Maine register, state year-book and legislative manual, Part 9

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Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Portland, Tower Pub. Co. [etc.]
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Comprises the counties of Penobscot and Piscataquis, and the Northern part of Somerset and Franklin, and the towns of Frankfort and Winter- port in the county of Waldo, and the several towns, plantations, and townships in the counties of Aroostook and Washington, lying on the line of the M. C. Railroad.

DISTRICT OF MACHIAS.

Collector-FRANK L. SHAW, Machias-Port of Entry.

Deputy Collectors-Wm. H. Phinney (specia1), Machias; E. B. Sawyer Jonesport; Warren Sawyer, Milbridge; F. S. Stevens. Cutler. Port of Delivery-Machias.

Includes all of the Co. of Washington lying S. and W. of a line running from Moose Cove, to the point of intersection of the counties of Penobscot, Washington and Hancock.

DISTRICT OF PASSAMAQUODDY.

Collector-JACOB C. PIKE, Lubec-Eastport and Calais, Ports of Entry. Deputy Collectors-F. E. Nutt (special); Michael White, Eastport; Isaac N. Jones, Calais.

Deputy Collectors and Clerks-J. D. Anderson, M. D. Lawrence, W. S. Kane, Eastport; Stephen Gardner, Edward G. Buxton, Robert H. Kirk- patrick, Calais; Wm. Merriam, Lubec; William S. Vose, Red Beach.

Deputy Collector and Inspector-H. R. Gillis, Calais.

ANNUAL REGISTER OF MAINE.

Inspectors-W. S. McCart, Guilford Sears, Arthur T. Flagg, E. S. Waide, Eastport; J.H. Pineo, Thos. J. Doyle, Edw. Welch, Morton C. Dutch, Geo. H. Turner, Calais; Smith E. Munson, Baring; John W. Peabody, Lubec. Ports of Delivery-Lubec, Robbinston, Pembroke and Red Beach.

Includes all the county of Washington lying north and east of a line run- ning from Moose Cove, to the point of intersection of the counties of Penobscot, Washington and Hancock, except the towns lying along the line of the M. C. Railroad.

DISTRICT OF AROOSTOOK.

Collector-W. W. SEWALL, Island Falls-Houlton, Port of Entry and Delivery.

Deputy Collectors and Inspectors-W. F. Jenks (special), Benj. B. Feeley, V. E. Peters, Houlton; F. W. Burns, C. P. Whitney, Fort Fair- field; A. M. Stackpole jr., Bridgewater; James Crawford, F. C. Gates, Van Buren; John W. Manning, Madawaska; E. M. Davis, Fort Kent; A. C. Passmore, Monticello; G. A. Phair, Limestone; W. B. Burns, Mars Hill.

Inspectors-Fred A. Shean, Houlton; Adelbert O. French, Fort Fair- field.

Deputy Collector and Clerk-J. P. Dudley, Houlton.

Comprises the county of Aroostook, excepting those towns, plantations, and townships lying on the line of the M. C. Railroad.

U. S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE.

First District-S. H. Harding, supt., office Portsmouth, N. H. This dis- trict comprises Maine and New Hampshire.

Stations are built and in operation at "Quoddy Head," Lubec, Maine; " Cross Island," Cutler, Me .; "Crumples Island," Jonesport, Me .; "Cran- berry Isles," Cranberry Isles, Me .; "White Head Island" and "Burnt Island," St. George, Me .; "Hunnewell's Beach," Popham Beach, Me .; "Fletcher's Neck," Biddeford Pool, Me., "Rye Beach," Rye, N. H .. " Cape Elizabeth," Me., "Jerry's Point," N. H., " Wallis Sands," N. H., "Hampton Beach," N. H.

U. S. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.

U. S. Engineer in charge of Fortifications and River and Harbor Improve- ments in Maine and New Hampshire, Leut. Col. W. E. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. Office, No. 537 Congress street, Portland, Me.

U. S. WEATHER BUREAU.

Stations of Observation in Maine-Portland, Eastport and Greenville.

Edward P. Jones, Local Forecaster; H. H. Roche, Observer; W. M. Greene, Messenger, at Portland; office, First National Bank Building. Displays storm and cold wave warnings, and issues daily weather maps. D. C. Murphy, Observer, John J. Murphy, Asst., at Eastport. Displays storm and cold wave warnings.

