NY State L § 7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 2 - State Boundaries 7 - New Jersey Boundary Line.

§ 7. New Jersey boundary line. The boundary line between the states of   New York and New Jersey is as follows:Commencing at the said "tri-state monument, " and running thence along   the  line laid out by a joint commission from the states of New York and   New Jersey in 1774, and which was more definitely marked with  monuments   by  another  joint  commission in 1882, under chapter 340 of the laws of   1880, on an average course S. 51° E. , with slight deflections as to the   same as marked by mile monuments, a  distance  of  48.20  miles  to  the   station  rock  on  the  west bank of the Hudson river, said station rock   being in latitude 40° 59' 48.17" north and longitude 73° 54'  11"  west,   as  determined  by  the  United  States  coast survey, and marked as the   original terminal monument of the line as established in 1774, according   to the report of the commissioners on the boundary between the state  of   New  York  and  the  state  of  New Jersey, dated March 24, 1884; thence   easterly to a point in the Hudson river in latitude 40° 59' 49.74" north   and longitude 73° 53' 38.57" west; thence southerly along the middle  of   said  river and of the bay of New York to a point opposite the northeast   angle of Staten Island; thence westerly along the center of the Kill von   Kull to a point opposite the northwest angle of  Staten  Island;  thence   southerly  along the center of the Arthur kill or Staten Island sound to   a point at the entrance of Raritan bay, such point being in latitude 40°   29' 55.57" north, and longitude 74° 15' 33.31"  west,  as  the  same  is   shown  on  maps  and  agreement  filed  by a joint commission of the two   states in the office of the secretary of state, and dated  December  23,   1889;  thence  easterly  through  the  center  of Raritan bay to a point   between Sandy Hook and Coney Island as the same is shown on a map  filed   with the secretary of state, and dated October 12, 1877, thence easterly   to the main sea.Such  metes  and bounds are as reported October 12, 1887, and December   23, 1889, by commissioners to mark out and locate the boundary  line  in   land under water, between the states of New York and New Jersey, and are   in   accordance   with   and  subject  to  the  two  agreements  between   commissioners of such states, made, respectively,  September  16,  1833,   and June 7, 1883, and which took effect, respectively, February 5, 1834,   and  May  23,  1884,  the dates of the approvals of the acts of congress   consenting thereto. The ratification and confirmation by this  state  of   such agreements are continued in force. The following are copies of such   agreements, respectively:"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 18, 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 6, 1833, of the other part.Article first.--- 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.Article  second.---  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 third.--- 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: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.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.3. The  state  of  New  Jersey  shall  have  the  exclusive  right  of   regulating  the  fisheries  on  the  westerly side of the middle of said   waters, provided that the navigation be not obstructed or hindered.Article  fourth.---  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   exists,  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  fifth.---  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 Princess' 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.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.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 sixth.--- Criminal process issued under the authority  of  the   state  of New Jersey, against any person accused of an offense 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 seventh.--- Criminal process issued under the authority of the   state of New York, against any person accused of  an  offense  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   person 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 eighth.--- 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.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 thirty-three, 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. ""An  agreement  made  the  seventh  day  of June, in the year eighteen   hundred  and  eighty-three,  between  Henry   R.   Pierson,   Elias   W.   Leavenworth  and  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  commissioners on the part of the   state of New York, and Abraham Browning, Thomas N. McCarter  and  George   H. Cook, commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey.WHEREAS,  by  the  first section of chapter three hundred and forty of   the laws of the state of New York for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and   eighty,  it  was recited, among other things, that whereas, by an act of   the legislature passed the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and   seventy-five, the regents of the university of the  state  of  New  York   were  authorized  and  directed,  in  connection with the authorities of   Pennsylvania and New Jersey,  respectively,  to  replace  any  monuments    which  have  become dilapidated or been removed on the boundary lines of   those states, and it was thereby declared that the lines originally laid   down and marked with monuments by the several joint commissioners,  duly   appointed  for  that purpose, and which have since been acknowledged and   legally recognized by the several states interested, as  the  limits  of   their  territory and jurisdiction, are