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Anno Regni, GEORGII IV Britanniarum Regis,
Quarto.
AT the General Assembly of the Province
of New Brunswick, begun and holden
at Fredericton, on the fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord
one thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty-three, in the fourth Year of the Reign
of our
Sovereign Lord George the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United
King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
&c. &c.
being the third Session of the Eighth General Assembly, convened in
the said
Province. |
CAP. XI.
An Act for erecting a part of the Parish of Saint Stephen and the Country
ad-
jacent, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate and distinct Town
or Parish.
Passed the 27th of March, 1823.
" WHEREAS great inconvenience to many of the
Inhabitants of the Pa-
" rish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte, is found to ex-
" ist, in consequence of the extended bounds and increased population
of the
" said Parish ; "
I. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council
and Assembly, That
all that part of the Parish of Saint Stephen, and tract of country
in the County
of Charlotte, comprised within the bounds hereafter described, to wit
: com-
mencing at a certain point or angle upon the north western side line
of Saint
David's Parish, where a prolongation of the northern side line of Lot
number
sixteen, in the second or northern division of the re-grant to Peter
McDiarmid
and others, would intersect the said line of said Parish, thence following
the
north and westerly bounds of said Parish, to the north eastern corner
of the
same, thence northerly by a prolongation of the eastern side line of
said Parish
to the County line, thence westerly upon the said County line, to the
River
Saint Croix, thence following down the course of said River to where
a prolon-
gation of the north western line of the grant to Donald Grant and others,
would
intersect, thence north easterly upon said line, to said grant to Donald
Grant
and others, thence upon the line of said grant and a continuation of
the line
and course of the third division of the re-grant to Peter McDiarmid
and others,
to the eastern bounds of said division, thence northerly upon the line
of Gore
Lot, number one hundred and eighteen, until it intersects the street
dividing
the southern and northern division of said grant, thence westerly upon
the said
street, to the third street in the second or northern division, thence
northerly
along said street, until intersected by a prolongation of the northern
line of Lot
number sixteen in said division, thence easterly by a prolongation
of the same
line, to the Parish of Saint David, or first mentioned bounds, be,
and the same
is hereby erected into a separate and distinct Town or Parish, known
and dis-
tinguished by the name of the Town or Parish of Saint James.
II. Be it further enacted, That the Justices of the
Peace for the said County,
shall and may have power to appoint annually, from time to time, officers
for the
said Town or Parish of Saint James, in the same manner as for other
Towns or
Parishes within the said County, and also that the said Justices may
at a Spe-
cial Sessions for that purpose to be holden, have power and authority
to appoint
such officers for the present years, which officers shall be sworn
to the faithful
discharge of their duties respectively, and be liable to the like penalty
for not
accepting of their respective offices or neglecting or refusing to
perform the
duties of their several offices, as any other Town or Parish officers
within the
said County.
III. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall in
no way prevent or interfere
with the recovery of any Parish or County assessment which may have
hereto-
fore been made by the General Sessions of the Peace for the said County. |