CHAP. 164 This act not to apply, when. All taxes collected by attorney general, how disposed of. extend the time of payment of said tax whenever the circumstances of the case require. Section 96. This act shall not apply to estates of persons deceased prior to the date of taking effect of the same, nor to property passing by deed, grant, sale or gift made prior to said date, but said estates and property shall remain subject to the provisions of law in force prior to the taking effect of this act. Section 97. All moneys received by the attorney general as taxes collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be by him forthwith paid to the State treasurer.' Approved March 30, 1911. Chapter 164. An Act to amend Sections thirty-four and thirty-five of Chapter sixteen of the Revised Statutes relating to conveyance of pews in meeetinghouses to organized parishes or Incorporated Churches. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. Section thirty-four of chapter sixteen of the reR. S., amend- vised statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 34, chapter 16, ed. Parish may become Owller of pews. --proceedings. Section 35, chapter 16, R. S., amended. Owner of pew dissent ing, proceed ings. 'Section 34. When it is deemed expedient by any organized parish or incorporated church to become the owner of the pews in any meeting-house used by it as a place of regular worship, a meeting of the owners and occupants thereof may be called, as provided in section six, and a majority of such pew owners and occupants may vote to convey the pews by them owned or occupied to such parish or incorporated church. If the owners or occupants of any of the pews in such meeting-house are unknown to the assessors they shall give notice, additional to that provided herein, by publishing the call for such meeting in some newspaper published in the county where such meeting-house is located at least seven days before the time appointed for said meeting.' Section 2. Section thirty-five of chapter sixteen of the revised statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 'Section 35. Any owner or occupant of a pew in such meeting-house who expresses his dissent from such vote in writing to the clerk of the parish or incorporated church within one month from the time of holding such meeting, shall have his pew appraised, as provided in section thirty-eight, and the appraised value shall be tendered to him in satisfaction of his claim for compensation and he shall then deliver a deed of such pew to the parish or incorporated church. If such dissent is not so expressed such pew shall be forever forfeited to the parish or incorporated church.' CHAP. 165 officers ap torney gen eral and filed secretary of in office of state. Section 3. The clerk, treasurer and a majority of the busi- Certificate ness committee of every independent local church incorporated prepared by under provisions of the revised statutes shall prepare a cer- proved by attificate in form approved by the attorney general setting forth the name of such church, the town or city where located and the number and names of its business committee and shall sign and make oath to it and shall file the same in the office of the secretary of state, and the secretary of state shall keep a list of the same in a book prepared for that purpose showing the of state shall name, location and date of organization of such church corporation. The name of any incorporated church may be changed by change of vote in a legal meeting, and notice thereof shall be given to the secretary of state with the same effect as prescribed by statute for changing the names of corporations. Approved March 30, 1911. -secretary keep list of same. name. Chapter 165. An Act to amend Section fifty of Chapter fifty-one of the Revised Statutes relative to duties of Railroad Commissioners. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section fifty of chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "board," in the first line thereof the following: 'or one member thereof,' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Board to exroads and when neces amine rail rolling-stuck, sary, and reports. 'Section 50. A majority of the board, or one member thereof, annually, between the first of April and October, and at any other time on application or whenever they think necessary, shall carefully examine the tracks, rolling-stock, bridges, via- make annual ducts and culverts of all railroads; and shall annually in December make a report to the governor of their official doings, therein stating the condition of the road and rolling-stock, with such facts as they deem of public interest or which he may require; and all persons managing railroads shall give the board such information as they at any time require.' Approved March 30, 1911. CHAP. 166 Close time on wood ducks. Inconsistent acts re pealed. Chapter 166. An Act to provide a close time on Wood Ducks, so-called. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill, destroy or have in possession at any time, whenever or however killed, any wood duck, so-called, for a period of four years from the time this act takes effect, under a penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars and costs for each wood duck unlawfully killed, caught, chased or had in possession, except that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the county of Oxford. