SEC. 7. In any trial at law or in equity, involving 2 the validity of the title of the county to any land for3 feited for nonpayment of taxes, it shall be sufficient for 4 the county to produce the assessment, signed by the 5 county commissioners, or a copy of the act of the 6 legislature imposing the same, and prove that notice 7 of such assessment was advertised by the treasurer, 8 as provided in section first of this act. SEC. 8. The affidavit of any county treasurer as to 2 the publication required by this act, may be used in 3 evidence in any trial at law or in equity to prove the 4 fact of notice, provided such affidavit made on a copy 5 of the original advertisement, shall be filed in the 6 registry of the county or district where the land lies, 7 within six months from its date. SEC. 9. If any taxes provided for in this act shall 2 not have been paid before the time the interest on the 3 same is to be computed, as mentioned in the fifth 4 section of this act, any person may advance said taxes 5 by paying the tax and interest, and thereupon be enti6 tled to the certificate hereinafter provided for. SEC. 10. When any person not the owner of said 2 lands, shall advance the taxes and charges, he shall 3 be entitled to a certificate from the county treasurer, 4 to whom said tax was advanced, which certificate 5 shall state the amount advanced, distinguishing be6 tween principal and interest, the tract or land on 7 which it is paid, as described in the assessment, the 8 name of the person making the advancement, and 9 said certificate shall also state that the holder of the 10 same shall be entitled, in case the owners redeem the 11 land, to all moneys paid on said tract, or in failure of 12 such redemption to a deed of the forfeited premises, 13 as hereinafter provided-and it shall be the duty of 14 the treasurer to make a record of said certificate. SEC. 11. Whenever any taxes shall be advanced 2 as provided in the tenth section of this act, the owner 3 or owners of the land taxed or assessed, may redeem 4 the same as provided in the fifth section of this act 5 and all moneys paid for such redemption, shall belong 6 to the holder of the certificate issued to the person who 7 advanced said taxes-and the county shall be liable 8 for the payment of such money to the holder of said 9 certificate as for so much money deposited in their 10 treasury for his use, after a demand by such holder 11 for the same and an offer to surrender said certificate. SEC. 12. When no owner or owners shall appear 2 to discharge the taxes assessed on lands in unincor 3 porated places, as provided in the fifth section of this 4 act, in case the taxes have been advanced to the 5 county by any person or persons, such forfeiture shall 6 be for the use and benefit of the holder of the certifi7 cate issued to the person who advanced said taxes. 8 And the county treasurer for the time being, shall be, 9 and hereby is authorized to make and execute in the 10 name and behalf of the inhabitants of the county, a 11 deed of quitclaim of all the claim, interest and title, 12 to such forfeited lands to the holder of said certifi13 cate when thereto requested, and shall deliver him 14 said deed upon the surrender of said certificate. SEC. 13. All laws now in force in relation to the 2 collection of taxes on lands in unincorporated places, 3 shall be and remain in force, for all the purposes of 4 collecting any taxes which may have been or shall be 5 assessed prior to the time when this act shall take 6 effect. SEC. 14. Article first of chapter fourteenth of 2 the revised statutes, and all acts and parts of acts in3 consistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby 4 repealed-and this act shall take effect from and after 5 January first, one thousand eight hundred and forty6 nine. STATE OF MAINE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 2, 1848. ORDERED, That 350 copies of the foregoing Bill (reported from the committee on state lands and state roads) be printed for the use of the Legislature. SAMUEL BELCHER, Clerk. TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE. No. 35. STATE OF MAINE. HOUSE. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT. AN ACT in addition to chapter twenty-fifth of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives in Legislature assembled, as follows: SECTION 1. Whenever any person or persons shall 2 make application in writing to the county commis3 sioners of any county within this state, to locate any 4 highway, across or over any lands not situated within 5 the limits of any town or organized plantation, or to 6 make an assessment on such lands for the purpose of 7 making or repairing any such road, already or which |