CHAP. 94 are not paid on or before such first Monday in February, so much of the estate as is sufficient to pay the amount due therefor with interest and charges, will be sold without further notice, at public auction, on said first Monday in February, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, at the office of the collector of taxes, in cities, and at the place where the last preceding annual town meeting was held, in towns. The date of the commitment shall be stated in the advertisement. In all cases, said collector shall lodge with the town clerk a copy of each such notice, with his certificate thereon that he has given notice of the intended sale as required by law. Such copy and certificate shall be recorded by said clerk and the record so made shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested. The clerk shall furnish to any person desiring it an attested copy of such record, on receiving payment or tender of payment of a reasonable sum therefor; but notices of sales of real estate within any village corporation for unpaid taxes of said corporation may be given by notices, thereof, posted in the same manner, and at the same places as warrants for corporation meetings, and by publication, as aforesaid. No irregularity, informality or omission in giving the notices required by this section, or in lodging copy of any of the same with the town clerk, as herein required, shall render such sale invalid, but such sale shall be deemed to be legal and valid, if made at the time and place herein provided, and in other respects according to law, except as to the matter of notice. For any irregularity, informality or omission in giving notice as required by this section, and in lodging copy of the same with the town clerk, the collector shall be liable to any person injured thereby.' Approved March 27, 1923. Chapter 94. An Act to Amend Sections Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight of Chapter Thirty-six of the Revised Statutes, Relating to the Packing and Grading of Apples. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. 1. R. S., c. 36, sec. 27; relating to establishing standard grades for apples, amended. Section twenty-seven of chapter thirty-six of the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs: 'The minimum size of the fruit in all classes or grades, including the fancy and unclassified, shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blossom end. Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of one-quarter of an inch, like two inches, two and one-quarter inches, two and one-half inches, two and three-quarter inches, three inches, three and one-quarter inches, and so on, in accordance with the facts. CHAP. 94 Minimum sizes may be designated by figures instead of words. The word "minimum" may be designated by using the abbreviation "min."" so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 27. Minimum sizes, how determined; sizes may be indicated by figures; word "minimum" may be abreviated to "min." The standard grade for apples, when packed in closed packages, shall be as follows: First. Fancy, shall consist of apples of one variety, above the average size and color for the variety, and none smaller than two and one-half inches in diameter, sound and free from worm holes, bruises, scab or any other defect that materially injures the appearance or useful quality of the apples, and shall be properly packed in clean, strong packages. Second. Number one, or class one, shall consist of well matured apples of one variety of normal shape and good color for the variety, not less than two and one-quarter inches in diameter, sound and free from all defect such as worm holes, bruises, scab or any other defect that materially injures the appearance or useful quality of the apple, and shall be properly packed in clean, strong packages. Third. Number two, or class two, shall consist of well matured apples of one variety not less than two inches in diameter, of medium color for the variety and normal shape. Apples two and one-quarter inches in Apples more than two and one-quarter diameter or less must be sound. inches in diameter may have one defect such as a worm hole or a bruise, if the skin is not broken and shall be properly packed in clean, strong packages. Fourth. Unclassified. Apples not conforming to the foregoing conditions as to variety, size and other conditions, shall be classed as Unclassified. Fifth. The minimum size of the fruit in all classes or grades, including the Fancy and Unclassified, shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blossom end. Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of onequarter of an inch like two inches, two and one-quarter inches, two and one-half inches, two and three-quarter inches, three inches, three and onequarter inches, and so on, in accordance with the facts. Minimum sizes may be designated by figures instead of words. The word "minimum" may be designated by using the abbreviation “min.” Sec. 2. R. S., c. 36, sec. 28; relating to marks on outside of package, amended. Section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-six of the revised statutes is hereby amended in the eighth line thereof after the words "contained therein" by adding the clause 'and the minimum size of the fruit in the CHAP. 95 packages,' and in the last line thereof after the word "designated" by adding the clause 'and the word apples must appear in all instances,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 28. Minimum size to be stated; word "apples" to appear. Every closed package of apples, which is packed, sold, distributed, transported, offered or exposed for sale, distribution or transportation in the state by any person shall have affixed in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof a plainly printed statement clearly and truly stating the size of the package in terms of standard bushel box or standard barrel, the name and address of the owner or shipper of the apples at the time of packing, the name of the variety, the class or grade of the apples contained therein, and the minimum size of the fruit in the packages, and if the apples were grown in Maine, that fact