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oeeding $4,000, and for schools $200. The du- 

 ties of the board are described as follows by 

 the fifth section : 



The board aforesaid may cause all immigrants ar- 

 riving under the provisions of thus act to be settled 

 on any of the public lands of the State not otherwise 

 appropriated, and assign to each man over twen- 

 ty-one years of age, by certificate from the land 

 agent, a lot of one hundred acres of laud ; and the 

 land agent shall, at the expiration of five years from 

 the date of said assignment, grant each of the per- 

 sons aforesaid, or his heirs at law, a deed of warranty 

 or other valid title of the lot assigned him ; pro- 

 vided, each of said persons has established hi* resi- 

 dence on the lot assigned him, has built a comfort- 

 able house thereon, and has cleared not less than fif- 

 teen acres of land within the time aforesaid, ten of 

 which shall be laid down to grass ; and all said per- 

 sons shall be exempt from State taxation until .Jan- 

 uary 1st, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 

 hundred and seventy-six. 



The amended law relating to normal schools 

 places these institutions "under the direction 

 of a board of seven trustees, five of whom shall 

 be appointed by the Governor, by and with 

 the advice and consent of the Council, for a 

 term of not more than three years, under one 

 appointment." The Governor and Superin- 

 tendent of Common Schools are made ex afflfio 

 members of the board. It is provided that the 

 Board of Trustees "shall have charge of the 

 general interest of the State normal schools ; 

 shall see that the affairs of the same are con- 

 ducted as required by law and by such by-laws 

 as the board may adopt ; employ teachers and 

 lecturers for the* same; and annually on the 

 first day of December lay before the Governor 

 and Council, for the information of the Legis- 

 lature a financial statement, furnishing an accu- 

 rate detailed account of the receipts and ex- 

 penditures for the school-year preceding." 



The object of the act in aid of free high- 

 schools is explaiiu-d in the first section: 



When any town shall have established and main- 

 tained a free high-school as provided by this act, for 

 at least ten weeks in any one year, such town on 

 complying with the conditions herein set forth, shall 

 be entitled to receive from the State one-half the 

 amount actually expended for instruction in said 

 school ; not, however, exceeding five hundred dollars 

 from the State to any one town : Providtd, That no 

 town shall lie entitled to such State aid unless the 

 appropriation tnd expenditure for such school on the 

 part of said town, has been exclusive . i' the amounts 

 required by law to be expended for common 

 purpose*. Such State aid shall be pal 

 State Treasury, on and after the first dav of Decem- 

 ber of each year, upon certification by the Governor 

 and Council an provided by section eight. . 



Any town may establish and maintain nut 

 exceeding two free high-schools, and may di- 

 vide the State aid between them; or two or 

 more adjoining towns may unite in oxtahli-Oi- 

 ing ami maintaining a free high school, wliirh 

 shall receive the same Stato aid aa if main- 

 tained by one town. 



One of the sections of the act relating to 

 insurance and insurance companies provides 

 that 



Noforelirn Insurance company shall be admitted 

 to do busineM In this State, unless it baa bona 



Jide paid-up, unimpaired capital, if a stock company, 

 of at least one hundred thousand dollars, well invest- 

 ed in or secured by real estate, bonds, stock, or se- 

 curities other than names alone, or, if a mutual com- 

 pany, cash assets to the amount aforesaid. And no 

 stipulations or conditions shall depriv. 

 of this State of jurisdiction of actions against such, 

 companies, nor limit the time of commencing them 

 to a period of less than two years from the time the 

 cause of action accrues. 



A State Temperance Convention was held 

 in Augusta on the 16th of January, :iin! 

 attended by representatives of every phase of 

 the temperance sentiment. In discussing the 

 prohibitory law, all considered it an excellent 

 one. and no amendment of its essential features 

 was suggested. It was also the general opin- 

 ion that the sheriff enforcement act had proved 

 effective, and afforded all the machinery for 

 the enforcement of prohibition that could be 

 desired. The elevation of public sentiment 

 was required in each county to the dc 

 necessary to secure the election of faithful 

 sheriffs and county attorneys, and to support 

 them in the impartial discharge of their duties. 

 The convention continued in session during 

 two days, and was presided over by Governor 

 Perham. The address of the convention to 

 the people of Maine was rend by N'eal l*ow. 



The resolutions adopted were as follows : 



1. Retolved. That in reviewing the results of the 

 past year in the cause of temperance in this State, 

 we have abundant cause for courage and hope, and 

 while wo feel a degree of pride at the steady nml 

 permanent advancement which has placed our State 

 in its eminent position as a leading example of the 

 power and beneficence of both legal prohibition and 

 persuasion, we do not forget the untiri 

 and ceaseless vigilance required to sustain it in that 

 position. 



S. Kaohed, That we hail with unbounded pleas- 

 ure the new and vigorous allies of our cause the 

 Temperance Reform Clubs of Maine which within 

 the past year have sprung intoexist 

 for noble and efficient service, which has been nobly 

 rendered, the savior of hundreds from a drunkard's 

 doom, and the etlicient prompter of u sound temper- 

 ance sentiment among the people. 



8. Rmolved, That it is the duty of all temperance men 

 to aid and eneonr, rm ( 'lulls in th. 



moral work of reforming the inebriate, in which 

 they have been so successfully engaged during the 

 past year, and that it is their duty to contribute lib- 

 erally of their means to keep reformed temperance 

 lecturer! in the field, to prench the gospel of temper- 

 ance from every hill-top and every valley in the old 

 Pine-tree State. 



4. Raolrrd, That we enter upon a new year with 

 renewed faith in the principles of legal prohibition of 

 the sale of intoxicating liquors; that we believe it to 

 be the pledge of our nmt permanent success, the 



...rd of the public, and the protector of moral 

 reform, 



5. Rttohtd, That, believing that the sale and use 

 of intoxicating liquors is by far the mo-t prolific 

 Bonn . in the 

 land, that intempernnce furnishes a large percentage 

 of the idiocy, insanity, and other frightful maladies 

 among the people, that it fosters every np*ci- 



and tends continually to nullity anil r 

 abortive :il] efforts lor the moral elevation of society ; 

 tbattlie le_. ; ,l prohibition of the sale of Intoxicating 

 liqii'ii ts greatly hindered, and 



lrevonted. bv reason of the immense impor- 

 tations Into, and' manufacturing throughout the 



