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CAP. VI.

An ACT for erecting a part of the Parish of Wakefield in the County of York, into a seaparate and distinct Town or Parish.

Passed 8th March, 1830.

Preamble.

WHEREAS the boundaries of the Parish of Wakefield, from its great extent, and by being on both sides of the river Saint John, have been found inconvenient: And whereas it is expedient to erect a separate Parish within the same:

Parish of Brighton erected.

I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That all that part of the said Parish of Wakefield that lies east of the channel of the river Saint John, be erected into a new Town or Parish, to be called and known by the name of the Town or Parish of Brighton.

Parish officers annually to be appointed.

II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace for the said County, shall at their first General Sessions in each and every year, appoint Parish Officers for the said new Town or Parish of Brighton, in like manner as for the other Towns or Parishes in the said County, and until the next January Sessions, the Officers lately appointed, for the said Town or Parish of Wakefield, shall continue to perform the duties of their several offices in and throughout both of the said Parishes, as if this Act had not been made.

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C. 6. Anno X. & XI. Geo. IV. A. D. 1830.

Index

Preamble.		WHEREAS the boundaries of the Parish of Wakefield, from its great extent, and by being on both sides of the river Saint John, have been found inconvenient: And whereas it is expedient to erect a separate Parish within the same:
Parish of Brighton erected.		I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That all that part of the said Parish of Wakefield that lies east of the channel of the river Saint John, be erected into a new Town or Parish, to be called and known by the name of the Town or Parish of Brighton.
Parish officers annually to be appointed.		II. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace for the said County, shall at their first General Sessions in each and every year, appoint Parish Officers for the said new Town or Parish of Brighton, in like manner as for the other Towns or Parishes in the said County, and until the next January Sessions, the Officers lately appointed, for the said Town or Parish of Wakefield, shall continue to perform the duties of their several offices in and throughout both of the said Parishes, as if this Act had not been made.