which would be contained in the seventh range of townships, TITLE 5. according to the same survey, if the same had been continued across said reservation, shall be deemed to belong to and form a part of the town of Little Valley, in said county.] [10. All that part of the town of Little Valley, in the county of Backtooth. Cattaraugus, lying south of the south line of lots numbers three, eleven, nineteen, twenty-seven, thirty-six, forty-eight, sixty, sixtyeight and seventy-six, in the third township and seventh range, is hereby erected into a separate town to be hereafter known and designated by the name of Buck tooth.] [§ 1 of act of supervisors, passed Nov. 29th, 1854; Laws 1855, ch. 584.] Valley, as [All the remaining part of the town of Little Valley shall be and Little remain a separate town by the name of Little Valley.] [§ 2 of altered. same act and ch.] 11. [10.] The town of Machias shall contain all that part of said Machias. county comprising township number five and the south tier of lots in township number six in the fifth range of the Holland Land Company's purchase. [All that part of the town of Yorkshire known as lot number thirty-three, in township number six in the fourth range of the Holland Land Company's purchase, shall be and is hereby annexed to the town of Machias, in said county of Cattaraugus.]2 [Cold Spring ta 12. [11.] The town of Napoli shall contain all that part of said Napoli county comprising townships number one, two and three in the eighth range of the Holland Land Company's purchase. ken off, see sub. 27]. said Olean by taken off, [Portville see sub. 28]. annexed to 13. [12.] The town of Olean shall contain all that part of county bounded northerly by Hinsdale; easterly and southerly the bounds of the county; and westerly by Great Valley. 14. [13.] The town of Otto shall contain all that part of said Otto [part county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the county; Ashford, easterly by the east bounds of the seventh range of townships in and also the Holland Land Company's purchase; southerly by the south East Otto bounds of townships number five in the seventh and eighth ranges; see sub. 16]. and westerly by the south branch of the Cattaraugus creek. see sub. 1, taken off, [118] Vol. 3. [15. All that part of the town of Otto lying east of a line com- East Otto. mencing on the south line of said town and running north on the east bounds of lots number forty-nine, fifty and fifty-one; thence west on the south bounds of lot number fifty-two to the west bounds of said lot; thence north on the west bounds of lots numbers fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five and fifty-six, to the township line; thence north to the Cattaraugus creek, is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of East Otto.] [§ 1 of an act of the supervisors, passed Nov. 30th, 1854; Laws 1855, ch. 585.] altered. [All the remaining part of the town of Otto shall be and remain Otto, as a separate town by the name of Otto.] [§ 2 of same act and ch.] burgh 16. [14.] The town of Perrysburgh shall contain all that part of Perrys said county bounded northerly and westerly by the bounds of the Persia and county; easterly by Otto; and southerly by Connewango and Dayton Little Valley. taken off, subs. 24 and 25]. 1 Laws 1839, ch. 50. Laws 1847, ch. 228. TITLE 5. [All that part of the Indian reservation lying in the county of Cattaraugus, and adjoining the town of Perrysburgh, is hereby annexed to said town.]1 Randolph. 17. [15.] The town of Randolph shall contain all that part of said county comprising townships number one and two in the ninth range of townships in the Holland Land Company's purchase. Yorkshire [All that part of the Allegany Indian reservation which would be contained in the ninth range of townships, in the county of Cattaraugus, according to the Holland Land Company's survey, if the lines of that survey had been made and continued across said reservation, shall be deemed to belong to and form a part of the town of Randolph, in the county of Cattaraugus.]2 18. [16.] The town of Yorkshire shall contain all that part of ed to Machi- said county bounded north by the bounds of the county; east as, sub. 11) by the same and by Freedom; south by Machias; and west by Ashford. Lyndon. New Cecilius [name [All that part of the town of Freedom known and described as follows: Lots number thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirtysix, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine and forty, being the west tier of lots in township number six in the fourth range of the Holland Land Company's purchase, shall be and the same is hereby annexed to the town of Yorkshire, in the county of Cattaraugus.]2 [19. From and after the first day of March next all that part of the town of Franklinville, in the county of Cattaraugus, which lies east of the line running north and south between the second and third tier of lots in the fourth township and fourth range of townships of the Holland Land Company's land, shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Lyndon.]3 [20. From and after the first day of March next all that part of the town of Little Valley, in the county of Cattaraugus, known as the fourth township in the eighth range of townships, shall be and remain a separate town by the name of New Albion.]* [21. All that part of the said town known as the fourth township changed to in the seventh range of townships shall be and the same is hereby Mansfield] erected into a separate town by the name of Cecilius.] Burton [changed to [From and after the first day of June next, the town of Cecilius, in the county of Cattaraugus, shall be called and known by the name of Mansfield.]5 [22. All that part of the town of Great Valley lying east of the Allegany, range line between the fifth and sixth ranges of townships, accordtaken off ing to the Holland Company's survey, running north and south, see sub. 261. shall constitute a new town by the name of Burton.] Humphrey Leon. Persia. [The name of the town of Burton, in the county of Cattaraugus, is hereby changed to Allegany, by which name it shall hereafter be known and called.]' [23. All that part of the town of Connewango, being township number four in the ninth range of townships in the county of Cattaraugus, shall constitute a new town by the name of Leon.] [24. From and after the passage of this act, all that part of the town of Perrysburgh, in the county of Cattaraugus, lying in the fifth and sixth townships of the eighth range of townships, ac- TITLE 5. cording to the Holland Land Company's survey, shall be erected into a separate town, by the name of Persia.]1 [25. All that part of Perrysburgh aforesaid, lying in the fifth Dayton. town and ninth range of townships, according to the Holland Land Company's survey, shall be and remain a separate town, by the name of Dayton.]i [26. All that part of the town of Burton, [Allegany,] in the Humphrey. county of Cattaraugus, lying in the third township and fifth range of townships, according to the Holland Land Company's survey, shall be erected into a separate town, by the name of Humphrey.]2 [27. All that part of the town of Napoli, in the county of Cat- Coldspring. taraugus, lying in the first and second townships, and eighth range of townships, according to the Holland Land Company's survey, shall be erected into a separate town, by the name of Coldspring.]3 [All that part of the same [the Allegany Indian] reservation which would be contained in the eighth range of townships, according to the same survey, if the same had been continued across said reservation, shall be deemed to belong to and form a part of the town of Coldspring, in said county.]* [28. All that part of the town of Olean, in the county of Catta- Portville. raugus, lying east of the line between the third and fourth range of townships, according to the Holland Land Company's survey of townships, in their purchase, shall be and hereby is erected into a separate town, by the name of Portville.]" [29. All that part of the town of Great Valley, lying in the first Carrolton. township and the south half of the second township and sixth range of townships, according to the Holland Land Company's survey, shall be erected into a separate town by the name of Carrolton.]6 between Carrolton defined. [All that part of the Allegany Indian reservation, in the county of Cattaraugus, which would be contained in the south half of the second township of the sixth range of townships, according to the Holland Land Company's survey, if the lines of that survey had been made and continued across said reservation, shall be deemed to belong to and form a part of the town of Carrolton, in said county.]' [The south line of the town of Great Valley, and the north line Town line of the town of Carrolton, shall be as follows: Commencing at the Great west line of the town of Burton, at the northeast corner of lot Valley and two, section one, and the southeast corner of lot one, section two, in the second town, sixth range of townships in the Holland Land Company's survey, and running thence westwardly in the direction of the south line of said lot one, section two, across said township number two, and across the Indian reservation to the east line of the town of Little Valley, at the southwest corner of lot number seventy-eight in the first township and sixth range. The land lying north of said line to be in the town of Great Valley, and the land lying south of said line to be in the town of Carrolton aforesaid.] [Laws 1852, ch. 129.] [30. All that part of the town of Hinsdale, in the county of Cat- Ischua 1 Laws 1835, ch. 10. 2 Laws 1836, ch. 314. Laws 1837, ch. 90. Laws 1839, ch. 50. Laws 1837, ch. 268. • Laws 1842, ch. 68. 7 Laws 1847, ch. 185, Rice]. taraugus, lying north of the following described line, to wit: Com(formerly mencing on the west line of said town of Hinsdale, at the northwest corner of lot number thirty-two of said town, and running thence east on the north lines of lots number thirty-two, twentyfour, sixteen, ten, two, forty-two, thirty-four and twenty-six, to the northeast corner of said lot number twenty-six; thence north on the east lines of lots numbers twenty-seven and twenty-eight, to the northeast corner of said lot number twenty-eight; thence east on the north lines of lots number twenty, twelve and four, to the east line of the town of Hinsdale aforesaid, shall be erected into a separate town, by the name of Rice.]1 Town of Rice to be [The town now known and called "Rice," in the county of Catknown and taraugus, shall, from and after this act takes effect, be known and called "Ischua," but this act shall have no other effect than the change of the name of the town. called Ischua. South CHAUTAU QUE. Busti [part Ellicott, see sub. 7]. This act shall take effect on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.] [Laws 1855, ch. 88.] [31. All that tract or territory of country lying in the county of Cattaraugus, and known and distinguished on the survey and map of said county, as township number one in the eighth range of the Holland Land Company's survey, and township number one in the ninth range of said survey, and all that part of the Allegany Indian reservation, that would be embraced in said townships if the lines thereof were continued straight across said reservation, is hereby erected into a separate town, to be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of South Valley.] [The lots number twenty-four, twenty-five, thirty-four, thirtyfive, forty-four, forty-five and forty-six, shall be taken from the town of Coldspring in the eighth range of the Holland Land Company's survey, and annexed to the town of South Valley, so that the division line between townships number one and two in the ninth range, running due east until it strikes the division line between townships number one and two in the seventh range, shall be the division line between the towns of Coldspring and South Valley in the eighth range.]3 $59. [Sec. 55] The county of CHAUTAUQUE shall be divided into the towns of Busti, Carrol, [Kiantone,] Chautauque, Clymer, Ellery, Ellicott, Ellington, Gerry, Hanover, Harmony, Mina, Pomfret, Portland, Ripley, Sheridan, Stockton, Villenova, [Westfield, Charlotte, French Creek, Arkwright, Cherry Creek, Poland and Sherman ;] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Busti shall contain all that part of said county, annexed to beginning in the south bounds of the county, at the southwest corner of lot number forty-one, in township number one, in the twelfth range of townships in the Holland Land Company's purchase, and running thence east along the bounds of the county, to the southeast corner of lot number thirty-three, in township number one, in the eleventh range; then north to the southeast corner of lot number forty in said township; then west along the south 1 Laws 1846, ch. 12. Laws 1847, ch. 52. Laws 1848, ch. 15. 4 Kiantone was taken from the town of Carrol by act of supervisors, passed November 16th, 1853, Laws 1854, ch. 403. line of the last mentioned lot, to its southwest corner; then north TITLE 5. to the south bounds of Ellicott; then northwesterly along the same, and Ellery, to a northerly continuation of the east bounds of lot number forty-four, in township number two in the twelfth range; then south to the southeast corner of lot number fortythree in said township; then west to the southwest corner of said lot; and then south to the place of beginning, [Kiantono sub. 3). 2. The town of Carrol shall contain all that part of said county Carrol comprising township number one in the tenth range of townships taken off, of the Holland Land Company's purchase, and all that part of township number one in the eleventh range, not included in the town of Busti, except the north tier of lots in said last mentioned township. [3. All that part of the town of Carroll, in the county of Chau- Kiantone. tauque, described as follows: Commencing at a point in the south line of the town of Carroll, where the Conewango creek crosses the line between the States of New York and Pennsylvania, and running northerly along said Conewango creek, to the point where it is intersected by the line between the 10th and the 11th ranges of townships; thence northerly on the line between the said 10th and 11th ranges of townships, to the north line of said town of Carroll; thence west on the lines between the towns of Ellicott and Carroll, to the line of the town of Busti; thence south on the line between Busti and Carroll, to the Pennsylvania state line; thence east on the line between the States of New York and Pennsylvania, to the place of beginning. The eastern line to be adjusted so as to make the support of the bridge called the State Line bridge wholly chargeable on the new town of Kiantone. The territory described by and comprised within the above boundaries, is hereby erected into a separate town, to be hereafter known and designated by the name of Kiantone.] [§ 1 of an act of supervisors, passed Nov. 16th, 1853; Laws 1854, ch. 403.] altered. [All the remaining part of said town of Carroll shall be and re- Carrol, as main a separate town, by the name of Carroll] [§ 2 of same act and ch.] que. 4. [3] The town of Chautauque shall contain all that part of Chautausaid county, bounded northerly by Portland; easterly by Stockton and Ellery; southerly by Harmony and Mina; and westerly by Ripley. [French 5. [4] The town of Clymer shall contain all that part of said Clymer county comprising townships number one in the fourteenth and Creek fifteenth ranges of the Holland Land Company's purcharse. taken off, see sub. Ellery annexed to sub. 17]. 6. [5.] The town of Ellery shall contain all that part of said 211 county, beginning on the shore of Chautauque lake, at the north- (altered, west corner of lot number ten in township number three, in the parts thirteenth range of townships of the Holland Land Company's Stockholm, purchase, and running thence east to the northwest corner of lot number five; then north to the northwest corner of lot number seven; then east to the town of Gerry; then south along the bounds of Gerry and Ellicott, to the middle of Chautauque lake; then up along the said middle, to a point opposite to the place of beginning; and then to the place of beginning. [119] Vol. 3 |