MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE
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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
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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
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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
}Stat, Highway Camm"''''n
MERLE F. BURGESS, Rumford
GEORGE C. LORD, Wells
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
Industrial Accident Commission
ALFRED W. PERKINS, Brooksville, Ex Officio
JESSE W. TAYLOR, Topsham, Ex Officio
WILBUR H. TOWLE, Augusta, Chairman}
RWOLD
B. EMER,Y, Limington
State Liquor Commission
EDWARD J. QUINN, Portland
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LLEWELLYN FORTIER, Ellsworth, Chairman}
MYRON E. BENNETT, Sanford
CHARLES E. FORTIN, Lewiston
WILLL.u.-1 A. LUMB, Biddeford
RWOLD
O. PELLEY, Skowhegan
MILES B. MANK, Portland
Maine Unemployment
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FRED W. HASSEN, Bangor
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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
State Park Commission
NEWTON S. STOWELL, Dixfield
GEORGE J. STOBIE, Waterville, Ex Officio
RAYMOND E. RENDALL, Alfred, Ex Officio
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
Maine Development
Commission
SAJI.'I E. CONNER, Auburn
HARoLD N. HANOLD, Standish
BERNARD E. ESTERS, Houlton
HARoLD J. SHAW, Sanford
GEORGE J. WENTWORTH, Kennebunk
ROBERT N. HAsKELL, Bangor
AROLIN L. GREENWAY, Newport
State Board for the
Regulation of Practice of
Hairdressing and Bea;uty
Culture
MARIANNE C. BULLARD, Rockland
CHARLES F. JONES, Waterville
JOHN J. RILEY, Portland
DR. ROSCOE L. MITCHELL, Augusta, Ex Officio
ADRIAN A. COTE, Lewiston
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THOMPSON L. GUERNSEY, Dover-Foxcroft
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JOHN E. WILLEY, Falmouth
J
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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