" Whereas, by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province, entitled : -- An Act for settliug a ministry and raising a maintenance for them iu the City of New- York, County of Richmond, Westchester and Queens County, it is amongst other things declared and enacted, that the towns of Westchester, Eastchester, Lower Yonkers and the Manor of Pelham, in the county of Westchester, should be a parish together, for the better maintaining of a good and sufficient Protestant minister ; and, whereas, since the making of said act, it has been found inconvenient, and to the great discouragement of religion and the public worship of God, for the inhabitauts of Eastchester to travel to Westchester aforesaid, to be present at the preaching of the Word of God; wherefore, the said Inhabitants and Freeholders of the town of Eastchester aforesaid, have, by their humble Petition to the House of Representatives, now convened in General Assembly, most humbly prayed, that it might be declared and enacted.

" I. And be it Declared and Enacted, by His Excellency, the Governour and Council and Representatives, now convened in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, that the said town of Eastchester, in the County of Westchester be for henceforth and forever hereafter, separated from the parish of Westchester, Eastchester, Lower Yonkers, and the Manor of Pelham, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever ; the said act, entitled an Act for settling the ministry and raising a maintenance for them, in the City of New- York, County of Richmond, Westchester and Queens County, or any other act to the contrary thereof in any ways notwithstanding.