CHAP. 32 Organization of Franklin plantation, abolished. -annexed to Rumford and Peru. Territory annexed to Rumford. Territory annexed to Peru. Records of plantation shall be held by town of Rumford. Support of paupers. Chapter 32. An Act to annex Franklin Plantation, in the county of Oxford, to the towns of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1. The organization known as Franklin plantation. in the county of Oxford is hereby abolished, and all the territory of said plantation, together with the estates and inhabitants thereof, are hereby annexed to the towns of Rumford and Peru, all in the county of Oxford, in accordance with the description hereinafter stated. I. All that portion of said plantation described as follows is hereby annexed to the town of Rumford, namely: commencing on westerly line of town of Peru at the southeasterly corner of gore lot number one in school district number three in said Franklin plantation near the height of land on Baxter hill, so called, and on the northerly slope of said Baxter hill, thence in a westerly direction by the southerly line of the tier of gore lots in said Franklin plantation in a course nearly south eighty degrees west three miles and ninety rods, more or less, to easterly line of Milton plantation, thence northerly by the easterly line of Milton plantation on the westerly line of one gore lot and two full lots to Rumford town line, thence easterly by the present town line between Rumford and Franklin plantation to the northeasterly corner of said plantation, thence southerly by the present town line between Rumford, formerly Peru, and Peru and Franklin plantation to the point of commencement. II. All the remaining portion of said Franklin plantation not described in clause one, section one, of this act is hereby annexed to the town of Peru and described and bounded as follows: northerly by the south gore line described in clause one, westerly by the town line of Woodstock and Milton plantation, southerly by Sumner town line, and easterly by Peru town line. Section 2. The present assessors of said plantation shall at once deliver all records, papers and plans of said Franklin plantation to the municipal officers of the town of Rumford, to be by said town of Rumford held for the benefit of all persons and corporations interested, who shall have all reasonable opportunities to inspect and examine the same on all proper occasions. Section 3. The provisions of this act shall not change the pauper settlement of any person now being a resident of Franklin plantation or having a settlement therein, and all such persons in order to gain a new settlement must have their homes as provided in section one clause six, chapter twenty-four of the revised statutes in order to gain such, and any town hereafter CHAP. 33 furnishing relief to any of the above named persons shall have the same right to be re-imbursed by the state that they now have, until such person or persons gain a new settlement. Section 4. The present assessors, treasurer and tax collector of said Franklin plantation shall hold their present offices for the purpose of collecting taxes now due and the payment of all its debts as though this act had not passed. Collection and pay of taxes ment of debts, how made. inhabitants. Section 5. All inhabitants living on the territory hereby Suffrage of annexed to the respective towns shall have right to vote in such towns to which they are annexed, at their next annual March meeting, and in all other town meetings and elections. Section 6. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 21, 1899. Chapter 33. An Act authorizing the Lewiston Trust and Safe Deposit Company to establish a branch at Lisbon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: authorized Section 1. The Lewiston Trust and Safe Deposit Company Company, is hereby authorized to establish a branch at Lisbon in the county of Androscoggin. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 21, 1899. to establish a branch at Lisbon. Chapter 34. An Act relating to the organization, and stock and bonds of the United States Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Doings of ratified. Section 1. The United States Envelope Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of company, Maine, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, hold, own, vote upon and dispose of shares in the capital stock, and bonds of other corporations engaged in a similar business to its own, and its right to issue common and preferred stock, as provided by its certificate of organization and by-laws, and its issue of the same, and of its bonds, is hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 21, 1899. CHAP. 35 Charter renewed and extended, fifteen years. Rate of tolls for use of booms, changed. If associa- Rate of interest reduced. Chapter 35. An Act to extend and amend the charters of the Penobscot Boom Corporation and of the Penobscot Lumbering Association. