The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-04-06

"a shall be lawful at any time to kill
muskrats in Lily pond, in the towns of
Rockport and Camden, and also such
muskrats as interfere at any time with
inc operation and maintenance of any
canal, ditch, lawful dam ar cranberry
Dog; provided, further, that this act
shall not modify or repeal any private
or special acts relating to the hunting
Section 8. All acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.-(Approved March 22.)
Chapter g.
An Act to regulate procedure in Quo
Warranto.
Section /. Petitions, informations and
other processes in quo warranto proceed
1ngs may be made returnable before the
supreme judicial court, in term time or
in vacation, as and when the court NAV
order, and by like order the cause may
be heard in vacation if the justice hear
ing the same shall determine that JUS
tice SO requires.
Section 2. When in quo warranto BRO
ce0tings the title to Office. in a private
corporation, is involved, the petition or
information may be brought in the name
or OF the interested party and the attor-
ney general need not be a party thereto
Section 3. This act shall not apply to
pending cases.-(Approved March 2a)
Chapter g..
An Act to amend Section thirty-one of
Chapter thirty-two Of the Revised Stat
fur bearing animals in any of the I'm
organized Townships on wild lands
ana Tor operating sporting camp,
without first procuring license, there
for.
Section thirty-one of chapter thirty-two
of the revised statutes is hereby amend
ed by striking out the words ''one hun
dred dollars in the eighteenth line of
thereof the words forty dollars so that
said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
section 81. No person shall build, occu-
ply, maintain or keep a sporting camp
lodge or place of resort for inland hunt
ing or flshlng parties in any place. or
: engage IN the business of hunting or
trapping any of the fur bearing animals
OF the state in any of the unorganized
townships or wild lands of the state
without first procuring a license therefor
from the commissioners of inland fish
cries and game, and paying fee there
Tor of five dollars: and he shall make
such report to the commissioners as may
be called for; but d license to build occu-
py. maintain or keep such sporting camp
lodge or place of resort shall not be grant
ed unless the person applying for the same
hies with his application therefor, the
written consent of the owner or owners
of the land or his or. their agent upon
Which such camp, lodge or place of re-
sort is or may be located: and such
licensed persons may purchase for con-
: sumption in their sporting camps lodges
or places of resort deer lawfully killed
but they shall keep u record of all such
purchases, of whom purchased and the
date of the purchase, and on December
fifteenth of each year shall make, I'M
DER oath, written report thereof to the
commissioners; whoever violates any
provision of this section shall be fined
forty dollars and costs for each offensc;
tue commissioners. however, may refuse
to issue q license or licenses to such per-
: son or persons as they deem unsuitable
-tApproved March 22)
Chapter IS.
An Act to provide for Department of
Labor and Industry: TO prescribe its
powers and duties; to regulate the EN-
ployment of labor: to provide for fac
; tory inspection and 10 prescribe penal
, ties for the violation of this act
Section l. The governor is hereby au-
; thorized and directed to appoint within
. thirty days after this act shall become
law, and every third year thereafter by
!. and with the consent of the council. and
also within thirty days after the occur
, renee of any vacancy in the Office a
suitable person as commissioner of labor
and state factory inspector, who shall
hold his office until his successor be APP
: pointed and qualified: The title of such
, officer shall be commissioner of labor and
: industry, and state factory inspector,
and the term of office of such commits
sioner shall be for period of three years
after such appointment Such commits
, sioner shall have an office in the state
capitol building suitably furnished and
equipped for the work of said depart
ment of labor and industry. He shall
perform his duties herein provided
and shall appoint "a deputy who shall be
| clerk of the department, and deputy
state factory inspector. The term of
office of such deputy shall continue dur
: ing the pleasure of such commissioner.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
department to collect assert, arrange
and present to the governor on or before
the first day of January, nineteen hun
ni.3ll t1ar
after, statistical details relating to
all departments of labor and industrial
pursuits in the state; to trade unions
and other labor organizations and their
:: effect upon labor and capital; to the num-
, Der and character of industrial accidents
and their effect upon the injured, their
dependent relatives and upon the gen
eral public; to other matters relating to
the commercial, industrial, social, edu-
cational, moral and sanitary conditions
prevailing within the state, including the
names of firms, companies or corpora
tions, where located, the kind of goods
produced or manufactured, the time
!, operated each year, the number of en-
.. ployees classified according to age and
SEX and the daily and average wages
paid each employee; and the exploitation
of such other subjects as will tend to
promote the permanent prosperity of the
respective industries of the state. 1t
shall also be the duty of the commits
sioner of labor to cause to be enforced
all laws regulating the employment of
Clllldren. minors ana women, all laws eS-
tablshed for the protection of health,
lives and limbs of opera tors in workshops
and factories on railroads and other
places: all laws regulating the payment
of wages. and all laws enacted for the
protection of the working classes now in
force or that may hereafter be enacted.
In its biennial report the department
shall also give an account of all pro-
ceedings which have been taken in ac-
COrdance with the provisions of this act,
any of the other laws herein referred
to. and in addition thereto, such re-
marks, suggestions and recommenda-
tons as the commissioner may deerd nee
essary for the information of the legis-
lature.
Section 3. The commissioner is hereby
authorized to furnish and deliver Il writ
ten or printed list of heterogeneous for
the purpose of gathering facts and sta
tistics such as are contemplated by this
act to any person, company or the proper
officer of any corporation operating with
in the state, and require fun and COM
plete answers to be made thereto and re-
turned under oath: the commissioners
shall have a seal, and have power to
take and preserve testimony, to issue
subpoenas and administer eathS. and
examine witnesses under oath in all mat
ters relating to the duties herein required
by said department of labor, such testi-
mony to be. taken in some suitable place
in the vicinity to which the testimony is
applicable. Witnesses subpoened and
teStifying before the commissioner of
said department shall be paid the same
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