Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-26

o' Tile state auditor Is hereby an
ehorized to employ special auditor at
salary of $500 a year.
mat the secretary of State be an
enoFized to employ Miss Dorothy NJ.
cIeasey in the department of State at
Slo per week, effective April Is: also
MISS Blanche NJ. Norton, same salary.
effective April "a.
mat for years 1917 and 1918 there be
credlted to general revenue all income
accrulng to the several State DEPART
Ihents and institutions except the in
come OF the Maine State prison and
.he income that should be credited to
tne various examining boards under
Chapter lit, Section 81, Revised Sta
tutes.
mat the secretary of the State
board of health is hereby authorized to
employ an additional clerk in said de-
partment from April 16 to June 80 at
50 per week.
That the State superintendent of
schools be authorized to attend the
regularly quarterly conference of State
education officers for New England to
be held at Montpelier, VT. on May l
and 2, 1917.
Charities and Corrections.
The State board of charities will
publish in its next quarterly bulletin,
as 1t did two years ago, a list of the
appropriations of the 18th Legislature
for charitable and correctional pur-
poses
These appropriations for 1913 and
1914 amounted to 1888, 503.03, or with
, the last decennial census of the State
/ as a basis. an average per capita per
! annum for each year of s1.10. For 1915
, and 1916 they amounted to $685.
1852, or an average per annum per
capita of population of s1.34. For the
years 1917 and Is the total is So
083,947.S4, or an average per annum
per capita of population for each year
of $2.0S. The 1917 appropriation is
$1.348,612,92, and for 1918, $1,735,33492
The town of Cooper in Washington
county is one of those which believe
that a mans experience as public Of
fetal is valuable. 1t elects its over
seers of the poor for three-year terms.
State Board Of Assessors.
The State board of assessors are in
Bangor for a couple of days, where
they are taking up the value of certain
manufacturing plants including paper
mills.
Meeting Of County Agents.
An interesting meeting of the county
agents for the protection of children
was held Tuesday with Capt. James
f. Bagley, secretary of the State Board
of Charities and Corrections. The
matter of records of children within
their custody and the changes in the
present laws which would become ef-
fective the first of July were taken up.
Th<e were present at the confer
ence: Mrs. Laura Trafton Of Biddefcrd,
York county: Mrs. Mary II. V. Cleaves
of Unionville, Washington county;
Dora n. York of Waldoboro, Lincoln
county; Mrs. Mary S. Durham, Port
land: Mrs. Sarah o. Cook, Brunswick.
Cumberland county: Mrs. Nettie A.
Burden, Houlton, ,Aroostook county:
Mrs. Ada F. Hunt, Augusta, Kennebec
county; Lyman K. Lee. Foxcroft,
Piscataquis county: George A. Allen,
Auburn, Androscoggin county.
That the Highway Commission is
hereby authorized to purchase a S-4-
ton auto truck, at cost not to exceed
$1100.
That the Highway Commission is
hereby authorized to proceed with con-
struction work under special resolves
in any case where the town or city in
which the resolve is to be expended
will arrange to finance the whole work
and wait until after July for REIN
bursement.
That the use of Chase Island. for
merly Widows island, with the build
ings thereon, be rendered to the United
States government for war purposes
and that the secretary of State be di-
rected to forward copy of this order
to the secretary of war.
That the sum of $2S2.S9 be accred-
tied to the city Of Lewiston, on ac-
count of State tax for the year 1917,
being the amount apportioned to said
city by the treasurer OF State on &C
count of dog licenses for the year 1916.
That the State librarian is hereby
authorized to attend the meeting of the
I'M ihrarV Association at