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CHAPTER IA.

AN ACT to Regulate the Practice OF Pro-
fessional Public Accounting and Establish
the Maine Board Of Accountancy
Be II enacted, ETC.:
Section j. That there be and hereby Is
created and established board which shall
be known as the Maine Board OF Ac &c.
vs'sd ws make to susS
bylaws and regulations; not lnconsis.en.
with law, as they shall deem necessary to
Improve and promote the science and art
of Accounting, and to carry out the pur-
poses and enforce the provisions of this
act. Said board shall promote the standard
of general education; the standard OF spe-
ciai education in the science and ar OF &C
Counting: tho standard Of moral character
and general public experiences as prescribed
in this act in all examinations conducted
hereunder. at.
act takes effect the governor, with the ad-
vice and consent OF the council, snall ap,
point three persons. who are citizens ana
tnte and serve as the Maine Board of Ac-
countaricy. Two of such persons shall be
skilled In the art OF accounting VINO nave
previously been acuvely ensaseo IN the
other shall be a practlcing attorney In good
standing in the courts OF the state OF
Maine.
noInted TO the board shall serve for one.
two and three year terms respectively,
each to be designated by the governor, ana
thereafter all members shall De al nPp ot an
unexpired term of previous member, ana
excepting the attorney member, shai De
holders Of certificates issued under the pro,
subscribe to the oath required by law to
qualify them to discharge their duties =,
Section l. majority Of the board shall
its business They shall elect a chairman
and secretary who shall hold their Offices
Ter thA term Of one yea< or until their sue
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CHAPTER 139.

AN ACT Relating to the Fees payable up
on an Increase in the Capital STOCK OF
Corporations Organized under Speclai
Acts or under General Laws for the FER
formance of Public Service.
Be 1t enacted. ETC.:
4 Whenever any corporation created by spe.
cial act of the legislature and charged
with the performance Of any public duty
or organized for any of the purposes emu
merated In section hve Of chapter forty.
seven Of the revised statutes which are not
subject to fees Of q like kind to those mere.
in provided. increases It's capital stock. II
the use of the state. the fees hereinafter
provided When the capital stock Is IN
creased from Ave thousand dollars or less
to not exceeding ten thousand dollars. the
corporation shall pay the sum OF twenty
FIVE dollars. When the capital stock Is IN.
creased from ten thousand dollars to not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars. 1t snali
pay the sum Of fifty dollars. When the
capital stock Is increased from nifty thou,
sand dollars to not exceeding one hunoreo
thousand dollars 1t, shall pay the sum OF
one hundred dollars. When the capital
stock Is Increased to any amount exceed,
ing one hundred thousand dollars. 1t snall
pay seventy-ive dollars upon every one
hundred thousand dollars, or fractlon
thereof. in excess Of one hundred thousana,
same shall be filed with the secretary OF
state before he shall be authorized to re-
ceive any certificate of any increase OF
capital stock. Said corporation shali aHo
pay to the secretary of state for the use OF
the state. a fee Of f1ve dollars Tor Ming
said certificate.
Approved March 81. 1871
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AN ACT to Provide for the Conducting OF
Investigations In Animal Husbandry by
the Maine Agricultural Experiment sta
tion.
Be 1t enacted. ETC.:
Section l. The Maine Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station. IN addition to the in
designations now conducted by 1t. shall con.
duct scientific Investigations In animal
husbandry, including experiments ana oo-
tic animals The said Investigations shall
be carried out under control Of the director
Of the Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Section 2. There shall be appropriated
annually from the state treasury the sum
of Ave thousand dollars in favor OF tho
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.
and the same shall be expended by me
director of said station In executing me
provisions of this act Payments OF saio
appropriation shall be made quarterly IN
advance upon the order Of the governor
and council, who shall draw a warrant TOT
that purpose,
Improved March 81. 1871
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CHAPTER 1A.

