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Sec. 3. Land agent to execute deeds, collect notes, and account 

 monthly to treasurer of state. R. S. c. 7, § 3. He shall execute deeds in 

 behalf of the state, conveying lands which have been granted by the 

 legislature or sold by lawful authority, as soon as the grantees have 

 complied with the conditions of their respective grants; collect all 

 sums due the state by note or from any source mentioned in this chap- 

 ter; collect the interest on all notes at least annually, and pay at the 

 expiration of every month into the state treasury all moneys so collected 

 or received by him, after deducting all such payments as devolve upon 

 him to make. 



69 Me. 78. 



Sec. f. Certified copies of records of deeds in land office recorded 

 in registry of deeds, legal evidence. R. S. c. 7, % 4. A copy from the 

 records in the land office of a deed from the state of the land of the 

 state, or of a deed from, the state and from the commonwealth of Mas- 

 sachusetts of the undivided lands of the state and of said common- 

 wealth, or a deed from said commonwealth of the lands of said com- 

 monwealth in Maine, certified by the land agent or other legal custodian 

 of such records as a true copy thereof, may be filed and recorded in 

 the registry of deeds in the county or registry district where the land 

 lies, with the same effect as if the deed itself had been recorded, whether 

 said deed shall or not have been acknowledged by the agent or other 

 person making the same ; and such record shall have all the force and 

 effect of a record of deeds duly acknowledged, and certified copies 

 thereof from such registry shall be evidence when the original would be. 

 77 Me. 76. 



Note. Tax deeds from treasurer of state, and releases and certifi- 

 cates to be recorded in land office, c. 10, § 46. 



Sec. 5. Board for surveys of lands; plans and field notes to be kept 

 at land office. R. S. c. 7, § 5. The governor and council and land agent 

 constitute a board under whose direction all surveys of land shall be 

 made. An accurate plan or map of all lands surveyed shall be returned 

 to the land office and entered upon the plan-books within three months 

 after the survey is completed, on which shall be laid down all lakes, 

 ponds, rivers, streams, falls, mill sites and roads. The field notes of 

 such surveys shall be deposited in the land office within three months 

 and shall contain a description of the growth, soil and general character 

 of the township, and of every lot, if surveyed into lots. Said plans 

 and field notes shall be kept at the office in Augusta, open for inspection 

 at all times when the land agent or his assistant is there ; he shall aid 

 in furnishing information about the public lands to all who seek for it 

 at his office. 



Sec. 6. Land agent authorised to selj lands, and rights to cut timber 

 belonging to the state. R. S. c. 7, § 6. 1915, c. 306, § /. The land 

 agent, under direction of the governor and council, shall sell at public 

 or private sale and grant rights to cut timber and grass belonging to 

 the state and may lease camp sites on lands belonging to the state, on 



