Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05

commission to be known as the state
water storage commissions of which the
governor shall be chairman. AS mem
bers of said commission, they shall re-
ceiVe no salaries but shall be paid their
actual and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties, and
may employ competent engineer. The
office of the commission shall be at the
state house in the city of Augusta. The
commission may appoint a secretary who
shall be paid a salary not to exceed six
hundred dollars per annum, who shall
work in conjunction with the land agent
section = The commission shall pro-
coed at once to collect information re-
latlng to the water powers of the state,
the flow of rivers and their drainage area
the location, nature and size of the lakes
and ponds in the state and their respec-
tive value and capacity as storage reser-
voirs, and such other photographic data
as they may deem of value in devising
the best methods for the improvement of
the natural storage basins of the state,
and the creation of new storage reser-
voirs, with a view to conserving and in
creasing the capacity of the water powers
Section 3. The commission shall, so far
as possible. work in conjunction with the
state survey commission, and with such
state survey commission Join with the
United States geological survey in maxi
ing Typographical survey of the state
In so far as it relates to the collection
OF data bearing on the water powers and
water storage reservoirs of the state.
The state survey commission shall place
at the disposal Of the state water storage
commission all information, and copies
OF reports, maps and plans collected by
them and bearing on the photography of
the state.
Section 4. Every person, firm or cor
poration before commencing the erection
of dam for the purpose of developing
any water power in this state, or the
creation or improvement Of a water stor-
age basin or reservoir for the purpose of
controlling the waters of any of the lakes
or rivers of the state, shall file with said
commission for it's information and use
copies of plans. for the construction of
any such dam or storage basin or reser-
voir, and a statement giving the location
height and nature of the proposed dam
ana appurtenant structures and the esti-
mated power to be. developed thereby.
and IN case dam is to be constructed
solely for the purpose of water storage
and not for the development of a water
power at it's site, plans and statements
ing the extent of the land to be flowed,
the estimated number of cubic feet of
water that may be stored and the esti-
mated effect upon the flow of the stream
or streams to be affected thereby. Every
person, firm or corporation SHALL as soon
as practical, after this act takes effect
file similar plans reports and estimates
in relation to any dam or storage basin
or reservoir then in process of construc-
ton by them.
Section s.. The commission shall present
to the legislature on or before the If
teenth day of January in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and eleven, a re-
port showing the progress made in its
investigations, and. if practicable shall
complete it's Investigations to such an
extent before January first, in the year
OF our Lord nineteen hundred and eleven
as will enable it to present in it's report
comprehensive and practical plan for the
improvement and creation of such water
storage basins and reservoirs as will tend
to develop and conserve the water powers
of the state. The commission shall also
report SO far as it's investigation will per-
init on the present development of the
water powers in the state with reference
legislature may have before it a compre-
hensive summary of the possibilities that
lie in the development of the water pow
ers in n, the estate state: as a natural resource
taken by the state to further increase
and conserve them.
Section 6. So far as any proposed plan
devised by the commission for the i'm
provement and increase of water storage
basins or reservoirs shall include the CON
Struction of a dam or dams upon or at
course, the commission shall ascertain
and report as nearly as may be the water
storage capacity in cubic feet of the
reservoir to be created. the recorded rain
fall on the water shed above such pro-
posed dam. and the maximum, minimum
and average flow of water per second in
cubic feet during each month in the year
in said river or water course. They shall
as nearly as practicable estimate the in
creased. power that would be developed
by such proposed dam in the rivers or
streams to be affected thereby.
Section 8. The commission shall ascer-
tam what townships or parts of town.
ships of land can be purchased by the
state and the cost thereof, with all the
necessary data for correct understand
ing of their value as a forest reserve or
for conserving the water powers of the
state. or for reforestation. and shall fur
Their investigate the question of denuded
n
their extent and value with view to
their. purchase by the state for refor-
estation.
Section O. The sum of five thousand
dollars for the year nineteen hundred and
nine and five thousand dollars for the
year nineteen hundred and ten, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated out of any fund in
the treasury of the state, not otherwise
appropriated to carry out the provisions
OF this act-(Approved April 81
Chapter 213.
An Act to amend Section two Of Chap
Public Laws of nineteen hundred and
five. relating to the compensation Of
certain State Officers
Section two of chapter one hundred
and fifty-nine of the public laws of
nineteen hundred and five is hereby
amended by substituting fol. the word
twelve" in the sixth line Of said sec
ton the word fifteen so that said sec
ton as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 9 The insurance commits
sioner shall receive an annual salary Of
eighteen hundred dollars. The COVER
nor and council may allow such reason
able sum for postage. clerk hire, and
actual expenses incurred in the proper
enforcement of the laws relating to in
surance.. as they deem proper. The
receive an annual salary. of fifteen hum
dred dollars. April %
Chapter 214.
An Act to amend Section seventeen Of
Chapter thirty Of the Revised Stat
utes relating to the Sale Of Poisons.
Section seventeen of chapter thirty Of
the revised statutes is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "acid' in
the ninth line thereof the words Co
caine heroin. alpha or beta eucaine, or
cannabis indica,' also by inserting after
the word salts" in the fifteenth line
thereof the words or any compound or
preparation containing the same so
that the first part Of said section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section IL. Whoever sells arsenic,
arsenious acid. atropia, or any of it's
salts. choral hydrate. chloroform. cot
ton root and it's fluid extract. Fowler's
solution. corrosive sublimate. cyanide
of potassium, Donovan's solution. ergot
and its fluid extract. laudanum. Nc
Munns elixir. morphia or any OF it's
salts, sugar Of lead oil of savin, oil Of