CHAP. 45 Section 97, chapter 15, R. S., amended. Appropria tion. Chapter 45. An Act to amend Section ninety-seven of Chapter fifteen of the Revised Statutes of nineteen hundred and three, in relation to Schooling Children in unorganized towships. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Section ninety-seven of chapter fifteen of the revised statutes of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended by substituting for the word "five" before the word "thousand" therein, the word 'seven,' so that said section shall read: 'Section 97. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the three preceding sections, there is hereby appropriated the sum of seven thousand dollars annually which sum shall be deducted and set aside therefor by the treasurer of state from the annual school funds of the state.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 8, 1905. Section 50, chapter 41, R. S., amended. Close time in certain parts of Pemaquid river. Chapter 46. An Act to amend Section fifty of Chapter forty-one of the Revised Statutes, relating to the ale wife fishery in the Pemaquid river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section fifty of chapter forty-one of the revised statutes is hereby amended by substituting in said section for the words eighteen hundred and ninety-five the words "nineteen hundred and five," so that said section shall read as follows: 'Section 50. From the first day of April to the fifteenth day of July in each year, all persons are hereby prohibited from fishing with nets, seines, traps, weirs or any other contrivance, in that part of Pemaquid river which lies between Pemaquid Falls and a line drawn west from the site of the old Pemaquid fort, for the term of ten years from the twelfth day of February, nineteen hundred and five. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars, and forfeiture of all boats, nets and apparatus used in such illegal fishing.' Approved March 8, 1905. CHAP. 47 Chapter 47. An Act to amend an Act approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and five, in relation to the assessment of taxes on the estates of deceased persons before the appointment of Executors or Administrators of such estates. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: An Act to amend an act approved February ninth, nineteen hundred and five, in relation to the assessment of taxes on the estates of deceased persons before the appointment of executors or administrators of such estates. Section 1. This act is hereby amended by inserting after section one, paragraph eight, the following: This act shall apply not only in the future but also to the personal estate of all persons who have died since the first day of October, nineteen hundred and three, upon whose estate no appointment of any executor or administrator had been made. prior to the first day of April, nineteen hundred and four, and upon which personal estate no tax has been paid since the death of such person.' So that said paragraph eight shall read as follows: An Act to amend an of act 'VIII. The personal property of deceased persons in the Application hands of their executors or administrators not distributed shall specifically be assessed to the executors or administrators in the town where the deceased last dwelt, until they give notice to the assessors that said property has been distributed and paid to the persons entitled to receive it. If the deceased at the time of his death did not reside in the state, such property shall be assessed in the town in which said executors or administrators live. Before the appointment of executors or administrators the property of deceased persons shall be assessed to the estate of the deceased in the town where he last dwelt, if in the state, otherwise in the town where the property is on the first day of April, and the executors or administrators subsequently appointed shall be liable for the tax so assessed. This act shall apply not only in the future but also to the personal estate of all persons who have died since the first day of October, nineteen hundred and three, upon whose estate no appointment of any executor or administrator had been made prior to the first day of April, nineteen hundred and four, and upon which personal estate no tax has been paid since the death of such person.' Section 2. This act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 9, 1905. CHAP. 48 Section 13, chapter 15, R. S., amended. Towns shall raise at least eighty cents for each inhabitant. -forfeiture for noncompliance. -shall be expended for maintenance of common schools. -union schools. Section 15, chapter 15, amended. Money appropriated for public schools shall be paid out only on Chapter 48. An Act to amend Chapter fifteen of the Revised Statutes of Maine, relating to Education. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter fifteen of the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding after the word "apportioned," in the last line of said section, the words 'but nothing in this section shall be so construed as to annul, or render void, the provisions made in section eighteen of this chapter for the establishment and maintenance of union schools by adjoining towns;' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 13. Every town shall raise and expend, annually, for the support of common schools therein, exclusive of the income of any corporate school fund, or of any grant from the revenue or fund from the state, or of any voluntary donation, devise or bequest, or of any forfeiture accruing to the use of schools, not less than eighty cents for each inhabitant, according to the census by which representatives to the legislature were last apportioned, under penalty of forfeiting not less than twice nor more than four times the amount of its deficiency, and all moneys provided by towns, or apportioned by the state for the support of common schools, shall be expended for the maintenance of common schools established and controlled by the towns by which said moneys are provided, or to which said moneys are apportioned; but nothing in this section shall be so construed as to annul, or render void, the provisions made in section eighteen of this chapter for the establishment and maintenance of union schools by adjoining towns.' Section 2. Section fifteen of said chapter fifteen is hereby amended by adding, after the word "items," in the last line of said section, the words, "The unexpended balance of all moneys raised by towns, or received from the state, for the payment of wages and board of teachers, fuel, janitors' services, conveyance