DIVORCES NISI-FURNISHING INTOXICATING LIQUORS TO PRISONERS. 149 of whom shall be directors in any one national bank, who CHAP. 156 shall elect from their number, or otherwise, such other offi cers as they see fit.' Approved January 25, 1889 Chapter 156. An Act to repeal Section eleven, Chapter sixty of the Revised Statutes, relating to granting Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Section eleven, chapter sixty, of the Revised Sec. 11, ch. 60, Statutes is hereby repealed. R. S., repealed. SECT. 2. This act shall apply to all pending cases, except Act shall apply where divorces have hitherto been decreed nisi. SECT. 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved January 25, 1889. to pending cases. Chapter 157. An Act to prevent persons from furnishing Intoxicating Liquors to Prisoners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Penalty for furnishing in toxicating liquors to persons in confine ment. SECT. 1. Whoever gives, sells or delivers to a person confined in any jail, house of correction or other place of confinement, or to a person in custody of any officer qualified to serve criminal processes, any spirituous or intoxicating liquor, or has in possession, within the precincts of any jail, house of correction, or other place of confinement, any such liquor, with intent to convey or deliver the same to any person confined therein, unless under the direction of the exception. physician appointed to attend said prisoner, or of the officer in charge of said place of confinement of said prisoner, shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail or house of correction not exceeding thirty days. SECT. 2. Municipal and police courts and trial justices shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this act. Approved January 29, 1889. CHAP. 158 bec. 2, ch. 28, Public Laws of 1887 Chapter 158. An Act to amend Section two of Chapter twenty-eight of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, relating to the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the city of Portland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Section two of chapter twenty-eight of the 1567 amended." public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven is hereby amended by striking out the words "chapter one hundred and nineteen" in the sixth and in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines of said section, and inserting in their place, the words 'chapter one hundred and twenty.' SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved January 29, 1889. Sec. 13, ch. 133, Public Laws of 1887 repealed. Chapter 159. An Act to repeal Section thirteen, Chapter one hundred thirty-three, of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, relating to the classification and labor of prisoners in State Prison. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. Section thirteen of chapter one hundred thirtythree of the public laws of eighteen hundred eighty-seven, is hereby repealed. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved January 29, 1889. Penalty for abuse to children. Chapter 160. An Act to prevent Cruelty to Children. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Any parent, guardian, or other person, having the care and custody of any child, who cruelly treats such child by abuse, neglect, overwork or extreme punishment, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year. Approved January 31, 1989. CHAP. 161 Chapter 161. An Act to amend Section sixty-one of Chapter thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes, relating to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: R. S. amended. tised stallions be filed with deeds. register of SECT. 1. Section sixty-one of chapter thirty-eight of the Sec. 61, ch 38, Revised Statutes is hereby amended by adding after the word "bred," in the sixth line, the following: and it shall be the duty of such register to record such certificate in a book kept for that purpose; copies of such certificate, duly certified by such register, may be used in evidence, the same as the original, in any court in this state. The fee of the register for recording, and for each certificate, shall be twenty-five cents,' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: 'SECT. 61. The owner or keeper of any stallion for breed- Record of adve ing purposes before advertising, by written or printed notices, the service thereof, shall file a certificate with the register of deeds in the county where said stallion is owned, or kept, stating the name, color, age and size of the same, together with the pedigree of said stallion, as fully as attainable, and certificate to the name of the person by whom he was bred. And it shall be the duty of such register to record such certificate in a book kept for that purpose; copies of such certificate, duly certified by such register, may be used in evidence, the same as the original, in any court in this state. The fee of the fee. register for recording, and for each certificate, shall be twentyfive cents. Whoever neglects to make and file such certifi- penalty for cate shall recover no compensation for said services, and if he knowingly and wilfully makes and files a false certificate of the statements aforesaid, he forfeits one hundred dollars, to be recovered by complaint, indictment or action of debt, for the county where the offence is committed.' SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 1, 1889. be recorded. neglect. Chapter 162. An Act to amend Section sixty-two, Chapter seventy, of the Revised Statutes, relating to the discharge of Insolvent Debtors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section sixty-two, chapter seventy, of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, relating to the discharge of insolvent debtors, is hereby amended by adding "thereto" after the word "debtor," and before the word "if," in the forty-second line of said section, the following words, to wit: and any creditor of said insolvent estate who knowingly receives, directly or indirectly, from a debtor in insolvency, or from his estate, as an inducement to consent to said debtor's discharge, or to assign his claim to a third person who will so consent, a larger percentage on his debt than shall be offered and distributed to all his other creditors of the same class, shall forfeit to any other creditor of such estate first suing therefor, a sum equal to the whole amount received by him on account of said claim, including dividends legally declared, with interest from the time such sums were so received, which sum may be recovered in an action on the case, brought by the creditor discovering such overpayment, in any county in which either party to such suit resides, within one year after such discovery.' So that said section, as amended, shall remain unchanged until the word "debtor" is reached, in said forty-second line, and from and after said word "debtor", shall read as follows: 'and any creditor of said insolvent estate who knowingly receives, directly or indirectly, from a debtor in insolvency, or from his estate, as an inducement to consent to said debtor's discharge, or to assign his claim to a third person who will so consent, a larger percentage on his debt than shall be offered and distributed to other creditors of the same class, shall forfeit to any other creditor of such estate first suing therefor, a sum equal to the whole amount received by him on account of said claim, including dividends legally declared, with interest from the time such sums were so received, which sum may be recovered in an action on the case, brought by the creditor discovering such overpayment, in any county in which either party to such suit resides, within one year after such discovery. If the proceedings are by or against a co partnership, the affidavit, agreement and certificate shall be CHAP. 163 varied accordingly, and shall contain both the names of the firm and the names of the members thereof. Before such certificate is granted, the debtor shall pay all the expenses incurred during the proceedings.' Approved February 1. 1889. Chapter 163. An Act relating to use of Corporate Seals. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: tutes a valid seal. Whenever a corporate seal is used or required on any What constiinstrument, an impression made on the paper of such instrument by the seal of the corporation, without any adhesive substance shall be deemed a valid seal. Approved February 5, 1889. Chapter 164. An Act to change the time of holding the September term of the Supreme Judicial Court in and for Somerset County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECT. 1. The September term of the supreme judicial court within and for the county of Somerset, shall be held on the third Tuesday of September instead of the first Tuesday of September, as now required by law. SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 5, 1889. Time of holding of September term S. J. Court, in changed. Somerset county |