ACADEMIES, 43 LOTTERY, 302,313, 475, 481, 527 MEADOWS, 160, 382, 493 AQUEDUCTS, 65, 145, 316, 590 MILITIA, ARMS, ASSEMBLY,. ATTAINTED PERSONS, 46, 642 56, 336 335 MILITARY STORES, 54, 335 33 NAVIGATION, 141, 313, 481 47 ONONDAGA COMMIS. 355, 504 PARDON, ATTORNEY GEN. 347, 504, 588 AUCTIONEERS, 228, 474 PARTITION, PAUPERS, BANKS, 404, 655 624 51, 479 636 326, 347 PHYSIC & SURGERY, 334, 639 141 POT AND PEARL ASHES, 4.8 BRIDGES, 73, 113 257, 312, 510 CHANCELLOR, 27, 181, 457 | PORTS, COMPTROLLER, 25, 242, 313 627 189, 389, 649 18, 172, 224, 425 | PRIVATE ACTS, CONGRESS, 32, 468 CONSTITUTION u. s. amend. 466 HILLSDALE DISPUTES, 375 TOWN MEETINGS, 204, 359, 434 HORSE RACING, 52 | TREASURER, 171, 324, 469, 614 HUDSON'S RIVER, 313, 481 TREATIES, JURY DISTRICTS, 159, 464 163, 360, 398, 503 TURNPIKE INSPECTORS, 278 INDIANS, LANDS, LAND OFFICE, LAWS, 158 TIMBER, 158 399 59, 618 640 LAW S OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, PASSED AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLature, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF ALBANY, JANUARY, 26th, 1802. Counties and Towns. CHA P. XVI. CONTENTS. 1. Boundaries of the County of St. Lawrence. 7. Courts of Common Pleas and Sessions. 14. Clinton County, part of Macomb's purchase annexed to: 15. District Attorney. 13. Massena, a certain tract of land annexed to the town of 6, 10. Rights of the Inhabitants. 12. St. Lawrence, a part of the Western District. 2. Town of Oswegatchie erected. 3. Lisbon-4: Madrid-5. Massena. 16. Votes of this county to be returned to the Clerk of Oneida. An ACT to erect Part of this State into a County, by the Name of the County of St. Lawrence. Passed March 3d, 1802. E it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represent- I ed in Senate and Assembly, That all that tract of land, beginning in the line in the river St. Lawrence which divides the United States from the dominions of the king of Great-Britain, where the same is intersected by a continuation of the division line of great lots number three and four of Macomb's purchase; thence running southeasterly along the said line until it comes opposite to the westerly corner of the township of Cambray; then in a straight line to the said corner of Cambray; then along the rear lines of the said township of Cambray and the townships of D'Kalb, Canton, Potsdam and Stockholm, distinguished on a B 2 3 map of the said township and filed in the secretary's office, by the surveyor-general; then by a line to be continued in a direct course from the line of the said township of Stockholm until the same intersects the division line of the great lots number one and two in Macomb's purchase; thence northerly along the same to the lands reserved by the St. Regis Indians; then westerly along the bounds thereof; to the dothinions of the king of Great Britain; thente along the same to the place of beginning, shall be and hereby is erected into a separate county, and shall be called and known by the name of St. Lawrence. II. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the said county lying westward of the boundary lines of the townships of Lisbon and Canton, as distinguished on the map aforesaid, shall be and hereby is erected into a town by the name of Oswegatchie; and the first town meeting in the said town shall be held at the house of Nathan Ford; and the said townships of Lisbon and Canton shall continue and remain one town by the name of Lisbon: And that all that part of the said county, known and distinguished on the map aforesaid, by the townships of Madrid and Potsdam, shall be and hereby is erected into a town by the name of Madrid; and the first town meeting in the said town shall be held at the house of 5 Joseph Edsell: And that all the remaining part of the said county shall be and hereby is erected into a town by the name of Massena ; and that the first town meeting in the said town shall be held at the house of Amos Lay. 6 7 8 III. And be it further enacted, That the freeholders and inhabitants of the several towns erected or continued by this act, shall be and hereby are empowered to hold town meetings, and elect such town officers as the freeholders and inhabitants of any town in this state may do by law; and that the freeholders and inhabitants of the said several towns, and the town officers to be by them elected respectively, shall have the like powers and privileges as the freeholders, inhabitants and town officers of any other town in this state. IV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be held in and for the said county of St. Lawrence, a court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, and that there shall be two terms of the same courts in every year, to commence and end as follows, that is to say: The first term of the said court shall begin on the first Tuesday of June in every year, and may continue to be held until the Saturday following, inclusive: and the second term of the said court shall begin on the second Tuesday of November in every year, and may continue to be held until the Saturday following, inclusive; And the said courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace shall have the same jurisdiction, powers and authorities in the same county, as the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace in the other counties of this state have in their respective counties; Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be contrued to affect any suit or action already commenced, or that "be commenced before the first Tuesday in June next, so as |
