СНАР. 104 Apportionment for senators. Chapter 104. Resolve to apportion State Senators to the Legislature. Resolved, That the sixty-sixth legislature and the succeeding legislatures to and including the year nineteen hundred and one, the state be, and hereby is divided into sixteen districts for the choice of senators, and each district shall be entitled to elect the number of senators herein provided, for the term of ten years, in the manner prescribed by the constitution. The county of York shall form the first district, and be entitled to elect three senators. The county of Cumberland shall form the second district, and be entitled to elect four senators. The county of Oxford shall form the third district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The county of Androscoggin shall form the fourth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The county of Franklin shall form the fifth district, and be entitled to elect one senator. The county of Sagadahoc shall form the sixth district, and be entitled to elect one senator. The county of Kennebec shall form the seventh district, and be entitled to elect three senators. The county of Somerset shall form the eighth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The county of Piscataquis shall form the ninth district, and be entitled to elect one senator. The county of Penobscot shall form the tenth district, and shall be entitled to elect three senators. The county of Lincoln shall form the eleventh district, and shall be entitled to elect one senator. The county of Knox shall form the twelfth district, and shall be entitled to elect one senator. The county of Waldo shall form the thirteenth district, and shall be entitled to elect one senator. The county of Hancock shall form the fourteenth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The county of Washington shall form the fifteenth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. The county of Aroostook shall form the sixteenth district, and be entitled to elect two senators. Approved March 31, 1891. CHAP. 105 Chapter 105. Resolve in favor of John W. Dudley. John W. favor of. Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and forty-one dollars and forty cents be, and the same is hereby appropriated, Dudley, in to be paid out of the state treasury, to John W. Dudley of Castle Hill Plantation, in full settlement of his claim against the state, for lot numbered ninety-three, in said Castle Hill. Approved March 31, 1891. Chapter 106. Resolve in favor of Emil S. Winberg. Resolved, That the land agent is hereby authorized to convey to Emil S. Winberg, lot number eighteen and a half, in Woodland, Aroostook county, waiving further settling duties. Approved March 31, 1891. Emil S. Winberg, in Chapter 107. Resolve in favor of the Erskine School. in favor of. Resolved, That the sum of three hundred dollars be, and Erskine school, hereby is appropriated annually, for the term of ten years, to the Erskine school, an institution of learning, situated in the town of China, Kennebec county. This appropriation is made upon the express condition that the trustees of said institution shall enlarge the buildings to a capacity of twentyfive additional scholars, within one year from the passage of this resolve, and shall continue to keep in operation a school equal in rank and grade to the average standard of a high school, and provided further, that the governor, council and superintendent of common schools, shall have a right at all times to visit said school, when the same shall be in session; and if said school at any time, fail to fulfill the conditions contained in this resolve, the governor and council, at their discretion, may withhold the appropriation herein granted. Approved March 31, 1891. CHAP. 108 Reform School, in favor of. Chapter 108. Resolve in favor of the State Reform School. Resolved, That the sum of forty-five thousand dollars be and hereby is appropriated for and in behalf of the state reform school for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two for the following purposes for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one for current expenses including mechanical school and new cottage, eighteen thousand dollars; for ordinary repairs, two thousand dollars; for furnishing new cottage, two thousand five hundred dollars; for steam heating and plumbing, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the year eighteen hundred ninety-two, for current expenses, including mechanical school and new cottage, eighteen thousand dollars; for ordinary repairs, two thousand dollars. And of the above named amount, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary for the above named purposes, shall be payable in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one; and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary for the above named purposes, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved April 3, 1891. Constitution, amendment of. Chapter 109. Resolves providing for an Educational Qualification of Voters. Resolved, Two-thirds of both branches of the legislature concurring, that the constitution of this state be amended as follows: 'No person shall have the right to vote or be eligible to office under the constitution of this state, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name; provided, however, that the provisions 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 has the right to vote, nor to any person who shall be sixty years of age or upwards at the time this amendment shall take effect.' Resolved, That the aldermen of cities, selectmen of towns, and assessors of plantations in the state, are hereby empow ered and directed to notify the inhabitants of their respective CHAP. 110 cities, towns and plantations, in the manner prescribed by law, at the annual meeting in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to give in their votes upon the amendment proposed in the foregoing resolve; and the question shall be, "Shall the constitution be so amended so as to change the qualification of voters, as proposed in said resolve;" and the inhabitants of said cities, towns and plantations, shall vote by ballot on said question; those in favor of said amendment, voting "yes," and those opposed voting "no," upon their ballots; and the ballots shall be received, sorted and counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meeting, and fair lists of the votes shall be made out by the aldermen of cities, selectmen of towns and assessors of plantations, and signed by them, and attested by the clerk, and returned to the office of the secretary of state, in the same manner as votes for representatives, and the governor and council shall open and examine and count the same, and make return thereof to the next legislature; and if it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast and returned on the question is in favor of said amendment, the constitution shall be amended accordingly, and the amendment shall then be a part of the constitution, and the governor shall make known the fact by his proclamation. Resolved, That the secretary of state shall prepare and furnish to the several cities, towns and plantations, blank returns in conformity with the foregoing resolves, accompanied by a copy thereof. Approved April 3, 1891. Chapter 110. Resolve making an appropriation for furnishing certain rooms assigned to State Officers. Resolved, That the sum of twenty-seven hundred dollars Furnishing rooms for state of. and seventy-six cents be and is hereby appropriated to pro- officers, in favor vide for furnishing certain rooms assigned to the state officers, to be expended as follows: For cases in adjutant general's office, eight hundred fifty dollars. For case in pension agent's office, two hundred dollars. |