Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-15

war, in the service of the United
States, provided, that on April hrst.
nineteen hundred and nineteen. such
soldier sailor or mariTSS NJ. ~ money tss 40
raised shall be paid directly to the
dependents entitled thereto under the
provisions of this act. or to the parent
or legal guardian of any SUCH De
! pendents who are minors or under
| guardianship, by the municipal OFF,
GERS of the cities, towns and planta-
| tons wherein such dependents re-
| spectively reside, in sums not eX-
ceedng five dollars week. to re-
lieve the necessitous circumstances
of the wife. infirm and dependent
father or mother of such soldier. sail
| or or marine, and a sum not exceed
ing two dollars a week to relieve the
! necessitous circumstances Of each
or other member of the family in
capable of self-maintenance who was
| or is dependent upon such soldier.
| sailor or marine. Any person entitled
| to receive aid hereunder shall not
| forfeit the same by reason of tempo
| rary absence from the State.'-App.
April 8.
CHAPTER $50
An Act Relating to Application for
License to Build or Extend
| Wharves or Fish Weirs.
HticdS, ny chapter one i1uIldl GU
and thirtyfive of the public laws of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by
| chapter eighty-five of the public laws
of nineteen hundred and twenty three
and by chapter one hundred and
twenty seven Of the public laws of
nineteen hundred and twenty three,
| section one hundred and twenty one
| of chapter four of the revised stat
utes. relating to application for Ii
censes to build or extend wharves
or fish weirs was amended, and
! Whereas. through inadvertence. ac-
cident or mistake the words wharf
or" were omitted in the first. eighth,
| sixteenth. twenty eighth and thirty
sixth lines thereon, SO that said sec
ton as amended failed to provide for
wharves built or extended in tide
waters, and
Whereas. in the Jud gment Of the
legislature these facts create an
emergency within the meaning of the
constitution of the state of Maine.
and therefore require the following
legislation as an Immediate necessity
for the preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, now there
fore,
Section one hundred and twenty
one of chapter four of the revised
statutes. as amended by chapter one
hundred and thirty-five of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one. Is hereby further amend
ed by inserting before the word
fish" in the first line thereof. the
words wharf or: by inserting before
the word weir" in the eighth line
the words wharf or and by insert
ing before the word fish" in the six
teenth line. the word wharf; by in
sorting the words wharf or before
the word weir" in the twenty eighth
and thirty-sixth lines. so that sec
ton. as amended. shall read as fol-
lows:
Sec. lei. Any person intending to
build or extend any wharf or fish
| weir or trap in tidewaterS, within the
limits of any city or town. may apply
in writing to the municipal officers
thereof stating the location. limits
and boundaries. as nearly as may
be. of such intended erection or ex-
tension. and asking license therefor;
Upon receiving such application. said
officers shall give at least three days
public notice thereof in a newspaper.
published in the municipality. or in
ethe newspaper. published in the
county. which IS nearest the munich
pality in which the proposed wharf
or weir is to be located and shall
| therein designate a day on which
they shall meet on or near the prem
Uses described, and examine the same
If upon sucn examination and near
ing of all parties interested. said OFF,
GERS decide that such erection or cN-
tension would not be an obstruction
to navigation, or an injury to the
rights of others, and determine to
allow the same. they shall issue a
license under their hands to the ap-
plicant. authorizing him to make
such erection or extension, and to
maintain the same within the limits
mentioned in such license; the appl-
cant for license to build or extend a
wharf, fish weir or trap as aforesaid.
shall first give bond to the town.
( wifi CIIretiee n the of
hundred dollars, conditioned that
upon the termination of such license
he shall remove all stakes and brush
from the location therein described.
Any person aggrieved by the decision
of the municipal officers in either
granting or refusing to grant Ii
| cense as hereinbefore provided may
appeal to the commission of sea and
shore fisheries. On receiving such an
appeal, said commission shall set n
time and place for a hearing and
give notice thereof in the same man
ner as is hereinbefore provided for
! a hearing. before municipal ofncers.
At least two members of the com
mission shall be present at the near
ing and no member of the commlS-
sion shall act on any appeal IN any
town of which he may be resident
or the owner of a wharf or Weir.
The party appealing from the decision
of the municipal officers, shall at the
bond without sureties in the sum OF
twenty-five dollars with the treasurer
of the state and such bond shall be
forfeited to the state If the appellant
fails to prosecute his appeal or II the
decision of the commission OF sea ana
shore fisheries sustains that or the
municipal officers. The decision OF
the said commission shall be com
municated within three days after the
date of the hearing to the appellaht
iofr, nfH
town in which the proposed wharf
or weir Is located; and this decision
shall be binding on said municlpai !.
officers, who shalr issue a license, II
so directed by the decision OF e me
commission, within three days AFTER
said decision has been communicated
TO them a;.oa IN
the preamble. this act shall 'ahe "a
feet when approved.-App. April :.
CHAPTER lsl
An Act to Reimburse Towns for
Supplies Furnished Certain Indians
Whenever anv Indian, not a mem
her of the Penobscot or Passamaquou,
DIV tribe of Indians or any member OF
the family of such Indian, is ioullu
destitute and in distress, and Is re-
ieved by the overseerS OF INC ppo otid do
| elief for such person, the oNerseers
of the poor shall transmit to the gov
| ernor and council statement specify
ing the nature, dates and amounts OF
the supplies furnished, together with
a statement of fact relating to the
condition, tribe. length of time in the
state of Maine so far as may be ascer-
tanned. and such other data as may
be required concerning such INDIAN
whereupon the state shall reimburse
said town for the relief so furnished
to such extent as the governor and
! council adjudge to have been eXpend-
| ed necessarily therefore.-App. apr j.