AN ACT to Amend Section Three OF Chap
ter Two Hundred Twenty-Five OF the
Public Laws Of Nineteen Hundred Nine
Relating to the State Board OF Arbitrauon
and Cancellation.
Be Il enacted, etc:
Section three of chapter two hundred
twenty nine of the public laws Of nineteen
hundred nine, Is hereby amended by str1k.
ing out In the second limo the woro
three" and inserting In place thereof the
word FIVE and by striking out In the tentn
line the words annual report OF the bu-
reau OF Industrial and labor statistics, . and
inserting in place thereof the words 'bien.
NAL report Of the department OF labor ano
industry SO that said section as AMENDED
shall read As follows:
Section The members OF tho BOARD
shall receive a compensation Of tve dollars
per diem for the time actually employed
and shall receive travelling and all other
ueceesary expenses. Each member before
enterinr upon the performances OF his.dudes
shall be sworn to the faithful performance
thereof The Board shall from time 70 time
make such rules of procedure as II deems
necessary and shall annually, on or before
the first day of December. make report 20
the governor and council. which snail De
incorporated In and printed with the oien,
NAL report of the department OF LABOR kano
industry. The board shall hold a m9otine
on the third Wednesday OF September In
each wear and shall organize by choosing
chairman and secretary, both OF whom
shaIi he members of the board: Provided.
the f1rst meeting shall be held as soon as
convenient after all the members nave
been appointed ,.,,,
lApptoved March 81. 1871
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CHAPTER 142.

AN ACT to Amend Section F1fty-one OF
Chapter Twenty-eight Of the Rev1seo
Statutes, Relating to the Investigations
Be 1t enacted, ETC.:
Section ffty-one Of chapter twenty eight
of the revised statutes Is hereby amended
Section 81. The insurance commissioner
may employ such clerks and aesistants'
provide such blanks and incur SUCH ex-
pense az may be necessary to carry out MS
vest.gated the origin Of fires and the In
spection Of buildings and property, not TO
exceed an amount equal to twenty-five per
ance companies, With twenty -ive per cent
of the amount received by the state treas
urer for the tax on special insurance brok-
ers and twenty-five per cent OF the tax on
unauthorized insurance In any year ana All
bills and expenses incurred shall be audited
by the state auditor
approved March 81. 1HA1
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clear to Eastern Mongolia, where
there is an alfalfa that thrives on the
hard, dry uplands, with little moisture
and hot summers and cold winters.
1t is thought that this plant will endure
the severe conditions to be found in
some sections of the country west of
the river. He will employ native
labor to gather the seed and will
work a large force to get as much as
possible before snow ome He ex-
poets to return home in December.
This will make Prof. Hansen's fifth
trip through Russia and Siberia, the
previous journeys having been made
for the United States Department of
Agriculture, and he is well acquainted
with the people and conditions in these
countries and will succeed on this mis-
sion where almost any other man
would fail.
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NEW GAME LAW

Among the list Of bills passed by the
legislature just before the close was
one which appropriates the state game
fund to the use of that department.
While the fund has been accumulat-
ing for the past four years under the
law Of 1909, the original act had nc
provision which appropriates the gun
FUND to the purposes for which the law
intended that it should be used. At
the session of two years ago, a e
general game bill, which intended to
remedy this failed on account of the
provision which eliminated the county
game wardens. This session another
game bill failed, and this was followed
by a new bill which did not attempt
to change the game laws in any details
outside the administrative feature
which puts the management OF the
game law into the hands Of a state
commission, of which the governor is
the head. 1t abolishes county wardens
during the hunting season. After this
had passed both houses another bill
was presented, which simply appro.
priated the surplus and future game
fund accumulations to the state game
department, and on the last night this
went through, which now puts the ad-
m~inistration Of the state game laws up
to the state commission, with state
wardens, and providing them with the
gun fund to use in that department.
Besides this an appropriation OF $l5,
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TOGO
AFTER ALFALFA
PROF. N. &. HANSEN OF COLLEGE
WILL GO TO SIBERIA AT
STATE EXPENSE
WILL BRING BACK MORE ALFALFA SEED
For Use of That Section of the State
West of River-$15,ooo Appropri-
ated for Alfalfa Propagation

