Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
imposed by the laws of such state o
country.'-(Approved April ID
Chaoter 1873,

imposed by the laws OF Sucn Atate VI
country.-(Approved April ID
Chapter 1873.
An Act additional to Chapter one hundred
thirty-five of the Revised Statutes. re-
lating to Witnesses in Criminal Pro-
ceedings.
When an indictment has been returned
into court. any justice of the supreme
judicial or superior court may order the
material witnesses against the respondent
or respondents named in the indictment
to recognize with sufficient suretes to
appear and testify at the trial of said
Indictment in said court. and If said wit
nesses refuse or fail to recognize they
may be committed to prison and remain
until discharged by law. and such jus
tice may. issue capias to bring such
witness before the court to give his
recoSnizance. or upon failure or refusal
so TO recognize to be committed as aforc-
said.-(Approved April H.
Chapter 1879.
An Act to amend Chapter one hundred
and forty OF the Revised Statutes. relat-
ing to Coroners' InQuests and the APP
pontnent of Medical Examiners.
Section l. Chapter one hundred and
forty of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following
sections:
Section "A. The governor with the ad-
vice and consent of the council. shall APP
point for a term of four years. for each
county in the state. one or more able and
discreet men. learned in the science of
medicine and anatomy. TO be medical
Section Is. All medical examiners shall
he bona tide residents of the county for
which they are appointed
Section 16. Whenever medical ex-
amincr is notified by the attorney gen
eral. county attorney for his county, or
any coroner of his county that any per-
son has come to his death by violence
and that an autopsy is necessary. he shall
Immediately make complete autopsy
in the presence of the coroner who has
the body in charge The coroner and
al ,i,,Ay ,ln
saly. may summon one local physician as
an assistant and witness. who shall also
act as clerk and make a full and com
plete record of all the facts and circum-
stances tending to show the condition of
the body and all vital organs and the
cause and manner of death. which record
shall be signed by the medical examiner
and the assistant and delivered to the
coroner.
Section II. The fees of said medical
examiner shall be twenty five dollars for
penses. The fees OF said assistant shall
be ten dollars
Section >. Section thirteen of chapter
one hundred and forty of the revised
statutes Is hereby amended by inserting
after the word inquest and before the
word shall" in the first line. the words
together with the record of the medical
examiner so that said section as amend
ed shall read as follows
Section Is. The evidence of all the wit
nesses taken at any inquest together
with the record OF the medical examiner
shall. within ten days after the delivery
of the verdict to the coroner, be filed by
the county in which said inquest is held
and there remain open for public in
spection. Coroners may employ Stenog-
rapher for the purpose of taking such
evidence who shall receive as compen-
sation therefor the sum of six dollars a
day. and ten cents a hundred words for
transcript of notes. and six cents mile
for actual travel. -tApproved April ~
Chapter 1870.
An Act relating to Holidays.
Section |. Section lightweight of chap
ter fifteen of the revised statutes of nine
teen hundred three. as amended by sec
ton fourteen of chapter forty-eight "f
the public laws of nineteen hundred five
as amended by chapter forty eight of the
public laws of nineteen hundred seven
is hereby amended by adding. at the end
of said section. the words. February
twelve shall be observed by the teachers
and pupils in all the public schools of
which day. as far as may be eXpedient
shall be devoted to the study of the lif"
and character of Abraham Lincoln When
Lincoln day falls on Saturday or sun
day the observance of the same shall
be as above stated on the following Mon
day So that said section lightweight
as amended. shall read as follows:
Section 49,. The following days shall
be observed as school holidays. namely;
New Years day, January ono: Washing
tons birthday. February twcnty-two:
day. May thirty; Independence day. July
four; Labor day. first Monday in Septcm-
Der; Christmas day, December twenty
five; Thanksgiving and Arbor days. as
appointed by governor and council. Pro-
vided, however. that hrhOr day shall not
be recognized as a school holiday. unless
observed by teacher and pupils for the
purpose for which ii is designated by
the governor and council. All teachers
Of public schools in the state may close
their schools on the days above men
their schools had been in session upon
those days. When any one of the above
named holidays falls a Sunday. the
Monday following shall be observed as
Il school holiday with all the privileges
applying to any of the days above
named February twelve shall be oh
served by the teachers and pupils in all
the public schools of the state as Lin
coin day, some part of which day.
far as may be eXpedient. shall he devoted
to the study of the life and character of
scrvance of the Shine shall be as above
stated on the foi'pwing Monday
Section .. Section fifty-two of chnptcr
nineteen hundred three. as amended by
section three 'of chapter forty-eigh' of
the public laws of nineteen hundred
out, in the third line thereof. the words
'thc first day of January" so that said
section as amended shall read as fol-
Section s.. No court shall be held an
Sunday. or any day designated for The
annual thanksgiving. or for the chloe;
Of, presidential electors. the nineteenth
day of April. the thrtieth day of May
the fourth day of July, the first Monday
of September, the day of the state cleo
ton, or on Christmas day; and when the
time fixed for a term of said court falls
on either of said days, it shall stand
adjourned until the next day. which
shall be deemed the first day of the term
for all purposes -(Approved April ID
+- Chapter 1871. 20 .-
An Act relating to the Sealing of Logs
Section /. Unless the parties otherwise
agree. in the scaling or measurement OF
manufactured logs and timber the
cubic foot shall be the unit of measure
70 be determined by mathematical CAL
culation or by such cubic rule as the
parties may agree upon.
Section ,. The commission appointed by
the governor under the authority of an
order of the last legislature of date OF
March fourteen. nineteen hundred seven
is hereby continued in office with power
to recommend some appropriate standard
cubic rule and the application or use
thereof. Their report shall be made on
or before September first. nineteen hun
died and nine, to the governor. who shall
transmit the same to the next lcgislatu re
for its action thereon. Their bills for