84 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
Laws Relating to Public Lands. 
The Public Lands. Land Agent. Location and Care of Lots for Public Uses. 
Sections 1-14 The Land Agent, his Appointment, Powers and Duties. 
Sections 15-27 Lands Reserved for Public Uses. 
THE LAND AGENT 
Sec. 1. Appointment of Land Agent; bond; duties and restrictions of 
Land Agent. R.S.c. 7, § 1. The governor with the advice and consent of 
council shall appoint a land agent, who shall be a trained forester or a person 
of skill and experience in the care and preservation of forest lands and shall 
hold his office for a term of four years and shall give bond to the State in the 
sum of fifty thousand dollars with sufficient sureties or with one or more 
surety companies authorized to do business in the State, as surety or sureties, 
satisfactory to the governor and council for the faithful performance of the 
duties of his office. The land agent shall superintend and manage the sale 
and settlement of the public lands. He shall not when appointed, or while in 
office, be directly or indirectly concerned in the lumber business on the State 
lands, or in the purchase thereof, or of any timber or grass growing or cut 
thereon. The first appointment under the foregoing provision shall be made 
January first in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty.— 
(Approved March 17.) 
Sec. 2. To receive moneys arising from land and attend personally to the 
duties of his office; no commission allowed; traveling expenses to be paid; 
number of his clerks and their pay. R.S. c. 7 § 2. He shall receive all 
moneys and securities accruing to the State from the sale of lands, timber and 
grass, or in payment for timber or grass cut by trespassers, and shall pay to 
the treasurer of State all moneys so received and found due from him on 
settlement. All securities shall be made payable to said treasurer. He shall 
personally attend to the duties of his office, so far as practicable; no commis- 
sion shall be allowed him for his disbursements or collections, and nothing 
shall be allowed him for traveling expenses from his home to the land office, 
unless on official business, nor for transportation of the official records, unless 
money is paid out specifically therefor. All persons employed by him shall 
be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties, and they shall not be con- 
cerned directly or indirectly, in the purchase of lands, or of timber or grass on 
lands belonging to the State. The number of his clerks shall be determined 
by the governor and council, who shall fix their compensation. 
Sec. 8. Land agent to execute deeds, collect notes, and account monthly 
to treasurer of State. R.S.c. 7 § 8. 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 chapter; 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. 4. Certified copies of records of deeds in land office recorded in reg- 
astry of deeds, legal evidence. R.S.c. 7, § 4. A copy from the records in the 
