Maine Election Law Amendment, 1807.pdf

An act, in addition to the several acts regulating Elections, Chapter 26, Section 1: It is enacted that the selectmen and clerks in the several towns and districts, and the assessors of the several unincorporated plantations, shall make and seal up a separate list of the persons voted for as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and for Senators and Representatives, in the several towns, districts, and plantations, and transmit the same to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or to the Sheriffs of their respective counties, according to the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 2: It is further enacted that the selectmen, clerks, and assessors, aforesaid, shall make and seal up a separate list of the persons voted for as Representatives in Congress, in the several towns, districts, and plantations, and transmit the same to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or to the Sheriffs of their respective counties.

Section 3: It is enacted that when the returns of votes from the several towns, districts, and plantations, within this Commonwealth, for Representatives in Congress, shall be received in the office of the Secretary, the same shall not be opened until delivered by him to the Governor and Council, or to the executive authority of the Commonwealth, for the time being, to be by them examined agreeably to the Constitution.

Section 4: It is enacted that the selectmen, clerks, and assessors, aforesaid, shall, before entering on the execution of their respective offices, take an oath, or if they have conscientious scruples, make an affirmation, according to law, before some justice of the peace, or the clerk of the town, district, or plantation, where they are selectmen or assessors, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of their office respecting all elections and the returns thereof.

An act to rectify and establish the line between the towns of Chesterville and Farmington, Chapter 27: It is enacted that the line between the towns of Chesterville and Farmington shall be as follows: Beginning at the confluence of the Little Norridgewock Boundary with Wilton's Stream, and down said stream to its confluence with the stream called Sandy River.

An act, in addition to an act entitled "An act to regulate the catching Salmon, Shad, and Alewives, and to prevent obstructions in Merrimack River, and in the other rivers and streams running into the same, within this Commonwealth, and for repealing several acts heretofore made for that purpose": Section 1: It is enacted that so long as any mill or mills, or mill dam, shall stand and be kept and maintained across Beaver-brook, in the town of Dracut, at the place where the mills of Jonathan Bradley now stand, the owner or occupant of such mill or mills, and mill dam, shall be required and held to keep open a passage or sluice way, or to pass up and down through the same, which shall not be less than six feet wide, and the waters therein, not less than six inches deep; and the owner, or occupant of such mill and dam, shall be holden to keep the said passage or sluice way below the dam in good repair.

Section 2: It is enacted that so long as the owner or occupant of such mill or mills, as aforesaid, shall cause to be made and kept in good repair, and left open such passage or sluice way, through such dam or dams, of the dimensions and depth of water aforesaid, such proprietor or occupant shall not be subject to any prosecution under or by virtue of the act, to which this is an addition, nor to any forfeiture or penalty therein contained.