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ACTS AND RESOLVES

AS PASSED BY THE

Ninety-sixth Legislature

OF THE

STATE OF MAINE

Published by the Director of Legislative Research in accordance with subsection VI of section 26 of chapter 9 of the Revised Statutes of 1944.

KENNEBEC JOURNAL AUGUSTA, MAINE 1953 INDEX 1111

Index to Acts and Resolves Passed at Special Sessions of the Ninety-First, Ninety-Second and Ninety-Fourth Legislatures and the Regular Sessions of the Ninety-Second, Ninety-Third, Ninety-Fourth, Ninety-Fifth and Ninety-Sixth Legislatures.

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page ADATEIIIENT OF TAXES See Taxation; name of particular town, etc. ADBOTT BROOK Fishing ...... ••.•.•..•...••.... 880 ABSENT VOTING See Elections ACADEJIIES See Education ACADIA. NATIONAL PARK Deer, see Deer ACCIDENT INSURANCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies ACCIDENTS See Financial Responsibility Law; Insur ance and Insurance Companies; Motor Vehicles ACCOUNTS Assignment ...... •...... •..••..•• 140 Bank, impounded, charged off ••••..•••• 342, 1162, 1165 Joint, in banks, etc...•.•.•....••..•.•• 30, 23 134 Loan and building associations, share savings ...... •..•.•.•...... 178 See Audit; Finances; State Accounts; State Auditor ACTIONS Executors and administrators, against .. 33 Hearings in vacation ...•..•••..•.•.... 175 Torts, limitation ....•..•.•.••.....••.. 207 See Limitation of Actions; Real Actions; Suits . ACTS AND RESOLVES See Laws of Maine ADAMS 'POND Ice fishing ...... •••...••••..•.•• 879 Trout or salmon fishing .•..•..•..•..•• 1030 ADDISON POINT WATER DISTRICT Incorporated •..•.•...••••••••.•••.•.•• 559 ADJUSTERS See Insurance and Insurance Companies ADJUTANT-GENERAL See Military Law ADlIIINISTRATORS See Executors and Administrators ADOPTION Children ...... 100 Certain .•..•....•.••...•.•••••.••.•.• 556 Consent ...... •..•..•...... 134 Consent ..•..•...••..•.•...•.•...... • 228 Consent and nominating guardian, acknowledgment ..••..•••.•••.•••...... 24 Neglected children ...•.•••••.•••.••...• 540 . Repealed ...... 36 Persons •.....••..•.••.•...••••.••••.•. 109 Legal effect •••..••.•••••.•..••••..•• 83 Records confidential ••..•.•••.••••.•..• 413 Report, filed in probate court ••..•...•• 353 ADVERTISING Liquor, see Liquor Law Osteopaths, false and deceptive, by •••• 361 Resources of all counties ...... • 256 See Billboards; Outdoor Advertising; Turnpikes 1112 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page AERONAUTICS COIUlIIISSION See Aviation AERO'PL_4..NES See Aviation AGENTS See Factors; Humane Agents; Insurance and Insurance Companies; Real Estate AGING State committee ...•.••...... •..•. 838 AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS See Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Associa tion Act AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIRS See Agriculture AGRICUL'l'URE Agricultural societies and fairs Cattle showing .....•..•.•••.••...... 163 Certificates and reports ...••..•..•.. 85 Definition ...... •...... •....•.... 402 Exhibits ...... •.•..•.. 290 Premium payments ....•...... ••••.. 76 Stipend ...... •...•.. 429 463 77 486 Apportionment ...... •.•... 463 Cattle and goats exhibited ..•..•... 61 Counties ...... •..•....•.... 36 Taxation, exemption ...... •...... 174 Traveling anlusement shows, regulated ...... 263 See particular name Animal husbandry Laws elarified ...... •.•...... 321 Animal husbandry specialist and dog licenses, appropriation ...... 238 Animals, see Animals _<\.pples, see Apples; Orchards Bang's disease, See Bang's Disease Barrels, see Barrels Bees, see Bee Industry Beverages, see Beverages Blueberries, see Blueberries Bread, see Bread Calves, see Calves Chickens, see Poultry Commissioner Penalty for obstructing ...... " ... . 246 Salary ...... •...... 431 502 Cooperative Association See Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act Corn, see Corn Cream, see Mill~ and Dairy Products Crops, see Crops Dairy products, see Milk and Dair~' Products Dairymen's conference, expenses Disinfection, see·Disinfection 63 Dogs, see Dogs Eggs, see Eggs Employees, see Personnel Law Extension associations ...... 231 Farm bureaus, see Farm Bureaus Farm lands loan mortgages ...... 138 Feeds, see Feeds Fertilizer, see Fertilizer Flour, see Flour Food, see lIIaine Food Law Fowl, see Poultry Herring, see Herring Livestoclr, see Livestoclt. :Meat, see :i\Ieat Milk, see lIIilk and Dairy Products Mineral oil in food, see Mineral Oil Mink, see MinI, Nursery stock, see Nursery Stoel, Orchards, see Orchards Penalty, violation of laws ...... •.. 246 Poisons, see l\iaine Economic Poisons Law Potatoes, see Potatoes Potatoes, see Maine Potato Marketing Act PoultrY,see Poultry Sardines, see Sardines INDEX 1113

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Seed, see Seed Seed potato board, see Potatoes Sheep, see Sheep Stallions, see Stallions Swine, see Swine Trade-marks, see Trade-Marks Tuberculosis, see Tuberculosis Vesicular diseases, control ...... 452 See Soil Conservation; Weights and Measures AIDES-DE-CAlIIP See :i\Iilitary Law AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Amount, etc...... •...... 473 386 Application ...... 55 Appropriation, 1945 ...... 21 Assessment to towns ...... •...... 473 Eligibility ...... •....• 439 Notice to municipalities ..•....•.....•. 313 Pauper settlement ...... 106 Pauper settlement of parents •...... 220 Recipients and relatives not to be pauperized ...... •.•...... 439 Relating ...... 301 Veterans ...... •...... 473 407 See Children; Health and Welfare AID TO THE BLIND Clarification and revision ...... 47 Divesting property ...... 247 Federal matching maximum, changed .• 30 Funeral expenses ...... 411 Increase ...... •...... 5 Paid Monthly ...... 314 Semimonthly ...... 440 Pa~~ent, obligations of deceased re- CIpIents ...... •..... 163 Recipients, not paupers ...... 266 Requisites ...... 325 See Blind; Health and Welfare AIRPLANES See Aviation AIRPORTS See Aviation ALBA..c"VY TOWNSHIP Fire protection ...... 543 ALBERT, GERARD Land conveyed ...... 1110 ALBERT, IIIAXIIIIE F. Land conveyed ...... •...... •. 1146 ALBION SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 656 ALCOHOL See Liquor Law ALDER S'l'REA31 TOWNSHIP Road repair tax fund ...... 533 ALE See Liquor Law ALEWIVES See name of particular water, etc. ALEXANDER, ALV AB, ET ALS. Land conveyed ...... 1114 ALllIOllry See Divorce ALLAGASH PLANTATION St. John river, bridge across ...... 1336 ALNA, TOWN OF Marine worms, digging ...... 556 ALTON GRA..~GE No. 411 Argyle Grange Hall building conveyed 858 AiJlERICAN LEGION Harry G. Decker Post No. 51, incorporation ratified ...... 546 AJIIIIUNlTION See Firearms AlIIUSEIIIENT DEVICES Coin-operated, taxation ...... 272 1114 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page AlIIUSEIIIENT SHOWS Equipment, regulated .•.•.•••••••••.••. 338 Exhibitions, time regulated •..•.•••...• 263 Licenses ..•.•...•.•..•••..•.•.••••..•• 263 188 Advertising ..•.....••....•.•.•.•... : •. 165 Public liability insurance, certificate •• 188 Trailers, exempt from fees and registration ...•...... •..••.•.•.••.•. 239 ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Assistant county attorney, salary •••.•. 250 348 Assistant probation officer, salary .•.... 350 348 Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...•...•.••.•.•••.•.• 351 County commissioners ..•••.•.•..••.. 351 Probation officer ...••...... •.•....• 177 350 348 245 Register of deeds •....•...•.•.•..•... 273 350 171 Register of probate .•...••.•••••••... 350 Treasurer ..•...... •••..••.•..•.. 351 Clerk of courts, salary ••.••...... 206 348 245 County attorney, salary .....•••..•.... 250 348 245 County commissIOners, salary ...... 348 245 Judge of probate, salary .•.....•...... 349 245 Law Library, payments to .....•..•.... 162 Line budget, estimates ..••....•...... 408 Probation officer, salaries ••....•...... 177 350 348 Register of deeds, salary .••..••...... 273 360 348 245 Register of probate, salary •..•..•.•... 360 349 245 Sheriff, salary ...... •.•...... ••..... 207 422 245 Treasurer, salary ...•...•.••.•.•.••.... 207 349 245 ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER Bridge Construction authorized •.•...... •.. 961 Study ...... •••....•••••.....• 1288 ANDROSCOGGIN WATERSHED Smelt fishing, opened .•..•...... •.••..•• 844 ANIIIIAL HUSBANDRY See Agriculture ANHIALS Diseased, proceeds from sale of carcass 60 Disinfection, premises where condemned are found •••.•••••.••••.....•..•...• 177 Meat, stamping, human consumption .• 208 Seized by humane agents, regulated .... 238 Tuberculosis, compensation, law repealed ...... •...... ••.•.•...•.•••... 61 See Bang's Disease; Inland Fisheries and Game; Livestock ANNABESSACOOK LAKE Pollution ..•....••.••..••..•..•••...... 808 ANNUITIES See Insurance and Insurance Companies ANNULlIIENT OF IUARRIAGES See Marriage ANSON ACADEMY Appropriation ...... 1234 ANSON WATER DISTRICT Joint enterprise with Madison Water District ....•.••..••••••.•..•••.•.... 750 ANTITOXINS Distribution in emergency ...... •. 114 APIARIES See Bee Industry APOTHECARIES Commissioners of pharmacy, qualifications, term, etc. . •....•...•.•••...... 140 Renewal fees and permits •....••....•. 111 APPLE CIDER See Liquor Law APPLES Grading of .••...•••••.•.•....•...... 266 Amended ...... ••....•••.•..•.•..•....• 178 See Liquor Law; Orchards APPLIANCES Approved listing •...•.•...•.•....•.... 239 Horse racing, in, prohibited ..•.••...... 269 Lien ...•....•..••••••••.•...•...•. , .•. 201 APPRAISERS Towns to hire qualified •..••..•...... •. 240 INDEX 1115

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM See Labor and Industry APPROPRIATIONS Expenditures of state government, for Fiscal year 1944 ••...... ••••.•..•..• 19 Fiscal year 1945 ....•.•.••.•••••.••.• 20 Fiscal years 1946 and 1947 •.••.....• 826 Fiscal year 1947 ••••...••.•••.•...••• 100!}' Fiscal years 1948 and 1949 ..•.••.... 1090 Fiscal year 1949 •...... •..•••••• 775 Fiscal years 1950 and 1951 .••.•••..• 1131 Supplemental •.•••...... ••.•..•.• 12, 13 Fiscal years 1952 and 1953 ...••...... 921 Supplemental ...•.....•••..•.•.•..• 994 Fiscal years 1954 and 1955 .••.....••. 727 Transfer of departmental ..•.••.....•.• 175 See Finances ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION See Labor and Industry ARBOR DAY Date established ...... ••....•••..... 25 ARCHITECTS Liens ...... ••.•.•...••..•..• 18 Maine State Board, created ...•...... 417 Practice of architecture •...•.•...... 417 188 Unregistered persons •...... •••...... •. 468 ARENAS See Structures ARGYLE GRANGE HALL Conveyance, Alton Grange No. 411 ..•.. 858 ARlIIED FORCES Hunting and fishing Licenses .....•...... •...... •..• 229 Permits, free ...... •...... 298 484 Liquor, sale to members repealed ...... 181 Operators' licenses ....•....•.•..•....• 261 Powers of attorney, etc., recording .... 373 Proof of will ...•...... •.•...... • 40 Voting by members ...... •...•.. 15 78 See Soldiers and Sailors; Veterans ARlIIORY Conveyance of land in Houlton ...... 1231 ARlIIORY-COlllllIUNITY CENTER Fort Fairfl.eld ...... •.....•....• 1274 Waterville ...... ••.•....• 1274 Appropriation ...... 1118 ARl!IS See Firearms AROOSTOOH: COUNTY Advertising resources ...... •...... 255 Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...•...... 343 214 County attorney ...... 218 Register of deeds . Northern district ...... •...... 141 Southern district •...... • 218 138 Clerk of courts, salary ...... 208 County attorney, salary ...... • 218 245 County commissioners, salary ...... 208 74 Fire marshal ...... •...... 170 Duties, expenses ...... •...... 328 Judge of probate, salary ...... 208 214 Lakes opened for fishing ....•...... 873 Land conveyance, see Forestry; State Tax _~ssessor Law Library, payments ...... •...... 268 162 lIfedical examiners, number ...•...... 319 Pheasants, closed season ...... •...... 65 Register of deeds, salary Northern district •...... • 208 141 214 Southern district ...... 208 214 Register of probate salary •...••..•... 214 Ricl;:er College, funast •...... •...... 248 Sheriff, salary .•...... •.••...... 208 376, 422 Treasure~ salary .....•....•...... 208 214 Trial terms, superior court ...... 31 105 Trout, dally bag limit ...... •...... 1242 Unorganized territory capital working fund, contribution .....••..•••••••.•• 547 1116 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page AROOSTOOK FALLS Appropriation to improve approach .... 1172 1241 1040 912 Fishway, repair .....•••.•...••..•..••• 857 AROOSTOOK SCENIC HIGHWAY Route 11 designated ••.•••••..•....•... 808 AROOSTOOK STATE NORlIIAL SCHOOL Appropriation ...... •...•.•.....••••.. 1138 See Aroostoolc State Teachers' College AROOSTOOK STATE PARK Appropriation ...... •... 937 AROOSTOOK STATE TEACHERS' COL LEGE Appropriation ....•...••.•..••..••..••• 1138 938 See Aroostook State Normal School AROOS'l'OOK VALLEY RAILROAD COM PANY Charter amended ...... 604 ARREST Bond, execution .•....••...... •• 31 Parole officers, by ...... •.•...... 255 Warrant, without •.•.....•...... 151 ARRO"lVSIC, TO"lVN OF Alewives, taking ...•...... •..•..• 829 ARSENAL LOT, OLD Conveyed ...... •...... •.•...... • 1159 ASHLAi"'\'D AREA COMlIlUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •...... ••••.•...••. 1081 ASHLA])H), TOWN OF Stumpage sold ...... •••.•..•••••.. 923 ASHLAND "lVATER AND SEWER DIS TRICT Amended ...... •..•..•...... 763 Created ...... •...•...... •. 749 ASSIGNlIIENT See Accounts ASSISTANCE See Aid to Dependent Children; Aid to the Blind; Health and Welfare; Paupers; Relief; Towns; Veterans ATLANTIC SEA RUN SALIIION Appropriation ...... •...... ••.•.•.•• 1277 Commission to study ....•...... •...... 883 Fishing, regulated .•.....•...••.....•.• 871 Licenses, repealed ...... •....•.•...•• 166 Rehabilitated ...... •.•.•.....•••••..•. 545 ATLA.lVTIC STATES lIIARINE FISHERIES COlllPACT Amended .....•..•••....•••....•.••..•. 260 ATTORNEY AT LAW Admission to practice, qualifications •• 137 66 Criminal cases, furnished •...... •...... 86 Fee, mortgage foreclosure ...... 332 Time to present ...... •...... •...... •.• 75 Veterans, educational requirement ..... 111 ATTORNEY GENERAL Powers ...... •...... •.....• 230 Salary ..••...... •....•.•..•• 433 501 AUBURN, CITY OF Bridge to Lewiston Construction authorized ....•..•••... 961 Study ...... ••.•...... •.... 1288 Charter Amended ...... •.... 1075 756 Councilmen at large ...... •... 942 Financing change of fiscal year ...... 537 AUBURN IIIUNICIPAL COURT Clerk salary •.•...••.•..••.•..••.•••.. 947 861 831 686 Clerk hire .....•...••••...... •..••.. 947 831 686 Court room, rental ...... ••..•....••.•.. 686 Judge, salary ...... •..•....••..•.•..•.. 947 861 831 686 AUDURN SE"lVERAGE DISTRICT Assessment of abutters .....••....•...• 890 AUCTIONS AND AUCTIONEERS

FeesJ license, etc...... 287 203 Livestocl~ community or commission, see Livestock INDEX 1117

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page AUDIT Annual Sewer and school districts ••...... • 133 Towns ...... •...... ••..••...••.•.• 457 Reports ...... •..•...... ••..•• 127 28 Educational institutions ....•.•••..•••• 120 Maine Forest District, expenses •..••... 437 Maine Port Authority, expenses ••..•.. 437 Pari mutuel pools •...... •••.. 429 State books, by outside ...... •••. 398 See State Auditor AUDITA QUERELA Proceedings in vacation ..••••..••••..• 103 AUDITOR, STATE See State Auditor AUGUSTA Public Loan Corporation of Augusta Incorporated •...... •••..•.•..• 929 AUGUSTA, CITY OF Board of commissioners of police ••..•• 1063 Bridge across Kennebec river •...... • 1088 Charter amended Appropriation of school funds ...... • 974 874 Criminal fees ...... ••.••....•.••• 753 Judge, salary and fees ...... •...•.. 959 Mayor, salary •..•.....•..••...•..•.. 497 Firemen, retirement pensions ...... 6fo State airport extended ..•...•.•..•.••.. 1133 AUGUSTA JIEDiORIAL BRIDGE Designated ...... •..•....••...•.•.. 1057 AUGUSTA llIUNICIPAL COURT Criminal fees paid to county ...••..... 959 Judge, salary ...... ••....•• 959 Recorder, salary ...... ••.....•.• 948 790 AUGUSTA PARIilNG DISTRICT Created ...... ••...... ••...... •. 887 AUGUSTA SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••...... •..•••... 789 AUGUSTA STATE HOSPITAL Appropriation ...... •.•....••.••..•.. 977 942 Coburn fund, interest restored ...•..... 1117 Dairy barn completion ...... •.••. 1354 Frederick Robie Library Fund restored 1119 Medical and surgical building •...•....• 1272 Pipeline across property ...•...•..••... 1245 AUGUST.,\..STATE PARIi: SupervIsIOn ...... •.•..... 246 AUTOJlIODILES See Motor Vehicles AUTOJIOBILE TRAVEL, STATE E.lIPLOYEES See Employees AVERY, llIYRON H. Peak of Mt. Bigelow named ...••.•.... 879 AVIATION Aeronautical fund ...... •.••••••.• 423 190 Penalties and costs accruing •.•.•... 29 Air carriers Registration certificates ...... •.. 34 Aircraft Crop dusting .....•...... •••.••••... 163 Excise tax ...... 378 266 Clarified ...... ••.•.....••••.•. 166 Liens ...... •...••...••••••.•••..•• 124 Non-resident, exemptions .•.....••••. 35 Non-resident, fees ....•...... ••.•.. 30 Registration certificates ....•.•••.•.. 34 Airmen Non-resident, exemption ...... •.... 35 Registration certificates ...... •••...• 34 Airplanes Supervision of state-owned ...... •.•. 253 Use, drive wild birds or animals prohibited ...... •.•....••.•...... 210 Airports Abandoned ...... •••....••••. 31 Construction, etc...... •.•.... 543 1140 947 Counties to raise money ... , ..•.•.... 323 Privately owned, landing areas for public ...... •.•...••.•.••••.. 272 1118 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Trespass ...... ••...•.•....• 63 Director Police authority ...•..••....•..•.•..• 424 Inspectors Police authority ...... ••.•..•••....•• 424 Law Clar.ii!cation ...... •..•....•...... 30 RevIslOn ....•.••....•...... •••...•. 417 34 Pilots Non-resident, fees ...... •.....•..... 30 Retirement benefits ..•...... 98 State airport, Augusta, extended •••... 1133 Transportation, fish and game ••••••..• 128 317

BAGADUCE RIVER Eels, trapping ...... ••.•...•.•..••.. 1259 BAILEYVILLE, TOWN OF Charter amended ...... •.••.•.. 913 BAIiER, IVAN U. Land conveyed ...... •...... 1135 BALLOTS See Elections BANDS See Schools BANGOR ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCI ATION Appropriation ...... •..•.... 1275 BANGOR., CITY OF Bridge to Brewer Construction authorized ...... • 954 Study ...... •... 1284 Charter amended Budget calendar, change ...... 633 City council ...... 561 Compensation ...... •...... 570 City employees, pensions ...... 886 Deputy auditor ...... • 558 732 Election date, change ...... 633 Employees, pensions to dependents .. 702 Financial proyisions ...... •...... 648 FIremen, penSIons ...... 886 616 Police department ....•.•..••....•.• 886 Limitation of benefits ...... 631 Pensions •...... •...••••..... 583 Powers and duties ...... 646 Kenduskeag stream, bed released ...... 583 Old Arsenal Lot, conveyed ...... 1159 BANGOR FAlIIILY WELFARE SOCIETY Name changed, powers ...... •...... 636 BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC COlllPANY Lines at Bangor State Hospital ...... 909 BANGOR lIIUNICIPAL COURT Charter amended ...... 600 Clerk hire ...... 725 865 Clerk, salary ...... 725 865 Judge, salary ...... •..... 725 865 799 Rental •.•...... •...... 583 BANGOR PUBLIC LffiRARY Authority to hold property ••..•.•••.•. 531 BANGOR RECREATION CENTER Created ..•...... ••.••....••••.•••.••.• 739 BANGOR SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 977 BANGOR STATE HOSPITAL Appropriation ...... ••.•..•.•.•...... 924 937 , Bangor HydrO-Electric Company, ease- ment ...... '" ...... 909 Certain moneys expended ...... 1033 Elevators, appropriation •...... 1120 Frederick Robie Library Fund restored 1119 Land purchased ....•...... •.•.•..... 1142 Repairs and construction ••...... 1276 BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Trustees, number ...•.•...••...... 792 INDEX 1119

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page BANGOR WATER DISTRICT Created ..••.•.••.••...•..••.•...... •. 1069 906 BANG'S DISEASE Cattle to be tested ••...... 510 Cattle over 8 months, vaccination ....•. 63 Compensation for condemned cattle, certain law repealed ...... •...... 61 Control and eradication ...... 516 366 Funds for eradication ...... • 922 Indemnities ....•..•...... •..•....••.. 499 Livestock tested before sale ...••...... 365 Prevention, quarantine •.....•...... •. 297 BANIi:S AND BANIilNG Accounts, see Accounts Boxes and safes, right to open ...... 109 Common trust funds ..•..•...•.•....•.. 409 Credit unions, see Credit Unions Demand items ...... 55 Department Commissioner Investment of sinking funds, approval •.•..•...••••..•.•••••••••• 106 Salary .•.....•.•.....•••...•..••.. 431 502 Expenses ...... ••...... 579 490 Department of institutional service Information .....•...... •...... 40 Fiduciaries Deposits in personal account ...... 215 Industrial banks Powers ...... •...... 108 Inheritance taxes Report ...... 31 Insurance upon mortgaged property •... 208 Joint accounts and deposits ..•..•.••.. 134 23 Limitations of actions, forged signatures 110 Loan and· building associations, see Loan and Building Associations Morris plan banks Powers ...... •.•...... 108 National banks, see National Banking Institutions Records, destruction ...... •.....•.. 51 Saturday closing ...... •...... •. 429 206 Savings banks, see Savings Banks Savings, deposits, inactive ....•••...... 42 Securities, dealers' license ...... •..... 145 Small loan agencies, see Loan Agencies Trust companies, see Trust Companies Trustee process Against ...... • 107 Renting safe deposit boxes ...... 170 U. S. bonds or certificates in name of minor, redemption ...... 210 Veterans, loans guaranteed ...... 235 153 26 BAR, ADlIllSSION TO Practice, qualifications ...... 137 66 Veterans, qualifications ...... •.. 111 See Attorney at Law BARBERS Apprentices ...... ••.•.•...... 272 Hours of study ...... •...... 264 BAR HARBOR MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Salary ...... •....••...... •.... 819 554 Recorder Salary ...... ••...... •..•.....•..•... 823 554 Rental ...... 957 BAR HARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 584 BAR HARBOR, TOWN OF Ferry landing .....•..•...... •...... • 987 Ferry terminal ...... •...... 932 Town manager form of government •... 813 641 BARING Public ·services' tax ...... •...... •.. 696 BARRELS Re-use for fish .•...•.•.••••..•..•••.• 322 BARRELL'S lIllLL POND Floodgates constructed ••.•..•••.••.••. 605 BARTLETT BROOli: Closed to dipping smelts .•....•••..•.• 1027 1120 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page BASTARDY CHILDREN Settlement ...... •...•..... 369 27 Warrant for arrest ...... 369 26 BATES llIANUFACTURING COltlPANY Assets acquired ...... 1000 BATH, CITY OF Council-manager form of government, created ...... 761 Amended ...... 616 892 BATH 1I1UNICIPAL COURT Gardiner G. Deering compensated ...... 615 Judge, salary ...... 744 810 521 Recorder Qualifications ...... 744 Salary ...... •.. 758 810 521 Time of sessions ...... 542 BATH SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 919 BATH-WOOLWICH BRIDGE See Carlton Bridge BAXTER, PERCIVAL PROCTOR Conveyance and deed of gift ...... II, 559 603 541 523 Deeds, certain releases ...... 611 BAXTER STATE PARK Acceptance from Percival Pro c tor Baxter ...... II, 559 603 523 Appropriation ...... •...•...... 930 Authority Powers ...... 67 Control ...... 62 Deeds released from certain restrictions 611 Development and improvement ...... 1274 Game preserve ...... 411 Boundaries ...... •..... 142 Land grants in Katahdin area ...... 11, 559 603 523 Payments to Maine Forestry District .. 170 62 Road Bridges and culverts provided ...... 956 Construction ...... 1036 :Maintenance ...... 722 1014 613 Leading to ...... ••...... 721 See State Parks BAY OF NAPLES White perch, fishing ...... 1007 BAY POINT -VILLAGE CORPORATION Charter repealed ...... 1059 877 Taxes paid to ...... 993 BEAGLES Field trials ...... 439 See Dogs BEALS, TOWN OF Ferry to Jonesport ...... 844 Amended ...... 816 BEA.cVO Licenses ...... 232 BEARS Bounty ...... 427 138 416 470 Registration, killed ...... 425 Trapping license, non-resident ...... 470 BEAUCIIAlIlP POINT GAlllE PRESER"\TE Created ...... 129 BEAUTY CULTURE Applicant, age ...... 122 Electrolysis ...... 319 Hours of study ...... 264 Shop, renewal fee for licenses ...... 118 BEAVER Tagging and marking ...... 422 178 Trapping ...... 331 Dams, near ...... 203 256 Open season ...... 347 150 Penalty ...... 131 BEDS AND BEDDING Manufacture and sale ...... 363 Repealed ...... 21 Transferred to Labor and Industry .. . 332 INDEX 1121

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page BEE INDUSTRY Certificates of inspection, etc..•...... 96 Relating to ...... •.••.••...... 454 Wild bees protected ...•••..•...... 436 BEER See Liquor Law BELFAST, CITY OF l\iarine worms, digging .•...... •...... 574 BELFAST HOllIE FOR AGED WOlllEN Appropriation •.....•...•...... 1173 BELFAST SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.•.••.•••...... 601 BELGRADE HATCHERY Sale ...... •..••.••....•...... 1163 BELGRADE STREAlII Open season for fishing .•....•...... 863 BELLS Horses, or on vehicles, law repealed .... 157 BElIIIS STREAM Tributaries closed to fishing ...... 1010 BENNETT BROOli: Closed to fishing ...... 1008 BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •...... 1189 BERCE, WOODBURY L. Land conveyed ...... •...... 1111 BERWICIi: ACADEIIIY Trustees to issue bonds ...... 807 BERWICK IIIONTHLY IIIEETING OF FRIENDS Incorporation ratified ...... 618 BE"VERAGES Non-alcoholic Dietary ...... •...... 187 Manufacturers and bottlers ...... 120 BICYCLES Excise tax, motor attached ...... 21 BIDDEFORD, CITY OF Charter amended ...... 763 BIDDEFORD 1IIUNICIPAL COURT ;rudge, salary ...... •...... 963 Recorder Duties ...... 940 Salary ...... 726 BIESIi:E, FRANIi: AlIi-n Ii:. LOmSE Land conveyed ...... 921 BIG BENSON POND Ice fishing ...... 885 BIG FISH LA~KE Fishing ...... 1254 BIG IIL-\.GALLOWAY RIVER Fishing ...... 353 185 884 BIG S'PENCER POND Tributaries closed to fishing ...... 1026 BILLBOARDS Adjacent to turnpikes ...... 330 Fees ...... 359 See Advertising; Outdoor Advertising; Turnpikes BINGHA,I ASSOCIATES FUND Purposes changed ...... 536 BINGHAJI SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •...... 679 BIRCH RIVER Fishing ...... ••...... 1056 BIRDS See Inland Fisheries and Game BIRTH RECORDS See Vital Statistics BLACK POND Fly fishing ...... 1045 Ice fishing ...... •...... 1010 BLAISDELL POND Ice fishing ...... 900 1122 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page BLANCHARD,BERTHAM. Land sold ...... •... 848 BLANCHARD, JOHN F. Land conveyed ...... •...... 1133 BL.A.NCHARD POND Fly fishing ...... •...... 1045 BLANCHAIlD, 'I'OWN OF Plantation changed ...... 697 BLEACHERS See Structures BLIND Children, education ...... 131 Infants, prevention .....•...... 212 Pedestrians on highways ...•...... 118 See Aid to the Blind; Health and Wel- fare; Children BLOOD TESTS See Motor Vehicles BLUEBERRIES Advisory committee ...... 303 Membership ...... •...... 176 Scentific investigation ...... •...... 758 Tax ...... •...... 303 BLUEHILL BAY Use of drags ...... •...... 109 BLUEHILL, TOWN OF Salt water smelts, taking ...... 1037 BLUEBILL WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 851 BLUE-HILL-GEORGE STEVENS ACADElIIY Powers ...... 498 BLUE STAR lIIElIIORIAL HIGHWAy ... . 1165 BOARDING HOJIES Definition ...... 236 Delinquent, aged, etc., licensing, etc.· .. 221 Fire inspection ...... 249 Licenses, certain exemptions ...... 211 See Children's Homes BOARD OF BOILER RULES See Labor and Industry BOARD OF CHlROPIL'lCTIC EX~llNA TION AND REGISTRA.TION See Chiropractors BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS See Dentistry BOARD OF EDUCATION See Education ROARD OF EXAlIllNERS OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND E:lillALllIERS See Funeral Directors and Embalmers BOARD OF EXAlIllNERS OF . PSYCHOLOGISTS See Psychologists BOARD OF EXAlIllNERS TO THE BAR See Attorney at Law; Bar, Adniission to BOARD OF HEALTH See Health and Welfare; Towns BOARD OF OSTEO'P ATHIC EXAlIllNA TION AlII"]) REGISTRATION See Osteopaths BOARD OF PHARilIACY See Apothecaries BOARD OF REGISTR..4..TION IN lIIEDICINE See Physicians and Surgeons BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERS See Engineers, Professional BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF NURSES See Nurses BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF OPTOllIETRISTS See Optometry BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF VOTERS See Elections INDEX 1123

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAJlIINERS See Veterinary Surgeons BOAT TRAILERS See Motor Vehicles BOATS Inland waters Boys and girls camps .••....•.•..... 175 For hire ...... •...... 386 Operation on certain waters ...... 331 Power, on Portage Lake ••.....•...... 290 Taxation ...... •..•...... •.... 343 BODIES See Dead Bodies BOILERS See Labor and Industry BONDS Arrest on executions ...•.•••.•...... 31 Clerk of judicial courts •.•.••.••...... 33 Corporate, facsimile signatures ...... 183 Highways, issue ...... •....••..... 941 Issuance, by legislature, with consent of people ...... •...... •..•...... 1257 Kennebec (Carlton) bridge refunding .. 735 497 Private detectives ...... •...•...... 32 Proceeds to match federal funds ...... 167 Revenue, by town •..•..•.•...... 483 State, cremation ...... •....•...... 49 State highway Economic advisory board ...... 387 Issuance ...... •...... 818 State officials and employees ...... 360 State registered ...... 125 State, unregistered, form ...... 3 United States Deposit for safelreeping ...... 43 Property of minors ...... 210 Waldo-Hancock bridge, refunding .... . 730 See Constitution, State See Trusts BONUS Maine veterans ...... 33 Bond issue ...... 98 BOOK ;ILllilNG Penalty ...... 202 BOOKliIOBILE SER"\'1CE State library ...... 475 BOOTHBAY AND BOOTHBAY HARBOR Authorized to close waterways ...... 1168 BOOTHBAY-BOOTHBAY HARBOR C03I lUUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 797 BOOTHBAY HARBOR SEWER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 836 BOOTHBAY HARBOR, TOWN OF Water commissioners, duties ...... 673 BOOTHBAY HARBOR WATER AND SEWER DISTHICT Incorporated ...... 830 BOOTHBAY REGION C03IJlIU1Ii-:ITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 698 Amended ...... 510 Repealed ...... 539 BOOTHBAY, 'l'O\VN OF Appropriation for roads ...•...... 1235 CI2.ms, tal\:ing ...... 125 BOOTLEGGERS Penalty ...... •••.....•...... 115 BOTTLERS See Beverages BOTTLES See lIIiIl;: and Dairy Products BOUCHARD, JA1IIES Land conveyed ...... 1133 BOULTER POND Closed to fishing ...•.•.....•...... 1009 DOW'"Ii:ER, OHRlS F. Buildings in Marshfield sold ...... 1255 1124 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page BOWLING Sunday, local option ...... 339 BOXING COllI1lIlSSION Accident insurance for boxers ...... 213 Compensation ...... •.•...... 437 Disbursements, payment ...... 344 Law clarified ...... 210 Licenses Boxers ...... 240 Timel{eepers ...... •...... 97 Receipts ...... •...... 345 BRADBURY lIIEUORIAL HOSPITAL Land conveyed ...... •...... 1132 BRAGDON WILD LIFE SANCTUARY Repealed ...... 206 BRANDY POND See Bay of Naples BRANN'S lII1LL POND Ice fishing ...... 1038 Pickerel, bag limit ...... 1039 BRASSUA LARE Fishing ...... 1252 BREAD Enrichment ...... 399 428 BREilIEN, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... 964 Marine worms, digging ...... 689 BRImVER, CITY OF Bridge to Bangor Construction authorized ...... 954 Study ...... •.•...... 1284 Charter amended Election date ...... 625 Filing of petitions ...... 625 Funds from Woodlawn lI1:emorial Ceme- tery Association ...... 796 BREWER HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... •...... 971 Trustees Nomination papers ...... 611 BREWER 1I1UNICIPAL COURT Clerk hire ...... •...... 548 Established ...... 790 Recorder Appointment, salary ...... 862 548 BREWER WATER DISTRICT Amended ...... •...•...... 861 870 Incorporated ...... 79 BREWERS See Liquor Law BRIDGE ACADElIIY Endowment amount ...... 739 BRIDGES Appropriation ...... 925 1190 1288 1071

HighwaYJ maintenance & ••••••••••••••• 463 Speed limit, motor vehicles ...... 99 See Highways; Roads BRIDGTON ACADElIIY Appropriation ...... •...... 1238 BRIDGTON CENTRE VILLAGE CORPORATION Parking meters ...... 496 Repealed .....•...... 849 730 Water department ...... 522 BRIDGTON CENTRE VILLAGE FffiE CORPORATION Repealed ...... 849 BRIDGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 882 BRIDGTON, TO"\VN OF Ministerial funds Trustees ...... 572 BRIDGTON UTILITIES DISTRICT Created ...... •...... •...... 907 BRISTOL, 'I'OWN OF Clams, digging ...... 867 INDEX 1125

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Contract with Maine School Building Authority, validated ..•.•••.••.••••• 702 Marine worms, digging •••..•••.•••••• 689 BRORERS See Insurance and Insurance Companies; Real Estate; Securities BROOli:LIN, TOWN OF Salt water smelts, taking •••.••..•.•••• 1037 BROOli:S Bulldozing in unorganized territory •••• 374 BROOI\:TON Public services tax .....•..•••..••••••• 696 BROWN BROOI\: Closed to fishing ...... •.•.....••..•••• 1248 BROWN, EARL Land conveyed .....••••••••••••••••.•• 1134 BROWNFIELD, TOWN OF - Snow removal charged off •...•.•••••• 1038 BROWNVILLE JUNCTION WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •••..•••.••••••• 626 BROWNVILLE, TOWN OF Land in, conveyed ...... •..••• 882 Town manager form of government •••• 638 BROWNVILLE WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •..•.•....••..•.••• 637 BRUNSWICR AND TOPSHAM WATER DISTRICT Charter amended •...... •••••••••••••• 584 584 Trustees, number and salary ••.•••.••• 579 BRUNSWICK CAlIIPUS Appropriation ....•...••.•...••....•••. 1172 BRUNSWICK IIIUNICIPAL COURT CIerI, hire ...... •....••..•.•...... •••• 885 Court room, expenses •.•..•••••••.•••.• 887 .Judge, salary ...... •...•••.•.••.••• 729 710 544 Recorder, salary ...... ••••••••••• 724 711 544 Return day ...... •.••••••••..••••• 537 BRUNSWICR SE"\VER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.••••..••• 744 Amended ...... ••.••..•.•..••• - 669 BRUNSWICH:, TOWN OF Clams, quahogs and marine worms •••• 161 Council-manager for city .•.•.•..••••. 657 Garbage and rubbish disposal ••.•.•.•• 613 Tuition pupils •...... •.•..•.....•..••• 801 699 BRUNSWICK VILLAGE CORPORATION Charter amended ...... •••••••••••• 603 BRUSH See Forestry BUCKSPORT, TOWN OF Fishing ...... •..•...... •...... •••.• 1006 BUDGET See Committee on Budget BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS See Loan and Building Associations BIDLDING AUTHORITY See Maine School Building Authority BUILDING AUTHORITY, STATE OFFICE See Maine State Office Building Au thority and Building Commission BIDLDING COIlIllIlTTEE See Eastern States Exposition BUILDINGS By-laws re safety .•.....••••.•••..••• 294 Dancing, used for ...•...•...•..•..•.• 298 184 63 Dangerous, when nuisance ...•••.••.•• 121 Fire escapes, appeal ....•...... •••• 259 Liens, filing ...... •..•. 45 See Public Buildings BULl\: SALES ACT Stocks of merchandise, payment of taxes ...... •...... ••..•. 163 BUOYS Set in inland waters ...... •...•.••• 1288 1126 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1~53 Page Page Page Page Page BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION, STATE See State Bureau of Identification BUREAU OF TAXATION See Taxation BURGLARY Definition, etc. . •...... •.•.••.••.•••... 223 BURIIlHAlII lIIEMORI.AL BRIDGE Designated ...... ••••....••••••.. 1046 BURNHAl)I SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••.••.•••••••••••.•• 663 520 BURNT ISLAND Building of bridge ...... •.•••.••••••..• 565 BURYING GROUNDS Piscataquis county, expenses •.•.••.••• 316 BUSES See Carriers; Motor Vehicles BUSHES Removal from highways •...••••••.•.•. 380 See Forestry BUSINESSES Relief for, in financial distress ••.•••••. 813 BUXTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...•...•..•••••..•••..•••. 595 BY-LA"\VS OF TO"\VNS, ETC. See Towns c CABOOSE CARS See Railroads CALAIS, CITY OF Calais regional hospital, aid ....•••..•• 547 Charter amended ....•.••.•.•••.••.•••• 1031 879 International bridge, reconstructed •••• 1089 Port authority created ..•.•••••••.••.. 552 CALAIS lIIUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... •.••.•••••••••. 839 863 CALAIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL Aid by city of Calais ...... 547 CALAIS SCHOOL DISTRICT School buildings ...... •...•.••••.•••.• 733 CALV ANISTIC BAPTIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY Organization ratified ....•.••.•.••••••• 684 CALVES Meat of, less than 4 weeks old, repealed 219 CAlIIDEN HATCHERY Sale of ...... ••..•..•.•••• 1163 CAiUDEN, TO"\VN OF Offices ...... •....••.•••••••• 724 School board, election .•.....•••..•••.. 815 Town council and manager form of government ...... •.....•••.••.•.••.• 623 CA:lIP REYES Appropriation ...... •.....•.••.•.. 931 CAlIIPING Public lunch grounds or campsites 121 See Forestry; State Parks CANA_AN SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••...•• 55 Trustees, election ...... •...••...• 857 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD Height of overpass ..•••.••.••.•••.•.•• 875 CANALS Diversion of water ....•....•...••••••• 192 CANES Use by pedestrians ...... •.....•..•• 118 CAPE ELIZABETH, TO"\VN OF River-side cemetery accepted ; ••••••.. 556 Spurwink Congregational Church, transfer of property ....••.•...•••••••••• 887 CAPE PORPOISE HARBOR Dredging ...... •.•...... 785 INDEX 1127

19~5 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page CAPITOL ISLAND VILLAGE CORPORATION Charter amended ...•.•••••.••••••••••• 517 Legal voters •....••.•••••••••••••••••• 551 CARIBOU Possession ....•...... ••••••••••••••• 100 CARIBOU HOSPITAL DISTRICT Created .•...... •..•••••••••••••••••. 500 CARIBOU IImNICIPAL COURT Charter amended ..•..••..•.••..••••••• 648 Judge, salary ...... ••.••.••.•..•••••• 553 Recorder Duties and salary ..••••.••.••••••••• 956 553 CARIDOU SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •..•.•••••••••••••••• 873 CARIBOU, TOWN OF Superintending school committee Election ...... •..•.•••••••••••••• 684 Relating to ...... •••••.•.••••••••• 585 CARIBOU UTILITIES DISTRICT Created ...... •....••..••••..••..••••• 706 CARLTON DRIDGE Bonds issuance of refunding ••.•.•.•••• 735 949 497 Cost, payment ...... •...... •..••••• 725 Fund, impounded bank accounts ••••••• 1162 Jurisdiction re claim ...•••..••••••.••• 559 CARNIVALS See Amusement Shows CARPENTER POND Fishing ...... •....•.•...•..••••••••••• 1249 CARRIERS Buses Certificate for operating .•..••••..•• 119 Interstate, permit to operate ••••••.. 461 Signals for stopping and turning ••• 83 Smoking in ...... • , •••••.••••••••• 312 Certificate, transfer .•.••.••••.•••••••• 88 Amendment ••..•..•.••.•••••.•••.•• 27 Common Females, employment in offices ••••.• 25 Contract Definition ...... •..••••.•.•••••.•••• 278 Relating to ...... •••••.••••••••••• 209 Temporary permits ...•..••.••••••••• 182 Exempt from certain regulations •••••• 157 Fees for permits and plates •••.•.••••• 182 Gasoline road tax ..•.•••••.•••••••.••. 457 Reports ....•...... •.•.•••••••••• 393 Independent contractors, certain exemptions ...... ••.•...••••••••••••• 477 Insurance, passengers for hire, see Motor Vehicles Interstate Permit to operate ..•••..•.••.••••••• 207 103 Penalty for violations •..•••••.••••••.• 436. Private, operating for hire •....•••••••• 353 See Motor Vehicles; Public Utilities CARROLL SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.••.•••••••.•.••• 707 574 CARS See Motor Vehicles CASCO BAY Smelt fishing ...... •..•.••..••••••• 346 CASCO DAY LINE See People's Ferry Company CASCO LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION Land sold ..•.•.•••••• , ••••••••• ••••••• 851 CASSIDY, ALICE Land conveyed ...••..•••...••••••••••• 1107 CASTINE GAIIIE PRESERVE Repealed ...... ••.••.•.•••.•••• 46 CASTINE, TOWN OF Clams, taking ...... •...••••. 507 CASTINE WATER DISTRICT Charter extended •..••.•...... •...••.• 599 Incorporated •.....••..••.•••.••••..••• 590 1128 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page CASTLE HILL - CHAPlIIAN - lIIAPLETON COlU1lIUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Bonds increased ...... •.••••••••••.•••• 811 Created ...•...•.....••.•.•••••••••.•.• 854 CASTLE, LEIGHTON Land conveyed ...... •••••••••••••.•• 1144 CASUALTY INSURANCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies CATTLE See Animals; Bang's Disease CEl\IETERIES Lots, inheritance taxes •.•.•••.••.....• 74 Money in trust, by towns •••..••.•...•. 60 Towns, raise money ...... 126 Trust funds in deorganized places ...• 214 CENTER POND Ice fishing ..•..•...•..•.•...••.••••••• 880 CENTRAL AROOSTOOIi: RAILWAY CO. Charter extended ...•.•.•.••.••.•••... 652 CENTRAL lIIAINE POWER COllIPANY Pole line across state property •••••••• 1127 CENTRAL lIIAINE SANATORIUlII Appropriation ...•.•...••••.•••.••.•••• 943 Hospital building, equipped .••••.•..••• 1070 CHAIN - OF - PONDS, Franklin county Dam and fish screen .•..•••••••••••...• 1284 CHAIN - OF - PONDS TOWNSHIP Road repair tax fund .•.••.••••..•..•• 533 CHAPiUAN, TO"W""N OF Fish pond ...... ••..•••...••.•.•• 1031 See Castle Hill CHARCOAL Measure and sale, law repealed •....•.. 68 CHARLESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.•.••••..••••• 713 CIL4.SE DOG Fishing ...... •...... ••••...•• 1253 CHASE BROOli: Closed to fishing ...... •.•.••.•.•.. 1230 CHASE POND Fishing ...... •.•.•.•.• 1253 CHASE STREAlII Fishing ...... •.•.....•..•. 1253 CIL4.TTELS See lHortgages CHECK lIIARKS See Elections CHELSEA SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •••.•.•..••... 914 Repealed ...... •.•.••• 540 CHELSEA WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.....•...... • 650 CHEJIQUASABAiUTICOOK L.Ar~ Ice fishing ...... •.....•...•.... 1023 CHERRYFIELD FEEDING STATION Sale ...... •...••••••.• 1163 CHERRYFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.•....•....•••••• 915 CHESTNUT STREET lIIETHODIST SOCIETY IN PORTLAND It:::.:' Hold property ...... •• 600 Name changed ...... •.....••••. 600 CHICKENS See Poultry CHILD Adoption of a certain ...... •.....••.• 556 CHILDREN Adoption ...... •.•.••.•••. 100 Consent ...... •••...•.•.••••. 134 Neglected ..•...... •.•.•..... 540 Repealed ...... •.....•.•...•••.• 36 Age for certain employment ...•.••...• 299 Blind, education ...... •..•...... ••••.• 131 Boarding homes licensed •...••....••.• 139 Commitment to custody of certain officers ...... •.•...•.•••.•• 232 INDEX 1129

