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

lowing act in the opinion of the legisla-
ture to be an emergency rendering the
passage OF said act Immediately neces-
sary for the preservation OF the public
peace. health and safety, now, therefore.
Section l. Section four of chapter one
hundred Twenty-Five Of the Revised Stat
all Of said section and substituting there
for the following, so that said section as
amended shall read:
Section 4. Whoever knowingly and will
Iuily DESTROYS or Injuries any public
1ortlncatlon, wharf, pier or dock or who
ever knowingly and wilfully destroys or
INJURIES any property, conduit, pipe line,
reservoir, structure or apparatus used in
supplying water to the public or to any
portion thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding five thousand dollars
or by Imprisonment for any term OF
years
Section 2. In view Of the emergency
cited in the preamble this act shall take
effect when approved.-(Approved March
%, 1879
CHAPTER 12e.
An Act to establish legislative refer
ence bureau in the State library
Section l. The State librarian is hereby
authorized to establish in the State libra
ry a legislative reference bureau which
books, pamphlets and other material re-
latlng to legislation, shall prepare alb
stracts 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 %, 1879
CHAPTER 100.
An Act amending Sections three and
twenty of Chapter one hundred forty
four, Section twenty-nine of Chapter
one hundred seventeen, Section twenty
tive of Chapter one hundred thirty
seven of the Revised Statutes, and
making additional provisions pertain
ing to inmates of State juvenile institu-
tlons, and increasing the salary of the
superintendent of the State School for
Boys.
Section 1. Section three of chapter
one hundred forty-four of the Revised
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 g. When a boy between the
ages of eleven and seventeen years is
convicted before any court or trial JUS
tice 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-
vlded 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 as provided in section
six, OF released on probation as pro-
vided in section nine. he shall then suffer
the punishment provided by law, as
aforesaid, as ordered by the court or 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 strik-
ing out the word Sixteen in the sec
ond line of said section, and inserting in
the place thereof the word seventeen so
that said section as amended shall read
as follows:
Section 20. 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,
or to the judge of the municipal or po-
lice court for such city or town, alleging
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
n a md iSfn
tory evidence thereof is adduced, and it
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 8. 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
committed thereto, who has attained the
age of sixteen years, is incorrigible. they
may certify the same on the original
mittimus and have it signed by the
trustees in behalf of said trustees:
whereupon said girl shall be transferred
from said State school for girls to the
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 of juve
nine institutions over and toward said
girl shall cease, and the rights and du-
ties of the trustees of the reformatory
for women shall be the same In
case the girl had been originally COM
mitted to said reformatory. Any part of
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 for boys,
or who may hereafter be committed
there, who is feeble minded, or who.
after his commitment. becomes feeble
minded. or any girl now under the guar
danship of the State school for girls, or
who may hereafter be committed there.
who is feeble minded, or VINO, after her
commitment becomes feeble minded. may
be transferred by the trustees of juve-
nile institutions, to the Maine School for
the Feeble Minded. In such event the
trustees of juvenile institutions, by their
president or secretary, shall endorse on
the original mittimus the fact that the