N.Y. STL Law § 7 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 2 / Section 7
New Jersey boundary line
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§ 7. New Jersey boundary line. The boundary line between the states of\nNew York and New Jersey is as follows:\n  Commencing at the said "tri-state monument, " and running thence along\nthe line laid out by a joint commission from the states of New York and\nNew Jersey in 1774, and which was more definitely marked with monuments\nby another joint commission in 1882, under chapter 340 of the laws of\n1880, on an average course S. 51Á E. , with slight deflections as to the\nsame as marked by mile monuments, a distance of 48.20 miles to the\nstation rock on the west bank of the Hudson river, said station rock\nbeing in latitude 40Á 59' 48.17" north and longitude 73Á 54' 11" west,\nas determined by the United States coast survey, and marked as the\noriginal terminal monument of the line as established in 1774, according\nto the report of the commissioners on the boundary between the state of\nNew York and the state of New Jersey, dated March 24, 1884; thence\neasterly to a point in the Hudson river in latitude 40Á 59' 49.74" north\nand longitude 73Á 53' 38.57" west; thence southerly along the middle of\nsaid river and of the bay of New York to a point opposite the northeast\nangle of Staten Island; thence westerly along the center of the Kill von\nKull to a point opposite the northwest angle of Staten Island; thence\nsoutherly along the center of the Arthur kill or Staten Island sound to\na point at the entrance of Raritan bay, such point being in latitude 40Á\n29' 55.57" north, and longitude 74Á 15' 33.31" west, as the same is\nshown on maps and agreement filed by a joint commission of the two\nstates in the office of the secretary of state, and dated December 23,\n1889; thence easterly through the center of Raritan bay to a point\nbetween Sandy Hook and Coney Island as the same is shown on a map filed\nwith the secretary of state, and dated October 12, 1877, thence easterly\nto the main sea.\n  Such metes and bounds are as reported October 12, 1887, and December\n23, 1889, by commissioners to mark out and locate the boundary line in\nland under water, between the states of New York and New Jersey, and are\nin accordance with and subject to the two agreements between\ncommissioners of such states, made, respectively, September 16, 1833,\nand June 7, 1883, and which took effect, respectively, February 5, 1834,\nand May 23, 1884, the dates of the approvals of the acts of congress\nconsenting thereto. The ratification and confirmation by this state of\nsuch agreements are continued in force. The following are copies of such\nagreements, respectively:\n  "Agreement made between the commissioners on the part of the state of\nNew York, and the commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey\nrelative to the boundary line between the two states.\n  Agreement made and entered into by and between Benjamin F. Butler,\nPeter Augustus Jay and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on\nthe part and behalf of the state of New York, in pursuance of an act of\nthe legislature of the said state, entitled "An act concerning the\nterritorial limits and jurisdiction of the state of New York and the\nstate of New Jersey," Passed January 18, 1833, of the one part, and\nTheodore Frelinghuysen, James Parker and Lucius Q. C. Elmer,\ncommissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New\nJersey, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state,\nentitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and\njurisdiction between the states of New Jersey and New York," passed\nFebruary 6, 1833, of the other part.\n  Article first.--- the boundary line between the two states of New York\nand New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river opposite the\npoint on the west shore thereof, in the forty-first degree of north\nlatitude, as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea, shall\nbe the middle of the said river, of the bay of New York, of the waters\nbetween Staten Island and New Jersey, and of Raritan bay, to the main\nsea, except as hereinafter otherwise particularly mentioned.\n  Article second.--- the state of New York shall retain its present\njurisdiction of and over Bedlow's and Ellis' islands, and shall also\nretain exclusive jurisdiction of and over the other islands lying in the\nwaters above mentioned, and now under the jurisdiction of that state.\n  Article third.