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tract, to average in quality, situation and value as to timber, with the 

 other lands therein. In townships or tracts sold and not incorporated, 

 the lands reserved for public uses may be selected and located by the 

 land agent and the proprietors, by a written agreement, describing the 

 reserved lands by metes and bounds, signed by said parties, and recorded 

 in the land office. The plan or outline of the lands so selected shall be 

 entered on the plan of the township or tract in the land office, which 

 shall be a sufficient location thereof. 



See Articles of separation, condition 7. See c. 17, §§ 61-63; 26 

 Me. 205; 30 Me. 377; 97 Me. 336; 112 Me. 424. 



Sec. 16. Location without agreement. R. S. c. 7, § 12. When the 

 land agent and proprietors of such township or tract cannot agree on 

 such location, if the right to cut the timber and grass thereon until the 

 town is incorporated or organized as a plantation has not been sold, the 

 land agent may petition the supreme judicial court for the appointment 

 of commissioners to make the location as hereinafter provided. The 

 petition may be filed, and the proceedings under it had in any county. 

 97 Me. 336. 



Sec. 17. Land agent to have care of lots located; may sell timber 

 and grass. R. S. c. 7, § 14. The land agent shall have the care of the 

 reserved lands in all townships or tracts, until they are incorporated, 

 and the fee becomes vested in the town. He may, from time to time, 

 sell for cash for such sum as he thinks just and reasonable, the timber 

 and grass thereon, or the right to cut the same, until incorporated into 

 a town, except the grass growing on improvements made by an actual 

 settler. When so sold, he shall give the purchaser a permit under his 

 hand and seal, setting forth the terms of the contract, which permit 

 shall be recorded in the office. 



See c. 17 §§ 50-60; 30 Me. 381; 45 Me. 69; 49 Me. 390; 61 Me. 

 446; 78 Me. 264; 97. Me. 336. 



Sec. 18. Land agent to keep an account with lots. R. S. c. 7, § 75. 

 The land agent shall keep an account with each such township and tract, 

 in which shall be entered all expenditures made on account thereof, and 

 all sums received therefrom. He shall settle his account of such re- 

 ceipts and expenditures annually with the state auditor and pay to 

 the treasurer of state the balance in his hands, specifying each town- 

 ship and tract from which it was received. 

 61 Me. 447, 448; 97 Me. 336. 



Sec. 19. Treasurer also to keep account. R. S. c. 7, § 16. The 

 treasurer shall keep a separate account with the reserved land in each 

 township, in which account he shall enter all sums by him received and 

 paid on account thereof; and the balance shall remain in the treasury 

 until such township or tract is by law authorized to receive it; and 

 thereupon it shall be paid to the proper officers thereof. 

 61 Me. 447, 448; 97 Me. 336. 



