Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-09


schools shall issue certificates of free
tuition privilege to persons VINO may
be entitled to free tuition under the
provisions of this section. IL Approved
April Z, 1919
CHAPTER $50.
An Act to provide compensation TOT IN
juries received by State employees.
All persons employed by the state or
under the direction and control OF any
department of the State shall be entitle1
to the benefits of chapter fifty OF the Re-
vised Statutes. The governor ana couhcu
shall order such compensate ton as snalI De
assessed paid from the state contingent
fund.-(Approved April I, 19lI)
CHAPTER 2sl.
An Act to repeal Section twelve Of Chap
ter one hundred and twenty-eight or the
Revised Statutes relating to intention TO
defraud in numbering operations
Section twelve of chapter one hundred
and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes
is hereby repealed.-(Approved April g.
1919
An Act to amend Section twenty of Chap
ter one hundred forty-four of the Re
yised Statutes, relating to the commit
ment of girls to the State School for
Girls.
bred forty-four Of the Revised Statutes
relating to the commitment of girls to
the State School for Girls be amended
by the. addition after the word process
in the sixteenth line of the words: Upon
commitment of such girl the judge or
trial justice shall designate woman 70
be an attendant to accompany her 10 SAID
school, and by the addition after the
word leases" in the eighteenth line OF
said section of the words and the fees of
such woman attendant shall he the same
as provided for aids in criminal cases.
ard by the addition after the word for
in the. eighteenth line of said section OF
the words all fees. SO that said section
when amended shall read as follows:
Section 20. A parent or guardian OF
any girl between the ages OF SIX and SIX
teen years. the municipal officers. or any
three respectable inha bitants of any city
or town. where she may he found may
complain in writing to the Judge of pro
bate or any trial Justice in the county. or
to the Judge of the municipal or police
court for such city or town. alleging that
she Is leading an idle or vicious life. or
has been found in circumstances of mani
fest danger of falling into habits of vice
or immortality, and request that she may
be committed to the guardianship of the
officers of said school. The Judge or jus
tice shall appoint time and place of
hearing. and order notice thereof to all
persons entitled to he heard. and at such
time and place. may examine into the
truth of said allegations. and II satisfac-
tory evidence thereof Is adduCed. and It
appears that the welfare of such girl re-
0ures il, he may order her to be com
mitted to the custody and guardianship of
the officers of said school during her mi
nority. unless sooner discharged by pro-
cess of law. All preCepts issued in pursu-
ancc of this section may he executed by
any officer who may execute civil process.
l. non commitment of such girl if the off,
Ger to whom the mittimus or order of
commitment is addressed is not woman
the Judge or trial justice shall designate
a woman to be an attendant to accom-.
pany her to said school, and the fees OF
Judges of municipal and police courts.
trial justices and officers shall be the
same as for similar services In civil cases.
and the fees of such woman attendant
shall be the same as provided for aids in
criminal cases, and when not otherwise
provided for all fees shall be audited by
the county commissioners and paid from
the county acknowledgements April I,
1919
An Act to amend Section eighteen OF
Chapter fcrty-five of the Revised Stat
utes. relating to regulation of lobster
industry.
Section eighteen of Chapter forty-f1ve
of the Revised Statutes is hereby amend
ed by adding after the word license" In
the fourth line thereof. the following
words: 'or to persons. firms or corpora
lions conducting hotels, restaurants or
boarding-houses within the state to give
away, sell or expose for sale WITHIN the
State so that said section as amende
shall read as follows:
Section is. The commissioner OF sea
and shore fisheries shall grant and issue
licenses to any citizen of this state, or
to any person who has resided in this
State for one year Immediately preceding
the date of application for license or 10
persons, firms or corporations conducting
hotels restaurants or boarding houses,
within the state. to give away, SELL or ex-
pose for sale within the state, or 10 cor
porations or firms engaged in the lobster
business located in this State or other
states. to catch, take hold, buy, snip.
transport, carry. give away, remove, sell
or expose for sale, within this state. ana
have in his CT its possession lonsters from
the waters within the jurisdiction OF TINS
State in the manner, at the time ana
subject to the regulations provided in
sections seventeen to thirty-four both IN.
elusive. Applications for licenses shall
he made upon special forms provided by
the commissioner of sea and shore hShef-
les and the said commissioner shall keep
the clerks of the various cities, towns
and plantations bordering on the sea-
shore and other clerks who request them,
supplied with blank Applications, SAID
clerks shall keep a supply of the same
on hand and furnish them to all appll-
cants. All applications, when niled OUT
shall he forwarded to the office OF SAID
commissioners together with the fees for
same Such licenses shall be granted To
expire on the last day OF November next
succeeding the granting of the same I'M
loss sooner revoked. as PROVIDED IN sec
ton twenty, and each person, firm or cor
noration to whom licenses shall be grant
cd shall. for each license pay to said
commissioner the sum of one dollar for
the use of. the State to be forwarded to
the treasurer of State; which amounts
shall be credited to and be part of the
funds to be used for operating expenses
in the department of sea and shore fsh-
cries The commissioner. in his biennial
report shall state the number of licenses
granted the names of the parties licensed
and the amount of money received there
for He shall issue to each person. firm
or CORPORATION licensed as aforesaid a GER
tificate, stating the name of the person,
firm or corporation to whom such license
has been granted, the number of said H.
cense and the date of expiration of such
license. '-(Approved April Z, 1910
CHAPTER 234.
An Act to amend Section twenty three
of Chapter twenty-SiX of the Revised
Statutes. relating to the registration
of motor vehicles.
Section /. Section twenty-three of
chapter twenty-siX of the revised stat
utes is hereby amended by striking out
the word twenty" in the fourteenth
line of said section and inserting in
place thereof the word fifteen and also
by striking out the word twenty in
the sixteenth line of said section and
inserting in place thereof the word 'ff-
teen SO that said section as amended
shall read as follows:
Section %. All motor vehicles shall