and may from time to time make such
reasonable orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that
portion of said railway occupying the public highways in their
respective towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of operat-
ing said railway, the reconstruction of tracks, poles, wires,
switches, and turnouts within any highway in their respective
towns, as the interest or convenience of the public may require ;
and all the designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus
made or establislied and all locations made by selectmen shall
be forthwith recorded in the records of said respective towns.
The railway company, or any person interested, may at any
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Chapter 262.
707
time appeal from such designations, orders, rules, and regula-
tions thus made and established to the board of railroad com-
missioners, who shall upon notice hear the parties and finally
determine the ([uestions raised by said appeal.
Sect. 7. Said towns, for any lawful purpose, may take up Rigiits
and repair highways occupied by said railway, or may alter towns.°^^'°
highways as authorized by law, without incurring any liability
therefor to said corporation.
Sect. 8. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair, to the company to
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commissioner, hf^hwaya in
road commissioner, or surveyor of highways, in the respective ^■'^^^"•''■"
towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the surface mate-
rial of the portion of highways and bridges occupied by its
tracks, and shall keej) in suitable repair for public travel the
highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occuj)ied by its tracks; and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person not in its employ
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence, or miscon-
duct of its agents and servants in the construction, management,
or use of its tracks.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the suMt-'ct to
provisions of the general laws except as modified by the provis- ^^"*^"'^ '"■^'
ions herein.
Sect. 10. Any three of the grantees may call the first meet- First mooting,
ing by publication or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees at least ten days prior to the time of the meeting.
Sect. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage, but shall be TnUvH oiTect
void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-v;',i!i'Hi4'*to^'
structed and ready for operation within two years from its pas-{];',l'[^/,\"^^^Q
sage. years.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 262.
AN ACT TO INCOKPORATE THE SEABEOOK & nAMPTON" BEACK STREET
EAILWAT COMPANY.
Section
7. Riglits reserved to towns.
8. Company to keep higliways in re-
pair.
9. Subject to general law.
10. First mcotinfc'.
11. TakeaotTect on passage; void as to
parts not built In one year.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes;
route.
2. Capital stock.
3. How located in liigliways.
4. How located elsewhere.
8. Location of tracks.
6. Selectmen may make certain regu-
lations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Oenerdl
Court convened:
Section 1. That Warren Brown, A. E. McReel, li. K Elwell, conSlod"
W. D. Lovell, John W. Dow, Frank Brown, Otis II. Whittier,Po"^I'e°'^''
768 Chapter 262. [1901
"W. H. C. Follansby, and Arthur 0. Fuller, their associates, suc-
cessors, and assigns, are hereby made a corporation by the name
of the Seabrook & Hampton Beach Street Railway Company,
with power to construct, maintain, and operate a railway, with
single or double track, with convenient sidings, turnouts, and
switches, from a convenient point on the line of the Exeter,
Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway in Seabrook, over and
upon such highways, bridges, public and private lands and navi-
gable waters in said Seabrook as may be necessary for the pub-
lic accommodation, upon and along Seabrook beach in said Sea-
brook, crossing the Hampton river upon any public bridge which
may be now or hereafter erected over said river, and over and
upon such highways, bridges, and public and private lands in
the town of Hampton as may be necessary for the public accom-
modation, to some convenient point upon the line of the said
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Company in said
Hampton; and may also construct and maintain suitable build-
ings, dams, w^ater and other motors, engines, electric and other
machinery, for the generation of electricity or other motive
power, except steam, for the operation of said railway. Said
corporation may purchase or lease real estate, and purchase,
lease, or construct suitable pavilions, casinos, restaurants,
hotels, bridges, and other buildings and structures, for the
convenience, entertainment, and comfort of the public. Said
corporation shall have the power to construct and maintain
across the Hampton river, upon the line of its road, a suitable
bridge for the accommodation of its tracks, poles, and wires,
such bridge to be constructed according to the provisions of the
general laws of this state.
Capital stock. Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex-
ceed fifty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of a
par value of one hundred dollars each, but said company may
issue capital stock and bonds to such an amount only as may be
necessary to construct and equip said railway, including the
amount required to provide motive power for the operation
thereof, and its bonded and other indebtedness shall at no time
exceed the amount of its capital stock actually paid in. The
amount of capital stock and bonds to be so issued from time to time
shall be determined and issued in accordance with the pro-
visions of the general laws.
KgKyJ ®^^^- ^' ^^^ V^^^^ of said railway occupying any portion of
the public highway or street shall be located thereon by the
selectmen of the town in which said portions of highways or streets
may be. The selectmen of said towns respectively, upon petition
of the directors of said railway for a location of its tracks on or
over any public highway upon the line- of said route, shall give
notice by publication to all parties interested of the time and
place at which they will consider said petition for location in the
public highways of said town; and, after a public hearing of all
persons interested, they may make an order granting the same
or any portion thereof, under such restrictions and upon such
1901] Chapter 262. 769
conditions as they may deem the interests of the public require ;
and the location"^ thus granted shall be deemed to be the true
location of the tracks of said railway. But upon petition of any
party interested, and after a public hearing of all parties, the
same may be changed at any time to other parts of the same high-
way or street by subsequent order of said selectmen or their suc-
cessors in office, if in their judgment the public good requires
such change, but if such order is made after the construction of
said railway on the original location, an appeal therefrom by any
party interested may "be had to the board of railroad commis-
sioners, whose decision shall be final; and the expense of mak-
ing such change of location shall be apportioned by the board
of railroad commissioners between the railway and the town, as
such board may deem just. The selectmen of said towns shall
assess damages to abutters, subject to the right of appeal, in the
same manner as now provided by law in the laying out of
highways.
Sect. 4. All parts of said railway not located in a public Howio^^ted
highway shall be laid out, located, and the location changed
under the provisions of chapter 158 of the Public Statutes ; and
said railway corporation, and all persons whose property shall be
taken for its use, shall have respectively all the rights and privi-
leges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities
contained in said chapter.
Sect. 5. The selectmen of the towns through which said i^^ocauon of
railway shall pass shall, within their respective towns, have ex-
clusive and final jurisdiction to locate the tracks, side tracks, turn-
outs, and poles for said railway, and may order said railway to
discontinue temporarily the use of any of its tracks in any high-
way, whenever they deem that the convenience and safety of
the public require such discontinuance, without incurring any
liability therefor; and from such orders there shall be no ap-
peal.
Sect. 6. The selectmen of the towns through which said rail- ^^lectineii
way shall pass, respectively, may designate the quality and kind cenam regu-
of material to be used in the construction of said railway within ^*'°''^'
their said towns, and may, from time to time, make such reason-
able orders, rules, and regulations, with reference to that portion
of said railway occupying the public highways in their respective
towns, as to the rate of speed, the manner of operating said rail-
way, the reconstruction of tracks, poles, wires, switches, and
turnouts, within any highway in their respective towns, as the
interest or convenience of the public may require ; and all the
designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made or estab-
lished, and all locations made by selectmen, shall be forthwith
recorded in the records of said respective towns. The railway
company, or any person interested, may at any time appeal from
such designations, orders, rules, and regulations thus made and
established to the board of railroad commissioners, who shall
upon notice hear the parties and finally determine the questions
raised by said appeal.
770
Chapter 263.
[1901
Eights'
reserved to
towns.
Company to
keep high-
"ways in re-
paii-.
Subject to
general law.
First meeting,
Takes effect
on passage;
void as to
parts not
built in one
year.
Sect. 7. Said towns for any lawful purpose may take up
and repair highways occupied by said railway, or may alter high-
ways as authorized by law, without incurring any liability there-
for to said corporation.
Sect. 8. Said railway corporation shall keep in repair, to the
satisfaction of the superintendent of streets, street commissioner,
road commissioner, or surveyor of highways, in the respective
towns, subject to an appeal to the selectmen, the surface mate-
rial of the portion of highways and bridges occupied by its
tracks, and shall keep in suitable repair for public travel the
highway for at least eighteen inches on each side of the portion
of the highway so occupied by its tracks, and shall be liable for
any damage, loss, or injury that any person, not in its employ,
may sustain by reason of the carelessness, negligence, or miscon-
duct of its agents and servants in the construction, management,
or use of its tracks.
Sect. 9. Said railway corporation shall be subject to all the
provisions of the general laws, except as modified by the pro-
visions herein.
Sect. 10. Any of the three grantees may call the first meet-
ing by publication or by giving personal notice to the other
grantees at least ten days prior to the time of the meeting.
Sect. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage, but shall
be void and inoperative as to all parts of said railway not con-
structed and ready for operation within one year from its pas-
sage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
Original act
void unless
road built by
Oct. 1, 1901.
CHAPTER 263.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 277, LAWS OF 1887, APPROVED SEPTEM-
BER 30, 1887, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO EXTEND THE LINE OF THE
BLACK ROCK & SALISBURY BEACH RAILROAD, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
BLACK ROCK & SALISBURY BEACH RAILROAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.'*
Section [ Section
1. Original act void unless road built 2. Takes effect on passage,
by October 1, 1901. |
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Chapter 277 of the Laws of 1887, entitled "An
act to extend the line of the Black Rock & Salisbury Beach Rail-
road in New Hampshire," is hereby amended as follows : Add to
section 2 of said act the following : If the railroad authorized
by this act shall not be fully constructed and ready for operation
on or before October 1, 1901, then the said act shall be wholly
1901] Chapter 264. 771
void and inoperative, and is hereby repealed ; j^^'ovided, however, if
there shall be any enforced delay in locating, constructing, or
equipping said railroad by any legal proceedings, the time of such
delay shall be added to October 1, 1901, within which said rail-
road shall be constructed and ready for operation as aforesaid,
so that said section 2 as amended will read as follows :
Sect. 2. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to
locate, construct, and maintain a railroad, not exceeding six rods in
width, with the necessary additions or excavations and embank-
ments, from the present terminus of the Black Rock & Salisbury
Beach Railroad, in the town of Salisbury, Massachusetts, at the
state line, along the beach in the town of Seabrook, in this state,
to the south bank of the Hampton river, in said town of Sea-
brook, with the right to connect with any railroad at or within
the termini aforesaid. If the railroad authorized by this act
shall not be fully constructed and ready for operation on or be-
fore October 1, 1901, then the said act shall be wholly void and
inoperative, and is hereby repealed ; provided, however, if there
shall be any enforced delay in locating, constructing, or equip-
ping said railroad by any legal proceedings, the time of such delay
shall be added to October 1, 1901, within which said railroad
shall be constructed and ready for operation as aforesaid.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
on passage.
CHAPTER 264.
an act iist amexdi\rent of chaptee 249 of the session laws of
1893, entitled "ax act to ixcoepoeate the beistol steeet
EAILWAT."
Section
1. Charter amended.
SECTION
2. No fee required ; takes effect on
sage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Section 1 of said chapter is hereby amended by charter
striking out the words " but no part of said railway shall be laid ^"^^^<^e^-
or built upon that portion of Pleasant and Lake streets lying
between Central square and the dwelling-house known as the
Kiah Wells premises in said Bristol," so that as amended said
section shall read :
Section 1. That Richard W. Musgrove, Cyrus Taylor, John
H. Brown, George H. Calley, Ira A. Chase, Samuel P. Train,
Benjamin F. Perkins, Kenson E. Dearborn, and Smith D. Fel-
lows, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby made
a body corporate by the name of The Bristol Street Railway,
772
Chapter 265.
[1901
No fee
required;
takes effect
on passage.
with power to construct, maintain, and use a railway, with
convenient single or double track, over, along, and upon such
highways, bridges, and lands in Bristol, in the county of Grafton,
as may be necessary for the public accommodation, with the
privilege at any time of extending the same into and through
the town of Bridgewater to some convenient point in the town
of Hebron contiguous to Newfound lake, and to erect and
maintain, in and upon any such land, street, highway, or
bridge, poles, wires, and all necessary appliances to operate said
road by electricity, supplied by means of a single or double over-
head line or conductor, or by any other motive power except steam.
Said corporation may also construct and maintain suitable build-
ings, engines, electrical and other machinery and apparatus.
Sect. 2. This act shall not be subject to the provisions of
section 6, chapter M of the Public Statutes, and shall take effect
upon its passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 265.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH WATEE-WOEKS IN THE TOWN OF JAFFEEY, IN
THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
Section
1. Construction of water-works author-
ized.
2. Right of eminent domain.
3. May contract to supply water.
4. Board of water commissioners.
5. Compensation and duties; vacancy,
how filled; report.
Section
6. Town authorized to raise 150,000 for
purpose.
7. Taxation for payment of deht.
8. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Construction
of water-
works
authorized.
Section 1. That the town of Jaffrey, in the county of
Cheshire, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct,
manage, maintain, and own suitable water-works, for the pur-
pose of introducing into and distributing through the villages in
said town, or any part of said town, an adequate supply of pure
water, in subterranean pipes, for extinguishing fires and for the
use of its citizens and others, and for such other public, private,
and mechanical purposes as said town may from time to time
authorize and direct; and for that purpose may take, purchase,
and hold, in fee simple or otherwise, any real or personal estate,
and any rights therein, and water-rights, and do all other things
necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of this act, and to
excavate and dig canals and ditches in any street, place, square,
passage-way, highway, common, or other land or place, over or
through which it may be deemed necessary and proper for
1901] Chapter 265. 773
building, constructing, and extending said water-works, and may
re-lay, change, enlarge, and extend the same from time to time
whenever said town shall deem necessary, and repair the same
at pleasure, having due regard for the safety and welfare of its
citizens and security of the public travel.
Sect. 2. Said town is authorized and empowered to enter Rigbt of
upon and take; water from Bullet pond, in the town of Eindge, domain,
and to enter upon, take, and appropriate any streams, springs,
or ponds in the town of Jaftrey not belonging to any aqueduct
company, and to enter upon, take, and appropriate any streams,
springs, or ponds not belonging to any aqueduct company,
and to secure, by fence or otherwise, such streams, springs,
ponds, or lake, and dig ditches and canals, make excavations
or reservoirs, through, over, in, or upon any land or inclo-
sure through which it may be necessary for said water-works to
be or exist, for the purpose of obtaining, holding, preserving, or
conducting water for said purposes, and placing such pipes or
other materials, or works, as may be necessary for building and
operating such aqueduct and water-works, or for repairing the
same ; 'provided, if it shall be necessary to enter upon and appro-
priate any stream, spring, pond, or lake, or any land, for the
purposes aforesaid, or to raise or lower the level of the same by
dams or otherwise, and if said town shall not agree with the
owner or owners thereof for the damage that may be done by
said town, or such owner or owners shall be unknown, said
town, or said owner or owners or party injured, may apply to
the trial term of the supreme court for the county within which
such stream, spring, pond, lake, or land is situate to have the
same laid out and the damages determined, and that 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 is now provided by law for laying
out highways, and said commissioners shall make report to said
court, and said court may issue execution accordingly ; if either
party shall desire, they shall be entitled to a trial by jury, in
such manner and under such regulations as the court may pre-
scribe, in the same manner as appeals from the award of dam-
ages in the case of laying out of highways.
Sect. 3. Said town is authorized and empowered to contract May contract
with individuals and corporations, whether citizens of said town water.^ ^
or not, for supplying them with water for any of the purposes
herein named or contemplated, and to make such contracts and
establish such regulations and tolls for the use of water for any
of said purposes as may from time to time be deemed proper
and necessary to enjoy the provisions of this act.
Sect. 4. For the more convenient management of said water- Board of
works, the said town may place the construction, management, missioned",
control, and direction of said water-works in a board of water
commissioners, to consist of three citizens of the town, said com-
missioners to be vested with such powers and duties relating to
the construction, control, and management of the same as may
774 Chapter 265. [1901
from time to time be prescribed bj said toAvn. Their term of
office shall be for three years, and until their successors are
elected and qualified. The first board of commissioners may be
chosen by the legal voters of the town at the next annual meet-
ing, or at any special meeting duly called for that purpose, and
their successors shall be elected at each annual meeting thereaf-
ter; provided, however, that of those first elected, the term of
one shall expire at the first annual meeting after the first board
is elected, one at the second annual meeting held thereafter-
wards, and one at the third annual meeting held thereafter-
wards, and after the first election one shall be elected for three
years at each annual meeting to fill the occurring vacancy;
jjrovided, also, that the term of service of the commissioners first
elected shall be designated at the time of their election, or said
commissioners may be appointed by the selectmen of said town
if the town fail to elect, or if the town at any meeting vote to
authorize and instruct the selectmen to appoint said water com-
missioners,
compen. Sect. 5. The Compensation of said commissioners shall be
diS;""'^ fixed by the town. They shall be sworn to the faithful dis-
vacancy, how charge of their duties. They shall annually organize by choos-
fiued, lepor . ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ their number as chairman of their board, and said
board shall appoint a clerk and a superintendent of the works,
and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary,
and shall thereupon furnish the town clerk a certificate of such
organization, and the town clerk shall record the same in the
records of the town. The commissioners shall fix the compen-
sation of all officers and agents appointed by them, and all offi-
cers and agents shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their
duties. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in said board from any
cause, the two remaining members of the board shall fill such
vacancy temporarily by appointing a citizen of said town, in
writing, which shall be filed with the town clerk and recorded
by hirn on the records of the town ; and the person so appointed
shall hold the office until the next annual town meeting after his
appointment, when the town shall elect a commissioner to fill
out the unexpired term, if any, of the person whose office
became vacant and was so temporarily filled by appointment.
Said commissioners shall annually make a report to the town, at
the same time other town officers report, of the condition of the
water-works financially and otherwise, showing the funds be-
longing to their department, and the expenses and income
thereof, with such other facts and information as the town
should have, which report shall be published in the annual
report of said town each year.
May raise Sect. 6. Said town is also authorized and empowered, at any
|urpose°.' annual, special, or biennial meeting, by a major vote of those
present and voting, to raise by taxation and appropriate, or to
borrow or hire, such sums of money on the credit of the town as
may from time to time be deemed necessary and expedient, for
the purpose of defraying the expenses of purchasing real estate,
1901] Chapter 266. 775
rights in real estate, water rights, streams, springs, ponds, lakes,
and other rights and property, as aforesaid, and for constructing,
maintaining, repairing, extending, enlarging, and operating said
water-works, such indebtedness not to exceed at any one time
fifty thousand dollars, and to issue notes or bonds of the town
therefor, in such amounts and payable at such time or times
and at such rates of interest as may be thought proper, and may
exempt such notes or bonds from taxation when held by inhab-
itants of the town, said notes and bonds to be signed by at least
a majority of the selectmen and countersigned by the town
treasurer.
Sect. 7. Said town is hereby authorized and empowered to Taxation for
raise by taxation and pay each year the interest of the notes and debt?^°
bonds so issued, and such part of the principal as the town may
determine at any annual meeting.
Sect. 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage. on p^assale.*
[Approved March 21, 1901]
CHAPTER 266.
AlSr ACT SEVERING THE. HOMESTEAD OF JOHX H. MERCER FROM THE
TOWX DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CONCORD, AND ANNEXING THE
SAME TO THE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SAID CITY OF CONCORD.
Sectiox I Section
1. Homestead severed and annexed. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the homestead of John H. Mercer is hereby Homestead
severed from the town school district of the city of Concord, Inne'xed^""^
and said premises are hereby annexed to the Union school dis-
trict of the city of Concord for school purposes.
Sect. 2, This act shall take effect upon its passage. Takes effect
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
776
Chapters 267, 268.
CHAPTER 267.
[1901
AN ACT SEVERING THE HOMESTEAD OF HAERT A. SARGENT FROM THE
SHOESTRING DISTRICT, SO CALLED, IN CONCORD, AND ANNEXING
THE SAME TO THE TOWN OF CANTERBURY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES,
Section
1. Homestead severed and annexed.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Homestead
severed and
annexed.
Takes effect
ige.
Section 1. That tlie homestead farm of Harry A. Sargent be
disannexed from the Shoestring district, so called, in Concord,
and be annexed to the town of Canterbury for school purposes.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 268.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CONCORD,
RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF TAXES.
Section
1. Board of assessors created; appoint-
ment; vacancies, how filled; pow-
er of removal.
2. Compensation of members.
3. Board to hold office from January 1,
1903.
Section
4. Assistants; compensation.
5. Act not in force unless adopted at
election in 1902.
6. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Board of
assessors
created;
appointment
vacancies,
how filled ;
power of
removal.
Section 1. A board of assessors of the city of Concord is
hereby created, to consist of three members, one of whom shall
act as chairman, and be so designated at the time of his appoint-
ment, and who shall also act as secretary and keep a record of
the organization of the board, the members present at each
meeting, and of all the business transacted ; anct when the busi-
ness of the board shall be completed shall deliver said record to
the city clerk, and perform such other services in his said office
of secretary as the board of assessors may require. The board
so created shall constitute the board of assessors of said city,
and shall exercise all the powers and be subject to all the liabili-
ties and duties of assessors in towns and cities in this state. It
shall also be subject to such further duties as the city govern-
1901] Chapter 268. 777
ment, by ordinance, prescribes, and be subject to all the ordi-
nances of the city now in force relatin^^ to assessors, so far as
the same are applicable and not inconsistent with this act.
The three members of said board shall first be appointed in
the month of November, 1902, one for one year, one for three
years, and one for five years, to serve respectively from January
1, 1903, and until their successors are chosen and qualified. In
the month of November of the first year of each municipal term
thereafter, one member of said board shall be appointed to serve
for six years from the first of January next ensuing, and until
his successor is chosen and qualified, to succeed the member
whose term of ofiice then expires. The assessors provided for
by this act shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by
the city council in joint convention at the next regular meeting
after the appointment is made, or at a special meeting called for
that purpose, which shall not be held within ten days after said
appointment is made. If the council shall fail to confirm the
appointment so made by the mayor, a new appointment may be
made by the mayor at any regular meeting or at any special
meeting of the city council called for that purpose, which shall
be confirmed in the same manner as hereinbefore provided.
Vacancies occurring in the board from any cause may be
filled by appointment "by the mayor subject to confirmation by
the city council in joint convention in like manner. In case
any member of the board is unable, by reason of physical or
mental disability, to perform the duties of the ofiice, a declara-
tion to that efiect shall be made by the city council in joint con-
vention, and a new member appointed in place of the member
so disqualified. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy, or to
take the place of a member who has been declared to be physi-
cally or mentally incapable of performing his duties, shall hold
office for the unexpired term of such member. Any vacancy in
the office of chairman shall be filled by appointment by the
mayor subject to confirmation by the city council acting in joint
convention in the manner hereinbefore provided, the person so
appointed to act as chairman until the expiration of his term of
office as a member of the board. At no time shall more than
two members of the board belong to one political party. Any
assessor may be removed from office by the mayor, a majority of
the city council in joint convention concurring. The person
appointed to fill the vacancy shall be of the same political party
as the assessor removed.
Sect. 2. The members of said board shall each receive the compensa-
sum of eight hundred dollars annually in full for all services, memtfers.
The chairman of the board shall receive four hundred dollars
additional for his services as chairman and secretary, and shall
devote his whole time to the service of the city.
Sect. 3. The board hereby created, from and after January how office
1, 1903, shall supersede and take the place of the assessors then J|'J^3-[^°-
holding office or who have been elected by virtue of an election
under the city charter.
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Assistants;
Act not in
force unless
adopted at
election of
1902.
Repealing
clause ; act
takes effect
on passage.
Sect. 4. The board of assessors hereby created may employ
each year suitable persons, not exceeding one from each ward,
to take the list of ratable polls in such of the wards as they may
deem necessary. The compensation of such assistants shall be
two dollars and fifty cents per day for such period, not exceed-
ing two weeks, as may be requisite to complete said list.
Sect. 5. This act shall not be in force until it is accepted by
a majority vote at the biennial election to be holden in the city
of Concord on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in
November, 1902, and if so accepted shall immediately be in
force. The selectmen of the several wards in said city of Con-
cord are directed to insert in their warrants calling town meet-
ings for said biennial election an article which shall require the
sense of the qualified voters to be taken on the following ques-
tion, namely : Shall the provisions of an act entitled " An act
in amendment of the charter of the city of Concord, relating to
the assessment of taxes," be adopted ? The secretary of state,
in the preparation of the ballots for use in the biennial election
in November, 1902, for the city of Concord, shall have printed
on the ballots the following question : Shall the provisions of
an act entitled "An act in amendment of the charter of the city
of Concord, relating to the assessment of taxes," be adopted?
and shall so arrange the form of the ballots that the sense of the
voters may be taken on the question. The ward clerks of the
several wards in said city shall within two days after said elec-
tion make return to the city clerk of Concord of the number of
votes cast for and also of the number of votes cast against the
adoption of said act, and the city clerk shall tabulate said re-
turns and certify the same immediately to the city council.
Sect. 6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed and this act shall take effect upon its
passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 269.
AN ACT TO IXCORPOEATE THE NORTHERN FIDELITY & TRUST COMPANY.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; powers.
2. To be under supervision of bank
commissioners.
3. Capital stock.
Section
4. Taxation of capital stock.
5. Subject to repeal ; takes effect on
passage.
e it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation SECTION 1. William H. C. Follausby, Edwin G. Eastman,
powerl'^*^'^' Charles G. Moulton, John N. Thompson, Thomas H. Dearborn,
James B. Brown, and Henry E. Hollis, their associates, succes-
1901] Chapter 269. 779
sors, and assigns, are hereby made a body corporate by the name
of the Northern Fidelity & Trust Company, with all the pow-
ers and privileges incident to corporations of a similar nature,
for the purpose of prosecuting the business of a safe deposit,
trust, and indemnity company ; to receive on deposit, or for safe
keeping, money and other valuables, the funds of trustees,
guardians, executors, or others ; to make and negotiate loans;
to loan, borrow, and deal in money and securities; to issue and
become surety upon official, indemnity, and other bonds ; to act
as trustee, guardian, executor, receiver, agent, or in any other
representative capacity under judicial appointment or other-
wise ; to issue, register, and countersign certificates of stock,
bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, and to receive and
make payments on account of the same, and to do a general
banking business.
Sect. 2. Said corporation shall be entitled to the privileges to be under
and powers granted to foreign surety companies by chapter 172of ba'nk^com-
of the Public Statutes, and it shall be under the sole supervision ™i^^^«^^'"^-
of the bank commissioners.
Sect. 8. Said corporation shall have a capital of one hun- capital
clred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dol-®^°^^"
lars each, and may acquire and hold real estate for its own use
not to exceed the amount of its capital stock. No business shall
be begun under this charter until the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars shall have been paid in in cash and a certificate of
such payment, verified by the oath of a majority of the direct-
ors, shall have been filed in the office of the secretary of state.
After the filing of such certificate the private property of share-
holders shall not be liable for the debts or obligations of the
corporation.
Sect. 4. The provisions of law now or hereafter in force gov- Taxation of ^
erning the taxation of the capital stock in banks and trust com-°^^^ ^
panics shall apply to this corporation.
Sect. 5. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act subject to
1 . 1. *.. IT T • • i_ ^ i.^ ' repeal; act
whenever m their opinion the public good requires it, and ttiis takes effect
act shall take effect upon its passage. °^ passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
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CHAPTER 270.
[1901
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTEE 191 OF THE LAWS OF 1899, EN-
TITLED "an act to INCOEPOEATEi THE CITIZENS^ INSTITUTION FOR
SAVINGS OF NASHUA/'
Section
1. Number of trustees increased.
Section
3. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of
Court convened:
in General
Kumber of
trustees
increased.
Takes effect
Section 1. Amend chapter 191 of the Laws of 1899, section
4, by striking out the word " nine " in the ninth line thereof
and inserting instead the word thirteen, so that the said section
as amended will read as follows :
Said corporation, at its first meeting under this act and at any
annual meeting thereafter, shall have power to elect, by ballot
and major vote of those present, other persons as members of
this corporation, not exceeding fifty, including those who 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
members, a clerk and a board of trustees, not exceeding thirteen
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 by-laws and the laws of the state. Any
vacancy in the board of trustees shall be filled at a special meet-
ing of said corporation called for that purpose. Said corpora-
tion 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 regu-
lation shall take effect 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 renewed 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. 2. This act shall take eflect upon its passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
1901]
Chapters 271, 272.
CHAPTER 271.
781
AX ACT TO PEEillT THE PEOPEIETOES OF THE STEATHAM AXD NEW-
MAEKET BEIDGE TO SELL AND CONVEY ITS PEOPEETY AND FEAN-
CHISES, AND TO INCEEASE AND EEGULATE ITS TOLLS.
Section j Section
1. Sale of corporate property author- 3. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
ized. passage.
2. May adjust rates of toll. 1
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The proprietors of the Stratham and N'ewmar- saie autboj-
ket Bridge are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and^^^'^-
convey all the property and franchises of said corporation, upon
such terms and to such person or corporation as it may, by vote
at a legal meeting, direct ; 'provided, that all obligations of said
corporation, existing at the time of such sale, shall be first paid
and discharged.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empow- May adjust
ered to increase, adjust, and regulate the rates of toll granted to^'^^®®*^^^^^*"
it by its charter in 1807.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act Repealing
are hereby repealed, and this act takes enect upon its passage
[Approved March 21, 1901.
clause; act
takes effect
on passages.
CHAPTER 272.
AN ACT TO IXCORPOEATE THE MILTON WATEE-WOEKS COMPANY.
Section
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes.
s.
Towns authorized to contract with.
2. Capital stock.
company.
3. Meetings.
9.
If water-works transferred to town.
4. May hold property; right to exca-
water commissioners may be ap-
vate.
pointed.
5. Right of eminent domain.
10.
First meeting.
C. Appeal from award of damages.
11.
Takes effect on passage; subject to
7. May contract to supply water ; issue
repeal.
of bonds.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Malcom A. H. Hart, Charles H. Looney, corporatic^.
S. Lyman Hayes, Charles D. Jones, Fred B. Roberts, Harry L. ^u^Jos^s!"^^
Avery, George E. Wentworth, Joseph H, Avery, Ira W. Jones,
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Meetings.
May hold
property;
right to
<excavate.
Arthur W. Dudley, Everett F. Fox, Henry F. Townsend, Free-
man H. Lowd, William T. Wallace, Frank G. Home, Chai-les
A. Jones, Nathaniel G. Pinkham, their associates, successors,
and assigns, shall be and hereby are made a body politic and
corporate by the name of the Milton Water-Works Company,
for the purpose of bringing water into the town of Milton and
villages therein, for domestic and mechanical purposes, the
extinguishment of tires, 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.
subject to all the liabilities incident to corporations of a similar
' nature.
Capital stock. Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of
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 forty thousand
dollars.
Sect. 3. The annual 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 bjMaws of the corporation, and such
officers and agents may be chosen as therein provided.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is empowered to purchase and
hold, in fee simple or otherwise, any real and personal estate
necessary for the carrying into effect 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 highwa}- 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 relay, repair, and change
the same, subject to such regulations as to the safety of the citi-
zens and security of the public travel as may be prescribed by
the selectmen of said Milton.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon and
appropriate any springs, streams, rivers, or ponds in said Milton,
or in the adjoining town of Middleton; also to bore for subter-
ranean waters, 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 aque-
duct, a^id dig ditches and make excavations and reservoirs
through, over, in, or upon any land or inclosure through which
it may be necessary for the pipes and water to pass, or said exca-
vations, reservoirs, aqueduct, buildings, and wat-er-works to be
or exist, for the purpose of obtaining, 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 repairing the same; inovided, if it
shall be necessary to enter upon and appropriate any streams,
Right of
«niiDent
<iomain.
1901] Chapter 272. 783
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 thiit 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 Strafford, to have the same laid out and
the damages determined, and the said court shall refer the same
to the county commissioners of said countj^, 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 dam-
ages, and report to said court, and said court may issue execu-
tion accordingly.
Sect. 6. The same right of appeal from such award of Appeal from
damages shall exist as in the case of lands taken for highways damages,
by county commissioners.
Sect. 7. Said corporation may contract with individuals and ^^Yu^pV^^^^*
corporations for supplying them with water, and establish such water; issue
regulations and rents for the use of water as may from time to*"
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 Milton, or any fire district now or Town
hereafter organized in said town, is hereby authorized and em-eontractwith
powered to make contracts with said corporation for a supply of ^°"^P^"y*
water and the establishment of hydrants for the extinguishment
of tires and other necessar}^ and proper uses, and to lease or
purchase their franchise, works, structures, and estate, of any
kind whatever, and may raise and appropriate money for such
purposes, and may borrow or hire money therefor on the credit
of said town or fire district, and may issue notes and bonds
therefor, 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. Said
town of Milton, or any fire district hereafter organized in said
town, is further authorized or empowered to purchase this char-
ter of the corporators at any time before any business is done
hereunder, for a sum not to exceed one hundred and fifty dol-
lars.
Sect. 9. If said town, or any fire district therein now orif"n;ater.
hereafter organized, shall lease or purchase, as aforesaid, the furred to^"^'
franchise, works, structures, and estate of said corporation, said commilsicm.
town or said fire district, for the more convenient management ^^'^ "^.^L^®
n • 1 1 TIT'® 1 appelated.
or 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.
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First meeting. Sect. 10. Any two of the Corporators named in this act
may call the first meeting of the corporation, by giving or mail-
ing a notice 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 sub-
sequent meeting duly called, associates may be admitted and all
proper ofiicers chosen, the number of shares fixed, and such by-
laws and regulations adopted as may be deemed necessary to
carry into effect the purposes of this act.
Sect. 11. This act shall take eflect upon its passage, and the
legislature may alter, amend, or repeal the same whenever the
public good requires.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
Takes effect
on passage ;
subject to
repeal.
CHAPTER 273.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 100 OE THE LAWS OF 1871, BEING AN
ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
Section
1. Cliarter amended.
Section
2. Takes eflect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Charter
amended.
Section 1. That chapter 100, section 2, of the Laws of 1871,
be amended by adding thereto after the words " Wildey Lodge
~Eo. 45 " the words, Ridgely Lodge No. 74, so that the section
as amended shall read as follows :
Said corporation is authorized and empowered to erect, main-
tain, and have the care and management of such buildings as
may be erected upon the lot of land in Manchester owned by
Hillsborough Lodge No. 2, Mechanics' Lodge No. 13, Wildey
Lodge No. 45, and Ridgely Lodge No. 74 of the Lidependent
Order of Odd Fellows in said Manchester.
Amend section 4 by adding after the words " Wildey Lodge
No. 45 " the words, Ridgely Lodge No. 74, and in said section 4
strike out the words "nine" and "fifteen'" and add in their places
respectively the words, twelve and twenty, so said section as
amended shall read as follows :
Sect. 4. Members of said corporation shall be members of
said Hillsborough Lodge No. 2, Mechanics' Lodge No. 13,
Wildey Lodge No. 45, and Ridgely Lodge No. 74, one third in
number from each of said lodges, and such members may be
designated and the manner of their selection and their term of
membership fixed as said lodges respectively may determine,
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Chapter 274.
785
but the whole number of members of said corporation shall not
be less than twelve nor more than twenty.
Amend section 5 by striking out in the second line the words
" said lot of land with the buildings thereon " and adding in
their place the words, any lands of said association ; and in the
fifth hne of said section 5 strike out the word " fifty " and add
in its place the words, one hundred, so said section* shall read as
follows :
Sect. 6. Said corporation may issue its bonds, secured by a
mortgage of any lands of said association, to said corporation
as trustees for the benefit of the holders of said bonds, duly
executed by the trustees of said lodges, to an amount not ex-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars, at such rate of interest,
payable at such times and upon such conditions and limitations,
as may be determined by the corporation, which bonds shall be
under the seal of the corporation and signed by the president
and treasurer, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied by the
president, treasurer, and secretary to carry out the purposes of
this act, and shall be valid and binding upon the corporation.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 274.
AN ACT PROVIDIXG TOE THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES TO THE ALDER-
MEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMilON COrNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CONCORD, N. H.
SECTION
1. Annual salaries of aldermen.
2. Annual salaries of councilnien.
3. When payable; deduclion for non-
attendance.
Section
4. Act in force after acceptance by city
council.
5. Repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
e it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That the members of the board of aldermen of A^uai^^^
the city of Concord shall each receive the sum of seventy-five auiermen,
dollars annually in full for all services, including committee ser-
vice. The members of said board, who are members of the
committee on accounts and claims, shall each receive the sum of
ten dollars additional.
Sect. 2. That the members of the common council of the Annuai^sai^-
city of Concord, K H., shall each receive the sum of forty dol- ci^men!^*'"'''
lars annually in full for all services, including committee service.
The members of the common council, who are members of the
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[1901
When paya-
ble; deduc-
tion for non-
attendance.
Act in force
after accept-
ance by city
council.
Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
committee on accounts and claims, shall receive ten dollars
additional. The president of the common council shall receive
the sum of twenty dollars in addition to the regular salary.
Sect. 3. Said salaries shall be payable at the end of each
financial year. There shall be deducted from the salary of each
alderman, as above provided, the sum of three dollars, and from
the salary of each councilman the sum of two dollars for each
regular or special meeting of the city council which the record
of the city clerk shall show he failed to attend.
Sect. 4. This act shall not be in force until it is accepted by
the city council of said city, in joint convention, by majority
vote at a regular meeting of the city council, or at a special
meeting called for that purpose, and when so accepted shall
thereafter remain in-force until altered or repealed. In case of
a tie vote in the city council upon the question of the acceptance
of the provisions of this act, the mayor shall have a casting vote.
Sect. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed so far as they relate to the city of Concord,
and this act shall take eifect upon its passage.
[Approved March 21, 1901.]
CHAPTER 275.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHAETER OE THE ALTON
TEIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
GILMANTON ELEC-
Section
1. Time for building road extended.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of RepresentaMves in General
Court convened:
Time for SECTION 1. The time fixed in the charter of the Alton &
SndeT'''^ Gilmanton Electric Railway Company, approved March 11,
1899, is hereby extended to March 11, 1908, and said corpora-
tion shall have such additional time in which to build its road.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 276.
CHAPTER 276.
AN ACT' TO UNITE THE CLAREMONT STREET RAILAVAY COMPANY AND
THE CLAREMONT ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY INTO ONE CORPORA-
TION, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CLAREMONT RAILWAY <t LIGHTING
COMPANY.
Section
6. Capital stock.
7. May adopt by-laws.
8. Fii'st meeting.
9. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Authorized to acquire property of
certain corporations.
3. Transfer of property autliorized.
4. Corporation authorized to operate
railroad in Claremont.
5. May supply electric light, heat, and
power.
Be it enacted lij the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That H. K. Beckwith, I. F. Chandler, F. P. May- corporation
navel, Edwin B. Heywood, J. T. Emerson, Oscar B. Eand, of^^"^"*"^*"^-
Claremont, ISTew Hampshire, and Fred T. Ley, Harold A. Ley,
and J. M. Fuller, of Springfield, Massachusetts, are hereby
made a body politic and corporate by the name of the Clare-
mont Railway & Lighting Company, and by that name may
sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judo:ment and
execution, and shall be and hereby are invested with all the
powers and privileges, and made subject to all the liabilities
under the laws of this state, wdiich are applicable to said corpor-
ation.
Sect. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized at anv time Authorized to
within two years from
the date of the passage of this act to property of
" ~ " ■ ~ It A certain eoi
porations-.
acquire by contract all the property, assets, and franchises of the '^®''^^'" *^*'^-
Claremont Street Raihvay Company, a corporation duly incor-
porated by an act of the legislature approved February 14, 1899,
upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the said Claremont
Street Railway Company and the said Claremont Railway &
Lighting Company, and upon execution of said contract said
Claremont Railway & Lighting Company shall have and enjoy
all the franchises, rights, and powders of the said Claremont
Street Railway Company, together with the same rights of ex-
tension and franchises, rights, and powers in relation thereto
necessary and convenient for the maintenance and operation of
said railwaj', subject, nevertheless, to any limitations in the char-
ter and to all provisions in the statute applicable thereto not
inconsistent with this act.
