Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-03-17

An Act to incorporate number OF the
inhabitants of the town of Winthrop,
in the county of Kennebeck, into
Religious Society by the name of the
: Firlt Congregational Society in
Winthrop"
sscr !, DE il easi'sd BY TIE Senate and
ID Hoaf Of R<DreJ:ntstiv-s. in
GsnfraI csars a0s,u5lsd and ~ ne srtbnty Of the
fame, That Samuel Wood, Jofslh Metcalf,
Nathaniel Fairbanks, Nathaniel Smith, Mofes
Froa, Nathaniel Morton. John Chandl-r, Jun.
Micah Barrows, Reuben Brainard, Noah Nor
ri. Iiaac Smith, Jonathan Whiting, Jonathan
Whiting, jun. James Prefco,t, Solomon Efy,
John White, John K-zer, Henry Wood, Enoch
Wood, Jofeph Matthews, Barzi;lai Delano,
Adin Stanley, Simon Page, Simon Page, jun
Odlin Preicott, Elijah Wood Sampfoa Davis,
Jonathan PulIen. Peter Gale, John Cole, Iofiah
Cufhman, Benjamin Read, Lvy Morton, ,Eben.
ezer Morton, Charles Harris, Ebenezer More,
Jennefs fowle, Amos Stevens. Amos Stevens,
jun. Daniel Stevens, Unite Brown William
Brown, Jonas Stevens, William, Stevens, Eheu.
Iezcr Davenport, Elijah Davenport, Amos Per
ley, Samuel Morril, Jonathan Currier, John
Turner, James Atkinfon, Solomon Fowle,
David Chandler, John Sireetcr, Jonathan
ThurRon, Richard Cover, Zab 1iah Sweet
Peleg Benton. Henry Stanley, JofiAh Bacon,
Notes Joy, Peter Stanley, Solomon Stanley,
Thomas Ladd, Nathaniel Fellows, jeremiah
Brown, Andrew Wood, Nathaniel Mataon,
Jonathan Hillard, John May, Silas Lambert,
William POLLEN, Mordecia Morton, Gideon
Lambert, Mofes Wood, Tefe Sweet, Nathan
Richmond, Daniel Marrow, jun. Jonathan
Pullen, jun. Joliah 1'ilton, Ilaac Shaw, James
Pollen, Elijah Prefcott. Ebenczcr Barrows.
John Pullen, Liberty Stanley, Obed Leach,
Abel Smith, Squire Bilhop, and Steven Pullen,
together with their polls and cta,cs, be, and
they are hereby incorporated into Society by
the name of "the Firf Congregational Society
in Winthrop" with all the privileges, powers
and immunities, to which P,rithes are by law
entitled in this Commonwealth.
Sscr. 2. BE IL fsyfber eaaaea, That any per.
fon in the faid town of Winthrop. who may
at any time hereafter actually become mem
Der of, aud unite in Religious Wolfhp with
the fsid Fra Congregational Society, and give
in his or her name to the Town Clerk Of laid
Winthrop, with certificate, iigned by the
Miniaer or Clerk of faid Society, thar he or
fhe has actually become a member Of and
united in Religious Worihip with The iaid So
ciety in Winthrop, fourteea days previous TO
the town meeting therein TO be held, in the
month Of March, or April annually, ihall, from
and after giving iuch certificate, with his or
her polls and eitates, be conlidcred as mem
Der of faid Society.
Sscr. s. Ind IL further eaa7ea, That Sam
uel Wood, Eiq. be, and be hereby is auihoriz-
ed to iiue his warrant, diretted to fome mem
Der of faid Society, reqnetting him to notify all
the members thereof, qualified 70 vote in Par
iih affairs, TO a6emoe at iome fuitable tine and
placein fad town of Winthrop, to ehoofs flch
officers as PaIithes are ~ law required to
chooie in the month of March or April annu-
ally. and to traniaa all other mar ess & thicgs
necedary to be done in fad Society.