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Conveyance or board for schooling •... 147 Court orders for support •.•.•...••.... 468 Courts, care of, expense •..•...... ••... 189 Custody to department of health and welfare after divorce ...•...... •... 138 Dependent, see Aid to Dependent Chil- dren Desertion and non-support ....•..••... 468 Employment in laundry or bakery ..... 299 lllegitimate, birth records ...•...... 365 Infants, blindness prevention ...... 212 Insurance by fraternal beneficiary associations ....•..•••.•••.••.•.•.... 145 Legitimacy ...... •...•..•..••..... 257 Mechanical equipment in schools •.•... 120 Mentally defective •..••.••.••..•.••... 102 Neglect of ...... •...•••••..•.••..... 312 Neglected Care paid by state ..•...... 545 Complainant not to settle if town objects ...••.••..••••.••.•••••••..• 26 Relating ...... ••.•.•.••••••... 468 Paupers of, location for school purposes 185 Physically handicapped Appropriation ...... •...... 173 Education ...... •...••••••...... 182 Records of arrest or detention ...... 124 School age ...... •...•...... ••..... 198 Settlement of suits ...... 101, 285 Support parents .•...... •...... •...... 416 Veterans of, aid ...•..••.•..••.••••.... 473 Worl~ permlts ...... ••..... 203 See Bastardy Children; Health and Wel fare; Labor and Industry; Minors; Uniform Support of Dependents Law CHILDREN'S A.1D SOCIETY OF MAINE Sell real estate ...•.•...•.•.•.•...... 571 CHILDREN'S HOllIES Fire inspection ...... •.•...... 249 Inspection .••...... •...... 107 License of persons maintaining ...... 235 Licensing, jurisdiction over ...... 139, 211, 221 236 CHIlIINEYS Repair ...•....•...... •....•...... 271 CHIROPRACTORS Applicants, examination ..•...... 214 Board Funds ...... 80 Chiropractic service, definition ...... 38 Designated, certificate to practice ... . 38 Dr. or Doctor, use as prefix ...... 39 Educational requirement ...... 37 75 Examination to practice •...... 39 Fees ...... •...... 75 CIDER See Liquor Law CIGARETTES Tax Allocation ••.••...•.•••••.••.••.•••.• 345 Appeals ...... •.••.•...... 64 Increase .•...•••••.••••...... ••.. 485 Levy on consumer ....•...... 11 Licenses ..•...••••••••••.••....••••• 132 "Sub-jobber" Defi.ned •.••.•.•••••••.••...... •• 132 Relating to .•.••..•...... • 133 Taverns, sold in ...... 168 Unclassified importer •••••••.•...•••••• 453 Unfair sale ..•••.••••.••...... 186, 188 Wholesale dealer'·s license ...... 133 See Tobacco CIGARS Tax ...... •...... •.•••...... • 485 Appeals ..•.....•••••••••...... 64 Levy on consumer ...•...... 11 Stamp discounts ...•.••...... •.. 495 471 Sub-jobber, relating to .••...... 133 Unclassified importer •..•...... 453 1130 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page CINEllIATOGRAPH See Moving Pictures CIRCUSES Licenses Advertising ...... •••.••..•.••• 165 See Amusement Shows CITIES See Towns CIVIL ACTIONS See Actions CIVIL DEFENSE Compensation ...... ••••••••..•••••• 236 Council established .....•..•••.•••••••• 248 County commissioners, duties ••.••••••• 61 Deficiency appropriation •..••••••••.•• 580 Funds for ...... ••••..••.•.••..• 213 Interstate compact .....•••...••..••..• 151 PubF« safety council ...•.•.••••..••••• 236 RevIsIon ...... ••.•••••.•.•••• 304 See Maine Civilian Defense Corps CIVIL OFFICERS See Officers CIVIL SERVICE See Fire Departments; Personnel Law; Police Departments CLAHIS Collecting small ...... ••••.•.•••.•...• 356 Amended ...... •.•.•••••••.•.•••• 104, 210 329 Compromise, by executors ••..••••.•••• 18() By and against trust estates •...••.• 113 Damages by protected wild animals and birds, see Inland Fisheries and Game; Motor Vehicles Estates, against, filing •.....••.....•.• -182 State of Maine, welfare ••.•.••..•••• 183 Executors and administrators, against 33 General fund reimbursed •••••.••••••.• 975 Pauper, payments ...•.••.•••..•••••••• 879 1182 1354 1133 Payments of miscellaneous Allagash Plantation ..•...•••••••.••• 1050 Ames, Madelyn ....•.•..••.••.••.••.• 1278 Amherst, Town of ....•.•••••.••••••• 869 Andrews, W. E. and E. E •••••••••••• 1166 Ashmore, Arthur H ...... •••.•••••••. 1167 Auburn, City of •...•.•.•.••.•••••.•• 959 Aurora, Town of ...•.••...•.•••••.• 959 Baldwin, ClarenceH. .••••.••.•.•••• 955 Ballard, Robert ...... 1133 Bar Harbor, Town of •.•••....•••••• 1241 Bates, Irving 1...... 1188 Bath, City of ...... •.••••..•.••. 1282 Bean, Lamont and Nellie ••.•••••••.. 1166 Beaulier, Peter J. . •.••..•.•••••••••• 1056 Bell, Roy R ....•.....•••••.••••••••• 1180 Bemis, Leon ...... ••.••••...•••••••• 1169 Benedicta, Town of ...••...•..••••••. 910 Bernier, Mary Louise ••••.••.•.••••• 866 Bingham, Town of .•••••••..•..••••• 902 Blaclcmore, J. J. . .•.....•••.••••.•.• 955 Blake, Chester .•...... ••••.....••••• 1358 Blanche, Edwin •..•.•..•.•.••••..••• ,1145 Boutilier, Wendell •.••.•...•••.••••• 1164 Boyce, Mrs. Charles .•...••••••••..•• 1277 Brawn, Carrie M ..•..•••.••••.•••..• 1182 Brooks, Town of .•.•.••••••••..••••• 958 Brown, Guy ....••...••••••••....••• 862 Brownfield, Town of •••..•••••••••••. . _ 1241. Bucl~, Charles B. • ....•••••••••••.••• 867 Buck, Dr. Charles H. • ••••••..••.••.• 866 S:aswell, Plantation.•••••••••••••••••• .. 1269, 1280 Calais Federal S!l-vings and Loan Assn...... •.•..•••••••••••.••.••• 955 Calais Regional Hospital •.•••.••••.• 962 Castle Hill, Town of •••.•••••••••••• 964 Centerville, Town of •••••••••••••••• 1241 Chapman Express ••.•••••••••.•.••.• 918 Chelsea, Town of •••••••••....•.•••.• . , "-1268 Chretien, Guy L. • .•••••••.••••••••.• 1124 Christie, W. S. • •••••••••••••••••••••' 1164 Clark, John P. •. '.' •.•..••••••••••.•• '1281 INDEX 1131

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Clark-Mitchell Funeral Homes ••••... 953 Collins, J. R ...•.....•.••••.•..•••••. 854 Columbia, Town of .•.••.•.....••••.. 1283 Conley, Cornelius E. • •.••..•.•••.•.. 875 Cony, Louise W. . ..••••...... •.••••.. 1344 Cool;:, Robert E ...... 1144 Cook & Company, Inc. • ••...•••••... 902 Cooper, Mrs. Ralph ...... •..••••••... 1181 Cote, Angelo ...... •••....•...•.... 952 Couillard, Emile ...... •.••.....•.•... 1145 Crocl,ett, Irving .....•...•...•.•..... 858 Cudahy, James F...... •...••••.... 955 Cummings, J\1:rs. Doris G. • ..••.•..... 868 Dawe, Maurice L. . •••...•.••••••.... 955 Deabay, Henry J. . ..•.....••.•...... 951 Dixon, Dwight D...... •.••.•••.... 1045 Doble, W. Lawrence •.•...••.•.•.... 904 Dolley, Moses _4.. • ••••••••••••••••••• 909 Dragon Cement Company~ Inc...... 897 Dube, Alphonso S., Worla War bonus 868 Eastbrook, Town of •.•..•...•...... 860 Eastern Pulpwood Co. • .....••...... 955 East Millinocket, Town of ...•...... 1246 Fairfield, Howard P. . •.••...•.•..... 1060 Farrar, Clarissa P...... •...•...... 955 Fleming, Louis F...... 862 Flewelling, R. Byron, Estate .••..... 855, 867 Flint, H. W ....•....•.....•...•..... 899 -Folsom Brothers ..•..•..•...... 1061 Fort Fairfield, Town of ..•.•.•...... 957 Fox & Ginn, Inc...... •..... 878 1167 918 Freeport Grain Company .....••..... 1124 French, Harriette M. • .•.•.•.•...... 955 Gaudet, S. and Son ....•.....•...... • 954 General Ice Cream Corporation ..... 1356 Goodwin, Florence ....•••..••...... 1122 Hale, James R ...... •.••...•...... _ . 861 Ham, Herman I...... •.....•...... 1278 'Hamilton, W. I...... •.•.•...... 1125 Hapworth, Mrs. Carol ....•...... 901 Harvey, Harold ...... •...... 857 Hatches, Inc. . .. _ ...... •.. __ ...... 1138 Hermon, Town of ...... •.. _ . _ .... . 1127 Hilgenhurst, Charles and Helen ..... _ 955 Hilton, ChrIstopher ••.•••...... 1280 Hiram, Town of .....•.•.•...... 1241 Hiscock, Mrs. Ada A. •••••• ____ ....• _ 952 Houlton, Town of .....•••...... 1181 Hovis, C. Curvin •...... •••. _ ...... 1046 Hustus, Ervin E...... •.•...... 943 Jackman Plantation ...•.... _ ...... 1123 Jay, Town of ...... •... ___ ...... 964 Jefferson, Town of ...... _ ...... 1279 Jensen, Christian M ...... 1122 Johnson, Abbie D ....•..•.... _ ...... 955 Johnson, William A. ••••••...... _... . 870 Jones, Leslie W ...... 1278 Jonesboro, Town of ...... 1241 Jordan, George V ...... •.... 1338 Jorgensen, Eugene ...... 1281 Joyce, Alfred M .....•...... 1263 Keefe, J\1:yrtle ...... •...... 1282 Kennebunkport, Town of ...... _ ... . 1241 Kennedy, Ronald T ...... 955 Kinmond, James Y...... 860 Knox, Town of ...... •...... _ ...... 953 Kromer, Harold ...... 925 LaGrange, Town of •••••...... •...•• 914 Legacy, Clyde ...... •...... 955 Lewis, Jesse B. . ...•...... 1167 Libby, J\1erle .•..•..•...... •.. 1047 Liberty, Town of ...... •...... 963 Lincolnville, Town of ...... 862 Littlefield, Roby ...••.•...... 1168 Llewellyn, Robert G...... 1133 Longfellow, Carrie M ••...... 1125 Lyman, Town of ..•...... 1241 lIfaine Distributors, Inc. • ...... 1168 Mallory, C. H...... •••...... , 1044 J\falloy, Winifred •...••...... 1126 Marcus, Dr. Bernard R. . •...... 951 Marsh, Henry ...... •...... 857 Marsh, lIiaynard ....•...... 1270 1132 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Marshall, Roy ...... •..••••.•..••••.• 863 Martin, Joseph ...•••••••••.••••••••• 854 Martin, Joseph l\f....•...•.•••••••••• 1338 McCourt, Leola J .....•..•.•.••••••.• 1182 McKechnie, Eugene .....••••.•••.•.• 955 McKeon, Edward D. • .••...•.•.....•• 1279 Jl;IcKusick, Carroll L. • •.•••••••.•.••• 967 McLellan, Arthur W •••.•.•••.•••..•• 1044 McLellan, George L. • ..•••••••••..•.• 919 l\1:illinocl{et, Town of .....•.•.•..•..• 964 Milne, George P .•..•.•••.••••••••••• 1167 Milo, Town of ...•...... •.••••••.• 952 Molasky, Arthur H. . •..•.••.•.•••••• 1124 Moores, Clyde ...... •••...•.••..••• 951 Morais, Rodolph H. . •..•••...•.•.•••. 947 Morey, Henry K. . ...•••.•.•••••••.•• 854 Jl;Iorse, Kenneth H...... •.•..•.•••••• 1279 Moslcowitz, Julius .....•••.•...... • 1061 Murphy, Timothy J. . ..•••....•..••.• 1127 Nason, Alfred 111. ...•..•...•...... ••. 955 Nason, Catherine A. •.••••••••••••••• 878 New England Shipbuilding Corp.•••• 853 New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company ..•..•••••••••••••• 1343 Newfield, Town of ...... •...•.••••.. 1241 Noonan, Beatrice, World War bonus 1287 Norton, Velma .....•••.••••••••••••• 868 Olfene, Ralph D...... •....••...... 950 Olmstead, Leon W., World War bonus 1359 Osgood, Frederick C. • .•••..•.••.•••• 1281 Osgood, Susan M. • .•.•••....•••.•••• 1281 Panages, George ...... ••.•....•..•• 1051 Paul, Bert W ...... ••...•.•.•.•. 966 Payton, Doris .....••.•..••.••..•.•.• 954 Peirce, David ...••.••••••••••••••••• 1168 Perron, lIfelina ...... •.•..•.•••...•• 955 Phelps, George E. . •.••...•.•.•••...• 955 Phippsburg, Town of ..••••.•.•...... 1048 Pinette, Oscar ...... ••••.•.•..•.• 1123 Piscataquis County Fish and Game Association ...... ••••••.••.•.••••. 1042 Pittsfield, Town of ...... •.•.....••• 917 Plaisted. William P ...••••••.••..•••• 955 Pratt, Charles N ....••.....•.....•••• 1052 Prentiss Plantation ••.••.•••••.••••• 1278 Princeton, Town of Claim charged off ...•••••••••••••• 1271 Ramsey, Wesley ...•.•••..••...... •. 957 Reardon, William ...... ••.••.••.•••• 1188 Roberts, Leon C. & Sons •.•.••••..•• 951 Rogers, Harold E. . •.....•..••••.•••. 1279 Rowe, Eathel F. . .•..•.•••...•.••.•• 1060 Russell, A. p...... ••.•..••.•.•••.• 954 Salem, Town of ....••••.•••••••••••• 855 Savage, Kenneth R ..•••••••••••••••• 955 Severance, Percy E. . •.•••••••..••••• 1124 Shapleigh, Fred E. . ..•••.•••....•.•• 910 Shapleigh, Town of ••....•..•.••.•.•• 1241 Smith, Leo ...... •..•••.•.•••.•. 1047 Smyrna, Town of ..••••••••.•••.••••• 873, 875 Spanos, Peter ...... •.•.•.•.•••...••• 1051 Spaulding, Earl W ..••.••.••••....••• 955 Spearen, Ray ...... •.••.••...... 954 Stacyville Plantation ••.•••.•.••••••• 1188 St. Agatha, Town of ...•••.•••.....•• 1005 St. Croix Paper Co. • .•••.••....•••.• 955 Strong, Town of ....••••••••.••••..• 1181 Sullivan, Town of ••••••••.••••••••.. 900 Tardiff, Joseph V ..•••••••••••...•••• 1171 Towle, Robert E ....••.•••.••••.•• ; •. 957 Tuell, H. Quimby ••....••••••.•..•... 955 Van Buren, Town of ••••••..•.••...• 958 Varney, George L. • ••••••••••••••••• 1283 Wallagrass Plantation ••.••..••••••• 878 1343 Wallingford, Winiferd O. • ••....•••.• 950 Warren, Town of ...... •.•...•.. 1123 Washington County •••••••••••..••.• 1171 Waterboro, Town of •.•••.••.••.•••.• 1241 Waterford Fish and Game Association 1043 Watton, Maurice ••.•.•••••••.••••••• 1166 Webber, E. E .•..••.••.•.•••••••••••• 1234 West, Nora B ..•••...••...... •••••••• 1189 Weymouth, L. Archer .•.•.••••••••.. 1188 INDEX 1133

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Wey-nlouth, O. E ...... 1337 Wheaton, Joseph N ...... 955 White & Hayes ...... •...... 953 Whitefield, Town of ...... •...... 952 vVhiting, Town of ...... ••...... 1181 Williams, John E ...... •...•...... 955 Winick, Alfred ...... 1151 Winship, Albert L...... 1282 Woodstock, Town of .••...... •...• 1182 Wyman, Harold G...... •...... 1189 York Electrical Company ...... 1282 Reference, by and against trust estates 113 Small claims, see Small Claims CLAil1S Areas, closed, survey ...... 1336 920 Canning and shipping ...... 190 Canning, repealed ...... •...... 387 Cleansing research ...... •...... •.•...• 1235 Deorganized towns, regulated ...... 36 Enforcement of laws ...... 71 Interstate transportation ...... 174 Taking regulated ...... •..•...... 41 Annual town meeting ...... •...... 136 License for transportation ...... 191, 385 Retail dealer's license ...... 385 Shipping, repealed ...... 514 Survey, closed areas ...... 1336 See name and particular town CLAlII "\VORllIS License to dig and sell ...... 228 CLARH: BROOIC Closed to fishing ...... 1008 CLERIC HIRE County offices ...... •...... 319 See particular county CLERIC OF COURTS Bonds ...... •...... •••..•.... 33 Divorces, return of ...... 29 Duties, judgments in real actions ...... 97 Facsimile signature ...... •...•..... , .. 133 Fees payable ....•...... •...... 457 Salaries, weekly payments ...... 23 See particular county CLERH:S See Town Clerks; particular county, court, etc. CLIFF ISLAND Voting ..•...... •.....••..•..•.... 169 CLINTON WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...••.•..... 686 CLOSED SHO'PS See Labor and Industry CLOSING-OUT SALES See Sales CLOTHING Liens ...... •...... ••.••.••••••••..•.• 151 CLUBS See Liquor Law COAL AND COICE Sellers and weighers, duties ••••••••..• 93 COBBOSSEECONTEE LAIrn Fish screen ...... •...•..•.•.••....•.. 1164 Pollution ...... •....•.....•....• 808 Smelt dipping .•..•....•..••••...••.... 1147 COBBOSSEECONTEE STREAlII Fishing ...... ••••••••••••••. 906 COBSCOOH: BAY Smelts, taking .••....•...••..••.••...• 819 COBSCOOH: RIVER Clams, taking ....•...... •.•.•••.•••• 758 568 Smelts, taking •..•.•..•••....•.•..••.• 819 COBURN GORE TOWNSHIP Road repair tax fund ••.•••••••••••••• 533 COBURN HEIRS, INC. Land conveyed ..•••....••.••.•••••.••• 849 COFFEE POND Closed to fishing •..••.••.•••••••••••• 1012 1134 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Fish screen ...... 1043 Fishing ...... 886 Ice Fishing ...... •...... 901 COIN-OPERATED DEVICES See Taxation COI;:E See Coal and Coke COLDY COLLEGE Board of trustees, meetings ...... 618 COLBY COLLEGE GAlIIE JlIANAGE;lIENT AREA Created ...... 199 COLCORD POND Smelts ...... 1215 COLE, H. NORlllA.i~ Island conveyed to ...... 1050 COLLECTORS OF TA..~ES See Taxation; Towns COL Ui1mIA FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 726 CO:lIlllERCIAL -VEHICLES See l\Iotor Vehicles COillllIISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE See Agriculture COllIlUISSIONER OF INLAND FISHERIES Al~D GAlIIE See Inland Fisheries and Game COllBUSSIONER OF INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE See Department of Institutional Service COlllllUSSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY See Labor and Industry COllIlllISSIONERS OF PHARIIIACY See Apothecaries CO:llllIITTEE ON BUDGET Membership ...... •.... 86 CO;lIlllITTEE. SPECIAL See Special Committee C01lIllION CARRIERS See Carriers CO:lIllIUNITY FINANCE CORPORATION Incorporated ...... •.•...... • 827 CO:lIlIillNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS See Education; School Districts; partic ular name COllIPENSATION ACT See Maine Employment Security Law; Workmen's Compensation Act COllIPLAINTS Amended in substance ...... 115 COllTPOUNDS Approved listing ...... ••. 239 CO;lIPROlllISE Suits or claims, trust estates ...... 113 CONCEALED WEAPONS See Firearms; Weapons CONCERTS Sunday ...... 583 CONDElIINATION See Eminent Domain CONDITIONAL SALES Agreements •...... •...... 399 Recording ...... •...... •. 143 Railroad equipment ...... 14 Recording ...... •.....•...... 14 CONGREGATIONAL - CHRISTIAN CON FERENCE OF lIIAINE Charter amended ..•...... 697 CONGRESS Apportionment ...... •...... 698 House of Representatives Vacancies •...•...... •...... • 398 Candidate for election •...... ••. 257 INDEX 1135

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Senate Vacancies ...... 398 Candidate for election .....•...... 257 See Elections CONGRESSIONAL lIIEDAL OF HONOR Holders, hunting and fishing licenses .. 326 CONNOR, TO"\VN OF Organization surrendered ..." ...•...... 565 CONNOR TOWNSIDP Fire protection ...... •...... 946 Polling place ...... •...... 172 CONSERVATORS Adults, appointment of spouse ...... 187 Dismissal ...... •...... 242 Fees ...... 45 Non-resident owners, ,sale of estate .. . 170 CONSTABLES Fees and costs ...... •. 337 217 Indian tribes ...... •....•...... 164 See Officers CONSTITUTION, STATE Amendments, explanation ...... 139 Amendments Bond issue for payment of bonus to Maine veterans ...... 98 Bond issue for state office building 1070 Bonds, issuance by legislature with consent of people ...... 1257 Codification ...... •. 1224 Direct initiative, signers ...... 1053 Fore river bridge ...... •...... 1334 House of representatives, apportionment ...... •...... 1360 Indian voting ...... 927 Initiated legislation, filing ...... 1244 Municipal indebtedness ...... 1058 913 Rentals with School Building Au- thority exempt from limitation on municipal indebtedness ...... 1063 Revenues provided for services voted for ....•...... 1062 Signers in petitions for referendum .. 1120 State's borrowing power clarified ... 1141 Traveling expenses of members of legislature ...... 1175 Treasurer of state, eligible for more than sL"'<: years .•...... •...... 1049 Voting by armed forces and absentee 1066 Draft and arrangement approved ...... 1043 CONSTRUCTION Projects, special committee .•...... 970 CONSUlIIERS' FINANCE CO. Incorporated ...... •.•...... 824 CONTINENTAL lII1LLS Powers ...... •...... •.•...•...... 580 CONTINGENT ACCOUNT, STATE See State Contingent Account CONTRACT CARRIERS See Carriers CONTRACTS OF INDEIIINITY See -Insurance and Insurance Companies CONTROLLER,STATE See State Controller COllo"VALES CENT HOllIES See Hospitals CONVICTION Evidence, as affecting ...•...... •.•..• 292 COORDINATE SYSTE!U, lIIAINE Authorized and defined ...... •...... 147 CORINNA WATER DISTRICT Charter amended ...•..•..•.•..••..•.•. 755 Incorporated ...•...... •.•...••.••••. 801 CORINTH SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ....•....•.•.•.•.••••••••. 932 CORN Tax ...... •...••.•.••.•••••••••• 165 Sections reallocated .•.••..•••••••••• 9 CORNISH, TOWN OF School district ....•...•...••.•••••••.• 823 1136 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page CORPORATIONS Certificates, composite, of organization 375 Charity donations ...... 24 Conversion rights ...... 101 Directors, appointment by court ...... 140 Dissolution Disposal of assets, trustees ...... 420 Foreign Service ...... 8 Franchise tax Collection ...... 123 Expenses of publishing delinquent .. . 10 Liquor licenses, eligibility ...... 87 Merger of subsidiaries into parent corporation ...... 57 Mortgages and disposition of other property ...... •...... 12 Obligations, facsimile signatures ...... 183 Officers, certificate of incorporation ... . 112 Posts and wires regulated ...... 340 Property Certain laboratories to hold ...... 193 Certain, to hold ...... 146 Private vocational schools to hold .. . 350 Proxy Duration ...... 98 Seal not necessary ...... 6 Quasi-municipal, employees retirement 142 Reorganization under Public Uti lit y Holding Company Act •...... 103 Securities Joint tenancies ...... •.....•...... 59 Stockholders Rights of minority ..•...... •. 146 12 Tax ...... •... 75 Unclaimed dividends ...... 189 Veterans of foreign wars post under general law ...... •...... 122 Without capital stock Change of purposes ...... 107 394 Hold property ...... •...... 24 See Railroads CORUNDELL LAIi:E Floating islands removed ...... 808 COSllIETICS Regulated ...... •...... •..... 320 COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE Districts, state into ...... ••...... 1052 COUNSEL See Attorney at Law COUNTIES Advertising resources .•...... 256 Agricultural stipend ...... 36 Airport construction ..•..•.•...... • 323 Clerk hire in offices ...... 319 County buildings, acquisition of land .. 281 Law libraries, see particular county Lost heir funds ...... •...... 98 Offices, Saturday closing ...... 417 Taxes ...... •.•...... 58 See County Commissioners; Taxation; particular county COUNTY ATTORNEY See particular county COUNTY COllDIISSIONERS Approval of liquor licenses in unorganized territory ...•..••••••..••...... 217, 260 Civil defense, duties ...... •••...... 61 Clerk hire in county offices ...... 319 County offices, Saturday closing ...... 417 Duties re toll-bridges, repealed ...... 182 Motor vehicle excise tax Adjustment, unorganized territory ... 260 Tax estimates Public hearing ...... 82 Uniforms for sheriffs ...... 107 Unorganized territory Excise taxes, collection ...... 271 Liquor license approval ...... 217, 260 INDEX 1137

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Road repair assessments ...... 122 See particular county COUNTY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION See Agriculture COUNTY LAW LffiRARIES Payments to ....•...... •... 268 See particular county COUNTY TAX See Taxation COUNTY TREASURER Certificate of tax lists ...•...... 8 Duties re federal income taxes ..•..... 544 Lost heir funds .•.....•..•...... 98 See particular county COURT HOLIDAYS See Holidays COURTS See particular titles such as Superior Courts, Probate Courts, etc. COURT REPORTERS Duties ...... •...... 479 Legislative reporting ••...... 475 Salary .....•...... •...... •...••. 358 58 480 COURT STENOGRAPHERS See Court Reporters See Probate Courts COUSINS AND LITTLEJOHN'S ISLAND VILLAGE CORPORATION Annual Meeting ...••...... •....•...... 615 COUSINS, FRED III. Land conveyed ...... •. 1131 CRADS Fishing licenses Returns repealed •...... 103 Veterans ...... 94 CRAIG DROOK FISH CULTURAL STATION Water from Craig pond •...... •.... 531 CRAIG POND Intake structure, United States ...... 531 CRANBERRY ISLES Deer, closed season ...... ' •.•...... 105 CRANBERRY ISLES, TOWN OF CIerI,s, voting district ••.....•...•..•.. 15 CRANE POND Ice fishing ...... •.....•....•... 880 CREAjU See Milk and Dairy Products CREDIT CORPORATION OF IIIAINE See Development Credit Corporation of Maine CREDIT UNIONS Incorporation ...... 286 See Federal Employees' Credit Union of Maine CRElIIATION Burial permits ...... 54 Regulated ...... •...... 183 Time ...... •.....•..••...... • 146 CRIlIIES AND OFFENSES See particular titles CRIlIIINAL PROCEDURE Attorneys furnished ....•...••..•...•• 86 Insane criminals ...... •.. 168 CRIl\IINAL RECORDS See State Bureau of Identification CROPS Damage by deer and other protected wild animals and birds •...... 876 1184 440, 390, 1344 1065 Dusting by aircraft 163 CROSSINGS See Railroads CROTCH ISLAND See Cliff Island 1138 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page CULVERTS Construction and maintenance ••••••••• 12 Highways, under ...•.••••••.••••••••• 244 State or state aid highways ••••••••••• 168 CUlImERLAND COUNTY Assistant county attorney, salary •••.• 500 242 Bass fishing ..••••••...•.••••••••••••• 9 Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...••.••..••••••.•.•• 243 252 lDeputy register of deeds •••••.•••••• 135 Register of deeds ••.•••••••••••••••• 240 285 241 465 135 Register of probate •••.•••••••••.•••. 249 252 47 103 Clerk of courts, salary ••••..•.•••••••• 251 151 County attorney, salary ..••••..•.•••• 500 242 County commissioners Bonds for bridge repair .•.•••••••••• 868 918 Salary ...... •••...•.•..••.••••.•.• 251 County tax, 1951 and 1952 •••••.•••..•• 1037 Crabs, taking ..••...... •••.•••.•. 1040 lDeputy cIerI;: of courts, salary .•••.•.•• 251 151 lDeputy register of deeds, salary ••••••• 240 285 241 465 lDeputy treasurer, salary •.•••.•••••••• 251 312 102 Judge of probate, salary •••.•••••••••• 258 202 102 Law library, payments .•.•....•••.•..• 268 101 Loans, temporary •••...... ••••••••••• 439 Old Bay Bridge road, reannexed •••.... 844 Probation officer, additional •...••••.• 580 Register of deeds, salary ...••••••..••• 250 201 62 135 Register of probate, salary ...••••..••. 258 572 103 Sheriff, salary ...... ••••.••.•••.••• 259 332 Special deputies, compensatio,n •••••• 204 State police barrack .•.•••.••• : .••••.•• 731 1088 Treasurer, salary ...... ••.••••.•..•••• 362 251 102 CU2ImERLAND MUTUAL FffiE INSURANCE COlllPANY Relating to ...... ••••••.•..•. 721 CUIIDIINGS, CALVIN Land conveyed •...... •.•••.• 1109 CUSHlIIAN POND Fishing ...... •.•...... •....••.••••.. 905 Ice fishing ..•...... •...•..•.••••.•••••. 1124 CYCLES See Bicycles; Motor Vehicles

DAIGLE, ADRIAN Land sold •.••.•.•...... ••...... ••. 874 DAIGLE, GEORGE EIHILE Land sOld ...... •..••.•.••••.....•...•. 874 DAIRY PRODUCTS See :Milk and lDairy Products DAMARISCOTTA, TOWN OF Marine worms, digging .....•.•••••...• 689 DAlIIllOISE, PAUL Land conveyed ••....•...•••••••••••••• 1061 DAll1S Building, regulated ...... ••...•.. 239 lDiversion by canals ...... •.•..••.•.•• 192 Sites, lease ..•...... •...••••••.••. 121 DANCING Licenses Buildings used ...... •••..•.. 298 184 63 Public, regulated ...... •.•..•••••.• 298 D_-uVCING AND ENTERTAlNlUENT VVhere malt liquor sold ...... ••.•••... 216 DANVILLE 2IIUTUAL FffiE INSURANCE CO)I'PANY Powers ....•...... •...•••. 536 DAVE'S POND New name ••..••....•.. '" •..•...•.•. 879 DA"\'lDSON LA...1\TD C02lIPANY lDeed ...... •.•..•...•••....••..•...... 1110 DAYTON, TOWN OF Snow removal charged off .•...•...... 1038 Tax abatement .•...•...... 948 INDEX 1139

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page DEAD BODIES Delivered to medical schools .•...... • 123 See Cremation DEAD RIVER Fishing regulated .•....•...... •.•... 1162 Part, ice fishing repealed .•...... •..... 1013 DEAD RIVER PLANTATION Deorganized .....••••...... •..•..... 567 DEAF, SCHOOL FOR THE See School for the Deaf DEALERS Deer heads and skins License ...... 129 Livestock ...... ••...... 473 Relating ...... •...•...•.•...... 331 See Motor Vehicles DEATHS Presumption of, veterans of World War II ...... •..... 360 Records of veterans to state .....•.... 366 See Vital Statistics DEATH TAXES See Estate Tax; Inheritance Taxes DEBSCONEAG LAKE AND THOROUGHFARE Gill net for white fish ...... 42 DECEPTION Motor vehicle fuel signs ....•...... 268 DECKER, HARRY G., POST NO. i Incorporation ratified ...... •.. 546 DECLARATION OF INDEPEl\j"DENCE Taught in schools ...... •.... 106 DEDHAl!I, TOWN OF Interest on state taxes ...... 1269 State school funds • , ...... 1141 DEEDS Waiver of restrictive provisions ...... 473 DEER Acadia National Park ...... 728 Closed season Certain counties ...•...... 179 Cranberry Isles ...... 105 Islesboro ...... •...... 149 Long Island Plantation ••...... •... 43 Penalty ...... •...... 184 Swan Island ...... 28 Swan's Island ...... 427 Vinalhaven ...•...... 100 Damage Automobiles No claims to be paid ...... 349 Automobiles and crops •...... 876 1184 95, 1065 514, 1344 Orchards ...... 363 1184 Crops and ...... •...... 440 390 No claims to be paid .. " ...... 391 ~e,? Motor Vehicles; Orchards DrIVIng ...... •...... 147 See Motor Vehicles; Orchards Heads and skins Dealers, license ...... 129 Hunting with bow and arrow ...... 399 155, 412 Transportation Beyond state limits, licenses ...... 437 Within state ...... •...... 210 DEER ISLE-SEDGWICK BRIDGE DISTRICT l\iaintenance ...... 1131 Rights released to Eunice Winslow ... . 1272 DEER ISLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 525 DEER POND Fishing ...... 1248 DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT OF iD3';' Elimination ...... ••.•.••.••.••....•• 173 1140 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page DeMEYER, FRED A. Land conveyed to ....•••••.•••••••.••• 1003 DelllEYERS BROOn:: Fishing ...... ••...•.•...... ••••••• 1008 DENNISTOWN PLANTATION Sale of land .•.•••••..••.••••••••••..• 1218 DENNY POND Fly fishing ..•••••.•••.•...... ••••••• 1045 DENNY'S RIVER Smelts, taldng ..•....•.•••.•••••••••• 819 DENTISTRY Board of examiners ...... •.••.••••••.. 351 Certificate, fees, etc. • •...••.•••••••. 351 Fees and examination ...•..•.••••.•• 324 Dental hygienists ..••.•...••.••••••••• 192 Registration ...•...•..•.•••••.•••••• 376 Registration .••.•••••••••••.•••••••••• 376 Dentists exempt from jury duty •...... 192 Temporary admission to practice ••••.. 351 DEORGA.... ;VIZED TOWNS See Towns DEPARTlIIENT OF AGRICULTURE See Agriculture DEPARTllIEl\j~ OF AUDIT See State Auditor DEPARTlIIENT OF EDUCATION See Education DEPARTlllENT OF FINANCE Name changed .•.•..•••••...•...... •. 231 Purchases, branches education •.•••... 8 70 See Finances DEPART11lENT OF FL;VANCE AND ADJlINISTRATION Created ...... •..••..•..•.•..•. 231 DEPAR!l'lIIENT OF HEALTH AND W~LFARE See Health and Welfare DEPARTlllENT OF INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Arrest of escaped inmates ...... •••.• 255 Banl;:s, information ..•...•.•.•••••••••. 40 Certain duties transferred to department of health and welfare .....••..•.••.• 416 Clarification of laws ...... •••••••••• 84 Credi t of certain receipts •••••••••••••• 338 Farms Supervisor ...... •...... ••..•.•••.• 458 Worldng capital •••••.••.••••••••••• 1262 1023 Funds provided ...... •..•...•...... 1239 1048 Insane hospitals Criminal procedure •••••.•••••••.••• 168 Patients Maintaining, cost .•....•••.••..•.• 188 Recommitment, cost .....••••.••.. 104 Superintendents, removal •..•••.••.• 247 See name of particular hospital Maine School for the Deaf Costs ...... •...... •..•.•..•. 61 :i\Iental hospitals, commitment .•.•.•.•• 425 Overdrafts, appropriation ...•.••....•• 797 Parole board Duties ...... •...... ••..•.. 464 State institutions, see State Institutions Tri-state Authority compact .•...... •. 451 See name of particular institution DEPART~IENT OF LADOR See Labor and Industry DEPARTlllENTAL RECEIPTS Credited to general fund .•.•.••••.•••• 338 DEPENDENT CHILDREN See Aid to Dependent Children DEPENDEl\'TS Uniform support law ...... •.•.•• 243 Repeal ed and replaced ...... 171 See Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act DEPOSITS Fiduciaries, in personal account ••..•.. 215 INDEX 1141

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Town treasurer, receipts by •.....•.•.. 262 See Banl;:s and Banking DEPUTY SHERIFFS See Sheriffs DESCENT Rules ...... •...... •...... 581 DESERTION Children ...... •...•.••..•.••.••.•••• 468 DETECTIVES Private Bonds ...... 32 Carrying weapons ....•...... •...... 150 Number increased ....•...... ••....•. 24 DEVELOPllIENT CREDIT CORPORATION OF lIIAINE Capital stock ...... •...... • 640 Created ...... ••.••.•••...•..• 805 Member, dissolution ...... •..••..... 572 DEXTER MUNICIPAL COlJRT Judge, salary ...... ••.•.•..••.••.•..• 721 548 Rental ...... •.....••.••..... 548 DEXTER SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.••.....•••..... 1057 Amended ...... 535 DEX'I'ER, TOWN OF Guy H. Hall Memorial bridge ...•...... 1036 DIGEST Law court opinions ....•...... 888 Completion ...... •....•.•••..... 1335 DIRECTORS See Corporations DISCLOSlJRE COlllllIISSIONERS Fees ...... •....••...... '" 19 Residence ...... •...... •..•.•.. 342 DISEASE Trees, see Forestry See Animals See Health and Welfare DISINFECTION Premises where condemned animals are found ...... •...... •....•.•... 177 DISPLACED PERSONS Settlement ..•...... •...•...... 284 343 DISTRICTS, SCHOOL See Education; School Districts; partic ular name DITCHES Highways, under ...... •.•.•..•...... 244 DIVIDENDS Unclaimed corporation .....•.•.•.....• 189 DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS Created ••...•...... •....•...... 527 Dependents of veterans, aid to ...... 406 Files and records confidential ...... 218 Transfer of funds to· public assistance programs ...... •...•...... 456 DIVORCE Alimony Decrees ..••...... ••....•...... 252 Support, etc., enforcing payment ...• 352 Certificate for subsequent marriage '" 52 Jurisdiction by superior court .•...... 265 Minor child, custody .....•....•...... 138 Residence requirement ••..•...... 165 Returns to registrar of vital statistics 29 Trustee writs in ...... ••.•...... 171 Wife's expenses, pending ....•..•...... 283 Writs of attachment Certain validated ...•..•....•...... 146 Service of libel •...••..•...••.••..... 467 DIX PARK Gift to state ..•.•..•..•...•••..•...... 752 DIXFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Approval ...•...... ••.•.•••...... 1031 Incorporated ...... •.•..•....••..•..• 849 DIXFIELD VILLAGE CORPORATION Tax assessments ...... •...... •.••... 633 1142 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page DOCTOR See Physicians and Surgeons DOGS Certificate for spayed ••.....•.•...... 215 Enforcement of law ....•.•.....•..... 392 Fowl, attacldng ...... 190 Injuring or killing, liability •...... 72 Kennels Inspection and regulation ...... 268 Transportation from licensed ...... 206 Laws, forwarded and posted •...•..... 252 Licenses Appropriation for animal husbandry specialist ....•..... : ...•.•....•... 238 Fees Collection ...... •.•...... 392 General fund, credited to ....•..... 158 Unexpended, paid to towns ...... 91 . 21 Tags ...... •...... •.....•..• 215 Poultry, damage ...... 355 Rabbits, domestic, damage ...... 100 Records, persons buying or selling ... . 217 Retrieving, field trials ...... •...... 10 Sick and injured ...... 398 Food and shelter ...... 398 Special training areas ...... •...... •.. 118 Unlicensed Disposal ...... •...•.. 206 Procedure ...... 227 DO:lIESTIC L.~SURANCE COlUPANIES See Insurance and Insurance Companies DONNELL'S POND Fish screen at outlet ...... •...... 1283 Tributaries closed to fishing ....•..... 1271 Tributaries, fishing .•.••...•...... 906 DOROTHEA DIX PARK Gift to state ...... 752 DOVER Al'w-n FOXCROFT WATER DISTRICT Limits extended ...... ••...... 759 DOVER-FOXCROFT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated .••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 692 DOVER-FOXCROFT, TOWN OF Selectmen, number ...... 578 DOW, HERBERT R. Land sold ...... 856 DRAINS AND SEWERS Service charges by towns ...... 141 Sewage disposal units Expense of construction, assessment 261 See Towns DRESDEN BRIDGE See Maine Kennebec Bridge DRINIUNG Public places, in, prohibited 461 DRUGGISTS See Apothecaries DRUGS Driving under infiuence ...... 266 Blood tests as evidence ...... 145 Blood tests paid by county ....•...... 190 Horse racing, in, prohibited ...... 269 Minors, sale to ...... •...... 269 See Narcotic Drug Act DRUNKEN DRIVING See Motor Vehicles DULEY POND Ice fishing ...... •.....•.....•. 900 DUlUPS Forest fire prevention ...... 382 45 Public, control of rats ...... 291 Towns to raise money for ...... 126 13 Waste potatoes, expense of destroying 147 DYER BROOI{, TOWN OF See Oakfield INDEX 1143

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EAGLE LAKE Fish screen, repair ...... ••.....•.•• 868 EAGLE LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •..•.....•.••• 764 EARTH IIIOVERS See Motor Vehicles EAST CARY POND Bait, use ...... •...•.••.... 1148 EAST CORINTH ACADE;lIY Powers ...... •....••.....•.. 860 EAST EDDINGTON PUBLIC HALL CO. Incorporation validated .•...•....•.... 769 EASTERN lIIAINE ORPHANS' HO;lIE Directors and officers ...... •...••.•...• 640 EASTERN PULP WOOD COMPANY Lease of land ...... •..•••••..•.•..• 1217 EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION Building committee ...•.....•...•....• 314 E..4.ST LniINGTON IIIIPROVEllIENT SOCIETY Directors and trustees ...... 940 EAST ;lIACHlAS RIVER Alewives, protection ...... •...... 802 Smelts, fishing ...... •...... •.•...... 277 EAST lIIACHlAS, TOWN OF Alewives, protection ...... • 494 Bridge to :Machiasport, maintenance '" 463 Clams, taking ...... 1006 EASTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 618 EAST POND S'l'RE.AtlI Closed to fishing ...... 1233 Fishing ...... •...... 1115 EASTPORT, CITY OF Appointment, certain officials ...... •... 498 EASTPORT IIIUN1CIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... ••...... • 852 547 Recorder appointed ...•...... 702 Salary ...... •••..•...... •. 711 EASTPORT 'PUBLIC LANDING AUTHORITY Created ...... •...... •.•.•.....• 832 EATING PLACES Fees for licenses ...... • 366 315 EBEElIIEE LAIffi White perch, fishing ...... • 1137 ECHO LAIffi Fish screen ...... •..•..... 856 Fishing ...... 908 White perch fishing ....•...... •...... • 1030 ECONOIlIIC ADVISORY BOARD See Highways EDDINGTON, TOWN OF Penobscot County Water Company to supply water ...... •.....•...... 560 EDGECO;lm, TOWN OF l\Iarine worms. digging ...... 556 EDlIIUNDS Public services tax ...... 696 EDUCATION Academies Appropriation .....•...... 920 1179 1270 1067 Construction and repairs ...... 1140 Designated as high schools .•...... 367 Maine teachers' retirement association, contributions by ...•...... 362 Physical education subsidy to towns 367 Property to hold ...... 146 State aid ...... •.... 181 262 For certain ...... •...... 58 1144 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page On basis of attendance ...... 382 Teachers, m e m b e r s hip in Maine teachers' retirement association ... 367 Aid Based on state valuation .•.....•...• 448 Definition, regulations ...... 476 Apportionment, permanent school fund 412 Children Blind, sent to school ...... 131 Conveyance or board ..•...... 147 Par e n t s residing on state-owned property ...... ••.....•...... 421 Work permits ...... 203 Commissioner Degree granting institutions ...... 385 High school equivalency certificates 187 Salary ...... •...... •... 500 Community school districts •....•...... 451 A:nend!ld ...... •....•.•...... 193 Fmancmg ...... •. 11 Construction School building commission ...... 576 Repealed ...... •..... 16 See Maine School Building Authority Degrees conferred by colleges ...... 267 Department of finance may act, purchases ...... 8 Educational institutions Audit ...... 120 Records ...... 267 Equalization fund, apportionment from 187 Evening schools, see Schools Finances, state simplified ....•...... 403 Health certificates by school employees 390 Institutes Appropriation ...... •...... 920 1179 1270 1067 Approval, training for veterans ...... 874 COllstruction and repairs ...... 1140 International Good Will in, state com mission abolished ...••....•.••....•. 1122 Island schools, see Schools Maine Teachers Retirement Association Annual audit ....•...... •..•.....•... 409 Audit of accounts ...... 383 Expenses ...... 11 Contributions by teachers in academies ...... 362 llIembership by teachers in academies 367 ]\i[embers in military service ...... 317 Refund of contributions ...... 1277 Status of certain persons ...... 881 515 Normal schools Additional training ...... 31 Presidents ...... 22 Reserve accounts ...... 188 478 Normal schools and teachers' colleges Audits, expenses ...... 11 Scholarship fund ...... •...• 104 Trust fund for scholarships ...... 1359 Tuition •...... 1000 See State Normal School and Teachers' College Board ....•.....•...•...... Nursing attendants Appropriation ...... •...... 976 Paupers, location of children ...... 185 Pensions, see Maine Teachers' Retire ment Association; Pensions; State Em ployees' Retirement System Permanent school fund, see State School Funds Physically handicapped children, see Children Reimbursements and payments by towns 90 17 Returns of towns having 75 or more teachers ...... •...... 498 School attendance ...... •...... 200 School buses. see Motor Vehicles School census, repealed ...•...... 376 School construction, commission ...... 576 Repealed ...... •...... •••..... 16 See Maine School building Authority School districts, see School Districts School funds, see State School Funds INDEX 1145

