Jamaican Legislative Council

“ The parishes of Portland and Saint George, with the Manchioneal district of the parish of Saint Thomas in the East, extending south to Hector’s River, and a straight line drawn between the source of that river and the nearest source of the Rio Grande, shall constitute one parish, under the name of the parish of Portland, and the town of Port Antonio shall be the parish town thereof. ”

“ 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. ”

“ The governor shall be empowered, at his pleasure, to remove any of the persons named as churchwardens of any parish appointed under this law, or “The Law No. 8 of 1866 and from time to time to appoint others in their places, and to make fresh appointments in cases of vacancy.
Sixth—The governor may select any one of the custodes of any formerly existing parishes, consolidated by this law, to be the custos of the parish constituted under this law, with jurisdiction over the whole area of the enlarged parish ”