Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-03-09
Commonwealth of1EassachusetS
in the year Of our Lord, one thousand ei-h-
hundred and seven.

$500 ~ 'tAlIb vi tllI Il---
sons for Building a Bridge over Pre-.
| sumscot River, near the mouththere
Of.
WHEREAS the erecting bridge over
Presumscot River, in the town Of Falmouth
N tne county Of Cumberand, win bc Of greet
public utility.
Sec |. BE il enacted b. he Senate and
Horse 81 Representatives, ~ Ger1nL Ltl,r a.-
srotb(ed, and b. tie authority u he same, Tlst
isaac Palke Lemuel Weeks, Joseph TT
comb, EbcRezer MAKO, RE I'D Htnnevru.
Thomas Webster, Daniel ucLer, Ceo.ae
~ Duncan, Stephen M'Lelan Isaac Hs}ex.
Joshua Rogers, Aaron kinsman, goln
Thatcher, Joseph Young, W. Arthul Ivy!
Leitan, Nathaniel Jones, Matthew Cobb.
Lew Gutter Richard DERBY, Wilf.,f,
Brown, Robert Boyd, Nathaniel Cofin T.r,s
Deering, James Neal, Joel Hall, Amml X.
Mitchell, Samuel Freeman, David Hale.
Samuel Butts, James ID. Hopkins, Jacob
Noyes, Thomas Robson, IT. Robert lIsley.
Joseph Swift, Thomas Sfwyer, Edward
Rlrnevin, Nathaniel F Fosdick, Thaddeus
Robbins, Thomas B. Waite, nunimer Nj
CEell, and Caleb Grafanl, be, pnd they here.
by are, constituted corporation and hodv
polite, for the purpose az building bitdaa
over PresunpsCot River, near lie moutn
thereof AZ Tie most convenient place be-
tween Martin y point ana ThUnps1u's rairt,
50 called, in sad Falmouth, 50 long as they
shall continue TO hu Igoptietrrs in the funI
to De raised fCr dat purpose together uiih
all those vino are, oF shall hcreaG e.- become
propuet0rs Of the said fund, under the name
"a HE PRoPRIE1 oRs uF CAsCo FR-pc,r.
and by ulat naE.D may sue and prosecute, Et.
sue and prosecuted, 70 final Judgment and
execution, and do and suffer Ill other matt
tiers and things which bodies polite may
and ought 10 90 and suffer; ami that sad
corporation shall and may have fell power
and authority ~ make, have, and use. Il CON,
mon seal, ard tie same to break and alter
at pleasure.
Sec. 2. Ind IA il farther enacted, That
Lemuel W chs, Joseph Titcomb, and Eb-
epezer Mayo, or any two Of them, nav. by
advertisement, in either Of the news-parera.
published IT'D Portland, call 4 meeting of the
said proprictOrs, To be holden al any p1oper
place after fifteen days from the publication
Of said advertisement arG the proprctcrs.
By ote Of the majority Of those present "
represented al tile said nectn z, accountiHr
and allowing one vote t0 each slrrle slare
provided. that no OTr proprietor Shall nave
more than ten votes Al Any casc) SHAH n.,l.
power to transact any business ior IN In
fit Of said corporation, prov ilcd IL w W r--
pugnant TO the Constitution or laws oElnis
Commonwealth and also 40 choose seven
Directors, Cl1rk, and Treasurer, and Ills
act and al rules, and equations, ard votes
Of said corporation Shall be fairly and truly
recorded by said CLERK, IN a boob, w tyoAs.
kept for that purpose.
Sec ? A,j h. = r.,bor s,,,.s,y ,rI..4 r..
The nurnosa IL ,5,.re,n,. :i tiff i'
etors III the monies t.y +Le,n --,..,,,.-.l III,
ti.at 1,,,, 10 borc,t., :, ,,,c,,,1.,5 -
and sunnortin,r said h,idr4. 1 tnlI II. 80
hereby Granted ind c,tabi,s.ci fr. +n- ~
b,.,,..f+ Il said nfa,,,iet,,'s .,,.o,4;,., III. M
rates following, that j, 10 ssh. Var sgrr
foot passenger two cents fin each par,.lL
son and horse 4j.ceats i3r each ,b.:..
ar sul.ey drawn bv enc horse vel IL
ore b.If cents t,- earh .I..;-t I..
by ol,c horse eirrht cents; f,,. rgrb -lr.'1
drau 1l bv f., Gor,r, ~, .,i Ill.,, 80
GEMS. f1r ra-h rn-rb rt--o,, IL -
txepfv Az rents FIJI ..-h -,-t
Sled Of other ,a.riao,e ~ h,,,t]l-, .,.'
one or two beasts e,rht ceD+s ana t,-a.
additional w.. nt..oitl. ri, I'll 0- go
two certs ana vi, earh --.baai -. 80
handcart N. other ,abi.~Ia ,oraI,I. -.
intr Ike zv,irbt ,,7tb 1r,.. 49,. -
ce7tq for n.19 c,,+. Ill. j> 'i
Than those ,oi, on. ~, IN, go Wv
t,vo crnto 4acb MI. eha.,,
rate ,rc;-rbt CEN. the I-..,,, Nh ''.
tr.,, - ,,e,c,.r ~ 49, '0 o''
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