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

| place thereof the word and, and
said section three is further amend.
State Of Maine or" in the fifteenth
line. so that as amended said Sec
tio n. three shall read as follows:
on his own initiative or upon petit
ton Of nifty or more citizens Of this
state shall investigate all seeming
violations Of this act. all contracts.
restraint Of trade or commerce and
all monopolies, and may require. by
summons. the attendance and testi-
| ton Of books and papers before him
relating to any such matter under
Investigation. Such summons shall
summons for witnesses in criminal
cases before said courts and all pro-
Visions of law relating thereto shall
THIS act SO far as they are appiica-
BILE. All Investigations or hearings
hereunder or connected Herewith to
which witnesses are summoned or
books. records or correspondence.
shall be public and shall be held in
the county wherein the act to be in
committed. or if the investigation is
on petition it shall be held in the
county where the petitioners reside.
shall be paid from the appropriation
| provided by section seventy-two of
chapter eighty-two of the revised
If upon investigation. it appears to
the attorney general that the laws
of this state, including the provisions
Of, this act. have been violated in
rssDs the sst sha pares ans
present all available information
bearing upon such violation to the
proper prosecuting officer Of the
Amy Justice of the supreme Judi
cial court or of a superior court may
by order. upon application of the at
ance of witnesses. the production of
books and papers. including cor
respondence. and the giving of testi-
mo y. before the attorney general In
| extent as before said courts: and
any failure to obey such order may
| be punished by such court as a con-
tempt thereof.'-(Approved Mar. 800
CHAPTER n.
An Act to Amend Section Ten of
Chapter Forty-six of the Revised
Statutes as Amended by Chapter
Seventy-four of the Public Laws OF
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen.
Relating to the Weight and Sale of
Coal.
| Section ten of chapter forty-six of
the revised statutes as amended by
chapter seventy-four of the public
Lays of nineteen hundred and nineteen
klsEhereby further amended by insert
shall" in the second line of said sec
ton, the words or coke; and also by
inserting between the words coal
and put" in the third line of said
section. the words or coke: so that
said section as amended shall read as
follows:
Sec 10. Anthracite, bituminous and
all mineral coal or coke shall be sold
by weight and two thousand pounds
shall constitute q ton. Coal or coke
put up in bags or package form shall
have marked on the bag in a plain and
For each violation Of this act there
shall be fine of not less than twenty
five nor more than one hundred dol
lars. March 800
cHAPTER 70.
An Act for the Preservation, Perpet-
uation and Increase of the Forests
of the State of Maine
Sec. l.. The state land agent shall
have full charge of all state forests, ,
Guiding the power to reforest and |
regulate cutting on the same. and the |
authority to provide young trees to |
companies, firms. and individuals for
planting at cost to the state of pro
ducing the same, and shall have charged
of enforcing all laws enacted to regu-1
late the cutting on auxiliary stated
forests. as hereinafter defined; and |
he may, from time to time. as may be
found necessary in carrying out the
provisions of this act, appoint addi-
tional assistants. not exceeding five.
Sec. 2. State forests shall include
!, all areas now owned or hereafter &C
CURED by the state which are now
covered with trees or which shall here
after be planted to trees by the state
excepting the land owned by the state
in the City of Augusta.
Sec. 3. The state land agent shall,
from time to time. recommend to the
nv.I rotI
land, the requirement of which, will. in
his judgment, be most advantageous
to the state in preserving existing :
forests. in reforesting barren areas
and protecting the natural water sup
ply of the rivers of the state and at
such times as there shall be appro-
priations therefor. the governor, with
the consent of the council, shall pur-
chase the same in the name OF the
state.
Sec. 4. Auxiliary state forests shall
include all areas owned by corpora
tions. firms, or individuals now COW
cred by trees or which shall be planted
to trees for use as fuel, manufacture
or sale. the owner of which. shall in
cities and organized townships have
filed with the assessors and state land
agent, and in unorganized townships
with the state land agent, plans
or description of such tracts with a
request that the same be included as
a part of the auxiliary forests of the
state.
Sec. s. Owners of auxiliary state
forests proposing to cut. or permit
cutting, on such forest lands, trees for
market or manufacture, shall by
themselves. or by their agents, file an
application in duplicate with the state
land agent, on blanks furnished by
said agent, stating the location Of the
tracts proposed to be cut, with the
names and addresses of the permittees,
If any. the stumpage price per thou
sand feet, or per cord if the same be
sold by the thousand feet or cord, or.
If the standing timber on a given tract
be sold for a gross sum, then the loca-
ton and bounds Of such tract and the
gross sum for which the same is sold.
On receipt Of the aforesaid application.
license to cut from such tract or tracts
in accordance with the cutting rules
hereinafter stated. shall issue to such
Iowner or permittee within one week
thereafter, which license shall remain
in force for one year from date of the
said license, unless sooner revoked by
the said land agent for failure of the
said owner, his agents, or permittees
to conform to law in cutting such
forests
Sec G. No person desiring to clear
land for agricultural purposes. for
building, or for highways, or to cut
trees for use in building camps, dams
or the construction of ways or for use
as fuel In the course Of numbering op-
erations, or from his own land for
use upon his farm in the ordinary
course of good husbandry, SHALL for
the purposes aforesaid. be required to
comply with section five of this act