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. An act to extend and amend the charters of the Penobscot Boom Corporation and of the Penobscot Lumbering Association, approved February eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, with all its sections and provisions, together with all sections and provisions still remaining in force of other acts relating to said corporation and association, as amended, is hereby renewed and extended for the period of fifteen years from the time heretofore fixed, so that the charter of the Penobscot Boom Corporation and the charter of the Penobscot Lumbering Association are hereby extended fifteen years from the respective limits heretofore fixed; subject to the following alterations. Section 2. The compensation for the use of the booms, shores, buildings and other structures of said boom corporation by said lumbering association is hereby changed from the sum of seven and one-half cents a thousand feet given by the second section of said act approved February eight, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and established at the sum of four cents a thousand feet, and all taxes to be assessed on the booms, shores, buildings, and other structures of said boom corporation used by said lumbering association during the term of any lease thereof from the boom corporation to said lumbering association shall be paid by said lumbering association. Section 3. If said association should neglect to take a lease of the booms, shores, buildings and other structures of said boom corporation for the term of fifteen years, during which the charter of said lumbering association is hereby extended, or should abandon the duties imposed, or should fail to take a farther lease for the term covered by the extension of the charter of the boom corporation after the expiration of the charter of said lumbering association as hereby extended, and the booms should come back into the management of said boom corporation, the boom corporation is to raft the logs and perform the duties imposed upon it by its charter as amended, at a price to be fixed by a commission to be appointed by the chief justice of the state of Maine. Section 4. The rate of interest fixed by section nine of "An Act to incorporate the Penobscot Lumbering Association and to amend the charter of the Penobscot Boom Corporation," approved April five, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, is hereby CHAP. 36 reduced from twelve to six per cent, to apply as well to excess as to deficiency of advance payment. Section 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 21, 1899. Chapter 36. An Act to amend the charter of the Public Works Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. The Public Works Company is hereby authorized to convey to Indian island in the Penobscot river a supply of pure water for domestic, manufacturing and municipal purposes, with all the rights, powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities contained in the charter of said company and acts amendatory thereof. May lay pipes under Penobscot Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid the said company is authorized to lay, construct and maintain its mains and pipes under, in and across the Penobscot river and to build and main- river. tain all necessary structures therefor; all to be done at such places as may be necessary for said purposes and not to obstruct the public use of said river. Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 21, 1899. Chapter 37. An Act to incorporate the Ticonic Foot Bridge Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. William T. Haines and Harvey D. Eaton, with their associates and successors are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the Ticonic Foot Bridge Company, for the purpose of erecting and keeping in repair a foot bridge over the Kennebec river from the easterly end of Temple street in Waterville to the opposite shore in Winslow. Said corporation Corporators. Corporate name. purposes. shall have power to take and hold such real estate as may be necessary to carry into effect said object and to make all need--may take ful rules and regulations governing the use of said bridge, and real estate. CHAP. 38 shall have and enjoy all the powers and privileges incident to similar corporations. Damages, how determined. How bridge shall be constructed. Toll established. Capital stock. When act becomes void. Section 2. Compensation for all lands taken or damages caused by said corporation shall be determined on petition of interested parties by the county commissioners of Kennebec county in the same manner as damages are assessed for the laying out of highways. Section 3. Said bridge shall be constructed of good materials, of a suitable height from the water and with sufficient railing for the safety of passengers. Section 4. A toll is hereby granted and established for the benefit of said corporation, not exceeding two cents for each foot passenger crossing said bridge, and the provisions of section one of chapter fifty of the revised statutes shall apply to said corporation. Section 5. Said corporation may issue stock to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars and may issue bonds not exceeding the amount of stock issued. Section 6. If said corporation shall neglect or refuse for a term of five years from the passage of this act to build and complete said bridge, this act shall be null and void. Approved February 21, 1899. Trustees of of lodge, declared a legal corporation. Chapter 38. An Act to legalize and make valid the meeting and doings of the corporation known as The Trustees of the Charity Fund of Caribou Lodge, located at Caribou, in the county of Aroostook in the state of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. The corporation known as The Trustees of the charity fund Charity Fund of Caribou Lodge, located at Caribou, in the county of Aroostook and state of Maine, and consisting of members of Caribou Lodge, number one hundred and seventy, free and accepted masons, of said Caribou, is hereby declared to be a legal, valid and existing corporation, and the meeting of said corporation held at said Caribou on the first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, is declared to be a legal and valid meeting, legally called and legally held, and the doings of said meeting, as shown by the records thereof, are hereby approved, ratified and declared to be valid and legal. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 21, 1899. |