Said Claremont Raihvay & Lighting Company is also hereby
authorized at any time within two years from the date of the
passage of this act to acquire by contract all the property, assets,
and franchises, except as herein limited, of the Claremont Elec-
tric Light Company, a corporation duly incorporated by an act
of the legislature approved August 17, 1887, upon such terms as
7:38 Chapter 276. [1901
may be agreed upon by said Claremont Railway & Lighting
Company and said Claremont Electric Light Company, and
upon execution of such contract, said Claremont Railway &
Lighting Company shall have and enjoy all the franchises,
rights, and powers of the said Claremont Electric Light Com-
pany so far as they relate to supplying electricity for light,
power, heat, and other purposes, subject, nevertheless, to any
limitations in the charter and to all provisions in the statutes
applicable thereto not inconsistent with this act ; said corpora-
tion is hereby authorized at any time to acquire by contract all
the property, assets, and franchises of any gas company doing
business in said Claremont upon such terms as may be agreed
upon by the said gas company and the said Claremont Railway
& Lighting Company, and upon execution of said contract, said
Claremont Railway & Lighting Company shall have and enjoy
.■all the franchises, rights, and powers of the said gas company so
far as they relate to supplying gas for light, heat, and other pur-
poses, subject, nevertheless, to any limitations in the charter
and to all provisions in the statutes applicable thereto not incon-
sistent with this act ; it being the intent of this act to authorize
the said Claremont Electric Light Company and the said Clare-
mont Street Railway Company to unite the property, assets, and
franchises of said corporations into the corporation created by
this act to be known as the Claremont Railway & Lighting
■Company, and also to authorize the said Claremont Railway &
Lighting Company to acquire the property, assets, and franchises
of any company or corporation making and supplying gas for
light, heat, and other purposes in the said town of Claremont.
--Tranter otf "Sect. 3. The Said Claremont Electric Light Company and
ISthSed. the said (Jlaremont Street Railway Company are hereby autho-
rized and empowered to transfer and convey by contract all the
property, assets, and franchises of said corporations to the said
Claremont Railway & Lighting Company upon such terms as
may be agreed upon by the said corporations, and as will enable
■said Claremont Railway & Lighting Company to maintain and
operate the said railways ancl the electric lighting plant now
owned and operated by said corporations, and all extensions
thereof, and to use and exercise all the franchises and powers
thereof as fully and completely as the said corporations may
now or in any case could if no contract was made,
^^rate^*^ '^'^ Sect. 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empow-
^a,iir<«.din ^red to coustruct, maintain, and operate a railroad for the
«nj„^ „^ transportation of passengers, freight, express, and mail with
convenient side tracks over any point within the limits of said
town of Claremont over and upon such highways and lands as
may be necessary for the public accommodation in said town,
with branches, extensions, and tracks to other parts of said
towns ; and to transport freight to and from the depot known as
Claremont Junction depot, and the depot known as Claremont
Tillage depot, both on the line of the Boston & Maine Railroad
in said town of Claremont, and any manufacturing plant or cor-
<C(laisemojii>t.
1901] Chapter 276. 789
poration in said town. The motive power to operate the cars
upon said tracks may be any motive power except steam, and
one or more dilierent kinds of motive power hereby authorized
may be used for operating cars simultaneously or from time to
time as maybe deemed best; and the company may construct
and maintain suitable buildings, dams, boilers, water and other
motors, engines, electrical machinery and works as may be
needed and convenient for conducting the business of said cor-
poration ; and ma}^ lease, hold, purchase, and acquire such real
and personal estate as may be necessary and convenient in the
prosecution of its business ; and the same may be sold or dis-
posed of at pleasure.
Sect. 5. Said Claremont Eailway & Lighting Company is May supply
hereby authorized and empowered to establish, manage, and heatfani^^^*'
carry on in the town of Claremont the business of generating, p°^"'-
manufacturing, producing, and supplying electricity for pur-
poses of light, heat, and mechanical power, distributing, convey-
ing, and supplying the said electricity by metallic wires, or by
any other suitable means of transmitting the same upon poles
erected or in subterranean tubes, pipes, or boxes placed in the
public streets, highways, or sewers, and other places ; to build
suitable buildings, boilers, engines, electrical machines and
works as may be needed and convenient for conducting the
business hereby authorized, and may lease, purchase, hold, and
acquire such real and personal estate as may be necessary or
convenient in carrying out the purposes for which said corpora-
tion is organized.
Sect. 6. The capital stock of said corporation shall not capital stock-
exceed one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares
of one hundred dollars each, except that said corporation may
increase its capital stock, subject to the general laws applicable
to such increase. Said capital stock shall be issued to such
amount as may be approved by the board of railroad commis-
sioners, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of
section 17, chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895, and all amendments
thereto. Said corporation may from time to time issue coupon
registered bonds to provide means for construction and equip-
ment, and for funding so much of the floating debt as may have
been incurred for construction, or for the purchase of such real
or personal estate as may have been necessary or convenient for
the operation of its road or plant; or for the purpose of refund-
ing its refunded debt, or that of any of the companies authorized
to be united under this act, or renewing or retiring the funded
debt of any of the companies authorized to be united under this
act; or to provide means for building and equipping branches
or extensions or additions to its plant to such amount and upon
such terms as may be approved by the board of railroad com-
missioners, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions
of section 17, chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895, and all amend-
ments thereto. To secure the payment of such bonds, with
interest thereon, said corporation may make a mortgage or
790 Chapter 277. [1901
mortgages of its road and franchises, and any part of its other
property, and may include in any such mortgage property there-
after to be acquired.
j*^^5^*^opiby. Sect. 7. Said corporation may make such by-laws as may be
required not inconsistent with the laws of the state, and may fix
the time and place for holding the annual meeting.
First meeting. Sect. 8. Any three of the persons named as grantees may
call the first meeting by publishing notice thereof in any news-
paper printed in said Claremont at least one week prior to the
time of said meeting, at which meeting or any adjournment
thereof, by-laws may be adopted and directors chosen who shall
hold ofiice until the first annual meeting thereafter, or until
their successors are chosen at a meeting of the stockholders
legally called.
Subject to "Sect. 9. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
effect on*^ wdicnever in its opinion the public good may require, and this
act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
passage.
CHAPTER 277.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE LINES OF THE NEW OR WEST PARISH IN
LONDONDERRY.
Section l. Portion of parish in town of Derry set off.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
D°i*r° set-off SECTION 1. That SO mucli of the iSTew or West Parish in Lon-
eiiy se o . ^|Qj^(-|gj.j,^ ^g jg git^ate in the present township of Derry be set off"
and disannexed from said New or West Parish in Londonderry.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901] Ceapter 278. 791
CHAPTER 278.
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 2-il OE THE SESSION LAWS OF 1893, EN-
TITLED "an act TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF LACONIA," AND TO
CREATE A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR SAID CITY.
Section l. Board of public works created; duties and powers; oi'ganization ; to
give bonds; to keep records; to furnisli estimates of necessary appropriations ;
salaries of members; vacancy, bow filled; repealing clause; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. Insert a new section in said chapter, between sec- Board of pub-
tions 20 and 21, which shall read as follows : created?
Section 21. The general management and control of the po^l^.g^."*^
street department and the sewer and engineering departments, organization ;
except as hereinafter provided in relation to the two Igftst named to keep
departments, shall he vested in a board of commissioners, con-fumisb' *°
sisting of three members, to be know^n as the board of public ^|^™^*®|.°*
works, who shall be elected by the city council at its nieeting aroroprm^
on the fourth Tuesday of Marcli, 1901, and serve one for two ries; vacancy,
years, one for four years, and one for six years, and until their J^epeaUng'
successors are elected and qualified, and biennially on the fourth ^^|'^|®g^|^^
Tuesday of March thereafter the city council shall elect one on passage,
member of said board to serve for six years. Said board of ,
commissioners shall have charge of the construction and repair
of all highways, bridges, and sidewalks within the city, and shall
have authority to purchase timber, plank, stone, and other ma-
terial for the construction and repair of streets, bridges, high-
ways, and sidewalks, and they may remove gravel, rocks, or
other material from one part of the city to the other, doing no
damage to adjoining land for the purpose of grading or other-
wise repairing the same.
They shaljkhave power and authority to appoint a street com-
missioner, who shall be subject to their direction, and they shall
also have authority to employ, cause, or direct the employment
of such other men and teams as they shall deem necessary. They
may remove said street commissioner or any servant or employee
whenever they deem it necessary, and they shall generally
have and exercise all the powers and authority that highw^ay
agents of towns now have under section 3, chapter 29 of the
Session Laws of 1893, and section 1 of chapter 111 of the Session
Laws of 1895, and all the powers of city councils under para-
graph 7 of section 10, chapter 50 of the Public Statutes. Said
board shall hereafter appoint the superintendent of sewers
and fix his salary or compensation, and may remove him when-
ever they deem it necessary. Said board shall have in charge
the care, construction, and repair of all public drains and sew-
ers of the city. Said board shall hereafter appoint the citj^ engi-
neer, and may remove him whenever they deem it necessary.
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Said engineer shall have such powers and duties not inconsistent
with this act as the city council shall from time to time provide
by ordinance. Said board may have such additional powers
and duties not inconsistent with this act as the city council
may from time to time prescribe by ordinance.
Said board immediately after their first election, and annually
thereafter, immediately after the fourth Tuesday of March, shall
organize by the choice of one of their number as chairman and
one as secretary. They may make such rules and regulations
for the government of their department not inconsistent with
this act as they deem advisable. They shall be sworn to the
faithful discharge of their duties, and shall give bonds to the city,
such bonds to be to the satisfaction of the city council for the
faithful discharge of their duties. They shall keep an accurate
record of their proceedings and an accurate account showing
in detail all moneys received by them, from whom and when
received, and all moneys paid out by them, to whom and for
what purpose, and on or before the fifteenth day of February
in each year they shall make a report to the city council show-
ing in detail their receipts and expenditures and settle their
account with the city. Their report shall be printed in the an-
nual city report in detail. They shall also, on or before the fif-
teenth clay of February in each year, make to the city council
an estimate of the mone}' necessary to be raised or appropri-
ated for all purposes relating to streets, highways, bridges, and
sidewalks for the year ensuing, stating in detail the purpose for
which the money is desired to be used. All bills and indebted-
ness made or contracted shall be paid from the city treasury upon
the order of said board, but nothing in this act shall be construed
to give said board any power or authority to contract any in-
debtedness against the city in any year in excess of the amount
raised or appropriated by the city for that year for purposes
of expenditure within the province of said board. The annual
salary of each member of the board shall be one hundred dol-
lars. A vacancy occurring in said board shall be filled by the
city council at its first regular meeting after such vacancy occurs,
and shall be for the unexpired term of the member creating
such vacancy. Said board shall have the power, if they deem
it advisable, to appoint one person to hold all of the three offices
of street commissioner, city engineer, and superintendent of
sewers, or any two of them.
So much of section 21 of said chapter 241, and any ordinance
of the city, as is inconsistent with the provision of this act is
hereby repealed. Re-number the succeeding sections of said
chapter 241, making section 21 of said chapter, section 22.
This act shall take eftect on its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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Chapter 279.
CHAPTER 279.
793
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4 OF CHAPTER 182 OF THE SES-
SION LAWS, PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1893, ENTITLED "AN ACT
IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CONCORD, CREAT-
ING A BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONEES FOR SAID CITY,'' CHANG-
ING THE POWERS OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF
CONCORD.
Section
1. Power of police commissioners to
remove officers defined.
2. Act not in force until accepted by
city council.
Section
3. Repealing clause ; act takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Cowt convened:
Section 1. Section 4 of an act entitled "An act in amend- Power of
ment of the charter of the city of Concord, creating a board of lu^iSe^s"
police commissioners for said city," is hereby amended by strik- ^^^c^e^s^^^
ing out all of said section 4 after the word " office " in the tenth defined,
line of said section, and substituting in place thereof the follow-
ing: The police commissioners shall have the right by majority
vote to remove any member of the police force at any time for
good and sufficient cause and after a due hearing, and such
cause shall be expressed in the order of removal. Said commis-
sioners shall also have the right, by a unanimous vote, to re-
move any member of said police force at any time when in their
opinion the public good requires such removal. So that said
section, as amended, shall read as follows :
The police force of said city shall consist of a city marshal,
assistant city marshal, captain of the night watch, regular police
and night watch not exceeding twenty, who shall devote their
whole time to their said duties, and who shall not be engaged
or engage in any other business or occupation, or hold any
state, count}^, or other municipal office, and special policemen
not exceeding eighty, who shall be appointed by the police com-
missioners immediately after the appointment of said commis-
sioners, and who shall serve during good behavior and while
competent to discharge the duties of the office. The police
commissioners shall have the right, by majority vote, to remove
any member of the police force at any time for good and suffi-
cient cause and after a due hearing, and such cause shall be
expressed in the order of removal. Said commissioners shall
also have the right, by a unanimous vote, to remove any mem-
ber of said police force at any time when in their opinion the
public good requires such removal.
Sect. 2. This act shall not be in force until it is accepted by Act not in
the city council of said city, in joint convention, by majority accepted'by
vote at a regular meeting of the city council or at a special '^"^ ^°"^"^"
794
Chapter 280.
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Repealing
clause; act
takes effect
on passage.
meeting called for that purpose, and when so accepted shall
thereafter remain in force until altered or repealed. In case of
a tie vote in the city council upon the question of the accept-
ance of the provisions of this act, the mayor shall have a cast-
ing vote.
Sect. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 280.
AN ACT TO INCOEPOEATE THE GAFNET HOME FOR THE AGED.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
'». Purposes; may hold property.
3. First meeting.
Section
4. No charter fee; property exempt
from taxation.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Bepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted.
Purposes ;
may hold
property.
First
meeting.
Section 1. That Albert Wallace, Stephen C. Meader, Sid-
ney B. Hayes, Horace L. Worcester, Willis McDuffee, William
G. Bradley, Nathaniel T. Kimball, all of Eoehester in the
county of Strafford, their associates and successors, be and
hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name of
The Gafney Home for the Aged, and by that name may sue and
be sued, prosecute 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 to establish
and maintain in the city of Rochester an institution for the sup-
port and maintenance of aged people of both sexes, and for that
purpose may take and hold real and personal estate by dona-
tion, bequest, purchase, or otherwise, to an amount not exceed-
ing two hundred thousand dollars, and may sell, convey, and
dispose of the same at pleasure, and may erect and maintain
such buildings and appurtenances as may be deemed necessary
for the purposes of the corporation.
Sect. 3. A majority of said grantees may call the first meet-
ing of said corporation by giving notice in writing to each of
the grantees named of the time and place of said meeting, at
which meeting or some subsequent meeting said corporation
may adopt, and thereafterwards change or alter, such constitu-
tion, rules, and by-laws for the government of its aft'airs not
inconsistent with the laws of the state, and elect or provide for
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Chapter 281.
795
the election of such officers, managers, and agents as they may
deem advisable, and prescribe their powers and duties.
Sect. 4. This being a charitable institution, without profit ^^o charter
to any person, no fee shall be charged by the state for this act, exe'mpt^rom
and the property of the corporation shall be exempt from taxa- ^^^^^^°"'
tion so long as it shall be used for the purposes named herein.
Sect. 5. " This act shall take effect upon its passage. on^l^ssS*
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 281.
AN" ACT TO INCORPOEATE THE SOCIETY ST. JOHN BAPTIST OF PITTS-
FIELD.
Section
1. Corporation constituted.
2. Purposes.
3. To carry on business in Pittsfield ;
may hold real estate. .
Section
4. First meeting.
5. Takes effect on passage.
Bii it enaded ly tie Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Joseph Danis, Henry Robilliard, Joseph corporation
Fortaine, Joseph Currier, William Desgrange, and Kelson Dq. constituted,
val, their associates, successors, and assigns, be and hereby are
incorporated and made a body corporate by the name of the St.
John Baptist Society of Pittsfield.
Sect. 2. This corporation is established to make provision Purposes,
for the payment of w^eekly benefits to its members in case of
sickness or accident, and in case of death to pay a funeral bene-
fit, and to provide a fund and make other provisions for said
purposes. Said fund is to be accumulated and all payments
made in accordance with the constitution and by-laws made and
adopted by this corporation.
Sect. 3. This corporation shall carry on its business at Pitts- Business in
field, this state, and is authorized to buy and hold real estate notmayiioid'
exceeding in value ten thousand dollars at any one time. real estate.
Sect. 4. Joseph Danis, Nelson Duval, and Henry Robilliard, Firstmeeting.
or any two of them, may call the first meeting of this corpora-
tion at such time and place and in such manner as they may
think proper, and at such meeting or any adjournment thereof
a constitution and by-laws may be adopted, and all necessary
officers chosen for managing the affairs of this corporation.
Sect. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
Takes effect
on passage.
796
Chapter 282.
CHAPTER 282.
[1901
AlSr ACT TO AUTHOEIZE THE TOWN OF SUXAPEE TO ISSUE BONDS.
Section
1. Issue of bonds authorized.
3. Where payable ; form of bond.
3. Amounts and terms to be determined
by selectmen.
Section
4. Takes efifect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Seriate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Issue of
bonds author
ized.
Where pay-
able ; form
of bond.
Amounts
and terms to
be deter-
mined by
selectmen.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The town of Sunapee, for the purpose of building
and extending its water system, is hereby authorized and em-
powered to issue bonds in amount not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars, made payable not more than twenty years
from their issue, bearing interest semi-annually, at a rate not to
exceed three per cent per annum, with interest coupons annexed,
and to exempt said bonds from taxation wdien held by inhabi-
tants or corporations of said town of Sunapee.
Sect. 2. Said bonds shall be made payable to bearer at the
ofiice of the treasurer of the town, signed by the selectmen of
the town or a majority thereof, countersigned by the treasurer
for the time being, and shall have the corporate seal of the towm
afiixed thereto. Said bonds shall be in form, so far as applica-
ble, prescribed in chapter 43 of the Laws of 1895, called the
municipal bond act of 1895 ; and may contain a provision for
the payment, after fifteen years from date of issue, at the elec-
tion of the town, on any date when interest thereon becomes
payable, written notice of such election first having been given
to the holder, either personal or by post, addressed to his place
of abode, if known, at least fourteen days before the date speci-
fied for such payment, or by publication in two newspapers
published in the county of Sullivan three weeks successively,
the last publication to be fourteen days at least before such time
of payment.
Sect. 3. Said bonds may be issued in such amounts and
upon such terms as the selectmen and town treasurer may deter-
mine.
Sect. 4. This act shall take ettect upon its passage,
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 283.
CHAPTER 283.
797
AN" ACT IN- AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NASHUA.
Each ward to choose alderman and
two councilmen.
Board of public works to be ap-
pointed by mayor; removals and
vacancies.
Power of board to employ subordi-
nates.
Board to have direction and control
of what matters.
To furnish annual estimate of appro-
priation required.
Section
6. To approve bills; compensation of
board.
7. Acts repealed.
8. Board of assessors; how chosen; or-
ganization; salaries; powers; cler-
ical force.
9. Salary of clerk of police court.
10. Repealing clause.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That at the next and all subsequent biennial elec- Each ward to
tions to be holden in Nashua, each ward in the city shall choose man Ind 'two
one alderman and two members of the common council, instead ^°""^*^'^®'^-
of the number now required to be chosen.
Sect. 2. In the month of January, 1902, the mayor shall Board of
appoint, subject to the approval and confirmation of the board J^e'^movaTs^and
of aldermen of said city, a board of public works. Said board ^^°^"^^®^-
shall consist of the mayor, ex-officio, who shall be chairman, the
city engineer, ex-officio, and one member who shall serve for the
period of one year, one member who shall serve for the period
of two years, and one member who shall serve for the period of
three years, or until a successor to each shall be appointed and
qualified in his stead ; and annually thereafter, in the month of
January, the mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval and
confirmation of the board of aldermen, one member to be a
member of said board of public works and to hold his ofiice for
the term of three years from the time of his appointment or until
his successor is chosen and qualified, unless sooner removed.
The mayor, with the advice and consent of the majority of the
full board of aldermen, may remove any member appointed as
aforesaid for cause, and any vacancy in said board shall be filled
for the balance of the same term in the same manner as appoint-
ments are herein authorized to be made. Hiso appointed mem-
ber of public works shall hold any other municipal ofiice ; and
it is further provided that there shall be at no one time more
than two members appointed from any one political party.
Sect. 3. Said board shall have the power of employing and Power of
discharging such superintendents, assistants, agents, and other enfpioyVb-
employees as it may deem necessary, and to fix the compensa- °"^^"^t®^-
tion of their several appointees. They shall make any and all
rules for the government of said board as well as for the govern-
ment and regulation of said appointees.
Sect. 4. The said board shall have cognizance, direction. Board to
and full control (a) of the construction, alteration, cleaning' t\on^^'^^^°-
798
Chapter 283.
[1901
control of
•\vliat matters,
To furnish
estimate of
appropria-
tions.
To approve
bills ; com-
pensation.
Acts
repealed.
Board of
assessors ;
how chosen ;
organization :
salaries ;
powers ;
clerical force
watering, and repair of streets, avenues, ways, bridges, and
sidewalks; (6) of the location, construction, extension, care, and
maintenance of public sewers and drains; (c) of the planting
and care of the shade and ornamental trees standing in the
streets and public ways ; (d) of the location and supervision of
electric power, electric light, telephone, telegraph, and trolley
wires ; of electric light, telephone, and telegraph poles, and of
any gas and water pipes, and other conduits, and the erection,
placing, and removing thereof, (e) They shall have all the pow-
ers and authority now vested in the committee on highways and
bridges and the committee on sewers and drains, of the city
councils, as well as full power and authority to contract for and
purchase all materials and supplies used in the department cre-
ated by this act. (/) They shall have the purchasing as well
as the care and control of all teams and other property used in
the department of public works established as aforesaid, and all
powers and duties by law vested in surveyors of highways shall
apply to the said board of public works, when not inconsistent
herewith.
Sect. 5. The said board of public works shall annually, in
the month of February, send to the city councils an estimate of
the appropriations required for the maintenance of their depart-
ment during the financial year. During the month of January
of each year, said board shall make a written report to the city
councils of its doings, which report shall be published by the
city and made a part of the annual report thereof.
Sect. 6. All bills of expenditure from the appropriation for
the departments in their control shall be approved by the board
of public works before they are paid by the treasurer. For
their services the three persons appointed as aforesaid shall re-
ceive such compensation as the city councils may from time to
time determine.
Sect. 7. Section 1 of chapter 197 of the Pamphlet Laws of
1897, and so much of section 2 as pertains to street commission,
is hereby repealed.
Sect. 8. That the board of assessors shall consist of six mem-
bers, who shall be elected on the general ticket in the manner
following, that is to say, at the November election, A. D. 1902,
there shall be chosen three members of said board who shall
serve for a period of four years, and three members who shall
serve for a period of two years, and that at every biennial elec-
tion thereafter there shall be chosen three members of said
board for the full term of four years each. Immediately after
each inauguration of the city government, the board of assessors
shall meet and select one of their number to be chairman and
one member to be clerk of said board, and said officers selected
shall respectively do and perform all the duties pertaining to
said positions as now defined by law. The said assessors, con-
stituted as aforesaid, shall have and receive such salaries as the
city councils of said city may determine, which said salaries
shall be paj^able as now provided by law. Said board shall have
1901] Chapter 284. 799
all the powers, authority, rights, and privileges now granted or
hereafter to be granted to assessors, and be subject to the same
liabilities. Said board shall be hereby authorized and empow-
ered to employ such clerical force, not exceeding five in num-
ber, as they deem fit and necessary, whose compensation shall
be fixed in the same manner as the salaries of the assessors, and
which shall be paid by said city when audited by said board.
Sect. 9. The salary of the clerk of the police court of the salary of
city of Nashua shall from and after the passage of this act be poAce°court.
fixed at six hundred dollars per annum, payable as now pro-
vided by law.
Sect. 10. Any other act or part of act inconsistent with this Jjepeaung
act is hereby repealed.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 284.
AN ACT AUTHOEIZING THE CITY OF NASHUA TO ISSUE BONDS.
Section | Section
1. Issue of $75,000 authorized. | 2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. The city of !N'ashua is hereby authorized to issue Jssue^of
its bonds to the extent of seventy-five thousand dollars, at a rate authorized,
of interest to be fixed by the city councils, not exceeding four
per cent per annum, payable in twenty years from the date of
issue ; the proceeds from the sale of said bonds shall be used in
the payment of an equal amount of its bonds falling due July 1,
A. I). 1901 ; that said city shall exempt from taxation any and
all bonds so issued ; provided, that the rate of interest to be paid
thereon shall not exceed three per cent per annum.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflect on its passage. Takes effect
••^ ° on passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
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Chapters 285, 286.
CHAPTER 285.
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AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE NEWMARKET ELECTRIC
LIGHT, POWER & HEAT COMPANY.
Section
1. May carry on business in Epping.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
May carry on
business In
Epping.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The jSTewmarket Electric Light, Power & Heat
Company, a corporation empowered to establish, manage, and
carry on business in Newmarket, Durham, and Lee, is hereby
authorized and empowered to carry on its business in the town
of Epping.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 286.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE STATE TRUST COMPANY OF CONCORD,
N. H.
1. Corporation constituted ; purposes.
2. Capital stock.
3. Taxation of capital Stock and depos-
its.
4. May adopt by-laws.
5. Shareholders not individually liable
for corporate debts.
6. To be under supervision of bank
commissioners.
7. First meeting.
8. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Corpoi'ation
constituted ;
purposes.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Frank W. Rollins, Benjamin A. Kimball,
John Kimball, Ferdinand A. Stillings, Harry H. Dudley, Henry
W. Stevens, Edson J. Hill, Harry G. Sargent, David E. Mur-
phy, George M. Kimball, Frank P. Andrews, and their associ-
ates, successors, and assigns, be and hereby are made a body
corporate by the name of" The State Trust Company, to be lo-
cated at Concord in this state, with authority to have and exe-
cute all the powers and privileges incident to corporations of
similar nature, for the purpose of prosecuting the business of a
savings bank, safe deposit, and trust company; to loan,_ borrow,
and deal in money and securities ; to do a general banking busi-
ness; to receive on deposit or for safe-keeping, money and
1901] Chapter 286. 801
other valuables, the funds of trustees, guardians, administrators,
or others; to act as trustee, receiver, agent, or in any other
representative capacity for individuals and corporations under
judicial appointment by the courts of this and other states, or
otherwise; to issue, register, and countersign certificates of
stock, bonds, or other evidence of indebtedness, and to receive
and make payments on account of same ; to make and negotiate
loans for itself and others, and to negotiate loans upon personal
or real estate mortgages.
Sect. 2. Said company shall have a capital stock of five hun- capital stock.
dred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dol-
lars each, and may acquire and hold real estate for its own use
to the value of one hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of such
real estate as may be taken in good faith for debt or held as
collateral security.
Sect. 3. The provisions of law now or hereafter in force Taxation of
governing the taxation of bank stock and deposits in savings deposfts
banks on which interest is paid, as expressed in chapter 165 of
the Public Statutes, relating to the taxation of savings banks
and trust companies, shall apply to this company.
Sect. 4. Said company, at any meeting duly held, may adopt May adopt
such by-laws and resolutions, not repugnant to the laws of this ^' ^^^'
state, as may be necessary for the proper management of the
business for which the company was created.
Sect.* 5. The private property of shareholders shall not be ifi<"7i<iuai
liable for the debts of the company. ^^ '^^^^"
Sect. 6. The affairs of the company shall be under the su- under super-
n, ,,,•'■•'.. ^ 111 vision of
pervision and control ot the bank commissioners, who shall bank com-
make the same examinations into and the same reports upon its "^^"^^o^®^'^-
oondition and receive the same pay for their services from the
state as in case of savings banks.
Sect. 7. Any three of the grantees may call the first meet- First
ing of the corporation by notice in writing to each grantee, or ™^^ ^"^'
by one publication in some newspaper printed in Concord, at
least one week before the date of meeting.
Sect. 8. The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act subject to
whenever in their opinion the public good requires it, and this efiect on^ ^^
act shall take effect upon its passage. passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
802
Chapters 287, 288.
CHAPTER 287.
[1901
AN ACT TO EEVIVE THE CHAETEE OF THE NEWPIELDS ELECTEIC LIGHT,
HEAT & POWEE COMPANY.
Section
1. Charter revived.
Section
3. No additional charter fee.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Charter
revived.
No addi-
tional fee.
Section 1. An act entitled " An act to incorporate the New-
fields Electric Light, Heat & Power Company," approved
March 22, 1897, is hereby revived and continued in force as
fully and completely as if the same were re-enacted at the pres-
ent time.
Sect. 2. No additional charter fee shall be paid.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 288.
AN ACT TO
AMEND THE OHAETEE OF THE SUNCOOK
WOEKS COMPANY.
WATEE-
Section
1. Increase of capital stock.
Section
2. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of
Court convened:
in General
Increase of
capital stock.
Takes effect
on passage.
Section 1. The Suncook Water- Works Company, incorpo-
rated under chapter 158 of the Laws of 1891, as amended by
chapter 184 of the Laws of 1895 and chapter 189 of the Laws of
1899, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock to an
amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 289.
CHAPTER 289.
803
AX ACT TO IXCOEPOEATE THE DIJEHAM WATER-WORKS COMPANY.
Section
S. Annual meeting.
9. Maliciousinjuries to property; pen-
alty.
10. First meeting.
11. Act void unless corporation organ-
ized within three j'ears.
Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
12.
Section
1. Corporation constituted ; purposes.
2. Capital stock.
3. May purchase or take real estate.
4. Assessment of damages.
5. May contract for supply of water;
purchase of system.
6. Fire precinct purchasing may ap-
propriate money tlieref or.
7. Loan by town to tire precinct.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Co'urt convened:
Section 1. That James W. Burnham, Charles E. Hoitt, corporation
Jabez H. Stevens, James D, Meacler, of Durham, George E. purposes. '
Chesley of Lee, and Charles W. Rogers of I^ewmarket, their
associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the
name of the Durham Water- Works Company, for the purpose of
furnishing to the people of Durham and Lee a supply of pure
water for^ domestic, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes,
and to said towns of Durham and Lee for the extinguishment of
fires and other public uses, with all the rights, privileges, immu-
nities, duties, and obligations incident to similar corporations.
Sect. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex- capital stock,
ceed twenty-five thousand dollars. It may acquire and hold
real and personal estate necessary and convenient for the pur-
poses aforesaid, and it may issue bonds and other obligations,
secured by mortgage of its real and other property, to carry out
the purposes for which it is created.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may take and hold by purchase, Ma^y purchase
or may take as for public uses, any real estate or easement estate,
therein, including the water of any pond, stream, springs, or
artesian wells necessary for obtaining a suflicient supply of water
for the construction of reservoirs and laying pipes, and may
erect and maintain all necessary dams, reservoirs, standpipes, and
hydrants ; it may lay its pipes through the laud of persons and
corporations, having first obtained permission of the town offi,-
cers of said towns, and, under such regulations and restrictions
as they may prescribe, along the streets and ways of said towns,
and may lay its pipes under any railroad, water-course, or pri-
vate way, and cross any drain, or sewer, or pipe ; jjrovicled, 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 dur-
ing 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 fix-
tures, and maintaining and repairing the same ; and it may do
304 Chapter 289. [1901
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 towns for the uses
aforesaid; yromded, that nothing in this chapter shall be con-
strued to authorize interference in any way with the New
Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, its
water-works or grounds, without its consent.
Assessment Sect. 4. Said water company shall pay all damages sustained
of damages. ^^ ^^^^ person or corporation, in property, by 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 authority 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 Straltbrd, to have the
same laid out and the damages determined ; and said court shall
refer the same to the county commissioners of said count}-, 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 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 regulations as
said court may prescribe.
May contract Sect. 5. Said Corporation may make and contract with said
Kafe^-T towns of Durham and Lee, or with any fire precinct in said
purchase towns, 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 towns, or any fire precinct therein now existing or hereafter
organized, are hereby authorized to contract with said corpora-
tion for the use of said water, hydrants, or other apparatus for
said purpose, and they may raise and appropriate money there-
for. And said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered
to sbII or lease for a term of years to said town of Durham 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 of Durham or any fire precinct therein is
hereby authorized to purchase or lease the same ; ^provided, that
if said town of Durham, after five years from the granting of
this charter, shall pay to said corporation the cost of construc-
tion, with interest at'^five per centum, said corporation shall con-
vey to said town of Durham said water-works by good and suffi-
cient title deeds ; jirovided, also, that when said town of Durham
shall contract with said corporation for hydrant service, appro-
priate money for the same, said corporation shall locate and es-
tablish hydrants on such streets of said town as it has provided
payment for ; provided, afiain, that if a fire precinct shall be or-
ganized in said town of Durham within two years from the pas-
of system.
1901] Chapter 289. 805
sage of this charter, said precinct shall have the same right of
purchase of said water-works as is provided in this section for
the purchase by said town. Said precinct, on payment of char-
ter fees and expenses of organization on or before January 1,
1902, shall be entitled to all the rights under this act without cost
of construction.
Sect. 6. If said fire precinct shall, before January 1, 1902,Appropria^-
vote to accept the provisions of this charter, then it shall be precinct,
authorized, at any annual or special meeting called for the pur-
pose, by a two-thirds vote of those present and voting, to raise
and appropriate and to borrow or hire such sums of money not
to exceed twelve thousand dollars on the credit of said fire pre-
cinct as may from time to time be deemed advisable, for the pur-
pose of defraying the expense of purchasing real estate, rights
in real estate, water rights, streams, springs, ponds, etc., and of
carrying out the provisions of any contract made with any cor-
poration or individual for the supply of water or for any other
purpose necessary in constructing, maintaining, and operating a
system of water- works, and to issue the bonds of said precinct
payable at such times and at such rates of interest as may be
thought proper.
Sect. 7. The town of Durham may, by a two-thirds vote ofLoanbytown
those present and voting at any town meeting called for the pur- p°ecinct.
pose, loan its credit, to an amount not to exceed twelve thousand
dollars, to any fire precinct formed within the town and issue
its bonds to this amount paj-able at such times and at such
rates of interest as may be thought proper, accepting from said
precinct its bonds in exchange "for the town bonds, and said
town bonds, said precinct bonds, and said water- works owned
by said precinct are hereby exempted from taxation.
Sect. 8. The annual meeting of said company shall beAnuuai^^
holden 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 or more than seven directors shall be chosen by bal-
lot. The directors may call special meetings whenever they may
deem it necessary, giving such notice as the by-laws may
prescribe.
Sect. 9. Any person who shall willfully and maliciously cor-MaUcious^
rupt the waters of any of the sources of supply or reservoirs of property;
said company, or shall willfully injure any dam, reservoir, con- 1'^"^"5^-
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
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one year.
Sect. 10. Any two of the corporators named in this act may Fh-stmeeting.
call the first meeting of the company by giving a notice in writ-
ing to each of the corporators at least seven days before the
meeting, or by notice printed in some newspaper published
in Dover, in the county of Straftbrd, at least fourteen days be-
fore said daj' of meeting; and at said meeting, or at any subse-
q'lent meeting duly called, associates may be admitted and all
806
Chapter 290.
[1901
Unless organ
ized within
three years
act void.
Subject to
repeal ; takes
effect on pas-
sage.
proper officers chosen, the number and par value of shares fixed,
and such by-laws and regulations adopted as may be deemed
necessary to carry into eflect the business of the company.
Sect, 11. Said corporation shall be organized within three
years from the passage of this act of incorporation ; otherwise
this act shall become void.
Sect. 12. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed
whenever the public good requires, and shall take effecfr^upon its
passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 290.
AN" ACT TO INOOEPOEATE THE: NOETH SHOEE WATEE COMPANY.
1. Corporation constituted ; purposes.
2. Powers ; right of eminent domain.
3. Excavations in high.waj'S.
4. May contract for supply of water.
5. Capital stock.
6. Issuance of bonds.
May contract with towns; towns may
make contract.
First meeting.
Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Be it enacted hj the Senate and House of Eepresentatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation SECTION 1. That Frank A. Philbrick, of Rye, in the county
pu?poses^'^' of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, Albert Bachel-
der, of North Hampton, in said county, Jeremiah A. Farring-
ton, John W. Emery, and John W. Kelley, of Portsmouth, in
said county, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby
constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the North
Shore Water Company, for the purpose of introducing into
and distributing through the towns of North Hampton and Rye,
in said county, an adequate supply of water in surface, subter-
ranean, or other pipes, for extinguishing fires, and for the use ot
the citizens of said towns, and for their proper domestic and
public purposes, and for such purposes may take, purchase, and
hold, in fee simple or otherwise, real or personal estate in such
towns, and any rights therein, and water rights necessary for
carrying into efiect the purposes of this act.
Sect. 2. Said corporation, for the purpose specified in section
1 of this chapter, is authorized and empowered to dig ditches,
make excavations and reservoirs through, over, in, and upon any
land or in closure in said towns through which it may be necessary
for, said pipes and water to pass, or said excavations, reservoirs,
and water-works to be or exist, for the purpose of holding, pre-
serving, and conducting said water ; and to place said pipes and
other materials, and works provided for in this act, or repairing the
same. The said corporation is also authorized to take land for
necessary ways from highways to its pipe line, and is authorized to
Powers ;
right of emi-
nent domain.
1901] Chapter 290. 807
enter upon and appropriate any springs, streams, or ponds in
said towns, aforesaid, not belonging to any aqueduct or water-
works company, and to secure such springs, streams, and ponds
by conveyance or otherwise ; -provided, that if it shall be nec-
essary to enter upon and appropriate such springs, streams,
ponds, or land for the purpose aforesaid, or raise or lower the
level of the same, and said corporation shall not be able to agree
with the owners thereof upon the damages which may be done
by said corporation, or in case the owner shall be "unknown,
either party may apply to the supreme court, at the trial term
thereof, in the county of Eockingham, to have the same taken,
appropriated, and condemned for the purpose required, 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 and give notice thereof in the same
manner as is now provided by law in laying out highways; and
said commissioners shall make a 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 trial in such
manner and under such regulations as said court may prescribe.
Sect. 3. Said corporation is further authorized and em- Excavations
powered to enter upon and break ground, dig ditches, and make "^ i^'s'^'^ays-
excavations in any street, public place, public square, passage-
way, or highway in said towns of Rye and North Hampton,
through or over which it may be necessary for the pipes and
water-works of said corporation to pass, be, or exist, for the pur-
pose of placing pipes, hydrants, or water-works, and such other
materials as may be deemed necessary for the construction of
said water-works, and the distribution through said towns of an
adequate supply of water ; and to relay and repair said pipes,
hydrants, and water-works, subject to such regulations in regard
to the safety of the citizens and the security of public travel as
may be prescribed by the selectmen of said Rye and l^orth
Hampton, with reference to the portions of said works that may
be located or situated in said towns.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is also authorized and empowered May contract
to contract with individuals and corporations in said towns of ^ater^^'^^ °^
Rye and i^orth Hampton, and with said towns themselves, for
supplying them with water ; and is authorized to make such con-
tracts and to establish such regulations and tolls for the use of
said water as may from time to time be deemed proper.
Sect. 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall not ex- capital stock,
ceed fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dol-
lars each. The amount thereof within said limit shall be fixed
by the corporators upon the organization of the company, and
the same from time to time be increased as determined by the
stockholders until all of said fifty thousand dollars has been issued.
