The Portland daily press., 1862-08-26

To the Honorable Court Of the County Comnissioners
for the County Qf Cumberland, holden at Portland
rifhia and for said County, on the Jarst Tuesday
Of yime A. d. 1862:
TtHE undersigned Selecfmen of Brunswick. in be-
Il half of said Town, and in conformity with vote
OF the inhabitants of said Town, passed at the annual
meeting. March 24th, A. ID. 1862 respectfully repres-
ent, that upon the petition of james Merryman and
Others they did on the 18th day of March, 4 d. $780,
lay out certain town road in said Brunswick, the
location of which is as follows to wit: Commencing
on the Southwest side of county road leading from
Brunswick Village TO Durham, by the house of James
Merryman, and at point bearing South ten degrees,
West from the South corner of the School House in
School District No. thence running land of james
Merry man South turty-one degrees. West fhrty-two
rods to point half rod Northwest from the line
between land of said James Merryman aud land Of
John X. Larrabee; thence Southwest and parallel
with the said line and one half rod from the same,
land of said James Merryman thirty-hye rods to n
point opposite the Western corner of land of said
John r. Larrabee, thence same course and parallel
the land of James Merryrnan and William Curtis on
land of said james Merryman thirty-one and three
quarters rods thence South forty -four degrees West
on land of said James Merryman four rods and six
teen links to land Of said William Curtis twenty-one
rods, thence South nine degrees Weston land of said
William Curtis forty mine rods and five Inks thence
South twenty lone degrees West on land of said VIII
liam Curtis forty rods to land of John Merritt; thence
South fourteen and one half degrees West ON land Of
said Merritt eightytwo and one half rods to point
and half rods North-westerly from the kenne-
bee and Portland Railroad thence South sixty-three
degrees West parallel with the Northern line Of said
Railroad and one and a half rods North-westeriy
from the same land of said John Merritt twenty
nine rods to the county road leading BY the house Of
Nathaniel Merryman; said road to be three rods wide
viz and half rods each side of the several
above named courses, which said road, thus laid out,
the inhabitants Of said Town of Brunswick by vote
passed at their annual meeting, held March 26th,
1850, referred to accept. Your petitioners farther
represent that ON the "a day OF May A u. lS9.
tants OF said Brunswick, pcfitioned the Honorable
Court of County Commissioners for the County Of
Cumberland, that after due notice to said Town Of
Brunswick and affer due proceedings in relation to
said premises, Honors would accept Of said To-
cation of said Town Way and order the same to be
recorded by your Clerk, and also by the Town Clerk
of said Town of Brunswick agreeably to the Statute
in such cases made and provided. Upon the said pc
tition of Nathaniel Merryman and twenty two others.
notice having been given to all parties in conformity
with the order of Court. thereon. the Honorable
County Commissioners proceeded with the parties TO
view the route prayed for in the petition Of said Nafh
aniel Merryman and other routes and roads connect
ed Herewith and Immediately after such view, they
gave hearing TO the parties and their witnesses and
after full hearing of all the facts testimony and
guments by them presented and having maturely
considered the same, they were OF opinion, and did
adjudge and determine that common convenience
and necessity did require the acceptance and location
Of the fown Road prayed for by the said Nathan
iel Merryman and twenty-five Others; and in pursu-
ance of the foregoing adjudication, they, the Court
of County Commissioners aforesaid ordered that the
location of the Town Road in the Town Of Bruins
wick, described iIs the petition of Nathaniel Merry
man and twenty-five Others, be accepted. which To-
cation is the same as herein before described; and
they, the County Commissioners aforesaid. further
ordered that Their proceedings be recorded by the
Clerk of the County Commissioners for the County
of Cumberland and by the Town Clerk of the Town
of Brunswick and also that the Clerk of their Court
forthwith transmit an attesicd copy Of their Report
TO the Town Clerk of the Town OF Brunswick: and
the said County Commissioners further directed that
the of the land which said location pass
es be allowed year from the time when all pro-
ceedings in the petition of said Nathaniel Merryman
and twenty-five Others shall be closed, TO take OF
their wood. timber and trees also that the damages
awarded by the Town Selectmen of brunswick be
paid out Of the Treasury of the Town of Brunswick
In two wears from the time when the aforesaid pro-
ceedings shall be closed; and Also that the Town Of
Brunswick be allowed two years from said time with
in which to open and make said road safe and con-
yenient for travellers, horses teams, carts and carri
ages.
Your petitioners further represent that two years
have elapsed since the proceedings upon the petition
and that the said road prayed for in the petition OF
said Nathaniel Merryman aud twenty two Others has
not been built, and cannot be built without very
great outlay money, both for the building of said
road and for the land damages to propretor that the
said road thus located and laid out herein descrb
ed il required by the wants of the travelling pub
lie and that the convenience of said road IL Is
by no means commensurate with the expense which
will accrue to the Town from the building of the same
wherefore your petitioners las instructed by vote OF
the said Town OF Brunswckl pray that afer due no
tice all parties your Honorable Court will recon-
slider their former opinion, and discontinue the said
road thus located by hem as herein before described
and rs in duty bound will ever pray.
LEONARD ToWNsEND,) selectmen
AUGUSTUS +. COX, of the Town
FRANCIS OWEN, of Brunswick.
Brunswick, June 2, 1852.