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that said section as amended. shall read

Sectlon "a. Any TOWN. LHuS Wdue
chargeable in the first instance, and pay.
ing for the commitment and support OF
the insane at q hospital, may recover the
amount paid, from the insane. II able. OF
port, or from the town, where his Legal
settlement is. as if incurred for
the tn expense of paauper,. but II. il
State he has d no esa sra b b the
funded by. the state, and the governor
and council shall audit all such claims
ana draw their warrant on the treasurer
lhereIcr. All bills for expenses SO IN,
Cured and chargeable to the state, shall
be filed with the governor and council
within three months after the same are
lowed unless they are filed with the gov
ernor and council within sixty days after
the thlrty-first day of December OF the
year in which they are incurred. No il
sane person shall suffer any of the dis
abilities of pauperiSm nor be deemed a
paurer by reason of such support But
the time during which the insane person
Is so supported shall not be included in
the period nf residence necessary to
change his settlement 10
Section 2. This at shall take effect
lApproved March %, 1907
Chapter 1906.
An Act to amend Section forty-one of
chapter twentythree of the Revised
Statutes, relating to the Powers, Liza
bilities and Penalties of Plantations.
Section forty-one of chapter twenty
three OF the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the words re
CURED to assess a state ard county tax
in the first line of said section and I'M
sorting in place thereof the words or
ganlzed under section one hundred and
fourteen of CHAPTER four of the revised
Statutes so that said section as amend
co, shall read as follows:
Section Al. Plantations organized I'M
der section one hundred and fourteen of
chapter four of the revised statutes havs
like powers and are subject to like Ma
bll1tleS and penalties as towns respecting
ways, Their assessors have like powers
and shall perform like duties, as munich
pal officers of towns respecting them
Approved March %. 1901
Chapter 107.
An Act to amend Section twelve of Chap
ter one hundred and tOrty-tWo OF the
Revised Statutes. relating to earnings
of Prisoners, committed to Houses of
Correction.
Section fourteen of chapter one hun
bred forty-two of the revised statutes is
hereby amended by adding to said section
the following words: If such account
shows the earnings of such prisoner TO
exceed the expenses incurred for commit
ment and maintenance of said prisoner,
such excess may be paid by the over
seers of the poor to, or for the benefit Of.
dependent families or kindred of said
prisoners so that said section shall read
as follows: The master shall keep an ex-
act account OF the earnings OF each pris-
oner, and of the expense incurred for
commitment and maintenance; specifying
the time of his commitment and libera-
ton. and present it. on oath, to the over
seers of the poor of the town where such
house is established annually and oftener
if directed, and the town may recover the
amount of such expenses after deducting
the earnings of the prisoner, from the
town where such prisoner has his legal
settlement. If such account shows the
earnings of such prisoner to exceed the
expenses incurred for commitment and
maintenance of said prisoner, such excess
may be paid by the overseerS of the poor
to, or for the benefit of, dependent fam
lilies or kindred of said prisoners.
[Approved March % 1901
Chapter 1903.
An Act to secure the preservation of, and
to make public the early records OF
Towns and Planta tions.
Section !. All persons, other than reg
listers of deeds. having possession of or
owning the records of the original pro-
prietors of any town or plantation in this
state may deliver the same to the Maine
Historical Society for preservation and
true copy thereof to be made and certi-
fed by the secretaryobf said society and
said copy shall thereupon be filed i'm, the
registry of deeds in u1e4county in which
be kept there as a public record. Any
transcript from said copy from said rec
ordS, certified by the register of deeds
may be used in evidence in all cases in
which the same is material and with the
same effect as though the original records
were produced.
Section 3 Whoever, having possession
of, or owning any such original records
may deliver the same to said Maine His
torical Society. as provided in this act and
shall be paid from the state treasury such
sum of money as shall reasonably reim-
burse him for all expenses incurred by
reason of his obtaining possession or be-
coming the owner thereof, which said
sum, when certified by said Maine Histor-
zeal Society to the governor and council
and approved by then: shall be paid by the
state treasurer; and the cost Of making
and filing said copy in the registry of deeds
shall be paid to said Maine Historical So
cety by the state treasurer whenever said
cost shall have been certified to and APP
proved by the governor and council, pro-
Vfded, however, that the sums to be ex-
pended in any year under the provisions
of this act shall not exceed in the aggre
gate the sum of five hundred dollars.
Section 3 This act shall take effect
when approved.
[Approved March %, 1901
Chapter 1903.
Am Act relating to Corporations.
Section l. The secretary of state shall
prepare a list of all corporations, giving
treasurer last filed in the office of the
secretary of state, and the amount of
the amman 1ranChlSS TAX due Tor the year
nineteen hundred and fiv6, except those
which have been duly excused as pro-
vided by statute or dissolved by decree of
court, which have not paid their fran
chise tax for the year nineteen hundred
and five, which list shall be published
three times for three consecutive weeks in
the month of May, nineteen hundred and
seven, in three places within the state of
Maine, namely, Bangor, Augusta and
Portland, in such newspaper in each plac5
as the secretary of state may select. The
charter of any corporation SO advertised
which shall fail to pay said franchise tax,
and the expenses of advertising the sama
on or before the first day of December,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and seven, shall be suspended, and such
corporation shall have no right to use the
same. A charter SO suspended may be
revived by payment of all franchise taxes
and expenses of advertising as aforesaid
due from the corporation at the time OF
such payment. Any corporation where the
charter shall have become suspended as
aforesaid, shall continue liable for its
yearly franchise tax, but while it's charter
is suspended as aforesaid, no notice re-
lating to said franchise tax need be sent
to the corporation by any state officer.
The data covering the avoiding of said
charter, to wit: the fact of the publica-
ton of the same and the dates thereof,
and the avoidance of said charter by rea-
son of such publication and the failure to
pay said overdue franchise tax herein
provided, shall be so entered upon the
corporation records of the state and be
certified by the secretary of state as evil
depce of the suspension of the charter of
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