Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

Secttons. All acts ana parts Of acts
,ncon;istent wth his &c; arc Hereby
ssssi isa .. This act shall tako erect
seven. Iproved MarchfwJ
An ACT for thg stter preservation Of
Tr8.nways and@acconmodating public
Section sIxty-six Of chaptcr<eishteen 81
sle revised statutes Il hereby amended BY
the fourth line thereof the FOLLOWING
w1ras: and whenever 80 directed by the
s sc grnn, remcys al shrubbery and bush
not planted or cultivated therein for the
purpose OF profit or ornamentations hav-
s shs care fees sor the proper preservation Of
amended shall read a. follows. .Road
commissioners and highway surveyors
shall go e o. oyer their highway district. or
August, September. October ana Noyem,
Der In each year, remove the locse on,
strcs TIC G;r to ne public travel and when
all shrubbery and bushes growing Within
the limits of highways. not planted or sasI.
tivate ,a. aner t1, Tor the purpose Of profit
proper preservation Of shade trees. and
repair such defects as may occur from
time to time; rendering travel dangerous.
to the municipal officers. under a penalty
of five dollars for neglect of such duty.
tAppTOvSu Marcn 70
Chapter 315.
AN ACT for the promotion OF Medical
Education and the prevention Of uf-
authorized uses of and traffic In Dead
Human Bodies.
Section /. The professors, of anatomy.
the professors of surgery, and the demon.
strators of anatomy In the medical schools
of this state, which are now or may here
after becomes Incorporated by act OF tho
legislature, shall be and are hereby con-
stituted a board for the collection. distri-
button. and delivery OF dead human bodies
hereinafter described. to and among such
persons as under the provisions Of this
act are entitled thereto. The professor Of
anatomy in the Medical School of Maine
shall call meeting of said board for or
ganization at a time and place to be
fixed by him within thirty days after the
passage Of this act. The said board shall
have full power to establish rules and
regulations for its government, and to
appoint and remove officers, and shall
keep full and complete minutes of its
kept under its direction of all bodies re-
ceived and distributed by said board and
Of the persons to whom the same are dis
be open at all times to the inspection of
each member of said board; the attor-
ney general and the county attorney OF
Section q. All public officers, agents, and
servants Of any and every county, city,
town, and other municipality. and Of any
hospital. or any other public institution
having charge or control over dead hui
man bodies. provided the deceased was at
least fifteen years OF age, are hereby re-
CURED to notify Immediately the said
board of distribution, or such person or
persons as may from time to time be
designated by said board, or it's duly au-
thorized officer or agent. whenever any
such body or bodies come into his or their
possession; charge, or control. and shall
immediately notify any known member
of the family or next of kin of the de-
ceased, and shall: if the body is not
G daiin without Sn Zee or reward forthwith
or its duly authorized officer or agent. and
permit and suffer the said board or its
a s!Hna t;r OF the physicians and surgeons
them. who comply with the provisions of
this act. to take and remove any and all
for the advancement of medical educa-
ton; but no notice need be given and no
such body shall be delivered if any per-
son. satisfying the authorities in Charge
of said body that he or she is a member
OF the family. of or next of kim. or fra
tsrnal beneficiary organizations to which
body for burial. but it shall be surren-
dered to him or her for interment or bur-
leo az public expense and no notice shall
be given and no body delivered to. said
board or its agents, If such deceased per-
son was a traveller ard not q vagabOnd,
who died suddenly. or had been resi-
years.
Section J. Said board or its duly author
lied agent may take and receive such
bodies. so delivered as aforesaid. and shall
from the date of decease distribute and
deliver them to or among the schools.
physicians and surgeons aforesaid in the
Following manner: Those schools needing
bodies for lectures and demonstrations
shall FIRST be supplied as fast as practi-
cable; the number assigned to each to be
tual attendance. which number shall be
returned to the board at such times as 1t
SHAH direct. The board of distribution
may from time to time designate physi-
clans or surgeons who shall receive said
bodies. applications to be considered in the
order OF their receipt by said board.
Section 4. The said board may employ
a carrier or carriers for the conveyance
OF said bodies, and the said bodies shall be
Well inclosed within a suitable encase-
ment. and carefully deposited free from
tain receipts by name, or. If the deceased
IS unknown. by description, for each
body body delivered by him. which receipt
BODY was received, and shall deposit said
receipts with the secretary of said board
section ?. No school. physician or sur
ceive any such body or bodies until
bond shall be given to the state treasurer
by SUCH physician or surgeon, or by and
in behalf of such school. to be approved
by q justice of court of record in and
Tor the county in which such physician or
surgeon resides, or in which such school
penal sum of one thousand dollars. con-
ditioned that all such bodies which the
said physician or surgeon. or the said
school shall receive thereafter shall be
used only for the promotion of medical
education within the state, and when. no
longer needed for such educational pur-
poses, shall be decently buried, which said
bond shall be examined annually in the
month Of December, by the state treas
urer, and he shall certify in writing UPON
each bond in his. possession, his approx
al or the same. and in case any bond is
not SO approved b. him. he shall imme-
Giately notify the party giving the said
bond. who shall forthwith file a new
bond as hereinbefore provided; and who
soever shall sell or buy such body or bod
les, or in any way traffic in the same or
snail transmit or convey, or cause to pro-
cure to be transmitted or conveyed said
Dody or bodies to any place outside of
this state shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor. and shall. On conviction be liza
pie to fine not exceeding two hundred
dollars. or to be imprisoned for a term
not exceeding one year.
Section g. Neither the state nor any
county or municipality. nor any officer,
agent or servant thereof. shall be at any
expense by reason of the delivery or dis
tribution OF any such body. but all the ex-
penses thereof. and of said board of dis
tribution. shall be paid by those receiv-
ing the bodies. in such manner as shall
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