river, in the second west range; thence down along the center of TITLE 5. said river to the center of Black river; thence up along the same to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of New Bremen.]1 [15. All that part of the town of West Turin, in the county of Montague. Lewis, in the State of New York, described as follows: Township number three, Boylston purchase, being the northwestern township of land in said town of West Turin, is hereby erected into a separate town, to be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of Montague.]2 Market. [16. All that part of the town of West Turin, in the county of High Lewis, included in the following description, to wit: Commencing at the most northerly corner of township No. 9; thence easterly along the line of said township to the northeast corner of said township No. 9; thence southerly along the line of said township to the inost southwesterly corner of the town of Turin; thence southeasterly along the line of said town of Turin to the most northerly corner of lot No. 67, in township No. 4, town of West Turin; thence along the original line between townships Nos. 3. and 4 to the line of township No. 2; thence easterly along the said line to the most northerly corner of lot No. 8, township No. 2; thence southerly to the most southeasterly corner of lot No. 63, township No. 2; thence westerly along the original line of lots to the town of Osceola; thence northerly along the line of said town. to the northeasterly corner of township No. 13; thence westerly along the line of township No. 13 to the southwesterly corner of township No. 9; thence north along the line of said township to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a separate town, to be known and distinguished by the name of High Market; all the remaining part of the town of West Turin shall be and remain a West Turin separate town by the name of West Turin.] [§ 1 of an act of see, howboard of supervisors, passed Nov. 11, 1852; see Laws, 1853, ch. 655.] 17, also). [This act shall take effect on the first day of December, 1852.] [6 of same act and ch.] [as altered,. ever, sub.. [17. All that part of the towns of Leyden and West Turin, in Lewis. the county of Lewis, included in the following description, to wit: Beginning at the most southerly corner of great lot No. 126, in Inman's triangle (said corner being a point in the line between the counties of Lewis and Oneida); runs thence southwesterly along said line to the southeast corner of township No. 1, in West Turin; thence westerly along the south line of said township No. 1 to the southeast corner of township No. 13, Osceola ; thence along the east line of said township No. 13 to the most northerly corner of lot No. 71, in township No. 2, in West Turin; thence southeasterly along the original line of lots to the line between said township No. 2 and Inman's triangle; thence northeasterly along said line to the most westerly corner of lot No. 131 or 4, in Inman's triangle; thence southeasterly along the original line of lots to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a separate town, to be known and distinguished by the name of Lewis; all the remaining Remaining: Laws 1848, ch. 160.. Erected by the board of supervisors, November 14, 1850. See Laws of 1851, ch. 549. TITLE 5 parts of the towns of Leyden and West Turin shall be and remain separate towns by the names of Leyden and West Turin.] [§ 1 of West Turin an act of board of supervisors, passed Nov. 11, 1852; see Laws 1853, Leyden and ch. 656.] parts of Leyden and remain West Turin [This act shall take effect on the first day of December, 1852.] [$5 of same act and ch.] JEFFERSON, Adams. Alexandria [Theresa $34. [Sec. 33.] The county of JEFFERSON shall be divided into the towns of Adams, Alexandria, Antwerp, Brownville, Champion, Ellisburgh, Henderson, Hounsfield, Le Ray, Lorraine, Lyme, Orleans, Pamelia, Philadelphia, Rodman, Rutland, Watertown, Wilna, [Clayton, Theresa, Worth and Cape Vincent ;] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Adams shall contain all that part of said county known and distinguished as township number seven in Macomb's purchase, and called Aleppo on the surveyor-general's map. 2. The town of Alexandria shall contain all that part of said taken off county beginning at the northeast corner of Penet's square, so see sub. 201. called, and running thence along the north line thereof west four miles to the east line of lot number six; then north to the bounds. of the county; then northeasterly and southeasterly along said bounds to Antwerp; then along the northwesterly bounds of Antwerp to the most westerly corner thereof; then along the southwesterly bounds of said town to the easterly corner of lot number one hundred and sixty-three; then southwesterly to the most southerly corner of lot number two hundred and twenty-three in the bounds of Le Ray; then along the bounds of Le Ray northwesterly to Penet's square; and then along the east bounds of Penet's square to the place of beginning. Antwerp. Brownville. 