SEC. 4. Whenever the municipal officers of any town or city receive notice in writing, signed by ten or more of the residents thereof, stating that the person in charge of a steam plant located in, under, or near, any school building, church, or other public building situated in said city or town, and furnishing or supplying heat for such building, is incompetent for the discharge of such duties, or by reason of negligence, intemperance, or any other cause, ought not longer to remain in charge of such steam plant, it shall be the duty of said municipal officers to immediately suspend temporarily the authority of such person to act in said capacity; and until the investigation herein provided, can be made, shall cause a person qualified as provided by this act to be placed in charge of said steam plant; and said municipal officers shall as soon thereafter as practicable, cause an investigation to such complaint to be made, and shall thereupon inquire into the habits and qualifications of the person so complained of, and if such person is, for any reason, found to be incompetent or unsuitable to longer remain in charge of said steam plant, said municipal officers shall immediately cause the certificate granted under the provisions of this act, to be revoked, and notice of such revocation shall be filed with the clerk of such city or town, and thereupon said municipal officers shall, if such plant is under their control, place a person qualified as herein provided, in charge thereof; and if such steam plant is not in charge of such municipal officers, they shall give the person or corporation having the control of such steam plant, notice of their findings, and if such person or corporation having control of such steam plant, shall, after the receipt of such findings, neglect or refuse to cause said steam plant to be placed in charge of some person qualified under the provisions of this act, such person or corporation shall be subject to the penalties herein provided. SEC. 5. Every person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to indictment, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety days, or both, as the court in which such conviction is obtained, shall determine. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect the first day of September in the year nineteen hundred seven. AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMPILING AND (Chap. 88, P. L. 1907, as amended by Chap. 138, P. L. 1909, shall ap SEC. I. The governor, with the advice and consent of the Governor council, shall appoint a state historian, who shall be a member point state historian. of the Maine Historical Society and whose duty it shall be to compile historical data of the state of Maine and encourage the teaching of the same in the public schools. It shall also be his duties duty to encourage the compiling and publishng of town histories, combined with local geography. It shall further be his duty to examine, and when he decides that the material is suitabie, approve histories of towns compiled as provided in section two of this act. SEC. 2. Whenever any town shall present to the state his- May approve torian material which he considers suitable for publication as of town history. a history of the town presenting the same, then he may approve of the publication of a history with the local geography which will be suitable for the use in the grammar and high school grades of the public schools. receive SEC. 3. Whenever material for a town history with local Towns pubgeography has been approved by the state historian, and the tory, shall same has been published by the town, and provision has been state aid. made for its regular use in the public schools of said town; then the state treasurer shall pay the town so publishing a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, provided that the state shall not pay to any town, to exceed one-half the amount paid by said town for printing and binding said histories. SEC. 4. The superintending school committee, and the super- Board to compile intendent of schools, shall elect some citizen of the town to history. serve with them; and these persons shall constitute a board to compile a history and the local geography of the town in which they reside. Two or more towns may unite in compiling and-towns, publishing a history and the local geography of the towns forming the union. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of may unite -history to be placed in schools to forward two copies of said history to the Maine state state library. library and notify the superintendent of public schools of the title of said history. Expenses of historian. Publication of historical data. 1909, c. 138. -availability. 1911, c. 159. Historical sites. 1909, c. 138. Salary of -shall employ clerk who may serve as deputy. -duties. Inconsistent acts repealed, SEC. 5. All the actual cash expenses of the said state historian incurred while in the discharge of his official duties shall be paid on the approval and order of the governor and council, and shall not exceed five hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 6. The state historian is authorized to expend, under the direction of the governor and council, any portion of the amount appropriated by this act, in the publication of historical matter and data relating to the history of Maine, or in making available by card catalog and otherwise historical materials in the possession of the state. SEC. 7. The marking of historical sites, as authorized by the legislature, shall be under the direction of the state historian. AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE SUPERIN- (Chapter 171, P. L. 1907, as amended by Chapter 125, P. L. SEC. I. The salary of the state superintendent of schools is hereby established at four thousand dollars per annum. He shall receive in addition his actual cash expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties which sum shall be paid out of the specific appropriation for that purpose. He shall employ a clerk, who may serve as his deputy, at a salary not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars annually, with necessary expenses when on official business within the state, and such other clerical assistance as the governor and council may deem necessary. He shall perform his official duties at the office provided for him at the seat of government and not elsewhere, not meaning however, to prohibit him from making such necessary journeys and performing such duties as are necessary or incidental to the immediate object of such journey. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. AN ACT TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH FLAGS. (Chap. 182, P. L. 1907.) furnished It shall be the duty of superintendents of schools to report to Flags to be the municipal officers of cities, towns and plantations all schools schools. within their jurisdiction without flags, and it shall be the duty of said municipal officers to furnish flags to all such schools, to be paid for by said municipalities. These flags are to be used in all schools for the education of the youth of our state, to teach them the cost, the object and principles of our government, the great sacrifices of our forefathers, the important part taken by the Union army in eighteen hundred sixty-one to eighteen hundred sixty-five, and to teach them to love, honor and respect the flag of our country that cost so much and is so dear to every true American citizen. SECTION ONE OF AN ACT DESIGNATING THE (Chapter 19, P. L. 1909.) description SEC. I. The flag to be known as the official flag of the state state flag, of Maine shall be of blue, same color as the blue field in the of. flag of the United States, and of the following dimensions and designs to wit, the length, or height, of the staff, to be nine feet, including brass spear-head and ferule; the fly of said flag to be five feet six inches, and to be four feet four inches on the staff; in the center of the flag there shall be embroidered in silk the same on both sides of the flag the coat of arms of the state of Maine, in proportionate size; the edges to be trimmed with knotted fringe of yellow silk, two and one-half inches wide, a cord, with tassels, to be attached to the staff at the spearhead, to be eight feet six inches long and composed of white and blue silk strands. Pupils may be excluded from school until cleansed, cured and disinfected. Duty of parents. -penalty. Youths in unorganized townships may attend any secondary school. AN ACT RELATING TO THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. (Chap. 31, P. L. 1909.) SEC. I. When a teacher becomes aware or suspects that any of the pupils attending his school are in a condition which renders them a source of offense or danger to the other pupils in school on account of filthiness, or because they are the bearers of vermin or parasites, or have an infection or contagious disease of the skin, mouth or eyes, he shall notify the superintendent of schools, and when a superintendent of schools knows or learns that any of the pupils attending any school within his jurisdiction, are affected with any of the conditions, infections, or diseases herein mentioned, he shall notify the parents to cleanse the clothing and the bodies of the children and to furnish them with the required home or medical treatment, for the relief of their trouble, and the superintendent of schools may, when he deems it necessary, exclude such children from the schools temporarily or until they may be cured, cleansed and disinfected. SEC. 2. AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PRIVILEGES OF SEC- (Chap. 62, P. L. 1909.) SEC. 1. Any youth who resides with a parent or guardian in any unorganized township in which schools are regularly maintained may attend any secondary school in the state to which he |
