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CHAP. 135

What the ballots shall contain and

'Section 10. Every general ballot, or ballot intended for the use of all voters, which shall be printed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall contain the names and resi- how printed. dences, ward residences in city elections, of all candidates whose nominations for any office specified in the ballot have been duly made and not withdrawn in accordance herewith, and the office for which they have been severally nominated and shall contain no other names except that in case of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, the names of the candidates for president and vice-president may be added to the party or political designation. The names of candidates nominated by any party shall be grouped together upon the ballot. Above each group shall be placed the name of the political party by which the candidates comprising such group were placed in nomination, or by the political designation as described in the certificate of nomination, or nomination papers under a square. If only one person be nominated by any party, or under any political designation, his name with the office for which he is a candidate shall be printed by itself under the name of such party or political designation. A blank space shall be left after the name of the candidates for each different office in which the voter may insert the name of any person for whom he desires to vote as candidate for such office. Whenever the approval of a constitutional amendment or other question is submitted to the vote of the people such question or questions shall be printed upon a separate ballot. The ballots shall be so printed as to leave a blank space, above such amendment or question so as to give each voter a clear opportunity, to designate by a cross mark, X therein, his answers to the questions submitted and on the ballot may be printed such words as will aid the voter to do this as "yes" "no," and the like. The ballot shall be not less than four inches in width and not less than six inches in length. Before distribution the ballots shall be so folded in marked creases that their width and length when folded shall be uniform. On the back and outside, when folded, shall be printed "Official ballot for," followed by the designation of the polling place for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the secretary of state or city clerk who has caused the ballot to be printed. Except as otherwise herein provided, ballot shall be printed upon clean white paper without any distinguishing mark or figures thereon.'

And by amending section twelve of chapter six of the revised statutes by inserting after the word "ballots" in the second line

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-size of

ballot and

how folded.

section 12,

chapter 6, R.

S., amended.

CHAP. 136

Number of ballots to be provided.

the following words 'and two sets of ballots containing any constitutional amendment or other question submitted to the vote of the people,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Section 12. There shall be provided for each voting place, at which an election is to be held, two sets of such general ballots and two sets of ballots containing any constitutional amendment or other question submitted to the vote of the people, each of not less than sixty for every fifty and fraction of fifty votes cast in said voting place at the next preceding election, city, state or national, corresponding to the election for which said ballots are to be provided.'

Approved March 22, 1905.

Section 2, chapter 117, R. S., amended.

Fees of trial justices and justices of the peace.

Chapter 136.

An Act to amend Section two of Chapter one hundred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes, in relation to Fees of Trial Justices in the trial of an issue in a criminal case.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:

Section two of chapter one hundred and seventeen of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "cents" in the thirty-eighth line of said section the following, 'and when more than one day is used in the trial, two dollars for each day after the first, actually employed,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Section 2. The fees of trial justices and justices of the peace shall be as follows:

For every blank writ of attachment and summons thereon, or original summons, ten cents.

For every subpoena for one or more witnesses, ten cents.

Entry of an action, or filing a complaint in civil causes, including filing of papers, swearing of witnesses, examination, allowing and taxing the bill of costs, and entering and recording judgment, thirty cents. Each continuance in a civil action, five

cents.

Trial of an issue in a civil action, eighty cents, and when more than one day is used in the trial, two dollars for each day after the first, actually employed.

Copy of a record or other paper, at the rate of twelve cents a page.

Writ of execution, fifteen cents.

For a recognizance to prosecute an appeal, including principal and surety, twenty cents.

Taking a deposition, affidavit or disclosure of a trustee, in any cause not pending before himself, twenty cents; for writing the same with the caption, and for the notification to the parties. and witnesses, at the rate of twelve cents a page; the justice who takes such affidavit, deposition or disclosure, shall certify the fees of himself, of the witnesses, or party disclosing, and of the officers serving the notifications.

Taking a deposition in perpetual memory of the thing, the same fees as in taking other depositions.

Administering an oath in all cases, except on a trial or examination before himself, and to qualify town and parish officers, and a certificate thereof, twenty-five cents, whether administered to one or more persons at the same time.

Taking the acknowledgment of a deed with one or more seals, if it is done at the same time, and certifying the same, twenty-five cents.

Granting a warrant of appraisal in any case, and swearing appraisers, fifty cents.

Receiving a complaint, and issuing a warrant in criminal cases, fifty cents.

Entering a complaint in a criminai prosecution, swearing witnesses, rendering and recording judgment, examining, allowing and taxing the costs, and filing the papers, seventy-five cents.

Trial of an issue in a criminal case, eighty cents; and when more than one day is used in the trial, two dollars for each day after the first, actually employed.

