CHAP. 178 non-residents. nating the name of the owner if known, the right, lot and range, the number of acres as nearly as may be, the amount of tax due, and such other short description as is necessary to render its identification certain and plain. And in the case of taxes -in case of assessed on the real estate of non-resident owners, he shall cause said notices to be published in some newspaper, if any, published in the county where said real estate lies, three weeks successively; such publication to begin at least six weeks before said second Monday in July; if no newspaper is published in said county, said notices shall be published in like manner, in the state paper; he shall, in the advertisements so published, state the name of the town, and if within three years it has been changed for the whole or a part of the territory, both the present and former name shall be stated, and that, if the taxes, interest and charges are not paid on or before such second Monday in July, so much of the estate as is sufficient to pay the amount due therefor with interest and charges will be sold without further notice, at public auction, on said second Monday in July, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, at the office of the collector of taxes, in cities, and at the place where the last preceding annual town meeting was held, in towns. The date of the commitment shall be stated in the advertisement. In all cases, said collector shall lodge with the town clerk a copy of each such notice, with his certificate thereon that he has given notice of the intended sale as required by law. Such copy and certificate shall be recorded by said clerk and the record so made shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested. The clerk shall furnish to any person desiring it an attested copy of such record, on clerk to receiving payment or tender of payment of a reasonable sum therefor; but notices of sales of real estate within any village corporation for unpaid taxes of said corporation may be given by notices thereof, posted in the same manner, and at the same places as warrants for corporation meetings, and by publication, as aforesaid. No irregularity, informality or omission in giving the notices required by this section or in lodging copy of any of the same with the town clerk, as herein required, shall render such sale invalid, but such sale shall be deemed to be legal and valid, if made at the time and place herein provided, and in other respects according to law, except as to the matter of notice. For any irregularity, informality or omission in giving notice as required by this section, and in lodging copy of the liable for same with the town clerk, the collector shall be liable to any irregularities. person injured thereby.' -copy of lodged with notice to be clerk. -and recorded. furnish attested copy of record. -what irregula vitiate sale. will not -collector certain CHAP. 178 This act shall apply only to Section 2. This act shall apply only to cities having a popu cities having lation of fifteen thousand inhabitants or over. 15,000 inhabitants. Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 24, 1905. PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE. 1905. Chapter 1. An Act relating to the Winthrop and Wayne Light and Power Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: ratified. Section 1. The organization of the Winthrop and Wayne organization Light and Power Company, under the general laws of the state, is hereby ratified and confirmed. Corporate Section 2. Permission is hereby given to said company, to exercise its corporate powers of making, generating, selling, dis- powers. tributing and supplying gas and electricity for lighting, heating, manufacturing and mechanical purposes in the towns of Winthrop, Monmouth, Wayne and Readfield in the county of Kennebec. Section 3. The action of the selectmen of the town of Winthrop, and the action of the selectmen of the town of Wayne, in granting to said company permits to construct its lines upon and along the highways and public roads in said towns, is hereby Construction public ways of lines on ratified. |