Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-18

held Q society meeting as folloWS:
 the Memorial now before the Assembly for pro curing town privileges for the parishes of North said Memorial that the meetings of said proposed Town be held s5 of the time a5 North Haven and
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 The following is the full text of the peti- tion as agreed upon by the two towns pre- sented to the general assembly:
 To the Honorable the General Assembly of the said ssste on the second Thursday IT of May next
 The Memorial of Bazaleel Munson of Mount Car Parishes in the Town of New Haven, humbly
 That they as agents for said Parishes on behalf that by reason of the local Situation of said Parishes and the great distance 6stwxt K saie the tles which about B miles, which renders their attendance on Public Meetings and other necessary many and almost all the inhabitants of said S9eis. extent g miles one way and about miles the other to larger extent of ground and sum in this List than many antient Towns in this State are possessed of ation of said two Societies, did at Legal Town February T last ci7sg almost unanimously vote that said twe Societies should be made into definite said Town ready to be shown W will T appear. @ 0' VI
 Your Honors' Memoriaists would therefore pray a two Societies of North Haven and Mount Carmel be mde na distinct ais tS by that other Towns enjoy, they being willing to take to themselves their proportion of ths Town Poor may have their pTop9rtion of Town Stores, Cont, been mutually interested heretofore.
 Your memorialists therefore pray your Honors in Some other way grant p such Relief as your Hon ors in your great Wisdom shall think best, and they as in duty bound shall ever pray.
 Dated ct New Haven 18th day of April, 17si. BAzALEEL MuNsoN, Agents. JONATHAN DAYTON, Asen'' Roger Sherman, assistant, issued citations to Town Clerk Samuel Bishop of New Haven and the select men thereof to appear before the general assembly on the second Thurs. day of May, 1782, and show cause why the foregoing prayer should not be granted. The following inducements appear written across the foot of the original petition now on file in the state library st Hartford: In the Lower House the Prayer of this Memorial Test-JEDEDIAH STRONG, Clerk. In the Upper House the Prayer of this Memorial
 Test-GEoRaR wYLLYs.
 Thus their plans failed. Not a word of censure, disappointment or comment appears on any record made, but they went steadily on with their duties for four years longer. At this time-17S5-they resolved to try again. The following is literal copy of their feelings on that occasion:
 "At meeting of the Parish of North Hal ven on the Sd day of February, 17S5, legally warned for the purpose of Deliberating upon and Collecting the Sentiments of said Parish upon the subject of being Erected into 6 Town either by themselves or in connection with the adjoining Parish of Mt. Carmel, passed the following votes:
 "Voted-That we are dssirous of joining with the Parishes of Mount Carmel and Northford if 1t should be agreeable to both of them to join with us, or either of them that we can agree with, in Petitioning to be set off from the old Town or Towns, and be incorporated into Town by ourselves. "voted-That in case neither of the above mentioned Parishes see fit to join with us ir the said Petition, we will use our Endesvors to get set off by ourselves as a separate Town from New Haven.
 'Voted-To choose a committee of seven men to confer with Mt. Carmel committed and if agreeable to them, with Northford upon the above said subject, viz.: Thomas Mansfield, Esq, Joseph Pierpont, Esq, MT Enos Todd, Dr. Walter Monson, Dea Jesse Todd, Nathaniel Beach and Giles Pierpont. voted-To adjourn then to the last Thurs day of this month at the meeting house at z of the clock in the afternoon.
 The adjourned meeting was held at the appointed time and as the sequal shows was ready for business. They say, "After hear ing the Report of the Committee chose at the last Meeting for Conference with Mt. Car mel committee" (which was probably unsat- isfactory) "the Society proceeded to choose Joseph Pierpont Esq. Thomas Mansfield, Ensign Daniel Bassett, Dr. Walter Monson, and Dea.. Solomon Futile to be . committee with full power to act for this Society in making application to the Town of New Haven fer the consent of the Town and ir Petitionin9 the Honorable General Assembly to Erect this Parish into distinct Town.
 "Voted-To appoint one of this committed as Agent for the Society to wait upon the Assembly and to prosecute the whole affair according to their best Discretion to a final issue"
 No entry was made of the choice of this committee for their agent. It was probably Thomas Mansfield, however. Armed with his credentials he appeared before the gen. eral assembly in the following May and filsi his petition. Nothing seems to have resulted | at this session, and his constituents in the society elected him for another year witt instructions to Continue that matter a l Hartford" This time he was successful, and the lone and we'll fought struggle was ended. Thl following is our patent for our townsment rights and privileges never before pub lished:
 THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN Page 47, Volume 10. manuscript records O Conn.)
 Upon the memorial of the parish of Nortl Haven, in New Haven, praying to be incor porsted into distinct town with all tn, rights and privileges belonging to othe towns in this state as per memorial file. Resolved, by this assembly, That the in hsbitsnts living within the limits be ani they are hereby constituted town by thu name of North Haven, and said town o North Haven shall be entitled to and enjoy all the rights, powers, privileges and immu. nities that other towns in this state have anC enjoy, and shall be entitled to have and re ceive of the town of New Haven their par and proportion of all the the town stock o1 said New Haven and shall pay their part ani | proportion of all the debts of Haid town ol New Haven already incurred in proportion tt their list of said town of New Haven for the year 1785, and shall take upon them the charge and support of their part of the town poor of said town of New Haven in proper tion as aforesaid, and the taxes O, said town of New Haven already laid shall and may be collected for the payment of the debts and expenses of said town of New Haven already incurred, and the same being paid and discharged of said Town of North Haven, shall be entitled to the overplus, if any be, to be ascertained as aforesaid, and the said Town of North Ha- ven shall bear their pert and proportion of supporting the Bridge and Highways within the bounds of the Town of New Haven ani North Haven in such part and proportion as shall be adjudged just and reasonable by Gen. Andrew Ward, Col. Edward RusseiI and Gideon Buckingham, Esq, who are aps pointed committee for that purpoea. all