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CHAP. 312

May take

land outside of streets for track line, etc.

-property which may not be taken.

-land taken shall not exceed four

and by inserting after the word "Androscoggin" in the nineteenth line of said section the words 'and plans of all location of lands so taken in the county of Oxford shall be filed with the clerk of courts in said county of Oxford,' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows:

'Section 6. Such company outside of the limits of streets, roads and ways may for its location, construction and convenient use of its road for its main track line, switches, turnouts, spur tracks, side tracks, stations, car barns, gravel pits and power houses, improving the alignment of its road or changing the grades thereof, purchase or take and hold as for public uses, any lands and all materials in and upon it, excepting meeting houses, dwelling houses and public or private burying grounds, and may excavate in, through or over such lands to carry out its purposes, but the lands so taken for its main track line, turnouts, switches, spur tracks and side tracks shall not exceed four rods rods in width. in width, unless necessary for excavations and embankments, or materials. All land so taken except for its main track line, turnouts, switches, spur tracks and side tracks shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty-six, chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes. It may enter upon any such lands to make surveys for its location, and plans of all location of lands so taken in the county of Androscoggin shall be filed with the clerk of courts in the county of Androscoggin, and plans of all location of lands so taken in the county of Oxford shall be filed with the clerk of courts in said county of Oxford, and when so filed such land shall be deemed and treated as taken. All damages. for lands taken hereunder, shall be estimated and paid as in the case of taking lands for railroads.'

-damages, how estimated.

Section 7. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 21, 1905.

Limits

of territory
in which it
may operate
extended and
defined.

Chapter 312.

An Act relating to the York Light and Heat Company.

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

Section 1. The York Light and Heat Company is hereby authorized and empowered to set, build, extend and maintain its poles, lines and wires along and upon the public highways and streets from the cities of Biddeford and Saco, to, into and through the towns of Dayton, Hollis and Buxton, in the county of York, and to and into the village of Bonny Eagle, in the town

CHAP. 313

under imposed by

restrictions

municipal officers.

of Standish, Cumberland county, under such reasonable restrictions as the municipal officers of said towns may impose as to the kind of poles, the manner in which they shall be set and the height at which the wires shall be carried thereon, for the purpose of supplying light, heat and power in said cities of Biddeford and Saco and in said towns and village, by the manufacture of gas and electricity as contemplated and authorized by its organization and charter, and to make and enter into contracts said towns. with said towns, or either of them, for the supplying of light, heat and power, and to make and enter into contracts for acquir. ing power.

Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 21, 1905.

-may contract with

Chapter 313.

An Act to amend Chapter two hundred twenty-three, of the Private and Special Laws of nineteen hundred and three, in relation to establishing a Normal School at Presque Isle, in the county of Aroostook.

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

Section one of chapter two hundred twenty-three, of the private and special laws of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended by striking out the word "county" in the second line of said section and inserting in place thereof the word 'state,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

Section 1,

chapter 223, private and

special laws

1903, amended.

State Normal
School.

'Section 1. Another normal school, to be known as Aroos- Aroostook took State Normal School, is hereby created and established upon such plan as the board of trustees of normal schools may direct.'

Approved March 21, 1905.

Chapter 314.

An Act to incorporate the Saco River Electric Power Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in

Legislature assembled, as follows:

Section 1. George E. Lane, Thomas C. Lane, Benjamin F. Corporators. Chadbourne, Bion Wilson, William H. Moulton and Edward

name.

C. Hersey, their associates, successors and assigns are hereby corporate incorporated under the name of the Saco River Electric Power Company, for the purpose of manufacturing, generating, selling,

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-purposes.

Authorized to maintain

river.

distributing and supplying electricity for lighting, heating, traction, manufacturing or mechanical purposes in the towns of Hollis, Buxton, Standish, Limington and Gorham or for any or either of such purposes and of distributing, supplying and selling electricity for any of said purposes to any company authorized to manufacture, distribute and sell electricity for any of said purposes in any town or city in the county of York or Cumberland with all the rights, powers and privileges, and subject to all the restrictions and liabilities by law incident to similar corporations.

Section 2. Said company is authorized to locate, construct, mson Saco and maintain a dam or dams on the Saco river, in the town of Standish in Cumberland county, and the towns of Hollis, Buxton and Limington in the county of York, provided that suitable sluices are constructed and maintained by said company in said dam or dams, at its own expense, for the passage of logs and other lumber down said river.

Capital stock.

- may hold investments.

Authorized to purchase property of

Section 3. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Said company may hold all real and personal estate necessary and convenient for the purposes aforesaid. It may also hold stocks and bonds of other corporations organized under the laws of Maine.

Section 4. Said Saco River Electric Power Company is hereby authorized to purchase any or all of the franchise rights, certain other privileges and property of the North Shore Power Company,

corporations

organized for like purposes.

May set poles, etc.

-under restrictions imposed by municipal officers.

