Tibbits, commissioners on the part of this state, and Joseph Beeman TITLE?. junior, Henry Olin and Joel Pratt second, commissioners on the part of the state of Vermont, which monument stands on the brow of a high hill, descending to the west; then northerly in a straight line to a point which is distant ten chains, on a course south thirtyfive degrees west, from the most westerly corner of a lot of land distinguished in the records of the town of Pownal, in the state of Vermont, as the fifth division of the right of Gamaliel Wallace, and which in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, was owned and occupied by Abraham Vosburgh; then north thirty-five degrees east, to said corner, and along the westerly bounds of said lot, thirty chains to a place on the westerly bank of Hosick river, where a hemlock tree heretofore stood, noticed in said records as the most northerly corner of said lot; then north one degree and twenty minutes west, six chains to a monument erected by the said commissioners, standing on the westerly side of Hosick river on the north side of the highway leading out of Hosick into Pownal, and near the north-westerly corner of the bridge crossing said river; then north twenty-seven degrees and twenty minutes east, thirty chains through the bed of the said river, to a large roundish rock on the north-easterly bank thereof; then north twenty-five degrees west, sixteen chains and seventy links; then north nine degrees west, eighteen chains and sixty links to a white oak tree at the southwest corner of the land occupied in one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, by Thomas Wilsey; then north eleven degrees east, seventy-seven chains to the north side of a highway, where it is met by a fence dividing the possession of said Thomas Wilsey junior, and Emery Hunt; then north forty-six degrees east, six chains; then south sixty-six degrees east, twenty-six chains and twenty-five links; then north nine degrees east, twenty-seven chains and fifty links, to a blue slate stone. anciently set up for the south-west corner of Bennington; then north seven degrees and thirty minutes east, forty-six miles fortythree chains and fifty links to a bunch of hornbeam saplings on the south bank of Poultney river, the northernmost of which was marked by said last mentioned commissioners, and from which a large butternut tree bears north seventy degrees west, thirty links, a large hard maple tree south two chains and eighty-six links, and a white ash tree on the north side of said river, north seventy-seven degrees east; which said several lines from the monument erected for the southwest corner of the state of Vermont, were established by said last mentioned commissioners, and were run by them as the magnetic needle pointed in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; then down the said Poultney river through the deepest channel thereof, to East Bay; then through the middle of the deepest channel of East Bay and the waters thereof, to where the same communicate with Lake Champlain; then through the middle of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain to the eastward of the islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the islands called the Grand Isle and Long Isle, or the two Heroes, and to the westward of the IsieLa-Mott, to the line in the forty-fifth degree of north latitude, established by treaty for the boundary line between the United States and the British dominions; then west along said line to the Northern.

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Western.

Southern.

TITLE 1. river St. Lawrence; then along the line established by the commissioners appointed under the sixth article of the treaty of Ghent, into and up the said river St. Lawrence to the waters of Lake Ontario; then along the said line through the waters of said lake and of the Niagara river to the waters of Lake Erie; then westerly through the same, and along the said line, until intersected by a meridian line drawn through the most westerly bent or inclination of Lake Ontario; then south along said meridian line to a monument in the beginning of the forty-third degree of north latitude, erected in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, by Abraham Hardenburgh and William W. Morris, commissioners on the part of this state, and Andrew Ellicott and Andrew Porter, commissioners on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of making the termination of the line of jurisdiction between this state and the said state of Pennsylvania; then east along the line established and marked by said last mentioned commissioners to the ninetieth milestone in the same parallel of latitude, erected in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, by James Clinton and Simeon De Witt, commissioners on the part of this state, and Andrew Ellicott, commissioner on the part of Pennsylvania, which said ninetieth milestone stands on the western side of the south branch of the Tioga river; then east along the line established and marked by said last mentioned commissioners, to a stone erected in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four on a small island in the Delaware river, by Samuel Holland and David Rittenhouse, commissioners on the part of the colonies of New York and Pennsylvania, for the purpose of marking the beginning of the forty-third degree of north latitude; then down along said Delaware river to a point opposite to the fork or branch formed by the junction of the stream called Mahackamack with the said Delaware river, in the latitude of fortyone degrees twenty-one minutes and thirty-seven seconds north; then in a straight line to the termination, on the east bank of the Delaware river, of a line run in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, by William Wickham and Samuel Gale, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New York, and John Stevens and Walter Rutherford, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New Jersey; then along said line to a rock on the west side of Hudson's river, in the latitude of forty-one degrees north, marked by said commissioners; then southerly along the west shore, at low water mark, of Hudson's river, of the Kill Van Kull, of the sound between Staten Island and New Jersey, and of Raritan Bay, to Sandy Hook; and then to the place of beginning, in such manner as to include Staten Island, and the islands of meadow on the west side thereof, Shooter's Island, Long Island, the Isle of Wight, now called Gardner's Island, Fisher's Island, Shelter Island, Plumb Island, Robin's Island, Ram Island, the Gull Islands, and all the islands and waters in the bay of New York, and withiu the bounds above described.

