STATE LEGISLATURE

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ACTS AND RESOLVES

AS PASSED BY THE Eigh ty - second Legislature

OF THE

STATE OF MAINE

Published by the Secretary of State, in accordance with the Resolves of the Legislature approved June z8, 18zo, March 18,1840, and March 16, 184z.

KENNEBEC JOURNAL PRINT SHOP AUGUSTA, MAINE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF MAINE For the Political Years 1925, and 1926

GOVERNOR: RALPH O. BREWSTER, Portland

Private Secretary: CHARLES E. DUSTIN, Dexter JESSIE C. THOMPSON, Assistant, portland C oztncilor s: First District~ALBERT J. STEARNS ...... , ...... Nonvay Second District-WILLIAM S. LINNELL ...... '...... Portland Third District-RALpH F. BURNHAM ...... Auburn Fourth District-LERoy R. FOLSOM ...... ~ ..... Norridgewock Fifth District-Guy E. ToRREY ...... Bar Harpor Sixth District-BELMONT A. SMITH ...... Bangor Seventh District-RoBERT J. PEACOCK (Chairman) ...... Lubec

Messenger: GEORGE W. LEADBETTER, Augusta

FRANK W. BALL, Augusta, Secretary of State. EDGAR C. SMITH, Dover-Foxcroft, Depttty Secretary of State. WILLIAM L. BONNEY, Bowdoinham, Treasurer of State. LOUIS H. WINSHIP, Augusta, Depttty Treasiwer of State. ELBERT D. HAYFORD, Farmingdale, State AHditor. JAMES \y.HANSON, Belgrade, Adjtttant General. RAYMOND FELLOWS, Bangor"Attorney General. SANFORD L. FOGG, Augusta, Deput}1 Attorne}' General. PHILIP D. STUllBS, Strong, Assistant Attorney General. AUGUSTUS O. THOMAS, Augusta, COJll1nissioner of Edztcation. CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE.

WILBUR D. SPENCER, Berwick, Insurance Commissioner. FRED F. LAWRENCE, Skowhegan, Bank Com'l11:issioner. ------(vacant), DepHty Bank Co'mmissioner. HENRY E. DUNNACK, Augusta, State Dibra.rian. MARION BRAINERD, Augusta, Assistant Librarian: NEIL L. VIOLETTE, Augusta, Forest Commissioner. CHARLES O. BEALS, Auburn,Commissioner of Labor and Industry and State Factory Inspector. FRANK P. 'WASHBURN, Perry, C01iLliu·ssioner of Agriculture. \>VILLIS E. PARSONS, Dover-Foxcroft, Commissioner of Inla'lld Fisheries and Game. CHARLES E. DUSTIN, Dexter, Supt. of Public Buildings. JOSEPH P. GRENIER, Augusta, Supt. of Public Printing. OSCAR R. EMERSON, N ev"port HENRY A. KELLY, Portland (Dental Member) 1 ' CLARENCE F. KENDALL, Augusta Public H,.lth Co ,,;,dl. ANNIE M. PEABODY, Houlton ~ HIRAM RICKER, Poland JOHN G. TOWNE, Waterville J CLARENCE F. KENDALL, Augusta, C01n'11iissioner of Health. FRANK A. PEABODY, Houlton 1 . W. J. LANIGAN, Waterville ~ State Highway Commission. CHARLES H. INNES, Saco J ' PAUL D. SARGENT, Chief Engineer, State Highway Commission. ARTHUR. H. FIELD, Chief of State Highway Police. CHARLES E. GURNEY" Portland, ,Chairman ALBERT GREENLAW, Eastport fp'ltbiiC Utilities Commission. HERBERT W. TRAFTON, Fort Fairfield J , _ GEORGE F. GIDDINGS, Augusta, ClerkPit'blic Utilities C omlliission. ARTHUR L. THAYER, Chairjna1L, Bangor l DONALD D. GARCELClN, Auburn' ' 'd' '. ,I A . '~In ustna, CC2"·a: ent Commission. WILBUR D. SPENCER, BerwIck " CHARLES O. BEALS, Auburn j CARRIE BREWSTER, Dexter, , } " M. E. CURRAN, Waterville ",' ,'" , ' EDWARD C. REYNOLDS, SO. Portland' 'B"o"ard Of, C,/zarities and cor~,ectiOlls. SAMUEL ROSENBERG, Portland MELVIN E. SAWTELLE, Augusta GRUBE B. CORNISH, York, Secretary, Board of Charities and Corrections. CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE.

