The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-26
THE BOUNDARY.
The Story of the Great Boun dairy
pute Continued.

pute Continued.
T. Jay in Cumberland News.
OAKLAND, Md, April %, 1894.
MARYLAND ACT OF 1918.
In 1918 the General Assembly of
Maryland passed an act (chapter
2O6 acts of 1879 proposing to Vir-
ginia the appointment of commits
sioners to settle the western boun-
Diary of said State and agreeing to
adopt the most western source of
the North Branch of the Potomac
as the point from which the western
boundary should start.
VIRGINIA ACT 1922.
On the 2Sth of February, 1922,
the Legislature passed an act (chap.
IA, acts 1929 which provides that
the Governor is hereby authorized
to appoint three commissioners on
the part of the State to meet such
commissioners as may be appointed
for the same purpose by the con-
monwealth of Maryland to settle
and adjust by mutual compact be-
tween the two governments the west
ern limits of this State and the
dividing line between this State and
the commonwealth of Maryland, to
commence at the Fairfax stone on
the head waters of the north branch
of the Potomac river, and to run a
due north course to intersect the
line between this State and the
State Of Pennsylvania. Said COM
missioners were required TO report
their proceedings to the General
Assembly for confirmation, reiec-
ton, etc.
WORK OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
Under the resolutions, commits
sioners were appointed both by Ma
rYland and Virginia, and they went
to the Fairfax stone in 1924. The
Maryland commissioners refused to
begin at the Fairfax stone because
they claimed that it was not at the
most western source of the North
Branch of the Potomac river.
They claimed that the most western
source was a point about one mile
west Of the Fairfax stone, and the
difference between the two places Of
beginning embraced a section of
country about one mile in width
and thirty-siX miles in length.
The Virginia act required her
commissioners to begin at the Fair
fax stone. The difference between
the two commissioners put an end
to any futher negotiations, and con-
sequently nothing was done.
REPORT OF MARYLAND COMMITTEE,
1882.
In 1925 the Maryland Legisla-
ture passed another resolution for
the appointment of commissioners,
and the governor of Delaware
should act as umpire in case of dis
agreement, and in 1882 committee
of the Legislature of that State made
an elaborate report to the Legisla-
ture on the question Of the boun-
Diary line of the State, in which pur-
ports to be history of the matter
as given, and the various acts and
resolutions of the Legislature of the
two States above mentioned are
referred to.
In speaking of the passage of the
resolution of 1918, above men
toned, by the Legislature of Mary
land, the committee says:
"The State had now become
wearied with her efforts to reclaim
the territory south of the North
Branch and hence this act of 1918,
chapter 206, in proposing to Vir-
ginia the appointment of commits
sioners, agrees to adopt the most
western source of the North Branch
at the point from which the western
boundary shall start, and the report
closes with a recommendation of
certain resolutions providing for
appointment of commissioners and
that the governor of Delaware
should act as umpire
This report and the accompany
Ing resolutions were transmitted to
the governor of Virginia in June
1882, aud are found in the journal
and documents of the House of
Delegates of Virginia of 1929.
APPOINTMENT OF c. j. FAULKNER.
On the goth of March, 1882, the
Legislature of Virginia passed an
act (acts 1882, page 308), directing
the governor to procure an anthem
ticated copy of the record of a decis-
ion made some time anterior to the
revolution, before George II, IN
a case brought before his majesty in
council by the late proprietor of
the Northern Neck of Virginia,
and the late proprietor Of the West
ern Domain Of Maryland in a con-
troversy and dispute touching the
limits and boundaries of the several
letters patent granted by Charles
III and James II. for lands lv1no on