and county taxes assessed on the town of Trescott for the years of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred, upon the state valuation as made by the board of state assessors in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. CHAP. 99 ported. Section 4. All paupers now supported or aided by the town Paupers, of Trescott, including the insane paupers, if any, shall be main- how suptained by said town of Trescott. And all persons that may hereafter fall in distress or become paupers shall, after the approval of this act, be maintained and supported by the town in whose territory their settlements may be established under the laws of the state. The school houses and lots and other school property shall belong to the town in whose territory they are in. Section 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 7, 1899. -school property, how dis posed of. Chapter 99. An Act to legalize the calling and holding of the annual town meeting of the town of Jefferson, in the year of our Lord one thousand (eight hundred and ninety-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. The calling of the annual town meeting in the town of Jefferson, in the county of Lincoln, which was held March eight, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and all the votes and doings of said town at its said annual meeting, are hereby legalized and made valid. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 7, 1899. Calling of annual meeting in Jefferson, made valid. Chapter 100. An Act to extend the charter of the Orono Water Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Orono Water Company extended, for two years. Section I. That the rights, powers and privileges of the Charter of Orono Water Company, which were granted by chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the private and special laws of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, are hereby extended for two years additional; and the persons named in said act, their CHAP. 101 associates and successors, shall have all the rights, powers and privileges that were granted them by said act, to be exercised in the same manner and for the same purposes as specified in said act. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 7, 1899. Charter extended, two years. Chapter 101. An Act relating to Chapter four hundred and seventy-two of the Private and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Livermore Falls Light and Power Company." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. The rights, powers and privileges granted by chapter four hundred and seventy-two of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Livermore Falls Light and Power Company," are hereby extended, for and during the term of two years from March twenty, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the time within which said corporation may commence actual business under its charter is hereby extended for the term of two years, from March twenty, eighteen hundred and ninety nine. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 7, 1899. Rights of Sanford mills, extended. Authorized to manufacture plushes, etc. To acquire real estate, etc. Chapter 102. An Act to extend the charter and rights of the Sanford Mills. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. The Sanford Mills, a corporation existing under the general laws of the state of Maine, is hereby authorized and empowered to carry on the following business, in addition to those named in its certificate of organization. Section 2. To engage in the manufacture of mohair and other plushes, carriage robes, blankets and textile goods. Section 3. To purchase, or otherwise acquire real estate, lumber or interest therein that may be beneficial to the com pany. To hold, develop, improve, sell or otherwise use or dis pose of any lands or property belonging to the company, or in CHAP. 103 which the company is interested. Section 4. To own and operate saw mills, and to manufac- To operate ture wood and lumber. saw mills. facture machinery. Section 5. To manufacture, mold and build machinery of To manuall kinds of whatever materials. Section 6. To charter, hire, use and lease freight vessels of To charter any description to carry on the business of freight upon the freight high seas, or from any port or ports in Maine to any other domestic port or ports. Section 7. To carry on any mercantile or other business incidental to the ownership, operation or development of its property or any that it may acquire. Section 8. To acquire, hold and dispose of shares of capital stock and mortgage bonds of any and all corporations doing business on the Mousam river, in the county of York, and of any and all other corporations doing a similar business, as per section second of this act. Approved March 8, 1899. and use vessels. To carry cantile on a mer business. To hold stock in other cor porations. Chapter 103. An Act to amend Section one of Chapter five hundred and twenty-five of the Private and Special Laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and eightyfive, relating to the Presque Isle Village Fire Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1, chapter 525, special laws 1885, Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and twentyfive of the private and special laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five is hereby amended so that said amended. section one as amended, shall read as follows: of depart 'Section 1. The territory embraced within the following Boundaries described limits in the town of Presque Isle, in the county of ment. Aroostook, namely: Beginning at a point where the north line. of the homestead farm of George M. Park intersects the southeasterly bank of the Presque Isle stream; thence running easterly along said north line to the Houlton road, so called; thence continuing easterly in the same course as said north line to the west line of the Hardy lot, so called, said west line being the east line of the Dudley and Fairfield land; thence following said west line northerly to the south line of what was formerly the town of Maysville; thence continuing northerly along the east line of lots numbered two and one in section three in what was formerly said town of Maysville, to the southeast CHAP. 104 corner of land now occupied by S. Walter Stevens as a homestead; thence westerly along the south line of land last named to the Presque Isle stream; thence northerly down said. stream to the north line of section numbered two in what was formerly said town of Maysville; thence westerly on said north line to the northwest corner of lot numbered two in said section numbered two; thence southerly on the west line of said lot numbered two to the south line of what was formerly said town of Maysville; thence westerly along said south line to the northwest corner of lot numbered two in what was originally the town of Presque Isle; thence southerly along the west. line of said lot numbered two to the Presque Isle stream; thence easterly in a straight course across said stream to the place of beginning, together with the inhabitants thereon, be, and the same is hereby created a body politic and corporate by and under the name of the Presque Isle Village Fire Department.' -corporate name. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Fishing in Cutler with seines or nets, prohibited. -penalty. -proviso. Chapter 104. An Act to regulate the taking of Herring in the town of Cutler. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: The use of purse or drag seines or set nets in fishing for herring in the waters of the town of Cutler, northerly of a line commencing at the southern extremity of the southern island called the Double Head Shots, and running easterly to Little River Head, thence easterly to the eastern line of said Cutler, is hereby prohibited under a penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and the forfeiture of all nets; provided, that it shall be lawful for one boat only from each vessel so employed and for fishermen who use small boats only to use a net or nets, the total or combined length of which shall not be more than seventy-five yards, nor more than five yards in width, but not more than one such described net or nets shall be used at any one time. Approved March 9, 1899. CHAP. 105 Chapter 105. An Act to repeal a resolve in favor of F. E. Southard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act in favor of F. E. Southard," is hereby repealed. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 8, 1899. Chapter 106. An Act to amend Section one of Chapter two hundred and one of the Private and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1, Section one of chapter two hundred and one of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-four is hereby chapter 201 amended, so that the same shall read as follows: 'Section 1. The territory which lies westerly of Long pond in the town of Bridgton, county of Cumberland, and embraced within the following described lines, namely: Beginning on the westerly shore of said Long pond, at a point thereon where the southerly range line of the fourteenth range of lots of said town intersects said shore; thence westerly on said range line, being northerly line of land of Mary G. Perley, about forty-four rods to the southwesterly corner of the Eli Plummer estate; thence north one degree west, eighty-nine rods by the westerly line of said Plummer estate, to the northwesterly corner thereof; thence south seventy degrees west, one hundred twelve rods, running across the Delano road, to a point on the east end line of lot numbered eight, in said fourteenth range, being the northwesterly corner of land of Hanson Fields and the southwesterly corner of the homestead lot of Martha M. Stedman; thence north twenty degrees west, on the east end line of said lot numbered eight in said fourteenth range, twenty-four and one-fifth rods, to the northeasterly corner of said lot; thence north thirtytwo and one-half degrees west, on the east end line of lot numbered eight in the thirteenth range of said town's lots to the division corner thereon of land of Chester E. Douglass and Lucinda C. Gray; thence south sixty-seven and one-fourth special laws 1854, amended. Territorial limits of village corpor ation. |