Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1805-1805, 1805-04-15

IA at 70 incorporate . part OF the counties Of
York and Cumberland, into a icparate coun-
~ by the name Of Oxford
SIC. !. BE eua57.7 y ig Ssaate aql FyE " R5regtg
s1gs, u C-rr Cont a755 and ~ he authority Of f5e Ey
That the counties Of YORK and Cumberland ia be divided
by line beginning place called the Crooked Ripple
AndrOAoEgn River, the ouh-eaa corner Of the town
Of Turner; from thence t. run weerly on the DIVIDING
fre between the Of Turner and huot 70 the mott
Eorh-eaerly Of the iad town Of Niinot; from
sence louhweiterly the line between the towns Of Mi
rotand Hebron, the eftery corner fad Hebron
thence northyeiteTy, the line between the towns Of
Hebron and Otised, the 81 Norway thence we
try and northery the Gn- between the towns Of Otis
field and Norway, the foutheaery corner " the town
ef Watersrd; thence wecrly the line between fad Wa
srford ana OtscI, to the norheaierv corner Of the
twn Of Brdgetowu; thence welerly the n0rherlv
Ene of laid BdgetOwn the north-wc corner thereof
thence oufheriy the weitery de line fad Bridge
Gown to the outheit corner thereof thence veer, On
the north line Of the Of Baldwin and Preott Grant
70 Saco river thence down the middle iad Saco River
the mouth Of the river called the Great Ohapee thence
Usaerly by line drawn the middle Of the river I'm men
toned TO the line Of the state Of New-anpihre And
the counties Of York and Cumberland aoread Be- and the
zane hereby declared 70 BE bounded northery By the
kne aforeEad
SIC Q III EsR fgtBsy eaasaL That an and every par+
40 parcel Of the lac counties Of York and Cumberland f.
srted the uortherly de Of the line before detcribed
and extending norhcr and weerIy, 70 to comprehend
a. the territory living between the State Of NeyamDire
md the county Kennsbeck and the northcry hde Of
the dividing line a0read excepting the of Wilton
Temple Avon and townlnp No 9 On Sandy River nor
shelly Of Avon, which towns ha BE- conferred Is belong
Inc 20 the county Of kesne5eCk, ha be- and the fame IS
hereby formed and erected entire and dn coun-
by the Of Oxocl which Paris Aa be the hire
or county town ana tie inhabitants Of the fad county Of
Oxford ha hold, Pofefs, ue, exerce and enjoy all the
powers rights, and innUnues which, BY the contribution
aud laws OF this Commonwealth, the inhabitants OF anv
county within the fame Do hold podeis, ule, exerce en-
10y, and entitled
SEC 3 44f y trt5sr e4z7a4 That there laH Be held
and kept within rhe aid county Oxford Court IF cen
sral Seilons Of the Peace Court Of Common Pleas
20 III at Paris aored the1ecoud Tusdy o June and
October yearly, aad il every year, until the General COust
fnaII otlerwe order And the Jutces the aid Colst
of General Seons Of the Peace and Court Of Common
Pleas who lh2l BE kereupon lawfully conmfioned ialI
have hold, ue exerce, and enjoy, al and Gnguar the
powers which By law given and granted fuch Ju-
Ses within any other county Of this Commonwealth where
Court of General Selhons Of the Peace and Court OF
Common Ploas are already etahh.hed Aua al appeals
from any Judgment judgments gwen any Courts Of
Common Pleas within the iad coanty Of Oxford fal be
heard and tried the Supreme Judicial Courts, be held
. II Portland, in the county Of Cumberland.
Sac. t. Ir! b- f.ytba eEzt7s, That the methods and
proceeding dreCed by law for choonra County TraaI-
eeedng known and pracied bringing forward and try
ing Actions cauies, pleas, iuils, ana of originating aud
sodutng legal Proceles Of every kind, whether civil
Criminal Judicial Courts clta5lihed the 1evera
counties in this Commonwealth and choonC pcrfoas 10
fve IS Jurors q fd Court tha be o5erved aa2 put "a
azce uied and ezercied within the fad county OF Ok
--d Pyovli 57zrT, the County 1rcalurer and Re
g OF Deeds for The aid County Of Oxford, ihal for the
si time originate in the fame as preicrbed BY
l11 where vacancies happen BY DEATH reigna,ion.
Sac. > -4li 5e :57 ezz7sA That deeds conveyance
nd tras'es Of real eate Of every kind, which may hap
pen take place prior to the PPoinmea. Of peron for
Reyar Of DEEDS within and for laid county Of Oxford
and his beng qualified dlcharsc the duties Of tha Of
tee nay be recorded IN the REFLECTIVE oEces Of Regiers
a DEEDS in and Tor the counties Of York and Cumberland
according to their late boundaries and lCh CHEERING ha
ASve the fame effect operation though recorded in
the Rrilry Of Deeds Tor TIC i-c county q OXFORD.