dollars; Marshfield, five dollars; Northfield, thirty dollars; Char- CHAP. 159. lotte, twenty-five dollars; Meddybemps, twenty dollars; Pembroke, five dollars; Danforth, twenty-five dollars; Wesley, one hundred and sixty dollars; Jonesboro', thirty dollars; Columbia Falls, ten dollars; Beddington, twenty dollars; Crawford, ten dollars; Princeton, five dollars; Cherryfield, ten dollars; Columbia, ten dollars; Topsfield, one hundred and ten dollars; Princeton, one hundred and five dollars; Waite, five dollars; Weston, twenty dollars; Alexander, thirty-five dollars; Number fourteen plantation, five dollars. Approved February 21, 1876. Chapter 159. Resolve laying a Tax on the several Counties of the State. Resolved, That the sums annexed to the counties in the follow- County taxes. ing schedule, are hereby granted as a tax on each county respectively, to be appropriated, assessed, collected and applied for the purpose of paying the debts and necessary expenses of the same, and other expenses ordered by law, to wit: Androscoggin, thirty thousand dollars; Aroostook, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; Cumberland, seventy-one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars; Franklin, four thousand dollars; Hancock, twelve thousand dollars; Kennebec, forty thousand dollars; Knox, eighteen thousand dollars; Lincoln, ten thousand dollars; Oxford, twelve thousand dollars; Penobscot, fifty thousand dollars; Piscataquis, six thousand dollars; Sagadahoc, sixteen thousand dollars; Somerset, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; Waldo, eighteen thousand dollars; Washington, ten thousand dollars; York, twenty-five thousand dollars. Approved February 21, 1876. Chapter 160. Resolve in favor of the State Reform School. school, in favor of. Resolved, That there be, and hereby is appropriated the sum of State reform thirteen thousand dollars, for the use of the state reform school, to meet the current expenses of the ensuing year. Approved February 21, 1876. CHAP. 161. Chapman pl., in favor of Chapter 161. Resolve in favor of Chapman plantation. Resolved, That the sum of three hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of building road in Chapman plantation, Aroostook county, the same to be expended under the supervision of the county commissioners of Aroostook county. Approved February 21, 1876. Committee on state prison, in favor of. Chapter 162. Resolve in favor of the Joint Standing Committee on the State Prison. Resolved, That the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Abel Prescott the sum of seventy-one dollars and five cents, it being for expenses incurred by the committee visiting the state prison the third day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Approved February 22, 1876. Town of Frenchville, in aid of bridge in. Chapter 163. Resolve in aid of building bridge over Gagnon stream, in the town of Frenchville. Resolved, That there be paid from the state treasury, to the treasurer of the town of Frenchville, the sum of two hundred dollars, whenever the county commissioners of Aroostook county shall certify to the state treasurer that said town of Frenchville has built a good and substantial bridge over Gagnon stream, in said town. Approved February 22, 1876. Road in Frenchville, in aid of. Chapter 164. Resolve in aid of road in Frenchville. Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of rendering the highway road, in the town of Frenchville, safe and passable, at the point where the same runs between a high ledge of rocks and the St. John river; said sum to be paid to the treasurer of said town, when the county commissioners of Aroostook county shall certify TOWN OF SHERMAN.-STATE LIBRARY.-ROBERT KNOX. 121 that said town has expended that amount in improving said road CHAP. 165. at that point, and shall have made said road safe and passable at such point. Approved February 22, 1876. Chapter 165. Resolve in favor of the town of Sherman. . in favor of. Resolved, That the state treasurer be authorized to pay the Town of Sherman, town of Sherman two hundred dollars, when the county commissioners of Aroostook county shall certify that a good and substantial bridge has been built across the Moluncus stream, in said town. Approved February 22, 1876. Chapter 166. Resolve in favor of Maine State Library. favor of. Resolved, That the sum of four hundred dollars, in addition to State library, in the sum allowed by law, be appropriated for the state library, to be expended for the purchase of books and incidental expenses. Approved February 22, 1876. Chapter 167. Resolve in favor of Robert Knox. favor of. Resolved, That when Robert Knox shall have shown to the land Robert Knox, in agent that he is the actual owner of certificate of lot number eight, range one, in the east half of township number two, range five, and shall have paid to the land agent the sum of thirty-three dollars, the land agent be and is hereby authorized to convey, by deed, lot number eight, range one, in the east half of township number two, range five, to the said Robert Knox. Approved February 22, 1876. 122 CHAP. 168. W. S. Evans, in favor of. W. S. EVANS.-ME. GEN. HOSPITAL-IND. SCHOOL.-W. N. WOODBURY. Chapter 168. Resolve in favor of W. S. Evans. Resolved, That when Winfield S. Evans shall have shown to the land agent that he, W. S. Evans, is the actual owner of certificate of lot number eight, range four, in the east half of township number two, range five, and shall have paid to the land agent the sum of twenty-five dollars, the land agent be and is hereby authorized to convey, by deed, lot number eight, range four, in the east half of township number two, range five, to the said Winfield S. Evans. Approved February 22, 1876. Maine general hospital, Portland, in aid of. Chapter 169. Resolve in aid of the Maine General Hospital at Portland. Resolved, That there be appropriated and paid out of the state treasury, to the trustees of the Maine general hospital, the sum of ten thousand dollars, and that the governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the state treasurer for the same. Approved February 22, 1876. Maine industrial school for girls, in favor of. Proviso. Chapter 170. Resolve in favor of the Maine Industrial School for Girls. Resolved, That the sum of four thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the use of the Maine Industrial School for Girls, at Hallowell, to meet the current expenses of the ensuing year, the same to be expended by the trustees of said school; provided, the trustees will make to the governor and council a full and detailed report of the expenditure of the above appropriation. Approved February 22, 1876. W. N. Woodbury, in favor of. Chapter 171. Resolve in favor of W. N. Woodbury. Resolved, That when W. N. Woodbury shall have shown to the land agent that he is the actual owner of certificate of lot number AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.-CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.-MILITIA. 123 three, range one, in the east half of township number two, range CHAP. 172. five, and shall have paid to the land agent the sum of twenty-five dollars, the land agent be and is hereby authorized to convey, by deed, lot number three, range one, in the east half of township number two, rauge five, to the said W. N. Woodbury. Approved February 22, 1876. Chapter 172. lege, in favor of. Resolve in favor of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Resolved, That the sum of eight thousand dollars be and the Maine state colsame is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying existing debts, for instruction and contingent expenses of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the same to be in full for any and all expenditures by the state on account of said college for the current year. Approved February 22, 1876. Chapter 173. Resolve in favor of the State Centennial Commission. Resolved, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated for the befitting exposition of Maine's resources at the forthcoming international exhibition at Philadelphia, to be expended, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, under the care and direction of the state centennial commission, subject to the approval of the governor and council. Approved February 22, 1876. Centennial comof. mission in favor Chapter 174. Resolve to provide for the uniforming of the enlisted men of the Maine Volunteer poses, appropria Resolved, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and hereby is Military purappropriated, to be expended as required by the provisions of lion for. section three, chapter twenty-nine, public laws of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, or in the repair and modification of the uniforms and equipments now in use by the enlisted men of the Maine volunteer militia, and the necessary expenses of a |