ing all that part of the Isles of Shoals which belongs to this State.

SEC. 3. The county of Strafford is bounded thus: beginning at the northerly corner of the town of Northwood; thence by the westerly lines of the towns of Strafford and New Durham to the northerly corner of New Durham; thence by the northerly lines of New Durham, Middleton and Milton to the state line; thence down said line to the county of Rockingham; thence by the northerly line of the county of Rockingham to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 4. The county of Hillsborough is bounded thus: beginning at the bound between the towns of Pelham and Salem on the state line; thence westerly by the state line to the southeast corner of Rindge; thence by the easterly lines of Rindge, Jaffrey, Dublin, Nelson, Stoddard and Washington to the northwest corner of Hillsborough; thence by the northerly and easterly lines of said Hillsborough to the southwest corner of Henniker; thence by the southerly lines of Henniker and Hopkinton to the northwest corner of Dunbarton; thence by the westerly and southerly lines of Dunbarton and Hooksett to the line of the county of Rockingham; thence by said line to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 5. The county of Cheshire is bounded thus: beginning at the southeast corner of Rindge; thence westerly by the state line to the west bank of Connecticut river; thence up the same bank to the northwest corner of Walpole; thence by the northerly lines of Walpole, Alstead, Marlow and Stoddard to the line of the county of Hillsborough; thence by said line to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 6. The county of Sullivan is bounded thus: beginning at the northwest corner of Plainfield on the west bank of Connec ticut river; thence easterly by the northerly lines of Plainfield, Grantham and Springfield to the northeast corner of Springfield; thence southerly by the easterly lines of Springfield, Sunapee, Goshen and Washington to the county of Cheshire; thence westerly by the county of Cheshire to the northwest corner thereof on the west bank of Connecticut river; thence northerly up said bank to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 7. The county of Grafton is bounded thus: beginning at the west bank of Connecticut river at the southwesterly corner of Dalton; thence on the westerly and southerly lines of Dalton, Whitefield, Carroll and Nash and Sawyer's Location to the southeasterly corner thereof; thence southerly on a straight line across the unlocated lands to the line of the county of Carroll at the northwesterly corner of Albany; thence by the westerly line of Albany, the northerly and westerly lines of Sandwich, and the easterly and southerly lines of Holderness to the southwest corner of Holderness at the Pemigewasset or Merrimack river; thence down said river to the north line of Franklin; thence westerly on the northerly lines of Franklin, Andover, Wilmot, Springfield, Gran

tham and Plainfield to the southwest corner of Lebanon on the west bank of Connecticut river; thence northerly on said bank to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 8. The county of Merrimack is bounded thus: beginning at the northeast corner of Franklin; thence southerly and easterly by the easterly line of Franklin and the southerly line of Sanbornton, Gilmanton and Barnstead to the county of Rochingham; thence southwesterly by the county of Rockingham to the county of Hillsborough; thence westerly and northerly by the county of Hillsborough to the northwest corner of the town of Hillsborough; thence northerly by the easterly line of the county of Sullivan to the county of Grafton; thence southerly and easterly by the county of Grafton to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 9. The county of Belknap is bounded thus beginning at the northeasterly corner of Pittsfield; thence by the northerly line of the county of Merrimack to the county of Grafton; thence by the easterly line of the county of Grafton to the northerly corner of Centre Harbor; thence by the northerly line of Centre Harbor and Meredith to the easterly termination of the line separating the towns of Meredith and Moultonborough; thence easterly to the southerly point of Long island in Winnipissiogee lake; thence easterly to the southerly part of Parker's island; thence easterly to the westerly termination of the line separating the towns of Wolfborough and Alton; thence on the northerly line of Alton to the northerly corner of New Durham; thence by the county of Strafford to the bound first mentioned.

SEC. 10. The county of Carroll is bounded thus: beginning at the northerly corner of New Durham; thence by the northerly line of the county of Belknap to the county of Grafton; thence by the easterly line of the county of Grafton to the northwesterly corner of Albany; thence by the northerly line of Albany and the westerly and northerly lines of Conway and Chatham to the state line; thence down said line to the line of the county of Strafford; thence by the northerly line of the county of Strafford to the bound first mentioned.

[The towns of Bartlett and Jackson, and Hart's Location, in the county of Coös, be and they are hereby disannexed from said county and annexed to the county of Carroll. Laws of 1852, chap. 1290.]

SEC. 11. The county of Coös contains all the lands and waters within the limits of this State which lie northerly of the counties of Grafton and Carroll. (See preceding section.)