Said capital stock may be paid in cash, and no shares shall be
issued until fully paid for. Said company shall have the right
and power to sell, mortgage, or lease its franchise, rights, and
properties to other corjDorations.
808 Chapter 291. [1901
Issuance of Sect. 6. The said company may issue its bonds for the ac-
bonds. complishment of any of the purposes for which it is incorporated,
at such rates and times and in such amounts as the stockholders
may authorize, providing such bonds shall not be issued in
amounts exceeding 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 jfranchise.
May contract Sect. 7. Said Corporation may make any contract with said
townrmay' towus of Ryc and North Hampton, or with any fire precinct in
tract^*^"*^" said towns, 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 towns, 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 corporation 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 work, struct-
ures, and estate, of whatever kind or nature, and said town or
fire precinct is hereby authorized to purchase or lease the same.
First meeting. Sect. 8. Any three of the corporators named in this act may
call the first meeting of the company by giving a notice in per-
son or writing to each of the corporators at least seven days be-
fore the meeting, or by notice in some newspaper published in the
county of Rockingham at least fourteen da3^s before said meet-
ing, and at said meeting, or at any subsequent meeting duly
called, associates ma}' be admitted and all proper oflicers chosen,
and such by-laws and regulations adopted as may be deemed
necessary to carry into eflectthe business of the company.
Subject to Sect. 9. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed
effect on ""^^^ whenever the public good requires, and shall take effect upon its
passage. passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 291.
AN ACT TO INOOEPORATE THE EAST CONWAY WATER COMPANY.
Section
5. First meeting.
6. Suljject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes.
2. Capital stock.
3. Riglit of eminent domain.
4. May consolidate witli Fryeburg
Water Company.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Henry B. Cotton, Joel E. Morrill, F. B.
purpSsesf'^' Osgood, W. M. Twombly, Alpheus Furber, and Charles F.
Corporation
1901] Chapter 291. 809
Waterhouse, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall be
and hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name
of the East Conway Water Company, for the purpose of bring-
ing water in subterranean pipes into the village of East Conway
and the village of Fryeburg, Maine, for domestic use and the
extinguishment of fires, and for other purposes ; 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 subject to all the liabilities incident to corporations of a
similar nature.
Sect, 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of capital stock,
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 twenty-five
thousand dollars. It may acquire and hold real and personal
estate necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid; and
it may issue bonds and other obligations secured by a mortgage
of its property, assets, and franchises to carry out the purposes
for which it is created.
Sect. 3. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon and ap- Right of emi.
^ -r -I • ■ •iTTii.n nent domain.
propriate any streams, brooks, or sprmgs m said East Conway,
not belonging to any aqueduct or water company, and to secure
the same by fences or otherwise, and erect, construct, and main-
tain such dams, reservoirs, and buildings as may be necessary
for such water-works and aqueducts, and may dig ditches, make
excavations and reservoirs through, over, in, or upon any land
or inclosure through which it may be necessary for the pipes or
water to pass, and as may be necessary for operating and main-
taining said aqueduct and water-works, or repairing the same.
Provided, if it shall be necessary to enter upon and appropriate
any streams, springs, or brooks, 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 thereof for the dam-
age that may be done by said corporation, or such owner shall
be unknown, said corporation may apply to the trial term of the
supreme court for the county of Carroll 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
proceed in the same manner as is now provided by law for lay-
ing out highways, lay out the same, determine the damages,
and report to said court, and said court may issue execution
accordingly.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is authorized to consolidate with May consou-
the Fryeburg Water Company upon such terms as the two cor- Fiyebm-g
porations may agree, and may transfer its franchise to said
Fryeburg Water Company.
Sect. 5. Any two of the corporators named in this act may First meeting,
call the first meeting by ten days' notice in writing to each of
the corporators of the time and place of each meeting. At said
meeting, or any subsequent one, associates may be elected, and
such by-laws and regulations adopted as may be necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this act. /
810
Chapter 292.
[1901
repeal* takes ^^^'^' ^' The legislature may alter, amend, or repeal this act
effect on whenever the public good requires it; and this act shall take
effect upon its passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
CHAPTER 292.
AN ACT TO INOOEPOEATE THE, BEELLNT WATER SUPPLY COMPANY.
Corporation constituted; purposes;
may contract to supply water to
Berlin.
Capital stock.
Mortgage of franchise and property
to secure loan.
Section
4. May hold property; right to exca-
vate, etc.
5. Right of eminent domain.
6. First meeting.
7. Subject to repeal; takes effect on
passage.
Whereas, Various systems of water supply have been con-
structed in the city of Berlin for the purpose of supplying the
inhabitants with water for domestic and mechanical purposes,
and to said city for protection against fire, which systems are
known as the Berlin Aqueduct Company system, the Berlin
"Water Company system, the Green Aqueduct Company system,
the Cold Spring Water system, and the Twitchell & Holt sys-
tem, of which the Berlin Water Company system is operated by
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maine ;
and
Whereas, The owners of the stock in the Berlin Water Com-
pany are the owners, subject to liens and encumbrances, of the
various other systems enumerated, and it is considered desirable
that the said various systems should be consolidated into one
system and controlled by one management ; now, therefore.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Corporation
constituted;
purposes;
may contract
to supply
water to
Berlin.
Section 1. Daniel J. Daley, Herbert I. Goss, J. A. Yaillan-
court, all of Berlin in the county of Coos and State of iSTew
Hampshire, and their associates, successors, and assigns, are
hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name ot
the Berlin Water Supply Company, for the purposes of furnish-
ing to the people of said Berlin a supply of water for domestic
and mechanical uses, and to said city for public uses, for the
extinguishment of fire and other public uses, with all the pow-
ers, liabilities, and privileges by law incident to corporations of
similar nature. It is empowered to make contracts with the
city of Berlin for supplying it with water for the uses aforesaid.
Capital stock. Sect. 2. The capital stock of the corporation shall consist of
such number of shares of a par value of one hundred dollars
each as may from time to time be determined by the directors
1901] Chapter 292. 811
of such corporation, not exceeding in the whole the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may borrow money to an amount ^^oi^tgageof^_^
not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and may secure property to*^*^
the payment of the same by a mortgage of its franchise ^ud ^®*^'^^'® ^^^'^^
property, for the purpose of acquiring the various water systems
mentioned in the preamble hereof, of refunding or paying the
mortgage and other indebtedness, or other encumbrances upon
said systems, of making extensions and improvements to the
same, of acquiring and developing additional sources of supply-
ing, and in all legitimate ways of furthering the business of said
corporation. If it shall deem it desirable to issue bonds secured
by such mortgage to an amount in excess of the amount of cap-
ital stock which may be then issued, said corporation may
apply to the bank commissioners for leave therefor, and may
issue bonds to such an amount as upon hearing shall be fixed by
said bank commissioners, which bonds shall be a legal invest-
ment for savings banks in the State of New Hampshire.
Sect. 4. Said corporation is empowered to purchase and May horn
hold, in fee simple or otherwise, any real or personal estate r/ghtTto 'ex-
necessary or convenient for the carrying into efiect of the pur- ^^^^^^' ®^*^-
poses 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 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 constructing said water-works,
and to relay and repair the same, subject to such regulations as
may be prescribed by the mayor and council of the city of
Berlin.
Sect. 5. Said corporation is authorized to enter upon aiid ^i|5*^°J^f^jj-
appropriate any springs, streams, ponds, or sources of water
supply which may be deemed necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this act, and to secure such springs, ponds, or sources
of supply by fences, dams, reservoirs, or otherwise, and dig
ditches, make excavations and reservoirs through, over, in, or
upon any land or inclosure through which it may be necessary
for said pipes aud water to pass, or said excavations and reser-
voirs and water-works to be or exist, for the purpose of obtain-
ing and holding and preserving or conducting said water, and
placing such pipes, materials, or works as may be necessary for
building and operating said water-works and repairing the
same ; j^^ovided, that if said corporation shall deem it necessary
to enter upon and appropriate any springs, streams, ponds,
sources of supply, or land for the purposes aforesaid, or to raise
or lower the level of the same, and said corporation shall not
agree with the owners thereof for the damages that may be
done by said corporation, or said owners shall be unknown, said
corporation shall file with the register of deeds for the county of
Coos a description of the same, together with the statement
812 Chapter 292. [1901
that the same are taken by said corporation for said purpose ;
and shall give to the owner or owners, if known, a copy thereof,
after which said corporation shall be entitled to the possession
and use of the same. Either party may apply by petition to the
supreme court at a trial term for the southern judicial district
of the county of Coos to have the damages determined. Said
court shall refer the same to the county commissioners, who
shall appoint a time and place of hearing, and give notice
thereof in the same manner as now provided for hearings rela-
tive to laying out highways ; and shall assess damages for such
taking as of the date when service of the notice filed with the
register of deeds has been completed, upon said owner or own-
ers if known, otherwise Avhen said notice has been filed with
said clerk. Said commissioners shall make report to said court,
and said court may issue execution thereon accordingly ; but if
either party shall desire it, upon application to said court, be-
fore reference to said commissioners, he shall be entitled to a
trial by jury in such manner and under such regulations as such
court may direct. And provided, further, that tlhis act shall not
apply to any spring in the city of Berlin owned by not more
than four individuals, and used solely for the domestic supply of
the owner in his own family, nor to so much of the waters of
any spring in the city of Berlin as have been used by any indi-
vidual or corporation as a private water supply for more than
twenty years.
First meeting. Sect. 6. Either of the corporators may call the first meeting
of the corporation by giving notice in writing of the time and
place of meeting seven days at least before the day of such
meeting, and at said meeting or any adjournment thereof asso-
ciates may be admitted, ofiicers chosen, the capital stock fixed,
by-laws adopted, and all acts done which may be deemed
necessary to carry into effect the business of the corporation.
Annual and special meetings of the corporation shall be held at
such times and places and upon such notice as shall be provided
by the by-laws of the corporation.
Subject to Sect. 7. This act may be amended or repealed whenever the
effect on^^^^ public good requires, and shall take effect upon its passage.
passage. *"
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
1901]
Chapter 293.
813
CHAPTER 293.
AlSr ACT TO liSTCOKPOEATE THE MANCHESTER POLICE EELIEE ASSOOI-
ATION OE MANCHESTEE.
Section
1. Corporation constituted; purposes.
2. May hold property.
3. May adopt by-laws; benefits.
Section
4. First meeting.
5. Subject to repeal.
6. Takes effect on passage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court convened:
Section 1. That Michael J. Healy, John F. Cassidy, Thomas ^.^j, oration
E. Steele, Leon E. Magoon, John T. O'Dowd, Clifton B. Hil- conStedl
clreth, and John F. O'Mallej, their associates and successors, ]3e p'^^p^^^^-
and hereby are made a body politic and corporate by the name
of The Manchester Police Relief Association of Manchester,
in said state, for such benevolent and charitable purposes as said
corporation may from time to time designate ; and by that name
may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment
and execution, and shall be vested with all powers and privileges
and subject to all the liabilities of corporations of a similar nature.
Sect. 2. Said corporation may purchase, take, and hold by May hold
deed, gift, bequest, devise, or otherwise, real and personal estate for ^^'°^®^*^'
the purpose of said corporation to an amount not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, and may improve, rent, sell and con-
vey or otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure.
Sect. 3. Said corporation may make and establish such by-sickand
laws and regulations as may be necessary for the payment of^^^^^^g^
weekly benefits to such of its members as may become sick and
disabled, and the payment of death benefits to the legal repre-
sentatives or beneficiaries of such of its members as may decease,
and for the other purposes of this act.
Sect. 4. Any three of the said grantees may call the first meet- First meeting,
ing of the corporation, at such time and place as they may deem
expedient, by a written notice to each grantee, given in hand or
mailed to his usual address, three days before the date of said
meeting.
Sect. 5. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or re- subject to
peal this act whenever the public good shall require the same. ^ept^^i-
Sect. 6. This act shall take eftect upon its passage. Takes effect
on passage.
[Approved March 22, 1901.]
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State,
Concord, July 1, 1901.
I hereby certify that the acts and resolves and changes of
names contained in this pamphlet have been compared with the
originals in this office, and found to be correctly printed.
EDWARD N. PEARSON,
Secretary of State.
INDEX.
I N DEX
TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE LAWS
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1901.
PAGE
Academies, apj)ropriation for tuition in 589
to make annual report to state superintendent 589
Academy, definition of 589
Actions in Grafton county, returnable when 516
Adjutant-general to apply certain funds to use of National Guard 517
Adjutants, regimental, pay of 518
to rank as captains 517
Adulteration of meal or grain, penalty for 530
of milk prohibited 609
Agents, county commissioners may appoint 533
Agriculture, state board of. See State board of agricultui'e.
Albany, a^Dpropriation for highways in 635
Alton & Gilmanton Electric Kailway Co., charter extended 786
American Typograj)hic Co., name changed to Manchester Traction,
Light & Power Co 667
Amesbury & Hampton Street Eailway Co., lease to Exeter, Hamp-
ton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co. ratified 693
Ammonoosuc river, waste not to be deposited in 556
Amory Manufacturing Co., error in former act corrected 699
Amoskeag Fire Insurance Co. revived 755
Anatidae considered game birds 571
Animals, wild, certain, not protected from dogs 504
Antwerp pigeons protected 533
Appeals from the superior court 563
Apportionment of representation to general court 600
Appropriation for bridge to Endicott Rock 638
building at Pan-American exposition 499
constitutional convention 647
expenses of Vicksburg commission 653
furniture in Eepresentatives' hall 640
highways. See Highways.
indexing records in office of secretary of state 630
819
820 INDEX. [1901
Appropriation for Ivearsarge memorial C41
laboratory of hygiene 514
library of state prison 561
lights and buoys in Squam lake 638
Sunapee lake 639
Winnipesaukee lake 650
marking flag eases 634
painting interior of state library 638
portrait of Harriet P. Dame 630
rifle ranges for National Guard 544
screening Bow lake 642
Crystal lake 637
Stinson lake 637
Winnesquam lake 640
tablets on Fifth regiment monument at Gettys-
t>urg 631
transportation of body of Capt. W. A. Sanborn 632
tuition in high schools and academies 589
Appropriation in favor of Charles J. Ballou 653
Charles A. Barney's widow 637
Charlotte Bartlett 653
Bent & Bush 627
George C. Bingham 653
A. H. Britton 653
Henry E. Brock 653
James Burbeck 653
Charles E. Buzzell 627
Frank H. Challis 653
Chronicle & Gazette Co 653
Harry B. Cilley 653
Thomas F. Clifford 653
John Edward Coffin 653
Concord Evening Monitor 653
James M. Cooper 653
Hiram E. Currier 653
Dartmouth College 627
Arthur G. Decatur 627
John Demeritt 653
Edson C. Eastman 653
James F. Estes 627
Ira C. Evans 653
Stephen S. Ford 653
George W. Fowler 653
, Fred A. Gardner 653
Van B. Glazier 627
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission 633
James E. Henry 653
Herald Publishing Co 653
Thomas L. Hoitt 649
James H. Holland 653
Andy Holt 627
Humphrey-Dodge Co 653
1901] INDEX. 821
Appropriation in favor of Edward C. Hunt 653
Charles T. Huntoon 627
Horace L. Ingalls 653
J. M. Stewart & Sons Co 653
John B. Clarke Co 653
George W. Johnson 653, 654
I. Eugene Keeler 653
Albert D. Laneville 653
Josephine C. Larkin 653
John K. Law 653
Harry M. Lee 653
Fred Leighton 653
Alice M. Littlefield 653
Warren W. Lovejoj' 653
John W. Lowry 653
Herbert L. McElwaine 653
Elias A. McQuaid 653
Henry H. Metcalf 653
Monitor & Statesman Co 653
James H. Moore 651
Susan K. Morrison 654
Edward M. Xason 653
Xew Hampshire Asylum for Insane... 524
College of Agriculture 646
Horticultural Society. 556
Industrial School 642
School for Feeble-
Minded Children .. 599
State Normal School.. 544
State Prison 561
Soldiers' Home 631
Harlan C. Pearson 653
People & Patriot Co 653
Martin L. Piper 653
George A. Place 653
Portsmouth 641
John H. Eiedell 641
Charles L. Eoberts 653
Allan H. Kobinson 653
Lyman Eollins 627
C. D. Eowe 627
Frank L. Sanders 653
Sentinel Printing Co 654
Frank M. Shackford 653
W. Shannessy 653
Fremont E. Shurtlefe 653
Merrill ShurtlefE 654
Joel B. Slocum 653
William H. Smith 653
Somersworth 647
Herbert J. Stowell 653
Julia E. Sullivan 653
822 INDEX. [1901
Appropriation in favor of Charles W. Torr 527
Union Publishing Co 653
Diamond G. Wells 653
William H. Weston 653
Wiliam F. Whitcher 653
James F. Whitehead 653
George H. Wilson 653
John Woodward 627
Charles C. Wright " 627
Hanson H. Yonng 651
Appropriations, certain, by towns, to be by ballot 584
Archives in office of secretary of state, index of 645
Arsenic, sale of paper or fabrics containing 521
Ashland & Asqnam Electric Eailway Co., charter 734
Assessors, board of, established in Concord 776
Assistant adjutant-general, pay of 519
Asyhim for insane. See New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane
and New Hampshire State Hospital.
Attachment, certain damages exempt from 545
Attorney-general to defend certain suits 629
to investigate tax returns of certain banks 645
Bail, default of, certain minors may be committed to Industrial
School for 611
Ballou, Charles J., appropriation in favor of 653
Band, Littleton authorized to maintain 677
Banks:
Citizens' Institution for Savings of Nashua, charter amended 780
City Savings Bank of Berlin, charter 704
deposits, call, to be made where 619
special, how regarded 619
exemption from certain taxation not granted to 578
investments of, regulated 616, 617, 618, 619
losses, jDcrsonal liability for 619
Manchester, charter extended 676
may hold real estate on foreclosure 619
Merchants', charter 695
tax returns of, attorney-general to investigate 645
Baptist Church of New London, name changed to First Baptist
Church of New London 742
Baptist Convention of the State of New Hamj)shire, charter
amended 673
Barney, Charles A., appropriation in favor of widow of 637
Bartlett, land in, donation accepted 527
Bartlett, Charlotte, appropriation in favor of 653
Bass in certain localities excepted from certain protection 574
not to be put in trout waters 574
protected '. 574, 575
to be taken by angling only 573
Beach birds excepted from certain protection 572
Beaver protected 570
Belknap county, names changed in 655
1901] INDEX.
823
Belknap county, term, special, of superior court in 596
terms of superior court in '. . . 565
Belmont village districts authorized to maintain electric plant 669
Beneficiary associations, fraternal, may be admitted when 581
may continue when 582
powers of, limited 581
Benevolent Society of St. Jean Baptiste of Keene, charter 687
Bent & Bush, appropriation in favor of 627
Benton, appropriation for highways in 635
Berlin Water Supply Co., charter 810
Berry pond (Pittsfield), fishing in, regulated 584
Berwick Power Co., United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to
purchase 674
Bingham, George C, appropriation in favor of 653
Birds, beach, excepted from certain protection 572
certificates for collecting 571, 572
game, definition of 571
transportation of 572
shore, considered game birds 571
surf, considered game birds 571
wild, nests and eggs of, protected 571
protected 571
Black Eock & Salisbury Beach Railroad, time limited 770
Bk^e fins protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Blue Mountain Forest Association excepted from certain regu-
lations 571, 577
Board of agriculture. See State board of agriculture,
of health. See State board of health.
Boards of health to disinfect premises 509
to quarantine contag-ious diseases 508
Bonds to judges of probate, certain corporations may be accepted
as surety on 611
Boston & Maine Eailroad authorized to extend side-track in Man-
chester 713
Boston & Maine Eailroad, guardians and trustees maj' invest funds
in stock of 498
Boundary line between Xew Hampshire and Massachusetts, estab-
lishment of 620
Bow authorized to appropriate monej- for relief of Andrew Mc-
Harg 663
Bow lake (Strafford), appropriation for screening 642
Brant considered game birds 571
Bread, additional weights of, authorized 525
Bridge, Dalton authorized to construct 701
Granite State Land Co. authorized to construct 751
Stratham and Newmarket, projirietors of, authorized to
sell 781
to Endicott Rock, appropriation for 638
Bristol Street Railway, charter amended 771
Britton, A. H., af)propriatiou in favor of 653
Brock, Henry E., appropriation in favor of 653
824 INDEX. [1901
Brook road, appropriation for 650
Brush, burning of, regulated 594
Burbeck, James, appropriation in favor of 653
Butterine, search-warrants for, may be issued : 583
Buzzell, Charles E., appropriation in favor of 627
CA3VIPT0N, appropriation for highways in 643
Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in.. 668
Canaan road (Barrington), appropriation for 644
Canterbury, homestead of Harry A. Sargent annexed to, for
school purposes 776
Caribou protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
Carp not to be put in trout waters 574
Carroll to Hart's Location, highway, appropriation for 635
Carroll county, lands in, acceptance of donation of 527
care of, vested in board of custodians.. 527
custodians of, may receive funds 528
names changed in 655
solicitor of, salary of 504
term, special, of superior court in 596
terms of superior court in 565
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
Cathedral ledge, acceptance of donation of 527
Caucuses:
ballots, preparation of 605
calling of 604
challenges and penalties 605
check-lists, preparation of 604
to be filed 605
to be used 604
local executive committee, power of 605
nominations and elections to be by ballot 604
notices of 604
persons entitled to vote in 605
returns, presiding officer to make 605
time of remaining open 604
Chairs in Rej)resentatives' hall, appropriation for 640
Challis, Frank H., appropriation in favor of 653
Chaplain of state prison, salary of 561
Check-lists for caucuses, preparation of 604
return of 605
preservation of 546
to be used in caucuses 604
Cherrj^ Mountain road, appropriajiion for 635
Cheshire county, names changed in 656
terms of superior court in 565
Children, admission of, to New Hampshire School for Feeble-
Minded Children 598
commitment of, to New Hampshire School for Feeble-
minded Children ' 598
employment of, regulated 551
1901] INDEX.
iliO
Children, feeble-minded, care of, provision for 597
infected or exposed, not to attend school 509
to be sent to school at certain times 553
vaccination of oil
Chronicle & Gazette Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Cilley, Harry B., appropriation in favor of 653
Cities:
boards of health may take samples of milk 608
to have charge of inspection of milk 607
to keep record of convictions under milk law 609
certificates of weight in sales to 526
employment offices may be licensed by 550
inspectors of milk in 607
licensing of plumbers made discretionarj^ in 594
monej^ may be raised by, for G. A. K. halls 545
public scales may be erected by 526
public weighers may be appointed in 525
tree wardens may be appointed in 592
money may be appropriated for 593
school boards to superintend evening- schools 613
Citizens' Electric Light Co., Belmont village district may acquire
property of 669
Citizens' Institution for Savings of Nashua, charter amended 780
City Saving-s Bank of Berlin, charter 704
Claremont Electric Light Co. united with Claremont Street
Kailway 787
Claremont Street Kailway united with Claremont Electric Light
Co 787
Claremont Street Eailway Co., charter extended 662
Clerk of new supreme court, appointment and duties of 564
Clerks of superior court, appointment and duties of 564
fees of ■. 564
to receive certain records 564
Clifford, Thomas F., appropriation in favor of 653
Coal to be weighed by public weigher 526
Cocheco Manufacturing Co. authorized to construct railroad 706
Cof&n, John Edward, appropriation in favor of 653
Commissioners, county, may appoint agents 533
to care for county paupers 533
fish and game, appointment of 568
duties of 568, 569
powers of 569
reports of 569
salaries of 569
pharmacy, to enforce regulations 540
railroad, may change routes of proposed street
railways 539
may consider value of franchises 543
Communicable diseases, restriction of 508
Concord, board of assessors established in 776
court house in 743
police commissioners, powers of, defined 793
826 INDEX. [1901
Concord, salaries to aldermen and councilmen of 785
Concord, Dover & Eochester Street Eailway, charter 747
Concord Evening Monitor, appropriation in favor of 653
Concord Railroad authorized to extend side-track in Manchester 712
Constitutional convention, appropriation for 647
delegates to, blanks for certificates of
election of 580
choice of 580
compensation and mile-
age of 581
credentials of 580
eligibility of 580
meeting of 580
povs^ers and duties of 580
provision for 580
supplies for 581
Consumptives, sanitarium for, committee to consider 628
Contagious diseases, boards of health to quarantine certain 508
cases of, to be reported 505, 508, 509
children infected with or exposed to, not to
attend school 509
laboratory for investigation of 514
physicians authorized to quarantine 508
restriction of 508
Continuances in Grafton county provided for 516
Convicts, additional sentences of, to take effect when 547
indefinite sentences to be imposed on 547
may be released when 547
pauper, counties liable for support of 541
Conway, land in, donation accepted 527
Cooper, James M., appropriation in favor of 653
Coos county commissioners may restore damaged records 587
names changed in 657
records damaged by fire to be attested 587
salary of judge of probate in 597
terms of superior court in 565
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
Coots considered game birds 571
Corporation meetings, stockholders maj^ act as proxies at 555
Corporations:
Alton & Gilmanton Electric Railway Co., charter extended 786
American Typographic Co., name changed to Manchester
Traction, Light & Power Co 667
Amesbury & Hampton Street Railway, lease of, to Exetex',
Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway Co. ratified 693
Amory Manufacturing Co., error in former act corrected.... 698
Amoskeag Fire Insurance Co. revived 755
Ashland & Asquam Electric Railway Co., charter 734
Baptist church of New London, name changed to First Baptist
Church of New London 742
Baptist Convention of the State of New Hampshire, charter
amended » C72
Benevolent Society of St. Jean Baptiste of Keene, charter 687
1901] INDEX. 827
Corporations:
Berlin Water SuiDplj- Co., charter 810
Berwick Power Co. authorized to sell to United Gas & Elec-
tric Co 674
Black Eock & Salisburj^ Beach Kailroad, time limited 770
Blue Mountain Forest Association excepted from certain
regulations 577
Boston & Maine Eailroad authorized to extend side-track
in Manchester 712
Boston & Maine Eailroad, guardians and trustees may invest
funds in stock of 498
Bristol Street Eailwaj", charter amended 771
Citizens' Electric Light Co., Belmont village district may ac-
quire property of 669
Citizens' Institution for Savings of Nashua, charter amended 780
City Savings Bank of Berlin, charter 704
Claremont Electric Light Co., imited with Claremont Street
Eailway TS?
Claremont Eailway & Lighting Co., charter 787
Claremont Street Eailway, charter extended 6G2
united with Claremont Electric
Light Co 787
Cocheco Manufacturing Co., authorized to consti-uct railroad 706
Concord, Dover & Eochester Street Eailway, charter 747
Concord Eailroad authorized to extend side-track in ^Man-
chester 712
Crystal Springs Water Co., charter amended 730
Dead Diamond Improvement Co., charter 694
Derry & Pelham Electric Eailway Co., charter amended and
extended 660
Dover, Somersworth & Eochester Street Eailway Co 712
Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to sell to United Gas & Elec-
tric Co 674, 676
Dover Home for Aged People, name changed to Wentworth
Home for the Aged 658
Durham Water-Works Co., charter 803
E. H. Eollins & Sons, charter amended 703
East Conway Water Co., charter 808
Eastern Fire Insurance Co. of New Hampshire, charter con-
firmed 703
Eliott Bridge Co., charter amended 731
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co., lease of
Amesbury & Hampton Street Eailway to, ratified 693
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Employees'
Eelief Association, charter 725
Exeter Veteran Firemen's Association, charter 686
Father Elliott Catholic Total Abstinence & Mutual Benefit
Society of Manchester, N. H., charter 760
First Baptist Church of New London 742
First Congregational Society in Eaymond, charter amended... 671
Gafney Home for the Aged, charter 794
General Miller Park Eailroad Association, charter revived 746
Gilmanton & Barnstead Electric Eailwaj' Co., charter extended 660
828 INDEX. [1901
Corporations:
Grafton Improvement Manufacturing & Power Co., cliarter 740
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, appropriation in favor of.. 633
Granite State Land Co. authorized to build bridge 751
Haveriiill, Plaistow & Xewton Street Eailwaj^ Co., charter.... 715
Highland Cemetery 688
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., charter
amended and extended 662
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., powers ex-
tended 745
Intimate Friends of Manchester, jST. H., charter 764
J. Q. A. Warren Camp Xo. 18, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., of
Nashua, N. H., charter 759
Keene, Marlow & Newport Electric Eailway Co., charter 765
Keene Electric Eailway Co., charter amended 745
Keene Gas & Electric Co 667
Keene Gas Light Co., capital stock increased 666
name changed to Keene Gas & Elec-
tric Co 667
Laconia Electric Lighting Co., bonds legalized 675
charter amended 674
Littleton Water & Light Co., acts relating to, defined 664
Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church revived and legalized 663
Manchester & Haverhill Street Eailway Co., charter 737
Manchester Bank, charter extended 676
Manchester Building & Loan Association authorized to in-
crease capital stock 683
Manchester Police Belief Association, charter 813
Manchester Safety Deposit & Trust Co., charter amended 728
Manchester Traction, Light & Power Co 667
Masonic Home 677
Masonic Orj)hans' Home, name changed to Masonic Home 677
Merchants' Savings Bank, charter 695
Meredith & Ossipee Electric Eailway Co., charter extended 661
Milton Water- Works Co., charter 781
Mont Vernon & Milford Electric Eailway Co., charter extended 690
Moosilauke Eailroad, charter extended 659
New Hampshire Health & Accident Insurance Co., charter 698
New Hampshire Horticultural Societj^ appropriation in
favor of 556
to render reports 557
New Hampshire Orphans' Home exempted from taxation.... 541
New York, New Haven & Hartford Eailroad, guardians and
trustees may invest funds in stock of 498
New York Central & Hudson Eiver Eailroad, guardians and
trustees may invest funds in stock of 498
Newfields Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., charter revived 802
Newmarket Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., charter amended 800
Newport & George's Mills Electric Eailway Co., charter 731
North Conway & Mount Kearsarge Eailroad, charter extended 661
North Shore Water Co., charter 806
Northern Fidelity & Trust Co., charter 778
1901] INDEX. 829
Corporations:
Odd Fellows' Building- Association, charter amended 784
Peerless Casualty Co., charter 729
Pittsfield Loan & Trust Co., charter 697
Portsmouth & Exeter Street Railway Co., charter 718
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. authorized to
sell to Rockingham County Light & Power Co 678
Rochester Street Railroad Co. united with L'nion Electric
Railway 712
Rockingham County Light & Power Co. authorized to pur-
chase Portsmoiith Gas, Electric Light & Power Co 678
Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, charter 723
St. John Baptist Society of Pittsfield, charter > 795
Salem Water-Works Co., charter 755
Seabrook & Hampton Beach Street Railway Co., charter 767
Societe de St. Jean Baptiste de Manchester, N. H., charter 689
Societe de Temperance de St. Joseph of Somersworth, N. H.,
charter 6S8
Societe St. Jean Baptiste de Laconia. N. H., charter 757
State Trust Co., charter 800
Stratham and Newmarket bridge, proprietors of, authorized
to sell 7S1
Suncook Water-Works Co., charter amended 802
Swedish Sick Benefit & Burial Society of Manchester, N. H.,
charter 758
Union Canadienne, charter 673
Union Electric Railway united Avith Rochester Street Rail-
road Co 712
Union St. Jean Baptiste Societj' in Nashua, N. H., charter
amended 701
United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to ptirchase Dover Gas
Light Co. and Berwick Power Co 674
United Gas & Electric Co., Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to
sell to 676
Upper Gilmanton Village L^nion Cemetery Association, name
changed to Highland Cemetery 688
Wentworth Home for the Aged 658
Corporations, foreign, may hold property for certain purposes 503
may mortgage certain property 554
Counsel, towns authorized to employ, in legislative matters.... 552
Counties liable for the support of pauper convicts 541
County commissioners may appoint ag-ents 533
to care for county paupers 533
to report pauper statistics 520
paupers, commissioners to care for 533
taxes, collection of 553
Court, probate, committee to prepare uniform procedure for 538
terms of, in Rockingham count}' 523
superior, appeals from 563
clerks of, appointment and duties of 564
fees of 564
to receive certain records 564
22
830 INDEX. [1901
Court, superior, established 563
jurisdictiou of 563, 564
justices of, salary of 565
one may sentence when, in murder
trial 603
two shall sit in murder trial 603
terms of 565
special, in Carroll and Belknap counties 596
writs and processes saved 564
supreme, may enjoin violations of public rights 503
may grant relief from sawdust law 559
terms of, in Grafton county 515
supreme (new), clerk of, appointment and duties of 564
established 563
jurisdiction of 563
justices of, salary of 565
messenger of, appointment of 565
opinions of 563
rooms of, control of 566
term of 563
transfer of questions of law to 563
supreme (old) , abolished 565
causes and proceedings saved 564
records of, custody of 564
terms of, to be completed 565
Court house in Concord 743
in ]\Ianchester 670
in Nashua 670
Courts, distribution of state publications to 566
Creameries, fees for testing instruments of 606
instruments of, to be tested 606
Criminals may be committed to state asylum for examination 512
Crotchet Mountain road, appropriation for 636
Croup, membranous, cases of, to be reported 508
Crows excepted from protection 572
Crystal lake (Enfield), approx^riation for screening- 637
Crystal Springs Water Co., charter amended 730
Curlews considered game birds 571
Currier, Hiram E., appropriation in favor of 653
Custodians of certain public lands may receive funds * 528
Dairies, fees for testing instruments of 606
instruments to be tested 606
Dalton, appropriation for highway in 636, 649
authorized to construct bridge 701
Damages, certain, exemi)t from attachment 545
Dame, Harriet P., appropriation for portrait of 630
Dartmouth College, apijropriation in favor of 627
Dead Diamond Improvement Co., charter 694
Decatur, Arthur G., appropriation in favor of 627
Deer protected 569, 570
sale of 571
1901] INDEX. 831
Deer, taking of, in certain ways, prohibited 569
transportation of 571
Demeritt, John, approjjriation in favor of 653
Derry & Pelham Electric Railway Co., charter amended and ex-
tended 660
Detectives, fish and game commissioners may appoint 568
Diphtheria, cases of, to be reported 508
Diseases, contagious, boards of health to quarantine certain 508
cases of, to be reported 505, 508, 509
children infected with, or exposed to, not to
attend school 509
laboratory for investigation of 514
physicians authorized to quarantine 508
restriction of 508
Districts, judicial, in Grafton countj' abolished 515
Divorces, returns of, fees for 513
to be made to registrar of vital statistics 513
Dixville, appropriation for highways in 635
Dixville Notch, appropriation for highway in 644
Dogs may be killed when 570
use of, in taking, deer prohibited 569
wild animals, certain, not protected from 504
Dorchester, appropriation for highways in 643
Dover to elect superintendent of streets 658
Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Co 712
Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to sell to United Gas & Electric Co, 676
United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to pur-
chase 674
Dover Home for Aged People, name changed to Wentworth Home
for the Aged 658
Dublin pond (Dublin), square-tail trout protected in 531
Ducks protected , 572
river and sea, considered game birds 571
Dummer, appropriation for highways in 635
Durham school district, homestead of Charles F. Pendergast
transferred to Newmarket school district 680
Durham Water-Works Co., charter 803
E. H. Rollins & Sons, charter amended 703
Eagles protected 572
East Conway Water Co., charter 808
Eastern Fire Insurance Co. of New Hampshire, charter confirmed 703
Eastman, Edson C, appropriation in favor of 653
Eel pots, use of, prohibited 575
Eels protected 575
Eggs, birds', certificates for collecting 571, 572
of wild birds protected 571
Elections in caucuses to be by ballot 604
Electric railways. See Street railways.
Electrical apparatus, damage of, penalty for 534
Electricity, diversion of, penalty for 534
Eliott Bridge Co., charter amended 731
832 INDEX. [1901
Elk protected 569, 570
transportation of S'^O
Ellsworth, appropriation for highways in 636
Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in 668
Employment of children regulated. 551
of illiterate minors regulated 551
offices, licenses for 550
regulation of 549
Endicott Eock, appropriation for bridge to 638
English sparrows, excepted from protection 572
Errol, appropriation ior highways in 635
to Wentworth's Location, highway, appropriation for 635
Estate, rights of husband and wife in certain cases 613
trustees of, authorized to invest funds in certain stocks.. 498
majority to act 498
Estes, James F., appropriation In favor of 627
Evans, Ira C, appropriation in favor of 653
Evening schools, establishment of 612
to be under superintendence of school boards... 613
Exemption from attachment granted to certain\ damages 545
from certain taxation not granted to savings banks.. 578
from taxation granted to IS'ew Hampshire Orphans'
Home 541
from taxation granted to Washington Hotel Co 700
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co., lease of Ames-
bury & Hampton Street Eailway to, ratified 693
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Employees' Eelief
Association, charter 725
Exeter Veteran Firemen's Association, charter 686
Explosives, killing of fishes with, prohibited 573
Fabrics, poisonous, sale of 521
Farmington, action of, legalized 686
Father Elliott Catholic Total Abstinence & Mutual Benefit Society
of Manchester, N. H., charter 760
Fawn protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
Feeble-minded children, care of, provision for 597
Feeding-stuffs, concentrated commercial, analyses of 530
definition of 529
license fee for sale of 529
packages to be marked 528
sale of, regulated 528
samples and analyses of,
to be filed 529
Fees for analyses of commercial fertilizers 536
for milk inspectors' certificates 606
for milk licenses 607
for testing- dairy instruments 606
of clerks of superior court 564
of public weighers 526
of sheriffs, certain, to be audited 577
1901] INDEX. 833
Fenders on street railway cars 562
Ferrets, use of, prohibited 570
Fertilizers, commercial, analj'ses of 537
fees for 536
to be filed 536
license fees for, how expended 537
packages to be marked 536
sale of, regulated 536
samples of, to be furnished 536
Fever, scarlet, cases of to be reported 508
typhoid, cases of to be reported 508
Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, appropriation for
tablets on Gettysburg monument 631
Fire districts, Plymouth village, privileges of, enlarged 667
First Baptist Church of New London 742
First Congregational Society in Eaymond, charter amended.... 671
First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, Spanish war, state
pay extended to certain soldiers of 639
certain expenses of equipment to be credited to National
Guard appropriation 633
Fish and game:
bass in certain localities excepted from certain protection 574
not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 574, 575 -
to be taken by angling only 573
beaver protected 570
birds, beach, excepted from certain protection 572
certificates for collecting, may be granted when 571
game, definition of 571
transportation of 572
wild, protected 571
blue fins protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Blue Mountain Forest Association excepted from certain reg-
ulations 577
caribou protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
carp not to be put in trout waters 574
crows excepted from protection 572
deer protected 569, 570
sale of 571
taking of, in certain ways, prohibited 569
transportation of 571
ducks protected 571
eagles protected 572
eel pots, use of, prohibited 575
eels, lamper, protected 575
elk protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
English spari-ows excepted from protection 572
fawn protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
834
INDEX.
