Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-01

In the matter of the incorporation of the
LILY OF FairhaVen, i'm the County of
Nhateom and State of Washington.
To The Honorable COunfu Commissioners
Of Whdtcom County:
The undersigned. your petitioners. 70
Speetfully represent To this Honorable
Body that they are citizens of the State
ol washington and are residents and tax
payers within the limits hereinafter more
particularly described as the boundaries
OF the city OF fairhaven and that they
are quallhed electors of Whatcom County
IN the state Of Washington. That they
desire the said city To be Incorporated
nhler ana IN pursuance of AN aci of the
legislature of Washington, approved nv
the Governor ON the 2sth dav of March
1850. That the boundaries of the said
city. as we desire the same tn no incnrnn-
rated, are a. follows. to wit:
commencing at the northwest corner of
Tue W IL. fattle Donation Claim in What
com County, in the State of Washinofon
which is marked by the letter ''p'' cut i'm,
70 solid rock on the shores of Bellingham
nay ana Is In section thirty-siN 1851. TOWN.
snip thirty eight (3sl north, range two
81 east. and is two-thouSand and seven
tAnD feet west and three hundred and
SlNty-one (36l) feet south of the ouartar
section corner ON Puget sound guide me.
fldian between sections thirty-one IAN
ahu thlftN-sN tBl; running thence east
iorty-one hundred and one and nine.
lehths l4l0l.O feet To the south west cor
ner OF the Thomas Jones Donation Land
tlalm; thence north along the west linz
Of the Thomas Jones Donation / a,,d
Claim To the northwest corner tberrnf.
lhehcc east To the southeast corner Of
the r. {. Fttzhugh Land Claim. thenca
north to the southwest corner of tbe
nliiiam tier donation Claim: thence to
we southeast corner of the said Utter
rlNIms fhRngR Ia s.l. . 4.
AIRY OF the said Utter claim To the section
llhe between sections twenty-nine f.sO
ana thrty-twO t32l: thence east along
said section line Ia the quarter corner no
tween sections twenty-nine fsq and
.hlr ty-tWo tS1l; thence south along
the local division line between the easf
ana west halves of section thirtv-two f3a1
township thirty eight t3s) north. range
three 90 east. and sections five 81 ana
elght ~ To the center of section seven
teen I'D. in township thirty-seyen Ia,
h"rth' range three t3l east; thence from
the center OF section seventeen AZ west
along the division line between The nortI
ana south halves of section seventeen M. /
eighteen u.s. and thirteen U3l 10 tbc
shores OF Chuekanut Bay: thence follow /
!hg the shores Of Chuckanut BAY along
the beach IN generally northerly course
TO the place of beginning.
That the number of inhabitants ipclpd-
ed within these above boundaries. a.
nearly as can be ascertained. Is moi los
! nan thirty-hve hundred $500: and on
the hrst day Of January. lsgO. the numhar
~ inhabitants included within the said
boundaries was more than fifteen hundred
lJpl ana. a. nearly as can be- aScprtained
v a. al that time two thousand (9ppO1
therefore, your petitioners pray that
ne SAID city Of Fairhaven may be- incor-
rated ana that due legal notice as reoIiiret
by law. shall be- given thereof ami ~
proper steps taken to establish a city GOV
eminent over the boundaries herein befora
'et FORTH all Of which Is respectfully sub