to the east bounds of township number seven in the fifth range, south to the place of beginning. 49. The county of MONROE shall contain all that part of this state, bounded as follows: beginning in the north bounds of the state, at a point due north of the northwest corner of the tract called the Triangle, and running thence south to the said northwest corner; then south along the west bounds of said tract, to the north bounds of township number two in said Triangle; then east along the north bounds of said township to the east bounds of said Triangle; then southwesterly along the same to the north bounds of township number one in the second range of Phelps and Gorham's purchase on the west side of Genesee river; then along the north bounds. thereof, to the northwest corner of lot number fifty-four of said township; then southerly along the west bounds of lots number fifty-four, sixty, and sixty-six, and the same course continued to the county of Livingston; then along the bounds of said county to the middle of Huneoye creek; then along the south bounds of township number eleven in the fifth range of Phelps and Gorham's purchase to the southeast corner thereof; then north along the east bounds thereof, to the northeast corner thereof; then east along the north bounds of township number eleven in the fourth range to the northeast corner thereof; then north along the dividing line between the third and fourth ranges of said purchase, and the same continued to the north bounds of the state; and then westerly along the same to the place of beginning. 50. The county of GENESEE shall contain all that part of this state, bounded Easterly, by the counties of Monroe, Livingston and Allegany: Northerly, by the south bounds of the counties of Orleans and Monroe: Westerly, by a meridian line between the fourth and fifth ranges of townships of the Holland Company's purchase: and Southerly, by the north bounds of township number six, in the third and fourth ranges, and the north bounds of township number seven, in the first and second ranges of said township, and the said northerly bounds continued easterly to the southwest corner of the county of Livingston. 51. The county of ORLEANS shall contain all that part of this state, bounded Easterly, by the county of Monroe: Northerly, by the north bounds of the state: Westerly, by a meridian line between the fourth and fifth ranges of townships of the Holland Company's purchase, and said line continued horth to the bounds of the state; and Southerly, by the division line between the thirteenth and fourteenth townships in said purchase, continued east to the transit line; then along said line to the northwest corner of lot number eightyfive, in the tract called the Connecticut tract; and then east along the line of lots to the west bounds of the county of Monroe. 52. The county of NIAGARA shall contain all that part of this state, bounded Easterly, by the counties of Orleans and Genesee: Northerly and Westerly, by the bounds of the state: and Southerly, by the bounds of the state, the middle of the Niagara river on the northerly side of Grand Island, and the Tonnewanta creek. 53. The county of ERIE shall contain all that part of this Erie. state, bounded Easterly, by the county of Genesee: Northerly, by the county of Niagara: Westerly, by the bounds of the state: and Southerly, by the Cattaraugus creek, and a line running northwest from its mouth to the bounds of the state. 54. The county of ALLEGANY shall contain all that part Allegany. of this state, bounded Easterly, by the county of Steuben: Northerly by the counties of Livingston and Genesee: Westerly, by a meridian line between the second and third ranges of townships of the Holland Company's purchase: and Southerly, by the south bounds of the state. gus. 55. The county of CATTARAUGUS shall contain all that part Cattarauof this state, bounded Easterly, by the county of Allegany: Northerly, by the counties of Genesee and Erie: Westerly, by a meridian line between the ninth and tenth ranges of townships of the Holland Company's purchase: and Southerly, by the south bounds of the state. que. 56. The county of CHAUTAUQUE shall contain all that part Chautau of this state, bounded Easterly, by the county of Cattaraugus: Northerly, Southerly, and Westerly, by the county of Erie and the bounds of this state. to be taken. $ 3. All lines which, in the foregoing bounds, are described Lines how by courses indicated by the magnetic needle, are respectively to be taken as the magnetic needle pointed at the several times when such lines were originally established. Private rights not $ 4. None of the bounds or lines assigned for the limits of any of the said counties, shall be construed to affect the right to be af or title of any person or body politic, or to confirm the bounds or right of any patent whatsoever. 2 R. L., 119, § 2. fected. separated § 5. Whenever two counties are separated from each other Counties by a river or creek, the middle of the channel of such river or by a river, creek shall be the division line between them, unless herein before otherwise provided. 2 R. L., 44, § 2. &c. crossed by $ 6. Whenever the boundary line between two counties Islands crosses an island, the whole of such island shall be deemed to boundary be within the county in which the greater part of it lies, unless otherwise directed. lines. tion over waters. $7. The counties of Kings, Richmond and New-York, shall, Jurisdicfor the purpose of serving all process, civil or criminal, have certain concurrent jurisdiction on the waters in the counties of Kings and Richmond, lying south of the bounds of the county of New-York. Laws of 1824, 359, § 2. S8. All process issuing to officers of either of the counties bordering on the Seneca Lake, may be served upon the waters of the said lake by any officer or person charged with the service thereof, and the said counties shall, for all the purposes of civil and criminal process, have concurrent jurisdiction on the said waters. County of Chemung erected. Part of the town of Chemung CHAP. 77. An Act to erect a new county from a part of Tioga county, by the name of Chemung, and for other purposes. PASSED March 29, 1836. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: $1. All that part of the county of Tioga lying and being on the west side of a line beginning on the east bank of the Chemung river on the line between the states of New-York and Pennsylvania; thence up the said river along the banks thereof at low water mark to a sulphur spring, near the centre of the lower narrows on said river; thence in a direct line northeasterly, until it strikes the southeast corner of lot number one hundred and fifty-three; thence north along the east line or boundary of lots number one hundred and fiftythree, two hundred and one, two hundred and two and two hundred and three, to the south line of the town of Erin; thence east along the said south line to the Cayuta creek; thence up the centre of said creek to the south line of the town of Cayuta; thence east along said line to the east line of the said town of Cayuta; thence north along said line to the county of Tompkins, shall, from and after the passing of this act, be a separate and distinct county of the state of NewYork, and be called Chemung; and the freeholders and inhabitants thereof shall possess and enjoy all the rights and immunities which the freeholders and inhabitants of the several counties of this state are by law entitled to possess and enjoy. S2. All those parts of the town of Chemung which lie east of the line in the preceding section mentioned, shall, from annexed to and after the passing of this act, be annexed to, and form a part of the town of Barton, in the county of Tioga. Barton. Town officers. Courts in county. S3. The town officers residing in that part of the town of Chemung, which by the foregoing section is annexed to the town of Barton, shall continue to be officers of the said town of Chemung until the next election for town officers therein. S4. There shall be a court of common pleas and a court of general sessions of the peace held at the court-house at Elmira, in and for the county of Chemung, four terms in each year, as follows: the first term shall begin on the second Tuesday of July next: the second term on the second Tuesday of October thereafter: the third term on the second Tuesday of January thereafter: and the fourth term on the second Tuesday of April thereafter: and on the second Tuesdays of July, October, January and April thereafter. Tioga $5. From and after the passing of this act the courts of Courts in common pleas and general sessions of the peace, in and for county. the county of Tioga, shall be held at the court-house at Owego, on the third Tuesdays of July, October, January and April thereafter. $6. Each of the terms of the said courts in the said Terms. counties of Chemung and Tioga may continue to be held until the second Saturday following the said Tuesdays, inclu- · sive clause. S7. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to Saving affect any suit or action in any court already commenced, or to be commenced before this act takes effect; or to affect any criminal or other proceedings then pending therein, but all such civil, criminal or other proceedings shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution therein, the same as if this act had not been passed. house and Chemung $8. The court-house and jail now erected in the village Court of Elmira, and the jail liberties thereof as now fixed by law, Jail in shall be and remain the court-house, jail and jail liberties of county. the said county of Chemung. office to be $9. Lyman Covell, Charles Orwan and Elijah Sexton, are Clerk' hereby appointed commissioners, who, or a majority of whom erected. may fix upon a site for a clerk's office for said county of Chemung, in the village of Elmira aforesaid, and purchase materials and contract with workmen for the building of the said clerk's office; and may from time to time draw upon the treasurer of said county for such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid, and which shall come into the said treasury by virtue of this act: and the treasurer of the said county of Chemung is hereby required, out of the moneys aforesaid, to pay to the order of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, the several sums of money to be by them drawn for. Commis $10. The said commissioners shall account to the super-comers to visors of the said county of Chemung, when thereto required, accoun for the money so received by them from the treasury aforesaid, and the manner of its expenditure. $11. The said commissioners shall, before they enter upon To give the duties of their appointment, give a bond, with sureties, to the treasurer of the county of Chemung, to be approved of by him, for the faithful performance of their said duties; and the said commissioners shall each be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars per day for each day they shall be necessarily employed therein, to be levied and collected as other contingent expenses of said county shall be levied and collected. County records. Copies to be made of certain records. Commis sioners to S 12. The books, records and papers appertaining to the county of Tioga, shall be and remain the property of the said county of Tioga; and so many and such portions thereof as concern the said county of Chemung, and the real property therein, shall be transcribed and copied into suitable books to be provided for the purpose, at the mutual expense of the said counties of Chemung and Tioga, in the manner hereinafter provided. $ 13. Thomas Farrington, Thomas Maxwell and Frederick W. Ritter are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of whom shall have power to procure necessary books and stationery, and to contract with such person or persons as they shall deem fit, to transcribe and copy the said books and records, on such terms as they shall think equitable and just; and the said person or persons so employed, shall give a bond, with approved sureties, to the treasurer of the said county of Tioga, for the faithful performance of the duties required of him or them. $14. The said commissioners shall, before they enter upon give bond. the duties of their appointment, give a bond, with sureties, to the treasurer of Tioga county, to be approved by him, for the faithful performance of their said duties; and they shall severally be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars for each day they shall be necessarily employed therein, to be paid by the said counties of Chemung and Tioga, in the same manner as the transcribing the books and records of the county of Chemung shall be paid for. county treasurer To draw on $ 15. The said last mentioned commissioners, or a majority of them, may from time to time draw upon the treasurers of the said counties of Chemung and Tioga, or either of them, for such sum or sums of money, as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, as shall come into the same by virtue of this act; and the said treasurers of the said counties of Chemung and Tioga, are severally required, out of the moneys aforesaid, to pay to the order of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, the several sums of money which shall be drawn for by them, for the purposes aforesaid. Special meeting of of Tioga county. S16. There shall be a special meeting of the board of supervisors Supervisors of the present county of Tioga, within thirty days after the passing of this act, at the inn now kept by Harvey Miller, in the town of Spencer, to transact such business as may be necessary in consequence of the division of said county; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said county, upon receiving due notice of the passing of this act, to notify each supervisor in said county of the same, and of the time and place of said special meeting. May be formed into $ 17. The said supervisors, when so convened as aforesaid, two boards. shall have power to form themselves into two distinct boards; those residing in the said county of Chemung to be considered as the board of supervisors in and for the county of Chemung; and those living in the county of Tioga, to be considered as |