CHAP. 191

Dam

authorized across Mainstream in town of Harmony.

--location of dam.

--may operate mills on said dam.

Chapter 191.

An Act to authorize the Mainstream Lumber Company to erect a dam across Mainstream in the town of Harmony.

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

Section 1. The Mainstream Lumber Company, a corporation organized under the general laws of Maine, and located in Portland in the state of Maine, is hereby authorized to erect, construct, maintain and repair and extend a dam across Mainstream, in the town of Harmony, with necessary side dams and canals appurtenant thereto across said Mainstream at any point between Mainstream bridge and the bridge of the Sebasticook and Moosehead Railroad Company across said Mainstream, and by means of such dam to flow any and all lands on said Mainstream or any of its tributaries above the proposed dam and below any dam now existing, and to erect, maintain and operate mills on or near said dam, for the purpose of grinding different kinds of grain, sawing and finishing all kinds of lumber and the manufacturing of woolen and cotton cloths, said mills to be furnished with power from said dam; also for the purposes, notwithstand-may supply ing the rights of any other, of making, generating, selling and distributing and supplying electricity for heating, lighting, manufacturing or mechanical purposes in the town of Harmony in said county of Somerset, or to any inhabitant of said town, or any one doing business in said town, with the rights for any and all the above named purposes, to purchase or otherwise acquire any lands or real estate or any rights of flowage, or any other rights as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes above set forth, to purchase and otherwise acquire, distribute, sell and deal in electrical fixtures and apparatus and all other kinds of merchandise and personal property.

electricity.

--may acquire land, flowage rights, etc.

May improve channel of Mainstream.

--may construct dams, piers and booms.

Eminent domain.

Section 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to improve Mainstream and its tributaries in the counties of Somerset and Piscataquis for log driving purposes, and for this purpose to widen, deepen and remove obstructions from the channels of said Mainstream and its tributaries, and to construct dams and side dams, and sluiceways therein, to erect booms, side booms and piers therein, and to make such other improvements in said Mainstream and along any part thereof, down to Moose pond, in said county of Somerset, as may be necessary and proper to facilitate log driving, provided that such improvements shall not interfere with the reasonable and proper use of any mills or works now operating upon said stream.

Section 3. Said corporation is hereby empowered to take and hold as for public uses such lands and property as may be neces

CHAP. 191

how

sary for the purpose of said corporation as herein provided, and in case said corporation cannot agree with the owner or owners as to the price to be paid therefor, the same shall be determined by the county commissioners of the county wherein the land taken is situated, upon application of any party interested to such county commissioners, in the same manner as damages are damages, assessed for the location, alteration and discontinuance of high- ascertained. ways, as provided in chapter twenty-three of the revised statutes. of one thousand nine hundred and three, and acts amendatory thereof and additional thereto, and the same rights of appeal from the decision of said county commissioners shall exist and may be prosecuted in the same manner as provided in chapter twenty-three and acts amendatory thereof and additional thereto. Said corporation is hereby empowered also to flow such lands as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and --flowage. said corporation shall be liable to all damages by said flowing, to be ascertained and determined in the manner described in chapter ninety-four of the revised statutes of one thousand nine hundred and three, and acts amendatory thereof and additional thereto.

Section 4. After the improvements contemplated in this act Tolls on logs. in said stream, and its tributaries or any part thereof, and during such time as the same shall be kept in proper condition to facilitate the passage of logs and pulp wood, the said corporation may demand and receive twenty-five cents per thousand feet, wood scale, for all long lumber consisting of logs, masts or spars, and twelve and one-half cents per cord for all spruce, pine or poplar wood intended for pulp, that shall be placed in said stream or its tributaries, above said company's mills in the town of Harmony, for passage to or by said mills.

Section 5. Said corporation shall have a lien on said lumber Liens for toll. and wood for said toll, to be enforced by an attachment and

suit to be begun within ninety days after the same shall have

arrived at its destination.

Section 6. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 15, 1905.

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CHAP. 192

May confer degrees in divinity.

Chapter 192.

An Act to extend the powers of the Trustees of Bangor Theological
Seminary.

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

Section 1. The trustees of Bangor Theological Seminary are hereby authorized and empowered to confer degrees in divinity. upon such of its graduates, and upon such other persons, as may be determined by said trustees to be suitable candidates for such degrees.

Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 15, 1905.

Charter extended.

Chapter 193.

An Act to extend the charter of the Patten Telegraph and Telephone
Company.

