New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-27
CHAPTER I.

| Section All the municipal corporations and parts
OF municipal corporations. other than counties with.
In the following territory. TO wit: The county Of
! Kings the county OF Richmond. the city OF Long Isl.
and City the towns of Newtown, Flushing and
Jamaica. and mat part of the town OF Hampstead
in the county Of Queens. which is westerly OF Q
straight line drawn from the southeasterly point Of
the town of Flushing through the middle OF the
/ channel between Rockaway Beach and Shelter Isl.
and. In the county OF Queens 10 the Atlantic Ocean,
hereby consolidated with the municipal corpora.
ton known the Mayor. Aldermen and Common
atty OF the city OF New-York, 10 be hereafter called
! the city OF New-York"
Sec 2. The various cities and the wards thereof
the towns and the villages. within the territory
added TO that of the Mayor Aldermen and Common.
atty Of the city Of New-York and the boundaries
properties and obligations thereof. shall not be
deemed abrogated any further than Is provided In
this act.
DIVIDED INTO NINE BOROUGHs
Sec. g. The city OF New-York constituted b
this act shall be divided into nine boroughs Tor dis.
trcts) to be designated respectively: Bowling Green
Manhattan. Harlem. Yorkville. the Bronx Brook
lyn, Williamsburg Queens and Richmond: the
boundaries whereof shall be severally and respect.
lively follows:
First-The borough OF Bowling Green shall consist
of all that portion OF the city OF New-York as htth.
erto known. which lies south OF line drawn through
Twenty-sixth-st from the Hudson River to the East
River
Second-The borough Of Manhattan shall consist Of
all that portion OF the city OF New-York as hfth.
erto known. lying north OF the borough OF Bowling
Green and south OF a line drawn through the centre
Of Fifty-ninth-st. from the Hudson 10 the East
River.
Third-The borough Of Yorkville shall consist Of
that portion Of the city OF New-York as hitherto
known. lying north OF the borough Of Manhattan and
south Of line drawn through the centre Of One.
hundred-and-tenth-st. from the Hudson to the Har.
lem East River.
Fourth-The borough OF Harlem shall consist of all
that portion Of the city OF New-York as hitherto
known. bounded on the south by the borough OF
Yorkville. and on the north and west by Spuyten
Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River, including Ran.
dalls Island and Hart's Island In the Harlem or
East River.
Fifth-The borough OF the Bronx shall consist Of
all that portion Of the city Of New-York. hereby
constituted. lying northerly or easterly Of the Dor.
ough OF Harlem. between the Hudson River and the
East River or Long Island Sound including the
several islands heretofore belonging to the city OF
New-York not included In either Of the foregoing
boroughs.
Slxth-The borough OF Brooklyn shall consist OF
that portion Of the city OF Brooklyn hitherto known
ss ,he First Second, Third. Fourth. Fifth Sixth.
seventh. Eighth Ninth. Tenth Eleventh. Twelfth.
twentieth Twenty-nrst Twcnty-second. Twenty.
,h,rd Twenty-ninth Thirtieth and Thrty-hrst
wards Of the city Of Brooklyn
aeventh-The borough Of Williamsburg shall con-
sist of that portion OF the city OF Brooklyn hitherto
known as the Thirteenth Fourteenth. Fifteenth,
Sixteenth. Seventeenth Eighteenth. Nineteenth
Twenty-fourth. Twen,y-hfth Twenty-s!xth. Twen-
ty-scventh. Twcnty-eighth and Thrty-second wards
OF the city OF Brooklyn
Eighih-The borough Of Queens shall consist Of
that portion OF Queens County by this act consoli.
dated with the municipal corporation heretofoye