or tuition and board of scholars, shall be credited to the school fund of the town and shall be brought forward in the item of resources for the year following that in which said unexpended balance occurred. This clause, relating to unexpended balances, shall not apply to cities,' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 15. No money appropriated by law for public schools shall be paid from the treasury of any town, except upon the written order of its municipal officers; and no such order shall be drawn by said officers except upon presentation of a CHAP. 48 written order of municipal officers. unexpended balances. properly avouched bill of items. The unexpended balance of all moneys raised by towns, or received from the state for the payment of wages and board of teachers, fuel, janitors' services, conveyance or tuition and board of scholars, shall be credited to the school fund of the town and shall be brought forward in the disposed of. item of resources for the year following that in which said unexpended balance occurred. This clause, relating to unex- apply to pended balances, shall not apply to cities.' -how -shall not chapter 15, amended. Section 3. Section sixteen of said chapter fifteen is hereby Section 16, amended by inserting, after the word "state" and before the word "they" in the sixth line of said section, the words 'or in any way, to comply with the laws prescribing the duties of towns in relation to public schools,' so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: council may withhold moneys, in school certain cases 'Section 16. When the governor and council have reason Governor and to believe that a town has neglected to raise and expend the school money required by law, or to examine teachers as prescribed by law, or to have instruction given in the subjects prescribed by law, or to provide suitable text books in the subjects prescribed by law, or faithfully to expend the school money received from the state, or, in any way, to comply with the laws prescribing the duties of towns in relation to public schools, they shall direct the treasurer of state to withhold further payment to such town from the state school fund and mill tax until such town satisfies them that it has expended the full amount of school money as required by law.' Section 4. Section nineteen of said chapter fifteen is hereby amended by inserting after the words "towns shall," in the first line of said section, the words 'expend the entire amount of the school fund and mill tax received from the state, together with the amounts arising from the eighty cents per capita, as provided in section thirteen of said chapter fifteen and the funds arising from the various sources enumerated in the first four lines of section thirteen of said chapter and the funds arising from the provisions of section fourteen of said chapter, for the payment of teachers' wages and board, fuel, janitors' services, conveyance of scholars and tuition and board of scholars, as provided in section two and section fifty of said chapter fifteen and shall,' so that said section nineteen, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 19. Towns shall expend the entire amount of the school fund and mill tax received from the state, together with the amounts arising from the eighty cents per capita, as provided in section thirteen of said chapter fifteen and the funds arising from the various sources enumerated in the first four Section 19, amended. chapter 15, Purposes for which school funds shall be used. CHAP. 48 -teachers wages, etc. -conveyance of scholars, etc. -school books, etc. -repairs, insurance, etc., how paid. -parent or guardian may provide text' books. Section 35, chapter 15, amended. Examination of teachers. -shall give notice of. -5 days constitute a school week, 4 weeks a school month. Examination of schools. Paragraphs of section 35 renumbered. Shall direct course of instruction. -text books lines of section thirteen of said chapter and the funds arising from the provisions of section fourteen of said chapter, for the payment of teachers' wages and board, fuel, janitors' services, conveyance of scholars and tuition and board of scholars, as provided in section two and section fifty of said chapter fifteen and shall provide school books, apparatus and appliances for the use of pupils in the public schools, including all free high schools, at the expense of said town; and shall also pay for the necessary repairs of school buildings and insurance on same, if any, improvement and maintenance of school yards and playgrounds out of a sum or sums of money raised and appropriated for that purpose which shall be assessed like other money and shall be in addition to and independent of the amount which towns are required by law to raise, assess and expend for the support of common schools; provided, however, that any parent or guardian of any pupil in the public schools may, at his own. expense, procure for the separate and exclusive use of such pupil, the text-books required to be used in such schools.' Section 5. Section thirty-five of said chapter fifteen is hereby amended by striking out of said section, after the word "duties" in the second line of said section, all of paragraph one of said section, which paragraph is as follows: "I. They shall appoint suitable times and places for the examination of candidates proposing to teach in town, and shall give notice thereof by posting the same in two or more public places within the town at least three weeks before the time of said examination, or by the publication of said notice for a like time in one or more newspapers having the largest circulation in the county. Five days constitute the school week, and four weeks a school month." Also by striking out all of paragraph four of said section, which paragraph is as follows: "IV. Examine the schools, and inquire into the regulations. and discipline thereof, and the proficiency of the scholars, for which purpose one or more of the committee shall visit each school at least twice in summer and twice in winter; and use their influence to secure the regular attendance at school of the youth in their town." Also by re-numbering the several paragraphs of said section, so that said section thirty-five, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section 35. Superintending school committees shall perform the following duties: 'I. Direct the general course of instruction, and select a uniform system of text-books, due notice of which shall be given; no text-book thus introduced, shall be changed for five years |