--- the state of New York shall have and enjoy exclusive\njurisdiction of and over all the waters of the bay of New York, and of\nand over all the waters of Hudson river lying west of Manhattan island\nand to the south of the mouth of Spuytenduyvel creek, and of and over\nthe lands covered by the said waters to the low water mark on the\nwesterly or New Jersey side thereof; subject to the following rights of\nproperty and of jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, that is to say:\n  1. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of property\nin and to the land under water lying west of the middle of the bay of\nNew York and west of the middle of that part of the Hudson river which\nlies between Manhattan island and New Jersey.\n  2. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of\nand over the wharves, docks and improvements made, and to be made, on\nthe shore of the said state, and of and over all vessels aground on said\nshore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock; except that the said\nvessels shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in\nrelation to passengers, of the state of New York, which now exist or\nwhich may hereafter be passed.\n  3. The state of New Jersey shall have the exclusive right of\nregulating the fisheries on the westerly side of the middle of said\nwaters, provided that the navigation be not obstructed or hindered.\n  Article fourth.--- the state of New York shall have exclusive\njurisdiction of and over the waters of the Kill van Kull, between Staten\nIsland and New Jersey, to the westernmost end of Shooter's island, in\nrespect to such quarantine laws and laws relating to passengers as now\nexists, or may hereafter be passed under the authority of that state,\nand for executing the same; and the said state shall also have exclusive\njurisdiction, for the like purposes, of and over the waters of the\nsound, from the westernmost end of Shooter's island to Woodbridge creek,\nas to all vessels bound to any port in the said state of New York.\n  Article fifth.--- the state of New Jersey shall have and enjoy\nexclusive jurisdiction of and over all the waters of the sound between\nStaten Island and New Jersey, lying south of Woodbridge creek, and of\nand over all the waters of Raritan bay lying westward of a line drawn\nfrom the light-house at Princess' bay to the mouth of Mattavan creek,\nsubject to the following rights of property and of jurisdiction of the\nstate of New York:\n  1. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of property in\nand to the land under water, lying between the middle of the said waters\nand Staten Island.\n  2. The state of New York shall have the exclusive jurisdiction of and\nover the wharves, docks and improvements made and to be made, on the\nshore of Staten Island; and of and over all vessels aground on said\nshore, or fastened to any such wharf or dock, except that the said\nvessel shall be subject to the quarantine or health laws, and laws in\nrelation to passengers of the state of New Jersey which now exist, or\nwhich may hereafter be passed.\n  3. The state of New York shall have the exclusive right of regulating\nthe fisheries between the shore of Staten Island and the middle of the\nsaid waters, provided that the navigation of the said waters be not\nobstructed or hindered.\n  Article sixth.--- Criminal process issued under the authority of the\nstate of New Jersey, against any person accused of an offense committed\nwithin that state; or committed on board of any vessel being under the\nexclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid; or committed against\nthe regulations made or to be made by that state, in relation to the\nfisheries mentioned in the third article; and also civil process issued\nunder the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person\ndomiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to\nevade the laws thereof; may be served upon any of the said waters within\nthe exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New York, unless such person\nor property shall be on board a vessel aground upon, or fastened to the\nshore of the state of New York, or fastened to a wharf adjoining\nthereto; or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property\nshall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the state\nof New York.\n  Article seventh.