The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-11-21
SETH CLARK,
To the Honorable Senate and the


Honorable House q Representatives, Of the
State o. Maine, IN Legislature assembled
May Term. 4. the year # our Lord 1890.
I,HE suhfcribers, inhabitants Of the scu,h wele
part of North Yarmouth, ak leave fsfpeetfnl-
y to reprsfsot :-1hs the aid town Ut Nossh.
Yarmouth comprifss az ex,enhvs territory, 70 the
amouat Of sieht niies squsfe, or shsreabouf shse
the Islands IN the Bay Coaltsuts pars Of said
townihi. and in confequeocs shsreof, The town.
meeting, are held, the sown ohaees kept, and the
,orn buiuess done a. Norsh.Ynmouth Corner,
go called. thereby subjeetiny your petitioners to
the nsceiiiy of Al es,s0hve uavsI, fom< Of hem
at leaf . dilAnce Of nies miles to atfesd eowo
meeting and perform the ordinary DUE. Of Git
,seu. Yous memosisl!s further reprstens he b.
6asss of the ciiixens nhsbi,iog he south ven sec-
tien of thc town 10 naturally aisccnoecisd from
North Y Armou,h Corner aud Pals, in as mach ~
,hofe Who are ged 10 mars,imc and lumber
ing purtuits prefecture and Concentrate thssf bus-
nss, To. and ftcm Broad Cove, "a ssd Ncrsh- Var
mouth. Your honorable bodies will readily per-
csive the Inconvenience accompanying your pc
,it,oners in the prosecution of town bs6ucs, - -
40 es,safve sract Of tsrritosy, aud may &c afuisd
that by jun computation that ~ svesy ssaerai
or ui town meeting in said town, ad,ftsree Of
about Moe hundred miles 10 travelled lpsns' paily
BY y.uT s,e,i,ienersJ over and ahose what would
be travelled 1houId . d,yihou Of Ears ywG AXE
place. Ycur pe,,tiouers, therefore pay 'hai she
.a,d towu of Nsrh Yarmouth may be divided
add that she folIosi1s delcsihed .raet hereof may
be incorporated iDio new 'own a. follows Same-
y. Bex,ening on tie sea thors, or on the dsvi-
ding ,ae between rhe fssms Of AlsSsnde. burr
and Reuben Lorirs thenee ruro,ng norsh. well.
ery 20 he s.ler.y corner Of the oLe hundred aud
tweasy acre 10, numbered !, on The well nae Of
Royals River, thence north twen'y On deyeess
wen, O .be north corcer df To- numbered
thencs tcu.h sky four de2rses zen on the d'vi-
ding Inc be,wsen he lots nnmbe'ed and TO
the iou,h corner Of aud owned BY Jofeph B. Row.
In lot to f,ot TO, as an fhs ia.1 numbered g;
thence north ,wcaiy sis cegrees writ serois fsid
lot ,hsrce foulh .iry four degrees wsit, between
loo nm ccsed s I'D 20 the dividing line BET ween
the one hurdrsd aud one husdred aud twenty sore
divliou, weat Gie Of Royals River ,hence oorth
twenty Ak dssrses vel ON said line 10 he fouth-
eaa.r,y i.de line Of the two hundred AID 81, hsy
acre .quAdrou, numbered l.; thence 'ou'h Nifty
four degrees ~ec TO the ea0ssy corner OF the four
hundred .nd City acee squadron Numbered 2, 20
called thence uorth-wea 20 Gray line theace on
Gray line soulh vel to the corner 1t said North.
Yarmouth thence south sa0 on falmouth line 10
the sea shore; thence on ssid eouSse until lins
drawn from the irtt mentioned bounds, south
twelve degrsss eaa shall interect the same ineu.
ding ,he Fiat', together with Clspbosrd and ba'k-
e. lslands.
Yous Msmcriaills further rspfsfent that the
divi:.sn ~ prayed for, would create no iuconvea-
ience a. ], Telpss the road, ia faid town neither
will any fchool ssstficf, a. now 6ssd, BE- cut or
divided by isid line. nor a. We conceive would
any Inconvenience arifs to the remaining part Of
laid town Nor it, intefsfs IN any manner male
rally Affected. Your petitioners, wiling TO ihafe
10 the pu,lic bsue"s. ace sfo ~ is uiua in iuch
rasss equally wiling TO hseir the pubic bur
| dens. To promote che inisrehs CT the new town,
without dssire TO. probability Of injurinz the
old, ia he de,ifs Of the fubcfbef,. Ibs Juice
Of our prayer il cur aryunsns, add The sio Of the
government our hope. To your Hooors. asin du-
| ~ bourd, will ever pray your Pe,iuonsr'.
WILLIAM STUBS, anc iss others.