7 he or they shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 8 one hundred dollars. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force 2 on and after its approval by the governor. 11 STATE OF MAINE. IN SENATE, July 11, 1848. ORDERED, That 1,000 copies of the foregoing Report and accompanying Bill, be printed for the use of the Legislature. DANIEL T. PIKE, Secretary. TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE. No. 20. STATE OF MAINE. SENATE. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT. AN ACT establishing the county of Sebasticook. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECTION 1. From and after the date of the proclama2 tion of the governor as hereinafter provided, the towns 3 of Rome, Belgrade, Waterville, Winslow, Albion, Se4 basticook, Clinton, Clinton gore, and the unincorpo5 rated territory north of Albion in the county of Kenne6 bec, and Unity and Burnham in the county of Waldo, 7 and Detroit, Pittsfield, Fairfield and Smithfield in the 8 county of Somerset, be and are hereby constituted 9 and made a county by the name of Sebasticook, William T. Johnson, Printer. 10 whereof Waterville shall be the shire town. And the 11 inhabitants of the said towns, gore and territory from 12 and after the date of the proclamation of the governor 13 as is hereinafter provided, shall have and possess, use 14 and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and im15 munities, and be subject to all the duties which by 16 the constitution and laws of this state are granted to 17 and imposed upon the inhabitants of other counties. SEC. 2. From and after the date of the proclamation 2 of the governor as is hereinafter provided, there shall 3 be holden annually at Waterville within and for said 4 county of Sebasticook, two terms of the district court 5 for the middle district, to wit, on the third Tuesday of 6 May and the third Tuesday of November. And there 7 shall also be holden at said Waterville within and for 8 said county of Sebasticook, two terms of the supreme 9 judicial court, to wit, on the second Wednesday next 10 after the second Tuesday of May, and the second 11 Tuesday of November; at which terms the justices of 12 said courts shall have and exercise the same powers 13 and jurisdiction as they may have and exercise in any 14 other county. And county commissioners shall be 15 appointed by the governor for said county of Sebas 16 ticook, who shall meet at said Waterville on the first 17 Tuesday of May and the first Tuesday of November, 18 in each year. And the said county commissioners 19 shall have and exercise all the powers and do and 20 perform all the duties which county commissioners in 21 other counties do and perform. SEC. 3. There shall be a court of probate in and 2 for said county to be held at such times and places 3 as shall be designated by the judge of said court or 4 by law. And the judge of said court shall have the 5 same powers, and exercise the same jurisdiction and 6 perform the same duties, as judges of probate have, 7 exercise and perform in other counties. SEC. 4. All business and actions, matters and things 2 commenced and entered before this act shall go into 3 effect, in the supreme judicial courts and the district 4 courts for the middle district in the counties of Ken5 nebec, Somerset and Waldo and pending therein, 6 involving title to real estate situated in said county of 7 Sebasticook, or wherein the original plaintiff or plain8 tiffs, petitioner or petitioners, one or more of them 9 lives or resides in the said county of Sebasticook, and 10 all indictments for offenses committed in the county |