Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-25


~ man W" amount of the principal and
interest al six per cent on loans 80 made
IN tiol'tiOn hereof. may be recovered
rom the holder Of said security by the
ooTTowcr. III an action on the case
Improved March IS, 1901
Chapter 81.
An Act to amend Section forty-four Of
chapter fOrty-one OF TIN. Revised
S S.atmtcs' relating to close time for
Section. !. Section forty-four o! cha otter
iorty-one OF the revised statutes is hereby
amended as follows: by adding in tn.
twentieth line after the word bridge tn.
WORDS or IN Narraguagus bay or river,
anu by striking out the word '"raunton"
IN the, tWcntF-fo fourth line ana inserting in
ltsi Dl;tce the word Franklin. and by
AIDING IN the twcnty-sixth line after the
Wold called, the words or in Maria
s.iagns hty or river. and by adding to
me section the words nor to smelts taken
IN West bay and West bay stream. 50
called, 1t, the town Of Gouldsbo-o. Han
teenth days of April nor to sr,alts taken
IN PassamaGuoddy bay between the first
day OF September and the first day OF Oc-
.pher' So tilat SAID section as amended,
shall read as follows:
Section A. No smelts shall be taken or
nshed for in tidal waters. except by hook
ana line. between the first days Of April
and October. under II penalty OF not less
than ten. nor more than thirty dollars for
each Offense. and 1 further penalty Of
twenty cents for each smelt SO taken; and
All weirS for the capture OF smclts shall
be open and so remain, and all nets used
IN the smclt and tomcod fishery shall b..
taken from the water on or before said
frst day OF April. under penalty OF not
less than twenty, nor more than fifty dol
lars and a further fine of five dollars for
each day that any such weir or net re-
mains In violation of law. But Weirs with
catch pounds covered with nets. the
mcshes of which are ono inch square In
the clear. or greater, are not subject to
this section. But no smelts caught i'm
such weirs after the first day Of April,
snail be sold or offered for sale in this
state. nor shall SmeiiS caught in any
manner between the FIRST day of April
and the first day of October following be
oncrcd for sale. sold or shipped from the
state under a penalty of Twenty-Five dol
that dip nets may be used between tn.
first day of April and the first day Of
May. and al smells caught by dip nets
ofrse% e., said days o, may a; ~, hs hwfu!y
vidcd. further. that this section does not
apply to smelts taken in the AndroscoGgin
river above the Merrymecting bay bridge.
or in Narraguagus bay or river between
the first DAYS OF October and November.
nor to smclts taken i'll the PcnnbscoI
river and its tributaries between the first
and thirtieth days of April. nor to
smells taken in CascO bay between the fif-
teenth day of September and the Iirst day
Of October. nor to smelts taken in Fra,.k-
lin bay between the first day Of April and
in Little kennebcc bay. so called. or in
Nara SiIag,lS bay or river, in the county
Of Washington. between the first day of
April and the first day of May. nor to-
smclts taken in West Bay and West Bay
so called. in the town OF Goulds-
bpro. Hancock county, between the first
and tho fifteenth days Of April nor to
smeltS taken in PasSamanuoddy bay he
Z thX Grct dow. Of
first day OF October
[Approvcd March IS. 1905
Chapter 90.
An Act to provide for the better enforce
mcnt of the laws against the mai,uf.tc-
turC and sale of Intoxicating Liquors.
Section !. Tho governor is hereby au-
| horiZed to appoin. commission consist
ing o. three persons. one OF whom ShIH
u, :, lawyer. two members of said co1l-
mission shall be- from the dominant pO-
lti::h purity and one from the political
party casting til" next highest vote At the
last state election.
Each member of said commission shall
he paid salary Of fifteen hundred dol
lars per year and actual expenses.
''h" salary shall be payable in four
quarterly payments on the first days OF
January. April July and October.
Said commissioners shall be provided
with an Office AT the state capitol. with
suitable furniture. stationery and other
business of the commission. and may
employ clerk at the expense of TIL.
state.
Section =. Said commissioners shall ~
known AS enforcement commissioners and
with the advice and under the direction OF
the governor shall have. ana are hereby
to exercise lit any part OF the
state. all the common law and statutory
powers of Sh"fffS in their respective
Otnties in the enforcement OF III" law
against the manufacture and sale of ill
to~icating liquors.
Section i: Said commission shall an
point such number of deputy enforcement
commissioners as in its Judgment may be
necessary. who shall have the same pow
trS as are given said commissioners under
the preceding section. Such deputies
shall he appointed in writing signed by i
ma jority Of said commissioners, which APP
pont,nrnt shall he recorded in the oIfic
of salt. commission. and shall mold cffict.
during the pleasure OF said commission.
l pom bciEg discharged they shall immedi-
ately surrender their certificate OF APP
continent and all papers and other prop
crty relating to their Office.
Section 4: SAID commissioners and
deputies shall be sworn and give bonds to
I h" state for the faithful discharge Of thci"
duties. the commissioners lit tne sum OF
Eve thousand dollars ana the deputies in
the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars.
Any party injured by the official misdo-
ing of any deputy. having first obtained
Judgment against him and failed to salts
fy the execution issued thereon ON de-
mand may. at his own expense. in the
raine of the commissioners. for the tinc
being. institute suit upon such bond in
the county in which the original judgment
was Obta med on in the county in which
such deputy resides. for tho purpose of
collecting such judgment. The name of
the party for whose benefit the suit is
brought shall re stated in the declaration
and endorsed on the writ and such party
shall alone be liable for costs unless the
court for good cause shown shall require
other endorscrs.
Section ). 1t shall be duty of tn"
said deputy enforcement commissioners to
exercise all the powers herein conferred
when. where and as directed by said cont
mission. and for their services. they shall
be paid three dollars per day and the
actual expenses Occasioned by the per-
Torrance of such duty, ana shall. at such
time rs may be fixed by the commission.
present their accounts for approval and
after approval the governor and council
shall draw their warrant against any
moneys i'm the treasury not otherwise APP
propria ted. in payment thereof
Section e. There shall be taxed for said
and deputies ir the bills of
costs the same fees as shcriffs and wit
n"sscs have been heretofore entitled to re-
Ceivc. which shall be paid directly TO the
state treasury.
Section Z. The said commission, upon
Icing satisfied that the local authorities
fail to enforce the law against the manu-