3. The town of Antwerp shall contain all that part of said county bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning in the bounds of the county at the most easterly corner of lot number one hundred and forty-eight of the subdivision of great lot number four of Macomb's purchase, and running thence southwesterly on the line between said lot number one hundred and forty-eight and lot number one hundred and forty-nine, and the same course continued to the most easterly corner of lot number one hundred and thirty-four; then easterly on the line between lot number one hundred and sixty-two and one hundred and sixty-three, and the same course continued to the bounds of the county; and then northerly and westerly along the same to the place of beginning. 4. The town of Brownville shall contain all that part of said county beginning at the north bank of Black river, six chains fifteen links, south thirteen degrees west from the corner formed by the intersection of the lines of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth north range and thirty-first and thirty-second west range, and running thence north to the south bounds of Orleans, eleven chains west of the southwest corner of lot number ninety-four of Penet's square; then west along the bounds of Orleans to Lyme; then along the bounds of Lyme to a point west of the mouth of Black river; then east to the mouth of said river; then up the middle thereof to a point opposite the place of beginning; and then north to the place of beginning. 5. The town of Champion shall contain all that part of said TITLE 5. county known and distinguished as township number four in Ma- Champion. comb's purchase, and called Howard on the said map. [79] Vol. 3. 6. The town of Ellisburgh shall contain all that part of said 791 county contained within the township in Macomb's purchase dis- Ellisburgh. tinguished on the said map by the name of Minos, together with the waters and islands west thereof, to the bounds of the county. 7. The town of Henderson shall contain all that part of said Henderson county contained within township number six, in Macomb's purchase, and called Henderson on the said map, and the same extended west to the bounds of the county. 8. The town of Hounsfield shall contain all that part of said Hounsfield. county beginning in the middle of Black river, opposite to the northeast corner of the township called Hesiod on the said map, and running thence along the east bounds of said township, to the southeast corner thereof; then westerly along the south bounds thereof, and the same continued to Lyme; and then northerly and easterly along the bounds of Lyme and Brownville to the place of beginning. 9. The town of Le Ray shall contain all that part of said coun- Le Ray. ty beginning in the middle of the Black river, at a point opposite the most southerly corner of lot number six hundred and ninetyeight of great lot number four of Macomb's purchase, and running thence north to said corner; then north thirty-six degrees east, along the easterly bounds of lot number six hundred and ninety-eight, and the same course continued to the most easterly corner of lot number seven hundred and one; then north fifty-four degrees west, along the northerly bounds of lot number seven hundred and one, and the same course continued along the line of lots to the most northerly corner of lot number two hundred and twenty-nine; then the same course continued through number two hundred and twenty-six and two hundred and twenty-seven, north fifty-four degrees west, one hundred and four chains forty-seven links to the east bounds of Penet's square, at a point fifty-seven chains fifty links south from the northeast corner of lot number fifty of said square; then south on the east bounds of Penet's square, and the same course continued to the middle of the Black river; then up along the middle of said river to the place of beginning. line beRay and [The boundary line between the towns of Le Ray and Rutland, Boundary in the county of Jefferson, at Felt's Mills shall hereafter be deemed tween Le as running along the north margin of the island in the Black river Rutland at that place.]' defined. [Worth 10. The town of Lorraine shall contain all that part of said coun- Lorraine ty known and distinguished as townships number one and two in taken off, Macomb's purchase, and called Atticus and Fenelon on the said see sub. 21). map. [Clayton 11. The town of Lyme shall contain all that part of said county Lyme beginning in the bounds of the county at the northwest corner of taken off, Orleans, and running thence southerly along the west bounds of and Cape Orleans to the southwest corner thereof; then to the easternmost sub. 22]. see sub. 19, Vincent, TITLE 5. corner of lot number four hundred and fifty-five in great lot number four of Macomb's purchase; then along the southeasterly outline of said lot number four hundred and fifty-five to the northeasterly outline of lot number three hundred and thirty-nine; then along the same to the easternmost corner thereof; then southwesterly along the southeasterly line of said lot number three hundred and thirty-nine and of lots number three hundred and forty, three hundred and fifty-eight, three hundred and fifty-nine, four hundred and forty-seven and four hundred and forty-six, (all in said great lot number four,) to the southernmost corner of said lot number four hundred and forty-six; then northwesterly along the southwesterly outline thereof to an arm of Chaumont bay; then through the waters of said bay and the waters of Lake Ontario southwest and westerly to the west bounds of the county, so as to include within said town Cherry island, the peninsula, Fox island, Grenadier island, Carlton island, and such other small islands as are within the limits of the county between Carlton island and French creek; and then northerly and northeasterly along the bounds of the county to the place of beginning. [80] Vol. 3. Orleans see sub. 19]. 