Resolve, Authorizing Certain Land Transactions by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands

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 or exchange lands or interests in lands with the approval of the Legislature in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 1814; now, therefore, be it

Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to convey land. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may, by a boundary line agreement and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct by quitclaim deed without covenant, convey all interests held by the bureau in 2 parcels of land cumulatively totaling 2.923 acres, more or less, to Richard Hatton McAuley and to Richard Hatton McAuley and Anita Baldwin in exchange for 2.923 acres, more or less, to execute a boundary line adjustment to create a straight southeast boundary line at Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park located in South Berwick.