The legislature before it adjourned
last week appropriated the sum of $10,-
600 to send Prof. N. E. Hansen of the
State College( to Siberia to gather
more alfalfa seed for the benefit Of the
settlers west of the river, and $4,000
for the propagation of alfalfa in the
same section. Alfalfa seems to be the
only hope of that section and the legis-
lature had enough confidence in Prof.
Hansen to provide amply for a
thorough experiment. Prof. Hansen
has been trying out some of his alf-
alias in the western part of the state
during the past couple of years and
has demonstrated that they will not
only grow there but will produce a
very profitable crop.
Prof. Hansen tells us he will leave
for Siberia some time in May, after the
planting in his department at the col
lege Is completed. He will go alone
from here, and make up his party in
Russia, getting men that understand
the language and conditions in
Siberia. He will some of the
ground he went owe in previous trips,
but will go farther this time, getting
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80 per cent of the replies were either
not opposed to using from such a fund
or We're decidedly in favor of it. 1T
would seem fair to receive something
in return for what the mail order
houses get from rural districts, if this
would really benefit the farmer" Il
see no reason now why they should
not accept because the mail order
houses are going to do business
whether this gift is accepted or not"
THE mail order house is going to get
our money anyway, so we might as
well get back what We can for a good
cause" The business conditions have
been brought on by the business man
he only is to blame for the large
business which the mail order house
gets from the farmer. There are too
many local business men asking a
big profit IN goods sold" 81 think
the farmer would only be getting back
some of the money he loans the cat
alog houses. Our business men are
not giving the farmer as square a deal
as the catalog house is = Our
local merchants demand such an enor-
nous profit that the farmer is COM
PEELED to send away in self defense"
81 don't believe it makes much differ
ence whether we send money to the
mail order house personally, or have
our merchants send our money to the
jobbing houses after taking profit"
"By handling standard quality goods
and advertising the fact, the country
merchant can compete with all mail
order houses" "The business man
must protect himself by really going
after business in a business way by
means of advertising and personal SOL
icitation." THE ignorant merchant is
getting just what his ignorant efforts
entities him to. The mail oder
houses get just what their efforts en-
title them to. Hence the only remedy
for existing conditions is a stipend
u educational crusade" at is my
opinion that the mel chant is wholly to
blame for allowing the mail order
house to exist when the rural merchant
to realize the vital import
ance of the judicious use Of the print
ers' ink, then he will have nothing to
fear from the NJ. O. house. So long as
the country merchant has nothing to
say regarding his goods and prices,
Just so long will the NJ. o. house thrive
in that community" "The only objec-
ton | have to the donation is that it is
too small" 'If the offer be rejected
the NJ. o. house gets the credit of hav-
ing made it anyway" Many are glad
to get money from Carnegie to build
libraries. The money of the M. O..
house is just as clean as Carnegie's
every time" "The NJ. o. house has
come to stay and the successful mer-
chant does not fear him" 'The news
papers are doing all they car to keep
business at home. 1t is up to the local
merchants to do more" THE NJ. o.
house is giving the people good mer-
chandise at a much lower cost than
the local merchant, and is also willing
to help him along in his business,
which is more than the local merchant
is doing
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RAYMOND IN AGAIN

