CHAP. 242 or otherwise moneys or other property, real or personal, and invest and expend the same for any of the objects of the corporation as contained in the charter or by-laws. Approved March 29, 1911. Town may designate Chapter 242. An Act relating to the use of automobiles in the town of Eden. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. The town of Eden, Hancock county, may by road for use vote at a legal town meeting to be held within one year from the time this act takes effect, designate as an automobile road a public way consisting in part of existing roads, and in part of a way that may be laid out and constructed, the whole being described generally as follows: of automobiles. -description of road. -how new Beginning at the Trenton line and following the county road to the west end of the Bay View Drive, so-called, thence following the Bay View drive to the land of Lorinda H. Wood near the cast end of said Bay View drive; thence leaving the public road and running generally southerly and southeasterly crossing public ways at the following points as nearly as practicable in the judgment of the selectmen, to wit: Crossing the county road near the east end of the Bay View Drive, crossing the Emery district road near the old mill site, crossing the Beaver dam road near Wilcomb's, crossing the Break Neck road southerly of, and near the house formerly of Elmore H. Brewer, crossing the New Eagle Lake road at the New Mill Meadow, crossing the Old Eagle Lake road on the castern slope of Great Pond Hill, crossing the Harden Farm road south from and near the Catholic cemetery and forming a junction with Ledgelawn Avenue at or near the Gorge Brook; thence following Ledgelawn Avenue northerly to the south side of the Cromwells Harbor road, thence if the town shall so vote by separate ballot following any or all of the following roads, to wit: Ledgelawn avenue to the south side of Pleasant street; any road that may be laid out between Cromwell's Harbor road and Pleasant street connecting Ledgelawn avenue with School street; Ash street and School street from such new road to the south side of Pleasant street. From the county Road crossing near Bay View Drive to Ledgelawn avenue, Bar Harbor, such road shall not follow any existing town or county road. The part of said road to be newly constructed shall be built road shall be so that the part fitted for travel shall not be less than twenty constructed. four feet in width; shall be a first quality stone or gravel road, thoroughly drained and suitable for the purpose of running automobiles and so constructed as to be approved by the state commissioner of highways. Said automobile road shall not follow any now existing road except as herein expressly authorized. Section 2. Said town is hereby authorized to raise by loan or otherwise, to be used toward the construction of said road and the payment of land damages, a sum not exceeding in any event twenty thousand dollars. Town not audesignate balance of anteed to thorized to road until cost is guar town. Prohibition of chapter 133, special laws, moved when 1909, re Section 3. Said town shall not be authorized to designate said road as an automobile road, and the same shall not be opened to the use of automobiles or motor vehicles until or unless the balance of the entire cost thereof including land damages, shall be legally guaranteed and properly secured to the town. Such guarantee to be satisfactory to the selectmen of the town, who shall express their satisfaction in a writing to be recorded in the office of the town clerk of said town. Section 4. Provided the conditions of this act are fulfilled then said road so established and designated shall be excepted from the operation of chapter one hundred and thirty-three of the private and special laws of the year nineteen hundred and nine, and it shall be legal to set up, use and drive automobiles thereon subject to the general law of the state and such special regulations as the town may be authorized to make. Section 5. The town of Eden may by a vote establish regu- Town may lations as to the speed to be observed by drivers of motor cars of automoat points where such automobile road crosses other roads and may make other reasonable regulations and enforce them by suitable penalties. Section 6. Nothing in this act shall authorize the use of automobiles or motor vehicles upon any existing road except as herein described and nothing in this act shall authorize the use of automobiles or motor vehicles upon any road in the town of Eden prior to October fifteen, nineteen hundred and eleven. This act, however, shall not impair rights established under another certain act establishing an automobile road from the Trenton town line to the town of Tremont. Approved March 29, 1911. conditions of this act are fulfilled. regulate speed biles. Use of autostricted to nated by the mobiles re road desig town. СНАР. 243 Section 2, chapter 352, 1905, as amended by chapter 440, special laws, 1907, as amended by chapter 357, Chapter 243. An Act to further amend Chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section two of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the special laws, private and special laws of nineteen hundred five, as amended by chapter four hundred forty of the private and special laws of nineteen hundred seven, and further amended by chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of the private and special laws. special laws, of nineteen hundred nine, is hereby further amended by striking out in the eighteenth line the words "one hundred," and inserting in place thereof the words 'two hundred,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 1909, further amended. Judge, appointment of. docket. -recorder, appointment of, and ten. ure. -duties of recorder. -compensa tion of recorder. 