The Republican journal., 1915-04-08

WHICH 6dlu QdllcQt OF inmate mas Qe0H
confined. with q certificate signed by the
secretary of the trustees, showing that
such transfer has been voted by the
trustees. shall authorize the superintend.
which such patient or inmate. is trans
ferred to receive and detain him In GUS
tody. In. the same manner as If he had
originally been committed to such in
transfer shall be paid out Of the funds
of the institution transferring such pa
tient or inmate and shall be charge
upon the person liable for the board Of
is paid by the State, the expense of such
transfer shall be paid by the State.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred three
of the public laws Of nineteen hundred
in insane hospitals. is hereby repealed
(Approved March "a. 1851
Chapter 1913.
An Act to amend paragraph seven Of
Section one hundred of Chapter fifteen
of the Revised Statutes, relating to
the course of study in common schools.
Paragraph seven of section one hun
bred of chapter fifteen of the Revised
Statutes is hereby amended by adding
line thereof the following; and the
course of study prescribed by. State
superintendent Of schools shall be fol-
lowed in all the public schools. provided,
State Superintendent Of any course, ar,
ranged by the superintending school
committee of any town said course sfai!
be the authorized course for said town, ;
so that said paragraph as amended shall
read as follows:
VII To prescribe the studies to be
taught in the common schools, reservinS
to town committees the right to pre-
scribe additional studies and the course
of study prescribed by the State super
intenderit OF schools shall be followed in
all public schools. provided, however.
that upon the approval by the State
Superintendent of any course arranged
of any town said course shall be the
authorized course for said town.'-(Ap-
proved March "a 1859
Chapter 1879.
An Act to eaualize. the salaries OF
Sheriffs.
Section l. The sheriffs of the several
counties shall receive annual salaries
from the treasures of the counties, in
quarterly payments, On the first days of
January. April, July and October, as
follows.
Androscoggin, twenty-five hundred
lars; Cumberland, four thousand dol
lars Franklin. one thousand dollars;
Hancock, sixteen hundred dollars; Ken
nepec. twenty-eight hundred dollars;
eight hundred dollars; oxford, twelve
hundred dollars. Penobscot, twenty
eight hundred, dollars; Piscataquis, one
hundred dollars; Somerset. fourteen hun
d~nd dollars; Waldo. twelve hundred
dollars; Washington, fourteen hundred
dollars; York, TWENTY-FIVE. hundred dol.
lars; together with the free rental OF
the house or living apartments connect
ed with the county Jail in each county,
including the necessary light and fuel,
Said salaries shall be in full compensa-
ton for services in attendance upon the
supreme judicial court, and upon the
superior courts in the said counties of
Cumberland. and Kennebec, as jailer,
master or keeper of the Jail in each
prisoners therein, and for the service OF
all criminal processes and the perform
ance of all duties relating to the. en-
forcement of all criminal laws. such
necessary Incidental expenses as. are just
and proper, incurred in the performance
of their public duties, including all nee
cssary expenses for aid in keeping the
Jail. shall be allowed by the respective
counties. and paid from the county
treasury; and no sheriff shall receive
from any of his deputies any of the fees
earned by said deputies. or any percent
age thereon
Section >. All acts or parts Of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Any official now receiving
a salary greater than is herein provided
shall continue to receive his, present
salary until the expiration of his term
Of office-(Approved March "a, 1851
Chapter 200.
An Act relating to the amortization OF
bonds of life assurances companies.
All bonds or other evidences of debt
having a fixed term and rate, held by a
al
do business in this State, may If amply
secured and not in default as TO p1in-
cipal and interest, be valued upon the
principles of amortization, provided that
full discretion in determining the meth
Cd of calculating values according to
the foregoing principles and the values
found by HIM in accordance With such
vided further that any such corporation
may return such bonds or other evil
dences of debt at their market value
or book value, but in no event at an ag-
gregate value exceeding the aggregate
of the values calculated according TO
the foregoing principles.-(Approved
March u, 1851
Chapter POI.
An Act to regulate and define the rights
and privileges of newspaper corfe-
spondents in attendance upon the leg
iSlature.
Section /. Representatives of the
press are hereby granted the privilege
of the floor of the House and Senate.
and such representatives shall be sub
ject to such rules as may from time to
time be adopted by either branch of the
legislature. Such representatives to
have the above privileges and to be
subject to the above named restrictions
shall be actually engaged in sending
daily reports of the doings of the legis-
lature to daily newspapers. No SUCH
representative shall be interested in any
private claim or measure now pending
before the legislature. nor shau any
such representative, while acting as
correspondent for any daily newspaper,
privileges mentioned in this act, become
interested in the prosecution OF any
such claim or measure.
Section q Room eightytwo. the same
being the room known as she pharmacy
and dentistry room, on the fourth roor
of the State House, shall be maintained
and reserved. during the legislative ses-
sion. for the use of such representatives
of the press, and it shall be the duty of
the superintendent of public buildings to
see that such room is properly. furnish
ed. lighted, heated, and kept in order.
Section 3. In the distribution of public
documents, the State librarian and the
department heads shall send to each
duty at the last preceding session of the
legislature, such public documents as
are customarily sent to members of the
legislature March "a, 1851
Chapter POP.
An Act relating to salaries of the subor-
dinate officers of the Senate
Section l. The se5fEtary~6f.the- Senate
shall perform the usual duties of the
office during the season Of the legisla-
ture, file and index all papers, which
have been subject to adverse legislative
action, index and supervise the publica-
tioli Of the Senate Journal, and in addi-