CLEMENT S. STETSON, Chairman, Greene 1 ALBERT G. MERRITT, Houlton ~ Board of State Assessors. FRED S. JORDAN, Portland J CHARLES H. CAHILL, Bath 1Commissioners of Sea and Shore LYNWOOD B. THOMPSON, Belfast I Fisheries. FRED B. SPEAR, Eastport J HORATIO D. CRIE, Rockland, Direct01', Sea and Sh01'e Fis7~e·ries. HENRY H. HASTINGS, Chaimwn, Bethel 1 PHINEAS H. GAY, Newcastle ~Board of 'prison Commissioners. CHARLES S. HICHBORN, Augusta J JUSTIN E. GoVE, Perry, Age1it for the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians. PERCY A. HURD, Old Town, Agent for the Penobscot T1'ibe of Indians,

SENATE

HODGDON C. BUZZELL, PRESIDENT

I-YORK...... Harmon G. Allen ...... Sanford George C. Lord...... Wells Arthur L. Roberts...... Lyman 2-CUMBERI,AND ...... Edward S. Anthoine ...... Portland Harry L. Cram ...... Portland Frederick W. Hinckley ...... South Portland Alexander Speirs ...... Westbrook 3-0XFORD •...... E. Chandler Buzzell ...... Fryeburg 4-ANDROSCOGGIN .... Charles Blanchard Carter ... . Auburn Harry P. Lane ...... Lewiston 5-FRANKLIN ...... :. J. Blaine Morrison ...... Phillips 6--SAGADAHOC ...... Frank W. Carlton ...... Woolwich 7-KE~NEBEC ...... :Edwin M. Foster...... Waterville Benedict F. Maher...... Augusta Hei-bert E. Wadsworth..... Winthrop 8-SoMERSET ...... , Frank H. Holley...... Anson Clyde H. Smith...... Skowhegan 9--PISCATAQUIS...... Arthur A. Crafts ...... Greenville 10-PENOBSCOT...... Mark A. Barwise...... Bangor C. Gardiner Chalmers...... Bangor Ralph 1. Perkins ...... Orono II-LINCOLN .... , " .. Forrest H. Bond ...... Jefferson I2~KNOX .... : ...... George W. Walker...... \Varren I3-WALDO ...... Hodgdon C. Buzzell ...... Belfast I4-HANCOCK .. : ...... Percy T. Clarke ...... " Stonington Joseph D. Phillips...... Southwest Harbor 15-WASHINGTON .... , Irving W. Case...... Lubec Walter N. Miner ...... Calais I6--ARoOSTOOK ...... Stetson H. Hussey ...... ' Blaine Paul H. Powers ...... " .. Houlton Allen C. T. Wilson...... Presque Isle CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE.

OFFICERS

HODGDON C. BUZZELL} President ROYDEIN V. BROWN} Secretary CHESTER T. WINSLOW} Assistant Secretary JAMES F. ASHFORD} Messenger MELLEN TRYON} Assistant Messenger WILLIAM 'vV. BROWN} Folder PHILIP T. CARROLL} Assistant Folder EDWARD C. MOODY} Postmaster JOHN T. FOWLER} Doorkeeper GEORGEF. JONES} Page JOSEPH STOCKBRIDGE} Page JAMES E. HARVEY} Document Clerk FRANK S. CARTER} Assistant Document Clerk FRED W. LEE} Official Reporter MISS LILLIE B. RAYNES} Assistant Reporter MRS. MARY C. LEE} Stenographer MISS ARMOREL S. HANKS} Stenographer to the President MRS. ETHEL W. L:r:E} Stenographer to the Secretary HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WILLIAM TUDOR GARDINER, SPEAKER