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L. 1834, Chap. 8- An act to confirm the agreement entered into by the commissioners appointed by this state, and commissioners appointed by the state of New Jersey, to settle the boundary line between New York and New Jersey.

The agreement entered into between the commissioners appointed by this state, and the commissioners appointed by the state of New Jersey, to settle the boundary line between New York and New Jersey, in the words following, viz. :

Agreement. "Agreement made between the commissioners on the part of the state of New York, and the commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey. relative to the boundary line between the two states.

Agreement made and entered into by and between Benjamin F. Butler, Peter Augustus Jay and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New York, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state, entitled, "An act concerning the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the state of New York and the state of New Jersey," passed January 18th, 1833, of the one part, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, James Parker and Lucius Q. C. Elmer, commissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New Jersey, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state, entitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and jurisdiction between the states of New Jersey and New York," passed February 6th, 1833, of the other part. ARTICLE I.

Boundary line between the two states. The boundary line between the two states of New York and New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river opposite the point on the west shore thereof, in the forty-first degree of north latitude, as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea, shall be the middle of the said river, of the bay of New York, of the waters between Staten Island and New Jersey, and of Raritan bay, to the main sea, except as hereinafter otherwise particularly mentioned.

42 N. Y., 290.

ARTICLE II.

Jurisdiction of New York. The state of New York shall retain its present jurisdiction of and over Bedlow's and Ellis' islands, and shall also retain exclusive jurisdiction of and over the other islands lying in the waters above mentioned, and now under the jurisdiction of that state.

ARTICLE III.

Ib. The state of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the bay of New York, and of and over all the waters of Hudson river lying west of Manhattan island and to the south of the mouth of Spuytenduyvel creek, and of and over the lands covered by the said waters to the low water mark on the westerly or New Jersey side thereof; subject to the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, that is to say:

New Jersey right of property. 1. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water lying west of the middle of the bay of New York and west of the middle of that part of the Hudson river which lies between Manhattan island and New Jersey.

Exclusive Jurisdiction. 2. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made, and to be made, on the shore of the said state, and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock; except that the said vessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passengers, of the state of New York, which now exist or which may hereafter be passed. Fisheries. 3. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries on the westerly side of the middle of the said waters, provided that the navigation be not obstructed or hindered.

Jurisdiction over Kill Van Kull. The state of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction of and over the waters of the Kill Van Kull, between Staten Island and New Jersey, to the westernmost end of Shooter's Island, in respect to such quarantine laws and laws relating to passengers as now exist, or may hereafter be passed under the authority of that state, and for executing the same; and the said state shall also have exclusive jurisdiction, for the like purposes, of and over the waters of the sound, from the westernmost end of Shooter's Island to Woodbridge creek, as to all vessels bound to any port in the said state of New York.

ARTICLE V.