--- Criminal process issued under the authority of the\nstate of New York, against any person accused of an offense committed\nwithin that state; or committed on board of any vessel being under the\nexclusive jurisdiction of that state as aforesaid; or committed against\nthe regulations made or to be made by that state, in relation to the\nfisheries mentioned in the fifth article; and also civil process issued\nunder the authority of the state of New York against any person\ndomiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to\nevade the laws thereof; may be served upon any of the said waters within\nthe exclusive jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey, unless such\nperson or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon, or fastened\nto the shore of the state of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf\nadjoining thereto; or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such\nproperty shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of\nthe state of New Jersey.\n  Article eighth.--- This agreement shall become binding on the two\nstates when confirmed by the legislatures thereof respectively, and when\napproved by the congress of the United States.\n  Done in four parts (two of which are retained by the commissioners of\nNew York, to be delivered to the governor of that state, and the other\ntwo of which are retained by the commissioners of New Jersey, to be\ndelivered to the governor of that state), at the city of New York, this\nsixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and thirty-three, and of the independence of the United States,\nthe fifty-eighth.\n                                             (Signed,) B. F. BUTLER,\n                                                 PETER AUGUSTUS JAY,\n                                                      HENRY SEYMOUR,\n                                                THEO. FRELINGHUYSEN,\n                                                       JAMES PARKER,\n                                               LUCIUS Q. C. ELMER. "\n  "An agreement made the seventh day of June, in the year eighteen\nhundred and eighty-three, between Henry R. Pierson, Elias W.\nLeavenworth and Chauncey M. Depew, commissioners on the part of the\nstate of New York, and Abraham Browning, Thomas N. McCarter and George\nH. Cook, commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey.\n  WHEREAS, by the first section of chapter three hundred and forty of\nthe laws of the state of New York for the year eighteen hundred and\neighty, it was recited, among other things, that whereas, by an act of\nthe legislature passed the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and\nseventy-five, the regents of the university of the state of New York\nwere authorized and directed, in connection with the authorities of\nPennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively, to replace any monuments\nwhich have become dilapidated or been removed on the boundary lines of\nthose states, and it was thereby declared that the lines originally laid\ndown and marked with monuments by the several joint commissioners, duly\nappointed for that purpose, and which have since been acknowledged and\nlegally recognized by the several states interested, as the limits of\ntheir territory and jurisdiction, are the boundary lines of said states\nirrespective of want of conformity to the verbal descriptions thereof;\nand by the second section of the same chapter of the laws of the state\nof New York, the said regents were authorized and empowered to designate\nand appoint three of their number as commissioners, to meet such\ncommissioners as may have been, or may be, appointed on the part of the\nstates of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, or either of them, and with such\nlast-named commissioners, as soon as may be, to proceed to ascertain and\nagree upon the location of said lines as originally established and\nmarked with monuments, and in case any monuments are found dilapidated\nor removed from their original location, said commissioners are\nauthorized to replace them in a durable manner in their original\npositions, and to erect such additional monuments at such places on said\nlines as they may deem necessary for the proper designation of the\nboundary lines of said states; and\n  WHEREAS, Also the above-named Henry R. Pierson, Elias W. Leavenworth\nand Chauncey M. Depew have been duly designated and appointed by the\nsaid the regents of the university of the state of New York,\ncommissioners on the part of said state for the purposes mentioned in\nsaid act; and\n  WHEREAS, Also by an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey,\nentitled 'An act appointing commissioners to locate the northern\nboundary line between the states of New York and New Jersey and to\nreplace and erect monuments thereon,' approved April thirteen, eighteen\nhundred and seventy-six, the governor of the state of New Jersey was\nauthorized to appoint three commissioners with power, on the part of\nsaid state of