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Freemen of the said Province, in General Assembly met, and by the Au- 

 thority of the same, That all and singular the lands within the Province 

 of Pennsylvania, lying to the Northward of Octoraro creek, and to the 

 Westward of a line of marked trees, running from the North Branch of 

 the said Octoraro creek, north-easterly to the river Schuylkill, be erected 

 into a county, and the same is hereby erected into a county named, and 

 from henceforth to be called Lancaster county; and the said Octoraro 

 creek, the line of marked trees, and the river Schuylkill, aforesaid, shall 

 be the Boundary Line or Division between the said county and the 

 counties of Chester and Philadelphia. 



"II. And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said 

 County of Lancaster, shall have and enjoy all and singular the Jurisdic- 

 tions, Powers, Eights, Liberties, Privileges and Immunities whatsoever, 

 which any other County within the Province of Pennsylvania doth, may 

 or ought to enjoy, by any Charter of Privileges, or the laws of this 

 Province, or by any other ways or means whatsoever, excepting only in 

 the number of Kepresentatives to serve in the General Assembly of this 

 Province, in which case, it is hereby provided and enacted by the authority 

 aforesaid, that, until it shall be otherwise ordered by the Governor and 

 Assembly of this Province, the Freemen and Inhabitants of the said 

 county, qualified by the Laws of this Province to elect, shall annually 

 meet at or near the Court House of the said county, at the same time the 

 other counties of this Province shall meet for such like purpose, or at 

 such place where the Courts shall be held, until such Court House shall 

 be erected, and there proceed to choose Inspectors, and to elect four 

 Eepresentatives or Delegates to serve them in Assembly, in the same 

 manner, as by the said Charter and Laws of this Province is directed : 

 which said four Eepresentatives, when so chosen, shall be Members of 

 the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and sit and act as such, as fully 

 and freely, as any of the Eepresentatives for the other counties within 

 this Province do, may, can or ought to do. 



"III. And be it furthar enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all taxes 

 already laid within the bounds of the said County of Lancaster, by an 

 Act of General Assembly of this Province, which are not already paid, 

 shall be collected by the respective collectors within the bounds afore- 

 said, and paid into the hands of the Treasurer of Cliester County ; and that 

 all persons concerned in the levying, receiving and paying of the said taxes, 

 shall have the same power and authority, and be under the same penal- 

 ties and restrictions, for the collecting and paying the same, as by the 

 said acts, by which the said Taxes were assessed, are expressed and 

 directed, until the whole be collected and paid as aforesaid. 



" IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several 

 Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Goal Deliverv, and 



