-duties. CHAP. 23 same to be catalogued and placed in proper cases for transportation and use, and to keep accurate accounts of all matters relating to the expenditures of money, the transportation of libraries and such other statistics as the commission may require. Section 6. All expenditures of money shall be made with the sanction of the governor and council, and the commissioners shall make to them a yearly report. Expendi tures shall be under sanction of governor and council. Approved February 23, 1899. Section 43, chapter 70, R. S., as amended by chapter 63, public laws of 1887 and chapter 217, laws of 1889, further amended. Oath may be taken any time within two years from commencement of proceedings. -if debtor Chapter 23. An Act to amend Chapters two hundred and seventeen and two hundred and eighteen of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to amend Section forty-three of Chapter seventy of the Revised Statutes, relating to Insolvent Debtors." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Section forty-three of chapter seventy of the revised statutes, as amended by section one of chapter sixtythree of the public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and by chapter two hundred and seventeen and chapter two hundred and eighteen of the public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby further amended by inserting after "thereafterward" in the fifth line thereof the words 'except by leave of court, upon such notice, if any, as the court may order,' and by striking out the words "within the time herein limited therefore" in the ninth and tenth lines thereof and inserting in place thereof 'as above set forth,' so that said section, as amended shall read as follows: 'Section 1. If for any cause a debtor shall fail to take and subscribe to the oath referred to in the forty-third section of chapter seventy of the revised statutes, he may do so at any time within two years from the date of the commencement of proceedings, and not thereafterward except by leave of court, upon such notice, if any, as the court may order, with the same effect as if originally taken; whenever in any case the debtor fails to take the oath prescribed in the forty-third section of chapter seventy of the revised statutes as above set forth, all proceedings in insolvency may be dismissed upon motion of any party interested, after such notice as the judge shall order.' Section 2. This act shall apply to all cases now pending. Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 1, 1899. Chapter 24. An Act establishing the salaries of the county commissioners and the salary of the county treasurer for the county of York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. From and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, the salary of each of the county commissioners of the county of York shall be six hundred dollars annually, payable in quarterly payments on the last days of March, June, September and December, which shall be in full for all services, expenses and travel. Section 2. From and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, the salary of the county treasurer of the county of York shall be six hundred dollars annually, payable quarterly, on the last days of March, June, September and December, which shall be in full for all services, expenses and travel. Section 3. All acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with the Inconsisabove act, are hereby repealed. Section 4. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 1, 1899. tent acts, repealed. Chapter 25. An Act to amend Chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in relation to the support of Wives and Children by husbands living apart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as amended by chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, is hereby amended by adding in the sixth line of said chapter as amended after the word "court", the words 'the superior courts and the Bangor Municipal Court'; so that said chapter, as amended, shall read as follows: Husband and father from his family, 'Chapter 136. Whenever a man, having a wife, a minor child, or both, residing in this state, and from whom he lives living apart apart, and being of sufficient ability, or being able to labor and provide for them, willfully and without reasonable cause, refuses compelled or neglects to provide suitable maintenance for them, the may be to contrib CHAP. 26 ute to support of wife or minor children. supreme judicial court, the superior courts and the Bangor Municipal Court, in term time or vacation, in the county where the wife or children reside, on petition of the wife for herself, and for such children, or of such children, by their guardian, after such notice to the husband or father as it may order, and hearmg, may order him to contribute to the support of his wife, if the separation was without her fault, and to the support of such children, such sums payable weekly, monthly or quarterly, as are deemed reasonable and just, and may enforce obedience by -executions appropriate decrees. Execution may also issue for said sums, when payable, and for costs; provided, however, that the juris-. diction of the Bangor Municipal Court, in cases arising under the provisions of this act, shall be limited to cases in which the defendant resides in Penobscot county.' may issue. Approved March 1, 1899. Peddling without a license, prohibited. Chapter 26. An Act to amend Section one of Chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section one of chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of the public laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended by striking out the words "books and pamphlets" where they occur in the fifth line, so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: 'Section I. Νο person shall about from town to town, or go from place to place in the same town, exposing for sale or selling, any goods or chattels, other than fruit grown in the United States, fruit trees, provisions, live animals, brooms, agricultural implements, fuel, newspapers, agricultural products, of the United States, the products of his own labor or the labor of his family, any patent of his own invention, or in which he has become interested by being a member of any firm, or stockholder in any corporation which has purchased the patent, until he shall have procured a license so to do as hereinafter provided.' Approved March 1, 1899. CHAP. 27 Chapter 27. An Act to increase the salary of the Judge of Probate in and for the county of Aroostook. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Salary of judge of Aroostook county, increased. Section 1. The salary of the judge of probate in and for the county of Aroostook, shall be one thousand dollars a year, probate for instead of the sum now fixed by law, which shall be paid to him out of the county treasury in equal quarterly payments. Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 1, 1899. Chapter 28. An Act to increase the salary of the Register of Probate in and for the County of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section I. The salary of the register of probate in and for the county of Aroostook, shall be eight hundred dollars a year instead of the sum now established by law, to be paid from the county treasury in equal quarterly payments. Section 2. All acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. Section 3. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 1, 1899. Salary of register of Aroostook probate for county, increased. Chapter 29. An Act to authorize Registers of Probate to receive petitions in vacation, and the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Any register of probate may receive and enter upon his docket, in vacation, any and all petitions for probate proceedings of any kind, and the judge of probate may order notice thereon in vacation. Approved March 1, 1899.. CHAP. 30 Chapter 126, public laws of 1895, amended. Tribal committee shall be chosen annually. -six shall be chosen by each party. When act shall take effect. Chapter 30. An Act to amend Chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five, relating to the Penobscot tribe of Indians. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby amended by striking out the word "twenty" in the third line of section one of said chapter and inserting in lieu thereof the word 'twelve,' also by striking out the word "ten" in line five and line six and insert in lieu thereof the word 'six' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 1. A tribal committee of the Penobscot tribe of Indians shall be chosen annually, in the month of November, to consist of twelve members of said tribe. No member of said committee shall be less than twenty-one years of age. Six members thereof shall be chosen by the old party so called, and six members thereof by the new party, so called, at separate meetings holden as hereinafter provided.' Section 2. This act shall take effect at the annual election to be holden in the month of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved March 1, 1899. Section 32. chapter 285, public laws 1897. amended. Close time for smelts between April 1 and October 1. -penalty for violation. -weirs shall Chapter 31. An Act to amend Section thirty-two of Chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, regarding taking of Smelts in Tide Waters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section thirty-two of chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven is hereby amended by striking out of the third line of said section the word "October" and inserting in place thereof the word 'September,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 32. No smelts shall be taken or fished for in tidal waters, except by hook and line, between the first days of April and September, under a penalty of not less than ten, nor more than thirty dollars for each offense, and a further penalty of twenty cents for each smelt so taken; and all weirs for the capture of smelts shall be opened, and so remain, and all nets used in the smelt and tom-cod fishery shall be taken from the water |