Recognized persons charged with crimes for their appearance at the supreme judicial or superior courts, and for certifying and returning the same, with or without sureties, twenty-five cents. Mittimus for the commitment of any person on a criminal accusation, twenty-five cents.

In a bastardy process, the fees may be charged as for like services in a criminal prosecution.

Drawing a rule for submission to referees, and acknowledging the same, thirty-three cents.

Writ to remove a nuisance, thirty-three cents.

Calling a meeting of a corporation, fifty cents.

CHAP. 136

-examination of debtors.

For an examination of a debtor under chapter one hundred and fourteen, two dollars for each day employed in such examination, in full payment for all official services and expenses in such examination, exclusive of travel. For travel on official -travel. duty, twelve cents a mile one way, but one to be taxed for over limit.

CHAP. 137

ten miles one way, and in no case shall there be constructive travel.

In all cases where the attendance of two or more justices is required, each is entitled to the fees prescribed for all services. rendered by him personally.'

Approved March 22, 1905.

Meaning of letters used by state

assessors in lists of unincorpo

rated townships and wild lands, for assessment, defined.

Chapter 137.

An Act relating to the descriptions of unincorporated townships and public lands, for the purpose of Valuation and Assessment.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:

That in the lists of the unincorporated townships and public lands as made by the state assessors for purposes of valuation and assessment, the following initial letters shall be held and construed to mean as follows: The letter "T" when used alone shall be held and construed to mean Township, the letter "R," when used alone, Range, the letter "N." when used alone shall be construed to mean North, "E." East, "S." South, "W." West, the letters "N. W." North West, "N. E." North East, "S. W." South West, "S. E." South East.

The letters "W. E. L. S." West of the East Line of the State, “B. K. P.,” Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, "B. P. P.,” Bingham's Penobscot Purchase, "W. B. K. P." West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, "N. B. K. P.," north of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase, "W. K. R." West of the Kennebec River, "E. K. R." East of the Kennebec River, "E. C. R." East of the Canada Road, "W. C. R." West of the Canada Road, "N. W. P. North of Waldo Patent, "T. S." Titcomb Survey.

Approved March 22, 1905.

CHAP. 138

Chapter 138.

An Act to amend Sections twenty-four and twenty-five or Chapter three of the Revised Statutes, relating to State Printing.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:

and 25,

Section I. That sections twenty-four and twenty-five of Sections 24 chapter three of the revised statutes be and are hereby amended, so as to read as follows:

chapter 3,

R. S., amended.

of copies

Number of reports limited. sioner of

to be printed

--commis

agriculture.

--commis

sioner of

labor and industrial statistics.

trustees for boys. school for

state school

--industrial

girls.

state

prison.

diseases

University experiment vital

of Maine.

station.

statistics.

-insurance

'Section 24. The number of copies of the following named reports to be printed hereafter at the expense of the state shall be determined by the governor and council but shall not exceed the following numbers: The report of the commissioner of agriculture, six thousand copies annually; the report of the bank --bank examiner, two thousand copies; the report of the commissioner examiner. of the bureau of labor and industrial statistics, four thousand copies; the report of the officers and trustees of the State School for Boys, fifteen hundred copies annually; the report of the Industrial School for Girls, fifteen hundred copies annually; the report of the officers and trustees of the state prison, fifteen hundred copies annually; the report of the commissioners on the contagious diseases of animals, two thousand five hundred copies --contagious annually; the report of the University of Maine, fifteen hundred of animals. copies annually; the report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, one thousand copies annually; the report of the registrar of vital statistics, two thousand copies annually; the report of the insurance commissioner, two thousand five hundred copies annually; the report of the railroad commissioners, commis. two thousand copies annually; the report of the state superintendent of public schools, four thousand copies on each legisla- dent of public tive year, and three thousand five hundred copies on the alternate year; the report of the treasurer of the state, three thousand copies on each legislative year, and twenty-five hundred copies on the alternate year; the report of the trustees and officers of -trustees the insane hospitals, two thousand copies on each legislative hospitals. year, and fifteen hundred copies on the alternate year; the report -state of the board of state assessors, four thousand copies on each assessors. legislative year, and three thousand copies on the alternate year; the report of the attorney general, one thousand copies bien---attorney nially; the report of the land agent and forest commissioner, three thousand copies biennially; the report of the state board and forest of health, forty-five hundred copies biennially; the report of the adjutant general, twelve hundred copies annually; the report of health. the librarian of the Maine state library, one thousand copies general. biennially; the report of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan

sioner.

-superinten.

schools.

-treasurer.

insane

general. --land agent

commissioner. --board of

--adjutant

--librarian.

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