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To the Hon. Court Of County Commissioners tor the


COUNTY of Lincoln, nert 10 be holden at 1opS-
ham, on Monday the I'd day Of September 1882
ID ESPE CTFULLY represent, the subscribers
- inhabitants Of the towns Of Phipsburg ana
Bath in said County of Lincoln, that the old County
road leading from Bath to Phipsburg. past berry
mills, called, and to the BaA,n in Phpsbnrg' IS
very billy. rocky and circuitous route and ihat pup
lie convenience and necessity require tne same
should be aghtened and made better whIch can
not be done its present location IN the opinion oil
your petitioners. Therefore


Your petitioners would ask your honors TO view
and straghten the old road or way. commencing IN
Phipsburg, near the house OF Deacon William hntch-
ems, and running in northerly direction to The head
of Wineeant's creek and near the house of Elijah
Clifford in said Phipsburg, thence proceeding IN the
best places into the town of Bath, passing the house
of VIM. X. Campbell and Henry Work Esqrs to the
north line Of VIM. Brown Jr's farm on the old
County road, thence in a northerly direction near
Wnegant's creek, past the house of Thomas Lum-
bard coming ont near Winegan.'s Bridge ON the
land of Francis Oliver in Bath


All which your Petitioners wonld ask your honors
TO view, lay out, and locate if your honors should
deem for the public good.


WiLLLAM BRoY.N, Jr


Bath, lst June, 1882 and 81 others.
LINCOLN ss-.n meeting of the County Com





in and for said County, on the first .Monday Of
September A d 1889.


On the foregoing petition, ordered, That the Pc
toners give notice to all persons and corporations
interested, that the County Commissioners will meet
ut the house of Wiam Hutchings in Phpsburg on
the goth day Of November. 1899, at 10 o clock
A NJ, when they will proceed to view the road de-
scribed in their petition and Immediately after, at
some convenient place in the vicinity. will hear the
parties and Witnesses and proceed to do such other
things in the premises by law may be required
by causing attested copy of their petition and
this order thereon, to be served upon the County
Attorney and upon the Town Clerks of the towns
Of Phipsburg and Path, also by posting up
copies of the in three public places in each of
said towns, and by publishing the in the Lin
coin Telegraph three weeks successvely the service
upon the County Attorney, and upon the Town
Clerks Of the said towns of Phipsburg and Bath,
and posting up oc sa Copies and the frs, puhlica-
tion in the Telegraph, TO be thirty days at least be-
fore the time of said meeting that all persons inter-
ested, may then and there appear and shew cause,
Qf any they have) why the prayer oc said Petition
ers should not be granted.


Attest:-JACOB SAITH, Clerk
Copy-Attest.-JAcoB SMITH, Clerk. 81