shall be plainly designated and the word apples must appear in all instances.' Approved March 27, 1923. An Act to Amend Paragraph dred and Seventeen of the dred and Nineteen of the Relating to Clerk Hire in Chapter 95. Fifteen of Section Forty-five of Chapter One Hun- Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 117, sec. 15; P. L., 1921, c. 219, relating to clerk hire in county offices, amended. Paragraph fifteen of section forty-five of chapter one hundred seventeen of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter two hundred nineteen of the public laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out the words "eleven hundred and forty-four" in the first and second lines of said paragraph, and inserting in place thereof the words 'fourteen hundred and four' so that said paragraph, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Waldo county: Clerk hire in office of register of deeds increased. For clerks in the office of register of deeds, fourteen hundred and four dollars; for clerks in the office of register of probate, two hundred dollars; for clerks in the office of the clerk of courts, five hundred dollars.' Approved March 27, 1923. Chapter 96. An Act to Provide for the Designation and Registration of Farm Names. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. 1. Owner of farm lands may designate specific name for such lands CHAP. 97 and have same recorded in registry of deeds. The owner of any farm lands may designate a specific name for such lands and the said name together with a description of said farm lands according to the latest authentic. survey thereof may be filed with the register of deeds of the county wherein the said lands or a part thereof are situated, and the said name together with the description of said lands shall be recorded by the register of deeds in a book to be provided for such purpose, upon payment of a fee of fifty cents, but no two names so designated and recorded shall be alike in the same county. Sec. 2. Provisions for transfer of name. Whenever any owner of farm lands the name of which has been recorded as provided in this act, transfers by deed or otherwise the whole of such farm lands, such transfer may include the registered name thereof; but if the owner shall transfer only a portion of such farm lands, then the registered name thereof shall not be transferred to the purchaser unless so stated in the deed of conveyance. Approved March 27, 1923. Chapter 97. An Act to Amend Section Eighteen of Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-five of the Revised Statutes, Relating to Bail. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 135, sec. 18; relating to bail after commitment, amended. Section eighteen of chapter one hundred thirty-five of the revised statutes is hereby amended, by adding thereto the following: 'In any prosecution for violation of the statutes relating to manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor a respondent therein who has failed to comply with the terms of any recognizance entered into by him in such case, shall not again be admitted to bail in such case or upon arrest on any capias issued therein, except by a justice of the court in which such prosecution is pending,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 18. In cases of violations of intoxicating liquor law respondent violating terms of recognizance not to be admitted to bail except by justice of the court wherein case is pending. Any justice of the supreme judicial or superior court, or bail commissioner within his county, on application. of a prisoner committed before verdict of guilty for a bailable offense, or for not finding sureties to recognize for him, may inquire into the case and admit him to bail. In any prosecution for violation of the statutes relating to manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor a respondent therein who has failed to comply with the term of any recognizance entered into by him in such case, shall not again be admitted to bail in such case or upon CHAP. 98 arrest on any capias issued therein, except by a justice of the court in which such prosecution is pending.' Approved March 27, 1923. Chapter 98. An Act to Amend Section Twenty-four of Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes, Relating to Conspiracies. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: R. S., c. 128, sec. 24; relating to conspiracies, amended. Section twentyfour of chapter one hundred twenty-eight of the revised statutes is hereby amended, by inserting after the word "another" in the fourth line thereof the following words: 'or for one or more of them to sell intoxicating liquor in this state in violation of law to one or more of the others'; so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 24. Law extended so as to apply to conspiracies to sell intoxicating liquor. If two or more persons conspire and agree together, with the fraudulent or malicious intent wrongfully and wickedly to injure the person, character, business or property of another; or for one or more of them to sell intoxicating liquor in this state in violation of law to one or more of the others; or to do any illegal act injurious to the public trade, health, morals, police or administration of public justice; or to commit a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, they are guilty of a conspiracy, and every such offender, and every person convicted of conspiracy at common law, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.' Approved March 27, 1923. Chapter 99. An Act to Prohibit the Conferring of Degrees Without Special Authorization. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. I. Conferring literary or academic degrees without authority of legislature prohibited. No person, partnership, or institution and no corporation shall be empowered to confer educational, literary or academic degrees unless thereunto expressly authorized by an act of the legislature. Sec. 2. Penalty. Any person, partnership, institution or corporation. offering or conferring degrees, or purporting to offer and confer degrees without being thereunto duly authorized, shall be punished by a fine of |