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ACTS AND RESOLVES AS PASSED BY THE Ninetieth and Ninety-first Legislatures OF THE STATE OF MAINE From April 26, 1941 to April 9, 1943 AND MISCELLANEOUS STATE PAPERS Published by the Revisor of Statutes in accordance with the Resolves of the Legislature approved June 28, 1820, March 18, 1840, March 16, 1842, and Acts approved August 6, 1930 and April 2, 193I. KENNEBEC JOURNAL AUGUSTA, MAINE 1943
CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF MAINE For the Political Years 1943 and 1944 GOVERNOR: SUMNER SEWALL, Bath Executive Secretary: FRANCIS K. PURINTON, Augusta LIONEL F. OUELLETTE, Augusta, Assistant Councilors: GEORGE J. WENTWORTH (First District)... Kennebunk ARTHUR G. SPEAR (Second District)... Portland CHARLES B. DAY (Third District)... Richmond EARL FENLASON (Fourth District)... Madison CLARENCE A. RACE (Fifth District)... Boothbay JOHN W. LEL.;\ND (Sixth District)... Dover-Foxcroft CLARENCE B. BECKETT (Seventh District)... Calais Department Officials,and Commissions: HAROLD 1. Goss, Gardiner, Secretary of State JOSEPH H. MCGILLICUDDY, Houlton, Treasurer of State EVERETT W. DOWNS, Dover-Foxcroft, Deputy Treasurer of State GEORGE M. CARTER, Caribou, Adjutant General LESTER M. HART, Augusta, Assistant Adjutant.General FRANK 1. COWAN, Portland, Attorney.General FRANK A. FARRINGTON, Augusta, Deputy Attorney.General PHILIP D. STUBBS, Strong, Assistant Attorney-General and Inheritance Tax Commissioner
x CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE L. SMITH DUNNACK, Augusta, Revisor of Statutes CARL R. SMITH, Exeter, Commissioner of Agriculture WILLIAM D. HAYES, Bangor, State Auditor JuLIAN A. MOSSMAN, Augusta, Commissioner of Finance J. J. ALLEN, Augusta, State Controller HOMER M. ORR, Augusta, State Purchasing Agent JOSEPH P. GRENIER, Augusta, Superintendent of Public Printing DAVID H. STEVENS, Milo, State Tax Assessor HARRy V. GILSON, Eastport, Commissioner of Education EDWARD E. RODERICK, Augusta, Deputy Commissioner of Education THERESA C. STUART, Augusta, State Librarian IV1ARION B. STUBBS, Hallowell, Acting Assistant Librarian ALFRED W. PERKINS, Brooksville, Insurance Commissioner Guy R. WHITTEN, Vassalboro, Deputy Insurance Commissioner HOMER E. ROBINSON, Rockland, Bank Commissioner J. FRANKLIN ANDERSON, Farmingdale, Deputy Bank Commissioner HAL G. HOYT, Augusta, Securities Examiner RAYMOND E. RENDALL, Alfred, Forest Commissioner GEORGE J. STOBIE, Waterville, Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game ARCHER L. GROVER, Hallowell, Depz ty Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game ARTHUR R. GREENLEAF, Boothbay Harbor, Comm'issioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries JESSE W. TAYLOR, Topsham, Commissioner of Labor and Industry and State Factory Inspector HARRy O. PAGE, Augusta, Commissioner of Health and Welfare DR. ROSCOE L. MITCHELL, Augusta, Director of Health NORMAN W. MAcDoNALD, Bar Harbor, Director of Social Welfare HARRISON C. GREENLEAF, Auburn, Commissioner of Institutional Service OSCAR H. BROWN, Eastport, Agent for the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribes of Indians
CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE xi LAURENCE C. UPTON, Augusta, Acting Chief of the State Police IRVING W. RUSSELL, Hallowell, Superintendent of Public Buildings EARLE R. HAYES, Windsor, Director of Personnel THOMAS M. GRIFFITHS, Waterville, State Historian J. M. TREFETHEN, Orono, State Geologist STILLMAN E. WOODMAl", Machias, Chairman MERLE F. BURGESS, Rumford GEORGE C. LORD, Wells }Stat, Highway Camm"''''n FRANK E. SOUTHARD, Augusta, Chairma.n J.A:MES L. BOYLE, Waterville GEORGE E. HILL, Portland DONALD D. GARCELON, Auburn, Chairman DON}.LD B. PARTRIDGE, Norway EARLE L. RUSSELL, Portland ALFRED W. PERKINS, Brooksville, Ex Officio JESSE W. TAYLOR, Topsham, Ex Officio Industrial Accident Commission WILBUR H. TOWLE, Augusta, Chairman} RWOLD B. EMER, Y, Limington State Liquor Commission EDWARD J. QUINN, Portland. LLEWELLYN FORTIER, Ellsworth, Chairman} Maine Unemployment MYRON E. BENNETT, Sanford C C.. ompensatwn ommlsswn CHARLES E. FORTIN, Lewiston WILLL.u.-1 A. LUMB, Biddeford RWOLD O. PELLEY, Skowhegan MILES B. MANK, Portland
xii CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE FRED W. HASSEN, Bangor } FRED C. SCRIBNER, SR., Portland Maine Real Estate Commission MARy L. KAVANAGH, Lewiston GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camden H. B. GREEN, Presque Isle HARoLD E. KIMBALL, Gorham NEWTON S. STOWELL, Dixfield GEORGE J. STOBIE, Waterville, Ex Officio RAYMOND E. RENDALL, Alfred, Ex Officio State Park Commission SUMNER SEWALL, Bath, Chairman, Ex Officio CARL R. SMITH, Exeter, Ex Officio GEORGE J. STOBIE, Waterville, Ex Officio ARTHUR R. GREENLEAF, Boothbay Harbor, Ex Officio HERBERT L. SWETT, Skowhegan SAJI.'I E. CONNER, Auburn HARoLD N. HANOLD, Standish Maine Development Commission BERNARD E. ESTERS, Houlton HARoLD J. SHAW, Sanford GEORGE J. WENTWORTH, Kennebunk ROBERT N. HAsKELL, Bangor AROLIN L. GREENWAY, Newport MARIANNE C. BULLARD, Rockland CHARLES F. JONES, Waterville JOHN J. RILEY, Portland DR. ROSCOE L. MITCHELL, Augusta, Ex Officio ADRIAN A. COTE, Lewiston THOMPSON L. GUERNSEY, Dover-Foxcroft ~ JOHN E. WILLEY, Falmouth l J State Board for the Regulation of Practice of Hairdressing and Bea;uty Culture Aeronautics Commission
SENATE HORACE A. HILDRETH, PRESIDENT I-YoRK... Sidney R. Batchelder... Parsonsfield Joseph E. Harvey... Saco George D. Varney... Kittery 2-CUMBERLAND... Harold N. Hanold... Standish Horace A. Hildreth... Cumberland Clifford E. McGlauflin... Portland Lauren M. Sanborn... Portland 3-0XFORD... Eugene H. Dorr... Mexico Robert B. Dow... Norway 4---ANDROSCOGGIN... Jean Charles Boucher... Lewiston Lincoln E. Clement... Durham Nelson M. J. Peters... Lewiston. 5---FRANKLIN... Ralph C. Hall... Wilton 6-SAGADAHOC... Neil S. Bishop... "... ". Bowdoinham 7-KENNEBEC... Ralph W. Farris... Augusta Edwin F. Megill... Belgrade Robert Owen... Vassalboro 8-S0MERSET... Francis H. Friend... Skowhegan Ralph Sterling... Caratunk PI. 9-PISCATAQUIS... Arthur L. Peakes... Milo 10--PENOBSCOT... Harold L. Haskell... Lee John E. Townsend.. "..,... Bangor Harold W. Worthen... Bangor ll-lincoln... Clifford H. Buck... Southport 12-KNox... Albert B. Elliot... Thomaston 13-WALDO... James L. Woodbury... Morrill