New Jersey, to meet any authorities on the part of the\nstate of New York, who may be duly authorized, and with them to\nnegotiate and agree upon the true location of the said boundary line\nbetween the states of New York and New Jersey, and also to replace any\nmonuments which may have become dilapidated, or been removed, on said\nboundary line, and to erect new ones, which agreement it was thereby\nenacted should be in writing and signed and sealed by the authorities of\nthe state of New York and the commissioners of the state of New Jersey;\nand\n  WHEREAS, The above-named Abraham Browning, Thomas N. McCarter and\nGeorge H. Cook have been duly appointed commissioners on the part of the\nstate of New Jersey, under said act; and\n  WHEREAS, By a supplement to the last said act, approved on the\ntwenty-fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the\ncommissioners under the last said act were, in addition to the authority\nconferred by the last said act, also authorized in their discretion to\nproceed to ascertain and agree upon the location of the northern\nboundary line between the states of New York and New Jersey, as\noriginally established and marked with monuments, and in case any\nmonuments are found dilapidated, or removed from their original\nlocation, said commissioners were authorized to renew and replace them\nin a durable manner in their original positions, and to erect such\nadditional monuments, at such places on said line, as they may deem\nnecessary for the proper designation of the boundary line of said\nstates; and\n  WHEREAS, The said commissioners, acting for and on behalf of their\nrespective states, have entered upon the performance of the duties\nimposed upon them by the said acts, and have, in pursuance of the\nauthority to them severally given as aforesaid, agreed, and hereby do\nagree, as follows:\n  First.--- The lines extending from the Hudson river on the east to the\nDelaware river on the west, as the same was laid down and marked with\nmonuments in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, by William Wickham and\nSamuel Gale, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New York,\nduly appointed for that purpose in pursuance of an act of the assembly\nof the colony of New York, passed on the sixteenth day of February,\nseventeen hundred and seventy-one, entitled 'An act for establishing the\nboundary or partition line between the colonies of New York and Nova\nCaesarea, or New Jersey, and for conferring titles and possession,' and\nJohn Stevens and Walter Rutherford, commissioners on the part of the\nthen colony of New Jersey, duly appointed in pursuance of an act of the\nassembly of the colony of New Jersey, passed on the twenty-third day of\nSeptember, seventeen hundred and seventy-two, entitled 'An act for\nestablishing the boundary or partition line between the colonies of New\nYork and Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey, and for conferring titles and\npossession,' which said line has since been acknowledged and recognized\nby the two states as the limit of their respective territory and\njurisdiction, shall, notwithstanding its want of conformity to the\nverbal description thereof as recited by said commissioners, continue to\nbe the boundary or partition line between the said two states; provided\nthat wherever upon said line the location of one or more of the\nmonuments, erected by said commissioners in seventeen hundred and\nseventy-four, has been lost and cannot be otherwise definitely fixed and\ndetermined, then, and in that case and in every case where it is\nrequired to establish intervening points on said line, a straight line\ndrawn betwen the nearest adjacent monuments whose localities are\nascertained shall be the true boundary line.\n  Second. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall\nhereafter be known and recognized are hereby declared to be, first, the\noriginal monuments of stone erected in seventeen hundred and\nseventy-four, along said line, by the commissioners aforesaid, as the\nsame have been restored and re-established in their original positions\nby Edward A. Bowser, surveyor on the part of New Jersey, and Henry W.