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"It iE therefore ordered by the Board that the said City of Shieldsborough be and is hereby declared from and after this date the permanent Seat of Justice of said County.
■it is further ordered that an order entered by this Board on the 19th day of March A.D. 1867 declaring Gainesville the County Seat of said County of Hancock be and the same is hereby cancelled and annulled.
"Ordered that the House known as the 'Old Custom House' in the City of Shieldsborough be and is from and after this date hereby declared the Courthouse of Hancock County.
"Ordered that David Maye Sheriff be and he is hereby allowed the sum of Forty Dollars for furnishing a guard and boarding up the Jail and Courthouse ..."
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