CHAP. 112 and booms and make such improvements, and may flow contiguous lands so far as necessary to raise suitable heads of water, to attach his booms and piers to land adjacent to said Nash stream and the east and west branches thereof, and may with his agents, servants and teams pass and repass over and along the shores of said Nash stream and the east and west branches thereof, and to and from the same, over the land of other persons, for the purpose aforesaid, and for managing said dams, piers and booms, making compensation therefor as is provided in case of damage for lands taken in laying out highways. Sec. 3. Rates of tolls; lien for tolls. The said Albion L. Savage, his associates, successors and assigns, may demand and receive toll for the passage of logs, pulpwood and other lumber over either of his said dams, and on all logs, pulpwood and other lumber landed in said Nash stream on the east and west branches thereof, above the north line of said Coplin Plantation, of sixty cents per thousand feet for logs and other lumber, and thirty cents per cord for pulpwood, at the same scale adopted by the Dead River Log Driving Company, and the said Albion L. Savage, his associates, successors and assigns, shall have a lien on all logs, pulpwood and other lumber that may pass over his said dams and improvements, for the payment of said toll, and unless said toll is paid within thirty days after said logs, pulpwood or other lumber shall have passed by the north line of said Coplin Plantation, said Albion L. Savage, his associates, successors and assigns, shall have a lien on said logs, pulpwood or other lumber, to be enforced in the same manner as liens for driving of logs or lumber under the provisions of section forty-nine of chapter ninety-six of the revised statutes and acts amendatory thereof and additional thereto. No tolls shall be levied on lumber cut from land now owned by the Stratton Manufacturing Company. Sec. 4. Tolls not to exceed repair expenses, after reimbursed for outlay. When the said Albion L. Savage, his associates, successors and assigns, have received from tolls, his outlay on dams, improvements and repairs made up to that time, and six per cent interest thereon, then the toll shall be reduced to a sum sufficient to keep the works in repair. The treasurer of the Kennebec Log Driving Company for the time being is appointed to audit the accounts and determine the cost of said dams and improvements, and repairs. Sec. 5. Cost of existing dams to be included. The cost of dams and improvements already erected upon said Nash stream and the east and west branches thereof, by the said Albion L. Savage since January first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, shall be included in the cost of the dams and improvements designated in this act. CHAP. 113 Sec. 6. Right to take over by state, reserved. The state of Maine reserves the right to take over by proper legislation the property rights and franchises hereby granted, upon the payment of just compensation to the owners thereof, but such compensation shall not include the value of the franchises hereby granted. Approved April 4, 1923. Chapter 113. An Act to Enable the Towns of Turner and Leeds in the County of Androscoggin, or the County of Androscoggin, to Make Free the North Turner Toll Bridge. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. 1. Proprietors of North Turner bridge authorized to sell to towns of Turner and Leeds, or to Androscoggin county. The proprietors of the · North Turner bridge, commonly called the North Turner Toll Bridge, incorporated by chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and twenty-six, by its directors, officers or receivers, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, transfer and convey to the inhabitants of the towns of Turner and Leeds, in the county of Androscoggin, or to the county of Androscoggin, the property and franchises of said corporation, namely, the bridge extending over and across the Androscoggin river between the towns of Turner and Leeds, the approaches thereto, toll house and all other property owned by said. corporation and used or useful in the maintenance of a way over said river at said point, but excepting cash and receivables. Sec. 2. Towns or county authorized to purchase, and to raise money therefor. Said towns are authorized to purchase the same and raise moneys for payment therefor as the electors thereof determine in town meetings lawfully assembled. The county commissioners of Androscoggin county are authorized and empowered to purchase the same, and to use the funds and credit of the county in payment therefor, but not in excess of two thousand dollars. Sec. 3. Bridge to become part of highway and to be free; assessment of damages. Whenever said property and franchises shall have been acquired in either of the ways aforesaid, said bridges, its location and the approaches thereto shall be and become part of the public highway connecting with the present highways on either side of said river, as though laid out in manner now provided by law for the laying out and construction of highways; and all persons, other than said proprietors of North Turner Bridges, who are injured thereby shall have their damages assessed and paid in the same manner provided for the assessment of damages caused CHAP. 114 by the laying out of highways under the general law. Said bridges shall forever thereafterward be a free public bridge, and shall be maintained and kept in repair as now provided by law for bridges built by municipalities upon public highways or county ways. Approved April 4, 1923. Chapter 114. An Act to Allow the Town of Forest City to Hold Its Annual Town Meeting for the Year Nineteen Hundred Twenty-three in the Month of April, Instead of in March, as Required by Law. Emergency preamble. Whereas, it is impossible to hold a legal annual town meeting for the year nineteen hundred twenty-three, in the month of March, in the town of Forest City, because of the fact that at the meeting which was called for March twenty-six, a sufficient number of voters were not present and therefore it was impossible to hold a legal meeting in the month of March, Whereas, if a town meeting is not held no money can be raised to carry on the affairs of the town for the ensuing municipal year, and Whereas, in the judgment of the legislature these facts create an emergency within the meaning of section sixteen of article thirty-one of the constitution of the State of Maine, and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now therefore, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. 