84 PROTECTION OF SMELTS-PRESERVATION OF TOWN RECORDS. CHAP. 116 Ch. 90, Sec. amended. Chapter 116. An Act to Amend Section One of Chapter Ninety of the Public Laws of Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section one of chapter ninety of the Public Laws of nineteen 1. P. L., 1911, hundred eleven is hereby amended by adding to said section the following words 'this act shall not apply to the waters along the coast of Maine between Martin's Point and White Head in the county of Knox,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: -additional. Smelt fish ing regulated in cer 'Section 1. No smelts shall be taken or fished for in the tidal waters along the coast of Maine within one-half mile of waters the coast line at mean high water mark starting from Cape tain along the Maine coast. -exception. Small Point on the west bank of the Kennebec river and continuing easterly along the coast of Maine to Owls Head in Penobscot bay, except by hook and line or weirs or set nets through the ice, under penalty of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. This act shall not apply to the waters along the coast of Maine between Martin's Point and White Head in the county of Knox.' Approved March 16, 1915. Ch. 203, Sec. amended. Chapter 117. An Act to Amend Section One of Chapter Two Hundred Three of Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: 1. P. L., 1903, Laws of nineteen hundred three is hereby amended by striking out the words "five hundred" in the sixteenth line of said section and inserting in place thereof the words 'one thousand,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 1. Whenever the record of the births, marriages, and deaths previous to the year eighteen hundred ninetytwo, beginning at the very earliest date, of any town in this State, shall be collected from church records, church registers, records of clergymen, family bibles, public records and other available sources, and shall be printed and verified in the manner required by the standing committee of the Maine Historical Society, under the editorship of some person selected by Secretary shall pur chase verified records curate. said committee, whose services shall be rendered free and with- CHAP. 118 out any compensation, and the work shall appear to them to have been prepared with accuracy, the Secretary of State shall of State purchase five hundred copies of such record at a price not exceeding one cent per page; provided, that the written copies when acof the town records shall become the property of the State, and shall be deposited in the office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics; and provided, further, that not more than one thousand dollars shall be expended by authority of this act in any one year.' -proviso. Approved March 17, 1915. Chapter 118. An Act to Amend Section Thirty-five of Chapter Eighty-four of the Ch. 84, Sec. amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section thirty-five of chapter eighty-four of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the 35, R. S., following sentence, 'But by leave of court the time therefor may be enlarged, or further time may be granted by the court within which to pay said costs and to file such amendment or new pleadings,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: -addi Demurrers, when filed, shall be joined, and not drawn. with -excep dealt with. 'Section 35. A general demurrer to the declaration may be filed; and in any stage of the pleadings either party may demur, and the demurrer must be joined, and it shall not be withdrawn without leave of court, and of the opposite party; but the justice shall rule on it, and his ruling shall be final unless the party aggrieved excepts; and before exceptions are filed and allowed, he has the same power as the full court to allow the tions, how plaintiff to amend, or the defendant to plead anew. If the law court deems such exceptions frivolous, it shall award treble costs against the party excepting from the time the exceptions were filed. If the declaration is adjudged defective and is amendable, the plaintiff may amend upon payment of costs from the time when the demurrer was filed. If the demurrer is filed at the first term and overruled, the defendant may plead anew on payment of costs from the time when it was filed, unless it is adjudged frivolous and intended for delay, in which case judgment shall be entered. At the next term of court in the county where the action is pending, after a decision on the demurrer has been certified by the clerk of the district to the amendments may be made. further ings may proceed be had. CHAP. 119 clerk of such county, and not before, judgment shall be entered on the demurrer, unless the costs are paid, and the amendment or new pleadings filed on the second day of the term. But by leave of court the time therefor may be enlarged, or further time may be granted by the court within which to pay said. costs and to file such amendment or new pleadings.' -extension of time. Approved March 17, 1915. Ch. 83, Sec. 69, R. S., amended. Attachment con tinues thirty days after judgmentexceptions. -attach ment of real estate ex Chapter 119. An Act to Amend Section Sixty-nine of Chapter Eighty-three of the Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section sixty-nine of chapter eighty-three of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words in the third and fourth lines, "except attachments of equities of redeeming real estate mortgaged or taken on execution," and by inserting in place thereof the words 'except attachments of real estate taken on execution,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 'Section 69. An attachment of real or personal estate continues for thirty days, and no longer, after final judgment in the original suit, and not in review or error; except attachments of real estate