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conveyed to the trustees of said college ; provided that the 

 inhabitants of said Oldtown, at a legal meeting, within thirty 

 days from the approval of this act, by a vote of two thirds of 

 their legal voters present and voting, shall agree thereto. 



Resolves of 1870, Chapter 179. 

 Resolved, That the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars be, 

 and is hereby appropriated, in aid of the College of Agricul- 

 ture and Mechanic Arts, and that the sum of twenty-eight 

 thousand dollars, appropriated by resolve of March twelfth, 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, not drawn or made use of 

 by the college, be and is hereby reappropriated, and that 

 chapter eighty-nine of the resolves ef eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-nine, be and is hereby repealed ; j^'^'ovided, that before 

 either of said sums is paid out of the treasury, there shall be 

 vested in the state, a perfect title to the premises heretofore 

 conveyed by the town of Orono, for the purposes of said 

 college, the only condition of said conveyance being that if, 

 at any time, the said land shall cease to be used for the pur- 

 poses of said college, then the state shall pay to said town 

 of Orono the sum of monc}^ heretofore expended by that 

 town in the purchase of said premises, viz., eleven thousand 



dollars. 



Public Laws of 1874, Chapter 194. 



Sec. 1. All vacancies occurring in the board of trustees 

 of the state colleo^e of ao:riculture and the mechanic arts shall 

 be filled by the governor with the advice and consent of the 

 council. 



Sec. 2. All laws inconsistent with this act are hereby 

 repealed. 



Private and Special Laws of 1872, Chapter 147. 



Sec. 1. Females who possess the suitable qualifications 

 for admission to the several classes, may be admitted as 

 students in the college ; subject to the requirements of labor 

 and study, which may be determined by the faculty of 

 instruction and by the trustees of the college. 



Sec. 2. This act shall take eflect when approved. 



