CHAP. 120 Kennebec, one thousand dollars. Knox, six hundred dollars. Lincoln, four hundred dollars. Waldo, five hundred dollars. Washington, eight hundred dollars. assistant York, one thousand dollars; and no other fees, costs or emolu- Section 2. So much of this act as reduces the salary of any county attorney shall not take effect while the present incumbent continues to hold office; and except as aforesaid, said act shall take effect on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five. Approved March 21, 1905. county attorney land county. When this act shall take effect. Chapter 120. An Act to amend Paragraph twenty of Section one of Chapter one hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes, relating to the salary of the commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section I. Paragraph twenty of section one of chapter one hundred and sixteen is hereby amended by striking out the words "one thousand dollars" and inserting in place thereof the words 'fifteen hundred dollars and actual traveling expenses,' so that said paragraph, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Commissioner of sea and shore fisheries, fifteen hundred dollars and actual traveling expenses.' Paragraph 20, section 1, chapter 116, R. S., amended. commis- sioner of Section 2. This act shall take effect the first day of April, This act shall nineteen hundred and five. take effect April 1, 1905. Approved March 21, 1905. CHAP. 121 Section 95, chapter 49, R. S., amended. Time within which notice of accident, injury, sickness or death may be given, fixed. Chapter 121. An Act to amend Section ninety-five of Chapter forty-nine of the Revised Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1. Section ninety-five of chapter forty-nine of the revised statutes is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: 'Section 95. No conditions, stipulations or agreements contained in any application for insurance in any foreign or domestic casualty or accident insurance company, or contained in any policy issued by any such company, or any way made by any such company, limiting the time within which notice of the accident or injury, sickness, or death, shall be given to such company, to a period of less than thirty days after the happening of the accident or injury, or death, or less than ten days after the beginning of the sickness, shall be valid. Said notice. may be given to the company insuring, at any time within thirty days after the happening of the accident or injury, or death, or within ten days after beginning of the sickness, and shall be valid and binding on the company, provided that if the insured becomes unconscious during and by reason of his sickness, and his family or physician are ignorant of the fact that the insured holds a policy insuring him against sickness, said notice shall be valid and binding upon the company if given to the company within ten days after the insured recovers consciousness; or in case of the death of the insured from sickness, without recovering consciousness, said notice shall be binding upon the company if given to the company within ten days after any member of his family or his physician, learns of the existence of said policy insuring against sickness.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 21, 1905. CHAP. 122 Chapter 122. An Act to amend Section twenty-four, Chapter forty-eight, Revised Statutes, relating to real estate investments of savings banks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section twenty-four of chapter forty-eight of the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding to said section the following words, or to an amount not exceeding its reserve fund,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 24. Any such bank or institution may hold real estate in the city or town in which such bank or institution is located, to an amount not exceeding five per cent of its deposits or to an amount not exceeding its reserve fund.' Approved March 21, 1905. Section 24, chapter 48, R. S., amended. May hold real estate. Chapter 123. An Act for the Protection of Children. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Upon application by the mayor and aldermen of any, city, the selectmen of any town, or the president and a majority of the directors of any society for the protection of children, or prevention of cruelty to the same, the governor and council shall issue a badge and a commission to any suitable person designated in said application, authorizing such person to arrest persons charged with violating any of the provisions of this act or any other act or law concerning the protection of children or prevention of cruelty to the same, in the same manner and with the same powers and jurisdiction in the premises as any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or constable, and to perform such other duties as may be provided for by this act. Section 2. Any officer or agent commissioned under the provisions of the preceding section and all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, police officers and constables shall investigate all cases of cruel or injurious treatment of children coming to their knowledge, and shall cause offenders against any provisions of this act or any other act concerning the protection of children or prevention of cruelty to the same to be prosecuted. For their travel and services and expenses in conducting such investigations such officers and agents commissioned as aforesaid shall be paid reasonable compensation by the county in which such services CHAP. 123 -claims for sioners. Persons offending under provisions of this or any