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Dorr & Wild Garden Taxes
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I, George B. Dorr,
of Eden, Hancock County, Maine, in consideration of one dollar
and other valuable considerations, paid by the Inhabitants of
the Town of Eden (a municipal corporation) in the County of
Hancock and State of Maine, the receipt whereof I do hereby
acknowledge, do hereby remise, release, bargain, sell and convey,
and forever quit-claim unto the said Inhabitants of the Town
of Eden, its successors and assigns forever, two certain lots
or parcels of land, situated in that part of the Town of Eden,
known as Bar Harbor and bounded and described as follows, viz:
FIRST LOT- Beginning at a stake driven in the ground at
the southwest corner of a lot of land conveyed by the grantor
herein to the Mount Desert Golf Association, by deed bearing
even date herewith, said point of beginning bearing south eighty-
two degrees east and is eighty-three and five-tenths feet distant
from a stone post set in the ground marking the easterly side of
Harden Road; thence south eighty-two degrees east eight hundred
and ninety-nine and two tenths feet to a stake; thence south
seventy-eight degrees thirty-five minutes east two hundred and
ten feet to a stake on the east side of Trout Brook; thence south
eight degrees west fifty feet to a stake; thence south eighty-two
degrees ten minutes west one hundred and ten feet to a maple
standing on the west bank of the brook; thence south seventy-one
degrees west three hundred and thirty feet to a stake; ghence
south eighty-three degrees west five hundred and nineteen feet
to a stone post set in the ground and marking the northerly side line
of Harden Road; thence following the northerly side line of said
Road by the two courses and distances next following, first north
sixty-one degrees fifteen minutes west seventy-seven and four
tenths feet to a stone post set in the ground; thence north
forty-nine degrees twenty minutes west ninety-three and sixtenths
feet to a stone post set in the ground; thence north five degrees
forty-five minutes east one hundred and twenty-two feet to a
stake at the face of a ledge; thence along the face of said ledge
by the three courses and distances next following, north ten
degrees thirty minutes east ninety-five and five tenths feet;
thence north fifteen minutes west forty feet; thence north fifty
four degrees fifteen minutes west to a stake at the place of
beginning and containing five and six-tenths acres, more or less.
SECOND LOT- Beginning at a stake driven in the ground
thirty-three feet southerly of the southeast corner of the
Morrison Farm Lot and from thence running north eighty-seven
degrees fifteen minutes east one hundred and seventy feet to
a point in the center of Kebo Brook at its intersection with
a production southerly of the west side line of Ledgelawn Cem-
etery Lot; thence following down the center of said Kebo Brook
easterly to a point bearing south fifty-one degrees fifty minutes
west from a stake driven in the ground on the east bank of the
brook; thence north fifty-one degrees fifty minutes east one
hundred and thirty-eight feet to a stake thirty-three feet
southerly of the south line of Ledgelawn Cemetery Lot; thence
south eighty-four degrees east parallel with and thirty-three
feet distant from the south line of said Cemetery Lot, forty-
one feet to a stake; thence south twenty-seven degrees forty
five minutes west one hundred and twenty-five and three-tenths
feet to a stake driven in the ground; thence north sixty seven
degrees thirty minutes west seventy feet to the center of Kebo
Brook; thence following the center of said brook southerly one
hundred feet; thence deflecting to the left on a curve whose
radius is seventy-five feet to a point fifteen feet westerly of
the west line of land of James Walport; thence south twenty-five
degrees west three hundred and eight feet to the center of
Trout Brook; thence up the center of said Trout Brook to a point
opposite a stake driven in the ground on the east bank of said
brook and in the north line of the First Lot above described;
thence north seventy-eight degrees thirtypfive minutes west, but
always following said north line, one hundred and seven feet to
a stake; thence north two degrees thirty minutes west four
hundred feet to a stake thence north seventy-six degrees west
one hundred and three and five tenths feet to a stake in the
east side line of the lot conveyed to the Mount Desert Golf
Association; thence following said east line north twenty-one
degrees fifty minutes east, five hundred and twenty-two and four
tenths feet to a stake; thence north twenty-nine degrees five
minutes east four hundred and seventy-one feet to the place
of beginning, and containing eight and nine-tenths acres more
or less.
