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Passed 26th April 1850.
'WHEREAS His Most Gracious Majesty King George
the Third, by the
'Royal Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of this Province, bearing
'date the eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven
'hundred and eighty five (*), was pleased to erect
and divide this Province of New
'Brunswick into eight Counties, known and distinguished by the following
names:
'The City and County of Saint John, Westmorland, Charlotte, Northumberland,
'King's County, Queen's County, York, and Sunbury ; which said several
Coun-
'ties are fully defined and described by their several boundaries in
the said.
'Letters Patent, as by reference thereto will more fully appear : And
Whereas
' the Counties of Northumberland, York and Westmorland have by several
Acts
'of the General Assembly of this Province been divided, and six new
Counties.
'erected, to wit, the County of Northumberland into the Counties of
Northumber-
'land, Kent, Gloucester and Restigouche ; the County of York into the
Counties
'of York, Carleton and Victoria ; and the County of Westmorland into
the
'Counties of Westmorland and Albert : And Whereas the descriptions
of the
'said Counties, and their subdivision into Towns and Parishes, are
in some
'instances obscure, and difficult to be understood, and it is deemed
expedient to
'consolidate all the Laws now in force relating thereto, and more clearly
to define
'and specify the boundaries of the said Counties, and the Towns and
Parishes
'into which they have been subdivided;'
I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor,
Legislative Council and
Assembly, That the Province of New Brunswick shall be divided into
the several
Counties hereinafter named, and the said several Counties shall be
bounded and
limited as follows, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: --
The said County of Charlotte, bounded south by the
Bay of Fundy, west by
the River Saint Croix and the western shore of the Bay of Passamaquoddy,
east
by the line running true north thirty miles from Point Lepreau, as
surveyed by
Deputies Wilkinson and Mahood in the years of our Lord one thousand
eight
hundred and thirty eight and one thousand eight hundred and forty five
; and
north by the line running true west from the termination of the last
mentioned
line, as surveyed by Deputy Mahood in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight
hundred and forty five, including all the Islands adjacent thereto,
and the Island
of Grand Manan and the Islands adjacent to it.
[Other counties omitted.]
II. And be it enacted, That the said several Counties
shall be divided into the
several Towns and Parishes hereinafter named, and the several Parishes
and
Towns within the said Counties shall be bounded and limited as follows,
any Law
to the contrary notwithstanding :--
In the County of Charlotte :
The Parish of Saint Stephen, south by the River Saint
Croix, east by the east
line of the Grant to Nehemiah Marks and others and the rear line of
Lots fronting
on River Saint Croix above Oak Point, north by the north line of Lot
number
fifty three, (P. Christie,) and its prolongations, and the north line
of Lot number
sixteen, (Angus Rankin,) and its westerly prolongation, westerly by
west line of
Lot number sixty, (R. M. Todd,) and its prolongations.
Saint David, west by Saint Stephen and the west limits
of the grant to Henry
Goldsmith and others, north by the north limits of the above mentioned
Grant,
east by the east line of the said Grant and the rear of Lots fronting
on the east
side of Oak Bay, and its northerly prolongation, south by a part of
the south line
of the Cape Ann Association Grant, Oak Bay, and the rear of Lots fronting
on
the River Saint Croix above Oak Point, including all the Islands in
Oak Bay.
Saint James, south by Saint Stephen and Saint David,
east by the northerly
prolongation of the east line of Saint David, north by the County Line,
and west
by the River Saint Croix.
Saint Andrews, north by Saint David, west by Saint
David and the River Saint
Croix, south by Passamaquoddy Bay, and east by a direct line from the
south
east angle of the Grant to Henry Goldsmith and others to the south
west angle
of Lot number twenty granted to F. Welch, including Chamcook and Saint
Andrews Islands.
Saint Patrick, west by Saint David, Saint James and
Saint Andrews, east by
the west line of the Grant to Philip Bailley and others and its northerly
prolonga-
tion, north by the County Line, and south by Passamaquoddy Bay, including
all
the Islands west of the prolongation of the east line within two miles
of the shore.
Saint George, westerly by Saint Patrick and the Bay
of Passamaquoddy, north
by the County line, east by the rear line of Lot number three, granted
to Wil-
liam Payne, and its prolongation northerly to the County Line, and
southerly to
L'Etang River, south by L'Etang River and the Bay of Fundy, including
all the
Islands within two miles of the shore.
Pennfield, westerly by Saint George and L'Etang River,
north and east by the
County Line, and south by the Bay of Fundy, including the "Wolves"
Islands
and all other Islands within two miles of the shore.
Campo Bello, being the Island so named, and its appurtenances.
West Isles, to consist of Deer Island and the lesser
Islands contiguous to it,
not included in the Parishes before mentioned.
Grand Manan, being the Island so named and its appurtenances.
[Other counties omitted.]
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