Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-01
Chapter 1877.

An Act 10 consolidate the management uf
state institution for the Insane and
Feeble Minded
Section /. Section one of chapter one
hundred and fortY-four of the revised
statutes relative TO insane hospitals and
the first two paragraphs of section two
of chapter one hundred and forty-four of
the public laws of nineteen hundred and
seven, relative to the Maine school for
feeble minded. are hereby repealed and
the Offices of trustees of said institutions,
created by said sections, are hereby de-
clared vacant.
Section . The governor shall with the
advice of the council appoint one board
of whom shall be inhabitants of this state.
and one of whom shall be a woman The
woman first appointed shall serve for five
first appointed shall be fixed at three. two
and one years, respectively. All trus-
tees thereafter appointed shall serve for
her of said board of ex-offcers.
Section g.; Said board shall be known as
Hospital Trustees" They shall have
the government of the Maine insane hos
pial at Augusta the Eastern Maine in
sane hos ,ita at Bangor. and the Maine
school for feeble minded at Pownal.
Section T. Said board of Hospital
Trustees shall perform all the duties
required. and have all the powers given
by statute to the trustees of insane hos
pials and to the trustees of the school
for the feeble minded
'N'ttipi s0dlu HbSBildl trustees SDdit
receive no compensation except actual eX
penseS.
Section 8. All acts and parts Of acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby repea led.
-tApproved March BIZ
Chapter 1893.
An Act relating to the Compensation of
Justices of the Supreme judicial OF
Superior Court.
Section /. Section one of chapter one
hundred and thirty + nf the nuhlir,
laws of nineteen hundred and nine is
hereby amended by adding thereto the
following: Provided however that such
justice shall within one year after at
tanning the age of seventy years and
serving as such justice for at least ten
consecutive years. cease to serve as such
justice. so that said section shall read
as follows:
Section l. Any justice of the supreme
judicial court or superior court who.
having attained the age of seventy years
and having served as such justice for at
least ten consecutive years resigns his
said office or ceases to serve at the ex-
piration of any term thereof, shall dur
ing the remainder of his life receive an
amount equal to one-half of the salary
which is by law payable to him at the
time of such resignation or termination
of service; to be paid by the state in the
same manner as the salaries of justices
of said court are paid. The provisions of
this act shall apply to present and former
justices of said courts. Provided, how
ever, that Such justice shall within one
year after attaining the age of seventy
years and serving as such justice for at
least ten consecutive years cease to serve
as such justice
Section 3. Any justice of the supreme
judicial court or superior court who, hav-
ing attained the age of seventy years
and having served as such justice for at
least ten consecutive years, continues to
serve as such justice for more than one
year, shall waive his right to the COM
rtnsation hereinbefore mentioned and
Xxi make no CLAIM: therefor at the close
&his term of service as such justice,
whether such term of service is ended by
resignation or by expiration of the term
for which he is appointed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
q September first, nineteen hundred and
eleven.-( (Approved March 31.)
Chapter 1893.
An Act to provide for the nomination
of party candidates by Direct Pri
mary.
Section /. The words and phrases OF
this act shall. unless the same be incOn.
j sistent with the context, be construed az
follows:
"a The word primary" the primary
election provided for by this act;
ca The word election" the biennia
election held in September. as distin
guished from the primary election:
t3) The word party" any politica
organization which at the preceding
election polled at least one per centun
OF the entire vote of the state given il