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the expense of the state and the styles in which the same shall be so printed and bound shall be determined by the governor and council but shall not exceed one thousand copies for any department: the bank commissioner; the commissioner of labor and industry; the trustees of juvenile institutions; the warden of the state prison and board of prison commissioners; the insurance commissioner; the public utilities commission; the state superintendent of public schools; the treasurer of state; the trustees and officers of the state hospitals; the board of state assessors; the attorney general; the land agent and forest commissioner; the commissioner of inland fisheries and game; the sea and shore fisheries commission; the state department of health; the adjutant general; the librarian of the state library and the Bath military and naval orphan asylum; the report of the commissioner of agriculture shall not exceed fifteen hundred copies. Said reports are to be printed biennially covering the two fiscal years next preceding each legislative year, and all to be ready for distribution upon the convening of the legislature at its regular biennial sessions. Of the above named reports fifty copies may be retained by the binder for public documents, and at least two hundred and fifty copies shall be delivered to the state librarian, by the binder, for exchange, library use and general distribution, and the balance of the number of each report shall be delivered to the head of the department or institution where it originated and where it was prepared for publication.'

Approved March 22, 1923.

Chapter 83.

An Act to Amend Section Sixty-seven of Chapter Forty-five of the Revised Statutes, as Amended by Chapter Twenty-two of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen, Relating to Close Time on Scallops.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows:

R. S., c. 45, sec. 67; 1917, c. 22; relating to close time on scallops, amended. Section sixty-seven of chapter twenty-two of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter twenty-two of the public laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended, by adding thereto the following: 'So much of this section as relates to buying or selling or exposing for sale or the possession of scallops shall not apply to scallops taken outside of the waters of the State of Maine,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Sec. 67. Close time does not apply to buying and selling, etc., of scallops taken outside Maine waters. No person shall catch, buy or sell, expose for sale, give away, or have in his possession for any purpose any scallops, shelled or in the shell, between the fifteenth day of April and the

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first day of November of each year. It shall be unlawful to ship scallops so taken out of the state. Whoever violates this section shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, and in addition shall pay a penalty of five dollars for each and every gallon or part thereof of shelled scallops, so bought, sold, exposed for sale, given away or in his possession; and shall pay a penalty of five dollars for each one hundred scallops or any part thereof, in the shell, so bought, sold, exposed for sale, given away or in his possession; and any boat with its equipment, engaged and used in such unlawful catching or selling of scallops may be seized and detained by an officer or warden, not exceeding twenty-four hours, in order that it may be attached or taken by due process of law, to satisfy any judgment that may be recovered; but said boat and equipment shall be released at any time on payment of penalty and costs legally due. Scallop gear found on board any boat in close time shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. So much of this section as relates to buying or selling or exposing for sale or the possession of scallops shall not apply to scallops taken outside of the waters of the State of Maine.'

Approved March 22, 1923.

(This chapter is amended by Chapter 130, P. L. 1923, to correct a clerical error.)

Chapter 84.

An Act to Close all Hunting in a Certain Territory in Lincoln County, to Be Known as the Lincoln County Game Preserve.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows:

Sec. 1. Game preserve established in towns of Jefferson and Whitefield, Lincoln county. For a period of five years from the time this act becomes effective, no person shall at any time hunt, pursue, shoot at or kill any wild animal or any game or wild bird within the following described territory situated in the towns of Jefferson and Whitefield in the county of Lincoln:

Land of Jewett Brothers, situated wholly or partly in the town of Jefferson; land of S. D. Erskine, wholly or partly in the towns of Jefferson and Whitefield; land of Clarence Ford, wholly or partly in the town of Jefferson; land of Boynton Brothers, wholly or partly in the town of Jefferson; which land is bounded as follows:

On the north by the highway leading from Weary pond to South Jefferson; on the east by Stearns brook and by Little Dyer's pond, and the inlet stream and marsh of said pond, and by the highway leading from South Jefferson to Alna; on the south by the Alna town line; on the west by the road leading from Alna to said Weary pond, in the town of Whitefield. It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in possession at any

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time any wild animal or any game or wild bird or part thereof taken in violation of any provision of this act.

Sec. 2. Penalty for violation of laws relating to. Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten nor more than three hundred dollars and costs for each offense, or imprisonment for sixty days, or both said fine and imprisonment.

Approved March 22, 1923.

Chapter 85.

