PUBLIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE. 1899. Chapter 1. An Act to amend Section Fifty-four of Chapter Fifty-one of the Revised Statutes relating to assignment of charter or rights under it by railroad corporations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section fifty-four of chapter fifty-one of the revised statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the word "legislature" in the third line thereof the following; but this shall not be construed to prevent contracts between corporations allowing the trains of one to run over the road of another, both corporations assenting thereto,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: On a Assignment road without Legislature, or lease of consent of forbidden. -trains of may run over road of another 'Section 54. No corporation can assign its charter or any rights under it; lease or grant the use or control of its road or any part of it, or divest itself thereof, without the consent of the legislature. But this shall not be construed to prevent contracts between corporations allowing the trains of one to run over the a road road of another, both corporations assenting thereto. complaint of a violation of these provisions by any person, the corporation. attorney general shall file an information in the nature of quo warranto against the corporation, and the court may enter such decree as justice and equity require. These provisions do not extend to that portion of the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence Rail- tions. road in New Hampshire and Vermont; nor is any mortgage, made to secure payment of the debt of said corporation, affected thereby.' Approved January 27, 1899. -excep Section 1, public laws 1893, amended. Chapter 2. An Act to amend Chapter two hundred and three of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relating to the education of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section one of chapter two hundred and three of the public chapter 203, laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three is hereby amended by striking out in the third line of the section the words "deaf mates or deaf children or," and by striking out in the sixth, seventh and eighth lines the words "to the American Asylum at Hartford, Connecticut, or to the Portland School for the Deaf at Portland in the case of deaf mutes or deaf children, and,” and by striking out in the tenth line the words "in the case of blind children;" and by striking out in the fourteenth line the words "institutions or schools" and inserting in the place thereof the word 'institution,' and by striking out in the seventeenth line the words "institution or schools" and inserting in the place thereof the word 'institution,' and by striking out in the eighteenth and nineteenth lines the words "institution or school" and inserting in the place thereof the word 'institution,' so that the section, as amended, shall read as follows: Blind children may be educated at Perkins Institute. -discrimi nation shall not be made on account of wealth or poverty of parents. -expenses shall be paid by State. -proviso. 'Section 1. Upon the request of the parents or guardians, the governor may, with the approval of the council, send such blind. children as he may deem fit subjects for education, for a term not exceeding ten years, and thereafter in the discretion of the governor and council, in the case of any pupil, to the Perkins Institute for the Blind at South Boston, Massachusetts. In the exercise of the discretionary power conferred by this act, no distinction shall be made on account of the wealth or poverty of the parents or guardians of such children. No such pupil shall be withdrawn from such institution except with the consent of the proper authorities thereof or of the governor; and the sums necessary for the support and instruction of such pupils in such institution, including all traveling expenses of such pupils attending such institution shall be paid by the state; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be held to prevent the voluntary payment of the whole or any part of such sums by the parents or guardians of such pupils.' Approved January 30, 1899. 3 Chapter 3. An Act to amend Section six of Chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the Public Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section six of chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the public laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five is hereby amended by inserting after the word "money" in the tenth line thereof the following words, namely: 'in excess of one dollar,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Снар. Section 6, chapter 156, 1895, public laws amended. officers may license intelligence offices. 'Section 6. The municipal officers of any town may, on pay- Municipal ment of one dollar each, grant licenses to suitable persons for one year, unless sooner revoked after notice and for cause, to keep offices for the purpose of obtaining employment for domestics, servants or other laborers, except seamen, or of giving information relating thereto, or of doing the usual business of intelligence offices; whoever keeps such an office, without a license, forfeits not exceeding fifty dollars for every day that it is so kept. The keeper of an intelligence office shall not retain any sum of money, in excess of one dollar, received from a person seeking employment through the agency of such intelligence office, unless employment of the kind sought for is actually furnished. The keeper of a licensed intelligence office shall cause two copies of this act, printed in type of sufficient size to be legible and easily read, to be conspicuously posted in each room used or occupied for the purposes of such intelligence office. Whoever violates the provisions of this act shall have the license revoked, and shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense.' Approved February 9, 1899. |