Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

years. Such board shall hold at least
two sessions annually at such times and
places in the State as the supreme iudf-
cial court shall direct, for the purpose
of examining all applicants for admission
to the bar. as to their legal learning and
snsra cpnrss a TINS s. state in the
ard counselors at law and solicitors and
counselorS in chancery and, upon such
examinations being had, the board shall
issue to such applicants as shall pass the
required examination a certificate 81
qualification stating the standing of tho
applicants and recommending their al.
mission to the bar Such board shall elect
from their number a secretary and q
treasurer and shall make such rules and
regulations relative to said examinafjnn
AS to them may seem proper. The prcsi
dent OF said board shall be the member
whose term of Office soonest exnires
Three members of said board shall con-.
sttute a quorum for the transaction ri
business. - -
Section q Section four of said oo+ :.
hereby amended by inserting AFTER tha
word examination in the tenth ina tho
words IL deemed necessary so that cot,
section. as amended, shall read as fol-
lows: Ao
Section 4. The residences and tho
names OF SAID applicants shall be made
to appear to said board and satisfa nfnrv
eviuenGe s'iaii also be produced by said
apphcants OF tnelr good moral character
and of their having pursued the study Of
the law In the Office of some attornev
or In some recognized law school or uni
such examination; and a fee to be fixeJ
by said board of not more than twenty
dollars shall accompany the applicafion
The applicant shall be required to submit
to Il written examination which shall he
prepared by said board, also to an nr.,I
examination by the board, if Geemed
necessary, and shall be required to an
swer cerIeetiy minimum Of seventy per
cent OF the questions given him to en-
title him to the certificate of the board
The board shall, however have power tn
establish such higher grades of standing
as to them may. seem proper
Section j. Section five of said net ia
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
section D. The examination papers
shall be Kept on file in the office of the
OF each application, the name of the ap-
picant. and his qualifications and general
standing as ascertained by such examina-
furnish each applicant with a card. show
ing the proficiency he has attained in
each branch or subject upon which he has
been examined, whether a certificate is
issued or ntst Any applicant failing to
pass the examination may again apply
after six months, by showing to the board
that he has diligently pursued the study
OF the law six months prior to the ex-
animation; If such second application is
within one year after his first 'examina-
ton, he shall not be required to pay an
extra fee for the second examination
hereby amended by emitting the words
las examiners in going to, holding and
returning from, such examinat ton" so
that said section, as amended, shall read
as follows:
Section 6. The board of examiners
shall receive as compensation for their
services five dollars per day for the time
actually spent. and the necessary ex-
penses incurred in the discharge of their
duties. to be certified by the clerk or one
of the JUSTICES Of the supreme judicial
pensation for services and expenses
shall not exceed the amounts received as
fees from applicants
Section S. This act shall take effect
three.
Improved March PSI
Chapter 147.
An Act to amend Section five of Chapter
one hundred thirty-seven OF the Revised
Statutes as amended by Section one of
Chapter two hundred ninety five of the
Public Laws of eighteen hundred nine
ty-three, relating to Insane Criminals.
Section 1. Section five of chapter one
hundred thirty-seyen of the revised stat
ter two hundred ninety-five of the public
laws Of eighteen hundred ninety-three is
hereby further amended, so as ito read as
follows:
Section s. The governor shall appoint
in each county In the state a competent
physician. who shall be a resident of the
cenvicts in the county jail of the county
When a, cc,nyfct in the state prison or a
county tail becomes insane. the warden
shall forthwith notify tho prison phySi-
Clan, Or the Iailer shall forthwith; notify
such examiner in the county, of the fact
and the prison physician, or such exa M
iuer, as the case may be, shall forthwith
inSestigata the case and make a personal
ex4mna ZION of the convict and II the
bison physician or such examiner, rs
Ss ads e sash aucs fao
IN writing to- the governor and council
and the. governor and council shall cause
Of such san eonviet to tn,
to eithHr insane hospital until he becomes
Oh sound mind. The fee of such examiner
for each examination shall be
dpllarAa If SUCH convict becomes of sound
mind before the expiration of the tern
dffhis sentence he shall be returned t.
the prison or Jail from which he was re-
moved. IL the term of his sentence has
expired he shall be discharged free. In.
mates OF county jails and persons under
Indictment, becoming insane before fra
conviction, may be committed to an in
sane hospital by the judge Of the su-
Treme judicial, or superior court in the
county where such person is to be tried
or the case Is pending. under such limita-
lions as such judge may direct. The su
Iierinteudent otTthe insane hospital at Au-
t3usta .shall Visit the insane department Of
the state prison not less than once each
rhoath to advise with the prison physician
and warden as to the proper care, treat
Yfent and disposition of. the conyictS ~
ssId department. And whenever, in the
Judgment of said superintendent any
convict. OF the estate prison who may be
Insane, can be better treated at the In
sane hospital at Augusta. he may recon-.
mend, the transfer OF said convict to said
hospital, aud report his conclusions to the
governor and council, and thereupon they
may order such transfer, and said con-
Wet shall be returned to the, state prison
whenever. said superintendent shall con-
slider 1t advisable2to do so; IL such person
RECEIVERS after the expiration of his sens
tealce he shall Nbe' discharged free. When
ever any; convict. In said department al
the expirattbsi @of his term of sentence
shall, fiji, theaOpinion or said ,superilten-
dent prison physician and warden, be SC
far insane that his discharge will endali-
ger the iyeace and safety of the conimuni-
ty, they shall. make a certificate setting
forth briefly. the facts of his sentence
and Its expiration and their opinion. OF
his insanity, which certificate shall be by
the warden recorded. and thereupon, up
ON said Certificate, which shall be his war
rant therefor, said warden shall transfer
and commit said insane person to the IN
sane hospital at Augusta All expenses 5
OF said superintendent In connection with
said department, as we'll as those OF tne
commitment removal and support OF sale
corivicts during 1.-The term Of their sem
fences shall be paid by the state by order
OF the governor and council from STATE
prison, appropriations.'
sScctioy, q Section seven OF said chaptef