СНАР. 2 Newell S. Francis, in favor of. Chapter 2. Resolve in favor of Newell S. Francis. Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay Newell S. Francis, representative of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians, for his travel and attendance at this session of the legislature. Approved January 27, 1891. Preamble. Commissioners, directed to report. Chapter 3. Resolve requesting the Valuation Commission to make their report without further delay. WHEREAS, by the resolve under which the commissioners to prepare a valuation of the estates and polls in this State as a basis of taxation for State purposes were appointed, said commissioners were directed to report the same to the Legislature not later than the second Wednesday of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and were directed to proceed without delay to prepare said valuation and were given the necessary authority and powers for that purpose, and whereas, no report has been made within the time fixed by said resolve, and the delay in making said report is detrimental to the public interests and to the work of the Legislature; therefore be it. Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled; That said Commissioners be requested to make their report to the Legislature without farther delay, and that a copy of this resolve be transmitted to them by the Secretary of State. Approved January 27, 1891. Maine Central Institute, in favor of. Chapter 4. Resolve in favor of Maine Central Institute. Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby annually appropriated out of any money not otherwise appropriated for the term of ten years to Maine Central Institute, an institution of learning located in the town of Pittsfield, in the county of Somerset ; provided, however, that this appro priation 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 its present high grade and rank, and also maintain a normal department equal in grade to that required by law of the state normal schools; and provided further, that the governor and council and superintendent of common schools shall have a right at any and 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. Approved February 2, 1891. CHAP. 5 Chapter 5. Resolve in favor of Saint Elizabeth Catholic Orphan Asylum in Portland. St. Elizabeth favor of. Resolved, That the sum of eight hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the use of the Saint Elizabeth Catho- Asylum, in lic Orphan Asylum in Portland, of which four hundred dollars shall be paid during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and four hundred dollars during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved February 3, 1891. Chapter 6. Resolve in favor of Foxcroft Academy. Academy, in favor of Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars is hereby Foxcroft appropriated annually for the term of ten years, to Foxcroft Academy, an institution of learning, located in the town of Foxcroft, in the county of Piscataquis; provided, however, that this 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 CHAP. 7 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 of this resolve, they may, in their discretion, withhold the appropriation herein granted. Approved February 3, 1891. Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, in favor of. Chapter 7. Resolve in favor of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. Resolved, That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars to be paid to the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary for use of said institution. Approved February 3, 1891. Relating to death of Wm. Windom. Chapter 8. Resolves in relation to the death of Honorable William Windom, Secretary of the Treasury. Resolved, By the Legislature of the State of Maine. That, in the death of Honorable William Windom, Secretary of the Treasury, the nation has lost an eminent statesman, a successful financier, and a true patriot. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased by the Secretary of State. Approved February 3, 1891. Town of Corinth, in favor of. Chapter 9. Resolve in favor of the town of Corinth. Resolved, That there be paid by the treasurer of state, out of the school funds of the current year, to the town of Corinth, the sum of ninety dollars, it being a balance equitably due said town as its proportion of the school funds for the year eighteen hundred and ninety. Approved February 10, 1891. Chapter 10. Resolve in favor of Lola Coly. СНАР. 10 Lola Coly, in Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be, and favor of. the same is hereby appropriated to pay Lola Coly, representative of the Penobscot tribe of Indians for his travel and attendance at this session of the legislature. Approved February 10, 1891. Chapter 11. Resolve in favor of the town of Detroit. Detroit, in Resolved, That there be and is hereby appropriated the Town of sum of three thousand dollars to the town of Detroit, for aid favor of. in building a bridge across the Sebasticook river. Approved February 16, 1891. * Chapter 12. Resolve in favor of the Temporary Home for Women and Children. women and children, in favor of. Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and Home for hereby is appropriated for the use of the Temporary Home for women and children at Deering, of which one thousand dollars shall be paid during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and one thousand dollars during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved February 16, 1891. Chapter 13. Resolve in favor of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians. Resolved, That five per cent of the shore rentals of the Penobscot tribe of Indians for the year eighteen hundred and ninety be taken and expended for municipal purposes and that ten per cent be taken for the year eighteen hundred and ninety one for the same purpose, and that the same be expended in the years eighteen hundred and ninety-one and Penobscot Indians, in faver of. CHAP. 14 eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under the direction of the Indian agent and resident priest. Approved February 16, 1891. Chapter 14. Resolve making appropriations for the Penobscot Tribe of Indians. Resolved, That there be paid from the state treasury to the agent of the Penobscot Indians to be appropriated for the benefit of said tribe each year as follows: Forty-four hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy cents, amount of interest on their trust fund held by the state, for the benefit of said tribe; seventeen hundred dollars for their annual annuity each year; seven hundred dollars for agricultural purposes each year; three hundred dollars for bounty on crops each year; two hundred dollars for salary of Indian agent each year; one hundred and fifty dollars to pay a competent person to instruct and assist said Indians in their agricultural labors each year; six hundred dollars for schools each year, to be used in employing competent teachers, namely; four hundred dollars for Oldtown Island under the supervision of the agent of said tribe and resident priest; seventy-five dollars for Olamon Island, under the supervision of the superintending school committee of Greenbush; one hundred and twentyfive dollars on Mattanawcook Island under the supervision of the superintending school committee of Lincoln; and said committee are required to report as directed in resolve, approved March seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty; and it shall be the duty of said agent to see that the money is is fully expended for the education of the children of the tribe; one hundred dollars for the salary of said priest each year, provided he says mass at least twenty four Sundays during the year for said tribe of Indians; fifty dollars for the salary of governor each year; forty dollars for salary of their lieutenant governor each year; two hundred dollars to repair school house. All the foregoing sums to be paid under the direction of the governor and council. Approved February 17, 1891. |