The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

necessary. County commissioners, municipal
officers and all other officers having the care
and authority over public ways and bridges
the state, shall on request furnish
said secretary any information which they
possess SO that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section 5. The board shall appoint score.
tary, as its chief executive officer for term OF
three years and until his successor is appoint
ed, and may prescribe his duties, part of
which shall be by personal observation, invest
igation, and correspondence, to acquaint him.
self with the methods and wants of practical
the means of fertilization. and the
adaptation of various products to the soils
and climate OF Maine also with the progress
OF scientific and practical agriculture else
where, with a view to the more complete de-
velopment of the natural resources of the state.
He shall compile statistics relating TO the
public ways in the cities and towns of the
state, and make such investigation relating
thereto as he shall deem expedient in order to
secure better and more improved highways In
the state, and in his annual report shall make
such statements bearing upon the construc
ton or maintenance of ways and suggestions
and recommendations concerning the same as
he deems appropriate, including recommend
atoms for any legislation which to him seems
expedient or necessary. County commission
ers, municipal officers and all other officers
having the care and authority over public
ways and bridges throughout the state shall,
on request, furnish said secretary any infor-
nation which they possess. He shall. annu-
ally, by the third Wednesday in January,
present to the governor and council, report
of the doings of the board, and the results of
his own labors and investigations, together
with useful communications, suggestions and
recommendations. Twelve thousand copies
of said report shall be printed, all bound in
cloth, one-hah of such for 1.-THE legislature, and
the remainder, after reserving suitable num-
Der for foreign exchanges, for distribution,
under the direction of the board, among the
agricultural associations and the people Of
the state.'
[Approved Mar. 23.J
Chapter 267.
AN ACT to provide for an investigation of the
causes of Fires, and the publication of statis-
tics relating to the same.
SECT. l. When prop erty is destroyed or
damaged by fire it shall be the duty of NUM-
cipal officers in cities and towns to immediate
ly notify the insurance commissioner of the
same, and to investigate, or cause to be inves-
hgated, the cause, circumstances and origin of
the fire, and especially to examine whether it
was the result of carelessness or of design.
The investigation shall be commenced within
three days after the occurrence of the fire,
not including the Lords day, and the insur-
ance commissioner shall have the right to su-
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