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page School lunch program ...... •••.. 183 Schools, see Schools School surveys, fund ...... •••.....•• 412 School unions ...... ••..•...• 456 Dissolution ...... •...•• 195 Supervisory, regrouping ..•...... ••.. 271 195 Seminaries Appropriation ...... •...... 920 1179 1270 1067 Construction and repairs ....••...... • 1140 State board .....•...... ••..•..• 445 Membership ...... •.. 129 School inspection ....•.....•..•...•.. 16 State school funds, see State School Funds Subsidy ...... •....••...•.• 448 Revised ...... •...... 466 Superintendent of schools, see Superin tendent of Schools Supervisors Full-time ...... ••...... 92 97 Surplus property pool, see Educational Surplus Property Pool Teachers Contracts ...... 184 Definition, Maine State Retirement System ...... •...•.. · • 401 Equal pay for women ...... •..•... 344 Minimum salaries ...... ••...... 185 552 448 400 Pensions, see Pensions Renewal certificates ...... •.•..•... 68 200 Teachers' colleges Courses of study ...... •....•..•• 20 Introduction ...... •...... • 19 Degrees, conferring ...... 20 Diplomas, issuing ...... 20 Presidents, to l;:eep register .•...... • 19 Qualifications for admission ...... • 20 Scholarship fund ...... •... 104 Trust fund for scholarships ...... •• 1359 Tuition ...... 20 1000 Under direction of board ...... • 250 20 445 Teachers' retirement association, status of certain persons ...... ••.•••..•• 881 515 See lI'Iaine Teachers' Retirement Asso ciation Teachers' retirement system Records and accounting ...... 146 Refund of contributions ...... • 1277 Teaching positions Payment by towns ...... 90 Reimbursement to towns ...... •• 451 Technical schools, state ...... 499 Truants, see Schools Tuberculosis, see Tuberculosis Tuition, see Schools Unorganized territory, see Unorganized Territory Vocational education board Purchases ...... 70 Specialized training schools ...... • 874 Vocational schools Private, to hold property ...... 350 State ...... 499 Institute at Augusta moved to Fort Preble ...... • 1138 lIfoneys to recondition buildings .... 918, 971 Water used by schools examined 344 Worl;: permits, see Children See University of Maine EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Approval of degree granting ...... • 385 Degrees ...... • 267 lIfaine maritime academy ...... • 719 Teachers' colleges ...... •...... • 20 Records ...... ••••...•..•• 267 EDUCA.TIONA.L SURPLUS PROPERTY POOL Created ...... 97 1275 Extended to institutions ...... 1024 See Surplus Property Pool 1146 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page EDWARDS, FRED L. Land sold ...... •..•... 869, 1157 871 EGGS Sale of, labeling, etc...... ••••..•..• 148 Sales and marketing ..•....••.••••••••• 278 ELECTIONS Absent voting ...... •..•...... •••••• 95 Ballots, delivery ..•...••...••.••.••• 77 Cities ...... ••••..•.• 339 Religious reasons ...... •.•.•.••••.. 106 Towns and plantations ...••.•••...•. 197 U. S. armed forces ....••..•...••••••. 15 78 Ballot clerks ...... •...••.•. 29 Ballots Check marks ...... ••..••••••••.•.. 156 Form ...... •....••..•.••..•.. 190 Presidential short ....•...•••••••••.• 7 Board of registration Compensation ...... ••••..• 430 79 117 Duties in certain towns •...•.•••.... 31R Salaries in certain cities ...... ••. 308 416 Cliff Island, ward of Portland ...••.••• 169 Connor, polling place ...•..•...••..•••• 172 Governor Vacancy, candidate for ...... ••..•• 257 Laws clarified ...... ••..••.••... aD5 388 Municipal Inspections and recounts ..•..•.•••••• 112 Nominations of candidates not in primary ...... ·· .... ··•··•·· 37 Number of signatures necessary .•••. 37 Presidential electors ...... •..•.•.. 77 Primaries Certain special eliminated ...... • 257 Return of party enrollments ..•...... 230 Returns, procedure .....•.••....•.••.•• !l6 Rockwood, polling place .••..•.•••••••. 478 Repealed ...... •.•••••• 188 U. S. House of Representatives Special primary, candidate for ..•.••• 257 Vacancies filled .•...... •...••...• 398 U. S. Senate Special primary, candidate for •••••• 257 Vacancies filled ...... •...•...•.•.•• 398 Voters Physically disabled .....•...••...•••• 105 Qualifications at primaries .•.•.•..•.. 162 Registration •...... •.••..• 363 194 Changes on election day ...•.••.•.. 264 Lists ...... •...•...••••••.. 37 Return of registered ...... ••..••..• 231 Unorganized territory ....••••....••• 52 Voting districts, number ...•....•...•• 177 ELECTORS Presidential, see Elections ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS Regulated ...... 403 EL~WT~IClANS LlCensmg ...... •.....•.•.•• 273 ELECTRIC MOTORS Liens ...... ••• 233 ELECTROLYSIS Use, in beauty culture ...... •....•..•.. 319 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Lien ...... •....•...•..•.•..• 201 ELEVATORS Board of rules and regulations .••..•... 393 Definition ...... •...... ••..••.•.• 270 Inspection fees ...... ••...•.....• 327 Installation, inspection, etc....•.•.•...• 393 ELIOT WATER DISTRICT Charter extended ...... •...... 963 581 ELL POND Fishing ...... •...... 900 ELLIS POND Fishing ...... •...... •...... ••..•... 1233 ELLSWORTH, CITY OF Salt water smelts, taking •...... •..• 1037

\~ INDEX 1147

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page ELLSWORTH MUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... 887 546 Recorder, salary ...... •••..•..... 735 887 ELLSWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •.•...... 638 Purposes ...... •...... ••..... 582 EMBALJlIERS See Funeral Directors and Embalmers EJlIERGENCY lUUNICIPAL FINANCE BOARD Membership ...... •...... ••..•••• 121 143 EJllINENT DOlUAIN County building grounds ...•.•.•..••.. 281 JlIaine state park commission •.•.....• 103 Port of Portland Authority ..•..•.•.•.. 809 Property taken by state .....•...... 262 See Schools EJlIPLOYEES Credit Union, see Credit Unions Federal employment service •.•....•...• 316 Fee for medical examination .•.•...... • 438 384 Retirement allowances and pensions for savings banI, ...... 143 School, to file health certicates ...... • 390 Social security benefits ...... •.•....•.. 470 University of Maine .••....•.•...... 107 State Automobile travel ...... 370 542 387 38R 150 Supervisor ...... •••.••..••• 534 Bonds ...... •...... •. .•.• 360 Disciplinary action ...... •.•..•..•• 144 Expense accounts ...... ••.••...•.... 36 Merit award board ...•...... 375 Prior credit, retirement ...... • 315 Re«lassification survey ...... •..... 1353 Salary adjustment ...... 820 88, 1209, 564, 1220 1089 Salary plan, appropriation ...... 1059 948 Wages paid weekly ...... •... 369 See Veterans Trusts, removed from rule against perpetuities ...... 303 See J.IIlaine State Retirement System; Pensions; Retirement; State Em ployees' Retirement System EJlIPLOYEES' CREDIT UNION OF JIIA.Il\j~, FEDERAL See Federal Employees' Credit Union of Maine EJlIPLOYJlIENT J.IIledical examination Fee not a condition of ...... ••• 438 Applicant ...... 384 Minors ...... • 237 State Veterans, see Veterans See Education; Females; Labor and In dustry; J.IIlaine Employment Security Law; Personnel Law; Unemployment Compensation Law; Workmen's Com pensation Act EJlIPLOYJIIENT AGENCIES Definitions ...... •...... •• 142 EJlIPLOYJlIENT SECURITY LAW See Maine Employment Security Law ENFIELD WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 658 ENGINEERS, PROFESSIONAL Law amended ...... 356 License fees during service in armed L·forces .... : ...... 88 lcense reqUlrements ...... ••...... •.. 88 Liens ...... 18 See Steam Engineers and Fireman ENTOJlIOLOGY See Forestry EQUITY Reassignment of justices ...... 399 1148 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page EQUITY JURISDICTION Foreclosure of tax mortgages •.•••••.• 106 ERROR, WRITS OF Judgments, recording ..•.•..••••••.••. 68 ERSKINE ACADElIIY School buildings enlarged .....•••.••.• 1362 ESCAPES Jail, from ...... •.••...... •. 23 ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS Descent ...... ••..... 581 Non-residents, sales .....•...... ••••. 170 Property, discovery ...... •.....• 131 State of Maine welfare claims .•.•..•• 182 Trusts, to be sold, notice ...... 256 ESTATE TAX Administration ...... •...••• 441 Arbitration, interstate ...... •....••..•. 32 Collection, etc...... ••.....•..•...... 281 Repealed and limitation ...... 259 Compromise, interstate ...... ••.•.. 35 See Inheritance Taxes EUROPEAN CORN DORER Tax on sweet corn ...... •...... 165 9, 16 EVENING SCHOOLS See Schools EVIDENCE Blood tests in driving under influence 145 Certificates of records of department of health and welfare ...... ••.•... 41 Conviction of crime affecting ...... 292 EXCHANGE FINANCE CORPORATION Incorporated ...... 937 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL See Council, Executive EXCISE TAXES See Taxation EXECUTIONS Arrest on, bond ...... •...... •.... 31 EXECUTIVE See Governor EXECUTORS AND ADlIIINISTRATORS Actions and claims against ...... •.• 33 Actions by when death of either party before suit commenced ...... •.• 142 Administration, where person civilly dead ...... 29 Administrators with will annexed Appointment ...... •.•...... 392 Business of deceased may be carried on 180 Compromise of claims ....•.....••••••• 180 By and against trust estates ..•..... 113 Deceased persons, discovery of property 131 Public administrators ...... •...... • 370 Welfare claims ...... •...... 183 See Banks and Banking; Probate Courts EXETER SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •..• 674 EXPRESS COlllPANIES Taxes ...... 81

FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS Dangerous conditions and safety in 253 See Elevators; Fire Escapes; Labor 'ina Industry FACTORS Liens upon merchandise, etc...... 119 FAIRFIELD, TOWN OF Special meetings ...... 656 Superintending school committee vacancies ...... 611 Town manager form of government .. . 597 INDEX 1149

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page FAIRS See Agriculture FllilLY FINANCE CORPORATION Incorporated ...... •..•• 930 FARiU BUREAUS Assistance in Piscataquis county .....• 122 See Extension Associations under Agri culture FARlIIER'S BROOK Closed to smelting ...... •• 1148 FARJlIINGDA.LE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.•..• 918 FARJlIINGTON STA.TE TEACHERS' COLLEGE Appropriation ...... •••••.. 1138 936 FARJlIINGTON VILLAGE CORPORATION Charter amended Public parking lots ...... 755 Legal voters ...... 617 F ARlII LANDS LOAN ACT Repealed ...... •...... 138 FARJlI REHABILITATION CORPORATION Assets, use ...... • 858 FARJlIS, INSTITUTIONAL See Department of Institutional Service FARJlI TRACTORS See Tractors FEDERAL EiUPLOYEES' CREDIT UNION OF JlIAINE Capital stock ...... •...... 728 Shareholders and ...... 573 FEDERAL INCOJlIE TAX Cigarette, etc...... •...... 11 Withheld from wages ...... •... 544 FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY Employees of political suhdivisions ... 470 Revolving fund for administration .. 315 Recess committee study ..•...... •.. 915, 970 University of Maine employees ...... 107 FEEDING STA.TIONS See Inland Fisheries and Game FEEDS Commercial, adulterated ...... •• 60 FEES Billboards ...... •...•. 359 CIerI, of courts ...... 457 Conservators ...... 45 Constables ...... 337 Deposit in general fund .•...... 338 Disclosure commissioners ...... 19 Dog license, see Dogs Expert witness ...... 118 Forest fire wardens ...... 369 General highway fund ...... 292 Guardians for adults ...... • 45 Insurance, see Insurance and Insurance Companies Jurors ...... 133 Liquor, see Liquor Law Officers' Service, delinquent taxes ...... 348 Witness ...... 337 Racing, see Racing Recreational camps and roadside places 366 Registers of deeds ..•..•..•.••••••••••• 496 449 134 Registers of probate Foreign estates, recording ...... 260 Petitions for probate of wills ..•..... 427 Records. authenticated copies ...... 359 Wills, etc., copies of ...... 359 Sealers of weights and measures ••.... 340 Secretary of state ...... 12 Securities, dealers license ...... 145 Sheriffs and deputies ...... • 204 20, 265 Court attendance ...... •...... • 348 Keeping prisoners ...... ••..•..•• 364 27 1150 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Small claims notices ...... •..•.••• 329 Tax liens ...... •.....•...... •. 84 Trees, to worlt on ...... 120 Trial justices ...... •...... ••..•.•. 290 Weirs ...... •..•.....•...... • 465 See Licenses FElIIALES Employment ...... •...... •..... 231 During war ...... •..... 138 Hotels ...... •..••...... •...... 301 Offices of common carriers ....•..•.. 25 Equal pay for equal work ...... •...• 207 Teachers Equal pay ...... •...... 344 See Labor and Industry See Maine Employment Security Law FENCES See Structures FERRIS "WHEEL Licenses ...... •..••...•.. 132 FERRY Beals to Jonesport ...... •. 844 Amended ...... •...... 816 Indian Island and Old Town .•...... 717 Terminal at Bar Harbor ..•.....•.....• 932 FERRY POINT BRIDGE Reconstruction ...... •..... 1089 FERTILIZER Minor elements ...... •...... 320 Tax on commercial ...... •....•.. 407 Transportation ...... 477 FIDELITY FINANCE COllIPANY Incorporated ...... •...... 833 FIDUCIARIES Deposits in personal account ...... 215 Registration, etc. of securities ...... 141 Trust investments ...... •. 35 FIELD TRIALS See Beagles See Dogs FIF'I'H DEBSCONEAG LAKE Fishing ...... • 1025 FIFTH NEGRO BROOK LAKE Fly fishing ...... •...... 1045 FINANCES Appropriations, transfer of unexpended 175 Contingent account, state .....•..•.... 46, 837 Deficiency account of 1937, elimination 173 Education department, simplification .. 403 Impounded banI;: accounts, see Accounts Permanent school fund, apportionment 412 Reserve for operating capital ...... 751 "State Owned Delinquent Tax Lands" account ...... 63 30 State, simplification ...... •... 338 See Department of Finance; Emergency Municipal Finance Board; General Fund; Highway Fund, General; State Sinl;:ing Funds See Appropriations FINA...1VCIAL DISTRESS Relief for business in ...... •. 813 FINA.NCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LA.W Following accident ...... 174 Insurance coverage required ...•...... 70 License returned ...... •.• 193 Limitations ...... •.... 397 }'Iotor vehicles, etc., owned by state or certain corporations ...... 193 Proof of insurance. limited ...... 40 Property damage, limit ...... 514 Relating to ...... 237 FINES Deposit. general fund ...... 338 FINGERPRINTING See State Bureau of Identification INDEX 1151

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page FIREARlIIS Ammunition, sale to minors ...... •• 200 Auto-loading ...... •...... ••.••• 347 Automatic ...... •...... ••...• 347 Confiscated arms and ammunition, sale 47 Use of certain kinds ...... •...... ••.• 347 Wounds, treating of ...... 264 See Weapons FIRE DEPARTlIIENTS Aid to other municipalities ...... •.•... 167 Chiefs Sirens on motor vehicles ...... •.. 32 Civil service Chiefs ...... • 166 Emergency lights on automobiles ....• 344 Retirement under state law ...... •••... 372 362, 364 Dependents ...... •••.. 362 Rules by mUnicipalities ...... •.. 254 Volunteer Funds for ...... •.. 215 Motor vehicles Excise tax and registration ...... • 66 Towns may raise money for ...... • 144 FIRE ESCAPES Buildings Appeal ...... 259 Dancing, used for ...... 184 Factories ...... •.••.....• 253 Inspection '" ...... • 270 Neglect by municipal officers ...... 154 Penalty, comply with safeguards ..•... 161 Required.-on certain buildings .....•... 298 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Approved listing ...... • _ 240 FIRE INSPECTION _ Certain hospitals and boarding homes 249 FIRE INSPECTORS State Automobile travel ...... 388 150 Fire prevention duties ...... 441 Sirens on motor vehicles ...... •...•. 107 FIRE INSURANCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies FIRE lIIARSHAL Aroostool~ county ...... • 170 FIRElIIEN See Fire Departments; Steam Engineers and Firemen FIRE POLICY . See Insurance and Insurance Companies FIRES 'Kindling in unorganized territory ..... 240 Motor vehicles Apparatus following and hose crossing 332 See Forestry FIRE WARDENS See Forestry FIREWORIi:S Sale and use of .....•.....•...... •... 390 FIRST DEnSCOl\/~AG LAKE AND THOROUGHFARE Gill net for white fish •....••••.••••••• 42 FI8-J~J'R~JI~Ig~~CH OF FREEPORT, Successor to First Parish of Freeport .. 696 FIRST PARISH OF FREEPORT Dissolved ...... •...... 696 Incorporation ratified ...... 572 See First Parish Church of Freeport, Congregational FISH See Inland Fisheries and Game; Sea and Shore Fisheries FISH AND GA.i1IE See Inland FiSheries and Game FISHER See Inland FiSheries and Game 1152 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page FISH HATCHERIES AND FEEDING STA.TIONS See Inland Fisheries and Game; particu lar name FISHING See Inland Fisheries and Game FISH RIVER CHAIN OF LAKES Fishing ...... 1056 Gin nets ...... •...... ••....• 351 FISH WEIRS See Weirs FLAGSTAFF LAKE Designated ...... •.•...• 818 Fishing ...... •..•...... • 914 Ice fishing ...... • 1013 FLAGSTAFF PLANTATION Deorganized ...... • 566 FLAGSTAFF POND Fishing ...... 1012 FLAillllIABLE LIQUIDS AND COlUPOUNDS Appliances consuming, sale regulated .. 239 Infiammables, safety in factories ...... 253 FLANDER'S BAY COIlIllIUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Borrow money ...... 944 FLETCHER, J. A. Land conveyed ...... 1133 FLOODS Prevention of damage ...... 138 FLOUR Enrichment ...... 399 428 FLUORIDE Poisoning as occupational disease .... . 386 Public water supplies ...... 112 322 FLYING POND Fish screen ...... 927 FOLLY POND Closed to fishing ...... 1009 FOOD See J\faine Food Law FOOD PRODUCTS Stored in warehouse, exempted from taxation ...... •.... 123 FORCE Subversive activity ...... 437 FORE RIVER Bridge across ...... 946 Bond issue ...... 1334 Tons ...... 992 FOREST COilBIISSIONER See Forestry FORESTERS See Forestry FOREST FIRE CO:;UPACT Northeastern interstate, created ...... 767 FOREST FIRES See Forestry FOREST L_U\E Fisl1ing ...... 1215 FOREST LAKE IlIIPROVEIIIENT ASSOCIA.TION Authorized to build dam and fish screen 1027 FOREST LA...VDS Interim commission to study ...... 887 FORESTRY Appropriation Forest fires ...... • 430 Forest insect detection service ...... 850 Overdrafts ...... 776 Public reserved lots ...... 412 Brush and slash disposal, burning .... . 380 45 Camp sites ...... 121 Commissioner Authorized to convey 6 R. 1, NB-KP ....••..•...•....•..• 871 INDEX 1153

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Argyle Grange Hall ••...•...... • 858 Aroostook County, land ••••••....• 843, 856, 874 Right for road ...•••.•••...... 856 Stumpage in Ashland •...... •. 923 Brownville, land •••..•.....•....•• 882 Fryeburg Academy Grant in ~rason ...... •...... 869 Hallowell, land .....•.....•...... 904 Hancock county, land .•.•.•••••.... 969 Island in Gray ....•...... •.•..... 1050 Lots 13, 14, R. 11 .....•..•...... 851 Lot in South Part of Sugar Island .. 889 Lots, Harford's Point •.•••••••••.•• 848 Oxford County, land .••••....•...• 850, 871 Penobscot County, land ••.••...... 859, 872 Somerset County, land ...... 849 South Harpswell, land ...... • 1035 St. Agatha, Lot 102 ...... 882 Certain land from state tax assessor 1219 Control of certain state lands ••.••.• 164 Dennistown Plantation, land .•....•. 1218 Eastern Pulp Wood Company, lease .. 1217 Farm lands loan mortgaged property 138 Member of Maine development commission ...... 46 Passamaquoddy Lumber Company, lease renewed ...... ••...... 1034 Salary ...... 302 Stumpage, see Stumpage See State Tax Assessor Department Shelters or tents ...... ••...... 121 Fire prevention Director and inspectors ...•...... HI Dumps ...... 382 Organized towns ....•...••.•...•.... 370 Fires Control in unorganized territory ..... 88 Extinguishing by backfire ...•..••... 120 Prevention, by proclamation ...... Towns reimbursed •...... 12H Fire "\vardens Appointment ...... 369 Compensation ...... 251 Duties ...... 429 Fees ...... •...... 369 Inland fish and game wardens, as .... 17 Organized to"\\1ns ...... •.•...... 155 ,Tacanc); ...... 68 Foresters Appointment ...... 575 Forest fighter pay ...... 373 Forest insects, etc., control ...... 104' Forest products, improvement ...... 575 Forestry district Audit, expenses ...... 11 437 Collecticn of taxes ...... 58 Payments from Baxter state park ... . 170 62 Payments, lands in Indian Township 72 Taxation ...... 88 89 4 Territory included ...... •..••...... 25 Forests. cultivation Gift from B. C. Jordan modified ..... 1141 Licenses .Porta.1)~e sawmills, primary wood-using 92 510 l\bll prIvIleges, etc., lease ...... 121 National forests Acquisition in Oxford county ...... 217 Shelters Erection at camp sites ...... • 121 Slash and brush disposal, burning .... 380 45 Spruce burlworm Appropriations ...... 850 104, 1222 Taxation ...... , ...•...... •...... 81 TaxatIon, unorganIzed areas ...... 126 Tents, see Tents Trees Insects and diseases .•...... 38 1154 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page License ...... 119 Protection ...... •...... 119 Surgeons, certificate renewals and de- mits ...... 64 See Highways Utility lines and roads ...... 124 Warden quarters, appropriation ...... 931 Woodland owners Aid ...... •..• 575 See Public Reserved Lots; Sawmills FORESTRY DISTRICT See Forestry; Taxation FORT FAIRFIELD lIIUNICIPAL COURT Amended ...... '" .•. 998 Judge, salary ...... •...... 554 FOnT FAIRFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... 754 FORT FAIRFIELD, TOWN OF Armory-community center ...... 1274 Charter amended ...... 572 Councilors, number ...... •...... •.•. 877 Money for Community General Hospital 851 FORT FAIRFIELD UTILITIES DISTRICT Created ...... 949 FORT KENT BLOCK HOUSE Repaired ...... 1127 FORT KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 922 FORT KENT, TOWN OF Land conveyed ...... 1250 Town council and manager form of government ...... 567 FOWL See Poultry FOXES Hunting, trapping, etc...... •..•.. 413 291 109 FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF lIIALlITE Powers ...... •.... 689 FRANCO-AlIIERICAN LOAN CORPORA TION OF LEWISTON Incorporated ...... 946 FRANCO AlIIERICAN OBLATE FATHERS Incorporated ...... 740 FRANKLIN COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... 200 Register of deeds ...... •..•...... 200 475 160 Register of probate ...... 200 160 Clerk of courts, salary ...... 159 County attorney, salary ...... 199 159 County commissioners, salary ...... 159 County treasurer, salary ...... 199 Fishing Fly fishing in certain waters ...... 1169 Judge of probate, salary ...... 200 475 160 Law library, payments to ...... 268 206 Register of deeds, salary ...... 200 160 Register of probate, salary .... : ...... 200 160 Sheriff', salary ...... •...... 200 159 422 Treasurer, salary ...... 159 Trout, bag limit ...... 907 FRANKLIN lIIUNICIPAL COURT ClerIc hire ...... 796 Judge, salary ...... 705 796 FRA..lITKLIN, TOWN· OF Alewives, taking ...... 809 FRASER PAPER, LIMITED Corporation to merge ...... 812 FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY ASSOCIA TIONS See Insurance and Insurance Companies FRAUDS, STATUTE OF Business, etc., refraining from ...... 240 FREEDOllI ACADElIIY Appropriation ...... 1238 Trustees, number ...... •.. 599 INDEX 1155

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page FREEPORT SEWER DISTRICT Amended ...... ••..••••..•.••••..•.•• 742 507 Incorporated •••••••••••.•••••••••••••• 693 FREEPORT, TOWN OF Clams, protection ...•.••••...••.•••••• 1034 Shellfish and marine worms, digging '" 947 FRENCHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ••...... •••.•••••••••••..• 609 FRIENDS New England Yearly Meeting •••••..•• 551 FROZEN DAIRY PRODUCTS LAW See Milk and Dairy Products FRYEBURG VILLAGE FIRE CORPORA TION Snow removal and parking ....••••••.. 691 FRY PAN POND Fishing .••••.•.••..•...••••••.•••.•.•. 1039 FUEL Price deception ...••••••.••..••••••.••. 268 FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALlII ERS Board Salary, rules and regulations ••.•.... 261 Cremation ...•••...•..•••.....•..••... 183 Crematory, transportation to •...•..... 262 Licenses Revocation and suspension ...•••... 261 Regulated ...... •...•....•..•..... 309 FUNGUS SURVEY •...•...... •••••.....• 1273 FURNITURE Taxation of store and office ...•••...... 272 571 Upholstered, manufacture, etc., regulated 363 Repealed ....•...•.•.....••..•. ; .... . 21 Transferred to labor and industry .. . 332 See Household Goods

GAGNON,LEONARD Land, conveyed ...... •.•...... • 1133 GALLILEE POND Fly fishing ...... 1045 GAlIIBLING Penalty ...... •...... •...... 202 GAlIIE JUAN AGElIIENT AREAS See Inland Fisheries and Game GAlIIE PRESERVES See Inland Fisheries and Game GARAGE Motor vehicle inspection stations Equipment ...... ••...... •••..... 37 License Revocation ...... •...• 99 Suspension ...... •...... 174 GARBAGE See Rubbish GARDINER, CITY OF Charter amended :Mayor, salary ...... ••...... ••...... 566 Extension of buildings •...... ••.•..•.• 594 GARDINER lIIUNICIPAL COURT Judg"e, salary ...... ••.•...... ••....• 800 Philip E. Lamb, compensated •••••..... 962 Recorder Qualifications ..•..•..••....•.•...••• 838 Salary .....•...•..•.•.•....••••..•.. 700 GARDINER SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...•••••••..••...•.••.•••...... 949 GARDINER WATER DISTRICT Boundaries .•...... ••••••.•...•.•....• 876 GARDNER'S LAKE Fish screen •••....•...•...•..••.•.••.• 1041 1156 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page GARFIELD PLANTATION See Ashland Area Community School District GAS Cooking and heating appliances ...... 239 Natural companies, savings banks to in- vest in bonds ...... •...•...... 60 GASOLllliE lHeasuring devices ...... •...... • 262 Tax Assessment and collection •...... 50 433 Carriers ..•....•...... ••....•...•. 457 Report ...... 393 Costs of collection ...... 338 Distributor defined ...... • 494 Refunds ...... •...... • 275 209 Road ...... •...... •.... 457 Application to certain carriers .... . 205 Time limitation repealed ...... 16 Turnpikes ...... 172 GAY DROOl\: Smelts, dipping ...... 1221 GENERAL FUND Boxing contests ...... ••...... 345 Cigarette tax revenue ....•....•.....•. 345 Departmental receipts .....••...•...•.. 338 23 Dog license fees ...... 158 Fees and fines ...... 338 Impounded bank accounts charged off .. 1165 Inactive savings accounts, inmates state school for boys, transferred ...... 730 Liquor fees ...... •...... 169 Lobster rearing station ...... 1269 Pari mutuel pools ...... 344 Payment of funds ...... 23 Reimbursed for claims ...... 975 State Owned Delinquent Tax Lands .. . 63 30 State, reserve for operating capital .... . 751 Teaching positions, annual payments by towns ...... 90, 17 404 See Appropriations See Finances GENERAL HIGHWAY FUND See Highway Fund, General GENERAL 1llORTGAGE COllIPAlII-Y Incorporated ...... •...... 806 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNITED STATES See Topographic JliIapping of Maine GEORGE STEVENS ACADEllIY See Blue Hill-George Stevens Academy GEORGES RIVER Smelt fishing ...... •....•...... •.... 896 GEORGETOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••.•••.•.•.•••• 670 GEORGE'I'OWN, TOWN OF :afarine worms, taking ...... 156 GOATS Taxation ...... ••...•...... 413 See Agriculture GOODWIN BROOK Closed to fishing ...... •...•.•••... 1248 GOOSE POND Fishing ...... •...... ••• 1029 881 Opened to fishing ...... 851 GORDON, EDGAR S. Land conveyed to ••...... •••.•..•• 1004 GORHAjll SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated .....•...... 882 GORHAllI STATE TEACHERS' COLLEGE Appropriation ...... 1138 941 GORHAlll VILLAGE CORPORATION Powers ...... 569 GOULD ELECTRIC COllIPANY Name changed ...... 777 GOULDSBORO, TOWN OF Ale'wives, taking ...... 691 Salt water smelts, taking ...... 1037 INDEX 1157

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page GOVERNOR Aides-de-camp ...... •.•••..•.••••• 171 294 Cemetery lot of former .•..••....•••••• 1276' Conveyance of land ....•..•.••.••••••• 1149 Forest fires, proclamation .•..••.••..•• 394 Ofiice open ...... •.•.•...••.•••• 164 Salary ...... •...... •••••.• 333 Vacancy, candidate for .••....•••• , ••••• 257 GOVE POINT GORE Mile light reactivated .. '...... •••••• 1132 GOVERNillENT ElIIPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF ilIAINE See Federal Employees' Credit Union of Maine GRACE POND Fly fishing ...... •...••••..••. 1012 GRA..~D JURy See Juries and Jurors GRANDSTA..~DS See Structures GRASS, VIOLA Land conveyed ...... •.••.••.••••• " '1142 GRA~'ES Revolutionary war soldiers ...... ••.•• 1232 GRAY SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •...... •...• 566 Incorporated ...... •...... ••• 843 GRAY, TOWN OF Little Sebago Lake dam •..•...... ••••• 558 GRAY WATER DISTRICT Trustees, compensation ...... •..•• 761 GREATER PORTLAND PUBLIC DE ~'ELOPjJIENT COillllIlSSION Created ...... ••..••.. 761 Powers ...... ••..• 944 State agency ...... •...•.•. 821 GREAT illOOSE POND Tributaries closed to fishing ..•..•..••. 1248 GREAT NORTHERN PAFER COllIPANY Authority to issue notes ...... •.••.••• 532 GREAT POND Fish screen at outlet .•...... ••••••••• 1261 GREELEY INSTITUTE Powers of ofiicers ...... •••• 677 Teachers in retirement system ••....•• 677 GREEN ISLA..~D Seals. hunting ...... •...••..••••• 389 276 GREENLEAF CEillETERY LOT Conveyed to Milton Plantation Cemetery Association ...... ••...•• 686 GREENLEAF, HARRY Land sold ...... ••..•...••••.•••• 889 GREENFIELD, TOWN OF Height of overpass corrected ...... • 875 Wharf ...... ••.•• 1139 GREENWOOD POND Closed to ice fishing ...... •....•••••• 1138 GROCERY STORES Sundays, open ...... • 351 GUARDLL.~ AND WARD Adults Appointment of spouse ...... •••••••• 187 Fees ...... •..•••••• 45 Insurance investments ..•.....•••.• : •• 58 Lease of real estate by probate courts 257 Nominating guardian, acknowledgment 24 Non-resident owners, sale of estates •• 170 Settlement of suits ...... •.. : •• 101, 285 Special guardian A:ppeal ...... •.••.••• 274 10 v]\11nOrs, and adults ...... •.....•. eierans act, uniform ...... • 319 See Children; Minors 173 GUARDIAN FINANCE CO. Incorporated ...... ••.•••••••••••• 953 1158 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page GUARDIAN LOAN CO. Incorporated ...... •••••••••••••• 760 GUERETTE, SYLVIO Land conveyed .....•...••..•.••••••••• 1111 GUIDES See Inland Fisheries and Game GULL POND Open, fly fishing ...... ••••••••••••.• 1221 GUNS See Firearms

HABEAS CORPUS Writ, application ...... ••....•.•.•••• 252 ILURDRESSERS Applicant, age ...... ••...••..••.••• 122 Electrolysis, use .....•..••..••••.••••• 319 Hours of study ...... •..•••..•••••••••• 264 Shop, renewal fee for licenses ••••••••• 118 HALL, GUY H., MEMORIAL BRIDGE Named ...... •.•••••••••••• 1036 HALL POND Fly fishing ...... •..•.•••••••• 1261 HALLOWELL, CITY OF City marshal, appointed ••.••.••••.•••• 636 Manager charter ..•.....••.••••••••••• 769 Sale of land ...... ••.•••••••••••••• 904 Street commissioner, appointed ••••••.• 636 HALLS Public dancing, limitations ••••••.••••• 298 184 lLL'llIIOND, 1IIARY S. Right of way conveyed .•...••.•.••.•• 898 HAl1IPDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT Borrowing power •....•.•.•.••••••.••. 654 Incorporated ...... •..•..••..•••••••••• 49 HANCOCK COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... •.••••••.• 344 Register of deeds ...... •.•••••••••• 241 226 Register of probate ...... ••...•••••• 274 206 Clerk of courts, salary ...••••••••••••• 226 County attorney, salary ..••.•••••••••• 181 Judge of probate, salary •••••••••••••• 338 18 Land conveyance, see State Tax Assessor Law library, payments ..•..••••••••••• 268 19 Register of deeds, salary ..•••••••••••• 226 19 Register of probate, salary ••..••..•.•• 274 206 181 Sheriff, salary ...... ••••••••••.• 202 422 Superior court, December term •..••••• 150 Treasurer, salary ...... 142 19 ·HA.1VC0 CIi: COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVA.TIONS Powers ...... •••.•••••.• 727 H~CI?CK POND Fishing ...... ••••••••.•• 1266 Fish screen at outlet ...... 1259 HA.1VCOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••.••••••••• 824 HANCOCK, TOWN OF Clams, taking ...... •..••••.•• 764 Town meeting ratified ...... •••..•••• 738 HARBORS Improvements ...... •••••..••••• 152 HARES See Inland Fisheries and Game HARNESS RA.CING See Racing HARPSWELL, TOWN OF Certain waters to be filled ....•..... 1251 Clams, etc., taking ...... •••••••••• : 917 HAfRING,!,O~, TOWN OF Cams, dlggtng ...... ••...•••.••• 1005 INDEX 1159

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page HARRINGTON BAY Scallops, dragging •..•.••••••••••••••• 30 HARRINGTON RIVER Scallops, dragging ..••••.•.••••••...•• 113 30 HARRISON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COlllPANY Incorporation amended .••..•.••••••••• 533 HARTLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ..•...••.••••••••••••••••• 605 966 HARVEY, FRED Land conveyed ...... ••• 1154 HASKELL, DONALD L. Land sold ...... •..•....•••.••••••.• 872 HATCHERIES See Inland Fisheries and Game HATCHERY BROOK Fishing ...... ••..•..•.•••••••••••• 1116 HATHORN, ERNEST G. Land conveyed ...... •...... ••••••• 1115 HAYDEN LAKE Season on white perch ...... ••••••••• 1242 HAYWARD, LESTER Land conveyed ...... •..•.•••••• 1134 HAYWARD, :aIRS. LESTER Land conveyed ...... •.••••••• 1130 HAYWARD, ROLAND Land conveyed ...... ••..••.••••• 1129 HEADLIGHTS See Motor Vehicles HE.,u,D BOG Fishing ...... •.....•..••.••••• 1253 HEALD POND Fishing ...... 1253 905 HEALD STREA:a1 Fishing ...... •.••..••••••••• 884 HEALING ART OR SCIENCE Requirement of optometry board ..•.•• 125 HEAL'l'H AND WELFARE Administration, funds for private institutions '" ...... ••...••.••••.•• 222 Advisory committee •.••....••••••••••• 44 Advisory council for hospital survey act 535 Aid to the blind, see Ald to the Blind Alcoholism Advisory committee ..•..•.•.••.••••• 240 Responsibility of department •••••••• 240 Antitoxins Distribution in emergency •••••••••• 114 Appropriations for overdrafts .••...••• 89 Barbers, see Barbers Beauty culture, see Beauty Culture Beds and bedding, see Beds and Bedding Blind, see Aid to the Blind; Blind Boarding homes, see Boarding Homes BQards of health, appointment ....•••• 411 Children, see Ald to Dependent Children; Children Children's homes, see Children's Homes Convalescent homes, see Hospitals Cosmetics, see Cosmetics Cremation, see Cremation Department Certificates of records as evidence ••• 41 Diseases, reporting ...... •.....•..•.• 337 Division of Indian Affairs ....••.•••••• 407 Eating places, license ...... •.• 366 Federal funds Hospital survey and public health ••• 247 Veterans ...... •.....•...... •••• 185 Federal law ...... • 57 Funeral directors, see Funeral Directors and Embalmers Furniture, see Furniture Hairdressing, see Hairdressers Health certificates by school employees 390 Health officers, local ...... •.••••.• 410 Pecuniary .interest in sewer corporations ...... ••..•....•.•••••. 229 1160 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Hospitals, see Hospitals Indians, see Indians Inoculations, see Inoculations i'iIaternity homes, see Hospitals i'ilentally deranged, private hospitals 416 Nursing homes, see Hospitals Old age assistance, see Old Age As sistance Osteopaths, see Osteopaths Persons State care •...... •.•..••..•••• 39 Plasma appropriation .•.•••••••.••••••. 1118 Plumbing", see Plumbing Premarital medical examinations 213 Prenatal examinations ...••.•.•••••." •• 364 Public assistance, transfer between states ." ...... " •...... ••...•••••••• 438 Public health, see Public Health Services Recreational camps, license .•••••••••• 366 315 Rest homes, see Hospitals Sanatoriums, see Hospitals Sanitary facilities ...... ••.•••.•....•• 475 Special legislative pensions .••••••••••. 285 State school for boys, see State School for Boys ·State sclIool for girls, see State School for girls Tuberculosis, see Tuberculosis. Undertakers, see Funeral Directors and Embalmers Vaccination, see Vaccination Vital statistics, see Vital Statistics Water Domestic sale, cost of analysis .••••• 48 Fluoride in public ..•••.••••.•.••••• 112 322 Schools, examined .....•...•••••••••. 344 _Welfare recipient, administration of estate" ...... ••..••...• 183 See Uniform Support of Dependents Law HEALTH INSURANCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies HEALTH OFFICERS See Health and Welfare; Towns HERUON SCHOOL DISTRICT Borrowing power ...... •..•••••.•. 652 Incorporated ...... •.•••.••••••.•••• 1016 HERRING Quantity in purchasing ....•..••••••• 293 Sale or paCltlng ...... 213, 240 Study ...... •••.••••• 1337 Talting, repealed ...... 211 Time for packing, etc...... •..•.••••• 106 131 HIGGINS STREAilI Closed to fishing ...... •...... •.•.••• 1248 HIGHLfu~D LAIill Fish screen ...... ••..•..•• 1041 "HIGHLIGHTS OF -wESTBROOK HIS TORY" Purchase ... ""." .... " ...... ••.•••.• 958 HlGH~TAY BONDS, STATE See Bonds HIGR"\VAY COlUiUISSION, STATE See Highways HIGR"\VAY FUND, GElliERAL Allocations from, for fiscal years 1946 and 1947 _" ...... •.•.••• 821 1948 and 1949 ...... •••.•• 1099 1950 and 1951 ...... 1196 1952 and 1953 ...... •..•..••••.•.• 989 1954 and 1955 ...... " ...... •.• 810 Deer Isle-Sedgwicl;: bridge, maintenance 1131 Fees ...... •... " ....••...•••.••••• 292 Fines from overloaded trucks •••••.•••• 160, 330 i'iIaine Kennebec Bridge, maintenance " 1062 Outdoor advertising fees ...••••••••••• 42 HIGHWAY PLANNING SURVEY See Highways 1161

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page HIGHWAY POLICE See State Police HIGHWAYS Bids, form of guarantee ...... 173 Blue Star ]l;Iemorial ...... 1165 Boundaries established ...... 165 Compact, defined ...... •..... 137 Controlled-access ., ...... •...... 442 Culverts, see Culverts Damage caused by. location .....••••... 135 Defects, injuries ...... •..... 355 Ditches, see Ditches Divided ...... •...... 225 Drains, see Drains and Sewers; Towns Economic advisory board Bonds ...... 3R7 Entrances, construction ...... 374 137 Equipment State highway, registration ...... 127 Use on private ways ...... •••.... 572 Federal material and equipment for

to,\\rns ...... •.•••• 0'••• "_" ". 280 Highway planning survey ...... 1174 Indian Island, jurisdiction .....•...... , 465 Indian Township ...... 1.1;6 Laws clarified ...... 354 Liquor prohibited ...... 461 Loans, temporary ...... ' 373 Maintenance, etc. against towns ...... 3.78, 16 381 Maps, recording ...... 94 Overpasses, clearance markings 438 Pedestrians, see Pedestrians Permits ]l;Ioving heavy objects ...... ',',' 197, 250 Opening and digging into ...... -. 264. ,277 145 Truck loads, etc...... 242 Picnic areas constructed ...... 371 Costs ...... 136 Pole and wire lines ...... ',' . 1H 292 Private roads, definition for right of way 205 Reclassifica tion ...... 1057 Right of way at intersections ...... i96 Road resolves, effect of town road improvement fund ...... 43.5 Roadways laned for traffic ...... 224 Rubbish dumping ...... 320 Signs, authorized ...... 203 :,' Sno,v' removal ...... 378 ./ 16 Charges against towns ...... ' 38;1:" , Towns reimbursed ...... 353 ~, State Bonds 941 ~~i~~~~~c~ . : : : : : : : : : : : : : ~ : : : : : : : : : ~;. 818 Boundaries established ...... 165 Bushes, trees, etc., removal ...... 381 . Installations forbidden ...... 412 389 Maintenance ...... 16 Pole and wire lines ...... 114 292 Surveys ...... 307 State aid tpporti~nl1!-ent to towns ...... 189 ~ ppropnatlon ...... 11 ~oundaries established ...... 165 16 411 345 '410 o}'01rj::~~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::: 345 Ins~allations forbidden ....' ...... 412 389 MaIntenance ...... 16 Pole and wire lines ...... 11-1 292 Reconstruction ...... 345, 366 Trees, etc., removal ...... 381 State highway commission Administration ...... 455 Androscoggin river, study for bridge across ...... 1288 Controlled access ...... 442 Deer Isle-Sedgwick bridge ...... 113l Expenses, outdoor advertising ...... 42 1162 INDEX

1946 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Federal material and equipment for towns ...... ••..•.•.• 280 Guarantee of bidders, form ....•...• 173 Jurisdiction over highways dug Into or opened ...... •...... ••.•.• 263 Markers Town lines ...... •...... 86 Waters and mountains ...... •.•...• 87 Motor vehicle speeds increased •.••.•. 25 Notice, re changes ...... 291 Penobscot river, study for bridge across ...... 1284 Planning survey •...... ••.•• 1174 Railroad grade crossings •....•.••.• 11 Returns to towns, re maintenance work. repealed ...... •...•...... 170 Roadside picnic areas ...... •...• 371 Salaries ...... ••....•.•.• 373 Stop intersections ...... ••...••. 116, 117 Through ways designated ..•...•.•.•• 170 329 Traffic control ...... 223 171 Use of bond issue to match federal funds ...... 167 Substances thrown, cause fire ..•....• 213 Taxes in towns ...... •.....••..•. 168 Third class Maintenance ...... • 201 Town road improvement fund ...•..... 434 Amended ...... ••...... 362 Use with joint fund for state aid construction ...... ••.••• 410 Towns Anticipating state appropriations ••.• 282 Assessments in deorganlzed .•...•..• 151 26 Cooperation with highway commission and federal government ••...... • 375 Sanding •...... •..•.•..••• 378 See Bridges; Roads; Streets; Turnpikes; Ways HILTON, C. MAX Land conveyed ...... •...... •••... 1152 HINCH AND COMPANY, INC. Land conveyed ...... •...•... 1113 . HINCH, STANLEY J. Land conveyed ...... ••.•....•.••••• 1113 HISTORICAL SOCIETIES Towns to raise money for ...... •.•.. 24 HOBSON, E. P. Land conveyed ...... •.•...... ••.•. 1134 HOLIDAYS Elections .•...... •...•..•.•. 193 HOLLIS Game preserve. continued .•.•....•..•.• 181 128 20 53 HOLLIS FEEDING STATION Sale ...... , ...... •• 1163 HOllIES See Health and Welfare; Hospitals; Housing Authorities HOlllEWORK, INDUSTRIAL See Labor and Industry HOPE CElIIETERY CORPORATION Incorporation ratified .....••...... • 570 HOPKINS POND Ice fishing •...... •...•..•..• 944 HORNBROOK, WILLIAlII Land conveyed ...... • 1135 HORNE POND Fishing ..•...... •...... • 1021 HORSE RACING See Racing HORSES Bells on, law repealed ..••...••...... •. 157 HOSPITALS 11J'isory council for survey act ...... • 535 Responsible relatives ....•..•..•..... 147 Compensation to certain New Hampshire 201 INDEX 1163

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page F~re i~spection ...... ••.••...•.•... 249 LICenSmg ...... •.....••••••.. 413 Meals, exempt under sales tax ....•••.. 33 Mental Commitment ..•...... •.••••••••••.. 425 Mentally deranged ...... •••••..• 416 State Cost of maintaining patients ..••••... 188 Survey and public health ••••••.••••... 247 Unincorporated, exempt under sales tax 78 HOT BROOK LAKE Fish screen ...... ••...•••••••.••.•• 1238 HOTELS Definition, liquor law ....•.•.•••••..•. 263 Minors and females. employment .•.... 301 231 See Liquor Law HOUGHTON POND Ice fishing ...... •...... •.•.•..... 900 HOULTON FEEDING STATION Sale ...... •••••..•.•..•.. 1163 HOULTON MUNICIPAL COURT Amended ...... •..•.....•..•..•.••....• 658 Judge, salary .••...... •...... •...... 553 Recorder Duties ...... •...... 788 Salary •...... •...... •...... 788 553 HOULTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated •....•...... 756 Trustees Convey land to Houlton ....••••••.•• 1032 Convey land to state .•..•.....•..... 1231 HOULTON, TOWN OF Land Armory purposes ....•••...... 1231 Conveyed ...... •..••...... 1233 Pension law for police repealed ...... 584 School committee Ilfembership ...... ••.•••...... 836 Town manager form of government amended ...... 573 HOULTON WATER COMPANY Charter amended ...... •...... •.. 766 HOUSEHOLD FINANCE COMPANY OF ltIAINE . Incorporated ...... •••...... •. 830 HOUSEHOLD GOODS Liens ...... 151 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ltIAINE See Legislature of Maine HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES See Congress HOUSE TRAILERS Parking facilities and camps. by-laws relating to ...... •...... 94 Taxation ...... •.• 272 Before registration .•...... 223 See Trailer Camps HOUSING AUTHORITIES .•...... •.••.. 583 Amended ...... 462 HOWABD, ALFRED SR. AND ETHEL 111. Authorized to sue state ...... 974 HOWLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 600 HUltIANE AGENTS Animals seized ...... 238 Appointment ...... 253 HUNTING See Inland Fisheries and Game HUNTON, JONA.THAN Cemetery lot .•...... 1276 HUSBANDS Guardian or conservator of wife •...... 187 Rights under wills of surviving ...... 116 Rules of descent affecting surviving •... 581 HUSSON COLLEGE Degrees conferred .....•...... 500 1164 INDEX

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ICE Obstructing roads, penalty •.•••••••••• 245 See Floods ICE !<'ISHING See Inland Fisheries and Game IDENTIFICATION, BUREAU OF See State Bureau of Identification ILEX. LIGHTHOUSE TENDER Jurisdiction re damage .....•••••••••.• 559 IlIIPERSONATIONS Indians, in vending ...... •••••••. 233 Liquor inspectors ...... •..••• 256 INCOlllE, STATE Record of, by treasurer of state ••••..• 154 INCOlllE TAX See Federal Income Tax INDElIll'O"1:TY, RECIPROCAL CONTRACTS OF See Insurance and Insurance Companies INDIAN ISLAND See Indians INDIANS Clerl;:s of tribes ...... 275 Division within department of health and welfare ...... •••••.•••••• 407 Health officers ...... ••..•••• 275 Indian Island Bridge to Old Town ...... ••...••••• 1056 Convent, repairs ...... •.....•••.• 1137 Ferry from Old Town ..••.....•.•••• 717 Repealed ...... •.•.....••• 493 Highways, jurisdiction ...... •....•. 465 Repair of homes ...... •.••.•••• 1144 Roads, repair and construction ..•••• 1054 Indian Township, proceeds of sale of timber ...... •••••..•••• '" 200 Interim committee to study .••.•••••••• 1146 l\iembership in tribes Certain provisions repealed ..•...•.•• 265 Restoration ...... ••.••.••• 264 Overseers of poor ...... ••. " •.•••.•• 275 Penobscot tribe Receiving vault for dead ....•••••••• 852 Validating certain elections ..•••••.• 842 Peter Dana Point reservation Church, repairs ...... ••••.•• 968 Convent, repairs ...... 968 Homes, repairs ...... •.••••••••••• 1143 Schoolhouse, repairs ...... •.•.••• Pleasant Point reservation 968 Repair of homes ...... •.••••.• 1144 Water facilities ...... •...•••..••••• 1237 Posing as such in vending .••••••••.•• 233 Special officers as constables .....••••• 164 Taxation ...... •.•••.• 246 Trapping licenses ...... 117 Vital statistics ...... •...••..••••. 275 Voting ...... 927 INDIAN TOWNSHIP Lands, sale and lease, repealed ...••..• 257 Payments to Maine Forestry District " 72 Sale of timber, proceeds .....•.••••..•• 200 Schoolhouse transferred ..•..•.....••.. State roads in, construction •.••..••••.• 156 902 INDICTlIlENTS Amended in substance •.••..••••••••••• 115 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COl\ll\lISSION Salaries ...... ••••••••••.• 179 See Worl;:men's Compensation Act 500 INDUSTRIAL BANKS See Banks and Banking INDUSTRIAL HOIUEWORK See Labor and Industry INDUSTRY l\faine Development Commission to pro- mote ...... •••••••••••.••••••• 32 INDEX 1165

