CHAP. 339 Chapter 130, private and special laws 1866, as Chapter 339. An Act to amend Chapter one hundred thirty of the Private Laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Sebec Dam Company," as amended by Section six of Chapter twenty-six of the Private and Special Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and further amended by Chapter one hundred and forty-one of the Private and Special Laws of nineteen hundred and three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as amended by chapter twenty-six of private laws of eighteen hundred P. & S. laws, ninety-nine, as amended by chapter one hundred forty-one of the private laws of nineteen hundred three, is hereby further amended by chapter 26, 1899, as amended by chapter 141, P. & S. laws of amended by adding the following sections: 1903, further amended. Gates shall be from March 1, to July 1, of each year. --exception. 'Section 7. All the gates of said dam shall be kept tightly tightly closed closed from the first day of March to the first day of July in each year. And during said period of time, from the first of March to the first day of July in each year, none of said gates shall be hoisted except when necessary for log driving and manufacturing purposes on Sebec river as specified in said chapter and amendments, but whenever during the period aforesaid the waters of Sebec lake shall be needed for said purposes or at any time for manufacturing including power purposes on the several privileges of Sebec river, said gates shall be hoisted to the extent required to allow the escape of sufficient water therefor. County com. missioners may appoint agent to Section 8. The county commissioners of Piscataquis county on petition of any person having property rights affected, or manage gates which may be affected, under the provisions of the foregoing of dam. --compensation of agent. --fees of commissioners. section, may appoint a resident of said county an agent who shall have the management of the gates in the dam of the Sebec Dam Company for such time as said commissioners may determine and such agent shall receive for his services three dollars a day, one-half to be paid by said petitioner and one-half by said dam. company. The fees of said commissioners shall be paid by the petitioner.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 21, 1905. CHAP. 340 Chapter 340. An Act authorizing Frank G. Spurling and others to build a wharf into tide waters in the town of Cranberry Isles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: authorized waters of Spurling's Cove. Section I. Frank G. Spurling, Henry E. Spurling, Nettie Wharf A. Stanley and Grace M. Hadlock and their assigns are hereby into tide authorized to erect, extend and maintain a wharf from their shore, north of the town landing, into tide waters of Spurling's Cove, in the town of Cranberry Isles, county of Hancock, for a distance not exceeding three hundred feet from high water mark. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 21, 1905. Chapter 341. An Act to authorize the town of Mechanic Falls to acquire certain property and rights of the Mechanic Falls Manufacturing Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: of Town of Falls authorized to hold stock of Mechanic Falls Manu facturing Co. Section I. The town of Mechanic Falls is hereby authorized to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise from the owners thereof, and to hold the whole or any part of the capital stock of the Mechanic Falls Manufacturing Company and to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, and to hold and manage the prop erty and rights of said company; and, in case of purchase either said stock or said property and rights, said town authorized to raise the money necessary therefor by tax or loan as said town shall vote; provided, however, that no action here proviso. under by said town shall be authorized or valid unless at a legal town meeting under an article in the warrant therefor, the voters of said town shall vote in favor thereof. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 21, 1905. is -may raise money therefor. CHAP. 342 Section 10, chapter 135, public laws, 1895, amended. Court may adjourn from time to time. -shall be in session each Monday at ten o'clock. Chapter 342. An Act to amend Chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, relating to Bath Municipal Court. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Section ten of chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: 'Section 10. Said court may adjourn from time to time and shall be held at such place as shall be provided by the city of Bath and shall be considered in constant session for the trial of criminal offenses; said court shall be in session each Monday at ten o'clock in the forenoon for the entry and trial of civil actions Every defendant and every person summoned as trustee shall have twenty-four hours in which to enter his appearance. If no appearance is entered within said twenty-four hours judgment may be entered, but no execution shall issue until twenty-four hours thereafter.