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124 To Reduce the Number of Parishes. THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.

1. The parish of Trelawny shall constitute one parish, and the town of Falmouth shall be the parish town thereof. 2. The parish of Saint James shall constitute one parish, and the town of Montego Bay shall be the parish town thereof. 3. The parish of Hanover shall constitute one parish, and the town o f Lucea shall be the parish town thereof. 4. The parish Westmoreland shall constitute one parish, and the town o f Savanna-la-Mar shall be the parish town thereof. 5. The parish of Saint Elizabeth shall constitute one parish, and the town of Black River shall be the parish town thereof.

Second— There shall be, in each of the parishes constituted by this law, no more than one municipal board, one board of parochial road commissioners, one clerk to these two boards, and one custos; and the jurisdictions of these boards, and officers respectively, shall extend over the whole parish, as constituted by this law.

Third— The board of parochial road commissioners may subdivide itself into local committees, and may subdivide itself into local committees, and may fix the places where the local committees shall meet: E very such committee shall report its proceedings to the board of parochial road commissioners and shall be subject to the supervision and control of the board.

Fourth— Where two or more of the formerly existing parishes shall have been consolidated into one parish, as constituted under this law, all the members of the municipal boards, and all the parochial road commissioners of the former parishes so consolidated, shall form respectively the municipal and parochial road board of the parish constituted under this la w; and all the members of the municipal boards, and all the parochial road commissioners of the formerly existing parishes of Saint Andrew and Port Royal shall be members respectively of the municipal and parochial road boards of the parish of