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Edward Gagne ...... Lewiston Raoul Gauvin .. ~ ...... '" ...... Lewiston Herbert E. Holmes ...... Lewiston Thomas F. Lessard ...... Lewiston Henry F. Roy ....•...... Lewiston Fred B. Greenleaf ...... Auburn John M. Sturgis ...... Auburn George C. Wing, Jr...... Auburn Walter C. Winn ...... Lisbon Herbert F. Hayford ...... Mechanic Falls George G. young ...... Livermore Fred H. Harrington. ~ ...... Durham Charles A. Ham ...... Wales

AROOSTOOK COUNTY George A. Palmer ...... Island Falls Frank H. VaiL ...... Hodgdon Frederick \lV. Mitchell ...... Houlton Wilmot O. Briggs ...... Littleton James H. Farley ...... Bridgewater Willard P. Hamilton ...... Caribou Hiram B. Kilbun1...... Fort Fairfield Herbert W. Kitchen ...... Presque Isle Arthur G. \Vhitcomb ...... Westfield Norman I. Gallagher...... Limestone Joseph W. Hammond ...... Van Buren Remi A. Daigle ...... Madawaska W. J. Audibert...... Fort Kent Michael C. Burns ...... Eagle Lake Whitfield B. Hallett ...... Ashland -William H. Bragdon ...... Perham CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY Edward W. Atwood ...... : ...... Portland Franklin D. Cummings ...... Portland Robert Hale ...... Portland Charles J. Nichols ...... Portland Arthur Gilman ...... ·...... Portland Walter G. Davis ...... Portland Raymond S. Oakes ...... Portland William Gilmour...... Westbrook Rufus K. Jordan ...... , ...... Westbrook Ernest F. Benoit ...... Brunswick Active 1. Snow ...... Brunswick Frank M. Stone ...... Bridgton Frederick Robie ...... Gorham William J. Robinson ...... Scarborough EbenN evins ...... Freeport Charles R. Lewis ...... Cumberland George G. Boynton ...... South Portland Irving T. Jones. '.' ...... , ...... South Portland Thomas F. Lamson ...... South Portland Elmer F. Larrabee ...... Sebago Howard H. Boody ...... Windham Herbert M. Waterman ...... New Gloucester Henry Allen ...... Harpswell Charles P. Allen ...... Yarmouth

FRANKLIN COUNTY J. Clinton Metcalf ...... Farmington Edgar C. Bump ...... Wilton . Arthur G. Eustis ...... ~ ..... Strong Earl L. Wing ...... •.... Kingfield

HANCOCK COUNTY Byron M. Moore ...... Gouldsboro Tobias L. Roberts ...... Bar Harbor Homer H. Dunbar ...... Orland Percy G. Sargent ...... Sedgwick George S. Foster...... Ellsworth George R. Fuller...... Southwest Harbor CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAlNE.

KENNEBEC COUNTY Charles P. Kinsman ...... Augusta ...... Augusta Edmond Cyr ...... Waterville Edward L. Hall ...... Waterville William Tudor Gar~iiner ...... Gardiner Ralph B. Pillsbury ...... Benton Charles E. Warren ...... Winslow William J. Goodrich ...... Farmingdale C. E. Clarke ...... Randolph Archie D. Cole ...... West Gardiner Charles S. Towle ...... Winthrop Merle J. Harriman ...... Readfield J. H. Morse ...... Oakland

KNOX COUNTY Rodney I. Thompson ...... Rockland Samuel E. Norwood ...... Warren Zelma M. Dwinal ...... ~ ...... Camden Hollis H. Gilchrist ...... Thomaston Charles L. Boman ...... Vinalhaven

LINCOLN COUNTY Leon A. Ludwig ...... ; ...... Waldoboro Harold W. Bishop ...... Boothbay Harbor Daniel E. Bisbee ...... " . Damariscotta

OXFORD COUNTY Alton Bartlett ...... '.' ... Hanover Richmond L. Melcher...... Rumford Carl C. Dudley ...... Woodstock Stanley M. Wheeler ...... Paris John K. Forhan ...... Canton A. M. Deering ...... '.' ...... Denmark Harry Brown ...... Waterford Frank A. Brown ...... ; ...... •...... Bethel CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF JYlAINE.

