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<br />OF
<br />THE PROVINCE OF UPPER CANADA
<br />TOGETHER WITH SUCH
<br />BRITISH STATUTES, ORDINANCES OF QUEBEC, AND PROCLAMATIONS,
<br />AS RELATE TO THE SAID PROVINCE
<br />REVISED AND PRMTED FOR, AND PUBLISHED BY
<br />HUGH C. THOMSON AND JAMES MACFARLANE.
<br />REVISED BY JAMES NICKALLS, JUNIOR, ESQUIRE, BARRISTER AT LAW.
<br />KINGSTON, U.C.
<br />PRINTED BY FRANCIS M. HILL.
<br />1831.
<br />PROCLAMATION
<br />J. GRAVES SIMCOE.
<br />GEORGE the THIRD by the grace of God, of Great
<br />Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,
<br />and so forth, &c. &c. To all our loving subjects, whom
<br />these presents may concern:
<br />Whereas, in pursuance of an act of parliament, lately
<br />made and provided, passed in the thirty -first year of our
<br />reign, and of authority by us given for that purpose, our
<br />late province of Quebec is become divided into the two
<br />provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and our
<br />lieutenant governor of the said province of Upper Canada,
<br />by power from us derived, is authorized in the absence of
<br />our right trusty and well beloved Guy, lord Dorchester,
<br />captain general and governor in chief of our said province
<br />of Upper Canada, to divide the said province of Upper
<br />Canada into districts, counties, circles or towns and town-
<br />ships for the purpose of effectuating the intent of the said
<br />act of Parliament, and to declare and appoint the number
<br />of representatives to be chosen by each, to serve in the
<br />assembly of the said province: Know ye, therefore, that
<br />our trusty and well beloved John Graves Simcoe, esquire,
<br />our lieutenant governor of our said province of Upper
<br />Canada, in the absence of the said governor in chief, hath
<br />and by this our proclamation doth divide the said
<br />province of Upper Canada into counties, and hath and
<br />doth appoint and declare the number of representatives of
<br />them and each of them to be as hereinafter limited,
<br />named, declared, and appointed; that is to say:
<br />That the first of the said counties ...
<br />That the seventeenth of the said counties be hereafter
<br />called by the name of the county of Suffolk; which county
<br />is to be bounded on the east by the county of Norfolk, on
<br />the south by lake Erie, until it meets the carrying -place
<br />from point au Pins unto the Thames, on the west by the
<br />said carrying - place, thence up the said river Thames until
<br />it meets the northwesternmost boundary of the county of
<br />Norfolk.
<br />That the eighteenth of the said counties be hereafter
<br />called by the name of the county of Essex; which coun-
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<br />ty is to be bounded on the east by the county of
<br />Suffolk, on the south by lake Erie, on the west by the
<br />river Detroit to Maisonville's Mill, from thence by a
<br />line running parallel to the river Detroit and lake St.
<br />Clair, at the distance of four miles, until it meets the
<br />river La Tranche or Thames, thence up the said river
<br />to the northwest boundary of the county of Suffolk.
<br />That the nineteenth of the said counties be hereafter
<br />called by the name of the county of Kent; which county is
<br />to comprehend all the country not being territories of the
<br />Indians, not already included in the several counties here -
<br />inbefore described, extending northward to the boundary
<br />line of Hudson's Bay, including all the territory to the
<br />westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost
<br />extent of the country commonly called or known by the
<br />name of Canada.
<br />And know ye also, that our said lieutenant governor
<br />hath also declared and appointed and doth hereby declare
<br />and appoint, that for the purposes of representation ... .
<br />and that the county of Suffolk and the county of Essex,
<br />severally bounded as hereinbefore is described, shall
<br />together send one representative, that is, the said counties
<br />of Suffolk and Essex shall and may be represented togeth-
<br />er in the said house of assembly by one member; and that
<br />the said county of Kent, as hereinbefore is described,
<br />shall and may be represented in the said house of assem-
<br />bly by two members; of which our loving subjects and all
<br />others concerned are to take notice, and govern them-
<br />selves accordingly.
<br />In testimony whereof, We have caused these our letters
<br />to be made patent, and the great seal of our said province
<br />of Upper Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness our
<br />trusty and well beloved John Graves Simcoe, esquire, our
<br />lieutenant governor of our said province of Upper
<br />Canada, and colonel commanding our forces in upper
<br />Canada, &c. &c. at our government house in the town of
<br />Kingston, this sixteenth day of July, in the year of our
<br />Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety -two, and in
<br />the thirty- second year of our reign. J.G.S.
<br />[Signed] WM. JARVIS, Secretary.
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