§ 4 — Vermont boundary line

§ 4. Vermont boundary line. The boundary line between the state of New\nYork and the state of Vermont shall be and hereby is fixed as follows:\nBeginning at a stone bound standing on the easterly slope of a hill, in\nlatitude forty-two degrees forty-four minutes forty-five and two hundred\none thousandths seconds north, longitude seventy-three degrees fifteen\nminutes fifty-four and nine hundred four thousandths seconds west from\nGreenwich, a point in the southerly line of the state of Vermont; thence\nthe line runs on a bearing north eighty-eight degrees thirty-three\nminutes twenty seconds west, three thousand two hundred five and\nseven-tenths feet to monument number two, standing at the southwest\ncorner of the state of Vermont; thence north eleven degrees fifty-nine\nseconds west, twenty-one thousand eight hundred sixty-eight and\neight-tenths feet, to monument number six on the northwest slope of a\nmountain and one hundred ninety feet northwest to a small brook which\nruns into the Hoosic river about four hundred feet up stream from the\nlower covered bridge at North Pownal; thence north twenty-nine degrees\none minute thirty-three seconds east, two thousand six hundred forty\nfeet, to monument number seven which is a large block of granite set in\nthe bed of the brook above mentioned and at the point where it enters\nHoosic river; thence north seven degrees eighteen minutes seventeen\nseconds west, three hundred ninety-six feet along the west bank of\nHoosic river to monument number eight on the north side of the highway\nleading from North Pownal to North Petersburgh and near the northwest\ncorner of the covered bridge before mentioned; thence north twenty-one\ndegrees twenty-one minutes forty-three seconds east, two thousand\nfifteen and five-tenths feet across Hoosic river to monument number\nnine, on southwest side of the west bound track of the Boston and Maine\nrailroad, and is between said track and Hoosic river opposite a ledge of\nrock; thence north thirty degrees forty minutes seven seconds west, one\nthousand one hundred fifty-six and two-tenths feet along the northeast\nbank of Hoosic river to monument number ten between said river and the\nwest bound track of the Boston and Maine railroad; thence north fourteen\ndegrees forty minutes west, one thousand one hundred seventy-three and\nseven-tenths feet across said track and highway leading from north\nPownal to Petersburgh Junction to monument number twelve, on brow of a\nhill just north of said highway and at the corner of two stone walls;\nthence north five degrees nineteen minutes fifty-seven seconds east,\nfive thousand eighty-two feet to monument number thirteen, on the north\nside of a highway known as the Skipperee road and about four hundred\ntwenty feet southeast of house on lands owned by Edgar Green; thence\nnorth forty degrees twenty minutes east, three hundred ninety-six feet\nto monument number fourteen, at edge of woods on the southwest slope of\nthe hill north of the Skipperee road; thence south seventy-one degrees\nthirty-nine minutes fifty-five seconds east, one thousand six hundred\ntwenty-six and two-tenths feet to monument number fifteen, in woods and\non the slope of hill north of Skipperee road; thence north three degrees\ntwenty minutes eighteen seconds east, one thousand four hundred\neighty-two and three-tenths feet to monument number sixteen, at the\ncorner of the towns of Pownal and Bennington; thence north one degree\nthirty-three minutes five seconds east, thirty-five thousand three\nhundred thirty-five and seven-tenths feet to monument number\ntwenty-seven, at the corner of the towns of Bennington and Shaftsbury;\nthence north two degrees seven minutes twenty-five seconds east,\nthirty-five thousand one hundred sixty-five and six-tenths feet to\nmonument number forty at the corner of the towns of Shaftsbury and\nArlington; thence north two degrees forty-five minutes seventeen seconds\neast, thirty-three thousand nine hundred sixty-one feet to monument\nnumber fifty-two, at the corner of the towns of Arlington and Sandgate;\nthence north one degree twenty-seven minutes three seconds east, eleven\nthousand one hundred fifty-four and four-tenths feet to monument number\nfifty-five, on the north side of Camden Valley road and about\none-quarter mile west of R. C. Smith's house; thence north two degrees\nforty-two minutes nine seconds east, sixteen thousand eight hundred\nsixty-eight and eight-tenths feet to monument number sixty, on the north\nside of Beattie Hollow road; thence north one degree fifty-one minutes\nnine seconds east, two thousand seven hundred eighty-five and\nthree-tenths feet to monument number sixty-one