Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-29
PUBLIC LAWS
Passed by the Seventy-Third
Legislature, A. D. 1907.

Aoo~A ny Tic SCVSHty- iii q
Legislature, A. D. 1907.
Chapter I.
An Act additional to chapte. iorty-nine.
Retistd statues. proVI0.ng Tor the
TRANSMISSION, 10 registers Of probate OF
the NAMES OF all qualified CORPORATE
Surety Companies
section l. IL shall be the duty of the
insurance commissioner to transmit
forthwith to each register of probate the
names OF all Corporate surety companies,
foreign or domestic which become quail
ned u which cease to quality 10 lran.aC-
business within this state.
Section =. This act shah take eTe
Wien approved.
iApprCved Jan. y. 1907.
Chapter ..
An Act 10 amend Section twcnty-tnrea of
Chapter one hundred ana fourteen OF
the Rtv.s,d Statutes, ard IL repeal
Chapter one hundred and Inirty-on,
ana one hundred and thlrtyfour OF III :
Public Laws OF nIneteer nunured ana
five, relating To relief OF Poor Deb ors.
Section l. 4 hat section twen, y-three OF
chapter ore hundred and +, urteen oil the
revised statutes is hereby amended ~
striking cut the words or at tht shir,
town of said county" and the words
where plaintiff or his attorney Of record
resides IN one county and defendant i'll
20 appear before said magistrate in any
town in the county where the defendant
resides and adding after the word re
sides .n the fourth line OF the words.
ans Ia case there is no such ma frat 4
IN the Town where the debtor. the petit
toner o. his attorney resides. then in tn.
town wherH there Is such q magistrate
nearest to the place Of re.iden"e OF the
debtor. tho petitioner or his attorney"
So that said section as amends ii. shall
read "a follows
Section y Snch magistrate shall
thereupon Issue under his hand and seal
IN tnlaf .a,.vvnyy1 "A ~ tr,Nr
him IL appear hcfOr" such mag istrata
within said county. in Tho town IN wlreAIl
the debtor the petitioner ar his attorney.
resides. and i'll case there is ne such mag
istrato i'll the town where the debtor, the
petitioner or his attorney re sides. then
In tie town where there is such a m gis-
tratr nearest to the place Of residenc" of
the debtor. the petitioner or his attorney
at a time and place therein named. to
rake full and true disclosure. on nth
o. all his business and propert, affairs
The application shall be annexed to tn.
snbnoena- No application or subpoena
shall ne deemed incorrect for want Of
or mistakes. wFcn the person and tn.
case en- be rightly understood. Snch
errors and mistakes NAV he amended on
; application of either party
Section ? ,Nhantcr ono hundred and
thirty-one and chapter one hundred and
thirtv-four of the public law Of nineteen
; hundred and five are hereby repealed.
,, Section 2. This act shall take effect
, when arpr0ved
Chapter 3.
An Act to establish and r, make uniform
Jail Inspectors.
Section l. The inspectors of prisons
and jailE shall each receive five dollars a
day for services while employed on Off
cial dug. and actual travelling expenses,
beginning the first day Of JanuarN in the
; year Of our Lord nineteen hundred and
Sector :. Ali acts and parts Of acts
) inconsistent herewith, are hereby re
[Aprroyed February 6, 1907
Chapter 4.
i An Act in relation t. the employment of
Custodlans Of Elevators.
Section !. No person. firm or corpora
., ton shall employ or permit any person
= under fifteen years Of age I" have the
care, custody. management or opera t!rn
of any elevator. or shall employ a per
: son urder eighteen years of age to have
J the care. Gust 1dy. manaeemnnt 'r onera I.,
] Of over two hundred feet q minute
> Section 2. Whoever violates the ,provi-
- sions Of this act shall h" punished by 4
. and not lcS@ than twenty-five dollars for
. each orfcnse.
I Approved February c. 1901
!; Chapter 5.
An Act to amend Section nincty-six OF
> Charter f"rtN-nin" OF the RcIisc'i
; and BROKERS.
Section rlnctv-six of chapter forty-ninc
of The revised statutes is hereby amended
u by striking out the words, or OF amy
=, steam boiler inSuT@nC" company author
Il ICED to do business in the state" in tn
:; third and fourth lines of said section. SO
- that said section us am ,iIued Shall reaJ
/ as follows:
:, Section s. The insurance commission
% or may issue n license II any person to
!: act a.. an agent of a domestic insurance
. company. upon his fling with the com
missioner e certifica.H from the company
on association or its authorized agent
;, empowering him 50 20 act; and to any
resident of the state TO act a. an agent
of any foreign insurance company. which
Z his received 4 license to do business III
4, the state aS provide in section seventy
nine urOn his filing such certificate. Such
license shall continue until the first day
" of the next July. II any person *oliclts
:; receives or forwards any risk or applica
:, ton for insurance to any company, with
n ont first receiving such license. or fraud
y ulortly assumes to be an agent ana thus
X procureS risks and receives m pney foI
!; premiums. he forfeitS no; more than fitN
9 dollars Cor each offerse: but any policy
j issued On such application binds the com
:; pany il otherwise valid. Agents Of duly
n authorized Insurance companies may
i place risks with agents Of Other dul!
& authorized companies when necessary FOL
y the adequate insurance OF property, per
3 sons or interests. An insurance agen
+ Of insurance mlawfullv made by OF
(. through him. directly or indirectly. fol
II or in behalf Of any company not anthor
- ICED to do business in the state. Moth
ing herein contained shall require 2 dul,
licensed insurance agent CT broker tt
y obtain any license for an employee dom.
= ONLY clerical oftiC" work in the Office 81
:, said agent or broker.
!, rApproved February Il. 1861
:, Chapter 6.
y An Act 20 amend Section forty-five Of
= Chapter four of Revised Statutes. re
& lating tc Registration and Licensing o
" Dogs 49,. A.,
y Section forty-hve of chapter four of the
!. revised statutes relating to registration
i and licensing of dogs is amended by add
Il ing thereto the following: If said dog Il
kept hy the said owner or kcener IN an un
nruanized pace said owner or keeper shall
cause il to be registered. numbered, de
scribed and licensed as aforesaid in tn
= Office of the clerk of the nearest town o.
. plantation 10 tho place where said do,
= is kept so that said section as amended
y shall read as follows:
!. Section A.. Every owner or keeper
J; upon the first day of Arri OF dog NOR be
. fore the tenth day OF sid April. caus