The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-04-05
CHAPTER 2l2,

CHAPTER 2l2.
An Act to amend Section seventy-eight
of Chapter four of the Revised Stat
utes relative to State stipend for pub
lie libraries
Section seventy-eight of Chapter four
OF the Revised Statutes is hereby
state auditor in the third line thereof
and substituting in place thereof the
words, Maine Library Commission and
by inserting after the word thereon
In the seventh line the words the COM
mission may certify as to grade and
quality of service performed by the
library; and by striking out the words
equal to ten per cent" in the ninth line
thereof and substituting in place there
of the words not less than seven per
cent nor more than ten per cent and by
adding at the end of said Section the
lolloWlng: proyided that no town shall
receive annually more than five hun
dred dollars SO that said Section as
amended snail read as follows:
Section rs. The municipal officers In
any town or city and the assessors of
any village corporation where a free
pubic library IS established. shall an
nuaily, on the first day of May, certify
TO the Maine Library Commission the
amount of money appropriated and ex-
pended by said town, city .or village
fforpoElatlon during the preceding year
Tor the purchase of books and docu-
ments for the use and benefit of such
free public library, and for the nav
4eAt OF the running expenses thereof:
me compassion may certify as to grade
ana qualltY OF service performed by the
library; and the governor, with the adj
vice and consent of the council shall
ofaW warrant on the treasurer of
stdte ior the purchase of books for the
use OF such library, for sum not less
o-ah seven per cent. nor more than ten
Pr. cent. of the amount expended Nv
So, town or village corporation as GER
stnen ny ITS municipal officers or as
SCISSORS, PROVIDED that no town shall re-
eeive annually more than five hundred
dollafs. tApproved April 6, 1919
CHAPTER 213
An Act to amend Sections sixteen. thir-
lN-e1ght, thirty-nne and forty of
Chapter twentv-six of the Rev,sed
Statutes, relating to the operation of
motor vehicles
Section /. Section sixteen Of rhan+ar
twenty-six of the Revised Statutes is
hereby amended by inserting after the
word removal in the last line of said
section. the following: Any person ar
rested for violation of any of the sneed
regulations of this chapter except those
of sections thirty-eight and thirty-nine,
snail be given an immediate trial, if
he shall so demand of the officer MAX
ing the arrest. but if for any reason
1t is imnracticable to do so, the Off
Ger making the arrest shall Immediate
~ take the prisoner before some bail
commissioner, who before admitting him
to bail. shall require him to give his
name, his place of residence. the num-
Der of his license to operate motor
vehicle and the registration number Of
the motor vehicle operated at the time
of his arrest, and shall make record
thereof on the bail bond. and may take
his personal recognizance for his ap-
pearance in court on a specified day,
not later than two days thereafter. If
such person fails to appear in court
on the day specified, either In person
the secretary of State. who. in case
the person is a resident Of the State.
shall Immediately revoke his license,
and also annul the registration of the
motor vehicle driven by such person
when arrested: and in case the person
is a nonresident, or said motor Vehicle
Is registered by some other State or
country, all rights of said person to
operate in this State, or Of the owner
of said vehicle to have the same oper-
inmate, so that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section 16. The rate Of speed upon
any highway, town way public street,
avenue, driveway, park or parkway, by
any person operating motor vehicle
In this State shall not be greater than
twenty-five miles an hour in open coun-
try outside Of cities and villages. and
within the compact or built up por-
tions Of any city, town or village, not
greater than fifteen miles an hour The
compact or built up portion Of any city.
town or village shall mean the terri
tory of city, town or village contigu-
GUS to any way, which Is built up with
structures devoted to business, or where
the dwelling houses are situated less
than one hundred nifty feet apart for