Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-10-25

~. ,nLe- &c ,ahabitaats. or the ore hun
dredfb mart of them, or iuch proportion on
them as are fu ,po.el ordinarily 70 aus"1
Court
Judicial Courts ought TO be held in iuef
places. a. VIII ben promote tho interen q
the county and not in any particular 'own,
for the puroofe of promoting their private
en,,.,nent. Seven towns III this county are
concerned ia trade and navigation, whion
contain more than one half the inhabitants VI
the county below great'CpPfe' ana pay '"o'S
than three hfths Of the taxes
Both terms of the Suprc me Judicial Court
ought to be holden in iuch place or places,
| 4, will ben accommodate the various parts VI
| the county The travel to attend a Court at
| 1-ork, from the various parts OF the county
will exceed the travel, neceFary TO attend
| Court AZ Kcnnebun K, 10 the amount OF "tout
one third part. On the iuPpollt'on, that Il
one p-rfon in an hundred, fhoud attend
| Court, either as a grand or petit Juror, as a
party or witnefi, or in any other capacity
the expencc Of travel TO Iort, reckoned at
cents per mile, would exceed the exPencc oil
| travel to Keaae5ank or Ajfred 10 the amount OF
morc than two hundred dollars There y
but one town between Tors and Ne70bam5jtirs
There are three towns between KsaasbEnt and
! Cum6syl1.d. Il Is fuppo[ed, that the travel 70
| Ksane6uuk would be fomewhat iefs, than the
travel to 1ftfred, the former being nearer the
oenter Of population.
| Many and great are the Inconvenience in
attending Courts, at great d. ttance from the
center OF county. If territory and popua-
ton be taken into confederation, Alfef will
be found as much above the center, as Keaas-
/; 5auk is below il. The ccnter on The Tea coaii
| will mott certainly be found Ia WeHs. Il is
conceived, that the exact center OF the couuty
will be found in W.il5 about one hundred
rods below the head line thereof, but iuitable
| accomm 1datious cannet be obtained there
In Keaae5HaE there are abouf forty dwelling
houlss, within about two hundred rods OF the
| meeting -hour: and within like dIitanse
from the meeting houle ia 1Lfrei, there are
only about ten or twelve dwelling houies.-
| ALI the roads in the county center IN Ksaas
bunk but, that i not the cafe az Alfre3. Peo-
pc are much more in the way OF doing pri-
waite buGncfs al Keassbazk, than az dIfed, while
the Court is in felton,. Communications be-
tween KeAas6szt and the feveral towns are
much more convenient, than can be had be-
tween AIS.l or 1syk and the other towns in
the county.
If any Court ought to have been removed to
Aifed,si il not evident beyond doubt,that the
term Of the Supreme Judicial Court holden
at Toyk ought to have been removed thlther
If any futable place could &c found IN a
county, exactly central, il might be beft that
all the judicial Courts ihould be holden there;
but no floh place can be found in the county
Of 7crk. If the people, who live in parts of
the county remote from the fea, for their
own accommodation, are defirous Of having
one term Of the 5. c. holden IN lone lui ta-
bic place, remote from the fea, it may not
be proper for the people. living on the fea
coat, TO inhf upon objections agsinf il pro
| vided any .uch place be found, where
convenient accommodation may be had. BY
triiing early, pcrion from any town in the
county may ride to Ksnasbask or hifyed before
one O'Clock in the afternoon, which is an
looJed OF great Importance to many people in
the county; but from many towns in the
county II will be neceiTary, IN order 10 attend
Court at fork, for people TO leave home the
day before the fitting of the Court.
IL may be urged ia favor Of holding one
term of the ] Court 1T Tori, that Goal IS
erected in that town /: To which it nay be
laniwered-Ihere let il remain for one term
of the Court Of Common Pleas ought 10 be-
fame Court fhaIl be held II BiJdtfoyd Or the
Goal may be fold ifthoueht belt 1.-THE S. 7
Court fhould continue 10 fit much longer in
Tori il will be neceiIary e build new Court
Houie there; berdes, he favng Of expence
in travelling 10 fome place nearly central
would, In few years, amount 10 the full va
lue Of fak Goa.
One Goal az preleat will be fufficient for
the Courts, which may be held at A5re1,
Watsr5O,osg5, ksnasbmi and Biaitord; provi-
ded It f,al be erected in proper place.
L i an Object Of the highefl Importance.
and ought 10 be the mon ardent dcfire OF
: every real friend of the county, that withou.
unnecedary delay, the places for holding
bo'h terms of the Suprem- Judicial CoarC
may be fixed and fettled, upon rational prin-
ciples; that the interelt of the county may
be attended 10, without favor or affection to
one more than another that due regard
may Se paid to the commercial part Of The
county as well as the agricultural part thereof !;
TO the towns fituatcd on the fea coat, and to
every other town in the county that little
may be yielded for peace, and thai the re-
markable harmony, which formerly exlled
in the county Of Tsyi, may be fpeediy and
compleatly rellored
Il Nell quiiber 10 i5c County of 7rorf.
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