Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-18
STATE HOUSE
Nominations Announced by
Gov. Cobb, Tuesday.
Law Relating to Registration Of
Vital Statistics DisregaTded.
Somerset County Man Pays Fine for killing
Deer In Close Time.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Coun.
Gil, Tuesday, April "a, at 10 A. M.

| cOnt1rnatlOn dt tne meeting OF the
Executive Council. April "a.
Trustee University of Maine-William
r. Homes of Waterville.
Trustee Bath Military and Naval
Orphan Asylum-Perham S. Heald of
Waterville; Alonzo Sylvester of Farm
iugton; Charles II. Greenleaf of Bath.
| Trustee Maine Industrial School for
| IGirls-Alfred Williams Anthony, d. D.
of Lewiston.
Judge Municipal Court-George A.
Stafford of Hallowell
| State Board Of Examiners to Regu-
late Practice of Embalming-Ralph b.
| White of Bangor; r. II. Stubbs of Au-
tgusta.
| Penobscot Boom Commissioners
George A. Gray of Old Town: James 3.
Mullen of Bangor; Cornelius Murphy
of Old Town.
| Fish Warden-Oliver p Philbrick of
Kittery.
| Agent for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals-Willam P. Allen of Column
bia Falls.
Coroners-Harry F. Bragdon of Mill
inocket; Fred Harrington of Damaris-
Gotta.
To Acknowledge Deeds, Administer
| Oaths and SolemniZe Marriages.
Alvina Carrie Hall of Richmond.
| Trial Justice-Morrill Gldden of
Somerville: Percy n. H. Lombard of
| Old Orchard; l.. E. Waldron of Dexter;
| John r. Weed. Jr. of Monticello.
| Notories Publication L. Barbour of
Augusta: Horace A. Burgess of Sanger
vile; William II. Hilton of Damaris-
| nd I l. mic of
Henry F. Merrill of Portland; J. H.
McGregor of Enfield; Willis II. Simons
of Woodland
| Justice of the Peace-D. j. Callahan
of Lewiston: w. II. Condor of Ply
mouth: Rami A. Daigle of Madawaska;
| Beloni =. Dufoure of st. Agatha;
| Chares w. Hayes of Foxcroft: George
A. Lawrey Of Southwest Harbor; John
A. Lowe Of Bath; Albert d. Morneau of
lewiston: Robert F. Partridge Of Au-
gusta; Thomas r. Perkins of DANA
| riscotta; S. A. Randall of Stockton
Springs; Frank l.. Rhoda of Merrill
Plantation: William J. Robbins of
| Rockport; Arthur II. Sargent of Sedg-
wick; Frank II. Sterling of Caratunk
| Plantation; l.. &. shepherd of Dexter;
Melville w. Toothaker of Dxmont.
Ferdinand f. Tripp of Lyman.
From reports which arr fi"nI tim"
to time received at the office of the
registrar of vital statistics it is evil
| dent that some of the physicians of
the State are somewhat lax in COM
plying with the law relating to the
| I. giStration of vital statistics, partic-
ularly i'm the matter of promptly fill
ing out certificates i'll case of death
and returning them to the person
| experimenting the burial. notwith-
standing the fact that there is a fine
for such neglect.
| A case of this kind WAS brought to
the notice of DIR. A. G.. Young, the
State registrar. Tuesday. by d letter
which he received from firm of un-
d. rtakers. and which stated that in
| the case of death where they had
been selected to take charge of the
| funeral arrangements. the physician
who had been in charge of the case
had neglected to properly fill and re-
turn the certificate to them. although
they had sent il to him. The letter
also stated that they had appealed to
him. but without results.
The matter of this return on the
part of the physician is Imperative,
and in order to bring it to the attcn-
| ton of all, and to show the penalty
for neglect to comply with the pro-
visions of the law, the following sec
tions are printed. Section Il says i'm
part:
"A physician who has attended "A
p, rson during his last illness shall
within "a hours after the death of said
PERSON make certificate stating, to
the best of his knowledge and belief,
the name of the deceased. his age, the
disease of which he died. lnl the date
OF his death, and shall either deliver il
to the person experimenting the
burial or leave it with the family of
the deceased or at the said physicians
Office where it may be obtained when
called for"
Section 81. which provides for the
reads as follows:
| .'If any person shall willfuly neglect
or refuse To perform any duty imposed
upon him by the provisions of section
10 or of the 10 last preceding sections,
lit shall be a misdemeanor, and he
shall be fined not more than 500 for
/ caCn OIIeUSe, tUe use OI lne town
in which the offense occurred, and the
State registrar shall enforce this sec
ton as far as comes within his power;
when the State registrar knows, or has
good reason to believe. that any PEN
atty or forfeiture hereunder has been
incurred, he shall forthwith give no.
tice thereof, in writing to the county
attorney of the county in which said
penalty or forfeiture has occurred,
which notice shall state as near as
may be, the time of such neglect, the
name of the person or persons incur
ring the penalty or forfeiture, and
such other facts relating to the de-
fault of duty as said State registrar
may have been aple to learn. and upon
receipt of such notice the county at
torney shall prosecute the oefaulting
person or persons"
| Hon. A. w. Gilman, commissioner of
Horticulture. was at the department