U. S. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

Inspectors-Timothy Elliott, Samuel H. Howes, Portland (office at Custom House); Chas. E. Miller, Eastport; Geo. F. Bosley, Lowelltown; Earl Crandlemire, Carr G. Horn, Vanceboro; Herbert C. Gillis, Calais: Fred W. Arndt, Fort Kent; John B. Johnson, Houlton; Richard B. Porter, Ft. Fairfield; Chas. E. Gray, Van Buren.

Interpreters-David Rosenberg, Axel Holmberg, Harmon Cohen, C. V. Harkins, Portland. Clerk and Stenographer, Miss Rose Alice Henry, Portland.

POSTAGE RATES.

U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.

C. S. Sherman, Inspector 1st Lighthouse District. Office in Y. M. C. A. Building, 156 Free St., Portland.

Buoy Depot for 1st Lighthouse District, Little Diamond Island, Wm. T. Brisbane, Keeper.

U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.

Hospital for the treatment of sick and disabled seamen of the merchant marine, is situated at East Deering, Me. C. E. Banks, Surgeon, M. H. S., in charge. C. H. Elbridge, Hospital Pharmacist, M. H. S .; Office, U. S. Custom House, Albert F. Stuart (acting), Asst. Surgeon.

· Quarantine Departinent, J. M. Eager, surgeon.

U. S. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.

Inspectors in charge-H. T. Potter, Calais; Joseph J. Thackaberry, Fort Fairfield, asst. (district of Passamaquoddy, Bangor and Aroostook); F.W. Huntington, Portland (district of Portland and Falmouth).

U. S. NAVY YARD-PORTSMOUTH, N. II.

Captain Chas. C. Rogers, U.S.N., Commandant; Captain John C. Leonard, U.S.N., Capt. of the Yard; Captain F. W. Bartlett, U. S. N., Engineer Officer ; Civil Engineer L. E. Gregory, U.S.N., Inspector of Public Works; Naval Constructor W. P. Robert, U.S.N., Construction Officer; Lieut-Commander Raymond Stone, U.S.N., Inspection Officer; Pay Inspector F. T. Arnes, U.S.N., General Storekeeper: Passed Asst. Pay Master, R. B. Westlake, U.S.N., Yard Pay Master; Asst. Pay Master, Frank Baldwin, U.S.N. Pay Master of Naval Auxiliaries; Surgeon C. D. Brownell, U.S.N., In Command of Naval Hospital; Chap- lain L. P. Rennolds, U.S. N .; Pay Master R. N. Wood, U.S.N., Purchas - ing Pay Officer, Portsmouth, N. H .; Major M. J. Shaw, U.S.M.C., Com- manding Marine Barracks; Major G. C. Thorpe, U.S.M.C., Commanding Naval Prison ; Chief Boatswain W. L. Hill, U.S.N., Commanding U. S. S. Southery and Topeka.

NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOL. SOLDIERS.

EASTERN BRANCH-NATIONAL SOLDIERS' HOME.

Established by Act of Congress Sept. 27, 1866. First man admitted October 6, 1866. Gen. Joseph S. Smith, Bangor, local manager; Col. John T. Richards, governor; Maj. Augustus L. Smith, treas .; Maj. Ber- tram D. Ridlon, surgeon; Capt. George, A. Mitchell, quartermaster and commissary of subsistence ; Maj. Edwin L. Clark, adjutant and inspector; Rev. H. S. Burrage, Rev. John Nelligan, chaplains. Number of members, about 2,300.

POSTAGE RATES.

All domestic mailable matter is divided into four classes : First, written inatter; Second, periodical publications; Third, miscellaneous printed matter; Fourth, merchandise.

FIRST-CLASS MATTER.

Mailable matter of the first class embraces letters, postal cards, and all matters wholly or partly in writing, except as hereinafter provided.

Every Letter, or written communication, any distance within the United States, the Island Possessions, Great Britain, Germany by direct steamer, Newfoundland, Canada, Cuba or Mexico, 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof.

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ANNUAL REGISTER OF MAINE.

Drop Letters, 1 cent for every ounce or less. At offices where free delivery by carrier is established, 2 cents for each ounce.

Book Manuscript, manuscript for magazines, periodicals, newspapers, and music manuscript are now subject to full letter rates of postage, except they be accompanied by proof-sheets, or corrected proof-sheets, when the rate will be one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof.

Matter produced by the type-writer is subject to postage at letter rates.

