The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-10

section !. Section sixty-five of CHAPTER
Of the hy Re ddin Statutes is hereby
belllon in the seventh line thereof the
words or in the war with Spain 50 thai
sad section as amended, shall read as
Section Is. Whenever any person who
served IN the army, navy or marine corps
OF the United States during the War Of
ing the war with Spain. and was honor
ably discharged therefrom, shall die, be-
ing at the time of his death resident
of this State ana in destitute circum.
stances. the State shall pay the necessary
expenses of his burial; or whenever the
WldoW OF any person who served in the
I army, navy navy or marine corps of the
tne war with Spain and was honorablv
discharged therefrom shall die. being at
me time of her death a resident of this
stances and having no kindred living
within this State and of sufficient ability
legally liable for her support, the state
shall pay the necessary expenses of her
burial; such expenses shall not exceed
the sum of thirty-five dollars in any
case, and the burial shall be in some
cemetery not used exclusively for the
burial of the pauper dead. -(Approved
February IA, 1872
Chapter II.
An Act to change name of the Eastern
Maine Insane Hospital.
Section l. The name of the Eastern
gor Maine, is hereby changed to the
Bangor State Hospital and the trustees of
the Bangor state Hospital shall have all
the rights, powers, privileges property,
duties and responsibilities which belong 10
the trustees of the Eastern Maine Insane
Hospital.-(Approved February Il, 1879
Chapter II.
An Act to amend Section one of Chapter
one hundred and twenty-five of the
Public Laws of nineteen hundred and
nine relating to the State superintendent
of public schools.
,,, SECTION l l., Section one Of chapter one
laws of nineteen hundred and nine is
hereby amended by striking out the
words twenty-five hundred in the sec
ond line thereof and the words "other
clerical assistance at a cost not to eX-
coed one thousand dollars annually in
the eighth. ninth and tenth lines thereof
and substituting in place thereof the
words four thousand and such other
clerical assistance as the governor and
council may deem necessary so that
said section when amended shall read as
follows:
superintendent of schools is hereby es-
tablished at four thousand dollars per
annum. He shall receive in addition his
actual cash expenses incurred in the per-
Torrance of his official duties which sum
shall be paid out of a specific appropria-
ton for that purpose He shall employ
a clerk, who may serve as his deputy. at
q salary not to exceed fifteen hundred
dollars annually. with necessary expenses
when on official business within the
State, and such other clerical assistance
as the governor and council may deem
necessary. He shall perform his official
duties at the office provided for him at
the seat of government and not elsewhere.
not meaning, however, to prohibit him
from making such necessary Journeys
and performing such duties as are neces-
sary or incidental to the immediate OBJ
iect of such iourney.'-(Approved Feb
ruary II, 1879
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An Act to amend Section thlrty-elSht OF
Chapter forty-eisht of the Revised
statutes of Maine, in regard to Savings
Banks
Section l. That section thirtyeight of
chapter forty-eight of the Revised Stat
utes of Maine be amended by inserting
after tine word ''liv ng' in the eleventh
line the following words: to. de-
post the deposit book of Whicn has
hnhs s1c pe3n ' zee pf1us' in9 1
observation-disclosures therein. shall be less than
fen dollars' So that tha section as
amended snail read as follows:
The treasurer of every savings bank
~ cause to be published in a newspaper
in the place where the bank or institution
paper published in the nearest place
thereto, a statement containing the
name, the amount standing to his credit
the last known place of residence Or
postoffice address and the fact of DEATH
if known of every depositor in said
bank who shall not have made a deposit
therein or withdrawn therefrom any
part of his deposit or any part of the
dividends thereon, for a period of more
than twenty years next preceding; pro,
vided. however. that this section shall
not apply to the deposits of persons
known to the treasurer to be living, to
a deposit the deposit book of which has
during such period been brought into the
bank to be verified or to nave dividends
aaaeu, ni No. baran sh,i be 1 "il +ha
ten dollars Said treasurer shall also
transmit Il copy of such statement to
the bank examiner to be placed on file in
his office for public inspection Any
treasurer neglecting to comply with the
provisions of this section shall be liable
to a penalty of fifty dollars.-( pproved
February 49, 1879
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An ACT TO amend 5ectioii ioarteen OF
Mains relating to county CITY and
State officers drafting instruments.
which they are, by law, required to
record
c.o.iop Section fourteen of cbanter
a,aven Revised Statutes Of Maine is
S !oh Nodded h~ insor+in, H. ,on u,
.TnH.n, after the word "city, and before
~. low" al'e ..oorn+,,, in thc srst ,inn ~
say 80 od DC fel1on,s. 0''oh oman