other are rendered and the same fees as are now allowed officers by law for the service of a warrant for arrest or any criminal process; provided, however, that all claims of such agents for such travel and services, expenses and fees shall first be audited. and approved by the county commissioners of the county liable to pay the same. All fines imposed for the punishment of such offenses shall be paid over to the county treasurer of the county in which the offense may have been committed. Section 3. Any officer or agent of any society for the protection of children or prevention of cruelty to the same may arrest and bring before any court or magistrate having jurisdiction, any person offending against any of the provisions of this act or any other act or law concerning the protection of -officers may children or the prevention of cruelty to the same. Such officer act may be arrested. interfere to prevent the perpetration of offenses under this act. or agent, or any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or constable, may lawfully interfere to prevent the perpetration in his presence of any such offense or act prohibited by this chapter or any other law concerning the protection of children or the -punishment prevention of cruelty to the same, and whoever interferes with or obstructs such officer or agent or any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or constable in the discharge of his duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months. for obstructing officer. Sections 45 and 46, chapter 61, R. S. 1903, amended. Judge of any court shall, order hearing on cases of alleged abuse of children. Section 4. Sections forty-five and forty-six of chapter sixtyone of the revised statutes of nineteen hundred and three are hereby amended so that said sections as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 45. When complaint in writing, signed by any such on complaint Officer or agent of any society for the protection of children or the prevention of cruelty to the same, or by three or more citizens of any town or city, is made under oath to the judge of any court held within and for the county in which said town or city is located, alleging that any child in said town or city is cruelly treated or wilfully neglected by its parents, or parent, or by the wilful failure of such parents or parent is not provided with suitable food, clothing or the privileges of education, or is kept at or allowed to frequent any disorderly, house, house of ill fame, gambling place or place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or other place injurious to health or morals, or that such child is an orphan without means of support or kindred of sufficient ability who will furnish such support, and praying that suitable and proper provision may be made for the care, custody, support and education of the child named in such com CHAP. 123 judge may into care rson on. order child of suitable or plaint; the magistrate or judge to whom such complaint is made shall issue his warrant and cause such child and its parents or parent if any to be brought before him, and if upon hearing it appears that the allegations of said complaint are true, and that it is suitable and proper that such child shall be supported and educated away from its parents or parent, he shall order it into the care and custody of such place or institution as is provided therefor by such town or city, or to such charitable institution or private person as he deems suitable, provided that such institution or person consents to receive, support and educate said child; but such order shall not extend beyond the time when such child arrives at the age of twenty-one years, if a male, or at the age of eighteen years if a female; and until such institution or person can be found, the magistrate or judge may in his discretion, if the circumstances appear to require it, order said child temporarily into the custody of any such officer or agent, or of any such institution or suitable person consenting to receive said child, and the expense of the support of said child during such period until permanent provision can be made of child, how therefor, in the manner above specified, shall be paid by the town in which said child resides and said town may recover the amount thereof from the parents or parent of said child, if any, as provided in section fifty of this chapter.' 'Section 46. Upon petition of the superintendent of any such public or charitable institutions asking for the care and custody of any such child, an order to the same effect, as provided for in the preceding section, may be made by the judge of the probate court in any county where either of the parents or the parent of such child resides, if written consent be given as provided in section thirty-two of chapter sixty-seven. Such orders and decrees provided for in this and the preceding section shall have the same effect to divest the parents or parent of all legal rights in respect to such child as specified in section thirty-four of said chapter sixty-seven, and said institution shall have full custody and control over said child thereafter for said time, and have authority alone to give the consent required in said section thirty-two.' -support paid for. Judge of may make same effect. probate court order with chapter 61, Section 5. Section forty-eight of chapter sixty-one of the Section 48, revised statutes of nineteen hundred and three is hereby repealed. Section 6. Section seven of chapter sixty-three of the revised statutes of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: repealed. section 7, R. S., chapter 63, amended. |