APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 23, 2025 36
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 839 - L.D. 1264
Resolve, Requiring the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands in the
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Modify the Deed
That Conveyed Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston,
to the Friends of Montpelier
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, the land authorized for transfer by this resolve is within the designations in
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A; and
Whereas, the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may sell, lease or exchange lands with the approval
of the Legislature in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, sections 1814,
1837 and 1851; now, therefore, be it
Sec. 1. Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands directed to modify the
deed that conveyed Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum, consisting
of historic site land, improvements, structures and historical collections, to the
Friends of Montpelier. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands
within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall modify the deed that
conveyed Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum, including 4.2 acres, more or less,
of historic site land and related improvements, structures and historical collections, in the
Town of Thomaston, Knox County, to the Friends of Montpelier, a nonprofit corporation,
to remove the requirement that Montpelier be used for historic preservation and remove
any requirement that Montpelier be preserved, rehabilitated or restored in a manner as
required by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission.
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