An Act to Amend Section One Hundred and Twenty-one of Chapter Four of the Revised Statutes, as Amended by Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-five of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one, Relating to Fish Weirs.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows:

R. S., c. 4, sec. 121; 1921, c. 135; relating to licenses to build and extend wharves and fish weirs, amended. Section one hundred twenty-one of chapter four of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter one hundred and thirty-five of the public laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby further amended, by inserting after the word "described" in the twentieth line of said section the following: 'Should the said applicant or his assignee fail to remove such stakes and brush within a period of one year after the termination of his license as provided in section one hundred twenty-two of chapter four of the revised statutes it shall then be legal for any person so to remove them, but without charge against said owner. or assignee,' so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:

'Sec. 121. Licensees failing to remove stakes and brush from weirs within one year after termination of license, same may be removed by any person. Any person intending to build or extend any fish weirs or trap in tidewaters, within the limits of any city or town, may apply in writing to the municipal officers thereof, stating the location, limits and boundaries, as nearly as may be, of such intended erection or extension, and asking license therefor. Upon receiving such application, said officers shall give at least three days' public notice thereof in a newspaper, published in the municipality, or in the newspaper, published in the county, which is nearest the municipality in which the proposed weir is to be located, and shall therein designate a day on which they shall meet on or near the premises described, and examine the same. If upon such examination and hearing of all parties interested, said officers decide that such erection or extension would not be an obstruction to navigation, or an injury to the rights of others, and determine to allow the same, they shall issue a license under their hands to the applicant, authorizing him to make such erection or extension, and to maintain the same within the limits mentioned in such

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license; the applicant for license to build or extend a fish weir or trap as aforesaid shall first give bond to the town, without sureties, in the sum of one hundred dollars, conditioned that upon the termination of such license he shall remove all stakes and brush from the location therein described. Should the said applicant or his assignee fail to remove such stakes and brush within a period of one year after the termination of his license as provided in section one hundred twenty-two of chapter four of the revised statutes it shall then be legal for any person so to remove them, but without charge against said owner or assignee. Any person. aggrieved by the decision of the municipal officers in either granting or refusing to grant a license as hereinbefore provided may appeal to the commission of sea and shore fisheries. On receiving such an appeal said. commission shall set a time and place for a hearing and give notice thereof in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for a hearing before municipal officers. At least two members of the commission shall be present at the hearing and no member of the commission shall act on any appeal in any town of which he may be a resident or the owner of a weir. The party appealing from the decision of the municipal officers shall at the time of entering his appeal file a bond without sureties in the sum of twenty-five dollars with the treasurer of the state and such bond shall be forfeited to the state if the appellant fails to prosecute his appeal or if the decision of the commission of sea and shore fisheries sustains that of the municipal officers. The decision of the said commission shall be communicated within three days after the date of the hearing to the appellant and to the municipal officers of the town in which the proposed weir is located; and this decision shall be binding on said municipal officers, who shall issue a license, if so directed by the decision of the commission, within three days after said decision has been communicated to them.'

Approved March 22, 1923.

Chapter 86.

An Act to Regulate the Practice of the System, Method or Science of Healing Known as Chiropractic, Creating a Board of Examination and Registration for Those Desiring to Practice the Same, and Providing Penalties for Violation of this Act.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine, as follows:

Sec. 1. Board of chiropractic examination and registration created; qualifications; tenure; vacancies; removal. Within thirty days after this act shall take effect, the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint five persons who shall constitute a board of chiropractic examination and registration. Said persons shall be residents of this state, shall be graduates of a legally chartered chiropractic school,

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college or university having the power to confer degrees in chiropractic; shall have been at the time of their appointment actively engaged in the practice of their profession for a period of at least three years in the State of Maine. One of said persons appointed as aforesaid shall be designated to hold office for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years and one for one year. At the expiration of the term of service thus designated each appointment thereafter shall be for the period of five years. Any vacancy in said board caused by death, resignation or for any other cause except completion of a full term of service shall be filled by the like appointment of a person qualified as aforesaid to hold office during the unexpired term of the member whose place he fills. The person designated to hold office for one year shall be deemed chairman of the board for the purpose of designating the time and place of holding the first meeting of the board for the purposes of organization. Any member of said board may be removed from office, for cause, by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.

Sec. 2. Meetings; organization; bond of secretary and treasurer; seal; powers and duties. Said board shall meet on the second Tuesday of June of each year at such time and place as its chairman may designate for the purpose of organization. They shall elect one of their members as chairman for a term of one year, and one of their members as secretary and treasurer, to hold such office at the pleasure of the board; provided, however, that the first meeting for organization under the provisions of this act shall be within thirty days after the appointment and confirmation of the board, and the officers elected at the first meeting shall continue as such until the annual meeting of the board in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four. The person elected as secretary and treasurer shall give a bond to the treasurer of state in the penal sum of one thousand dollars with sureties to be approved by the governor and council for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Said board shall hold regular meetings at least twice in each year for the purpose of considering applications, examining applicants and such other business as may properly come before the board, the time and place of such meeting to be determined by the board. Special meetings may be called at the pleasure of the chairman, and in case of the death or inability of the chairman the secretary may call special meetings. Said board shall cause a seal of suitable inscription to be procured and to be affixed to such papers as may require such seal, shall keep a correct record of all its proceedings and shall have power to make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as it may deem necessary for the successful enforcement of its authority and the performance of its duties. The chairman and secretary shall be empowered to administer oaths in matters connected with the duties of said board.