The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-07-03
LINCOLNvILLE AND NORTHPORT
The Acts Incorporating These Waldo
County Towns.

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Through the courtesy of +. A. Dickey,
Esq, of Northport and J. S Mullin, Esq of
| Llncolnville We are enabled to give The
Journals readers copies Of the acts of in
corporation of the two towns together with
the petition for Incorporation with the
names of the Lincolnville petitioners.
| LINCOLNVILLE.
To the honourable the Senate and the hon
durable the house of Representatives, of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in
/ General Court assembled
| The petition of the subscribers, Inhab-
tants of the Plantation of Ducktrap, in the
| County of Hancock, and the Plantation of
Canaan in the County of Lincoln, humbly
sheweth-
That their present unincorporated situa-
ton Is highly lnconveueat, and tho several
attempts have heretofore been made for in
cooperating the Plantation of Ducktrap, as
Well as Tor incorporating the Plantations of
| anaan and BarrettSton; Yet the lines pro-
| posed in the several petitions have SO crossed
county the line between the Counties of Han
cock X Lincoln from the very crooked and
| dlSadVantageouS situation of the course of
! the easterly part of the County Line, as to
| leave part of the proposed corporation in
one Jounty and a part IN the other, as well
| as placing several small settlements SO sit
uated us not to be incorporated in any Town.
! From the TeaSonablents> of these obec-
| tons, none of the petltionlng plantations
| have hitherto been Incorporated. We there
! tore pray your honourS far to alter the
| present line between the counties OF Han
cock n Lincoln. as to extend it from little
ducktrap. the present boundary on the Bay
| of PenohScot to the south westerly line of
the Town of Northport. and from thence
I bounding on Northport line us far as it eX-
| tends North thence running "A Northprly
a fn hn Of tho
sociates, thence bounding on the Twenty
associates X Plymouth companies North
X north westerly lines to the present line
between the Counties of kennebec and
Lincoln-which your petitioners humbly
conceive will remove all obstacles relative
to the Incorporating the several Plantations
And your petitioners further pray your
llonourS to Incorporate the present planta-
ton of Ducktrap, and that part of Canaan
which now lies in the County of Lincoln
into Town by the name of ----, and
that the following be the bounds of the
Town: Beginning at the Fir tree standing on
the westerly bank of Penobscot Bay it be-
ing the north east corner of Cambden, thence
running north westerly north on Cambden
line one mile to a Spruce marked for cor
ner. thence north 81 degrees west, on Camb-
den line three miles II pa rods, to a pine
tree, standing on the south west side of
Smiths neck, thence north "a Degrees west
on BarrettSton line Three Miles Il 225 rods
to a stake and Stones, thence north East by
east, about six miles, to the West corner of
Northport, marked Northport corner, thence
South East on Northport line one mile 4 217
rods to an ash Tree standing at the north
west end Of Ducktrap pond-thence south
30 degrees east adjoining on Northport
across sd pond Two Miles & l37 rods to a
brook that falls into the South east end of sd
Pond, thence south easterly adjoining on
Northport up said Brook l45 rods to Stake
standing on the south bank of said Brook
thence south l. degrees East on Northport
line one mile Il POO rods to a Stake IL Stones,
standing on the Westerly bank of Penob-
scot bay it being the south corner of North
port thence South-westerly as said Bay
runs bounding thereon, to the first men
toned corner-Y our hon'r to do what your
wisdom may direct, that the county line
atoreS'd may be removed and the above
described Plantation Incorporated as
i'm duty bound Shall ever prav-