The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-04-08

the Improvement Of Free High
Schools. approved March fifteen
nineteen hundred and nine
State aid to free high schools under
the provisions of chapter seventy one
of the public laws of nineteen hundred
and nine shall be payable annually in
the month OF december
Chapter 1877.
Ana to amend Chapter fifty-four OF
the Public Laws Of nineteen hundred
and seven In relation to the salary of
the Chaplain at the Maine State
Section /. Paragraph twenty-seven,
Of section one, chapter one hundred and
smegdea Of bv tes
public laws of nineteen hundred and
seven, is hereby further amended by
striking out ad the etv words das. "chaplain two
striking out the, words teacher, three
hundred dollars;"' and by inserting after
the word guard in the twelfth line
thousand dollars
Section 2 An act entitled "An act ia
amend section one of chapter one hun
which provides for salary of three
hundred dollars for teacher at the
Maine State Prison, and two hundred
dollars dollar; for chaplain 1nara approyed March
hereby repealed.-(Approved April -
Chapter 1893.
An Act for the equalization Of School
Privileges.
Section l.: The treasurer of state
shall Immediately after the first day of
July, nineteen hundred and ten, and an
nually thereafter deduct the sum of
twenty thousand dollars from the state
school funds and the Same shall be set
equalization fund which shall be dis
tributed in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided
Section q Every town which raises
for the support of common schools four
mills or more on it's valuation as fixed
by the state assessors shall receive the
following year from the school equali-
to ten per cent Of Its apportionment of
the state school funds for the preceding
year.. Such portion of the school
eau ti.ln fund fund as any town may be
treasurer of state at1the same time and
in the same manner prescribed for the
payment of state school funds. The
state Superintendent Of public schools
shall annually, on or before July first,
file with the treasurer of state list of
towns entitled to receive the benefits of
the provisions of this act shall be made
Immediately after the first day of July,
nineteen hundred and ten.
Section. g. All of the school equall-
cation fund not distributed nor eXpend-
ed during the financial year shall at Its
5 close be added to the permanent school
fund.-(ApproVed April u
Chapter 1893.
An Act to provide for bounty on Bob
Cat Loup-cervier and Canada Lynx
A bounty of two dollars for every bob
cat, loup-cervier and Canada lynx killed
in any town shall be paid by the state
treasurer to the person killing it upon
compliance with the following condi-
tions:
No bounty shall be paid unless the
claimant, within five days after he has
1T oh, hnC rnfr n
from the hunting in which he killed it.
exhibits to the town treasurer the entire
skin thereof with the ears, nose and tail
thereon in as perfect state as when
and makes oath to a certificate which
said treasurer may administer in which
he shall state that he killed such animal
and the time and place. which shall be
within the state, and the treasurer shall
thereupon cut off the whole of the tail
from such skin and forward the same
fisheries and game. at Augusta, Maine
and also forward to the state auditor
the claimants certificate which certifi-
cate shall be in the following form:
Claimants certificate.
To the treasurer of the town Of
I hereby certify that on the
day tS Of s+ate ~ MINI a D. II .i,e at the hob
eat n the state vi ar Canada eq nH the
skin of which 1 now exhibit to you, and
I claim the bounty allowed by law for
killing the same.
Dated at this day OF
Claimant.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
the day and year aforesaid
Treasurer of
And the treasurer of said town shall
make and send at once to the state
auditor a certificate which shall be in
Town Treasurer's Certificate
To the state auditor:
hereby certify that da th hs d requ III by
t. D me the whole 40 of the skin Of bob
cat, loup-cervier or Canada lynx, and
certificate:
T hereby certify that on the
G ia the he state of Maine - killed the bob
cat, loup-cervier or Canada lynx, the
skin of which I now exhibit to you, and
I claim the bounty allowed by law Tor
killing the same.
Dated at this DAY OF
I further certify that cut off the
whole of the tail from the skin of the
bob cat loup-cervier or Canada lynx
described in the certlflcate and iorW w in
land fisheries and game at Augusta,
Maine.
Dated at this day OF
Treasurer of the town of
Subscribed and sworn to the day and
year aforesaid.
Justice of the Peace.
Upon receipt by the. state auditor Of
the treasurers certificate and the
claimants certificate for bounty as
herein specified the state auditor, be-
fore ordering the bounty paid as pro-
vided by law, shall have received from
the commissioners of inland fisheries
and game a certificate that said COM
bob cat, loup-cervier or Canada lynx
from the treasurer sent as aforesaid.
whereupon the state auditor shall audit
the claim for bounty and-the same shall
be paid forthwith by the state treasur-
er to the claimant from any money IN
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The town treasurer for making oath
for forwarding the tail of the animal to
the commissioners of inland fisheries
and game shall be paid by the claimant
the sum Of twenty-five cents.-(Approved
April ~
Chapter 200.
An Act to amend Section thirteen OF
Chapter four of the Revised Statutes,
relating to choice Of Road Commits
sioner in Towns.
Section thirteen of chapter four of the
revised statutes is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "elect' in the
first line thereof the words and all towns
shall elect so that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section 10. Each town at it's annua
meeting may elect and all towns with
over sixty-five hundred Inhabitants shall
elect by major vote a road commissioner