Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-10
STATE OF. MAINE
a PROCLAMATION
Nv the Governor

WHEREAS; the Eightieth Legisla-
ture Of, the State Of Maine, conven-
Ing upon the first Wsd ines or Cd ' ane
ua1y nine hundred and twenty
ane' duly enacted a public law en-.
Titled, IAN Act to Provide Tor ,a ss Eu,i
Time State HighMway c con sscainn
Four of Chapter Twenty-Five Of the
Pevised Statutes. Relative to state
Highways, and also Amending Section
ThIrty-Four of Chapter one H stntatea
Of sa the Of Fe ths State Mss
HsW Commission" which law appears
In the Public Laws of the State OF
Maine for the year 1921; as Chap5er
s13 thereof, and which law provides
Is follows, namely:
"Be it enacted by the people OF the
State of Maine. as follows:
"sec. /. Section three Of chapter
twenty-five Of the Revised Statutes
ktate highway commission Is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
sec. 3. That State Highway Com
mission shall consist of three members
advice and consent of the council. one
TO serve for two years. one TO serve
Tor four years and one to serve Ior
six years; and thereafter. as the
Terms expire, each appoin.lnsh' s Snid
be for the term of six years, sara
commission when appointed and quail,
Ned under this act shall succeed to all
The rights and powers, and perform All
the duties Of the present resent state be n,snv
abolished. Vacancies occurring DUR
ing term shall be filled by appoint
ment for the uneXpired term. o,le
member of the commission shali DC
designated by the governor as chair.
man The commission shall adopt
and have a seal, and shall keep rec
prd of it's proceedings, which snail De
open to public inspection during nusl-
ness hours. and it may appoint sec
Eetarv to keep and certify records anc
papers. oo;ssior
shall give their full time to the dur
lies of their office. No member or
EMPLOYEE thereof shall have any Off
ciai or professional connection Win.
or hold any stock or securities In any
bodybuilding or bridge-building nrhl
or corporation engaged in work with
In he State of Maine. nor shall he
supply to the State any labor or ma
terial for construction. maintenance
or repair work upon ways ana prloses
In which the state is engaged nor
shall he render any professional ser
vice for or against any person, hrm or
corporation engaged in such work, nor
shall he be q member or any iini
which shall render any such service;
No member of said commission snail
serve on or under any committee OF
any political party. Any wilful Nlo-
lation of the provisions OF this chap-
Ter by any commissioner shall constr,
tute sufficient cause for his removal
by the governor with the advice and
consent of the council:
The attorney general shall without
additional compensation give the
commission such advice and ser 49
as it's attorney as it may from time
to time require.
The commission shall be furnished
with suitable offices at the seat of
government, and shall perform all the
duties and may exercise all the pow
ers expressly or impliedly gwen by
this chapter and by the act entitled,
IAN Act Relative to Motor Eehlcles
and the Law of the Road, and to re.
wise and amend chapter twenty-slx or
the revised statutes and acts amenda-
tory thereof and additional thereto.
The commission shall make an annua.
report to the governor and council OF
It's doings and expenditures. win
such statement relative to the CON
struction and maintenance of public
highways and bridges and such recon-
mendations as to the general pollcy
of the state relative thereto as 1t con-
siders appropriate. The report shall
be transmitted to the Secretary OF
State on or before the thirty-first day
of December in each year. me COM
mission shall have full power to en-
force all contracts made by the pres
ent state highway commission, poth
At law and in equity" ~
Sec .. Section four OF cnapter
twenty-five of the revised statutes is
hereby amended so as to read as tol-
sec. 4. The commission shall Sc
tcct, with the approval of the COVER
TOR and council, such engineers, SUI
pervisors. assistants and help as may
be necessary in the administration and
execution of this chapter. All sal
aries for persons employed by the
commission shall be fixed by said COM
during the pleasure of the commission.
All salaries and expenses contemplate
ed by this section shall be paid from
lhe fund for maintenance and admin
See 9. Section thirty-four Of
chapter one hundred and seventeen Of
the revised statutes is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows
Sec. "a. The annual salary of each
member of the state highway commits
sion shall be, for the chairman five
thousand dollars: for each othe- mem
her four thousand five hundred dollars.
expenses incurred in the performance
of their official duties while absent
from the seat of government.
Sec 4. This act. shall take effect
January first, nineteen hundred
1wenty-two.'
AND WHEREAS; said public law
was duly approved by the Governor Of
the State of Maine on April 9. 1921.
AND WHEREAS; sections IL and II
of Part Third OF Article w of the
Constitution of Maine, as amended,
provides as follows:
sec. 16. No act or joint resolution
of the Legislature. except such orders
or resolutions as pertain solely to
facilitating the performance of the
business of the legislature. of either
branch. or of any committee or Officer
thereof. or appropriate money thereto.
or for the payment of salaries fixed by
law. shall take effect until ninety
days after the recess of the legislature
passing it. unless in case of emer-
gcncy, (Which with the facts consti-
tuting the emergency shall be ex-
pressed in the preamble of the act).
the Legislature shall by vote of two
thirds of all the members. elected to
each house, otherwise direct. An
emergency bill shall include only such
measures as are Immediately neces-
sary for the preservation of the pub
lie peace, health, or safety; and shall
not include % an infringement Of
the right of home rule for muncipali-
ties. (2) a franchise or a license to
corpora ton or an individual to extend
longer than one year, or (3) provision
for the sale or purchase or renting for
more than five years of real estate.
Sec. 17-Jpon written petition Of
not less than ten thousand electors,
addressed to the governor and filed in
the oftice OF the secretary of state
within ninety days after the recess of
the legislature, requesting that one or
more acts. bills, resolves or resoln-
tons or part or parts thereof passed
by the legislature. but not then in ef-
fect by reason of the provisions of the
preceding section, be referred to the
resolutions or part or parts thereof
rs are specified in such petition shall
not take effect until thirty days after
the governor. shall have announced by
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