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page See Development Credit Corporation of Maine; Labor and Industry INFANTS See Children; Minors INFLAllIlUABLES See Flammable Liquids and Compounds INFORilIATION CENTER State, established ...... 1194 INHERITANCE TAXES _~batement of certain ...... • 1226 Administration ...... 441 Banlm to report ...... 31 Cash deposits, security ...... 114 Cemetery lots ...... • 74 Exemptions Class A ...... 455 Class A and B ...... • 426 Interstate arbitration ...... 32 Interstate compromise ....•.•....•.••• 35 Loan and building associations to report 31 Mortality tables, use of modern ••...•.. 29 Rates, non-residents, etc...... 426 285 See Estate Tax; Taxation INITIATED LEGISLATION See Legislation INLAND FISHERIES AND GAllIE Airplanes Driving wild birds and animals ...... 210 Transportation of fish, game ...... 128 317 Armed forces, free fishing and hunting permits ...... 298· 484 Arms and ammunition Sale ...... Use of certain kinds ...... Bait Dealers, fee ...... 314 Bartlett Island Game Preserve, repealed 45 Beagles, see Beagles Bears, see Bears Beaver, see Beaver Birds :ilIigratory, open season ...... 269 Wild, airplanes to drive, prohibited .. 210 Boats, see Boats Bragdon Wild Life Sanctuary, repealed 206 Bulldozing streams, etc...... 265 Camp sites ...... 121 Caribou, see Caribou Claims paid for damage by protected wild animals and birds ...... 876 1184 1344 Coastal wardens, powers ...... 212 Colby College Game Management Area, created ...... 199 Commissioner Closing waters stocked with game fish 351 Convey land in Hancock county .••... 1250 Convey right of way in Littleton ..... 898 Rangeley feeding station, 'sale ...••• 1254 Salary and traveling expense •...•... 432 500 Survey to reduce hunting fatalities .. 926 Convictions for violation as criminal record ...... ••••.•..•..•.. 292 Crop and orchard damage ..•..•...... 363 440 Claims for damages, see Crops; Or- chards Dams, building of ...... •..•..•.•• 239 Deer, see Deer Dog training areas ...... 118 Feeding stations Construction ...... 26 'Sale ...... • 1163 1248, 1254, 1267 Field trials, see Beagles ~I~~e~'at~:ffl~~g ...•...... •.••..•....• 189 Construction ...... 26 §l~~loyees in classified serVi~~'::::::: 384 ...... 1163 1248, 1254, 1267 1166 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Fishing Catch Number ...... 56 Weight .... , ...... 99 Devices, certain, prohibited ....•..... 61 Ice Laws simplified ...... 889 Licenses Boys and girls camps ...... • 422 Complimentary, congressional medal of honor holders ...... • 326 Eniployees at Togus Facility ...... 115 Fees ...... 448 Non-resident ...... 6 Reciprocity with New Hampshire . '. 100 71 Revocation ...... • 103 Veterans ...... 229 Suspension of open season ...... 394 Veterans, free permits ...... • 298 484 Fish restoration and management .... . 386 Fish weir, defined ...... 283 See Weirs Fly fishing Franklin county ...... 1169 Foxes, see Foxes Fur dealers Non-resident, fee ...... •• 314 Game fish, sale ...... 180 Game management areas Hunting, fishing and trapping regulated ...... 132 Game preserves Bartlett Island, repealed ....•...•..• 45 Baxter State Park, established .••..•• 411 Boundaries •...... •..•....•.•.•• 142 Beauchamp Point, created ...... 129 Bragdon Wild Life Sanctuary, repealed ...... ••...... •.. 206 Castine, repealed ...... •...... 46 Colby College Game Management Area, created .....•...... • 199 Katahdin Wild Life Sanctuary, repealed ...... •...... 411 Limington, Hollis and Waterboro, continued ...... •....• 181 128 20 53 Mapleton and Chapman, repealed •... 118 Maranacook Rifie range ...... '...... 104 Monroe Island, established .•....•••• 60 Moosehorn, established .....•...•... 20 Mount Bigelow, repealed ..•.••....•. 267 Old Town, boundaries ....•..••...••• 267 Enlarged ...... •...... • 207 Orono, created ...... •.....•.....••.• 207 Rangeley, repealed .....•...•....••.• 129 Simpson's Pond Bird Sanctuary repealed ...... •.. : .•.. 16 Stockholm, established ...... •..•.. 65 Swan Island ...... •...... ••.. 182 Temporary, establishment •...... • 105 Release of land .•.•...... 105 W!'lls and Kennebunk, boundaries .•• 206 G~:sthrop and Wayne, repealed ....• 117 JT,lnior examining board ...... 207 LIcenses ...... • 334 Fees •...... •...... •...... 448 Restricted to fishing ...... •.....•. 7 Hares, see Rabbits Hunting Careless shooting of humans ...... 171 In another state ...... 144 Investigations ...... 268 Deer, with bow and arrow •...... • 399 155 Licenses Complimentary, congressional medal of honor holders ...•...... 326 Fees ...... 448 Non-resident deer ....•...... •... 173 Fee credit ...... •••...•...• 21 Revocation ...... •••••••...•.•• 171 103 Intoxication •..••..•....••...•.•• 129 INDEX 1167

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Reissuance ...... •...... 125 Repealed ...... •.....•• 171 Veterans ...... •.•.•..• 229 Motor vehicles, from .....•.•...... 344 Night, penalty ...... •.....• 199 Open season Extended ...... •..••....•...... 138 Suspension ...... •...... 394 Survey to reduce fatalities ...•.•..... 926 Veterans, free permits ..•••••.••••.•• 298 484 Indians, see Indians Jail costs ...... •...... 183 Jurisdiction of municipal courts and trial justices ...... 96 Mapleton and Chapman Game Preserve, repealed ...... •...... • 118 Marshfield, sale of buildings •...... 1255 :Mlgratory birds, open season ...... • 269 Mink, see Mink Moose, see Moose Moosehorn, established ...... •...... 20 Motor vehicle damage by animals and birds ...... •....••••••••• 95, 514 Claims for damages, see Deer Muskrats, see Muskrats Old Town Game Preserve, enlarged ... . 207 Orchards, damage by deer ...... 363 440 Claims for damages, see Orchards Orono Game Preserve, created 207 Otter, see Otter Partridge, see Partridge Pheasants, see Pheasants Property no longer needed .....•..•.... 159 Rabbits, see Rabbits Raccoons, see Raccoons Receipts, allocated 1954 to 1955 ...... 812 ReciproCity Waters partly in New Hampshire ... . 100 RetI:i~ving dogs, field trials ...... 10 RevlslOn ...... • 436 425 RunneU's brook closed, fur-bearing ani- mnls ...... •.•...... -... 129 Salmon, see Atlantic Sea Run Salmon Shelters, see Shelters Simpson's Pond Bird Sanctuary, repealed ...... 16 Sirens on motor vehicles ...... •...... • 41 Skunks, see Skunks Smelts, see Smelts Snares, see Snares Tents, see Tents Trapping Fur-bearing animals ...... ••.••• 410 . Taking from another's traps .•..•• 241 LIcenses ...... ••.•.•..••• 181 Fee ...... •..•...... •••• 1H Veterans, see Veterans Wardens Corst.al, powers as state fire wardens 17 W~rd a:~~~al~' ...... 401 Airplan.es driving, prohibited •.•••••• 210 Damagmg ~!'tor vehicles, disposal ••. 127 Fee for raIsIng .•...... •..... 42 Permits for taking for scientific purposes ...... •.•...•...•.•...... 216 Wild birds Airplanes driving, prohibited .••..••• 210 Damaging motor vehicles, disposal ••• 127 Fee for raising ...... 42 Permits for taking for scientific purposes ...... •....•.••••.•.•.•••••. 216 Woodcock, open season .....••••.••..• 197 INLAND WATERS See Inland Fisheries and Game; Waters INOCULATIONS Certain, free annually •.•....•.••.•••• 233 INSANE HOSPITALS See Department of Institutional Service INSANE PERSONS Application of certain law ••••••••.•••• 8 1168 INDEX 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Criminals, procedure ...... 168 See Hospitals; Uniform Veterans' Guard ianship Act INSECT DETECTION SERVICE, FOREST Appropriation ...... •...... 850 INSECTS See Forestry INSPECTION STATIONS See :Motor Vehicles INSPECTORS Fire, see Fire Inspectors Liquor, see Liquor Law INSTI'rUTES See Education INSTITU'rIONAL FARllIS See Department of Institutional Service INS'rITUTiONS See Department of Institutional Service; Education; Educational Institutions; Private Institutions; particular title INSTRUllIENTS See Negotiable Instruments INSURA-,-VCE "LlI[D INSURANCE COllIP"'lNIES Accident

BoxersJ for ...... 213 Accident and sickness ...... 127, 487 Group, requirements ...... 253 Regulations ...... ••...... 65 Uniform law ...••..••..•..•••••••••• 84 Adjuster's license ...... ••...... 206 Agents Employees of partnership ...... •... 164 Examination ...... •.•.....• 101 License Notice before revocation ...... 227 Fire Countersignature fees ...... 102 License Accident and health ...... •.. 127 Life insurance ...... •• 211 Refused or suspended for procuring contracts to indemnify ...... 258 Amusement shows ....•...... •... 263 188 165 Annuities Group contract, protection ...... 204 Investments by guardians and trustees 58 Casualty Qualifications of agents and brokers 313 Casualty and surety rate regulation ... . 302 Circuses ...... 263 188 165 Coercion in placing insurance on real or personal property ...••..•.....•.•••• 177 Commissioner Bonds, approval ...... 360 Children's homes, duties re inspection -2.35 Chimneys, see Chimneys Deputies appointed ...... ••.... 2S8 Fire escapes, see Fire Escapes Fire prevention laws ...... 441 Hearings ...... •.••....••••.•... 408 Inspections ...... ••...... •...••.. 419 Salary ...... •.... 533 500 Structures used by spectators •••.... 363 Creditors and beneficiaries, rights ...... 20'4 Dances, buildings ..•.•...••.••.••••.•• 184 Domestic companies Examination ...•...••..••••.....•... 110 268 Mutual Change of purposes .....•.•.....•. 318 l\ferger and dissolution ...... •... 116 Relating ...... •••••..••••••.••• 165 Voting rights ...... 126 Pensions for officers and employees .. 261 Fees ...... ••.•...... •..... 157 115 Fire Countersignature fees ••.....•.....• 102 Deductible policies ....•....••....•.• 72 Qualifications of agents and brol;:ers 313 Rate regulation ...... •.•..•...... 314 Fire losses Adjusting and paying .•.•....••.•..• 125 INDEX 1169

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Foreign companies License, requirements ...... 111 IIIultiple line insurance ...... 72 Fraternal beneficiary associations Beneficiary limitation amended .....• 81 Children ...... 145 Death benefits increased ...... 412 Guaranteeing loans to veterans ...... 235 153 Health and accident ...... 127, 487 Regulations ...... 65 Uniform law ...... •..... 84 Injuries by automobile accident ...... 478 Life insurance Agents, licenses ...... 211 67 Employees, savings banks ...... 143 96 125 Group insurance ...... 111 270 EmplDyees defined ...... 97 Investments by guardians and trustees 58 Loans by savings banks ...... 69 Marine, rate regulation ...... 314 IIIortgage property ...... •...•.... 208 IIIotor vehicles Carrying passengers for hire ...... 39 Time sales ...... 412 :iHoving pictures, see Moving Pictures lIIultiple line insurance ...... 72 Partnership Acts of employees as agents ...... 164 Policies, fire ...... • 226 Protection of group annuity contracts or pension trusts ...... 204 Reciprocal contracts of indemnity .... . 272 Sickness and accident ...... 127, 487 Standard non-forfeiture law ...... 230 Standard valuation law ...... 230 Taxation, fees, etc...... 82, 112, 157, . 241 245 To,vns may raise money ...... 102 Unauthorized insurers ...... ·81 Unfair competition and practices 280 See Financial Resporisibility Law See Motor Vehicles IN'l'ERBI COIlL1IITTEE See Special Committee INTERNAL COIlIDUSTION FUEL See Fuel INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE Calais Reconstruction ...... • 1089 INTERNATIONAL FERRY TERlliiNAL Bar Harbor ...... 932 INTERNATIONAL GOOD "WILL IN EDUCATION State commission, abolished ...... 1122 INTERSECTIONS See Highways INTERSTATE BRIDGE AUTHORITY See Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority INTERSTATE CARRIERS Permit to operate ...... 207 INTERSTATE CIVIL DEFENSE AND DISASTER COllIPACT See Civil Defense INTOXICATING LIQUORS See Liquor Law INTOXICATION See Liquor Law INYESTIIIENTS State sinking funds ...... 106 Trust, regulation ...... 122 IRRIGA'I'ION POND Fish pond ...... • ISL."-l\'D SCHOOLS 1031 See Education; Schools ISLE AU HAUT, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... •.•••.•... 818 ISLESDORO ASSOCI.A.TES Incorporated ...... •...•.• 581 1170 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page" . Page ISLESBORO, TO"WN OF Clams, quahogs, mussels, worms, taking 861 552 Deer, closed season .....•..•.••••.••.. 149 ITINERANT PHOTOGRAPHERS Regulated ...... •••...•••••• 573 Application, etc...... •...•.•••••••.• 144 ITINERANT VENDORS " Application and persons exempt 573 J JACIOIAN FEEDING STATION Sale ...... •... 1163 JACIOIAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT Created .....•...•...... •...... • 714 JACKSON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •..•.•• 542 JAILS Escapes from ....•••...... •.•.•.•• ".... 23 JAY SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... • 852 JEFFERSON CAMPS Purchase ...... •...... •.•.... 882 JEFFERSON CARY HOSPITAL FUND Gifts or legacies .....•...•....•••..... 583 JEFFERSON, TO"WN OF Town line with Somerville .....••..•.. 751 JERRY POND Closed to ice fishing ....•.....•..•...• 1116 JIM POND TO"WNSIDP Road repair tax fund ...... •....•. 533 JOHNSON, ELLIS Land conveyed ...... • 1133 JOHNSON POND Closed to ice fishing •.....•..•.••.•..• 1242 Fishing ...... •...... •... 1243 JOHN'S POND Fish screen ...... ••...... •..••••.••• 1225 JOINT TENANCIES Method of creating, real property 270 See Banks and Banking JONESPORT REACH Study for transportation across ...... • 912 JONESPORT, TO"WN OJ!' Ferry to Beals ....••...... •••.••. 844 Amended ...... ••... 816 JORDAN, B. C. Conditions of gift modified ...... •. 1141 JUDGES See .Justices; name of particular court JUNIOR LAKE GllI net ...... ••.....•. 179 White perch ...... •...••. 117 JUNK YARDS Regulated ...... •...... 227, 228 JURIES AND JURORS Exemption from duty Dentists ...... •.. 192 Fees ...... •...... •. 221 133 Grand Evidence of offenses ...... •• 456 JUSTICES Superior court Active retired justices, reappointment 108 Retirement ..•...... •.. 162 114 Retirement pay ...... 377 388 218 Salary ...... 377 481 Supreme judicial court Chief justice Duties, if disabled ...... 49 Retirement pay ...... •...... • 377 388 Salary ...... •... 377 481 Clerical assistance for ...... •...... 34 320 202 Retirement ...... •...... 162 114 Retirement pay ...... •...... 377 388 Salary ...... 377 481 See Equity See Trial .Justices; particular court INDEX 1171

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Municipal court, jurisdiction 420 JUVENILES See Children; Minors

KATAHDIN, lUOUNT 523 5511' 603 ~~;~;r ril"e~~e~rt~~ ce~iairi' ;~str=i;'ii~~s 611 KEEWAYDIN LAKE Ice fishing ...... 1028 KElIIANKEAG POND Fishing ...... •...... •...... 1252 KENDUSKEAG DEVELOPlIIENT DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...•.. 711 KENDUSKEAG STREAlII Bed of, released to Bangor .•.....•.... 583 KENNEBAGO STREAlII Fishing, closed ...... •...•. 1220 Tributaries closed to fishing ...... 851 KENNEBAGO WATERSHED Fishing ...... •.. 869 KENNEBEC BRIDGE See Carlton Bridge; Maine Kennebec Bridge KENNEBEC COUNTY Clerk hire, -office of Clerk of courts ...... •...... • 254 136 Register of deeds ..•...... • 178 Register of probate ...... 365 Treasurer ...... •...... •.•. " 133 Clerk of courts, salary ...... 140 133 County attorney, salary ...... 534 County commissioners, salary ...... 241 Judge of probate, salary ...... •.....• 36 Land conveyance, see State Tax Assessor Law library, payments to ....•...... • 268 11 Register of deeds, salary ...... •. 178 346 216 Register of probate, salary .•..•..•...• 365 137 SheritI, salary .. , ...... , ...... •.....•• 412 216, 422 Treasurer, salary ...... ••.....•. 196 332 133 KENNEBEC RIVER Bridge at Augusta ...... 1088 Fishing ...... • ,. - 882 Certain portion ...... • 1026 KENNEBEC RIVER, EAST BRANCH Trout fishing ...... 1148 KENNEBEC TOWAGE COlllPAl'i'Y Authorized to sue state ...... 846 KENNEBEC WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 580 Pipes, hydrants, location validated 880 KENNEBUNH: LIGHT AND POWER DISTRICT Bonds and notes ...... , ... . 576 Incorporated ...... •..•.. , .. . 642 Properties transferred ...... 576 KENNEBUNK lImNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... 728 530 Recorder, salary ...... 530 I~NNEBUNK RIVER Clams, etc., for bait only ....•...... 993 KENNEBUNKPORT, TOWN OF Dredging Cape Porpoise harbor ...... 785 KENNEBUNH:, TOWN OF Wells-Kennebunk game preserve, portion repealed ...... • 206 KENNEDY, CARL J. Land conveyed ...... • 1109 KENNELS See Dogs 1172 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page IiEWAYDEN LAliE Fish screen .....•....•.•.•....•.••.••• 1165 Fislling ...... 905 IiEZAR FALLS VILLAGE CORPORATION Territory enlarged ....••.•.•••.•••••.• 730 IiEZAR L"UiE Opened to ice fishing .....•....•..••.•• 845 KIlUBALL, HARL"~D E. Land sold ...... •..•.. 850 KINDERGARTENS See Schools IilNGFIELD WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •..•...•.••••••• 777 IUNGlIIAN ELECTRIC COllIPANY Poles and wires .•.....•...•..•...•••• 883 KINGlIlAN PLA..... TATION Organization surrendered ...... •....• 540 lilNGlIIA.N WA.TER POWER COlUPANY Cbarter extended ....•...... •...•••. 716 KITTERY ELECTRIC LIGHT COl!IPANY Property held .•.....•.•••..••...•••••• 516 lilTTERY SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •••.•• 802 IilTTERY SEWER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••.•• 760 703 KITTERY WA.TER DISTRICT Surplus, use of ...... •••..•.....•••.• 808 KNIGHTS, GEORGE Land conveyed ...... •...... ••• 1135 Ii:NOX A.GRICULTURAL SOCIETY Ne"T name ...... 726 Ii:NOX COUNTY Cleric hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... •....•.••.....• 313 255 County treasurer ...... ••.•..•...• 313 255 Register of deeds ...... •.•..•.••••. 313 255 Register of probate .•.....••...•...• 313 255 Clerk of courts, salary ...•...•••...••• 274 263 124 County attorney, salary ...... •... 211 318 243 County cOlnmissioners, salaries ...... 217 263 124 Judge of probate, salary ..•.....•.•.•. 274 241 124 Law library, payments .....•..•.•..••• 2G8 Loan to remodel court house .....•..•• 861 Register of deeds, salary •...... ••••••• 255 264 124 Register of probate, salary .••...•..•• 264 124 Sheriff, salary ...... •...... ••••. 274 263 214, 422 Treasurer, salary ...... 263 62 KNOX COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL Property held ...... •...•••...•• 542 ~~OX lIIE~IO,~I~ A~SOCIATION, INC. lIiontpelter mamtamed ..•...•....•..• 852 1189 1233 1119 950 Ii:ORE"\.N CAlIIPAIGN See Veterans

LA.DOR _-\'ND INDUSTRY Bedding and upholstered furniture .... 332 Board of arbitration and conciliation .. 30G Compensation ...... •.....• 48 Board of boiler rules B"ilers in schoolhouses ...... 318 Fees ...... 334 Insnection, charges. etc...... 327 w~rection, temporary certificates •. :: 272 ·clers ...... •..... 354 Childrf'll. age for certain ...... 299 Comn1issioner, salary ...... : 433 500 Dangerous and unsanitary conditions .. .. 253 Department . Appropriation for overdraft •..... Elevators, see Elevators ... 759 Employment, see Employment Equal pay for equal work •..••...... • 207 Fee for medical examination .•..•...••• 438 INDEX 1173

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Hotels, employment of minors and women ...... 301 Industrial homework .....•...•••.••..• 219 Repealed ...... 315 Legal day's work ...... •..•..•.... 93 llIediation ...... •...... 401 Minors Dangerous occupations ...... • 358 Employment ...... 164, 231 237 Hotels ...... •..•...... • 3{ll Work permits ...... 223 Receipts, credit of certain •.••••...... • 339 Right to work protected ....••...... 542 Repealed ...... •...... 341 Steam engineers and firemen ...... •..• 301 Voluntary apprenticeship system Amended ...... •..•...... •• 147 Welders, certificates ...... •... 354 Women, employment ...... ••.•.•.• 301 231 During war, etc...... 138 Employed in offices of common carriers ...... 25 Worl, permits for children ...... •..... 203 LAllOR"\.'rORY Property, to hold ...... 193 146 Tests, premarital medical, confidential 213 LAFAYETTE LODGE Authority to hold property ...... •... 593 LAFL"\.ND, lIL\.llEL I. Land conveyed ...... 1114, 1115 LAGASSE, GEORGE Land conveyed ...... 1130 LAHE AUllURN Fish screen at outlet ...... •...• 1261 White perch fishing ...... 919 LAIill COllllOSSEECONTEE Ice fishing regulated ...... 1253 LAIill llL\.RANACOOK Fishing ...... •...... • 1253 LAIU~ 1l10XIE Tributaries, certain, closed to fishing •. 1055 LAIill ST. GEORGE STATE PARK Appropriation ...... 939 LAIill l.VINNECOOK Named ...... 1223 LAIillS Pollution by domestic waste •...... • 414 Potatoes, deposit ...... •...... 209 120 LAllIllERT LAIill Public services tax ...... 696 LulIlENN"US COLLEGE Trustees incorporated ...... •. 916 LAlIIOINE STATE PARI": Created ...... • 264 LAlIIOINE, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... •...... • 913 Road, maintenance ...... 1170 Salt water smelts, taking ...... 1037 LAND Conveyance, see Forest Commissioner; Governor; State Tax Assessor Settlement by displaced persons of Bal- tic origin ...... 284 343 State owned, profits ...... 354 Sei.!d~nent Domain; Real Estate; State

LA-lVD RESERVED FOR PUllLIC USES TRUST Appropriation ...... 917 Impounded bank accounts charged off 1162 Interest restored ...... ••..•... 1117 LAPHAlII, RAY Land conve~ed ...... •.• 1157 LAW COURT Decisions, certain, compilation .....•.•• 1120 1174 INDEX 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Digest of opinions ....•..•••••.•.••••• 888 Completion ...... •..•..•..•• 1335 1121 See Supreme Judicial Court LAW LIBRARIES See particular county LAWS OF lIIAINE Distribution ...... •..•..•..•...• 184 Private and special Sale and distribution of index 843 Removal of excess copies from state library ...... •.•....•....•.• 847 RevIsed statutes • Appropriation ...... •...••..•• 27 965 Correction of errors •....•...... •..• 317 7 326 268 280 Distribution ...... •.....• , ••....••• 184 Printing, distribution, etc...••.....•. 34 Sale and distribution .•....••• " ....• 6, 35 Sale 35 LAWYERS See Attorney at Law LEASES Real estate, license by probate courts .. 257 State liquor stores ...... 197 LEATHER Inspection, law repealed ...... •...• 69 LEAVITT INSTITUTE Power to hold property •.....••...•... 617 LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated .. ; ...... •...... •... 965 LEE ACADElIIY Dormitory ...... ••. 1356 LEEDS SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...•...... •.••. 605 LEGAL HOLIDAYS See Holidays LEGISLA'rION Date of filing initiated ...... •••..•••.•. 1244 LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMlIllTTEE Director Salary ...... •...••... 500 Law amended ...... •...•. 312 Revised ...... •... 536 LEGISLATURE OF lIlAINE Appropriation, deficiency •...... •..... 883 House of Representatives Apportionment of members ••.•.••.• 1360 <5f::~tant clerk, salary ..•...•...... • 517 486 Salary ...... •...... 486 Salary and duties ...... •...... 517 Employees, salaries and duties ..••.•• 517 Members Salary ...... •...... 7 472 Travel 1175 451 Speaker, s;"ia~y":::::::::::::::::::: 7 472 Senate Assistant secretary, salary ...... 517 486 Districts ...... ••.•.. 1069 Employees, salaries and duties ••...• 517 Members 7 472 ~;i;;~ ::::::::::::::::::::::: : :: : : 451 President, salary ...... 7 472 Secretary . Salary ...... 486 Salary and duties ...... 517 Special sessions Salary of members ...... 7 See Congress LEIGHTON BROOK Fishing ...... 1247 LEJlION STREAJlI Closed to fishing ...... 1248 LENGTH AND BREADTH OF lIIAINE, 'rHE Purchase ...... • 879 971 LEWISTON Franco-American Loan Corporation, incorporated ...... •...... •••... 946 INDEX 1175

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page LEWISTON-AUBURN TRANSIT COllIPANY Powers and purposes ....••....••..••.. 689 LEWISTON, CITY OF Bridge to Auburn Construction authorized •.•.•...••.•. 961 Study ...... ••••••• 1288 Charter amended ..•...... •••.•• 1198 Aldermen, board ••.•.••.••••••••••••• 825 Compensation •••••.•••••••••••..•• 553 Board of education, term •...... •.•• 886 Building inspector ...••...•....••.•• 886 City clerk, appointment, etc. • ••..••• 798 Employees, pension ..•...••.•..••..• 718 Solicitation ...... •...... ••••... 555 Employees' retirement system .•...•• 874 Fire department Chief engineer, assistants ••.....•• 585 Commission, number of members .. 1057 Lodging houses, licenses ••.••..••..• 657 Mayor, salary ...... •...... •. 949 Nomination papers •..••...... ••..• 553 Ordinances, repeal .....•...•••..••.•• 555 Police commission Appointment ...... •...•...•• 812 Number, term, etc...... •.•...• 1058 Police department Chief Appointment ....•...... • 855 Pension ...... 812 Term of office ...... : ..•.....•... 723 Matron, salary ...... •..••..•...... 660 Members Appointment ...... ••. 855 Clothing allowance ...... •..•... 555 Salary ...•...... ••...... • 661 866 Uniforms ...... •...... 920 Officers, patrolmen, etc...... 813 Pensions ...... •...•.•...•• 882 Powers ...... •...... •....•• 643 Purchasing ...... •...•..••. 796 Ward lines .....•.••....•.•.•.•••. 565 Zoning board ...... ••...... 888 Fire department Vacations ...... •..•..... 837 LEWISTON lIIUNICIPAL COURT Clerk hire ...... •..••••••••.•••• 1082 822 726 Clerk, salary ...... •..•.....• 701 1082 726 Name changed ...... ••.. 726 Recorder, changed ..••.....••.•...•. 809 Court room, rental ...•.••..•..•....•.• 697 Judge, salary ...... •.....•.....•• 703 1082 697 Recorder, duties ...... ••••..•. 809 Salaries, paid by county ...... •.•...• 697 LIBELS Radio, responsibility for ...... ••.••.•. 109 LIBRARIES Injuries to materials ...•...... •...... 6 Law, see particular county Professional Taxation ...... •.....•..•...• 571 Property, to hold ..•.•...•.•...... •... 146 Public, participation in state retirement' system ...... •...... 87 State Law amended ...... •...•....•••..•. 184 122 Material borrowed, responsibility .... 6 State librarian Bookmobile service ...... 475 Deputy ...•...... •...•..••••..•.. 184 Newspapers disposed of ....•...... 878 Printed laws, removal ...... • 847 Printed vital records, removal ...... 847 Records of vital statistics ...... 108 Session laws and revised statutes, sale 6, 35 Trial justices, distribution of statutes and laws to ...... ••..••..•.. 185 LICENSES Amusement shows ..•....•.•..•.•..••• 263 188 165 Auctioneers ...... •••.....••..• 287 Beano ...... 232 1176 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Boarding homes .....•.•••••••••••••••• 211 Boxing ...... •..••••.•.•.•.•..••.•• 240 97 Cigarette tax ...... •..•••••••.•• 132 133 Circuses ...... •...... ••••••••••••••••• 263 188 165 Concealed weapons ...... ••.•..•...... • 164 46 Dances, buildings used •.•••••••••••••• 184 Dogs, see Dogs Eating and lodging places ...... •..•. 366 Ferris wheel ....•.•.•.••..•...•.•••••• 132 Floating fish traps •...•.••.•.•••...•.• 465 Hospitals ...... •••.••. 413 Hunting, fishing, guides, trapping. see Inland Fisheries and Game; Sea and Shore Fisheries Insurance See Insurance and Insurance Com panies Liquor See Liquor Law Lodging places ...... ••...... •.•• 366 :llIarriage, to solemnize ...... 128 Mechanical rides ....••••.....•.••••... 132 l\Ierr~,T-go-round ...... 132 Motor vehicles, inspection stations ..•• 174, 240 See nlotor Vehicles l\Io"ing pictures ...... 135 Operators' fees ..•.•....••••••..••••• 136 Nursing attendants ...... 276 Photographers, itinerant ...... 573 Racing, see Racing Real estate Brokers and salesmen ...... •... 98 Dealers .•...... •..•••.••••..••••••.. 248 Lease of, by probate courts .....•... 257 Recreational camps and roadside places 366 Riding gallery ...... ••....••..•... 132 Roller coaster ...... ••.•...•....••.• 132 Sawmills, porta ble •...... •.•.. 92 510 Service station ..•.•.....•...•.•...••.. 117 Trees, worli: on ...... 119 Weirs ...... 465 See Fees; Financial Responsibility Law LIENS Aircraft ...... •.••..•.••••• 124 Architects and engineers •...... •••.• 18 Buildings, etc. Filing ...... •....•...••.. 45 Clothing and household goods ..•..•..• 151 Electric motors ...... •....•. 233 Factors on merchandise ...... 119 Logs, etc. nloney advances ...•...... ••.•.. 110 Motor vehicles, use ...... 6 Personal property, certain ..•...... • 201 Property, sales of ...... •.•.... 67 Real estate Assessments, payment ...... 391 Taxes, fees and costs ...... 298 195 Vehicles, filing if non-residents ..•....• 415 See l\Iortgages; Taxation LIFE INSURA.J.VCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies LIFERS See State Prison LIGH'.rS See :i\:Iotor Vehicles; Railroads LILY L.UiE Closed to ice fishing ...... •.•...... 1148 LILY POND, SAGADAHOC COUNTY Ice fishing ...... •...... 900 LILY POND, WALDO COUNTY New name ...... 879 LIilIESTONE SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... 764 Created ...... •..... 667 691 LBIESTONE STREAilI Closed to fishing ...... • 1004 INDEX 1177

1945 19-17 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page LIlUESTONE, TOWN OF Town council and manager form of government ...... ••••••..•. 745 -586 770 LlllINGTON Game preserve, continued .•.•..••.....• 181 128 20 53 LlllITATIONS OF ACTIONS Death of either party before suit commenced ...... •...••...... •.•••• 142 Torts ...... •....•...... 207 LINCOLN ACADEilIY Trustees, officers, election ...... 562 LINCOLN-CHESTER BRIDGE DISTRICT Incorporated •...... •...... ••...•.• 1069 LINCOLN COUNTY CIerI;: hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... •••••..••.•• 206 Register of deeds ...... •••••..•...•• 389 20-6 369 Register of probate ...•••.•••..•.•.• 206 368 Clerk of courts, salary ...•.•••••••.••• 59 County attorney, salary .....••••••..•• 205 County Commissioners, salary ..•.....• 205 Judge of probate, salary .....•..•••...• 206 362 Land conveyance, see State Tax Assessor Law library, payments ...... •.•....• 268 173 32 Loans and bonds for court house ..•..• 598 Register of deeds, salary ...... ••••..•• 206 369 Sheriff, salary ...... ••....•.••• 206 137 422 Treasurer. salary ...... •• 205 32 LINCOLN ilIUNICIPAL COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY Judge, salary ...... 809 LINCOLN ilIUNICIPAL COURT, TOWN OF, PENOBSCOT COUNTY Established ...... •• 799 Judg'e, salary ...•...... •...... ••.• 789 880 548 Recorder, salary ...... •.•...... • 789 880 LINCOLN PLA..VTA_TION FisiIing regulated ...... ••. 1008 LINCOLN WATER DISTRICT Incorporated .....••..•...... •••••• 820 LINCOLNVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... • 674 LIQUIDS Approved listing ...... ••..•• 239 LIQUOR LAW Advertising Dn' municipalities ...... ••..•. 74 Picture, etc. of state house ...... 107 Television ...... •...... •...•.• 167 Alcohol, control and sale ...... 274 Alcoholism Advisory committee ...... •..... 240 Appeals ...... •.••.•• 476 28 449 Bootleggers, penalty ...... •....•.•• 115 Bre,vers Certificate of approval ..•...... 170 Business administrator ...... •• 449 Cider, apple, manufacture and sale .•.. 221 Clarification ...... •...... •.••....•. 403 223 Club Defined, veterans' organizations ..... 275 l\IaIt liquor, wine and spirits, local option ...... •...... 299 Public dining room and catering .••. 73 Commission Appeals to, from municipal officers •. 28 Discrimination ...... 403 Procedure in delisting ...... • 253 Qualifications of licensees .•....••.•• 223 Rules and regulations ...... ••..••..• 268 Salary ...... •..•..• 436 500 Tenure ...... •...... • 277 Warnings and on file for minor violations ...... •.....• 73 Witnesses ...... •...... ••••...•.• 101 vVorl;:ing capital and profits ....•..•. 134 Common carriers, use liquor prohibited 461 Delisting, procedure ...... •.. 253 Director of licensing and enforcement 449 Drinldng, public places ...... • 461 Employment of certain persons ...... • 87 Entertainment and dancing .•...... ••• 216 1178 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Excise taxes ....•.....••..••...•••••.• 248 Fees for retail sale ...... ••••••.•...• 73 Club, public dining room •...•.•••.•• 73 Hearings Premises operated on day of ...... 14 Hotel, defined ...... ••..•..••.•••....• 263 Hours of sale January 1st, 2 A.M. • .•••••.••••.•••. 256 Liquor in hotels, clubs, etc.•....••... 170 Inspectors Appointment ....•..•.....•.....•.... 163 Interference with .....•...... •.••.• 149 Penalty, falsely assuming ....•....•• 256 Powers and duties ••••.••....•...••.• 191 Interlocking interests •...... ••.•.... 94 Intoxication Arrest ...... ••.....•••...•••.•.... 197- Penalty ...... •....•.••••.•••..•..•. 36 Revocation of hunting license ...••.. 129 Licensees Liquor bought from commission •.... 148 Premises operated on day of hearing 14 Qualifications ...... •...... 223 Stock in trade .....•.•.•...... ••.•.• 397 Warnings and on file for minor violations .•.- ...... ••.•...•.•..... 73 Licenses Application ...... •...... •...•...... 143, 208 Published •...... •••.•.••. 273 Calendar year basis ..•..••...•...... 74 Certain premises not to be granted .. 249 Clubs, hotels, restaurants, transfer •. 198, 211 Eligibility •...... •.••.•••...... •.. 87 Hotels in unorganized places ...... •• 216 Interlocking interests ...•.•.•...•... 94 Malt Beverage, to veterans ...•...•..•.• 272 Clubs, local option ...... • 299 Filing fee ..•..••...•...... ••.. 74 On-premise sale •.••...••.•.•..••• 221 Retail store ...... •.•...... •••.• 161 Notice of hearing on applications .... 152 Part-time, fees .....••...... ••..•. 74 Qualifications ...... •...•...•. 205 Renewal ....•.....•.•••••••..•••.••. 74 Restaurants, veterans ..•.•••.•.••..• 272 Revocation ..•...•.•••..••....•••.••• 220 129, 143 Revocation. and suspension ...•...... 248 37, 229 Sale to members of armed forces, repealed ...... •...... •...... •. 181 Steamboats ..•...... ••...... •.. 74 Suspension untn all qualifications met 73 Transfer ...... •...... •... 164 Unorganized territory ...... •.•..... 217, 475 156 260 Malt, fee ...... •...... 404 Liquor seized, disposal •....•••.•...... 220 Local option Clubs, malt liquor, wine and spirits .. 299 Consumption sale ...... ••..•. 178 Taverns ...... •...... •...•• 353 Malt Credit for return of bottles ...... 77 Illegal importation and transportation 378 License fee in unorganized territory 404 Premises where sold •.....•..•...•.. 216 Report, sold, by wholesalers ..•..... 13 Sale Daylight time ...... 170 Trade name .•..••..•...... •...... 148 Sales to minors •...... •...... 81 Malt, and malt syrup Sale ...... •••.•..•.•..•..••...... 145 Manufacturers Fees, disposition ...... 169 Licenses •...... ••...... • 166 May 30th sale ...... ••...... 230 Minors Employment ...... •...... •...... 164 Malt liquor sales ..•..•...... 81 INDEX 1179

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Penalty for misrepresentation ...... 221 Sale .....•...... •..•••...•.•...... 44 Persons, procuring for certain ..•...... 81 Previous convictions alleged, repealed .• 154 Procuring for certain persons ...... 81 Research commission created ••.••.••.. 1208 986 Repealed, duties to health and welfare .....•.••.....•.....•.....•••• 240 Salesmen License fee ...... •• 449 State stores Business hours .•...... •.....• 169 Leases ...... •..•..•...•..•....•. 197 Stock in trade .....•...... ••..•..• 397 Taverns Cigarettes and tobacco products, sold 168 Taverns, licenses, local option, etc....• 353 Togus, sales near .....•..•..••.•...... 259 162 Repealed ...•...... ••...... 111 Unlicensed persons, penalty ...... 115 Veterans' organization, club defined •... 275 Violations Removed from criminal law ...... 419 Warehouse and wholesale store Location ...... 328 Wbolesalers Foreign feel disposition ...... 169 Report, ma t sold ...... •...... • 13 Wine, apple ...... 221 See Motor Vehicles LISBON IIIUNICIPAL COURT .Judge, salary .....•...... •....•.. 1049 LISBON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 566 657 LISBON WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 708 LITCHFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended .•...... •... 706 Incorporated ...... ' •...•• : .. 594 LITERARY SOCIETIES Tax exempt ...... 194 LITTLE BIG WOOD POND Smelts, taking ...... •...... 884 LITTLE ECHO LAIiE Fishing ...... • 908 LITTLE FISH POND Fly fishing ...... 1261 LITTLEJOHN VILLAGE CORPORATION See Cousins and Littlejohn Village Cor poration LITTLE IiENNEBAGO STREAlIl Fishing ...... 1045 LITTLE RIVER See Limestone Stream LITTLE ROUND POND Fishing ...... •...... •...... • 906 LITTLESADATTUSPOND Wbite perch fishing ...... 919 LITTLE SAINT GEORGES LAKE Fishing ...•...•...•...... •... 1025 LITTLE SEBAGO LAIiE Dam, contribution by Gray ...... 558 Dam, contribution by Windham ...... 557 Ice fishing ...... • 963 LITTLE SOURDNAHUNIi: LAKE Fishing .•...... •...... •••••. 1024 LIVERiUORE FALLS IIIDNICIPAL COURT .Judge, salary and fees ...... •• 1048 LIVER;)IORE FALLS SEWER DISTRICT Abolishment .....••.•.•...••.•••..•..• 545 LIVESTOCK Auctions, community or commission '" 269 Bang's disease, see Bang's Disease Dealers ...... •...... 473 Relating ...... : 331 Transportation ...... •...... 477 Tuberculosis, eradication ...•.•...•.... 922 1180 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page LOAN AGENCIES False statements ..••••.•....••.••••.• 184 National banks exempt .•..•••••••.•••• 86 Requirements ...... •••..•••.••••.•••• 184 LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS Dues, additional loans, etc••••••••••••• 158 Inheritance taxes Report ...... •..•••••.••••••••• 31 Insurance premiums part of mortgage 208 Loans amortized •.•...... ••.••• 101 Mortgage loans under Servicemen's Re adjustment Act of 1944 .•.....••••••• 6, 112 Pensions and retirements ••.••••••••.•• 179 Profits and losses ....•..••....•..•..••• 176 Returns to state tax assessor •••••••••• 237 9 Share savings account •••••••..••..•••• 178 State taxes ...... •••.•••••••.••••••••• 84 Veterans, loans ••..••••..••••..•.•.•••• 236 26 See Banl;:s and Banldng LOANS JliIortgage, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 ...... •.....•.....•••••.• 6, 112 Personal, by savings banks •.••••••••.• 137 Trust companies, regulation ....•.•.•. 124 Veterans, guaranteed ..••.•••...•..••.. 235 153 26 See Mortgages LOBSTER REARING STATIONS Unexpended balances to lapse ...... 1269 LonSTERS Licenses ...•...... ••..•.••..•• 213 Retail dealers ...... ••...•.•.•...••.• 385 Returns repealed ...... •...... ••. 103 Veterans •...... •...•.•.•...•...••••. 94 259 Wholesale dealers .•••.•.....••••.••. 367 143 l'IIeat, sale regulated •.•••••.•••.••••••• 468 1I'1onhegan Island, catching near ..•.•• 1267 Rearing station appropriation lapse ••.. 1269 Transportation ...... •.....••••••••• 385 See Sea and Shore Fisheries LOCAL OPTION Sunday, bowling ...... •.....• 339 See Liquor Law LODGING PLACES Fees for licenses ...... •...••.•••...• 366 315 LOGS Binding, on motor vehicles ...... 417 Liens Money advances for ••..•..•.••••••• 110 Motor vehicles, use ..••.•.....••••... Transportation ...... ••.• 494 380 LONDON, LILLIAN Land conveyed ...... •••••••• 1153 LONE 'POND Fishing .....•...••..••..••..•....•..•• 1257 LONGLAKE Fishing ...•....••....••...... ••.. 1284 Cusl;: ...... •.....•.•.•••.•••••••••• 1039 White perch ..••...•..•••.•....•••••. 1007 LONG POND Fish screen at outlet ...... •••.•. 1259 Tributaries closed to fishing .•.••...... 1252 LONG POND, HANCOCK COUNTY Fishing ...... •.....••••.....•••.... 908 LONG POND, SO",lERSET COUNTY Smelts, taking ...... •.. 884 LOOKOUT STATION Picked Mountain •...... 855 LORENZ, H. S. Lot and building conveyed •.•••••.••••• 1150 LOST HEIR FUNDS Interest .....••••..•.•....•...•.•..... 98 LOST POND Closed to ice fishing ••.•••...•..•.•...• 1138 LOUGEE, J. S. Land conveyed ..•..••••...... •••..••. 1132 INDEX 1181

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page LOWER lIIACWAHOC LAIiE Ice fishing ...... 1248 LUBEC SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 1083 LUBEC SEWERAGE DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 1023 LUBEC, TOWN OF Clam fiats, closed ...... 105 LUBEC WATER AND ELECTRIC DISTRICT Created ...... 744 LUCERNE-IN-lIIAINE VILLAGE CORPORATION Charter amended ...... 679 Territorial limits ...... •...... 752 LUiIlBER Binding, on motor vehicles ...... 417 Liens :ilToney advances for ...... 110 :il'Iotor vehicles, use ...... LUNCH GROUNDS, PUBLIC See Camping L YlIIAN, TOW""N OF Snow removal charged off ...... 1038 Tax abatement ......