Excepting, however, from the land above described SO much
thereof as is included within the limits of any deed, or deeds,
heretofore duly recorded given by said George B. Dorr to the
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations; and also ex-
cepting two small parcels situated within the above boundaries
and known as the Carlson and Stewart Lots.
Also excepting and reserving to the grantor, his heirs
and assigns, the following rights, privileges and easements;
1- Any and all ways, if any, across other land of the
grantor appurtenant to land hereinabove conveyed, or any part
thereof. The grantee by acceptance of this deed does hereby
waive and release all such appurtenant ways.
2- All ways, easements and rights reserved by the
grantor in any deed heretofore duly recorded given by him to the said
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations.
3- Also reserving to the grantor, his heirs or assigns,
owners or tenants of the land adjacent to the tract or parcel
of land herein described as conveyed and as appurtenant to such
adjacent land and all parts thereof, the right and easement to
excavate for the purpose and to lay, maintain and use water
pipes beneath the surface of the ground and to repair and renew
the same. Provided, however, that no excavation for this purpose
shall be made between May fifteenth and October first in any
year, and provided that in case of such excavation the ground
shall be promptly restored by the grantor, his heirs or assigns,
to its condition as existing before the making of such excavation.
4- Also reserving to the grantor, his heirs or assigns,
owners or tenants of the land adjacent to the tract or parcel of
land herein described as conveyed and as appurtenant to such
adjacent land and all parts thereof, a right of way, for all
purposes, over a strip of land bounded and described as follows;
Beginning at a stake in the south line of the above described
lot numbered "FIRST LOT", said stake bearing north eight-three
degrees east and is five hundred and nineteen feet distant from
a stone post marking the westerly side line of Harden Road and
from thence running north eight degrees east two hundred and
twenty-six feet to the north line of said first lot. Said way
to be twenty feet wide and the above described line to be the
center line thereof.
Together with a right of way for al purposes of a way
over all parts of SO much of the strip of land twenty feet wide,
hereinafter in this paragraph described, as lies in and over
land of the grantor adjoining the land hereby conveyed, and
reserving to the grantor his heirs and assigns a right of way
for all purposes over all parts of so much of said strip of
land twenty feet wide, hereinafter in this paragraph described,
as lies in and over land hereby conveyed.
The purpose and intent is to establish said strip of
land twenty feet wide hereinafter described as a way for the use
of the grantor, his heirs and assigns, and the grantee, its
successors and assigns, and for the use of any and all persons
to whom either the grantor, his heirs or assigns, or the grantee,
its successors or assigns, shall hereafter grant rights of way.
The lot or strip of land, rights of way in which are by
this paragraph granted and reserved, is a lot or strip of land
twenty feet wide in every part the center line of which is de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at a point in a production southerly
of the westerly side line of Ledgelawn Cemetery ten feet from
the southwest corner of said Cemetery; thence deflecting to the
right on a regular curve whose radius is one hundred and fifty-
four and nine-tenths feet and whose central angle is fifty-two
degrees, one hundred and forty and five-tenths feet to the
point of tangent of said curve; thence south thirtyGone degrees
forty minutes east eighty-one feet; thence deflecting to the
left on a regular curve whose radius is one hundred and ninety-
one feet, whose central angle is thirty eight degrees fifty
minutes, one hundred and thirty-nine and five-tenths feet to the
point of tangent of said curve; thence south seventy degrees
thirty minutes east one hundred and thirty-six feet to a point
in the westerly side line of great meadow road, said point being
ten feet northerly from the northeast corner of land of Harrison
Coats.
This conveyance is made expressly subject to the follow-
ing restrictions (not conditions subsequent) to run with the
land and be binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns,
owners or tenants of the land herein described as conveyed, in
favor of the grantor, his heirs and assigns forever:
1- The land hereby conveyed is so conveyed to be held
and used for park purposes and for the purposes of playing golf
or other similar games or sports, and for such purposes only:
including the preparation, improvement and development of the
same for such purposes to the end that the same may be maintained
as an object of beauty and interest to the town's surroundings
and especially with reference to their borders upon public roads
or paths or neighboring residential land.
2- No building shall be erected or maintained upon said
land except such buildings as may be necessary to the purposes
of such sports.