Letters deposited at a post office for mailing with less than one full letter rate of postage -2 cents, prepaid - will not be forwarded in the mails, but will be held for postage.

Matter produced by the electric pen and papyrograph processes, which is not in the nature of correspondence, may be received and transmitted in the mails at third-class rates, when properly presented for mailing.

Matter which is in writing, or other matter containing a written inscrip- tion in the nature of personal correspondence, or representing monetary value, and matter which is sealed against inspection, is first-class matter.

FORWARDING OF MAIL-MATTER.

Postmasters will forward at the request of the party addressed, and without additional charge for postage, letters which have one full rate (two cents) paid thereon, parcels prepaid at first-class rates, postal cards, official matter, and newspapers of the second class which are to be for- warded to subscribers from one post office to another in the same county in which the paper forwarded is published, and in whole or in part printed; but on all other mail matter the postage must be prepaid again in full be- fore same can be forwarded.

A registered letter may be forwarded in accordance with the written request of the person named in the address, the same as any letters prepaid with one rate of postage, without additional charge for postage.

SECOND-CLASS MATTER.

Mailable matter of the second class embraces newspapers and other peri- odical publications.

THIRD-CLASS MATTER.

Mail matter of the third class embraces books, seed, cuttings, bulbs, plants, circulars, proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, with manuscript copy accompanying the same, photographs, and all matter of the same gen- eral character; and the rate is one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof.

The rate of postage on transient newspapers, periodicals, and magazines is one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof.

The term circular is defined to be a printed letter, which, according to internal evidence, is being sent in identical terms to several persons. A circular shall not lose its character as such, when the date and the name of the addressed and of the sender shall be therein written, nor by the cor- rection of mere typographical errors in writing.

Upon matter of the third class, or upon the wrapper inclosing the same, may be written the name and address of the sender, preceded by the word " from;" simple marks may be made to call attention to any special word or sentence.

There may be written on the cover or blank leaves of any book or printed matter of this class, a simple manuscript dedication or inscription, that does not partake of the nature of personal correspondence. All packages of matter of the third class must be so wrapped, with open sides or ends that their contents may be readily examined by postmasters.

FOURTH-CLASS MATTER.

Mailable matter of the fourth class embraces all matter not included in the first, second, or third classes, which is not in its form or nature liable

POSTAGE RATES.

to injure the contents of the mail bag, or harm the person. Postage rates thereon one cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof.

Upon the wrapper or cover of a package of matter of the fourth class or on the tag or label accompanying the same, the sender may write or. print his name and address, preceded by the word "from," and the limit of weight of package is four pounds, and must be so wrapped that its con- tents can be easily examined by postmasters.

Canned goods in hermetically sealed tin cans, which do not contain any liquid, are mailable as fourth class matter.

CAUTION.

All parcels of merchandise and all printed documents sealed or pasted so as to prevent examination at the post-office, will be charged letter postage.

Letters addressed to initials or fictitious names, are not deliverable unless the address contains a designated place of delivery.

All domestic letters must be prepaid a full rate (2 cents), otherwise they are sent to the dead letter office ..

THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.

The rates of postage for correspondence exchanged between the United States and countries included in the Universal Postal Union, are as follows:

For prepaid letters, 5 cents for first ounce; 3 cents for each additional ounce.

For unpaid letters received, 10 cents for first ounce; 6 cents for each additional ounce.

For postal cards, 2 cents each.

For newspapers, 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.

For printed matter of all kinds, commercial papers, and samples of mer- chandise, 1 cent for each article or packet bearing a particular address, and for every weight of two ounces or fraction thereof; with a minimum charge of 5 cents per packet of commercial papers, and a minimum charge of 2 cents per packet of samples of merchandise; that is to say, for com- mercial papers not exceeding ten ounces in weight, the postage is 5 cents and if above ten ounces in weight, 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof; for samples not exceeding four ounces in weight, 2 cents; if above four ounces in weight, 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.

For the registration fee on all correspondence, 10 cents.

For insufficiently paid letters or other articles received, a charge equal to double the amount of the deficiency.

The prepayment of the Union postage on ordinary letters is optional, but the postage on all other articles, except postal cards, which are necessarily prepaid, and registered articles, must be at least partially prepaid.