[1901
Fish and game:
ferrets, use of, prohibited 570
fines, disposition of 569
fishers protected 570
fishes, certain, to be taken by angling only 573
killing of, by poison or explosive, prohibited 573
new varieties of, j)rotected 575
or fry, misuse of 576
taking of, in private breeding waters, prohibited 573
with weirs or nets prohibited 573
forfeitures 576
grayling protected 575
grilse protected 574
grouse, rulfed, protected 572
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
snaring of, prohibited 572
hares protected 570
hawks excepted from protection 572
herons, blue, protected 572
illegally taken, commissioners may confiscate 569
lamper eels protected 575
lines, number of, limited in certain cases 574
lobster traps protected 576
lobsters protected 576
loons excepted from protection 572
moose protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
muskellonge protected 575
nets, use of in fresh waters, prohibited 573
otters protected 570
oysters, planting cf, regulated 576
protected 576
parr protected 574
partridges protected 572
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
snaring of, j)rohibited 572
perch protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
pheasants protected 610
pickerel not to be jjut in trout waters 574
protected 575
to be taken by angling only 573
pigeons, homing- or Antwerp, protected 533
pike not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 575
to be taken by angling only ~ 573
plover protected 572
prima facie evidence 568, 570, 573, 576
quails protected 572
snaring of, j)i'ohibited 572
^ rabbits protected 570
raccoons protected 570
1901] INDEX. 835
Fish and game:
rails protected 572
sables protected 570
salmon protected 574
taking of, for compensation prohibited 574
to be taken by angling only 573
young, protected 574
sandpipers protected 572
seines, use of, in fresh waters prohibited 573
shad protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
shad-waiters to be taken by angling only 573
sheldrake excepted from protection 572
shiners excepted from certain protection 573
smelts protected 575
smolt protected 574
snares, use of, in certain cases, prohibited 572
snipe, Wilson, protected 572
squirrels, gray, protected 570
traps, use of, regulated 570, 572
trout, catch of, limited 575
certain fishes not to be jDut in waters with 574
in certain localities excepted from certain protection 574
protected 574, 575
square-tail, protected 531
taking. of, for compensation i^rohibited 574
to be taken by angling only 573
waters, private, rights of owners of 576
private breeding, corrupting of, prohibited 573
public, definition of 576
weirs,, use of, in fresh waters prohibited 573
prohibited 575
whitefishes protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
woodcock jjrotected 572
purchase or sale of, j)rohibited 573
yellowlegs protected 571
Fish and game commissioners, appointment of 568
duties of 568, 569
powers of 569
rej)ort of 569
salaries of 569
Fish hatcheries, certain, abolished 506
certain, to be improved 506
Fishers protected 570
Fishes, certain, to be taken by angling only 573
fish and game commissioners may take 568
killing of, by poison or explosive prohibited 573
new varieties of, protected 575
obstructions to, commissioners may remove 568
or fry, misuse of 576
taking of, in private breeding- waters prohibited 573
836 INDEX. [1901
Fishes, taking of, with weirs or nets prohibited 573
Fishing- implements, forfeiture of 576
Flag- cases, appropriation for marking- 634
Ford, Stephen S., appropriation in favor of 653
Foreign corporations may hold property for certain purposes.... 503
Forestry commission, secretary of, to furnish markers for public
trees 593
Forfeiture of fishing implements 576
Fowler, George W., appropriation in favor of 653
Franconia, appropriation for highway in 636
Franconia Notch, apiDropriation for highway in 636
Fraternal beneficiary associations may be admitted when 583
may continue when 582
powers of, limited 581
Funds, guardians and trustees may invest, in certain stocks 498
trust, held by towns, investment of 578
Gafney Home for the Aged, charter 794
Gale Eiver road, aj)proi3riation for 635
Gallinae considered game birds 571
Gallinules considered game birds 571
Game birds, definition of 571
transportation of 572
Gardner, Fred A., appropriation in favor of 653
Geese considered game birds 571
General Miller Park Eailroad Association, charter revived 746
Gilford brook (Gilford), deposit of waste in, prohibited 553
Gilmanton & Barnstead Electric Railway Co., charter extended.. 660
Glazier, Van B., appropriation in favor of 627
Gorham to Jackson, highway, appropriation for 643
Governor, private secretary of, salary provided for ■. . . . 644
to appoint agents to construct Jefferson Notch road.. 591
board of veterinary examiners 548
commission to lay out Jefferson Notch road 590
committee on j)robate procedure 538
on state sanitarium 628
public printing commission 579
trustees of New Hampshire School for Fee-
ble-Minded Children 598
Vicksburg commission 652
to be a trustee of New Hampshire School for Feeble-
Minded Children 598
to cause indexing of vital statistics 632
Grafton county, actions under former law returnable when 516
continuances provided for 516
judicial districts abolished 515
jurors, grand, when summoned 516
petit, whence summoned 516
names changed in 656
terms of court in 515
superior court in 565
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
1901] INDEX. 837
Grafton Improvement Manufacturing & Power Co., charter 740
Grain, ground, penalty for adulteration of 530
Grand Army of the Eepublic, cities and towns may raise money
for halls for 545
Grand juries in Grafton county, when summoned 516
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, appropriation in favor of 633
Granite State Land Co. authorized to build bridge 751
Grayling protected 575
Great bay, smelts in, protected 575
Greenland bay, smelts in, protected 575
Greenough ponds (Wentworth's Location), square-tail trout in,
protected 531
Grilse protected 574
Grouse considered game birds 571
rufEed, protected 572
purchase or sale of prohibited 573
snaring of prohibited 572
Guardians authorized to invest funds in certain stocks 498
of insane persons may waive wills in favor of wards. . . . 500
Haik waste, sale of, regulated 536
Hale's Location, land in, donation accepted 537
Hampton town meeting legalized 659
Hanover villag-e precinct, powers of enlarged and confirmed 70S
Hares protected 570
Hart's Location, appropriation for highways in 635
to Carroll, highway, appropriation for 635
Haverhill, apportionment of library funds in 666
Haverhill, Plaistow & Newton Street Eailway Co., charter 715
Hawkers and peddlers, provision as to licensing 560
Hawks excej)ted from protection 572
Hay to be weighed by public weigher 526
Health, boards of, to disinfect premises 509
to quarantine contagious diseases 508
officers, local, to attend meetings of state board 509
Hedding Camp Meeting Association authorized to tax members.. 722
Henrj^ James E., appropriation in favor of 653
Herald Publishing Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Herons, bkie, protected 572
High schools, appropriation for tuition in 589
definition of 589
Highland Cemetery 688
Highways, appropriations for:
Brook road 650
Canaan road (Barrington) 644
Cherry Mountain road 635
Crotchet Mountain road 636
Gale River road 635
Jefferson Notch road 591
Knot Hole road 643
Lake Shore highway 636
Londonderry turnpike 636
838 INDEX. [1901
Highways, aiDpropriations for:
McDaiiiel, Scruton Pond, and Waterhouse road 644
Miller Park Mountain road 636
Pinkham road 636
Sandwich Notch road 636
Sugar Loaf road 635
Turnpike road 643
Turnpike road (Sharon) 643
Warren road 636
from Carroll to Hart's Location 635
Errol to Wentworth's Location 635
Gorham to Jackson 643
Massachusetts line to Newcastle 648
In Albany 635
Benton 635
Campton 643
Dalton 636
Dixville 635
Dixville Notch 644
Dorchester 643
Dummer 635
Ellsworth 636
Errol 635
Pranconia 636
Franconia Notch 636
Hart's Location 635
Millsfield 643
Newcastle 643
Orange 643
Pittsburg 643
Eandolph 643
Eumney 636
Thornton 650
Tuftonborough 648
Warren 636
Wentworth's Location 636
Whitefield 636
Woodstock 636
Highways, trees in, protection of 592
to be marked 593
Hillsborough county convention authorized to appropriate money
for new court houses 670
names changed in 655
terms of superior court in 565
Hoitt, Thomas L., appropriation in favor of 649
Holderness, Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in.. 668
Holland, James H., apiDropriation in favor of 653
Holt, Andy, appropriation in favor of 627
Homing pigeons protected 532
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Railway Co., charter amended
and extended 662
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Railway Co., powers extended.. 745
1901] INDEX. 839
Humphrey-Dodge Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Hunt, Edward C, appropriation in favor of 653
Huntoon, Charles T., appropriation in favor of 627
Husband, right of to wife's estate 614, 615
Hygiene, laboratory of, appropriation for 514
established 514
Idiotic. See Feeble-Minded.
Hliterate minors, employment of regulated 551
Imprisonment, sentences of, to be indefinite 547
Index of archives in office of secretary of state 645
to vital statistics, provision for 633
to records in office of secretary of state, appropriation fox- 630
Industrial School, appropriation for repairs at 642
escape from, penalty for 507
minors, certain, may be committed to, in de-
fault of bail 611
Infected premises to be cleaned 509
Ingalls, Horace L., appropriation in favor of 653
Insane, asylum for. See New Hampshire Asylum for Insane and
New Hampshire State Hospital.
Insane persons, guardians of, may invest funds in certain stocks. . 498
may waive wills in favor of wards. . 500
Inspectors of milk, appointment of 607
fees for certificates to 606
to procure certificates 606
Insurance companies, foreign fidelity and casualty, taxes on 555
Intimate Friends of Manchester, N. H., charter 764
Investments of savings banks regulated 616, 617, 61S, 619
J. M. Stewakt & Sons Co., appropriation in favor of 653
J. Q. A. Warren Camp No. 18, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., of
Nashua, N. H., charter 759
Jacks, use of in taking deer prohibited 569
Jackson to Gorham, highway, appropriation for 643
Jaffrey authorized to maintain water-works 772
Jeiferson not liable on account of Jefferson Notch road 592
Jefferson Notch road, agents to construct 591
appropriation for 591
commission to locate 590
state and town not liable on account of.... 592
.John B. Clarke Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Johnson, George W., appropriation in favor of 653, 654
Judge of probate, bonds to, certain corporations may be accepted
as surety on 611
in Coos countj^ salary of 597
may commit children to New Hampshire School
for Feeble-Minded Children when 598
names changed by 654, 655, 656, 657
Judicial districts in Grafton county abolished 515
Jurisdiction of new supreme court 563
of superior court 563, 564
840 INDEX. [1901
Jurors, grand, in Grafton county, when summoned 516
return of 565
respondent may challenge, in murder trials 603
state may challenge, in murder trials 603
to be kept separate in murder trials 604
petit, in Grafton county, whence summoned 516
return of 565
Justices of new supreme court, salaries of 565
of superior court, one may sentence when, in murder trial 603
salaries of 565
two shall sit in murder trial 603
Keaesaege memorial, appropriation for 641
Kearsarge-Alabama j^arade, expense of, to be credited to National
Guard appropriation 628
Keeler, I. Eugene, appropriation in favor of 653
Keene, Marlow & Newport Electric Kailway Co., charter 765
Keene Electric Eailway Co., charter amended 745
Keene Gas & Electric Co 667
Keene Gas Light Co., cajjital stock of, increased 666
name changed to Keene Gas & Electric Co. 667
Kidnapping, penalty for 538
Knot Hole road, appropriation for 643
Laboratoky of hj'giene, appropriation for 514
established 514
Laconia, board of public works established in 791
charter amended 6S3
Laconia Electric Lighting- Co., bonds of, legalized 675
charter amended 674
Lake Shore highway, appropriation for 636
Lakes protected from waste 558
Lakes:
Crystal, appropriation for screening 637
Mascoma, bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
Squam, appropriation for lights and buoys in 638
Stinson, apjjropriation for screening 637
Sunapee, approj)riation for lights, buoys, etc., in 639
bass in, excepted from certain protection ,. 574
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
Winnesquam, appropriation for screening 640
Winnipesaukee, appropriation for lights and buoys in 650
Lamper eels protected 575
Lands, acceptance of certain, in Carroll county 527
Laneville, Albert D., appropriation in favor of 653
Larkin, Josephine C, approjoriation in favor of 653
Law, questions of, transfer of 563
Law, John K., approriation in favor of 653
Laws, publication and distribution of 587
Leather, pulverized, sale of, regulated 536
Lee, Harry M., appropriation in favor of 653
Legislature. See General court.
1901] INDEX. 841
Leighton, Fred, appropriation in favor of 653
Library. /S'ee State library.
commissioners to be consolidated -with trustees of state
library 501
of state prison, appropriation for 561
Lights, artificial, use of, in talcing deer, prohibited 569
Limicolse considered game birds 571
Lincoln, part of Livermore annexed to 521
Lines, number of, in fishing through ice limited 574
Lisbon authorized to issue bonds 721
Literary fund appropriated to Somersworth 647
certain towns to receive share of 5S9
Literature, towns authorized to distribute certain 502
Little Diamond jDond (Stewartstown), square-tail trout in, pro-
tected 531
Littlefield, Alice M., ai^proriation in favor of 653
Littleton authorized to maintain a band 677
Littleton Water & Light Co., acts relating to, defined 664
Livermore, part of, annexed to Lincoln 521
Lobster traps protected 576
Lobsters protected 576
Londonderry, portion of New or West Parish in, disannexed 790
Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church revived and legalized 663
Londonderry turnpike, appropriation for 636
Loons excepted from protection 572
Love joy, Warren W., appropriation in favor of 653
Lowry, John W., appropriation in favor of .• 653
Lyme or Post pond (Lyme), appropriation for screening 634
fishing- through the ice in, prohibited 497
AIcDaniel, Scruton Pond, and Waterhouse road, appropriation for 644
McElwaine, Herbert A., appropriation in favor of 653
McHarg, Andrew, Bow authorized to appropriate money for
relief of 663
Machines, slot, declared gambling implements 512
McQuaid, Elias A., appropriation in favor of 653
Manchester, charter amended 702
Concord Kailroad authorized to extend side-track in 712
court house in, authorized 670
Manchester & Haverhill Street Kailroad Co., charter 737
Manchester Bank, charter extended 676
Manchester Biiilding & Loan Association aiithorized to increase
capital stock 683
Manchester Police Eelief Association, charter 813
Manchester Safety Deposit & Trust Co., charter amended 728
Manchester Traction, Light & Power Co 667
Mascoma lake, bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
Masonic Home 677
Masonic Orphans' Home, name changed to Masonic Home 677
Massachusetts and New Hampshire boundary line, establish-
ment of 620
line to Newcastle, highway, appropriation for 648
842 INDEX. [1901
Meal, adulteration of, penalty- for 530
Measles, cases of, to be reported 508
Measures, weights and, sealers of, duties of 505
Membranous croup, cases of, to be reported 508
Memorial day, observance of, towns may regulate 500
Mercer, John H., homestead of, annexed to Union school district
of Concord 755
Merchants Savings Bank, charter 695
Meredith & Ossipee Electric Kailway Co., charter extended 661
Merriam, Daniel, and others, acceptance of donation of land from 527
Merrimack county convention authorized to raise money for
court house 743
names changed in 655
terms of superior court in 565
Merrimack river, shiners in, excepted from certain protection 573
Messenger of new su^Dreme court, appointment of 565
Metcalf, Henry H., approi^riation in favor of 653
Milford authorized to maintain electric plant 761
Military officers may be placed on retired list 519
property, lost, condemned, or sold, money received for, to
be used for National Guard 517
Militia. See New Hampshire National Guard.
Milk, adulterated, definition of 609
adulteration of, prohibited 609
impure, sale of, prohibited 609
inspection of 607
inspectors of, appointment of 607
fees for certificates to 606
to procure certificates 606
instruments to be tested 606
license law, connivance at violation of, punished 609
record of convictions to be kept. . . . .' 609
to be in force where 609
licenses to sell 607
fees for 607
record of, to be kept 608
samples of, may be taken 608
skimmed, sale of, regulated 609
storekeepers selling, to be licensed 008
Miller Park Mountain road, appropriation for 636
Millsfield, appropriation for highways in 643
Millville school district, homestead of John H. S. Willcox severed
from 763
Milton Water-Works Co., charter 781
Minors, certain, may be committed to Industrial School in default
of bail Oil
guardians of, may invest funds in certain stocks 498
illiterate, employment of, regulated 551
Monitor & Statesman Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Mont Vernon & Milford Electric Railway Co., charter extended... 690
Monument of Fifth regiment at Gettysburg, appropriation for
tablets on 631
1901] INDEX. 843
Monuments of New Hampshire regiments at Vicksburg, commis-
sion to locate 652
Moore, James H., appropriation in favor of 651
Moose protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
Moosilauke Railroad, time extended 659
Morrison, Susan E., appropriation in favor of 654
Mortgages, corporations may make, on certain property 554
Mud-hens considered game birds 571
Murder trials, compensation of counsel assigned in 603
jury to be kept separate in 604
respondents may be arraigned before one justice in 603
may challenge jurors in 603
to have certain privileges in 603
state may call witnesses in rebuttal in 603
may challenge jurors in 603
two justices shall sit in 603
Muskellonge protected 575
Names changed 654, 655, 656, 657
Adams, Arethusa Whitney, to Katherine Whitney Alden.
Alexander, Ray Edward, to Ray Edward Stowell.
Atkins, Marjorie, to Jessie Gould.
Ball, Lucy D., to Lucy D. Bartlett.
Bardsley, Mabelle, to Mabelle Baile3\
Barry, Archibald, to Archibald Greg'ory.
Beal, M. Geneva, to M. Geneva Berry.
Bell, Samuel, to Samuel Harding Bell.
Bemis, Linnie L,, to Linnie L. Truth.
William A., to Francis Truth.
Bennett, Mary A., to Mary A. Haselton.
Berry, Helen Maria, to Helen Berr}^ Banning.
Berube, Marie, to Marie Audeux.
Black, Edna, to Lillian Beatrice Currier.
Blanchard, John E., to John E. Barden.
Bonett, Hugh N., to Hugh N. Turner.
Luella, to Luella Turner,
Boyd, Wilson, to William Cyrus Brown.
Brennan, Charles, to Charles Cranston.
Brown, Abbie M., to Abbie M. Wells.
Annie Elizabeth, to Elizabeth Scribner Brown.
Nellie M., to Nellie M. McDonald.
Bunker, Bertha H., to Bertha H. Keyes.
Burgess, Meltie Nette, to Meltie Nette Mitchell.
Buswell, Willie C, to William C. Rowe.
Butterworth, Ella May, to Arvillar Hussey.
Buxton, Fred Kimball, to Fred Kimball McCounell.
Cartland, Alice, to Alice Cartland Downing.
Chase, Leon W., to Leon W. Burns.
Cheever, Eliza S., to Lizzie A. Cheever.
Clay, Marj^ L., to Mary L. Lang.
Cobb, Sylvia Estelle, to Sylvia Estelle Goodwin.
844 iKDEx. [1901
Names changed 654, 655, 656, 657
Coleman, Etta B., to Etta B, Smith.
Cook, Priscilla A., to Priscilla A. Panl.
Counter, Jessie M., to Jessie M. Chamberlin.
Crane, Mabel, to Mabel Hall.
Crassley, Myrtle ^Nlabel, to Myrtle Mabel Lund.
Crawford, Bertha L., to Bertha Crawford Large.
Crooks, Evelyn, to Evelyn Parker,
Currier, Minnie C, to Minnie C. Johonnett.
Curtis, Frank, to Frank Curtis Jackson.
Davis, Anna M., to Anna M. Jones.
Ephraim Henry, to Ephraim Henry Little.
George, to John Herman Semple.
Harry Chauncey, to Harry Chauncey Cate.
Jessie W., to Jessie W. Foster.
Lillia A., to Lillia A. Goodwin.
Sarah Maud, to Sarah Maud Little.
Day, Sylvia Marribee, to Sylvia Marribee Hayden.
Derby, Gladis, to Gladis H. Whiting.
Downing, Annie M., to Annie M. Hill.
Driscoll, Theresa Corina, to Corina Bacigalupo.
Durgin, Grace A., to Grace A. Locke.
Dudley, Clara Sanborn, to Clara Loretta Sanborn.
Ealy, Christie, to Vera Gordon.
Eastman, Alice A., to Alice A. Deane.
Eddy, Pearl M., to Pearl M. Dean,
Elliott, Wilma Gertrude, to Wilma Gertrude Harris.
Elsworth, Miasette, to Estella Musette Mills.
Farrar, Edith, to Stella lola Giles,
Fife, Marion Parker, to Marion Parker Moulton.
Foote, Edward Arthur, to Edward Arthur Hills.
Forbes, Fannie Euth, to Fannie Ruth Forbes (?).
Forgays, Cora E., to Cora E. Amlam,
Foster, Ealph, to Ealph Otis Watson.
Eraser, Olive Pratt, to Olive Pratt Keniston.
French, Achsah Alice, to Euth Kent.
Frizette, Benjamin J., to Benjamin J. Lawrence.
Frye, Emma T., to Emma Taylor Ladd.
Furnel, Guy G., to Guy Goodwin Fernald.
Gannon, Clarence Wheater, to Clarence Shepherd Gannon.
Garland, Margaret, to Margaret Eames.
Gentley, Mary E., to Mary E. Kelliher.
Gero, Frances L., to Frances L. Dexter.
Given, Emma H., to Emma Florence Flynn.
Goulet, Maria Exerina, to Exerina Gagnon,
Gove, Nellie E., to Nellie E. Lyford.
Grandy, Frank Willis, to Frank Willis Crane.
Grant, Phyllis Meriam, to Phyllis Grant Eedlow.
Greene, Jareb Alonzo, to Jared Alonzo Greene.
Grover, Millicent Agnes, to Doris Millicent Shapleigh.
Hall, Maudie May, to Maudie May Wilkinson,
Haxt, Esther C, to Esther C. Hewitt,
1901] INDEX. 845
Names changed 654, 655, 656, 657
Heath, Beatrice, to Beatrice Hildreth.
Dorothy Frances, to Dorothy Frances Whidden.
Merl W., to Merl W. Hildreth.
Herrick, Gilberta Irene, to Lottie Gilbertha H. Pound.
Hill, Franklin Augustus, to Franklin Augustus Hills.
Hook, William B., to William B. Corser.
House, Nellie F., to Nellie E. Flanders.
Ingalls, Lester Howard, to Lester Howard Fletcher.
Jacobs, Abbie E., to Abbie R. Batcher.
Johnson, Florence L., to Florence L. Guild.
Jones, Sarah F., to Sarah F. Strickland.
William Rowe, to William Danforth Rowe.
Joslyn, Carrie E., to Carrie E. Harrington.
Frederick W., to Frederick W. Harrington.
Kane, Alice E., to Alice E. Wall.
Keeler, Earl C, to Harry Earl Morse.
Kelley, Gladys Marion, to Gladys Marion Ordway.
Kimball, Lena, to Lena Gordon.
King, Jennie L., to Jennie L. Putnam.
Kinney, Blanch, to Blanch Miller.
Kirk, John C, to John C. Houtvet.
Kitchin, Viola L., to Lurline Elsie Gillanders.
Knowles, Ina S., to Ina S. Colby.
Kuselich, Mary E., to Mary E. Atkins.
Ladd, Ida M., to Ida M. Kennard.
Laughton, Natt Ray, to Natt Ray Cummings.
Lawrance, Nell B., to Nellie Lawrence Marshall.
Lee, Abby G., to Abby G. Forbush.
Lessard, Blanche M., to Blanche M. Turmal.
Levy, Persis L., to Persis L. Wiggin.
Luck, Isabel, to Isabel Leavitt.
Lufkin, Florence E., to Florence E. Dunlap.
McGrath, Jennie, to Jennie Merrick.
McKenna, Sarah Ella, to Ruth Marion Svenson.
McPherson, Ruth M., to Ruth M. Blakely.
McRegney, Lillian Alice, to Lillian Alice Cahill.
Mann, Abbie Maud, to Georgia Maud Carlton.
Marcotte, Mary, to Mary Q. Marcotte.
Marshall, Grace W., to Grace W. Ricker.
Martina, Maria Clotilda, to' Maria Clotilda Bacigalupo.
Mehan, Catherine, to Catherine Hunter.
Miclou, Donald J., to Donald J. Vandj-ke.
Millner, Elinor, to Elinor Trow.
Morrill, Rosa S., to Rosa A. Crowell.
Murphj', Joseph, to Joseph Phillippe Masslcotte.
Nutt, Rhoda, to Rhoda Kennej'.
Osgood, Lottabell, to Lottabell Andrews.
Peaslee, Carl George, to Errol Kenneth MuzzeJ^
Peck, Addie M., to Addle M. Grant.
Pelkie, Delinda Ann, to Delinda Ann Lee.
Penniman, Walter Henry, to Walter Henry Turner.
Peppin, Frederick Henry, to Frederick Henry Ryan.
846 INDEX. [1901
Names changed 654, 655, 656, 657
Pero, Edith H., to Edith H. Sargent.
Pettee, Clara L., to Clara L. Howard.
Pillsbury, William, to William Pillsbury Stickney.
Poor, Grace Viola, to Phyllis Vera Poor.
Pratt, Phcebe M., to Phoebe M. Briggs.
Proctor, Emma Grace, to Emma Grace Phelps.
Eeed, Frank L., to Frank Cronin.
Lola B., to Lola B. Foss.
Kepley, Georgianna, to Georgianna Tondreau.
Roberts, Martha, to Martha Leigh.
Eobinson, Nellie, to Nellie F. Smith.
Rowe, Sadie P., to Sadie P. Sanborn.
Sanborn, Bessie May, to Bessie May ]\Iomblo.
Savage, Sarah E., to Jessie Savage.
Sclack, Clara, to Clara Gill.
Sedgewick, Alma R., to Alma A. Robinson.
Senter, Perley E., to Henry E. Wade.
Short, Wilber I., to Wilber I. Fay.
Skeetup, William Stanley, to William Stanley Blaisdell.
Skillings, Hazel Maj', to Hazel May Frame.
Slawenwhite, Charles B., to Charles B. Howlett.
Frank A., to Frank A. Howlett.
Smallcon, John W,, to John W. Small.
Smith, Emma Estelle, to Estelle E. Langley.
James Watson, to James Watson.
Leland, to Leland Nelson Boutwell.
Martha, to Agnes Ethel Kinne.
Mary, to Mary Watson.
Mary Esther, to Mary Esther Allard.
Springer, Annie, to Annie Knapp.
Stanley, Margaret L, to Margaret I. Ferguson.
Stevens, Marj- Etta, to Mary Etta Hayes.
Winifred A., to Winifred A. Bartlett.
Stevenson, Harry Hurton, to Charles Hnrton Blake.
Stewart, Louisa, to Mary Belle Willej^
Stirling, Mary \Y., to Mary W. Flynn.
Swindlehurst, Ralph, to Ray Abbott Craig.
Robert, to Roy Byron Craig.
Tarady, Alma B., to Alma B. Smith.
Cecil H., to Cecil H. Smith.
Jessie A., to Jessie A. Smith.
Taylor, Grace, to Grace Lull.
Tilton, George S., to George G. Tilton.
Minnie, to Minnie Farrell.
Titus, Estella Musette, to Estella Musette Mills.
Tollboom, Katherine A., to Katherine A. Cockburn.
Twombly, Myra H., to Myra H. Davis.
Upton, Margretta, to Jennie Margretta Wliitehouse.
Varrell, Ella M., to Ella M. Marshall.
Veber, Clara Lilly, to Clara Lilly Knight.
Fred Theodore, to Fred Theodore Knight.
1901.] INDEX. 847
Names changed 654, 655, 656, 657
Warner, Caroline E., to Caroline E. Dodge.
Wells, Emma V., to Emma V. Hodgdon.
Wentworth, Carrie, to Carrie Hepworth.
George Herbert, to Bert Wentworth.
West, Jane, to Jane Lee.
White, Perley E., to Perley E. Mason.
Whitney, Mary Edith, to Edith Mary Emery.
Whyte, Elsie Moulton, to Bessie Gertrude Dunton.
Wiggin, Robert M., to Eobert M. French.
Willard, Maud Agnes, to Maud Agnes Stevens.
Williams, Ada F., to Ada F. Mason.
Emma Frances, to Emma Frances Pierce.
Woodbridge, Lena J., to Lena J. Blackmun.
Names changed, corporations:
American Typographic Co. to Manchester Traction, Light &
Power Co 667
Baptist Church of New London to First Baptist Church of
New London 742
Dover Home for Aged People to Wentworth Home for the
Aged 658
Keene Gas Light Co. to Keene Gas & Electric Co 667
Masonic Orphans' Home to Masonic Home 677
New Hampshire Asylum for Insane to New Hampshire State
Hospital 524
Upper Gilmanton Village Union Cemetery Association to
Highland Cemetery 688
Nashua authorized to issue bonds 799
charter amended 797
court house in, authorized 670
Nason, Edward M., appropriation in favor of 653
Nests, birds', certificates for collecting 571, 572
of wild birds protected 571
Nets, use of, in fresh waters, prohibited 573
New Hampshire and Massachusetts boundary line, establishment of 620
New Hampshire Asylum for Insane, appropriation in favor of 524
name changed to New Hamp-
shire State Hospital 524
New Hampshire College of Agriculture, appropriation for 646
superintendent of dairy
department to issue
certificates 606
to keep record of cer-
tificates and tests . . . 606
to test instruments 606
New Hampshire Health & Accident Insurance Co., charter 698
New Hampshire Horticultural Society, appropriation in favor of.. 556
to render reports 557
New Hampshire National Guard, adjutant-general to apply certain 517
funds to use of 517
adjutants, regimental, pay of... 519
adjutants, regimental, to rank
as captains 517
848 INDEX. [1901
New Hampshire National Guard appropriation to be credited with
certain Spanish war expenses 633
appropriation to be credited with
expense of Kearsarge-Alabama
parade 628
assistant adjutant-general, pay of 519
officers may be placed on retired
list 519
quartermaster, brigade, to rank
as major 51S
quartermasters, regimental, to
rank as captains 517
rations may be issued 518
rifle ranges, appropriation for.. 541
New Hampshire Oi'phans' Home exempted from taxation 541
New Hampshire School for Feeble-Minded Children:
admission to, order of 599
appropriation for 599
buildings for, trustees to erect 599
children may be committed by judges of probate when 598
children, what, may be admitted 598
commitment to, appeal from 599
discharge from 599
establishment of 597
rules and regulations, trustees to make 599
site for, trustees to purchase 599
trustees of, appointment of 598
duties of 598
governor to be one of 598
to make rules and regulations 599
to purchase site and erect buildings 599
New Hampshire Soldiers' Home, appropriation in favor of 631
New Hampshire State Hospital, criminals may be committed to,
for examination 512
name of New Hampshire Asylum
for Insane changed to 524
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, guardians and trustees
may invest funds in stock of 498
New York Central & Hudson Eiver Railroad, guardians and
trustees may invest funds in stock of 498
Newbury, part of, annexed to Sutton for school purposes 740
Newcastle, appropriation for highways in 643
to Massachusetts line, highway, appropriation for 648
Newfields, name of, confirmed 744
Newfields Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., charter revived 802
Newfound lake, fishing through ice in, prohibited 533
Newmarket Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., charter amended.. 800
Newmarket school district, homestead of Charles F. Pendergast
annexed to 680
Newport authorized to issue funding bonds 700
Newport & George's Mills Electric Railway Co., charter 731
Newspapers, laws to be printed for 587
1901] INDEX. 849
Newspapers to be sent to state library 588
Nominations in caucuses to be by ballot 604
North Conway & Mount Kearsarge Railroad, charter extended 661
North Shore Water Co., charter 80^
Northern Fidelity & Trust Co., charter 778
Obstbuctions, fish and game commissioners may remove certain 568
Odd Fellows' Building Association, charter amended 784
Officei-s, county, to report pauper statistics 520
military, may be placed on retired list 519
Old Home week, towns may raise money to observe 509
Oleomargarine, search-warrants for, may be issued 583
Opinions of new supreme court, filing of 563
Orange, appropriation for highways in 643
Otters protected 570
Overseers of the poor to report pauper statistics 520
Oysters, planting of regulated 576
protected 576
Pak-Amekican exposition, appropriation for building at 499
commissioners for 499
Paper, poisonous, sale of 521
Parochial schools, children to be vaccinated before attending.... 511
Parr protected 574
Partridges considered game birds 571
protected 572
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
snaring of, prohibited 572
Pasquaney lake, fishing through ice in, prohibited 533
Pauper statistics, county officers to report 520
overseers of the poor to report 520
Paupers, convict, counties liable for support of 541
count}-, commissioners to care for 533
Pearson, Harlan C, appropriation in favor of 653
Peddlers, provision as to licensing 560
Peerless Casualty Co., charter 729
Pendergast, Charles F., homestead of, transferred from Durham
school district to Newmarket school district 680
People & Patriot Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Perch protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Peterborough authorized to borrow money for electric plant 685
Petit jurors in Grafton county, whence summoned 516
Pharmacy, commissioners of, to enforce regulations 540
Pheasants considered game birds 571
protected 610
Philippine war, dependent soldiers of, care of 625
Physicians authorized to quarantine certain diseases 508
Pickerel not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 575
to be taken by angling only 573
Pigeons, homing or Antwerp, protected 532
850 INDEX. [1901
Pike not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 575
to be taken by angling only 573
Pinkhana road, appropriation for 636
Piper, Martin L., appropriation in favor of 653
Piscataqua river, smelts in, protected 575
Pittsburg, appropriation for highways in 643
Pittsfield Loan & Trust Co., charter 697
Place, George A., appropriation in favor of 653
Plover considered game birds 571
protected 573
Plymouth village fire district, privileges of, enlarged 667
Plumbers, licensing of, made discretionary in cities 594
Poison, killing of fishes with, prohibited 573
Poisonous articles, sale of 521
Police commission established in Somersworth 726
Ponds protected from waste 558
Poor, overseers of, to report pauper statistics 520
Poor Farm brook (Gilford), deposit of waste in, prohibited 553
Portrait of Harriet P. Dame, appropriation for 630
Portsmouth, appropriation in favor of 641
Portsmouth & Exeter Street Railway Co., charter 713
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. authorized to sell to
Rockingham County Light & Power Co 678
Post or Lyme pond (Lyme), appropriation for screening 634
fishing through ice in, prohibited... 497
Prairie chickens considered game birds 571
Premises, infected, to be cleaned 509
Printing", public, bonds for performance of 579
contracts for, may be awarded to whom 579
definition of 579
materials for, commission may purchase 579
prices of 579
Private schools, children to be vaccinated before attending 511
to make annual reports to state superintendent. . 589
Probate court, committee to prepare uniform procedure for 538
terms of, in Rockingham county 523
judge of, in Coos county, salary of 597
judges of, bonds to, certain corporations may be
accepted as surety on 611
may commit children to New Hampshire School for
Feeble-Minded Children, when 598
names changed by 654, 655, 656, 657
Processes issued under former law saved 564
Property, foreign corporations may hold, for certain purposes... 503
military, lost, condemned, or sold, money received for,
to be used for National Guard 517
Public printing commission, duties of 579
established 579
rights, protection of 629
Public Statutes amended:
chapter 5, publication of laws ^S'i'
1901] INDEX. 851
Public Statutes amended:
chapters 5 and 6, state publications So?
chapter 10, section 1, Asylum for Insane 524
27, county commissioners 533
30, section 2, and chapter 43, section 12, statistics of
pauperism
520
40, section 4, powers of towns 502, 509
40, section 5, town trust funds 578
84, section 9, town paupers 625
88, school money 585
93, employment of children 550
93, section 2, scholars 511
95, section S, State Xormal School 544
110, section 3, pestilential diseases 505
125, section 7, sealers of weights and measures 505
126, sections 1 and 2, sale of bi'ead 525
135, drugs and medicines 540
149, corporation meetings 555
158, section 26, railroads taking land 613
169, section 14, insurance companies 555
175, section 19, returns of divorces 513
184, section 1, probate courts 523
195, rights of certain heirs 613
199, bonds to judges of probate 610
251, section 1, search warrants 583
269, sale of poisons 521,
284, section 14, minors committed to Industrial School 611
286, section 5, salary of state treasurer 546
286, section 14, salary of judge of probate in Coos
county 597
286, section 17, Carroll county solicitor 504
287, section 16, fees and costs 577
Public waters, definition of 503
fish and game commissioners may screen 569
weighers, appointment of, authorized 525
duties of 526
fees of 526
penalty for refusal to perform duties 526
qualifications of 526
Publications, state, distribution of 557
to courts 566
Quails considered game birds 571
protected 572
snaring of, prohibited 573
Quarantine of contagious diseases 508
to be designated by placard 508
Quartermaster, brigade, to rank as major 518
Quartermasters, regimental, to rank as captains 517
Questions of law, transfer of 563
Rabbits protected 570
Eaccoons protected 570
852 INDEX. [1901
Kailroad commissioners may consider value of franchises 543
may change routes of proposed street
railways 539
Eailroad companies may take land for diversion of streams 613
Eailroads. See Street railways.
increased capital stock of, how issued 535
Black Rock & Salisbury Beach, time limited 770
Boston & Maine, authorized to extend side-track in
Manchester 712
Concord, authorized to extend side-track in Manchester 712
Moosilauke, charter extended 659
North Conway & Mount Kearsarge, charter extended 661
Eails considered game birds 571
protected 572
Eallidse considered game birds 571
Eandolph, appropriation for highways in 643
Eations may be issued to Xational Guard during encampment.... 518
Eaj'mond, First Congregational Society, charter amended 671
Eecords in office of secretary of state, appropriation for indexing 630
of Coos county, damaged by fire, to be attested 587
of old supreme court, custody of 564
Eeferees, provisions for, repealed 565
Eegistrar of vital statistics, returns of divorces to bemade to.... 513
Eepresentatives' hall, appropriation for chairs in 640
Eepresentatives to general court, apportionment of 600
Eiedell, John H., appropriation in favor of 641
Eifle ranges for National Guard, appropriation for 544
Eights, public, protection of 629
Eoads. See Highways.
Eoberts, Charles L., appropriation in favor of 653
Eobinson, Allan H., appropriation in favor of 653
Eochester Street Eailway Co, united with Union Electric Railway 712
Eockingham county authorized to issue bonds 682
names changed in 654
terms of probate court in 523
superior court in 565
Eockingham Countj' Light & Power Co. authorized to purchase
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Co 678
Rollins, Lyman, appropriation in favor of 627
Eoman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, charter 723
Eowe, C. D., appropriation in favor of 627
Eumney, appropriation for highway in 636
Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in.. 668
Sables protected 570
St. John Baptist Society of Pittsfield, charter 795
Salary of aldermen and councilmen of Concord 785
chaplain of state prison 561
city superintendent of schools, state not to contribute to 511
delegates to constitutional convention 581
fish and game commissioners 569
governor's private secretary provided for 644
1901] INDEX. 853
Salary of judge of probate in Coos county 597
justices of new supreme court 565
superior court 565
secretary of state 5o4
solicitor of Carroll county 504
state treasurer 546
Salem Water-Works Co., charter '^55
Salmon in Berry pond protected 584
protected 574
taking of, for compensation, prohibited 574
to be taken bj^ angling only 573
young, protected 574
Sanborn, Capt. W. A., appropriation for transportaion of body of.. 632
Sanders, Frank L., appropriation in favor of 653
Sandpipers considered game birds 571
protected 572
Sandwich Notch road, appropriation for 636
Sanitarium for consumptives, committee to consider 623
Sargent, Harry A., homestead of, annexed to Canterbury for school
purposes 776
Savings banks. See Banks.
Sawdust. See Waste.