\nClarke, surveyor on the part of New York, duly appointed by the parties\nhereto; second, the new monuments of granite erected by the aforesaid\nsurveyors at intervals of one mile, more or less, along said line and\nnumbered consecutively, beginning from the Hudson river, and severally\nmarked on the northerly side with the letters N. Y. , and on the\nsoutherly side with the letters N. J.; and third, the monuments of\ngranite erected by the aforesaid surveyors at intervening points on said\nline at its intersection with public roads, railroads and rivers, and\nseverally marked by them, on the northerly side with the letters N. Y. ,\nand on the southerly side with the letters N. J. , and fourth, the\nterminal monuments erected at the western terminus of said line at the\nconfluence of the Delaware and Navesink rivers, and the terminal\nmonument erected on the brow of the rock called the Palisades, near the\neastern terminus, and the rock lying and being at the foot of the\nPalisades on the bank of the Hudson river, and marked as the original\nterminal monument of said line established in seventeen hundred and\nseventy-four, as the same are described in a joint report made to the\nparties hereto by Elias W. Leavenworth, commissioner on the part of New\nYork, and George H. Cook, commissioner on the part of New Jersey.\n  Third. The field books of said surveyors containing the descriptions\nof the locations of the several monuments erected by them and of the\nwitness marks thereto, the report of said surveyors containing the\naccount of their work in ascertaining and marking said line, together\nwith the topographical map of said line and the vicinity thereof, and\nthe several documents and books of record containing the transactions of\nthe parties aforesaid, having been duly authenticated and attested by\nthe signatures of the said commissioners, and placed in file in the\noffices of the secretaries of state of the two states, shall constitute\nthe permanent and authentic records of said boundary line, and are\nhereby adopted by the parties hereto, and made part of this agreement.\n  Fourth. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when\nconfirmed by the legislatures thereof, respectively, and when confirmed\nby the congress of the United States.\n  In witness whereof, the said commissioners have hereto set their hands\nand seals, in duplicate, this seventh day of June, in the year of our\nLord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.\n                                                   HENRY R. PIERSON.\n                                                  E. W. LEAVENWORTH.\n                                                  CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.\n                                                        A. BROWNING.\n                                                 THOMAS N. McCARTER.\n                                                       GEO. H. COOK.\nExecuted in the presence of:\nWitness as to Henry R. Pierson, A. C. Judson, Albany, N. Y.\n     As to Chauncey M. Depew, W. J. Van Arsdale.\n     As to commissioners of New Jersey, B. Williamson.\n     Witness to the signature of E. W. Leavenworth, A. F. Lewis."\n                       Trenton, January 18, 1890.\n  An agreement, made the twelfth day of October in the year 1887,\nbetween Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S.\nN., commissioners on the part of the state of New York, and George H.\nCook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney, commissioners on the part of the\nstate of New Jersey.\n  WHEREAS, By chapter 69, of the laws of the state of New York for the\nyear 1887, the governor was authorized to appoint three commissioners on\nthe part of the state of New York, with full power to meet with the\ncommissioners duly authorized on the part of the state of New Jersey,\nand with them locate and mark out by proper monuments and buoys the true\nboundary line between the two states in lands under water in Raritan\nbay; and\n  WHEREAS, The said Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C.\nHanus, U. S. N. , were duly appointed commissioners on the part of the\nstate of New York for the purposes mentioned in the said act; and\n  WHEREAS, By an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey,\npassed April 20, 1886, entitled a "Joint resolution authorizing the\nappointment of a commissioner to locate and mark out the boundary line\nbetween the state of New Jersey and the state of New York in Raritan\nbay," the governor of the state of New Jersey was authorized to appoint\nthree commissioners, with power on the part of the state to meet any\nauthorities duly authorized on the part of the state of New York, and\nwith them locate by proper buoys the boundary line between the two\nstates of lands under water in Raritan bay; and\n  WHEREAS, The said George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney,\nwere duly appointed commissioners for the purposes of said act; and\n  WHEREAS, The said commissioners, acting for and on behalf of their\nrespective states, have entered upon the performance of the duties\nimposed