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

mailed. In case of failure to make such
payment within said thirty days an
ton of debt may be maintained against
said county in the name of the treasurer
of state, for the benefit of the state to
recover said sum, or the amount payable
aforesaid may be deducted by the
treasurer of state from any sums due
from the state to such county, so that
said section as amended shall read as
follows.
Section 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
said deputy enforcement commissioners
to exercise all the powers herein con-
ferred when, where and as directed by
said commission, and for their services
they shall be paid three dollars per day
and the actual expenses occasioned by
shall, at such time as may be fixed
by the commission, present their
accounts for approval and after APP
prevail the governor and council shall
draw their warrant against any moneys
in the treasury not otherwise appropri
ated, in payment thereof. The state au-
ditor on or before the fifteenth day of
each month shall notify the county COM
missioners of each county where the pow
erS aforesaid are executed. of the sum
pald by the state treasurer during the
preceding calendar month for the SER
vices and expenses of said deputies in
such county, and such sum shall be paid
by the county treasurer of said county to
the treasurer of state within thirty days
failure To make such payment within said
thirty days an action of debt may be
maintained against said county in the
name of the treasurer of state, for the
benefit Of the state to recover said sum,
or the amount payable as aforesaid may
be deducted by the treasurer of state
from any sum due from tine state to such
county.
Section ,. Section nine of chapter nine
ty-two Of the public laws OF nineteen
hundred five is hereby repealed.-(Ap-
proved April -
Chapter 256.
An Act to amend Section hfty-five of
Chapter eighty eight, of the Revised
Statutes, relating to Trustee Process.
Section /. To amend chapter eighty
eight. section tifty-tiVe, subsection six, by
striking out, in the fifth and sixth lines
Of said subsection SIX, the words and
this is not exempt in any suit for taxes
OF for necessaries furnished him or his
family and substituting in place thereof
the following: ana the sum of ten dol
lars shall be exempt in all cases, except
SAID subsection six by adding, after The
word husband" in the last line of said
subsection, the following: if, after wages
for personal labor or services have been
attached ard before entry of the writ
tie defendant tenders to the plaintiff or
to his attorney the whole amount du.
and recoverable in the action and the
fees of the officer for serving the writ.
the plaintiff shall recover no costs, eX-
cept the fees of the officer; and if the
defendant is defaulted without an appear
ance, on if he files AN offer of Judgment
on the return day of the writ, and the
plaintiff accepts such offer or fails to
secure more than the amount thereof and
of the interest thereon from its date the
plaintiff shall recover no costs. except the
entry fee and the officers fees so that
said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
vi. BY reason of any amount due from
him to the principal defendant as wages
for his personal labor, or that of his
wife on minor children, for time not eX
ceeding one month next preceding the
service of the process. and not exceeding
twenty dollars of the amount due to him
as wages for his personal labor; and ten
dollars shall DE exempt in all cases eN-
cept in q suit for taxes; moreover, wages
of minor children and of women. are not
in any case. subject to trustee process on
account of any debt of parent or huS-
band; if after wages for personal labor
or services have been attached and be-
fore entry of The writ, the defendant ten
ders to the plaintiff or to his attorney
the whole amount due and recoverable in
the action and the fees of the officer for
serving the writ, the plaintiff shall re-
cover no costs, EXCEPT the fees OF the
officer; and if the defendant is defaulted
without an appearance or if he, files an
offer of judgment on the return day of
the writ, and the plaintiff accepts such
offer or fails to secure more than the
amount thereof and of the interest there
on from its date. the plaintiff shall re-
cover no costs. except the entry fee and
the officers fees
Section .. This act shall not apply to
debts or claims contracted prior to the
first day of May. in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and nine (Approved
April %
Chapter 257.
An Act to amend Chapter forty of the
Revised Statutes and Chapter forty-SiX
of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred
and seven. relating to the employment
of Minors in Manufacturing or Me-
chanical Establishments in this State
Section L. Sections fifty-two, fifty-three
and fiftyfour of chapter forty of the re-
vised statutes as amended by chapter
forty-six of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and seven are hereby repealed
Section >. Chapter forty of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by inserting;
as section fifty-two the following:
Section So No child under fourteen
years of age shall be employed or allowed
to work in or in connection with any
manufacturing or mechanical establish
ment. 1t shall be unlawful for any per
son. firm or corporation to employ for
wages or hire any child under fourteen
years of age in any manufacturing. me-
chanical, mercantile or other business
establishment, or in any, telephone or tel
transmission of telephone or telegraph
messages during the hours that the pub
lie schools Of the town or city in which
he resides are in session. Whoever.
oVerSeer or agent of another. employs or
has in his employ any child in violation
of the provisions of this section, and ev-
cry parent or guardian who allows any
child To be so employed shall be pun
iShed by n fine not less than one dollar
nor exceeding fifty dollars for each Of
Tense
Section 3. Chapter forty of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by insert ing
as section tifty-three the following:
Section 80 No child over fourteen years
of age and under sixteen years of age
shall be employed or allowed to work in
any manufacturing or mechanical eStab-
liS1ment until he. or some one in his be-
half, shall have produced and presented
To the owner. superintendent, overseer or
agent Of such establishment, a certified
copy of the town clerks record of the
birth of such child. or Il certified COPY
of his baptSmal record showing the date
of his birth. or his passport showing the
date of his birth: or an age and school
ing certificate duly issued TO him as
hereinafter provided. No such child be-
tween his fourteenth and fifteenth birth
days shall be employed or allowed to
work in amy manufacturing. mechanical,
mercantile or other business establish
ment, or in any telephone or telegraph
office; or in the delivery and transmits
sion of telephone or telegraph messages
during the hours in which the public
schools of the city or town in which he
resides are in session. until he shall have
no