For the education of the adult blind, in order that they may become selfsupporting, at not exceeding seven dollars per week, including direct payments from sources other than the state: Maine Institution for the Blind, Portland; sixteen thousand dollars for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, sixteen thousand dollars for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twenty-five For the treatment of tuberculous patients: Bangor Anti-Tuberculosis Association; two thousand two hundred dollars for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, two thousand two hundred dollars for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twenty-five 1924 1925 $16,000.00 $16,000.00 1924 1925 $2,200.00 $2,200.00 Approved April 7, 1923. Chapter 130. Resolve, in Favor of the State Armory at Lewiston. State armory at Lewiston, furnishing. Resolved: That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the armory commission, for providing seats and furnishings for the state armory at Lewiston. Approved April 6, 1923 Chapter 131. Resolve, in Favor of the State Park Commission. State park commission, maintenance and improvement. Resolved: That there be, and hereby is, appropriated for the state park commission for maintenance and improvement of the state park in Augusta, the sum of two thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and one thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five; the expenditure thereof to be under the direction of the governor and council. Approved April 7, 1923. CHAP. 132 Chapter 132. Resolve, in Favor of Louise Stratton, Stenographer for Committee on Ways and Bridges. Louise Stratton, services. Resolved: That there be paid to Louise Stratton, the sum of fifty dollars, for services as stenographer for the committee on ways and bridges. Approved April 7, 1923. Chapter 133. Resolve, for the Construction, Maintenance and Repair of Roads, Bridges and Ferries. Emergency preamble. Whereas, the highways and bridges hereinafter mentioned can be built and repaired to much better advantage to the state if the contracts therefor are let early in the season and the work begun as soon as possible, and Whereas, money for such building and repairs cannot be used until the funds provided by this resolve become available and loss and inconvenience will result if such work is not started early in the season, and Whereas, in the judgment of the legislature these facts create an emergency within the meaning of section sixteen of article thirty-one of the constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, now, therefore, be it Roads, bridges and ferries, aid in construction and maintenance. Resolved: That there be appropriated the sum of one hundred twelve thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the fiscal period ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four; and one hundred twelve thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the fiscal period ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, to aid in constructing, repairing, and maintaining highways, bridges and ferries, hereinafter specified. Provided, however, that no appropriation herein contained shall be available unless the town designated to receive the same shall undertake that all road material, including clay, gravel, sand and rock, necessary for the improvement contemplated by this resolve shall be furnished without expense to the state, and that each town shall assume and pay all damages whatsoever arising from the taking of land or from the change of grade, drainage or alignment deemed by the state highway commission as necessary for said improvement. The expenditure of all sums of money provided by this resolve shall be under the supervision of the state highway commission. CHAP. 133 Any balance of appropriations remaining unexpended at the end of any fiscal period shall be available for use during the ensuing fiscal year. One-sixth of the mill tax highway fund, in accordance with the provisions of section one of chapter two hundred sixty-three of the public laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this resolve. And whereas, there is a balance from the bond money for the construction of interstate, intrastate and international bridges, now, therefore, be it further Five bridges to be constructed from balance of bond money. Resolved: That there be appropriated the sum of eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars from the bond money for the construction of the five bridges hereinafter named, said money to be available during the fiscal period of nineteen hundred twenty-three-four-five, and any unexpended balance of such appropriation to be available during the ensuing fiscal period. 1923-4 1924-5 Town of Albion the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for building road leading from China town line toward Albion Corner. Town of Anson for construction of a highway leading from North Anson Village to North New Portland, being the stage line, so-called, fifteen hundred dollars. 1,500 Town of Anson for highway leading from Anson Village to New Vineyard, seven hundred dollars. Town of Arrowsic for reimbursement of money expended in the repair of the bridge, twenty-five hundred dollars. 2,500 Town of Ashland for repairing the bridge across the Aroostook river, provided the town will raise the sum of one thousand dollars for the same purpose, twenty-five hundred dollars. 2,500 Town of Athens to repair the highway between the Cornville town line and Harmony town line, two thousand dollars. Town of Baldwin to complete the road in the west part of the town known as the Burnell Neighborhood road, two thousand dollars. 2,000 700 CHAP. 133 Town of Bancroft to repair road lying between Mattawamkeag bridge and Bancroft Station, five hundred dollars. City of Belfast to aid in repairing the road leading westerly from Belfast by Grove Cemetery, socalled, to the town of Belmont, provided the city furnishes fifteen hundred dollars for each of the two years, the sum of six thousand dollars. The Towns of Belgrade, Rome and Mt. Vernon for improving the Narrows road, so-called, the sum of five thousand dollars, apportioned as follows: four thousand dollars to the town of Belgrade, eight hundred to the town of Mt. Vernon, two hundred to the town of Rome. Town of Brunswick for repair and permanent improvement of the Mere Point road, so-called, in the town of Brunswick provided that the said town shall raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for the same purpose, six thousand dollars. Town of Buckfield in constructing the road leading from Hebron Station to Chase's four corners, two thousand dollars. Town of Bethel in rebuilding the remaining sections of the Bethel-Milton road, one thousand dollars. City of Biddeford for repair of the Buzzell road, socalled, five hundred dollars. The Birch Point Village Corporation for repairing and maintaining road running from Small Point road in the town of West Bath to the New Meadows river, one thousand dollars. Town of Bluehill to repair road leading from Sedgwick town line, W. Sedgwick, to the corner near the Bluehill Falls school, fifteen hundred dollars. The towns of Boothbay, Edgecomb, and Boothbay Harbor for construction and improvement of state aid highway between the points where Boothbay road enters the state highway near the residence 500 1,000 1,000 1,500 CHAP. 133. of George Huff through the town of Edgecomb, Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor to Boothbay Harbor Village, three thousand five hundred dollars. Town of Bowdoin for repairing road leading from Lisbon line to Litchfield line, being the most westerly road in said town, one thousand dollars. Town of Brownfield for construction of a road lead- Town of Brownville for repairing road known as Town of Carmel to aid in building a piece of road The towns of Chesterville and New Sharon to aid in completing the repairs on the road leading from Farmington Falls to Vienna in the towns of Chesterville and New Sharon, one thousand dollars. Codyville Plantation, Washington county, for improvement of the main traveled road, five hundred dollars. Town of Concord to repair and rebuild the railing on the bridge in Concord between Bingham and Concord, three hundred dollars. Town of Cooper to aid on state aid road No. 1, work to be done between the end of the 1920 state aid section and Keene's Corner, five hundred dollars. Towns of Cornish and Limerick, four thousand dollars for town of Cornish and two thousand for the town of Limerick to repair the Cornish-Limerick |