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

to be at least one week before the time
named therein for the closing OF such
bids Sealed proposals submitted in &C,
cordance with such advertisement shaIi
be addressed to the trustees, commits
sioners or other persons having the con-
struction in charge and shall remain
sealed until opened in the presence OF
committee of the governors c0uncil aI
such time as the governor ana COUNCIL
Section 5. On and after. August first,
nineteen hundred nine. whenever any
bridge within the state is to be CON
structed or repaired. the cost OF "hich
construction or repair shall amount TO
one thousand dollars or more. ana tne
cost of such construction or repairs is
to be paid wholly or in part by the state,
the contract for the same shall be
awarded as follows: The state hign-
way commissioner, county commission
ers or municipal officers within the
county where said new construction or
repairs are to be made shall adVertlse
for sealed proposals not less IMAM omo
missioner of highways may direct' me
last advertisement to be at least one
week before the time named anIreih n Ior
posals submitted In ACCORDANCE WIN
said advertisement shall be addressed
to the state highway commlss ,s o VI
struction i'm charge and shall remain
sealed until opened in the presence OF
said commissioner or commissioners at
Section A. No contracts shall be
awarded unless its faithful performance
shall be secured to the state by bono
per cent of the amount Of the contract.
Such bond shall be payable to the stat ,e
of Maine and shall be deposited WIN
the state Treasured Approved April
- Chapter 2o3.
An Act to provide for the transfer or
Patients i'm Insane Hospitals 10 the
Maine School for Feeble Minded.
The trustees of either insane hospital
are hereby authorized to transfer 1eepie
minded persons, supported entirely at
public expense. who are now or may pe
hereafter in said insane hospitals' 10 e1e
Maine School for Feeble Minded, When-
ever in their Judgment the welfare OF tne
patients transferred will be promoteas
thereby A copy Of the certihcate OF
commitment to the hospital IN Wnlcn
said patient has been confined, certified
by the superintendent of such hospital
together with certihcate OF tne SUPER
intendent declaring said patient 10 De
feeble minded and not insane. ana Ger
tificate signed by the secretary OF tne
trustees of said hospital showing sucii
transfer has been voted by the trustees,
shall authorize the superlntendent OF Tue
Maine School for Feeble Minded to re-
ceive and detain such patient in CUSTODY
in the same manner as If he mad orlsl-
nally been committed to such institution:
and the expense Oh SuCIl u
be paid by the state.-(Approved April -
Chapter 204.
An Act to increase the salary of the
Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fish
cries.
Paragraph twenty of section one of
chapter one hundred and sixteen OF the
revised statutes of nineteen hundfed
and three. as amended by chapter one
hundred and twenty of the pubhc ia~S
of nineteen hundred and five. is hereby
further amended by striking out the
words fifteen hundred" in the first line,
and inserting in place thereof the words
when amended. will read as follows:
Commissioner of sea and shore nsh,
cries. two thousand dollars and actua!
travelling expenses. '-( Approved April
Chapter POS.
An Act to increase the salary of the
Warden of the Maine State Prison.
The salary of the warden or the Maine
thousand five hundred dollars from ana
after the first day of July one 5housaI mo
lime hundred and nine. instead OF the
sum now provided.-(Approved April
Chapter 2o6.
An Act to consolidate and revise the
Military Laws of the State of Maine. ;,
consist of every able-bodied male citizen,
and every able-bodied male of foreign
birth who has declared jhis Intention TO
become u citizen, who is a resident OF TINS
state and who is more than eighteen and
less than forty-tiNe years OF age, subject
to the following exceptions:
Persons exempted by the laws of the
United States. to wit:
The vice-president of the United States.
the officers. judicial and executive. of the
government of the United States. the
members and officers of each House OF
Congress. persons in the military or naval
service of the United States. all custom
house officers, with their clerks post
masters and persons employed by the
United States in the transmission of the
mall ferlymen employed at any ferry on
post road artificers and workmen, EN-.
ployed in the armories and arsenals of
the United States. pilots, mariners ac-
tually employed in the sea service OF any
citizen or merchant within the United
States. and all persons who are exempted
by the laws of the respective states or
territories shall be exempted from militia
duty, without regard to age.
Persons exempted by the laws of the
state, to wit:
Justices of the supreme judicial court;
ministers of the gospel: persons of the
denomination of Quakers and Shakers:
and officers of the militia who have been
honorably discharged.
Section . All male citizens who are
more than eighteen and less than forty
five years of age, excepting idiots. luna
tics, paupers. vaSabondS, habitual drunk
ards. and persons convicted of infamous
crimes, and who are resident in this state,
shall. biennially in April. be enrolled by
the assessors in the several cities. towns
and plantations in which they reside, in
such manner and according to such regu-
lations as the governor shall prescribe.
On such enrolment and opposite the
name of each person who is exempt
from duty under section one, or who is
serving in the active militia. or who is
unable by reason of physical disability
to perform military duty. the assessors
shall write the word exempt and state
in each case the cause of exemption. The
assessors shall subscribe said list and
make oath that the same is true to the
hest of their knowledge and belief; and
shall file the same with the clerk of the
city, town or plantation on or before the
first day of May of the year when made:
and each clerk shall on or before the
tenth day of said May, make a certified
statement of the total number enrolled.
the number marked exempt the number
belonging to the national guard and the
number marked disabled. and forward the
same to the office of the adjutant general
Section 8. Any person claiming exemp-
ton shall satisfy the enrolling officer of
ms right thereto, and in case of doubt
the burden of proof shall be upon the
person claiming exemption. and the en-
rolilnE officer may require him to sub
mt to examination on oath, and may
administer such oath.
Section a. Any person knowingly and
wilfully refusing information or giving
to-