Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-12
In the House

GanneJt of AuguSIa-An ACT 10 proNiue
aid for mothers with dependent children
The bill provides that every city and
town shall render suitable and adequate
aid to any mother with dependent
child or children under the age OF IL who
needs and desires such aid 10 enable her
to maintain herself and children in her
home and VINO is a fit person to bring
up her children. This bill! shall apply TO
~ mothers and their dependent children
whether or not they or any OF them
may have a settlement in this State,
who shall have resided in the State not
less than two years. No mother or any
of her children shall acquire a settlement
or be in process of acquiring settlement
while receiving aid nor be deemed a pau
per for receiving such aid. This aid shall
not exceed the value of s. a week to
mother having but one child under the
age of &c. and further payment to the
value of 81 a week for each additional
child.
created under the act to serve without
compensation and to consist of the men,
bers of the State Board of Charities and
Corrections eX-officio. A municipal
board is also created by the act and this
board shall keep a record of all appl-
cants investigated, shall regularly visit
or cause to be visited by some agent in
their behalf at the home of each mother
aided. and shall see that her children
are actually living with her in her home.
The Municipal Board shall observe the
conditions of the home and family and
make and keep record of such visits
and any facts observed which bear upon
the necessity or advisability of the con-
tinuance of aid which is being rendered,
and report the same to the State Board
regularly.
| For the purpose of reimbursing the cit
les and towns. paying the expenses of
the State Board and the services and
expenses of it's agents, there is appro-
priated the sum of $4,000 annually for
the first two years during which this act
! is in operation.
| Rounds of Portland-An act relative to
the hours of labor of conductors and mo-
tormen. The act provides that no street
railway company and no person, firm,
/ corporation or other employer operating
i a Sllcel Ietil"dS Slloll IeQGiit any CON-
ductor or motorman to work more than
nine. hours in any day, and if any such
conductor or motorman shall work nine
/ hours or less in any day such work shall
/ be performed within II consecutive
| hours.
| Jordan of Observation-Disclosures appro-
priating s2400 for each of the years 1917
/ and 1918 for the purpose of improving
combination tgupk line and market road
In the towns of Princeton and Alexander
In Washington county, providing that
the towns at their next annual town
meetings raise the sum of $500 for that
purpose; $1,000 for each of the years 1917
and 1913 in favor of the town of Tai
madge, Washington county, for the pur-
/ pose of building a road, provided the
town appropriates 5000: $4,000 for each
! of the years 1917 and 1918 for the repair
of roads and bridges in Indian Township.
Washington county, and $500 for each of
the years 1917 and 1918 for the relocation
of a portion of the HoultOn road, So
called, in the town of Baileyville
| Cole of Elfot-An Act to amend the Re-
vised Statutes relating to the making of
false reports by trust companies. The
act provides that any officer or employee
of any trust company who shall wilfully
or knowingly make any false return to
f., the bank commissioner in response to
any call for information issued by the
/ bank commission or by the deputy
bank commissioner, shall be subject to a
! penalty of a fine not exceeding $500 or
by imprisonment not exceeding one year
or by both fine and imprisonment
| Gannett of Augusta-Resolve appro-
priating $4,000 for each of the years 1917
and 1918 in favor of the Augusta Gen
I eral Hospital for maintenance.
I King of Orono-Resolves appropriating
600 for each of the years 1917 and 1918
for the general maintenance and support
of the University of Maine: sill 70o.0S FOR
the year 1917 and s15, IS for the year
1918 for cooperative agricultural work
! between the College of Agriculture of
the University of Maine and the United
States Department of Agriculture: and
resolves for the following new construc-
ton at the University of Maine: Admin
istration building. $500; greenhouse,
$4,000 section or part of mechanical en-
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$4,000: dairy building. $4,000
Cole of Eliot-An Act to allow savings
banks to invest in certain state and
municipal bonds, of cities and districts in
any state of the United States having
a population of 1900 or more or any
county of 2l,000 inhabitants or more in
any state of the United States when
these bonds are issued for municipal
purposes. The act also allows savings
banks to invest In the bonds of any city
| OF 10000 inhabitants or more in any state
Of the United States. when issued for
municipal purposes, provided that the
net municipal Indebtedness of such city
does not exceed per cent. of the last
preceding valuation of the property for |
the assessment of taxes
Cole of Eliot--An Act to permit savings
banks to invest in the hrst mortgage
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