СНАР. 166. Certain lands in Somerset county, authorized to sell. land agent Notice of sale. Chapter 166. Resolve authorizing the land agent to sell certain lands in the county of Somerset. Resolved, That the land agent be, and he is hereby authorized and directed, to sell for cash, all lands, the fee of which remains in the state, lying in township numbered three, range one, north of Bingham's Kennebec purchase, in the county of Somerset, after advertising for sixty days in the state paper printed in Augusta, the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, and the Somerset Reporter, printed at Skowhegan, to receive sealed proposals for said lands upon which a minimum price shall be fixed by the land agent. A Proposals, record record of the proposals shall be made and kept in the land office, which shall be opened to any one on and after the day of sale, and the highest bidder over and above the minimum price fixed as aforesaid, shall be declared the purchaser, and be entitled to a deed on the payment of the amount of his bid; provided, the same shall be paid within ten days of the time of sale; otherwise, the land agent may sell the lands so advertised at private sale, and at such price as he may consider fair and for the interest of the state. Approved March 16, 1870. of, to be kept in land office. Lands may be sold at private sale, if not paid for in ten days. Stetson High School and Library Association, in favor of. Chapter 167. Resolve in favor of Stetson High School and Library Association. Resolved, That there be paid out of the treasury, from any money not otherwise appropriated, to the trustees of the Stetson High School and Library Association, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid upon the governor's warrant therefor, upon satisfactory proof to him that a like sum of one thousand dollars has been first raised by said trustees for the benefit of said institution. Approved March 17, 1870. Lands owned by state in common Chapter 168. Resolve authorizing the land agent to obtain proposals for the purchase of certain lands, or to cause partition thereof. WHEREAS, The state owns in common with proprietors, lands in with proprietors. townships numbered thirteen, in the fourth range, eighteen, in the third range, and seventeen and eighteen, in the seventh range of townships, west from the east line of the state, therefore, Proposals for conveying same to state. Resolved, That the land agent be directed to confer with said proprietors, and obtain proposals for conveying the same to the agent. state and to report the same in his next annual report; but if in CHAP. 169. his judgment an advantageous purchase of the whole or any part Report of land of said lands cannot be effected with said proprietors, he is hereby authorized to cause the state's interest in said lands, or any part thereof, to be set off by metes and bounds, in the manner provided for the partition of real estate in chapter eighty-eight of the revised statutes. Approved March 17, 1870. State's interest in lands to be set off by metes and bounds. Chapter 169. Resolve authorizing the land agent to change the location of a public lot in Castle Hill plantation, Aroostook county. Resolved, That the land agent be and is hereby authorized to Public lot No. 80, exchange a quantity of state lands of equal value, for public lot lands for, number eighty, in Castle Hill plantation, Aroostook county, said lot to revert to the state for seteling purposes. Approved March 17, 1870. authorized. Chapter 170. Resolve to repair the Mattawamkeag bridge. Mattawamkeag bridge, appro Resolved, That the sum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction priation for repair of the land agent, for repairing the bridge over the Mattawamkeag river, in the town of Mattawamkeag, county of Penobscot. Approved March 17, 1870. of. Chapter 171. Resolves in favor of Mount Desert as a naval and military station of the United States. WHEREAS, The harbor of Mount Desert, in the county of Hancock, in the State of Maine, has always been recognized by the highest engineering and scientific skill of the country as one of the three great harbors upon the continent, and one best fitted for the great naval and military station of the United States, from time to time recommended for this purpose by the head of the bureau of engineers of the United States army, whose recommendations only Mt. Desert harbor in favor of as a naval station, CHAP. 172. failed of support from congress from the lack of effort on the part of those locally interested, and Navy yards, removal of certain. Governor author ized to prepare memoir and lay same before congress. WHEREAS, The necessities of commerce now require the removal of the navy yards at Brooklyn, New York, and Charlestown, Massachusetts, to some safe, convenient and well sheltered harbor, capable of being completely defended at moderate expense, and forever safe and effective as the chief naval and military station of the United States, and the great storehouse of its munitions of war, therefore, Resolved, That the governor is hereby authorized and requested to prepare and lay before congress a proper memoir setting forth the advantages of Mount Desert harbor for naval and military purposes, and the great saving of expense to the national government by its adoption for the purposes above set