Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-05

nrovtded therefor by such town or city lily
or to such charitable institution OF , p
vate person as he deems suitable, PrO,
vided that such institution or Pefso.
consents to receive, support and educate
said child; but such order snail not NJ, ga
arrives at the age Of twenty-one years,
if a male, or at the age of eighteen years.
il a female, and pending any sucn COLI
after hearing and until such institution
or person can be found. the magistrate
or fudge may in his discretion If the cir
t1S appear 20 into the custody Of
any such agent SO appointed, or OF any
such institution or suitable person con-
senting to receive sad !, c aaid ch ana dune
ing such period until permanent provi-
sion can be made herefor, in the manner
above specified. shall be paid ny me Town
in which said child resides, and said town
may recover the amount thereor from
the parents or parent Of said child' Il
any, as provided in section hfty OF tniS
chapter, or from the town where the child
has legal settlement, If any, or II the
child is without settlement in any town,
then from the State
Section g. Any minor child who shall
come in any way under the provisions Of
this act. when placed in family. snail
be placed in a family of the same re-
surviving parent of such child. where a
suitable family of such faith can be
found willing to take such Child. any An,
written promise mad made tt to f eithep cer
ried out by the agent.
r. such family cannot be found. then
such child shall be placed IN an insti tSt
18TH flGt In case no institution of such faith
EXISTS in this State or is able to take
said child. then it may be placed IN such
family or institution as may be approved
by the State board of charities and cor
rections until such a family has been
secured; provided, however: that II the
parents of such child are of different re-
iigious faiths, or the faith Of it's parents
cannot for any reason be ascertained.
, then such child shall be placed in fam
lily or institution OF that religious sd falt TN
educated, but where no such FAMILY or
institution can be found to take such
child, then in some family or institution
approved by said board until such IaInlly
or institution can be round.
No child when placed in any nome or
E institution shall be denied the opportuni-
5 ty of attending the religious worship or
' Exercising the religious belief of Its par
ents or surviving parent or In which 1t
: was reared and educated.
Section z No child under sixteen years
of age shall be placed in any almshouse
in this State or be suffered by the over
seers of the poor to remain in such aims.
y house except in cases of emergency, and
then for a period not exceeding sixty
, DAYS, provided that children under two
+ years Of age may be kept in almshouses
when their mother is also an inmate.
: Whenever any children under sixteen
l years of age are placed or allowed by the
t overseers of the poor to remain in aims
! houses, notice of that fact, giving the
t name. parentage ana such other 1acts as
q tons may require, shall be sent by the
i overseers of the poor to the said board
q within forty-eight hours of the entrance
! of such child into the almshouse.
e Section s. 1t shall be unlawful for any
n person, firm or corporation or association
e to conduct or maintain maternity hos
e pital, to conduct or maintain boarding
4 house or home for three or more children
4 under sixteen years of age. unattended
S by parents or guardians, excepting chill
2 dren related to him by blood or marriage,
4 or who have been legally adopted by him,
V or to engage in, or assist in conducting a
business of placing out or finding homes
r or otherwise disposing of children under
e sixteen years of age, without having in
e full force written license therefor from
Y the State board of charities and correc-
r tons, provided. that nothing in this sec
: ton shall apply to any institution al
; ready under the supervision of the State
+ board of charities and corrections by the
S provisions of chapter one hundred ninety
: six of the public laws of nineteen hum
e dred thirteen.
: one of the Revised Statutes OF nineteen
n hundred three is hereby amended so that
c the same shall read as follows:
Any town or county mourning expenses
+ under section two of chapter one hun
f bred twenty-three of the public laws of
e nineteen hundred five as amended by sec.
: parents who are able properly to support
o and educate their children, but wrong
h fully neglect and refuse to do SO, may re-
4 cover of them in an action of debt, the
r amount so expended
j Section 10. Any official or person who
r shall wilfully fail, neglect or refuse to
$ perform any of the duties imposed upon
Ii, Nv nj act g an
r be fined not more than five hundred dol
G lars, or be imprisoned for not more than
: six moths.-(Approved April 2. 1851
i Chapter 321.
5 An Act to amend Sections fiftv-four and
, SiXty-five of Chapter eight of the Re-
g vsed Statutes, as amended by Chapter
: forty,nine of the Public Laws of nine
= teen hundred nine, relative to the taxa
q ton of mortgages on real estate in
g savings banks and trust and banking
II companies.
Section 1. Section fifty-four of chapter
c ed by section two of chapter forty-nine
:, of the public laws of nineteen hundred
nine is hereby further amended by in
II the twelfth line the words investments
u in such notes and bonds secured by
9 mortgages on real estate in this State
!, hands of Individuals and by striking
:. out the words investments in mort
;, cages on real estate in this State" found
: between the word State in the seven
u teenth line and the word securities in
e the eighteenth line, so that said section
u amended shall read as follows:
d Section g. The board of State assess
e ors shall thereupon determine the val
II ues of the several franchises Of the said
# banks and institutions according to the
@ following rule: from the average amount
s of deposits, reserve fund and undivided
: profits SO returned by each bank or
g institution there shall in each case be
r. deducted an amount equal to the value
d determined Of United States bonds,
If all bonds issued after the first day of
e February. nineteen hundred and nine.
y by the State of Maine. or any county,
t municipality, village corporation or
l. water district therein. the shares of
d corporation stocks such as are by law
y of this State free from taxation to the
= stockholders. investments In such notes
If and bonds secured by mortgages on real
v estate in this State as are exempt from
Is taxation in the hands of individuals, and
e the assessed value of real estate owned
" by the bank or institution, and also an
) amount equal to two-fifths of the value
IS so determined of such other assets. loans
81 and investments as by such statement
II appear to be loans to persons resident
# or corporations located and doing bust
e neSs in this State. securities Of this
# State, public or private, bonds issued by
II corporations located and doing business
n insethiS State or guaranteed by such cor