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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1864
Page
3
The document outlines duties for town clerks physicians undertakers and others to record births marriages and deaths with precise details and deadlines. It specifies annual reporting requirements by April fifteenth and April last day, penalties for noncompliance, and rules for transmitting copies to local clerks. It ends noting repeals and a March 22 1864 approval date.
Chapter detailing amendments to Revised Statutes sections on tax assessment and ministerial funds of religious societies. It covers how property held by religious bodies is assessed and the handling of personal property within ministerial funds. The act includes effective date and governor approval. It also references provisions for railroad land damages and protective terms to secure rights and obligations for railroads and affected parties.
The bill allows residents of towns that lose or gain territory to vote for U S and state lawmakers in the town they left until reapportionment. It covers who may vote for congress, state senate or house depending on district alignment and annexation status. Approved March 22 1864. An act also empowers courts of probate to authorize executors and others to refer or compromise claims in certain cases.
The act requires the clerk under court direction to place all summoned jurors’ names on tickets in a box, mix and draw them one by one to form the panel for trials of offenses punishable by death. Peremptory challenges and juror objections are decided as each juror is drawn and sworn, continuing until the panel is complete. The act takes effect upon approval, dated March 2, 1864.
A new act amends public laws from 1863 to allow real estate pledged as security by insurance companies to be taxed in the location where the property lies if different from the stockholder's residence. It clarifies how pledged real estate affects stock tax exemption and when the act takes effect.
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