CHAP. 165

Increase of stock authorized.

-preferred stock.

--rate of interest.

Chapter 165.

An Act to amend the charter of the George A. Young Company.

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

Section 1. The George A. Young Company, a corporation duly existing by law, and having a place of business and its legal location at Portland, in the county of Cumberland, state of Maine, is hereby authorized and empowered to increase its capital stock in the sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars and to issue the same as and for preferred stock with such designation, preferences and voting powers, or restrictions or qualifications thereof, as has or may be fixed and determined by vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly called for that purpose, bearing six per cent cumulative dividends but not to be sold at less than par and redeemable out of the net income of the company for the best interests of the company at par and accrued interest; and to pass such by-laws as may be necessary to carry into effect these provisions and amendments.

Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved March 8, 1905.

Wharf authorized into waters

of Casco Bay.

Location of wharf legalized.

Chapter 166.

An Act authorizing the construction and maintenance of a wharf into the tide waters of Casco Bay, in the town of Falmouth, Maine.

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

Section 1. The Falmouth Cottage Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the state of Maine, its successors and assigns, as the owners of certain real estate in the town of Falmouth, Maine, are hereby authorized to construct and maintain a private wharf there from into the tide waters of Casco bay.

Section 2. The location and erection of any wharf already constructed before the approval of this act by the said Falmouth Cottage Company as owners of the said real estate into the said tide waters of Casco bay are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, and the said Falmouth Cottage Company, its successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to maintain such structure as a private wharf.

Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 8, 1905.

CHAP. 167

Chapter 167.

An Act to regulate the licensing of Innholders and Victualers in the city of Portland.

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

Mayor and

aldermen

may license

innholders.

Section I. That the board of mayor and aldermen of the city of Portland at any meeting of said board, provided application has been made therefor and notice thereof has been given as hereinafter provided, may license as many persons of good moral character as they deem necessary, and under such rules and regulations as they may from time to time establish, to be innholders and victualers in said city until the first Monday in January of the year following the granting of said license, and in such house or other building as the application therefor specifies, and the city clerk shall issue under his hand all licenses shall issue so granted and keep a record of the same. At any meeting of said board, notice and opportunity to be heard having first been revocation given to the licensee, they may revoke licenses so granted whenever in their opinion there is sufficient cause.

Section 2. No license shall be granted under section one until notice of the application for such license shall have been printed in a daily newspaper published in said Portland at least three times previous to the date of the meeting at which said application is acted upon, stating the name of the applicant, the kind of business he proposes to conduct, whether innholder or victualer, and the street and number of the building in which said business is to be conducted.

Section 3. No person shall receive his license until he has given his bond to the treasurer of the city of Portland in the penal sum of three hundred dollars with one or more sureties, and said bond has been approved by said board of mayor and aldermen, and which shall in substance be as follows: Know all men that we,

and

firmly bound to

as principal, as sureties, are holden and stand treasurer of the town in the sum of three hundred

--city clerk

licenses.

of licenses.

Notice of for license

application

shall be

printed in

newspaper.

Innholder bond.

shall give

--form of bond.

or city of

dollars, to be paid to him, or his successors in said office; to the payment whereof we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated the

in the year nineteen hundred and

day of

The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the condition above bounden

has been duly licensed.

of bond.

CHAP. 168

License fee.

Act shall take effect May 1, 1905.

until the day succeeding the first Monday of January next;
now if in all respects, he shall conform to the provisions of law
relating to the business for which he is licensed, and to the rules
and regulations, as provided by the board of mayor and alder-
men of the city of Portland in reference thereto, and shall not
violate any law of the state relating to intoxicating liquors, then
this obligation shall be void, otherwise remain in full force.

Section 4. Every person so licensed shall pay to the city
treasurer for use of the city of Portland, such sum, as a licens-
ing fee, as the board of mayor and aldermen may determine.
Section 5. This act shall take effect on the first day of May,
in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and five.

Approved March 8, 1905.

Land agent authorized to sell lands in Pleasant Ridge Pl.

-instrument

of conveyance.

Proceeds of sale, how

disposed of.

Chapter 168.

An Act in relation to the lands reserved for public uses in the Plantation
of Pleasant Ridge.

