The Somerset reporter., 1909-04-08

nor. investigate and report upon any
controversy If in his opinion 1t threat
ems to affect the public welfare.
Section 5. In any controversy where
not less than ten employees are directly
concerned the board shall. upon appli-
cation as hereinafter provided. and as
soon as practicable visit the place where
the controversy exists and make care.
full inquiry into Its cause, and the board
may, with the consent OF the governor,
conduct such inquiry beyond the limits
of the state. The hoard shall hear all
persons interested who come before II,
advise the respective parties what ought
to be done or submitted to by either or
both to adjust said controversy, and
make a written decision thereof. which
shall at once be made public, shall be
open to public inspection. and shall be
recorded by the secretary of the board;
said decision shall for six months be
binding on the parties who join in the
application or until the expiration or
sixty days after either party has given
notice to the other in writing of his In
tention not to be bound thereby, such
notice may be given to the employees by
posting Ii In three conspicuous places In
the shop. factory. yard, or other place
where they work.
Section 6. Said application may be
signed by the employer or by majority,
of the employees in the department OF
the business in which the controversy
exists or by their duly. authorized agent
or by both parties, and. II signed by an
agent claiming to represent majority
of the employees, the board shall sat
isfy itself that he is duly authorized TO
do SO. The application shall contain a
statement of the matter In controversy
and promise to continue in business or
at work without any strike or LOCKOUT
within three weeks after the date or nj
ing the application. The secretary or
the board shall forthwith after such NJ
ing cause public notice to be given or
the time and place of the hearing on the
application unless both parties join In
the application and present Herewith
the written request that no pubic no
tice. shall be given. If such request Is
made notice shall be given to the par,
ties in such manner as the board shall
order. and the board may give pubic
notice Notwithstanding such request
Section T. The board may summon
as witnesses any operative or any per
son who keeps the record OF wages
earned in the department OF business IN
require the production of books when
contain the record OF wages pa,o.
administered by any member Of the
board. Witnesses summoned by the
board shall be allowed the same fees as
are paid to Witnesses s IN dne supr witt
all necessary expenses of the board
shall be paid by the state treasurer
from the fund provided by THIS act oi,
council. a..
Section 8, The parties to any contro-
versy described in section hve may sun
NIT such controversy to local board OF
arbitration and Cancellation when may
be either mutually agreed upon or may
be composed of three persons, one OF
whom Shall be designated by the en-
ployer, one by the employers or ' who
shat be chaIIn.-..r-., e,.-Rtbrr two;
such board shall have all the powers ex-
ercised by the state board. and its de-
cisions shall have the same erect as
those of the state board. The decislpn
of said board shall be rendered witnln
la
held by it and shall at once be filed ~. py
the clerk of the municipality where me
shall be flied with the secretary of the the
state board by the clerk OF the salu
municipality: Each of said aro't ua,iors
shall be entitled to receive three dohars
for each day of actual service TO De
paid by the state treasurer on waTrant
drawn by the governor and council from
the funds provided by this act.
Section g. The sum of one Thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated the same
or SO much thereof as may be necessary,
to be used for the purposes OF TINS &c,
nineteen hundred ten.-(Approved April
Chapter 230.
An Act additional to Chapter one hundred
ninety three, of Public Laws OF nine
teen hundred and nine, relating 10 inc
Maine Forestry District.
Whereas, the forests situated mainly III
the plantations and unorganized to"ns
ships are one of the CHIEF sources Oh
wealth of the state, and the protectlon
OF such forests from destruction by hre
is of the greatest Importance; to TINS emu
1t Is a paramount duty Of this Legislature
to have funds provided without delay i hog
of such funds would expose such forests
to danger OF destruction by fires, pre-
ventable by adequate precautions. In tne
Judgment of this Legislature, the facts
expressed in the above preamble con-
stitute an emergency, and the measure
hereinafter set forth is Immediately nee
essary for the preservation of the public
safety; therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the
State of Maine, as follows;
Section l. Any expenses incurred unoer
the provisions of chapter one hundred
and ninety three, of the public laws OF
the year nineteen hundred and nine, not
exec eding twenty-five thousand dollars,
may be paid out OF any moneys IN tns
the governor and council are hereby au-
thorized to draw their warrant therefor
at any time. For any such expenditure
the treasury shall be reimbursed from the
funds derived from the district tax pro-
vded for by said chapter one hundred
and ninety-three.
Section 2. In view Of the. emergency
shall take effect when approved.-(Ap-
proved April %
Chapter 231.
An Act to amend Section two of Chapter
twenty-five of the Revised statutes or
the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and three, relating to jail SEN
tence for maintaining Liquor Null
saDce.
Section two of chapter twenty-five OF
the revised statutes of the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
three Is hereby amended by inserting
after mot" In the first line the words
less than one hundred dollars and Said
section Is further amended by striking
out the word cor" in the second line and
Inserting In Its place the word and
Said section Is further amended by in
sorting after the word mot In the sec
ond line the words less than thirty days
and not Said section Is further amended
by adding after the word year" the
words, and in default OF payment of
said fine an additional imprisonment OF
thirty days in JAIL so that said section
as amended shall read as follows;
such nuisance. shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars and not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, and i'm
prisonment in jail not less than thirty
days and not more than one year, and in
default of payment of said fine an add-
tional Imprisonment of thirty days in
jail.-(Approved April 81
Chapter 1872.
An Act to amend Section forty-seven Of
Chapter twenty-nine OF the Revised
Statutes. in relation to the possession
of Liquors.
Section forty-seven OF chapter twen-
ty-nine of the revised statutes Is hereby
amended by striking out the word "or'
in the last line of said section, and in
sorting In place thereof the word and