The Portland daily press., 1895-02-28
Chapter 1853.

chapter nine of the Revised Statutes, relating
to the elections of the Penobscot Tribe of
Indians.
Section twenty.seven of chapter nine of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the word October in the first line of said
section, and insert instead thereof the word
November, so that said section as amended,
shall read as follows;
SECT. 25 On the first Tuesday of Novem-
ber eighteen hundred and eighty four, and
biennially thereafter, the Penobscot tribe of
Indians shall hold their election for the choice
of governor and lieutenant governor of said
tribe, and representative to the legislature of
this state. The agent of said tribe shall give
notice of the time and place, seven days be-
fore said day of election by posting notices
thereof, one at his office and one in some con-
spicuous place on Oldtown island. Said agent
shall receive, sort and count the votes given in
at said election in presence of the members of
the tribe, and shall give to those elected, GER
tifcates thereof Approved March &c.
Chapter 1874.
AN ACT amendatory of and additional to
chapter one hundred and eighteen of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
one, entitled IAN Act to provide for the Reg
i9tration of Vital Statistics
SECT. /. Chapter one hundred and eighteen
of the public laws OF eighteen hundred and
ninety-one is hereby amended as follows
Section four is amended by inserting after the
word "city'' in the twelfth line, the words
where said person died. so that said section
as amended, shall read as follows:
'SECE. 4. Whenever any person Slldli ul0, or
any still born child shall be brought forth in
this state, the undertaken, town clerk or other
person experimenting the burial of said de-
ceased person, shall obtain from the ply sician
attending such bringing forth or last sickness,
a certificate, duly signed, setting forth as far
as may be, the facts required in the record of Il
death, according to section one of this act; and
it shall be the duty OF the undertaken or other
person having charge of the burial of said de-
ceased person, to add to said certificate the
date and place OF the proposed burial; and
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the clerk Of the town or city where said person
died and obtain permit for burial; and in
case of any contagious or infectious disease,
| said certificate shall be made and forwarded
/ immediately
SECr.2 Section five is amended by inserting
| after the word "death' in the sixth line, the
words 'Or from any other source SO that said
section when amended, shall read as follows
| SECT s. In case of any deceased person
not having had the attendance of physician
| III his or her last Sickness the town clerk may
! issue and sign the certificate of death, upon
presentation of such facts as may be obtained
of relatives, persons in attendance upon said
deceased person during said last sickness or
present at the time OF death, or from any other
| source, and the permit for burial shall be is
| sued upon such information. Said certificate
| and permit shall not be required before burial
| in cases where it is inpracticable to obtain the
same within q reasonable time after death, but
| in all such cases said certificate shall be OBJ
tanned as soon as practicable after DEATH
| SECT. 3. Section seven IS amended by in
sorting after the word "city'' il. the fifth line
| the words where said person died;' and also
| by inserting after the word stown'' i'll the
| twelfth line the words from whom said permit
was obtained, so that said section when amend
| ed shall read as follows:
SECT. T. Exceptas provided in section five
no interlnent or dsintCrment of the dead body
of any human being, or disposition thereof il
| any tomb, vault or cemetery, shall be nude
without permit as aforesaid, from the clerk Of
| the town or city where said person died, MOI
otherwise than in accordance with such per
! nit No undertaken or other person shall as
| sst in, assent to, or allow any such interment
| or disinterment to be made, except as pro
yided in section five, until such permit has
| been given as aforesaid; and it shall be the
| duty of every undertaken or other person hav
| ing charge of any burial place as aforesaid
| who shall receive such permit, to preserve anC
return the same to the clerk of the town from
| whom said permit was obtained within siA
days after the day of burial
| SECT. 4. Section thirteen of said chapter is
amended so that said section as amended
| shall read as follows:
SECT. Is. The state registrar shall cause the
| returns made to him in pursuance of the pre-
ceding sections eleven and twelve to be ar
| ranged alphabetically for convenient refer
| ence, and carefully preserved in his Office
| lie shall annually make and publish q genera
| abstract and report of the returns of the pre-
ceding year in such form as will render then
of practical utility, not more than two thou
| sand five hundred copies of which shall bt
| printed and bound in cloth, one COPY of which
| shall be forwarded 10 every town, one copy Il
| each senator and representative, one COPY tC
| each state and territory in the union, and the
| remainder to such departments libraries anC
| persons as the state registrar shall direct
| SECT. .. Section sixteen OF said chapter is
| amended so that said section as amended, shall
| read as follows:
SECT. Is. If any person shall wifulIy neg
! lect or refuse to perform any duty imposed
1 upon him by the provisions of this act il shal
he a misdemeanor. and he shall be fined moi
more than one hundred dollars for each olfense
for the use Of the town in which the otfense oc