POSTAGE TO MEXICO AND THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

Matter mailed in the United States, addressed to Mexico or Canada, is subject to the same postage rates and conditions as it would be if it were addressed for delivery in the United States; except that the following arti- cles are absolutely excluded from the mails, without regard to the amount of postage prepaid, or the manner in which they are wrapped, viz .:

All sealed packages other than letters in their usual and ordinary form; all packages (except single books and packages of second-class matter), which weigh more than 4 lbs. 6 oz .; liquids, pastes, confections, and fatty substances; publications which violate any copyright law of Mexico or Canada.

PARCEL POST.

Unsealed packages of mailable merchandise may be sent by parcel post to Australia, Barbadoes, Belgium, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Hon - duras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Danish West India Islands, Denmark, Ger- many, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Jamaica (includ- ing the Turks Caicos Islands), Japan (Formosa-Korea or Japanese post offices in China), Leeward Islands, Mexico, Newfoundland, New Zealand,

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ANNUAL REGISTER OF MAINE.

Nicaragua, Norway, Salvador, Sweden, Trinidad (including Tobago), Venezuela, Windward Islands, Austria, Bahamas, Bolivia, Chile, Ecua- dor, Dutch Guiana, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Uruguay, Peru; at the rate of 12 cents per pound, or fraction thereof.

A parcel must not be posted in a letter box, but must be taken into the post-office and presented to the postmaster or person in charge between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.

SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

Letters and all other articles of mailable matter (including registered matter), mailed at any post-office, to a local address, or to any other post- office in the country including Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philippine Achipel- ego, Gaum and Tutuila, bearing special delivery stamps and the necessary postage, are entitled to immediate delivery. The fee is ten cents in addi- tion to regular postage, which may be prepaid with a special delivery stamp, or by ten cents in stamps of any denomination if the words "Special Delivery" are on the letter or parcel.

REGISTRY DEPARTMENT.

Letters may be registered by paying postage in full, and a registration fee of ten cents in stamps, to any post-office in the United States, Dominion of Canada, or countries of the Postal Union. Third and fourth class mail matter can be registered to any post-office within the United States includ, ing Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philippine Archipelego, Guam and Tutuila- Canada or Cuba by paying postage at third and fourth class rates and a registration fee of ten cents in stamps.

MONEY ORDERS.

Money orders are issued to all money order offices in the United States, ¡Dominion of Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, the German Empire, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Italy, France, Algeria, and Switzerland, New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, the Island of Jamaica, British India, Belgium, Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Islands, Tasmania, Constantinople, ; Hawaiian Islands, Queensland, Cape Colony, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Japan, Egypt, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China, Newfoundland, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Austria and Hungary, British Guiana, Bermuda, South Australia, Turkey, Panama, Salvador, Republic of Honduras, Chile, Iceland and Faro Islands, Tunis and German Protectorate in Africa, British Honduras, Russia, Mexico, tCuba, tPuerto Rico, and |Philip- pine Islands.

RATES OF COMMISSION CHARGED FOR DOMESTIC MONEY ORDERS.

Domestic. Over $30, not exceeding $40, 15 cts.

For sums not exceeding $2.50, 3 cts. Over $2.50, not exceeding $5, 5 cts. Over $5, not exceeding $10, 8 cts. Over $10, not exceeding $20, 10 cts. Over $20, not exceeding $30, 12 cts.

Over $40, not exceeding $50, 18 cts. Over $50, not exceeding $60, 20 cts. Over $60, not exceeding $75, 25 cts. Over $75, not exceeding $100,30 cts.

t Same as domestic rates.

Information as to rates on foreign orders can be obtained at any money order office.

CONSTITUTION OF MAINE.

PREAMBLE.

Ws, the people of Maine, in order to establish jus- Objects of gor- tice, insure tranquility, provide for our mutual ernment.

defence, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Uni- verse in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring his aid and direction in its accomplishment, do agree to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the style and title of the STATE OF MAINE, and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the government of the

ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

SECTION 1. All men are born equally free and in- Naturalright. dependent, and have certain natural, inherent, and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.

SEO. 2. All power is inherent in the people; all All power in- free governments are founded in their authority and people. herent in the instituted for their benefit; they have therefore an unalienable and indefeasible right to institute government, and to alter, reform, or totally change the same, when their safety and happiness require it.