3- Neither said grantee nor its successors or assigns,
shall authorize or permit the shooting or destruction of birds,
or the destruction of eggs or nests within or upon any part of
the property hereby conveyed. The said Dorr, his heirs or
assigns, shall have the right to proceed by action of trespass,
or other appropriate proceeding, in the name of the said grantee,
its suecessors or assigns, to prevent such shooting or destruct-
ion, or to enforce the legal penalty for any such act.
4- No soil shall be removed from the land hereby con-
veyed.
5- The grantor excepts and reserves to himself all trees
suitable for saw logs that may be cut upon the land by said
grantee within one year from the date of these presents, ex-
cepting, however, and not hereby reserving, any such trees that
may be required for use in making improvements upon the premises
for park and golf purposes.
6- The entire consideration paid by the town for the
property herein described as conveyed having been by the grantor
donated to be used for improving and developing the same for
park and golf purposes it is, in consideration thereof, under-
stood and agreed that the town shall so develop it as to make
it not only first class links but also an object of beauty
and interest to the town's surroundings; that all portions of
this tract which shall not prove necessary or desirable for use
in golf shall be dealt with as park land; th t if the town
shall at any time fail to make appropriation for the special
care and maintenance of the same that the grantor, his heirs
or assigns, shall be permitted and authorized to enter upon
the same and maintain it at his own expense as park land, and
that suitable regulations for its proper use as such and to
prevent abuse be established by the town.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the
privileges and appurtenances theraunto belonging, to it the said
Inhabitants of the Town of Eden, its successors and assigns
forever.
AND I do COVENANT with the said grantee, its successors
and assigns, that I will WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the premises
to it, the said grantee and its successors and assigns forever,
against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming
by, through or under me, except as above stated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I, the said George B. Dorr, have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of September in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of
A. H. Lynam
George B. Dorr
(seal)
State of Maine
Hancock SS.
Personally appeared the above named George B. Dorr and
acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed.
Before me,
(Notarial
Seal)
Albert H. Lynam
Notary Public
State of Maine
Hancock SS. Registry of Deeds
Received October 5, 1916
at 12 h 15m P. M. and recorded
in Book 530 page 189.
Attest:
Wm. 0. Emery
Register.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I, George B. Dorr,
of oden, Hancook County, Maine, in consideration of one dollar
and other valuable considerations, paid by the Inhabitants of
the Town of Eden (a municipal corporation) in the County of
Hanoock and State of Maine, the receipt whereof I do hereby
acknowledge, do hereby remise, release, bargain, sell and convey,
and forever quit-claim unto the seid Inhabitants of the Town
of Eden, its successors and assigns forever, two certain lots
or parcels of land, situated in that part of the Town of Eden,
known as Bar Harbor and bounded and described as follows, viz:
FIRST LOT- Beginning at a stake driven in the ground at
the southwest corner of a lot of land conveyed by the grantor
herein to the Mount Desert Golf Association, by deed bearing
even date herewith, said point of beginning bearing south eighty-
two degrees east and is eighty-three and five-tenths feet distant
from a stone post set in the ground marking the easterly side of
Harden Road; thence south eighty-two degrees east eight hundred
and ninety-nine and two tenths feet to a stake thence south
seventy-eight degrees thirty-five minutes east two hundred and
ten feet to a stake on the east side of Trout Brook; thence south
eight degrees west fifty feet to a stake; thence south eighty-two
degrees ten minutes west one hundred and ten feet to a maple
standing on the west bank of the brook; thence south seventy-one
degrees west three hundred and thirty feet to a stake; thenoe
south eighty-three degrees west five hundred and nineteen feet
to a stone post set in the ground and marking the northerly side line
of Harden Road; thence following the northerly side line of said
Road by the two courses and distances next following, first north
sixty-one degrees fifteen minutes west seventy-seven and four
tenths feet to a stone post set in the ground; thence north
forty-nine degrees twenty minutes west ninety-three and sixtenths
feet to a stone post set in the ground; thence north five degrees
forty-five minutes east one hundred and twenty-two feet to &
stake at the face of a ledge; thonce along the face of said ledge
by the three courses and distinces next following, north ten
degrees thirty minutes east ninety-five and five tenths feet;
thence north fifteen minutes vest forty feet; thence north fifty
four degrees fifteen minutes w-st to a stake at the place of
beginning and containing five and six-tenths acres, more or less.
