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SECTION

CHAPTER 66.

OF GUIDE POSTS.

IDENTICAL WITH

Chapter 330, Laws of 1846.

SECTION

1. Towns to erect guide boards; may 3. Fine for throwing down, destroying, dispense with them in certain cases.

2. Penalty for neglect.

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SECTION 1. Every town shall erect and keep in repair suitable guide boards or guide posts at the intersection and junction of all public highways, on which shall be distinctly and legibly marked the name of such neighboring town or place as shall be most necessary and convenient for the direction of travellers, and such other towns as the selectmen shall think proper, and the distance in miles to the same, with an index pointing towards the places to which said road leads; provided that any town may by vote at any town meeting, upon an article in the warrant therefor, determine to dispense with a guide board or guide post at any place or places where they may believe the same to be unnecessary.

SEC. 2. If any town shall neglect to erect or keep in repair any guide board or guide post required as aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay for each neglect the sum of five dollars, to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same for his own use; provided, however, that no such suit shall be commenced until the person proposing to bring such suit shall have given to one of the selectmen of such town notice in writing of his intention to commence such action, at least twenty days prior thereto; and if the said selectmen shall cause to be erected or repaired such guide board or guide post before the expiration of said twenty days, no such action shall be sustained.

SEC. 3. If any person shall throw down, destroy or deface any such guide board, guide post or its appendages, or the letters or figures thereon, or aid or assist therein, he shall, on conviction upon complaint before any justice of the peace, be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars, for the use of the town.

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SECTION 1. Every person travelling with any carriage or other vehicle, who shall meet any other person so travelling on any highway or bridge, shail seasonably drive his carriage or vehicle to the right of the centre of the travelled part of the road, so as to enable such person to pass with his carriage or vehicle without interference or interruption.

SEC. 2. Every person who shall offend against the provisions of the preceding section, shall, upon complaint before a justice of the peace, be punished by fine not less than one dollar nor more than twelve dollars, and shall be liable for all damages sustained in consequence of any neglect to comply with said provisions.

SEC. 3. No complaint for any offence prohibited by this chapter shall be sustained, unless made by the party aggrieved or by some person authorized by him within ninety days after such offence is committed.

SEC. 4. No action for damages sustained by reason of any violation of this chapter shall be supported, unless it shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued.

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SECTION 1. Every ferryman shall keep one or more good boats in good repair, suitable for the water they are to ferry over, and shall give ready and due attendance on passengers upon all occa

sions. If any ferryman shall neglect to provide such boat, he shall forfeit ten dollars; and if he shall neglect or refuse to give such attendance, he shall forfeit five dollars, to the use of any person who shall be injured by such neglect.

SEC. 2. The court of common pleas shall determine the rates of ferriage at the several ferries in their counties, which shall be recorded by the clerk, and a copy of the order of the court shall be served on each ferryman at the expense of the county, who shall cause the same to be affixed to some conspicuous place in his house for public inspection.

SEC. 3. If any ferryman shall demand and receive of any person for any service rendered by him as such ferryman, a greater sum than the rate prescribed in such order of court, the same may be recovered by the person paying the same with costs of suit, and such ferryman shall upon complaint before any justice of the peace be fined not exceeding five dollars.

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TITLE X.

OF THE SUPPORT OF PAUPERS AND THE PRE-
VENTION OF PAUPERISM.

CHAPTER 69. Of the settlement of paupers.

CHAPTER 70.

CHAPTER 71.

Of the support of town paupers.
Of the support of county paupers.

CHAPTER 72. Of the maintenance of bastard children.

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SECTION 1. A legal settlement may be gained by any person in any town, so as to oblige such town to support such person, if

poor and unable to support himself, in the manner following, and not otherwise:

First: A married woman shall have the settlement of her husband, if he has or shall acquire any within this State; otherwise her settlement at the time of her marriage shall continue:

Second: Legitimate children shall have the settlement of their father if any he has within this State; otherwise the settlement of their mother, if any she has, until they gain a settlement of their

own:

Third: Illegitimate children shall have the settlement of their mother at the time of their birth, if any she has within the State: Fourth Any person of the age of twenty-one years, having real estate of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, or personal estate of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars, in the town where he dwells and has his home, and paying all taxes duly assessed on him and his estate for four years in succession, shall thereby gain a settlement in said town:

Fifth Any person admitted an inhabitant by any town at any legal meeting in the warrant for which an article for the purpose shall be inserted, or who shall be chosen and shall actually serve one year in the office of clerk, treasurer, selectman or overseer of the poor therein, shall thereby gain a settlement in such town:

Sixth: Any person dwelling and having his home in any unincorporated place at the time when the same shall become incorporated into a town, shall thereby gain a settlement therein:

Seventh: If two or more towns shall be incorporated into one town, any person having his settlement in either of such towns, shall have his settlement in the town so incorporated:

Eighth Upon the division of any town, any person having his settlement therein, shall thereafter have his settlement in that town in which his last dwelling place shall have been:

Ninth: If the dwelling house or home of any person residing but having no settlement in any town, shall by act of law fall within the limits of any other town, such person shall acquire a settlement in such last named town in the same time and manner as he would have done in the former town if no such change had taken place:

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Tenth Any person of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in any town in this State, and being taxed for his poll for seven years in succession, shall have paid all taxes legally assessed on his poll and estate during said term, shall thereby gain a settlement in such town.

SEC. 2. No person shall gain a settlement by birth in any town in which neither of his parents then has a settlement.

SEC. 3. No town shall be liable for the support of any person unless he or the person under whom he derives his settlement, shall have gained a settlement therein under some law passed since the thirty-first day of December, A. D. 1795.

SEC. 4.

Every settlement shall continue until a new settlement

is gained in this State, and upon gaining such new settlement any former settlement shall be lost.

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SECTION 1. When any person in any town shall be poor and unable to support himself, he shall be relieved and maintained by the overseers of the poor of such town, whether he has a settlement in such town or otherwise.

SEC. 2. Any town may purchase and hold lands, and may purchase or erect all buildings and furnish all means which may be necessary for the accommodation, support and employment of the poor within said town, and at any legal meeting may raise so much money as may be necessary for said purposes, and for managing and keeping such property in repair.

SEC. 3. The town may appoint all necessary officers for the management of such property, and establish necessary by-laws and regulations for the government of its inmates, provided that no punishment shall exceed that allowed in the house of correction of said town.

SEC. 4. The overseers of the poor in any town may by written contract bind out to labor for a term not exceeding one year, or employ in their work house every person residing in such town, who lives idly and pursues no lawful business, and who is poor and stands in need of relief, or whose family standing in need of relief is supported by such town, and shall take the wages and appropriate the same to the maintenance of such person, his family or children.

SEC. 5. Said overseers may set to work in the work house or elsewhere, or bind out as apprentices all children residing in their

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