Law Indexes: Maine

As part of efforts to expand the Local Geohistory Project, which aims to educate users and disseminate information concerning the geographic history and structure of political subdivisions and local government, this repository has been created to disseminate law index data for the State of Maine. This index currently covers private and special laws only from 1820 through 1957. Private and special laws concern one or several individuals, entities, or localities, unlike public or general laws, which apply to all similarly situated individuals, entities, and localities within a jurisdiction. Throughout New England, private and special laws were often the primary method used to alter municipal and county boundaries and forms of government. The data is released as individual tab-separated values (TSV) files by volume. The Detail column may contain additional Prefix information that is repeated from prior entries. This repository does not contain the full text of the laws, nor does it currently contain links to the full text. Because the index was created using OCR technology, it may contain uncaptured errors. This is not an official publication of the State of Maine or any of its instrumentalities, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency at any level.为推进旨在向用户普及并传播行政区划与地方治理的地理历史及结构相关信息的本地地理历史项目（Local Geohistory Project），本仓库特此建立，用于发布缅因州（State of Maine）的法律索引数据。目前该索引仅涵盖1820年至1957年间的私法与特别法。 私法与特别法仅针对单个或数个自然人、法人实体或特定区域，不同于适用于管辖范围内所有同等情形的自然人、法人实体及区域的公法与一般法。在新英格兰地区，私法与特别法往往是调整市镇与郡县边界及治理架构的主要手段。 本数据按卷册以制表符分隔值（TSV）文件形式发布。详情列可能包含与先前条目重复的前缀补充信息。 本仓库未收录法律全文，目前也未提供全文链接。由于该索引通过光学字符识别（OCR）技术生成，可能存在未被正确识别的错误。 本项目并非缅因州及其任何下属机构的官方出版物，亦未获得任何层级政府机构的赞助或认可。