upon them by said act, and have in pursuance of the authority to\nthem severally given as aforesaid agreed and hereby do agree upon a\nboundary line between the two states in lands under water in Raritan\nbay, and locate the same as follows:\n  First. From the "Great Beds Lighthouse" in Raritan bay north 20Á 16'\nwest, true, to a point in the middle of the waters of Arthur kill or\nStaten Island sound, equidistant between the southwesterly corner of the\ndwelling-house of David C. Butler, at Ward's Point, on Staten Island, in\nthe state of New York, and the southeasterly corner of the brick\nbuilding on the lands of Cortlandt L. Parker, at the intersection of the\nwesterly line of Water street with the northerly line of Lewis street,\nin Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey.\n  Second. From "Great Beds Lighthouse" S. 64Á 21' E.  true, in the line\nwith the center Waackaack or Wilson's Beacon, in Monmouth county, New\nJersey, to a point at the intersection of the said line with a line\nconnecting "Morgan No. 2" triangulation point U. S. coast and geodetic\nsurvey in Middlesex county, New Jersey, with the granite and iron beacon\nmarked on the accompanying map as "Roamer Stone Beacon," situated on the\n"Dry Roamer Shoal;" and thence on a line bearing N. 77Á 9' E. true,\nconnecting "Morgan No.  2" triangulation point U. S. coast and geodetic\nsurvey in Middlesex county, New Jersey, with said "Roamer Stone Beacon"\n(the line passing through said beacon and continuing in the same\ndirection) to a point at its intersection with a line drawn between the\n"Hook Beacon" on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and the triangulation point of\nthe U. S.  geodetic survey known as the Oriental Hotel on Coney Island,\nNew York; then southeasterly at right angles with the last mentioned\nline to the main sea.\n  Third. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall be\nhereafter known and recognized are hereby declared to be as follows:\n  1. The "Great Beds Lighthouse."\n  2. A permanent monument marked "State Boundary Line, New York and New\nJersey," and to be placed at the intersection of the line drawn from the\n"Great Beds Lighthouse" to "Waackaack or Wilson's Beacon," Monmouth\ncounty, New Jersey, and the line drawn from "Morgan No. 2" triangulation\npoint U. S. coast and geodetic survey, in Middlesex county, New Jersey,\nto the "Roamer Stone Beacon."\n  3. Eight buoys or spindles to be marked like the permanent monument\nabove mentioned, and placed at suitable intervening points along the\nline from the said permanent monument to the "Roamer Stone Beacon."\n  4. The "Roamer Stone Beacon."\n  Fourth. The maps accompanying and filed with this agreement, showing\nthe location of the above described boundary line between the state of\nNew York and the state of New Jersey in Raritan bay to the main sea, and\nof the monumental marks by which it is marked and to be marked, duly\nauthenticated and attested by the signatures of the said commissioners,\nand placed on file in the offices of the secretaries of state of the\nrespective states, shall constitute the permanent and authentic records\nof said boundary line, and are hereby adopted by the parties hereto, and\nmade a part of this agreement.\n  In witness whereof, the said commissioners have hereto set their hands\nand seals in duplicate, this twelfth day of October, in the year of our\nLord 1887.\n                                         M. W. HAZELTINE. [L. S.]\n                                            GEO. H. COOK. [L. S.]\n                                            ROBERT MOORE. [L. S.]\n                                          ROB'T C. BACOT. [L. S.]\n                             G. C. HANUS, LIEUT. U. S. N. [L. S.]\n                                            A. B. STONEY. [L. S.]\n                                                  Certified to\n                                                 EDWARD P. DOYLE,\n                                          Secretary of Joint Commission.\n  An agreement made the twenty-third day of December, in the year\neighteen hundred and eighty-nine, between Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert\nMoore and Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S. N. , commissioners on the part of\nthe state of New York, and Robert C. Bacot, William M. Oliver and Edwin\nA. Stevens, commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey.\n  WHEREAS, By chapter 69, laws of 1887, the governor of the state of New\nYork was authorized to appoint three commissioners with full power on\nthe part of the state of New York, to meet with the commissioners\nappointed, or to be appointed, for a like purpose on the part of the\nstate of New Jersey, and with them to locate and mark out by proper\nmonuments and buoys the true boundary line between the two states in\nlands under water in Raritan bay; and\n  WHEREAS, The jurisdiction of the said commissioners was continued and\nextended by chapter 159, laws of 1888, and chapter 212, laws of 1889, so\nas to include the Arthur kill, Kill von Kull, New York bay and the\nHudson river; and\n  WHEREAS, The said Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C.\nHanus, U. S. N. , were duly appointed commissioners on the part of the\nstate of New York, for the purposes mentioned in said acts; and\n  WHEREAS, By an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey,\npassed February 14, 1888, entitled, "A joint resolution authorizing the\nappointment of a commission to locate and mark out the boundary line\nbetween the state of New Jersey and the state of New York, in lands\nunder water in the Arthur kill, Kill von Kull, New York bay and the\nHudson river;" and\n  WHEREAS, George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and William M. Oliver were\nduly appointed commissioners for the purpose of said act; and\n  WHEREAS, George H. Cook having died, Edwin A. Stevens was appointed in\nhis stead, clothed with the same powers; and\n  WHEREAS, The said commissioners acting for and on behalf of their\nrespective states, have entered upon the performance of the duties\nimposed upon them by the said acts of their respective legislatures, and\nhave, in pursuance of the authority to them severally given as\naforesaid, agreed and hereby do agree upon a boundary line between the\ntwo states in lands under water in the Arthur kill, Kill von Kull, New\nYork bay and the Hudson river, and do locate the same as follows:\n  First. Starting from a point (at the conclusion of the boundary line\nin Raritan bay) and marked for the purposes of this agreement, A.\n  This point is equidistant between the southwesterly corner of the\ndwelling-house of David C. Butler, at Ward's point, on Staten Island, in\nthe state of New York, and the southeasterly corner of the brick\nbuilding on the lands of Cortlandt L. Parker, at the intersection of the\nwesterly line of water street with the northerly line of Lewis street,\nin Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey.\n  The line runs thence in a succession of straight lines through the\nArthur kill, the Kill von Kull, New York bay and the Hudson river, to a\npoint marked "JJ," for the purposes of this agreement.\n  This point "JJ," is at the extreme northern limit of the boundary line\nin lands under water, and from this point the line runs westerly to a\nrock which is described in the report of the New York and New Jersey\nboundary commission of 1883 as marking the eastern end of the boundary\nline between New York and New Jersey, as determined upon by the royal\nboundary commission of 1769.\n  The absolute geographical locations of the point at the place of\nbeginning and the point of conclusion are as follows:\n                      POINT A (PLACE OF BEGINNING).\n   Latitude. Seconds in meters. Longitude. Seconds in meters (Latitude\n            and longitude not given. Description sufficient.)\n                     POINT JJ (PLACE OF CONCLUSION).\n________________________________________________________________________\nLatitude.      Seconds in meters.     Longitude.      Seconds in meters.\n________________________________________________________________________\n40Á 59' 49"     74 N. 1534.38         74Á 53' 38"       57 W. 901.46\n________________________________________________________________________\nThe  points  at  which  changes of direction occur in the boundary line,\nfrom the place of beginning to the place  of  conclusion,  are  for  the\npurposes of this agreement lettered or numbered, and their determination\nand absolute geographical positions are as follows:\n________________________________________________________________________\n         LATITUDE.                                LONGITUDE.\n________________________________________________________________________\n                              Seconds                            Seconds\n                                in                                 in\nDegrees.  Minutes.  Seconds.  meters. Degrees.Minutes. Seconds.  meters.\n________________________________________________________________________\n    B 40    30      31    N.    956.2    74     15     30.74 W.    723.9\n    C 40    30      56    N.  1727.33    74     15     16.22 W.     382.\n    D 40    31      15.07 N.    464.8    74     14     47.15 W.   1109.9\n    E 40    32      31.9  N.     984.    