Saint James Parish Act, 1823
Statutes of New Brunswick. 4 George IV, Chapter 11
(Passed March 27, 1823)



 
 
 


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.


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. 304.

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This page was prepared by Craig Walsh.
First posted 30 September 2001.