Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-14

az In it's judgment the public interest
requires from any funds available for
such purpose.'-fApproved April 81
CHATTER IA,
An Act tor Amend Section Twenty-one
of Chapter One Hundred and Seven
teen of the Revised Statutes, In
creasing the Salary Of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture.
Section twenty-one of chapter one
utes Is hereby amended by striking
out the word two" in the second line
of said section and substituting in
place thereof the word three; also by
striking. out the words "Sve hundred.
in, the fourth line of saidNsection and
words one thousand SO that said sec
tion as amended shall read as follows:
Sec. 81. The commissioner of agri-
culture shall receive an annual salary
of three thousand dollars. He shall
also receive his actual expenses in-
CURED in the performance of his OFF,
ciai duties, but not exceeding the sum
may expend for such clerical labor as
may be required, not exceeding one
thousand dollars year to be approved
by the governor and council.:-(Ap-
proved April ~
An Act to Amend Section five Of Chap
ter One Hundred and Eleven Of the
Revised Statutes, Relative tc the
Number of Names in the Jury-box.
Section five of chapter one hundred
and eleven of the revised statutes is
word hundred" in the third line of
said section and substituting the word
nifty in place thereof, so that said Sec
ton ,as' amended shall read as follows:
Sec. 5. Each town shall provide,
and constantly keep in the box, num-
Der of names ready to be drawn when
required. not less than one nor more
the town, according to the census
taken next before preparing the box;
and the board shall withdraw from 1t
the name of any person convicted OF
any scandalous crime or guilty of any
gross immorality.'-(App April ~
CHAPTER l4s.
An Act to Punish Bomb Outrages, and
Blackhand Activities.
whereas, numerous citizens Of the
charged with the execution of the
laws. have received threats against
the lives of themselves or members
of their families, and,
Whereas. bomb outrages and Black
hand activities have been planned and
the laws of Maine for the effective
of said outrages and ac-
Invites, and whereas such provision
ervation of the public peace. health
and safety, therefore.
Sec. 1. Whoever sends or pro-
cures to be sent to another or deposits
or procures to be deposited any bomb
or Internal machine. with intent that
,a CHI lodi n I'M .,t>x
to the person or property of another,
any person is injured shall be
punished by Imprisonment for any
term OF years; and if upon explosion
no person is injured, the imprison-
ment shall be for not more than
Sec. 2. Whoever knowingly hasn =,
his possession any bomb or mr. ~,
machine or materials appEeSriate for
the construction .therec1r eIcent for
lawful purpoaas shall be punished by
cen yoaH54lt for not more than ff-
80 or a fine of not more than
~ thousand dollars or both.
lish or send to another any communi-
cation, written or oral, containing a
threat to injure the person or prop
erty of any person shall be punished
by Imprisonment for not more than
five years or fine of not more than
the communication is written and is
or signed by any other
than the true name of the writer, the
punishment shall be Imprisonment for
not more than ten years or fine of
not more than fifteen hundred dollars,
or both; and if any such threat is
a gainst the person or property or menu
Der of the family of any public official,
the punishment shall be Imprisonment
for not more than fifteen years.
Sec. 4. In view of the emergency
cited in the preamble hereof, this act
proved April -
CHAPTER l47.
An Act to Amend Section Seven of
Chapter Three Hundred and Three
Hundred and Seventeen. as Amend
ed by Chapters One Hundred and
Forty one and Two Hundred and
Twenty-three of the Public Laws OF
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen,
Farm Lands Loan Commissioners.
Section seven of chapter three hun
dred and three of the public laws OF
nineteen hundred and seventeen, as
amended by chapters one hundred and
forty one and two hundred and TWEEN
ty- three of the public laws of nine
teen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out sec
ton seven of said chapter three hun
dred and three, and inserting in place
thereof the following section. SO that
said section, as amended. shall read
Sec. Z. The commissioners shall
meet twice monthly whenever one or
more applications for loans are await
ing consideration, or oftener in their
to consider applications
and they shall consider and dispose
of all applications in the order In
which such applications were re-
ceived. The commissioners may grant
applications for loans for which suf-
ficient security as hereinafter prov1d-
ed is offered, subject to the approval OF
the attorney general of the title to the
land offered as security. The commits
sioners may grant applications for the
full amount asked or when they con-
slider the security offered to be made
quate, they may reduce the amount OF
the loan to sum for winch they
deem the security to be adequate:
First: The commissioning shall! re-
quire as security for every farm loan
a first mortgage on farm real estate
of a market value at least double the
AMOUNT Of the the , loan; s,., ,s sr.nted
to any person who is not an actual
resident of this state and a bona fide
occupant of the land offered as Sc
curity;
'Ihlrd: NO loan SnaIi DC STdHleu
upon any land of which the market
value is less than ten dollars per acre
Fourth: No loan of less than three
hundred or more than five thousand
dollars shall be made, to any one per.
son. and no person shall be granted
separate loans aggregating more thar
hpe thousand dollars;
Fifth: The reserved land fund. not
invested, shall be set aside for loans
under this section, or for any of the
purposes set forth in section three
and the amount of said fund is hereby
appropriated for such uses;