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

na~ran al emergency rendering the
passase OF said act Immediately neces-
naay Tor the preservation Of the public
Psaee' health and safety, now, therefore,
,r Hesuon l. Section four of chapter one
,,tas .wepty-nine of the Revised Stat
uues Is hereby amended by striking out
an OF said section and substituting there
Ior the following, so that said section a.
amended shall read:
nneetlon 4. Whoever knowingly and will
t,y,, destroys or injuries any public
building, armory. breast work. trench,
az, uiicatlon, wharf, pier or dock or who
ever knowingly and wlfully DESTROYS or
r ,nJures any property, conduit, pipe line.
reservoir. structure or apparatus used in
supplying water to the public or to anv
portloh thereof. shall be punished by a
me not exceeding five thousand dollars
OF by imprisonment, for any term of
Section 3 In view Of the emergency
cited in the preamble this act shall take
e ed when approved.-(Approved March
%, 1879
CHAPTER 12s.
An Act to establish a legislative refer
:, ence bureau in the State library
section l. The State librarian is hereby
authorized to establish in the State libra
legislative reference bureau which
snail collect, arrange, and place on file
books. pamphlets and other material re-
iating to legislation, shall prepare alb
slracts of laws in other states and pre-
sent such other informa ton as may be
useful and necessary to the legislature in
the performance of it's legislative duties,
section 2 The State librarian shall
employ such assistance and incur such
expense as may be necessary for the
proper administration of the bureau
(Approved March %, 1919
CHAPTER 100.
An Act amending Sections three and
twenty OF chapter one hundred forty
TOUR; Section twenty-nine of Chapter
one hundred seventeen, Section twenty
nVe OF Chapter one hundred thirty
seven, of the Revised Statutes, ann
making additional provisions pertain
ing to inmates of State juvenile institu-
tons, and increasing the salary of the
superintendent of the State School for
Boys.
Section l. Section three of chapter
one hundred forty-four of the Revise
Statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the word eight" in the second line
of said section, and inserting in the
place thereof the word eleven and by
striking out the word sixteen" in the
second line thereof, and inserting in the
place thereof the word Seventeen SO
that said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section 3. When a boy between the
ages of eleven and seventeen years IS
convicted before any court or trial JUS
tce having jurisdiction of the offense, of
an offense punishable by Imprisonment in
the State prison. not for life, or in the
county Jail. or in any house of correc-
ton, such court or justice may order his
commitment to the State school for boys
or sentence him to the punishment pro-
vided by law for the same offense. If to
said school, the commitment shall be
conditioned that If such boy is not re-
ceived or kept there for the full term Of
his minority. unless sooner discharged
by the trustees provided in section
six, or released on probation as pro
n hn ha cuff ar
the punishment provided by law. as
aforesaid, as ordered by the court JUS
tice; but no boy shall be committed to
said school who is deaf and dumb, non
compos, or insane
Section 2 Section twenty of chapter
one hundred forty-four of the Revised
Statutes is hereby amended by striking
out the word six" in the second line of
said section, and inserting in the place
thereof the word nine and by strk
ing out the word sixteen" in the sec
ond line of said section, and inserting in
the place thereof the word seventeen so
as follows:
Section 90. A parent or guardian Of
any girl between the ages of nine and
seventeen years, the municipal officers. or
any three respectable Inhabitants of any
city or town, where she may be found,
may complain in writing to the judge of
probate or any trial justice in the county,
to the judge of the municipal or po-
IL,
that she is leading an idle or vicious life.
or has been found in circumstances OF
manifest 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
justice shall appoint time and place of
hearing. and order notice thereof to all
persons entitled to be heard, and at such
time and place. may examine into the
truth of said allegations, and if satisfac-
tory evidence thereof is adduced, and 1t
appears that the welfare of such girl re-
quires it, he may order her to be COM
mitted to the custody and guardianship
of the officers of said school during her
minority, unless sooner discharged by
process of law. All precepts issued In
pursuance of this section may be execut-
ed by any officer who may execute civil
process; and the fees of judges of munich
pal and police courts, trial justices and
officers shall be the same as for similar
services in civil cases. and. when not
otherwise provided for shall be audited by
the county commissioners and paid from
the county treasury.
Section 3. If. in the opinion of the
trustees of juvenile institutions, any girl.
under the guardianship of the State
school for girls, or who may hereafter be
age of sixteen years, is incorrigible. they
may certify the same on the original
mittimus and have it signed by the
president or secretary of the board of
whereupon said girl shall be transferred
from said state school for girls to the re-
formatory for women, together with the
original mittimus and certificate thereon
1t shall be the duty of the officers of the
reformatory for women to receive any
girl so transferred. and the remainder of
the original commitment shall be exc
cuted at the reformatory for women.
After said transfer has been made, the
rights and duties of the trustees or JuVe-
nine institutions over and toward said
girl shall cease, and the rights ana du-
ties of the trustees of the reformatory
for women shall be the same as in
case the girl had been originally com.
mitted to said reformatory. Any part or
chapter one hundred forty-four of the
Revised Statutes inconsistent with this
section is hereby repealed.
Section 4. Any boy now under the
guardianship of the State school Tor poys,
or who may hereafter be committed
there who is feeble minded. or VINO.
after his commitment, becomes feeble
minded. or any girl now under the guar
dianship of the State school for girls OF
who may hereafter be committed there,
who is feeble minded, or who. AFTER her
commitments becomes feeble minded, may
he transferred by the trustees OF 1uve-
nile institutions, to the Maine School Tor
the Feeble Minded. In such event the
trustees of Juvenile institutions, by their
president or secretary, shaii ehooise Oh
the original mittimus the fact that the
boy or girl is feeble minded, ana AZ
tach thereto a certificate from regular
nracticing physician within the State