The Republican journal., 1915-04-08

provided therefor by such town or city,
or to such charitable institution or pri-
vided that such institution or person
consents to receive. support and educate
said child; but such order shall not ex-
tend beyond the time when such child
IL a male, or at the age Of eighteen years,
II female. and pending any such con-
tinuance Of the case before hearing and
after hearing and until such institution
or person can be found, the magistrate
or judge may in his discretion If the CTR
cumstances appear to require 1t, order
said child temporarily into the custody of
such institution or suitable person con-
senting to receive said child, and the
expense Of the support OF said child dur
Ing such period until permanent provi-
sion can be made herefor, in the manner
above specified, shall be paid by the town
in which said child resides, and said town
may recover the amount thereof from
the parents or parent Of said child, II
any. as provided in section fifty of this
chapter, or from the town where the child
has legal settlement, il any, or If the
child Is without settlement in any town,
then from the State
Section 6. Any minor child who shall
come in any way under the provisions of
this act, when placed In a family. shall
be placed in family of the same re-
ligious faith as that of the parents or
surviving parent of such child, where a
suitable family of such faith can be
found willing to take such child. Any
written promise made to either parent
in such manner shall be faithfully car
RED out by the agent.
If such family cannot be found. then
such child shall be placed in an institu-
ton maintained for children of such
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
secured; provided, however, that If the
parents of such child are Of different re-
ligious faiths, or the faith of it's parents
cannot for any reason be ascertained,
lily or institution of that religious faith
in which such child has been reared and
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 family
or institution can be found.
No child when placed in any home OF
institution shall be denied the opportuni-
ty of attending the religious worship OF
exercising the religious belief of its par
ents or surviving parent or in which II
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
house except In cases of emergency, and
then for period not exceeding sixty
years of age may be kept in almshouses
when their mother is also an inmate
Whenever any children under sixteen
years of age are placed or allowed by the
houses, notice of that fact, giving the
name, parentage and such. other facts as
the State board of charities and correc-
tons may require, shall be sent by the
overseers of the poor to the said board
within forty-eight hours of the entrance
of such child into the almshouse
Section 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, or corporation or association
to conduct or maintain maternity hos
pital, to conduct or maintain boarding
house or home for three or more children
under sixteen years of age, unattended
by parents or guardians, excepting chill
dren related to him by blood or marriage
or who have been legally adopted by him
or to engage in, or assist in conducting 8
business of placing out or finding homes
or otherwise disposing of children under
full force written license therefor from
the State board of charities and correc
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
provisions OF chapter one hundred ninety.
six of the public laws of nineteen hun.
dred thirteen.
one OF the Revised Statutes of nineteer
hundred three is hereby amended so thai
the same shall read as follows:
Any town or county mourning expenses
under the five preceding sections, OF
under section two of CHAPTER one hun
dred twenty three of the public laws Of
nineteen hundred five as amended by SEE.
ton tour of this act, through the fault o
parents who are able properly to support
and educate their children. but wrong.
fully neglect and refuse to do so, may re
cover of them in an action of debt, the
amount so expended
Section TO- Any official or person who
shall wllfully fail neglect or refuse tC
perform any of the duties imposed upo,
him by the provisions of this act shall
be fined not more than five hundred dol
lars, or be imprisoned for not more thar
sin .-(Approveu April 2, 1850
Chapter 321.
An Act to amend Sections fifty-four and
siNty-fve of Chapter eight of the Re
vised Statutes, as amended by Chapter
forty-nihe of the Public Laws OF nine
teen hundred nine relative to the taxa.
ton of mortgages on real estate in
savings banks and trust and banking
companies.
Section !. Section fifty-four of chapter
eight of the Revised Statutes as amend
ed by section two of chapter forty-nine
of the public laws of nineteen hundred
nine is hereby further amended by in
sorting after the word "stockholders'' in
the twelfth line the words investments
mortgages on real estate in this State
as are exempt from taxation in the
hands of Individuals and by striking
out the words investments in mort
cages on real estate in this State" found
between the word state III the seven
teenth line and the word securities" In
the eighteenth line, so that said section
as amended shall read as follows:
Section 81. The board of State assess
ors shall thereupon determine the val
ues of the several franchises of the said
banks and institutions according to the
following rule: from the average amount
of deposits, reserve fund and undivided
institution there shall In each case be
deducted an amount equal to the value
so determined of United States bonds,
all bonds issued after the first day of
February, nineteen hundred and nine,
by the State of Maine, or any county,
water district therein, the shares of
corporation stocks such as are by law
of this State free from taxation to the
stockholders investments In such notes
and bonds secured by mortgages on real
estate In this State as are exempt from
the assessed value of real estate owned
by the bank or institution, and also an
amount equal to two-fifths of the value
SO determined of such other assets. loans
and investments as by such statement
appear to be loans to persons resident
ness in this State, securities of this
State, public or private, bonds issued by
corporations located and doing business
in his State Or guaranteed by such cor
porations provided. the corporations
issuing such bonds be operated by and
.eeing corporations, and also an amount
equal to twO-hfthS of the cash on hand