SEC. 3. All men have a natural and unalienable Religiousfree- right to worship Almighty God according to the dic- dom.

tates of their own consciences, and no one shall be hurt, molested, or restrained in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience, nor for his religious professions or sentiments, provided he does not disturb the public peace, nor ob- Proviso. struct others in their religious worship ;- and all persons demean- ing themselves peaceably as good members of the State, shall be equally under the protection of the laws, and no All religious subordination nor preference of any one sect or de- sects oqual. nomination to another shall ever be established by law, nor shall any religious test be required as a qualification for Religious tests prohibited. any office or trust, under this State; and all religious societies in this State, whether incorporate or unincorporate, shall at all times have the exclusive right of electing their publio teachers, and contracting with them for their support and main- tomanco.

ANNUAL REGISTER OF MAINE.

Freedom of SEO. 4. Every citizen may freely speak, write, and

speech and

publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsi-

publication. ble for the abuse of this liberty; no laws shall be passed regulating or restraining the freedom of the press; and in prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter Truth may be published is proper for public information, the truth given In evi- thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indict- dence. ments for libels, the Jury, after having received the direction of the Court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion, the law and the fact.

Unreasonable

SEC. 5. The people shall be secure in their persons, searches. houses, papers, and possessions, from all unreasonable searches and seizures; and no warrant to search any place, or seize any person or thing, shall issue without a special designa- tion of the place to be searched, and the person or thing to be seized, nor without probable cause-supported by oath or affir- mation.

Rights of per- SEC. 6. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused

sons accused. shall have a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, or either, at his election;

To demand the nature and cause of the accusation, and have a copy thereof;

To be confronted by the witnesses against him;

To have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor;

To have a speedy, public, and impartial trial, and, except in trials by martial law or impeachment, by a jury of the vicinity. He shall not be compelled to furnish or give evidence against himself, nor be deprived of his life, liberty, property, or privi- leges, but by judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.

No persons to SEC. 7. No person shall be held to answer for a answer to a capital or in- capital or infamous crime, unless on a presentment or famous crime indictment of a grand jury, except in cases of im- but on indict- peachment, or in such cases of offences as are usually ment.

Exceptions. cognizable by a justice of the peace, or in cases arising in the army or navy, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. The Legislature shall provide by

Juries. law a suitable and impartial mode of selecting juries and their usual number and unanimity, in indictments and con- victions, shall be held indispensable.

Not to be put in SEC. 8. No person, for the same offence, shall be jeopardy twice for same offence twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.

Sanguinary SEC. 9. Sanguinary laws shall not be passed; all

laws prohibit- penalties and punishments shall be proportioned to

ed. the offence; excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel nor unusual punishments in- flicted. Bailable SEC. 10. No person before conviction shall be offences. bailable for any of the crimes, which now are or have

CONSTITUTION OF MAINE.

been denominated capital offences since the adoption of the Constitution, where the proof is evident or the pre- Resolve, Mar. sumption great, whatever the punishment of the Amendment,

30. 1837. crimes may be. And the privilege of the writ of art. 11. habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Habeas corps cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.

SEC. 11. The Legislature shall pass no bill of attain- Bills of attain- der, ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obliga- hibited. der, &c., pro tion of contracts, and no attainder shall work cor- ruption of blood nor forfeiture of estate.

SEC. 12. Treason against this State shall consist Tressen. only in levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open court.

SEO. 13. The laws shall not be suspended but by Suspension of the Legislature or its authority. laws.

SEO. 14. No person shall be subject to corporal Corporal pun- punishment under military law, except such as are ishment under military law.

employed in the army or navy, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger.

SEC. 15. The people have a right at all times in an Right of pott- orderly and peaceable manner to assemble to consult tion. upon the common good, to give instructions to their representa- tives, and to request, of either department of the government by petition or remonstrance, redress of their wrongs and grievances.

SEO. 16. Every citizen has a right to keep and bear -to keep and arms for the common defence; and this right shall bear arms. never be questioned.

SEC. 17. No standing army shall be kept up in Standing time of peace without the consent of the Legislature, kept. and the military shall, in all cases, and at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil power.

mies not to be

SEC. 18. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be No soldier to quartered in any house without the consent of the be quartered on citizens in owner or occupant, nor in time of war, but in a man- time of peace. ner to be prescribed by law.

SEC. 19. Every person, for an injury done him in Right of re- his person, reputation, property, or immunities, shall dress for in- have remedy by due course of law; and right and juries. justice shall be administered freely and without sale, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay.

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Maine register, state year-book and legislative manual, Part 9

Author: Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Portland, Tower Pub. Co. [etc.] Number of Pages: 1238

Author:
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Portland, Tower Pub. Co. [etc.]
Number of Pages: 1238