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


vided with the mittimus by when
such woman was committed. or q GER
tined copy thereof. to take such
woman for the purpose of returning
such detention she shall not be COM
mitted to Jail, and the officer arrests
Ing her shall be paid by the state
reasonable compensation for her ar
fully committed to said reformatory
who escapes therefrom, or who vio-
iates the condition of any permit by
which she may have been allowed 70
section. shall be. punished by inn
prisonment in said reformatory for
not exceeding one year to commence
at the expiration. Of the term Tot
Prosecution under this section may
be instituted in any county in which
said woman may be arrested or IN
the county of Somerset, but in such
shall be paid BY the county from
which said woman was originally
committed. and payment enforced as
provided in. section sixty-eight OF
q CHAPTER IS
An Act to Amend Sub. paragraph la)
of Paragraph ii of Section F'ifty-
nine of CHAPTER Sixteen of the Re-
Xised StatStes, as Enacted a ahd IS SCI
One Hundred and Eighty-efght OF
the Public Laws of Nineteen Hun
dred and Seventeen. Relating to
the Duties of Superintendents OF
Schools.
Sub paragraph ta) of paragraph II
of section fifty-nine of chapter six
teen of the revised statutes, as en-
acted and set forth by section seven
of chapter one hundred and eighty
eight of the public laws of nineteen
n heFnDy
amended by striking out the words,
land shall perform such duties not
herein enumerated as said committee
shall direct" in the second and third
thereof the following: and of any
school building committee chosen by
, the town. and shall perform such du-
ties not herein enumerated as said
committees shall direct so that said
sub paragraph. when amended. shall
read as follows:
la He, shall be. ex-officio, secre,,
tary Of the experimenting. school
committee chosen by the town. and
shall perform such duties not herein
enumerated as said committees shall
direct.'-tApproved March 10)
CHAPTER IA
An Act Relating to Protection of
Deer in the Town of York. in the
County of York.
1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son at any time to hunt. chase. catch
kill, or destroy any deer in the town
of York, in the county of York. II
shall also be unlawful for any person
|. to have in possession at any time any
deer or part, or parts thereon. taken
provision of this act shall pay fine
of not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred dollars and costs for
each oifense.-(Approved March 100
CHAPTER Is
An Act to Amend Section Two of
Chapter Fifty of the Public Laws
of Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen
Relating to Warning Signs at
Grade Crossings.
Section two of chapter fifty of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
seventeen is hereby amended by add
ing the following paragraph at the
end of said section. ~.
Such locations shall always be kept
clear so that such signs shall be
plainly visible. and for this purpose
the municipal officers of the several
towns in which such signs are To-
uuired. either upon their own motion
err when requested by the public utiH-
ties commission, or by the state high
way commission. from time to time,
bushes, trees or other Instructions
which may impair the view of any of
such signs; so that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
of a disc twenty-four inches in d.
ameter. the field thereof to be white
with a black border line one inch
wide. and with black perpendicular
and horizontal cross lines two and
one-half inches wide; the reverse
side of such disc to be colored black.
In each of the upper quarterings shall
appear in black the letter ''R" five
inches high. three and one-euarter
inches wide. lines one inch stroke.
Such signs shall be placed in con-
spicuous locations beside the highway
at a distance of not less than three
hundred feet from the nearest rail
of such crossing unless local condj-
commissions named in section one
hereof make it reasonable to cause
such sign to be located at lesser
distance from said nearest rail- Such
so that such signs shall be plainly
visible. and for this purpose the mu
nicipal officers of the several towns
in which such signs are located are
hereby authorized and required, either
upon their own motion or when re-
quested by the public utilities COM
mission, or by the state highway COM
mission. from time to time, to cut
trees or other Instructions which may
impair the view of any of such signs.
Improved March 100
CHAPTER 10
An Act to Amend Section Seventy
two of Chapter Fifty-s six of the Re-
vised Statutes Relating to the
Ringing of the Engine Bell or
Sounding of the Whistle at Grade
s Crossings. .4
Section seventy-two of chapter if
ty-six of the revised statutes is here
by amended by striking out after the
word whistles" in the ninth line
villages. such bell" and by = substi-
tuting for the words zone hundred"
in the tenth line thereof. the
the word level" in the twelfth
line thereof the words unless
the public utilities commission
upon petition of the corporation or OF
athe municipal officers or of ten or
more legal voters of any city or town
er notice and hearing. shall order the
sounding Of such whistle to be dis
continued in any city or village I'M
til further order of the commission; :
''eighty-five" in the thirteenth line
thereof the word eighty so that said
section as amended shall read as fol-
lows: -.+ ~
Sec 72. Every railroad corpora
ton shall cause sign-boards with the
painted on each side thereof in let
tiers plainly legible, to be placed and
constantly maintained at the side of
highways and town ways where they
are crossed at grade by such rail-
roads, on posts or other structures,
by persons passing upon such ways:
and every such corporation shall