Fred Raymond is back again in his
old home in the county Jail, but in a
day or two will take up new quarters
at the Yankton asylum. Raymond is
the young mar who shot his employer,
a farmer named Smith in Argo town
ship a year ago last fall. He spent six
months in Jail waiting for his trial, but
was acquitted in court last summer.
Since that time he has been working in
this vicinity and uring the last few
weeks had been staying with Victor
Kjos, on the Snickermo farm five miles
southwest of the city. Last Thursday
evening Raymond and Kjos w.re work
ing about the farm, and Raymond aD-
peared rational enough, but suddenly
walked to the house. Kjos thought
nothing of this and was engaged in
picking up some corn that a bunch of
horses were eating from the ground
when he heard a rifle shot and n of
the horses nea him dropped dead.
Looking around he saw Raymond with
a rifle standing lear the mouse. Kjos
started in the direction of the house
and Raymond ran down to the river
and out on the ice, where he shot off
luc IihC a COuplS VI lluutS. MUS iOl-
lowed him and finally induced him to
return to the house, but when he ar
rived there Raymond took a bottle OF
carbolic acid from his pocket and at
tempted to drink it. Kjos managed to
get this away from him and finally
quoted him down S that he spent a
fairly peaceful night. The next morn
ing Raymond appeared rational enough
and told Kjos that he was going down
to the river to find his mittens that he
had lost the night before. He did not
return, however, SC Kjos sent word to
Sheriff Halvorson and the sheriff dele
gated a couple of men to go out and
round him up. He was not located
until Saturday evening, having spent
two days and a night in the woods, and
when the party of officers approached
him he made for them with a big
club. He was easily over-powered and
brought to the county Jail.
He was violently insane when found
and has remained in that condition
since, and when brought before the
board Monday he was committed to
the Yankton asylum. He will be taken
there in a day or two.
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LIQUOR INTERESTS DoWNED

Representative Kerr tells us that n
of the interesting fights of the last
night Of the legislature was the at
tempt of the liquor forces to secure a
change in the present law governing
the acceptance of liquor license bonds
by county commissioners. Under pres
ent laws and court rulings any board
Of county commissioners may decline
to accept such bond, and need not give
any reasons for such refusal. The
amendment attempted was to require
the board to spread its reason upon the
record, and allowing appeal from the
decision of the board upon the same.
The present situation puts 1t up to the
members Of the board to act in their
discretion, and If they refuse they are
acting within all their discretionary
rights, and cannot be called Upon to
explain their actions. If the amend
ment had been adopted they would
have been compelled to make their
reason a record, and this the oppon-
ents Of the bill said meant only at
lacks upon the board if they refused
to accept a bond however unworthy
the applicant might be, and long and
lculouS COURT CdStS lOu6hJ W a hiioh
by the liquor interests in case Of a
refusal. On the final roll call the bill
could only muster fortyeight votes,
which was four short Of what is re-
CURED to pass a bill.
Among the last Of the bills of the
house which the senate accepted was
the Mcfarland mothers pension act.
The provisions of this act are to au.
thorize counties to levy a special tax
to raise a fund to carry out the pro-
visions Of the law, which allows on a
proper showing to the county court,
by an applicant in person, or by a
friend, the payment to a mother with
dependent children SIS per month for
one child, and 81 per month for each
additional child under fourteen years
of age. There is a limit Of six months
on each payment, but the county court
may continue the payments for ad1i-
tional six months so long as the court,
after proper investigation, thinks that
the money should be paid. The object
of the law being to allow a mother
with small children a compensation
by right, instead Of charity, which will
allow her to hold the family together,
s~upplementing such earnings as she
may be able to secure for herself.
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S. NJ. SAYRE

The funeral of the late SIN. Sayre,
who was killed by the caving in of a
gravel pit last week. was held from
the NJ. E. church on Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. r. A. Bruce. The
flowers were numerous and beautiful,
and a large number OF friends were
present to pay a last tribute to the
dead. Interment was made in Green
wood cemetery.
S. NJ. Sayre was born at Veroqua,
Wis, July, 1851. He came to Dakota
Territory in 1881, taking a homestead
near Gettysburg, where he lived until
coming to Brookings county in 1888.
At Gettysburg his first wife and
four children died. When he came to
this equity Mr.. Sayre took up a home
stead in Trenton township, where the
family lived until coming to the city
about fifteen years ago. He was mar
ried a second time in 1890 and is sur
vived by his wife, five children by his
first marriage and one child by his
second wife. The children are. Will
liam and DR.. Harry Sayre and Mrs. o.
Ellison of Brookings, Nathaniel Sayre
of Weaver, N. d. Nicholas Sayre of
Dennison, Texas, and Ollie Sayre of
Canada.
Mr.. Sayre was a hard working man
and a good citizen, and in his sudden
demise the family will have the sin
cere sympathy of the community.
The following relatives were here
to attend the funeral: Frank Sayre, a
brother, and family Of Eagle Grove,
Iowa; Nicholas Sayre of Dennison,
Texas; Nathaniel Sayre Of Weaver,
N. D., and Mrs. Dickson, a stepdaugh-
ter, from near Chamberlain.
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SOMETHING WE NEED

