СПАР. 83 shall be corrected or condemned. public any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities, or for public weighing, conducting such inspection and test with as little interruption as possible to the prosecution of business; and if he finds any such weights, measures or bal- if defective ances inaccurate or defective he shall forthwith cause the same to be corrected or condemned. He shall cause the provisions of the statutes pertaining to weights and measures to be enforced, and for this purpose he shall have all the power and authority conferred upon the sealers of weights and measures in cities and towns, and shall have general supervision of all weights and measures in use in the state. Section 3. The state sealer shall keep a record in detail of the work of his office and shall annually, on or before the first day of December, make a written report of the work and the expenses of his office to the governor and council. Approved March 23, 1911. Shall keep and report a record annually to governor and council. Chapter 83. An Act relating to the Solemnization of Marriages. Appointment of women to solemnize Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may appoint women, otherwise eligible under the constitution, to solemnize marriages. Section 2. Women so appointed shall have the same rights Rights and and obligations in the solemnization of marriages as are had obligations. by justices of the peace. Approved March 23, 1911. marriages. Chapter 84. An Act to amend Sections six, seven and eleven of Chapter fifteen of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred and seven relating to the Protection of Trees and Shrubs from the introduction and ravages of dangerous insects and diseases, as amended by Chapter thirty-four of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred and nine. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section 1. Section six of chapter fifteen of the public laws of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by chapter thirtyfour of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby amended by adding after the word "stock" at the close of the first sentence, the following: 'Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars;' by striking out the word "fined" CHAP. 84 Agents shall be licensed. in the thirteenth line of said section and substituting therefor 'punishable by a fine of;' and also by striking out in the last line of said section the words, "also strawberry plants," so that the section as amended shall read: 'Section 6. Agents or other parties excepting growers who wish to sell nursery stock shall make application for an agent's license and shall file with the state entomologist the names and addresses of nurseries or parties from whom they purchase -license fee. their stock. Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars. On receipt of such application the state entomologist shall issue an agent's license valid for one year in such form and with such provisions as the commissioner of agriculture may prescribe. Such license may be revoked at any time for failure to report names and addresses of nurseries from which stock is purchased or for such other causes as may in the opinion of the commissioner of agriculture be deemed sufficient. Any violation of this requirement shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offence. -license may be revoked. -fine for violation. -definition of term nursery stock. Section 7, chapter 15, as amended by section 4, chapter 34, public laws amended. 'For the purpose of this act the term nursery stock is hereby applied to all fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines, and includes currant, gooseberry, blackberry and raspberry bushes.' Section 2. Section seven of said chapter fifteen, as amended by section four of chapter thirty-four of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby amended by striking out 1909, further the last sentence of the first paragraph of said section seven, as amended, namely, by striking out the words "If the amount thus expended during one full year shall exceed one-twentieth of one per cent of the tax valuation of said city or town, then the city or town shall be reimbursed according to section eleven:" and by striking out the last sentence of the third paragraph of said section seven as amended, namely, by striking out the words "If the expense incurred by the town in the performance of the above named duties shall exceed the last above named amount, the town shall be reimbursed by the commissioner of agriculture by an amount equal to this excess, providing the work has been done according to the provisions of this act." Section 11, chapter 15, public laws 1907, as amended by section 6, chapter 34, public laws 1909, repealed. Section 3. Section eleven of said chapter fifteen of the public laws of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by section six of said chapter thirty-four of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in place thereof: CHAP. 85 Municipal destroy worthless apple and cherry trees 'Section II. Selectmen of towns and the municipal officers of cities shall, before the first day of June of each year, cut, officers shall burn and destroy all dead or worthless apple trees, and all wild cherry trees within the limits of the public ways, streets and parks of their respective towns and cities. For neglect or failure to perform the aforesaid duties each of such officers fine for shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars.' Approved March 23, 1911. highways. neglect of duty. Chapter 85. An Act to amend Section twelve of Chapter fifty-three of the Revised may take and outside of streets and ways. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section twelve of chapter fifty-three of the revised statutes is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: 'Section 12. Such corporation may purchase or take and Corporations hold by its location aforesaid as for public uses, land outside of the limits of streets, roads or ways, and all materials in and around it for the location, construction and convenient use of its road, whenever for any reason it appears that the public service of said corporation would be thereby better performed, but the land so taken shall not exceed four rods in width unless necessary for excavation, embankments or materials. No loca- in width. tion outside of the limits of any street, road or way shall be approved by said commissioners unless it appears that the public service of said corporation would be thereby better performed. All damages for land and materials so taken shall be damages, determined and paid in the manner and under proceedings as mined. provided in case of lands taken for steam railroads.' Approved March 22, 1911. -not to exceed four rods how deter Chapter 86. An Act to amend Section one of Chapter ninety-three of the Revised Statutes relating to the recording of personal property, mortgages and sales. chapter 93, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section one of chapter ninety-three of the revised statutes Section 1, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words R. S. amend'provided there be a town or plantation in the county organized as aforesaid adjoining such unorganized place, and if there. be no such town or plantation organized as aforesaid in the ed. CHAP. 87 -where mortgage shall be recorded. -proviso. county such mortgage shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the registry district in which said unincorporated place is located,' so that the last sentence of said section as amended shall read as follows: 'If any mortgagor resides in an unorganized place, the mortgage shall be recorded in the oldest adjoining town or plantation, organized as aforesaid, in the county, provided there be a town or plantation in the county organized as aforesaid, and if there be no such town or plantation organized as aforesaid in the county such mortgage shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the registry district in which such unincorporated place is located.' Approved March 25, 1911. Unlawful to ployment agencies unless licensed. Chapter 87. An Act in relation to Employment Agencies. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows: Section I. No person shall open, keep or carry on any emconduct em- ployment agency in the state of Maine, unless every such person shall procure a license therefor from the municipal officers of the town where such employment agency is to be located. Any person who shall open or conduct any such agency without first procuring such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not exceding three hundred dollars, or upon failure to pay such fine by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months and not less than one month, or both, at the discretion of the court. Such license shall be granted upon the payment to said municipal officers annually of a fee of twenty-five dollars. Such license shall be signed by a majority of the said municipal officers and shall continue in force from May first to May first of the succeeding year. -annual license fee. -form of license. -license not Every license so granted shall contain the name of the person licensed, a designation of the city, street and number of the house or building in which the person licensed is authorized to carry on the said employment agency and the number and date of such license. Such license shall not be valid to protect any valid to pro- other place than that designated in the license, unless consent is first obtained from the municipal officers and until the written consent of the surety or suretics on the bond required to be filed by section two of this act to such transfer, be filed with the original bond. No such agency shall be located on prem tect any other place. ises where intoxicating liquors are sold or dispensed contrary to law, or shall any license be issued to any person, directly or indirectly engaged or interested in the sale of intoxicating liquors. CHAP. 87 to be filed municipal officers. The application for such license shall be filed with the munici- application pal officers at least one week prior to the date of hearing upon with the said application and the said municipal officers shall act upon any application so made within thirty days from the date of the filing of said application. Such application shall be ac- affidavits. companied by the affidavits of two persons who have known the applicant (or the chief officers thereof, if a corporation) for two years at least, stating that the applicant is of good moral character and a resident of the state and has been such for at least five years prior to the date of such application. required of Section 2. The municipal officers shall require such person Bond shall be to file with said application for a license a bond in due form applicant. in favor of the inhabitants of the city or town wherein such application is made in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by said municipal officers and conditioned that the obligor will conform to and not violate any of the duties, terms, conditions, provisions or requirements of this act. maintain tion. ac If any person shall be aggrieved by the misconduct of any persons agsuch licensed person, such person may maintain an action in grieved may his own name upon the bond of said employment agency, court having jurisdiction. in any keep a regis ter in Eng lish language Section 3. It shall be the duty of every such licensed person Licensee shall to keep a register in which shall be entered in the English language the date of every accepted application for employment, name and address of the applicant to whom employment is offered or promised, written name and address of the person to whom applicant is sent for employment, and of the fee received. The aforesaid register of applicants for employment shall -register be open during office hours to inspection by any one or more for inspecof said municipal officers, their qualified agents, or any police officer when on duty. shall be open tion. No such licensed person, or his employees, shall knowingly false enmake any false entries in such register. tries. be given to fees re Section 4. Every licensed person shall give to each appli- Receipt shall cant for employment from whom a fee or other valuable thing applicants for shall be received for procuring such employment, which fee employment or other valuable thing shall be and in no case exceed the sum of one dollar, said fee being in full compensation for all service of said licensed person, a receipt in which shall be stated ceived. |