Northumberland and Campobello Act, 1803
Statutes of New Brunswick. 43 George III, Chapter 4
(Passed March 16, 1803)


 
 
 
Anno Regni, GEORGII III Regis, Quadragesimo
Tertio.
AT the General Assembly of the Province of New-Brunswick, begun and hol-
den at Fredericton, on the Ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand Eight hundred and Three, and in the Forty-third year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of  God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so
forth ; being the first Session of the fourth Assembly convened in the said Pro-
vince.
CAP. IV.

An Act in addition to an Act, intituled, " An Act for the better ascertaining and
    confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and
    for subdividing them into Towns and [sic: should be or] Parishes."

Passed 16th March, 1803.
I. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That a
direct line from the northwest corner of the County of Westmorland, until 
it meets the southwest branch of Miramichi river, where the Portage leading
from the River Nashwaack now joins the same, thence by a line running north
twenty-two degrees thirty minutes west by the true meridian, from the junction
of the said Portage, with the said southwest branch of the Miramichi as afore-
said, to the southern boundary of the Province of Lower Canada, shall be deemed
the boundary line of the County of Northumberland, and the dividing line be-
tween that and the adjoining Counties.

    II. And be it further enacted, That the Island of Campo-Bello with its appur-
tenances in the County of Charlotte, be constituted a distinct Town and Parish,
by the name of the Town and Parish of Campo-Bello : any Law or Ordinance
to the contrary notwithstanding.

Transcriber's Remarks

The short title was not part of the original. It was added by the transcriber. Berton's marginal notes and footnotes have been omitted.

Transcribed by Craig Walsh.
September 2001.

Disclaimer: I have provided this transcription for its historical interest. It should not be considered an official or legal copy of the act.

Source
New Brunswick. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick from the Twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Third to the Sixth Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth. Edited by George F. S. Berton. Printed by John Simpson, Queen's Printer, Fredericton. 1838. p. 146.
Return to Parish Boundary Legislation in Charlotte County.

This page was prepared by Craig Walsh.
First posted 3 September 2001.