We the undersigned petitioners, desirous for the wellfare and public good of the city of and the surrounding country, would humbly pray that your honorable body will either grant to , who now has mills in operation, to be legally constituted a Successor to Joseph Smith in bulding a Dam in the , or to grant him power to continue his dam, already erected, so far into the Stream, not interfering with said grant, as the navigation of said , as shall enable him to propel Michinery for factories and other purposes and Dec 12 1844 as in duty bound we will ever pray.

Dec 12 1844.