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mendments were made to the.su uttttutes by 

 hull i he penalty for importing liquors inio thtt 

 Stale, or transporting thuu from place to place 

 therein, wa> increased In $.')()<) mill our year'- 

 imprisonment in case ol pcr.-ons, ami lo $.">()() in 

 1 .-orporations. In all cases the knowledge 

 any servant shall IH> thu knowledge ot Hie 

 r|iiralion. Officer* may scare It llie persons as 

 well as the premi.-cs ol people c<)iii|)laiiifil of, anil 

 il any fluids an- poured out or otherwise dc- 

 i by Midi jicojilr to prevent their seizure, 

 moh fluids shall ! deemed to be intoxicating 

 liquors. CiHinty attorneys, as well as shenlls, 

 are directed to" inquire into any violation of 

 these laws coming to their notice, and to insti- 

 tute proceedings thereunder. 

 The report of the State Valuation Commission. 

 ted by the Legislature of IbbU, was received 

 this session, and adopted as the valuation of 

 e Mate for purposes of taxation. It presents 

 total valuation of $309,090,041. 

 Another act creates a Board of State Assessors, 

 iisisting of three members chosen by the Leg- 

 at nre. and, except in case of the first members, 

 Iding office for six years. This board is re- 

 uired to perform all duties now required by 

 w to be done by the Governor and Council 

 lathe to the assessment and taxation of rail- 

 corporations and associations, and all corpo- 

 tions, companies, and persons doing telegraph, 

 lophone, and express business within the State, 

 d shall assess all taxes upon corporate fran- 

 ises. Such board shall equalize the State tax 

 ong the several towns and unorganized town- 

 ips. shall fix the valuation of real and per- 

 nal estate on which the State ami county taxes 

 to be levied, and shall perform the duties 

 eretofore devolving upon the Legislature in 

 portioning State taxes among the towns. The 

 urd shall hold sessions in every county at least 

 ce in two years, for the purpose of securing in- 

 rmation for its work, and shall file with the 

 retary of State biennially a State valuation as 

 xed by it. This valuation shall be the basis 

 or apportioning the State and county taxes, 

 he board shall equalize and adjust the assess- 

 ent list of each town by adding to or deduct- 

 g from it such amount as will make it equal 

 its full market value. 



On the basis of the census of 1800 the State 

 as redistricted for members of Congress as 

 llows : 



First District, York and Cumberland Counties. 

 Second District, Oxford, Franklin, Androscoggin, 

 agadahoc, Knox, and Lincoln. 

 Third District, Kennobec, Somerset, Waldo, and 

 Uncock. 



Fourth District, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Aroostook, 

 and Washington. 



The State was also mlistricted for members of 

 the State Senate and House of Representatives. 



A board of World's Fair managers was estab- 

 lished, with authority to represent the State 

 ind procure a proper exhibit of her industries 

 find resources and history at the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition, for that purpose having power 

 ap|*)int an executive commissioner and to fix 



is salary. The sum of $40,000 was appropri- 

 to carry out the provisions of the act. 



An act for the protection of forests requires 

 Bvery railroad company whose road passes 



through forest or waflte land to remove or de- 



stroy each year all inllaiiiiiialile lnatetial on n~ 

 right of way, and to equip its locomoinc.-, with 

 lire and spark arresters. Train ollit crs who cii-- 

 ciiM-r fence.-, or woods along the truck to IN- on 

 lire must report the fact at the i.. \t topping 

 place which is a telegraph station. Hunter* in 

 any woodland are required to use non-combus- 

 tilde wads in loading their lire-arm-, and |>eraons 

 building camp-fires in or near any wood* shall 

 not abandon them until they are totally extin- 

 guished. The .-elect men of each town are made 

 fj' ojjiciu forest fire wardens, with authority to 

 summon all necessary help in extinguish ing' for- 

 est fires in their town. The county commissioner 

 shall appoint fire wardens for all unorganized 

 places. The State land agent is made a State 

 forest commissioner, whose duty it shall be to 

 collect and classify statistics relating to the for- 

 ests of the State. The commissioner shall also 

 take measures for awakening an interest in 

 forestry in the public schools, academies, and 

 colleges, and for imparting elementary instruc- 

 tion upon the subject. 



Two amendments to the State Constitution 

 were proposed for submission to the people in 

 September, 1892 the first amending section 8, 

 Article VII, so that the Governor, and not the 

 Legislature in joint convention, shall have the 

 appointment of the adjutant-general and quarter- 

 master-general ; the second adding the following 

 educational provision : 



No person shall have the right to vote, or be elig- 

 ible to office under the Constitution of this State, who 

 shall not be able to read the constitution in the Eng- 

 lish language and write his name ; provided, however, 

 that the provision of this amendment shall not apply 

 to any person prevented by a physical disability from 

 complying with its requisitions, nor to any person 

 who now lias the right to vote, nor to any person who 

 shall be sixty years of age or upward at the time this 

 amendment shall take effect. 



Other acts of the session were as follow : 



Making the first Monday in September, known as 

 Labor Day, a legal holiday. 



Requiring all teachers in the public schools to de- 

 vote not less than ten minutes each week to the 

 instruction of children in the principles of kindnctu* 

 to birds and animals. 



Permitting administration to be granted on the es- 

 tate of intestate persons more than twenty ycara 

 after their decease. 



Requiring instructors in the public schools to be 

 examined in the elements of natural science as applied 

 to agriculture. 



Establishing a board of registration in the cities of 

 the State. 



Establishing a State board of dental examiners. 



Appropriating $24,500 for a new building and for 

 other improvements at the State Agricultural College. 



Appropriating $65,000 for pensions to invalid sol- 

 diers and their dependents during 1891 and ISICJ. 



iers an their epenents ung 1891 



To punish fraud ut agricultural fairs. 



Making an assignment of wages invalid against tho 

 employer unless he has actual notice of it. 



Requiring all liun and building associations to be 

 incorporated. 



To protect the rights of minority stock -holders, 

 and to provide a method bv which the value of tlieir 

 shares shall be judicially ilctcrmiiicd, in cases where 

 the majority shall have voted to lease, sell, or consoli- 

 date tli<- franchise of the corporation. 



Providing that fraternal beneficiary associations 

 may t>e licensed to do business withiu the State by 

 the Insurance Conuuituiouer. 