The ministers of the city and a num-
Der Of laymen held a meeting Tues
day evening to discuss the question of
a boys athletic club for Brookings. 1t
Is to our disgrace that there is not a
place in the city where the boys and
young men can gather to while away
their time under good moral condi-
tons. The places where the boys now
spend their time are not bad by any
means, but their atmosphere is not an
ideal n for young people. The idea
is to rem a large building, on Main
street II possible, and place the pub
lie library in the front and have a well
equipped athletic club in the rear, in
charge of a competent person. The
Register believes that the idea Is an
excellent one and hopes to see such
an institution here oot
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COLLEGE TO FURNISH SEED

The agronomy department of the
with the county superintendent, Miss
Mable Wood Of Hyde county, to furnish
her seed corn for the boys corn con-
test which she is conducting. The
seed corr furnished will be sufficient
to supply 100 boys with enough TO
plant o%ne-fourth of an acre. The variety
used will be Minnesota Is grown on
the substations of this department. An
instruction sheet has also been pre-
pared by Prof. Champlin, and the coun-
ty superintendent is sending one to
each contestant. If the boys take
good care of this corn, and the season
is anything like favorable, Hyde coun-
~ will henceforth have a good supply
of home grown seed corn of a good
variety. Hyde county was fortunate
in getting this corn as it vas the last
Of the seed corr for distribution this
season from the South Dakota expert
ment station.
The agronomy departement Of the
college has recently inaugurated an
experiment with alfalfa with the OBJ
ject Of learning the value of some OF
the newly imported varieties as COM
pared with Grimms, the well known
standard kind. An offer was made
through the South Dakota experiment
association to send two packets of one
ounce each, one containing Grimm and
one containing one Of the new var
ieties, to each of the first 200 appli-
cants in South Dakota who would
agree to put it in according to instruc-
tons and thus make a variety test
upon which they will report each fall.
Within a few days the 400 packets
were all sent out to farmers WI thus
agreed, thus showing the widespread
interest in alfalfa problems. This
experiment should help greatly in de-
termining what is the best variety for
the various locations of the state. The
wonderful interest taken in 1t by the
farmers augurs we'll for the future OF
South Dakota, for alfalfa Is a crop
that can be profitably grown and still
does not exhaust the soil Of its nitro
gen.
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BELIEVED IN ADVERTISING

G.. F. Knappen showed us the other
day an interesting little paper, the
Richland Advertiser, which was pub
lished at Richland, Mich, by his
father in 1859. Mr.. Knappen Senior
was in the general merchandise bust
ness there and got out this paper after
n of his buying trips to New York
to inform his customers Of what he
had secured in the eastern market.
The paper contains local ard general
news as well o. advertisements and Is
an interesting little sheet. Richland
did not have a newspaper at that
time, but ever in that day and age
they appreciated the value Of printers
ink.
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G

The third and deciding contest be-
tween the Invincibles and Old Spavins
was pulled off at the bowling alleys
Monday evening. We have been kind
of boosting for the Spavins, because
we thought they needed encourage
ment, so 1t pains US to tell the result.
We haven't the exact score at hand,
but the Spavins were walloped by
about $50 pins, a most disgraceful
beating, and we refuse to longer
champion their All of the In
vincibles did good work. particularly
Captain ESAns. who made two strikes
this time.
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CONTINUED on Page Nine)
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900 was made out of this fund for the
purpose OF fencing the state forest
lands in the Black Hills, and stocking
it with large game. Provisions were
also made for protection of quail for
all time, instead of the move which
has been made at different sessions
for protection for ~five-year periods,
which always lapsed before some one
thought to continue the act.