Scales, public, towns and cities may erect 526
Scarlet fever, cases of, to be reported 508
School, children not to attend in certain cases 509
to be sent to, when 552
districts, supervisory, vote to form, may be rescinded 577
taxes, amount of, raised 585
Schools, city superintendents of, state not to contribute to sal-
aries of 511
evening, establishment of 612
to be under superintendence of school boards.. 613
parochial, children to be vaccinated before attending.... 511
private, children to be vaccinated before attending 511
to make annual reports to state superintendent. . 589
Seabrook & Hampton Beach Street Railway Co., charter 767
Sealers of weights and measures, duties of 505
Search-warrants may be issued for oleomargarine 583
Searles, Edward F.. control of Stillwater pond granted to 585
Secretary of state, archives in office of, index of 645
records in office of, appropriation for indexing 630
salary of 554
to cause laws to be published and distributed 587
to furnish supplies for constitutional con-
vention 581
Seines, use of, in fresh water prohibited 573
Selectmen, certain diseases to be reported to, when 505
Sentences of imprisonment, additional, to take effect when 547
to be indefinite 547
Sentinel Printing Co., appropriation in favor of 654
Session laws amended:
1816, First Congregational Society in Raj-mond 671
854 INDEX. [1901
Session laws amended:
1850, Dover Gas Light Co 67<>
1871, chapter 100, Odd Fellows' Building Asociation 784
1878, chapter 150, Eliott Bridge Co 731
1887, chapter 277, Black Eock & Salisbury Beach Railroad 770
1893, chajDter 182, section 4, Concord police commissioners 793
228, sections 2 and 3, Plymouth village fire dis-
trict 667
241, city of Laconia 683, 791
249, Bristol Street Railway 771
1895, chapter 27, street railway stock and bonds 543
27, section 4, street railwaj'^s 586
27, section 6, street railways 561
54, support of paupers 541
59, sections 17, 38, 40, 98, 102, 130, militia 517
85, trees in highways 592
86, fraternal beneficiary associations 581
108, taxation of savings banks 57S
116, state board of charities 542
176, name of Newfields 744
1897, chapter 19, railway stocks 534
76, section 10, hawkers and peddlers 560
172, Laconia Electric Lighting Co 674
1899, chapter 28, section 1, dogs 504
55, plumbers and plumbing 594
64, section 1, insurance companies 555
77, supervisory school districts 577
77, section 3, school privileges 511
104, section 1, secretary of state 554
188, Amory Manufacturing Co 699
191, Citizens' Institution for Savings of Nashua. . 780
217, section 4, Peterborough electric plant 685
Shackford, Frank M., appropriation in favor of 653
Shad protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Shad-waiters to be taken by angling only 573
Shannessy, W., appropriation in favor of 653
Shelburne authorized to exemjpt Washington Hotel Co. property
from taxation 700
Sheldrakes excepted from protection 572
Sheriffs, certain fees of, to be audited 577
Shiners excepted from certain protection 573
Shoestring district, homestead of Harry A. Sargent severed from.. 776
Shore birds considered game birds 571
Shurtleff, Fremont E., appropriation in favor of 653
Merrill, appropriation in favor of 654
Skimmed milk, sale of, regulated 609
Slocum, Joel B., appropriation in favor of 653
Slot machines declared gambling implements 512
Smallpox, cases of, to be reported 508
Smelts protected 575
Smith, William H., appropriation in favor of 653
1901 INDEX. 855
Smolt protected 574
Snares, use of, in certain cases, prohibited 573
in taking deer, prohibited 569
Snipe considered game birds 571
Wilson, protected 572
Societe de St. Jean Baptiste de Manchester, X. H., charter 689
Societe de Temperance de St. Joseph of Somersworth, N. H.,
charter 6S3
Societe St. Jean Baptiste de Laconia, X. H., charter 757
Soldiers, dependent, of Spanish or Philippine wars, care of 625
Solicitor of Carroll county, salary of _ 504
Somersworth, charter amended 691
literary fund apj)ropriated to 647
police commission established 726
Spanish war, certain expenses of, to be credited to Xational Guard
appropriation 633
soldiers of, dependent, care of 623
state pay extended to certain 639
Sparrows, English, excepted from protection 573
Spofford lake (Chesterfield), fishing in, regulated 532
Squam lake, appropriation for lights and buoys in 638
Square-tail trout protected 531
Squirrels, gray, protected 570
State, incidental expenses to be audited 560
not liable on account of Jefferson Xoteh road 592
publications, distribution of 557
to courts 557
taxes for 1903 and 1903, assessment and collection of 583
State board of agriculture, feeding-stuffs to be analyzed by 530
secretary of, to have fertilizers ana-
lyzed 537
to prosecute certain vio-
lations 531
board of charities may appoint salaried secretary 543
ooard of health authorized to establish a laboratory 514
certain diseases to be reported to 509
local health officers to attend meetings of. , 509
secretary of, provision for indexing- vital sta-
tistics in office of 632
library building, appropriation for painting interior of 638
trustees of, library commissioners to be consoli-
dated with 501
Xormal School, appropriation in favor of 544
prison, appropriation for 561
chaplain of, salary of 561
deficiency of income provided for 561
library of, appropriation for 561
sanitarium for consumptives, committee to consider 628
secretary. See Secretary of state.
superintendent of public instruction authorized to enforce
certain laws 553
treasurer, salary of 546
856 INDEX. [1901
state Trust Co., charter 800
Statistics, pauper, overseers of poor to report 520
county officers to report 520
Stillwater pond (Salem), control of, granted to Edward F. Searles 585
Stinson lake (Eumney), appropriation for screening 637
Stock, railway, increased capital, how issued 534
Stockholders may act as proxies 555
Storekeepers selling milk to be licensed 608
Stowell, Herbert J., appropriation in favor of 653
Strafford county, names changed in 654
terms of superior court in 565
Stratham and Newmarket bridge, proprietors of, authorized to sell 781
Street railway cars, fenders on 563
corporations may take land for certain purposes.. 586
Street railways, franchises of, to be considered in consolidations 543
jurisdiction over 561
railroad commissioners, may change routes of.. 539
Street railways:
Alton & Gilmanton, charter extended 786
Amesbury & Hampton, lease of, to Exeter, Hampton & Ames-
bury, ratified 693
Ashland & Asquam, charter 734
Bristol, charter amended 771
Claremont, charter extended 662
united with Claremont Electric Light Co 787
Concord, Dover & Rochester, charter 747
Derry & Pelham, charter extended and amended 660
Dover, Somersworth & Rochester 712
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury, lease of Amesbury & Hampton
to, ratified 693
Gilmanton & Barnstead, charter extended 660
Haverhill, Plaistow & Newton, charter 715
Hudson, Pelham & Salem, charter amended and extended 662
powers extended 745
Keene, charter amended 745
Keene, Marlow & Newport, charter 765
Manchester & Haverhill, charter 737
Meredith & Ossipee, charter extended 661
Mont Vernon & Milford, charter extended 690
Newport & George's Mills, charter 731
Portsmouth & Exeter, charter 718
Rochester united with Union Electric 712
Seabrook & Hampton Beach, charter 767
Union Electric united with Rochester 712
Streams protected from waste 558
railroads may take land for diversion of 613
Sugar Loaf road, appropriation for 635
Sullivan, Julia E., appropriation in favor of 653
Sullivan county, names changed in 656
terms of superior court in 565
Sunapee authorized to issue water bonds 796
authorized to maintain water-works 680
Sunapee lake, appropriation for lights, buoys, etc., in 639
1901] INDEX.
857
Sunapee lake, bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
troiit in, excepted from certain protection 574
Simcook Water-Works Co., charter amended 802
Superintendents of schools in cities, state not to contribute to sal-
aries of 511
Superior court, appeals from 563
clerks of, appointment and duties of 564
fees of 564
to receive certain records 564
established 563
jurisdiction of 563, 564
justices of, one may sentence when, in murder trial 603
salary of * 565
two shall sit in murder trial 603
terms of 565
special, in Carroll and Belknap counties 596
writs and processes saved 564
Supreme court may enjoin violation of public rights 503
may g-rant relief from sawdust law 559
(new), clerk of, appointment and duties of 564
established 563
jurisdiction of 563
justices of, salary of 565
messenger of, appointment of 565
opinions of 563
rooms of, control of 566
term of 563
transfer of questions of law to 563
(old) abolished 566
causes and proceedings saved 564
records of, custody of 564
terms of, to be completed 565
Surf birds considered game birds : 571
Sutton, part of Newbury annexed to, for school jDurposes 740
Swans considered game birds 571
Swedish Sick Benefit & Burial Society of Manchester, N. H.,
charter 758
Tattlees considered game birds 571
Tax returns of certain banks, attorney-general to investigate 645
Taxation, exemption from, New Hampshire Orphans' Home 541
Washington Hotel Co 700
savings banks not exempt from certain 578
Taxes, county, collection of 553
on foreign fidelity and casualty insurance companies 555
school, amount of, raised 585
state, for 1902 and 1903, assessment and collection of 583
Terms of eourt in Grafton county 515
superior court 565
new supreme court 563
Thornton, appropriation for highway in 650
Torr, Charles W., appropriation in favor of 627
858 INDEX. [1901
Town school district of Concord, homestead of John H. Mercer
severed from 775
Towns, appropriation to, for certain tuition fees 589
appropriations by, certain, to be by ballot 584
authorized to employ counsel in legislative matters 552
certain, to receive share of literary fund 589
certificates of weight in sales to 526
inspectors of milk in 607
may appoint public weighers 525
tree wardens 592
may appropriate money for 'tree wardens's use 593
may distribute certain literature 502
may erect public scales 526
may license employment offices 550
may raise monej' for G. A. E. halls 545
to' observe Old Home week 509
not ruaintaining high schools to pay certain tuition fees. . 588
school boards to superintend evening schools 613
selectmen may grant milk licenses 607
may take samples of milk 607
to keep record of convictions tmder milk law. . 609
trust funds held by, investment of 578
Traps, use of, in certain cases, prohibited 572
in taking deer, prohibited 569
regulated 570
Tree wardens, duties of 593
provision for axDpointment of 592
towns and cities may appropriate money for use of 593
Trees, certain, may be purchased 593
in highways, protection of 592
public, defacement of, prohibited 594
removal of 593
to be marked 593
Trials for murder, compensation of counsel assigned in 603
jury to be kept separate in 604
respondents may be arraigned before one jus-
tice in 603
may challenge jurors in 603
state may call witnesses in rebuttal in 603
may challenge jurors in 603
two justices shall sit in 603
Trout, catch of, limited 575
certain fishes not to be put in waters with 574
in certain localities excepted from certain j)rotection. . . . 574
protected 574, 575
square-tail, protected 531
taking of, for compensation prohibited 574
to be taken by angling onlj^ 573
Trust funds held by towns, investment of 578
Trustees of estates authorized to invest funds in certain stocks.. 498
majority of, to act 498
of state library, library commissioners to be consol-
idated with 501
1901] INDEX. 859
Tuftonborough, appropriation for highway in 648
Turkeys, wild, considered game birds 571
Turnpike road, approj)riation for 643
(Sharon) , appropriation for 643
Typhoid fever, cases of, to be reported 508
Union Canadienne, charter 673
Union Electric Eailway united with Kochester Street Railroad Co. 713
Union Publishing Co., appropriation in favor of 653
Union St. Jean Baptiste Society in Nashua, N. H., charter amended 701
Union school district of Concord, homestead of John H. Mercer
annexed to 775
homestead of John H. S. Will-
cox annexed to 763
United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to purchase Dover Gas Light
Co. and Berwick Power Co 674
Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to
sell to 676
Upper Gilmanton Village Union Cemetery Association, name
changed to Highland Cemetery 6S8
Vaccination of children 511
Veterinary examiners, board of, authorized 548
expenses of, to be paid by fees.. 548
to conduct examinations 548
to keep a register 549
surgeons, certain, exempt from examination 549
to be examined before registration 549
to be registered 548
Vicksburg commission, appointment and duties of 652
appropriation for expenses of 652
to make report 652
Vital statistics in office of state board of health, provision for in-
dexing 632
registrar of, returns of divorces to be made to 513
Waeben, appropriation for highway in 636
Warren road, appropriation for 636
Washington Hotel Co., Shelburne authorized to exempt property
of, from taxation 700
WastC; hair or wool, sale of, I'egulated 536
not to be deposited in waters 558
Water-works in Sunapee authorized 680
Waters, fish and game commissioners may close 568
to inspect 568
private breeding, corrupting of, prohibited 573
rights of owners of 576
protected from Avaste 558
public, definition of 503 576
fish and game commissioners may screen 569
Weighers, public, appointment of, authorized 525
duties of 526
fees of 526
860 INDEX. [1901
Weighers, public, penalty for refusal to perform duties 52&
qualifications of 526
Weight, certificates of, in sales to towns and cities 526
may be required when 526
penalty for sales without 526
Weights and measures, sealers of, duties of 505
Weirs, use of, in fresh waters prohibited 573
prohibited 575
Wells, Diamond G., appropriation in favor of 653
Wentworth Home for the Aged 658
Wentworth's Location, appropriation for highway in 636
to Errol, highway, appropriation for 635
Weston, William H., appropriation in favor of 653
Whitcher, William F., appropriation in favor of 653
Whitefishes protected ^ 574
to be taken by angling only 573
White Horse ledge, acceptance of donation of 527
Whitefield, appropriation for highway in 636
Whitehead, James F., appropriation in favor of 653
Widow, right of, to husband's estate 613, 614
Wild animals, certain, not protected from dogs 504
Willcox, John H. S., homestead of, annexed to Union school dis-
trict of Concord 763
Wilson, George H., appropriation in favor of 653
Wilson snipe protected 572
Winnesquam lake, appropriation for screening 640
buoys and lights in 650
Woodcocks considered game birds 571
protected 572
purchase of sale of, prohibited 573
Woodstock, appropriation for highway in 636
Woodsville Free Public Librarj-, apportionment of funds to 666
Woodward, John, appropriation in favor of 627
Wool waste, sale of, regulated 536
Wright, Charles C, appropriation in favor of 627
Writs in Grafton county, returnable when 516
issued under former law saved 564
Yellowlegs protected 572
Young, Hanson H., appropriation in favor of 651
GENERAL INDEX.
GENERAL INDEX
OF THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE SESSION LAWS
FOE 1897, 1899, AND 1901.
Page.
Abatement of common nuisance 322
Academies, appropriation for tuition in 589
to make annual report to state superintendent 589
Academy, definition of 589
Acceptances, no grace on 12
Accounts, county, auditing of 84
Actions against railroad for injury to trespasser 316
against administrator, limitation of , . , . . 246
in Grafton county, returnable when 516
survival of 36
Adams, James M., appropriation to 110
Adjutant -general, certain acts ratified 275
to applj^ certain funds to use of National Guard 517
Adjutants, regimental, pay of 518
to rank as captains 517
Administration, what inventory of savings bank deposit shall
contain 51
Administrators, exhibition of claims 246
extension of commissioner's hearings 247
limitation of suits 24C
may take out execution on judgments in favor of
deceased 36
Adulteration of candy, penalty for 262
solicitors to prosecute for 263
of meal or grain, penaltj^ for 530
of milk prohibited 609
of spirituous liquors 309, 3ii
Advertisements of itinerant vendors 40
Age of consent raised 30
Agents, county commissioners may appoint 533
Agriculture. Hee State board of argriculture.
draining or filling swamp lands for advancement of . . 91
863
gg4 GENERAL INDEX.
Aides-de-camp, number of 254
Almshouses, county, support of children at 87
Alton may contract with Alton Electric Light & Power Co 455
Alton & Gilmanton Electric Railway Co., charter 458
charter extended 786
Alton Electric Light & Power Co., charter 454
Amendments to constitution, how voted on 71
American Accident Association, charter 153
American Manufacturing Co., charter amended 146, 433
American TypograiAic Co., charter amended 146, 433
name changed to Manchester Trac-
tion, Light & Power Co 667
Amesbury & Hampton Street Railway Co., lease of, ratified 693
Ammonoosuc river, waste not to be deposited in 556
Amory Manufacturing Co., error in former act corrected 699
Amory Mills, charter amended 418
Amoskeag Bank, charter extended 399
Amoskeag Fire Insurance Co. revived 755
Anatidse considered game birds 571
Anatomical science, advancement of 25, 251
Ancient Order Foresters of America, names of courts changed. .118, 151
Androscoggin river, appropriation for bridge across 106
Animals, cruelty to 21
disabled, proceedings for killing of 22
injured hy dog, punishment of owner of dog 263
wild, certain, not protected from dogs 504
Antwerp pigeons protected 533
Appeals from award of certain land damages 27
from decisions of selectmen on electric lines 17, 78
from superior court 563
Apportionment of representatives to general court 339, 600
of state taxes 235
Appropriation for bond of state treasurer 364
bridge to Endicott Rock 351, 638
across Androscoggin river 106
Sawyer's river 103
building at Pan-American exposition 499
buoys and lights in certain lakes 104, 105, 354
355, 638, 639, 650
constitutional convention 647
expenses of Vicksburg commission 652
furniture in Representatives' hall 640
highways. Sec Highways.
indexing records in oflRce of secretary of state. . 104
349, 630
Kearsarge memorial 641
laboratory of hygiene 514
library of state prison 561
lighthouse in vSunapee lake 104, 353
Winnipesaukee lake 354
marking flag cases 634
New Hampshire National Guard 41
GENERAL INDEX. 865
ApproiDriation for painting interior of state library building 638
Paris exposition commission 364
portrait of Harriet P. Dame 630
protection of trees in highways 86
removing provincial records 47
repairs in state house 363
state prison 320
rifle ranges for National Guard 544
schools 319
screening certain lakes 362, 637, 640, 643
state pay to soldiers in Spanish war 365
supreme court for publication of opinions 363
tablets on Fifth regiment monument at Gettys-
burg 631
transportation of body of Capt. W. A. Sanborn 633
tuition in high schools and academies 5S9
Valentine Smith scholarships 277
vaults in state offices 363
in favor of James M. Adams 110
Edward L. Austin 110
Charles J. Ballou 653
Charles A. Barney's widow 637
Charlotte Bartlett 653
Bent & Bush 627
Benjamin Billsborough 110, 367
George C. Bingham 653
C. G. Blanchard 361
Charles B. Bodwell 366
Irving Bodwell 110
John W. Bourlet, Jr 110
A. H. Britton 633
Henry E. Brock 367, 653
L. B. Brown Ill
Walter F. Buck 109, 367
James Burbeck 653
Edwin P. Burpee's widow 96
Charles E, Buzzell 366, 367, 627
Frank H. Challis 653
Chronicle & Gazette Co 653
Harry B. Cilley 367, 653
City hospital of Boston 346
Silas G. Clifford 110, 343
Thomas F. Clifford 653
John E. Coffin Ill, 367, 653
Anthon W. Colby Ill
Concord Evening Monitor 367, 653
Cottage hospital of Claremont 346
of Exeter 346
of Laconia 346
James M. Cooper 653
Andrew J. Crooker 109
Hiram E. Currier 653
866 CE.VERAL INDEX.
Appropriation in favor of ]")auiels i^- Downs 367
Dartmouth College 102, 355, 627
Arthur G. Decatur 366, 627
John Demeritt 109, 653
Willis T. Dodge Ill, 367
D. B. Donovan Ill
Edson C. Eastman 110, 367, 653
Clark S. Edwards 110
Elliot hospital of Keene 346
of Manchester 346
James F. Estes 110, 366, 627
Ira C. Evans 653
Stephen S. Ford 367, 653
George W. Fowler Ill, 367, 653
John H. French 109
Fred A. Gardner 653
Van B. Glazier 366, 627
Orlando I. Godfrey Ill
Goodhue & Milton 110
Kalph W. Gordon 110, 343
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission. . .98, 349, 633
Orrin W. Head 110
James E. Henry 653
Herald Publishing Co 653
Thomas L. Hoitt 649
James H. Holland 653
Andy Holt 110, 366, 627
Thomas E. Holt's widow 350
Hospital Notre Dame de Lourdes of
Manchester 346
Hospital of the Sacred Heart of Man-
chester 346
Howard & Co .- 110
Hum])hrey -Dodge Co 653
E. P. Hunt 110, 366
Edward C. Hunt 653
Woodbury E. Hunt 110
Charles T. Huntoon 110, 366, 627
Horace L. Ingalls 110, 367, 653
Fred I. Irwin 367
J. M. Stewart & Sons Co 110, 367, 653
John B. Clarke Co 110, 653
Fred L. Johnson 110
George W. Johnson 366, 653, 654
George X. Julian 98
James Kearns 108
I. Eugene Keeler Ill, 367, 653
Keene Sentinel 367
William P. Lamb 110
Albert D. Laneville 653
Josephine C. Larkin 110, 367, 653
John K. Law 653
GENERAL INDEX. 867
Appropriation in favor of Harry M, Lee 653
Fred Leighton 3G7, 653
Alice M. Littlefield 653
E. I. Littlefield 367
Warren W. Lovejoy 653
John W. Lowry 367, 653
Herbert A, McElwaine 653
Elias A. McQuaid 653
Margaret Pillsbury hospital 346
Henry H. Metcalf Ill, 367, 653
Edward L. Miles 106
John II. Miller 110, 367
Lotie I. Minard 352
Mirror and American 367
Monitor & Statesman Co 653
James H. Moore 651
Susaij R. Morrison Ill, 367, 654
G. H. Moses Ill
Nashua Telegraph Publishing Co 110
Edward M. Nason Ill, 367, 653
New Hampshire Asylum for Insane 346, 524
Board of Eegistration
in Dentistry 367
College of Agriculture 96
97, 351, 646
Democratic Press Co.. 110, 367
Horticultural Society. 299, 556
Industrial School 348,642
School for Feeble-
Minded Children 599
Soldiers' Home ...97, 350, 631
State Normal School... 103
366, 544
State Prison 80, 320, 561
John J. Nichols 110
John W. Odlin 110, 343
Michael O'Malley 108
Joab N. Patterson 366
Charles Pearson 347
Harlan C, Pearson Ill, 367, 653
People & Patriot Co 653
Frank L. Phalen 110
George R. Pierce 110
Martin L. Piper 366, 653
George A. Place 110, 367, 653
Edward Plummer 110, 343
Portsmouth 641
A. W. Presler 110
Republican Press Association 110
Fred E. Richardson 110, 343
Edwin F. Richmond 108
John H. Riedell 641
868 GENERAL INDEX.
Appropriation in favor of Charles L. Roberts 653
Calvin Eobie 110
Joseph E. Eobins 366
Allan H. Robinson Ill, 367, 653
Lyman Rollins 366, 627
Charles D. Rowe 366, 627
George H. Saltmarsh 367
Frank L. Sanders 653
Sentinel Printing Co 654
Frank M, Shackf ord 653
W. Shannessy 367, 653
Horace B. Sherburne 110, 367
Fremont E. ShurtlefE 653
Merrill Shnrtleft' 654
Silsby & Son 110, 367
Joseph T. Slattery 352
Joel B. Slocum 653
William H. Smith 653
Somersworth 647
Henry B. Stearns 110, 367
Horace B. Stearns 367
Herbert J. Stowell 366, 653
Julia E. Sullivan 653
Louis A. Thorpe 366
Times Publishing Co 110
W. H. Topping 367
Charles W. Torr 110, 366, 627
Union Publishing Co 110, 653
L. J. Welch 110, 367
Diamond G. Wells 653
Solomon B. West 367
William H. Weston 653
William F. Whitcher 653
William F. Whitcomb 110
James F. Whitehead 653
John H. Willey 110, 343
James H. Willoughby 109, 343
George H. Wilson 653
Woman's hospital of Concord 346
Ernest S. W^oodaman 306, 367
John Woodward 110, 366, 627
Charles C. Wright 367, 627
Hanson H. Young 651
Appropriations by towns, certain, to be by ballot 584
for decorating soldiers' graves 270
for free hospital bed 252
for highways 264
collection of 334
Archives in office of secretary of state, index of 645
Arsenic, sale of paper or fabrics containing 521
Ashes not to be placed in highways 51
Ashland & Asquam Electric Railway Co., charter 734
GENERAL INDEX. 869
Asses, taxation of 34
Assessors, board of, established in Concord 776
Assignee in insolvency, provision for unclaimed nionej' in hands of 10
Assistant adjutant-g-eneral, pay of 519
Asylum for insane. See New Hampshire Asylum for Insane and
New Hampshire State Hospital.
Atkinson, fishing- through ice in, prohibited 27
Attachment, certain damages exempt from 545
certain money due firemen exempt from 301
insurance on exempted property exempt from 263
Attorney not liable for sheriff's fees 258
Attorney-general may file information against common nuisance 322
to be one of ballot law commissioners 70
to defend certain suits 629
to examine title to jiroperty of Asylum for
Insane 99
to investigate tax returns of certain banks.... 645
Auditors, county, appointment and duties 84
of iDublic printing 275
Aureolus, protection of 29, 267, 272
Austin, Edward L., appropriation to 110
Austin, Flint & Daj^ Co., name changed to Manchester Sash &
Blind Co 128
Australian ballot law. See Elections.
Avery's pond (Ellsworth), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Bail, default of, certain minors maj' be committed to Industrial
School for 611
Ballot boxes 74
clerks 73
law. See Elections.
commissioners 70
Balloting after tie vote 76
Ballots, preservation and inspection of 79
Ballou, Charles J., appropriation to 653
Band, Littleton authorized to maintain 677
concerts, towns may appropriate money for 22
Bank commissioners, duties in respect to verification 312
reports of 67, 274
Banks:
Amoskeag Bank, charter extended 399
bonds of treasurers, if also cashiers of nationals 61
Cheshire County Savings Bank of Keene 189
Citizens' Institution for Savings 422
charter amended 780
City Savings Bank of Berlin, charter 704
deposits, call, to be made where 619
inventory of, by administrator 51
special, how regarded 619
exemption from certain taxation not granted to 578
guaranty fund 314
Hillsborough County Savings Bank 397
•870 GENERAL INDEX.
Banks:
investments of, regulated 315, 616, 617, 618, 619
losses, personal liability for 619
Manchester Bank, charter extended 676
Mascoma Savings Bank 371
may hold real estate on foreclosure 619
Merchants' Bank, charter 693
tax returns, attorney-g-eneral to investigate 645
trial balance of deposit ledgers 313
verification of deposit books 313
Baptist Church of New London, name changed to First Baptist
Church of New London 743
Baptist Convention of the State of New Hampshire, charter
amended 140, 673
Barney, Charles A., appropriation to widow of 637
Barnstead, fishing through ice in, prohibited 37
Bartlett, land in, donation accepted 537
line with Livermore established 128
village fire precinct, establishment and acts legalized.... 133
may buy Bartlett Water Co 133
may raise or borrow money 133
may take land, etc 133
Bartlett, Charlotte, appropriation to 653
Bartlett Water Co., Bartlett village fire precinct may acquire 132
Barytes not to be used in making candy 363
Bass in certain localities excepted from certain protection 574
not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 259, 367, 331, 574, 575
to be taken by angling only 573
Bath, part of, annexed to Monroe 137
Union school district, homestead of Moses F. Riley annexed
to 206
Beach birds excepted from certain protection 573
protected 267
Beaver protected 30, 570
Beaver islands annexed to Meredith 446
Beds in hospitals, towns or cities may appropriate for 353
Belknap county, apj)ortionment of taxes in 386
boundary of, changed 197
names changed in 92, 341, 653
term, special, of sui^erior court in 596
terms of superior court in 565
of supreme court in 337
Belmont village districts authorized to maintain electric plant 669
Beneficiary associations, fraternal, may be admitted when 581
may continue when 582
powers of, limited 581
Benevolent Society of St. Jean Baptiste of Keene, charter 687
Bennington Water-Works Co., charter revived and amended 442
Bent & Bush, appropriation to 627
Berlin, city charter 112
adoption of 116
GENERAL INDEX. 871
Berlin board of education 115
city council 113, 114, 115
debts of town and school district assumed 113
elections 114, 116
mayor 113, 114, 115
officers 115
police court 115
property of town and school district taken 113
representatives to g'eneral court 114
school affairs 113, 115
board 115
supervisors 114, 116
vacancies 116
wards 113
officers of 114
Berlin Water Supply Co., charter 810
Berry pond (Pittsfield), fishing in, regulated 584
Berwick Power Co., United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to
purchase 674
Bethlehem Electric Light Co., charter 206
Bicycles, injury of, in certain ways prohibited 51
use of, regulated 89
Bill fish protected 259
Billiard tables, license fees for, in summer hotels, etc 32
Bills of exchange falling due on Sunday or holiday, when payable 12
no grace on 12
Billsborough, Benjamin, appropriation to 110, 367
Bingham, George C, appropriation to 653
Birds. See Fish and game.
Births, fees for record and return 248
monthly reports to state registrar 255
Black game protected 5
Black Kock & Salisbury Beach railroad, time limited 770
Blanchard, C. G., appropriation to 361
Blind or disabled voters, assistance to 76
persons, state aid to 335
Blodgett's Landing (Newbury), made a sanitary district 13
Blue fins protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Blue Mountain Forest Association excepted from certain regu-
lations 31, 571, 577
Board of agriculture. See State board of agriculture,
of charities. See State board of charities,
of health. See State board of health.
of registration in dentistry. See State board of registration
in dentistry.
of veterinary examiners authorized 548
Boards of health, duties in regard to ice 82
to be appointed in towns 37
to disinfect premises 509
to quarantine contagious diseases 508
Boats, certain private, rules and regulations for 323
872 GENERAL INDEX.
Boats, certain iirivate, to carry lights 323
electric, naphtha, gasoline, or steam 294
engineers and pilots to be licensed 294
inspection and license of 294
passengers on, number of 29a
punishment of certain offenses relating to 295
revocation of license 294
Bodies, burial of unclaimed 251
embalming of, regulated 317
transportation of 317
use of, for advancement of science 25, 251
Bodwell, Charles B., approjariation to 366
Irving, appropriation to 110
Bond as condition for judgment in police court 57
of state treasurer, appropriation for 364
of treasurers of savings banks in certain cases 61
to judge of probate, certain corporations may be accepted as
surety on 611
Bonds, increase of, by railroads 1&
no grace on 13
of railroad may be secured by mortgage 62
of street railway may be secured by mortgage 63
Books, collections of, may be purchased for state library 14
Booths for voting 74
use of 75
Boscavven may appropriate for marking historical places 377
Boston & ]\Iaine Railroad authorized to extend side-track in Man-
chester 713
guardians and trustees maj- invest funds
in stock of 49S
repeal of act providing for special com-
missioners 4S
to make Manchester a billing station... 414
Boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, estab-
lishment of 620
Bourlet, John W., Jr., appropriation to 110
Bow authorized to appropriate money for relief of Andrew McHarg 663
Bow lake (Stratford), appropriation for screening 642
Bow pond (Northwood , fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Bowling alleys, license fee for summer hotels, etc 33
Bradford pond (Bradford), fishing through ice in, ]n-ohibited 27
Bradley pond (Andover), fishing through ice in, prohibited 2S
Brant considered game birds 571
Bread, additional weights of, authorized 525
Bridge across Sawyer's river, appropriation for 103
Dalton authorized to construct 701
Granite State Land Co. authorized to construct 751
Stratham and Newmarket, proprietors of, authorized to sell 781
to Endieott Rock, appropriation for 63S
Bridges, construction and repair of, to be under direction of select-
men 59
repair of 264
GENERAL INDEX. 873
Bristol Street Railway, charter amended 771
Britton, A. H., appropriation to 653
Brock, Henry E., appropriation to 367, 653
Brown, L. B., appropriation to Ill
Brush, burning- of, regulated 594
Buck, Walter F., appropriation to 109, 367
Building and loan associations acting- ujider special charters, repeal
of law affecting- 50
choice of officers 313
record of investments 313
semi-annual examination 313
verification of due books 312
Buildings obstructing highways, cornice or projection when not.. 297
penalty for 297
removal of 297
Burbeck, James, appropriation to 653
Burglars' tools, penalty for making, mending, or jiossessing- 248
Burial places, public, to be fenced 50
trespass on 50
Burpee, Edwin P., appropriation to widow of 96
Butter, adulterated, state board of agriculture to enforce laws
against 297
Butterine, search-warrants for, may be issued 583
Buzzell, Charles E., appropriation to 366, 367, 627
Camp ground, state, appropriation for 41
Campton. Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in 668
Candidates for office, arrangement of names on ballot 71
death of 70
maj^ obtain inspection of ballot 80
nomination of 69
resignation of 70
Candy, adulteration of, penalty for 262
prohibited 262
solicitors to prosecute for 263
Canterbury, land annexed to, for school purposes 446, 776
Capercailzie protected 5
Capital of railroad, reduction of amount required 60
of street railw?iys, reduction of amount required 48
Cards of instruction for voting to be furnished 72
to be posted 73
Caribou protected 8, 12, 31, 266, 267, 569, 570
transportation of 570
Carnal abuse, age of consent to, raised 31
Carp not to be put in trout waters 574
Carriages, taxation of 332
width of Avheel rims regulated 331
Carroll county, apportionment of taxes 287
boundary changed 197
lands in, acceptance of donation of 527
care of, vested in custodians 527
custodians of, may receive funds 523
874 GENERAL INDEX.
Carroll cotinty, names changed in 93, 341, 655.
solicitor of, salary of 504
term, special, of superior court in 59&
terms of superior court in 56»
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
Cars of street railways to have platforms enclosed 305
Carter, Solon A., relieved 33
Carter's Notch, trout in certain brooks in, protected 262
Carts, width of wheel rims regulated 331
Cathedral ledge, acceptance of donation of 527
Caucuses, ballots, preparation of 605
calling of 604
challenges and penalties 605
check-lists, preparation of 604
to be filed 605
to be used 604
definition of, and provisions concerning 69, 70
inspectors of election to be nominated by 73
local executive committee, power of 605
nomination and elections to be by ballot 604
notices of * 604
party may make regulations for holding 70
persons entitled to vote 605
returns, presiding officer to make 605
time of remaining open 604
Cemeteries, public, to be fenced 50
trespass on 50
town or city may be trustee of 10
Cemetery funds held by town or city, disposition of 276
Center Harbor village fire precinct established and acts legalized 124
Center pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Central Congregational Society in Derry 181
Chairs in Representatives' hall, appropriation for 640
Challenge of vote 74
Challis, Frank H., appropriation to 653
Chaplain of state prison, salary of SO, 320, 561
Charitable institutions, state and county, inspection of 8S
Charities. See State board of charities.
Chastity, offenses against 270
Check-lists for ballot clerks 74, 76
for caucuses, preparation of 604
return of 605
preservation of 546
sessions in Portsmouth 159
to be used in caucuses 604
Cheese, imitation, board of agriculture to enforce laws against. . . . 297
Checks falling due on Sunday or holidaj^ when payable 12
no grace on 12
Cheshire county, apportionment of taxes in 2SS
names changed in 94, 342, 656
terms of superior court in 565
Chester, time for construction of water-works extended 194
GENERAL INDEX. 875
Chester Saviings Bank of Keene, charter 1S9
Children, admission of, to New Hampshire School for Feeble-
Minded Children 598
commitment of, to New Hampshire School for Feeble-
Minded Children 598
employment of 306, 324, 551
feeble-minded, care of, provision for 597
state aid to 335
infected or exposed, not to attend school 509
minor, adoption of, in certain cases 88
support of, at county almshouses 87
to be provided with homes 87
to be sent to school at certain times 552
vaccination of 511
Christmas day declared a holiday 252
falling on Sunday, next day observed 252
Chronicle & Gazette Co., appropriation to 653
Cilley, Harry B., appropriation to 367, 653
Cities:
boards of health may take samples of milk 608
to have charge of inspection of milk 607
to keep record of convictions under milk law. . 609
certificates of weight in sales to 526
clerks, appointment of deputy 330
fees of 24S
councils, powers in relation to schoolhouses and lots 58
employment offices may be licensed by 550
hawkers and peddlers in, license fees of 6f;
inspectors of milk in 607
jurors, how drawn in 330
licensing of plumbers made discretionary in 594
limitation of power to make bicycle ordinances 90
may appropriate for free hospital bed 252
may be trustees of cemeteries 10
mayor or solicitor or marshal may petition against common
nuisance 322
money may be raised by, for G. A. E. halls 545
public scales may be erected by 526
public weighers may be appointed in 525
school boards to superintend evening schools 613
schoolhouses and lots in 58
selectmen of wards may accept and protect trees 36
to reimburse county for filling vacancies in juries 336
tree wardens may be appointed in 592
money may be appropriated for 593
Citizens' Electric Light Co., Belmont village district may acquire
property of 669
Citizens' Institution for Savings, charter 422
charter amended 780
City Savings Bank of Berlin, charter 704
Claims against administrators, exhibition of 246
extension of commissioner's hear-
ings on 247
876 GENERAL INDEX.
Cliams against administrators, limitation of suits on 246
Claremont autliorized to establish water-works 404
Claremont Electric Light Co. united with Claremont Street Raihvaj' 787
Claremont Street Eailway Co., charter 378
, charter extended 663
Claremont Water-Works Co. authorized to issue bonds 156
Clark, John H., appropriation to 110
Clerk of new supreme court, appointment and duties of 564
Clerks, city or town, appointment of deputy 330
fees of 248
to report monthly to state registrar 255
to send death record to clerk of burial town 255
of court to receive ballots 23
of school districts, majority to elect 61
of superior court, appointment and duties of 564
fees of 564
to receive certain records 564
Clifford, Silas G., appropriation to 110, 343
Thomas F., approi^riation to 653
Coaches, width of wheel rims regulated 331
Coal to be weighed by public weigher 526
Cocheco Manufacturing Co. authorized to construct railroad 706
Coffin, John Edward, appropriation to Ill, 367, 653
Colby, Anthon W., appropriation to Ill
Cold pond (Aeworth and Unity), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Colebrook may contract with Colebrook Water Co 149
vote legalized 141
Colebrook Water Co., charter 148
Commissioners, ballot law 70
bank, reports of 67
county, accounts and bills of, auditing of 84
duties of, in relation to minors 87
may appoint agents 533
to care for county paupers 533
fish and game. See Fish and game commissioners.
