CHAP. 147. town, and at the next annual assessment thereafter a tax shall be levied upon the whole town equal to the whole amount of said appraisal; and there shall be remitted to the tax payers of each district the said appraised value of its property thus taken, or the difference in the value of the property of the several districts may be adjusted in any other manner agreed upon by the parties in interest. Upon the abolition or discontinuance of any district its coporate powers and liabilities shall continue and remain so far as may be necessary for the enforcement of its rights and duties.' SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 17, 1870.

R. S., chap. 18,

Chapter 147.

An act to amend section sixty-one, chapter eighteen of the revised statutes, relating to damages from defective highways.

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

Section sixty-one, of chapter eighteen, of the revised statutes,

sect. 61, amended. is hereby so amended, as to read thus:

Recovery of

ries received from defects in ways.

Sect. 61. If any person receive any bodily injury or suffer damages for inju- any damage in his property, through any defect or want of repair, or of sufficient railing in any, highway, town-way, causeway or bridge, he may recover for the same, in a special action on the case, to be commenced within three years from the date of receiving such injury or suffering such damage, of the county, town or persons obliged by law to repair the same, if such county, town or person had reasonable notice of the defect or want of repair. If the life of any person be lost through any such deficiency, his executor or administrator may recover of the parties liable to keep the same in repair, in an action on the case brought for the benefit of the estate of the deceased, such sum as the jury may deem reasonable as damages, if the parties liable had reasonable notice of the deficiency which caused the loss of life; but this act shall not apply to cases now pending, and in any instance where such cause of action has already accrued an action may be commenced within six months from the time this act takes effect.'

Approved March 17, 1870.

Chapter 148.

An act to authorize the treasurer of state to issue registered bonds.

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

SECT. 1. The treasurer of this state is hereby authorized to issue registered bonds, transferable by assignment, in pieces of not less than one thousand dollars, and of any multiple of one thousand, in exchange for and lieu of any coupon bonds which have been issued under the laws of this state, bearing the same rate of interest and maturing at the same time as the bonds which he may receive therefor in exchange, but the place of payment prescribed therein shall be the state treasury and not elsewhere; and the said bonds shall be signed by the treasurer, countersigned by the governor and attested by the secretary of state, with the seal of the state.

SECT. 2. Upon due assignment of any such registered bond and delivery thereof to the state treasurer, an equivalent bond or bonds in form as aforesaid, shall be issued to the assignees in substitution therefor.

SECT. 3. All bonds received by the treasurer for exchange under the provisions of this act, shall be effectually effaced and cancelled, and retained in the office of the treasurer; and the secretary of state as well as the treasurer shall keep a register of all bonds issued under the authority of this act, showing the serial number, date and amount of each certificate, to whom issued, when payable, and also a like description of the bonds received in lieu therefor.

SECT. 4. All coupon bonds issued by this state belonging to either of the sinking funds of this state may be converted into bonds registered in the name of the treasurer, and so much of the act approved February six, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, as relates to bonds belonging to said sinking funds, is hereby repealed, and any coupon bonds issued by this state, held by, or deposited with the treasurer for trust purposes, may be converted into the registered form of bonds hereby authorized whenever the parties depositing them shall desire it.

SECT. 5. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 18, 1870.

CHAP. 149.

County commis

ington county.

Chapter 149.

An act to regulate the times and places of holding the sessions of the county commissioners for the county of Washington.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legis- · lature assembled, as follows:

Terms of court of SECT. 1. The county commissioners for the county of WashBioners in Washington, shall hold sessions in said county, at Machias, on the first Wednesdays next after the first Tuesdays of January and October, and at Calais, on the first Wednesday next after the fourth Tuesday of April.

Return day.

Inconsistent acts repealed.

SECT. 2. All processes, notices and other matters returnable at the session of said commissioners, as now established, on the first Wednesday next after the third Tuesday of October, shall have day in and be acted on, at the session to be holden on the first Wednesday next after the first Tuesday of October.

