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 ?

In order therefore, to remove such Doubts, remedy such mischiefs, and prevent the like Inconveneneies for the future. We do hereby Ordain and Direct, That the County of Westchester do and shall contain, All tlie Lands on the Main between Hudson's River and the Sound, to the Southward of an East Line drawn from a Red Cedar Tree on the North Side of a high Hill in the Highlands, commonly called and Known by the Name of Anthony's Nose, and running thence to the Colony Line, together with the adjacent Islands in the Sound.

Now We do hereby further Ordain and Direct, That the South Bounds of the County of Albany, do and shall begin at the Mouth of of a Creek or Brook called the Sawyer's Creek, on the West side of I/udson's River, and from thence Shall run West to the utmost extent of our Province of New- York. And that on the East side of the said River, the said County of Albany shall begin at the Mouth of a Brook called Roeloff Jansen's Kill, and shall run thence Eastward to the utmost extent of our said