pharmacy, to enforce regulations 540
railroad, may change routes of proposed street
railways 539
may consider value of franchises 543
Commitment to jail or house of correction 249
Committee rooms in state house, appropriation for 363
Communicable diseases, restriction of 508
Compartments for marking ballots 74
use of 75
Complainant not entitled to share of fine or penalty 268
Concord, board of assessors established in 776
court house in 743
police commissioners, powers of, defined 793
salaries to aldermen and councilmen of 785
school district No. 20, land annexed to 153
street lighting precinct, council may change 134
Union school district exempted from chapter 65 58
GENERAL INDEX. 877
Concord & Montreal Railroad may build branch to Milford 413
maj^ buy Manchester & North Weare
Railroad 414
may increase capital stock and bonds 414
Concord, Dover & Rochester Street Railway, charter 747
Concord Monitor, appropriation to 367, 653
Concord Railroad authorized to extend side-track in Manchester.. 713
Concord Safe Deposit & Trust Co., charter revived 461
Confectionery, adulteration of, prohibited 263
solicitors to prosecute for 263
Congregational Society in Stratham, charter amended 430
Congress, election of representatives to 68
Connecticut lake, appropriation for screening 362
Connecticut river, dam in, authorized 180
Consent, age of, raised 30
Consolidated Light & Power Co., United Gas & Electric Co. author-
ized to buy 129
Constitution, amendments to, how voted on 71
Constitutional convention, appropriation for 647
delegates to, blanks for certificates of
election of 580
choice of 580
compensation and mile-
age of 581
credentials of 580
eligibility of 580
meeting of 580
powers and duties of 580
provision for 580
supplies for 531
vote on calling 345
Consumptives, sanitarium foi', committee to consider 628
Contagious diseases, boards of health to quarantine certain 508
cases of, to be reported 505, 508, 509
children infected with, or exposed to, not to
attend school 509
laboratory for investigation of 514
physicians authorized to quarantine 508
Continuances in Grafton county provided for 516
Convention, definition of, and provisions respecting 69, 70
party may make regulations for holding 70
Conveyance of land between husband and wife 254
by married women 254
Convicts, additional sentences of, to take effect when 547
indefinite sentences to be imposed on 547
may be released when 547
pauper, counties liable for support of 541
Conway, land in, donation accepted 527
Conway Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., charter 138
Cook's pond (Brookfield), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Cooper, James M., appropriation to 653
Coos county, apportionment of taxes in 290
25
878 GENERAL INDEX.
Coi3s county, commissioners may restore damaged records of 587
names changed in 95, 343, 657
records of, damag-ed by fire to be attested 587
salary of judge of probate in 597
terms of superior court in 565
trout in, excepted from certain i^rotection 574
Coos & Essex Water Co., charter 430
Corbin park, game in 31
Cornices not obstructing highway 297
Coots considered game birds 571
Corporation meetings, stockholders may act as jiroxies at 555
Corj)orations:
Alton & Gilmanton Electric Railway Co., charter 458
charter extended .... 786
Alton Electric Light & Power Co., charter 454
American Accident Association, charter 153
American Manufacturing Co., charter amended 146, 433
American Typographic Co., charter amended 146, 433
name changed 667
Amesbury & Hampton street railway, lease of, ratified 693
Amory Manufacturing Co., error in former act corrected 698
Amory Mills, charter amended 418
Amoskeag Bank, charter extended 399
Amoskeag Fire Insurance Co. revived . 755
Ashland & Asquam Electric Eailway Co., charter 734
Austin, Flint & Day Co., name changed , . . . 128
Baptist Church of New London, name changed 712
Baptist Convention of the State of New Hampshire, charter
amended 140, 672
Bartlett Water Co 132
Benevolent Society of St. Jean Baptiste of Keene, charter 687
Bennington Water-Works Co., charter revived and amended... 442
Berlin Water Supply Co., charter 810
Berwick Power Co. authorized to sell property 674
Bethlehem Electric Light Co., charter 20G
Black Eock & Salisbury Beach Railroad, time limited 770
Blue Mountain Forest Association excepted from certaia
regulations 577
Boston & Maine Railroad authorized to extend side-track in
Manchester 712
guardians and trustees may invest
funds in stock of 493
to make Manchester a billing sta-
tion 414
Bristol Street Railway, charter amended 771
Central Congregational Society in Berry 181
Citizens' Electric Light Co., Belmont village district may ac-
quire property of 669
Citizens' Institution for Savings, charter 422
charter amended 780
City Savings Bank of Berlin, charter 704
Claremont Electric Light Co. united with Claremont Street
Railwaj' 787
GENERAL INDEX. 879
Corporations:
Claremont Eaihvay & Lighting- Co., charter 787
Claremont Street Kaihvay united with Claremont Electric
Light Co 787
Claremont Street Kaihvay Co., charter 373
charter extended 662
Claremont Water-Works Co. -authorized to issue bonds 156
Cocheco Manufacturing Co. authorized to construct railroad.. 706
Colebrook Water Co., charter 148
Concord & Montreal Eailroad may build branch, etc 413, 414
Concord, Dover & Rochester Street Eaihvay, charter 747
Concord Eailroad authorized to extend side-track in ;Man-
chester 712
Concord Safe Deposit & Trust Co., charter revived 461
Congregational Societj- in Stratham, charter amended 430
Consolidated Light & Power Co 1 29
Conway Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., charter 138
Coos & Essex Water Co., charter 430
Crystal Springs Water Co., charter amended 730
Dalton Power Co., charter 179
charter amended 457
Dead Diamond Improvement Co., charter 694
Derry & Pelham Electric Eailway Co., charter 373
charter amended and
extended 660
Dover, Somersworth & Eochester Street Eailwaj^ Co 712
Dover Gas Light Co., lease authorized 447
sale authorized 674, 676
Dover Home for Aged Women, name changed 425
Dover Home for Aged People, name changed 658
Durham Water-Works Co., charter S03
E. H. Eollins & Sons, charter amended 703
East Conway Water Co., charter 808
East Grafton Union Meeting House Society reorganized, etc. 161
Eastern Fire Insurance Co. of New Hampshire, charter con-
firmed , 703
Eliott Bridge Co., charter amended ; 731
Epping Water Co., charter 450
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co., charter 390
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co., lease to,
ratified 693
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailwaj^ Employees' Ee-
lief Association, charter 725
Exeter Street Eailway Co., sale authorized 390, 391
Exeter Veteran Firemen's Association, charter 686
Father Elliott Catholic Total Abstinence & Mutual Benefit
Society of Manchester, N. H., charter 760
First Baptist Church of New London 742
First Congregational Society in Derry, name changed 181
First Congregational Society in Eaymond, charter amended... 671
First Congregational Societj' of Wilton, name changed 161
First LTnitarian Congregational Society of Wilton Center 161
Gafney Home for the Aged, charter 794
830 GENERAL INDEX.
Corporations:
General Miller Park Eailroad Association, charter revived 746
Gilmanton & Barnstead Electric Eailway Co., charter 381
charter extended 660
Glen Junction Transfer Co., charter 147
Grafton Improvement Manufactiiring & Power Co., charter 740
Granite Sa\'ing's Bank of Milford, charter 187
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, appropriation to 633
Granite State Land Co. authorized to build bridge 751
Great Council of New Hampshire, Improved Order of Eed Men,
charter 444
Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co. authorized to sell. . .390, 391
Hartford Water Co. made New Hampshire corporation 130
Haverhill, Plaistow & Newton Street Eailway Co., charter 715
Highland Cemeterj'^ 688
Hillsborough County Savings Bank, charter 397
Hooksett Aqueduct Co. of Hooksett, charter 435
Howe Library, charter 449
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., charter 409
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., charter
amended and extended 662
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eeilway Co., powers ex-
tended 745
Intimate Friends of ^Manchester, N, H., charter 764
J. Q. A. Warren Camp No. 18, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., of
Nashua, N. H., charter 759
John G. Foster Post No. 7, G. A. E., charter 759
Keene, Marlow & Newport Electric Eailway Co., charter 765
Keene Electric Eailway Co., charter amended 412, 745
Keene Gas & Electric Co 667
Keene Gas Light Co., capital stock of, increased 666
name changed 667
Knights of Pythias Home of New Hampshire, charter 448
Laconia & Lake Village Water-Works, name changed, etc 150
Laconia Electric Lighting Co., additional powers 163
bonds of, legalized 675
charter amended 674
Laconia Water Co., increase of stock authorized 150
Lake Village Freewill Baptist Society, name changed 376
Lancaster Academy authorized to unite with school district 126
Littleton Water & Light Co., acts relating to, defined 664
Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church revived and legalized.. 663
Manchester & Haverhill Street Eailway Co., charter 737
Lowell & Suburban Street Eailway Co. may lease Nashua
street railway 167
Manchester Bank, charter amended 173
charter extended 676
Manchester Building & Loan Association authorized to in-
crease capital stock 683
Manchester Children's Home, charter 157
exempted from taxation 457
Manchester Police Eelief Association, charter S13
Manchester Safety Deposit & Trust Co., charter amended 728
GENERAL INDEX. 881
Corporations:
Manchester Sash & Blind Co 128
Manchester Traction, Lig-ht & Power Co 667
Mascoma Electric Light & Gas Co., charter amended 151
Mascoma Light, Heat & Power Co., charter amended 151
Mascoma Savings Bank, charter 371
Masonic Building Association of Manchester, charter revived.. 40S
Masonic Home 677
Masonic Orphans' Home, charter amended 145
name changed 677
Masonic Temple Association of Laconia may issue bonds 401
Merchants' Saving Bank, charter 695
Meredith & Ossipee Electric Railway Co., charter 3S4
charter extended . . 661
Merrimack Eiver Heat, Light & Power Co., charter 165
Mllford & Manchester Railroad, charter 414
Milton Water- Works Co., charter 781
Mont Vernon & Milford Electric Railway Co., charter 387
charter extended 690
Moosilauke Railroad, charter amended 424
charter extended 659
Nashua Hospital Association, exemption from taxation 400
Nashua Street Railway may lease to Lowell & Suburban 167
Nathaniel Weare Association, charter 435
New England Live Stock Insurance Co. may be licensed 207
New Hampshire Bible Society, charter amended 146
New Hampshire Conference Seminary, charter amended 396
New Hampshire Health & Accident Insurance Co., charter 698
New Hampshire Horticultural Society, appropriation to 556
to render reports 557
New Hampshire Orphans' Home exempted from taxation 541
New Hampshire State Firemen's Association, charter 424
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, guardians and
trustees may invest funds in stock of 498
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, guardians and
trustees may invest funds in stock of 498
Newfields Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., charter 203
charter revived . 802
Newmarket Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., charter revived 152
Newmarket Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., charter
amended 160, 800
Newport & George's Mills Electric Railway Co., charter 731
North Conway & Mt. Kearsarge Railroad, charter amended 400
charter extended . . . 661
North Shore Water Co., charter 806
North Woodstock Water Co., charter 169
Northern Fidelity & Trust Co., charter 778
Odd Fellows' Building Association, charter amended 784
Orphans' Home at Concord, charter amended 171
Park Street Free Baptist Society 376
Peerless Casualty Co., charter 729
Peterborough Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., town may
acquire property of 452
Pittsfield Loan & Trust Co., charter 697
882 GENERAL INDEX.
Corporations:
Portsmouth & Exeter Street Railway Co., charter 718
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Co 158
authorized to sell 678
Portsmouth Gas Light Co., name changed 158
Eochester Street Railroad Co. united with Union Electric
Railway 712
Rockingham County Light & Power Co. authorized to purchase
Portsmouth Gas. Electric Light & Power Co 678
Rockingham Electric Co. authorized to sell 391
Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, charter 723
St. John Baptist Society of Pittsfield, charter 795
Salem Water- Works Co., charter 755
Sawyer Woolen Co., charter 394
Sawyer Woolen Mills authorized to sell 394
Seabrook & Hampton Beach Street Railway Co., charter 767
Second Congregational Church of Ossipee, charter 426
Second Orthodox Congreg'ational Society of Nashua, charter.. 168
Silver Lake Reservoir Co., charter 173
Societe de St. Jean Baptiste de Manchester, N. H., charter 689
Societe de Temperance de St. Joseph of Somersworth, N. H.,
charter 688
Societe St. Jean Baptiste de Laconia, N. H., charter 757
Society for the Care of the South Cemetery in Portsmouth.. 185
South Wolfeborough Blanket & Flannel Co., name changed 389
Stark Mills, charter amended 203
State Trust Co., charter 800
Stratham and Newmarket bridge, iDroprietors of, authorized
to sell 781
Suncook Water-Works Co., charter amended 418, 802
Swedish Sick Benefit & Burial Society of Manchester, N. H.,
charter 758
Troj^ Granite Railway, charter 406
Troy Water & Improvement Co., charter 415
Trustees of Hampstead High School, charter amended 403
Trustees of McCollom Institute, charter 176
Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hamp-
shire, charter amended 134
Union Canadienne, charter 673
Union Electric Railway united with Rochester Street Rail-
road Co 712
Union St. Jean Baptiste Society in Nashua, N. H., charter
amended 701
United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to buy various prop-
erties 129, 674
Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to
sell to 676
Upper Gilmanton Village Union Cemetery Association, name
changed 688
Walpole Electric Light & Power Co., charter 442
Wentworth Home for the Aged 425, 658
West Derry Sewerage Association, charter 141
Weston & Hill Co., name changed 117
Whitefileld Electric Light Co., charter 20O
GENERAL INDEX. 883
Corporations:
Winnipesaukee Gas & Electric Light Co. authorized to sell.... 165
Wolf eborough Woolen Mills 389
Woman's Hospital Aid Association of Concord exempted from
taxation 140
CoriDorations, foreign, may hold property for certain purposes.... 503
may mortgage certain property 554
standing financial committee of Friends are 250
Correctional institutions, state and county, inspection of 88
Costs, comxaensation of special justice taxable as 283
Cottage Hospital of Claremont, appropriation to 346
of Exeter, appropriation to 346
of Laconia, appropriation to 346
Couch, B. W., homestead of, annexed to school district No. 20,
Concord 153
Councilors, election of 68
Counsel, towns authorized to employ, in legislative matters 552
Counties liable for support of pauper convicts 541
County accounts, auditing of 84
almshouses, support of children at 87
auditors, appointment and duties of 84
commissioners, auditing of accounts and bills 84
duties in relation to minors 87
may appoint agents 533
to care for county paupers 533
to report pauper statistics 520
County farm, auditing of superintendent's accounts 84
buildings as houses of correction 249
superintendent's powers 249
houses of correction defined 249
superintendent of 249
commitment to 249
institutions, charitable or correctional, inspection of 88
jail, as house of correction 249
officers, election of 68
paupers, commissioners to care for 533
reports, auditors to 'make 84
solicitor may inform, against common nuisance 322
taxes, collection of 553
to be repaid by town for filling vacancy in jury 330
Coupons in connection with ' sales 298
Court. See General court. Police court, Probate court, Superior
court, Supreme court.
Court house in Concord 743
in Manchester 670
in Nashua 670
venue when one party is inhabitant of southern judicial dis-
trict of Grafton countj' 62
Courts, distribution of state ' publications to 566
Cows, taxation of 34
Creameries, fees for testing instruments of 606
instruments to be tested 606
Criminals may be committed to state asylum for examination 512
Crockery not to be placed in highway, etc 51
884 GENERAL INDEX.
Crooker, Andrew J., appropriation to 109
Crossings, railroad, warnings at 285
Croup, membranous, cases of, to be reported 508
Crows excepted from protection 573
Cruelty to animals 21
Crystal lake (Enfield), appropriation for screening 637
Crystal Si)rings Water Co., charter amended 730
Curlews considered game birds 571
Currier, Hiram E., appropriation to 653
Curtesy may be released by minor 254
Custodians of certain public lands may receive funds 528
Daieies, fees for testing instruments of 606
instruments to be tested 606
Dalton authorized to construct bridg-e 701
election legalized 119
Dalton Power Co., charter 179
charter amended 457
Damages, certain, exempt from attachment 545
from electric poles, wires, etc., assessment of 78
from taking of land by state 27
Dame, Harriet P., appropriation for joortrait of 630
Daniels & Downs, appropriation to 367
Danville, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Dartmouth College, appropriation to 102, 355, 627
Davidson, John S., exemption of property of, legalized 118
Dead Diamond Improvement Co., charter 694
Deaf and dumb, state aid to 335
Death of candidate for office 70
Deaths, copy of record for clerk of burial town 255
fees for record and return of 248
reports to state registrar 355
Decatur, Arthur G., appropriation to 366, 627
Decoration of soldiers' and sailors' graves, towns may appropriate
for 270
Decoration day declared holiday 251
falling on Sunday, next day observed 253
Deer protected 8, 12, 31, 260, 263, 266, 267, 569, 570
sale of 571
taking of, in certain ways prohibited 569
tran.sportation of 267, 571
Demeritt, John, appropriation to 109, 653
Dentistry, fees for certificates of qualification 327
Deputy town or city clerk, appointment of 330
Derry, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Derry & Pelham Electric Railway Co., charter 373
chai-ter amended and ex-
tended 660
Detectives, fish and game commissioners may appoint 568
Diphtheria, cases of, to be reported 508
Directors of trust company, non-attendance of 253
Dimond ponds (Stewartstown), square-tail trout in, protected 259
GENERAL INDEX. 885
Diseases, contagious, boards of health to quarantine certain 508
cases of, to be reported 505, 508, 509
children infected with, or exposed to, not to
attend school 509
laboratory for investig-ation of 51i
physicians authorized to quarantine 508
restriction of 508
District, fire. Sec Fire district.
sanitary, in Newbury 13
school. See School district.
village, annual meeting of 282
Districts, judicial, in Grafton county, abolished 515
senatorial, Nos. 18 and 20, limits of 333
Divorces, returns of, fees for 513
to be made to registrar of vital statistics 513
Doctor, title of, not to be nsed without authority 52
Doctors of medicine, licensing and registration of 52
Dodge, Willis T., appropriation to Ill, 367
Dogs, hunting with 266
may be killed when 570
pursuing or injuring animals, xsenaltj^ to owner 263
use of, in taking deer prohibited 569
wild animals, certain, not protected from 504
Donovan, D. B., appropriation to Ill
Dorchester, deer in, excepted from protection 260
Dover to elect superintendent of streets 658
Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Eailway Co 712
Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to sell to United Gas & Electric Co. 676
lease authorized 447
United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to -piiT-
chase 674
Dover Ploine for Aged People, name changed 425, 658
Dower may be released by minor 254
Drafts falling due on Sundaj^ or holiday, when payable 12
no grace on, except on sight drafts 12
Drainage, regulations respecting " 293
Dublin pond (Dublin), square-tail trout in, protected 531
Ducks, amendment of laws respecting 267
protected 572
river and sea, considered game birds 571
sheldrakes, excepted from protection 8
Dunbarton, election and votes legalized 199
Durham school district, homestead of Charles F. Pendergast an-
nexed to 680
Durham Water-Works Co., charter 803
E. H. Rollins & Sons, charter amended 703
Eagles protected 279, 572
East Conway Water Co., charter 808
East Grafton Union Meeting House Society reorganized and acts
legalized 161
Eastern Fire Insurance Co. of New Hampshire, chai'ter confirmed 703
Eastman, Edson C, appropriation to 110, 367, 653
886 GENERAL INDEX.
Eastman pond (Andover), fishing- through ice in, prohibited 2S
Edwards, Clark S., appropriation to 110
Eel pots, use of, prohibited 575
Eels protected 575
Eggs, birds', certificates for collecting 571, 572
of wild birds protected 571
Election day declared holiday 351
of school district otficers 61
officers '''3
duties of 73, 74, 75, 76
Elections:
amendment to constitution, how voted on 71
assistance to disabled voters 76
attorney-general to be ballot law commissioner 70
Australian ballot law 68
ballot boxes 74
clerks 73
law commissioners 70
balloting after tie vote 76
ballots, assistance in marking 76
cards of instruction for marking of 72
counting of 75, 76
delivery to ballot clerks 73
designation of office 71
of party of candidate 71, 73
device designating party 73
disposition of those not counted 76
distribution to towns and wards 72
fac simile 73
folding of, before delivery 71
by voter 75
inspection of, b}' candidates 79
marking of 75
number to be furnished 73
preparation of 71
preservation of 75, 76, 79
punishment for offenses relating to 77
spoiled, new to be furnished for 75
to be cancelled and preserved 75
to be in charge of ballot clerks 74
blind or disabled voters, assistance to 76
booths for voting 74
use of 75
candidates for office, arrangement of names on ballot 71
nomination of 69
resignation or death of 70
cards of instruction for voting to be furnished 73
to be posted 73
caucuses, ballots, preparation of 604
calling of 604
challenges and penalties 605
check-lists, preparation of 604
GENERAL INDEX. 887
Elections :
caucuses, check-lists to be filed 605
to be used 604
definition of, and provisions concerning 69, 70
inspectors to be nominated by 73
local executive committee, power of 605
nominations and elections to be by ballot 60-4
notices of 604
party may make regulations for holding 70
persons entitled to vote 605
returns, jDresiding- officer to make 605
time of remaining ojien 604
certificates of nomination 69, 70
lienalty relating to 77
check-lists for ballot clerks 74, 76
challenge of vote 74
city may adopt chapter 78 70
commissioners, ballot law 70
compartments for marking- ballots 74
use of 75
constitutional amendment, how voted on 71
convention, definition of, and provisions concerning 69, 70
party may make regulations for holding 70
death of candidate for office 70
disabled voter, assistance to 76
election officers 73
duties of 73, 76
facsimile ballots 72
illiterate voters, assistance to 76
in caucuses, to be by ballot 604
inspectors of election, appointment of 73
duties of 73, 74, 75, 76
filling of vacancy 73
instruction, cards of, to be furnished 72
to be posted 73
majority, when not required 76
marking shelves or compartments 74
use of 75
mayor, nomination of 70
nomination, certificates of 69, 70
X^enalty concerning 77
of candidates 60, 79
papers, nomination 69, 70
penalty concerning 77
party, nominations by 69, 70
of candidates, designation of 71
petition, nomination by 69
plurality, to elect certain officers 76
polling places or booths 74
use of 75
resignation of candidate 70
returns of votes 23
shelves for marking ballots 74
use of 75
ggg GENERAL INDEX.
Elections:
■tie vote, provision in case of '76
town may adopt chapter 78 '70
voters, disabled, assistance to '76
when to pass guard-rail "74
voting-, manner of 74, 75
Electors, presidential, election of 68
Electric poles, wires, etc., appeal from selectmen 17
assessment of damages 78
confirmation of locations 88
railways. See Street railways.
Electrical apparatus, damage of, penalty for 534
Electricity, diversion of, penalty for 534
Eliott Bridge Co., charter amended 731
Elk protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
Elliot hospital of Keene, appropriation to 346
of Manchester, appropriation to 346
Ellis river, trout in tributaries of, protected 262
Ellsworth, Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in . . 668
Embalming regulated 317
examination and license for 317
Employment of children regulated 324, 551
of illiterate minors regulated 551
offices, licenses for 550
regulation of 549
Encroachment on highway, jaenalty for r . . 297
removal of obstruction 297
cornices and projections 297
Endicott Eock, appropriation for bridge to 351, 638
Endowment insurance policies not forfeited in certain cases 35
surrender value of 35
English sparrows excepted from protection 572
Episcopal. See Protestant Episcopal.
Epping authoi-ized to contract with Epping Water Co 451
Epping Water Co., charter 450
Estates, executor or administrator may have execution on judg-
ment in favor of deceased 36
exhibition of claims against 246
extension of commissioner's hearings 247
limitation of suits against 246
notice and report of commissioner 24
rights of husband and wife in certain cases 613
trustees of, authorized to invest funds in cei'tain stocks.. 498
majority of, to act 498
Estes, James F., appropriation to 110, 366, 627
Evans, Ira C, apiaropriation to 653
Evening schools, establishment of 612
to be under superintendence of school boards.. 613
Evidence of husband or wife in the other's case 276
to prove regulations of state board of health 296
Examiners, medical 52
Exchange, bills of, no grace on .... * 12
falling due on Sunday or holiday, when pay-
able 12
GENERAL INDEX. 889
Exchange, of property, trading stamps not to be given on 298
Execution, executor or administrator may have, in certain cases.. 36
may be levied on real estate by sale 314
Executors. See Administrators.
Exemption from attachment of certain damages 545
of certain money due firemen 301
of insurance on exempted property 263
from certain taxation not granted to savings banks.. 578
from taxation granted to Hillsborough Bridge village
fire precinct 145
from taxation granted to Manchester Children's
Home 457
from taxation granted to Nashua Hospital Associ-
ation 400
from taxation granted to Xew Hampshire College of
Agriculture 64
from taxation granted to New Hampshire Orphans'
Home 541
from taxation granted to Washington Hotel Co 700
I from taxation granted to Woman's Hospital Aid Asso-
ciation, Concord 140
from taxation of F. E. Belden Mica Mining Co.
legalized : 186
from taxation of Franconia electric light plant
legalized 207
from taxation of John S. Davidson legalized 118
from taxation of Knights of Pythias building in Strat-
ford legalized 196
from taxation of Monadnock House legalized 141
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co., charter 390
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Eaihvay Co., lease to, rat-
ified 693
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railwaj' Employees' Relief
Association, charter 725
Exeter Street Railway Co. authorized to sell 390, 391
Exeter Veteran Firemen's Association, charter 686
Expenses in serving process, attorney not liable for , 258
plaintiff liable for 258
Explosives, killing of fishes with, prohibited 573
F. E. Belden Mica Mining Co., exemption from taxation legalized 186
Fabrics, poisonous, sale of 521
Facsimile ballots 72
Fares on railroads, who may ride without jDaying 85
Farming-ton, action of, leg-alized 686
Fast day declared holiday 251
Father Elliott Catholic Total Abstinence & Mutual Benefit Society
of Manchester, N. H., charter 760
Fawn protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
Feeble-minded children, care of, provision for 597
state aid to 335
persons, investigation of state support of 360
890 GENERAL INDEX.
Feeding-stuffs, concentrated commercial, analyses of 530
definition of 529
license fees for sale of.. 529
X^ackages to be marked.. 528
sale of, regulated 528
samples and analyses of,
to be filed 529
Fees for analyses of commercial fertilizers 536
for milk insi^ectors' certificates 606
for milk licenses 607
for serving process, attorney not liable for 258
plaintiff liable for 258
for testing' dair^^ instruments 606
of clerks of superior court 56-1
of public weighers 526
of sheriffs, certain, to be audited 577
of town, clerks 248
Feet, articles injurious to, not to be put in highways 51
Felloes of wheels, width of, regulated 331
Fences to be maintained about public cemeteries 50
Fenders on street railway cars 562
Ferrets, use of, prohibited 570
Ferry, Thornton heirs released from liabilitj' to maintain 447
Fertilizers, commercial, analyses of 537
to be filed 536
fees for 536
license fees for, how expended 537
j)ackages to be marked 536
sale of, regulated 536
samples of, to be furnished 536
Fever, scarlet, cases of, to be reported 508
tj^phoid. cases of, to be reported 508
Fifteen Mile Falls, dam at, authorized ISO
Fifth regiment, N. H. Volunteers, appropriation for tablets on
Gettysburg monument of 631
Fines, fish and game, disposition of 250, 569
complainants not entitled to share of, except 268
Fire district, Fitzwilliam, contracts authorized 416
Hooksett, contracts authorized 436
Marlborough, contracts authorized 416
Meredith village, may increase debt 155
Plymouth village, privileges of, enlarged 6G7
Strafford, contracts authorized 432
Troy, contracts authorized 416
Warner, contracts authorized 175
Whitefield village, jjowers extended 43S
Woodsville, jDowers, etc 427
insurance company may insure only through resident agent 326
may reinsure when 326
must allow commissioner to inspect books 326
must furnish information to commissioner 327
punishable for refusal to insure at rates
fixed 325
GENERAL INDEX. 891
Fire insurance company, rates may be fixed by commissioner 323
precinct, Bartlett village, established, etc 132
Center Harbor village, established, etc 124
Hillsborough Bridge village, acts legalized, etc 143
Lebanon, contracts authorized 130
Wolf eborough village, powers granted 178
Firemen, disabled, may be pensioned 45
nione3', certain, due to, exempt from attachment 301
Firemen's relief fund 301
First Baptist Church of New London 742
First Congreg'ational Society in Derry, name changed 181
First Congregational Society in Kaymond, charter amended 671
First Congregational Society of Wilton, name changed 161
First Connecticut lake, appropriation for screening 362
First regiment, IV. H. Volunteers, Spanish war:
appropriations to hospitals for care of soldiers of 346
certain expenses of equipment to be credited to Xational
Guard appropriation 633
historj" of 234
state pay to 363, 639
exempt from trustee process 365
First Unitarian Congregational Society of Wilton Center 161
Fish and game:
aureoli protected 267, 272
bass in certain localities excepted from certain protection 574
not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 259, 267, 331, 574, 575
to be taken bj- angling only 573
beaver protected 30, 570
bill fish protected 239
birds, beach, excepted from certain protection 572
protected 267
certificates for collecting 571
game, definition of 571
transportation of 572
birds, wild, protected 571
black game protected 5
blue fins protected 574
to be taken by angling- only 573
Blue Mountain Forest Association excepted from certain regu-
lations 31, 577
bounty on hawks repealed 7
capercailzie jDrotected 5
caribou protected 8, 12, 31, 263, 266, 267, 569, 570
transportation of 570
carp not to be put in trout waters 574
collection of specimens for certain purposes permitted 9
crows excepted from protection 572
deer protected 8, 12, 31, 260, 263, 266, 267, 569, 570
sale of 571
taking of, in certain ways prohibited 569
transportation of 571
detective fund 230
892 GENERAL INDEX.
Fish and game:
dog's, hunting- with 266
pursuing or injuring animals 263
ducks protected 267, 571
eagles protected 279, 572
eel pots, use of, prohibited 575
eels, lamper, protected 575
elk protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
English sparrows excepted from protection 573
fawn protected 569, 570
transportation of 570
ferrets, use of, prohibited 570
fines, disposition of 250, 569
fishers protected 570
fishes, certain, to be taken by angling only 573
killing of, by poison or explosive prohibited 573
new varieties of, protected 575
or fry, misuse of 576
taking of, in private breeding" waters prohibited 573
taking of, with weirs or nets prohibited 573
fishing through ice regulated 259, 281
with floating device 267
forfeitures 250, 576
grayling protected 575
grilse j)rotected 574
grouse, ruffed, protected 267, 572
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
sharp-tail, protected 5
snaring of, lorohibited 572
hares protected 8, 570
hawks, bounty on, rei^ealed 7
excepted from protection 572
herons, blue, protected 572
illegally taken, commissioners may confiscate 569
lamper eels protected 575
lines, number of, limited in certain cases 574
lobster traps iirotected 576
lobsters protected 258, 576
loons excepted from protection 572
mackerel, fresh-water, x^rotected 259
moose protected 8, 12, 31, 569, 570
transportation of 570
muskellonge protected 575
muskx-ats protected 8
protection withdrawn 266
nets, use of, in fresh water prohibited 573
otter protected 570
oysters, planting of, regulated 576
protected 576
parr protected 574
partridges protected 573
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
snaring of, prohibited 572
GENERAL INDEX. 893
Fish and game:
perch protected 267, 574
to be taken by angling only 573
pheasants protected 5, 610
pickerel not to be put in trout waters 57-±
protected 267, 575
to be taken by angling only 573
pigeons, homing or Antwerp, jjrotected 532
pike not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 267, 575
to be taken by angling only 573
plover protected 572
prima -facie evidence 56S, 570, 573, 576
quail protected 267, 572
snaring of, prohibited 572
rabbits protected 8, 570
raccoons protected 570
rails protected 572
sables protected 570
salmon, land-locked, protected in Pleasant pond (New London) 29
not protected in certain cases 9
protected 267, 268, 272, 574
taking of, for compensation prohibited 574
to be taken by angling only 573
young, protected 574
sandpipers protected 572
screens in public waters 9
seines, use of, in fresh water, prohibited 573
shad protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
shad-waiters protected 259
to be taken by ang-ling only 573
sheldrakes excepted from protection 8, 572
shiners excepted from certain protection 573
smelts protected 575
smolt j)rotected 574
snares, use of, in certain cases, prohibited 572
snipe, Wilson, protected 572
specimens, collection of, permitted when 9
squirrels, gray, protected S, 570
traps, use of, regulated 43, 570, 572
trout, catch of, limited 575
certain fishes not to be put in waters with 574
in certain localities excepted from certain protection.. 574
protected 29, 259, 260, 262, 267, 268, 272, 531, 574, 575
taking of, for compensation prohibited 35, 574
to be taken by angling only 573
wardens, laws concerning, repealed 266
waters, private, rights of owners of 576
breeding, corrupting of, prohibited 573
public, definition of 576
weirs, use of, in fresh water prohibited 573
26
894 GENERAL INDEX.
Fish and game:
weirs, use of, prohibited ^"^^
whitefishes protected 259, 574
to be taken by angling only 573
■woodcocks protected 2'^'^> 572
jjurchase or sale of, prohibited 573
yellowlegs protected 571
Fish and game commissioners, appointment of 568
duties of 568, 569
may screen public waters 9
may prohibit fishing through ice 46
powers of 250, 569
report of 569
salary of 569
culture, state may take land, etc., for 26
hatcheries, certain, abolished 506
certain, to be improved 506
Fishers protected 570
Fishes, certain, to be taken by angling only 573
fish and game commissioners may take 568
killing of, by poison or explosive ijrohibited 573
new varieties of, protected 575
obstructions to, commissioners may remove 568
or fry, misuse of 576
taking of, in private breeding waters prohibited 573
with weirs or nets prohibited 573
Fishing implements, forfeiture of 576
Fitzwilliam fire lu-ecincts, contracts authorized 416
Flag cases, appropriation for marking 634
Flags, desecration of 302
of New Hampshire regiments, j)rotection of 361
Floating device in fishing 267
Ford, Stephen S., appropriation to 367, 653
Foreclosure of mortgage by sale under power, decree for 257
without decree .... 257
Foreign corporations may hold property for certain i)urposes 503
Foresters of America, names of courts changed IIS, 154
Forestry commission, secretary of, to furnish markers for public
trees 593
Forfeitures, complainants not entitled to share of 268
of adulterated candy 262
of fishing' implements 250, 576
of life insurance policies, repeal of act concerning. . . . 333
Fowler, George W., appropriation to Ill, 367, 653
Franchise of railroad may be mortgaged to secure bonds 62
of street railway may be mortgaged to secure bonds.. 63
Franconia, proceedings of, legalized 207
Fraternal beneficiary associations may be admitted when 582
may continue when 582
powers of, limited 581
French, John H., appropriation to 109
Friends, standing financial committee made corporation 250
GENERAL INDEX. 895
Tunds, guardians and ti'ustees may invest, in certain stocks 498
trust, held by towns, investment of 578
<Jafney Home for the Aged, charter 794
<jale River road, appropriation for 635
Xjallinse considered game birds 571
■Gallinules considered game birds 571
•Game. See Fish and game.
•Oame birds, definition of 571
transportation of 572
Gardner, Fred A., aijpropriation to 653
Geese considered game birds 571
General court, representatives to, apportionment of 339, 600
election of 68
General Miller Park Association, charter revived 746
Geology, distribution of, authorized 107, 34S
Gettj'sburg, erection of markers on battlefield of 353
Gile pond (Sutton), fishing through ice in, iirohibited 27
Gilford brook (Gilford), deposit of waste in, prohibited 553
Gillingham pond (Newbury), fishing through ice in, prohibited.. 27
Gilman pond (Unity), fishing through ice in, ijrohibited 27
bathing in, prohibited 77
Gilmanton & Barnstead Electric Ilaihvay Co., charter 381
charter extended . . 660
Glass, etc., not to be placed in highways 51
Glazier, Van B., apijropriation to 366, 627
Glen Junction Transfer Co., charter 147
Godfrey, Orlando I., appropriation to Ill
Goodhue & Milton, appropriation to 110
Goose pond (Canaan and Hanover), fishing in, regulated 2S1
Gordon, Ealph W., appropriation to 110, 343
Governor, election of 68
private secretary of, salarj- provided for 644
to be trustee of New Hampshire School for Feeble-
Minded Children 598
to prescribe regulations for state liquor agents 303
to notify town agents of appointment of state agents.. 309
Governor and council:
certain acts ratified 275
duties concerning as^'lum for insane 83
concerning loan 20
concerning state jirison 80
concerning steam heating at State Normal School 366
may add towns to list of those entitled to state aid for support
of schools 319
may condemn land for fish culture 25
may cede land in General Miller park for signal station 281
may construct vaults in certain offices 363
may distribute Hitchcock's Geology 107, 345
may provide new cases for regimental colors 361
to appoint agent to build Androscoggin river bridge 106
agents to construct Jefferson Notch road 591
g96 GENERAL INDEX,
Governor and council:
to appoint agents to expend certain lake appropriations 104, 105
auditors of printing accounts 275
ballot law commissioners 70, 71
board of veterinary examiners 548
commission to lay out Jefferson Notch road 590
commissioners to investigate support of dependent
insane 360
commissioners to represent state at Paris expo-
sition 364
committee on probate procedure 538
on state sanitarium 628
medical examiners 52, 53
public printing commission 579
state liquor agents 308
trustees of New Hampshire School for Feeble-
Minded Children 598
Vicksburg commission 652
to approve bonds of superintendent and treasurer of Indus-
trial School 279
expense of moving and arranging provincial
records 300
use of fish and game fines and forfeitures 250
to cause indexing of vital statistics 632
to direct expenditure for indexing records 104, 349
for screening certain lakes 362
for highway appropriations 102, 103, 105
of National Guard appropriation 41
to have committee rooms repaired and furnished 363
to investigate concerning Gettysburg markers 353
to receive account from New Hampshire Horticultural Society 299
and audit accounts of judges' expenses 304
conveyances of property of asylum for insane 99
Grace, none to be allowed on notes, etc 13
Grade crossings, warnings at 285
Grafton county, actions under former law returnable when 516
apportionment of taxes in 289
continuances provided for in 516
judicial districts in, abolished 515
jurors, grand, when summoned 516
petit, whence summoned 516
names changed in 94, 343, 656
terms of court in 515
at which grand jury is to attend 334
of probate court in 321
of superior court in 565
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
venue of certain actions 62
Grafton Improvement Manufacturing & Power Co,, charter 740
Grain, ground, penalty for adulteration of 530
Grand Army, cities and towns may raise money for halls for 545
John G. Foster Post No, 7, charter 397
GENERAL INDEX. 897
Orand Army, state assumes printing expenses of 321
Grand jury in Grafton county, terms for attendance of 334
when summoned 516
Granite lake (Nelson) , bass in, protected 259
Granite Savings Bank of Milford, charter 187
Granite State Deaf Mute Mission, appropriation for 98, 349, 633
Granite State Land Co. authorized to build bridge 751
Graves of soldiers and sailors, decoration of 270
Grayling protected 575
Great bay, smelts in, protected 575
Great Council of New Hampshire, Improved Order of Red Men,
charter 444
Greenland authorized to contract with Portsmouth 440
Greenland bay, smelts in, protected 575
Greenough ponds (Wentworth's Location), square-tail trout in,
protected 259, 531
Greenville, certain appropriation legalized 184
Grilse protected 574
Grouse considered game birds 571
ruffed, protected 267, 573
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
sharp-tail, protected 5
snaring of, prohibited 572
Guardians authorized to invest funds in certain stocks 498
maj^ be appointed without notice when 271
of insane j^ersons may waive wills in favor of wai'ds. . . . 500
Guide-boards, penalty for town's failure to maintain 17
Hair waste, sale of, regulated 536
Hale's Location, land in, donation accepted 527
Hampstead, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Hampstead High School, charter amended 403
Hampton, toAvn meeting legalized 659
Hampton & Amesbury Street Eailway Co. authorized to sell 390, 391
Hanover village precinct, powers of, enlarged and confirmed 708
Hares protected 8, 570
Hartford Water Co. made New Hampshire corporation 130
may extend works to West Lebanon 130
Hart's pond (Canaan), fishing in, regulated 281
Harvey pond (Northwood), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Haunted pond (Francestown), fishing through ice in, prohibited... 27
Haverhill, apportionment of library funds in 666
high school district, homestead of Moses F. Riley dis-
annexed from 206
jurisdiction of associate police justice of 434
Haverhill, Plaistow & Newton Street Eailway Co., charter 715
Hawkers and peddlers, exemption from license fee of 272
provisions as to licensing 65, 560
Hawks excepted from protection 572
repeal of bounty on 7
Hay to be weighed by public weigher 526
Head, Orrin W., appropriation to 110
898 GENERAL INDEX.
Health, board of. See State board of health.
boards of, duties concerning- ice 8SJ
one member to be physician 30a
to assist persons in quarantine 335
to be appointed 37
to disinfect premises 509'
to enforce regulations of state board 296
to quarantine contagious diseases 508
officers, local, replaced by boards of health 37
to attend meetings of state board 509<
Hedding Camp Meeting Association authorized to tax members.. 722
Henry, James E., appropriation to 653
Herald Publishing Co., appropriation to 653
Herons, blue, protected 573'
High schools, appropriation for tuition in 589
definition of 58»
Highland Cemetery 688;
Highland lake (Andover), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Highways, appropriations for, by towns, to be collected as other
taxes 334
Highways, appropriations for, by state:
Androscoggin river, west side of lOOi
Brook road C50
Canaan road (Barrington) 644
Cherry Mountain road 357, 635.
County Pond road 358
Crotchet Mountain road 105, 63a
Gale Kiver road , 358, 635
Hurricane Mountain road 358
Iron Mountain road 358:
Jefferson Notch road 591
Knot Hole road 100, 64a
Lake Shore highway 636
Londonderry^ turnpike 359, 636.
McDaniel, Scruton Pond, and Waterhouse road 644
Mascoma A^alley and Lyme highway 101
Miller Park Mountain road 105, 636.
Pinkham Notch road 101
Pinkham road 101, 636.
