CHAP. 48 Expenses of superintendent of public schools, five hundred dollars Expenses of insurance commissioner, one thou- Expenses of bank examiner, eight hundred fifty Compensation and expenses of state liquor assay- Expenses of secretary of board of agriculture, 500 00 1,200 00 850 00 1,000 00 400 00 three hundred dollars.. 300 00 Expenses of inspector of factories, workshops, 500 00 3,500 00 State board of health, five thousand dollars... 5,000 00 hundred dollars ... 2,500 00 1,200 00 Trustees of reform school, twelve hundred dollars Sanford legacy to reform school, forty-two dollars 450 00 42 00 1,500 00 Visiting committee to insane hospital, four hun- 400 00 Insane state beneficiaries, sixty-eight thousand 68,000 00 Criminal insane, three thousand five hundred 3,500 00 Military pensions, three thousand five hundred 3,500 00 County taxes collected in eighteen hundred ninety- 29,834 24 thousand four hundred sixty-three dollars and seventy cents ... 68,463 70 Bounty on animals, four thousand dollars.. Lights for state prison, four thousand five, hun dred dollars .... 4,500 00 School in state prison, fifty dollars 50 00 Books for use of convicts in state prison, fifty dollars 50 00 Medicines for state prison, one hundred fifty dollars 150 00 Physician in state prison, two hundred fifty dollars 250 00 Inspectors of state prison and jails, one thousand five hundred dollars ... 1,500 00 Investigation of railroad accidents, one thousand dollars Penobscot Indians, shore rents, two thousand five hundred eighty-seven dollars Sheriffs and coroners, six hundred dollars.... Costs in criminal prosecutions, one thousand five hundred dollars 1,000 00 2,587 00 600 00 1,500 00 Reports of judicial decisions, six thousand four hundred dollars 6,400 00 Printing, thirty-five thousand dollars 35,000 00 Printing for eighteen hundred ninety-seven, six thousand eight hundred seventy-three dollars and seventy-eight cents. 6,873 78 Printing for eighteen hundred ninety-eight, two thousand two hundred sixty-six dollars and twenty-eight cents .. Binding and stitching, eighteen thousand dollars, Binding and stitching for eighteen hundred ninetyseven and eight, seven thousand two hundred eighty-eight dollars and forty-one cents....... 2,266 28 18,000 00 7,288 41 CHAP. 48 Advertising land sale and tax act, nine hundred Board of Agriculture, four hundred seventy-one 471 23 Maine State Agricultural Society, one thousand 1,000 00 Maine State Agricultural Society, for industrial 1,000 00 Eastern Maine State Fair, one thousand dollars.. 1,000 00 Eastern Maine State Fair, to encourage pomology, 750 00 20,000 00 seven hundred fifty dollars University of Maine, twenty thousand dollars.... Advertising laws, five thousand dollars Superior court in Waterville, two hundred dollars, 600 00 5,000 00 200 00 32,951 62 1,000 00 3,000 00 Donation for founding free public libraries, five Maine state cattle commission, contagious diseases, five thousand dollars ... Town of Hollis, five hundred dollars .. Williams' legacy to Maine Insane Hospital, forty 500 00 5,000 00 500 00 200 00 40 00 Investigation of the causes of fire, two thousand 2,000 00 Deaf, dumb and blind, twenty-four thousand dollars 24,000 00 Idiotic and feeble minded persons, three thousand 3,000 00 Support of paupers in unincorporated places, 30,230 00 Damage by dogs to domestic animals, five thou- 5,000 00 Dog licenses refunded, twenty-five thousand seventy-eight dollars 25,078 00 Temporary loan, one hundred fifty thousand dollars Amounting to the sum of one million six hundred five thousand seven hundred ninety-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents 150,000 00 .$1,605,799 38 Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 22, 1899. CHAP. 49 Chapter 49. An Act to amend Chapter four hundred and ninety-three of the Private and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Election of a policeman by Penob scot In dians. election ratified by must be the governor and council. Section 1. At the biennial election of the Penobscot tribe of Indians for choice of governor and lieutenant governor and representative to the state legislature, the party voting at such election shall also choose a member of said tribe to be a policeman. The agent of said tribe shall certify such choice to the governor of this state; and if such choice is ratified by the governor of the state and the council, the governor shall issue a commission to the person thus chosen, said commission to be for the term of two years from the date of such election. In the commisenforcement of the laws of this state within the limits of the reservation of said tribe, said policeman shall have like powers powers and duties with constables and policemen within towns and cities, and authority to take any offender before any court of salary. competent jurisdiction within his county. He shall receive from the contingent fund of the state a salary of fifty dollars each year. sion. and duties. may be re Section 2. Such policeman may be removed at any time by Policeman the governor of the state. In case a vacancy exists in the office moved. of such policeman, or the choice at said biennial election is not ratified as above provided, a new election therefor by the same party shall be called by the agent in the same manner as provided for said biennial elections; but the term of the person com- how filled. missioned to fill such vacancy shall terminate with the end of the original term. Section 3. Chapter four hundred and ninety-three of the private and special laws of this state, enacted in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, shall not hereafter apply to the Penobscot tribe of Indians. -vacancy, Chapter 493, laws of 1885, shall not apply. CHAP. 50 Special election to be held. Section 4. The agent of said tribe shall call a special election for the choice of a policeman under this act, the first Tuesday in December after this act shall take effect. Approved February 23, 1899. Section 1, Chapter 50. An Act to amend Chapter two hundred and thirty of the Private and Special laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, as amended by Chapter six hundred and seventy-three of the Private and Special laws of eighteen hundred and seventyone, entitled, “An Act to prevent obstructions in the Narraguagus river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in chapter 230, Legislature assembled, as follows: special laws 1854, as amended by chapter 673, laws of, 1871, further amended. Throwing of slabs, etc., in Narraguagus river, prohibited. -penalty. Section I. Section one of chapter two hundred and thirty of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and fiftyfour, as amended by chapter six hundred and seventy-three of the private and special laws of eighteen hundred and seventyone, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "edgings" in the second line of said amended section the words 'shingle shavings, so called;' also by inserting after the word "materials" in the third line of said amended section the words 'other than short sawdust, so called;' so that said section, as hereby amended, shall read as follows: 'Section I. If any person or persons shall cast or throw into the Narraguagus river any slabs, lath or board edgings, shingle shavings, so called, or refuse timber of any sort, or other materials other than short sawdust, so called, whereby the navigation of said river may become impeded or injuriously affected, or which shall tend to obstruct the mills or the floating or driving of logs, masts or other timber down said river, either below or above the mills, situated within or above tide waters, he or they shall be subject to a fine or penalty of not more than twenty nor less than ten dollars, upon complaint and conviction before any trial justice within and for the county of Washington, with the right of appeal as in other cases; and shall also be liable to pay all damages which any individual may suffer by reason of such obstructions, in an action of the case in any court competent to try the same.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved February 23, 1899. |