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

person or municipality to support sucn
insane person may lawfully exist All
moneys collected under the provisions OF
this act shall be forthwith turned over 10
the state treasurer, who shall receipt Ioi
the same: and the expenses OF tne cor .aeJ
ton of said moneys shall he charge"
against and paid out OF any sums SO coz
lected and turned over. and all bills Ior
such expenses shall be audited by lne
state auditor and paid out of the state
treasury upon the certificate or the state
auditor issued therefor and provided by
law.-(Approved March l6)
Chapter SO.
An Act to shorten the time of possession
required for bringing suits to quiet title
to Real Estate.
Chapter one hundred and six Of the
Revised Statutes is hereby amended ~
striking out the word ten from ne
sixth line of section forty-seVen, me
fourth line of section forty-nlne ana tnc
third line of section fifty-two ana n
serting instead thereof in each or tne
said three sections the WORD Tour. zap
proved March 16.)
Chapter ga.
An Act to amend Section eighty-nlne or
Chapter one hundred eiShty-fouf OF lhe
Public Laws of nineteen hundred ana
seven relating to the Compensation OF
Selectmen. 49,,
Section eighty nine Of chapter one hun,
dred eighty-four of the Public Laws OF
nineteen hundred and seven is herepg
amended by striking out the words ana
fifty cents" and also by striking OUT tis
third word in the last sentence of said
section and in place thereof inserting tns
word three so that as amended saiu
section shall read as follows:
section 50. If any town does not choose
assessors or if so many of them refus1
to accept, that there are not such nun
her AS the town voted to have. the select
men shall be the assessors, ana eacn ..
them shall be sworn as an assessor anu
each selectman and assessor sflali De Pa u'
for his services two dollars for every oaS
necessarilv and actually employed IN tne
services of the town. Towns having tilree
thousand or more inhabitants may vole
To nav their Selectmen d compensate
not exceeding five dollars day for tune
actually spent in the service of the town.
-tApproved March 1G)
Chapter 95.
An Act amendatory to Chapter sixty OF
The Revised Statutes relating to Agri-
cultural Societies, and additional there-
Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter
sixty of the revised statutes is heIeog
amended by striking out the words one
cent and one quarter" in the second line
of said section and inserting IN place
thereof the words two cents; by IN
sorting in the tenth line of SAID Sectlon
after the word societies. the following:
and all agricultural societies receiving
aid from the state by special act Oh .le
legislature and by inserting s. IN w w
word allow the words immoral SHOWS;
so that said section as amended, shaii
read as follows:
Section "A. There shall be appropri,
ated annually from the state treasury a
sum of money not exceeding Two Genus
to each inhabitant of the state. whlch
shall be divided among the legally m
corpcrated agricultural soclelles oi me
state not provided for by special enact
men1 according to the amount OF prem
ums and gratuities actually pald IN l .ti
by said societies, provided, that the ssl-
pend shall be based entirely upon the
premiums and gratuitieS actually pald III
full on exhibition stocks and products
and provided. that no society shail re-
ceiye from the state a sum greater IMAM
that actually raised and paid by the So
cety for said purposes: provided. also
that each of the said societies, and all
agricultural societies receiving ana from
the state by special act of the legislature,
shall cause the prohibitory liquor law
to be enforced on all grounds over which
they have control. and not allow immoral
shows. gambling in any form or games
of chance on said grounds.
Section .. Section fifteen of chapter
sixty of the revised statutes IS hereby
amended by striking out the words none
of such payments at the beginning OF
said section. and inserting in place there
of the following: No payment of any
state aid, whether made under the pro-
visions of section fourteen of chapter
sixty of the revised statutes and amend
ments thereto or by special approprla-
tom by inserting in the ninth line Or
said section fifteen, after the words IN
regard to- the words immoral shows;
and by adding to said section the follow
ing: In case of any complaint IN writ
ing, signed by the complainant, of the
violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter relating to the payment of state
aid i'll any form to agricultural societies.
the commissioner of agriculture may in
vestigate such alleged violation. and is
hereby authorized to employ such agents
and counsel as may be necessary to aid
him in such investigation. and the eX-
perse incurred shall be paid out of the
general appropriation for aid of a2rlcult-
ural societies, except that in any case
where it has been found upon such in
vestigatiOn that the society against
which complaint has been made has vio-
lated the provisions of chapter sixty Of
the revised statutes, the expense OF such
investigation shall be paid from the
amount that would otherwise have been
paid to said society; provided further
that if the society against which the
special enactment. then the expense of
the investigation shall be paid from the
said appropriation for such society SO
that the section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section Is. No payment of any state
aid whether made under the provisions
of section fourteen OF chapter sixty of
the revised statutes and amendments
thereto or by special appropriat ton, shall
be made to any society until the treasurer
thereof files with the treasurer of state
q certificate on oath stating the amount
raised by it and containing the spectica-
lions required in section nineteen; and
also a certificate from the commissioner of
agriculture that he has examined into the
claim of said society: that in his opinion
it has complied with the provisions of
sections nineteen and twenty and with
the following section: that there has been
awarded and paid by said society as
premiums and gratuities a sum at least
equal to the amount appOrtioned to said
society. and that the provisions i'm re-
gard to immoral shows. gambling and the
sale of Intoxicating liquors have been
strictly complied with.
In case of any complaint in writing
signed by the complainant of the vio-
lation of any Of the provisions of this
chapter relating to the payment of state
aid in any form to agricultural societies.
the commissioner of agriculture may in
vestigate such alleged violation. and is
hereby authorized to employ such agents
and counsel as may be necessary to aid
him in such investigation. and the ex-
pense incurred shall he paid out of the
general appropriation for aid of agri-
cultural societies, except that in any case
where it has been found upon such in
vestigation that the society against
which complaint has been made has vio-
lated the provisions of chapter sixty of
the revised statutes. the expense of such
investigation shall he paid from the
amount that would otherwise have been
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