New Jersey § acts:saved-40 - (47.1)

§ acts:saved-40. (47.1)

1. That the following described lands and tenements, now within the boundaries of the

county of Monmouth, be and the same are hereby annexed to, and become a part of the

county of Ocean: Beginning at the point where the center of the north branch of the Metedeconk river

intersects the dividing line between Freehold and Howell townships, Monmouth county,

and Jackson township, Ocean county, the said point being the southeasterly corner

of Freehold township and the northeasterly corner of Jackson township, thence southeasterly

down the middle of the said north branch of the Metedeconk river to a point where

the same intersects the division line of the township of Howell, county of Monmouth,

and the township of Lakewood, county of Ocean, as now existing, thence along the said

dividing line between the township of Howell, county of Monmouth, and the township

of Lakewood, county of Ocean, northwesterly to the Jackson township line, thence northwesterly

along the line dividing Jackson township and Howell township, as now existing, to

the point in the middle of the north branch of the Metedeconk river, at the southeasterly

corner of Freehold township, and the northeasterly corner of Jackson township, heretofore

described as the beginning point. The dividing line between the county of Monmouth and the county of Ocean is hereby

determined and fixed as the center line of the north branch of the Metedeconk river

from a point where the same is intersected by the dividing line between the townships

of Howell and Freehold, in Monmouth county, and the township of Jackson, in Ocean

county, to a point where the center line of the said north branch of the Metedeconk

river intersects the former dividing line between the township of Howell, Monmouth

county, and the township of Lakewood, Ocean county.