In the words of the act, Morrisania, West Farms, and Kingsbridge were " annexed to, merged in, and made part of the City of New York, subject to the same laws, ordinances, regulations, obligations, and liabilities, and entitled to the same rights, privileges, franchises, and immunities, in every respect, and to the same extent, as if such territory had been included within said City of New York at the time of the grant and adoption of the first charter and organization thereof, and had so remained up to the passage of this act." Morrisania, West Farms, and Kingsbridge, as a portion of the metropolis, became popularly known as the " Annexed District;' a name which, though always rather distasteful to the residents, clung to the section until the adoption of the present official style of the Borough of the Bronx. The territory was organized into two city

wards,° the 23d and 24th. Notwithstanding the guarantee of equal rights, etc., contained in the act, the annexed territory was for many years regarded more as a suburban locality than as a portion of the city. It continued under the administrative care of the department of public parks until 1891, when the law creating a special department of public works for the 23d and 24th wards came into operation. Up to that time, and until 1895, there was no further annexation from our county to New York City, Westchester County still retaining the Township of Wrestchester. In 1874 occurred the incorporation of the Westchester County Historical Society. This organization has always maintained an active