fore;st commissioners report. 93 



The sale occurred at Bangor, October 28, 1875, Governor 

 Dingley and his Council being present to superintend the sale. 

 The number of acres sold was 96,110 for which was received 

 $43,438.54. The right to cut timber and grass on the lots 

 reserved in grants from the state was also sold for $3,984.03. 

 Some of the bidders at this sale did not comply with its terms 

 and 5324 acres were forfeited to the state, and these lands were 

 sold, to the highest bidders, at a sale held in Bangor, November 

 29, of this same year. 



After these two sales only a few parcels of land were left 

 in the ownership of the state, and these were disposed of by 

 sales and grants under authority of acts and resolves of the 

 legislatures. In 1878 the Land Agent in his report stated "that 

 all the public lands of the state having been disposed of, no 

 further favors are now within the power of the state to grant 

 for homesteads to settlers." 



