Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-11

statutes are hereby repealed.
See; 3 Gh.ptsr sig IF. sf The :. . .Sd,s
thereto q new section Is follows:
.caacIses and m:stings Of Rciitisai
thousand held for the purpose Of nam.
to To- assemble in convention 70 nominate
any person to any. public ONCE. for
whose election the charter Of any SUCH
city provides. and whose name shall be
as now or hereafter prescribed By the
statutes Of the state Of Maine. felat-
ing to political party caucuses, ex-
ceRt As Hereinafter is proyid provided. ,,.,
ifed to vote in such caucuses. a. here
therein: he eaucuses OF ali political
snaats entitled 10 :. BY yo, Ley to = ,ss
next. succeeding municipal election.
shall be held in the several wards Of
said city on the second wednesday Of
eos w Be- al ah .s ocoeK y
in the afternoon and continue open UNI
II nine o'clock in the afternoon. when
they shall close: Said caucuses shall
elected at the preceding municipal
election to have charge Of such muni-
ctpal elections, or their successors in
office. No person shall vote at any
fed voter in the ward where any such
caucus is held. nor unless enrolled as
qualified to vote in a particular politi-
cal party. then entitlde to hold such
The city clerk Of said city shall. in
season for such caucuses, prepare
suitable ballots containing the names
OF All persons to be nominated At such
Tor each political party. Every person
legally qualified to vote in such eau
cuses shall receive, upon application
iion ofIicer. a ballot marked and des-
ignated by such distinguishing color
as the ballot of that political party in
which he is then enrolled and shall not
er ballot.
Every legally qualified voter OF said
CITY snail continue to be enrolled as a
is now enrolled. and when so enrolled.
shall not be entitled to change such en-
roiiment for the purposes Of any OF
said caucuses Within six months next
such caucus. Any voter not previous
~ enrolled may enroll himself before
the board OF registration at any time
up ss,d 70 within within thirty days Of the date OF
subscribing and making oath TO the
Ioli0Wlng statement before the chair.
man OF the caucus: "I,----, do
solemnly swear that i am qualified
voter in this city and ward and have
e Oh The legal right TO vote n the eaSsns
Der Of that political party and intend
part or voted at the caucus of any
other political party in the six months
shall be permitted to vote. The ward
| en- shall! endorse on every such enroll
| ment blank. whether the person sub
scribing and swearing to the same
the same at the close of said caucus to
| the board of registration and said
board or registration shall thereupon
| enroll said voter in the enrolment list
| enrolment blank and the statement
| thereon shall be preserved as a pub
lie record and shall be prima faeie evil
dence in any court that said person
Gus. The warden may appoint and
swear to the faithful performances of
their duties such number of enrolment
cierhs TO- assist him as may be re-
the oath required of any person SO en-
rolling at said caucus. All enrolment
blanks shall contain the form of state
ment and oath hereinbefore described
but shall otherwise be in such form as
the city clerk shall prescribe The
board OF registration shall make up
ana certify. in season for. such eau
the persons legally entitled to vote in
said city. after the same have been
corrected, in accordance with the last
| respiration of voters therein, and
the, political party. if any, in which
each of said voters is enrolled; said
Ilsts. as so prepared by said board of
registration. shall not be altered or
Except said board of registration. and
Ythen only upon application to change
MS enrolment made by a person list
made TO said board within six months
prior to the date of the holding of any
snch caucus. Such lists. as prepared.
warden in each Of said wards and
shall be used in said wards for the
purposes of holding said caucuses and
OF registration. after said caucuses
are closed, and shall be preserved BY
said board of registration until the
Ssms sTe bv saiG BY new lists
Registration shall supply to the poll
teal committees of each such poii-
tical party such number Of the copies
or such lists and the enroilments
CURED for the purposes Of said com
mittees.-App. Apr. s.
CHAPTER 700
An Act to Establish a Teachers
Retirement System.
Sec. 1. The Maine teachers retire
ment system. hereinafter called the
retirement system. is hereby estab-
ished. to become effective on July
first. nineteen hundred twenty-four
Sec. 2. The following words and
phrases as used in this act shall have
the following meanings:
~ Teacher" shall mean any
4 ~ ri inn
perintendent employed in any dag
school within the state; also a teach.
er or principal of q normal school
the state superintendent or his as.
sistants and teachers who teach ir
any school which is supported a
least three-fifths by state or towr
Is Public SCHOOL, shall, m..,
amy public school conducted within
the state under the authority and
supervision OF a duly elected boart
of education or experimenting schoo
| committee.
| go Year" as used in this act re,
ferring to the term of school serv
ice of a teacher shall mean the SANE
as school year" defined in the gen
era1 laws OF the state at the tim,
when the school service in question
was rendered provided. however, thai
the retirement board may in specia
cases determine what school servic,
shall constitute the equivalent of q
specified period of service under thii
| act.
90 "Interest.s unless herein 9th.
erwise provided. shall mean com.
pound interest at four per cent.
go Wherever the word che" ap.
pears 1t shall he taken to apply tc
! females as well as males.
Sec. 3. An association to be known
as the Maine teachers retirement as.
| ISOLATION, hereinafter called the re-
tirement association. may be organ.
ICED by and among the teachers In
the public schools Of the state Mem