Sandwich Notch road 100, 636
Sugar Loaf road 100, 635
Turnpike road 100, 643
Turnpike road (Sharon) 643
Warren road 357, 63S
from Breezy Point to North Woodstock 100
Carroll to Hart's Location 635
Crawford House to Fabyan House 100
to Willey House lOa
Errol to Wentworth's Location 101, 635
First to Second Connecticut lake lOQi
Franconia to Flume House 101
Gorham to Jackson 356, 642
GENERAL INDEX. 899
Highways, appropriations for, by state:
from Great to Little Boar's Head 101
Kendall's Mills to Canaan-Dorchester road 101
Massachusetts line to Newcastle 648
North Woodstock to Flume House 101
to Warren 100
Northwood to Eochester 359
Salisbury to Fort Point 360
Stewartstown Hollow to Diamond Hollow 101
West Stewartstown to Diamond pond 35G
Willey House to Bartlett 100
in Albany 100, 635
Alexandria lOO
Barring-ton 359
Benton 100, 635
Campton 100, 64S
Carroll 100
Chatham 358
Clarksville 358
Conway 358
Dalton 101, 636, 649
Dixville 100, 635
Dixville Notch 358, 644
Dorchester 101, 643
Dummer 101, 635
Ellsworth 358, 636
Errol 101, 635
Francestown 105
Franconia 101, 636
Franconia Notch 636
Groton 101
Hart's Location 103, 635
Jackson 101
Jefferson 357
Kingston 358
Millsfield 101, 643
Newcastle 643
Newton 358
Orange 643
Peterborough 105
Pittsburg 100, 643
Randolph 101, 643
Piumney 358, 636
Salem 350
Sandwich 100
Stewartstown 101
Temple 105
Thornton 100, 650
Tuf tonborough 648
Warren 100, 636
Wentworth's Location 101, 636
Whitefield 636
900 r,ENEHAL INDEX.
Highways, appropriations lor, by state:
in Woodstock 100, 636
articles, injurious, not to be iilaced in 51
construction and repair of, to be under direction of selectmen 59
districts to be established in towns so voting- 264
may be laid out for winter use 85
obstructions of 297
penalty for 297
removal of 297
cornices and projections, when not 297
repair of 264
state, from Nashua to Manchester, commission for 328
to be laid out 328
from Salisbury to Fort Point, approjiriation for 330
commission for 329
route of 329
to be constructed 328
town may have trial by jury on land damages 15
trees in, protection of 592
to be marked 593
Hillsborough, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Hillsborough Bridge village fire precinct, acts ratified 143
exempted from taxation 145
extension authorized... 143
water commissioners . . . 144
Hillsborough county, apportionment of taxes in 288
names changed in 93, 342, 655
may borrow money for court house 456
may take land for court house 456
salary of judge of probate of 269
of solicitor of 42
of treasurer of 247
terms of superior court in 565
Hillsborough county convention authorized to appropriate money
for new court house 670
Hillsborough County Savings Bank, charter 397
Histories of military organizations 254, 344
Hitchcock's Geology, distribution of 107, 345
Hoitt, Thomas L., appropriation to 649
Holderness, Plymouth village fire district may acquire waters in.. 668
vote legalized 118
Holidays, certain days declared 251
Holland, James H., appropriation to 653
Holt, Andy, appropriation to 110, 377, 627
Thomas E., appropriation to widow of 350
Homestead, trustee process on insurance of 263
Homicide, penalty for 261
Homing pigeons protected 532
Hooksett or fire precincts, contracts authorized 436
Hooksett Aqueduct Co. of Hooksett, charter 435
Horses, taxation of 34
Hospital, city or town may appropriate for free bed in 252
GENERAL INDEX.
901
Hosj)ital Notre Dame de Lourcles of Manchester, appropriation to 346
Hospital of the Sacred Heart of Manchester, appropriation to 346
Howard & Co., appropriation to 110
Howe Library, charter 449
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., charter 409
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., charter amended
and extended 662
Hudson, Pelham & Salem Electric Eailway Co., powers extended 745
Hudson pond (Washington), fishing through ice in, prohibited... 2S
Humphrey-Dodge Co., appropriation to 653
Hunt, Edward C, appropriation to 653
Edwin P., appropriation to 110, 366
Woodbury E., appropriation to 110
Huntoon, Charles T., appropriation to 110, 366, 627
Hurd pond (Lempster), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Husband, right of, to wife's estate 614, 615
Husband and wife, conveyances between 254
release of curtesy or dower by minor 254
testimony of either in other's case 276
Hygiene, laboratory of, appropriation for 514
established 514
Ice, fishing through, prohibited in certain waters 27
regulated 259
pollution of, provisions against 82, 296
Idiotic. See Feeble-minded.
Illiterate minors, employment of, regulated 551
voters, assistance to 76
Implements for burglary, penalty for making, possessing, etc 248
Imprisonment, sentences of, to be indefinite 547
Independence day declared holiday 252
falling on Sunday, next day observed 252
Manchester may appropriate for 393
Index of archives in office of secretary of state 645
to records in office of secretary of state, appropriation for 104
349, 630
to vital statistics 632
Indigent deaf, dumb, blind, and feeble-minded, state aid to 335
Industrial School, appropriation to 107, 348, 642
discharge from 280
escape from, penalty for 507
minors, certain, may be committed to, in de-
fault of bail 611
superintendent of 279
treasurer of 279
Infant may release dower or curtesy 254
Infected premises to be cleaned 509
Information for injunction or abatement of nuisance 323
Ingalls, Horace L., approi^riation to 110, 367, 653
Injuiiction against nuisance 322
Insane, asylum for. See New Hampshire Asylum for Insane and
New Hampshire State Hospital,
persons, guardians of, may invest funds in certain stocks 498
902 GENERAL INDEX.
Insane persons, guardians of, may waive will in facor of 500
investigation of state supjiort and control 3fi0
Insolvency, allowance to debtor 29
lirovision for unclaimed money in hands of assignees IQ
Insolvent estates of persons deceased, notice and report of com-
missioner 24
Insiiection of ballots 80
of charitable or correctional institutions 88
Insepetors of boats, powers and duties 294
taking of illegal fees by 295
of election, appointment of 73
of election, duties of 73, 74, 75, 76
filling' of vacancy of 73
of milk, appointment of 607
fees for certificates to 606
to procure certificates 606
Instruction, cards of, for voting, to be furnished 72
to be posted 73
Insurance commissioner, number of reports to be i)rinted 274
to fix rates on apiDlication 325
companies, foreign fidelity and casualty, taxes on 555
must allow commissioner to inspect books., 326
must furnish information to commissioner. . 327
must not reinsure unless 326
punishable for refusal to observe rates fixed 325
reduction of reserve funds of certain 32
taxes on 300
fire, to be through resident agent 326
on exempted property, exempt from trustee process.... 263
policies, surrender value of 35
when not forfeited 35
repeal of act relating to forfeitures 333
Intimate Friends of Manchester, N. H., charter 764
Intoxicating liquor. See Spirituous liquor.
Inventories of savings bank deposits to contain what 51
Investments of savings banks regulated 61G, 617, 618, 619
IrvA'in, Fred I., appropriation to 367
Island pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Itinerant vendors 3S
J. M. Stewart & Sons Co., appropriation to 110, 653
J. Q. A. Warren Camp No. IS, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., of Nashua,
N. H., charter 759
Jacks, use of, in taking deer, prohibited 569
Jackson, special school district constituted 135
Jaflfrey authorized to maintain water-works 772
Jailer, power of, when jail is house of correction 249
Jails as houses of correction 249
commitment to 249
James W. Hill Co 117
Jefferson not liable on account of JeflPerson Notch road 592
Jefferson Notch road, agents to construct 591
903
591
590
GENERAL INDEX.
Jelf erson Notch road, appropriation for
commission to locate
state and town not liable on account of 592
Jenness pond (Northwood and Pittsfield), fishing through ice in,
prohibited '
John B. Clarke Co., appropriation to HO, 653
John G. Foster Post No. 7, G. A. R., charter 397
Johnson, Fred L., appropriation to 11<^
George W., appropriation to 36(3, 653, 654
Joseph Freschl Post No. 94, G. A. E., Manchester may appropri-
ate to 1^*
Judge of probate in Coos county, salary of 597
in Hillsborough county, salary of 269
in Eockingham county, salary of 49
Judges of probate, bonds to, certain corporations may be accepted
as surety on 611
may commit children to New Hampshire School
for Feeble-Minded Children when 59S
names changed by 654, 655, 656, 657
Judgment in police court on default after notice 57
creditor dying, execvitor or administrator may have
execution 36
Judicial districts in Grafton county abolished 515
Julian, George N., appropriation to 98
Jurisdiction of new supreme court 563
of superior court 563, 564
in proceedings on liquor laws 282
Jurors, drawing of, in cities 336
exempt or unfit, to be discharged 336
town to pay cost of supplying place of. . 336
grand, in Grafton county, when summoned 516
return of 565
petit, in Grafton county, whence summoned 516
return of 565
respondents maj^ challenge, in murder trial 603
state may challenge in murder trial 603
to be kept separate in murder trial 604
Jury, grand, to attend when, in Grafton county 334
to try facts in proceedings against nuisance 322
Justices of new supreme court, salaries of 565
of superior court, one, may sentence when, in murder trial 603
salaries of 565
two shall sit in murder trial 603
of supreme court to receive expenses 302
of the peace, compensation when sitting in police court . . 283
when to bind over iu proceedings under
liquor laws 282
Kearns, James, appropriation to 108
Kearsarge memorial, appropriation for 641
Kearsarge-Alabama parade, expense of, to be credited to National
Guard appropriation 62S
•904 GENERAL INDEX.
Keeler, I. Eugene, appropriation to Ill, 367, 653
Keene, union high school district of, exempt from chapter 65 58
Keene, Marlow & Newport Electric Eailway Co., charter 765
Keene Electric Eailway Co., charter amended 412, 745
Iveene Gas & Electric Co 667
Iveene Gas Light Co., capital stock of, increased 666
name changed 667
Iveene Sentinel, appropriation to 367
Keyser lake (Sutton), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Kidnapping, penalty for 538
Kingston, fishing through ice in, prohibited, with exception 27
Knights of Pythias Home of New Hampshire, charter 448
Labor day declared holiday 251
Laboratory of hygiene, appropriation for 514
established 514
Laconia, board of public works established in 791
charter amended 683
Xaconia and Lake Village Water-Works, increase of stock author-
ized 150
Laconia and Lake Village Water- Works, name changed 150
Laconia Electric Lighting Co., additional powers to 163
bonds of, legalized 675
charter amended 674
Laconia Water Co 150
Lakes:
Crystal, appropriation for screening 637
First Connecticut, appropriation for screening 362
Mascoma, appropriation for screening 362
bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
fishing in, regulated 281
Massabesic, appropriation for screening 362
fishing in, regulated 281
Merriam, fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Newfound, approjjriation for screening 362
protected from waste 558
Spofford, bass in, protected 259
Squam, appropriation for buoys and lights in 105, 354, 638
Stinson, appropriation for screening 362, 637
Sunapee, appropriation for buoys and lights in 104, 353, 639
bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
fishing in, regulated 259, 280
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
Waukewan, bass in, protected 331
Webster, appropriation for screening 362
Wentworth, fishing in, regulated 23
Winnesquam, appropriation for screening 362, 640
Winnipesaukee, appropriation for buoys and lights in 101, 104
354, 355, 650
for screening 362
islands in, annexed 198, 446
Lake Village Freewill Baptist Society, name changed 376
GENERAL INDEX, 90S
Lamb, William P., appropriation to IIQ
Lamper eels protected 575
Lancaster, bonds authorized 127
election legalized 370
Union school district No. 1 may issue bonds 154
may take land 155
Lancaster Academj' may unite with Union school district No. 1... 126
Land, state may take, for fish culture 26
Land-locked salmon not j)rotected in certain cases &
protected 267, 268
Lands, acceptance of certain, in Carroll county 527
Laneville, Albert D., appropriation to 653
Larkin, Josephine C, appropriation to 110, 367, 653
Lascivious acts, penalty for 270
Law, questions of, transfer of 563
Law, John K., appropriation to 653
Lawyer not liable for sheriff's fees 258
Laws. See Public Statutes and Session laws.
publication and distribution of 587
Leather, pulverized, sale of, regulated 536
Lebanon authorized to contract with Hartford Water Co 130
Lee, Harry M., appropriation in favor of 653
Legislature. See General court.
Leighton, Fred, appropriation to 367, 653
Levy on real estate by sale 314
Library commissioners to be consolidated with trustees of st^ate
library 501
state. See State library.
state prison, appropriation for SO, 320, 561
Licenses for billiard and pool tables and bowling- alley's in sum-
mer hotels 32
for employment offices 550
for sale of concentrated commercial feeding-stuflfs 529
Lien for charges of officer taking animal 21
for sawing lumber 7
Life insurance policies not forfeited in certain eases 35
surrender value of 35
repeal of act relating to forfeitures 333
Lights, artificial, use of, in taking deer prohibited 569
Limicolae considered game birds 571
Limitation of suits against administrators 246
Lincoln, part of Livermore annexed to 521
Lines, number of, in fishing through ice, limited 574
Liquor. See Spirituous liquor.
Lisbon authorized to- issue bonds 721
establishment of police court in, legalized 194
salaries and fees of justices 194
Literary fund appropriated to Somersworth 647
certain towns to receive share of 589
condition of town's receiving 319
Literature, towns authorized to distribute certain 502
<)05 GENERAL INDEX.
Little Diamond pond (Stewartstown), square-tail trout in, pro-
tected ^^^
Little Mile island, appropriation for lighthouse on 354
Little pond (Northwood), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Littlefield, Alice M., appropriation to 653
E. I., approiJriation to 367
Littleton authorized to maintain band 677
school districts, boundaries of, changed 393
Littleton Water & Light Co., acts relating to, defined 664
Livermore, line with Bartlett established 128
part of, annexed to Lincoln 521
Loan for use of state 20, 332
Lobster traps protected 576
Lobstersi protected 268, 576
Londonderry, election legalized 119
fishing through ice in, jDrohibited 23
portion of New or West parish in, disannexed 790
Londonderry Calvinist Baptist Church revived and legalized 663
Long pond (Lempster, etc.), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Loon island (Sunapee), appropriation for lighthouse on 104, 353
( Winnipesaukee), annexed to Meredith 446
Loons excepted from protection 572
Loudon, land disannexed for school purposes 446
Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R., Manchester may appropriate to.. 125
Lovejoy, Warren W., appropriation to 653
Lowell & Suburban Street Eailway Co. may lease Nashua street
railway 167
Lowry, John W., appropriation to 367, 653
Lumber, lien for sawing 7
Lunacj', commission of, limitation of expense of persons supported
at asylum for insane by order of 90
Lyme excepted from act protecting wild deer 260
Lyme or Post pond (Lyme), a^jpropriation for screening 634
fishing through ice in, prohibited.... 497
M. D., Title of, not to be used without authoritj- 52
McCollom Institute, Trustees of, charter 176
McElwaine, Herbert A., appropriation to 653
McHarg, Andrew, Bow authorized to appropriate for relief of.... 663
Machines, slot, declared gambling implements 512
Mackerel, fresh water, protected 259
McQuaid, Elias A., appropriation to 653
Majority, when not required 76
Manchester, charter amended 176, 441, 702
Concord Railroad authorized to extend side-track in 712
court house in, authorized 670
election and terms of officers 172
fees to be paid to 204
may appropriate for armory 376
for Independence day 393
for semi-centennial celebration 117
to G. A. R. posts for armories 125
GENERAL INDEX. 907
Manchester, may appropriate to reimburse for certain expenses . . 369
refunding- authorized 120
to be billing station 414
wards changed 419
water loan bonds 120
Manchester & Haverhill Street Railway Co., charter 737
Manchester & Milford branch may be built by Concord & Montreal
Railroad 413
Manchester & North Weare Eailroad may be operated as part of
Manchester & Milford .. . . 413
may sell to Concord &
Montreal 414
Manchester Bank, charter amended 172
extended 676
Manchester Building & Loan Association authorized to increase
capital stock 683
Manchester Children's Home, charter 157
exempt from taxation 457
Manchester Police Relief Association, charter 813
Manchester Safety Deposit & Trust Co., charter amended 728
Manchester Sash & Blind Co 12S
Manchester Street Railway may extend line to Goffstown 401
Manchester Traction, Light & Power Co 667
Manchester L^nion, appropriation to 367
Margaret Pillsbury hospital of Concord, appropriation to 346
Marking shelves or compartments for voting 74
use of 75
Marlborough or fire precincts, contracts authorized 416
Marriages, fees for record and return 248
monthly reports of, to state registrar 255
notices of non-residents' IS
!Married women, conveyances by 254
may release dower though minors 254
Marshall pond (Unity), fishing through ice in, x^rohibited 28
Marshals, city, may petition against nuisances 322
Mascoma Electric Light & Gas Co., charter amended 151
Mascoma lake, appropriation for screening 362
bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
fishing in, regulated 281
Mascoma Light, Heat & Power Co., charter amended 151
Mascoma Savings Bank, charter 371
Masonic Building Association of Manchester, charter revived.... 408
Masonic Home 677
Masonic Orphans" Home, charter amended 145
name changed 677
Massabesic lake, appropriation for screening 362
fishing in, regulated 281
Massachusetts and New Hampshire boundary line, establishment of 620
Mayors and aldermen may appoint deputy city clerk 330
may grant certain bicj'cle permits 90
may petition against nuisances 322
nominations for 70
908 GENERAL INDEX.
Meal, adulteration of, penaltj^ for 530
Measles, cases of, to be reported 508
Measures and weights, sealers of, duties of 50S
Medical examiners 52
Membranous croup, cases of, to be reported 508
Memorial day, observance of, towns may regulate 500
schools may observe, when 16
Mercer, John H., homestead of, annexed to Union school district
of Concord 775
;Merchants' Savings Bank, charter 695
Meredith, certain islands annexed to 446
village fire district may increase bonds 15&
Meredith & Ossipee Electric Railway Co., charter 384
charter extended 661
Merriam, Daniel, and others, acceptance of donation of land from 527
Merriam lake, fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Merrimack county, apiDortionment of taxes in 287
convention authorized to raise money for
court house 743
names changed in 93, 341, 655
terms of superior court in 565
Merrimack river, shiners in, excepted from certain protection.... 573
Merrimack River Heat, Light & Power Co., charter 165
Messenger of new supreme court, appointment of 565
Metcalf , Henry H., appropriation to Ill, 367, 653
Miles, Edward L., appropriation to 106
Milford authorized to maintain electric plant 761
]\Iilford & Manchester Railroad, charter 414
Military organizations, histories of 344
officers may be placed on retired list 519
property lost, condemned, or sold, money received for,
to be used for National Guard 517
j\Iilitia. See New Hampshire National Guard.
Milk, adulterated, definition of 60!)
adulteration of, prohibited 609
impure, sale of, jn-ohibited 609
inspection of 607
inspectors of, appointment of 607
fees for certificates to 606
to procure certificates 606
instriiments to be tested 606
license law, connivance at violation punished 609
record of convictions to be kept 609
to be in force where 609
licenses to sell 607
fees for 607
record of, to be kept 608
samples of, may be taken 60S
skimmed, sale of, regulated 609
storekeepers selling, to be licensed 60S
Miller, John R., appropriation to 110, 367
Millville school district, homestead of John H. S. Willcox severed
from 763
GENERAL INDEX.
909
Milton Water-Works Co., charter 781
Minard, Lotie I., approiDriation to 352
Minors, adoption of, in certain cases 88
certain, may be committed to Industrial School in de-
fault of bail 611
guardians of, may invest funds in certain stocks 498
illiterate, emploj'ment of, regulated 551
may release dower or curtesy 254
support of, at county almshouses 87
to be provided with homes 87
Mirror and American, appropriation to 367
Moderator of school district, plurality elects 61
Moities, complainants not entitled to 268
Monadnock House, exemption of, from taxation legalized 141
Money, unclaimed, in hands of trustee or assignee, provision for 10
Monitor & Statesman Co., appropriation to 653
Monroe, part of Bath annexed to 137
Mont Yernon & :Milford Electric Railway Co., charter 387
charter extended . . . 690
Monument of Fifth regiment at Gettysburg, appropriation for
tablets on 631
Monuments of Xcav Hampshire regiments at Vicksburg, commis-
sion to locate 652
Moore, James H., appropriation to 651
Moose protected 8, 12, 31, 263, 266, 267, 569, 570
transjiortation of 267, 570
Moosilauke Railroad, charter amended 424
time extended 659
Morrison, Susan R., approjjriation to Ill, 367, 654
Mortgages, corporations may make, on certain property 554
decrees for sale under power in 257
railroads may make, to secure bonds 62
sale under power without decree 257
street railways may make, to secure bonds 63
Moses, G. H.,_ appropriation to Ill
Mud pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Mud-hens considered game birds 571
Mules, taxation of 34
Murder, penalty for 261
trials for, compensation of counsel assigned in 603
jury to be kept separate in 604
respondents may be arraigned before one
justice 603
may challenge jurors 603
to have certain privileges 603
state may call witnesses in rebuttal 603
may challenge jurors 603
two justices shall sit 603
Muskellonge protected 575
Muskrats protected 8
protection withdrawn 266
27
910 GENERAL INDEX.
Nails or tacks not to be iDlaced on higliwaj-s 51
Names of persons changed 92, 34:0, 654
Names of corxJorations changed:
American Tj-pographic Co. to Manchester Traction, Light &
Power Co 667
Austin, Flint & Day Co. to Manchester Sash & Blind Co 12S
Baptist Church of New London to First Baptist Church of
New London 742
Court Concord No. 7400, Ancient Order Foresters of America,
to Court Concord No. 4, Foresters of America 118
Court Eockingham No. 7539, Ancient Order Foresters of
America, to Court Eockingham No. 6, Foresters of America 154
Dover Home for Aged People to Wentworth Home for the Aged 658
Dover Home for Aged Women to Wentworth Home for the
Aged 425
First Congregational Society' in Derrj' to The Central Congre-
gational Society in Derry 181
First Congregational Society in Wilton to First Unitarian
Congregational Societj^ of Wilton Center 161
Keene Gas Light Co. to Keene Gas & Electric Co 667
Laconia and Lake Village Water-Works to Laconia Water Co. 150
Lake Village Freewill Baptist Societj- to Park Street Free
Baptist Society 376
Masonic Orphans' Home to Masonic Home 677
New Hampshire Asylum for Insane to New Hampshire State
Hospital 524
Portsmouth Gas Light Co. to The Portsmouth Gas, Electric
Light & Power Co 158
South Wolfeborough Blanket & Flannel Co. to Wolfeborough
Woolen Mills 389
UjDper Gilmanton Village L'niou Cemetery- Association to
Highland Cemetery 6SS
W^eston & Hill- Co. to James W. Hill Co 117
Nashua authorized to issue bonds 799
charter amended 177, 195, 370, 797
court house in, authorized '. 670
may exempt Nashua Hospital Association from taxation 400
suburban cemeteries, trustees for 191
Nashua Hospital Association may be exempted from taxation.... 400
Nashua Street Eailwa^' may lease to Lowell & Suburban 167
Nashua Telegraph Publishing Co., appropriation to 110
Nason, Edward M., appropriation to Ill, 367, 653
Nathaniel Weare Association, charter 435
Naval contingent of New Hampshire, histor}^ of 344
Neat stock, taxation of 34
Nests, birds', certificates for collecting 571, 572
of wild birds i^rotected 571
Nets, use of, in fresh waters prohibited 573
New England Live Stock Insurance Co. may be licensed 207
revocation of license 208
shall deposit certain funds 207
GENEKAL INDEX. 911
New Hampshire and Massachusetts boundary established 620
volunteers in Spanish war, history of 254
Kew Hampshire Asylum for Insane, appropriation for 346, 524
auditing of trustees' accounts 83
conveyances to be made to
state 99
investments and changes to
be approved by governor.. 83
limitation of expense for cer-
tain persons 90
name changed 524
plans and estimates to be
approved by governor .... 83
title to property 99
New Hampshire Bible Society, charter amended 146
New Hampshire College of Agriculture:
acceptance of gift for 277
appropriation to 96, 97, 351, 646
exempt from taxation 64
superintendent of dairj' department to issue certificates 606
to keep record of certifi-
cates and tests 606
to test instruments 606
New Hampshire Conference Seminary, charter amended 396
New Hampshire Democratic Press Co., appropriation to 110, 367
New Hampshire Health & Accident Insurance Co., charter 698
New Hampshire Horticultural Society, appropriation to 299, 556
reports and accounts of... 299, 557
New Hampshire National Guard:
adjutant-general to apply certain funds to use of 517
adjutants, regimental, paj^ of 519
to rank as captains 517
appropriation for 41
to be credited with certain Spanish war ex-
penses 633
to be credited with expense of Kearsarge-Ala-
bama parade 628
assistant adjutant-general, pay of 519
officers may be placed on retired list 519
quartermaster, brigade, to rank as major 518
quartermasters, regimental, to rank as captains 517
rations may be issued 518
rifle ranges, appropriation for 544
New Hampshire Orphans' Home exempted from taxation 541
New Hampshire School for Feeble-Minded Children:
admission to, order of 599
appropriation for 599
buildings for, trustees to erect 599
children may be committed by judge of probate when 598
what, may be admitted 598
commitment to, appeal from, 599
discharge from 599
912 GENERAL INDEX.
Xew Hampshire School for Feeble-iMinded Children:
establishment of • 597
rules and regulations, trustees to make 599
site for, trustees to purchase 599
trustees of, appointment of 598
duties of 598
governor to be one of 598
to make rules and regulations 599
to purchase site and erect buildings 599
New Hampshire Soldiers' Home, appropriation for 350, 631
admission to 256
New Hampshire State Firemen's Association, charter 424
to receive firemen's
relief fund 301
New Hampshire State Hospital 512
criminals may be committed to,
for examination 512
New York, New Haven & Hartford Eailroad, guardians and trustees
may invest funds in stock of 498
New York Central & Hudson Eiver Eailroad, guardians and trustees
may invest funds in stock of 498
Newbury, sanitary district in 13
part of, annexed to Sutton for school purposes 740
Newcastle maj'- contract with Portsmouth 440
Newfields may contract with Newfields Electric Light, Heat &
Power Co 202
may reimburse treasurer for money lost 377
name of, confirmed k 744
Newfields Electric Light, Heat & Power Co., charter 202
charter revived 802
Newfound lake, appropriation for screening 362
fishing through ice in, prohibited 533
Newington may contract with Portsmouth 440
Newmarket school district, homestead of Charles F. Pendergast
annexed to 6S0
Newmarket Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., charter amended. . .160, 800
revived 152
Newport authorized to issue funding bonds 700
Newport & George's Mills Electric Eailway Co., charter 731
Newspapers, files of, in state library 14
laws to be printed for 587
to be sent to state library 588
Newton, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Nichols, John J., appropriation to 110
Nominations, certificates of 69, 70
penalty for offenses concerning 77
in caiicuses to be by ballot 604
of candidates for oflBce 69, 70
papers 69, 70
penalty for offenses concerning 77
North Conway & Mount Kearsarge Eailroad, charter amended 400
extended ... 661
North Hampton may contract with Portsmouth 440
GENERAL INDEX. 913
North Shore Water Co., charter S06
North Woodstock Water Co., charter 169
Northern Fidelity & Trust Co., charter 77S
Notes, promissory, no grace on 12
falling- due on Sunday or holiday, payable
when 12
Notices of actions in police court 57
of drawing of jurors in cities, where posted 336
of sale under power in mortgage 257
Nuisances, common, abatement of. or injunction against 322
jury trial of facts 322
owner may be party 322
proceedings 322
Obstrltctions, fish and game commissioners may remove certain.. 568
Odd Fellows' Building Association, charter amended 784
Odlin, John W., appropriation to 110, 343
Office, tenure of, of railroad police officers 6
of special police officers 63
Officers, county, to report pauper statistics 520
election of 68
military, may be placed on retired list 519
Old Home week, towns may raise money to observe 509
Oleomargarine, laws against, to be enforced by state board of
agriculture 297
search-warrants for, may be issued 583
O'Malley, Michael, appropriation to 108
Opinions of new supreme court, filing of 563
of supreme court, appropriation for preparing for pub-
lication 362
Orphans' Home at Concord, charter amended 171
Ossipee, Second Congregational Church, charter 426
Otter pond (Sunapee and New London), fishing through ice in,
prohibited 28
Otternic pond (Hudson), fishing in, regulated 281
Otters protected 570
Overseers of the poor, duties of, concerning minors 87
to report pauper statistics 520
Oxen, taxation of 34
Oysters, planting of, regulated 576
protected 576
Pan-American exposition, appropriation for building at 499'
commissioners for 499
Paper, poisonous, sale of 521
Papers, nomination 69, 70
penalty for offenses concerning 77
Paris exposition, appropriation for 364
commissioners for 364
Park Street Free Baptist Society 376
Parks of railroads and street railways 44
regulations concerning riding of bicycles in 89
914 GENERAL INDEX.
Parochial schools, children to be vaccinated before attending 511
Parr protected ^"^^
Partridges considered game birds 571
protected ^'^^
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
snaring of, prohibited 572
Pasquaney lake, fishing through ice in, prohibited 533
Passes for travel on railroads 85
Patterson, Joab N., appropriation to 366
Pauper settlement in town valid when 28
statistics, county oJBficers to report 520
overseers of the poor to report 520
Paupers, convict, counties liable for support of 541
county, commissioners to care for 533
expense of state for, at asylum limited 90
persons not made, by assistance in quarantine 336
Pearson, Charles, appropriation to 347
Harlan C, a^Dpropriation to Ill, 367, 653
Peddlers, provisions as to licensing . . ; 65, 272, 560
Peerless Casualty Co., charter 729
Penal institutions, investigation of 360
Penalties, complainants not entitled to share of 268
Pendergast, Charles F., homestead of, severed from Durham school
district 680
Pensions of disabled firemen 45
People & Patriot Co., appropriation to 653
Perch protected 267, 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Perkins, Paul, acts of, as justice of peace legalized 399
Peterborough authorized to borrow money for electric plant 685
electric light plant 452
Peterborough & Shirley Eailroad, act for special commissioner
repealed 48
Peterborough Electric Light, Power & Heat Co., town may acquire 452
Petit jurors in Grafton county, whence summoned 516
Petition, for injunction or abatement of nuisance 322
nomination by 69
Phalen, Frank L., appropriation to 110
Pharmacy, commissioners of, compensation of 304
to enforce regulations 540
Pheasants considered game birds 571
protected 5, 610
Philippine war, dependent soldiers of, care of 625
Physicians authorized to quarantine certain diseases 508
licensing and registration of 52
Pickerel not to be put in trout waters 574
protected 267, 575
to be taken by angling only 573
Pierce, George K., appropriation to 11(^
Pigeons, homing or Antwerp, protected 532
Pike not to be put in trout waters 574
protected v 267, 575
GENERAL INDEX. 915
Pike to be taken by angling- only 573
Piper, Martin L., appropriation to 366, 653
Piscataqiia river, smelts in, protected 575
Pittsfield Loan & Trust Co., charter 697
Place, George A., appropriation to 110, 367, 653
Plaistow, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Pleasant pond (Francestown), fishing through ice in, jjrohibited. . 27
(New London), certain fishes in, protected 29, 272
Plovers considered game birds 571
protected 572
Plumbers, examination of 292
licensing of 292, 594
regulations for 293
Plumbing", examination for 292, 293
inspectors bf 293
regulations concerning 293
Plummer, Edward, apjiropriation to 110, 343
Plurality to elect in certain cases 76
Plymouth village fire district, privileges of, enlarged 667
Poison, killing of fishes with, prohibited 573
Poisonous articles, sale of 521
Poles of electric companies, appeal from selectmen 10
assessment of damages therefrom... 78
confirmation of locations 88
Police, chief or superintendent of, may petition against nuisance.. 323
commission established in Somersworth 726
court, compensation of justice of peace sitting in 283
special justice taxable as costs 283
judgment on default after notice 57
jurisdiction of 31
notice of actions 57
proceedings in, for violation of liquor laws, when to
bind over 282
officers, railroad, tenure of office 6
special, tenure of office 63
Polling places, or booths for voting- 74
use of 75
Pollution of sources of ice supplj-, x:)rotection against S3
Ponds protected from waste 558
Pool tables, license fees for, in summer hotels, etc 32
Poor, overseers of, duties of, concerning minors 87
to report j)auper statistics 520
Poor Farm brook (Gilford), deposit of waste in, prohibited 553
Portrait of Harriet P. Dame, appropriation for 630
Portsmouth, appropriation to 641
charter amended 395
contracts authorized with certain towns 440
extension of water-works 439
hours of check-list sessions 159
may take Puddle dock 162
state and county tax reduced 413
Portsmouth & Exeter Street Eailway Co., charter 718
916 GENERAL INDEX.
Portsmoutli Gas, Electric Light & Power Co 158
authorized to sell... 678
Portsmouth Gas Light Co., charter amended 158
name changed 158
Post or Lyme pond (Lyme), ajipropriation for screening 634
fishing through ice in, prohibited. . . . 497
Power of sale in mortgage, decree for sale 257
regulation of sale under 257
Prairie chickens considered game birds 571
Premises, infected, to be cleaned 509
Presidential electors, election of 68
Presler, A. W., appropriation to 110
Printer, public, auditing of accounts of 275
compensation of 273
to print for G. A. R 321
Printing, public, bonds for performance of 579
contracts for, may be awarded to whom 579
definition of 579
materials for, commission maj' purchase 579
prices of 579
Prison. See State prison.
Private schools, children to be vaccinated before attending 511
Probate court, committee to prepare uniform procedure for 538
disposition of unclaimed money 10
terms of, in Grafton county 321
in Eockingham county 278, 523
to be held in Sanbornville 16
judge of, bonds to, certain corporations may be accepted
as surety on 611
in Coos county, salary of 597
in Hillsborough county, salary of 269
in Eockingham county, salary of 49
may appoint guardian without notice when... 271
may commit children to New Hampshire School
for Feeble-Minded Children when 598
names changed by 92, 340, 654
register of, in Eockingham county, salarj' of 49
Processes issued under former faw saved 564
Promissory notes, no grace on 12
falling due on Sunday or holiday, payable when 12
Property, foreign corporations may hold, for certain purposes.... 503
miltary, lost, condemned, or sold, monej^ received for,
to be used for National Guard 517
Prosecutor not entitled to share of fine or penalty 268
Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hampshire, charter amended 134
Province lake (Effingham), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Public printer, auditing of accounts of 275
compensation of 273
to print for G. A. E 321
printing commission, duties of 579
established 579
rights, pi'otection of 629
GENERAL INDEX. 917
Public Statutes amended:
chapter 5, publication of laws 587
5, section 1, publication of laws 81
chapters 5 and 6, state publications 557
chapter 6, section 2, public printer 3"3
6, section 4, state publications 274
6, sections 5 and 9, auditing of printing bills 275
10, section 1, Asylum for Insane 524
10, section 33, expense of paupers in asylum 90
13, section 7, Soldiers' Home 256
21, section 4, Belknap and Carroll boundary 197
23, section 19, senatorial district No. IS 333
23, section 21, senatorial district No. 20 333
23, section 25, check-list sessions in Portsmouth 159
24, sections 10, 11, 12, county auditors 84
25, section 4, returns of votes 23
27. county commissioners 533
30, section 2, and chapter 43, section 12, statistics
of pauperism 520
31, section 8, voters 284
33, elections '^'^
34, sections 15, 16, ballots 80
35, section 2, return of votes 23
36, sections 4, 7, return of votes 23
37, section 2, return of votes 23
38, section 2, return of votes 23
40, section 4. powers of towns 22. 270, 502, 509
40, section 5, town trust funds 578
43, sections 25, 40, health officers 37
53, section 8, village districts 282
55, section 7, divisions S, 9, taxation 34, 332
67, highways for winter use 85
68, section 10, highwav land damages 15
73, highways . . .\ 59, 264, 334
77, section 8, encroachments on highways 297
78, section 2, guideboards 17
81, section 6, damages from electric vv-ires or poles.. 78
81, section 9, location of electric lines 17
81, section 18, confirmation of electric locations 88
83, section 6, pauper settlements 28
84, section 9, town paupers 625
86, aid to indigent deaf and dumb 98, 335, 349
88, school money • 585
90, section 15, school district elections 61
91, schoolhouses 58
92, section 6, pxaminatiou of school teachers 252
92, sections 15, 17, 18, truant officers 306
93, emploj^ment of children 550
93, section 2, scholars 511
93, section 12, schools 324
95, section 8, State Normal School 544
109, section 1, swamp lands 91
918
GENERAL INDEX.
Piiblic Statutes
chapter 110,
112
112
112
112
114
119
125
126
130
130
130
131,
131
132
132
133
133
133
134
135
135
136
136
149
152
156
156
15S
159
160,
160,
162
165,
165,
167,
169,
173,
174
175
176,
1S3
184
184
184,
189,
191
192
192
195
ameuded:
section 3, pestilential diseases 505
sections 1 to 14, liquor agents 312
section 23, moieties in liquor cases 268
section 28, recognizances in liquor cases 282
section 30, forfeited liquors 309
licenses of billiard tables, etc 32
steamboats, engineers, f)ilots 294
section 7, sealers of weights and measures 505
sections 1, 2, sale of bread 525
sections 4, 5, closing of waters against fishing... 46
sections 11, 12, 13, fish and game wardens 266
section 16, screens in public waters 9
sections 1, 3, 4, 5, g'ame laws, quadrupeds S
sections 1, 4, 6, game laws, quadrupeds 266
sections 2, 4, game laws, birds 267
sections 2, 9, game laws, birds 8,9
sections 3, 4, game laws, fish 267
section 4, game laws, birds 9
sections 5, 21, gam6 laws, fish 268
section 4, dentistrj^ 327
drugs and medicines 540
section 8, commission of pharmacy 304
sections 1, 3, 4, anatomical science 24, 25
section 3, disposition of dead bodies 251
corporation meetings 555
section 11, Friends or Quakers 250
section 4, capital of railroads 60
section 46, railroad bonds and mortgages 62
section 26, railroads taking land 612
section 5, grade crossings 285
section 5, free transportation by railroad 85
section 29, railroad police officers 6
sections 8, 9, reports, bank commissioners 67
sections 16, 17, savings bank guaranty fund 314
section 23, savings banks 313
section 11, insurance commissioner 325
section 14, insurance companies 300, 555
sections 4, 8, births, marriages, and deaths 255
section 5, marriage notices 18
section 19, returns of divorces 513
section 3, husband and wife 254
section 1, register of probate 11
section 1, probate courts 278, 523
section 4, probate courts 16
section 9, probate courts 321
section 1, inventory of savings bank deposit 51
sections 2, 4, suits against administrators 246
section 2, insolvent commissioner's notice and
report 24
section 4, commissioner's hearings 247
rights of certain heirs 613
GENERAL INDEX.
