Report of the Forest Commissioner of the State of Maine, Issue 7The Commissioner, 1908 - Forest fires The [9th] report contains "Wood-using industries of Maine by J.C. Nellis." Title-page omits "Report." |
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... council as respects any of the lands within the present territory of Maine , appears to be a grant in the year 1624 , of all the lands between the rivers Merrimack and Sagadahock , to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason . From a ...
... council as respects any of the lands within the present territory of Maine , appears to be a grant in the year 1624 , of all the lands between the rivers Merrimack and Sagadahock , to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason . From a ...
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... COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH . The Council of Plymouth seem to have understood very little of the geography of the country over which they exercised their jurisdiction ; for it cannot be reasonably supposed that , they wholly disregarded the ...
... COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH . The Council of Plymouth seem to have understood very little of the geography of the country over which they exercised their jurisdiction ; for it cannot be reasonably supposed that , they wholly disregarded the ...
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... Council made a grant to John Dy , John Smith , and others , of all the lands from Cape Porpoise 40 miles east , and extending 40 miles into the country ; to which was given the name of the Province of Lygonia . This grant not only ...
... Council made a grant to John Dy , John Smith , and others , of all the lands from Cape Porpoise 40 miles east , and extending 40 miles into the country ; to which was given the name of the Province of Lygonia . This grant not only ...
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... Council also granted to Beauchamp and Leverett , a tract of about 30 miles square , on the west side of Penobscot bay and river , extending westward to Muscongus river , and northward to a line which now constitutes the south- ern limit ...
... Council also granted to Beauchamp and Leverett , a tract of about 30 miles square , on the west side of Penobscot bay and river , extending westward to Muscongus river , and northward to a line which now constitutes the south- ern limit ...
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... Council of Plymouth , formed fruitful sources of litigation and distress ; and it was not until long after the revolution , that the conflicting claims became , in any degree , defined and limited , so that the inhabitants under them ...
... Council of Plymouth , formed fruitful sources of litigation and distress ; and it was not until long after the revolution , that the conflicting claims became , in any degree , defined and limited , so that the inhabitants under them ...
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Page 32 - But neither the amendment — broad and comprehensive as it is — nor any other amendment, was designed to interfere with the power of the state, sometimes termed its police power, to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education, and good order of the people, and to legislate so as to increase the industries of the state, develop its resources, and add to its wealth and prosperity.
Page 33 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 34 - Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment, as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law, as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power vested in them by the constitution, may think necessary and expedient.
Page 35 - First, such property is not the result of productive labor, but is derived solely from the state itself, the original owner; second, the amount of land being incapable of increase, if the owners of large tracts can waste them at will without state restriction, the state and its people may be helplessly impoverished and one great purpose of government defeated. * * * We do not think the proposed legislation would operate to "take" private property within the inhibition of the constitution.
Page 35 - ... delay his anticipated profits, and even thereby might cause him some loss of profit, it would nevertheless leave him his lands, their product and increase, untouched, and without diminution of title, estate or quantity. He would still have large measure of control and large opportunity to realize values. He might suffer delay but not deprivation. While the use might be restricted it would not be appropriated or 'taken.
Page 36 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 32 - ... the earlier cases and in the older states the provision has been construed strictly. In some states, in later cases, it has been construed more widely to include legislation formerly not considered within the provision. Still more recently, however, the tendency seems to go back to the principles enunciated in the earlier cases. In Massachusetts, one of the earliest states to adopt the constitutional provision, and in Maine, adopting the same provision in succession, the courts have uniformly...
Page 31 - The Legislature shall convene on the first Wednesday of January, annually, and shall have full power to make and establish all reasonable laws and regulations for the defense and benefit of the people of this State, not repugnant to this Constitution, nor to that of the United States.
Page 35 - Massachusetts at least), we do not think the proposed legislation would operate to " take " private property within the inhibition of the constitution. While it might restrict the owner of wild and uncultivated lands in his use of them, might delay his taking some of the product, might defer his anticipated profits, and even thereby might cause him some loss of profit, it would nevertheless leave him his lands, their product and increase, untouched, and without diminution of title, estate, or quantity....
Page 31 - ... 2. To prohibit, restrict or regulate the wanton, wasteful or unnecessary cutting or destruction of small trees growing on any wild or uncultivated land by the owner thereof, without compensation therefor to such owner...