And Wlierenx notwithstanding that the Counties lying on the West side of Hudson'!^ River, were by the said Acts intended to be parted and divided by a West Line to be drawn from IfiidKon's River, at the respective Stations and Places on the said River, mentioned in the said Acts, to the utmost extent of Our said Province on the West side of the said River ; and that the Counties lying on the East side of the said ffudsnii's River were likewise, by the said Acts, intended to be parted and divided by an lOast Line to be drawn from IIud.'<on'>i ff/ye/- at the respective Places and Stations on the said River, mentioned in the said Acts, to the utmost extent of Our said Province, on the East side of the said River, Yet the People living on the Borders of the said Counties, or some of them, for want of the said actual Running and Surveying of the said Partition Lines, protest sometimes that they are in one County, and sometimes within another, and on that pretence have committed several Abuses, and endeavored to elude all Process issuing from the Courts of Judicature, to the great hindrance of Justice, encouragement of Fugitives and Vagabonds, and to the disturbance of our Peace.

And l^hereas, since the passing of the said Acts, the Chrhtian Settlements and Plantations, have been greatly extended into the Indian Counties, particularly in that part of the Province, which is called and esteemed the County of Albanij, from whence some Doubts have arose. Whether the Settlements made since the passing of the said Acts, are at present within the said County of Albany ?