Act respecting the limitation of suits for forfeited estates, List of the counties of the State, the time of their organization, &c. List of unincorporated toll-bridges, List of acts in force, not included in the Revised Statutes, and APPENDIX-PART I. Containing colonial and other acts not in force,.. An act declaring what are the rights and privileges of their ma- jesties' subjects, inhabiting within their province of New- An act for settling, quieting and confirming unto the cities, towns, manors and freeholders within this province, their several grants, patents and rights respectively; 6th May, 1691, .... p. 1 to 90 An act declaring that certain persons shall be deemed to have An act requiring mortgages to be recorded,. An act respecting the partition of lands; 8th January, 1762,.. An act confirming titles acquired through aliens; January 27, 1770, An act to confirm certain ancient conveyances, and directing the manner of proving deeds to be recorded; 16th February, 1771, An act amendatory of the last mentioned act, An act confirming grants without attornments, and abolishing warranties by tenants for life and collateral warranties; An act concerning the proofs, acknowledgments and registries of certain deeds and conveyances; 1st March, 1787, ... An act directing the manner of proving deeds and conveyances to An act concerning conveyances by married women; April 6, 1792, An act concerning conveyances by British subjects; March 9, 1793, An act relative to the acknowledgment of deeds; February 11, 1787; (requiring identity of grantors to be proved, &c.).... An act supplementary to the last mentioned act; February 23, 1798, An act providing for the registry of deeds in certain counties therein mentioned; April 3, 1798, . An act concerning the proof of deeds and conveyances; April 6, 1801, An act to amend the last mentioned act, An act concerning the recording of deeds in the city of New- An act concerning the proof of deeds in foreign countries; April An act supplementary to the act concerning deeds; March 8, 1817, An act for recording deeds and other conveyances in the counties and towns therein mentioned; March 23, 1821, .......... An act for recording of deeds and other conveyances in the coun- ties of Saratoga, Kings and Sullivan, and for other purposes; An act for recording deeds and other conveyances of real estate in the county of Ulster, and other counties not now being recording counties, in the State of New-York; April 23, 1823, An act concerning mortgages; March 19, 1813,.. An act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning mortgages," An act to abolish entails, to confirm conveyances by tenants in common, to distribute estates real of intestates, to remedy 47 An act to abolish entails, to confirm conveyances by tenants in tail, to regulate descents, and to direct the mode of convey- ances to joint tenants; February 23, 1786,.. An act to reduce the laws concerning wills into one statute; An act to explain and amend the law concerning the proving of wills respecting real estates; April 5, 1790, .... An act to reduce the laws concerning wills into one statute; Fe- An act amendatory of the last mentioned act; April 5, 1803, An act concerning wills; March 5, 1813,.......... An act for the partition of lands; March 16, 1785, An act to compel joint tenants and tenants in common to make partition, and for the more easy determining partition of lands in coparcenary, joint tenancy and tenancy in common; Fe- bruary 6, 1788, An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the partition of An act to explain and amend an act entitled "An act for the partition of lands;" April 3, 1792, An act to explain and amend the acts relative to the partition of An act further to amend the act entitled " An act for the partition An act further to amend an act entitled "An act for the partition An act for the partition of lands; April 7, 1801,. An act supplementary to the act for the partition of lands, and for other purposes; April 9, 1804,• Acts supplementary to and amending the general act, passed April An act to amend the act entitled "An act for the partition of REVISED STATUTES OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; &c. ENUMERATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVERAL Counties, Towns and Cities of this State; BEING PART OF OF THE FIRST PART OF THE REVISED STATUTES, AND CONSISTING TITLE 1.-Of the several counties of the state. TITLE 4.-Of the several towns of this state. TITLE 5. Of the several cities in this state. [The remaining Titles of this Chapter are published in the first volume of the Revised OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE. 3. Lines to be taken as the magnetic needle pointed at the time of their establishment. 4. Rights of persons not to be affected by the description of boundaries. 5. Division line between counties separated by a river or creek. 6. In what county an island is to be deemed, which is crossed by the boundary line of 7. Concurrent jurisdiction in Kings, Richmond, and New-York, over certain waters. 8. By officers of what counties process may be served on Seneca lake. SECTION 1. The state shall be divided into fifty-six counties, call- Names of § 2. The extent and limits of the several counties shall be as fol- Boundarien 1. The county of SUFFOLK shall contain all that part of this state, Suffolk. bounded Easterly and Southerly, by the Atlantic ocean: Norther- ly, by the Long-Island Sound: and Westerly, by Lloyd's Neck, or TITLE 1. Queen's village, Cold-Spring harbor, and the east bounds of the township of Oyster-Bay, and the same line continued due south to the Atlantic ocean; including the Isle of Wight, now called Gardiner's Island, Fisher's Island, Shelter Island, Plumb Island, Robin's Island, Ram Island, and the Gull Islands. Queens. Kings. Richmond. New-York. Westchester. 2. The county of QUEENS shall contain all that part of this state, bounded Easterly, by Suffolk county: Southerly, by the Atlantic ocean Northerly, by the Long-Island Sound: and Westerly, by the west bounds of the townships of Newtown and Jamaica; including Lloyd's Neck, or Queen's village, and the islands called the Two Brothers, and Hallet's Island, and all the islands in the Sound opposite to the said bounds, and southward of the main channel. 3. The county of KINGS shall contain all that part of this state, bounded Easterly, by Queens county: Northerly, by the county of New-York: Westerly, by the middle of the main channel of the Hudson river, from the southern boundary of the county of NewYork, to the ocean and Southerly, by the Atlantic ocean; including Coney Island and Barren Island, together with all the islands south of the town of Gravesend. 4. The county of RICHMOND shall contain the islands called Staten-Island, Shooter's Island, and the islands of meadow on the west side of Staten-Island, and all the waters and lands under water of this state around the same, situate to the southward and westward of the middle of the main channel of the bay and harbor of New-York, as far as the bounds of this state extend. 5. The county of NEW-YORK shall contain the islands called Manhattan's Island, Great Barn Island, Little Barn Island, Manning's Island, Nutten Island, Bedlow's Island, Bucking Island, and the Oyster islands; and all the land under water within the following bounds: beginning at Spyten Duyvel creek, where the same empties itself into the Hudson river on the Westchester side thereof, at low water mark, and running thence along the said creek, at low water mark, on the Westchester side thereof, to the East river or Sound; then to cross over to Nassau, or Long-Island, to low water mark there, including Great Barn Island, Little Barn Island, and Manning's Island; then along Nassau or Long-Island shore, at low water mark, to the south side of the Redhook; then across the North river so as to include Nutten Island, Bedlow's Island, Bucking Island, and the Oyster islands, to the west bounds of the state; then along the west bounds of the state, until it comes directly opposite to the first mentioned creek, and then to the place where the said boundaries began. 6. The county of WESTCHESTER shall contain all that part of this state, bounded Southerly, by Long-Island Sound: Easterly, by the east bounds of the state: Northerly, by the north bounds of the manor of Cortlandt, and the same line continued east to the bounds of the state, and west to the middle of Hudson's river and Westerly, by a line running from thence down the middle of Hudson's river, until it comes opposite to the bounds of the state of New-Jersey, on said river; then west to the same; then southerly along the west bounds of this state, to the line of the county of New-York; and then along the same easterly and southerly to the Sound, or East river, includ |