Resolve, Authorizing Certain Land Transactions by the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1942
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: BRYANT, HATCH, DAVIS, KNEELAND, MARTIN, JACKSON, RICHARDSON, TOBIN

Legislative Document 
No. 1942 
S.P.775 
In Senate, March 25, 2004 
Resolve, Authorizing Certain Land Transactions by the Department 
of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator BRYANT of Oxford. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Cosponsored by Representative HATCH of Skowhegan and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: DAVIS of Piscataquis, HATCH of Somerset, KNEELAND of Aroostook, MARTIN 
of Aroostook, Representatives: JACKSON of Fort Kent, RICHARDSON of Greenville, 
TOBIN of Dexter. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Preamble. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 
requires that real estate held by the State for conservation or 
recreation purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially 
altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each 
House. 
Whereas, certain real estate authorized for 
this resolve is under the designations described 
Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A; and 
conveyance by 
in the Maine 
Whereas, the Director of the Bureau of Parks 
and 
Lands 
within the Department of Conservation may sell or exchange lands 
for the approval of the Legislature in accordance with the Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, 
Title 
12, 
sections 
1837 
and 
1851; 
now, 
therefore, be it 
Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey 
certain real estate to Town of Winterville. Resolved: 
That the Director 
of 
the 
Bureau of Parks 
and 
Lands within the Department of 
Conservation 
may 
by 
quitclaim 
deed 
convey 
to 
the 
Town 
of 
Winterville a public roadway known as the Red River Road and also 
known as Fish Hatchery Road, located in Winterville Plantation, 
Aroostook County, being approximately 1-1/2 mile in length, in 
exchange for $1 and all maintenance obligations and subject to 
the reservation by the bureau of an interest to continue to use 
the road in common with others and on such other terms 
and 
conditions as the director may direct. 
Beginning at a point (68°62' 
longitude, 
47°00' 
latitude) 
marked by 
a 
road post on the most easterly portion of the 
Winterville 
public 
lot 
access 
road; 
thence 
Southwest 
and 
Northwest approximately 1.5 miles to the most Westerly point (68
64' longitude, 47°00' latitude) of said public road, also marked 
by a road post. 
The width of the road, to include the Maine 
Public Service utility corridor, varies from approximately 
feet to 77 feet East to West; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey 
certain real estate to Roach Pond Public Lot Association. Resolved: 
That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands wi thin the 
Department of Conservation may 
by quitclaim deed 
convey 
for 
appraised 
fair 
market 
value, 
and 
on 
such 
other 
terms 
and 
conditions as the director may direct, to the Roach Pond Public 
Lot Association a certain lot or parcel of land situated in 
Township A, Range 13 WELS, Frenchtown, Piscataquis County, State 
of Maine: 
Those premises which lie northerly of the South Inlet Road 
and between the South Inlet Road and First Roach Pond, 
being 
those premises as excepted and reserved in the deed from the 
, 
and recorded in the Piscataquis County Registry of Deeds November 
28, 1990, in Book 792, Page 124. 
Further excepting and reserving to the State of Maine the 
so-called South Inlet Campground, being the premises described in 
an annual campsite lease by and between the State of Maine and 
Scott Paper 
Company 
and 
C. 
J. 
