changing or altering and placing a new Bridge so far out of the way or at such a Distance from the old place was utterly illegal and had it been ever so fairly obtained cou'd not have been valid without a greater authority than such a Vote. Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly pray that the whole proceeding in this Case may be examined by the legislative Authority and the following Questions resolved viz whether the Town had a right by their Vote to change the place of building a Bridge so as to be exempted from building and maintaining one where it used to be-Whether their proceedings have been fair and legal upon supposition they had a right to determine the matter by the agreement of the Town. Whether the Bridge below or that above will be of the most general Service & best answer the public Good. Whether there is any necessity of maintaining both said Bridges and if not which the Town shall be at the expense of building & maintaining for the future with such other matters and things as in your great Wisdom & goodness you shall find incidental and necessary to be determined in order to the regular proceeding of said Town in making their Rates which is not yet done and for the settling peace & good order in said Town and your Petioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c Howd Henderson Jno Waldron Jr Silas Hanson John Waldron Nehm Kimball John Whitehouse Samuel Ambros Tom Heard Aaron Roberts Joseph Roberts Wm Robinson Tobias Kimbal Joshua Varney John Horn Jun UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Isaac Horn Timo Robinson Elijah Tuttle James Tuttle William Horn Moses Rand Ebenezer Horn Amos Varney George Horn TOWN PAPERS-DOVER. Jonathan Door Thos Shannon Thomas Horn Samuel Mills John Varney Ephm Tibbets William Gage Phineas Ricker Pusler Downs 183 In Council Dec. 14, 1770 The enclosed Petition read and ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly Province of Geo King D. Sec. New Hampshire} In the House of Representatives Dec. 14th 1770. Voted That the Petitioners be heard on this Petition on Wednesday the second day of Jan'y next_if the General Assembly be then sitting and if not then on the third Day of their sitting next after and that they Serve the Selectmen of Dover with a Copy of this Petition and order of Court that they may shew cause why the Prayer thereof should not be granted In Council Dec 15, 1770 Read and concur'd Geo. King D. Sec. Copy of so much as is legible examined by Province of M. Weare CI. Geo King Dep. Dec. New Hamp. In the House of Representatives Jan3 16, 1771 The within Petition being Considered. It appearing that there was a Town Vote for Building the lower Bridge it is tho't to be just that the Charge thereof should be paid by the whole Town-But it appearing that the upper Bridge is not usefull for the Publick Wherefore Voted that the said upper Bridge shall hereafter be maintained at the charge & Expence of said Town and that the Petitioners have Leave to bring in a Bill accordingly In Council Jan 17, 1771. Read & concurr'd M. Weare Cler. Geo King D. Sec Province of New Hamp Another Petition relating to Bridges. To his Excellency the Governor the Honorable his Majestys Council and House of Representatives of sa Province May it please Whereas by misunderstanding & a party Spirit prevailing among the Inhabitants of Dover in said Province they have built two Bridges over the River one above the other below the Cochecho falls in Dover (so called) the one by vote of the Town the other by your Petitioners & the dispute running so high which shou'd be the Kings and Countrys Bridge each Party strenuously contending for their own they having the Town Vote in their favor and we Antiquity & conveniency on ours to end or determine which we petitioned your Excellency and Honors to say which shall be the established Bridge for the use of his Majesty's Subjects which you were pleased to determine in our favor which we gratefully acknowledge and return our sincere acknowledgements for said favor but by your act or determination you enabled the Selectmen of Dover to assess the Polls and Estates in said Dover as for other Town charges to pay the charge of the lower Bridge which has been done and paid and no provision is made by said act or otherways for payment of the established Bridge. We petitioned the Selectmen but they deny'd then we petitioned two Justices unus Quorum to call a Town meeting of the Inhabitants of Dover to see if they would Vote to pay for the building the established Bridge a Meeting was called by said Justices and the Town voted in the negative. Therefore we pray you will direct & enable the Selectmen of Dover to assess the Polls and Estates in the same as for other Town Charges for payment of said upper Bridge above the falls on their receiving a true and reasonable account of the charge of the same and we as in duty bound shall ever pray. Dover 23d May 1773 Signed by us Inhabitants of said Dover. John Heard William Foss Daniel Heard Timothy Varney Silas Hanson Jno Waldron John Kimbal Ebenezer Horn Nathaniel Horn Samuel Ambros Daniel Heard Jun. John Hayes Samuel Hurd John Ham John Varney Richard Waldron Ezra Kimbal John Horn Thos Hanson John Waldron Jno Varney Jr. Jediah Varney Nathan Varney Moses Rand Ephraim Wentworth Reuben Wentworth Jonas Goudy Elisha Purinton Joshua Varney John Waldron 3d Paul Hussey Ben Hanson Junr. James Chesley Joseph Waldron In Council May 27, 1772 Thos Hanson Jun. Paul Kimball Samuel Tuttel This Petition was read and ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly Geo. King Dep. Secy Province of New Hamp. Voted that the Petitioners be heard on this Petition on the 5th day of June next and that they serve the Selectmen of Dover with a Copy of this Petition and order thereon but if the General Assembly be not then sitting then on the third day of their siting next afterwards In the House of Representatives May 27th 1772 In Council eodem die Read and concurd William Parker Geo King D. Secy. Copy examined by Geo King Depy Secry Petition relating to removal of Rocks from Salmon Falls State of New Hamp shire. } river. To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives of said State. The Subscribers hereto most humbly Shew That for many years past a considerable Trade as beneficial to the Community as to Individuals hath been carried on by the people living on what is called Salmon fall River which Trade has ever been attended with the greatest Inconveniences on account of many very large pointed Rocks which lay scattered in the Bed of said River for near a Mile below what is called Quamphe gan Landing-That all attempts to raise Money by Subscription or otherways for the purpose of removing said Rocks have hitherto proved unsuccessful the charge of that Business having been deemed too heavy to be borne by the few when the many were as closely interested-That to the obstructions aforesaid your Petitioners conceive it is in part owing that the Trade of said River hath lately very much declined but which they hope will soon revive on their removal. Your petitioners are anxious as well for the good of the Community as for their own private Emolument, to have the said Rocks removed, and therefore in a Design so benevolent and useful Do pray the aid and Interposition of your Honors so far only as to enable them to raise by a Lottery about five hundred pounds which sum with what they can furnish in Labour and material they apprehend will be sufficient to effect the above purpose-And as in duty bound your Petitioners will ever pray &c Feb. 23 1779 Jacob Shorey Samuel Bracket James Bracket James Roberts Humphrey Chadbourn Stephen Hodsden Zacheus Varney John Tebbets John Tucker Alexander Gerrish John Haggens Wm Rogers Joseph Prime Jona Hamilton Jr. Nathan Lord Danl Haggens J. Brackett Rich Champney Jonathan Varney John Cutts George Dame Jeremiah Hill Sami Cutts Tobias Walker Stephen Paul I. Rollins |