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Of. and BY adding after the last word Of
said Sc ton, the followingt and shall be
transmitted In like manner to the secre-
tary of State as provided In section forty
five of this chapter. If said second set
of ballots shall not be required for use as
above. the same shall be kept intact by
said city. town or plantation clerks for
O. period of three months from the day of
election for which said ballots were pro-
vided, during which time any person who
was candidate on said ballot may in
spect said second set OF ballots at the
office OF the city. town or plantation clerk
under the supervision of said clerk, SO
that said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section 10. The several city. town and
plantation clerks, or municipal officers.
shall send to the presiding election off,
Ger or officers of such voting place before
the opening of the polls on the day of
election one set of ballots so prepared.
sealed and marked for such voting place.
and receipt of such delivery shall be
returned to them from the presiding cleo
ton officer or officers present, which re-
ceIpt. with a record of the number OF
ballots sent. shall be kept in the clerk s
once Tor one year. At the opening OF
the polls in each polling place the seals
OF the packages shall be publicly broken,
ana the packages shall be opened by the
presiding election officer or officers, and
the packages, books or blocks of ballots
shall be delivered to the ballot clerks
hereinafter provided for. The cards Of
instructions shall be Immediately posted
az or IN each voting shelf or compart-
ment provided in accordance with this
Ichapter for the marking of ballots, and
not less than three such cards and not
Tess than five specimen ballots shall be
Immediately posted in or about the polling
rooms outside the guard rails. The sec
ond set of ballots shall be retained by
me respective city, town and plantation
clerks until they are called fer or needed
TOT the purposes of voting, and upon
the requisition in writing of the presid-
ing election officer or officers of any yot-
ing place, the entire second set of bal
I3ts snall be furnished to such voting
place an the manner above provided as
10 the hrst set, and shall be transmitted
IN ike manner to the secretary of State
as provided in section forty-five- Of this
e chhaRter. II said second set of ballots
shaH not be required for use as above.
the same shall be kept intact by said
city' town or plantation clerks for a pc
roo OF three months from the day Of
e e,iaaJ lor which said ballots were pro-
Vlded' during which time any person who
was candidate on said ballot may in
spect said second set Of ballots at the
once Of the city. town or plantation clerk
ullder me supervision of said clerk -(Ap-
proved March %, 1919
CHAPTER 100.
An Act additional to Chapter five Of tho
revised Statutes, imposing an added
outy on boards of registration and mu-
iStratiOn
The following section is hereby added
to chapter five of the Revised Statutes !:
Sectlon A. Whenever an applicant for
registration before any board of regis
tratlon or the municipal officers of any
town. acting as a board of registration
states his last voting place as a CITY or
town IN the State of Maine and the board
fha
TO register, it shall Immediately notify bv
mail the board of the city or town where
such person last voted. Of such registra-
t,on ana the board. receiving such notice
Shail at It's first meeting strike from its
list the said name, if satisfied as to the
IDENTITY of the person. -(Approved Marcn
70, 1919
CEAPTEE 10.
An Act to amend Section fifty-seven Of
Chapter fifty-three of the Revised
statutes, relating to uaranty capital Of
mutual insurance companies
rnaf seet 10 -, fifty-seven Of chapter
amended by adding thereto the follow.
ing: The holders Of such guaranty CAM
tai may receive dividends for the like
amount provided for the guaranty capital
of mutual fire insurance comnanies ~
section ffty-six. and said guaranty can.
TAI may be retired in the same manner
as provided IN said section and amend
HlehtS thereto, SO that the section as
amended shall read as follows:
section a. Any mutual insurance com
pahy may be organized under the provi-
sions Of sections fifty-five to sixtv-six
inclusive. with guaranty capital Of not
a less tnan one hundred thousand dollars,
divided INTO shares of one hundred dollars
eacn; and no policy shall be issued nv
Such corporation until one fourth II
ieast' OF It's guaranty capital has been
i "a y, m cash, and invested as pro-
section ~
sucn guaranty capital may receive divi
deRds Tor the like amount provided for
the guaranty capital of mutual fire insur-
anCe conpanles in section fifty-six, and
SAD guaranty capital may he retired in
the same manner as provided in said
section and amendments thereto. An
proved March %, 1919
CHAPTER Ill.
An ACT additional to Chapter ffty-two Of
the Revised Statutes, providing a pena1tv
1or copying the records of banking IN
stitutions. -
any officer or employee of any saw
lnSS bank, institution for savings tr,et
company, loan company, or loan ana
oulIclng association, making COPIES Of
any of the books, papers, records or doc-
unehts hGlonglng to or in the custody of
any or the before named tnstitutions
eIher fer his own use or for the 1se ~
any other person other than in the ordi-
mary and regular course of his duties os
s"Nli oilicer OF employee, shall be subject
10 a penalty of n fine not exceeding fiye
hundred dollars or by Imprisonment NOT
exceeding one year or by both such fne
a ana Observation-Disclosures March %
CHAPTER liz.
An Act relating to the registration OF
information concerning aljens
whereas in the event of a. state Of war
existing or imminent between the Initial
states of America and any foreign conn
Try full information concerninA the ac-
INVITES Of aliens who are subjects Of sr1ch
foreign country is necessary for tbn
preservation of the public peace and safe
~, ana whereas such state of war NAV
be imminent before the expiration o.
ninety days after the adjournment of this
legislature, and whereas unless this ACT
IS passed as an emergency act it cannot
take effect until approximately July one
nineteen hundred and seventeen ana
whereas therefore an emergency exists
within the contemplation Of the consti'
tuition OF the State Of Maine and tho
pubic peace and safety will be IRE
served by the enactment of the following
act, now therefore, ing
Section l. Whenever between +b.
united States of America ana - 80