CHAP. 35 com Forest missioner shall main tain fire patrol, along railroads. Expense of fire patrol shall be naid by railroad company. All fires shall Building fires along Chapter 35. An Act for the better protection of Forests from Fire. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. It shall be the duty of the forest commissioner whenever, in his judgment, the woodlands along the railroads traversing the wild lands of the state, over which said commissioner has jurisdiction, are in a dry and dangerous condition, to maintain a competent and efficient fire patrol along the right of way or lands of such railroads. Section 2. The forest commissioner shall keep, or cause to be kept, an account of the cost of maintaining such fire patrol along the line of such railroad, including therein the wages and expenses of the employees engaged in maintaining such fire patrol, and the total cost thereof shall be paid to the forest commissioner, by the railroad company along whose land or right of way such patrol is maintained, such payment to be made monthly or on the presentation of the bills therefor. All such funds received by said commissioner shall be credited to the fund for the protection of the forests against fire from which it was drawn. Section 3. All fires started upon the right of way of any railroad or lands adjacent thereto shall be immediately reported to the commissioner upon blanks to be furnished by him, by the patrolman within whose limits the fire originated, setting forth the origin of such fire, the quantity and quality of the land burned over, and, if the fire was started by a locomotive, he shall give the number thereof. Section 4. No railroad employee shall build a fire to burn right of way. rubbish along its right of way through forest lands when forbidden to do so by the forest commissioner, or his wardens. Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed as releasfrom ing any railroad company from any damage caused by fires set by their locomotives or employees. R. R. com pany not re leased damages. Approved March 15, 1911. Chapter 36. An Act to amend Section one of Chapter one hundred and seventeen of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred and nine, relating to the taking of White Perch. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: CHAP. 36 Section 1, public laws chapter 117, 1909, Section one of chapter one hundred and seventeen of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section, the following: 'nor to white amended. perch in inland waters of the county of Washington. Said white perch, so taken from said waters, may be shipped and sold within and without the state, under regulations of the commissioners of inland fish and game, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 'Section I. It shall be unlawful for any one person in any one day to take, catch or kill, or have in possession more than twenty pounds of white perch; it shall also be unlawful for any transportation company to accept for transportation or to transport more than twenty pounds of white perch in one day as the property of any one person. This section shall not apply to white perch in tide waters, nor to white perch in inland waters of the county of Washington. Said white perch, so taken from said waters, may be shipped and sold within and without the state, under regulations of the commissioners of inland fish and game.' Approved March 15, 1911. take more to Unlawful than twenty perch in one transporta pounds white day. tion. -not to apply to tide Washington waters, county. nor Chapter 37. An Act to amend Section ten of Chapter three of the Revised Statutes relating to the powers and duties of the Maine Library Commission. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: chapter 3, amended. Section ten of chapter three of the revised statutes of Maine Section 10, is hereby amended by striking out the words "they shall encour- R. B age the establishment of free public libraries" and inserting in place thereof the words 'the commission shall give advice to all school, state institutional, free and public libraries, and to all communities in the state which may propose to establish libraries as to the best means of establishing and administering them; selecting and cataloging books and other details of library management; and may send any of its members to aid in organizing such libraries or assist in the improvement of those already established. It may also receive gifts of money, books, or other property which may be used or held in trust for the purpose or purposes given. It may publish lists and circulars of CHAP. 37 Appointment of library commission ers. -tenure. -duties. -may receive gifts. -publish circulars of information. -conduct schools. -select books. information, and may co-operate with other state library commissions and libraries in the publication of documents, in order to secure the most economical administration of the work for which it was formed. It may conduct courses of schools of library instruction and hold librarians' institutes in various parts of the state and co-operate with others in such schools or institutes. It shall,' and by adding thereto, 'said commission shall perform such other service in behalf of public libraries as it may consider for the best interests of the state.' So that the whole shall read as follows: 'Section 10. