Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-10

And still another law adopted by
| the list Legislature at it's recent SEES
sion, is being discussed around the
State House. 1t is an amendment to
Chapter 101 of the Public Laws of 1887,
| relating to the support of State pau
pers. This amendment, it is contended
| relieves the towns of Maine from fur
Their support of tramps and places such
support upon the State. The act is
numbered 14S of the Public Laws of
| 1908, and is as follows:
| Section l. Chapter one hundred
and one of the Public Laws of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
| found" in the second line the words
in any town or SO that said chapter
when amended may read as follows:
| Chapter 101. Whenever persons
who have no legal settlement within
| the State, and needing immediate re-
lief, are found in any town. or in I'M
| Incorporated places and are brought
| into an adjoining town obliged by law
| to care for and furnish relief to such
persons, and relief is so furnished, the
| State shall reimburse said town for
l
| manner and under the same restric-
! lions as provided in section twenty
| nine, chapter twenty-four of the Re-
vised Statutes as amended, although
| the overseers of the poor of said town
have no permit in writing from the
governor and council to remove the
| same into their town.
| This change" said leading Maine
1 Low
yesterday, means that the State
| has really assumed the support and
| maintenance of all paupers having no
| legal settlement in the State, and it
will impose a large expense. Hereto
fore only such paupers found in unin-
| corporated places could apply to the
State for aid, but now every tramp or
other person falling into distress in any
of the 500 towns in Maine may right
fully demand State support. The
| towns now expend quite tidy sum of
money each year in giving food and
shelter to tramps, but if the changes
| for so doing are imposed upon the
State, as the law really contemplates,
the appropriation for the support of
paupers will be wholly Inadequate
This appropriation for some years has
| pCCu pAO,OUV year., anu Lie greater
portion of it is expended. Demands
| for reimbursement from 500 incorpor-
ated places, in addition to the requests
| on account of paupers in the sparsely
settled unincorporated townships
would mean an enormous outlay, rum
| ming to very high figure.
AT this time the law was amended
there was no discussion as to it's real
/ = -
| meas ures which came from the COM
| mittee on revision of the statutes and
went the rounds of legislative enact
| ment without attracting any atten-
| ton at ali. Another law which was
introduced, providing for the county
| support of all paupers, was killed. This
law which is now in full force is as far
| reaching as the one that was killed, and
it got through without a word of
protest"
| In view of the above statement it
would appear as if the Legislature in
| September will be obliged to consider
| this law along with the others, to
which attention has already been
called.
Representative Fred l. Campbell of
| Cherryfield, and Lawyer John H.. Nc
| Faul of Eastport, were at the Capitol,
yesterday. Mr.. Campbell says he be-
lieves the citizens of Washington
county will accept the offer of F. H.
| Whittredge of New York, for the pur-
| chase of the countys interest in the
Washington County Railroad. ut is the
best that can be DONE" said Mr.. Camp
| bell.
Thus far 300 applications for guide
| licenses have been filed with the COM
missioners of inland fisheries and
game. They come mostly from reg
istered guides in the Rangeley region,
| Moosehead lake, Kennebec and Cum
| berland counties and from other parts
| of the State where there is any con-
siderable amount of fishing done.
| The following new corporations have
| filed certificates of organization with
| the secretary of State:
Eastern Premium Co., organized at
| Portland. for the purpose of carrying
| on the crockery and glassware BUSH
| ness. with 100000 capital stock of
| which $500 is paid in. The officers are:
President, Walter r. Kaharl of Clifton
dale. Mass; treasurer, William c.
| West of Portland.
Liberty Cigar and Tobacco Co. of
| New England, organized at Kittery,
for the purpose of manufacturing
| tobacco and tobacco supplies, with $780,
600 capital stock of which nothing is
paid in. The officers are: President,