Section 3

Act 1234 of 1786 (Smith Law Vol. 2), § 3, under STATE BOUNDARIES - NEW JERSEY - DELAWARE RIVER ISLANDS.

Act 1234 of 1786 (Smith Law Vol. 2), § 3

Section 3. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the bed of the same river, and the islands and dry land within the same, so as aforesaid assigned to and belonging to this state, lying and being northerly of a north-easterly line from the extremity of the boundary line between the counties of Bucks and Northampton, at the bank of the river Delaware, to be extended across the said river unto the shore of New-Jersey, shall be deemed to be, and shall be henceforth, parts of the county of Northampton, and of the several adjoining townships and precincts of the same county, lying along the said river; and that the bed of the same river, and the islands and dry land within the same, so as aforesaid assigned and belonging to this state, lying southerly of the line last aforesaid across the said river, and northerly of a line from the extremity of the boundary of the counties of Bucks and Philadelphia, at the bank of the river Delaware, across the said river, by a south-east course, to the shore of the State of New-Jersey, are annexed to and shall be deemed to be, and shall henceforth be, parts of the county of Bucks, and of the several adjoining townships and precincts of the same county, lying along the said river.