The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-02-08
To the Hon. Court of County Commits.
siencrs, within and for the CoueIy of
Gum harln

To the Hon. Court of County Commits.
siencrs, within and for the Couety Of
Cumberland.
HUMBLY show your petitioners, whose names
IL are hereunO subscribed inhabitants OF the town
OF Gray, in said Corny, and liable to be assessed
for highway labor therein, that alteration in the
town way leading from Ephraim Lawrence house TO
the county road, lea ling from Gray Corner by West
Gray TO Windham, by beginning at tue side hill
the centre OF said town way, and ten rods south
easterly down said hill fl om the southerly siue line
OF The county r Jad above described, ana laying
a new way three rods wide, runnl g ia northeast
erly direction through SIMON Skin's land about
seventeen rods to The sruiherly side line OF said
County road, near the culvere west OF Simeon Skill
lns house, and also bv laying out way three rods
wide, beginning at said point in said town way ten
rods souIberly down said hill from the southery
course through laud of Andrew Allen about ell hl-
cen rods to the sou hery side liue of said County
road, near said ALIENS gate, northery from
convenience. That the select men of said town
upon the written application OF your petitioners,
after g wing due notice and hearing parties have
made said alteration, laid out said ways and re-
ported the came the town. at meeting of the in
habtants, duly notified and ine0: Yet the town
unress nabiy refused to approve, allow and accept
said town ways and said alteration, laid out and
altered by the select men as afor, said, and TO put
the same on record.
Wherefore your petitioners now, within one year
therea ter considering themselves aggreved by such
delay and REFUSAL pray that your Honors would,
agreeably to law IN such case made and provided,
lay out, accept and approve said town ways and
said alteration, and dIect the same to be duly re-
corded.
EPHRIAM LAWRENCE, and 80 others.
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND IS:
At the Court of County Commissioners begun and
holden at Portland, within aud tor the County OF
Cumberland, on the first Tuesday OF January
Ammo Domiui, 1870, to wit, at al adjournment
thereof, on the first Tuesday OF February, A. D.,
1870.
On the foregoing petition it icing satisfactorily
shown the Court that the Petitioners are resuon-
sibe and that hearing is expedient, it is hereby
ORDERED, That the County Commissioners will
meet at the dwelling house OF John w. Frank, in
GRAY, in said County, Tuesday, the fifteenth day
OF March, at ten o'clock A. NJ, and that the Pc
titioners give notice to all persons interested, by
causing attested copies of said Petition and this
Order OF Court thereon to be served upon the Town
Clerk of Windham, and also by posting copies of
the same in three public places in said town. and
publishing the same three weeks successfully in the
Maine Stale Press. paper printed in Portland, IN
said county, the first Of said publications, and each
Of the oIher notices to be at least thirty days be-
fore the time OF said meeting; at which time and
place. (aert has been satisfactorily shown that the
above notice has been duly given the Commission
ttion, and other routes and roads connected there
with, and alter such vew they will give bearing to
the parties and their witnesses at some convenient
place in the vicinity when and where all persons and
corporations interested may appear and shoy cause,
il anv thev have, why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted.
Attest: d. W. FEssENDEN, Clerk.
Copy of the Petition and order of Court thereon.
Attest, ID. w. FESSENDEN, Clerk.
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