Waters of the sound. The state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy exclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between Staten Island and New Jersey, lying south of Woodbridge creek, and of and over all the waters of Raritan bay lying westward of a line drawn from the light-house at Prince's bay to the mouth of Mattavan creek, subject to the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the state of New York.

1. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of property in and to the land under water, lying between the middle of the said waters and Staten Island.

Docks on Staten Island. 2. The state of New York shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and over the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made. on the shore of Staten Island; and of and over all vessels aground on said shore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said vessel shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in relation to passengers of the state of New Jersey which now exist, or which may hereafter be passed

Fisheries. 3. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of regulating the fisheries between the shore of Staten Island and the middle of the said waters, provided that the navigation of the said waters be not obstructed or hindered.

ARTICLE VI.

New Jersey criminal process. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey, against any person accused of an offence committed within that state; or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid; or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that state, in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the third article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof; may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New York, unless such person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon, or fastened to the shore of the state of New York, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto; or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the state of New York

ARTICLE VII.

New York criminal process. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New York, against any person accused of an offence committed within that state; or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid; or committed against the regulations made or to be made by that state, in relation to the fisheries mentioned in the fifth article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New York, against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof; may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, unless such

persons or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon, or fastened to the shore of the state of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto; or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the state of New Jersey.

ARTICLE VIII.

Agreement to become binding. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when confirmed by the legislatures thereof respectively, and when approved by the congress of the United States.

Date of agreement. Done in four parts (two of which are retained by the commissioners of New York, to be delivered to the governor of that state, and the other two of which are retained by the commissioners of New Jersey, to be delivered to the governor of that state), at the city of New York, this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, and of the independence of the United States, the fifty-eighth.

(Signed,) B. F. BUTLER,
PETER AUGUstus Jay,
HENRY SEYMOUR,

THEO. FRELINGHUYSEN,
JAMES PARKER,
LUCIUS Q. C. ELMER."

is hereby ratified and confirmed on the part of the state of New York.

L. 1853, Chap. 586 – An act accepting the sovereignty and jurisdiction over a certain portion of territory of the commonwealth of Massachusetts ceded to the state of New York upon certain conditions by said commonwealth in 1853.

Jurisdiction over Boston corner accepted; not to take effect until approved by congress. SECTION 1. Sovereignty and jurisdiction over that portion of the territory of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, known as the district of Boston corner, situate in the southwesterly corner of the said commonwealth of Massachusetts, and westerly of the southwest line of the town of Mount Washington, in the county of Berkshire, ceded to the state of New York, upon certain conditions, by an act of the legislature of the said commonwealth, passed in May, 1853, entitled "An act relating to the separation of the district of Boston corner from this commonwealth, and the cession of the same to the state of New York," is hereby accepted by the state of New York: this section, however, is not to take effect until the congress of the United States shall consent to such cession and annexation.

Until proclamation published, courts of Massachusetts have jurisdiction. § 2. Until the proclamation, provided in the third section of the act of the legislature of the said commonwealth, referred to in section one of this act, shall be issued, the courts of the said commonwealth of Massachusetts shall have authority to take and hold effectual civil and criminal jurisdiction in any cause or matter pending, or which shall have arisen anterior to the issuing of the said proclamation.

Governor to appoint a surveyor; maps and survey to be filed in the office of secretary of state. §3. His excellency, the governor of this state, for the better defining the limits and extent of the territory mentioned in this act, shall appoint a suitable person to act in conjunction with proper authorities of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, who shall cause an accurate survey and map to be made of the said territory, and shall cause sufficient monuments to be erected in and along the eastern boundary line of said territory, and shall cause the said map and survey to be duly authenticated and filed in the office of the secretary of this state, as record evidence of the extent and limits of such cession.

L. 1875, Chap. 424¬An act in regard to the boundary monuments of the

state.

True location of monuments; regents of the university to examine. SECTION 1. The regents of the university are hereby authorized and directed to resume the work of