forth, with authority to take such action in the premises as he may deem expedient to carry the same into effect. Approved March 17, 1870. Prison, state, in favor of. Chapter 172. Resolve in favor of the state prison. Resolved, That the sum of one thousand and seventy-one dollars, to cover the deficit for building purposes the past year; also two thousand dollars for the completion of the work already begun ; also nineteen hundred dollars to pay for repository purchased; also eight hundred dollars for general repairs; also seventeen hundred and thirty dollars for building a harness shop and wash room; and also twenty-five thousand dollars to increase the working capital of the institution, making in all thirty-two thousand and five hundred dollars, be and is hereby appropriated for the benefit of the state prison. Approved March 17, 1870. Grant Isle plantatation, in favor of. Chapter 173. Resolve in favor of Grant Isle plantation. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be allowed on the tax of Grant Isle plantation, for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and the treasurer of state is hereby directed to credit the same to said plantation. Approved March 17, 1870. S. W. COLLINS, W. A. VAUGHAN.-HARBORS OF MAINE.-JAMES RIPLEY. Chapter 174. Resolve authorizing the conveyance of land to S. W. Collins and W. A. Vaughan of Lyndon. Resolved, That the land agent be, and is hereby authorized, to convey to Washington A. Vaughan lots numbered one and six, and to Samuel W. Collins lots numbered twelve, sixteen, seventeen and twenty-two, in township letter H, range two, now part of the town of Lyndon, remitting all further settling duties, whenever he shall be satisfied that the road labor has been paid on said lots. Approved March 17, 1870. 109 CHAP. 174. S. W. Collins and W. A. Vaughan, in favor of Chapter 175. preservation of. Resolves in favor of the preservation of the harbors of the State of Maine. Resolved, That the importance to the commerce and business of Harbors of Maine, the State of Maine of the preservation of its harbors against encroachments and obstructions, renders it desirable that a proper tribunal be appointed by the authority of congress to define the boundaries of the principal harbors of the United States, and to prescribe the limits beyond which no encroachment shall be made, or structure erected to the injury of any harbor within the limits of this state; the congress of the United States is earnestly requested to pass a law constituting a board of commissioners for the preservation of the harbors of the United States, by the passage of the bill reported in the senate of the United States on the eighth of February, eighteen hundred and seventy, from the committee on commerce, being senate bill number four hundred and twenty-four, forty-first congress, second session. Resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit certified copies of the foregoing resolution to our senators and representatives in congress. Approved March 17, 1870. Chapter 176. Resolve in favor of James Ripley. favor of. Resolved, That the state treasurer be, and that he is hereby James Ripley, in directed, to pay to James Ripley, the sum of seventy-one dollars and forty-eight cents, it being the amount due him for constructing a bridge over Huntley brook, on the Indian township, in the 110 ASYLUM AT BATH.-WALDO AG. SOCIETY.-COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. CHAP. 177. county of Washington, in the year eighteen hundred and sixtynine, and for balance due him for disbursements made in repairing the road leading across said township. Approved March 17, 1870. Military and Naval Orphan of. Chapter 177. Resolve in favor of the Military and Naval Asylum at Bath. Resolved, That there be paid out of any money in the treasury, Asylum, in favor not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to the trustees of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, to be expended in aid of said asylum, under the direction of the board of trustees aforesaid, whose accounts shall be submitted to the governor and council for approval; provided, that before said money is drawn from the treasury, the title to said Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum shall be perfect in the state to the satisfaction of the governor and council. Approved March 18, 1870. Waldo Agricultural Society, in favor of. Chapter 178. Resolve in favor of the Waldo Agricultural Society. Resolved, That the time provided by law in which the return of the secretary of the Waldo Agricultural Society is required to be made, be and is hereby extended to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy; and the state treasurer is hereby directed to pay to said society the annual stipend for eighteen hundred. sixty-nine, on notice from the secretary of the board of agriculture that the secretary of said society has made his proper return of said society. Approved March 18, 1870. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, in favor of. Chapter 179. Resolve in favor of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Resolved, That the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropriated, in aid of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and that the sum of twenty-eight thousand dollars, appropriated by resolve of March twelfth, eighteen hundred and |