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CAP. XIII.

An ACT to erect the North Eastern part of the County of Westmorland into a distinct Town or Parish, and also to authorise the appointment of Parish Officers at the November General Sessions in each year.

Passed 19th March, 1827.

Part of the Parishes of Sackville and Dorchester in the County of Westmorland erected into a distinct Town or Parish

to be called Shediac.

I. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That from and after the Fifteenth day of November next, all that tract of Land at present situate in the Parishes of Sackville and Dorchester, in the county of Westmorland, and bounded and described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at a point on the Sea Shore at the extremity of the boundary line between the said County of Westmorland and the County of Northumberland, thence Westerly following the said boundary line until it meets a line drawn twenty degrees West, from the Northwestern corner of a lot granted to Collon Connor, which lot is situate on the Portage leading from Shediac to Peticodiac River, and running from the said County line along the line last mentioned, to the said Northwestern corner of Collon Connor's lot, thence following the Western bound of the said lot, and the extension thereof, until it meets a line, drawn due East from the mouth of Fox Creek, thence following the said east line until it reaches the side line of the Parish of Botsford, thence following the said side line to the Sea Shore, and thence following the Sea Shore to the place of beginning, comprehending and including Shediac Island, be a distinct Town or Parish, distinguished by the name of the Town or Parish of Shediac.

Parish Officers to be appointed on the 3d Tuesday in November.

Part of 2st Sec. 26 G 3, C. 28, repealed.

II. And whereas the appointment of Town or Parish Officers in the said County of Westmorland has for several years past been made by the Justices at the General Sessions of the Peace, holden in and for the said County, on the third Tuesday in November, instead of the first General Session in the year, as directed by an Act made and passed in the twenty sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled "An Act for the appointment of Town or Parish Officers in the several Counties in this Province:" And whereas such alteration has been found convenient and advantageous; Be it therefore further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace of the said County shall, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, annually, at the said General Sessions of the Peace, holden on the thrid Tuesday in November, to appoint such Town or Parish Officers as are directed in and by the said recited Act; and that so much of the said recited Act as directs the appointment to be made at the first General Sessions annually, so far as regards the said County of Westmorland, shall, and the same is hereby declared to be repealed.

Appointment of Officers, and acts done by them in discharge of their duty confirmed.
Officers to continue in office till others are appointed.

III. And be it further enacted, That all appointments which have been so made at the said November General sessions in any year, shall, and they are hereby declared to be good, valid and effectual, and all Acts done by such Parish Officers in the due exercise of their respective offices, shall be, and they are hereby declared as valid and lawful, as if such Officers had been appointed at the first General Sessions in the year, and the Officers appointed at the last November Sessions shall continue and remain in the discharge of their several Offices until others are appointed in their stead in November next.

IV. [Obsolete.]

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C. 13. Anno VIII. Geo. IV. A. D. 1827.

Index

Part of the Parishes of Sackville and Dorchester in the County of Westmorland erected into a distinct Town or Parish to be called Shediac.		I. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That from and after the Fifteenth day of November next, all that tract of Land at present situate in the Parishes of Sackville and Dorchester, in the county of Westmorland, and bounded and described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at a point on the Sea Shore at the extremity of the boundary line between the said County of Westmorland and the County of Northumberland, thence Westerly following the said boundary line until it meets a line drawn twenty degrees West, from the Northwestern corner of a lot granted to Collon Connor, which lot is situate on the Portage leading from Shediac to Peticodiac River, and running from the said County line along the line last mentioned, to the said Northwestern corner of Collon Connor's lot, thence following the Western bound of the said lot, and the extension thereof, until it meets a line, drawn due East from the mouth of Fox Creek, thence following the said east line until it reaches the side line of the Parish of Botsford, thence following the said side line to the Sea Shore, and thence following the Sea Shore to the place of beginning, comprehending and including Shediac Island, be a distinct Town or Parish, distinguished by the name of the Town or Parish of Shediac.
Parish Officers to be appointed on the 3d Tuesday in November. Part of 2st Sec. 26 G 3, C. 28, repealed.		II. And whereas the appointment of Town or Parish Officers in the said County of Westmorland has for several years past been made by the Justices at the General Sessions of the Peace, holden in and for the said County, on the third Tuesday in November, instead of the first General Session in the year, as directed by an Act made and passed in the twenty sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled "An Act for the appointment of Town or Parish Officers in the several Counties in this Province:" And whereas such alteration has been found convenient and advantageous; Be it therefore further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace of the said County shall, and they are hereby authorised and empowered, annually, at the said General Sessions of the Peace, holden on the thrid Tuesday in November, to appoint such Town or Parish Officers as are directed in and by the said recited Act; and that so much of the said recited Act as directs the appointment to be made at the first General Sessions annually, so far as regards the said County of Westmorland, shall, and the same is hereby declared to be repealed.
Appointment of Officers, and acts done by them in discharge of their duty confirmed. Officers to continue in office till others are appointed.		III. And be it further enacted, That all appointments which have been so made at the said November General sessions in any year, shall, and they are hereby declared to be good, valid and effectual, and all Acts done by such Parish Officers in the due exercise of their respective offices, shall be, and they are hereby declared as valid and lawful, as if such Officers had been appointed at the first General Sessions in the year, and the Officers appointed at the last November Sessions shall continue and remain in the discharge of their several Offices until others are appointed in their stead in November next.
		IV. [Obsolete.]