The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-04-04

tenance Of such persons as the trustees
shall determine, and such persons from
and similar schools may be received into
such school when there is room fer them
without excluding state charges, at u
cost a,sa n to such person or those who ara
legally responsible for their maintenance
at Il cost of not less than three dollars
and twenty-five cents per week.
Section 4. The governor shall be, ex-
of!icio. member OF the board of trus-
tees of said school and shall annually
visit said school.
Section g. Whenever it is made to ap-
pear, upon application to the judge of
probate for any county and after due
nolice and proper hearing, that any
person resident in said county and who
IS moi already III any almshouse, the III
supported By any town, is ii fit subject
Tor the Maine School for Feeble Minded
such Judge may commit such person to
SAID school by an order of commitment
directed to the trustees of said school for
feeble minded accompanied by u certiti-
cate of two physicians who are graduates
CT some legally organized medical college
and have practiced three years in this
ject for said institution. Whenever up
on such application, there is occasion for
the judge of PROBATE to attend hearing
on days other than days fixed as the reg
ular day for holding the probate court,
said judge of probate shall be allowed
five dollars per day for his services and
GA p-Ioto, WHICH Shall DC D:llu DIV tho
county treasurer upon the certificate of
the county commissioners.
Section g. Any order of coumittal I'M
der this act shall be subject to appeal in
and to the same extent that DEGREES of
the Judge of probate appointing guar
CLANS over persons alleged to be insane
or lncompetent or sspendthrift,. and no
commltta under this act shall bar ha-
beas corpus proceedings, but the court
upon habeas corpus proceedings may
confirm the order OF commitment when
ever justice requires. Any inmate of the
Maine School for the Feeble Minded NAV
be discharged by any three of the tIuG-
tees or by a justice of the supreme or
superior court of the state whenever a
further detention in such school in thei-
opinion is unnecessary but any person so
discharged who was under sentence of
imprisonment at the time Of his commit
ment. the period of which shall not have
expired, shall be committed or remanded
to prison for such uneXpired tine
Section Z. Feeble minded persons shall
be admitted to the institution in the fol-
lowing order: First, feeble minded per
sons who are now in public institutions
supported entirely al public expense, sec
ond, feeble minded persons in public in
SILLY e not supported as aforesaid ;
i'll any institution of the state, who have
no parents, kinsmen or guardian able to
provide for them. or who are committed
by 4 judge of probate; fourth. those re-
siding within the state whose parents,
kinsman or guardian bound by law to
support such persons are able to pay:
nith, persons of other states whose pa
rents, kinsmen or guardian are willing
to pay
Section S. The governor and council
snail select and purchase a suitable sit ]
Tor said school and home ana the board
OF trustees. as soon as appointed and or
ganlzed. shall proceed as soon rs prac-
1icahl: to erect thereon and properly
furnish and equip suitable building and
StrnrtllrfS iSi, NO 1l,;r
forth in this act.
Section . Said trustees shall have
power to make all necessary rules and
regulations as to admission to said in
stitlition and fer the government and
control OF said institution and its in
mates, and to do everything necessary to
properly care for and educate the feabl,,
minded of the state.
For all bills contracted by the governor
and council as aforesaid in purchasing a
site the governor shall draw his warrant
TIE same not otherwise appropriated, and
all bills contracted by the trustees in
erecting, repairing and equipping suitable
s n1H5indlrgs and oTerating the institution
ernor and council, and the governor
shall draw his warrant upon any money
IN the treasury to pay the same not 9th
erW1Se appropriated.
ceedlng sixty thousand dollars shall he
appropriated under this act to be used
and expended for the purposes therein
named within the next two years.
Section il. The trustees shall receive
fYe cellars per day when employed and
actual expenses.
Section T.. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby re
pealed.
[Approved March 6, 1901
Chapter as.
An Act to amend Section fourteen of
';nipter sixty OF the Revised Statutes
relating to Agricultural Societies
section fourteen of chapter sixty of the
revised statutes is amended by stril1inf,
ou ,.,, ti,e words one cent and one-quar-
yer IN the second line CT said section
aad substituting therefor the words two
cents, SO that, the section as amended,
will read as follows:
section IA. There shall be approDriat-
ed annually from the state treasury, a
sum or money not exceeding two cents
70 naCh lnlabitant of the state, which
snall De divided among the legally incor-
not provided for Ivy special enactment
according to the amount of premiums
ahd gratuities actually paid in full, on
ehil9ltion stocks and products, and pro-
v1ded. that no society shall receive from
me state a sum greater than actually
rdlsed and paid by the society for said
p pai n a provided also, that each of the
ECU Sa,', socletles shall cause the prohihitory
liquor law to be enforced on all grounds
over which they have control. and not
allow gambling in any form or games of
chance on said grounds
Improved March 6, 1901
Chapter 46.
AN Act to amend Chapter forty of tho
IleVlsed statutes, relating to employ
ileiit OF MINORS i'll manufacturing. or
nechaMcal establishments in this
Section ]: Section 1ifty-two of chapter
aoity or the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the word
anu anu substituting therefor the word four
teen also by striking out the words
gu every parent or guardian who per-
nuts any child to be 50 employed. so
that said section as amended, shall read: .
section 81. No child under fourteen
years Ct age, shall be employed in anv
manufacturing or mechanical establish
i i!ht IN the state. Whoever, either for
Elmselt, or as superintendent. overseer
or agent of another employs or has in
ms ms employment any child in violation of
the provisions Of this section, shall he
Eunlshed by fine of not less than
twenty-five, nor more than fifty dollars
for each offense' e''
= Section 2. Sections fifty-three fifty-
Tour and ffty-fivc of said chapter forfv
are hereby repealed
Section 3. CHAPTER fortv of the revised
statutes IS hereby amended nv Inserting
as section lifty-three of said chapter the
following: LIN
Section 3d. Any child over fourteen
years or age. and under sixt cen years of
age, appiylns for employment i'm any