Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-07-25

votes of this town passed this day. II he sees IT..
ATTEST: EBEN FLorD.
"Town Cierk."
Bluehill, Jan. !, 1901.
Dec. 30, 1907, the town OF Bangor voted
to demonstrate against the removal Of
OF the courts from Csstine to Bucksport.
From this time on continual attempts
were made to move the shire town. Bel
fast put In an entry wege occasionly.
Bangor was made a half shire town In
1914. Penobscot county was incorporated
Feb. Is, 1916, taking away the territory
now substantially Penobscot and Piscsta-
quis counties.
Belfast petitioned the general court in
1918 for term of the supreme judicial
court. which was not granted. Other
attempts were made In 1920 and on.
In 1927, Feb. Z, the county OF Waldo
was formed. This part Of Hancock
county was westerly Of Penobscot river
and bay below Ham. den. Judge Abbott,
OF Csstine, protested against the incorpo.
ration Of the new county on the ground
that the facilities for getting to Castine
were admirable packet sailed between
the two places daily, and sometimes twice
a day.
The incorporation NJ Waldo countv left
Castine to the mercy of its enemies when
ever they could agree. In 1895 numerous
petitions were sent to the legislature for
the removal Of the shire town to Biuehill
or Ellsworth, and resolve was passed, a
copy Of " hich l give.
CHATTER 81.
"hesoise respecting the shire town or the
county OF haneoeS.
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insert In their warrant for their meetings ON the
second Monday Of September next an article re.
quirins the qualified voters for representatives
10 give IN their votes on THIS question III Is
eAPc"c"' 1h"' tue JUDICIAL courts Vi saiu county
pe cr'aoisheu III Cas'ihe' oiaeh'ii OF ELLSWORTH
ana the clerks oil said town ana assessors shai'
reeoru tue votes 50 given In Tor esstine, biue'
b'a or htls""r'h ana the saia clerks ana select
men anu assessors snail make out exact returns
there"i under their hanhS' anu snail seal up the
sane anu transmit the same To the once oil the
secretary oil state on or before the second wed
hesdaS oil tue next legislature ana IL snail DC
the duty OF the secretary to lay the same before
tue next 'ski''atn e.
The "ousIited voters" voted and their
votes returned vtz For Eiisworth
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was equsi 10 the occasioh, anu prior 10
the assembly OF the legislature petitions
were signed in some uuorganized places,
all in favor OF Ellsworth, viz: town
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foio"ibR Is the report Oh tue iesiS'a-
tive commlttee'
The whole number of VOTES given In was
twenty.fou huudre, ninety one. of which
number twelve hundred ntnety.eirht were for
Castine: eleven hu ndred seventy for Ellsworth
and twenty three for gluehill There were also
before our committee petitions from The in
habitants of three unorganizci Plantations
whom In III, optnlon of the eommIttee ouu hi TO
have the privilege OF being heard upon n sub.
iect which was 80 nearly connected both with
their interest and convenience. The numher of
petitioners were A. follows. From No. Is, thir.
ty.,hree: No. l. twenty nine and from No. s.
eighty one all Of whom the committee counted
and adde,, to the number OF vote. returned for
Ellsworth. making thirty.fy more votes for
Ellsworth than for Castine
There were Also two hundred and Gfty.eiaht
petit,oners from the town OF Bucksport. pray.
ing for the removal of ,hy Judicial courts from
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individuals who thus petitioned might have
voted nj the annual September meetin! on the
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advisable to notice them. \ petition likewise
from portion of the inhabitants of Cranberry
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sencc at the September meeting did not vote
upon thi. question: were anxious that the lesi-
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worth To he the shire 10" II, but these were hlro
r,.; ,.t ,f,.- II ,nn alteration of IN. .uT i,.,,