The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-02-17

GREETING.
~ NNHEREAS, at regular scs-
SJS) w sion of the County CoMNls-
L'o' soyrns of the County of York, be.
~. gun and held at Alfred. within and
for said County, on the second Tuesday of
October A. ID. 1858, on the petition of the
inhabitants of the towns of Acton and Leb-
anon in SAID County of York. praying for the
discontnuancc of a certain highway located
in the towns of Acton and Lebanon by the
County Commissioners Of said County of
York, on the petition of Stephen Hubbard
& ais, to wit: that part Of said highway, be-
ginning at point in the valley, east of the
road now travelled, near the store of James
Ross, formerly occupied by Stephen Merrill,
and nearly opposite the dwelling house of
Stephen Hubbard, passing on and over parts
of the County and town roads on the route
to Little River Falls in Lebanon to the road
as now travelled, from the house Of James
Gcrrish in Lebanon, near the corner of said
Gcrrish's field, such proceedings were had.
as by the report of said Commissioners in the
premises, now on file. appears, "a true copy
whereof, end OF said original petition, with
the order of said Commissioners thereon, are
hcrcunto annexcd,) from which adjudication
of said Commissioners upon said petition the
said Stephen Hubbard & ais, party agrieved,
appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court. to
be held at Alfred, within and for said Coun-
ty of York, on the first Tuesday of January
A. ID. 1854, and thcrcupon all farther pro-
cccdings were stayed in said Court of Coun-
ty Commissioners until decision should be
had in said Supreme Judicial Court; and
at said term of said Supreme Judicial Court,
said appeal was accordingly entered, and
said Court did thereupon appoint You, be-
ing three disintcrestcd persons, to perform
the duties hereinafter specified, that is to say
You are to cause attestcd copies of the
original petition aforesaid to be served upon
the Clerks of the Towns of Acton and Leb-
anon in said County of York, together with
a notice of the time, place and purposes of
your meeting for the performance OF the du-
ties hereafter named; you arc TO cause cop
les of the same, with a like notice, to be pos
ted up in three public places in each OF said
.o-~"s YOU a~n 80 nansn "nry of the same.
aNd like notice. to be served upon the Coun-
ty Attorney of said County of York; and
YOU arc to publish three weeks successfully
an attested copy of said petition, with like
notice. in the Union a newspaper printed in
Saco in said County, the first of said publica-
tons, and each Of the other notices, to be at
least thirty days before the time of said meet
ing, to be by YOU appointed as aforesaid -
At which time and place (aitcr it has been
satisfactorily shown that the above notices
have been duly given. and after being sworn. J
you arc to proceed to view the route named
in said original petition, and other routes
and roads connected Herewith, and after
giving hearing to the parties and their
evidence, at some convenient place in
the vicinity, you are to report at the term Of
said Supreme Judicial Court to be held at
Alfred, within and for said County of York,
on the first Tuesday of April A. ID. 1854,
whether in your opinion the judgment of said
County Commissioners, on the Aforesaid petit
ton should be in whole or in part affirmed
or reversed.
WirNEss,-ErIIER SIlEPLEY, EsaUIRE,
at Alfred, the ninth day Of January Ammo
Domini 1854.
JAMES OTIS MCINTYRE, Clerk.