I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That instead of the present division of the four Wards of the said City on the Eastern side of the Harbour, the same Wards be hereafter divided by lines drawn from the Harbour to the rear of the said City as follows, to wit, through the centre of King street, Duke street, and Saint James and Stormont street, and that all that part of the said City lying to the Northward of King street, be forever hereafter called and known by the name of
King's Ward; that all that part of the said City between King street and Duke street, be forever hereafter called and known by the name of
Queen's Ward; that all that part of the said City lying between Duke street, and Saint James and Stormont street, be forever hereafter called and known by the name of
Duke's Ward; and that the residue thereof lying to the Southward of Saint James and Stormont street, be forever hereafter called and known by the name of
Sidney Ward: And that the Elections for the Aldermen, Assistants and Constables of the same Wards be held annually within the same Wards, as in and by this Act divided and bounded, in the same manner and at the same times, and under and subject to the same regulations and restrictions as are provided by the said Charter.