1. Authorized to hold annual town meeting, 1923, in April. The inhabitants of the town of Forest City, in the county of Washington, are hereby authorized and empowered to hold their annual town meeting on any Monday in the month of April, in the year nineteen hundred twentythree, instead of in March as required by statute, and said meeting, if held in April, shall be of the same effect and validity as if held in the month. of March. Sec. 2. Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble this act shall take effect when approved. Approved April 5, 1923. Chapter 115. An Act to Change the Name of Rattlesnake Pond in the Town of Brownfield to Lane Pond. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Name Rattlesnake pond changed to Lane pond. The name of Rattle CHAP. 116 snake pond in the town of Brownfield, is hereby changed to Lane pond, the name by which it was known many years ago. Approved April 6, 1923. Chapter 116. An Act Relative to the Gould Electric Company. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. 1. P. & S. L., 1917, c. 203, sec. 7; relating to purchase of franchises and property of other corporations, amended. Section seven of chapter two hundred and three of the private and special laws of the state of Maine of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended by adding after the word "corporation" in the seventh line thereof, the words, 'and also the right to purchase the stock and bonds of the Maine & New Brunswick Electric Power Company, Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of New Brunswick,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Sec. 7. Authorized to acquire stock and bonds of Maine & New Brunswick Power Co., Ltd. The said Gould Electric Company is hereby authorized with the approval of the public utilities commission, to acquire by purchase plants, property, franchises, rights, privileges and locations of other corporations or individuals engaged in the electric business in the said county of Aroostook, and also to purchase stocks, bonds or other securities of such corporations, and also the right to purchase the stock and bonds of the Maine & New Brunswick Electric Power Company, Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of New Brunswick.' Sec. 2. Right to take over franchises, reserved to state. The state of Maine reserves the right to take over by proper legislation such of the property, rights and franchises of the Maine & New Brunswick Electric Power Company, Limited, as are located within the borders of the said state and as have been granted to the said company by said state upon the payment of just compensation to the owners thereof, but such compensation shall not include the value of any rights and franchises heretofore granted to said Maine & New Brunswick Electric Power Company, Limited, by the said state. Sec. 3. Electric current of said company not to be transmitted beyond state. It shall be unlawful for said Maine & New Brunswick Electric Power Company, Limited, to transmit any electric current generated by said company within the borders of the state of Maine for sale or use beyond the limits of this state, or to contract with any person, firm, or corporation for the transmission or sale of such electric current beyond the CHAP. 117 limits of this state, and said corporations shall not be permitted to acquire in any manner the franchises of or consolidate with, or transfer, or lease its property, rights and franchises to any other corporation, firm or person now transmitting, or having the right to transmit, electric power generated within the limits of the state of Maine beyond the confines of said state without express authority of the legislature. Approved April 6, 1923. Chapter 117. An Act to Authorize the Sale by Sebec Dam Company and Purchase by Milo Electric Light and Power Company of All the Property, Rights, Privileges, Immunities and Franchises of Sebec Dam Company. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Sec. I. Sebec Dam Co., authorized to lease or sell; and Milo Electric Light & Power Co., authorized to lease or buy. Sebec Dam Company is hereby authorized and empowered to lease all its property, together with or without all its rights, privileges and franchises, and to sell and convey all its property, together with, but not without, all its rights, privileges and franchises, to Milo Electric Light and Power Company, or to merge or consolidate with said Milo Electric Light and Power Company, and said Milo Electric Light and Power Company shall have and is hereby granted power and authority to acquire by lease all the property, together with or without the rights, privileges and franchises of said Sebec Dam Company, and to acquire by purchase, merger, or consolidation all the property, together with, but not without, the rights, privileges and franchises of said Sebec Dam Company, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the stockholders of said corporations and subject to the provisions of sections sixty to seventy-one, inclusive, of chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes, and subject to the rights of all the creditors of said corporations. Sec. 2. Light Co., subrogated to rights and privileges of Dam Co. From and after any such purchase, sale, lease, merger or consolidation Milo Electric Light and Power Company shall have, possess and enjoy for all purposes of said corporation all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and franchises of said Sebec Dam Company as set out in the act creating said Sebec Dam Company and all amendments thereto, and shall have the right to all tolls and to enforce collection of said tolls specified in said act and the amendments thereto by suit in the name of Milo Electric Light and Power Company or by the provisions to enforce its lien, as provided in said act and the amendments thereto, and may erect at the outlet of Sebec lake or on Sebec stream any other dam to be used in place of any existing dam |