PENOBSCOT COUNTY Charles D. Bartlett ...... Bangor William H. Holman ...... Bangor Harold F. Ingraham ...... Bangor Charles Herbert Smith ...... Bangor Charles W. Curtis ...... Brewer Maurice Lait ...... Old Town . Albert L. Davis ...... Dexter Charles R. Ireland ...... Stetson Charles B. Friend ...... Etna Richard T. Dunning ...... Charleston Katharine C. Allen ...... Hampden Raymond J. Spruce ...... , ...... Milford J. Herbert Comins ...... : ...... Eddington Edwin A. Lowell ...... Lincoln Alexander J. Davitt...... Millinocket J. F. Campbell ...... Kingman Vinal A. Houghton ...... Lee

PISCA'I'AQUIS COUNTY Levi F. Johnson ...... Brownville John R. Flint ...... Monson John W. Leland ...... Sangerville Roy E. Decker ...... Milo

SAGADAHOC COUNTY George A. Buker...... Bath J. Edward Drake ...... '.' ...... : .... Bath Clarence A. Peaslee ...... Bath Edward L. White. , ...... Bowdoinham Edwin W. Haggett ...... West Bath

SOMERSET COUNTY Blin W. Page ...... Skowhegan Arthur H. Ellis ...... Fairfield Hollis W. Stitham ...... Pittsfield Freeman Mills ...... St. Albans Edward L. Hight...... Madison Philip E. Thissell ...... Norridgewock Ellsworth A. Piper ...... Jackman PI. CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF. M.UNE.

WALDO COUNTy Orlando E. Frost ...... Belfast Horace C. Marden ...... Waldo James N. Mears ...... ;. ~ :. -...... Morrill Joseph A. Pe~dleton: ...... Islesboro

WASHINGTON COUNTY Willis H. Leighton ...... Dennysville John A. McDonald ...... East Machias Chester L. Pike ...... Lubec Sidney S. Frost...... Eastport James M. Beckett...... •...... Calais Horace M. Pullen...... Danforth Charles H. Matthews ...... Cherryfield Edward A. Mansfield ...... ; : .. Jonesport

YORK COUNTY Mark Gordon ...... Biddeford Louis B. Lausier ...... Biddeford Robert B. SeideL ...... Biddeford William H. Deering ...... Saco Almon E. Garnsey ...... Sanford . Charles S. Pierce ...... Sanford Chester H. Frost...... Berwick Edwin 1. Littlefield ...... Kennebunk John B. Lunt...... North Kennebunkport Frank B. Tupper ...... North Berwick Leon M. Ayer ...... Cornish Ai Q. Mitchell ...... •...... Newfield Elmer J. Burnham ...... Kittery Pliny A. Crockett ...... Hollis CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF :MAINE.

OFFICERS

WILLIAM TUDOR GARDINER, Speaker CLYDE R. CHAPMAN, Clerk Roy C. FISH, Assistant Clerk H. RALPH HAYES, Messenger FRANK H. TR:E;WORGY, Assistant Messenger ELWIN H. SIMONS, Document Clerk JULIAN K. CROXFORD, First Folder SUMNER T. DANIELS, Second Folder GEORGE A. Dow, Postmaster D. S. CLEMENT, Mail Carrier

PATRICK FITZGERALD, Doorkeeper . JOHN CURRy, Page CHESTER PARTRIDGE, Page CECIL CLAY, Reporter CHARLES P. LYFORD, Assistant Reporter E. M. CHAPMAN, Stenographer to Clerk C. L. FISH, Stenographer to Speaker MARY E. KANALEY, Special Messenger