The Republican journal., 1915-04-08

Chapter 141.
An Act to eoualize the salaries of regis
tiers Of deeds.
Section i. Registers of deeds in the
several counties shall receive annual sal
aries from the treasures of the counties,
of January, April, July and October, as
follows:
Androscoggin, twelve hundred dollars;
Aroostook, northern registry, one thou
sand a dollars; Aroosteoh. southern regis is
twenty-five hundred dollars: Franklin,
eleven hundred dollars; Hancock, thir-
teen hundred dollars; Kennebec. fifteen
dollars; Lincoln, one thousand dollars;
Oxford, eastern registry, twelve hundred
dollars; Oxford, western registry, six
hundred dollars; Penobscot. seventeen
hundred dollars: Piscataquis, one thou
sand dollars; Sagadahoc. one thousand
dollars: Somerset, fifteen hundred dol
lars; Waldo, one thousand dollars; Wash
ington, twelve hundred dollars; York, fif-
teen hundred dollars.
The sums above mentioned shall be in
full compensation for the performance
of all official duties and no other fees or
registers. except in oxford. western
registry, shall devote their entire time to
the duties of the office. They shall &C
count quarterly under oath to the county
or payable to them by virtue of the office,
specifying the items, and shall pay the
whole amount of the same to the treas
urers of their respective counties quar-
terly on the first days of January, April
July and October of each year. They
may make abstracts and copies from the
records and furnish the same to persons
calling for them and may charge a rea-
Sonable fee for such service, but shall not
give an opinion upon the title to real
estate. Fees charged by them for alb
not o md -1,
them and not paid to the county
Section 9. All acts and parts Of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed,
Section .. ANY official now receiving a
salary greater than is herein provided
shall continue to receive his present sal
airy until the expiration of his term of
otflce.-(Approved March IS. 1851
Chapter 142.
An Act to amend Section seven Of Chap
ter two hundred eleven of the Public
Laws of nineteen hundred thirteen.
regulating the sale OF morphine and
other hypnotic or narcotic drugs.
Section seven Of chapter two hundred
eleven of the public laws of nineteen
hundred thirteen is hereby amended by
striking out after the word ''indiCa ted
in the ninth line thereof, the Following
words, "and the aforesaid practitioners
shall keep a record in a book kept solely
for that purpose of the name. ana adj
of the disease indicated ana the quantity
OF the drug dispensed, furnished or
given away on each separate occasion,
which record shall be made within forty
eight hours of the dispensing, furnish
ing or giving away. and shall be pre-
served for at least two years. and shall
members of the State board of health
members of the state board of phar-
macy or their authorized agents. by
state officials or their authorized
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officers of cities and towns But 10
practitioner OF medicine, surgery or
, dentistry shall dispense or prescribe, eN-
cep,t for his own professional use, more
IMAM -four grains of morphine. cocaine
heroin. opium, or any other hypnotic or
narcotic drug. their salts, compounds.
, less it be for a chronic, incurable, or
malignant disease" SO that said section
as amended Shall read as follows
Section :, No practitioner OF medi-ine,
surgery, dentistry or veterinary med
icine shall dispense, furnish or give
away opium. morphine. hcroin. Codeins,
cannahs indica, cannabis saliva, or any
salt compound of said substances or any
preparation containing any of he said
substances or their salts or compounds.
or cocaine or its salts or alpha OF beta
: eucaine or their salts or any synthetic
substitute for them or any preparation
containing the same or any salt or com
pound thereof except in good faith as
: medicines for diseases indicated, tap
Chapter t43.
, Ar Act to amend Section eight Of Chan
ter one hundred eighty-eiAht Of the
PUBIC Laws OF nineteen hundred 7lev-
en- as amended BY Section TWO OF Chap
ter lhlrty-seVen OF the PI1lic Laws Of
nineteen hundred thirteen, relating 20
the appropriation for the encourage
ment of industrial education.
Section eight Of chapter one hundred
, eighty eight of the public laws Of line
, teen hundred eleven as amended by
section two Of chapter thirty seven uf
. me puoiIc laws OF nineteen hundred ldir-
teen is hereby further amended by
: striking out the word forty in the
. third line thereof and subsututiuS
. therefor the word atty and by iusprt-
line thereof the words 'uneX pended bal
ahSe ana by striking out the words 80
aedueted thar is NOT .apportioned during
me me financial year in the fourth and
: NTH lines thereof, and by striking out
the words at its close" in the fifth
< line thereof, so that said section as
r amended shall read as follows:
Section s. For the purposes of this
3 act there shall be deducted annually by
the treasurer of State from the sehoo,
= and mil fund the sum of nifty thousand
dollars and any uueNpeuded balance OF
: this amount shall be added to the per-
manent school fund. All reports re-
: CURED under this act shall be filed an
, nually with the State superintendent Of
PubHc SCHOOLS on or before The first
day OF July and State aid shall ue pay
, able during the month of December next
l succeeding. -(Approved March o. l9l5)
Chapter 144.
An Act to amend Section forty-four of
Chapter forty-one of the Revised Stat
utes. as amended. relating to taking
smelts in tide waters
Section fory-four of chapter fortv-one
OF the Revised Statutes as amended bv
chapters twenty, thirty and uinetY-Oue
; OF the public laws OF nineteen hundred
nVe: as further amended by chapters
WE'VE, th1rty-tve. one hundred twenty
three and one hundred thirty4six of the
: Pupllc laws of nineteen hundred seven.
. as further amended by chapter one hun
dred siXty-fve of the public laws of
nineteen hundred nine, as affected bt
chapter ninety of the public laws of
nineteen hundred eleven. and as amend
ed by chapter one hundred and thirteen
, of the public laws of nineteen hundred
= !HFteen, IS hereby amended by insert
ms alter the wool waters in the sec
ond line the following words. nor in
any brook, stream or river emptying
tnto Toe waters, within one thousand
Ieet OF TIDE water SO that said section
DIS amended shall read as follows.
= Section A. No smelts shall he taken
} or hShed for in tidal wa'ers, nor in any
brook, stream or river elnptying into
eiqe :, waters, within one thousand feet
OF TIDE waters, except by hook and line
between the first days of April and
october, under Il penalty OF not less
IMAM ten, nor more than thirty dollars
Tor each oftense, and a further penaity
VI twenty cents Tor each smelt taken