Section 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the jurisdiction of this commonwealth, and of the respective counties to which the bed of the same river, and the islands and dry land within the same, is by this act annexed as aforesaid, as far as the same shall be consistent with the agreement herein before recited, made between the states of Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, shall be full and complete; and all writs and warrants, and process, duly issued within the said counties respectively, shall have force and operation, and may be executed with the river, islands and dry land, as parts of the same counties, by the proper Sheriffs and other officers of the same counties. And if any difficulty arise concerning the townships, to which the said islands or other dry land within the said river belongs, the same shall be adjusted by the Justices of the peace of the proper county at their General Quarter Sessions, and they shall determine the same, so as that no island in the said river be divided between two townships or precincts, but the same shall be annexed to the township which would, by dividing the same, be entitled to the major part of such island.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.