M lIIacARTHUR, J. RUSSELL Land sold ...... 871 1I1acDOUGALL POND Bait ...... 1148 Trout ...... 1148 lIIACHIASPORT, TOWN OF Bridge to East JHachias ...... 463 lIIACHIAS IliVER Alewives ...... 848 lIIACHIAS SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 572 1026 lIL4.CKWORTH ISL.4.ND Conveyed to state ...... 541 lIIADAWASKA TERRITORY SCHOOL FUND Interest ...... 758 lIIADAWASIiA TRAINING SCHOOL Appropriation ...... 1138 Laboratory and repairs ...... 935 lIIADA,\VASIiA WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 509 lIIADISON VILLAGE CORPORATION Amended ...... 548 Repealed ...... 665 lIIADISON WATER DISTRICT Joint enterprise with Anson Water Dis- trict ...... 750 lIIAGALLO,\VAY RIVER Tributaries regulated, fishing ...... 1008 lIIAINE CHARITY SCHOOL See Bangor Theological Seminary lIIAINE CIVILIAN DEFENSE CORPS Expiration date ...... 1120 See Civil Defense lILUNE COORDINATE SYSTElII Established ...... •.....•. 147 lIIAINE DEVELOPlIIENT COllIlIlISSION Appropriation ...... •.... 196 Information center ...... 1194 Members ...... 196 46 New Industries ...... 32 Settlement on land by certain persons 284 343 Unencumbered balances ...... 196 1I1AINE DEYELOPlIIENT CREDIT CORPORATION See Development Credit Corporation of Maine 1182 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page l!lAINE ECONOIlIIC POISONS LAW ••.••• 192 l!lAINE ElIlPLOYlIlENT SECURITY LAW Administrative procedure .....••.•.•.. 479 Appeals ...... •..•.••.•..••...... 203 To courts ...... •.••••...... 220 Base period defined .•...•...... • 7 Benefit eligibility conditions .....•....• 201 186 Benefits ...... •..•.•..•....•.....•. 425 Claims ...... •...... •...... •...... 202 During vacation periods .•.....•..... 390 Females, eligibility ...... •.•..•. 327 Holidays ...... ••...... •..•.. 321 Increased or decreased ...•.....••... 309 5 Partial unemployment .•...... •..... 310 323 Payment ...... •...••...... • 237 Total unemployment ...... •.....• 349 325 Clarification ...... ••.•..•• 184 316 Commission Decisions, court review ...... 146 Salary ...... •...... •..••..•..• 432 444 500 Contributions, collection ...... •.•...... 204 Employer coverage ." ...... • 210 Date ...... •....••...... 156 Employers experience classifications ... 373 186 Date ...... •...... •...... 154, 155 Employers experience rate payments •.• 154 Experience rating record ..•...••.••..• 423 149 Charges ...... ••...... •....•.. 225 "New name ...... •...... 519 Payroll reports, filing and penalty ..... 226 Procedure changes ...... •...... 477 Rec~p!,"ocal benefit arrangements ...... 238 RevIsIon ...... • 518 Unemployment compensation fund ..... 374 IIIAINE FOOD LAW Created ...... • 336 IIIAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT See Forestry IIIAJNE GENERAL HOSPITAL Land conveyed ...... 1051 IIIAINE GOVERNOR Cemetery lot of former ...... •...... 1276 l!lAINE mSTORICAL SOCIETY Appropriation ....•...... 852 1174 1232 1119 957 IIIAINE HOUSING AUTHORITIES ACT .• 583 Amended ...... •...... 462 IIIAINE KENNEBEC BRIDGE Maintenance ...... •...... 1062 Suit for damages to tugboat ...... 846 Tolls ...... 1062 IIIAINE IIIARITIlIIE ACADElIIY Appropriation ...... 1112 Degree of Bachelor of Science ...... 719 Dolphins, appropriation ...... • 935 State agency ...... 600 Trustees ...... •...... 731 l!lAINE IIIEDICAL CENTER Land conveyed to ...... 1051 IIIAINE IIIILK COllIllIISSION Advisory committee ...... 216 Changed to dairy council ...... 65 Amended ...... 65 Assessments ...... •...... 216 400 Consumer added ...... 66 Name of Milk Control Board changed .. 216 See Milk and Dairy Products IIIAINE IIIINING DUREAU Claims ...... •... 333 Membership ...... •...... •..... 333 IIIAINE lIIUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION Participation in state employees' retirement system ...... •...... 87 l!lAINE-NE"\V HAIIIPSHIRE INTERSTATE BRIDGE AUTHORITY Additional powers ...•...... •...... 588 Members, salary ...... 949 lllAINENTE SCHOOL OF lIIUSIC Confer degrees ...... 918 INDEX 1183

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page l\lAINE POLLEN SURVEY See Pollen Survey l\lAINE PORT AUTHORITY Audit expenses ..•.....•...... •...••.•• 11 437 Bar Harbor ferry terminal ...... ••• 932 Bar Harbor included ...... •.•...••.... 987 Name changed from Port of Portland· Authority ...... •• 809 Purposes and powers ...... •...... 822 See Port of Portland Authority MAINE POST WAR PUBLIC WORRS RESERVE Additional appropriation ...... , •..• 425 Balance transferred ...... •..•..•...... 946 l\lAINE POTATO lIlARRETING ACT 368 MAINE PRO"l-"INCE AND COURT RECORDS, VOLUME III Purchase ...... ••.. 1125 lIIAINE PUBLIC SERVICE COlllPANY Charter amended ...... 777 lIIAINE REAL ESTATE COlUMISSION See Real Estate lIIAINE SARDINE TAX COlll1lllTTEE See Sardines MAINE SCHOOL llIDLDING AUTHORITY Amended ...... •.... 255 Created ...... •...... •... 482 Membership ....•...... 365 l\lAINE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Costs ...... 61 169 Location ...... • 618 lIIAINE SEED LA"\V Created ...... •... 71 lIIAINE STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS See Architects lIIAINE STATE BOXING COjUiUISSION See Boxing Commission MAINE STATE GUARD See Military Law lIIAINE STATE OFFICE BUILDING AU THORITY AND BIDLDING COlll1lIISSION Abolished ...... •....•...... 837 MAINE STATE LmRARY See Libraries MAINE STATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION See Nurses; Nurses' Associations lIU..INE STATE OFFICE BUILDING AU THORITY AND BUILDING COllIlIlISSION Chairman, election, etc...... 912 Law amended ...... 20 Payment of expenses ...... 630 lIIAINE STATE 'PARIi: COl!IMISSION Appropriation ...... 872 793 Compensation ...... 65 Eminent domain ...... 103 See State parks MAINE STATE POLICE See State Police lIIAINE STATE PRISON Appropriation ...... 942 See State Prison lIIAINE STATE RETIREIUENT SYSTElII . Airplane pilots ...... 98 Average final compensation ...... 353 24 Definition ...... 462 Back contributions, payment ...... 316 Board of trustees ...... 353 Clarification ., ...... 417 Disability retirement benefits ...... 58 Expense fund ...... 41 Firemen ...... 372 362, 364 Dependents ...... 362 Funds, certain transfer ...... •...... 1268 Local districts Transfer of employees ...... 156 Maine municipal association to participate ...... •..• 87 1184 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Maine teachers' retirement association, participation ...... •..••.. 500 515 :Nlembership ...... •.•.••.• 473 lI,[embership by employees of quasi- municipal corporations ...... •...... 142 Name changed ..•.....•...... 36 Optional benefit, election ...... 353 Payments ...... •..•••.....•••.•.•. 43 Policemen ...... ••••.•.•...... •• 367 Prior credit Employees of federal employment service ...... •...•...••...... • 316 State employees ...... •...... •....•.. 315 Public library corporations to participate ...... •...... •.•.•...•...•.• 87 Recess committee study ....•...... •... 915, 970 Records, transfer ...... •• 1219 Retirement eligibility ...•.••...... • 361 Re1lised ...... 500 Service retirement benefits ..•.•••..... 415 State police officers ...... ••.•..•.• 367 Dependents ., ...... 367 Teacher, defined ...... •...... 515 401 Veterans, benefits ...... 78 Water districts, etc., may participate .. 142 World War I veterans included ...... 408 See Pensions; Retirement llIAINE TEACHERS' RETIREllIENT A.SSOCIA'I'ION Status of certain persons ...... • 881 515 See Education; State Employees' Retire- ment System lILUNE, THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF Purchase ...... 879 971 llIAINE TURl'Ii"PIKE AUTHORITY A1Vard of damages •...... • 732 Eminent domain ...... 720 :Nlembers, compensation ...... ••...•. 555 po"rers re commercial structures ...... 605 Refunding bonds ...... ••••.••••.•..•• 875 See Turnpil~es lILUNE UNIVERSALIST CONVENTION Name changed ...... 604 lIIAINE VOCATION_>U.-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE See Education 1IlAINE WESLEYAJ.V SEiUINARY AND COLLEGE Non-denominational school ...... 637 Trustees ...... •...... 637 llIALT See Liquor La1V lIIANA.GER FORllI OF GOVERNilIENT See T01Vns lIIANTLE LA!\:E Fishing ...... 1230 ilL4..NUFACTUIlE AND llIANUFACTURING COllIPA..1VIES Liquor ...... •.•..... 166 Non-alcoholic beverages ...... 120 Dietary ...... •.. 187 llIAPLETON AND CHAPilL\.N GAlIIE PRESERVE Repealed .....•....••...... 118 ilIAPLETON, TO~ OF See Castle Hill lIIAPS High1Vays, recording ...... 9·1 lIIARANACOOK GAllIE PRESERVE Rifle range ...... •....•...... 104 lIIARANACOOK LAKE Wharf authorized ...... 1068 llIARGARINE See Oleomargarine lIIARIE PETUSH Fly flshing .....•..•..••...... 1261 INDEX 1185

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page MARINE FISHERIES COlllPACT See Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact lIIARINE INSURANCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies lIIARION Public services tax ...... •..•...... 696 l\IAR.TIlIIE ACADElIIY See Maine Maritime Academy lIIARQ,UIS. FRED Land conveyed ...... 1119 lIlARRIAGE Annulment by libel Issue of second marriage .•...... 108 Certificates ...... •..... 52 Notation of previous divorce •.•...... 52 License to solemnize .....•..••.•.....• 128 :Minors ...... •...... •..•.•...... 53 Non-residents ., ...... •. ,...... 52 Premarital medical examination ...... 213 Records, see Vital Statistics Rights of married persons ...... 436 MARSHFIELD Sale of buildings ...... •..•.•..... 1255 lIIARS HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 969 lIIARSH RIVER Dams, appropriation ...... 1234 lIIASARDIS SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 904 lIIASARDIS. TOWN OF Seed potato board, payment to town .. 64 See Ashland Area Community School District lIIASSACRE POND Private road acrOss ...... •...... 899 MATERNI'l'Y HOllIES See Hospitals lIIAYFIELD POND Fishing ...... 1251 lIIcCASLIN. HELEN AND lIllLLARD Adoption of certain child ...... 556 lIIcGRATH POND Fishing ...... 1233 lIIEA_DOW BROOK Closed to fishing ...... •...... 1008 lIIEALS See Sales Tax :UEAT _<\duIterated, definition ...... 208 Stamping, for human consumption .... . 208 lIIECHANlCAL RIDE License ...... 132 IUECHAL.... -.C FALLS, TOWN OF Town council and manager form of government ...... 678 Tuition high school pupils ...... 879 lIIEDFORD PL_~NTATION Organization surrendered ...... 541 lIlEDFOnD TOWNSHIP Fire protection ...... 946 lIIEDL"-TION Panel in labor disputes ...... 401 lIIEDICAL EDUCATION Promotion ...... 123 lIIEDICAL EXAlIIINERS Duties, compensation, etc. _ ...... 245 Number in Aroostook county ...... 319 lIIEDICAL SCHOOL Commission to study need ...... 1102 1IlEDICAL SERVICE PLANS Non-profit ...... 53 lIIEDICINE, BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN See Physicians and Surgeons 1186 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page MEDICINES See Sales Tax MEDOi\lAIC RIVER Seines •...... •..•.•..••...... 1268 IIIEDUXNEKEAG LAKE Fish Screen repaired ...•.•...... ••... 1151 Ice fishing ...... •.....•..•....•....•. 1046 lIIEENAHGALAKE Named ...... •..•...•..•...•..•..•• 1223 lIIElIORIAL DAY Sale of liquor ...... •....••...•..•..•• 230 IIIENTAL HOSPITALS See Hospitals MENTAL PATIENTS See Department of Institutional Service; Hospitals; Insane Persons IIIERCHANDISE Liens of factors ...... 119 Stock, taxes ...... 163 Taxation of manufactured, see Taxation lIIERIT AWARD BOARD Created ...... ••.....•.•...... 375 MERRILL, TOWN OF Notes charged off ...... 1141 See Oakfield IIIERRY-GO-ROUND License ...... •...... 132 IIIERRYlIIEETING BAY Decoys and blinds ...... 270 Hunting ...... 240 Regulation ...... •...•...... 270 MESSALONSli:EE LAICE Fish screen repaired ...... • 859 METALLIC BROOK Fishing ...... 883 lIIETERS, PARKING See Parldng lIIETHODIST CHURCH Preachers' Aid Society, charter amended 561 Society in Portland, name changed .... 600 MICHAUD, III.AXIl!IE J. Land conveyed ..••...... •..•... 1146 l!IIDDLE 'POND Closed to fishing ...... •...... 1009 l!IIDW1VES Prevention of blindness in infants 212 MIGRATORY BIRDS See ;rnland Fisheries and Game lIIILE LIGHT Reactivated ...... •... 1132 lIIILITARY AND NAVAL CHILDREN'S HOlliE Equipment ...... ••..... 1285 IIIILITARY LAW Adjutant-general Aides-de-camp on staff ...... 171 294 Appropriation for overdraft ...... 888 Salary ...... •..•.....•...... 431 533 500 Appointment of certain officers ...... 140 Camp Keyes, appropriation ...... •... 931 Clarifica tion ...... •...... 280 294 Leave of absence ...... 77 Maine state guard officers relieved of certain responsibility ...... •... 1143 National guard association, appropriation ...... 849 Uniform code of military justice, applicable ...... •.•...... 182 lIIILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS Advisory committee, see Maine Milk Commission Assessments ...... •.•...... • 400 Bottles, marking ...... •.....•..••• 295 Capacity of bottles and jars ....•.••.•• 295 Cream, sale ...... •.•.•.•...... ••. 345 Dairymen's conference, expenses ...... 63 Frozen dairy products, law created •.•• 166 INDEX 1187

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Homogenized ...... •..•.•...... •...... 225 Milk tax ...... ••.••••.•••...•..... 421 Pasteurized .. "...... •.••..••...... •. 151 219 Sale ...... ••••.•..•..... 345 Skim-milk, marking of containers Law repealed ...... •.•..•••.....•...•.... 76 See Maine Milk Commission MILK CONTROL BOARD Name changed .•...... •..••.•...... 216 See Maine Milk Commission lIllLL DROOl;;: Fishing ...... •...... •.•.••...•....•.. 883 IIllLLETT, LEON Land conveyed ...... •••.••.•....•.. 1135 MILLINOCI\:ET MUNICIPAL COURT Court room, rental •....••••...•.•..... 613 548 Judge, salary ...... •....•.•.••..•.•. 721 821 881 Recorder, salary ....•...•••.•••.••.•.. 721 821 881 lIllLL POND Ice fishing ...... ••..•.••..•...... 1027 MILL PRIVILEGES Lease ....•...... 121 See Forestry lIllLLS, VERNE E. Land conveyed ...... 1118 lIllLO WATER DISTRICT Charter amended ...... 752 lIllLTON PLANTATION CEIIIETERY ASSOCIATION Greenleaf Cemetery Lot conveyed ...... 686 lIUNERAL OIL Sale, in food, prohibited •...... 235 lIUNESANDlIlINERALS Prospecting ...... •...... •...... 333 Tin mining shafts as nuisances 408 II11NING BUREAU See Maine Mining Bureau II11NI;;: Breeding and raising ...... 112 Trapping Vinalhaven ...... 60 lIUNORS Ammunition, sale to ...... 200 Appeal by male ...... 63 Bank deposits ...... - ...... 30 Bank loans to veteran ...... 235 Court jurisdiction re custody and support ...... 352 Dances, public, regulations ..•...... 298 Drugs, sale to ...... 269 Employment ...... 231 Dangerous occupations ...... 358 Hotels ...... 301 Length of time ...... 237 Liquor law ...... 164 lIIarriage ...... •...... 53 Misrepresentation of age to procure liquor ...... 221 lIIotor vehicles, registration ...... 22 Special guardian ...... 10 319 U. S. bonds or certificates ...... 210 Worl, permits ...... ••...... 223 See Children: Liquor Law: Uniform Sup port of Dependents Law IIIIRROR See Motor Vehicles II11TCHELL, CHARLES (HEIRS OF) Land conveyed ...... 1133 II11TCHELL, DONALD Land conveyed ...... 1158 lIUTCHELL, JOHN Land conveyed ...... 1158 lIUTCHELL, IIIARGARET S. Land conveyed ...•...... •.•...... 1158 II11TCHELL POND Fishing ..•...... •...•..•...... 1029 881 MOLASSES POND Screening of outlet ...•...... ••.•... 1124 1188 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page lIIOL UNKUS LAIi:E Fish screen ...... •...•...... •...... 1272 MONHEGAN ISLA.ND Lobsters, catching near ...... 1267 lIIONMOUTH HATCHERY Sale ...... •...... 1163 lIIONROE FINANCE CORPORATION OF lIIAINE Incorporated ...... •.•..•.....•..... 829 MONROE ISLAND Game preserve, established ...... 60 lIIONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... •... 927 lIIONTPELIER Maintenance ...... •.•...... 852 1189 1233 1119 950 lIIONTSWEAG RIVER Smelts protected ...... 879 lIIONUlIIENTS AND lIIEilIORIALS See Towns; Veterans ilIOOSE Claims for damages ...... 876 1184 1344 Damage to automobiles, crops and orchards ...... •...... 363 95, M~' Possession ...... 100 lIIOOSEHEAD LAKE Fishing regulated ...... 1247 Fish, transportation ...... 182 20 Wharf ...... 1139 lIIOOSEHEAD TRAIL Designated ...... 884 J\Iarking ...... 637 lIIOOSEHORN GAlIIE PRESERvE Established ...... • 20 lIIOOSE POND Ice fishing ...... 1027 lIIOOSE RIVER Fishing .... .-~ ...... ' ...... 1039 898 Tributaries, closed to fishing ...... 1137 lIIORENCY POND Ice fishing ...... 1220 MORO PLANTATION Organization surrendered ...... 563 lIIORRlLL, ilIYRON E. Land conveyed ...... 1108 MORRIS PLAN llANIi:S See Banl

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page IIIOTOR VEmCLES Accident reports .•....•.•••••••••••••• 354 Amount ...... ••.••.••.••••••• 82 Penalty ...... ••..•.••••.••.•• 161 Bells on horses or vehicles, law repealed 157 Bicycle with motor attached ..•••••••• 21, 37 Binding logs, etc...... •..•.•.•••••.••• 417 Buses, see Carriers

CarriersJ see Carriers Carrying passengers for hire Insurance ..•...... •..••.....•••••• 39 43 Claims for damages by animals .•••..•• 876 1184 1344 1065 Not to be paid ...... •....•.•.•....• 349 Clarification ....••...... ••..•••••••• 90 219 Commercial Weight ...... ••••.•.••.••••••• 430 395 Hauling construction materials •••• 476 Width and ...... ••..•.•..•••.•. 430 Convictions for violation as criminal record ...... ••••..••••••• 292 Cycles, motor driven ...... •.••••••• 37 Damage by wild animals and birds 95, 514 Claims for damage, see Deer Dealer registration board ..•...•..••.• 46 Driving Divided highways .....•...... ••••••• 225 License suspended or revoked •..••..• 231 Roadways laned for traffic ...... • 224 Under infiuence ...... ••...•.••••• 266 Blood tests admissible in evidence • 145 Blood tests paid by county ..••••.• 190 License suspension ..•..•..•••.•••• 91 Earth movers Operation ...... ••...•.....•••.•• 122 Excise tax ...... •...... ••.• 12, 21, 178, 450 Amputee veterans ..••..••.•...•..•.. 75 Farm tractors ...... ••.•.•.•.•....••• 281 Unorganized territory, adjustment ..• 260 Volunteer fire departments ...•....•• 66 Financial responsibility, see Financial Responsibility Law Fires Apparatus following and hose crossing 332 Following another closely ....•.••.••• 251 Fuel, see Fuel Gasoline tax by certain ...... •.....••.. 457 Reports ...... •...... •.•...... •• 393 Hearings by secretary of state or deputy 168 Hunting from ...... ••••••.••. 344 Inspection Dealers ...... •...... ••••• 143 Permits to move vehicles for •••••••• 9 Stations Equipment ...... ••..•...•... 240 37 License Revocation ...... •.....•• 99 Suspension ...... •....•••• 174 Intersections Right of way signs ....•.•.•.....•••• 196 Turning ...... •...••.••...•...•••• 33 Junk yards, regulated ..•...... •..•.•.. 228 Lien on logs, lumber for use of ...... • 6 Lights Dimmed ...... ••...... •...•. 187 Emergency for police and firemen ••• 344 Fire inspectors ...•...•...... •...••• 118 Municipal regulation ...... •...... 176 Operating, following another motor vehicle ...... •...•...•.•..• 173 Regulated ....•....•••..•••••••••••• 352 Snow plows, etc. . ..•..•.•.•••••..••• 382 39 Stop, on school buses .••..•••.•..•••• 182 Traffic ...... •.•...... ••.. 171 Liquor ...... •.....•...•••• 461 Loads securely fastened ...... ••.. 380 Minimum .speed ...... •.••••••• 59 Mirrors Attached ...... •.•.•••••.. 8 Non-resident, definition ...... •... 392 Officials, special number plates ....•.•• 242 1190 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Operators' licenses Free to members of armed forces ••. 261 Suspension for driving under influence 91 Parked, removal ...•.....•..•...••••••• 106 Parking, see Parking Passing On grades ..•...... •.••••.• 25 Under certain conditions ••••••••••••• 162, 163 Pedestrians, see Pedestrians Permits Heavy objects over highways 197 Racing Structures ...... •••..•••..••••••••• 363 Motorcycle exempt •••••.•••••••••• 195 Registration Application •..•...•.••••••.•••••••••• 33 Leased from federal government ••.• 100 Number plates, special for certaIn officials ...... •...••..•..•••.••• 242 Transporter ...... •.••.••••••••••••• 79 Permits Move heavy objects ...•.•..•••.•.••• 430 Truck loads .....••....•...••.••••••• 242 Unregistered vehicles, to tow •••.•••• 201 Poles, see Poles Poll-taxes, see Taxation Reciprocity, registration ....••..•.•••• 391 Time limitation repealed •••••••••••• 456 Registration Amputee veterans ..•.•.•..•••.•••••. 59 Dealers ...... •..•••••••..•••• 181 40, 164 Identification number ••••.•••.•••••• 50 1\1inors ...... •.•.••••.••••• 22 Number plates Lost •...... •.•.••••..•• 175 Reserved ...... •.••...•.••.• 174 Payment of personal property tax •.•• 223 State highway equipment ••.••••.•.•• 127 Trucl;: tractor and semitrailer ...•.... 219 Volunteer fire departments ••....•... 66 Sales tax Driver education program, exempt •• 242 Trade-in ..•...... •.•.•.•.••••••••• 235 Sanding trucks Lighting equipment ..•..•...... ••• 382 Time of lighting ...•..•.•..•.•..•.•. 39 School buses ...... •••..•.. 223 Operation ...... •••.•••••••.••• 317 Operators, requirements •.....•••••• 447 Overtaking and passing •.••.••••.••• 413 123 Stop lights ...... ••..•....•••.••••• 182 Serial numbers ...... ••••.•••••• 84 Service stations, special licenses repealed ...... •...•••.••...•.•. 117 Signals Stopping and turning ...•.••.•...•.•. 336 83 Sirens ...... •.•••.••.•.•.••.•• 126 Department of inland fisheries and game ...... ••.••...•.• 41 Deputy sheriffs ...... •..•.....•. 181 Fire chiefs ...... ••••••••• 32 Fire inspectors ...... ••.•••••..•• 107 Snow plows Lights ...... ••.••• 382 Time of lighting ..•••...... •••••• 39 Speed, minimum ...•...... •.•.•.••••.. 59 Speed limit on bridges ...... •.....•. 99 Rate by commercial vehicles .....••• 25.4 Speed regulations ...... •• 121 Speeds increased by highway commission ...... 25 State owned ...... •.•.. ;. 534 169 438 Sea and shore fisheries •...... 95, 169 Use of certain .....•...... ••.... 169 Stop intersections ...... •...••...• 117 Stop signs at multi-entrance intersections ...... •...•..•.• 116 Stopping and turning Buses .....••..••. 83 Street cars, stationary, approaching, law repealed ...... •.•.....•.. 158 Teams, law repealed .....•••....••.... 202 Television, excluded •...... •.•••.••••• 13 INDEX 1191

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Theft, reports ••..••..•••.••••••••••••• 271 Time sales .••.•.•••••••••••••••••••••• 412 Tractors, see Tractors Traffic control ••.•••••••.••••••••••••• 223 170 116, 117, 171 Trailers Binding of logs, etc. • •..•.•••.•••••• 417 Boats, registration .••••••••••••••••• 360 Circus and carnivals exempt from fees and registration •••.••••••••••••••• 239 See House Trailers Transporter registrB;tion •••••••••••••• 79 Travel, state supervlsor ..••.••••••..•• 634 Trucks Contract carriers ••••••••••••••••••• 209 Interstate carriers ••.••••••••••••••• 207 Overloaded, fines and forfeltux:es ••••• 160, 309 330 Operator ...... •.•••••••••• '" .,. 309 OWners file names of agents .••••••• 309 Registration fees ..•••••••••••••••••• 438 During certain months •••..••••••• 373 Safety equipment ..•••••••••.••••••• 320 Signals for turning ..•.•••••.•••••••• 83 Transporting forest products •••••••• 494 380 Weight laws, violations •.••.••••.••• 364 238 Trucks for hire Certificate, transfer ..•..•.•.•.•••••• 88 Independent contractors .••••...••••• 477 Private carriers ..•...••••••••••••••• 363 Violations of laws •.•.••••••.••••••• 436 Veterans Amputee Excise tax ...... ••....•..••••••• 76 Law clarified ...... •...•••••••••••• 413 License ...... •... 69 Registration ...... •••.••••••• 59 201 Special plates .•.•••.•••••••••••• 201 Sales tax ...... •..••••••••••• 413 Wild animals damaging Disposal ...... ••.•••••••••••• 127 Windows Opaque substances .....•..••..•••.•• 44 Zone privileges, suspended ...•••••••••• 392 See Employees; Travel MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE See Carriers; Motor Vehicles 1liOULTON POND Fishing ...... ••..•••••••••••• 1029 881 1I10UNTAIN CATCHER POND Closed to ice fishing ....•..•••••••••••• 1139 MOUNT BIGELOW GAlIIE PRESERVE Repealed .....•...... •••••.•••••••.•• 267 1I10UNT BLUE STATE PARK Lease ...... •.•.•••.••••• 1152 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND SECONDARY COllll!lUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •.....•••...••• 862 MOUNT DESERT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...•..•...••.••••• 1172 1liOUNT DESERT, TOWN OF Improve Port of Northeast Harbor •••.• 694 Selectmen, meetings ...... ••••.••. 724 Town manager, compensation ...... •• 724 1II0UNT KATAHDIN Land grants ...... 11, 659 603 623 See Baxter State Park lIIOUSAlIl RIVER Clams, etc., digging ...... •...•...•••• 569 lIIOVING PICTURES Apparatus, etc., inspection ....••••••••• 137 License ...... •....•••••.• 135 Operators Apprentice ...... 196 License ...... ••••• 136 lilT. BIGELOW East peak named Myron H. Avery •••• 879 1192 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page lIlUD LAI{E Fishing ...... •••..••.••• 1249 lImD POND Fly fishing ...... •..••.....•• 1045 lIlUNlCIPAL COURTS Clerks Facsimile signature ...... •.•...... •• 62 Determination of mentally defective children ...... •.•...••.•••.•••.. 102 Judges Facsimile signature ..••••.••••••••.• 62 Temporary ...... •..•••••••.•••• 102 143 Jurisdiction re fish and game laws •••• 96 Juvenile jurisdiction, etc. • .•..•...•.... 420 Recorders Facsimile signature .•...... •.••••... 62 Title and powers .....•...•....•.•••• 720 Small claims ...... ••.•.•.•• 356 lIlUNICIPAL FINANCE BOARD See Emergency Municipal Finance Board lIIUNICIPAL PLANNING AND ZONING See Zoning lIlUSICAL CONCERTS Sunday ...... •...... ••.••.•• 583 lIIUSICAL INSTRUl!IENTS Lien ...... ••.•..•.••.•.••••.. 201 Taxation ...... •.•••••• 139 lIIUSIi:RATS Hunting and trapping ...•••...•.•.•..• 429 Open season ...... •..•..•..•.•.••• 445 Cumberland county ..•••..•••.•••••• 271 Trapping and hunting Yinalhaven ...... ••...••.••.. 60 1I1USSELS Canning and shipping ..•...•..•...... 190 Canning, repealed .....•.•.•..•....•••. 387 Control program ...... •..•.••.. 1336 Deorganized towns, regulated •••....•• 36 Enforcement of laws .•....•...••.•..•• 71 Shipping, repealed ...... •••••••••• 514 JlIYRICIi:, JOHN Land conveyed ...... ••.••.•.• 1158 JlIYRICK, NELSON Land conveyed ...... •••..•• 1108

NAPLES, TOWN OF Certain property taken by eminent domain ...... 836 NA~PLES WATER COJlIPANY Incorporated ...... •...••.•.••• 742 NARCOTIC DRUG ACT Penalties ...... •...•...•••.... 64 NA.RCOTICS See Drugs See Racing NARRAGUAGUS RIVER Fishing ...... ••••••••••• 871 NARROWS POND Fishing ...... •...•••••• 1253 NASH STREAJlI Fly, bait fishing ...... •.•.•••.•••..•••• 1162 NASH~~LLE PLANTATION See Ashland Area Community School District NASSON COLLEGE Charter amended ...... •.•.•.• 582 President, status ...... •....••.••• 557 NATIONAL ARBOR DA.Y See Arbor Day NATIONAL BANIUNG INSTITUTIONS J\Ierger. consolidation and conversion 233 Savings depOSits, inactive .•.•...... •.. 42 INDEX 1193

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Small loan law not applicable ...••.... 135 State taxes on shares of stock •..••... 86 Trustee process ...... •..... 107 Renting safe deposit boxes .....••.... 170 See Banks and Banking NATIONAL FORESTS See Forestry NATIONAL GUARD ASSOCIATION Appropriation ...... •...•.•..... 849 See Military Law NATIONAL HOllIE FOR SOLDIERS See Togus NAVY CLUBS Exempt from taxation ...... •...•..... 120 NEGLECTED CHILDREN See Aid to Dependent Children; Children NEGOTIABLE INSTRmIENTS Time of maturity ...... •. ' ... 12 NEWCASTLE, TOWN OF lIIarine worms, digging ....•..•.••.... 556 NE'V ENGLA..lVD YEARLY lIIEETING OF FRIENDS Change of name ...... •...... • 551 lIt~WFIELD, TOWN OF Snow removal, charged off ...... 1038 Tax abatement ...... ••...... • 948 NEW GLOUCESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 825 NEW GLOUCESTER WATER CO~IPANY Incorporated ...... 960 NEW I1IEADOWS RIVER Alewives, taking ...... • 831 lIt~WPORT I1IUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... 734 548 NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 817 NE'V PORTLAND AND EUSTIS TELE PHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO~IPANY Name changed ...... • 517 NEW SWEDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 644 NIGHT HARlIt~SS HORSE RACING See Racing NIGHTINGALE, "lVILFRED See Rossignol NOAH EASTIIIAN POND Ice fishing ...... 1027 NOBLEBORO, TOWN OF :ilIIarine worms, digging ...... 689 NON-FORFEITURE LAW, STANDARD See Standard Non-forfeiture Law NO:.lIINATIONS OF CANDIDATES See Elections NON-PROFIT ~IEDICAL SERVICE Provided ...... 53 NON-SUPPORT See Children NOR:.lIAL SCHOOL AND TEACHERS' COLLEGE BOARD, STATE See State Normal School and Teachers' College Board NORIIIAL SCHOOL BOARD, STATE See State Normal School Board NORIIIAL SCHOOLS See Education NORRIDGEWOCK FEEDING STATION Sale ...... 1163 NORRIDGEWOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... •...... •. 938 School buildings, funds ...... 810 NORRIDGEWOCK WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 581 NORTH BERWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 689 1194 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page NORTH BERWICK, TOWN OF Boundary line with Sanford ...... 527 NORTHEAST HARBOR Improvement of port ...... ••...•••.. 694 NORTHEASTERN INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE COlllPA.CT Created ...... •..•..••••• 767 NORTHEAST POND Opened to ice fishing ...... •.•. 1122 NOllTHERN AROOSTOOK MUNICIPAL COURT Established ...... •..••.•.• 615 Judge, salary ...... 900 618 Recorder, salary ...... •....•.••.• 618 NORTHERN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Degrees conferred ...... •...... •. 739 NORTHERN CUMBERLAND 1I1UNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... •...•. 727 537 Recorder, salary ...... 727 537 NORTHERN FINANCE COlllPANY Incorporated ...... 826 NORTHERN lIIAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL Board of trustees ...... •• 670 NORTHERN l\IAINE SANATORIUM Dormitory ...•...... •.....••...... •. 1275 940 Elevators, appropriation ...•....•..••. 932 NORTH HAVEN PORT DISTRICT Amended ...... •.••..•...• 1013 Incorporated ...... , .... . 64 NORTH HA.VEN, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... •...... • 757 Raccoons, open season .. 4 ...... 128 NORTH JAY WA.TER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •..•...... •..•. 940 791 NORTH KENNEBUNKPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...•...• 1045 NORTH KNOX, AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Change of name, etc...... •..•..•....• 726 NORTH POND Fish screen ...... •..•.•.• 1252 NORTHPORT VILLAGE CORPORATION Clams, digging ...... ••••.• 790 NORTHWEST POND Fly fishing ...... •...... •• 1045 NORTH YARMOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... •••.•• 1056 Borro"ring power ...... 644 Incorporated ...... •• 685 NORWAY lIIUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... •.•.• 720 948 882 NORWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 987 NORWAY, TOWN OF To acquire property ...... •..... 599 NORWAY VILLAGE CORPORATION Incorporation repealed ...... 666 NOYES, 1I1ALCOlli P. Land conveyed ...... •..•.... 1136 NUBBLE POND Fishing ...... •...... •.• 885 NIDSANCES Dangerous buildings Court action by owner ...... •.••..•. 121 P?ison,ol,ls snakes ...... •••.••..•..•• 461 TIn mInIng shafts .....•..•.•.•••..•••• 408 Well, abandoned ...... ••...••... " ••• 408 NlTIIlBER PLATES See Motor Vehicles NUlIIBERS GAME Penalty .....•...... •..•••••••••••••••• 202 INDEX 1195

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page NUMBER THREE POND Name changed ...... •..•.•••••.••••.. -1223 NURSERY STOCK Quarantine ...... •..•.•...•.•••••.. 462 NURSES Board of registration, list of eligible candidates ...... •.•.•••••••••••.. 149 Nursing attendants ...... •....••••••.•• 276 Prevention of blindness, infants ...... 212 Public health service ••....•..•....••.• 150 Registration ...... •.•••.•.•••••.... 192 Schools of nursing Accredited ...... •.••.••.•.••.••.... 195 Inspection ...... •.••.•...... 193 NURSES' ASSOCIATIONS Employment agency ..•..••••..•••..... 142 NURSING ATTENDANTS Appropriation ...... •..•...... 976 NURSING HOllIES See Hospitals o

OAI~IELD-lIIERRILL - SlIIYRNA • DYER BROOK COllIllIUNITY SCHOOL DIS. TRICT Created ...... •...... 1076 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE LAW, THE Created ...... •..•..•••...... 383 Fluoride poisoning ...... •...•.... 386 Silicosis ...... •...•...... 263 OCCUPATIONAL T~NING Equalization of opportunities for education ...... •...... •..•••....•.....• 283 See Schools; Veterans ODD FELLOWS Penobscot-Oriental Lodge No.7, incorporated ...... 547 OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY, STATE See Maine State Office Building Author ity and Building Commission OFFICERS Advances for interstate travel in admin istration of criminal justice ...•.... 67 Civil, tenure of office ....•••...... •• 105 Liquor inspectors Interference with ..•..•...... •• 149 State Bonds ..•...... ••..•..••....•.•••••• 360 Expense accounts ..•..•.....•.•••••• 36 Town Election of certain .••.••...... •.• 129 See Employees; Parole Officers OFFICIAL COURT REPORTERS See Court Reporters OGUNQUIT VILLAGE CORPORATION Beach property for parking lots .•..... 741 Charter amended ...... 899 Clams, taking ...... •... 762 Officers, manager ...... 950 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ±d"1~nis!ration,. etc...... 540 pp IcatlOn procedure ...... 203 Applications ...... 550 Divesting property ...... 247 Federal matching maximum, changed .. 30 Funeral expenses ...... 411 General relief to recipients ...... 266 Increase ...... •...... 5 5 Paid monthly ...... 314 Pa~~ent of obligations of deceased re- CIpIents ...... 163 Reimbursement to federal government 422 Relating ...... 299 Req uisi tes ...... _ ...... 322 State claims against estates of recipients 183 State moneys available ...... _ 345 1196 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page OLD BAY BRIDGE ROAD Set off, Sagadahoc county ...... ••..•. 844 OLD ORCHARD BEACH SCHOOL DIS TRICT Incorporated ...... •...... • 972 OLD ORCHARD BEACH SEWAGE DIS TRICT Created ...... 738 Established ...•...... •• 992 OLD ORCHARD BEACH, TOWN OF Civil service commission ...... •..• 856 Town council and manager form of government ...... ••..• 931 OLD TOWN, CITY OF Bridge to Indian Island ...... • 1056 Certain state lands, use ...... •.. 494 Council-manager form of government •. 604 Ferry from Indian Island ...... • 717 Repealed ...... ••...... 493 OLD TOWN GAlIIE PRESERVE Boundaries ...... •...... 267 Enlarged ...... •.•...... •..• 207 OLD TOWN GREAT WORKS SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •... 653 OLD TOWN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Bonds ...... 534 Created ...... •.....•.... 733 Incorporated ...... •....•....•• 634 Repealed ...... •...... • 671 OLD TOWN MUNICIPAL BUILDING DIS TRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 631 Repealed ...... • 671 OLD TOWN JlIUNICIPAL COURT Clerk hire, authorization ...... 809 Court room, rental ...... 613 Judge, salary ...... 720 809 794 879 Recorder, salary ...... 720 809 794 879 OLEOJlIABGARINE Tax Certain types ...... • 147 Repealed ...... ••• 182 OJlINIBUS BILL Correction of errors ....•...... •.•... 317 7 326 l!68 280 OPERATOR'S LICENSES See Motor Vehicles OPINIONS OF LAW COURT Digest Completion ...... •.•. 1335 Preparation ...... •.••. 888 OPTOllIETRY Board of registration ...... • 419 Requirements to practice healing arts 125 Dr. or Doctor, use as prefix ...... 28 Practice regulated ...... S15 Appeal from suspension or revocation 81 ORANGE LAKE Ice fishing ...... 1214 ORANGE RIVER Smelts, taking ...... 819 ORCHARDS Damage by· deer ...... •.....•..•.... 363 440 390 Claims for damages ...... •.••..•..• 876 1184 1344 1065 See Apples ORDINA.l\iCES See Towns ORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS FUND See Public Reserved Lots ORLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •..•.....• 909 ORLA.'VD. TOWN OF - Alewives, protection .....•...... • 837 ORNEVILLE, TOWN OF Org-anization surrendered ...... •..•..• 542 INDEX 1197

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page ORNEVILLE TOWNSHIP Fire protection ...... •...... 946 ORONO G~IE PRESERVE Created ...... 207 ORONO HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Bonds, amount ...... •...... •..... 519 Incorporated ...... •...... 982 ORONO SCHOOL DISTRICT Repealed ...... •...... 742 ORONO-VEAZIE WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 976 ORRINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 718 719 OSTEOPATHS Advertising ...... 361 Certificate ...... 262 Certificates to commit to state instItu- tions ...... 361 Health laws applicable ...... •....• 361 Registration Fee and qualifications ...... ••.... 262 Renewals ...... 262 OTIS FIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 1004 OTTER Open season ...... •...... ••...... 203 OUELLETTE, ALBERT Land sold ...... ••••....• 843 OUELLETTE, IIIAXIl1IE J. Land conveyed ...... •.•...... 1132 OUTDOOR ADVERTISING Amusement shows and circuses ..•..... 165 Expenses of commission ...... 42 Fee~ ..... : ...... 359 Dlsposltton ...... ••...... 42 Signs ...... 337 Violation, penalty ...... 46 See Advertising; Billboards; Turnpikes OVERNIGHT C~IPS Fees for licenses ...... 366 OVERPASSES Clearance markings ...... 438 O~VL'S HEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •...... 839 OWL'S HEAD, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... •...... 757 OXBOW PLA...~TATION See Ashland Area Community School District OXFORD COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... ••..•••• 426 346 Register of deeds ...... ••••••.••••• 346 68 Register of probate ..•...•.•.•..•..•• 346 Clerk of courts, salary ...... ••...•.• 204 346 County attorney, salary ....••••.•...•. 205 346 County commissioners, salary ...... 204 346 Deer, closed season ...... ••••.••••••• 201 Fishing in certain waters regulated ..•. 353 185 Judge of probate, salary ...... 205 346 Land conveyance, see Forestry, State Tax Assessor Law library Maintenance ...... •..••••••••..•••• 657 Payments to ...... ••..••.•••• 136 884' 11 National forests, acquisition .•..•.•.... 217 Register of deeds Eastern district, salary ••..••..••.•• 205 346 Western district, salary ...••.•.•.•.• 205 346 Register of probate, salary .••••••••••. 205 3·16 Sheriff, salary ...•..•...•.••••••••..•. 258 346, 422 Smelts, taking ...... •...••..••..•.• 882 Treasurer, salary ....•.••..••••• : ••.••• 205 346 OXFORD IIIUNICIPAL COURT, WESTERN Established ...... •.•...••••••••••••••• 738 1198 INDEX

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PALlIlYRA SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ..••••.... ' ••••••.••••••••• 728 1021 PAPER MILLS Vaccination of employees, repealed •••• 130 PARADIS, 1I1RS. W1II. J. Land conveyed ••.••....•.••.•..••••••• 1134 PARENTS Support by children •...•••..•.••.••.. 416 PARI 1I1UTUEL POOLS See Racing PARIS COlllPANY Incorporated ..•••...•..•.•••.••••••••• 942 PARK C01lI1lIISSION, 1I1AINE STATE See Maine State Park Commission PARKER POND Ice fishing ...... •••.••...•••••...•• 885 PARKING Dangerous places •..•..•..••••••••••••• 117 110 Removal ...... ••••..•.• 106 Facilities, by-laws relating ..••••..••• 94 Meters, revenues .•..•.•••.•••••••••.•• 155 PARKltIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ..•....•.••.•.•...•••••••• 706 PARKS See Recreational Facilities; State Parks PARLOR CAR COlllPANIES Taxes ...... •..•••••.•••••••.••.•••• 78 pARlIL\.CHENEE LAKE Fishing ...... ••...... •..•••.. 883 PAROLE Lifers after 30 years ..•...... ••••••• 412 PAROLE BOARD See Department of Institutional Service PAROLE OFFICERS Powers to arrest inmates of state institutions ...... •..•••.••••...... •..• 255 See Department of Institutional Service PARSONAGES Taxation •.••..••.••.••.•...... ••••.••• 64 PARSONSFIELD-KEZAR FALLS VIL LAGE CORPORATION Planning and zoning ...••••••••...•.•. 579 Territory enlarged •...••••...... •.•••. 730 PARSONSFIELD, TOWN OF School district ...... ••.•..•...•••••• 8il3 PARTRIDGE Claims for damages •...... •.•..•....• 876 1184 1344 Open season ....•••.•...... ••.••.•.•••• 347 Possession, in closed season ...... 102 PASSAlIIAQUODDY District authority created ..•....••••.• 662 Extended ...... •••.•..••••..•. 685 Preliminary investigation •..•••..•.•••• 1344 PASSAlIIAQUODDY INDIANS See Indians PASSAlIIAQUODDY LUJ1ffiER COMPANY Lease renewed •..•••••••...•••••.•••.. 1034 PATTEN WATER AND POWER COM PANY Charter extended ...... •••...•••.... 686 584 PATTEN WATER DISTRICT Incorporated .....•.••.••..••..••••••.• 694 PAUPERS Assistance provided, in town reports ... 400 Children, dependent ..••••.•.••.....••• 106 Claims, payment ..•..••.....•••..•.••.. 879 1182 1354 1133 Location of children, for school purposes 185 " Recipients of aid to dependent children R~W~ relatives .••.•••••.•••••••••••••• 439 INDEX 1199

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page In deorganized towns ....•.....•..•. 265 State may complain •.•.•••••••••••.. 35 To recipients of old age assistance and aid to the blind ••••••..••...• 265 Settlement Parents of children receiving certain aid ...... ••.....•.•...•••...•• 220 Support by kindred •..•.•..•••.•..•..•• 35. 258 Transfer between states ..•....••••••• 438 See Uniform Support of Dependents Law PEABODY POND Fish screen ....•.....•...... •.•..... 1260 Ice fisiling ...•.....••..•••..•..•.••.•• 946 PEAKS ISLAND Fares between and Portland ...... ••• 14 PEDES'l'RIANS Blind and incapacitated ...... •...•..• 118 Traffic control signals •••..••••••••••• 171 Walking, regulated •••...... •.....••• 116 PELLERIN, EIIIILE Land conveyed •••..•.•.•••••••••..•••• 1219 PELLETIER, WILLlAJ!I B. Land conveyed .•.••.•••••••••••••••••• 1133 PENNESSEEWASSEE LAKE Smelt fishing ...•.•••.••.••••.•.•••.•• 859 PENOBSCOT COUNTY Assistant county attorney, salary •.•.• 229 177 241 Clerk hire, office of Cleric of courts ...... •.•...•••...• 234 County attorney ...... •••..•••••••••• 229 Register of deeds ••.••••••..•••.•••• 249 Register of probate.. ••••..•..•••..•• 234 Clerk of courts. salary ....••••••••...• 234 254 147 33 Clerks in county offices, temporary increase in salaries, repealed ..•..•...• 229 County attorney, salary •.••..••..••.•• 229 177 241 County commissioners, salary •••.•.••• 341 Deputy clerk of courts, salary ...... •• 234 336 147 209 36 Judge of probate, salary... .•..•••..••• 234 332 '- Land conveyance, see Forestry, State Tax Assessor Law library, payments ••..••.••..•••• 268 106 65 Register of probate, salary •••••••••.•• 250 341. 393 Sheriff, salary ...... •.....•.•.....••.. 177 State police barrack •••...•••••••.••.• 734 Treasurer, salary ....•...•..•.•..•..•.• 219 341 140 Trout, daily bag limit •...•••...... •••• 1138 White perch fishing ..••••.•••••••••••• 1064 PENOBSCOT COUNTY 1-VATER COl\lPANY Water supplied to town of Eddington 560 PENOBSCOT DEVELOPl\IENT COIlIPANY Public road ...•.....••..••••.•.•.••••• 856 PENOBSCOT LOG DRIVING COl\lPANY Powers ..•.....•.•..••.••••••••••••••• 761 PENOBSCOT-ORIENTAL LODGE No.7. I. O. O. F. Incorporated ••••.•••.••••••••••••••••• 547 PENOBSCOT RIVER Bridge Construction authorized •••••••.•••• 954 Study ...... ••••••••••••••••••••••• 1284 Smelt fishing regulated •••••••.••••••• 242 South branch Closed to fishing ••...•••••••••••••.• 1136 Tributaries closed to fishing ••••••••• 1136 West branch Bridge across .•..••••••••••••••••••• 1172 PENOBSCOT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated •..•••••.••••••••••••••••• 649 PENOBSCOT TRIBE OF INDIANS See Indians PENOBSCOT VALLEY WATER COMMIS SION Created •..••••.••.•••••••••••••••••••• 1001 Membership .•••••••••••••••••••••••.•• 572 Powers, etc.•.••.••..•••..••..•.••.•••• 759 Extended .••.•••••••••••••••••••••.. 581 572 1200 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page PENSIONS Committee to study ...... 884 Loan and building association officers and employees ...... •...... 179 Payments to persons . Adams, Annie M...... •...... 1125 Adams, Erma G...... 1335 Adams, Frank B. . ...•...... • 961 Adams, Lillian L...... 1128 Repealed ...... 943 Albert, Maurice ...... 922 Alto, Ina J ...... 1339 Ambrose, Hilda ...... 1128 922 Ames, Marguerite E...... •• 922 Anderson, Nannie ...... 922 Antworth, Jane ...... 922 Armstrong, Charlotte M...... 1177 1339 1128 Arnold, Lloyd L...... 1177 1339 922 Austin, Edward H...... 885 Averill, Percy E ...... 874 Ayotte, Elise ...... • 1128 Ayotte, John B ...... 1339 Babb, George H ...... 1166 Babb, Guy ...... 1339 1128 Bagley, Stephen .....•.•...... •..• 922 Bailey, Wilson ...... 1177. Baker, A. Lewis ...... 1128 Ballard, Sadie ...... 1177 Banks, Fidelia E...... 885 Repealed ...... 1140 Banl;:s, Lawrence B ...•...... •.. 922 Bard, Thomas ...... 1339 922 Bartlett, Emery ...... •.... 885 Batchelder, Charles ...... 922 Bates, Dorothy E...... 1177 Baum, Georgina ...... 922 Bean, Gertrude ...... 885 Repealed ...... 1140 Beaulieu, Albert ...... •...... 1177 1128 Beaulieu, Earle ...... 1128 922 Beaulieu, Henry ...... •.. 1128 Belden, Melvin Steven ...... 1339 1128 Benson, Jassamine L., repealed .... . 1140 Bernier, Arthemise ...... 1339 Bernier, Franlr ...... 1177 Berry, Henry G., repealed ...... 1033 Bickford, Alvin .•...... 1339 Bickford, Edna ...... •...... • 1128 922 Bickford, James .....•..•...••.•..•. 1339 Bicl;:ford, Walter H ...... 1177 1339 Blanchard, Asa W...... 1177 Repealed ...... •...... •. 943 Blood, Lida ...... •....•••.....•• 922 Boivin, Eugene ...... 1339 Bolduc, Cora ...... 1339 Repealed ...... 943 Bolstridge, Stanley ...... 922 Boone, Villa ...... 922 Booth, Grace ...... 1177 Boothby, lVIaryon ...... • 1128 Bosse, Lawrence ...... 1339 Bouchard, Levi ...•..•...... 922 Bouchard, Nelson ...... 1128 Boutote, Fabien ...... •... 1177 1128 Bowden, Elizah N...... 922 Bowden, James .....•...... 885 1177 Bowden, Lynwood R ...... 922 Bowen, Charles ...... •...... • 885 1177 922 Bowen, Helen V...... •...... 885 Repealed ...... •.•...... 943 Bowie, Hubert ...... 922 Brackett, Eunice ...... 1177 1339 Brackett, Hattie D., repealed ...... • 1033 Bradbury, George S...... 1143 967 Bradstreet, Rita ...... 1177 Bragdon, Curtis ...... 1128 922 Bragdon, Gilbert ...... 1177 Bragg, Ernest ...... 885 Bragg, Ferd ...... • 1339 Bragg, Harold ...... 1339 Brasier, Carl W...... 1339 Brasslett, Peter ...... ••• 922 Breard, Napoleon ..•...... •.••.• 922 Brewer, Myrtle ...... •.... 1339 INDEX 1201

