Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-06-12
NUMBER AZ.

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And whereas, also, The nbove-naIned Henry
X. Piersot, Elias w. Leavenworth and
Chauncey NJ. Depew have been duly desig-
mated and appointed by the said regents Of
the university Of the state Of New York,
commissioners on the part Of said state for
the purposes mentioned IN the said act;
And whereas, also, BY an act Of the legislature
Of the state Of New Jersey, entitled AN act
appointing commissioners TO locate the
nothern boundary line between The states of
New 1oik and New Jersey, and TO replace
and erect monuments thereon" approved
April thirteenth, 1876, the governor Of the
state of New Jersey was authorized to ap
point three comm IS ioners with power, on
the part Of said state Of New Jersey, to meet
any authorities en- the part Of The state of
New York who may be duly authorized, and
with them to negotiate and agree upon the
true location Of the said boundary line be-
tween the states of New York and New Jer-
sey, and also to replace any monuments
which may have become dilapidated or been
removed on said boundary lines, and toerect
new ones, which agreement it was thereby
enacted shonld be in writing, and signed and
sealed by the authorities Of the state Of New
York and the commissioners Of the state o.
New jersey;
And whereas, The above-named Abraham
Browning, Thomas n. MeCarter and George
H. Cook, have been duly appointed commits
sioners on the part Of the state Of New Jer-
sey under said act;
And whereas, BY a supplement to the last said
act approved on the twenty iy-fffh day Of
March, 1881, the commissioners under the
last said act were, in addition to the authori-
ty conferred BY the last said act, also author
lied, in their discretion, to proceed TO nscer-
tain and agree upon the location OF the nor b.
ern bounary line between the states Of New
York and New jersey, as originally establish
ed and marsed with monument; and i'm
case any monuments ire found dilapidaied
or removed from their original location, sn;d
commissioners were authorized to renew
and replace them in durable manner in
their original positions, and TO erect such
additional monuments at such places on said
line as ey may deem necessa for the
proper designation Of the boundary line uf
sa d st ties;
And where 5, The said commissioners, acting
for and on behalf Of their respective states,
have entered upon the pert I'm nee Of the
duties imposed upon them by the said acts
and have, in pursuance Of e authority to
them severally given as aforesaid, agreed. and
hereby do agree, as follows:
First. The line extending from the Hudson
river on the east to the Delaware on the west,
as the same was Land down and marked with
monuments in 1774, BY William Wickham and
Samuel Gale, commissioners on the part Of the
then colony Of New York, duly appointed for
that purpose in pursuance Of an act Of the as
sembly of the colony or New York. passed on
the sixteenth day Of February, III, entitled
"An act for establishing tho boundary or Tarri-
ton line between the colonies of New York
and Nova Cesarea, or New Jersey, and for
confirming titles and possession and John
Stevens and Walter Rutherford, commission
ers on the part Of the then colony Of New Jer-
sey, duly appointed in pursuance Of an act OF
the assembly of the colony of New Jersey,
passed on the twenty-third day Of September.
l772, entitle can act for establishing the
boundary or partition line between the colo
MES Of New York and Nova Casarea, or New
Jersey, and for confirming titles and possess
sion" which said line has SINCE been acknowl-
edged and recognized by the two states as the
limit OF their respective territory and juristlic-
ton, shall, notwithstanding its want Of confor-
nifty to the verbal description thereof, as re-
cit ed by said commissioners eontnue to be the
boundary or partition line between the said two
states; provided, that wherever upon said line
the location of one or more of the monuments
erected by said commissioners in 1774 has been
lost, and cannot otherwise be definitely fixed
and determined, then, and in that case, and in
everv case where it is required to establish in
drawn between the nearest adjacent monu-
ments, whose localities ere ascertained, shall
be understood to be, and shall be the true
boundary line.
Second The monumental marks by which
said boundary line shall hereafter be known
and recognized are hereby declared to be: first,
the original monument ofstone erected In 1774,
along said line by the commissioners afore-
said, as the same have been restor d and re-es-
A. Bowser, surveyor ofthe port Of New Jer-
sey, and Henry w. Clarke, surveyor on the
part Of New " ork, duly appointed by the par
ties hereto; second, The new monuments of
granite ereete by the aforesaid surveyors at
intervals OF one mile, more or less, along said
line, ard numbered consecuiiyely, beginning
from the Hudson river, and verally marked
on ;hs northerly side with the letters N. Y,
and ca the southerly side with The letters n.
J.; and ihird, the monuu. ents Of granite erect
ed by the aforesaid surveyors at Intervening
b ints on said line ct its intersection with pub
lie road, railroads and rivers, and severally
marked b. them on the northcrly side with the
letters n Y, and on the sootherly side with
the letters N j.; and fourth, the terminal mon
ument erected at the western ter inns Of
said line at the confluence of the Delaware and
Nnvesi K rivers, and the terminal monument
erec. ed on the brow Of the rock called the Pal
living and being at he foot Of the Pal sades on
The bank Of the Hudson river, and marked as
the original terminal monument of said line
established III 1774, as the same are de cribed
IN a Joint report made to the parties hereto by
Elias W. Ieavenworth, conmiss ner ON the
part Of New York, and George Fl. Cook, COM
missioner on the part Of New jersey.
Third. Tie feld-books Of said surveyors,
containing the descriptions OF the ocations, OF
the several monuments erected by them, and Of
the witness marks thereto, the report of said
surv. yors containing the account OF their work
in ascertaining and marking said line, together
with the typographical map Of said line and the
vicinity thereof, and the several documents
and books of record containing the transactions
OF the parties aforesaid, having been duly au-
thenticatcd and attested by the signatures Of
the said commissioners. and placed file in
the Offices Of the secretaries Of state Of the two
states, shall constitute the permanent and au-
then.ic records of said boundary line, and are
hereby adopted by the parties hcre.o, and ulads
part Of this agreement
Fourth Ihis agreement shall become bind
inx on the two states when confirmed by the
legislatures thereof, respectively, and when
confirmed by the congress of the United States.
In witness whereof, the said commissioners
have heret-i set their hands and seals. in dupli-
cate, this seventh day Of June. in the yenr q
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.
Henry R. Pierson. IL s
E. w. Leavenworth, L. s
Chauncey Nj. Depew, II 81
"a. Browning y 81
Thomas N McCarter, II. 81
Geo. H. Cook, Il. 81
Executed in the presence Of
Witness as to II. r. Pierson,