Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
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PETITION ron An nuuxcr,ox FILED
AND A HRARrxo oRpERxD rHExxox.

AND A HRARrxo oRpERxD rHExrox.
Ths following notice was last week
served on the county commissioners and
county Treasurer:
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY. SUPREME JUDICIAL
COUNT, IN VACATION.
In Equity, Between Hiram Hubbard,
stephen ID. Hutchinson, sumner s.
Newell, w. @. Hammond, James IL
Chase, Joseph c. Cummings, George
Clark, Herbert r. Hammond, Wallace
II. Cummings, Joseph b. Cole, George
L. Melleu, job II. Kawsou, plalntiffs, W..
william woodsum, william w. whit
marsh, Joseph =. Stearns and George n.
Atwood, defendants.
To the Honorable justices OF the So
preme Judicial Court Your complain
ants, being more than ten taxable In
habltants Of said county and all resi-
dents Of Paris, complain against the
said william woodsum Of Peru, william
W. whitmarsh Of Norway, and Joseph
p. Stearus Of Lowell, In said county, act
Ing county commissioners for said
county, and George n. Atwood OF Paris,
acting county treasurer OF said county,
40 follows:
FIRsr.-That the said county COM
missloners at the December session or
their court, and held by adjournment on
the fourteenth day Of February, A. ID.
1893, Issued 70 the municipal officers OF
each Of the several towns In said county,
notices Of their intention TO erect new
county buildings ut South Paris and
making loan as will fully appear by
the printed circular hereunto annexed
and marked complainant's exhibit a."
and directed the article therein contain
ell to be inserted In the warrant In all OF
said towns, at their next annual March
meeting to be voted thereon by the
legally qualified voters Of said towns,
and In the manner therein expressed.
SEcOND.-Your complalnants are In
formed aud believe that said article,
verbatim ct ad llferatim was Inserted In
each ard all Of the town meeting war
rants and that the same was acted upon
and votes received, counted aud returns
of the same were made to the clerk OF
said commissioner court.
THIRD.-Your complalnants are
further informed and believe that upon
the face Of said returns, rs made and re
turned to said commissioners from all OF
said towns there appears tn be n ma
jorlty Of the "Yes" or affirmative votes,
Of about one hundred aud flfty, but your
complainsnts In fact say, said returns
are not true but are false and fraudulent
as to the legal vote cast mt said meetings
and that less than majority OF all the
legal votes cast upon said articles at said
meetings were the yes or affirmative
votes.
FouRIu.-That your complsinants
are informed aud believe that In several
of the towns In said county more "Ies"
or affirmative votes were returned to
said commissioners than were actually
cast by the legally qualified voters OF
said towns, and that In the town Of
Norway, which town returned eight
hundred aud twenty-four majority for
the "Yes" votes, there was no legally
authorized vote upon the article sub
mltted, or no such majority Of legal
votes cast upon said article.
FiFIu.-Your complalnants are furth-
er Informed and believe that a majority
of all the legal votes cast at said meet
ings, II any, were against building new
county buildings at South Paris, or
making any loan for the purpose.
SIxIII.-Your complalnants say
further that the form Of said submis-
sion by said commissioners to said sew
eral towns and the vote thereupon, are
wholly illegal and without any right or
authority Of law on the part Of said
commits sioners, aud that said defend-
ants, or either Of them, have any right,
power or authority To erect new county
buildings at South Paris, being more
than one-half mile from present county
seat, nor have they any legal right or
authority to expend any money, assess a
tax, or to issue any notes, bonds or
other obligations, for the payment OF
money upon the credit Of the county,
for the purposes aforesaid.
Wherefore your complaluants pray:
FiRsT.-That they may have a writ OF
Injunction issued by your hOnOrs. enjoin-
Ing and restraining the said william
woodsum, william w. whltmarsh and
Joseph +. Stearns, the aforesaid county
commits sioners, and George N. Atwood,
county treasurer aforesaid, from expend-
ing any money Of said county, obtaining
any loan, issuing any notes, bonds or
other obligations, for the payment OF
money upon the credit of said county
for the purposes Of locating or building
new county buildings at South Paris rs
set forth In the circular hereto attached
and marked complsinants' exhibit "a"
SEcoNp.-For any and such other re-
lief as equity shall require In this behalf.
HIRAM HUBBARD,
STEPIIEN ID. HUTCHINSON,