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 30, 1911. Commitment of women to insane hospitals regulated. Chapter 167. An Act additional to Chapter one hundred and forty-four of the Revised Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: If a woman is committed to either of the insane hospitals under the provisions of chapter one hundred forty-four of the revised statutes the magistrate or magistrates committing her shall, unless she is to be accompanied by a father, husband, brother or son designate a woman to be an attendant or one of the attendants to accompany her thereto. Approved March 30, 1911. Preamble. Chapter 168. An Act relating to the Taxation of Steam Railroads. Whereas, the tax assessed under this act must be assessed on or before the first day of April next and whereas in the opinion of the legislature this fact renders the immediate passage of this act necessary for the preservation of the peace, health and safety and constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the constitution, now therefore: СНАР. 168 Section 25, chapter 8, R. s., as amendter 168, pub ed by chap lic laws 1907, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. Section twenty-five of chapter eight of the revised statutes as amended by chapter one hundred and sixtyeight of the public laws of nineteen hundred and seven and as amended by chapter eighty-one of the public laws of nineteen as amended hundred and nine is hereby amended by striking out the word 81, public "five" in the sixteenth line of said chapter eighty-one of the further public laws of nineteen hundred and nine and substituting therefor the words 'five and one-half' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: by chapter laws 1909, amended. Amount of tax on rail roads, how ascertained. 'Section 25. The amount of such annual excise tax shall be ascertained as follows: The amount of the gross transportation receipts as returned to the railroad commissioners for the year ending on the thirtieth day of June preceding the levying of such tax, shall be divided by the number of miles of railroad. operated, to ascertain the average gross receipts per mile; when such average receipts per mile do not exceed fifteen. hundred dollars, the tax shall be equal to one-half of one per cent of the gross transportation receipts; when the average receipts per mile exceed fifteen hundred dollars and do not exceed nineteen hundred dollars, the tax shall be equal to threequarters of one per cent of the gross receipts; and so on increasing the rate of tax one-quarter of one per cent for each additional four hundred dollars of average gross receipts per mile or fractional part thereof, provided, that the rate in no proviso. event exceed five and one-half per cent, and in case of railroads operated exclusively for the transportation of freight, said rate shall in no event exceed three per cent. When a railroad lies partly within and partly without the state, or is side of the operated as a part of a line or system extending beyond the tax is ascerstate, the tax shall be equal to the same proportion of the gross receipts in the state, as herein provided, and its amount shall be determined as follows: The gross transportation receipts of such railroad, line or system, as the case may be, over its whole extent, within and without the state, shall be divided by the total number of miles operated to obtain the average gross receipts per mile, and the gross receipts in the state shall be taken to be the average gross receipts per mile, multiplied by the number of miles operated within the state.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 30, 1911. railroads partly out state, how tained. When act shall take ef fect. CHAP. 169 Words "practical plumber" defined. -word "journeyman" defined. Inspectors of plumbing, appointment of. -tenure. Compensation of in determined and paid. -duties. Chapter 169. An Act relative to the supervision of the business of Plumbing. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. The words "practical plumber," as used in this act shall mean a person who has learned the business of plumbing by working for at least two years as an apprentice or under a verbal agreement for instruction, and who has then worked for at least one year as a first class journeyman plumber. The word "journeyman," as used in this act shall mean a person who himself does any work in plumbing which is by law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation subject to inspection. Section 2. In every city or town where there is a system of water supply or sewerage the board of health may within three months after the provision of this act take effect and thereafter whenever necessary appoint one or more inspectors of plumbing, who may or may not be residents of the town or city for which they are appointed, and who shall hold office for one year, and in every city or town where there is a system of water supply or sewerage at least one member of the board of health shall be a practical plumber within the meaning of this act. Section 3. The compensation of said inspectors shall be spectors, how determined by the board appointing them, subject to the approval of the municipal officers, and shall be paid from the treasury of their respective cities or towns. Such inspectors shall inspect all plumbing for which permits are granted within their respective cities or towns, which is in process of construction, alteration or repair, and shall report to said board all violations of any law, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation relative to plumbing; and also perform such other appropriate duties as may be required. The approval of plumbing by any inspector other than those provided for by this chapter shall not be a compliance with the provisions hereof. No inspector -inspector to examine Section 4. No inspector of plumbing shall inspect or approve any plumbing work done by himself, or by any person by whom he is employed, or who is employed by or with him, but in a city or town which is subject to the provisions of this chapter, the board of health shall appoint an additional inwork done by spector of plumbing, in the same manner and subject to the same qualifications as the regular inspector of plumbing, who shall inspect, in the manner prescribed in this chapter, plumbing done by the regular inspector or by any person by whom he is employed, or who is employed by or with him. Said additional inspector may act in case of the absence or inability regular in spector. |