The Republican journal., 1894-04-26
Maine Matters of Interest.
MUCH NEEDED SUPPLEMENT TO TIL
REVISED STATUTES.

10 tilt idM NtlS VI Maine ulltt 10 an bt1tlS
who have occasion to consult the book of
\ laws Of Maine l'lie last revision OF the
Statutes Of Maine was made III 1883.
\ Every legislature Since has made many
amendments to these laws. SO that now
4 there is hardly a chapter which is not
4 amended more or less. and some pf them
VI Have been almost entirely torn to pieces
! and reconstructed. This is especially
true OF those sections relating to fish and
\ fisheries, county commissioners, cleo
TONS etc Tile amendments are not only
Numerous but important BY copious
marginal notes the lawyers manage in an
imperfect way to keep their copies Of the
\ Revised Statutes np to date; but laymen,
such as officers Of towns and others who
have occasion to know what the law is do
not generally have the time for making
such annotations, and hence can never be
\ quite sure in regard to it. Mr. Freeman
has we'll under way i carefully prepared
supplement to the statutes which will
give a synopsis Of the amendments made
to each section and copy Of tile section
as it stands amended. TIE whole work
/ will be carefully indeXed and annotated.
ruE I;hMAIsk ABLE DlSTEIBU rIoS OF
PLANTS lN MAINE.
MI. Merritt H. Fernald, at a recent
| meeting OF the Natural History Society at
4 Portland called attention to the remark
able distribution NJ plants in Maine ia
counties, 81 groups of counties Or belts of
territory, sometimes with strong denmark
ations and to the striking appearance
within Ola State limits Of plants. We'll es-
tablishe,l ana abundant. whose only other
indigenous habitat is la to the west OF
south of New England. The more fanlil-
4 lar plants ~ Maine. >aeh as the common
| clematl>. amemonss nemorOSa white
violet, choke cherry. blue flag. etc. are
equally abundant At kittery and Madawas-
| ka, but the greater proportion of nltr
plants ale much restricted i'll their lis-
4 tlibution Ia tile southern counties a
/ flora is found quite new to one coming
from Central Maine. That OF York and
! Cumberland and parts Of adjacent counties
IL 4 continuation vi the Eastern Massa-
| ehusett> forms. but some plants come no
farther than the >aeo river others cease
AIS we trayel north and eastward In the
I higher parts oi eNtrrd and FfaMkin 4
small group occurs. generally Found only
! from Western New \ ora westward The
4 northern ralt If tile State il MOST intel
n~fin4 -rNund iNr the eloS,. uh~trVel VT
I rlants- IN enormous district in the uplil
4 westerly pant oi Inc State has not been in
fN i--ts'NA NA 'tA'f NhiiitN hi'l' n FAY Nhl r.
eiNh bN NNtHnlNtN in Maine during FNe llAsf
WA NrNtS haS AdtirN ntApiN nlnNtN NiaMts
nNi before known ~ occr jul the State
several vi tteM MNl before known a~ ill
NartA NMef#a 4N& tNse III tlnee eAfifei4
rae New NeFk ltliiN Ptrs. sa ..ire-4
i..t 8t llt38Ni~ rs thr NajitN ~tate CnI8.aa III
Mow iA NoN nll citN sfudvjae fIe Moliz-
iu4 of tl4,. law and fnstlieal l4,nls at tIti.
N nitY lis waii s WITNESSES 0f ta@eti5ea4 3l43
Nn4ineerir4 INSTRUCTION! Will, ererat.t FIX
yoMna mad is uny 3O veals oi VIII. and
probably tile Nouu@t.s1 COLLEGE nrt.,ll,.nt Il,
the vnlld. Wit lp has i1tt}olitieeYl ftfrtlne-
iit2 tlr nlaltsteeeu.ut of tiYs ~tate ellq4e,4
ot Maine which caused tIte eygs NJ .I,4
presidents oil the three other .olll,ue.s IA
In. state ta splIlln wide nprn. Thrre Il.
ny ,chpM Nj av III Maine aad pnna MI
nedieine. tnu none ot tAc ealle.es aifeias
a,leal,ate insfluctiun in electricity Oh. I'LL
oinetriup. He propose, 60 r,inrd, it'd,
14tieienrv III ,li1,lar,,s trngn Hi, S,.l,snls
M I'm ,n,i n4.}irin, Min i. anth,,iz4d HI
tb.. I legislature u Main, rs t.onveylng iii
tht. ,,,5,ijeu,S nf dinlnn,,s trnn, similar
institutions ,no rh4y mnst lie reeuoni1ed
vi t.a.t With th. ~fatr ana s,n In,,htl
f.