Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-07-25

AN ACT, to divide the Commonwealth IN
TO Districts, for the choice OF Representa-
tiyes in the Congress ofthe United States,
and prescribing the mode Of election.
Sec 1. Be j. enacted b. The Senate and Il. use d
Rtbyesento,ives in General GtHi 0sss'n6sea and 1y
,he AUTHORITY otlhe same, That lhis Common wealth
he and i, here by is divided into twenty distreis,
81 in this act DE- fined aud described, to- the pur
nose of choosing Representatives To rsp'e sh'
this Cemmonwe si,h in The Congress OF The Un,
nd s, $. after the present Cong ess IN each
Of which districts one Repsesent.,ne, beins An
nhabtont Of the district tor winch ne shall DE
elected, shall be chosen 10 the manner hereiasi
Ter described.
sec.2 Be j, further enacted. That the sA4d
twenty districts shall be fofmed and hmiteo III
ma.ner folIowins-Tha is TO say.
The towns in the county Of Suffolk, togetbe'
viii The towns Of Maiden and S:onehsm IN The
county Of Mdd,esex, shell constitute Que district
20 be called Suffolk District.
The towns OF Salem, Beverly, Wenhsm, Clou.
eester. NJ anchester, Danvers, MsFb!ehesd. Lynn,
and Lynn6eld, in the county OF Essex. shall fosm
one district to be called Essex south district.
The towns and districts not included IN the
county Of Essex south district, together WIN
the town of South Reading in the county OF Mid
Essex north district.
The towns and districts in the county Of Mid.
dlesex. excepting the towns Of Ashley, Town.
send, Shirley, Peppereli. Stow, Boxborough.
South Re aiding, Maldeti, Sionehxm, Holliston.
!. Sherburne, Na,ick, Newton, Traminghsm,
brighton, and Hopkinton shall constitute one
district TO be called Middiesex district. /.
The towns and districts in the county OF
hsmpden, together with the towns OF Ware,
1schertown, Cranky. S Hsdiey, hsdiey, H.
Hampton, " est Hampton, South Hampton. East
Hampton, Norwich and Wor,hingt0n, in The
county Of ham ehire, shall consti,ute one dis
sne., 10 be called Hampshire south district
Tue towns and dlstric's in the county OF HAmp
shire, excepting Middleheld. not included in
hampshire sosth district. together with the
towns and distric,s in the county OF Franklin,
shall constitute one district, 10 be called hamp.
shire north district.
The towns, districts aud plantations in the
county Of Berkshire, together with the town VI
hlddlefeld in the county Of Hampshire, shall
constitute one district, 70 be called Berkshire
dislsis,.
The towns aud districts in the county Of PLY
mouth, shall constitute one district 10 be called
Plymouth district.
| Tue towns and districts in the counties Of
Sarnstabie. Nantucket and Dukes county, 10
gether with the Town Of New a-dtssd, sn tho
county OF Bristol shall constitute one district. 20
Dc oslied Bsrnstable district.
The towns and districts ia the county OF Bris.
0l exceplng the town of New Bedford, ogethes
Hh The towns of stoughton. Sharon and Foxoo.
Rough in the country Of Norfolk, shall constitute
Que district to be called Bristol district.
Tue following towns and districts in the coun'
yoi Worcester, viz. Marlborough. Worcester
shrewsbury. Pax Oh. Oakhsm, New Brsntree
and Hardwick, and ali the towns south OF them
the county Of Worcester, together with the
town ot Hopkinton, in the county OF Middlesex
shall form one district 10 be called Worces'e'
south district.
The towns aud districts in the county OF Wor'
cesssr not included in Worcester south district
sTesher with the towns of Ashby, TOWNSEND
Shirley, peppereli, Stow aud Boxborough IN the
eouaty OF Mddesex, shall furm one district &c
oecsied Worcester north district.
The towns and districts in the county of Nor
iols, excepting the towns Of Steugh,on. Sharon
Ma foxboro2gh, together with the towns OF Hoi
aston, sherbisne. Nasick, Newton. Brighton
ND fsmingham. in the county Of Middesex
man form one distric.. to be called Norfolk dis
riot.
The towns, districts and plantations in n
county Of York, excepting the towns OF Buxton
tm'nglon, Cornish and Psrsons6eid, shall con
msu e one district, to be called the First Ess
Tern District:
The following towns. districts and plantation