12. The town of Orleans shall contain all that part of said county [altered beginning at the southwest corner of Penet's square, so called, and running thence north along the west line of said square to the northwest corner thereof; then northwest to the bounds of the county, including a small point of land on the northeast side of Desforneaux bay; then along the bounds of the county to Alexandria; then south along the west line of Alexandria to the north line of Penet's square aforesaid; then east along the north line of the said square, to the northeast corner thereof; then south along the east line of said square to the northeast corner of lot number seventy-one; then west along the north bounds thereof, and of lot number seventy-two, to the middle of Hyde creek; then along said middle to Perch lake; then through the middle of Perch lake and of Perch creek, to the west line of lot number ninety-four of said square; then south along the same to the south bounds of said square; and then west along the same to the place of beginning. Part of Wells island and other islands annexed to Orleans. Pamelia. [All that part of Clayton lying north of Orleans and east of the north and south division line between said Clayton and Orleans, extended from the northwest corner of said Orleans to the River St. Lawrence, shall be attached to and belong to the town of Orleans. All that part of the island called Wells island, which now belongs to the town of Clayton, as well as all the smaller islands in said river which would be embraced by a line running from the termination of the aforesaid division line between the towns of Clayton and Orleans, at the southerly margin of the said River St. Lawrence; thence through Eel bay, around the head of Wells island to the division line between the State of New York and the Province of Upper Canada; thence down said division line to the east line of the town of Clayton, shall be attached to and belong to the town of Orleans.]1 13. The town of Pamelia shall contain all that part of said county 1 Laws 1840, ch. 17, as amended, Laws 1842, ch. 323. bounded northerly by Orleans; easterly by Le Ray; southerly by TITLE 5. the middle of Black river; and westerly by Brownville. phia. 14. The town of Philadelphia shall contain all that part of said Philadel county beginning at the easterly corner of lot number one hundred and sixty-three on the southwesterly line of Antwerp, and running thence along the southeasterly line of Alexandria to the south corner of lot number two hundred and twenty-three; then southeasterly and running parallel with the southwest line of Antwerp, to the northwest line of Wilna; then northeasterly along the line of Wilna to Antwerp; then northwesterly along the line of Antwerp to the place of beginning. 15. The town of Rodman shall contain all that part of said Rodman. county known and distinguished as township number eight in Macomb's purchase, and called Orpheus on the said map. [for boun 16. The town of Rutland shall contain all that part of said Rutland county known and distinguished as township number three in a dary, see tract of land belonging to Henry Champion and others, and called sub. 9). Milan on the said map. 17. The town of Watertown shall contain all that part of said Watertown county known and distinguished as township number two of a tract of land belonging to Henry Champion and others, and called Leghorn on the said map. 18. The town of Wilna shall contain all that part of said county Wilna. beginning in the middle of Black river, in the easterly bounds of Le Ray, and running thence northeasterly along the said bounds, and the same course continued to Antwerp; then along the bounds. of Antwerp southeasterly to the bounds of the county; then along the bounds of the county to the middle of the Black river; and then down the same to the place of beginning. [19. From and after the passage of this act all that part of the town of Lyme, in the county of Jefferson, lying easterly of a line beginning at the southwest corner of Penet square, running north thirty-one degrees west to the north bounds of the county in the River St. Lawrence; and all that part of the town of Orleans, in said county, lying northerly of Penet square and west of a line beginning at the northeast corner of lot number four of Penet square, running south to the southeast corner of lot number ninetyseven of said Penet square, shall be and the same is hereby erected into a new town of the name of Clayton.]' [81] Vol. 3. Clayton ubered, see sub. 121. [20. All that part of the town of Alexandria, in the county of Therosa. Jefferson, lying southeast of a line commencing on the east line of the town of Orleans, at the corner of lots number one hundred and ninety-six and two hundred and seven of the subdivision lots of great lot number four of Macomb's purchase; and running thence along the line between said lots south fifty-four degrees east, to the northwest line of lot number one hundred and ninety-seven; thence north thirty-six degrees east, on the lot line between lots number one hundred and ninety-six and one hundred and ninetyseven, and so continue in the same direction to the most northerly corner of lot number ninety-four; thence north fifty-seven degrees 1 Laws 1833, ch. 255. |