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Bridgham, Alberta E...... •..•• 1177 Brown, Elmira .A. •.••••••••••••••••• 885 1177 Repealed ...... •...• 943 Brown, Harold M...... •..•.••.. 1128 Brown, Jennie .A., repealed ...... • 1033 Bryant, Grace ...... •...••.• 1177 Bryant, Herbert L ...... •.....•..•. 1005 Bulley, Beatrice E...... •.••• 885 1177 1128 Burnham, Charles ...... •.•.••..• 922 Burrill, Ralph W., repealed ...... • 1140 Butler, Geneva ...... •.....•..•... 885 Repealed ...... •.....•..•...... 1140 Butters, Charles Ora ...... • 1339 922 Byrus, George ...... •...... • 1340 1128 Cain, Florence I...... •...•... 1122 Caird, Maggie ...... •...•... 1340 1128 922 Callahan, Nina ...... ••...... 922 Call man, Robert ...... •...... ••.... 1340 Carleton, Leola ...... ••...... 1128 Carr, Hazel E...... •...... • 922 Carr, Ida May, repealed ..•...••...... 1140 Carr, ]Harada ...... •..•••. 922 Carver, Edith ...... • 885 1128 Cary, Eva M. Farrington ...... •. 866 1173 Caton, James ...... • 1128 Chahre, Louis W...... 886 Chandler, Frederic C...... •...... • 886 Charette, Victor ..•...... •• 1340 Chase, Evelyn ...... • 1128 Chasse, Annette ...... -•...... 1128 922 Cheney, William Leslie ...... •• 1177 Chouinard, Joseph ...... •..•. 1128 922 Clark, Etta M...... •... 886 Cleveland. Roland, repealed ....•...• 1033 Clewley, LeRoy .....•...... •.... 1128 922 Clifford, .James 0., .Jr...... •.• 886 Cobb, Blanche G ...... • 1173 Cobb. Harry E ...... 922 Cobb, Lorenao T., repealed ...... 1140 Cochran, Annie B ...... 1177 Cocllrane, _4...nne ...... 1340 Coffin, Jabez ...... 1128 Cole, Edith M...... 886 Repealed ...... 943 Conley, Edward M ...... 1340 Conners, Milton ...... 1340 1128 922 Cookson, Artell ...... 1177 1340 Coolong, Lena ...... 1128 Repealed ...... •...... 943 Coombs, Eugenia V ...... 1177 Coombs, .James A...... 1340 Cooper, .John ...... 1177 Copp, Harvard L...... 1266 Corbin, Bernadette ...... 1177 Corbin, Marie Nelida ...... 886 Cote, Charles ...... 1177 Cotton, Essie ...... 1340 Couillard, Marie B...... 922 Cowan, Ada ...... 1177 Craig, Gertrude ...... 886 1177 Craig. Robert ...... 1177 Crane, Fred H...... 922 Creamer, Robert T ...... 886 1177 Crosby, l\Iartha O...... 1124 Crowley, Anna F...... 847 Crowley, Carroll F...... 922 Cummings, William S. • .....•..••..• 886 Cunnjngham, Henry H., repealed .... . 1033 Cunningham, Ralph ...... 1340 Curtis, Roscoe L., repealed ...... 1033 Curtis, Vernon A., repealed ...... 1140 Cutts, Grace Merrill ...... 1266 Cyr, Andre ...... 1177 Cyr, Francis ...... 1177 1340 1128 Daig-le, Zephirin ...... 922 Damren. Edith ...... 1128 Davjs, Elmer...... 886 DaViS, Naomi G...... •...•....•• 972 Day, Mary Elizabeth ...... 1340 Dean . .John ...... 1340 Dearhorn, Ivan ...... 922 Dechane, Pauline ...... : 1128 Decker, .John B ...... •...... 922 1202 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Deehan, Mary F .....•...... •....••..• 886 Dehetre, Victor J. . ..•...... •...... • 922 Demchak, Delores •.....•....••••... 1340 Denihan, Arthur ...... •...... •... 922 Deschain, Delena ...... •••. 886 Desrosier, Willie ...... •..•.•....•. 922 Devine, Susie ...... •...... •..••..•• 1177 Dick, Ethel S...... ••..••..• 1257 Dickey, John •...... •...... ••...•. 1340 Dill, Vivian ...... ••. 1128 922 Doherty, ala M. • ...... •.•••••••..•. 922 Donaldson, Laura GrIffin .•.••••••••• 1128 Doore, Clifford H...... •.... 886 Doucette, Artheline ...... •..•.•••. 1177 922 Doucette, Lena ...... ••..... 922 Doucette, Marie Flavie ....•....•.... 1340 Dougay, Kenneth ...... •...... • 922 Doustou, John ...... •...•••••..• 1128 Dow, Eva W ...... •...... •. 1340 Dow, Mildred S ...•...... •.... 1010 Dow, Wesley ...... •..•...... • 1128 Downer, Effie E., repealed ...••.••.•• 943 Dray, Helena •...... •...... •.. 1177 Repealed ...... •..... 1033 Dufour, Irene :.: ...... •.••.... 1177 1128 Dummond, AIVlOla ...... •.••.••..•• 922 Dumphy, Alabama ...... •.....•.. 922 Dunbar, Mary E ...... ••...... • 1151 Duncan, Helen ..•...... ••.....• 922 Dunlap, Blanche M...... •....••..• 922 Dunn, Mabel Gordon ...... •••...•.•• 886 Dunton, Alice E...... •..•...• 922 Dunton, Ronald, repealed ...... 943 Duperry, John, repealed ...... ••...•• 1232 Duperry, Joseph ...... •..••.• 1177 Durgin, Frank A., repealed ...... • 1033 Durost, Gertrude E ...... •...... •• 959 Dwyer, Fred ...•...... ••.• 1340 Dyer, Blanche ...... •..•...••. 1128 922 Easler, Helen E...... •...... 1128 922 Eaton, Gladys ...... ••.•.• 1177 1128 Edwards, Kenneth ...... •.•.••...• 1340 Ellis, John ...... •.••.••.•• 1340 1128 922 Erskine, Walter W ...... •..• 1128 Esancy, Burleigh M. F ...... • 922 Esters, Cecil ...... •...••.•.. 1340 Estes, Nellie M...... •..•.. 1340 1128 Evans, Grace ...... •...... • 1177 Everett, Margaret ...... •.....•.••. 1177 Farrar, Irvin D. . •...... ••...• 1178 Farris, Germaine, repealed ....•..•. 943 Faulkner, Neville M. . ..••..•.•.•..•. 1178 Fenderson, Minnie ...... 1125 Fernald, Mott C...... •.... 886 Fernald, Wesley ...... •..•••...•. 1178 Ferrence, . Irene Dorothy .....••..•.• 1128 Fish, Elizabeth ..•...... •...•.•. 1340 Fish, Lucy Leigh ...... ••..••. 1340 Flanders, Nellie E .. repealed .....•.. 1140 Flye, Winfield S., repealed ...... 1140 Fogg, Lester A...... •.... 1178 1340 Fogg, Robert Arlo ...... 886 1178 1340 Fongemie, Marie A...... • 922 Forbes, Donald ...... • 1128 922 Fortier, Jeanette ...... •..... 1340 Foss, Elizabeth B., repealed ...... 1033 Foster, Alice ...... •.. 1128 Foster, Bertha F...... ••...... 1340 922 Foster, Birdena W...... 886 Fournier, Alexis ...... •••.••••• 1128 Fowler, Burtis F...... 867 Fox, Stephen, repealed ...... 1140 Fraser, William ...... 1340 Freeman. Clinton ...... 1128 French, Blanche ...... •...... 1178 French, Fern Frances ...... •.• 1178 922 Frost, Charles ...... 1141 Fuller, Ida M. •..•••.••....•••..••••• 973 Gagan, Anna L ...... 922 Repealed ...... •..• 943 Gagne, Sylvio J...... •...... 1128 Gagnon, Marie Rose ...... 922 Gallagher, Hugh ...... 1128 INDEX 1203

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Gardner, Victor J...... ••.•..• 1340 Gardiner, William S., repealed ...... 943 Garneau, Orner, Jr...... 1340 Garnet, Gladys .•...... •....•••.•.•• 1128 Gaudet, Eli A. •••••••••••.•••••••••• 1178 1128 Gay, Geneva ...... •.••...... •..••. 886 1340 1128 Gero, Alfred ...... •...... •.. 1178 Repealed ...... •...•....••..•..•. 1033 Gerry, Edith J. . .•..•..••.•••••••..•• 886 Getchell, Thomas ...... •..••... 1340 Glasson, Arthur .••....••....•...•... 922 Gilbert, Nancy A. . .••....•.•...... • 886 1340 968 Gilmore, Frank M. •.....•.•••••••••• 1340 1128 Gleason, Basil C...... •...•••...•... 1341 Goodwin, Eva ...•.....•...•....••..• 1128 Gordon, Vera A. •••••.•.••••••••••••• 962 Goulding, Patrick J., repealed ••..••.• 943 Grant, Alice B. . ...•...•.•...•.....• 1145 Grant, Blanche A ..•...... 1178 Grant, Dana Earl ...... ••.•.• 1;!41 Grant, George ...... •..••.•... 1122 Grant, Jessie M...... •••..•..•.. 886 Grant, Mary Alice .....•...•...•...•• 1341 1128 Gravel, John ...... 1178 Graves, Kenneth .••.....•...... ••.•• 1128 922 Gray, George W...... • 886 Green, Francis ...... • 922 Greene, Helen ...... • 1341 Guimond, Gladys ...... •• 1341 1128 922 Gurney, Henry K., repealed •....•.... 1140 Hall, Mace ...... •...... 1178 Hall, Weston Elmer ...•...... •....•• 1128 Hamilton, Maude E ...... •.•••... 1141 Hanagin, Mellon ...... •.••• 886 1128 Hannan, Effie Anne, repealed ...•.•.. 1140 Hanscom, Gertrude .•...... •.•.•• 922 Hanson, Carlene ...... •.....•.• 1341 Harden, Colby ...... •...... • 1341 Hardison, Ernest ...... •.. 1128 Hardison, Glendon, repealed .....•••. 943 Harmon, Shepard ...... •...... •.. 922 Harriman, George N...... •...... •.• 922 Harriman, Pearl Izetta ....••...•...• 1128 Harvey, James E...... • 1126 Haskell, Arthur J...... ••...... •.. 1341 Hatch, Howard ...... 1128 Hatch, Nellie ...... •..• 1178 Heath, Louise M...... •. 1178 Helms, William, repealed ....•..•.... 1140 Henderson, Minnie •...... • 9~ Henderson, Thurston ...... •.....• 922 Hewett, Earl ...... 1340 Hillman, Mary S., repealed .....•.... 1140 Hilton, Marion ...... •.•• 1341 Hodge, Bertha ...... •..... : .....•... 1128 922 Hodsdon, Edward Alvin ...... •.. 974 Holbrook, Cleaveland P ...... 1341 Holden, Sylvia B. ....•••...•.••••..• 1008 Holman, Lauren ...... 1178 Holway, Ruth B...... 1128 Homstead, Otis, repealed ...... 1140 Hood, Nettie ...... • 922 Hovey, Ulmont ...... 886 1178 1341 Howard, Dudley P ...... •.... 1341 922 Howes, Hira ...... 922 Howland, Guy ...... 1341 922 Hoyt, Effie ...... 922 Hoyt, Walter S ...... •. 1341 Huff, Wallace ...... •• 1341 Hunt, Arthur W ...... 1178 1128 Repealed ...... •...... 943 Hunt, Kenneth Martin ...... 1128 Hunt, Ralph .L...... •• 1257 Huntley, Osmond, repealed ...... •• 1140 Hurd, George ...... 922 Hutchins, Eunice E...... 1178 Ingalls, Myrtle, repealed ...... 1231 Ingham, Grace ...... • 1178 1341 Repealed ...... •. 943 Ireland. Lillian ...... 1178 1128 Jack. Edith V...... •...... •... 967 Jackson, Elber R., repealed ....•.... 943 1204 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Jacques, Fred ...... •...•••.••••... 1178 Repealed •...... ••••..••.••• 1231 Jacque~ Therese ...•.....•...••••••• 922 Jakins, Percy ., ...... •....•.•. 886 1178 1341 Jandreau, Edgar ...... 1341 1128 Jandreau, Phillippa ...... •...... 1128 Jewell, Sadie M. D .....•....•••••.•.• 973 Jewett, Martha H., repealed •...... 1140 Johnson, Clyde W...... •..•...••... 1128 Johnson, George A. .••••••••••••••••• 1341 Johnson, Isabelle ...... •...•..•••.•. 922 Johnson, Lafayette ...... •.•.• 1178 Repealed ....•...... ••. 1033 Johnson, Robert W ...... •... 972 Johnson, Stephen G...... •..• 1341 922 Jollotta, Arthur ...... ••... 922 Jones. Lottie J., repealed ....•....•..• 1140 Jordan, Leah ...... •..•..•.... 1178 Joy, Marlin C...... •...... 1257 Jude, Ella M...... 1173 Judkins, Thelma ...... •.•....•••.•. 1128 Kapishke, Fred J...... •.... 922 Kavanagh, Elizabeth ...... • 1128 Kelley, Bernard M...... •••..• 1128 922 Kelley, Charles H., repealed ..••••... 1033 Kennedy, Mildred ...... •..• 886 Kennedy, Valeda Marie ...... ••..•. 1128 KenseIl, Richard, repealed ...••...... 1140 Kent, Frank •...... •...•...... 1128 Kimball, James ...... •...• 922 King, George ...... •..... 886 King, Heber V ...... •• 886 King, Howard ...... 1128 King, Peter ...... 886 1178 Kinney, Gordon ...... •.•... 922 Kitchin, E. Stanley ...... •..... 962 Knight, Beula B ...... •. 1178 Knight, Burton A ...... 1178 1128 Repealed ...... 943 Knight, Mary E...... •..... 1341 Knight, Roscoe ...... 1341 Knowlton, Ethel W. . •...... •...... 1173 Labbe, Harriett M ...... •. 922 Ladd, Beulah Louise ...... •...... 1341 Ladd, Doris D...... 968 Lahey, Wm. H...... •.. 886 Lamont, Gertrude ...... •.....•. 1341 Langden, William J., repealed •..... 1033 Langdon, Edith ...... • 1128 LaPointe, Rose ...... •..•.... 962 Laughlin, Donald M...... •. 922 Lavois, Blanche ...... •...... 922 Lawler, Velma ...... 1128 922 Lawrence, Edith May ...... •.... 886 Lawrence, Grace a ••••••• ••••••••••••• 886 1178 Leatherbar'row, George E .....••..... 1125 Leavitt, Walter ...... •. 922 Lee, Fred B ...... •...... 922 Leonard, Willard J...... 886 1178 Lessard, :lIfarie Ange ...... •.... 1128 Levesque, Marie Corrine ...... •..... 1341 Lind, Edward ..... : ...... 886 Lindsey, Helen ...... 922 Longway, Raymond ...... •. 1341 Lord, Alice ...... 886 Lousier, Orner ...... 1128 Lovejoy, Ina ., ...... 1128 922 Lund, Howard ...... ,. 1128 Lynch, William Henry ...... •..... 1178 MacLean, Margaret ...... , .. 886 Mains, Theresa M...... , .. . 1341 l'>Ialcolrn, Allen .... , ...... 1128 :l\Ialcolrn, Hilda ...... 1128 l\farquis, Cyrias ...... , .. . 1341 Marquis, Lucille ...... , 1128 Mason, Elizabeth A...... , ...•.••.•• 886 1178 l'>Iason, l\fary Rose ...... 1128 Mathews, Florence M...... 886 Mathieson, Donald .... , ...... 960 llfaxwell, George ... , ... , ... , ...... 922 l'>Iayhew, Frances B...... 1140 l'>IcClaskey, Harriet ...... 960 McClure, Alfred L. .., ...... 922 McCullough, John Henry ...... 1341 1128 INDEX 1205

~~1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page~~

~~McCurdy, Addie Wo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •••• 886~~

~~McCurdy, Daniel 0 0 •••••••••••••••• 0 • 1178 1341 McCusiclr, Mervyn •••••••••.•••• 0 ••• 886~~

~~McDonald, Esther Ann 0 ••••••••••••• 1341~~

~~McGinley, Frank Fo 0 •••••••••••••••• 1256~~

~~McGinley, George . 0 •••••• 0 ••••• 0 •• 0 • 1128~~

~~McGowan, William ••.•••••••. 0 •••••• 1341 922~~

~~McIntire, Sidney Ho .00 0 • 0 ••••••••••• 1178 Jl.fcKay, Mabel •••••.••••••••.••• 0 •••• 886~~

~~McKenney, Elmer ••.•• 0 0 0 ••••••••••• 922~~

~~McKenney, Harry •• 0 ••••• 0 •••••••••• 922 McLean, Margaret ••••••••••••••••••• 1128~~

~~McMahon, Mary 0 •• 000 ••••• 0 ••• 0 •••• 1128~~

~~Jl.IcShea, Helen Go 000.0 •••••••••• 0 •• 1126~~

~~Meader, Daniel Ho 00 •••••••••• 000000 1178~~

~~Meader, Gertrude Eo, repealed 00. 0 0 • 0 1140~~

~~Merrill; Merle .•• 0 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 0 • 0 ••• 0 0 0 • 0 922~~

~~Merry, Ethel Mo o. 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 0 • 0 •• 886 1341 1128~~

~~Michaud, Euphemie O. .0 •• 00 ••• 0 ••• 0 1128~~

~~Repealed 0000.000. 0.00. 0 •• 0. 0.000 •• 943~~

~~Michaud, Frank Do o. 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 ••• 0 0 • 0 •• 922~~

~~Michaud, Joseph 000. 0 • o. 0 •••• 0 •••• 000 1128~~

~~Michaud, Tom • 0.0 •• 0 •••• 0 0 •••• 0 ••• o. 1341~~

~~Jl.Iicha ud, Viola 0 0 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 ; •••••• 0 •• 1128~~

~~Milner, Kathleen 00 •••••••••••• 0 •••• 1178~~

~~Repealed. 000. 0 ••• 00. 0 0 0 ••••••••••• 1033~~

~~Minealis, Frank J. . .• 0 ••• 0 •• 0 •• 0 ••• 0 887~~

~~Mitchell, Arthur .• 0 ••••• 0 •••• 0 •• 0 ••• 887~~

~~Mitchell, John o. 0 0 •• 0 ••••••••• 0 •• 0 • 0 • 1128~~

~~Mitchell, Victor o. 0 • 0 0 0 ••• 0 •••••• 0 ••• 1341~~

~~Mitchell, Victor Eo 0 0 ••••• o. 0 0 • 0 •• 0 ••• 922~~

~~Moody, Evelyn Mo ..• 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 1128 922~~

~~Morawetz, Beatrice Eo 0 ••• 0000.0 •• 0. 1128~~

~~Morgan, Zama Co . 0 • 0 0 0 ••••••••• 0 •• 0 • 887~~

Morrill, Charlotte Estella 000 0.00 •• 0 • 1128 922 Morris, Ray 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 •• 0 0 •••• 0 •• 0 0 •• 1128 922 Morse, Mabelle Po Farrow o. 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 •• 1173 Morton, Elva L .• 0 •• 00 •••• 0" 0" 0 •••• 887 1342 Jl.forton, Geneva •••• 0 ••••• 0 0 •• 0 • 0 •• 0 • 922

Mosher, Flora E .. 0.000 ••• 00.00 •••••• 922 Jl.fosher, Ronald Martin ..• 0 • 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 1128 Repealed ... 00 •••• 0 •••• 0 0 0 •••••••• 943

Moulton, Thomas Wo 0 ••• 0 0 0 •• 0 •••••• 922 J\!ower, Jennie ...... '. 1128 922 Murphy, Minnie ••••. 0 •• 0 ••• 0 •• 0 0 •• 0 • 1178 Murry, Ada 0 ••• 0 ••• o. 0 00.0 •• 0.0.00 ••• 1342 Nason, Louis, repealed ...... 1140 Nesbit, Frank .... o. 0 •• 0 ••• 0" 0 •• 0.0. 922 Nichols, :A.gnes M., repealed ••.. 0 ••• 0 943 Nickols, Lucy . 0 •• 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 •••• 0 0 0 • 0 1178 Norris. Jl.fary E., repealed •• , 0 • 0 0 ••• 0 0 1140 Nowell, Clara 00.00 •••• 0.0. 0 •••••• 0 0 887 Repealed ..... 0 ••• 0000 •• 0 0 o. o. o. 0 •• 1140 Noyes, Benjamin H., repealed • 0 0 • 0 •• 1140 Noyes. Eugene L. . ••. 0 •••• 0 •• 0 0 ••••• 1178 Nye, Clara .•... 0 o. 0 •••• 0 000. 0 ••• 0 •• 0 1342 Oakes. Arnold 0 •••••• 0 •• 00 •••• 0 0 0 0 ••• 1342 Oldenburg, Harold Go 00 •••• 0 • 0 •••••• 1178 Oliver, Fred ... 0 •• 0 0 0 ••••• 0 ••••••• 0 • 1342 O'Riley, Hugh .. 0 •••• 0 •••••• 0 0 •••• 0 •• 1342 Otis, Lydia B. . ...••••. 0 • 0 •••••••• 0 • 959 Ouellette, Eddie D. •• 0 •• 0 ••••• 0 0 • 0 ••• 1342 1128 Ouellette, Gilbert • 0 • o .•••• 0 0 ••• 0 0 ••• 1128 Overlock, Cecil . 0 ••••••••• 0 ••••• 0 ••• 0 887 1342 922 Overlock, Herbert H. . 0 • 0 • 0 ••• 0 ••• 0 0 • 887 Packard, Cony Eo, repealed •. 0.0 ••••• 1140 Palmer, Ernest C., repealed •.. 0 0 ••••• 1140 Paquette, Paul . 0 0 ••••••••• 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 0 • 1358 Parent, Albert . 0 0 o. 0 0 • 0 • o •• 0 0 • 0 •• 0 •• 1342 Parent, Gertrude L. • .•. 0 0 • 0 ••••••• 0 • 922 Parks, Katherine .....•• 0 0 ••• 0 ••• 0 ••• 1128 Parsons, Harold 0 0 0 •• 0 0 • 0 ••• 0 ••• 0 •• 0 0 1128 Patrick, Carroll Eo •..•. 0 •• 0 0 •••• 0 ••• 1342 Pauze, Joseph . o..••••••••.••••• 0 • 0 ••• 1178 Peavey, Edna May .• 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 • 0 ••••• 0 1342 Pelkey, Everett •• 0 •• 0 •• 0 ••••• 0 •••• 0 0 • 887 Pelkey, Ferdinand • 0 0 00 •• 0 •••••• 0 ••• 1342 Pelletier, Alfred o. 0 •• 0 • 0 •• 0 0 ••••••• 0 1128 Philbrook, Milton A., retirement benefit . 0 0 • 0 • 0 ••••••• 0 0 o. 0 •••• 0 •••••••• 1256 Pierce, Annie •• 0 0 ••••••••• 0 0 •• 0 0 ••• 0 961 Pitts, George •••. 0 •••••• 0 0 •••••••••• 1128 Poland, Floyd 0 0 •••• 0 •••• 0 • 0 0 • 0 ••••• 1128 Pope, Susan Norton •.• 0 0 •• 0 ••• 0 •••• 0 1173 1206 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Porter, Cora, teacher-retirement eligibility ...... •.•...... 858 Potter, Freda ...... •...... •. 887 1178 1128 922 Powers, Maggie •...... •....•... 1178 Pratt, Kenneth ...... •••.••..•.... 1342 Prescott, John Chelsea ...... ' .. . 1128 922 Pulsifer, Guy ...... •...... •.... 1128 Quirion, Joseph .... , ....•.•.•.•.••... 1128 Rankin, Charles E...... •...... 922 Rankin, Nancy ...... •...... 1173 Ranks, Albridge Raymond .....•....• 1342 1128 Raymond, Beulah F ...... 922 Record, Everett, repealed ..•...... 943 Reed, Margarite Hilda ...... 1342 Reid, Mantford A ...... •.•..•.. 1342 Reynolds, Lennie ...... 1179 Richards, Cora ...... 922 Rines, George ...... •••.•..... 1179 1342 1128 Robbins, Helen ...... •••..••..•..•. 922 Robbins, Otis Emery ..•...... •.... 1128 Roberge, Marie Louise ...... 922 Robie, Charles ....•.....•...... •..... 1179 922 Robinson, Grace H., repealed •..•.... 943 RossignoIl, Edith ...... 1128 Rounds, Ernest ...... 1179 Royal, Louise ...... •...... 887 Salsbury, Malcolm .•....•...••..•..• 922 Saunders, Edith M...... •..... 887 1179 Saunders, Mary A. •••..••.••••.••••• 887 1179 Saunders, Raymond H...... •... 887 1179 Sawtelle, Arthur D...... •.....•. 1342 1128 Sawyer, Bennett ...... •..••.••.. 922 Scott, Allen ...... •.. 11.28 Scott, Charles W. A...... ,1179 Scribner, Cora ...... 922 Seribner, Josephine, retirement benefits ...... •.....•...... 1265 Seymour, Edward .....•..••...•...... 1342 Repealed ....•...... •...... 943 Shaw, Annie L ...... 1342 Shaw, Flossie Mae ...... 887 1179 1128 Sha w, William A., repealed ...... 943 Sheaff, Harriett .....••...... 922 Shorey, Albert Leslie, retirement pension eligibility ...... 860 Shorey, Berger H...... •...... 88.7 1342 Sibley, Lillian ...... 1342 922 Sidelinger, Rosa ...... •.....•...... 1342 Silver, Herman ...... •...•.... 1128 Simpson, Chester ...... 1342 Sirois, Alice ...... • 1128 922 Small, Abbie ...... 887 1179 Small, Leland ...... 922 Smart, Marlene ...... 1128 922 Smith, Annie E., repealed ., ...... ' 1140 Smith, Charles ...... 1342 922 Smith, Dana E...... 887 Smith, Harrison F...... 1342 Smith, Hugh A...... 963 Smith, John (Caswell PIt.) ...... 1179 Smith, John (Belgrade) •...... • 1128 Repealed ...... •..•.• 943 Soucie, Louis ...... ; ..•..... 1128 Spaulding, Clyde ...... •.•.... 971 Spencer, Abbie ...... 1179 1128 Springer, Dorothy L...... • 1143 Sproul, Evan ...... 1342 Repealed ...... 943 Stacy, Virginia ...... 1342 Stevens, Almon Y...... •...... 1342 Stevens, Eugene H...... 1145 Stevenson, LeRoy, repealed ....•..... 1140 Stewart, Ethelyn ...... 1179 1128 St. Jean, Rita ...... 1342 st. Lawrence, Elizabeth ...... 922 Storer, Asenath Belle, repealed ...... 943 Storer, Josephine M...... •...... 1179 Strout, Vera ...... •...... 1342 Stuart, Ira ...... 1128 Stubbs, Marguerite :r.1. ••••••••••••••• 1179 Studley, Sadie E., repealed ...... 1140 Sturtevent, Ruth Spear ...... 961 Swazey, Arthur ...... 922 Sweetser, Harry L...... 887 Repealed ...... 1140 INDEX 1207

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Tarrio, Everett ..••....•..••..•.••.. 1128 Taylor, David S ....•.•...•••.••.••••• 1342 Teeney, Joyce ...•..•.••....•...••.• 1128 922 Thibodeau, Arthur •...... •••••.•.•• 922 Thibeault, George •.••...•..•.•••... 1179 Thomas, Clarence .....••.•..•.•..••• 1179 1128 Thompson, Barbara ....•...•.•.•..•. 922 Tibbetts, Eva 0., repealed ...... • 1139 Tondreau, Rolande ...•....••...•••.. 1128 Toole, Mabelle K. •.•.•.••••.••••.••• 1255 Townsend, Lester .••..•.•.••.•.....• 922 Townsend, Perez ...... ••.....•..•... 887 Trimm, Elvin L ...... •...... •..•. 1179 True, Joseph W ...... •... 1342 1128 Tucker, Beulah ...... •...•..•...• 1128 Tufts, Maud Lowell ...... • ; ...... ••. 887 Repealed ...... •...•.....•..• 943 Turgeon, Wilfred ..•...... •..•.. 1128 922 Turner, Georgie Bearce .•....•....•. 1179 Turner, Sadie ...... •....•....••... 1342 1128 Upham, John ...... •..•. 1128 922 Van Horn, Frank ...•....•....•••.... 1342 Van Sickle, Sylvester ....•.•...•..... 1128 Varney, Harold E. . ••.•••••••..•••..• 1343 Repealed ...... ••.•..••.•....•.• 943 Verdon, Elwin .....••..•...•..•.••.. 1128 Verrill, Merton ....•....••.•...... •. 1343 Wadsworth, Alberta, repealed ...... 943 Walker, James L. . •••..•••••••••••.. 1145 Wallace, Blanche ...... •..•.•.....• 887 Ward, Althea C...... •...•.....•.... 973 Watson, Harry H. . •.•.••...•.•••..•. 1280 Watson, Lucy M...... ••.•...... •.... 1343 Webber, Harland B ....•...•...... •.. 1343 WeikeL Austin M .•...... •.•...... • 1128 922 Weir, Frank L...... •...... •• 1128 Wells, John, Sr...... 1179 1343 Wentworth, Bateman C., repealed ... . 943 Wentworth, Joseph Henry .•••...... 1179 Wentworth, Murray J. • .••..•..•...• 1179 West, Harley ...... •...•...... •. 1343 Weymouth, Carrie E .•.•...•...... 887 Whalen, Theresa L. . ...•.•.••..•..•. 887 Wheeler, Frank J...... ••..•...... 1179 Whitcomb, Thomas Norman ...... 1128 White, Leland ...... •...... •..•••. 1128 Whitehead, Nellie ••....•...... •..... 1343 1128 White, Lettie C. . ••...•..•..•...... • 1179 Whittemore, Colby .•...... •.•...... • 922 Whittemore, Earl ...... •..•...•• 922 Whittemore, Emma J. . ...•.••...... 1173 Wight, Carrie M., teacher-pension status ...... ••.•..•..•.•...•.. 845 Wik, Alfred ...... : ... . 1179 1128 922 Wilcox, Hattie ...... •••....••.•..•.• 887 Wiley, Austin ...... 1128 Williams, Oscar F. . •....•...•...... • 1142 Williams, Raymond •.....•...•...... 922 Williams, Russell ...... •...... 922 Wilson, Donald ...•...... •.... 887 1179 Withee, Clarence P .•.•..•...... 1343 Withee, Lida May ...... ••• 1343 Woodbury, Ernest R ....•...•...•.... 1173 Worster, Howard .....•.•...... •..... 1179 Repealed ...... ••...... 1033 Yates, Harry ...... : ...... •.. 922 Young, Cora B., repealed ...... 1139 Zebe, Martha ...... •...... ••. 922 Soldiers and dependents, etc...... •.... 885 1176 1338 1128 Special legislative ...... •.•...... •.. 285 Teachers •...... •..•.•...... •..• 256 1173 7, 457 480, 493 Trust, protection ...... 204 See Education; Maine Teachers' Retire ment Association; Retirement; State Employees' Retirement SYstem PEOPLE'S FERRY COllIPANY Landings ...... •...... •.. 654 PEPPER POT Brook closed to fishing ...... •. 1009 PERCH POND Fly fishing ...••..•.••.•.•...... ••... 1045 1208 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Apportionment for public reserved lots 412 Impounded bank account ...... •• 342 Interest available for school surveys .. 412 155 Sales of land credited ...... 155 See Education; Finances; State School Funds PEruaNs, JOHN H. Place fish screen ...... •.•.... 842 PERRY, RALPH L. Land conveyed ...... •..... 1155 PERRY SCHOOL DISTRICT ,Incorporated ...... •...... 515 PERSONAL PROPERTY Liens ...... •.•...... 201 See }'fortgages Taxation, see Taxation PERSONNEL LAW Advisory council ...... •..... 260 Agricultural employees ...... 247 Board Membership ., ...... 489 Coastal wardens ...... 401 Disciplinary action ...... •.... 144 Inland fish and game wardens ...... •. 401 Merit award board ...... •.•.•...... 375 Reclassification survey ...... •...... 1353 State police ...... •...... 401 Veterans State employment Preference ...... 427 Reemployment rights ...... 78 Requirements .•.....••...... •.... PERSONS Adoption ..•.••••••.•••••••••••••••••• 109 Consent ...... •...... 228 Legal effect ...... • 83 Arrest without warrant ...... 151 Baltic origin, settlement of land ...... 284 343 Dependent on towns, refusal to work .. 27 Gunshot wounds, treated ...•....•..•.. 264 Injured, highway defects ...... 355 state care in certain institutions ...... 39 PETER DANA POINT RESERVATION See Indians PETERSnURG, VIRGINIA Park land to U. S...... 16 PHARilIACY, nOARD OF See Apothecaries PHEASANTS Closed season Aroostook county ...... 65 Penobscot county ...... •...... 207 222 Possession ...... 102 Open season ...... •... 347 PHILLrpS SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 556 PHILLIPS VILLAGE CORPORATION Repealed ...... 638 PHlPPSnURG, T01.VN OF Clams, taldng ...... 751 PHOTOGRAPHERS Itinerant ...... 573 Application, etc...... 144 PHYSCHOLOGISTS Board of examiners, created ...... 207 PHYSICAL EDUCATION See Education; Schools PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN See Children PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Board of registration Relating to ...... 210 Doctor, use of, as prefix ...... 39 209 Infants, prevention of blindness ...... 212 Non-profit service ...... 53 School physicians ...... 411 Vital statistic certificates ...... 352 INDEX 1209

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page PICARD, OYILA Land conveyed ...... •....•.... 1145 PICIiED IIIOUNTAIN Lookout station ...... •. 855 PICIiEREL POND Ice fishing repealed ...... 1013 PICNIC AREAS Roadside, constructed ...... 371 Cost ...... •...... •. 136 PINE TREE, WHITE State official tree ...... 845 'PISCATAQUIS COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... 56 141 238 Register of deeds ...... 56 141 238 Register of probate ...... •...... 56 141 238 Clerk of courts, salary ...... 141 238 County attorney, salary ...... 54 238 County commissioners, salary ..••...... 238 Farm bureau, assistance ...... •...... 122 Fishing in certain ponds .••..•.•...... 1223 Judge of probate, salary ...... • 142 238 Lakes opened for fishing ...... 873 Land conveyance, see State Tax Assessor Law library, payments .....•...... 268 46 Portion closed to hunting deer with bow and arrow ...... •.•.•...... 412 Register of deeds, salary •..•...... 336 238 Register of probate, salary ...... 56 142 238 Sheriff, salary ...... •...... • 141 422 238 Treasure~ salary ...... 141 238 Unorganized territory Burying grounds, expenses ...... 316 PISCATAQUIS IIIUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... 687 Recorder, salary ...... 563 687 PITTSFIELD IIIDNlCIPAL COURT Clerk hire ...... 544 Judg~ salary ...... 881 544 PITTSFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... , ...... 59 PLANNING See Highways; Maine Post War Public Works Reserve; Zoning PLANTATIONS Absent voting procedure ...... • 197 Assessors to police public reserved lots 200 Organization ...... 48 Taxes, assessment ...... 36 See Towns PLANT RAILROADS See Railroads 'PLASJIA Appropriation ...... •.•. 1118 PLEASANT LAIi:E, Aroostook County Smelt fishing ...... 1029 PLEASANT LAIiE, Penobscot County Fishing ...... : ...... • 1249 PLEASANT LAIi:E, Washington County Ice fishing ...... •..•...... •.. 1147 PLEASANT POINT INDIAN RESERVATION See Indians PLEASANT POND, Androscoggin County Fishing ...... • 844 PLEASANT POND, Oxford County Ice fishing ...... •.. 1139 'PLEASANT RIYER Salmon fishing ...... 869 Scallops, dragging ...... 113 30 PLUlIffiING Laws, application ...... 320 Plumbers License renewals ...... •. 198 Sanitary facilities ...... 475 PLUNKET POND Ice fishing ...... •..•..•..•••• 1249 1210 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page POISONS Economic law ...... ••.••••....•...• 192 POLAND, CHESTER Land conveyed ....•...... •.....••••••• 1108 POLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •....•.....• 638 POLES Line across property, Western Maine Sanatorium ...... •••.•...•••..• 1127 Regulated ...... •. 191 Right to set, from forest commissioner 124 Transportation of ...... •.••••. 1:14 Wire lines and ...... •...... 292 POLICE DEPARTMENTS Civil service Chiefs ...... •....•....••...•• 166 Rules by municipalities •...••..••..• 254 Emergency lights on automobiles ..•.•• 344 Retirement under state law ...••.•••..• 367 'POLICE OFFICERS Fees, witness or complaint ...... •.... 337 217 Special, among Indians •...... •..... 164 See Officers See State Police POLICIES OF INSURANCE See Insurance and Insurance Companies POLLEN SURVEY ...... •....•.•...••. 1273 Printing ...... •...••...•..•.. 916 POLL-TAXES See Ta:'(ation POLLUTION Domestic waste, dumping .•....•.•••.• 414 Fuel oil, study ...... •.....•....•...•.• 920 Potatoes, in streams ...... •...••.•.• 209 120 Streams ...... •.....•.....•..•.•.. 292 Tidal waters ....•....••••••.•••••.•••• 309 Water Improvement Commission •.•.••. 445 Waters Standards of classification ..•....•.. 459 Surface, classified ..••••..••..•..•... 328 See Waters PONDS Boats operating ...... •....•...• 331 Pollution by domestic waste •...... 41-1 Potatoes, deposit •.....•.•••.••••.•.•.. 209 120 'PORTABLESA~nLLS See Sawmills PORTAGE LAKE Power boats, use ...... •....•••... 290 Wharf for seaplane landing .•...... 878 PORTAGE LAIiE, TO"\VN OF See Ashland Area Community School District PORTER, DONALD S. Authorized to sue state ...... •.•.... 1286 PORTER LAIi.E Fishing ...... •..•...... •.••.. 1246 902 Fish screen, repair " ...... " .. " .... .o ...... 1169 PORTER, TOWN OF School district ...... •....•..• 823 PORTER'S LANDING WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 783 PORTLAND AND OGDENSBURG RAILWAY Uissolved ..•...... •...... 556 PORTLAND AND RU1IIFORD FALLS RAILROAD Dissolved ...... •.• 582 PORTLAND AND RUMFORD FALLS RAILWAY Dissolved ...... •..•...•...... • 582 'PORTLAND BRIDGE DISTRICT Dissolved ...... 811 PORTLAND, CITY OF Bond issues ...... •...... 765 Bridge across Fore river ...... 946 Bond issue ...... •..•...... •. 1334 INDEX 1211

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Charter Amended 736 71, 722 Form of ballot ...... • 803 Cliff Island ward ...... • 169 Depa.r~ment of electrical appliances, an- nUItIes ...... 765 Fares between and Peaks Island ...... 14 Fire department Annuities for dependents ...... •.. 792 Retirement pensions ...... •..•.•.• 729 Two platoon system repealed ...... 561 Nomination papers, filing ...... • 629 Police department Annuities for dependents ...... • 792 Retirement pensions ...... 729 Sidewalk, construction ...... 728 Sinking fund ...... •....• 528 Slum clearance ...... 963 South Portland bridge, survey •..•...•• 877 See Greater Portland Public Develop- ment Commission PORTLAND GAS LIGHT COMPANY Charter amended ...... •..• 685 PORTLAND INVESTIIENT COiUPANY Incorporated ...... 831 'PORTLAND JUNIOR COLLEGE Appropriation ...... 1238 Powers, re Portland University Exten- sion Courses, Inc. .."."",,",, ... """",,"" 695 PORTLAND lUUNIClPAL AIRPORT Construction ...... 944 PORTLAND~IUNlClPALCOURT Clerk hire, office of Recorder ...... • 248 282 367 311 Judge, salary ...... 726 1195 808 Recorder, salary ...... • 727 949 551 PORTLAND PIPE LINE CORPORATION Lease ratifi.ed ...... •. 507 PORTLAND PUBLIC DEVELOPliIENT CO~nIISSION. GREATER See Greater Portland Public Develop ment Commission PORTLAND UNIVERSITY Additional degrees ...... 845 493 Powers granted ...... ••.....• 732 PORTLAND UNIVERSITY EXTENSION COURSES, INC. Name changed ...... • 695 See Portland Junior College PORTLAND "VATER DISTRICT Nomination papers, filing ...... 787 Right of way for pipe line ...... •. 903 PORT OF CALAIS AUTHORITY Created ...... •• 552 PORT OF PORTLAND AUTHORITY Eminent domain ...... • 809 Name changed ...... •• 809 See Maine Port Authority POSTS Regulated ...... •...... 340 Repealed ...... •... 191 See Poles POST WAR PLANNING See lIfaine Post War Public Works Reserve POTATOES Branding ...... • 259 Potato tax funds ...... 386 Deposit, in streams, etc. ".""."" .. "" .. ",," 209 120 Dumps, expense of destroying ...... •. 147 Seed potato board Appropriation ...... •• 268 Created ...... 189 Payments to Masardis ...... • 64 Tax ...... •...... •...... 49 Expenditure ...... 386 Trade-marks, see Trade-MarIes See Agriculture See Maine Potato Marketing Act 1212 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page POULTRY Chickens Taxation, exemption ••••••••••••••••• 272 Repealed ...... •.••••••.••••••••• 265 Dogs damaging ..•....•••••••••••••••• 355 Fowl Dogs attacking .•••••••••••••••••••• 190 Taxation, domestic ..•••••••••••••••• 265 Foxes near, digging. etc ...... 413 291 Transportation .....•..••••••..•••••••• 202 Quarantined areas ...... •..•••••••• 163 POWDERS Approved listing .••.•••••••••••••••••• 239 PO"WER OF ATTORNEY Without seals, recorded ..•.•.••.••••••• 373 POWNAL STATE SCHOOL Appropriation ....••••••••••.••••••••• 941 Construction, certain ••••••••••.••••••• 1174 1224, 1286 Provided ..••.•.....••••••••••••••••• 26 Purchase of land ..•..•.••••.•••.•.• 879 Transfers and commitm",nts .•..••..•••• 180 PREACHERS' AID SOCIETY Charter amended .•.••.•.•.••.•.•...•• 561 PRE.3IARITAL lUEDICAL EXAlUINATIONS See Marriage PRENATAL EXAlIIINATIONS RH factor ...•...... ••••.•.•.•.• 364 PRENTISS SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••...••• , 712 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS See Elections PRESQUE ISLE, CITY OF Armory, appropriation •••••..•.••••••• 934 Charter amended ....•.••.••••••••.•••. 686 Garbage collection •••••••.•••••••••••• 1140 Land conveyed ..•.•.•...... ••.•••••• 1149 PRESQUE ISLE FEEDING STATION Sale •...... ••••...... ••••••• 1248 PRESQUE ISLE HOUSING AUTHORITY Powers ..•..•....••...•.••••••••.••••• 789 PRESQUE ISLE IIITJNICTI'AL COURT Charter amended ..•..•.•••••••••••••• 650 Judge, salary •...••••••••••••••••••••• 552 Recorder Duties, salary ....•..•••••••••••.•.• 789 552 PRESQUE ISLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ..•...••.•.•...... •••••• 869 PRESQUE ISLE WATER DISTRICT Bonds validated, refunding ••..•••.•••• 722 PRICE See Fuel PRBL4.RIES See Elections PRISONERS Examination of character by judge •••• 91 Parole for lifers after 30 years ••••••.. 412 PRISON, STATE See State Prison PRIVATE AlljD S'PECIAL LAWS See Laws of Maine PRIVATE DETECTIVES See Detectives PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS Administration of state funds .....•..• 222 PROBATE COURTS Adoption Children .•••.•.•...••.••.•.••••••••• 100 Filed ...... •.•..•••••••••••• 353 Pensons ...... 109 Records confidential ...•..••..••••.. 413 Appeal ..••••• , •••••••••••••••••••••••• 188 Clerk hire, see particular county Guardians, see Guardian and Ward Judges, see particular county for salary INDEX 1213

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Jurisdiction In general ...... 29 Minors, custody and support ...... 352 Licenses for lease of real estate ...•... 257 Lost heir funds ...... •.... 98 Public administrators ...... 370 Register of, fees Certified copies ...... 359 Copies of wills, etc...... •.... 359 Foreign estates ...... 260 Petitions for probate of wills, etc. •• 427 Salary, see particular county Stenographers Compensation ...... 336 Copies furnished ...... 336 Supreme court of probate, see Supreme court of Probate Wills By whom made ...... 436 Proof when witnesses not available .. 40 Rights of surviving husbands and wives ...... 116 See Executors and Administrators PRORATION OFFICE See particular county 'PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS See Engineers, Professional PROGRESSIVE LOAJ."V CO)IPANY Incorporated ...... 691 PROPERTY Certain corporations to hold ..•...... 24, 146 Certain laboratories to hold ...... 193 146 Damage, see Financial Responsibility Law; Inland Fisheries and Game Libraries to hold ...... 146 Mortgaged, relief during war emergency 813 Rights of married persons ...... 436 Surplus pool, see Surplus Property Pool Trespass ...... 307 323 Destruction of signs ...... 307 See Eminent Domain; Executors and Administrators See Personal Property See Taxation PROS'PECTING IVIinerals and metals ...... 333 PROVIDENT LOAN COllIPANY Loans increased ...... 568 PRO"l'LNCE LAKE FLshing ...... 1030 PROXY Seal not necessary ...... Shareholders, duration ...... 98 PUBLIC AD~UNlS'l'RATORS See Executors and Administrators PUBLIC BUILDINGS Superintendent ...... 311 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES Acceptance of federal funds ...... 247 Federal law ...... 57

