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

two of the revised statutes as amend
ed. provided the receipts from such
amateur boxing contests are to be
paid into the treasury of such organ
ization or TO some public charity.
For the purposes Of this act an anna
teur boxing contest Is a contest be-
tween boxers who never have taken
which no other prizes than medals or
merchandise are awarded.-App. April
IL.
CHAPTER EOS
An Act Permitting Sterilizing Oper-
atoms in Certain Cases Of Mental
Disease and Feeble-Mindedness.
Sec. 1. That the operations of
vasectomy and fallectomy may be
performed under the conditions and
within the restrictions herein de-
scribed. and under such provisions
shall be lawful.
Sec. 2. When either Of the recog-
nized sterilizing operations herein re-
ferred to may be indicated for the
further eble-mindedness. or for the
therapeutic treatment of certain
forms of mental disease, physicians
having the custody Of such cases may
recommend to the nearest relative.
guardian and affected individual the
advisability and necessity Of such op-
Grafton; and when the written con-
sent of the patient. when mentally
competent to give such consent. as
well as that of the nearest relative
or guardian IL given. the physical n
having the custody aforesaid of said
case shall call counsel OF two reg
istered medical practitioners-one a
physician and one surgeon-of not
less than five years practice and not
related to the patient. whose duty 1t
shall be in conjunction with the phy-
stefan in charge of the case. to eX-
anime the individual recommended for
operation. Whether the person to pc
operated upon is mentally capable of
giving his consent shall be decided
by the consultants and stated in
writing. with their reasons therefor.
and such written statement shall be
kept on file at school Tor teepie o
minded and in case they find that the
patient Is mentally incapable OF CIV
ing his consent. the consent of the
guardian. or nearest relative must pc
secured. If in the judgment OF the
consulting physicians the operation Iation
of mental deficiency. or il in the
judgment Of the medical consultants
the physical or mental condition OF
any such person will be substantially
benefited thereby, then the consult
ants shall select a competent surgeon
tony or vasectomy. as the case may
be, upon such person.-App. April IL.
CHAPTER 200
An Act to Enable Cities OF over
Thirty-five Thousand to Regulate
and Restrict the Construction OF
Buildings and the Use Of Land by
Zoning Ordinances.
Sec. 1, Cities of over thirty-hve
thousand Inhabitants and village cor
porations may by ordinance or bylaw
restrict buildings or camping GROUNDS
to be used for particular industries,
trades, manufacturing or commercial
purposes to specified parts or zones or
the city or village corporation, or
may exclude them from specified parts
or zones of the city or village cor
poration or provide that such build
ings If situated in certain parts or
zones of the city or village corpora
ton shall be subject to special regu-
lation as to their construction or use.
A city or village corporation may also
by ordinance or bylaw provide That
certain kinds of dwelling houses and
tenement houses and camping grounds
conducted for private gain should be
restricted to specified parts or zones
Of such city or village corporation or
shall be excluded from specified parts
or zones of such city or village cor
poration or that dwelling houses or
tenement houses or such camping
grounds situated in specified parts of
such cities or village corporation
shall conform to certain regulations
in respect to their construction or use
which shall not apply to other build
ings or grounds in other parts OF
such city or village corporation. For
the above purposes the city or village
corporation may be divided into zones
and erection and use Of buildings and
such camping grounds in each zone
regulated as above provided.
Sec. 2. The provisions of this act
shall be carried out in such manner
as will best promote the health, safe
ty, morals and general welfare of the
community, and any building erected,
altered or repaired and such camping
grounds maintained contrary to the
provision of an ordinance or bylaw
passed hereunder is nuisance.
Sec. 8. No ordinance or bylaw
shall be enacted hereunder until after
a public hearing thereon, notice OF
which hearing shall be published at
least thirty days before the hearing
in a newspaper published in the city
or village corporation concerned. or
in a newspaper published in the couh-
ty wherein said city or village corpo-
ration is located.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty Of the
inspector of buildings to withhold
permit for the construction or altera-
ton Of any building or the mainte-
nance of any such camping ground in
violation of an ordinance or bylaw
enacted hereunder. Appeal shall lie
from decision of the inspector of
buildings to the municipal officers and
from said municipal officers to the
supreme jodicial court according to
the provisions of section twenty of
chapter twenty-four of the revised
statutes and acts additional thereto
and amendatory thereof.
Sec. s. This act shall not apply to
any existing or proposed building
used or to be used by public serv-
ice corporation: provided. that upon
a petition by public service corpo-
ration. the public utilities commission
may, after due notice and public
hearing. adjudge the situation of any
existing or proposed building used by
necessary for the convenience or well
fare of the public. and that such
building or buildings be exempt from
the provisions OF this act. or from
any ordinance passed or adopted in
accordance with its provisions.
adopted under the powers created by
this act shall apply to structures ex-
listing at the time Of the adoption of
the ordinance nor to the then existing
Csc Of any building, but 1t shall apply
TO any alteration OF a building to
provide for its use for a purpose or
in a manner substantially different
from the use to which it was put
before the alteration. and shall up
ply to a substantial change in the
uses of a building when put to a new
use without alteration.
Sec. z. No ordinance or bylaw en-
acted under the powers hereby con-
veyed to the cities and towns and
village corporations shall be in force
and effect until accepted by ma
jorty of the electors of the city or
village corporation or town voting at
oil 70 al of