other necessary expenses that may occur in dyking said marsh, CHAP. 244. this corporation shall have power to assess a tax upon said marsh and fresh meadows, to be paid by the owners thereof according to the value of the lots owned by each, and if any tax so assessed remains unpaid one year from the time any owner shall be notified by the collector of this corporation, or other officer whose duty it shall be, that his said lot has been taxed, and of the amount thereof; such lots shall be sold for the payment of said tax, as now provided by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate. Lots may be sold taxes." for payment of laws. how cailed. SECT. 3. This corporation may choose such officers, and adopt Officers and bysuch by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this state, as shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. SECT. 4. Any three persons named in the first section of this First meeting, act may fix the time of holding the first meeting of this corporation, and give notice thereof to their associates; at this meeting the corporation shall be organized, officers chosen, by-laws Organization of adopted, and the time and manner of calling future meetings be fixed. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. corporation. Chapter 224. An act to authorize Nelson W. Gamage to extend a wharf into tide water, in the town of Bristol. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Nelson W. Gamage, his heirs, successors or assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a wharf on the westerly side of his lot, on Rutherford's island, in the town of Bristol, and to extend the same to low water mark at lowest tides. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. Nelson W. Gam age authorized to construct a wharf. CHAP. 225. Abraham C. Fernald and others struct a fish weir. Chapter 225. An act authorizing Abraham C. Fernald and others to build and maintain a fish weir in tide waters between Bear island and Mount Desert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Abraham C. Fernald, James Clement, junior, Charles authorized to con- H. Clement, James Clement, second, and Amos Clement, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby authorized to construct and maintain a fish weir in the tide waters between Bear Island, in the town of Cranberry Isles, and Mount Desert, providing they do not interfere with or obstruct navigation. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. Proviso. Fishing in Pushaw pond, ex line, prohibited. Chapter 226. An act for the protection of fish in Pushaw pond in the county of Penobscot, and the streams flowing into and out of said pond. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. All persons are forbidden to take fish of any descripcept by hook and tion, in any manner, except by hook and line, from Pushaw pond, in the county of Penobscot, or from any of the brooks or streams flowing into or out of said pond; and any person so offending Penalty for viola- shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered by complaint before any trial justice in said county of Penobscot, one-half to the use of complainant, and the other half to the town where the offence is committed. tion and how recovered. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. Corporators. Chapter 227. An act to incorporate the Home for Aged Men at Bangor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. George W. Pickering, Joseph S. Wheelwright, William C. Crosby, Reuben S. Prescott, John L. Crosby, Albert Noyes, George W. Snow and Albert W. Paine, and their asso Purpose of. ciates and successors, are hereby incorporated by the name of the CHAP. 228. Home for Aged Men, for the purpose of providing a home for the Corporate name. aged men at Bangor, upon the same general principles and with similar objects as the home for aged women in said Bangor. SECT. 2. The said corporation may take, by purchase, devise or otherwise, any real or personal property, and hold the same for the purposes aforesaid, to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and may manage and dispose of the same according to their discretion. May take and hold real or personal estate. sion of members. Officers. SECT. 3. The said corporation shall have power to prescribe Terms of admis the terms of admission for members, may elect such officers as they may deem necessary or expedient for the management of its affairs, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. how called. SECT. 4. The four corporators first above named are authorized First meeting, to call the first meeting of said corporation, at such place within the city of Bangor as they may choose, giving seven days' notice, at least, of said meeting, by publication in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. Chapter 228. An act to prohibit the taking of fish of any kind from the Adams pond, so called, and its main tributary in the town of Newfield Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. All persons are forbidden to take fish of any kind, in any manner, from the Adams pond, so called, and its main tributary, below the highway leading from West to North Newfield, direct, in the town of Newfield, county of York, for the term of five years. Taking of fish in prohibited for five Adams' pond years. violation. SECT. 2. If any person shall violate the provisions of this act, Penalty for he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each fish so taken, to be recovered by complaint before any trial justice in said county of York, one-half to the use of complainant, and the other to the use of the said town of Newfield. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. CHAP. 229. Penalty for taking fish in Hobbs' years. Chapter 229. An act to prevent the taking or destroying of Fish in Hobbs' Mill-Pond, in the town of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. If any person or persons shall take or destroy any mill-pond for two fish in Hobbs' Mill-Pond, between said Hobbs' mill-dam and the Twin Bridges, so called, situate in the town of Farmington, for the term of two years from the passage of this act, or shall, after the expiration of said term, except in the months of June and March, in each year, take or destroy any fish in said mill-pond, said person or persons shall forfeit for each fish so taken or destroyed, the sum of three dollars, to be recovered by complaint or action for debt, one-half to the use of the town where the offence is committed, and one-half to the person prosecuting therefor. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. Act of Feb. 18, 1875, amended. Superintending school committee of Bangor, number of, established Chapter 230. An act to amend "an act relating to the City Schools of Bangor," approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Section one of "an act relating to the City Schools of Bangor," approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "shall consist of," in the second line thereof, the following words: 'not less than three nor more than,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 'SECT. 1. The superintending school committee of the city of Bangor shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members, to be elected by the city council.' SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. WHARVES.-FISH IN MOOSE POND AND SEBASTICOOK RIVER. Chapter 231. An act to authorize the Laconia Company and the Pepperell Manufacturing Company to connect two piers of their wharves in Saco river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: 193 CHAP. 231. build a wharf. SECT. 1. The Laconia Company and the Pepperell Manufactur- Authorized to ing Company are hereby authorized and empowered to build and maintain, upon their own land on Factory island, in Saco, in the tide waters of Saco river, an addition to their present wharves, by building a wharf from a point in said tide waters, not over ten feet distant from the south corner of pier number one, and extending to the south corner of pier number two. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. Chapter 232. An act to protect Black Bass and Salmon in Moose pond and its tributaries, and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. All persons are forbidden to take black bass and salmon in any manner from Moose pond and its tributaries, and from the Sebasticook river, in the town of Hartland, in the county of Somerset, for the term of five years from the passage of this act. Protection of fish and Sebasticook river. violation. SECT. 2. If any person shall violate the provisions of this act, Penalty for he shall pay for each violation the sum of five dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt before any trial justice in said county of Somerset, one-half to the complainant and the other half to the use of the town of Hartland. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1876. 25 H |