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Province of Septem 25, 1764, at a meeting of the proprietors of New Hampshir) New Boston held at the Dwelling House of Mr Tho' Harwood in Dunstable in said Province, Voted That Mr James Callwell prefer the above petition in behalf of said proprietors and attend the directions of the Generall Court there. Attest Rob Jenkins, P. Clerk

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T. Atkinson, P Secry.

Read & ordered to be sent down to the Honble Assembly.

Province of In the House of Representatives

New Hamp Jany 9th 1765.

This petition being read,

Voted, That the prayer thereof be granted Except the Exception made In the Latter end of the within petition & that the petitioners have liberty to bring In a bill accordingly.

Eod Die.

Read & Concurred

A. Clarkson, Clerk

T. Atkinson Secry.

VOLUME V.

NEWCASTLE TO PORTSMOUTH.

NEWCASTLE.

To his Excellency Samuel Shute Esqr. Capt. Generall Gov ernor in chief in & over his majesties Province of New Hampshire & Vice Adm of the Same and to the Hon"" the Council & Representatives Now Coeven'd in Generall Assembly for s1 Province.

The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Castle in s' Province Humble sereth.

That Whereas It was Voted in this General Assembly on the 18 day of May 1716 that the Isle of Sories be scieidged to pay their province Tax in the Town of New Castle. But a proportion for them to pay was not Set. and therefore your Lumble Petitioners Never took upon them to tax or Lay any Propertice ce the Inhabitants therect

Your Petitioners being a Small number and a poore people. Humbly prays the Same Vice may be renewed and that alsoe this Assembly would Direct. & Say, what proportion the Isle of Sholes Stall pay out of the Province Tax that is Laid on the Town of New Castle.

And alsoe that there may be Autority Given to Assess And Gather the same. & your Petitioners Stall Ever Pray &c. GOTHLY ODICRNE) Select

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laid, for y building a bridge from great Island, over the main river of little harbour, to the Main land wh project was no sooner budded than nipt, wch prevented its growth, till now tis Sprung up anew, and may if not timely prevented, ripen to a head we may be of lasting ill-consequence throughout ye sd Province especially to the sea-faring part thereof. May it please yo' Excellency and ye honble Gen Assem

We would take leave in y° first place humbly to address our selves to you by way of Quere, (viz :) Whether it be not an infringement on ye rights & priviledges of y Gen' Assem. for any town whin this province to make and pass any Vote or Votes, for y building any bridge, over any navigable river wthin y Same as New Castle hath done, and made a begining thereupon, as is above mentioned, that is to say, to build a bridge from great Island to the main win the afores town of N. Castle w cannot be Justify-able either in law or equity, without a Special Act of Gen' Assem for so doing. The reason is plain, for that every navigable river, tho' it may run through any town yet is not y peticular property of that town but of the Prov. in Gen' wherein ye town lyes, So that tis most evident, yt tis a matter y' ought to be before y Gen1 Assem & not to be proceeded on by ye authority of a town vote, for illustration, may we further humbly offer, that if such a proceeding upon Such authority is legale and Justifyable, that then N. Castle & Kittery may as wele unite and joyn together and build a bridge from sd N. Castle to s Kittery (if it were practicable) across y mouth of the Great Harbour, because one town lyes on one side, & tother on ye other, wh amounts to just so great a weight of reason, as can be offered in the other case and no more

And now we have plainly demonstrated that ye afores town of N. Castle, hath entered upon a matter quite out of its legal reach, Now we will in ye next place as evidently sett forth, that It is as much out of reason that a bridge Should be built at y place aforementioned, as it is out of ye pow" of N. Castle to build it.

I There is a ferry stated over s river, a high way laid out through the first proprietors lands to said ferry, much money expended in repairing a Cassway to s ferry & the ferry house all we are benefitts lost & money spent wthout profitt if a bridge be built.

2 All ye Inhabitants of N. Castle pass & repass ferridge free on Lords days and training days & all publick days.

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VOLUME V.

NEWCASTLE TO PORTSMOUTH.

NEWCASTLE.

To his Excellency Samuell Shute Esqr. Capt. Generall Gov ernor in chief in & over his majesties Province of New Hampshire & Vice Adm" of the Same and to the Honbl the Councill & Representatives Now Conven'd in Generall Assembly for s Province.

The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Castle in sd Province Humble sheweth,

That Whereas It was Voted in this Generall Assembly on the 18 day of May 1716 that the Isle of Sholes be obleidged to pay their province Tax in the Town of New Castle, But a proportion for them to pay was not Set, and therefore your humble Petitioners Never took upon them to tax or Lay any Proportion on the Inhabitants thereof:

Your Petitioners being a Small number and a poore people, Humbly prays the Same Vote may be renewed and that alsoe this Assembly would Direct, & Say, what proportion the Isle of Sholes Shall pay out of the Province Tax that Is Laid on the Town of New Castle.

And alsoe that there may be Authority Given to Assess And Gather the same, & your Petitioners Shall Ever Pray &c.

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