xiv CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE 14-HM'l"COCK... Hervey R. Emery... Bucksport Almon B. Hodgkins... B~ Harbor 15--WASHINGTON... Oscar H. Dunbar... Machias Frank P. Washburn... Perry 16--ARooSTOOK... Harold Bragdon... Perham George V. Brown... Caribou Lee C. Good... Monticello OFFICERS HORA.CE A. HILDRETH, President ROYDEN V. BROWN, Secretary CHESTER T. WINSLOW, Assistant Secretary WALDO H. CLARK, Sergeant at Arms LELAND S. KING, Assistant Sergeant at Arms JEREMLffi KENNEDY, Postmaster HORATIO D. CRIE, Doorkeeper HOWARD S. SLOSBERG, Page RUTH P. FOSTER, Page CHARLES P. LYFORD, Reporter MARGARET COFFIN PAYNE, Assistant Reporter DOROTHY L. DENNETT, Stenographer to Reporter INEZ G. WING, Journal Recording Secretary NAOMI E. BROWN, Journal Indexing and Legislative Filing Secretary SARAH F. GANNON, Secretary to President
HQUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES F. ARDINE RICHARDSON, SPEAKER ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Leo J. Bernier...... Lewiston Ernest A. Boutin... Lewiston Henry J. Forgue... Lewiston Leo L. Grenier... Lewiston Henry F. Roy... Lewiston Leslie E. Jacobs... Auburn Stanley G. Snow...,.Auburn Leonard F. Williams...,... Auburn Adam B. Sichol... Lisbon George R. Grua... Livermore Falls Samuel H. Hemphill... Mechanic Falls Frank B. Day... Durham Albert 1. Sanborn... Wales AROOSTOOK COUNTY Marion L. Longstaff... Crystal Benjamin C. Bubar, Jr.... Weston George B. Barnes... Houlton Melvin L. Benn... Smyrna E. A. Welch... Mars Hill Roy S. Libby... Caribou Dwight W. Dorsey... '.'... Fort Fairfield Albert C. Brewer... Presque Isle Elmer H. Webber... Mapleton Bert G. Wright...,... '... Limestone Elmer H. Violette... Van Buren (Resigned 1/15/43) Wilfred 1. Sirois... Van Buren (Qualified 2/4/43) Armand E. Lagasse....... St. Agatha
xvi CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE Ella A. Leidy... Fort Kent Claude L. Martin... Eagle Lake Maurice D. Anderson... Oxbow Plantation Melvin E. Anderson... New Sweden CUMBERLAND COUNTY Charles A. Bartlett... Portland Dana R. Bowker... Portland Robert E. Cleaves, Jr... Portland Joseph P. Flagg... Portland Nathaniel M. Haskell... Portland Ralph A. Leavitt... Portland Walter Mayo Payson... Portland Cora B. Roberts... Westbrook Joseph A. Warren... Westbrook Jean Lois Bangs... Brunswick George Seth Brown... Brunswick Emmet W. Rankin... Bridgton Carl G. Usher... Gorham Frank L. Baker... Scarborough Lauren H. Tuttle... Pownal William E. Dow... Falmouth Charles R. Dean... South Portland Ralph R. Gowell... South Portland Fred H. Jordan... South Portland John O. Sanborn... :Baldwin John K. Pottle... Otisfield John T. Doughty... Gray Sanford Jack Prince, Jr.... Harpswell Charles L. Dunn... North Yarmouth FRA..NKLIN COUNTY Clarence S. Crosby... Farmington Guy F. Knight... "... Jay F. Ardine Richardson... Strong W. Henry True....'... Rangeley
