Erection of the Parish of Dorchester, with the bounds.
And Parish of Salisbury, with the bounds.
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I. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That all that tract of Land, in the County of Westmorland, beginning, fifteen chains east, of a Creek, about two miles south, of Memramcock river, thence northerly on the western line of the Town of Sackville to Chediac harbour, including the Island, thence west on the north line of said County, as far as the east line of the Town of Monkton, thence down said line and the other river Petcudiac, to the first mentioned bounds, be one District, Town and Parish, distinguished by the name of The Town and Parish of Dorchester. That all that tract of Land to the west of the Town of Hillsborough and Monkton, extending the width of the same County, as far as the Portage, between Petcudiac and Salmon brook, be one Town and Parish, distinguished and known by The Town and Parish of Salisbury.
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b Dividing line between the Counties of Westmorland, King's and Queen's.
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II. And be it further enacted, That a line due south from the north end of the said Portage to the northern boundary of the County of St. John, and from the said north end of the said Portage, due north to the southern boundary of the County of Northumberland, be the dividing line, between the County of Westmorland and the Counties of King's and Queen's, any Law or Ordinance to the contrary, notwithstanding.
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