19 of trespass, in the name of the Executor or Exe20 cutors, Administrator or Administrators, in any 21 Court proper to try the same; and in case the Ex22 ecutor or Executors, Administrator or Admin23 istrators, being heirs or devisees as aforesaid, 24 shall commit any of the trespasses aforesaid, he 25 or they upon satisfactory proof before the Judge 26 of Probate of the commission of said trespasses, 27 shall be liable to the same extent, and their 28 bond shall be so varied as to cover any liability 29 which may accrue in such manner, and the mon30 ies which may arise in either of the ways afore31 said, shall be accounted for by the Executor or 32 Executors, Administrator or Administrators, in 33 their account of administration. 3 SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That any per2 son who shall be liable as surety for any deceased person, whose estate has been represented insol4 vent, or shall have any other contingent claim 5 against such estate, may exhibit the same to the 6 Commissioners, who may upon proof thereof, in7 clude the amount by them allowed in their re8 turn; but they shall in such return distinguish 9 such claims from the other claims and briefly 10 state the nature of the same. STATE OF MAINE. IN SENATE, March 11, 1885. Ordered, that 300 copies of the foregoing Bill be printed for the use of the Legislature. [Extract from Journal.] Attest, WILLIAM TRAFTON, Secretary. WM. J. CONDON........PRINTER TO THE STATE. FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE. NO. 43. SENATE. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE. AN ACT, additional, to promote the sale and settlement of the Public Land. [NEW DRAFT.] SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate 2 and House of Representatives, in Legislature 3 assembled, That from and after the passage of 4 this Act, no Township, or other tract of land 5 belonging to the State of Maine, not already 6 surveyed for settling, shall be sold by the Land 7 Agent, until he has, under the direction of the 8 Governor and Council, caused all the land in 9 each Township or tract suitable for farming, to 10 be surveyed into lots, not exceeding one hun11 dred and seventy acres each, and the remaining 12 land in said Township or tract, into lots not ex SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That all 2 Surveyors who may be employed by said Land 3 Agent to survey any part of said land, shall, as 4 soon as may be, after completing such survey, 5 return to the Land Office a plan of the land by 6 them surveyed, together with the field notes, in 7 which they shall give a particular account of the 8 sorts of wood, and trees, and the quality and 9 quantity of the pine timber, which may be stand10 ing and growing on each lot, also a particular des11 cription of the surface of the land, and quality of 12 the soil, and an estimate of the distance of each lot 13 of timber land from any stream, in which the tim14 ber can be floated to market; and the plan and 15 field notes, or a copy thereof, shall be kept in 16 the Land Office, at Augusta, and Bangor, and be 17 open for inspection and copying at all times, 18 when the Land Agent or his assistant shall be 19 in either of said offices; and they shall be exhibited 20 at the places where, and during the time when, 21 any of said land is offered at auction; and it 22 shall be the duty of the Land Agent, and all 23 persons by him employed in the business relat24 ing to his Office, to give every facility for said |