Kealiher dated April 1, 
1975 
bounded and described as follows: 
Beginning at a point marked by 
a stake on the shore of First Roach Pond; thence South 47° 30' 
West 600 feet to a corner; thence North 52° 30' West 600 feet to 
a corner marked by a steel pin; thence North 47° 30' East 700 
feet to a corner; thence North 32° 30' West 325 feet to a pin; 
thence North 32° 30' East 293 feet to the shore of First Roach 
Pond; thence in a southeasterly direction along the shore of said 
lake to the point of beginning; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey 
certain real estate to Bosebuck Mountain Club, Inc. Resolved: 
That 
the 
Director 
of 
the 
Bureau 
of 
Parks 
and 
Lands 
within 
the 
Department of Conservation may 
by quitclaim deed 
convey 
for 
appraised 
fair 
market 
value, 
and 
on 
such 
other 
terms 
and 
condi tions as the director may direct, to the Bosebuck Mountain 
Club, Inc. a certain lot or parcel of land in Lynchtown Township 
(T5, 
R4) 
WBKP, 
in Oxford County, State of Maine, 
bounded and 
described as follows: 
Beginning at an iron pin set at the intersection of the 
shore of Aziscohos Lake and the south line of the School Lot in 
said 
township, 
witnessed 
by 
an 
11" 
spruce; 
thence 
north 
eighty-three degrees west 
(N 
83° 
W) 
fifteen and zero tenths 
(15.0) chains to an iron pin, witnessed by an 8" sugar maple; 
thence north seven degrees east (N 7° E) twenty and zero tenths 
(20.0) chains to an iron pin, witnessed by a 7" sugar maple; 
thence south eighty-three degrees east 
(S 
83° 
E) 
eleven and 
thirty-nine hundredths (11.39) chains to an iron pin set at the 
shore of the Little Magalloway River, witnessed by a 10" fir; 
thence by and along the shore in a southerly direction to the 
point of beginning, being twenty-five (25 acres) more or less. 
For reference see deed from Brown Company to the State of Maine 
recorded June 7, 1978, in Book 987, Page 27, of the Oxford County 
Registry of Deeds; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey 
certain real estate to Somerset County Commissioners. Resolved: 
That 
the 
Director 
of 
the 
Bureau 
of 
Parks 
and 
Lands 
within 
the 
Department of Conservation may 
by quitclaim deed 
convey 
for 
appraised 
fair 
market 
value, 
and 
on 
such 
other 
terms 
and 
conditions as the director may direct, to the Somerset County 
Commissioners 
a 
certain 
lot 
or 
parcel 
of 
land 
located in the Town of Skowhegan, Somerset County, State of Maine 
and known as the Yankee Woodlot, being approximately six (6 +1-) 
acres, to be surveyed prior to conveyance, on the northerly side 
of Norridgewock Avenue in Skowhegan and adjacent to a parcel 
currently owned by the County. 
Said conveyance to be for the 
limited purpose of construction of a county jail and subject to 
approval by the voters of Somerset County; and be it further 
Sec. 5. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey 
certain real estate to Town of Greenville. Resolved: 
That the Director 
of 
the 
Bureau of 
Parks 
and 
Lands within the Department of 
Conservation may by quitclaim deed convey for appraised fair 
market value, 
and on such other terms and conditions as the 
director may direct, to the Town of Greenville a certain lot or 
parcel of land up to 45 acres located in Little Moose Township, 
T3R5BKP EKK, 
said conveyance to be for the limited purpose of 
expansion of 
the 
Greenville 
Industrial 
Park 
and 
subject 
to 
approval by the voters of the Town of Greenville; and be it 
further 
Sec. 6. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey 
certain real estate to Town of Corinna. Resolved: 
That the Director of 
the 
Bureau 
of 
Parks 
and 
Lands 
within 
the 
Department 
of 
Conservation may by quitclaim deed convey for One Dollar, $1.00, 
and on such other terms 
and conditions as 
the director may 
direct, to the Town of Corinna a certain lot or parcel of land 
located at the intersection of Spring Street, Exeter Street and 
Center Street in the Town of Corinna, Penobscot County, State of 
Maine, being those same premises described in a deed from the 
Finance Authority of Maine to Ralph A. Berg, dated July 31, 1997 
and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds August 21, 
1997 in Book 6469, Page 11. 
Title to the parcel passed to the 
State in 2000 pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 18-A, 
section 2-105 at the death of Ralph A. Berg, who died testate and 
whose heirs disclaimed all interest. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Parks 
and 
Lands 
within 
the 
Department 
of 
Conservation 
to 
convey 
property or interests in property at 6 locations described in 
this resolve for fair market value and on such other terms and 
conditions as the director may direct. 
Any proceeds from the 
sale of land must be used to purchase additional land in the same 
county for the same purpose.