SECOND LOT- Beginning at a stake driven in the ground
thirty-three feet southerly of the southeast corner of the
Morrison Farm Lot and from thence running north eighty-seven
degrees fifteen minutes east one hundred and seventy feet to
a point in the conter of Kebo Brook at 1 ta intersection with
a production southerly of the west side line of Ledgelawn Cem-
etery Lot; thenco following down the center of said Kebo Brook
easterly to a point bearing south fifty-one degrees fifty minutes
west from a stake driven in the ground on the east bank of the
brook; thence north fifty-one degrees fifty minutes east one
hundred and thirty-eight feet to a stake thirty-three feet
southerly of the south line of Ledgelawn Cometery Lot; thence
south eighty=four degrees east parallel with and thirty-three
feet distant from the south line of said Cemetery Lot, forty-
one feet to a stake; thence south twenty-seven degrees forty
five minutes west one hundred and twenty-five and three-tenths
feet to a stake driven in the ground; thance north sixty seven
degrees thirty minutes west seventy feet to the center of Kebo
Brook; thonce following the center of said brook southerly one
hundred feet; thenoe deflecting to the loft on n curve whose
radius is seventy-five feet to a point fifteen feet westerly of
the west line of land of James Walport; thence south twenty-five
degreen west three hundred and eight feet to the center of
Trout Brook; thence up the o nter of said Trout Brook to a point
opposite a stake driven in the ground on the east bank of said
brook and in the north line of the First Lot above described;
thence north seventy-eight degrees thirtywfive minutes west, but
always following said north line, one hundred and seven feet to
a stake; thenoe north two degrees thirty minutes west four
hundred feet to a stake thence north seventy-six degrees west
one hundred and three and five tenths feet to a stake in the
east side line of the lot conveyed to the Mount Desert Golf
Association; thence following said east line north twenty-one
degrees fifty minutes east, five hundred and twenty-two and four
tenths feet to a stake; thence north twenty-nine degreen five
minutes east four hundred and seventy-one feet to the place
of beginning, and containing eight and nine-tenths acres more
or less.
Excepting, however, from the land above described so much
thereof as is included within the limits of any deed, or deeds,
heretefore duly recorded given by said George B. Dorr to the
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations; and also ex-
copting two small parcels situated within the above boundaries
and known as the Carlson and Stewart Lots.
Also excepting and reserving to the grantor, his heira
and assigns, the following rights, privileges and easements
1- Any and all ways, if any, across other land of the
granter appurtenant to land hereinabove conveyed, or any part
thereof. The grantee by acceptance of this deed does hereby
vaive and release all such appurtenant ways.
2- All ways, easements and rights reserved by the
grantor in any deed heretofore duly recorded given by him to the
Hancook County Trustees of Public Reservations.
3 Also reserving to the grantor, his heirs or assigns,
owners or tenants of the land adjacent to the tract or paroel
of land herein described as conveyed and as appurtenant to such
adjacent land and all parts thereof, the right and easement to
excavate for the purpose and to lay, maintain and use water
pipes beneath the surface of the ground and to repair and renew
the same. Provided, however, that no exoavation for this purpose
shall be made between May fifteenth and October first in any
year, and provided that in case of such excavation the ground
shall be promptly restored by the grantor, his heirs or assigns,
to its condition as existing before the making of such excavation.
4⑉ Also reserving to the grantor, his heirs or assigns,
owners or tenants of the land adjacent to the tract 01 parcel of
land herein described as conveyed and as appurtenant to such
adjacent land and all parts thereof, a right of way, for all
purposes, over a strip of land bounded and described as follows;
Beginning at a stake in the south line of the above described
lot numbered "FIRST LOT", said stake bearing north eight-three
degrees eaut and is five hundred and nineteen feet distant from
a stone poat marking the westerly side line of Harden Road and
from thence running north eight degrees east two hundred and
twenty-six feet to the north line of said first lot. Said way
to be twonty feet wide and the above described line to be the
center line thereof.
Together with a right of way for all purposes of a way
over all parts of so much of the strip of land twenty foot wide,
hereinafter in this paragraph described, as lies in and over
land of the grantor adjoining the land hereby conveyed, and
reserving to the grantor his heirs and assigns a right of way
for all purposes over all parts of so much of said strip of
land twenty feet wide, hereinafter in this paragraph described,
as lies in and over land hereby conveyed.
