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OF THE

STATE OF MAINE,

PASSED BY THE

SIXTH LEGISLATURE,

AT ITS SESSION, HELD IN JANUARY, 1826.

PUBLISHED AGREEABLY TO THE RESOLVE OF THE 28th OF JUNE, 1820.

Portland.

PRINTED BY THOMAS TODD.........PRINTER TO THE STATE.

1826.

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MAR 1 1938

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SPECIAL LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF MAINE,

PASSED BY THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE AT ITS SESSION IN JANUA

ARY, 1826.

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CHAPTER CCCLX.

AN ACT to incorporate a Society for the benefit of the Penobscot
Indians.

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SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Legislature assembled, That Stephen S. Crosby, Daniel Pike and Persons incorpo Jacob McGaw, be, and they, together with their rated. associates and successors, hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Society for the benefit of the Penobscot Indians;" with power to prosecute and defend suits at law; to have a common seal, and to change the same; to make any by-laws for the convenient management of their affairs, not repugnant to the laws of the State; to choose such officers as they may deem proper for carrying into effect the objects of their association; to take and hold any property, real or personal, by gift, grant, devise, lease or otherwise, the annual income of which shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars; to receive all property or monies which may heretofore have been given or subscribed for the uses and objects of said society; and to give, grant, bargain, sell or lease the same, in such way or man

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May hold estate.

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