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 21, 1905. Corporators. --corporate name. Course shall not impede travel nor interfere with use of ice for commercial purposes. Chapter 343. An Act relating to a winter speedway on the Kennebec River, at Gardiner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Frank E. Boston, Charles S. Whitney, Fred E. Potter, F. W. Rafter, G. E. Brown, G. H. Harrington, B. E. Lamb, and their associates, successors or assigns, are hereby incorporated under the name of the Gardiner and Randolph Driving Club, and are hereby authorized to mark out and appropriate yearly a winter speedway for horses and their drivers on the Kennebec river at Gardiner, at a distance not exceeding one mile southerly from the Gardiner and Randolph bridge; and to charge a reasonable sum to each person who may desire to use the same. Said course shall be located so as not to abridge or impede a reasonable opportunity for public travel without the limits thereof, and not to interfere with the use of the ice in said river for commercial purposes. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 21, 1905. CHAP. 344 Chapter 344. An Act to regulate fishing in the Rangeley chain of lakes, so called, in the counties of Franklin and Oxford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or party or occupants of any one boat, canoe, raft or other vessel or convey ance propelled by steam, electricity, hand or other power to catch by still or plug fishing, so called, more than four trout and salmon in any one day collectively, nor more than two trout and salmon in any one day, individually, in the waters of Rangeley lake, Richardson lakes, Mooselookmeguntic lake and Cupsuptic lake situated in the counties of Franklin and Oxford; nor shall any one person in any one day take, catch and kill by any method of fishing more than fifteen pounds of trout and salmon in said waters, provided, however, that the taking of one additional fish when having less than fifteen pounds shall not be regarded as a violation of this law; nor shall any person, under the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-two of the revised statutes, send more than one box of fish as therein provided once in thirty days. Section 2. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be subject to the same penalty as is provided in the general law of the state for illegal fishing. Approved March 21, 1905. Rangeley lakes, fishing in, regulated. Penalty for this act. violation of Chapter 345. An Act granting Ithiel C. Blackman the right to maintain a ferry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. Ithiel C. Blackman of Lincoln, is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a ferry for the space of eight years, across the Penobscot river, between the towns of Lincoln and Chester, in Penobscot county, from the terminus of the road now existing on the Lincoln shore, near the station of the Maine Central Railroad at Lincoln Center, and the terminus of the road as now existing on the Chester shore; with the right to keep and maintain suitable boats to be propelled by wire and trucks, oars, sails, steam, or some other power, for the safe conveyance and transportation of passengers, teams, animals, carriages and freight. CHAP. 346 Rates of toll. --penalty for neglect in ferrying. -ferryman, how removed. County commissioners shall have notice of intention to Section 2. The rates of toll at said ferry shall be as follows: Foot persons, five cents each; single teams and occupants, twenty-five cents for round trip; double teams, loaded or unloaded, forty cents for round trip; neat foot animals and horses, ten cents each one way; all other rates shall be as established by the county commissioners. All regulations now adopted by said commissioners for said ferry shall continue to govern during the life of this charter, and where said commissioners allow extra rates for ferrying in the evening, said Blackman shall be allowed the relative increase for such work. Said Blackman shall be liable for charging unauthorized rates in excess of those herein authorized, as provided by the revised statutes. For unreasonable neglect or delay in ferrying either passengers or freight, during the hours for said ferry to run as determined by said commissioners, there shall be a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by the party injured, in an action on the case. Should said Blackman become unfit to manage said ferry, or be guilty of gross violations of his duties as ferryman the said commissioners may have the power, upon complaint and hearing, to remove him whenever they deem such action necessary. Section 3. Should said Blackman desire to give up said ferry, and the rights herein granted, he shall give the county commissioners of said county three months' notice, in writing, of give up ferry. his intentions to do so, and said commissioners may then appoint a ferryman for said place. No other ferry to be established, within certain limits. Section 4. No other ferry shall be established on said river nearer than South Lincoln on the south and the Fleming ferry on the north, unless said county commissioners shall deem it necessary. Said Blackman shall give to the commissioners a bond for the fulfillment of his duties. Approved March 21, 1905. Appointment of probation officer. -tenure of officer. Chapter 346. An Act to provide for the appointment of a Probation Officer for the county of Cumberland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. The judge of the municipal court for the city of Portland shall appoint one person as probation officer, to be approved by the judge of the superior court for the county of Cumberland, who shall act under the direction of said courts. The terms of office of said officer shall be for the period of two years, or until removed by the judge of either |