Gilmore v. County of Penobscot
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On agreed statement of facts. Action of debt brought against the County of Penobscot, in the name of the Treasurer of the State of Maine, for the benefit of the State, under the provisions of section 5 of chapter 92 of the Public Laws of 1905 as amended by section 1 of chapter 255 of the Public Laws of 1909, to recover the sum of $7,171.78 paid by the State Treasurer for the services and expenses of the deputy enforcement commissioners, during the months August, September,…
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On agreed statement of facts. Action of debt brought against the County of Penobscot, in the name of the Treasurer of the State of Maine, for the benefit of the State, under the provisions of section 5 of chapter 92 of the Public Laws of 1905 as amended by section 1 of chapter 255 of the Public Laws of 1909, to recover the sum of $7,171.78 paid by the State Treasurer for the services and expenses of the deputy enforcement commissioners, during the months August, September, October, November and December, 1909, in enforcing, in the cities and towns in Penobscot County, the law against the…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
By ch. 92 of the Public Laws of 1905 the Governor was authorized to appoint a commission of three persons to be known as enforcement Commissioners. They were empowered to appoint deputies with authority to exercise in any part of the State all the common law and statutory powers of Sheriffs in their respective counties in the enforcement of the laws against the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. It was further provided in the Act that upon being satisfied that the local authorities failed to enforce such laws in any city or town in the State the Commissioners should instruct their…
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