The Republican journal., 1909-04-08

sale shall be liable to seizure and NAV he
cenhscated. Nothing contained herein
shall be held to prohibit the sale of Ioh-
sters tnat have been legally canned. =
tArproved March 49,
Chapter SO.
An Act to provide for retiring and men.
sloning Prison Officers =
section. !. The warden may, with the
approval of the governor and council, re-
TIRE from active prison service and place
Maine State Prison, who has been EMPLOY
ed in the prison service in Maine, with n
good record, for the term of thirty years
or who, after twenty years of continuous
age of sixty years.
Section 2. The words prison service as
used in section one of this act. shall be
prison, and an officer of the state prison,
shall. for the purpose of this act, be
credited with all the time which he has
served as an officer, with good record
The words good record shall be con-
strned to mean that the officer has not
been discharged for misconduct from the
state prison, or that, if SO discharged, it
was afterwards found that he was not at
fault; and the restoration to duty or re-
appointment in the prison from which he
was discharged shall be sufficient evidence
for the exoneration of any officer.
provided in this act, shall be allowed a
pension equal to one half the salary he
was receiving at the time of his retire
ment. This pension to be paid from the
state treasury.
Section 4. Prison officers shall only be
retired and pensioned, as provided for in
section one of this act, by the recon-
nlendation of the warden, which recon-
board of inspectors of prisons and jails,
together with the approval of the gov
ernor and council.-(Approved March 49,
Chapter SO.
An Act to amend Sections one, two, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, twelve and
twelve, Public Laws, nineteen hundred
and seven, relating to Highways.
Section one of said act is hereby
amended by inserting after. the word
highways" in the second line. thereof
the words tor state roads, so that said
section as amended shall read as follows:
Section 1. The objects of this act are
to obtain a more uniform system for the
permanent improvement of main high
ways or state roads throughout the state,
to secure the cooperation of the munich
palities and the state in providing means
therefor, and to provide for more efficient
and economical expenditure Of moneys
appropriated for highway construction
and repairs
The tlrst paragraph of section two of
said act is hereby amended by striking
out the word 1.-The" in the ninth line
thereof and substituting the word said
ana by SURFING out all dICeT Tile WOTu
provisions. in line nine as far as and
including the word thereto in line
twelve and by striking out the word
the preceding the word state" in line
thirteen of said section and by striking
out the word road following the word
state" in said line thirteen and sub
shutting therefor the word roads and by
striking out in lines thirteen and four
teen of said section the words under the
provisions of this act.'
Said first paragraph of said section is
also amended by striking out after the
word notification" in line eighteen the
words ito make such designation, and
the clerk of each board of county COM
missioners shall return forthwith to the
state commissioner of highways a record
of their proceedings in each town and a
state road" and substituting therefor the
words to determine the main Travelled
thoroughfare of said town and to desig-
nate the name as the state road. Said
county commissioners shall forthwith re-
turn to the state commissioner of high
ways record of their proceedings in
each town and an accurate, minute and
careful description of each road SO
designated,' SO that said first paragraph
of said section, as amended, shall read as
follows.
Section q The following described
roads shall be considered main highways
or state roads within the meaning of this
act; in towns which have already awaited
themselves of the provisions of sections
ninety-nine to one hundred and five OF
chapter twenty three, Revised Statutes,
nineteen hundred and three. and acts
amendatory thereof and additional there
to, such roads as have heretofore been
designated state roads by the county
commissioners; in towns which have not
heretofore awaited themselves of said
provisions, but which vote to accept the
provisions of this act, such roads as may
hereafter be designated as state roads.
When notified by the state commissioner
41,xNI hoe tod TO
accept the provisions of this act, it shall
be the duty of the county commissioners
OF the county in which such town is
located, on or before June, first of the
year Of such notification to determine
the main Travelled thoroughfare of said
town and to designate the same as the
state road. Said county commissioners
shall forthwith return to the state com
missioner of highways a record of their
proceedings in each town and an &C
curate, minute. and careful description of
each road SO designated
Section four is hereby amended by
striking out all of said section and sub
shutting the following section therefor.
so that said section as amended, shall
read as follows:
Section 4. If any city or town OF or
ganzed plantation or the county commits
sioners for any unincorporated township
desire state aid as contemplated by this
act, for the permanent Improvement OF
its state road, such city or town or Or
SO
pirate in addition to the amounts regu-
larly raised and appropriated for the care
of ways, highways and bridges the fol-
lowing amounts, on account Of which aid
shall be paid.
Towns having valuation Of two hum
bred thousand dollars or less may appro-
pirate any amount not exceeding two
hundred dollars; towns having valua-
ton over two hundred thousand dollars
and not over eight hundred thousand dol
lars may appropriate any amount not ex-
ceeding four hundred dollars towns haV-
ing valuation over eight hundred thou-
sand dollars and less than one million dol
lars may appropriate any amount not eX-
ceeding four hundred fifty dollars; and
towns having a valuation over one mil
lion dollars and not exceeding three mill
lion dollars may appropriate an addlt1onal
fifty dollars for each two hundred thou-
sand dollars additional valuation or frac.
ton thereof; towns having valuation of
three million dollars and less than four
million dollars, may appropriate one
thousand dollars: and towns having a
valuation over four million dollars may
appropriate an. additional one hundred
dollars for each one, million dollars addl-
tional valuation or fraction thereof.
And the commissioners of each county
within which are located unincorporated
townships. if they desire state aid for the
permanent improvement of the MAN
thoroughfare OF state road of any OF SAID
townships, shall raise and appropriate in
addition to the amounts regularly raised
and appropriated for the care of high
ways and bridges, in each of said town
ships fifty cents for each thousand OF