74     15     02.5  W.     58.8\n    F 40    32      57.38 N.   1769.9    74     14     52.42 W.   1233.9\n    G 40    33      32.68 N.    1008.    74     13     54.57 W.    1284.\n    H 40    33      25.03 N.     772.    74     13     06.29 W.     148.\n    I 40    33      37.54 N.   1157.9    74     12     53.95 W.   1269.4\n    J 40    34      25.03 N.     772.    74     12     38.   W.    893.7\n    K 40    35      16.12 N.     498.    74     12     27.55 W.    647.9\n    L 40    35      51.87 N.   1599.9    74     12     00.   W.       0.\nNo. 1 40    36      01.   N.     30.8    74     12     00.   W.       0.\nNo. 2 40    36      21.45 N.    661.6    74     12     18.88 W.    443.9\nNo. 3 40    36      51.02 N.   1573.7    74     12     15.48 W.    363.9\nNo. 4 40    37      00.   N.       0.    74     12     10.21 W.     240.\n    O 40    37      27.36 N.    844.1    74     12     15.61 W.    366.9\n    P 40    37      43.24 N.   1333.7    74     12     09.69 W.    227.9\n    R 40    37      53.36 N.   1645.9    74     12     10.12 W.     238.\n    S 40    38      04.86 N.    149.9    74     11     54.87 W.   1289.3\n           Position Center of Baltimore and Ohio Bridge Pier.\n      40    38      15.31 N.    472.3    74     11     47.97 W.   1125.9\n    A'40    38      30.92 N.    953.7    74     11     30.63 W.    719.8\n    B'40    38      45.38 N.   1399.8    74     11     09.79 W.    229.9\n    C'40    38      47.13 N.   1453.7    74     10     55.42 W.   1301.8\n    D'40    38      30.79 N.    949.7    74     08     36.68 W.    861.9\n    E'40    38      36.89 N.   1137.9    74     08     00.   W.      0.0\n    F'40    38      31.37 N.    967.6    74     07     35.15 W.    825.8\n    G'40    38      52.66 N.   1624.3    74     06     36.94 W.    867.9\n    H'40    38      52.66 N.   1624.3    74     05     37.88 W.    889.8\n    I'40    39      05.05 N.   155.77    74     05     14.64 W.   343.09\n    J'40    39      04.94 N.   152.38    74     03     22.25 W.   522.65\n   K' or\n   AA 40    42      00.   N.     0.0     74     01     36.50 W.    857.0\n   BB 40    43      04.68 N.   144.36    74     01     26.59 W.   624.07\n   CC 40    45      26.82 N.   827.30    74     00     52.   W.  1219.66\n   DD 40    49      26.82 N.  1096.61    73     57     50.38 W.   1180.6\n   EE 40    51      03.62 N.   111.67    73     57     11.69 W.   273.78\n   FF 40    53      19.05 N.   587.64    73     55     48.77 W.   1141.7\n   GG 40    55      40.03 N.  1243.13    73     54     52.82 W.  1235.61\n   HH 40    56      48.22 N.  1487.48    73     54     33.35 W.   780.06\n   II 40    58      54.39 N.  1677.82    73     53     47.63 W.  1113.58\n   JJ 40    59      49.74 N.  1534.38    73     53     38.57 W.   901.46\n                            ________________\n  Second. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall\nhereafter be known and recognized have been carefully described, their\nabsolute geographical positions given, and this description and location\nwill be filed in the office of the secretary of state of New York and\nthe secretary of state of New Jersey.\n  Third. The maps accompanying and filed with this agreement, showing\nthe location of the above-mentioned boundary line between the state of\nNew York and the state of New Jersey in lands under water in Arthur\nkill, Kill von Kull, New York bay and the Hudson river, and of the\nmonumental marks by which such line may be distinguished and known, duly\nauthenticated and attested by the signatures of the aforesaid\ncommissioners, and placed on file in the offices of the secretaries of\nstate of the respective states, shall constitute the permanent and\nauthenticated record of said boundary line, and are hereby adopted by\nthe parties hereto and made part of this agreement.\n  In witness whereof, the said commissioners have hereto set their hands\nand seals in duplicate, this twenty-third day of December, in the year\nof our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.\n                                         M. W. HAZELTINE. [L. S.]\n                                            ROBERT MOORE. [L. S.]\n                                             G. C. HANUS. [L. S.]\n                                             R. C. BACOT. [L. S.]\n                                            W. M. OLIVER. [L. S.]\n                                           E. A. STEVENS. [L. S.]\n                                                          Attest:\n                                                 EDWARD P. DOYLE,\n                                    Secretary Joint Boundary Commission.\n