202 Resolve in favor of Stenographers to the Recording Officers 203 Resolve in favor of the Aroostock State Normal School 204 Resolve in favor of Juliette Moody, widow of Albion Moody 205 Resolve in favor of the Central Maine Fair Company and repealing resolve in favor of the Central Maine Fair As- 206 Resolve on the Pay Roll of the Senate 207 Resolve in favor of clerk, stenographer and messenger to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs.. 208 Resolve in favor of the Clerk, Stenographer and the Mes- Resolve making an appropriation for the purpose of obtain- 214 Resolve authorizing the State Land Agent to convey Lot No. 215 Resolve ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitu- ... 217 Resolve laying a tax on the Counties of the State for the vices of committee on Telegraphs and Telephones ... Resolve in favor of Cordelia Andrews of Oxford, widow of Freeman B. Andrews, a soldier in the Civil War Resolve to amend article twenty-two of the Constitution, re- lating to cities of forty thousand inhabitants or more to 223 Resolve in favor of the Joint Special Committee appointed to investigate the Financial Condition of the State 224 Resolve authorizing the Governor and Council to use any PUBLIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE As Passed by the Seventy-fifth Legislature 1911 Chapter 1. An Act to amend Sections thirteen and fourteen of Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the Revised Statutes, relating to Private Detectives. Section 13, chapter 131, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the revised statutes as amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the public laws of nineteen hundred amended. and nine is hereby amended by striking out the word "private" in the second line thereof and inserting in place thereof the word 'licensed,' and by adding to said section the following: 'And it shall be unlawful for any person so licensed to advertise or represent himself as a state detective, under penalty of CHAP. 2 Detectives, 11 cense of by -bonds. the forfeiture of his license and a fine not to exceed twenty dollars, to be recovered upon complaint,' so that said section shall read as follows: 'Section 13. The governor, with the advice of the council, the Governor. may license not exceeding twenty-five licensed detectives for the detection, prevention and punishment of crime, to serve for the term of four years, unless such license is sooner revoked for cause. Each person so licensed shall give bond with two sureties, approved by the governor and council, conditioned for the proper discharge of the services which he may perform by virtue of such license; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to confer on any person so licensed, any of the power and authority of sheriffs or police officers, except in cases of felonies and offenses under chapters one hundred and twentyone and one hundred and twenty-six. And it shall be unlawful for any person so licensed to advertise or represent himself as a state detective, under penalty of the forfeiture of his license and a fine not to exceed twenty dollars, to be recovered upon complaint.' -unlawful to advertise as state detective. -penalty. Approved February 14, 1911. Preamble. Close time on scallops. Penalty for violation. Chapter 2. An Act to provide for a close time on Scallops. Whereas, there is at the present time no general law providing a close time on scallops, and the beds are becoming seriously depleted to the point of absolute destruction; and as the next spawning season commences before a general law without an emergency clause can take effect; further, that about three hundred families are dependent on this industry for their regular employment and livelihood, who will suffer deprivation and distress if this industry is destroyed; an emergency therefore exists, within the meaning of section sixteen, part third, article four, of the constitution of Maine as amended, and the passage of a general close time law is immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety; therefore, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. No person shall catch, buy or sell, expose for sale, give away or have in his possession for any purpose any scallops, shelled or in the shell, between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of November of each year. Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing section shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars and in |