To settle all questions on ihis subject of every kind, whatsoever, on the 30th of December, 17(58, the very last day of that year, an Act was passed, "To ascertain Part of the Southern and Western Boundaries " of the County of Westchester, the Eastern Boundaries of Orange County, and Part of the Northern Bounds of Queens County." ' It settled the jurisdiction over, and also the title to, all the islands and inlets in the Sound, many of tbem mere masses of naked rock, rising from its waters. It is in these words ;

" Whereas there are many Islands lying and being in the Sound, to the Eastward of Frog's Neck, and Northward of the main channel, opposite to the County of Westchester, several of which are not included in any county in this Province.

And Whereas, also that ])art of Hudson's River, which lies opposite to the said County of Westchester, is not included in any County of this Province ; in order to remedy which, and to render the Administration of Justice more effectual ;

I. Be it Enacted by his Krcellency the Governor, the Council, and the General Assembly, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same,' That by all the Islands lying and being in the Sound to the Eastward of Frog's Neck, and to the Northward of the Main Channel, and as far Eastward as Captain's Island, including the same, together with all that part of the Sound, included within these Boundaries shall be and remain in the County of Westchester ; and all the Southernmost part of the Sound from the bounds aforesaid sis far as Queens County extends Eastward, shall be, and is hereby, annexed to Queens County ; and all that part Hud sons River, which adjoins the County of Westchester, and is to the Southward of the County of Orange;'' or so much thereof as is included within this Province, and the Easternmost half Part of said River, from the Southermost Bounds of the County of Orange, to the Northermost Bounds of the County of Westchester, shall also be and remain in the said County of Westchester.