Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-25
The West Paris village Charter.

The Act to create the West Paris Vii
lage Corporation was presented In th'
legislature on Thursday by Mr.. ForbeI
of Paris. The first two sections of th'
act read as follows:
Section /. So much Of the territory
Of the Town of Paris, In the County o.
Oxford, as is bounded and described
as follows, viz. all of double lots mum
bered twenty-seven (2T) and twenty
eight (2S) In the third range In ssio
Town of Paris; also all Of double lott
numbered twenty-seven (20 and twenty
eight (2S) In the second range OF lots IL
said Town of Paris which is bounded
northwest by land of Fred r. Penley
and bis easterly line produced to land ol
tho Grand Trunk Railway; northerly by
land of said Railway; rerly by the
range line between lots numbered TWEEN
ty-seven (2) and twenty-eight (2S) In
the second and third ranges in said
town; southerly by the lot line between
lots numbered twenty-six (26 and TWEEN.
ty-seven (2D; and southwesterly by the
old and partially discontinued road lead.
| ing from High Street to Greenwood, and
comprising the territory upon which Ia
situated West Paris Village, 30 called,
together with the inhabitants residing
thereon, be and the same are hereby
created a body polite and corporate by
the name Of the West Paris Village Cor
poratiOn.
Section Q. Said corporation is hereby
invested with power at any legal meet
ing called for the purpose, to raise such
sums of money as may be sufficient for
the purchase, repair and preservation OF
one or more fire engines, engine houses,
hose, buckets, ladders, or other appara-
tus for the extinguishment Of fire, for
the extension of the present hydrant
system, and for organizing and main,
tanning within the limits of said terri
tory an efficient fire department.; also
lighting their streets, maintaining police
force, and for the support of library
within said corporation; and for officers
salaries and expenses and such other
current expenses as this act calls for.
Other sections of the act provide the
machinery for the running OF the corpora
tion in the usual manner of such organ
izations. Regarding the adoption Of
the act Section 8 Is as follows:
Section s, This charter may be ac-
cepted at any time within five years
from the date of its approval by the
governor, and its rejection In any calen-
dar year shall not prevent It's acceptance
in any later calendar year during the
time aforesaid; but only one meeting to
vote thereon shall be held In any one
calendar year. Fred r. Penley, E. W..
Mann, Alfred c. Perham, D. Henry
Fifleld, Ellsworth D. Curtis or any one
of them may call all meetings of the
inhabitants of said territory previous to
acceptance of this charter, by posting a
notice, stating the time, place and OBJ
jects Of said meeting, in at least two
public and conspicuous places in said
territory, at least seven days before the
time of holding said meeting, and all
subsequent meetings shall be called and
notified by the assessors of said corpora
ton as town meetings are called and
notified, unless said corporation shall
otherwise define the manner Of calling
and notifying it's meetings by it's By
Laws.
It is understood that a remonstrance
will be presented signed by certain citi.
zens of the territory included, objectiog
to the territorial limits as fixed in the
act, and requesting that certain por-
ton of the territory named should not
be included, or else that the limit should
be so extended as to include the main
settled portion of Trap Corner.