Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-10

! section s. Any order of committal
under this act shall be subject to an
peal in the same manner by the same
persons and to the same extent that
DEGREES of the judge of probate ap-
| pointing guardians over persons al
| legged to be insane or incompetent or
| spendthrift. and no committal under
| this act shall bar habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, but the court upon habeas
! corpus proceedings may confirm the
order of commitment whenever Justice
requires. Any inmate of the Maine
School for the Feeble Minded NAV be
| discharged by any three of the trus-
tees or by justice Of the supreme or
superior court of the State whenever a
further detention in such school in
their opinion is unnecessary, but any
person so discharged who was under
sentence OF Imprisonment at the time
Of his commitment, the period of
which shall not have expired. shall be
committed or remanded to prison for
such unexpired time.
"Section feeble minded persons
shall be admitted to the institution in
the following order: First, feeble
minded persons who are now in public
institutions supported entirely at pub
lie expense; second, feeble minded per-
sons in public institutions not sup
ported as aforesaid: third, feeble mind
ed persons who are not in any institu-
ton of the State, who have no par
ents, kinsmen or guardian able to pro-
vide for them. or who are committed
by a judge of probate: fourth. those
residing within the State whose par
ents, knsmen or guardian bound by
law to support such persons are able
to pay; fifth, persons of other states
whose parents, kinsmen or guardian
are willing to pay"
Business at the office of the State
treasurer is now rushing on account of
the franchise taxes which were as
sessed in July by the Board Of State
Assessors and which We're due on the
first day of September. The taxes are
coming in Well. There were in all
about 1000 companies assessed and If
these the tax has already been received
from about 2000. 1t is also learned at the
office that all of the State tax assessed
against the cities, towns and planta-
tons of Maine has been paid in full.
which is something remarkable mas
much as the tax has seldom been set
II.
A notice has been flied at the Office
of the secretary of State which certifies
that st a special meeting Of the stock
holders of the City Fuel Co, held at
the office of the corporation III Port
land Oh Tuesday, Sept l, it was voted
10 increase the capital stock of The cor
poration from a total OF SO, 10000, com,
Sb of no "a,
of 500 each, to a total of $4,000
comprising 40, 900 shares of the par val
ne of 800 each; that the increased stock
amounting to s250000 in par value shall
be issued as first preferred stock
subject to all the conditions and en-
joying all the privileges conferred upon
said first preferred stock by the by
laws and charter of the corporation.
Among the many visitors at the |
State House Tuesday and yesterday !
the following signed the register in the
fish and game department: f. ;. Eli |
OFT ct Portland. Bernice NJ. Leighton Of |
Frceport, Della A. Church Of Bangor |
Charles A. and Anna ID. West of Bos- |
ton, Mrs. James Fitzgerald of Lowell |
Mass, Mrs. A. Fitzgerald of Lewiston, |
Mrs. Alice NJ. Simmons of LivermOre |
Falls. Robert w. Starbird of Danvile
Junction. Mr. and Mrs. f. c. II. Rob-
erts of Somerville, Mass. Lila L. Cur
It's of Brewer. f. r. Mckenzie Of Har-
rington, f. f. Small of Addison.
Announcement was made yesterday |
ut the department of education Of the |
election Of Miss Margaret Sweeney as |
an assistant teacher at the MadaWaSka |
Training school vice Miss Modiste
GuimonG, resigned
The following corporation has filed |
its certificate of organization at the |
Office Of the secretary of State:
Tuoumne River Power Co, organ
lied at Bangor. for the purpose of sup
plying water for all purposes with
s3OO.oo0 capital stock, of which $50 is
Shaw of Greenville; Treasurer, William
NJ, Shaw of Greenville. Certificate filed
Sept ., 1908.
Farm Sales Of w. D. Hutchins Co.
Some recent sales made by w. d.
Hutchins Co., Augusta, the Maine
Farm Brokers, include the following:
A. b. Peet farm, Bowdoinham, to
Chas. r.. LamOreau, Pressure Isle; Geo.
f. Dare farm. Windsor, to +. 7.
Hughes, Pressure Isle; Sam Taylor
farm, Albion. to Geo. Danforth, Fair
field; John Margitan farm, BowdOin, to
j. Harry Pierce, wellington; l.. w.
Davis farm. Pittston. to VIM. Cam