Nursing ...... o •• o ...... o •••• 150 PUBLIC LANDS Assessors to aid in policing ...... 200 See Public Reserved Lots 'PUBLIC LAWS See Laws of :i'.'Iaine PURLIC LIDRAnIES See Libraries PUBLIC LOAN CORPORATION OF AUGUSTA Incorporated ...... •...... 929 PUBLIC LOAN CORPORATION OF BANGOR Incorporated ...... •.../ ..•.... 934 PUBLIC LOAN CORPORATION OF LEWISTON Incorporated ...... •...••.•.•• 936 1214 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page PUBLIC LOAN CORPORATION OF PORTLAND Inco.rpo.rated ...... •...... •...... 933 PUBLIC PARI\: FACILITIES See State Parks PUBLIC PLACES Drinking pro.hibited ...... 461 PUBLIC RESERVED LOTS Impro.vement o.f gro.wth ...•...... 412 Organized and uno.rganized to.wnship.s funds ...... •..•...... 361 Interest ...... •...... 144 Po.licing ...... •...... •...•...... •. 200 Special co.mmittee to. study ...... 924 Trespass ...... 200 See Uno.rganized To.wnships Fund PUBLIC SAFETY Co.uncil established .....•...... 248 See Civil Defense PUBLIC UTILITIES Additio.nal co.urt review ...... 405 Commission Advice to. to.wns ...... ••...• 210 BUo.yS set in inland waters .....•.... 1288 Chief inspecto.r ...... •...... •...... 14 Flo.o.d damage ...... •...... 138 Railro.ad crossing signs ..•.••.••••.•• 85 Salary ...... •...... 500 477 Sebago. lake, bUo.yS ...... •...... 1121 Suspensio.n o.f rates ...... 14 Erro.neo.us charges, adjustment ..•..... 131 Lines, right to. maintain fro.m fo.rest commissioner ...... 124 Lo.catio.n o.f structures ...... 298 Mo.to.r trucl{s fo.r hire Interstate carriers, permits ...... 207 Vio.latio.n o.f laws ...... 436 Mo.to.r vehicles, intrastate traffic ...... 477 Po.stS and wires regulated ...... •.... 340 Rates ...... 405 Reo.rganizatio.n o.f co.rpo.ratio.ns under Public Utility Ho.lding Co.mpany Act 103 Televisio.n signal transmitted ..•..•.... 121 See Carriers; Highways; Mo.to.r Vehicles; Railro.ads PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING C03IPANY ACT Reo.rganizatio.n o.f co.rpo.ratio.ns ...... 103 PUBLIC WORH:S See Maine Po.St War Pub I i c Wo.rks Reserve PULPWOOD Hauling ...... •.... 494 380 Liens fo.r mo.ney advances, etc...... 110 See Mo.to.r Vehicles PURCHASES See Department o.f Finance PUS HAW LAKE White perch fishing ...... 1028 PU~~W 'POND , FIshIng ...... • 906

Q,UAHOGS Canning ...... 190 99 Deo.rganized to.wns, regulated ...... 36 Enfo.rcement o.f laws ...... • 71 Retail dealer's license ...... 385 Shipping ...... 190 Repealed ...... 514 Taldng regulated ...... 41 Transpo.rtatio.n ...... 385 Q,UAIi:ERS See Friends Q,UARANTINE Nursery Sto.clt, see Nursery Sto.ck See Bang's Disease INDEX 1215

~~1945 1947 1949 1951. 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Q,UODDY See Passamaquoddy~~

RABBITS Domestic Damage by dogs and wild animals .• 100 Open time, Somerset county ...••...•.• 403 Wild Propagation ...... •...... 17 Sale of, prohibited .•...•...•.•••••... 441 RACCOONS Night hunting ...... •.... 130 North Haven" and Vinalhaven, open season ...... 128 Suspension of game laws ...... 155 RACING Harness Commission Anticipated overdrafts •...... ••... 795 Audit of books of pools ...... 429 Expenses ...... •.....••.•...• 344 Membership ..•...... •...... •... 459 Name changed ...... •.•..• 292 Salary ...•...... •..•.....•. 479 Drugs, etc., prohIbited .....•••.••.•. 269 Gorham Raceways ...... ••... 486 Ljcense fe.es ...... •.....•. 98 LIcenses, Issuance ...... 479 Night ...... •...• 414 Receipts to general fund •...... •. 344 Time of meets ...... • 455 Motor vehicle Structures ...... ••...... 3&3 Motorcycle exempt .•...... •.• 195 Pari mutuel pools Records ...... •.•.....•••..• 133 Stipend to agricultural fairs ....•...• 429 463 77 48& Apportionment ...... ••...... 463 Running " Created ...... ••....• 227 Day racing only ...... •. 481 Repealed ...... •.•....•..••. 486 Night ...... 486 Scarborough Downs ...... 486 RADIO Libel, responsibility ...... •...•.• 109 RAILROADS Caboose-cars ...... •..•...... • 15 Capital stock, increase ...... 41 Contracts for conditional sales of equipment, recording ...... 14 Crossings Abolishment ...... •• 11 Automatic signals .••...... •...•.•.•. 453 Signs ...... •...... •.... 85 Lights, head and rear on cars ...... •. 423 Non-common carrier activities ...... 50 Notes, issued ...... •...... 126 Overpasses, clearance markings ....•.. 438 Plant, definition ...... 150 Rights of minority stocl,holders re mortgages, etc...... 12 State taxes ...... 76 Street ...... •..•..•..• 308 Steam, definition .....•...... •...... •.. 70 Stocl;:s and bonds ...... ".. . 13 Ways crossing ...... •...... •.•••.. 119 RANCOURT POND Fishing ...... 900 RANGELEY FEEDING STATION Sale ...... •.....•...... 1254 RANGELEY GAlIIE PRESERVE Repealed ...... •...•..•• 129 RANGELEY STREAilI Fishing ...•...... •.••..•.•••...•. 1010 1216 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page RANGELEY TRUST COltIPANY Purposes ...... •...... 536 RATS Control, dumping grounds ...... 291 REAL ACTIONS Duties of clerks of courts and registers of deeds ...... •...... ••...• 97 See Actions; Suits REAL ESTATE Brokers, licenses ...... 98 Dealers, denial of licenses ...... 248 Deeds, waiver of restrictive provisions • 473 Eminent domain by state ...... 262 Joint tenancies, method of creating ... . 270 Lease, license, probate court •...... 257 Liens for assessments ...... 391 Salesmen, licenses ...... 98 Taxes Establishing, quieting titles .•...... 115 Liens Alternative method ...... 296 195 Records of sales ...... 135 Welfare recipient, state, claims against 183 See Taxation RECESS COJlllIlTTEE See Special Committee RECIPROCAL CONTRACTS OF INDEJINITY See Insurance and Insurance Companies RECfPROCITY See Inland Fisheries and Game; Insur ance and Insurance Companies; Maine Employment Security Law; Motor Ve hicles; Taxation; Uniform Support of Dependents Law RECLASSIFICATION SURVEY State employees ...... 1353 RECORDERS See Municipal Courts RECORDS Bank, destruction ...... 51 Criminal, reports ...... •...... 379 Death, veterans, to the state ...... 366 Dogs, persons buying or selling ...... 217 Printed vital, removal of copies ...... 847 State, destruction ...... 90 See Mortgages See Vital Statistics RECREATIONAL CAlIIPS See Health and Welfare RECREATIONAL FACILITffiS Municipalities ...... •..... 232 See State Parks RED IUVER Fishing ...... 1230 1056 REEF POINT GARDENS CORPORATION Incorporated ...... 823 REFERENCE Claims, suits, trust estates ...... 113 REFERENDUltIS Explanation ...... 139 Signers in petitions ...... 1120 REFORJIATORY FOR lIIEN Appropriation" ...... 936 Equipment ...... 1285 Incorrigible inmates ...... 95 Parolees Records to state police ...... 96 Transfer, from state prison ...... 60 REFORlIlATORY FOR WOltffiN Construction ...... 1285 946 Reapportioned ...... 911 Land and buildings, purchase ...... 861 REGISTERS OF DEEDS Duties re judgments in real actions ... . 97 Fees ...... 496 449 134 Photostatic, etc...... 31 INDEX 1217

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Recording, waiver of restrictive provisions ...... 473 Salaries, weekly payments ...... 23 See particular county REGISTERS OF PROBATE See Probate Courts; particular county REGISTRATION See Elections; Motor Vehicles REID STATE 'PARK Appropriation ...... •...... 940 RELATIVES See Hospitals See Uniform Support of Dependents Law RELIEF Business in financial distress ...... 813 State, general, appropriation ...•...... 729 REPORTER OF DECISIONS Compllation of certain dicisions .••..... 1120 Expenses ...... ••...•...... 479 Powers and expenses ...•...•...... 62 Salary ...... 405 REPORTERS See Court Reporters RESEARCH COllnnTTEE See Legislative Research Committee RESERVE FOR OPERATING CAPITAL Sta te, esta bUshed ...... 751 RESOLVES Road repair, see Roads Special legislative pensions, see Pen .sions See Laws of Maine RESTAURANTS See Liquor Law REST HOllIES See Hospitals RETIREJIENT Committee to study laws ...... 884 Firemen ...... 372 Justices of supreme and superior courts 162, 114, 377 388 Loan and building association employees 179 Savings bank employees ...... 143 125 State police ...... 129, 270 Veterans, benefits ...... 78 See Education; Maine State Retirement System; Pensions; Schools RE"l'lSED ST_.\.TUTES See Laws of Maine RKVISOR OF STATUTES Repealed ...... 540 See Legislative Research Committee REVOLUTIONARY WAR See Soldiers and Sailors RHFACTOR Prenatal examination ...... 364 RICIL.\.RDSON LAKE Tributarties, fiy fishing ...... 863 RICHlIIOND-DRESDEN BRIDGE See Maine Kennebec Bridge RICKER CLASSICAL INSTITUTE AND JUNIOR COLLEGE Appropriation ...... ••..•.••••..•...•• 96 Name changed, powers .....•.•.•.•.••• 733 See Ricl

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Floods .•....•...••••..•.•••..•••••..•. 138 Improvements ••...••.••••..••••.....•• 152 Pollution by domestic waste .•...... ••• 414 See Streams RIVER-SIDE CElIIETERY ASSOCIATION Transfer to Cape Elizabeth •••••••.•..• 556 ROADS Appropriations ...•...•.••••••.•.•...•• 925 1191 1288 1071 Closed for repairs, removal of notices • 176 Ditches, culverts, etc., by towns, under highways •...... •..•••.••.•••. 244 Ice, obstructing •.•••.•.•.•••...•...•.. 245 Lamoine, town of Maintenance ...... •.•...... •..•. 1170 Obstructing, penalty ....••••••••••••.•• 245 Private Definition, right of way ....•...... 205 Use town highway equipment .....•. 572 40 Resolves Allotment for 1945-46 increased ...•. 1140 Town road improvement fund, effect of ••...... •...... •.. 434 362 Right to maintain, etc., from forest commissioner ....•..•..•.•.•...... 124 Snow, obstructing •...... 245 Towns, reappropriation resolves Appleton •.•.•.••...... •.•••••••••••• 1216 Athens .....•....•...... •...•.•••.. 1263 Baileyville .•.•••.••••••••..•....•.•• 1150 Belfast, City of •...••...... •.•.••.• 910 Bethel ...... •...... •.••••.. 1032 Bingham .••••••••...•••••••••..•..•.. 907 Bucksport •••••••••••.•••••..•••.••. 1149 Burlington ••••••••••••••••...•••••• 25 Calais ...••••...•...••••••••••••••••• 1239 Caswell, Plantation of ••.•...... 1263 1023 Cbarleston •.•••...... • 95 Cornville .•..•....•.•...•••.•••.••.•• 1035 Cyr, Plantation of ••••••••.••...••... 1264 Damariscotta ...... •..•.... 1126 Dennysville ...••••..••.••••••.•...••. 907 Freeman .....•.•..•••.•...•.•••••••• 1231 Friendship ..••.•••.••.••....•..•...• 895 Guilford ...... •...•..... 1265 Hamlin, Plantation of ..•..•...•.•••. 1264 Hartland ..••...... 1024 Hebron .....•..••...... •. 1235 Hudson ..••.•••••.••.••.•••....••••• 895 Kennebunk .•.••.•.•••.••...... •.... 1243 Kennebunkport ••••••..••...... 881 Leeds ..•••.•••••.•.••••.•...... •••. 1171 Limestone ..••••••.••..••...... ••• 1264 Medway ...... •....•••••••..••.•... 1213 Montville ..••••••.••••.••.•.•••..... 1126 lVloose River, Plantation of ...••..... 1007 New Limerick •..•...... 911 New Portland ••••...••••••.••••••••. 1263 Nobleboro ••.•....•..•••.....•••..... 1047 Palermo ...... ••...•.••..•••••..•• 1128 Patten •.•.••.••...... ••...... 1126 Sangerville •••.••.••••.....•...... 1262 Sebec ...•....•••••.••••••••••••••••• 1034 Southwest Harbor ••..•••...••.•••••. 1021 Trenton ...... •...... •...... •• 1150 1239 Waldoboro ...•••...•...•.•••••••.••• 883 Warren ••••.••••.•.•...••...... •... 1171 Washhurn ...... •..••.••••••.• 1216 Waterford •••..••.•....••.•.•••••••. 880 Westmanland, Plantation of .••.•••.. 1041 Woodland .•...... ••...... 1265 Unorganized territory Assessments •••••.•.•.•••••••..••••• 122 See Bridges; Highways; Streets; Ways ROADSIDE PLACES License~ fees ...... •...... 366 ROAD TAX Carriers ....•...... •.••••.•...... 457 Report, filing •.••.••...••...••...... 393 ROARING BROOK Maintenance of road ....•...... •••. 722 1014 ROBERTSON, GEORGE H., SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated •••••••.••...... •...•••• 846 INDEX 1219

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page ROBINSON POND Fishing •...•.•...•.•••.••••••••••••••• 1253 ROBINSON, RALPH ])1. Land conveyed ....•••••••••••••••••••• 1114 ROCKLAND, CITY OF Charter amended •..•.•.••••••••••••••• 649 754 Council manager charter •••••••••••••• 762 Council Salary ...... •...•.•••••••••••••• 640 Road and terminal •.••.••••.•••••.•••• 1139 919 "W1tarf and dock acquired ....•..•••••.• 685 ROCKLAND MUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ....•...... •••••••••••••• 704 869 Recorder Bond ...... ••..••.•••••••••• 870 Salary ...... ••..•••••..•••••• 705 870 550 ROCKLAND PORT DISTRICT Created .....•...... •••.••••••••••.•• 797 ROCIU,AND SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... •..•.••••••••••• 672 800 Created ...... •.••..•.••••••••• 816 Financial provisions ...•..••••.•••••••• 495 ROCIi:WOOD Polling place ...... ••.••.••••••••.•• 478 Repealed ...... ••....•.•.•.•• 188 ROCIi:Y LAKE Ice fishing ...... •.....••••..•.•••••• 1214 ROCIi:Y POND Fishing ....•...•.••...••..•••..••.•••• 1243 Ice fishing ...... •...••.•..•••••••• 1242 ROLLER COASTER License ...... 132 ROLLINS, lIIAXWELL Land conveyed ..•..•..•..••..••••••••• 1159 ROQUE BLUFFS, TOWN OF Clams, digging ••..•..•••••.•••••.••••• 819 ROSSIGNOL (NIGHTINGALE). WILFRED Land conveyed ..•...•..•...•..••.••.•• 1117 ROSSIGNOL, WILFRED Land conveyed ...... •••...•..••••••• 1119 ROUND POND Fishing ...... •.•...•..•.•..••.•••••••• 1039 908 ROUTE 11 Aroostook Scenic Highway, designation 808 ROYALRIVER Ice fishing ...... •.....•..••..••••••••• 1242 RUBBISH Dumping Another's land, on ...•...... •...••••• 45, 342 Highways, on ...••....••.•..••..••.. 320 Ru])IFORD FALLS MUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... ••••.••.••..• 729 873 Recorder, salary ...... 873 RU])IFORD FALLS VILLAGE CORPORATION Charter amended Rate of tax, increased ..•.•.•••••••• 658 Public safety commission ..••••••.••••• 752 Repealed ...... •.•••••••••.••••••• 661 RUlIlFORD FINANCE CO., INC. Incorporated ...... •.....•..••••• 938 RU])IFORD, TOWN OF Board of selectmen, regular meetings •• 614 School committee Members ...... •....•••.•••• 731 810 Town manager form of government •••• 614 Town meetings, notification •••.•..••••• 614 RUNNELL'S BROOK Hunting, etc., of fur-bearing animals •• 129 RUNNING HORSE RACING COllUrrSSION See Racing 1220 INDEX

~~1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page s~~

SA~B~THDAY LAKE Flshlng ...... ••.••.•••.. 1116 SABATTUS POND White perch fishing ...... •••••••.••• 919 SABOTAGE PREVENTION ACT ••••••••• 440 SACO, CITY OF Board of commissioners for policemen and firemen ...... •••••...••..•••..• 721 Charter Amended ...... •.•.....•••.•••.•• 1180 Civil service commission ..•...... ••.•• 585 Council-manager form of government •. 1142 Deed to Saco-Lowell.Shops, ratified .••• 507 New charter ...... •.•••••••••• 839 SACO-LOWELL SHOPS Deed from city of Saco ratified ...••••• 507 SACO lIIDNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... ••••••••..••• 997 Recorder, salary ..... , ....••....•••••• 997 SACO SANITARY DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••..•••••..••.• 746 SACO SEWERAGE DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.••••••.•••.• 901 SADDLEBACKSTREAM Closed to all fishing ...... •...... 1163 SAFE DEPOSIT COllIPANIES Boxes and safes, right to open •••••••• 109 SAFETY Buildings, by-laws and ordinances, re 294 Public, council established ...... •.•.• 248 SAGADAHOC COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... •.•..•..••.•• 315 250 203 119 Register of deeds ...... ••.••.••••• 315 250 203 119 Register of probate ...... •••••••• 315 250 203 119 Clerk of courts, salary •.••••..•••••.•• 163 119 County attorney, salary .....•.•••••••• 177 County commissioners, salary •.•.....• 119 Judge of probate, salary ...... •.••...• 179 Law library, payments •...... •.•••• 268 Old Bay Bridge road, set ofi' .•..••...• 844 Register of deeds, salary .•....•••••..• 176 Register of probate, salary .•••••..••• 314 180 Sherifi', salary ...... ••.• 250 Superior court, trial term ....••....•••• 162 Treasurer, salary ...... 180 SAILORS See Soldiers and Sailors SALElII, TOWN OF Organization surrendered ...... 539 SALES Closing-out, regulated ...... •.•• 214 Motor vehicles Time sales ...... •....••... 412 See Bulk Sales Act; Conditional Sales; Unfair Sales Act SALES TAX Bonds ...... •..•.• 51 Clarification ...... ••... 127 Credit when price not paid ...... •.•.••• 418 Exemption Automobiles used in driver education program ...... •..•.•...• 242 Educational institutions ...... •.. 470 Fuel, clarified ...... •.•.. 458 ::I'Ieals by hospitals and nursing homes 33 Medicine for humans by prescription 40 Motor vehicles to amputee veterans •. 413 Passenger automobiles not to be registered in state ...... ••..•.• 478 Research centers ...... ••• 78 Ships' stores ...... •....•..... 405 Unincorporated hospitals ...... •••.•• 78 INDEX 1221

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Imposed .- ..•...•...•••.••..••.•••••••.. 243 Injunctions •.....•..•••••••••••••••••.• 51 Jeopardy assessment ••••••••••••••••.• 51 Motor vehicles .•.....•••.••••••.•••••.• 235 Packaging and shipping materials defined ...... •••.....•••••.•••••••••• 404 Paid in other jurisdictions ••.•••••••.• 418 Penalties ••...... •••••...•••••... 51 Refunds ....•••••.•.••••••••••••••••••• 51 Registration •...••....••.••••.•••••... 51 SALJlION See Atlantic Sea Run Salmon SAL'!' POND Fishing ..•...•..••.•..•.•..•••••.•.... 1214 Ice fishing ...... •...••••••••••...... 1215 SANATORIUJlIS See Hospitals; particular name SAND POND Fishing ..•....•.••.•...•...••••••..... 1251 SANDY STREAJlI Fisbing .•.....••••...... •••••.•••.•... 884, 899 SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT Created ....••...•...•••..••••..•.....• 1015 Rates ...... •••••...... •••••••....• 589 Relating .....•.•.••.•••...... •.• 960 Trustees, compensation •••..•.•••...... 589 SANFORD, TOWN OF Airport commission created .•..•.....• 702 Repealed .••.....•..•.••....•••.•...• 644 Assessment for sidewalks, improvements 639 Boundary line with North Berwick ..... 527 Police, board of commissioners .••..... 717 Warrant committee •..•.•..••••...••.. 538 SA-lVITARY WATER BOARD See Pollution; Water Improvement Com . mission SARDINES Assistant chief ...... ••.••...... • 152 Cutting defined ...... •..•.•••••....••.. 118 Definition •..••••••••...•••••....•••••• 275 211 Licenses and time for packing herring, etc. . ••...... ••..•.••••••.....•.•.. 106 130 Marking of cans ..•..•.•.••...•..••••. 5 Packing •.•...••••••..••••••..••...... 5 Branding and .•.•.•••••.•.....•.•••• 117 Fee ...... 117 Cans ...... •.••••••..••.••... 64 Oval •••...•••••.•••••.•.•••...•••• 192 Revised .•...•..••.•..•••...... •••••• 152 Tax Committee, executive secretary ..•••• 183 Suspended on certain cases ....•....• 171 SATURDAY BanI,s permitted to close ...... •.••.. 429 206 County offices, closing •.•••..•...... •.. 417 SAVINGS BANKS Book of deposit, original lost ...... • 221 Investments •...... ••...... •..••••.• 49 93 Insurance company stocks ..•...••..• 96 Mortgage bonds of natural gas companies ...... 60 Preferred stocks, certain ...... •.• 132 Life insurance or retirement for employees ....•.••••••.•...... •••....•• 143 96 125 Loans Life insurance policies ...... 69 Merger, consolidation and conversion 233 lI,rortgage loans under Servicemen's Re- adjustment Act of 1944 •...... •• 6, 112 Mortgages for investments .....•..•..• 257 Personal loans •••••...••••.••..•..•.•• 137 Savin,.-s deposits, inactive ...•...•••.•• 42 TaxatlOn ...... •••...... •.....• 83 349 579 Truste~ process ••... : ...... •...••.•• 107 Ren,tmg safe deposIt boxes .....•...• 170 Veterans, loans ...... •...... •••• 235 153 26 See Banks and Banking 1222 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Pa.ge Page Page Page Page SAWMILLS Licenses Portable ...... •.....•• 92 Portable, primary wood-using •.••••• 510 Spark arrestors Logging tractors ••..•...•..•....•.•• 92 Portable mills ...•...••...•••...•..•• 92 See Forestry SAWYER'S ISLAND Waterways closed ...... •.••....•.•• 1168 SCALES Towns to own ...... •.....•...•••.• 129 SCALLOPS Fishing licenses ...... ••.....• 127 Harrington and Pleasant rivers ...••..• 113 30 Open season ...... •...... •...... 297 SCARBOROUGH, TOWN OF Clams, taking ....•...... •.•.•.• 212 Dredging channel, contribution ..•...• 937 SCHOOL BmLDING AUTHORITY See Maine School Building Authority SCHOOL BUSES See Motor Vehicles SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ••...•••....••• 576 SCHOOL DISTRICTS Annual audit ..•...... •...... 133 Community Amended ...... • 346 Apportionments ...... •..•...... • 108 Formation ...... •...... •..• 451 .Trea~urer ...•...... •..•• 105 FInancmg ...... ••..•.•.•• 11 Meetings ...•...... •...... •..•. 296 See Education SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Admission age ...... •..•...•..•••• 332 Appropriation ...... •..•.....•• 949 Construction ..•.....•.•.•..•..••..••.• 1286 Mackworth Island from Baxter ...... 541 SCHOOL FUNDS sei-J:,gnanent School Fund; State School SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS Provided ...... •••..••••••• 183 SCHOOLS !ca~~m:y a!d from ~tate school fund ...• 382 pp prlatlOns clarIfied ..•...... • 175 Attendance ...... •..•..•• 200 Bands, towns to raise money ...... • 25 Birth records of pupils to be filed with teacher ...... •.•..•.•.•..• 110 ~o~le~s in ..... : ...... •...•..•. 318 U1 dmg authorIty ...... •..•. 482 Amended ...... ••.• 255 B ~~:qlbershiP : ...... 365 UI lng commISSIon ...... 576 ChIfI~~~led ...... 16 Conveyance or board .....•...... •... 147 Mechanical equipment ...... •.••• 120 Neglected, while attending •...... 468 Construction ...... ••.....•..•. 576 See Maine School Building Authority Declaration of independence taught ... . 106 Elementary supervisors ...... : ... . 92 Evening, state aid ...... •.. 98 Health certificates by employees ...... 390 Inspection ...... •...... • 16 Island ...... •..•.... 161, 162 Joint operation ...... •...... •..• 162 Joint school committee by vote at town meeting ...... •..•.. 242 Kindergartens ...... • 198 Lunch Programs, see School Lunch Pro- gram Nursing see Nurses Occupational training ...... 283 Payments for superintendence by towns under supervision of agents of commissioner ..•.....••••..•....•••..... 90, 17 404 INDEX 1223

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page State school funds to towns •...... 91 21 Physical fitness, programs .••••...••.•• 57 Property to hold •..•..•...... ••••••••.. 146 Scholarships ...... 1359 School age ...... •...... • 198 Schoolhouse lots Condemnation ...... •...•...... •.. 254 School physicians ...... •.....•..•. 411 School year, length ...... •...... 24 State normal school and teachers' college board, see State Normal School and Teachers' College Board State school funds, see State School Funds Superintendents, see Superintendent of Schools Teachers' pensions ...... ••...... 256 Te,,:c~ing ,importance of voting and c,tIzensh,p ...... ••..•.... 214 Technical schools, see Education Truants, habitual ....•...... ••...•.•• 47 Tuition Certain pupils in secondary schools •• 269 Children living on islands ...... •..• 161, 162 Clarification ...... •••....• 15 Contracts between towns ...... • 163 Normal schools and teachers' colleges 1000 Outside Maine ...... •.....•• 134 Regulations revised ....•...•.•...... 466 Secondary pupils ...... 227, 549 599 241 Towns not maintaining secondary schools ...... •...... •.• 548 Unorganized territory •...... •....•. 496 Vaccination, etc...... •...... 233 Vocational schools, see Education Water, examine ...•.•...... •...... 344 Work permits, see Labor and Industry See Education; Superintendent of Schools; University of Maine SCHOOL UNIONS See Education SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES Tax exempt ....•...... •...... 194 SEA. A...""lD SHORE FISHERIES Atlantic sea run salmon, see Atlantic Sea Run Salmon Barrels, see Barrels Clams, see Clams Clarification of law ...•...•...... 459 157 Coastal wardens Inland fish and game wardens, powers 115 Salaries ...... •...... 401 Commercial fishing license Non-resident ...... •...•••...•••...• 128, 414 Smelts excepted ...•.•..••••.•.•••••• 103 Consignment Fish, lobsters and shellfish ••.••••••. 109 Crabs, see Crabs Department Motor vehicles ...... •.••••...•••.• 95, 169 ~~ . Barrels. reuse, for packing .....•..• 322 Inspection, repealed ...... •.•••.• 99 Releasing or dumping ....••.•••.•..• 104 Fish weirs, see Weirs Herring, see Herring Jail costs ...... •..•...... •••••• 183 Licenses Re.v,?cation and suspension· ...... 38 Semmg ...... •..•••••.•••• 179 Lobsters, see Lobsters Mussels, see Mussels Quahogs, see Quahogs Rec,:ipts, credit of certain •.•.•••..•••• 341 ReVISIOn ...... •..•.•.•...•.•••• 367 108 Salmon, see Atlantic Sea Run Salmon Sardines, see Sardines 1224 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Scallops, see Scallops Seals, see Seals Shellfish Interstate shipment ...... 444 Interstate transportation ..•.••...•.. 597 Shucking ...... 92 Tal,ing ...... 437 Shellfish resources, restoration, etc.... . 333 Smelts, see Smelts Traps, floating fish, fee for operating .. 465 Trawls Washington county, use of otter or beam ...... 575 Weirs, see Weirs Worms Clam, license to dig and sell ...... 228 See Inland Fisheries and Game SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND lIIEASURES See Weights and Measures SEALS Bounty repealed ...... • 389 Control ...... •..•..••...••••• 389 Green Island, restrictions near, repealed 389 Hunting near, forbidden ...... 276 Shooting in York county ...... 36 SEARSPORT HARBOR, SECOND CONGREGATIONAL, SOCIETY OF Incorporation validated ...... 848 SEARSPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •... 894 SEARSPORT, TOWN OF Clams, taking ...... •..•..•. 692 Marine worms, taking ...... 692 SEARSPORT WATER DISTRICT Created ...... 732 SEBA.GO LAUE Buoys ...... 1121 Cusk, fishing ...... 1039 Navigation, part ...... •..• 969 White perch, fishing ...... 1007 SEBAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •... 1051 SEBAGO STATE PARK Appropriation ...... •...... 938 SECOND POND Fishing ...... 1029 881 SECRETARY OF SENATE See Legislature of Maine SECRETARY OF STATE Fees payable ....•...... •...... • 12 Salary ...... • 434 500 SECURITIES Dealers' licenses ...... 145 Joint tenancies in corporate ...... 59 Registration or transfer by fiduciaries 141 SECURITY LAW See Maine Employment Security Law SEDGWICn: BRIDGE DISTRICT Deer Isle State highway commission to maintain ...... •...... 1131 SEED Grain, certified ...... • 58 Maine seed law ...... •...••...•.... 71 SEED POTATO BOARD See Potatoes SEIl\o~S See Weirs SEJIUNARIES See Education SENATE OF lI1AINE See Legislature of Maine SENATE OF UNITED STATES See Congress INDEX. 1225

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page SERVANTES dn COEUR IltIltlACULE de IIIARIE Incorporation ratified ...... •... 644 SERVICE STATIONS See Motor Vehicles SESSION LAWS See Laws of Maine SEWAGE See Drains and Sewers SEWALL POND Ice fishing ...... 900 SEWER DISTRICTS Annual audit ...... ••..••.•• 133 SEWERS See Drains and Sewers; Towns SHAFTS Tin mining as nuisances ...... 408 SHAPLEIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ....•...•.•...... •••.• 734 SHAPLEIGH, TOWN OF Tax abatement ...... 948 SHARP, IIIRS. ALlIlA Land conveyed ...... 1158 SHARPE, JOHN Land sold ...... 859 SHEEP Marking ...... 181 SHEEPSCOT BAY Fishing ...... 1007 SHEEPSCOT RIVER Eels ...... •...... •..• 878 Fishing ...... •.....•. 878 Smelt fishing ...... • 878 SHELLFISH See Sea and Shore Fisheries SHELTERS Erection, at campsites ...... 121 SHERIFFS Aides in criminal cases, expenses •...... Deputies . 313 Fees ...... 20 Sirens on motor vehicles ...... •... 181 Fees ...... 348 204 265 Keeping prisoners ...... •..... 364 27 Salaries ...... • 422 Weekly payments ...... 23 Uniforms ...... 107 See Officers See particular county SHERIIIAN LAKE OUTLET Alewives, taking ...... 575 SICKNESS INSURANCE , See Insurance and Insurance Companies SIDNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 1010 SIGNALS Automatic, R. R. crossings ...... 453 Highways, unauthorized ...... 203 Traffic control ...... 171 See Motor VehiCles SIGNATURE Facsimile CIerI;: of courts ...... •.. 133 Corporate obligations ...... 183 lIIunicipal court officers ...... • 62 Forged, actions ...... 110 State controller, outgoing ...... 151 SIGNS Destruction of trespass ...... Highways 307 Intersections. yielding right of way .. Unauthorized ...... 196 lIrotor vehicle fuel ...... 203 Outdoor advertising ...... 268 Railroad crossing ...... •.•••• 337 See Billboards 85 1226 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page SILICOSIS Occupational disease ...... •.••.••.•• 263 SILVER RIDGE TOWNSHIP Fire protection ...... •..•. 543 SIlllPsON, FRED B. Land conveyed ...... •..••.... 1118 SIllIPSON'S POND BIRD SANCTUARY Repealed ...••...... •.•...•...•.. 16 SINKING FUNDS See State Sinking Funds SIREN See Motor Vehicles SIX NEGRO BROOK LAKE Fly fishing ...... •...... •....••... 1045 SKOWHEGAN, TOWN OF Fire and police commission, repealed .• 583 SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...•.••••.•...... • 993 SKOWHEGAN WATER COMPANY Charter amended ...... •...•.... 750 SKUNIi:S Night -hunting ...... •... 130 SLASH See Forestry SLIDING Streets .•....•...... •.•....•• 137 SlIIALL CLAIllIS Law ...... •..••.....• 356 Amended ...... •...... 104 Notice, fees, etc. • ...•..•.••.•••••••• 329 Service ...... •..... 210 SlIIALL LOAN AGENCIES See Loan Agencies SlIIELT BROOK Fishing .•...... 1215 State's interest in lot reverts to owner 1255 SlIIELTS Commercial fishing license, exempted .• 103 Little Big Wood and Long ponds .•.... 113 See name of particular water, etc. SllIOKING Buses, in ...... •...... 312 SllIYRNA, TOWN OF See Oakfield SNAKE POND Fishing ....•...... 1249 SNAKES Poisonous, possession ...... 461 SNARES Penalty ...... •..... 139 SNOW Obstructing road, penalty ...... •...... 245 SNOW PLOWS See. Motor Vehicles SNOW RElIIOVAL See Highways SOCIAL SECURITY See Federal Social Security SOCIETIES Agricultural, see Agriculture Literary or scientific, tax exempt 194 SOCONY-VA.CUUlII OIL COlllPANY Pipeline across state property ...... • 1245 SOIL CONSERVATION Districts Acquisition surplus property ...... 152 Allocation of funds ...... •... 150 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Revolutionary war, marking of graves 1232 915 See Armed Forces; Veterans SOLDIERS HOllIE See Togus SOllIERSET ACADEMY Instruction .....•...... •..•. 809 INDEX 1227

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page SOlUERSET COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... ••.....•.•.. 303 339 263 Register of deeds ...... •...... 303 339 262 Register of probate ...... ••....•.•• 303 339 262 Clerk of courts, salary ...... •....• 302 512 244 County attorney, salary ...... •.•• 302 513 244 County commissioners, salary ...... 302 244 Fishing regulated ...... •...... •... 1148 1253, 1055 1261, 1262 Open water fishing date established 1122 Judge of probate, salary .•...... •• 303 513 181 244 Land conveyance, see State Tax Assessor Law library Payments ...... ••...... • 268 119 Prepayments ...... •..•...... • 728 Rabbits, open time ...... •.•...•...•• 403 Register of deeds, salary ...... •..•....• 302 513 244 Register of probate, salary ....•....•.. 302 513 244 Sheriff, salary ...... •.•.•....•.•.•.• 302 513 422 244 State police barrack ..•...•...•....•.. 947 Treasurer, salary ...•..•....••...•.... 302 513 241 244 SOIlIERSET TELEPHOllo~ C01llPANY Purposes and name ....•...•..••...... • 517 SOlllERVILLE PLANTATION Town line with Jefferson ..•...... • 751 SOIlIES POND Fishing ...... 908 SONGO RIVER Smelt fishing ...... •....•...... 726 White perch, fishing ....•....•...... 1007 SOURDNAHUNK LAKE Fishing ...... •• 1024 894, 896 SOUTH BERWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... •...•...•..... 1040 SOUTH BERWICK SEWER DISTRICT Created ...... •...... 1030 SOUTH BRANCH, PENOBSCOT RIVER Closed to fishing ...... • 1136 Tributaries closed to fishing ...... 1136 SOUTH BRISTOL, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... 867 Marine worms, digging .....••...... •.. 689 SOUTH FREEPORT WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •....• 576 SOUTH PARIS VILLAGE CORPORATION Powers, additional ...... •...... •.. 647 Special sewer tax ...... ••.•... 648 SOUTHPORT, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... 820 SOUTH PORTLAND, CITY OF Council Salary ...... •...... •. 639 Fire department Chief, civil service ...... 797 Initiative and referendum ...... : 901 Park and recreation commission •..... 653 Power to borrow money ...... 740 Police department Chief, civil service ...... • 797 Portland bridge, survey ....••...... 877 See Greater Portland Public Develop- ment Commission . SOUTH PORTLAND IIIUNICIPAL COURT Clerk hire ...... 885 Court room, rental ...... 528 Judge, salary ...... •...... 908 Recorder, salary .....•..•...... • 808 SOUTHPORT, TOWN OF .Community school district, withdrawal authorized ...... 889 SOUTH THOllIASTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.....•.. 888 SOUTHWEST HARBOR, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... •...... 913 1228 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page SOUTHWEST HARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •••....•...•.•••••.• 1166 SOUTHWEST HARBOR WATER COllIPANY Charter amended ...... •••.....•.••..•• 760 SPA..~ISH AlIlERICAN WAR Veterans graves marked ....•.••••••.• 1144 SPECIAL COllIlIIITTEE Aging ...... ••...... ••.....•.••.•••••.• 838 Construction projects, safeguards .•••• 970 Forest lands ..•..••••.•....••••••••••.. 887 Indians ...... •...•...••..•••.•••••••••• 1146 Liquor research ..•...... •.•••.•••••.• 1208 986 Pensions and retirement laws ....••••• 884 Public reserved lots •.....•••••••••••.. 924 Retirement system and social security 915, 970 -Veterans, training ..•••..••.••.•...•.• 922 SPECKS POND . Ice fishing ...... ••.•.....•.••••.••...• 1009 SPEED See Motor -Vehicles SPENCER LAKE Fishing ...... •.....••.. 1255 1026 SPRAGUE, HARVEY F. Land conveyed .....•...... ••.••• 1111 SPRINKLING OF STREETS Law repealed ....••...... •...... •• 162 SPRUCE BUU\VORlII See Forestry SPRUCE HEAD ISLAND Building of bridge •••.•••.•...•••..••• 565 SPRUCE POND Fishing .....•...... ••••..••••.•••••• 1262 SPURWINK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Transfer of property •..•••••••••.••••• 887 SQUARE LAKE Fishing ...... •...... •....••.••••••.... 1284 ST. AGATHA, TOWN OF Lot 102 conveyed ...... ••.•••.•• 882 STACYVILLE, TOWN OF Incorporated ...... ••...... ••• 515 STADIUlIIS See Structures STALLIONS Advertised, law repealed ...•.•...••.•• 60 STANDARD NON-FORFEITURE LAW .• 230 See Insurance and Insurance Companies STANDARD VALUATION LAW .••••..... 230 See Insurance and Insurance Companies STATE ACCOUNTS Uncollectible, disposition ..•...... •••• 145 See Audit; Finances; State Auditor STATE ADVTSORY COUNCIL ON PERSONlliEL Created ...... •.•...... •.•.••..••••• 260 STATE AUDITOR Annual report ...... •• 33 Audit, Maine Teachers' Retirement Sys- tem ...... 383, 11 409 Deputy, duties ...... •.•••.••••... 71 Pari mutuel pools ...... •••.••••.••.... 429 Salary ...... •...... 556 500 See Audit STATE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF IN STITUTIONS OFFERING SPECIALIZED TRAINING Appointment ...... •...... •.•.•• 874 STATE BOARD OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION Compensation ...... •...... •.... 48 Relating to ...... •..... 306 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION See Education INDEX 1229

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page STA.TE B.OARD OF EXAllIlNERS OF FUN ERAL DIRECTORS A..~D EllIBALl!IERS See Funeral Directors and Embalmers STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATEUC EXAllIINATION AND REFRIGERATION See Osteopaths STATE BONDS See Bonds STATE BOXING COl!Il!IISSION See Boxing Commission STATE BUILDING COl!IlIlISSION See Maine State Office Building Author~ ity and Building Commission STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION Established ...... •• 378 Reports of criminal records ..•...... 379 See State Police STATE CIVIL DEFENSE A..~D PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL ....•...••••••••.••• 248 STATE COllIlllISSION FOR PROlllOTION OF GOOD WILL IN EDUCATION Abolished ...... •...• 1122 STATE COllIlIlITTEE ON AGING ••.•••.•• 838 STATE CONSTITUTION See Constitution, State ST"'-TE CONTINGENT ACCOUNT Increased ...... 46, 837 STA.TE CONTROLLER Signature of out-going, validity 151 STA'l'E ElllPLOYEES See Employees STATE ElllPLOYEES RETIRElIlENT SYSTElIl See lVIaine State Retirement System STATE ElllPLOYllIENT Veterans Preference ...... •.. 427 148 Reemployment rights ...... •• 78 Requirements ...... •..•... 6 See Employees See Personnel Law STATE FIRE INSPECTORS See Fire Inspectors STATE FIRE WARDENS See Forestry STATE FUNDS See Finances; State Trust Funds; name of particular fund STA.TE HARNESS RACING COl!Il!IISSION See Racing STATE HIGHWAY BONDS See Bonds STA.TE HIGHWAY COllllllISSION See Highways STATE HIGHWAY FUND See Highway Fund, General STATE HIGHWAYS See Highways STATE HOSPITALS See Department of Institutional Service STATE HOUSE Heating system, appropriation ...... •• ~29 Liquor advertising, used ...... • 107 STA.TE HOUSE OFFICES ADVISORY COllllllITTEE Created ...... 837 STA.TE INC OllIE See Income, State STATE INSTITUTIONS Commitment Aliens to ...... •• 7 Osteopathic physicians, by ...... 361 Construction, repairs and equipment .. . 1285 Inmates 1230 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Transfer and commitment •••••••.••. 180 See Department of Institutional Service; name of particular institution STATE LANDS Certain, control and supervision 164 STATE LIBRARY See Libraries STATE LIQUOR COlllllIISSION See Liquor Law STATE NORllIAL SCHOOL AND TEACHERS' COLLEGE BOARD Convey land in Fort Kent .....•...••• 1250 New name ...... •..... •••••••• 250 445 Trust fund for scholarships .•...•.•.•• 1359 See Education STATE NORllIAL SCHOOL BOARD Change of name ...... •..•....• 250 STATE OFFICERS See Officers STATE OFFICE BIDLDING AUTHORITY See Maine State Office Building Author ity and Building Commission STATE OFFICIAL TREE White pine tree ...... ••..•.•••. 845 STATE OF MAINE Bonds, see Bonds Constitution, see Constitution, State Conveyance, armory, Houlton ....••..• 1231 Conveyance, Presque Isle ..•....•..•••• 1149 Delinquent tax lands ...... •...•.•• 63 30 Eminent domain ...... •••••••• 262 Gift from B. C. Jordan, modified .•.•••. 1141 Information center; established .•••.•.. 1194 Land, sale of, see Forestry; State Tax Assessor Lease to Portland Pipe Line Corporation, ratified ...... •...... ••....••• 507 Office space, appropriation ....••.••••.• 837 Pipe line acros.s property ...... ••.•• 1245 Pole line across property .....•.••••.• 1127 Property taxes credited •...... •...•• 138 Records, destruction ..•...... ••..• 90 Subversive activity .....••...... •... 437 Suits against, authority granted to sue 559, 1286 846 Trade-mark, as, registration ...... ••.• 870 See Baxter State Park; Eminent Domain STATE OF MAINE INFORl!IATION CENTER Established ...... •...... •....••..•• 1194 STATE OWNED DELINQUENT TAX LLVDS ...... •. 63 30 STATE PARKS Augusta, supervision ...... •..•..• 246 Commission, see Maine State Park Com- mission Development ...... •.••.•...•.•••.• 872 1357 1135 Lamoine, created ...... ••• 264 Mount Blue, leased to town of Weld .... 1152 See Baxter State Park; Recreational Fa- cilities STATE PERSONNEL LAW See Personnel Law STATE POLICE Automatic emergency electric power Appropriation ...... •...... •.•. 1118 Barracks Cumberland county ...... •.....•.•. 731 1088 Penobscot county ...... 734 Somerset county ...... 947 Building in Augusta, appropriation for addition ...... •• 1127 Duties re stolen motor vehicle ...... 271 Grade crossings law ...... •.... 133 Members Probation period ...... 120 Salary ...... 401 Increased ...... •... 526 265 494 Motor vehicle accident reports ...... 354 INDEX 1231

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Motor vehicle inspections Permits to move vehicles for .••••.•• 9 Officers Retirement ...... •.•.•.. 367 Dependents ...... •...... 367 Parolees, reformatory for men, records to ...... •....•••.• 96 Pensions for retired members ..•.....• 1200 960 826 Reserye corps ...... •.•.• 304 Retirement ...... ••••••.. 129, 270 Veterans, preference ...... •...• 427 See Police Officers; State Bureau of Identifica tion STATE PRISON Board of transfer ...... •••.•••.• 60 Commitment of aliens ...... ••.•... 7 Construction ...... •..• 1353 Inmates, transfer to farm ...... •..•• 209 Prisoners Examination of character by judge .• 91 Parole for lifers after 30 years ..•.• 412 Released, records ...... ••....•.. 113 Purchase of land ...... 861 Sentences ...... 30 Transportation to induction centers ... . 209 STATE REFOR1UATORY FOR lIIEN See Reformatory for Men STATE REFORlIIA..TORY FOR WOllIEN See Reformatory for Women ST.<\'TE RETIRElIIENT SYSTElIl See Maine State Retirement System STATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS Commitment Age ...... •...... • 254 Boys on probation ....•...... ••..• 13 Construction ...... •••.....•.....• 1285 Inactive savings accounts of former inmates ...... • 730 Pipeline of Portland Water District ..•. 903 STATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Appropriation ...... 853 948 Custody, etc., of girls committed .... . 152 Hosp!ta.1 b~i1ding designated as "Stevens BUildIng ...... •... 848 Pipeline across property ...... •.•..• 1245 Repairs ...... •....• 1286 STATE SCHOOL FUNDS Community school districts Apportionment ...... • 108 Direct payments to towns ...... • 91, 21 408 Equalization fund ...... 187 361 Permanent school fund ...... •.. 412 155 Time of apportionment ...... 409 Amended ...... •...... • 46 See Education; Schools; Unorganized Townships Fund STATE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND lIlEASURES See Weights and Measures STATE SINIilNG FUNDS Investment ...... •.....•. 106 STATE SUPERVISOR OF TRAVEL See Supervisor of Travel STATE TAX See Taxation STA'l'E TAX ASSESSOR Authorized to convey land in Aroost<>ok County •••...•.••.•..••••• 1107, 1014 886 1110, 1111, 1114, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1130, 1132, 1133, 1145, 1232 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page 1146, 1153, 1154 Franklin County ...... 1107, 1014, 1112, 1015 1133, 1135, 1154 Hancock County 1133, 1015, 886 1134, 1016 1136, 1154, 1155, 1156 I{ennebec County ...... 1141 1016 886 Lincoln County ...... 1108, 1011 1134, 1156 1217 Oxford County 1108, 1016 886 1109, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1134, 1135, 1156, 1157, 1158 1219 Penobscot County ...... 1108, 1017, 886 1109, 1018 1110, 1131, 1158, 1159 Piscataquis County 1114, 1018, 886 1115, 1019 1132, 1159 Sagadaboc County ...... 1019 Somcrset County ...... 1131, 1020 886 1134, 1150, 1152, 1159, 1160 Unorganized territory ...... 1152 1235 1013 See Forest Commissioner Washington County ...... 1109, 1020, 886 1111, 1021 1113, 1114, 1129, 1130, 1134, 1135, 1142, 1160, 1161 Authorized to Bell Certain land to forest commissioner 1219 Hatcheries and feeding stations .... . 1163 1267 Presque Isle feeding station ...... 1248 Rangeley feeding station ...... 1254 Deorganized towns, affairs under ...... 213 Meetings called by, expenses ...... 142 See Taxation STATE TAXES See Taxation STATE TREASURER See Treasurer of State STATE TRUST FUNDS Lands reserved for public uses, impounded bank acounts charged off .. 1162 Restoration ...... 31 Restoration and charge off ...... 1234 Segregation and investment 130 See Trusts; Unorganized ·Townships Fund STATUTE OF FRAUDS See Frauds, Statute of STATUTES Appropriation for completion ...... 27 INDEX 1233

