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

statutes, as. amended by chapter one
hundred thirty of the public laws or
nineteen hundred seventeen and by
chapter fifty-eight of the public laws
! further amended by chapter two hum
/ dred and forty-five Of the public laws
! OF nineteen hundred and nineteen is
hereby amended by striking out the
words eight and sixteen" in the sec
ond line thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof the words eleven and seven
teen so that said section shall read as
! follows:
Sec. 8. When boy between ages
victed before any court or trial JUS
tice having Jurisdiction Of the offense.
! of an offense punishable by imprison-
nent in the state prison, not for life.
! or in the county Jail, or In the house
of correction. such court or justice
| may order his commitment to the state
! school for boys or sentence him to the
punishment provided by law for the
same offense. If to such school. the
commitment shall be conditioned that
] II such boy is not received or kept
there for the full term of his minority,
unless sooner discharged by the trus-
tees as provided in section six, or re-
|, leased on probation as provided In
| punishment provided by law, as afore-
said, as ordered by the court or JUS
tice; but no boy shall be committed to
said school who is deaf and dumb. non
event OF conviction in all such cases
shall be that the accused was convict
ed of juvenile delinquency, and the
court shall have power at the hearing
of any such case to exclude the gen.
eral public other than persons having
a direct interest in tbe case. The rec
ords of any such case by order of the
court may be withheld from indiscrim-
mate public inspection, but such rec
ords shall be open to inspection by the
parent or parents of such child or
lawful guardian or attorney of the
child involved. approved April 6)
/ CHAPTER $50.
An Act to Amend Section Fifty-one Of
Chapter Four of the Revised Stat
l. utes. as Amended by Chapter Fifty
nine of the Public Laws of Nine
teen Hundred and Seventeen and by
Laws Of Nineteen Hundred and
Nineteen. Relating to the Payment
by the State of the Burial Expenses
Of Honorably Discharged Soldiers
Section fifty-one of chapter four of
the revised statutes, as amended by
section one of chapter fffty-nine of the
public laws of nineteen hundred and
of the public laws of nineteen hundred
amended by striking out the word
sixty in the twelfth line thereof and
one hundred: so that said section. as
amended. shall read as follows:
Sec. 81. Whenever any person who
has served in the army. navy or
was honorably discharged therefrom
shall die. being at the time of his
death a resident of this state and in
destitute circumstances, the state shall
pay the necessary expenses of his
burial: or whenever the widow of any
person who served in the army. navy
or marine corps of the United States
and was honorably discharged there.
from shall die, being at the time OF
her death a resident of this state anG
being in destitute circumstances and
having no kindred living within thi.
state and of sufficient ability legally
liable for her support. the state shall
pay the necessary EXPENSES of hel
burial; such expenses shall not exceed
the sum OF one hundred dollars in any
case, and the burial shall be in some
cemetery not used exclusively for the
BURIAL Of the pauper dead,'-(Approvet
April. 81
- CHAPTER 1a1.
An Act to Provide for an Issue of
State Highway and Bridge Bonds.
Sec /. In addition to state highway
and bridge bonds heretofore issued in
the name and behalf Of the state and
under the provisions of chapter one
hundred and thirty, of the public laws
OF nineteen hundred and thirteen and
acts arnendatory thereof and addi-
tional thereto. and under chapter two
hundred and fifty-one of the public
laws OF nineteen hundred and nine
teen, the treasurer of state is hereby
authorized, under the direction of the
governor and council, to issue from
time to time serial coupon bonds in the
name and behalf OF the state to an
amount not exceeding three million
dollars, payable at the state treasury
WITHIN Iorty-one years from GATE of
issue. at rate of interest not exceed
ing i've per cent per annum, interest
payable semi-annually, and signed by
the treasurer of state, countersigned
by the governor and attested by the
state auditor. with the seal of the
state affixed. The coupons attached
to said bonds shall bear the fac-simile
OF the signature of the treasurer of
state instead of his original signature;
and such bonds and coupons shall he
of such denominations and form and
upon Such terms and conditions not
inconsistent herewith as the governor
and council shall direct. Said bonds
ana any bonds hereafter issued under
the provisions of chapter one hundred
and thirty. of the public laws of nine
teen hundred and thirteen and acts
amendatory thereof and additional
thereto, and under the provisions OF
"peSi t"o HuNuTeu anu uIty-One OF
the public laws of nineteen hundred
and nineteen. together with the pro-
ceeds thereof shall be designated as
the state highway and bridge loan, and
snail DC deemed pledge of the faith
and credit of the state
Sec. 2. The state auditor Shall keen
an account of such bonds, showing
the number and amount of each, the
GATE or counterSigning,s the date when
payable and the date of delivery there.
or to the treasurer of state, who shall
keep an account of each bond showing
the number thereof, the name of the
person to whom sold, the amount re
ceivcd for the same. the date of sale
ana the date when payable
Sec. 3. The treasurer of state NAV
negotiate the sale of such bonds by
direction of the governor and council
but no such bond shall be loaned
pledged or hypothecated in behalf OF
the state. Of the proceeds of the
sales OF such bonds. which shall be
held by the treasurer of state and paid
by him upon warrants drawn by the
hundred thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated to be used solely for the
building of state highways and seven
hundred thousand dollars Is hereby
appropriated to be used solely for the
building OF bridges, as provided by
chapter three hundred and nineteen
public laws of nineteen hundred and
said bonds may be expended during
the fiscal years ending June tfirtieth
nineteen hundred and twenty-three
but any balance uneXpended shall not
lapse, but shall be carried forward ia
the same account to be used only for
the construction of state highways and
bridges as provided by law. Y
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