taken on execution; or equities of redemption sold on execution; or an obligee's conditional right to a conveyance of real estate sold on execution; or property attached and replevied; or property attached belonging to a person dying thereafter, or specially provided for in any other case; but an attachment of real estate shall expire at the end of five years from the date of filing the same in the office of pires in five the register of deeds in the county or district where the said real estate or some part of it is situated, unless the said register shall, within said period, at the request of the plaintiff or his attorney bring forward the same upon the book of attachments, and at the expiration of five years from the time of such first, or any subsequent bringing forward, such attachment shall expire unless within said period it is again brought forward in like manner. The register shall be entitled to the same fee for bringing forward such attachment upon the said book of attachments, as for the original entry thereof.' years, sub ject to exceptions. -fees of register. Approved March 17, 1915. Chapter 120. An Act to Amend Section Five of Chapter Twelve of the Revised Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section five of chapter twelve of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by striking out in the second and third lines thereof the words "nor any justice of the Supreme Judicial or Superior court," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: CHAP. 120 ch. 12, Sec. 5, R. S amended. eligible. 'Section 5. Neither the attorney general, county attorney, -not clerk of courts, nor sheriff of the county, shall be county treasurer.' Approved March 17, 1915. Chapter 121. An Act to Amend Section Ten of Chapter Twelve of the Revised Statutes for the Benefit of County Law Libraries. Ch. 12, Sec. further amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section ten of chapter twelve of the Revised Statutes as heretofore amended is hereby further amended by adding to said section the following sentence, "The treasurer of each county shall also pay to the treasurer of the law library association of -addihis county all money received from persons admitted as attorneys in the Supreme Judicial court upon motion, without a certificate from the board of examiners of applicants for admission to the bar,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: ditional. amount pay- 'Section 10. The treasurer of each county, except the county Annual of Lincoln, shall annually pay to the treasurer of the law library association of his county, for the uses and benefits of the county law library, the sum of five hundred dollars. The treasurer of the county of Lincoln shall annually pay to the treasurer of the law library association of his county, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. The treasurer of each county shall also pay to the treasurer of the law library association of his county all money received from persons admitted as attorneys in the Supreme Judicial court upon motion, without a certificate from the board of examiners of applicants for admission to the bar.' dues paid by attor expended. neys, how Approved March 17, 1915. CHAP. 122 Ch. 19, Sec. amended. Chapter 122. An Act to Amend Section One of Chapter Nineteen of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred Thirteen, Relating to the Obstruction of the Drainage of Public Ways. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section one of chapter nineteen of the Public Laws of nine1, P. L., 1913, teen hundred thirteen is hereby amended by inserting in the first line of said section after the words "no person," the words 'by himself, his agents or servants;' in the fifth line by inserting after the words "drainage thereof," the words 'or obstruct said way;' and by inserting after the words "any person" in the same line, the words 'by himself, his agents or servants;' and by inserting after the words "ditch or drain" in the eighth line, the words or otherwise obstruct said way,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Drainage of public way structed, by cultivation of ad -flow of water in ditches shall not be ob by 'Section I. No person, by himself his agents or servants, not to be ob- other than a person having legal supervision of a public way, shall cultivate in connection with the improvement of lands jacent land. adjacent thereto any portion of the wrought part of any public. way in such manner as to change the drainage thereof, or obstruct said way. Nor shall any person, by himself his agents. or servants, other than a person having legal supervision of a public way, deposit within or along any ditch or drain in a public way any material that shall obstruct the flow of water in such ditch or drain, or otherwise obstruct said way. Prowritten con- vided, however, that with the written consent and in accordance with specifications of the legal authorities having supervision of such ditch or drain any person may, to provide egress and regress to and from lands occupied by him, lawfully construct and maintain a bridge across such ditch or drain.' structed deposits. -may by sent main tain a bridge across ditch or drain. Approved March 17, 1915. Procuring of money under alse pretenses, punishable by imprisonment. Chapter 123. An Act Making it Unlawful for Persons to Falsely Represent Themselves as Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Crippled or Otherwise Defective. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Any person engaged in soliciting, procuring or attempting to solicit or procure money or other thing of value, by falsely pretending and representing himself or herself to be deaf, dumb, blind, crippled or physically defective, shall upon conviction thereof be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ninety days. Approved March 17, 1915. |