919
Public Statutes amended:
chapter 199, bonds to judge of probate 610
201, section 28, allowance to insolvent debtor 29
202, days of grace 1^
205, section 5, common nuisances 322
206, section 3, terms of supreme court 337
211, sections 4, 14, police courts 283
222, sections 4, 5, notice and proceedings in police
court 5^
224, section 20, evidence 276
233, levies on real estate 314
248, section 8, jurisdiction of police courts 21
249, section 1, special police officers 63
251, section 1, search warrants 583
264, section 18, speed on highway 298
266, trespasses 316
267, sections 2, 3, 9, cruelty to animals 21
269, sale of poisons 521
272, offenses against chastity 270
278, section 5, murder 261
278, section 15, age of consent 30
283, houses of correction 249
284, Industrial School 279
284, section 14, minors committed to Industrial School 611
286, section 3, salary of secretary of state 338
286, section 5, salary of state treasurer 546
286, section 14, salary of Coos judge of probate 597
286, sections 14, 15, salaries 49
286, section 17, salaries 42, 504
286, section 19, salaries 247
287, section 16, fees and costs 577
Public waters, definition of 503
fish and game commissioners may screen 569
Public weighers, appointments of, authorized 525
duties of 526
fees of 526
penalty for refusal to perform duties 526
qualifications of 526
Publications, state, distribution of 557
to courts 566
Puddle dock declared nuisance 162
may be taken by Portsmouth 163
Quails considered game birds 571
protected 267, 572
snaring of, prohibited 572
Quakers, standing financial committee of, made corporation 250
Quarantine of contagious diseases 508
to be designated by placard 508
Quartermaster, brigade, to rank as major 518
Quartermasters, regimental, to rank as ca^atains : 517
Questions of law, transfer of 563
920 GENERAL INDEX.
Rabbits protected 8, 570
Kaccoons protected 8, 570
Eailroad commissioners, duties of, concerning increase of stock or
bonds 19
may consider value of franchises 543
may change routes of proposed street
railways 539
powers as to street cars 305
special, repeal of act providing for 48
companies may take land for diversion of streams 612
parks 44
police officers, tenure of office 6
Eailroads. See Street railways.
action against, for injury to trespasser 316
capital stock of, increase of, how issued 535
reduction of requisite amount of.... 60
and bonds of, provisions as to increase of 19
may make mortgages to secure bonds 62
passes on 85
trespass on property of, i^enalty for 316
warnings at crossings 285
Eailroads:
Black Eock & Salisbury Beach, time limited 770
Boston & ]\Iaine authorized to extend side-track in Manchester 712
to make Manchester a billing station 414
Concord authorized to extend side-track in Manchester 712
Concord & Montreal may build Milford branch 413
may buy Manchester & North Weare 414
may increase stock and bonds 414
Milford & Manchester, charter 414
Moosilauke, charter amended 424
extended 659
North Conway & Mt. Kearsarge, charter amended 400
extended 661
Eails considered game birds 571
protected 572
Eallidas considered game birds 571
Eations may be issued to National Guard in camp 518
Eaj^mond, First Congregational Society, charter amended 671
Eeal estate, conveyances of, bj^ married women 254
between husband and wife 254
release of dower or curtesy by minor 254
Eecognizance, when to be taken in liquor case 282
Eeeords in office of secretary of state, appropriation for indexing 104
349, 630
of births, marriages, and deaths to be sent to state
registrar 255
of deaths, copies to be sent to clerks of burial towns 255
of Coos county, damaged by fire, to be attested 587
of old supreme court, custody of 564
provincial, arrangement and indexing 300, 645
copies of 300
GENERAL INDEX. 921
Eecords, provincial, to be removed to state library 47, 299
Red Men, .Great Council of New Hampshire, charter 444
Referees, provisions for, repealed 565
Eegent of state board of medical examiners 52
Eegimental associations to receive copies of Eegister 344
colors, protection of 361
histories 254
Eegister of probate, residence of 11
in Eockiugham countj-, salary of 49
Eegister of Soldiers and Sailors, price and sale of 95, 347
regimental associations to re-
ceive 344
Eegistrar of vital statistics, returns of divorces to be made to 513
indexing of records of 632
Eegistration of dentists, fees for certificates of 327
of embalmers 317
of physicians and surgeons 52
of plumbers 292
Eeinsurance allowed when 326
Eepairs of committee rooms in state house, appropriation for... 363
highways. See Highways.
state prison, appropriation for 81, 320
Eeporter, state law, duties in publication of laws SI
Eeports of bank commissioners 67, 274
of county auditors 84
of departments 14
of insurance commissioner 274
of medical examiners 54, 55
of treasurers of institutions under bank commissioners.. 67
Eepresentatives, hall of, appropriation for furniture in 640
in congress, election of 68
to general court, apportionment of 339, 600
election of 68
Eepublican Press Association, appropriation to 110
Eesignation of candidate for office 70
Eeturn of votes 23
Eichardson, Fred E., appropriation to 110, 343
Eichmond, Edwin F., ax^propriation to 108
Eiedell, John H., appropriation to 641
Eifle ranges for National Guard, appropriation for 544
Eights, public, protection of 629
Eiley, Moses F., homestead of, annexed to Union school district
in Bath 206
Elms of wheels, width regulated 331
Eoads. See Highways.
Eoberts, Charles L., appropriation to 653
Eobie, Calvin, appropriation to HO
Eobins, Joseph E., appropriation to 366
Eobinson, Allan H., appropriation to HI, 367, 653
Eochester, charter amended IS2
may borrow for schoolhouse 402
may extend water pipes to Lebanon, Me 184
922 GENERAL INDEX.
Eochester Street Eailroad Co. united with Union Electric Railway 712
Eockingliam county, apportionment of taxes in 285
authorized to issue bonds 378, 682
names changed in 92, 340, 654
salaries of judge and register of jjrobate in 49
terms of probate court in 278, 523
superior court in 565
treasurer to abate from Portsmouth tax 412
Eockingham County Light & Power Co. authorized to purchase
Portsmouth Gas, Electric Light & Power Co 678
Eockingham Electric Co. authorized to sell 391
Eollins, Lyman, appropriation to 366, 627
Eoman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, charter 723
Eound pond (Barrington), fishing and bathing in, prohibited 59
Eowe, Charles D., appropriation to 366, 627
Eumnejs Plymouth village district may acquire waters in 668
vote legalized 1S6
Eye may contract with Portsmouth 440
Sables protected 570
Saco river, trout in tributanies of, protected 262
Sailors, bodies of, not to be surrendered for dissection 251
decoration of graves of 270
exempt from j)eddlers' license fees 272
of Spanish war, state pay to 365
St. John Baptist Society of Pittsfield, charter 793
Salary of aldermen and councilmen of Concord 785
of chaplain of state prison 561
of city superintendent of schools, state not to contribute to 511
of delegates to constitutional convention 581
of fish and game commissioners 569
of governor's private secretary provided for 644
of judge of i^robate in Coos county 597
in Hillsborough county 269
in Eockingham county 49
of justices of new supreme court 565
of superior court 565
of register of probate in Eockingham county 49
of secretary of state 337, 554
of solicitor of Carroll county 504
of Hillsborough county 43
of state treasurer 546
of treasurer of Hillsborough county 247
Salem, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Salem Water- Works Co., charter 755
Sales by hawkers and peddlers 65
by itinerant vendors 38, 40
trading stamps not to be given on 298
under power in mortgage, decree for 257
regulation of 257
Salmon in Berry pond protected 584
land-locked, not protected in certain cases....' 9
GENERAL INDEX. 923
Salmon, land-locked, protected in pleasant pond (New London)
and tributaries 29
protected 267, 268, 272, 574
taking of, for compensation prohibited 574
to be taken by angling only 573
young, protected 574
Saltmarsh, George H., appropriation to 367
Sanborn, Charles H., Xewfields may reimburse, for money lost — 377
Capt. W. A., api^roioriation for transportation of body of 632
Sanborn's pond (Gilmanton), fishing through ice in, prohibited.. 27
Sanbornville, probate court to be held at 16
Sanders, Frank L., aiopropriation to 653
Sandown, fishing through ice in, prohibited . . . . ; 27
Sandpipers considered game birds 571
protected 572
Sanitarium for consumptives, committee to consider 62S
Sanitary district in Newbury established 13
Sargent, Harry A., homestead of, annexed to Canterbury for school
purposes 776
Savings banks. See Banks.
Sawdust. See Waste.
Sawyer Woolen Co., charter 394
Sawyer Woolen Mills authorized to sell 394
Scales, public, towns and cities may erect 526
Scarlet fever, cases of, to be reported 508
School boards, majority required to elect 61
in cities, powers of, concerning schoolhouses and
lots 58
districts, collection of certain taxes in 24
elections in 61
special, exempt from certain laws 24
supervisory 318, 319
number of teachers and length of
schools 319
officers of 318, 319
state aid to 319
vote to form, may be rescinded 577
to maintain schools twenty weeks annuallj' 319
houses, plans for, to be approved bj^ school boards 58
lots in cities, selection and purchase of 58
taxes, amount of, raised 585
teachers, examination of 252
Schools, children not to attend, in certain cases 509
to be sent to, when 552
city superintendents of, state not to contribute to salary
of 511
enforcement of attendance in 306
evening, establishment of 612
to be under suiierintendence of school boards.. 613
observance of Memorial day in 16
parochial, children to be vaccinated before attending 511
private, children to be vaccinated before attending 511
924 GENERAL INDEX.
Schools, private, to make annual report to state superintendent.. 589
to be maintained twenty Aveeks annually to entitle town
to literary fund 319
to make returns to entitle town to literary fund 319
Science, anatomical, advancement of 25, 251
Seabrook & Hampton Beach Street Eailway Co., charter 767
Sealers of weights and measures, duties of 505
Search-warrants for oleomargarine may be issued 583
Searles, Edward F., control of Stillwater pond granted to 585
Second Congregational Church of Ossipee, charter 426
Second Orthodox Congregational Society of Nashua, charter 16S
Secretary of state, archives in office of, appropriation for indexing 104
349, 630, 645
duties of, concerning elections 69-73, 79, 80
itinerant vendors 38-41
peddlers' licenses 65, 66
salary of 338, 554
to cause laws to be XDublished and distributed. . 587
to furnish cof)ies of province records 300
to furnish supplies for constitutional convention 581
to issue orders on public printer 321
to report j)lan for arranging and indexing prov-
ince records = 300
vaults in office of, appropriation for 363
Seines, use of, in fresh waters prohibited 573
Selectmen, certain diseases to be reported to, when 505
construction and repair of highways and bridges to
be under direction of 59
may accept and protect trees 36
may appoint deputy town clerk 330
may grant bicycle permits 90
may petition against nuisance 322
to fence public cemeteries 50
Senatorial districts Xos. IS and 20, limits of 333
Senators, election of 68
Sentences of imprisonment, additional, to take effect when 547
to be indefinite 547
Sentinel Printing Co., approj)riation to 654
Service of process, attorney not liable for fees for 258
plaintiff liable for fees for 258
of writs of police courts , 57
Session laws, piiblication of 81
Session laws amended:
1812, New Hampshire Bible Society 146
1814, Congregational Society in Stratham 430
1816, First Congregational Society in Eaj^mond 671
1826, Baptist Convention of the State of New Hampshire 140
1841, chapter 6 (private), section 3, special railroad commis-
sioner 48
1846, Trustees of Protestant Episcopal Church 134
1850, Dover Gas Light Co 676
chapter 1045, Portsmouth Gas Light Co 158
GENERAL INDEX. 925
Street railways :
1850, chapter 1051, Trustees of McCollom Institute 176
1852, chapter 1372, New Hampshire Conference Seminary.... 396
1853, chapter 1404, Nashua 177
1404, section 27, Nashua 195
1858, chapter 2161, section 5, special railroad commissioner. . 48
1871, chapter 100, Odd Fellows' Building- Association 784
1873, chapter SI, section 3, Hampstead high school 403
1874, chapter 168, Orphans' Home at Concord 171
1876, chajDter 137, school district No. 20 street lighting- pre-
cinct in Concord 134
1878, chapter 150, Eliott Bridge Co 731
iG3, section 1, wards of Manchester 419
163, section 7, check-lists in Manchester 419
ISSl, chapter 225, Manchester Bank 172
242, water-works in Rochester 184
1883, chapter 86, indexing in secretarj-'s office 104
193, North Conway & Mt. Kearsarge Eailroad. . . . 400
194, Masonic Orphans' Home 145
205, Dover Home for Aged Women 425
240, Laconia & Lake Village Water- Works 150
257, John G. Foster Post No. 7, G. A. R 397
1885, chapter 172, Masonic Building Association of Manchester 408
177, American Typographic Co 146, 433
1887, chapter 145, military histories .- 344
176, North Conway & Mt. Kearsarge Eailroad. . . . 400
204, Woodsville tire district 427
247, Portsmouth Gas Light Co 158
277, Black Eock & Salisbury Beach Railroad 770
1889, chapter 5, lease, union, or purchase of railroad 20
128, military histories 344
196, Consolidated Light & Power Co 129
200, North Conway & Mt. Kearsarge Railroad 400
1891, chapters 3, 4, increase of capital by certain railroads 20
chapter 7, sections 6, 8, department reports and news-
papers 14
31, protection of fish 259
158, Suncook Water-Works 418
208, Nashua 370
209, water-works in Portsmouth. 439
224, Dover Gas Light Co 447
241, section 14, salary of mayor of Rochester. . . . 182
241, sections 20, 21, 22, schools in Rochester 182
243, section 1, wards of Manchester 421
263, section 1, water-works in Rochester 184
282, Newmarket Electric Light, Power & Heat
Co 152, 160
288, section 1, Mascoma Light, Heat & Power Co. 151
1893, chapter S, third judicial district in Grafton county 62
14, section 1, unclaimed money 10
16, section 1, births, marriages, and deaths 248
28, bounty on hawks 7
29, Bection 3, highways 59
926 GENERAL INDEX.
Session laws amended:
1S93, chapter 47, protection of fish 259
67, section 8, administrator's iuventorj' of sav-
ings bank deposit 51
72, section 6, annexation for school iDurposes 24
167, section 4, Whitefield village fire district 43S
171, section 2, wards of Somersworth 121
177, Consolidated Light & Power Co 129
1S2, section 4, Concord police commissioners 793
228, sections 2, 3, Plymouth village fire district 667
231, section 6, Meredith village fire district 155
241, city of Laconia 683, 791
249, Bristol Street Eailway 771
272, Bennington Water-AVorks Co 442
274, Keene Electric Railway Co 412
279, jN'orth Conway & Mt. Ivearsarge Eailroad.. 400
2S5, section 6, Nashua street commissioners.... 195
1895, chapter 1, section 2, voluntary corporations 42
13, section 1, patriotic exercises in schools 16
24, section 5, state library 14
27, street railway stocks and bonds 543
27, section 3, street railways 48
27, section 4, street railways 586
27, section 6, street railways 561
27, section 7, street railway's 298
43, municipal bonds 127
45, regimental histories 254
49, section 4, examination of school teachers.... 252
54, support of paupei's 541
59, section 12, appointment of military officers.. 245
59, sections 17, 38, 40, 98, 102, 130, militia 517
80, building and loan associations 50
81, section 1, casualty insurance companies 32
85, trees in highways 86, 592
86, fraternal beneficiary associations 581
101, section 1, taxation 34
105, section 3, banks and trust companies 253
105, section 7, savings banks 313
108, taxation of savings banks 578
114, savings bank investments 315
114, section 2, bond of treasurer of savings bank 61
115, oleomargarine, etc 297
116, state board of charities 542
116, sections 1, 3, 8, dependent minors 87
117, jurisdiction of police courts 21
152, bridge over Sawyer's river 103
176, name of Newfields 744
183, section 24, check-list sessions in Portsmouth 159
184, Suncook Water- Works Co 418
204, section 14, water-works in Chester 194
207, section 1, Haverhill police court 434
222, Mascoma Light, Heat & Power Co 151
GENERAL INDEX. 927
Session laws amended:
1895, chapter 241, section 1, Nashua park commissioners 177
1897, chapter 10, moose, caribou, and deer 31
10, section 1, protection of game 260
19, railway stocks 534
28, disposition of dead bodies 251
33, section 1, protection of fish 272
41, protection of fish 260
42, life insurance 333
45, boards of health 302
46, fishing through ice 259
76, section 9, ha^vkers and peddlers 273
76, section 10, hawkers and peddlers 560
165, section 2, Manchester Children's Home.... 457
172, Laconia Electric Lighting Co 674
184, section 4, Dalton Power Co 457
1899, chapter 28, section 1, dogs 504
55, plumbers and plumbing 594
64, section 1, insurance companies 555
77, suiDervisory school districts 577
77, section 3, school privileges 511
104, section 1, secretary of state 554
188, Amory Manufacturing Co 699
191, Citizens' Institution for Savings of Nashua 780
217, section 4, Peterborough electric plant 685
Settlement of pauper in town valid when 28
Sewage, protection against, in sources of ice supply 82
Sewer connections, regulations concerning 293
Shackford, Frank M., approioriation to 653
Shad protected 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Shad-waiters protected 259
to be taken by angling only 573
Shannessy, W., appropriation to 367, 653
Shelburne authorized to exempt Washington Hotel Co. property
from taxation 700
Sheep, penalty for owner of dog injuring 263
Sheldrakes excepted from protection 8, 572
Shelves for marking ballots 74
use of * 75
Sherburne, Horace B., appropriation to 110, 367
Sheriffs, fees of, certain, to be audited 577
for serving process, attorney not liable for 258
plaintiff liable for 258
Shiners excepted from certain protection 573
Shoestring district, homestead of Harry A. Sargent severed from 776
Shore birds considered game birds 571
Shurtleff, Fremont E., appropriation to 653
Merrill, appropriation to .' 654
Sidewalks, bicycles, etc., not to be used on 89
definition of 89
with notice posted 89
Signal station, cession of land for, authorized 281
928 GENERAL INDEX.
Signs at railroad crossings 285
Silsby & Son, appropriation to HO, 367
Silver lake (Harrisville) , bass in, protected 259
Silver Lake Eeservoir Co., charter 173
Skimmed milk, sale of, regulated 609
Slattery, Joseph T., appropriation to 352
Slocum, Joel B., appropriation to 653
Slot machines declared gambling implements 512
Smallpox, cases of, to be reported 508
Smelts protected 575
Smith, Hamilton, acceptance of gift of 277
William H., appropriation to 653
Smith's pond, fishing in, regulated 23
Smolt protected 574
Snares, use of, in certain cases prohibited 572
in taking deer prohibited 569
Snipe considered game birds 571
Wilson, protected 572
Societe de St. Jean Baptiste de Manchester, N. H., charter 689
Society de Temperance de St. Joseph of Somersworth, N. H., charter 688
Societe St. Jean Baptiste de Laconia, N. H., charter 757
Society for the Care of the South Cemetery in Portsmouth, N. H.,
charter 185
Societies for prevention of cruelty to animals, agents may make
arrests 22
Soldiers, bodies of, not to be surrendered for dissection 251
decoration of graves of 270
dependent, of Spanish of Philippine wars, care of 625
exempt from license fees as peddlers 272
of Spanish war, state pay to 365, 639
Soldiers' Home, admission to 256
appropriation for 350
fund 97, 350
Solicitor, city, may petition against nuisance 322
county, may file information against nuisance 322
of Carroll county, salary of 504
of Hillsborough county, salary of 42
to prosecute for adulteration of candy 263
Somersworth, charter amended 691
library ". 121
literary fund appropriated to 647
police commission established 726
wards changed 121
South Wolfeborough Blanket & Flannel Co., name changed 389
Spanish war, certain expenses of, to be credited to National Guard
appropriation 633
dependent soldiers of, care of 625
expenditures of, ratified 275
to be charged to 275
money to be received from United States, disposi-
tion of .' 275
regimental histories 254
GENERAL INDEX. , 929
Spanish war, soldiers and sailors of, exempt from license fees as
peddlers 273
of, state pay extended to 365, 639
Sparrows, English, excepted from protection 572
Special police officers, tenure of office of 63
railroad commissioners, repeal of act providing for 48
school districts exempt from certain laws 24
Specimens, collecting of, for certain purposes permitted 9
Spectacle pond (Enfield and Grafton), fishing in, regulated 281
Spirituous liquor, defendant to be bound over when 282
offenses relating to 282
state agents for sale of 308
town agents for sale of 309
Spofford lake (Chesterfield), bass in, protected 259
fishing in, regulated 532
Squam lake, appropriation for lights and buoys in 105, 354, 638
Square-tail trout protected 259, 268, 531
Squaw cove (Sandwich), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Squirrels, gray, protected 8, 570
Stacy pond (Stoddard), fishing through ice in, prohibited 28
Staff of commander-in-chief 245
Stamps, trading, prohibited 298
Stark Mills, charter amended 203
State agents for sale of spirituous liquor 308
assumes printing expenses of G. A. R 321
aid to indigent persons 335
supervisory school districts 319
towns for support of schools in certain cases 319
board of agriculture to direct certain expenditures 299
to enforce certain laws 297, 531
to have feeding-stuffs analyzed 530
to have fertilizers analj-zed 537
to report transactions of N. H. Horti-
cultural Society 299
board of charities, duties of, concerning minors 87, 88
inspection of institutions by 88
may appoint salaried secretary 542
secretary of state board of health to be
member of 88
to recommend as to state aid 335
board of health authorized to establish laboratory 514
certain diseases to be reported to 509
duties of, concerning embalmers 317
duties of, concerning transportation of
bodies 317
local health officers to attend meetings of 509
secretary of, provision for indexing vital
statistics in office of 632
to be member of state board
of charities 88
to investigate contamination of ice or
water supply 396
930 GENERAL INDEX.
State board of health to establish regulatioBS 296
board of registration in dentistry, fees for qualification 327
boards of medical examiners 52
camp ground, appropriation for 41
expenses, incidental, to be audited 560
highway from Nashua to Manchester 328
from Salisbury to Fort Point 328
house, appropriation for repairs, etc 363
Industrial School. See Industrial School.
institutions, chai-itable and correctional, inspection of 88
library, administration of 14
building, appropriation for painting interior of 638
expenditures of, limited 14
shelving and furniture to be incidentals of 14
to receive provincial records 299
trustees of, library commissioners to be consol-
idated with : 501
loan 20, 332
may take land for fish culture 26
Normal School, appropriation for 103, 366, 544
not liable on account of Jefferson Notch road 592
prison, appropriation for 81, 320, 561
chaplain of, salary of 80, 561
deficiency of income provided for 80, 320, 561
library of, appropriation for 80, 561
publications, distribution of 557
to courts 566
niunber to be printed 274
registrar, reports to 255
reporter, duties of, concerning publication of laws 81
sanitarium for consumptives, committee to consider 628
secretary. See Secretary of state.
tax, assessment and collection of, for 1S9S and 1899 73
for 1900 and 1901 337
for 1902 and 1903 583
treasurer, account of Spanish war 275
ai^propriation for bond of 364
for vaults in office of 363
certain payments by, ratified 273
disposition of sums to be received from U. S 275
duties of, concerning unclaimed money 10
may borow for use of state 333
relieved ^^
salary of 546
to abate from tax of Portsmouth 412
treasury, fish and game fines to be paid into 250
State Trust Co., charter 800
Statistics, pauper, county officers to report. 520
overseers of poor to report 520
Steamboats. See Boats.
Stearns, Henry B., appropriation to ll'^' ^67
Horace B., appropriation to ^° '
GENERAL INDEX. 931
Stewartstown, literaiy fund of 368
Stillwater pond (Salem), control of, granted to Edward F. Searles 585
Stinson lake (Rumney), appropriation for screening 362, 637
Stock, neat, taxation of 34
railway, increase of 19
how issued 534
trespassing in public burial places, owner liable 50
Stockholders may act as proxies 555
Storekeepers selling milk to be licensed 608
Stowell, Herbert J., appropriation to 366, 653
Strafford county, apportionment of taxes in 286
names changed in 92, 341, 654
terms of superior court in 565
of suxsreme court in 337
Stratford or fire precincts, contracts authorized 432
vote legalized 199
Stratham and Xewmarket bridge, proprietors of, authorized to sell 781
Congregational Society in, charter amended 430
Street railway cars, fenders on 562
platforms of, to be enclosed 305
speed of 298
corporations may make mortg-ages to secure bonds 63
may take land for certain purposes.. 586
parks 44
Street railways, capital of 48
franchises of, to be considered in consolidation... 543
jurisdiction over 561
offenses relating to transfer tickets on 324
railroad commissioners maj- change routes of.... 539
Street railways:
Alton & Gilmanton, charter 458
charter extended 786
Amesbury & Hampton, lease of, ratified 693
Ashland & Asc|uam, charter 734
Bristol, charter amended 771
Claremont, charter 378
charter extended 662
united with Claremont Electric Light Co 787
Concord, Dover & Eochester, charter 747
Derry & Pelham, charter 373
charter extended and amended 660
Dover, Somersworth & Eochester 712
Exeter authorized to sell 390, 391
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury, charter 390
lease to, ratified 693
Gilmanton & Barnstead, charter 381
charter extended 660
Hampton & Amesbury authorized to sell 390, 391
Haverhill, Plaistow & Newton, charter 715
Hudson, Pelham & Salem, charter 409
charter amended and extended.... 662
powers extended 745
932 GENERAL INDEX.
Session laws amended:
Iveene, charter amended 412, 745
Keene, Marlow & Newport, charter 765
Manchester, extension 401
Manchester & Haverhill, charter 737
Meredith & Ossipee, charter 3S4
charter extended 661
Mont Vernon & Milford, charter 387
charter extended 690
Newport & George's Mills, charter 731
Portsmouth & Exeter, charter 71S
Eochester, united with Union Electric 712
Seabrook & Hampton Beach, charter 767
Troy Granite, charter 406
Union Electric, united with Eochester 712
Streams protected from waste 558
railroads may take land for diversion of 612
Streets. .See Highways.
Suits against administrators 246
Sullivan, Julia E., appropriation to 653
Sullivan countj^ apportionment of taxes in 289
names changed in 94, 343, 656
terms of superior court in 565
Sunapee authorized to issue water bonds 796
authorized to maintain water-works 680
Sunapee lake, appropriation for lights and buoys in 104, 353, 639
bass in, excepted from certain protection 574
fishing in, regulated 259, 280
trout in, excepted from certain protection 574
Suncook pond (Northwood), fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
• Suncook Water- Works Co., charter amended 418, 802
Superintendent of county farm, auditing of accounts of 84
of Industrial School 279
of public instruction authorized to enforce certain
laws 552
of public instruction, certificates to teachers 252
of public instruction, duties concerning state aid
to schools 319
of public instruction to be regent of state board of
medical examiners 53
Superintendents of schools in cities, state not to contribute to
salaries of 511
in supervisory districts 318
Superior court, appeals from 563
clerks of, appointment and duties of 564
fees of 564
to receive certain records 5i'>4
established 563
jurisdiction of 563, 564
justices of, one may sentence when, in murder
trial 603
salary of 565
GEI^^RAL INDEX. 933'
Superior court, justices of, two shall sit in murder trial 603
terms of 565
special, in Carroll and Belknap counties 596
writs and processes saved 564
Supreme court, appropriation for preparing opinions for publi-
cation , 362
justices of, to receive expenses 303
may enjoin violations of public rights 503
may grant relief from sawdust law 559
proceedings against nuisance 322
terms of, in Strafford and Belknap counties 337
in Grafton county for grand jury to
attend 334
to appoint county auditors 84
venue in certain case 62
Supreme court (new), clerk of, appointment and duties of 564
established 563
jurisdiction of 563
justices of, salary of 565
messenger of, appointment of 565
opinions of 563
rooms of, control of 566
term of 563
transfer of questions of law to 563
Supreme court (old), abolished 566
causes and proceedings saved 564
records of, custody of 564
terms of, to be completed 565
Surf birds considered game birds 571
Surgical science, advancement of 251
Surgeons, licensing and registration of 52
Surveyors of highways, powers and duties of 265
to be appointed in each district 264
Survival of actions 36
Sutton, part of Newbury annexed to, for school purposes 740
Swamp land, draining and filling of 91
Swans considered game birds 571
Swedish Sick Benefit & Burial Societj^ of Manchester, N. H., charter 758
Tacks, nails, etc., not to be placed in highways 51
Talc not to be used in making candy 262
Tattlers considered game birds 571
Tax returns of certain banks, attorney-general to investigate 645
Taxation. See Exemption.
of live stock 34
of vehicles 332
savings banks not exempt from certain 578
Taxes, apportionment of 285
collection of, for school purposes in certain places 24
county, collection of 553
for highways may be expended in another district 265
to be collected as other taxes 334
934 GENERAL INDFA'.
Taxes on insurance comi^anies 300, 555
school, amount of, raised 585
state, for 1893 and ]899, assessment and collection of 78
for 1900 and 1901, assessment and collection of 337
for 1902 and 1903, assessment and collection of 583
Teachers, examination of 252
Telegraph and telephone lines, appeal from selectmen's decision 17
assessment of damages 78
confirmation of locations S&
Tenure of office of railroad police officers 6
of special police officers 63
Terms of court in Grafton county 515
for grand jury to attend 334
in Strafford and Belknap counties 337
probate, in Grafton county 321
in Eockingham county 278-
superior 565
supreme, new 563
Terra alba not to be used in making candy 262
Thanksgiving day declared holiday 251
Thornton, Matthew, heirs of, released from liability to maintain
ferry 447
Thorpe, Louis A., appropriation to 365
Three Mile islands annexed to Meredith 446
Tickets, street railway transfer, offenses relating' to 324
Tie vote, provision in case of 76
Times Publishing Co., appropriation to 110
Tires, rubber, articles injurious to, not to be iDlaced in highways 51
Todd's pond (Bradford and Xewburj-), fishing through ice in,
prohibited 27
Tools, burglars', penalty for making, possessing, etc 248
ToiDping, W. H., appropriation to .' 367
Torr, Charles W., appropriation to 110, 366, 627
Town clerks, deputy, appointment of 330
fees of 248
reports of, to state registrar 255
to send copies of death records to clerks of burial
towns 255
Town school district of Concord, homestead of John H. Mercer
severed from 775
Towns, agents for sale of liquor in 308
appropriation to, for certain tuition fees 589
appropriations by, certain, to be by ballot 584
for decorating soldiers' graves 270
for highways, amount of 264
collection of 334
for hospital beds 252
authorized to employ counsel in legislative matters 552
boards of health in 37
cemetery funds held by, disposition of 276
certain, to receive share of literary fund 589
certificates of weight in sales to 526
GENERAL INDEX. 935
Towns, expenses of, in assisting persons in quarantine 336
failure of, to maintain guideboards 17
highway districts in 264
inspectors of milk in 607
license fees of hawkers and peddlers in 66
of itinerant vendors in 39
limitation of right of, to make bicycle ordinances 90
literary fund, conditions of obtaining 319
may adopt chapter 78 70
may appoint public weighers 525
tree wardens 592
may appropriate money for tree wardens' use 593
may be trustees of cemeteries 10
may distribute certain literature 502
may erect public scales 526
' ■'■ may license employment offices 550
may object to award of highway damages 15
may pension disabled firemen 45
may raise money for G. A. E. halls 545
to observe Old Home week 509
may unite to form supervisory school districts 318
not liable for support of pauper in certain cases 28
not maintaining high schools to pay certain tuition fees.. 588
officers of, election of 68
plumbers in, examination of 292, 293
plumbing in, regulations for 293
school boards of, to superintend evening schools 613
selectmen of, may accept and protect trees 36
may grant milk licenses 607
may petition against nuisances 323
may take samples of milk 607
to keep record of convictions under milk law 609
to reimburse counties for filling vacancies in juries 336
trust funds held by, investment of 578
Trading stamps prohibited 298
Tramps, disposition of bodies of 251
Transfer tickets on street railways, offenses concerning 324
Traps not to be set on another's laud 43
use of, in certain cases prohibited 573
in taking deer prohibited , 569
regulated 570
Treasurer, county, auditing of accounts of 84
of Hillsborough county, salary of 247
of savings bank, bond of, in certain cases 61
of school district, majority to elect 61
of town or city may contract with hospital 253
Tree wardens, duties of 593
provision for appointment of 592
to-o-ns and cities may appropriate money for use of 593
Trees, certain, may be purchased 593
in highways, protection of 593
ornamental and shade, appropriation for protection of 86
936 GENERAL INDEX.
Trees, public, defacement of, prohibited 594
removal of 593
to be marked 593
selectmen may accept and protect 36
Trespass on railroad property, penalty for 316
action for injury during 31G
Trials for murder, compensation of counsel assigned in 603
jury to be kept separate in 604
respondents may be arraigned before one jus-
tice in 603
may challenge jurors in 603
state may call ^Yitnesses in rebuttal in 603
may challenge jurors in 603
two justices shall sit in 603
Tricycles, use of, regulated 89
Trout, catch of, limited 575
certain fishes not to be put in waters with 574
in certain localities excepted from certain protection 574
protected 35, 259, 260, 262, 267, 268, 272, 574, 575
in Pleasant pond (New London) and tributaries 29
square-tail, protected 531
taking of, for compensation prohibited 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Troy or fire precincts, contracts authorized 416
Troy Granite Railway, charter 406
Troy Water & Improvement Co., charter 415
Truant officers, appointment of 306
powers and duties of 306
Trust companies, non-attendance of directors of 253
funds held by towns, investment of 578
of town or city for care of cemetery, disposition of.. 276
Trustee of cemetery, town or city may be 10
process, certain money due firemen exempt from 301
insurance on exempted property exempt from. . . 263
unclaimed money in hands of 10
Trustees of estates authorized to invest funds in certain stocks.. 498
majority of, to act 498
of state library, library commissioners to be consolidated
with 501
Trustees of McCollom Institute, charter 176
Trustees of the Xew Hami^shire Conference Seminarj^ and Female
College, charter amended 396
Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New Hampshire,
charter amended 134
Turkeys, wild, considered game birds 571
Typhoid fever, cases of, to be reported 508
Uncl.umed money in hands of trustee or assignee 10
Union Canadienne, charter 673
Union Electric Railway united Avith Rochester Street Railroad Co. 712
Union high school district of Woodsville may issue bonds 437
may take land 438
GENERAL INDEX.
937
Union Publishing Co., appropriation to 110, 653
Union St. Jean Baptiste Society in Nashua, N. H., charter amended 701
Union school district N'o. 1 of Lancaster, Lancaster Academy may
unite with 126
may issue bonds 154
may take land 155
Union school district of Concord exempted from chapter 65 58
homestead of John H. Mercer
annexed to 775
homestead of John H. S. Willcox
annexed to 763
Union school district of Keene exempted from chapter 65 5S
United Gas «fe Electric Co. authorized to buy Consolidated Light &
Power Co 129
United Gas & Electric Co. authorized to buy Dover Gas Light Co.
and Berwick Power Co 674
United Gas & Electric Co., Dover Gas Light Co. authorized to
sell to 676
United States, land in General Miller Park may be ceded to 281
Unnatural acts, penalty for 270
Upper Gilmanton Village Union Cemetery Association, name
changed 688
Vaccination of children 511
Vaults in office of secretary of state, appropriation for 363
state treasurer, appropriation for 363
Vehicles, taxation of 332
Vendors, itinerant , 38
Venue in certain cases 62
Veterinary examiners, board of, au,thorized 548
expenses of, to be paid by fees... 548
to conduct examinations 548
to keep a register 549
surgeons, certain, exempt from examination 549
to be examined 549
to be registered 548
Vicksburg commission, appointment and duties of 652
appropriations for expenses of 652
to make report 652
Village districts, annual meetings of 282
Vital statistics in office of state board of health, provision for
indexing 632
registrar of, returns of divorces to be made to. . . . 513
Voters, illiterate, blind, or disabled, assistance to 76
moving from ward may vote 282
what, allowed within guard-rail 74
Votes. See Ballots, Elections.
return of 23
Voting, manner of 74, 75
Wagons, width of wheel rims of, regulated 331
Walker, Asa, plaudits extended to 359
Walpole Electric Light & Power Co., charter 442
938 GENERAL INDEX.
War with Spain. See Spanish war.
Ward officers, election of 68
residence in, for voting 284
selectmen may accept and protect trees 36
Wardens, fish and game, repeal of laws for 266
Warner or fire districts may contract with Silver Lake Reservoir
Co 175
Warnings at railroad crossings 285
Washington Hotel Co., Shelburne authorized to exempt property
of, -from taxation 700
Washington's birthday declared a holiday 251
falling on Sunday, when observed 252
Waste, hair or wool, sale of, regulated 536
not to be deposited in waters 558
Water from which ice is taken, protection of 82
rights, state may take for fish culture 26
supply, protection of, against contamination 296
Water-works in Sunapee authorized 680
Waters, fish and game commissioners may close 568
to inspect 568
private breeding, corrupting of, prohibited 573
rights of owners of 576
protected from waste 558
public, definition of 503, 576
screening of 9, 569
Waterville need not assess school money in certain cases 143
Waukewan lake, bass in, protected 331
Webster lake, appropriation for screening 362
fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Weighers, public, appointment of, authorized 525
duties of 526
fees of 526
penalty for refusal to perform duties 526
qualifications of 526
Weight, certificates of, in sales to towns and cities 526
may be required when 526
penalty for sales without 526
Weights and measures, sealers of, duties of 505
Weirs, use of, in fresh waters prohibited 573
prohibited 575
Welch, Lena J., appropriation to 110, 367
Wells, Diamond G., appropriation to 653
Wentworth excepted from act protecting deer 260
Wentworth Home for the Aged 425, 658
Wentworth lake, fishing in, prohibited 23
West, Solomon B., appropriation to 367
West Derry Sewerage Association, charter 141
Weston, William H., ajipropriation to 653
Weston & Hill Co., name changed 117
Wheel rims or felloes, Avidth of, regulated 331
Whitcher, William F., appropriation to 653
Whitcomb, William F., appropriation to 110
GENERAL INDEX. yrfy
White Horse ledge, acceptance of donation of 527
Whitefield may contract with "Whitefield Electric Light Co 200
Whitefield Electric Light Co., charter 200
town may contract with 200
Whitefield village fire district, power extended 438
Whitefishes protected 259, 574
to be taken by angling only 573
Whitehead, James F., appropriation to 653
Widow, right of, to husband's estate 613, 614
Wild animals, certain, not protected from dogs 504
Wildcat river, trout in tributaries of, protected 262
Willcox, John H. S., homestead of, annexed to LTnion school dis-
trict of Concord 763
Willey, John H., axDpropriation to 110, 343
Willoughby, James H., appropriation to 109, 343
Wilson, Geoi'ge H., appropriation to 653
Wilson snipe protected « 572
Windham, fishing through ice in, prohibited 27
Winnesquam lake, appropriation for screening 362, 640
Wiunipesaukee Gas & Electric Light Co., Laconia Electric Light-
ing Co. may buy 165
Wiunipesaukee lake, appropriation for buoys and lights in 101, 105
354, 355, 650
for screening 362
islands in, annexed to Meredith 446
Winnipesaukee river, fishing through ice in certain waters con-
nected with, prohibited 27
Winter highways may be laid out 85
Wires, electric, appeal from selectmen's decision 17
assessment of damages 78
confirmation of locations 88
Witness, husband or wife of party 276
Wolfeborough village fire precinct may furnish electric lights 178
may raise or borrow money... 179
Wolfeborough Woolen Mills 389
Woman's Hospital Aid Association exempted from taxation 140
Woman's Hospital of Concord, appropriation to 346
Women, age of consent of, raised 31
Woodaman, Ernest S., appropriation to 366, 367
Woodcocks considered game birds 571
protected 267, 572
purchase or sale of, prohibited 573
Woodstock may contract with Xorth Woodstock Water Co. or
acquire works 170
Woodsville fire district, powers, etc 427
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank, allowance to, for overpaid
taxes 368
Woodsville Free Public Library, apportionment of funds to 666
Woodsville Union High School District may issue bonds 437
may take land 438
Woodward, John, appropriation to 110, 366, 627
Wool waste, sale of, regulated 536
940 GENERAL INDEX.
Wright, Charles C, appropriation to 367, 627
Writs in Grafton county returnable when 516
in police court, service of 57
issued under former laws saved 564
Yellowlegs protected 572
Young, Hanson H., appropriation to 651
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