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint four persons as library commissioners who shall hold their offices for a term of four years each. Said commissioners shall serve without pay; the commission shall give advice to all school, state institutional, free and public libraries, and to all communities in the state which may propose to establish libraries as to the best means of establishing and administering them; selecting and cataloging books, and other details of library management; and may send any of its members to aid in organizing such libraries or assist in the improvement of those already established. It may also receive gifts of money, books, or other property which may be used or held in trust for the purpose or purposes given. It may publish lists and circulars of information and may co-operate with other state library commissions and libraries in the publication of documents in order to secure the most economical administration of the work for which it was formed. It may conduct courses or schools of library instruction and hold librarians' institutes in various parts of the state, and co-operate with others in such schools or institutes. It shall select the books to be purchased for traveling libraries and advise the librarian of the state library in reference thereto. Said commission shall perform such other service in behalf of public libraries as it may consider for the best interests of the state.' Approved March 16, 1911. Chapter 38. An Act to regulate the transportation of fish and game beyond the limits of the State of Maine for breeding, scientific and Advertising Purposes. CHAP. 38 tion of fish, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. The commissioners of inland fisheries and game Transportashall have authority to grant permits to transport beyond the regulated. limits of the state live fish or game taken in the state, for breeding, scientific and advertising purposes. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this In onsistent act are hereby repealed. Approved March 16, 1911. acts repealed. son or Chapter 39. An Act to provide for the Weekly Payment of Wages. ment of vided for. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Every manufacturing, mining or quarrying, mercantile, street Weekly payrailway, telegraph or telephone corporation, every incorporated wages proexpress company or water company, and every contractor, perpartnership engaged in any manufacturing business, in any of the building trades, in quarries or mines, upon public works or in the construction or repair of street railways, roads, bridges or sewers or of gas, water or electric light works, pipes or lines, shall pay weekly each employee engaged in his or its business the wages earned by him to within eight days of the date of said payment, but any employee leaving his or her employment shall be paid in full on the following regular pay day, provided, that when an employee is discharged he shall be paid the ployees. city em ployees. wages due him on demand; and the state, its officers, boards state emand commissions shall so pay every mechanic, workman and laborer who is employed by it or them, and every county and county and city shall so pay every employee who is engaged in its business the wages or salary earned by him, unless such mechanic, workman, laborer or employee requests in writing to be paid in a different manner; and every town shall so pay each employee in its business if so required by him; but an employee who is absent from his regular place of labor at a time fixed for payment shall be paid thereafter on demand. The provisions of ployees cuthauling logs. section shall not apply to an employee engaged in cutting and apply to emhauling logs and lumber, nor the driving of same until it reaches ung and its place of destination for sale or manufacture; nor to an em CHAP. 40 ployce of a co-operative corporation or association if he is a stockholder therein unless he requests such corporation to pay him weekly. No corporation, contractor, person or partnership shall by a special contract with an employee or by any other means exempt himself or itself from the provisions of this act. -penalty for Whoever violates the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. violation of this act. Approved March 16, 1911. Section 11, chapter 222, public laws 1909, amended. -further amended. Payment of damages to domestic animals. Chapter 40. An Act to amend Sections eleven and thirteen of Chapter two hundred and twenty-two of the Pubile Laws of nineteen hundred and nine relating to licensing of Dogs. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. Section eleven of chapter two hundred and twenty-two of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word "dogs" in the third line the words 'or wild animals.' Section eleven of chapter two hundred and twenty-two of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nine is further amended by inserting after the word "dogs" in the eighth line the words 'or wild animals' so that said section as amended shall read as follows: 'Section II. Whenever any sheep, lambs, or other domestic done by dogs animals, owned by a resident of this state are killed or injured by dogs, or wild animals, such owner may make complaint thereof to the mayor of the city, or to one of the municipal officers of the town or plantation where such damage was done, within seven days after he has knowledge of the same, and thereupon the municipal officers shall investigate the complaint, and if satisfied that the said damage was committed by dogs or wild animals within the limits of their city, town or plantation, they shall estimate the damage thereof according to the full value and fifty per cent. additional for which they are kept, whether as breeders or for other purposes, and direct that the same shall be paid from the town treasury. -damages, how deter ties fail to agree. If the municipal officers and the owner of the sheep or domesmined if par- tic animals are unable to agree as to the amount of the damage which shall be paid the amount shall be determined by three referces to be selected in manner following. One referee to be chosen by the municipal officers, one by the owner of the animals injured or killed, and the third by the two referees already selected. In case one party refuses or neglects to select a ref |