Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-03-30
To TIE Hen. TIE Se1ats and HoaF Of RfbrsfSa1ziyes
IN GeneraI Court aNeMbLsa.

~ OeHeT4f C0HTE 4yehIDIea.
TINE Subfcrib>fs, being principal part Of the
owners Of abnut 6ce baT9red acre5 Of Salt
Marin lying within chs to Ens ot Scarborough in the
county OF Cumberland, and PePperellborough, IN
the county ~ York, together with Pue-Pont 10
cailsd) anC = beach AID fats f;uate between the
fel and iaid Marih the fame being bounded north
eadetiy by Scarborough o. Black Point river, weff
wardiv AID noun-w, awagdiv o. the upland of
Blue Point, arc old orchard u called in Pepper
relltorough) and iou:heaaerly BY the fea-
Kumhiy ihsweth, that the aforeiaid tract oiMarfh
being very valuable intere0, is luhicct 10 great
damages and injury ttom horirs, neat-cattle and
fwiEe, being turned on 10 the beach and Pine Point
70 feed and a'io by hoiles, cattle aud iwine,
going AT large thereon, which are not turned on
BY tbei. owners, out only fuHered to 90 at large !;
anc thehtuation Of faid Marh on the iouthcaaerly
part thereofreXt the Tea On the PcPperrcllboTOush
hde IS iuch that it canno be ecured by fences, tbs
Hats I9m hieh 10 low water mark Is about hxtY
zoos dialncs. on which no fences can be erected,
zGd CD wi Oh hories, cattle and lwlne can e2fly
pats Oh 10 the Marih and Pine Point, as they could
pals along toe high way and the Marlh cannot be
fenced by erecting a fence above high-wateT mark,
the whole length of the faid tract OF Marb bring
more than two miles: Becaufe there is a river
{called LiH5 Rv:r) which intsFirtts the iad tract
aud 1T and near the outlet Of fald river are broad
flndy Oats y aich exterd back iatO the faid nh,
which no Kind Of fence can be built acrois aud
over (4id river and oy which hOrfcs, cattle and
twIUe can at low water as eaEiy pals on 10 f4id
tra6t Of Ma:fh as they can from the ira flats Our
iatereR thus iituatsd mutt he anoa totally lof 20
Us without the intrrpa6tion Of ire IepilAure !;
your petitioners therefore pray thst law may be
palicd iuDie6tng every ptrfJn who fhaH turh his
hones cattie Or twine Of aaykind % to fad Marfh,
beach or PnS-PO'hr, to 6ne equal 70 the whole
value of all uch hories, cattle fany kind, OF fwiue
70 turned on, aud aifa fnhie9ing the owner of any
hort, cattle Of any detcrp ION or f,vine fouOd go
ing al large fad Marth, fats or PINE Point TO
foe Of dollar for each one fuch creature thus
found thereon going at large and that AL fuch
perfOps may be iuoiect TO the fame penalties whe-
ther they owners in fad MArfh, land, Eats, or
not:-And as fdid traGt of marih extends two miles
Or more ~ length between which and the Tea is a
iandy ridge OF iaOd Terminating in what is common
by called Pins Poilt, cKtendiGg from road in Pep.
peterborough leading TO iad beach near the eat
eTly Fart OF aid towD) oG the margp of faid traGt
Of Marfli and Of the Travail unto the mouth Of
Black Point river /; which ridge Is chiefly covered
with growth Of pitch pines and ihrub beaches, the
only defence 10 preyent the fand from blowing
Over into fa;dMarlh and deGroying the whoe Of il;
your Petitioners therefore pray that every perfon
whether he be 40 owDer 10 fdid tract OF Marih
land, fiats,or not, may be iubjetted to fine OF ten
dollars for each tree be may cut down or de(troy
on faid ridge or any part tbeteof, unefs il be by
the content of all the owners ofiaid MRIh-or 9th
erwiig your Honors wonld grant lpch other relief
as you in your wiidom may Judge moi expedient:
And as in duty bound your Petitioners ihall ever
pray. JAMES GRAY, JUN.
THOMAS QUITS,
WILLIAM MOODY,
ROBERT JAMESON,
EDWARD RUMERY,
WILLIAM GOOGINS,
ROBERT JAMESON, Jun.
ROBERT SOUTHGATE.
PefPeTTfIIboroRgb, 1anudFy stb, 1901.