Section 303. Copy and notice to be served

The applicant on receiving the
  copy and notice shall, on the same day,  or  the  next  day  thereafter,
  excluding  Sundays and holidays, cause such copy and notice to be served
  upon the persons to whom it is addressed, by delivering to each of  them
  who  reside  in the same town a copy thereof, or in case of his absence,
  by leaving the same at his residence and upon such as reside  elsewhere,
  by  depositing  in  the  postoffice  a  copy  thereof  to each, properly
  enclosed in  an  envelope,  addressed  to  them  respectively  at  their
  postoffice  address,  and  paying  the  postage  thereon, or, in case of
  infant owners, by like service upon their parent or guardian.