'Section 2. Said court shall consist of one judge, who shall be a member of the bar of this state, who shall be appointed in the manner and for the term provided by the constitution of this state, and he shall be, ex-officio, a justice of the peace for the state. The said judge shall enter or cause to be entered on the docket of said court all civil and criminal actions, with full minutes of the proceedings in and disposition of the same, which docket shall be at all times open to inspection; and he shall perform all other duties required of similar tribunals in this state. Said court shall have a recorder, who shall be an attorney at law and be appointed by the governor, and who shall hold his office for four years. He shall be sworn by said judge, and keep the records of said court when requested to do so by said judge. In case of the absence from the court room or sickness of the judge, or when the office of judge shall be vacant, the recorder shall have and exercise all the powers of said judge, and perform all the duties of said judge by this act, receiving as compensation the sum of two hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly from the treasury of the county of Aroostook; and the signature of the recorder as such, shall be sufficient evidence of his right to act instead of the judge; and copies of the records of said court, duly certified by the judge or recorder thereof, shall be legal evidence in all courts of this state.' Approved March 29, 1911. CITY OF BREWER-RUM FORD FALLS VILLAGE CORP.-GOOSE POND. Chapter 244. An Act relative to the election of the City Clerk of the City of Brewer. 553 CHAP. 244 Woman eligible as city Brewer. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: It shall, hereafter, as soon as this act shall take effect, be lawful by the city council of the city of Brewer, Penobscot clerk of county, Maine, to elect a woman to be city clerk of said city of Brewer, and it shall also be lawful for a woman to hold said office of city clerk of said city of Brewer. Approved March 29, 1911, Chapter 245. An Act to amend Chapter fifty-four of the Special Laws of eighteen Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: limits en extended. The limits of the Rumford Falls Village Corporation, as Corporate fixed and described in section one, chapter fifty-four of the larged and special laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five as amended by section one, of chapter sixty, of the special laws of nineteen hundred and three, are hereby extended and enlarged by adding thereto the following described land in the town of Rumford, together with all the inhabitants and property thereon, viz: 'All that part of lot numbered two in the second division of lots in the town of Rumford that is now owned by the Rumford Land Company, the same now adjoining other land of the Rumford Land Company that is already within the limits of the Rumford Village Corporation.' Approved March 29, 1911. Chapter 246. An Act to change the name of Goose Pond in Cumberland County. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: The body of water situated in the towns of Gray, Cumberland and Windham, in Cumberland county, about one mile and a half in length and from one-half to three-quarters of a mile in width heretofore called the Goose pond shall hereafter be named and called Forest lake. Approved March 29, 1911. Name of Goose pond changed. СНАР. 247 Gardiner Municipal court established. -judge, appointment of. Recorder, appointment of. -tenure. -duties of recorder. -recorder may preside judge. Chapter 247. An Act with reference to the Gardiner Municipal Court. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. There shall be and hereby is established a court, to be denominated the Gardiner Municipal Court, which shall be a court of record, with a seal, to consist of one judge, who shall be an attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the state of Maine, who shall be appointed in the manner and for the term provided by the constitution of the state. Said judge shall be an actual resident of the city of Gardiner at the time. of his appointment and during his continuance in office. Section 2. The governor, by and with the consent of the council and upon the recommendation of the judge, shall appoint a recorder of said court, who shall reside in said Gardiner, and who shall be an attorney at law. He shall hold office for the term of four years. Said recorder shall keep the records of said court when requested so to do by said judge; and in case of absence from the court room of said judge, or when the in absence of office of said judge shall be vacant, the said recorder shall have and exercise all the powers of the judge and perform all the duties required of said judge by this act, and shall be empowered to sign and issue all papers and processes, and to do all acts as fully and with the same effect as the judge could do if he were acting in the premises; and the signature of the recorder as such shall be sufficient evidence of his right to act instead of the judge. In case of the death or resignation of said judge, said recorder shall act and be paid the salary of said judge until his successor is appointed and qualified. City shall provide suitable court room. -expenses of court, how paid. Concurrent jurisdiction with trial justices. -exclusive jurisdiction. Section 3. The city of Gardiner shall provide a suitable court room and consultation room, keep the same in good condition and properly furnished. All expenses of said court including blank books of record, dockets and blanks, and all other supplies necessary for the use of said court shall be paid from the treasury of the county of Kennebec. Section 4. Said court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with trial justices, in all cases of forcible entry and detainer arising in said county, and original and exclusive jurisdiction in all cases arising in said city. And the said court shall also have exclusive jurisdiction of all offences against the by-laws and regulations which may be established by the county council of said city; and may, upon conviction thereof, award such sentence as to law and justice may appertain, and in declarations for violations of by-laws or ordinances, the by-laws and ordi |