The purpose and intent is to establish said strip of
land twenty feet wide hereinafter described as a way for the use
of the grantor, his heirs and assigns, and the grantee, its
successors and assigns, and for the use of any and all persons
to whom either the grantor, his heirs or assigns, or the grantee,
its successors or assigns, shall hereafter grant rights of way.
The lot or strip of land, rights of way in which are by
this paragraph granted and reserved, is a lot or strip of land
twenty feet wide in every part the center line of which is de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at a point in a production southerly
of the westerly side line of Ledgelawn Cemetery ten feet from
the southwest corner of said Cemetery; thence deflefting to the
right on a regular curve whose radius is one hundred and fifty-
four and nine-tenths feet and whose central angle is fifty-two
degrees, one hundred and forty and five-tenths feet to the
point of tangent of said curve; thence south thirty-one degrees
forty minutes east eighty-one feet; thence deflecting to the
left on a regular curve whose radius is one hundred and ninety-
one feet, whose central angle 18 thirty eight degrees fifty
minutes, one hundred and thirty-nine and five-tenths feet to the
point of tangent of said curve; thence mouth seventh degrees
thirty minutes east one hundred and thirty-six feet to a point
in the westerly side line of great meadow road, said point being
ten feet northerly from the northeast corner of land of Harrison
Coats.
This conveyance is made expressly subject to the follow-
ing restrictions (not conditions subsequent) to run with the
land and be binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns,
owners or tenants of the land herein described 88 conveyed, in
favor of the grantor, his heirs and assigns forever:
1- The land hereby conveyed is so conveyed to be held
and used for park purposes and for the purposes of playing golf
or other similar games or sports, and for such purposes only:
including the preparation, improvement and development of the
same for such purposes to the end that the same may be maintained
as an object of beauty and interest to the town's surroundings
and especially with reference to their borders upon public rouds
or paths or neighboring residential land.
2- No building shall be erected or maintained upon said
land except such buildings as may be necessary to the purposes
of such sports.
3- Neither said grantee nor its successors or assigns,
shall authorize or permit the shooting or destruction of birds,
or the destruction of eggs or nests within or upon any part of
the property hereby convayed. The said Dor:, his heirs or
assigns, shall have the right to proceed by action of trespass,
or other appropriate proceeding, in the name of the said grantee,
its successors or assigns, to prevent such shooting or destruct-
ion, or to enforce the legal penalty for any such act.
4- No soil shall be removed from the land hereby con-
veyed.
5- The grantor excepts and reserves to himself all trees
suitable for saw logs that may be cut upon the land by said
grantee within one year from the date of these presents, ex-
cepting, however, and not hereby reserving, any such trees that
may be required for use in making improvements upon the premises
for park and golf purposes.
B- The entire consideration paid by the town for the
property herein described as conveyed having been by the grantor
donated to be used for improving and developing the same for
park and golf purposes it is, in consideration thereof, under-
stood and agreed that the town shall so develop it as to make
it not only first class links but also an object of beauty
and interest to the town's surround ings; that all portions of
this tract which shall not prove necessary or desirable for use
in golf shall be dealt with as park land; that if the town
shall at any time fail to make appropriation for the special
care and maintenance of the same that the grantor, his heirs
or assigns, shall be permitted and authorized to enter upon
the same and maintain it at his own expense as park land, and
that suitable regulations for its proper use as such and to
prevent abuse be established by the town.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the
privileges and appurtenances theraunto belonging, to it the said
Inhabitants of the Town of Iden, its successors and assigns
forever.
AND I do GOVENANT with the said grantee, itu successors
and assigns, that I will WARNANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the premises
to it, the said grantee and its successors and assigns forever,
against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming
by, through or under me, except as above stated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I, the said George B. Dorr, have
hareunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of September in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
signed, Sealed and Delivered
in Presence of
H. Lynem
George B. Dorr
(seall
State of Maine
Hancock SS.
Personally appeared the above named George R. Dorr and
acknowledged the above instrument to be his free not and deed.
Before me,
(Notarial
Seal)
Albert H. Lynam
Notary Public
State of Maine
Hancock ss. Registry of Deeds
Received October 5, 1916
at 12 h 15m P. M. and recorded
in Book 530 page 189.
Attest:
wm. 0. Emery
Register.