SEC. 12. The county of Grafton is divided into two judicial districts, to be known by the names of the eastern and western judicial districts of the county of Grafton.

SEC. 13. The towns of Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Danbury, Dorchester, Ellsworth, Grafton, Groton, Hebron, Hill, Holderness, Lincoln, Orange, Plymouth, Rumney,

Thornton, Waterville, Wentworth, and Woodstock constitute the eastern judicial district.

SEC. 14. The towns of Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Canaan, Enfield, Franconia, Hanover, Haverhill, Landaff, Lebanon, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Lyme, Orford, Piermont, Warren and the place called Dame's Gore constitute the western judicial district.

SEC. 15. All actions, petitions, appeals and prosecutions in all civil cases shall be commenced, entered and prosecuted in the court of common pleas for said districts, in the same manner they would be if each of said districts was a distinct county.

SEC. 16. Such division shall not affect the rights or duties of any officer or person, except so far as is expressly provided in this chapter.

SECTION 1. The State is divided into five council districts, each of which may choose one councillor annually.

SEC. 2. Council district number one contains the county of Rockingham and the towns of Allenstown, Bow, Canterbury, Chichester, Concord, Epsom, Loudon, Northfield, Pembroke and Pittsfield in the county of Merrimack.

SEC. 3. Council district number two contains the counties of Strafford, Belknap and Carroll.

SEC. 4. Council district number three contains the county of Hillsborough and the towns of Andover, Boscawen, Bradford, Dunbarton, Franklin, Henniker, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Newbury, New London, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner and Wilmot in the county of Merrimack.

SEC. 5. Council district number four contains the counties of Cheshire and Sullivan.

SEC. 6. Council district number five contains the counties of Grafton and Coös.

SECTION 1. The State shall be and hereby is divided into twelve senatorial districts, each of which may elect one senator to the legislature, annually, pursuant to the constitution.

Senatorial district number one shall contain Durham, Gosport, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Lee, Madbury, Newington, New Castle, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rye, Seabrook and Stratham.

SEC. 3. Senatorial district number two shall contain Allenstown, Atkinson, Auburn, Brentwood, Candia, Chester, Deerfield, Danville, East Kingston, Epping, Epsom, Exeter, Hampstead, Hooksett, Kensington, Kingston, New Market, Newton, Nottingham, Plaistow, Poplin, Raymond, Salem, Sandown, South Hampton and South New Market.

SEC. 4. Senatorial district number three shall contain Bedford, Derry, Dunbarton, Goffstown, Londonderry, Manchester, Merrimack, Weare and Windham.

SEC. 5. Senatorial district number four shall contain Andover, Boscawen, Bow, Canterbury, Concord, Franklin, Gilmanton, Hopkinton, Loudon, Northfield, Pembroke, Salisbury and Sanbornton. SEC. 6. Senatorial district number five shall contain Alton, Barnstead, Barrington, Brookfield, Chichester, Dover, Farmington, Middleton, New Durham, Northwood, Pittsfield, Rochester, Rollinsford, Somersworth, Strafford, Tuftonborough and Wolfborough.

SEC. 7. Senatorial district number six shall contain Albany, Bartlett, Centre Harbor, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Gilford, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Meredith, Milton, Moultonborough, New Hampton, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth and Wakefield.

SEC. 8. Senatorial district number seven shall contain Amherst, Bennington, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield, Hollis, Hud

son, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, Nashville, New Boston and Pelham.

SEC. 9. Senatorial district number eight shall contain Alstead, Antrim, Bradford, Chesterfield, Gilsum, Hancock, Henniker, Hillsborough, Marlow, Nelson, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Walpole, Warner, Washington, Westmoreland and Windsor.

SEC. 10. Senatorial district number nine shall contain Brookline, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Hinsdale, Jaffrey, Keene, Marlborough, Mason, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Roxbury, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Wilton and Winchester.

SEC. 11. Senatorial district number ten shall contain Acworth, › Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newbury, New London, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Unity and Wilmot.

SEC. 12. Senatorial district number eleven shall contain Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Danbury, Dorchester, Ellsworth, Enfield, Grafton, Groton, Hanover, Hebron, Hill, Holderness, Lebanon, Lyme, Orange, Orford, Plymouth, Rumney, Warren and Wentworth.

SEC. 13. Senatorial district number twelve shall contain the county of Coös, and all other towns in the county of Grafton not included in the other districts.