Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-05


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Section = Any person Who kno~hs3y =
willingly shah make . fAise afsdasif. q taks .
false OATH or sign false ceFfihcate rseardino
the qualification Of any person for the asna1e
nent Of . TAX or for registration. a shAn fnjuN
Or defAre any list Of vosers or any notice relAsAe
to the regisffasiea Of vosers in any city o. shan
prevent or interfere with. or aid Or abet ans
person In preventing Or interfering with any
public Officer in the discharge of his duty Felat
ing to the registration Of voters. shall for each
o4ense be punished BY . dne not exeeedins
three hundred dollars or by imprisonment IN
the county Jail mot exceesiins one rear.
Section a Any persan who 81 al ca1as bib
qualified voter In the place where % registered
or aAAli pely represent or attempt 70 represent
himself = annehef person before any board Of
regirtration. or shall give false answer n
aid board concerning any matter relating tf
the registration Of . voter. or the right Of any
person 70 vote, or shall Aid or abet any othsi
person in doing either of the arts above men
toned. shall for each oflense be punished by .
fne not exceeding three hundred dollars or By
imprisonment in the county Jail not exceeding
one year
Section a. Any person who shah rsfuss u
obey the lawful orders or directions Of an,
board Of registration. or shall interrupt or OBJ
struet the proceedings At any meeting for regis.
tration. shall be arrested. detained in custody
until warrant can be procured and shall foa
each o6ense be punished by fine mt exceed
ing fifty dollars or imprisonment not more than
dIfy days
Section as Section forty seven. chapter fouI
of the revised statutes, and chapter thirty
four, public laws of Maine. eighteen hundred
and ninety lone. and ali other acts and parts Of
acts Inconsistent herewith. are hereby 10
pealed-
Approved March o.
Chapter sos.
AN ACT to provide for the prevention Of the
Introduction and spread of AsiAtic Cholera
and other Infectious Diseases, and for the
more effective protection Of the public health
Be IL enacted by Il Senate and House II Rep
resentatives in Legislature assembled, - fol-
lows
Section l. The more ef1sctually to protect
the public health the State Board Of Health
shall have power to establish such systems oil
inspection as in its judgment may be necessary
to ascertain the actual or threatened presence
of the infection OF Asiatc cholera, small pox.
dfphtheria, scarlet fever or typhus fever: and
any duly authorized agent or inspector Of said
board shall have power to enter any building.
vessel, railway car or other public vehicL &c
inspect the same and TO remove fherefrom any
person affected by said diseases; and for this
purpose he may require the person in charge OF
any vessel or public vehicle other than y rail
way car to stop such vessel vehicle At ny
place, and he may require the conductor Of any
railway train to stop his train At any station or
upon any side track and there detain II for .
reasonable time: provided. that no conductor
shall be required to stop his train when tele-
graphic communication with the dispatchsrs
office cannot be obtained or at such times or
under such circumstances as may endangef the
safety Of the train and safety OF the passengers;
and provided further, that any such agent or
inspector may cause any car which he may
think may BE- infected with said disease TO be
side tracked at any suitable place and there BE-
cleansed, fumigated and diAnfectes&.- And the
said Board Of Health may from time to time
make, alter, modify or revoke rules and regu-
lations for guarding against the introduction
Of said diseases into the state; for the con.
troll and suppression thereof II within the
state; for the quarantine and disinfection Of
persons, localities, and things infected or sus-
pected Of being infected by such diseases; for
the transportation of dead bodies when death
resulted from said diseases. for the speedy and
private interment OF the bodies of persons who
have died from said diseases; and, in emer-
geney, for providing those sick with said dis
eases with necessary medical aid and with tenn
porary hospitals for their accommodation and
for the accommodation Of their nurses and At
tendants. And the said board may declare any
and all Of its rules and regulations made In &C.
cordance with the provisions of this act TO b.
in force within the whole state, or within any
specified part thereof, and to apply to any YES
sci. railway car, or public vehicle Of any kind.
The rules and regulations Of the State Board of
Health, If of general application, shall be pub
lished in the official paper Of the state; but
whenever in the Judgment Of the board it shall
be necessary to do so, special rules and regula-
tons, or orders relating to said diseases may be
made for any town, village or city without such
publication and the service Of copies Of such
rules, regulations, or orders upon such town,
village or city through the officers thereof shall
be q sufficient notice thereto; and the rules,
regulations or orders Of the State Board OF
Health made in accordance with the provisions
of this act shall, from the time being and until
the same are revoked, supersede all local rules,
regulations, bylaws, or ordinances that may DO
inconsistent or in conflict Herewith.
Section 2. All health officers, local boards Of
health, municipal officers, sheriiss, constabies
policemen. and marshals shall enforce The
rules and regulations Of the State Board OF
Health made as provided in this act In sve-y
particular affecting their respective local. les
and duties; and any person who shall neg. sct
or refuse to obey the said rules and reguia-
tions. or no shall wilifaily obstruc: or hinder
the execution thereof. shall be punished by .
fine of not more than i've hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment in the county jail for period
Of not more than six months, or by both tne
and imprisonment. in the discretion of the
court. And it shall be the duty OF all author1-
ties Of every county, city, town. and village
corporation, and of all local boards Of health,
and of all officers and persons in charge Of the
institutions, buildings, and vehicles mentioned
in this act to cooperate with the State Board
OF Health in carr; ing out the provisions Of this
act; and in case such cooperation be refused,
withheld, or neglected, the said board shall
have power to execute its orders and directions
by agents of its own appointment; and all sx-
penses incurred under the provisions Of this
section shall be paid by the state. the bills first
being approved by the governor and council.
Section 3. Any rules and regulations adopted
by the State Board Of Health in the premises
shall be Immediately submitted by 1t to the
Governor and council and unless approved in
sriting by the governor and council within
thirty days after such submission, such rules
and regulations shall thereafter become insf-
fective. Should the governor and council dis
approve any rules and regulations go submitted
to them within the thirty days and 20 notify
the secretary OF the State Board of Health in
writing, the rules and regulations SO dtsap-
proved shall. upon such notification imne-
diately become ineffective and void.
Section 4. This act shall take effect the first
day of April in the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and ninety three.
Approved March p.
shapteI JVo.
AN ACT to amend section twelve Of chapter
two hundred and nnety-eight Of the Public
Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty nina.
relating to Haxkers and Peddlers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives in Legislature assembled, a. fol-
lows:
Section l. Section twelve of chapter two
hundred and ninety eight of the public laws Of
,ighteen hundred and eighty nine is hereby
amended by striking out in the fifth line the
word eleven and inserting instead thereof
the word "ten'': so that said section as amend
ed shall read follows:
Section L. Shcrns and their deputies, con
stables and police officers. shall arrest and
prosecute every person within their jurisdc.
ton whom they have reason to believe to be
guilty of violation of any of the provisions Of
this act: and pne-half of any fine recovered
under section tea of this act shall inure to the
prosecutor. the balance to the town city in
which the offense was committed
Section =. This act shall take effect when
approved.
Approved March p.
Chapter 3O7.
AN ACT to amend section thirty-one Of chap
ter twenty of the Revised Statutes, a.
amended by chapter one hundred and forty
of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
eghty-seven, and chapter one hundred and
thirty-two of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and ninety-One. relating to Intox-
icating Liquors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives IN Legislature assembled, as fol-
lows:
Section thirty-one OF chapter twenty-seven
of the revised statutes amended by chapter
one hundred and forty Of the public laws Of
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and chap
ter one hundred and thirty -two of the public
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one is
hereby amended so that said section. as amend
ed, shall read as follows:
Section 81. No person shali knowingly bring