crvm... GOVERNMENT OF MAINE xvii HANCOCK COUNTY Darwin A. Morrison... Winter Harbor Donald W. MacLeod... Bar Harbor Frank M. Pierce... Bucksport Cleaves E. Clapp...,... Brooklin Clifford M. Willey, Jr.... Ellsworth Raymond L. Teel... Long Island Plantation KENNEBEC COUNTY Richard D. Braley... Augusta Burton M. Cross... Augusta Earle T. Jones... Waterville William A. Jones... Waterville George A. Cobb... Gardiner Charles C. Kent... Benton Harry P. Hawes... Vassalboro Erroll A. Thompson... Chelsea G. Wayland Jones... China Elwood G. Keller... Hallowell Romie L. Marsans, Jr.... Monmouth George G. Downs... Rome J. Harland Morse... Oakland KNOX COUNTY Ralph P. Conant... Rockland Cleveland Sleeper, Jr..... Rockland Milton C. Stephenson... Union Charles F. Dwinal... Camden (Resigned 12/18/42) William T. Smith... Thomaston Arthur E. Emerson... North Haven LINCOLN COUNTY W. Lloyd Byers... Newcastle James B. Perkins... Boothbay Harbor Edward B. Denny, Jr..... Damariscotta
xviii CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE OXFORD COUNTY Nicholas G. Morrison... Rumford Albert A. Poulin... Rumford John C. MacKinnon... Mexico John H. McKeen... :..... Paris John K. Forhan... Canton Francis G. Buzzell... Fryeburg Ralph E. Edwards... Oxford Henry William Boyker... Bethel PENOBSCOT COUNTY Ruth Thorndike Clough... Bangor Curtis M. Hutchins... Bangor James D. Maxwell... Bangor William E. Southard... Bangor Chester A. Robinson... Brewer Edgar F. Cousins... Old Town Harry A. Blake... Dexter Keith N. Smith... Newport Alphonso L. Conant... Etna Hamlin C. Osgood... Bradford Emery L. Leathers... Hermon Abe L. Goldsmith... Orono R. Leon Williams... '... Clifton Elmore C. House... Lincoln John F. Ward... Millinocket Colby Estabrook... Stacyville Plantation Ralph L. Boyd... Winn PISCATAQUIS COUNTY Harry 1. Rollins... Greenville Carroll L. McKusick... Parkman Ralph N. Harvey... Sangerville Raymond A. Burton... Orneville
CIVlL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE xix SAGADAHOC COUNTY George A. Buker... Bath Elizabeth Deering... Bath Earle A. McFee... Richmond Raymond M. McIntire... Phippsburg SOMERSET COUNTY Brooks E. Savage... Skowhegan Norman S. Tozier... Fairfield Earle N. Vickery... Pittsfield Ralph C. Hamilton... Hartland Walter S. Milliken... Madison Arthur E. Ela... Anson ClarenceW. Dutton... Bingham WALDO COUNTY Horace M. Coombs... Belfast Harry M. Brown... Unity Ernest A. Davis... Montville Archibald Gillies... Prospect WASHINGTON COUNTY Herbert 1. McFadden... Pembroke Donald W. Small... East Machias James W. McLellan... Trescott Oscar H. Brown... Eastport Ned H. Murchie... Calais Chaplin T. Greene... Princeton Lewis H. Lackee...,... Addison Daniel 1. Sawyer... Jonesport YORK COUNTY William P. Donahue... Biddeford Napoleon L. Nadeau... Biddeford Alphonse E. Renouf... Biddeford R. Pierp ont Jordan... Saco
xx OIVIL GOVERNMENT OF MAINE P. Ernest Pascucci... Sanford Lorenzo J. Pelletier...... Sanford Maurice B. Stillings... Berwick Joseph T. Sayward.,..... Kennebunk Philip W. Pearson... North Kennebunkpor' Robert L. Staples... Wells Leon M. Ayer... Cornish Emery S. Littlefield... Alfred Frederick H. Davis... Buxton Lucius E. D. Seeger... Kittery OFFICERS F. ARDINE RICHARDSON, Speaker HARVEY R. PEASE, Clerk Roy S. HUMPHREY, Assistant Clerk FRANK H. TREWORGY, Sergeant at Arms J. WARREN BUTMAL"l', Assistant Sergeant at Arms ELMER ABBOTT, Doorkeeper ELIZABETH A. SILVER, Page EARL L. WING, JR., Page. JAMES E. HARVEY, Document Clerk ARMOREL HANKS, Reporter E. MAY CHAPMAN, Secretary to Clerk REGIS T. STROUT, Legislative Docket Clerk RACHEL BUBAR, Assistant Legislative Docket Clerk GLADYS NIELSEN, Secretary to Speaker MARY E. GRAY, Stenographer to House Reporter