The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-12-05
10 the Honorable Senaie and The


Honorable House Of Representatives. Of The
State Of Maine. IN Legislature assembled
May Term. az The year y our Lord 1920
'l,HE subfcrber., inhsbitanss Of the sonth wen
part of North aImouih, ak leave retpecliul
" TO teprsfeui - hat the said town of North
Yarmouth comprtss an exsen6ve territory, TO the
amount of eight asics square, or thersAbout that
the Islands ~ the Bay conflitute a part OF said
townifip, aad 10 conlequence thereof, the town
meesinss are held, the town Offices kept, aud The
town baf;ness done at North-Yarmou,h Corner,
20 called thereby sutjectiag your petitioners 10
the ne, eliify Of al e9leDhve travel, fome of them
at leaf diitance Of nine miles to attead town
meeting AID perform the ordinary du'ies of cit
ixsu Your memof ial!ts further reprefenf the bu-
iine,s of the citzeus inhAbsing the south wen sec
t,cn OF he town 10 naturally disconnected from
E,rth- Yarmouth Coroer sod Fas, IN as much ~
ihoie. Who are Engaged in msvatime and lumber
ing purfui,. proiecue and concentrate Their bH'i-
oe., TO, ard from Broad Cove, IN said Norsh-Yar-
mouth. Your hosossble bodies will readily per-
ssive the Inconvenience accompanying your PEE
,tioners in the prosecution OF town bu6uess, 10 so
"a extenfve tract Of territory, and may be alursd
that by luf computation that AZ every general
or full town meeting in said town, dffarce OF
sbou nine hundred miles 10 travelled principally
BY your pesi,ioness) over sad above what would
be travelled. ihou'd divi6on of faid town take
place. Your pstitioussss thsrefore pray that the
ss,d town of North Yarmouth may be divided !;
and hat the following delcrbed tract thereof may
lie incorporated INTO new town - follows name
". Beginning or the sea shore, or on the div
cling line between the fAsms Of Aiexsodes Burr
sod Reuben Lor,rs thence running north welt.
sriy to the eai!efly corner Of the hundred aud
rwesty acre LOT numbered l, on the wen hie of
Royals River, thence north twenty hE degress
wen, TO the north coroer Of lot numbered
thence fou,h si1,y four degrees wen on the divi-
ding lac between The lott numbered aud q TO
the fauth coroef II aud owned by Joteph BARLOW,
ia lot TO (lot To, as ~ Ms Originally numbered o.
thence north twenty sis degrees welt acfois laid
ios thence fou.h six,y four degrees wen, between
lots numbered aod to the dividing line between
the Que hundred and one hundred and twenty acre
divion, ~elt Gde Of Royals River thence acrih
twenty Rx deyrses ws0 on said line 10 the fouth-
eaitsriv tide l,nr OF the two hundred aud eighty
acre fquadrcp, numbered ! thence sou,h City
four dsgsea wen TO the eA0ery corner OF the four
hundred aud City squsdron numbered ., 20
called thence north welt 10 Gray Iine thence
Cray line sou:h weit 70 the corner Of said North
YA,mou'h thence south eah on Falmouth line TO
the sea shore thence on szid course uofil = hpe
drawn from the fri mentioned hound., scutA
twelve degree. saa shal iptersect the sA1ae ,nelu
ding .he Flats, toy ether With Ciapboard and Back
y. Islands.
Your Memofialifis further repfefsnt that the
division a. prayed for, would create no incouven-
iencs ~ il teipects the foAds in fad town neither
will any fchool distr,tl, a. now fIed, be cut or
divided by fs;d line. nor az we conceive you'd
any Inconvenience arifs to the tamsininy par OF
tsid town !; nor it, intersna IN any manner maze
rally Affected. Your petitioners, whiting 10 thne
10 the public bcned,s are alfo as 10 uiua III iuch
eafssj equally willing to fhafs in the pubic bur
den.. To promote the interel' Of the rev town,
without desire to. or probability Of injutiog the
old, 10 the de.ire Of the fubfcsibsrs. The jufee
Of our prayer 10 our srgunsGt, AID the sid OF he
government our hope. To your Hooors. as 10 du
~ hcurd, will ever pray your Petitioners.
WILLIAM sTUBB5, anil iaS Others.