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Prol?e.rty, review ...... 929 RevIsIon ...... 965 See Laws of Maine STEAlII ENGINEERS AND FIRElIIEN Examination ...... 237 License requirement ...... 301 See Engineers, Professional; Labor and Industry STEAin RAILROADS See Railroads STEARNS POND Fishing ...... 945 STEBnINS, H. D. Land conveyed ...... 1133 STENOGRAPHERS Judicial court, see Court Reporters Probate courts, see Probate Courts STEUBEN, TOWN OF Withdrawal from West Washington Community School District ...... 701 STEWART POND Fishing ...... 1254 ST. GEORGE RIVER Alewives, tal~ing ...... 811 ST. GEORGES LAIill Fishing ...... 1025 ST. GEORGE, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... 758 STINI\:POND Fly fishing ...... 1045 STIPEND See Agriculture ST. JOHN RIVER Bridge ...... 1336 STOCKHOLDERS See Corporations STOCIi:HOLlII GAME PRESERVE Created ...... •...... •..... 65 STOCli:HOLilI, TOW'N OF Debt cancelled ...... 1040 STOCKTON SPRINGS, TOWN OF Clams, talcing ...... 692 Marine worms, digging ...... 882 692 STONINGTON SCHOOL DIS'I'RIC'r Incorporated ...... 530 STOP SIGNS See Highways; Motor Vehicles STORES Grocery, open on Sunday ...... '" ...... 351 STOVER, ERNEST Land conveyed ...... 1129 ST. PETER, JULES Land conveyed ...... 1117 STRATTON DROOl\: Fly fishing ...... 1213 STREAl\IS Bulldozing in unorganized territory .. . 374 265 Diversion of water by canals ...... 192 Pollution ...... 292 Domestic waste ...... 414 Potatoes, deposit ...... 209 120 See Rivers S'rREET CARS Vehicles approaching stationary, law repealed ...... 158 STREET RAILROADS See ·Railroads STREETS Permits for opening and digging ...... 263 277 145 Village corporations ...... 69 Sliding ...... 137 Sprinlding, law repealed ...... 162 See Highways; Roads; Ways STRIKES Board of arbitration and conciliation, see Labor and Industry 1234 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page STRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT Date of payment of tax ...... 615 Incorporated •...... •...... 839 STRUCTURES Used by spectators ...... 363 :Motorcycle racing exempt ...... 195 STUART POND Fishing ...... 1254 STUlIlPAGE Certain, in Ashland, to be sold ...... 923 SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY Forbidden ...... 437 SUGAR ISLAND Conveyance of lot ...... 889 SUGAR LOAF SIa CLUB Certain state lands, use ...... •.... 905 SUITS Compromise, trust estates ...... 113 Reference, trust estates ...... 113 Settlement, infants ...... •...•... 101, 285 See Actions; Executors and _~diminis- trators; Real Actions; Limitation of Actions' SULLIVAN, TOWN OF Interest on state taxes charged off ... . 1117 Salt water smelts, taldng ...... 1037 SULLIVAN WATER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •.••..••...... •.. 72 SUNDAY Bowling, local option ...•.•.....•..... 339 Entertainment ...... 583 Grocery stores open ...... 351 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS State park in Augusta ...... 246 See Public Buildings SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Discharge ...... 376 :iUileage expenses ...... 90 Reports to commissioner ...... 376 Salary ...... 555 School census, repealed ...... 376 Truants, habitual, duty ...... 47 SUPERIOR COURTS Active retired justices, reappointment 108 Aroostook county trial terms ...... 31 105 Divorce, jurisdiction ...... 265 Jurisdiction ...... 116 Custody and support of minors, re •. 352 Justices Number ..... , ...... ••.. 471 Retirement ...... 162 Retirement pay .•..•...... •...... 377 388 218 Widows ...... ••.... 351 Salary ...... •...... •...... 377 481 Sagadahoc county trial term ...... 162 Stenographers, see Court Reporters SUPERVISOR OF TRAVEL State, created ...... •...... 534 Repealed ...... •... 438 SUPPORT See Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act SUPREiUE COURT OF PROBATE Appeal Special guardians appointed ...... 274 SUPRElIIE JUDICIAL COURT Chief Justice Duties, if disabled ...... 49 Retirement pay ...... 377 388 Salary ...... 377 481 Decisions, certain, compiled ...... 1120 Jurisdiction ...... 116 Justices Clerical assistance ...... 34 320 202 Retirement ...... 162 114 Retirement pay ...... •...•...... 377 388 Widows ...... •...... ••...... 352 INDEX 1235

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Salary ...... ••...... 377 481 Stenographers, see Court Reporters SURETY COllIPANIES See Insurance and Insurance Companies SURPLUS PROPERTY POOL Institutions, for ...... •.•...•...... 1024 SURRY SCHOOL DISTRICT IncorpoTated ...... •. 1.•..•.•••.•• 550 SURRY, TO"WN OF Salt water smelts, taking ••••..•.••... 1037 S"\VAN ISLAND (Hnncock County) Deer, closed ,season ••••..•.•.•..••...•. 427 28 SWAN ISLAND GAlIIE 1IIANAGElIIENT AREA (Sngndnhoc county) Created ...... " ...... 182 SWA.NVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ....•..•....•..•.•.•...... 546 SWEETSER CHILDREN'S HOllIE Proceeds from certain real estate ...... 571 SWEETSER ORPHAN ASYLUIII Purposes ...... 519 SWINE Vesicular diseases, control ...... 452 SYLVAN LAKE Smelts, dipping ...... 1246

TAnB BILL .••...••••••.•.••.•••••.•.•• 542 Repealed ...... •...... 341 TACOIlIA LARES CHAIN Fish screen ...... 1260 TAVERNS See Liquor Law TAXATION Abatement, approval of governor and council ...... 124 Amusement devices, coin-operated ... . 272 Assessment in plantations, see Plantations Assessments, supplementary ...... 34 Baxter state park ...... 170 Blueberry ...... 303 Boats ...... 343 Bottled gas equipment ...... 330 Bull~ sales act ...... •...... 163 Cigarette, see Cigarettes Cigars, see Cigars Corn ...... 165 9, 16 Corporate franchise, see Corporations Corporations, see Corporations County Assessment, 1945 ...... 864 1946 ...... •...... •.• 865 1947-1948 ...... •...•.•••..•••.•.. 1123 1949-1950 ...... •••.•...•..•.•..... 1240 1951-1952 ...... •••..... 1022 1953-1954 ...... ••..•.... 896 Assessment and collection, in unorganized territory ...... •.... 58 Public hearing on estimates ..•...... 82 Supplementary assessments ...••..... 314 Tax lists, certificate ...... •...... 8 Cumberland county 1951-1952 ...... ••...... •...•• 1037 Dogs, see Dogs Estate tax, see Estate Tax Excise Aircraft ...... • 378 266 Clarified ...... • 166 Liquor ...... •.....•..•.•..•••• 248 Motor vehicles ...... •.•.••...... • 12, 178 450' Bicycle with motor attached ...... 21 Farm tractors ...... 281 -1236 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Unorganized territory, adjustment 260 Veterans, amputee ...... 75 Volunteer fire department ...... 66 Unorganized territory, collection ... . 271 Exemptions Agricultural societies and fairs ...... 174 Amended ...... 22 Assessors to be notified ...... 139 Chickens ...... •. 272 265 Food products in storage ...... 123 Literary or scientific societies ...... 194 Navy clubs ...... 120 Polls and estates of certain Indians 24& U. S. property ...... 133 Veterans ...... 122 259 Express companies ...... 81 Farm tractors ...... 281 Fertilizer, commercial ...... 407 Forest fire tax ...... 126 4 Forest lands ...... 81 Forestry district ...... 88 89 Assessment and collection, in unorganized territory ...... 58 Supplementary assessments ...... 314 Fowl, domestic ...... 265 Gasoline, see Gasoline Goats ...... 413 Highways, state and state aid for, by towns ...... 168 House trailers ...... 272 Inheritance and estate Banks and loan and building associations to report ...... 31 Cemetery lots ...... 74 Interstate arbitration ...... 32 Interstate compromise ...... 35 See Estate Tax; InherItance Taxes Insurance companies, etc...... 82, 157, 245 Libraries, professional ...... 571 Liens, fees, etc., on real estate ...... 195 84 On real estate ...... 296 Liquor, excise taxes ...... 248 Loan and building associations ...... 84 Returns ...... 237 Manufactured merchandise ...... 571 Exception ...... 571 Milk, see Milk and Dairy Products Mortgages, record ...... 33 Motor carriers Road tax ...... 457 393 Penalty ...... 21 Musical instruments ...... 139 National banking institutions ...... 86 Officer's fee for service ...... 348 Oleomargarine ...... •...... 147 Repealed ...... 182 Parlor car companies ...... 78 Parsonages ...... 64 Personal property ...... 571 Assessment ...... 272 Collection of unpaid, in unorganized territory ...... 106 Place of ...... 170 Held in trust ...... 181 Poll-taxes Separate receipt and exemption certificate ...... 207 Unorganized territory ...... 161 32 Potato tax ...... 49 Funds expended ...... 386 Property Credited on booles of state ...... 138 Review of statutes ...... 929 Publication of delinquent, in unorganized territory ...... 106 Railroad companies ...... 76 Real estate, records of sale ...... 135 Reports of certain motor carriers 393 Road tax on certain buses and carriers 457 Sales, see Sales Tax Sardines ...... 19 Savings banks ...... 83 579 INDEX 1237

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page . Page Page Page State owned delinquent account ••.•...• 30 State tax assessor Abatement ...... ••••••••••••••••• 124 Assessment ...... 9 Supplementary ...... ••...•...•...• 34 Deorganized towns .•.••.•.••.••••••• 213 Trust funds of cemeterIes ..•••••.• 214 Insurance companies, duties •..••••• 241 See State Tax Assessor State taxes Assessment, 1945 and 1946 •....••••• 816 1947 and 1948 ...•....•••...•..•••• 1067 1949 and 1950 ...... •••••••• 1178 1951 and 1952 ...... •.•....•.•••.•. 957 1953 and 1954 •...... ••.••... 693 Assessment and collection, in unorganized territory ...... •.•...••••.•••••• 58 29 Reciprocity, in collection, with other states ...... •..•.•..••••••••• 107 Supplementary assessments ..•.•.•..•. 314 Store and office furniture, etc. . •.••••• 272 571 Street railroads ...... ••••••••• 308 Tax lien certificates ...... •.•..••••.• 115 Ta..'< mortgages in equity •.....•.••.••• 106 Telephone and telegraph companies •..• 79 Television sets ...... •...... •••.. 168 Tobacco, see Tobacco Tractors used on farms or in woods •• 281 Trailers ...... •...••. 223 Trust companies ...... ••....•...•.• 85 579 Unorganized areas ...... •.....••• 126 Publication of delinquent taxes ....•• 106 Use fuel tax Assessment and collection ...•...•... 52 433 License, retail dealer .....•..•..•.•.. 326 Penalty ...... •...... 21 Reports, time for filing ...... •••.••• 12 TurnpiI;:es ...... •.• 172 User, defined ...... ••.• 448 Vending devices, coin operated .••.••••• 272 Veterans, certain exemptions ...... ••• 122 75 See Estate Tax; Federal Income Tax; Inheritance Taxes TEACHERS See Education; Maine State Retirement System TEACHERS' COLLEGE BOARD See State Normal School and Teachers' College Board TEACHERS' COLLEGES See Education TEACHERS'RETLREMENT ASSOCIATION See Education; IIfaine Teachers' Retire ment Association TEACHERS' RETLREilIENT SYSTElII See Education; Maine Teachers' Retire ment Association; Maine State Retire ment System TEAlIIS Passing, law repealed ...... •.••••••• 202 TECHNICAL SCHOOLS See Education TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH C021IPANIES State taxes ...... •.•...•...•.•••••• 79 TELEVISION Liquor advertising ...... •••...•• 167 Motor vehicles, excluded ...... •...•. 13 Sets, taxed ...... •...... •.•.•.... 168 Signal transmitted by wire ..•...... •.. 121 TENTS Erection, at camp sites ...... ••. 121 TES SIER, LEO Land conveyed .....•..•....•.••••••••. 1131 THEATRICAL 'PRODUCTIONS Sunday ...... •..••• 583 THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF ilIAINE Purchase ....•...... •...... •..••...• 879 971 ·1238 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1~53 Page Page Page Page Page TIDRD DEBSCONEAG LAKE Ice fishing ...... ••..••..••... 1216 TIDSTLEPOND Ice fishing ...... •.••••.••••••..••••••• 1214 TH01UPSON POND Ice fishing, salmon ...•....•....•••••.. 907 THREE lIllLE POND Ice fishing .•..•...... ••.•••.•••..•..• 1029 TIDAL WATERS Pollution ...... •..••...•••... 309, 414 TILTON, HAZEN AND BEATRICE Land conveyed ...... ••..••.••..•••. 1153 TllIrnER Binding, on motor vehicles .•..••.••..• 417 Indian township, sale •••.....•..•.••••. 200 Report of yearly cut ...••..••••.•.•••• 510 TIlIIBERLANDS, INC. Extension to remove lumber •••••••••. 905 Land conveyed ...... •...... •.••..•••• 1112 TIN 1IIINING SHAFTS Nuisances ...•...... •...... •••.•••..• 408 TOBACCO Tax ...... •....••••••..•..••.• 485 Appeals ...... ••.••.•••••••• 64 Levy on consumer ..••.••••••••••••• 11 Stamp discounts ..••.•••.•.•.••.•.••. 495 471 Sub-jobber ...... •.••.••••. 133 Unclassified importer •.•••••••••••••• 453 Wholesale dealer ..•..••••••••....••• 133 Taverns, sold in ...... •..••••.•••••••• 168 See Cigarettes See Federal Income Tax TOGUS Facility, fishing licenses, employees .• 115 Hospital, sale of liquor near .....•••.• 259 162 Repealed ...... •...... ••.• 111 TOLL BRIDGES Duties of county commissioners, repealed ...... •••.••.•.•••••••• 182 TOlllER, F. Land conveyed .....••..•.••••••••••••• 1134 TOPOGRAPIDC lIIAPPING OF 1I1AINE Appropriation •...... • ; ••.••••••.••••• 868 1208 TO'PSFIELD Public services tax .....•.•••...••••••• 696 TOPSHAlII SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •••....•..• 1088 TORTS Limitation of action .•..•...••..•.•••• 207 TOWN AUDITORS See Towns TOWN CLERI\:S Expenses, attending meetings ...... 258 Notice of election of town treasurer .. 91 Recording of discharge papers of soldiers and sailors ...... •.••.•• 47 See Elections; Towns; Vital Statistics TOWN FIN_"-NCE CORPORATION Incorporated ...... • 931 TOWN HALL BROOK Closed to fishing ...... •••.••••••• 1008 TO,\VN ROAD IlUPROVEIIIENT FUND Amended ...... •••.••. 362 Created ...... •.•....•...••.••.•• 434 Expenditures, purpose •....•...... •.• 327 TOWNS Absent voting procedure ••...... •.•.•• 197 Accounting systems ...... •.•.•.•• 35 Aid to dependent children .....•.•..••• 473 Appraisers Qualified, hired ...... •...... •• 240 Assessment of taxes, highways ••...• 168 Audit Annual ...... ••...... 457 Reports ...... •••••••••.•••• 127 28 Auditors, elected by ballot, repealed •••• 345 INDEX 1239

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Automobile junk yards, regulated .... 228 Ballot clerks ...... ••... 29 By-laws and ordinances Buildings, safety, etc. . .•...... ••... 294 Fire departments to aid other municipalities ...... •...•.••••... 167 Junk yards ...... •...•..... 227 Sewer service charges ...... 141 Trailer camps and parking facilities 94 Cemeteries lI>Ioney in trust ...... •.•.....••.... 60 Money raised ...... •...•...•.•...... 126 Charcoal, measure and sale, law repealed 68 Civil service rUles for police and fire de-· partments ...... •.•••••••••••••.... 254 Chiefs ....•....•.....••..•.•••.....• 166 Clerk, see Town Clerks Coal and coke weighers •....•..••.... 93 Culverts, see Culverts . Deorganized Affairs under state tax assessor •....• 213 Cemetery trust funds .•...••.•••.•... 214 Clams, etc., regulated •.....••...•.. 36 Relief of paupers ...... •.•...... 265 Road assessments ..•...•..•.••...... 151 26 Ditches, see Ditches Dog licenses Enforcement and collection ...... 392 Fees, unexpended ...... •.....•...... 91 Paid ...... ••...... 21 See Dogs Drains Not to be changed .•...... 258 Under highways ...... •...... 244 See Drains and Sewers Dumps Control of rats ...... •.•...... • 291 Forest fire prevention ..••••.....•..• 382 45 Money raised ...... •••••.....•.. 126 13 Educational aid ...... •...... 448 Electrical installations ..••...... 403 Employees, social security ...... 470 Revolving fund for administration .. 315 Fire departments, volunteer, funds for 215 Fire prevention and control ...... 155 370 Fire wards, vacancy ...... 68 Forest fires, see Forestry Grants from federal government ...... 260 Harbor or river improvements ...... • 152 Health Boards ...... 411 Pecuniary interest in sewer corporations ...... •...... •...• 229 Local health officers ...... 410 Pecuniary interest in sewer corporations ...... 229 Highway defects, injuries ...... 355 Highways Anticipating state appropriations .... 282 Assessments in deorganized ...... •. 151 26 Cooperation with state and federal government ...... • 375 Maintenance charges against ...... 381 Mai~tenance . w!lrk, returns by high- w y commIssIon, repealed ...... 170 lIIaterial and equipment from state highway commission ...... •.. 280 Taxes, assessment ...... • 168 See Highways Historical societies, raise money for .•.. 24 Insurance, raise money ...... 102 Junl{ yards, regulated ...... 227, 228 Leather inspection, law repealed ...... 69 Licenses for amusement shows and circuses ...... 263 188 Line markers ...... 86 Monuments to veterans of World Wars I and II ...... 57 Motor vehicle regulation ...... 176 Officers, election ...... 129 Ordinances Code ...... • 316 1240 INDEX-

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Conviction for violations as criminal record ...... •.••...• 292 Overpasses, clearance markings .•.... 438 Parking facilities ..•....•...... 94 Parlring meters ...... •..••...•..• 155 Persons dependent, refusal to work ..•. 27 Planning and zoning ...... ••...... 44 Plumbing regulations .....•....•...... 475 Private ways Use of highway equipment ...... 572 Public health nursing service ....••••.• 150 Public utilities- commission Advice ...... •...... ••.•...•.. 210 Recreational facilities .....••....•..... 232 Reports Printing pauper assistance .•...... 400 Revenue bonds ...... 483 Road resolves, see Roads Sales, closing-out, regulated ....•...... 214 Scales, to own ..•...... •...... • 129 School bands Money raised ..•...... 25 Schools, see Schools Sewers, see Drains and Sewers Shellfish Regulation ...... •.... 437 See Sea and Shore Fisheries Sliding in streets ...... •...... • 137 Snow removal Charges ...... •...•••••.•• 381 Reimbursement ...... •...... •• 353 Sanding ...... 378 16 State school funds, see State School Funds State owned lands, profits ...... 354 Steam engineers and firemen, see Steam Engineers and Firemen Streets Permits for opening, digging into, etc. 263 277 145 Tax assessors to list persons keeping bees ...... •...... 97 Teachers, see Education Town manager form of government .... 89 Town reports ...... •.....• 126 Town road improvement fund ..•.....• 434 362 Traffic control ...... •••..•.... 223 170 116, 117, 171 Trailer camps or parking facilities, by- laws ...... •..... 94 Treasurer, see To,\vn Treasurer Trust funds, investment ...... •• 80 Tuition, see Schools Veterans, rehabilitation .... , ..•...... 57 Vital statistics, see Vital Statistics Volunteer fire departments, see Fire Departments See Constitution; Elections; Plantations; Roads; Schools TOWN TREA.SURER Expenses, meetings ...... , ...... •... 142 Federal income taxes, duties re ...... 544 Notices of election ...... , .••...... 91 Receipts to be deposited ...... •..• 262 TOWNSHIP 17', R. 4 Fire protection ...... • 543 TR..\.CTORS Farm, non-registration ...... 118 Farm or woods, taxation ..•...... •.•.• 281 Logging, spark arrestors ...... 92 Tr1).ck-tractor and semi-trailer, registration ...... •...... • 219 . See Motor Vehicles TRA.DE-JIIARKS Registered ...... •• 870 TlkULER CA.lIIPS Town ordinances re ...... 94 See House Trailers TR.'\'ILERS See House Trailers; Motor Vehicles TRAPPING; TRAPS See Inland Fisheries and Game; Sea and Shore Fisheries INDEX 1241

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page page Page Page TRAVEL Automobile state employees ...... ••••.••••.... 370 542 387 388 State fire inspectors ...... •.•••...... 388 State supervisor .....••••.....•••...... 534 Repealed ...... •...... 438 TRAVELING AlIIUSEIIIENT SHOWS See Am\lsement Shows TRAWLS See Sea and Shore Fisheries TREASURER OF COUNTY See County Treasurer; particular county TREA~SURER OF STATE Anticipated overdrafts ...... •••.•... 794 Bonds, state officials and employees .... 360 Constitutional amendment, not limited to 6 years ...... •••...... •.....• 1049 Conveyance of land to Bieskes ••.••...• 921 Conveyance of land to Houlton .••.•.•. 1233 Deposit of state-owned obligations of U. S ...... •...... 43 Deputy, duties ...... ••..••••..• 146 Duties re federal income taxes ..•.•... 544 Record of income ..•.•...•....•.•..••• 154 Salary ...... •...... •.••...••. 444 500 TREASURER OF TOWN See Town Treasurer TREES See Forestry; Highways TREIIIONT SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •....••...••...•.. 1183 TREIIIONT, TOWN OF Clams, taking ...... •..••.••...•..••. 506 TRENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...•••..••....••• 590 TRENTON, TOWN OF Salt water smelts, taking .•...... ••.. 1037 TRESCOTT, TOWN OF Organization surrendered .•..•.•...••• 566 Public services tax ...•...•....•...•.•• 696 TRESPASS Airports ...... ••..•.•.•.•...•..•.••.•• 63 Property, commercial or residential ...• 307 323 Pu blic reserved lots .••...... •••.••••.. 200 Signs posted ...... •...•••...... • 307 TRIAL JUSTICES Appointment, tenure, salary ..••••..... 290 Disposition of fees, etc. . .•••..••••••.•• 290 Jurisdiction re fish and game laws ••••• 96 Statutes, etc., distribution •••.••••••••• 185 TRI-STATE AUTHORITY COIlIPACT Institutions .•...... •...•.••••.••...••• 451 TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... ••••••••..••••••••• 653 TRUANTS See Schools TRUCli:S See Carriers; Motor Vehicles TRUST COIlIPANIES Book of deposit, original lost •••••••••• 221 Cash reserve ..•..•••....•.••••••••••• 123 69 Loans ...... •.....•...•••.•••••••.•.• 124 :Merger, consolidation and conversion •• 233 Mortgage loans under Servicemen's Re- adjustment Act of 1944 ••••.•••••••• 6, 112 Savings deposits, inactive .•••••••••••• 42 State taxes .••..•.••••.••••••••.••••••• 85 579 Trustee process .•....•••..••••••••••••• 107 Renting safe deposit boxes •••••••••• 170 Veterans loans ..••.•..•••••••••••••••• 236 153 26 See Banks and Banking TRUSTEES See Trusts TRUSTEE PROCESS Banks Against ...... ••••.•.•.••••••••••••.• 107 1242 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Renting safe deposit boxes ...... 170 Divorce actions ...... 171 Wages ...... 145 TRUST FUNDS Deorganized places, cemeteries ...... 214 Scholarships for. students ...... 1359 Towns, investments ...... 80 See State Trust Funds TRUSTS Bonds, etc., amortization of premiums, etc...... 141 Employees, removed from rule against perpetuities ...... 303 Estates to be sold, notice ...... •.. 256 Funds, common, established ...... 409 Insurance investments ...... 58 Investments ...... 35 Pension, protection ...... 204 Personal property, place of taxation 181 Reference or comp·romlse of claims and actions ...... ••.••...... •...... 113 Regulation of investment ...... 122 Voluntary, trustee appointment ...... 206 See Fiduciaries; State Trust Funds TUBERCULOSIS Control ...... •...... • 154 School employees ...... •. 466 Eradication from livestock ...... • 922 TUITION See Schools TURNPIKES Gasoline and use fuel tax ...... •... 172 Signs and billboards adjacent ...... 330 See Maine Turnpike Authority TUTTLE STREAJII Fishing ...... • 1248 ~VADDLE, DR. W. B. Land conveyed ...... 1118, 1119 u

UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS Transfer Contingent account .....•.....•..... 46 Reserve for working capital ...... 751 See General Fund UNAUTHORIZED INSURERS See Insurance and Insurance Companies UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS, STATE See State Accounts UNDERTAKERS See Funeral Directors and Embalmers UNElIIPLOYllIENT COlllPENSATION LAW See Maine Employment Security Law UNFAIR SALES TAX Cigarettes ...... •.•.. 186, ISS UNIFORM AGRICULTURAL COOPERA TIVE ASSOCIATION ACT ...••...... • 322 356 UNIFORlII ACT ON INTERSTATE ARBI- TRATION OF DEATH TAXES ...... 32 UNIFORlII ACT ON INTERSTA.TE COllI- PROllIISE OF DEATH TAXES ...... 35 UNIFORM CODE OF lIIILITARY JUSTICE See Military Law UNIFORllI HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE LAW ...... ; .. 84 UNIFORlII Ilj"EGOTIABLE INSTRUlIIENTS ACT See Negotiable Instruments UNIFORlII RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT ...... 171 Revised ••.•••..•••....•..•...••...... 215 INDEX 1243

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page U~LFORM SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS LAW ...•..•...... •.•...•..•••••••••• 243 Repealed and replaced ...... •••••• 170 See Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act UNIFORIII VETERANS' GUARDIANSHIP ACT Repealed and replaced ...... ••..•. 173 UNINCORPORATED PLACES See Unorganized Territory UNION FINANCE COlllPANY OF l\IAINE Incorporated ...... 834 UNION LOAN COIlIPANY OF l\IAINE Incorporated ...... 836 UNION'lIIUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COIlIPANY Charter amended ...... •...... 743 Membership ...... •...... 592 UNION RIVER Smelt fishing ...... 1267 UNIONS, SCHOOL See Education UNITED STATES Bonds and certificates Deposit for safekeeping ..••...... 43 Minors, property ...... • 210 Craig pond, intake structure .....•..... 531 District court, !lex-Carlton Bridge .... 559 Geological survey, see Topographic Mapping of Maine Subversive activity ...... •.• 437 Taxation, property of, exempt ...... •••. 133 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY See Topographic Mapping of Maine UNITY LIDEUUaY ASSOCIATION School building conveyed ...... •....• 901 UNITY PLANTATION School building conveyed ...... • 901 UNITY POND Name changed ...... 1223 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Maine convention, name changed ..... 604 UNIVERSITY OF l\IAINE Additional appropriation .••...... •. 1237 Brun~wick campus ...... •...... 1172 CertaIn land conveyed ...... •..•.. 748 Coburn fund, interest restored ....•.... 1117 College of medicine authorized Dormitories ...... •. 758 ~onl!trl!ction ...... ~ .•.. 90 737 928 Edu%~Wg~~f ~';;'i:r.wts········· ...... 688 Employees, social security·:::::::::::: 107 L,!-nd grant fund, interest restored ..... 1117 l\IIlI tax repealed ...... •... 957 Pathology laboratory ...... 1274 Plan~ s.cience building and engineering bl!'IldIng ...... •.... 853 1237 ReSIdent audItor, repealed 71 State agency ...... :::::::::::: 139 Trustees Alumni ...... •...... 883 Number, etc...... •...... 823 Veterans' education, faCilities ...... ::: 97 UNORGANIZED TERRITORY Assessment, etc., taxes ...... 58 29 Education ...... 261 Capital working fund, etc...... •.. 496 Appropriation ...... • 399 Aroostool;: county contribution .... 547 Treasurer of state to accept gifts, etc...... 252 Fire prevention ...... 88 Land conveyance, see Forestry; State Tax Assessor Liquor' licenses ...... 260 475 For consumption sale ...... 217 Malt, fee ...... · ...... 404 1244 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Personal property ...... •.•.•...• 106 Piscataquis county Burying grounds, expenses ....•...• 316 Poll-taxes ...••...... •..•.•..••.•• 161 Road repairs, assessments ....••••.•••. 122 Secondary education for children residing on islands •...•...... •.•..•..•••• 161 Streams, rivers, brooks Bulldozing ....•...... •....••...•.• 374 265 Taxes Collection ...... •.....•••.••.• 106 Excise, collection ....•..•..•••••••••• 271 Forest fire ...... •.•...••...•• 126 Publication of delinquent ..•....••.•• 106 Voting ...... •...• 52 UNORGA..1VIZED TERRITORY CAPITAL "\\TORKING FUND See Unorganized Territory UNORGANIZED TERRITORY SCHOOL FUND Established ...... •..•.....••••• See Unorganized Territory 261 UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS FUND See Public Reserved Lots; UnorganIzed Territory School Fund UPHOLSTERY See Beds and Bedding; Furniture UPPER DAlII POOL Fishing ...... • 1011 UPPER lIIACWAHOC LAKE Ice fishing ...... •...... •.....•. 1248 UPPER POND Fly fishing ...... 1045 USE FUEL TAX See Taxation U. S. ROUTE NO. :l Designated as Blue Star Memorial High- way ...... •.....•.• 1165 v

VACCINATION Employees of paper mills, repealed ...• 130 Free annually ...... 233 VAN BUREN LIGHT AND POWER DISTRICT Charter amended ...... 719 VAN BUREN lIIUNICIPAL COURT Established .....•...... •.....• 668 Judge, salary .•..•.....•.••••••••••••• 900 619 VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •...... 703 VAN BUREN SEWERAGE DISTRICT Created ...... 703 VA...'V BUREN, TOWN OF Town manager form of government .... 575 V_-L'VCEBORO WATER COllIPANY Charter extended ...... 652 584 VEAL See Calves VEAZIE SEWER DISTRICT Created ...... 810 VEHICLES Liens, filing if non-residents ...... 415 VENDING DEVICES Coin-operated, taxation ...... 272 VENDORS Indians, posing to be ...... • 233 Itinerant ...... •... 573 VERONA, TOWN OF Fishing ...... •.••...•.•• 1006 VESICULAR DISEASES Control .....•...... •..••. 452 INDEX 1245

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page VETERANS Admission to bar ...... •.••..• 111 Aid to dependents ...... •.. 406 Amputee Motor vehicles Excise tax ...... 75 Law clarified ...... 413 License ...... •...... •. ,., 69 Registration ...... •...... •.....• 59 Special plates ...... •..•..•• 201 Sales tax ...... •...... •....• , 413 Bond issue for payment of bonus ...... 98 Bonus to Maine ...... •.....•. , 33 Children of, aid ...... •.•...•...... 473 Committee to study specialized training 922 Death records ...... 366 Discharge papers, recording ...... •. 47 Division of, affairs, created ...... 527 Education, appropriation for facilities 97 Eligi bility Assistance ...... •...•...... • , 456 Institutions providing certain training 874 Employment ...... •....• 57 Guaranteeing loans ...... ••....••.. , •. 235 153 26 Guardianship act Repealed and replaced ...... •.. 173 Hospital, see Togus Housing, preference, see Housing Au thorities Hunting and fishing permits ...... 298 484 229. Congressional medal of honor holders 326 Information and assistance provided •. 185 Korean Provisions for ...... •. 130 State employment preference ...... 156 Lobster and crab fishing licenses ....• 94 Lobster licenses ...... 259 Malt beverage and restaurant licenses 272 Monuments and memorials •....•...... 57 Mortgage loans ...... , 6. 112 Organizations, certain, liquor licenses 275 Presumption of death ...... 360 Rehabilitation ...... 57 Retirement, state, benefits ...... , ...• '. 78 Spanish American War Graves, marked ...... 1144 State employment Preference ...... , ...... 427 148 Korean campaign ...... •..... ,' 156 Reemployment rights ...... , .. 78 Requirements ...... • , .. ,., .. 6 Tax exemptions ...... • , ..•... ,., 122 259 Technical schools ...... 499 University of IIfaine, facilities for education ...... , ... , .. , 97 World War I l'iIaine state retirement system ..... 408 See Armed Forces; Division of Veterans' Affairs; Military Law; Soldiers and Sailors VETERANS' HOllIE See Togus VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Posts, incorporated under general law 122 VETERINARY SURGEONS Board of veterinary examiners ...... 234 Relating to ...... ,., ...... 219 VILLAGE CORPORATIONS Permits for street openings ...... 69 VINALHAVEN PORT DISTRICT Amended ...... , ...... , 635 VIN."-LHAVEN, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... , ..•. , 756 Deer, closed season ...... , ... , ... . 100 :Mink and muskrats, trapping .,',.,', 60 Open season on raccoons .,',."., .. " .. 128 VIRGINIA LAKE Fishing ...... , ... ,.,"'" " 905 Ice fishing ...... , .... , ..... ,.".,' 1137 1028 1246 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page VITAL RECORDS Excess copies, removed ...... 847 VITAL STATISTICS Birth records, entering school ...... •. 110 Certificates and records ...... •..... 352 Divorce returns from courts ...... 29 Illigitimate children .....•....•.••.•.• 365 Burial permits, cremation ...•....•..•• 54 Certified copies of records .•...... ••.• 366 Data for research purposes ...... ••.. 366 Death records, veterans .....••.•••..• 366 Indian tribes ...... •..... 275 Inspection of records by public .••..••• 366 Marriage License to solemnize, revocation ....• 128 Osteopathic physicians to report •.•..• 361 Penalty for false returns ...... •..• 54 Published records ...... •...... ••... 108 State registrar Copies of report ...... •• 42 See Deaths; Marriage VOCATIONAL EDUCATION See Education VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS See Education VOLUNTARY APPRENTICESHIP SYSTElil See Labor and Industry VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTlIIENTS See Fire Departments VOTERS See Elections w

WAGES Equal pay for equal work ...... 207 Federal income tax withheld from ... . 544 Payment in amusement business 92 State employees, payment ••...... ••. 369 Trustee ...... 145 See Employees WALDOBORO, TOWN OF Clams, digging ...... •. 964 Marine worms, digging ...... 689 WALDO COUNTY Clerk hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... 369" 186 Register of deeds ...... 369 Register of proQate ....••.•...•.••.• 369 Clerk of courts salary •....•••••..••.• 368 308 Closed to hunting deer with bow and arrow ...... 412 County attorney, salary ...... 368 318 242 County commissioners, salary ...... 186 Fees, payable to county officers ...... 186 .rudge of probate, salary ....•....•....• 369 202 186 Law library, payments ...... •....• 268 Register of deeds, salary ...... •...... 368 227 186 Regl,ster of probate, salary ...... 369 379 186 Shenff, salary ...... 368 308 422 105 Treasurer, salary ...... 368 379 186 WALDO COUNTY MUNICIPAL COlJRT Charter amended ...... 719 .rudge, salary ...... •... 738 808 755 Recorder, salary ...... 738 808 WALDO-HANCOCK BRIDGE LOAN BONDS Issuance of bonds to refund ...... 730 WALDO SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 560 WALES SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 878 WALKER'S BROOK Alewives, taking ...... 1006 WARD See Guardian and Ward INDEX 1247

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page WARDENS See Forestry; Inland Fisheries and Game; Sea and Shore Fisheries WARRANT Arrest without ...... • 151 WARREN POND Fishing ...... 898. WASHINGTON COUNTY Bass fishing ...... •.....•..•.• 899 Clg~r~irof ~~Cretsof...... •...... 55 345 Register of deeds ...... •.....•...•• 54 345 Register of probate ...... •..•....•• 56 345 County attorney, salary ..••....••.•... 180 345 County commissioners, salary ....•.... 345 Judge of probate, salary .....•.•...... 55 345 Land conveyance, see State Tax Assessor Law library, payments ..•.•...•...... • 268 178 Register of deeds, salary .....•..•..••• 345 254 Register of probate, salary ....•...... • 345 254 Sheriff, salary ...... •.•.••.•.•...... 253 345, 422 Trawls, use ...... · ...... · .. .. 575 Treasurer, salary ...... 54 345 254 WASHINGTON COUNTY RECREATION AUTHORITY Created ...... •.....••••.....• 620 WASHINGTON STATE TEACHERS' COLLEG;E. AppropriatIon ...... 1138 939 WASHINGTON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH Change of name ...... • 684 WASSOOKEAG LAKE Tributaries closed to fishing ...... • 1147 White perch, fishing ...... 1127 WASTE IIIATERIALS See Pollution; Sanitary Water Board WATERBORO Game preserve, continued ...... 181 128 20 53 WATERBORO, TO"\VN OF Snow removal, charged off ...... 1038 Tax abatement ...... • 948 WA.TER DISTRICTS Participation in State Employees' Re- tirement System ...... 142 WATER IIIIPROVElllENT COIIIIIIISSION Compensation ...... 459 Created ...... •...... ••...... ••. 445 Duties ...... 459 Sanitary water board Duties ...... • 395 Pollution, deposit of potatoes ....•. 209 Technical secretary ...... 476 See Pollution WATERS Analysis of domestic for sale .....•... 48 Fluoride in public ...... • 112 322 Inland Buoys set ...... 1288 :Markers ...... •.•.• 87 Schools, used by, examined ..•...... •• 344 Standards of classification ...... • 459 Surface, classification ...... •...•... 328 Tidal Pollution ...... •... 309 Domestic waste ...... •....••. 414 See Canals; Pollution; Water Improve ment Commission WATERVILLE, CITY OF . Armory-community center ...... • 1274 Appropriation ...... •....••...... 1118 Board of finance, continued ..••.•.....• Charter 800 Amended ...... •. 644 Assessor, full-time ...... •...•.• 858 City engineer ...... 701 :l\Iayor, salary ...... ••••.•••.• 702 Officers. compensation ..•..••...•..•••• 730 1248 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Police and fire departments Pensions ...... 1061 Police commissioner ..••..•.•.••••••• 859 WATERVILLE lIIUNICIPAL COURT Clerk hire ...... •.••...••.• 799 Fees, disposal .: ...... •.•••.•••••••• 619 Judge, salary ...... •. 799 619 Recorder, salary ...... ••.••.• 701 788 516 WATERVILLE P.A:RIilNG DISTRICT Created ...... : ...... 860 WATERVILLE SEWERAGE DISTRICT Created ...... •..•....•• 985 1200 Amended ...... •..•...... • 672 605 WAYNE Game preserve repealed ....•.•....•... 117 WAYS Crossing railroads ...... •.....•...... •• 119 Drainage, not to be obstructed ...... • 258 Pedestrians, see Pedestrians Private Use of town highway equipment .... 572 40 See Highways; Roads; Streets; Turn pikes WEAPONS Licenses for concealed ...... • ; .. 46 Private detectives, carrying •...... 150 Record of licenses to carry concealed .. 164 See Firearms WEBBLAIi:E Smelts, taldng ...... 1287 Tributaries, fishing ...... ••. 908 WEBSTER PLAl\o~ATION Poles and wires ...... •.. 883 WEE HEALD POND Fishing ...... •.... 1253 WEERS, HERBERT W. Land conveyed .....•...... 1134 WEIGHTS A..~D lllEASURES Milk bottles and jars ...... •....• 295 Sealers, fees ...... 340 State sealer Fees and duties ...... • 265 Gasoline, measuring devices ...... •. 262 Tolerances ...... •...... 296 WEIRS Fee for operating ...... 465 Fish, defined ...... •...... •.•.. 283 Nets or seines ...... 147 Seines Purse or drag in certain waters .... 1031 WELD, TOWN OF Mount Blue State Park leased to ...... 1152 WELDERS Certificates ...... •..... 354 WELFARE See Health and Welfare WELLS Abandoned, as nuisance ...... 408 WELLS AND KENNEBUNK GAlIIE PRESERVE Kennebunk portion repealed ...... 206 WELLS BEACH SEWER DISTRICT Incorporated ...... •. 864 WELLS, TO"\VN OF Clams, digging ...... 103 WEST BATH, TOWN OF Clams, etc., digging ...... 847 851 WESTBROOIi:, CITY OF Charter Amended ...... 698 Revised ...... •...... 1118 Council-manager form of government 1092 WESTBROOIi: HIGHLIGHTS OF HISTORY Purchase ...... 958 WESTBROOIi: IUUNlCI'PAL COURT CIerI;: hire ...... 885 INDEX 1249

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Judge, salary ••...... ••...•..• 724 551 Recorder Powers and duties ...... •. 614 Salary ...... •.....•..••. 725 Terms ...... •.. 614 WESTBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 998 WESTBROOK SElIllNARY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE Degrees conferred ...... 574 WESTERN HANCOCR lIIUNICIPAL COURT Judge Salary ...... •....•. 819 546 Recorder Salary ...... ; .. . 830 WESTERN lIlAINE SANATORIUl\1 Pole line across property ...... •.. 1127 Sewer and refi"igeration s-ystem 930 WESTERN OXFORD lIIUNICIPAL COURT Established ...... •....• 738 WESTERN SOlllERSET IIIUNICIPAL COURT Charter amended ...... 899 ClerIc hire ...... 545 Judge Fees as disclosure commissioner ... . 545 Salary ...... : ...... 706 963 868 545 Rental ...... •.... 917 Writs and processes, service ...•...... 605 WESTERN -WASHINGTON lIIUNICIPAL COURT Judge, salary ...... 719 863 Recorder, salary ...... •.. 719 863 WEST GARDINER SCHOOL DISTRICT Amended ...... 690 Incorporated ...... •.. 67 WEST WASHINGTON COIlIllIU1\'ITY SCHOOL DISTRICT - Steuben, withdrawal ...... 701 WESTLEIGH, JOHN Land conveyed ...... 1120 WEST PARIS VILLAGE CORPORATION Enlarging powers ...... --71 Sewerage and water system ...... 778 WESTPORT, TOWN OF Clams, taking ...... •..... 126 WESTPORT-WISCASSET BRIDGE DISTRICT Charter amended ...... •• 786 Created ...... 830 WEST RICHARDSON 'POND Brook closed to fishing ...... 1009 WHEELDEN, HARRY L. Land conveyed ...... •. 1109 WHETSTONE POND Dipping of smelts ...... •.••.• 1246 WHITEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 962 WHITEFISH See Inland Fisheries and Game WHITE PINE TREE State official tree ...... 845 W-UITTEJ.~, GUY lII. Land conveyed ...... •. 849 WIDOW See Wives WIDO'WER See Husbands WILD Al"-:IIIIALS See Inland Fisheries and Game WILD BEES See Bee Industry WILD BIRDS See Inland Fisheries and Game 1250 INDEX

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page WILDLANDS See Unorganized Territory WILLCO FINANCE CO. Incorporated ...... 927 WILLS See Probate Courts; Executors and Ad ministrators l,VILSON STREAIII Fishing ...... •...... • 1138 WINDHAIII, TOWN OF Little Sebago Lake dam •...... 557 WINDOWS See Motor Vehicles WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 937 WINE See Liquor Law WINNEGANCE LAIi:E Alewives, taking ...... 821 WINSLOW, EUNICE Release from Deer Isle-SedgWick Bridge District ...... •.... 1272 WINTHROP AND WAYNE GAIIIE SANCTUARY Repealed ...... 117 WINTHROP IIIDNlCIPAL COURT Court room, rental ...... • 508 Judge, salary ...... 532 WINTHROP SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 898 Validated and amended ...... 508 WINTHROP, TOWN OF Sewer system ...... 901 WIRES Regulated ...... 340 191 WISCASSET ACADE~IY Powers enlarged ...... 838 WISCASSET SCHOOL DISTRICT Created ...... 1063 l,VISCASSET, T01.VN OF ~rarine worms, digging ...... 556 WISCASSET-WESTPORT BRIDGE DISTRICT See Westport- Wiscasset Bridge District l,VITNESSES Expert, -fee ...... 118 Fees of police officers and constables .. 337 Liquor commission, before ...... 101 -Proof of will ...... 40 WIVES Expenses in divorce proceedings ...... 283 Guardian or conservator of husband .. . 187 Rights under wills of surviving ...... 116 Rules of descent affecting surviving .. 581 WOIlIEN See Females WOODCOCIi: See Inland Fisheries and Game WOODLAND OWNERS See Forestry WOODLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...•..••...•••.•...•...••• 537 WOODLAWN IIIE1IIORIAL CEIIIETERY ASSOCIATION Acts validated and transfer of funds to city of Brewer ...... 790 WORK Legal diLy's ...... 93 WORKING CAPITAL See Reserve for Operating Capital WORIi:I11EN'S COIlIPENSATION ACT Burial expenses ...... 449 Compensation benefits and waiting period ...... 409 Compensation for INDEX 1251

1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page Death .... , ...... 92 387 Loss of hearing ...... 387 Specified injuries ...... 450 Total incapacity ...... 383 Occupational diseases ...... 383 ,Vritten assent and insurance policy filed 368 See Industrial Accident Commission See Occupational Disease Law, The ...VORK PERUITS See Children ...VORKSHOPS See Factories and ~Torl;:sllops WORSTER, ""TAHREN Authorized to construct wharf 1139 "'VORTHLEY POND Fish screen ...... 1042 "'VRIGHT, llIR. AND llIRS. PERLEY Land conveyed ...... 1134 "'VRIGHT, THOllIAS Land conveyed ...... •... 1134 """'"HITS Attachment, libel of divorce ...... 467 Certain, validated ...... 146 Habeas Corpus, application ...... 252 Trustee process in divorce ...... 171 ...VRITS OF ERROR See Error, Writs of

YAHilIOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 957 YARllIOUTH SE... VERAGE DISTRICT Incorporated ...... 679 YARilIOUTH, TOWN OF Shellfish and marine worms, digging .. 820 YAHilIOUTH ...VATER DISTRICT Charter amended ...... 809 YEARLY llIEETING OF FRIENDS FOR NEW ENGLAND Name changed ...... 551 YORK, RICH..4.RD S. Land conveyed ...... 1107 YORIi: COUNTY CIerI;: hire, office of Clerk of courts ...... 343 Register of deeds ...... 343 Register of probate ...... 248 344 CIerI;: of courts, salary ...... 275 212 County attorney, salary ...... 314 County commissioners Salary ...... 371 160 Tax abatement for certain towns .. 948 Judge of probate, salary ...... 3·12 350 160 Law library, payments ...... 268 125 18 Register of deeds, salary ...... 345 Register of probate, salary ...... 345 137 182 Seals, shooting ...... 36 Sheriff, salary ...... 258 225 160 Treasurer, salary ...... 371 160 YORI;;: H..4.RBOR VILLAGE CORPORATION Tax mone~r ...... 573 YORI;;: SCHOOL DISTRICT Emergency ...... 915 Incorporated ...... 662 YORK RIVER Lobsters, taking ...... 690 YORK SE... VER DIS'rRICT Created .•...... 1049 674 YORKSHIRE I1IUNICIPAL COURT Judge Salary ...... 861 Recorder, salary ...... •...... 939 861 1252 INDEX

~~1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 Page Page Page Page Page YORI{, TOWN OF Construct floodgates 605 z~~

~~ZONING Appeals from regulations ...... 45 Board of appeals Majority vote for interpretations ... 176 Hearings on regulations or amendment 44~~