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

Section I. The land agent is hereby authorized and directed
upon payment to him of the sum of twelve hundred and ten
dollars, to sell and convey of the lands reserved for public uses
in the plantation of Pleasant Ridge to L. W. Weston and B. P.
J. Weston, such proportion of five hundred and sixty-one acres
as eight thousand five hundred acres maintains to the total area
of said plantation, being thirteen thousand four hundred and
thirty-six acres; and to release all actions and causes of action.
which the state now has, or may have, for all trespasses hereto-
fore committed on such lands. An instrument of conveyance
similar in form to that usually adopted by the land agent in the
conveyance of public lands, shall, when duly executed and
delivered by said land agent, be sufficient to convey title to such
lands and to effectuate such release.

Section 2. The proceeds of such sale and release shall be deposited with the treasurer of the state to the credit of the school fund of said plantation of Pleasant Ridge.

Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 8, 1905.

CHAP. 169

Chapter 169.

An Act to regulate fishing in South Boundary pond, Little North West pond, Massachusetts bog, in Franklin county.

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

Section I. There shall be a close time, for a period of three years from May first, nineteen hundred and five, in which it shall be unlawful to fish for or catch in any way any kind of fish in South Boundary pond, Little North West pond and Massachusetts bog, situated in township three, range six, W. B. K. P., in the county of Franklin.

Section 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the same penalties as provided for illegal fishing in the general law of the state.

Approved March 8, 1905.

Chapter 170.

An Act to prohibit ice fishing in Narraguagus Lake, so called, in Hancock County.

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

Section I. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish on or through the ice in Narraguagus lake, sometimes called Spring River lake, in townships nine, ten and sixteen, in the county of Hancock.

Section 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to the same penalty as is provided in the general law of the state for illegal fishing.

Approved March 8, 1905.

Chapter 171.

An Act to incorporate the Fort Kent Water Company.

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

Corporators.

Section 1. Joseph Archambault, Felix R. Morneault and Isadore B. Bourgoin, and such persons as they may associate with themselves in the enterprise, and their successors, are hereby incorporated into a corporation by the name of the Fort Kent Water Company, for the purpose of supplying the town name.

-corporate

CHAP. 171

--purposes.

May take water, etc.

-may lay pipes, etc.

--selectmen may impose restrictions.

-damages.

May cross, but shall not impair water courses, etc.

-shall not unnecessarily obstruct highways.

May lay pipes in streets.

-may build dams, etc.

May take lands for certain purposes.

of Fort Kent, in the county of Aroostook, and the inhabitants of said town, with pure water for industrial, manufacturing, domestic, sanitary and municipal purposes, including extinguishment of fires.

Section 2. Said company is, for said purposes, authorized to take, collect, detain, store, use and distribute the water from any river, spring, pond, stream and other water sources in the town of Fort Kent.

Section 3. Said company is hereby authorized to lay, construct and maintain in, under, through, along and across the highways, ways, streets and bridges in said town, and to take up, replace and repair all such sluices, aqueducts, pipes, hydrants, and structures as may be necessary for the purposes of their incorporation, under such reasonable restrictions and conditions. as the selectmen may impose. And said company shall be responsible for all damage to all corporations, persons and property occasioned by the use of such highways, ways and streets, and shall pay to said town all sums recovered against said town for damages from obstruction caused by said corporation, and for all expenses, including reasonable counsel fees incurred in defending such suits, with interest on the same.

Section 4. Said company have power to cross any water course, public or private sewer, or to change the direction thereof when necessary for the purpose of their corporation, but in such manner as not to obstruct or impair the use thereof, and said company shall be liable for any injury caused thereby. Whenever said company shall lay down any fixtures in any highway, way or street, or make any alterations or repairs upon its works in any highway, way or street, it shall cause the same to be done with as little obstruction to public travel as may be practicable, and shall, at its own expense, without unnecessary delay, cause the earth and pavements thus removed by it, to be replaced in proper condition.

Section 5. Said company is hereby authorized to lay, construct and maintain its pipes under the highways, ways and streets in said Fort Kent and to build and maintain all necessary structures thereof, to build dams and reservoirs for storage of water across any brook or stream in said Fort Kent.

Section 6. Said company may take and hold any lands necessary for reservoirs, hydrants and other necessary structures, and may locate, lay and maintain pipes, hydrants and other necessary structures or fixtures in, over and through any land for its purposes, and excavate in and through such lands for such locations, construction and maintenance. It may enter upon such lands to make surveys and locations and shall file in