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

Section 1. The charter of the Patten Telegraph and Telephone Company is hereby extended two years.

Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 15, 1905.

Corporators.

--corporate

name.

May maintain lines of telephone.

--limitation of lines.

Chapter 194.

An Act to incorporate the Harmony and Wellington Telephone Company.

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

Section 1. John S. Hight, A. H. Willis and Everett Reed, and their associates, successors, assigns, are hereby created a body politic by the name of the Harmony and Wellington Telephone Company, with all the rights, powers and privileges and subject to all the duties and obligations of similar corporations under the general laws of this state.

Section 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to construct, own, maintain and operate a line or lines of telephone in and throughout the towns of Harmony and Wellington, and within the limits aforesaid, to locate, construct and maintain its lines upon and along any public way, railroad, bridge, or private lands, but in such manner as not to discommode or endanger

CHAP. 194

--rights and

the customary public use of any such way, road or bridge, or to interrupt navigation, with the right to cut down trees and privileges. remove obstacles when necessary within the limits aforesaid, except ornamental, fruit or shade trees, and with power to estab lish and collect tolls on said lines.

how

Section 3. If the land of any individual or corporation is Damages, taken under this act, and the parties cannot agree on the damages determined. occasioned thereby, they shall be estimated, secured, determined and paid as in case of land taken for railroads.

Section 4. Said corporation is hereby authorized to connect its lines with those of any other company, or to sell or lease its lines, either before or after completion, to any other telephone or telegraph company, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon, which sale or lease shall be binding upon the parties, or to purchase or lease any other line or lines of telegraph or telephone, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon.

May connect

with lines companies.

of other

Capital stock.

--may hold

Section 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall be of such amount as said corporation by vote of its stockholders may from time to time deem necessary, but not exceeding five thousand dollars, for the sole purpose of owning, leasing, constructing, maintaining, and operating the line or lines of telephone hereby authorized. And said corporation may purchase, hold, property. lease, sell and convey real estate and personal property necessary and incidental to the purposes contemplated in this charter, and may issue its coupon or registered bonds as provided for telegraph and telephone companies organized under general law. Section 6. Any one of the corporators named in this act Notice of may call the first meeting of this corporation, by mailing a written notice to each of the other corporators, seven days at least before the day of meeting, naming the time, place and purposes of such meeting; and at such meeting a president, secretary, treasurer, directors and other necessary officers may be chosen, by-laws adopted, and any corporate business transacted.

Section 7. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 15, 1905.

first meeting, how given.

CHAP. 195

Corporators.

-corporate

name.

May maintain telephone lines.

-limitation of lines.

-rights and privileges.

May connect with other telephone lines.

Damages, how

determined.

Capital stock.

Chapter 195.

An Act to incorporate Saint Francis Telephone Company.

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

Section 1. J. J. Wheelock, Frank W. Mallett and Howard Pierce, their associates and successors are hereby created a corporation by the name of the Saint Francis Telephone Company, with all the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to all the duties and obligations of similar corporations under the general laws of this state.

Section 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized to construct, own, maintain and operate telephone line or lines anywhere in the plantations of Allagash, Saint Francis and Saint John, all in the county of Aroostook and state of Maine, and to extend its line or lines into the town of Fort Kent in said county to connect its line or lines with those of the Fort Kent Telephone Company, by agreement with said company, having obtained consent of the several municipalities, and said company shall have a right to locate and construct its lines upon and along any public highway or bridge in said towns, but in such a manner as not to incommode or endanger the customary public use thereof.

Section 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empow ered to connect its line or lines with those of any other telephone company or corporation on such terms as may be agreed upon, or to sell or lease its line or lines of telephone and property in whole or part, either before or after completion to any other telephone company or corporation, as provided by law or upon such terms as may be agreed by the contracting parties, which sale or lease shall be binding upon the parties; or may purchase or lease any other line or lines of telephone upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the parties thereto.

Section 4. If the land of any individual or corporation is taken under this act, and the parties cannot agree on the damages occasioned thereby, they shall be estimated, secured and paid in the manner provided in case of land taken for highways.

Section 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall be of such amount as said corporation may, from time to time determine to be necessary, but not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, for the sole purpose of owning, leasing, constructing, maintaining and operating the line or lines of telephone hereby authorized and contemplated. And the said corporation may purchase, hold, lease, sell and convey all real estate and personal property necessary for the purposes contemplated in this charter.