hundred and ninety-nine, for school house two hundred dollars CHAP. 32 for year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for municipal purposes ten per cent each year of the shore rentals. Approved March 1, 1899. Chapter 32. Resolve in favor of the Maine General Hospital. General in favor of. Resolved, That there be and is hereby appropriated the sum Maine of seven thousand five hundred dollars to be paid to the Maine Hospital, general hospital for use of said institution for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and seven thousand five hundred dollars to be paid to said institution for its use for the year one thousand nine hundred. Approved March 1, 1899. Chapter 33. Resolve in favor of the town of Madawaska. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to build a bridge in the town of Madawaska on the Martin brook, so called, providing the said town appropriates an equal amount for same and the entire sum be expended under the direction of the county commissioners of Aroostook county. Approved March 1, 1899. Town of Madawaska, in favor of. Chapter 34. Resolve appropriating money to carry into effect an act establishing Traveling Libraries. Traveling in favor of. Resolved, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and the sum of one thou- libraries, sand dollars for the year nineteen hundred, be and is hereby appropriated for the purchase, equipment and organization of traveling libraries. Approved March 1, 1899. Chapter 35. Resolve in favor of Harriet Upton. Harriet favor of. Resolved, That there be paid out of the state treasury, to Harriet Upton of Norway, in the county of Oxford, a pension Upton, in of four dollars per month, beginning January one, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Approved March 1, 1899. 16 CHAP. 36 Road in in favor of. BABBITT RIDGE-PATTEN & GRAND LAKE-W. C. T. U.-SABATIS SHAY. Chapter 36. Resolve in favor of repairing and maintaining Babbitt Ridge Road in the town of Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be Approved March 1, 1899. Road between Patten and Grand lake, in favor of. Chapter 37. Resolve in favor of repairing the road between Patten and Grand Lake. Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of thirteen hundred dollars to aid in repairing the road leading from Patten, in Penobscot county, to Grand lake, the same to be expended upon that portion of the road which lies between Shin pond, so called, and Grand lake. The same to be expended under the direction of an agent to be appointed for that purpose by the governor and council. Approved March 1, 1899. W. C. T. U., in favor of. Chapter 38. Resolve in favor of Women's Christian Temperance Union. Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars for the use of the Women's Christian Temperance Union for use in their work in aid of homeless children. Five hundred dollars of this sum to be paid in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and like sum in the year nineteen hundred. Approved March 1, 1899. Sabatis Shay, in favor of. Chapter 39. Resolve in favor of Sabatis Shay, representative of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians. Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars be and hereby is appropriated to pay Sabatis Shay, representative of the Penobscot tribe of Indians, for his travel and attendance at this session of the legislature. CHAP. 40 Chapter 40. Resolves in relation to extra pay of Maine volunteers in the war with Spain. Resolved, That there be paid from the treasury of the state to the soldiers who were enlisted by the United States and sent to join the first regiment of infantry and battery A of the first heavy artillery under orders of the secretary of war, and who constituted a part of the quota of the state under the second call of the President for troops in the war with Spain, the same amount of extra pay that was received by the soldiers volunteering under the first call. Resolved, That the governor and council shall audit all claims presented under the above resolve and upon finding any claimant justly entitled to the extra pay under the same, the governor shall draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of the paymaster general for the amount due. Approved March 1, 1899. Maine Vol unteers, in aid of. Chapter 41. Resolve in favor of the Bangor Children's Home. Bangor Chil in favor of. Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars per annum for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen dren's Home, hundred, be and is hereby appropriated in aid of the Bangor children's home to be paid by the state treasurer from any funds not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 1, 1899. Chapter 42. Resolve in favor of the Hospital of the Society of the Sisters of Charity of Lewiston, Maine. Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of three thousand dollars, to be paid to the society of the Sisters of Charity of Lewiston, Maine, for the use of said society for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the sum of three thousand dollars for the use of said society for the year nineteen hundred. Approved March 3, 1899. Hospital of Sisters of favor of. Charity, in CHAP. 43 Central Maine General Hospital, in favor of. Chapter 43. Resolves in favor of the Central Maine General Hospital. Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars to be paid to the Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston for the use of said institution for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and five thousand dollars for the use of said institution for the year nineteen hundred. Resolved, That the further sum of ten thousand dollars be and hereby is appropriated to be paid to said Central Maine General Hospital to be and become a part of the building fund of said hospital as follows; five thousand dollars for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and five thousand dollars for the year nineteen hundred. Approved March 3, 1899. Frenchville, town, in favor of. Chapter 44. Resolve in favor of blasting a ledge in the town of Frenchville in the County of Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be and is hereby appropriated to blast a ledge on the highway road between Van Buren and Fort Kent, said ledge being in the north-west part of the town of Frenchville; said sum to be expended is to be in the hands of the county commissioners of said Aroostook county. Approved March 7, 1899. Chapter 45. Resolve in favor of the City of Biddeford. Resolved, That the sum of three thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents be appropriated and paid to the city of Biddeford, it being an abatement and refunding of a portion of the state taxes paid by said city for the years eighteen hundred and ninety-five, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninetyeight. Approved March 7, 1899. CHAP. 46 Chupter 46. Resolve in favor of Lee Normal Academy. Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby annually appropriated out of the school fund, for the term of two years, to Lee Normal academy, an institution of learning located in the town of Lee in the county of Penobscot; provided, however, that this appropriation is made on the express conditions that the trustees of said institution shall maintain and keep in operation a school equal in rank and grade of teaching with a first class academy, and in which shall be given special and systematic instruction in the science and art of teaching; that no part of this appropriation shall be devoted to other purposes than the payment of instructors in said institution; that the superintendent of common schools shall be, ex-officio, a member of the board of directors thereof; and that if, in the opinion of the governor and council, said institution at any time hereafter shall fail to fulfill the conditions contained in this resolve, they may, in their discretion, withhold the appropriation herein granted. Approved March 7, 1899. Lee Normal Academy, in favor of. Chapter 47. Resolve providing for an office for the department of Inland Fisheries and Game in the State House. Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of providing an office for the department of Inland Fisheries and Game in the state house. Approved March 8, 1899. commisfish and sioners of game laws, office for. Chapter 48. Resolve in favor of the Bluehill-George Stevens Academy. Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated, annually, for the term of two years, to aid Bluehill-George Stevens academy; provided, however, that this appropriation is made upon the express condition that the trustees of said institution shall maintain and keep in operation for at least thirty-six weeks per year, a school equal in rank and grade of teaching with a first class academy; and that if in the Bluehill Geo. Stevens Academy in favor of. |