The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-28
Cllnnter III.


! ana appropriate money for the support
of manual training schools III addition Ia
| The sum Icy raise for the support o.
| public schools.
| Section ?. Said manual training schools
snail admit such persons between the aEe
| oil six and twenty-ore years, and shan
| give such courses nj instruction as the
| local school board may determine.
Section }. Said manual training schools
| shall he under the control. direction ard
| supervision Of local school boards.
Section Pupils in such schools shall
/ be suhiact to the same conditions rules
and regulations as are provided for pub
| lie schools.
| Section }. Cities and towns may receive
! gifts ard requests for the use, mainte-
nance aud support of manual training
| schools.
section c. This act shall take effect
When approved. IApproved March 2l.l
Chapter 235.
| AN AIT to provide for the transfer OF
Patients in lDSano Hospitals.
| BE II enacted by the Senate and House
| OF REPRESENTATIVES in Legislature assem-
The trustees of insane hospitals are
| hereby authorized To transfer from one
| insinc hospital 10 the other, any patients
| that are now or may hereafter De COM
raittcd to either OF said hospitals. when
| ever, In their judgment the welfare Of
| the patients or the institution will be
Er9m"tcd thereby. a cory Of the eerti-
| fioatc OF commitment certified by the
| superintendent of the hospital IN which
said patient has been confined, with a
certificate signed by the secretary OF the
trustees showing that such transfer has
been voted by the trustees. shall author
ize the superintendent Of the hospital to
which such patient Is transferred to
receive and Ietain him in custody in the
same manner as If he had originally been
Committed TO such institution. The eN-
lcnse attending such transfer shall b.
paid GU Of the funds of the hospit al
receiving such patient and shall be a
charge upon the person or municipality
liable for the board of such patient, and
ii the board of such patient Is paid In
whole or In PART by tho state the expcnS,
Il such transfer shall De paid by the
state out of the appropriation for insane
atate ocaaticiaries.
Approved March 2.l
Chapter 230.
AN ACT to amend Section one of Chap
ter seven of the Public Laws Of eight
ten hundred and eightS-seven, relating
to the Salary of the Clerk OF Courts
for the County of York.
Be 1t enacted by the senate and House
of Representatives In Legislature assem-
bled, as follows:
section one of chapter seven of the
public laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven Is hereby amended by strik-
rg out in the first and second lines
thereof the words eighteen hundred anc
cighty-scVen' and substituting therefor
the words 'rineteen hundred and one.
and by adding after the word preceding
In the sixth line the following and H.
addition thereto he shall be allowed to
retain from the fees OF his Office Il sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars an
nuaily, 10 be applied to the payment OF
clerk hire in his Office so that said sec
tion, as amended, shall read as follows;
Section !. From and after the first day
of January, nineteen hundred and one
the salary of the clerk of courts for YORK
county shall be fifteen hundred dollars
Ter annum, payable quarterly from the
county treasury, on the first days 81
january. April, July and October of each
year, for the quarters preceding, and II
addition thereto he shall be allowed to
retain from the fees Of his o!ficc a sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars am
nually to be applied to the payment OF
clerk hire in his office. to be In fun OF al,
services as clerk of the supreme judicial
court, and OF the county commissioners
court and he shall account under oath,
for all fees received by him, or which he
Office, and pay them over to the county
treasurer on the first days OF January
and July of each year
Approved March 21l
Chapter 237.
AN ACT to amend Chapter one hundred
and forty-two OF the Revised Statutes
relating TO the Maine Industrial Schoo
for Girls /
he ii enacted by the Senate and House
of NcpTeSe natives IL Legislature assem-
bled, as follows:
Section l. Section twenty of chapter
one hundred and forty-two of TIE revised
statutes Is hereby umerded, 50 that Sal"
section, az amended. shall read as tot
lows:
Section 90 The board OF trustees OF
said school shall have all the powers as
to the person, property, earnings anc
education of every girl committed 10 the
charge of said trustees, during the tern
of her commitment, which guafdiai
has as to his ward, and all powers "hich
ugrents have over their children. At the
discretion of said board, any such girl
during her commitment. may be Kept a,
said school or intrujted to the care Oh
any suitable person and may be required
10 work for such person, or may ot
bound by deed of indenture to service on
apprenticeship for period not exceeding
the term of her commitment, on SuCn
conditions as said board may deem rea-
scnable and proper. Such indenture shal
specify the conditions, and shail REQUIRE
the person to whom such girl is pouna'
to report to said board as often as once
In three months the conduct ard behavior
Of such girl and whether she remains
under such master or mistress ana IL M
where she IL. Said trustees snail t'tk'
Are that the terms of suCh indenture ar,
fulfilled, and the girl we'll treated, and L
they believe that by reason OF her ms
ccndct, vicious incllnatoIs or iu t., IN,
Ings, she is In danger OF railing into
habits OF vice or immortality or that hei
welfare is in any way Imported. theA
may cancel such mdenture ana reSutn'
charge of such girl with the same powers
as before the nderture was made. INT
powers If said board with respect 10 any
pIrl iutTtSted, as herein provided, 10 tn'
care of l suitable person are not aiect1'
thereby, nor by her being bound 10 ser
lira or apprentiC eship, except as ex,
pressed In the bond of indenturc. Saln
truslets, master or mistress and appren-
lice. shall have all the rights and be SUP
ipoi 10 All the duties and penalties pro,
v;drL in case of children apprentlced
nv uyersecrs of TIE poor. Any mempei
If said board may execute such lnneti
tl,re decd i'm behalf of the board u
an, horned by a vote of said board. Sah
general bylaw, authorize memoer o.
Committee OF said board, or the prlncipa
n sid school to intrust said girls TO INT
srn anil service of suitable person OF
narson,. WI bout indenturc, to see TO lnell
welfare during such service ana 20 re-
mare their return to said school AT ulScFe-
hon ,,-...,, 81 eoia
chnnter Is hereby amended, so that slio
section. as hereby an.cnced, shall rean
Section 81. Whoever advises, induces
aids or abets any girl committed u tnt
chIrrc or Guardianship of said trustees 10
escaup from the school, or from inc Gus
toIv of any person TO whom sllch Slri
has been bound or intrrSted oS Saa"
trustees or by their authority, or KNOW
f,riv harbCrs or secretes any girl Wilt
ha1 escrped fir pm said school or from tiit
rnstody. authority or control OF salu
trustcrs On from any person 10 WHoHl
such girl has beer bound or intrusted pe
Gid trustees or by their authority, ol
clones with airy such girl, or without IN,
consent of said trustees marries any suc'
,rirJ during the term of her commitineht.
SSbau he fined not more than one nun
dred nor less than nifty dollars, or De
nrnri.oDod not exceeding six months.