The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-02

II hereof the words ordered to be com
\ ni<ted.' and b. striking out the word
Il convict" In the fifth line of said section
\ Fnd inserting in place thereof the word
II >oy and by striking out the word al
II Aernatiye' in the seventh line OF said
II section and by striking out the word
II sentenced in the ninth line Of said see
\ ion and inserting In place thereof the
II lords ordered to be committed so that
II aid section, as amended, shall read as
\ sollows:
committed to said schoo, and the trustees
Il leem II ineNpedient to receive him, or he
/ found incorrigible, or his continuance
/ n the school is deemed injurious to its
Management and discipline. they shall
Gritty the same upon the mttlnus by
I ,hich he is held, and the mittimuaa and
4 boy shall be delivered to any proper Off
\ .er who shall forthwith commit said boy
4 o the Jail. house Of correction, or state
\ Prison, according to his sentence. The
4 rustees may discharge any boy as re-
y ormed; and may authorize the superin-
Y endent under such rules as they pre-
n lcribe, to refuse to receive boys ordered
Y be committed to said school, and his
/ certificate thereof shall be as effectual as
4 heir own.
4 Section T. Section nine of said chapter
\ me hundred and fortytwo Is hereby
\ lmended so that said section, as
4 mended, shall read as follows:
4 Section 9. All commitments OF boys
II hall be during their minority unless SOON
\ r discharged by order of the trustees, as
II before provided; and when n boy is dis
H harged from the school at the expiration
4 If his term. whether he be then In the
4 institution or lawfully out on probation,
\ )r when discharged as reformed, an APP
Il ,ropIiate record of such discharge shall
i re made by the superintendent upon The
A egister of the school required to be kept
n ~ provisions of section thirteen of this
4 chapter. Such discharge shall be full
4 md complete release from all penalties
Ind disabilities created by his sentence
\ md commitment, and the record OF the
proceedings under which such boy was so
Il committed shall not be deemed to be, nor
/ hall 1t be subsequently used as Grim
\ mel record against him. Each boy dis
H harged from the institution snail receive
IN appropriate written discharge, signed
4 ~ the superintendent. Such discharge, or
\ +, copy, duly certified by the superinten-
\ lent, of the record OF discharge upon the
4 egister of the school. shall be receivable
n evidence and conclusive of the facts
herein stated.
Section s. Section ten of said chapter
me hundred and forty-tWo Is hereby
tmended so that said section, as amended
hall read as follows
\ Section 10 The trustees may commit
N probation and on such terms as they
leem expedient, to any suitable inhabi-
ant of the state, any boy in their charge,
or a term within the period of his com
nitment. such probation to be condition
ID on his good behavior and obedience to
4 he laws of the state Such boy shall,
II
ially committed to the reform school, be
llso subject to the care and control OF
he trustees, and on their being satisfied
It any time, that the welfare of the boy
will be promoted by his return to the
school, they may order his return. on his
'eturn to the school, such boy shall thGre
De held and detained under the original
nittimus. The trustees may delegate to
I the superintendent under such rules as
hey prescribe the powers herein granted
% the trustees to commit any boy on pro-
patton to any suitable inhabitant OF the
\ state. and to return to the reform school
| any boy so committed when he Is salts
led that the welfare of the boy will be
promoted by his return. Any boy ordered
4 returned to the reform school may, on the
\ order of the superintendent or other ofii-
,er OF the institution, be arrested and re-
lturned to the reform school, or to any
\ officer or agent thereof, by any sheriff,
H constable or police officer or other person;
\ md may also be arrested and returned by
\ my officer or agent of the school
n Section 8. Section eleven of said chap
Ter one hundred and forty-two is hereby
'epealed.
Her one hundred and forty-two Is hereby
lmended by striking out in the eleventh
inc of said section the word sentenced
1 md inserting in place thereof the word
\ committed so that said section, as
I amended, shall read as follows:
\ Section Is. One or more of the trustees
shall visit tho school at least once In
LIVERY four weeks examine the register
flnd the inmates in the school room and
workshop, and regularly keep record of
these visits In the books of the superinten-
adent once in every three months, tie
school, In all Its departments, shall be
Thoroughly examined by majority OF o,
the board of trustees and a report shall
HE made, showing the results thereof
Annually on the first day of December, an
Ia abstract of such quarterly reports shall pc
lprepared and laid before the governor and
I. fnr an Ia lpElS-
Nature with a full report of the Superin-
ltendent, stating particularly among other
things, the offense for which each pupil
pwas committed and his place of residence
Ia financial statement furnishing an accu-
Irate detailed account of the receipts ana
Expenditures for the year terminating on
1.-THE last day of November preceding. shall
'also be furnished.
\ Section IL. ANY boy deemed by the trus-
tees to be reformed who has no suitable
Lhome to which he can be sent and tor
Ewhom, In consequence OF physlcal lnirn-
Iity or other reason, no suitable home can
lcharged by said trustees ana returned TO
1.-THE seiectmen of the town or the oVerseers
tof the poor of the city where SUCH boy
resided at the time of his commitment.
\ Section T. Any person who shall aid or
abet any boy committed to the state re-
form school in escaping therefrom, or VINO
shall knowingly harbor or conceal any
boy who has escaped from said school,
shall be fined not less than fifty or more
than one hundred dollars. or punished by
Imprisonment in the county JAN not more
than sixty days. Any fugitive from the
state reform school may, on the order OF
the superintendent or other officer of the
institution, be arrested and returned to the
Z school, or to any officer or agent thereof,
by any sheriff. constable or police officer,
or other person; ard may also be arrested
and returned by any officer or agent of the
school.
sectIon 49, All acts and parts of acts,
inconsistent with this act, are hereby re-
pealed
Section IA. This net shall take effect
May one, nineteen hundred three.
Improved Feb 2o.l
Is Chapter 20.
An Act to amend Section fourteen OF
Chapter iifty-one of the Revised stat
utos, relating TO the width of the ioca-
ton of Railroads.
Section l. Section fourteen, chapter fif-
ty-one of the revised statutes is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section IA. A railroad corporation Tor
the location, construction, repair ana con-
yenient use of its road may purchase OF
take and hold as for public uses land and
= all materials In and upon II; through
woodland and forest the land so taken
shall not exceed six rods IN width unless
necessary for excavation, embankment OF
materials, and through all land other than
woodland and forest, the land so taken
shall not exceed four rods in width unless
a necessary for excavation, emDallkmehL Oh
materials
Section 2. This act shall take effect
when approved.
LApproved Feb. ISL
Chapter "a.
An Act to amend Chapter ninety-seven
Section three of the Revised Statutes
relating to Bastard Children and theiI
maintenance.
Section three of chapter ninety-seven OF
the revised statutes of Maine is hereby
amended by adding after the last word II
said section the following words: The cos
rH nf a