The Republican journal., 1901-03-28

the state under TINS act, at tine times and
in the manner provided by law for the
payment of money in aid OF free high
schools, the amounts to which they shall
be severally entitled under this act; pro-
vided, that no payment snail be made to
any academy, seminary or institute until
the. state educational department shall
have certified to the treasurer of state
all the facts which by this act are made
necessary to entitle an academy, seminary
or institute to receive money from the
state under this act.
Section 3. Any town or precinct provid-
ing free tuition for its high school schol :
tute, shall receive state aid to the amount
of one half the sum expended for such
instruction, provided, no town shall re-
ceive to exceed two hundred and fifty
further, that no town shall receive state
aid under this act if free high school of
standard grade is maintained in said
town.
Section a. No academy, seminary or in
stitute shall receive state aid under this
act unless Incorporated prior to the date
of approval of said act.
Section S.. No academy, seminary or in
stitute shall receive state aid under this
act unless the average attendance in said
academy, seminary or institute for the
year preceding shall exceed thirty stu
dents, and no academy, seminary or in
stitute shall receive to exceed five hun
dred dollars unless the average attend
ance in said academy. seminary or insti-
tute Tor the year preceding shall exceed
sixty students.
Section s. No academy, seminary, or
institute shall receive state aid under this
act if. said academy, seminary or insti-
tute has an annual income from in
vested funds exceeding sixteen hundred
dollars, and no academy. seminary or
institute shall receive state aid to ex-
ceed five hundred dollars in any given
year provided the said academy, semi
nary or institute has an annual income
from invested funds exceeding one thou
sand dollars.
Section 7. The officers and teachers of
every academy, seminary or institute re-
ceiying money from the state under this
act shall annually on or before the first
day OF January in each year render to
the educational department an itemized
expended, during the preceding year and
shall make such further report to the
state educational department as may
from time to time be required.
lating to stat: aid granted to academ es,
seminaries or institutes, inconsistent TIL
this act, are hereby repealed.
lApproved Feb. 26]
Chapter 149.
the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
and cighty-Seven, as amended by
Chapter three hundred and nineteen OF
the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
Building Associations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives in Legislature as
sembled, as follows:
Section l. Section one hundred thirty
nine of chapter siXty-one of the public
laws of eighteen hundred eighty-sevcn, as
amended by chapter three hundred nine
teen of the public laws of eighteen hun
dred nnety-seVen, is hereby amended by
striking out the words in the twelfth line
mot 10 exceed eight" and inserting in
place thereof the words of not less than
five ner cent nor more than eight so that
said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
Section 1S9. The board of directors
shall see to the proper investment of the
funds of the association, as provided in
this section. After due allowance for all
necessary and proper expenses, and for
the Wiluurawal of shares, the moneys of
the association shall be loaned to the
members at a rate of monthly premium
in no case exceed forty cents per share.
Any member may, upon giving security
satisfactory TO the directors, receive a
loan of two hundred dollars for each
share held by him, or such fractional
part of two hundred dollars as the by
laws may allow. Any association may
provide in it's bylaws that instead of the
interest and premium, a stated rate of
annual interest of not less than five nor
more than eight per cent. may be charged
upon the sum desired, payable in monthly
|installments. Such rate shall include the
whole interest and premium to be paid
upon the loan Any balance remaining
unloaned to members may be invested in
such securities as are legal for the in
vestment of deposits in savings banks.
No loan shall be made on the gross pre-
MUM plan
Section 2. Section one hundred forty
one of said chapter siNty-one is hereby
premium" in the third line thereof If
such monthly premium be charged and
inserting after the words rate Of in
said third line the words mot less than
as amended. shall read as follows:
Section 141. borrowing member, for
each share borrowed upon, shall. in ad-
dition to his dues and monthly premium,
if such monthly premium be charged, pay
monthly interest on his loan at the rate
OF not less than five nor more than six
per cent per annum until his shares rHac'l
the ultimate value of two hundred dol :ars
each, or the loan has been repaid; and
when said ultimate value is reached. sal
shares and loan shall be declared can
celcd and satisfied, and the balance, il
any. due upon the shares shall be paid
to the member. [Approved Feb. 2S]
Chapter $50
AN ACT to amend Section seventeen OF
Chapter one hundred and twenty eight
Of the Revised Statutes, as amended by
Chapter one hundred and thirty of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, relating to Tramps.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled. as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter one hun
dred and tWenty-eight of the revised
statutes, as amended by chapter one hun
dred aud thirty of the public laws OF
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine is here
by amended by substituting the word
thirty in the place of the word sixty"
in the fourth line, so that said section, as
amended shall read as follows:
Section II. Whoever goes about from
town to town, or from place to place in
any town, asking for food or shelter or
begging or subsisting upon charity, shall
be deemed a tramp and be imprisoned in
the county Jail for not less than thirty
days nor more than ten months, at hard
labor for ten hours each day, Sundays
excepted. And should any person so SEN
fenced refuse to labor in accordance with
the provisions of this section, he shall be
provided with no food. except bread and
conformity with the requirements of this
section. Trial justices and judges of mu-
nicipa and police courts, shall have ju-
risdiction of all offenses arising under
this section [Approved Feb. 26.l
Chapter 151.
AN ACT to amend Section seventeen of
Chapter sixty of the Revised Statutes,
as amended by Chapter one hundred
and seventy-eight of the Public Laws
of eighteen hundred and ninety seven,
of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred
and nnety-nine, relating to change of
name in Divorce Proceedings, and relat-
ing to the care custody and suppOrt of