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

January one. nineteen hundred and
eleven.-(Approved March 29.)
~Chapter 172.
An Act to repeal a part of Section one of
Revised Statutes, relating to salary Of
officers of the Insane Hospital at Au-
gusta.
So much of section one, of CHAPTER ona
hundred and sixteen of the revised stat
Mtes as relates to the salary of the SUI
perintendent, four assistants, the stew
ard, chaplain and matron of the Insane
Hospital at Augusta is hereby repealed
approved March 29)
Chapter 173.
An Act to amend Chapter four, Section
forty-three, of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to duties of Town Clerks.
Section forty three of chapter four of
the revised statutes is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "state' in
the second line thereof the words and the
state auditor, so that said section shall
read as amended:
Section 43. When town treasurer is
elected and qualified the clerk shall COM
municate his name to the treasurer of
state and the state auditor; and no CITY,
town or plantation shall receive any
money from the treasurer of state until
the name of its treasurer has been so
communicated (Approved March 49,
Chapter ia.
An Act relating to the transfer of certain
Trust Funds of the Maine Industrial
The trustees of the Maine Industrial
School for Girls shall pay into the state
treasury the principal sums of the trust
funds now, held, or which may be held
by them, for the benefit of said school,
Said funds shall be known by the names
now attached thereto, or which may be
attached by terms of gifts or requests.
The state treasurer shall semi-annuallv
of n
sum equal to two and one-half per cent
of said amount, to be used for the benefit
of said school in accordance with the
several terms of gifts or requests, or as
the trustees shall from time to time de-
termine.-(ApprovedM March 29)
Chapter IT'S.
An Act to facilitate the Identification of
Criminals
Any officer, or the keeper of any prison,
Jail, lookup or other place of detention,
having in custody any prisoner or person
detained under suspicion, may, if deemed
advisable, measure and describe, or cause
such person to be measured or described
in accordance with the system, commonly
known as the Bertilou method for the
identification of criminals, and may cause
to be taken such photographs as are
deemed necessary, and may take copies
of the finger prints of any such person.
Approved March 30
Chapter 176.
An Act to repeal Section three of Chap
ter one hundred forty-three of the Re
VlSed Statutes, as amended by Section
one OF Chapter one hundred twenty of
the Public Laws of nineteen hundred
seven, relating to the State School for
Boys.
Section three of chapter one hundred
forty-three of the revised statutes, as
amended by section one of chapter one
hundred twenty of the public laws of
nineteen hundred seven. is hereby re-
pealed.-(Approved March 49,
.Chapter IT,
An Act relating to the Common School
Fund and the means of providing for
and distributing the same
Section l. A tax of one and one-half
mills on dollar shall annually be as
sessed upon all of the property in the
state according to the valuation thereof
and Shall be known as the tax for the
support of the common schools.
Section 2. This tax shall be assessed
and collected in the same manner as
other state taxes and shall be paid into
the state treasury and designated as the
common school fund.
Section 3 One-third of this fund shall
be distributed by the treasurer of state
on the first day of January, annually, to
according to the number of scholars
therein, as the same shall appear from
the official returns made to the state su-
perintendent of public schools for the
thirds of said fund shall be distributed
by the treasurer of state on the first day
of January, annually, to the several
cities, towns and plantation according
to the valuation thereof as the same shall
be fixed by the state assessors, for the
preceding year.
Section 4. All of the said fund not dis
tributed or expended during the financial
year, shall at its close, be added to the
permanent school fund,
Section s. All moneys provided by
towns. or apportioned by the state for
the support of common schools. shall be
expended for the maintenance of COM
mon schools, established and controlled
by the towns by which said moneys are
provided, or to which said moneys are
apportioned.
Section g. Sums received by any city,
town or plantation from the distribution
provided by section three, shall be deemed
to be raised by sucn city, town or planta-
ton within the meaning of revised stat
ntes. chapter fifteen, section thirteen, as
amended.
Section 7. The passage of this act shall
in no wise affect the provisions of sec
tons one hundred twentyfour. one hun
dred twenty-five, one hundred twenty
chapter. fifteen of the revised statutes, or
of section two of. chapter one hundred
and eleven of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and seven.-(Approved March 81
Chapter 1873.
An Act to amend Chapter forty-two of
the Public Laws of nineteen hundred
and seven, relating to prevention of
desertion and non-support of Families"
Section |. Strike out the word mis-
demeanor" quoted in the fifteenth line of
section one of said act. and substitute
therefor the word felony and strike
out the words ''sx months" in the eigh-
teenth line of sa id section and substitute
therefor the words two years. so that
said section as amended, shall read as
follows:
Section l, Any person who shall with
out lawful excuse desert his wife when
such, wife is in destitute or necessitous
circumstances or any person who being
able by means of his property or la Dor
to provide for the necessary support and
maintenance of his wife, shall wilfully
neglect or refuse to provide such support
and maintenance when such wife is in
destitute or neceSSitous circumstances,
or any person who shall without lawful
excuse desert his or her minor child or
children under the age of sixteen, or
who being able by means of his or her
property or labor to provide for the nee
essary support and maintenance of his
or her minor child or children under said
age shall wilfuly neglect or refuse to
provide such support and maintenance
when such child or children are in desti-
tute or recessitous circumstances shall
be deemed guilty of a felony, and on
CONJUNCTION thereof shall be punished by
a fine not more than five hundred dollars
or by Imprisonment with or without hard
labor for not more than two years or by
both such fine and embellishments: and
should a fine be imposed it may be
directed by, the court to be paid in whole
or in part to the wife or to the guardian
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