SECT. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 19, 1870.

R. S., chap. 139, sect. 11, relating

to fees of coroners and expenses of holding inquests, amended.

Chapter 150.

An act to amend section eleven, chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the revised statutes, relating to fees of coroners.

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

SECT. 1. Section eleven of chapter one hundred thirty-nine of the revised statutes, is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: 'Sect. 11. The coroner, whether an inquest is held or not, jurors, witnesses and any other person required to summon jurors or witnesses, shall be allowed, in addition to the regular fees, a sum sufficient to make a reasonable compensation for all their services and expenses; and the coroner shall pay to the party giving him notice that a dead body has been found, and to the person who picked up such dead body, and to the person who has had the care of such body till taken charge of by him, a suitable compensation, which shall be reimbursed as for personal services.'

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

Approved March 19, 1870.

Chapter 151.

An act to amend the twenty-second section of the eleventh chapter of the revised statutes, relating to powers and obligations of school districts.

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

SECT. 1. The twenty-second section of the eleventh chapter of the revised statutes, is hereby amended, by adding the following item after the fifth item in said section, viz. :

'Sixth, To allow the school-house to be used for meetings of religious worship, lectures and other similar purposes.' SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 21, 1870.

Chapter 152.

An act additional to "an act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:

Travelling agents intoxicating

forbid selling

liquors.

SECT. 1. No person shall travel from town to town or from place to place, in any city, town or plantation in this state, on foot or by any kind of land or water, public or private conveyance whatever, carrying for sale, or offering for sale, or offering to obtain or obtaining orders for the sale or delivery of any spirituous, intoxicating or fermented liquors in any quantity, under a penalty Penalty. of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars for each offer to take an order, and for each order taken, and for each sale so made, to be collected on complaint or by indictment before any court competent to try the same; one-half of such fine shall be for the benefit of the complainant, and the other half for the benefit of the county in which the offence may be committed.

siner to publish

ment of his pur

chases and sales

SECT. 2. The commissioner shall furnish a printed quarterly Liquor commisstatement, under oath, commencing June first, eighteen hundred seventy, of all liquors purchased by him, enumerating the different kinds and the quantity of each kind, the price paid and the terms of payment; also the names of parties.of whom the liquors were purchased and their place of business and date of purchase, which statement shall be sent by mail to each city, town or plantation, at the end of each quarter, who are purchasers of his establishment.

SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 21, 1870.

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CHAP. 153.

Change of April term of S. J. C., Lincoln county.

S. J. COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY-ATTORNEY GENERAL.-RAILROADS.

Chapter 153.

An act to change the time of holding the April term of the supreme judicial court for the county of Lincoln.

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

The time of holding the term of the supreme judicial court within and for the county of Lincoln is hereby changed to the fourth Tuesday of April in each year, instead of the first Tuesday of April as now fixed by law; and all actions and matters now pending in court, and all writs and other processes returnable to the court to be holden on the first Tuesday of April of the present year, shall have day in and be heard at the term of said court to be holden on the fourth Tuesday of said month; and all orders of notice in matters now pending may be varied accordingly; and this act shall take effect and be in force when approved.

Approved March 21, 1870.

Necessary official expenses of attor

paid by the state.

Chapter 154.

An act to increase the pay of the attorney general.

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

SECT. 1. In addition to the present salary of the attorney ney general to be general, there shall be reimbursed to him out of the treasury, annually, a sum equal to the amounts necessarily incurred by him while absent from home on his official business, as audited by the governor and council.

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

Approved March 21, 1870.

R. S., chap. 51, sect. 1, relating

to petitions for

Chapter 155.

An act to amend section one, chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes, and to repeal chapter one hundred eighty-six of the public laws of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, relating to railroads.

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

SECT. 1. Section one of chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes, is hereby amended, by striking out all after the word "course," in the third line, so as to read as follows: