New Jersey § acts:saved-40 - (14.1)

§ acts:saved-40. (14.1)

1. That all those parts of the counties of Essex and Bergen, contained within the following

boundaries and lines: beginning at the mouth of Yantekaw, or Third river, at its

entrance into the Passaic river, being the present boundary of the township of Acquackanunk;

running thence northwesterly along the course of the line of said township, to the

corner of said line at or near the Newark and Pompton turnpike; thence, in a straight

line, to the bend of the road below the house now occupied by John Freeman, in the

township of Caldwell, being about one and a half miles in length; thence to the middle

of the Passaic river; thence along the middle of said river to the middle of the

mouth of the Pompton river, by the two bridges; thence up said river, along the line

between Bergen and Morris counties, to Sussex county; thence, along the line between

Sussex and Bergen counties, to the state of New York; thence easterly, along the

line between the two states to the division line between the townships of Pompton

and Franklin; thence, along said line dividing said townships and the townships of

Franklin and Saddle River, to where it intersects the road commonly called Goetchius

lane; thence down the center of said road or lane, to the Passaic river; thence,

down the middle of the Passaic river, to the place of beginning, be and the same is

hereby erected into a separate county, to be called the county of Passaic; said lines

shall hereafter be the division lines between the counties of Essex, Morris, Sussex,

Bergen, and the state of New York, and the county of Passaic, respectively.