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 lU ���F£DEKAL BEFOBTSB. ���COUNTY OF ArOOSTOOK. �» » ' # » » �wild lands in the county of Aroostook : ���No. and Eange. ���No. 8, E. 3, west from east line of state. ���Acres. Value. ���23,040 $4,000 ���The schedule for 1845 was the same, except that the value was $4,500. �And for 1850 was as follows : ���Description. ���8, Kange 3. ���Acres. ���Value. ���22,040 $4,500 ���Demandant also introduced the several acts assessing a_ tax on the state under said valuations for the several years, from 1841 to 1853, inclusive. The first section of each of said acts, and the only section preceding the schedules, is the same in ail, and is as follows : �"Section 1. That each city, town, plantation, or other place hereinafter named, within the state, shall be assessed and pay the several sums with which they respectively stand charged." �In the schedules foUowing the section the foUowing entry is the only one alleged to refer to the matter in controversy. For 1841 : �County of Aeoostooe. • »#*** * �D. E. 2 W. of E. line of State. �m * * m m » » �No. 8, E. 3, do. do. do., (eleven dollars sixty cents,) $11 60 Ail the other years are essentially the same, except that the amount of tax varied in different years. �The demandant claims to have acquired a valid title to 93 lots, in this township, by reason of their having been forfeited for non-payment of state taxes, and subsequently deeded by the state to the demandant, or one McCrillis, whose title, it ����