CHAP. 84. Shares. First meeting, how called. SECT. 3. The shares of said company shall be of such number as the directors may determine, the par value of the whole number not to exceed the aggregate sum of two hundred thousand dollars. SECT. 4. Jotham P. Norton is hereby authorized to call the first meeting of the corporators, at York, Maine, by giving to each of the others a written notice of the same seven days before such meeting. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. School committee of Portland, how constituted. -term of office. -succession. -vacancies in, how filled. Chapter 84. An act relating to the schools in the city of Portland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The school committee of the city of Portland shall consist of the mayor of said city, who shall be ex officio chairman of the committee, and of seven other persons, one of whom shall be elected in each ward at the annual election for municipal officers, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-five, in the same manner that aldermen now are, and such person shall be a resident of the ward in which he is elected. SECT. 2. At the first meeting said committee shall designate by lot those of their number who shall hold office for one year, and four of their number who shall hold office for two years, and certify such designation to the clerk of said city, to be by him recorded; and thereafter, at each annual municipal election in said city, a person shall be elected, to fill the place of each one whose term expires, from the same ward as that of the member going out, in the same manner as hereinbefore provided, and hold office for two years. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in said board, the remaining members shall give immediate notice in writing of the fact to said city clerk, and the city council of said city shall thereupon, in joint convention, proceed to fill such vacancy by ballot, and the person residing in the ward in which the vacancy occurred receiving a majority of ballots of persons entitled to vote at such election, shall be declared elected, and hold office till the next annual spring election, when the unexpired term, if any, shall be filled by the election of a person from the ward where the vacancy occurred. The members of said commit -organization of. tee, duly elected, shall meet and organize on the second Monday in March, or as soon thereafter as may be, at such time and place as the mayor shall appoint. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. CHAP. 85. Quorum. School committee, Portland, powers and duties of. shall elect a superintendent of his salary. schools and fix SECT. 3. The said committee shall have all the power, and perform all the duties in regard to the care and management of the public schools of said city, which are now conferred and imposed upon superintending school committees by the laws of this state, except as otherwise provided in this act. They shall annually, and whenever there is a vacancy, elect a superintendent of schools for the current municipal year, who shall have the care and supervision of said public schools under their direction, and act as secretary of their board; they shall fix his salary at the time of his election, which shall not be increased during the year for which he is elected, except by consent of said city council, and may at any time dismiss him if they deem it proper and expedient. They shall annually, as soon after the organization of their board as practicable, furnish to said city council an estimate in detail of the several sums required during the ensuing municipal year for the support of said public schools, and shall not increase the salaries of the superintendent and teachers, or any other expenditures, beyond the amounts specified therefor in such estimate, except by consent of said city council. No member of the com- shall receive no mittee shall receive any compensation for his services. SECT. 4. All powers, obligations and duties in regard to said public schools, not conferred and imposed upon said committee by the provisions of this act, shall be and are hereby vested in the city council of said city. shall furnish to mate of cost of city council esti schools. compensation. -powers not conferred on, vested in city council. repealed. SECT. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the pro- Certain acts visions herein contained, as far as the city of Portland is con cerned, are hereby repealed. SECT. 6. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. Chapter 85. An act to amend "an act authorizing George Dyer to establish a ferry." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section one be amended by striking out the whole section and inserting establish a ferry. 'SECT. 1. George Dyer, of North Haven, in the county of Authorized to Knox, his associates and successors, are hereby authorized and empowered to establish a ferry across tide waters from the land and shore of Andrew L. Kent, in North Haven, across Fox Island CHAP. 86. Location. Boats. thoroughfare, to such a point of land or landing place as shall be determined by the inhabitants of Vinalhaven, by a majority of votes thrown at any town meeting, of which due notice shall have been given, with such boat or boats as may be necessary for public convenience, and use the same thereon at all suitable times.' Approved February 10, 1875. Authorized to build wharf. Chapter 86. An act to authorize Andrew J. Whiting and Obadiah Allen to extend a wharf into tide waters at Somes' sound, Mount Desert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Andrew J. Whiting and Obadiah Allen, their heirs and assigns, be authorized and empowered to build and maintain a wharf into the tide waters of Somes' sound, Mount Desert, four hundred feet, but not to interfere with navigation. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. Joshua A. Lamb, justice of peace, of. Chapter 87. An act to legalize the acts of Joshua A. Lamb as justice of the peace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The acts of Joshua A. Lamb, of Calais, in the county to legalize doings of Washington, and State of Maine, as justice of the peace in and for said county, from the fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, to the twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, are hereby ratified and made legal and valid. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. WHARF.-LOUIS M. PARTRIDGE.-CALAIS RED GRANITE CO. Chapter SS. An act to authorize W. R. Sawyer to hold, maintain and extend a wharf into tide water in the town of Millbridge. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: 65 CHAP. 88. maintain wharf. SECT. 1. W. R. Sawyer, his heirs, associates, successors or Authorized to assigns, are hereby authorized to hold, maintain and extend a wharf, built by him in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, into tide water in the town and harbor of Millbridge. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. Chapter 89. An act to legalize the doings of Louis M. Partridge of Stockton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The doings of Louis M. Partridge of Stockton, as a justice of the peace and quorum within and for the county of Waldo from May eighth, eighteen hundred seventy-three, to January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, are hereby made legal and valid. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Louis M. Part ridge, justice of peace, to legalize doings of. Chapter 90. An act to incorporate the Calais Red Granite Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legis lature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Rendol Whidden, Charles R. Whidden and Frederick Corporators. T. Waite, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of Privileges, liabili ties, &c. the Calais Red Granite Company, for the purpose of quarrying Corporate name. granite and other mineral, and for manufacturing and selling the Purpose of. same in their various forms, with all the privileges and subject to all the restrictions, duties and liabilities imposed upon similar corporations by the laws of this state, with the right to construct, under the general laws of the state, a tramway and bridges from Tramways and their quarries, in the city of Calais, to tide water, at one or more bridges. CHAP. 91. points on the Saint Croix river, for the purpose of transportation to and from their quarries. Roads. Wharves. Capital stock. Shares. First meeting, how called. SECT. 2. Said corporation shall have the right to build such roads on their own land, to tide water, as may be necessary for the purposes of transportation to and from their quarries, and to build and maintain a wharf or wharves on their own land, not to extend more than fifty feet below low water mark. SECT. 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into such number of shares and such price per share as the corporation shall by vote determine. SECT. 4. The first meeting of said corporation for the purpose of organizing the company, may be called by any one of the persons named in this act, by giving written notice to each of the others, setting forth the time, place and purpose of said meeting, five days before said meeting. SECT. 5. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. Corporators. Chapter 91. An act to incorporate the Calais Publishing Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Charles R. Whidden, Edgar Whidden and Charles R. Whidden, junior, their associates, successors and assigns, are Corporate name. hereby made a corporation under the name of the Calais Publishing Purpose of. Location. Capital stock. May hold real and personal estate. First meeting. Company, for the purpose of carrying on a general printing and publishing business, including the printing and publishing of newspapers, in Calais, in the county of Washington. SECT. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall be five thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each, which capital stock may be increased by said corporation to twenty-five thousand dollars. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate suitable for the purposes of this incorporation, to the extent of twenty-five thousand dollars. SECT. 3. Either of said corporators is authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation. SECT. 4. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 10, 1875. |