May issue bonds.

a corporation organized under the general laws of the state of Maine, and of the Buxton and Hollis Power Company, a corporation specially chartered under the laws of said state and of any other company or corporation organized for like purposes, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between said corporations, subject to the requirements of law.

Section 5. Said corporation is hereby authorized to set poles and extend wires thereon in and through such streets and ways of the towns of Hollis, Buxton, Standish, Limington and Gorham as it may deem most expedient in carrying out the purposes of section one of this act, under such reasonable restrictions as the municipal officers of said towns may impose as to the manner in which the poles shall be set, and the height at which the wires shall be carried thereon; provided, however, that said corporation shall not be authorized to supply electricity directly or indirectly in the town of Gorham for lighting purposes.

Section 6. Said Saco River Electric Power Company may issue its bonds upon such rates and time as it may deem expe

dient, and in such amounts as may be required for the objects of its corporation and for the purposes authorized by this act and secure the same by mortgage upon the franchise and property of said company.

Section 7. The first meeting of said corporation may be called by written notice thereof, signed by any incorporator herein named, served upon each incorporator by a copy of the same in hand or mailed, postage paid, at least seven days prior to the day named therein for such meeting.

Section 8. This act shall take effect when approved.

Approved March 21, 1905.

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Chapter 315.

An Act to incorporate the Trinitarian Congregational Parish of Castine, and to legalize the doings of the parish heretofore known under the name of the Trinitarian Society of Castine, Maine.

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

Corporators.

Section I. Robert G. Harbutt, Thomas E. Hale, Albert F. Richardson, Edward E. Philbrook, Hattie Philbrook, Frank V. Grindle, Helen Grindle, Alice Grindle, William A. Walker, Thomas E. Hale, Jr., Leila B. Hale, Jere S. Norton, Myra Burr, William G. Sargent, Lillian R. Sargent, Elisha S. Perkins, Sewall Perkins, Jane R. Witherle, Sarah F. Coombs, Arthur M. Devereux, Harriet S. Devereux, Pauline Faye Devereux, Alfred F. Adams, Mary Williams, Julian Webber, Ellen Brophy, Ethel Noyes, Freeman Stover, Elsie Stover and Eleanor Stover, all of Castine, in the county of Hancock, and state of Maine, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body corpo- name. rate by the name of the Trinitarian Congregational Parish of Castine, and as such may take by gift or purchase any real or personal estate to be held and used for church purposes, and convey the same, and may establish by-laws not repugnant to law.

Section 2. All past acts and doings of the parish heretofore known by the name of the Trinitarian Society of Castine, are hereby legalized and made valid.

--corporate

Past doings made valid.

of parish

First

called.

Section 3. Any one of the above named members may call the first meeting of said corporation by mailing a written notice meeting, how signed by him or her, postage paid, to each of the other members, seven days at least before the day of meeting, naming the time, place and purpose of such meeting, and at such meeting a clerk and other needful parish officers may be chosen, by-laws

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adopted, and any other corporate business transacted. Subsequent meetings shall be called and held in accordance with the provisions of section four of chapter sixteen of the revised statutes, and said corporation shall in all respects, after the first meeting, be governed by the statute applicable to parishes and religious societies.

Section 4. This act shali take effect when approved.

Approved March 21, 1905.

Territorial limits of district defined.

-corporate

name.

--purpose..

May take water of Violette

and tributaries.

Chapter 316.

An Act to incorporate the Van Buren Water District.

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

Section 1. The following described territory, and the people within the same, namely: so much of the towns of Van Buren, in the county of Aroostook, as is bounded as follows: On the easterly side by the easterly line of Township M., Range Two, W. E. L. S., Van Buren, from the Saint John river to the rear line of the river lots in said Van Buren; on the northeasterly by the Saint John river; on the southwesterly by the rear line of the river lots, so called, and on the northwesterly by the southeasterly line of the homestead farm of Victorie Cyr; so as to include all of the territory of the river lots, so called, in Van Buren from the line between Van Buren and Hamlin on the easterly up to the southeasterly line of the homestead farm of said Victorie Cyr, shall constitute a body politic and corporate under the name of the Van Buren Water District, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said district, and likewise of the remaining portion of said town of Van Buren, and those of Hamlin aforesaid, with pure water for domestic and municpal purposes.

Section 2. Said water district is hereby authorized for the purposes aforesaid to take and hold sufficient water of the brook stream Violette brook stream and its tributaries, and may take and hold by purchase or otherwise any land or real estate necessary for erecting dams, power, reservoirs, or for preserving the purity of the water and watershed, and for laying and maintaining aqueducts for taking, discharging and disposing of water.

-may take land for dams, etc.

Shall be liable for damages.

Section 3. Said water district shall be liable for all damages that shall be sustained by any person or corporation in their property by the taking of any land whatsoever, or water, or by flowage, or by excavating through any land for the purpose

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