1. All that part of the Parish of Saint Patrick, in the
County of Charlotte, situate on the northern side of a line
commencing at the northeastern corner of the Parish of Saint
Andrews, and thence running in a direct line easterly to and
along the southern boundary lines of the Grants to James 
M'Farlane and John Gilman to the Digdeguash River, thence
down stream along the same to the lower line of the Lot
granted to John Campbell, thence along the same easterly to
the rear thereof, thence northerly along the rear of said last
mentioned Lot, to meet the westerly prolongation of the line
dividing the Lots then and eleven, in the Clarence Hill, and 
thence easterly along the said line, dividing the Lots number
ten and eleven, to the westerly line of the Parish of Saint
George, shall be and the same is hereby erected into a separate
Town or Parish, to be known by the name of the Town or 
Parish of Dumbarton.

    2. The said Town or Parish shall have the same privileges,
and be subject to the same laws and regulations, as extend
to or govern the other Parishes in the County.

    3. This Act shall not come into operation or be in force
until the first day of September next, and it shall not interfere
with or prevent the recovery of any assessment which may
have been previously made or ordered, or with any fines,
penalties, or moneys which may have accrued to or become
due, or with the discharge of the duties of any officer who may
have been appointed for the year then running ; but every such
officer shall discharge his duty until the end of the year, in the
same manner as if the Parish of Saint Patrick had not been
divided.