Chapter 89. Resolve providing for the payment to the City of Eastport the amount deducted from said city's proportion of the School Fund, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, on account of imperfect school return. CHAP. 89 Eastport, city, in Resolved, That there be paid out of the school fund, for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to the city of Eastport, favor of. the sum of five hundred and four dollars and thirty cents, being the amount deducted from said city's proportion of the school fund for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight on account of defect in the school returns. Approved March 15, 1899. Chapter 90. Resolve authorizing the Governor and Council to examine into and adjust certain claims of cities and towns arising out of the late war with Spain. cities and towns growing out of the Spanisa war. Resolved, That the governor and council are hereby author- claims of ized to examine into all claims of cities and towns for reimbursement on account of aid furnished by said cities and towns to needy families of soldiers in the late war with Spain, and to pay such claims as in the discretion of said governor and council may seem wise, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 15, 1899. Chapter 91. Resolve in favor of Wiscasset Academy. Wiscasset in favor of. Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated annually for two years to aid Wiscasset Academy 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 twenty-four weeks per year a school equal in rank and grade of teaching with a first class academy, and that if, in the opinion of the governor and council, said institution shall fail to fulfill this condition they may, in their discretion, withhold the appropriation herein granted. 36 Approved March 15, 1899. CHAP. 92 Wilton Chapter 92. Resolve in favor of Wilton Academy. Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated annually, for the term of two years, to Wilton academy, an institution of learning in the town of Wilton, in Franklin county; provided, however, that the appropriation is made on the express condition 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 provided further, that the governor and council and superintendent of public schools shall have a right at all times to visit said school when the same shall be in operation; and 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. (This Resolve was presented to the Governor the twenty-seventh day of February and was retained by him more than five days, Sundays not included, when it was forwarded to the office of the Secretary of State, without approval, and took effect March fifteenth.) Freedom Academy, in favor of. Chapter 93. Resolve in favor of Freedom Academy. Resolved, That there be and is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred dollars per year, for the years of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and one thousand nine hundred, to be paid to the trustees of Freedom academy, an institution of learning situated in Freedom, in the county of Waldo, for the use of said academy. Provided, however, that the appropriation is made on the express condition 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 provided further, that the governor and council and superintendent of schools shall have the right at all times to visit said school when the same shall be in operation, and if in the opinion of the governor and council said institution at any time hereafter shall fail to fulfill the conditions contained in the resolve, they may in their discretion withhold the appropriation herein granted. (This Resolve was presented to the Governor the twenty-seventh day of February and was retained by him more than five days, Sundays not included, when it was forwarded to the office of the Secretary of State, without approval, and took effect March fifteenth.) CHAP. 94 Chapter 94. Resolve in favor of Pennell Institute. Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and the like sum of five hundred dollars for the year nineteen hundred, be and hereby is appropriated toward the payment of the general expenses of the Pennell Institute under the direction of its board of trustees. (This Resolve was presented to the Governor the twenty-seventh day of February and was retained by him more than five days, Sundays not included, when it was forwarded to the office of the Secretary of State, without approval, and took effect March fifteenth.) Pennell In stitute, in favor of. Chapter 95. Resolve in favor of Greely Institute. Greely Institute, in Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars, be, and is hereby appropriated, annually for the term of two years, to aid favor of." Greely institute, 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 thirtysix weeks per year, a school equal in rank and grade of teaching with a first class academy, and that if in the opinion of the governor and council, said institution shall fail to fulfill this condition, they may in their discretion, withhold the appropriation herein granted. Approved March 16, 1899. Chapter 96. Resolve in favor of Potter Academy. Potter favor of. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars is hereby annually appropriated for the term of two years to Potter Academy, in academy, an institution of learning in Sebago, county of Cumberland. Provided, however, that the appropriation is made. upon the express condition 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, of not less than three terms of ten weeks each during each year; and provided further, that the governor and council and superintendent of common schools shall have a right at all times to visit said school when the same shall be in operation, and if, in the opinion of the governor and council, said institution at any time CHAP. 97 hereafter shall fail to fulfill the conditions of this resolve, they may in their discretion, withhold the appropriation herein granted. Provided, however, the town shall raise two hundred dollars for the support of said school for each of the years eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and nineteen hundred. Approved March 16, 1899. York deeds, purchase of. Chapter 97. Resolve in reference to the York Deeds. Resolved, That the Maine Historical Society, agreeing to supervise the copying, attesting, editing, indexing and publishing of volumes twelve and thirteen, of the public records of this state in the office of the register of deeds for York county, in the same creditable manner as the eleven preceding volumes already published, except that they are not required to be leaded nor to have the tabular index, because of their increased size, the governor and council shall purchase for the state four hundred. and fifty copies of each volume at five dollars per volume; and the state librarian shall cause one copy of each volume to be placed in each registry of deeds in this state; the remaining copies to be distributed or exchanged at the discretion of said librarian. Approved March 16, 1899. Records of births, etc., to be filed with the registrar of statistics. Chapter 98. Resolve relating to the records of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the office of the Secretary of State. Resolved, That the secretary of state is hereby directed to deliver into the custody of the registrar of vital statistics all records of births, marriages and deaths now in his office, and that the registrar of vital statistics is hereby authorized to have said records copied and the copies arranged alphabetically for convenient reference. Approved March 16, 1899. Inspectors of steam vessels, in favor of. Chapter 99. Resolve providing for expenses of State Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars be and is hereby appropriated to meet deficiency in the appropriation for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for duties required by law of the state inspectors of steam vessels. Approved March 16, 1899. CHAP. 100 Chapter 100. Resolve in favor of the commissioners appointed by the governor to inquire into and report upon the advisability of establishing additional State Normal Schools. Commissioners on schools, in favor of. Resolved, That the state treasurer be directed to pay to Frederick S. Walls, chairman of the commission appointed by the normal governor to inquire into and report upon the advisability of establishing additional state normal schools, the sum of three hundred and seventy dollars, the same being the amount paid out for expenses by said commission. Approved March 16, 1899. Chapter 101. Resolve in favor of the Society of the Sisters of Charity for the use of the Healy Resolved, That the sum of three thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated to be paid to the society of the Sisters of Charity for the use of the Healy Asylum in Lewiston, of which fifteen hundred dollars shall be paid during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and fifteen hundred dollars during the year nineteen hundred. Approved March 16, 1899. Healy Asylum of Lewiston, in favor of. Chapter 102. Resolve in favor of the Trustees of the State Normal Schools. Resolved, That the sum of twelve hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to the trustees of the state normal schools, for the payment of insurance premiums of insurance on normal and training school buildings. Approved March 17, 1899. Trustees of normal schools, in favor of. |