Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Be it enacted ... that the territory lying in the townships of Hayfield and Venango, in the county of Crawford, included within the following described limits and boundaries, to wit: beginning at the township of Hayfield, at French creek, the southeast corner of Jacob Keplar's land; thence a westerly course by the south line of said Jacob Keplar's land to the southwest corner of the same; thence a northerly course by the west line of the aforesaid Jacob Keplar's land and through lands of John Campbell, John Pieffer, and others, in the same direction to the north line of land of Robert Coulter, in Venango township; thence an easterly direction by the said north line of the said Robert Coulter to low water mark of French creek; thence by low water mark of said creek and down the same its various courses to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a borough, to be called "Venango."

Be it enacted ... that the limits of the borough of Venango, in the county of Crawford, be, and is hereby restricted to an area not exceeding 150 acres, and so located as to embrace the existing plan of village lots actually laid out ... [and surveyors are appointed] to survey and define upon the ground the lines and limits of said borough [subject to approval of the Court of Quarter Sessions].