Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20

AtteFt'-JoHN r, hNoWLToN, Clerk.
To the Honorable Court of County Commits
sioners for the County OF Hancock and
State of Maine, holden at Ellsworth Within
and for the County of Hancock On the
second Tuesday OF April A. d 1903.
ID ESPECTFULLX represents Mrs. Alice.
Ii Perkins, an inhabitant OF the town OF
Brooksyille in said County of Hancock that
town way beginning at the town road oppo-
site the residence Of Mrs. Alice Perkins, your
petitioner and ending at the land of Lanch-
lin Davis in said town is unnecessary and not
demanded by public convenience; but that
the Selectmen of said town Of Brooksviile
upon petition OF Lauchlin Davis and twenty
eight others, having given the notice required
by law OF their intention, laid out town way
over the described route as follows to wit:
Beginning at the gate on the highway OPP
posite Mrs. Alice Perkins residence ii said
towns thence running in a southwesterly
course through and OF Mrs. Alice Perkins
forty four (ai) rods to stake; thence south
westerly through land OF Mrs. Mary Henry
80 rods to q stake at land Of Laachlin Davis
the line described to be the middle OF the
highway and the highway to be two rods wide.
That among others, said Selectmen awarded
as damages to your petitioners for land taken
the sum of Fifty Dollars.
And your petitioner further represents that
theFeai forwards to wit; On tiie Twenty
third day Of February A. n. 1913 The said SEE
lectmen fled written return OF their pro-
ceedings in laying out said town way contaiu-
Ing the boundaries and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the
same aud an account OF the damages allowed
or disallowed to each person for land taken
with the town clerk OF said town OF Brooks
N4ltGf ana Az u pQbilE meeting Oh tuG JNuaO1-
tants Of said town duly notified and warned
by a warrant, in which was an article to see il
the town would accept said way as laid out
by said seleCtmen, held on the second day OF
March A. d. 1903 said Selectmen reported the
iaying out of said wav to said torn, and their
,sepoEt was accepted ana allowed by said IN
hab1tants and money raised TO build said
road, all OF which was caused to be put on
record
That said town way was laid out over and
across certain lot or parcel of land of which
your petitioner was then and now is the
owner in fee simple, for the distance of forty
four rods.
That said laying out and acceptance OF said
way over and across your petitioners land was
unreasonable and erroneous; and that said
estimate and award of damages to your petit
toner was unreasonable and inadequate;
whereby your petitioner is aggrieved.
WHEREFORE your said petitiont r, within
one year thereafter, appeals from said decision
and prays to have said way discontinued and
all of the action of said Selectmen in said
proceeding together, with the action Of the
thereon annulled and reversed, or that she
may have her damages estimated as provided
by law.
Dated at Brooksville this 9Th day of May
A d. 1908. Mrs. ALICE PERKINS.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss.:-Court of County Commits
sioners, April Term, A. d. 1908.
Upon the foregoing petition the Commits
sioners being satisfied that the petitioners
merits is exped dent, and that the petitioners
ought to be heard touching the matter set
forth in their petition; order that the County
Commissioners meet at the house of Mrs. Alice
Perkins in Brooksville on Monday, the 18th
day of June, A. ID. 1903, at g. 30 O'Clock P. NJ, and
thence proceed to view the route mentioned
in said petition, Immediately after which
view, hearing of the parties and witnesses
will be had at some convenient place in the
vicinity, and such other measures taken in
the premises as the Commissioners shall
judge proper. And it is further
Ordered-That notice of the time, place and
purpose of the Commissioners meeting afore--
said be given to all persons and corporations
interested by serving an attested copy of this
petition and this order thereon, upon the
Clerk of the Town of Brooksville. a like copy
upon Mrs. Alice Perkins, one of the petit
TONERS. and by posting up attested copies as
aforesaid in three public places in said
town thirty days at least before the
time appointed for said view, and by pub
fishing the petition and order thereon, three
| weeks successfully in the Ellsworth Ameri-
can, newspaper published at Ellsworth, in
the County of Hancock, the first publication
| to be thirty days at least before the time OF
said view, that all persons and corporations
interested may attend and be heard if they
think fit.
Attest-JoHN +. KNowLToN, Clerk.
A true copy of the petition and order thereon.
Attest:-JoHN F. KNowLToN, Clerk.