Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-02-02

To The Hon. Senate and House Of Representatives., of
tie Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, IN General
Court ASSemJted:
WE, the undersigned, Inhabitants of the town of
North Bruokied, in The Comfy of orcester respect
fully petition your honorable bodies, off from he
said of North ookfeld, much of the territory
thereof with the Inhabitants residing thereon, rep
resented i'll plan accompany ing this petition, and an
mex same TO the town OF Bro0kfe d.
We beg leave 10 sent lew OF the considerations
which ind Ce us 10 make this application.
FIRST The territory embraced in this petition is part
of the village of East Brookfeld which village is
posed of a part of North BroOkield, and a part of
ookfed, and is 81 uated four miles from the former
and three miles from the latter centres; the line b.
the two Towns ru ming by the Ide of the high
way. crossing it sever 4 times, and running througt
number OF buildings within The limits Of said village,
will be perceived by referring t. the plan. Thus, an In
habtaut Of town, this year. may by removing across
the street, TO another part of the build ny
become a resident OF another, the next, which
chanCs have long felt o be I'M evil thereby deprvmg
them of tue privilege of voting 1t will be seen, that we
situated at corner OF, and four miles from, the
OF town. hich are OF nect sity Called,
for the transaction of public business On the other
side street, in he town OF Brookfeld they have
a commodibus nall, erected expense of $500, at
which we could do our town business one halt of the
tme aud travel but tn miles IL BrOokteld The rest
OF this difference travel, would not much
COMPLAIN could have voice in our town affairs,
when there; but majority OF the voters of our town,
many whom pay only poll tax, reside at the
town, ana have The whole manage nent OF
affairs so mncH so, that We have never bcea
llo ed Assessor, Sch oil COMMITTEE, Constable,
in pat oil the town, while neighbors ON the other
side of the street yearly supplied with of each.
Our Asseso 10 U.S. tnal our property is located on
the railroad, and the depot where business will If
course CENTRE property i'll value; the ore,
we will tax you thus and so, and as we have 40 Assess
who may know the value OF our property, we are
forced to thrir valuation, and outrage
taxes consequent upon oar town having built town
hail. expense Of about O,OJO and the past season
i'll having purchased ire engHe al an expense 10 the
town OF about 300 for which obliged to pay
our respective laAes while we gain no advantage what
it,, eXtraVdgunCbS,
might multiply
Our Coz ables are invariably chosen residents
the centre town; consequently far removed from
us, and que evade the officer from the other
own by stepping The and pass out OF
the couuy before he could be apprehended. This has
greatly iucrea in mag ude, with the increase OF pop
ualion, and he facilities OF intercourse, until even our
position in this respect, seems 10 invite every outlaw
that sses this way, to quarter himself among us We
ask this is alone Insufficient mpo lance to secure
the grating of our petition, mat we may have proper
e3ecu i've authority!
consideration for anng petitions Isl The Cause OF
educaon which has bsen greatly crippled and emnar-
raised among 1t always must lie, where districts
nre composed OF two towns.
Fifteen years ago, there in this village, in both
towns, dwellings, store, tavern iron oundry, mil,
and tme-worn structure of ten eet by twelve, called
a school house; capable, however, of accommodating
the whole village, at that time, the scholars numbering
only ten An arrangement was then made between the
towns, to detach SO much uf two dlstr U.s. as lay
within the precincts Of the village and unite them i'll one
school, for their be ter accommodation each Town
calling their Territory so set on, one mali DISTRICT III
the distribution of the school funds which our town has
continued to ad to, allotting two dollars
and thirty and one hall for Onehhlf OF the
Webster's dictionary furnished by the State while
scholars number thirty, maRy some whole dis
lets IN Thus, have been left to educate our
children as best could; using what money was al
lutled us and doing the rest expense, de-
pending upon Brookfeld; and, have always depended
upon them, Tor dictionary and tor our school rooms
The interest mani esed by the Committee from our
town. under whose sup rvision the school necessarily
devoves OH alternate years, cannot he exempt
fed than from the OF their visiting the arhuol hut
twice during the past summer, and at the final exami-
nation dev ting only three hours with two schools, of
from ninety hundred Scholars which our village now
numbers.
Finally, Our peculiar situation cannot fail to convince
any one Of the RESPONSIVENESS Of our application.
Our only object is The welfare OF our village; and this
we strive to secure, without infringing the rights dis
tutbng h interests of Others The territory embraced
in our surv is small containing but Two hundred and
three acres more tn fourth part of which COW
cred with water; and take with the errit ny, and
taxable property iull share of the pabc burdens
In view of the foregoing considerations and many
Others VIII oh we deem unnecessary u mention, IN this
petition We most respectfully but earnestly, request
your honorable bodies receive our application with
favor, and grant the prayer OF our petition
AS in duty bound will ever pray
Zig aed.) EZEKIEL STEVENS, and others.
North Brookdelu, Jan. IL 1852.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In SeNATE, Jan. y, 1852
On the petition aforesaid, Ordered, that the pc iTlon-
attesied copy of her pr tliiUn, with this
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