§900. Purpose Seldom has a more generous gift been presented to a people than has been given by Percival Proctor Baxter to the people of the State of Maine. It is incumbent upon them, the recipients, to preserve the trust impressed upon them, to ensure for themselves and for future generations the fullest use of […]
§901. Designation All the lands in Townships 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Range 9 W.E.L.S. and in Townships 3, 4, 5 and 6, Range 10 W.E.L.S., Piscataquis County, and Township 6, Range 8 W.E.L.S., Penobscot County, that have been donated and conveyed to the State in trust by Percival Proctor Baxter and all lands […]
§902. Public reserved lots in park The public reserved lots in the area known as Baxter State Park shall be forever held in trusts, and are here declared to be so held, as part of said park not only as respects the interests conveyed to the State by Percival Proctor Baxter but as respects the […]
§903. Rules 1. Adoption of rules. The Baxter State Park Authority may adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Administrative Procedure Act it considers necessary for the protection and safety of the public or for the proper observance of the conditions and restrictions expressed in the deeds of trust of the Baxter State Park to the […]
§904. Agents and representatives The Baxter State Park Authority shall appoint agents or representatives to carry out this subchapter. All appointed agents or representatives hold office under the rules of the Civil Service Law. They must be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties and a certificate thereof must be returned and filed in […]
§905. Police supervision; power to arrest Said park authority shall exercise police supervision over Baxter State Park. The agents or representatives of the Baxter State Park Authority, designated for that purpose by said park authority, are authorized and empowered to arrest with or without warrant any person within the State who is committing, or to […]
§906. Restrictions on powers and duties of park authority The powers and duties of the Baxter State Park Authority shall not be so construed as to permit the collection of a fee for entering the premises of the park by residents of the State or interfere or conflict in any way with the powers and […]
§907. Jurisdiction The District Court shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court in all prosecutions under any provisions of this subchapter. Any person, arrested as a violator of said subchapter, shall with reasonable diligence be taken before the District Court in the division nearest to where the offense is alleged to have […]
§908. Park operations 1. Certain approval unnecessary; payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Baxter State Park Authority does not need the approval of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services through the Office of the State Controller for the payment of any bills, invoices, accounts, payrolls or any other evidences of claims, demands […]
