Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-06

! so to do In addition to such compensa
ton, each probation officer shall receive
monthly such sums as he has REASONABLY
and properly paid for ms expenses ems IN
and each probation officer shall on OF
before the last day of each month SUD
nit under oath to the county commls-
| soners in his county an itemlZed state
ment of such expenditures. Each pro
baton officer shall have the authority &c
perform the duties prescribed in this act
and for the purpose of performing such
duties is hereby invested with all the
| authority necessary therefor. If in any
| county it seems to tbe governor and
council necessary to have more than one
probation officer, the governor. by and
| with the consent of the council, may ap-
| point one or more associates. who shall
| have all the authority under the direction
| of the probation officer which such pro-
| baton officer has, and who shall receive
| for compensation and expenses such sum
| as the county commissioners in his coun-
| ty shall deem just and proper Such
| probation officers in each county shall
| attend the supreme or superior court dur
| ing the times when persons convicted OF
! crime are sentenced and shall give to
4 the court upon request such information
| with reference to any individual accused
| or convicted of crime as shall be in his
| possession. Such probation officer shall
| attend the sessions of other courts with
1 in his county having criminal juriSdic-
| ton as often and as continuously as the
performance of his duties shall permit,
and shall give to such other courts the
| same information last above mentioned.
Section 2. When any person by plea
of guilty. or upon trial, is convicted of
| any offense other than capital offense
| before any court having criminal juris
diction. such court is invested with au-
thority in its discretion to continue the
matter for sentence, suspend sentence,
| or suspend the execution of any sentence,
| to be done under the provisions of this
act, but nothing herein contained shall
| pc held to take away the right of appeal
from any respondent. or any right to
| have his case reviewed or retired under
| the provisions of law as they now exist.
| The court at or before the time for SEN
tence shall inquire into the circumstances
OF the respondent and of his offense, and
If the matter is continued for sentence,
the respondent shall be placed in the Gus
tody and under the control of the pro-
baton officer in the county where such
respondent has been convicted. Such
sentence may be continued Nv the court
| indefinitely, or to a definite time, and in
every instance the court may ode. the
respondent to report to the probation Off
Ger at such times and places as the court
shall designate, and shall cause to be
given to the respondent a writing signed
by the clerk or by the court, showing
such continuance for sentence, the time
during which the same is continued. and
the times and places when the respondent
is to report to such probation officer.
If the offense of which the respondent
IS convicted is within the jurisdiction of
the court trying the same. the court may
IN Its discretion impose a fine, or an
alternative sentence of Imprisonment, and
release respondent into the custody of
the probation officer, with an opportunity
TO pay such fine and costs to the proba-
ton officer within definite time. When
such respondent pays such fine and costs,
Or any part thereof to the probation
officer, such officer shall give the re-
spondent receipt therefor.
The court may in it's discretion. if the
onehse Is within the jurisdiction of the
court trying the cause, suspend sentence
Tor a definite period of time, or for an
INDEFINITE time not exceeding one year,
and such respondent may be committed
70 the custody and control of the pro-
baton officer In all cases where the re-
spondent is committed to the custody or
epnirol OF the probation officer, the court
snail give to each respondent a writing
showing the terms of mis- probation and
the times and places when and where
sucn respondent is TO report to such pro-
patton officer. And if at any time any
such respondent violates the terms of
ms probation, it shall be the duty of the
PROBATION officer to forthwith report the
same to the court which finally tried the
cause, and the court shall have AUTHORITY
thereupon to decree said probation ended
ana either impose the sentence, if the
cause Isl N mas been continued for sentence,
or IN an other cases order the respondent
10 forthwith comply with the original
sentence, and in all cases where sentence
tias not peen imposed, the court may
Section 3. Whenever a child under tho
age or sixteen years is arrested and
charged with an offense other than a
leiony, or crime which if committed bv
an adult would be felony, the officer
making such arrest may accent in Ee,,
OF PAIL and without committing such
cnlid TO any jail or police station. the
p,,t 'ol.ar recogHizance in writing, with
Guy security, OF the parent, guardian or
other lawful custodian of such child to
produce such child before the proper
eour, or magistrate on the following day
Ut time and place to be specified in
said recogniZance: and thereupon such
oHicer snail place such child in the care
r nma CUSTODY OF the person executing such
l1ecoslliAahce; who on failure to so pro-
duce such child, pursuant to the terms
| OF such recogniZance, snail be liable 70
punishment by the court or magistrate
reco uon criminal contempt. And similar
a. cus,, ll may be taken by the court
or magistrate for the subsequent produc-
.ion OF such child at time and place u
nj npio,ied therein pending the final ter
| niination OF the proceedings. and non
| compliance herewith shall suhiect ~
i pc, son giving the same to the same pun
| ed OF any offense other than canital
one:nse, the court or magistrate havinp
Juiisolctlon, instead of committing snnS
or the ~ or IDiri,nement In any institution
| t toS' may place such child in the chs
nensia VI me PROBATION officer under sus-
| anne re VI sucn sentence, or a continu-
! aacG OF the same for a period not az
s sueh 1a. one e. year. At any time within
msticss year. a, II II appears to the court that
iu ustlce ere requires it. said court or magis.
ipao may may cause such child to be brought
If 't Tho court on % and either impose sentence.
- me case has been continued for san
zen renee e or order such child to enter UPON
ecutio Nec ~ on or his sentence, if the ex
eeu.ioh OF the same has been suspended
whenever any child under the age ~
off Heesn years has been arrested for any
p 4na station, it shall be the dutv Of +p Or
notify tha e1 pagen such arrest forthwith to
aodian Of such child of the fact of s uuS,
his trial is to O. b the ba time and place where
a al notify probation officer in his c snail
time and 1 pIsce of 81 such arrest and Of the,
court having jurisdiction Of the @ ofYe any
officer by an ap prSsr ;n Of such probation
enid to be forthwith placed in at the su .a
trial and sucf fn probation officer pending the
cause. maj determination of said