on the north side of\nPerkins Hollow road; thence north one degree fifty minutes forty seconds\neast, three thousand three hundred eighty and nine-tenths feet to\nmonument number sixty-two, at corner of the towns of Sandgate and\nRupert; thence north one degree forty-six minutes twenty-four seconds\neast, three thousand nine hundred eighty-six and seven-tenths feet to\nmonument number sixty-three on the south side of the Salem-Rupert road;\nthence north one degree forty minutes thirty-three seconds east, six\nhundred forty-one and five-tenths feet to monument number sixty-four, on\nthe south side of right of way of Delaware and Hudson railroad; thence\nnorth one degree thirty-eight minutes nine seconds east, three thousand\nfour hundred sixty-four and two-tenths feet to monument number\nsixty-five, at the top of long open slope on north side of and\noverlooking the valley at West Rupert; thence north three degrees\ntwenty-three minutes thirty-four seconds east, three thousand six\nhundred sixty-one and seven-tenths feet to monument number sixty-seven,\nat a point about midway between two highways and about one and one-third\nmiles north of Delaware and Hudson railroad; thence north three degrees\nthirty-one minutes fifty-five seconds east, three thousand three hundred\ntwenty-six and two-tenths feet to monument number sixty-nine, on sloping\nground between two brooks; thence north one degree twenty-three minutes\nthirty-one seconds east, twenty thousand four hundred fifty-six and\ntwo-tenths feet to monument number seventy-six, at the corner of the\ncounties of Bennington and Rutland; thence north one degree thirty-two\nminutes three seconds east, fourteen thousand twenty-five and\nfive-tenths feet to monument number eighty, in West Pawlet on north side\nof highway leading southwest out of said village and about three hundred\nfifty feet from the Delaware and Hudson railroad crossing in West\nPawlet; thence north one degree forty-nine minutes fourteen seconds\neast, twenty thousand three hundred eighty-one and nine-tenths feet to\nmonument number ninety, at the corner of the towns of Pawlet and Wells;\nthence north one degree thirty-five minutes twenty-nine seconds east,\nnineteen thousand three hundred seventy-two and nine-tenths feet to\nmonument number ninety-six, at the corner of the towns of Wells and\nPoultney; thence north one degree twenty-eight minutes fifty-nine\nseconds east, nineteen thousand two hundred forty-five and two-tenths\nfeet to monument number one hundred one, on the south bank of Poultney\nriver; thence about fifty-five feet along the previous course continued\nin the middle of the deepest channel of said river; thence along the\nmiddle of the deepest channel of said river to East bay; thence along\nthe middle of the deepest channel of East bay and the waters thereof to\nwhere the same communicates with Lake Champlain; thence along the middle\nof the deepest channel of Lake Champlain to the eastward of the islands\ncalled the Four Brothers and westward of the islands called Grand isle\nand Long isle or the Two Heroes, and to the westward of the Isle La\nMott, to the parallel of the forty-fifth degree north latitude, as run\nby Valentine and Collins, seventeen hundred and seventy-one to seventeen\nhundred and seventy-four; according to report dated October seventh,\nseventeen hundred and ninety-one, of commissioners appointed by chapter\neighteen of the laws passed at the thirteenth session of the legislature\nof this state in seventeen hundred and ninety; thereby including within\nthe state of New York, all that portion of the former town of Fair\nHaven, formerly in the county of Rutland and state of Vermont, lying\nwesterly from the middle of the deepest channel of Poultney river as it\nnow runs, and between the middle of the deepest channel of such river\nand the west line of the state of Vermont, as established on March\nnineteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as the same is described in\nan act of the legislature of Vermont entitled "An act annexing that\nportion of the town of Fair Haven, lying west of Poultney river, to the\nstate of New York," and approved by the governor of Vermont, November\ntwenty-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. The acceptance by this\nstate of sovereignty and jurisdiction of such ceded territory which took\neffect April seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty, the date of the\napproval of the act of congress consenting to such cession, is continued\nin force. Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to affect\nthe determination of the boundary line between the state of New York and\nthe commonwealth of Massachusetts.\n