the boundary lines of said states   irrespective of want of conformity to the verbal  descriptions  thereof;   and  by  the second section of the same chapter of the laws of the state   of New York, the said regents were authorized and empowered to designate   and appoint three  of  their  number  as  commissioners,  to  meet  such   commissioners  as may have been, or may be, appointed on the part of the   states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, or either of them, and with  such   last-named commissioners, as soon as may be, to proceed to ascertain and   agree  upon  the  location  of  said lines as originally established and   marked with monuments, and in case any monuments are  found  dilapidated   or   removed  from  their  original  location,  said  commissioners  are   authorized to replace  them  in  a  durable  manner  in  their  original   positions, and to erect such additional monuments at such places on said   lines  as  they  may  deem  necessary  for the proper designation of the   boundary lines of said states; andWHEREAS, Also the above-named Henry R. Pierson, Elias  W.  Leavenworth   and  Chauncey  M.  Depew  have been duly designated 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 said act; andWHEREAS, Also by an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey,   entitled  'An  act  appointing  commissioners  to  locate  the  northern   boundary line between the states of New  York  and  New  Jersey  and  to   replace  and erect monuments thereon,' approved April thirteen, eighteen   hundred and seventy-six, the governor of the state  of  New  Jersey  was   authorized  to  appoint  three  commissioners with power, on the part of   said state of New Jersey, to meet any authorities on  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   between  the  states of New York and New Jersey, and also to replace any   monuments which may have become dilapidated, or been  removed,  on  said   boundary  line,  and  to  erect new ones, which agreement it was thereby   enacted should be in writing and signed and sealed by the authorities of   the state of New York and the commissioners of the state of New  Jersey;   andWHEREAS,  The  above-named  Abraham  Browning,  Thomas N. McCarter and   George H. Cook have been duly appointed commissioners on the part of the   state of New Jersey, under said act; andWHEREAS, By a supplement  to  the  last  said  act,  approved  on  the   twenty-fifth   day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-one,  the   commissioners under the last said act were, in addition to the authority   conferred by the last said act, also authorized in their  discretion  to   proceed  to  ascertain  and  agree  upon  the  location  of the northern   boundary line between  the  states  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  as   originally  established  and  marked  with  monuments,  and  in case any   monuments  are  found  dilapidated,  or  removed  from  their   original   location,  said  commissioners were authorized to renew and replace them   in a durable manner in their  original  positions,  and  to  erect  such   additional  monuments,  at  such  places  on said line, as they may deem   necessary for the proper  designation  of  the  boundary  line  of  said   states; andWHEREAS,  The  said  commissioners,  acting for and on behalf of their   respective states, have entered  upon  the  performance  of  the  duties   imposed  upon  them  by  the  said  acts,  and have, in pursuance of the    authority to them severally given as aforesaid, agreed,  and  hereby  do   agree, as follows:First.--- The lines extending from the Hudson river on the east to the   Delaware  river  on  the west, as the same was laid down and marked with   monuments in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, 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  assembly   of  the  colony  of  New  York, passed on the sixteenth day of February,   seventeen hundred and seventy-one, entitled 'An act for establishing the   boundary or partition line between the colonies of  New  York  and  Nova   Caesarea,  or New Jersey, and for conferring titles and possession," and   John Stevens and Walter Rutherford, commissioners on  the  part  of  the   then  colony of New Jersey, duly appointed in pursuance of an act of the   assembly of the colony of New Jersey, passed on the twenty-third day  of   September,  seventeen  hundred  and  seventy-two,  entitled  'An act for   establishing the boundary or partition line between the colonies of  New   York  and  Nova  Caesarea,  or New Jersey, and for conferring titles and   possession,' which said line has since been acknowledged and  recognized   by  the  two  states  as  the  limit  of  their respective territory and   jurisdiction, shall, notwithstanding  its  want  of  conformity  to  the   verbal description thereof as recited by said commissioners, continue 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  seventeen  hundred and   seventy-four, has been lost and cannot be otherwise definitely fixed and   determined, then, and in that  case  and  in  every  case  where  it  is   required  to  establish intervening points on said line, a straight line   drawn  betwen  the  nearest  adjacent  monuments  whose  localities  are   ascertained 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   monuments   of   stone   erected  in  seventeen  hundred  and   seventy-four, along said line, by the commissioners  aforesaid,  as  the   same  have  been restored and re-established in their original positions   by Edward A. Bowser, surveyor on the part of New Jersey,  and  Henry  W.   Clarke,  surveyor on the part of New York, duly appointed by the parties   hereto; second, the new monuments of granite erected  by  the  aforesaid   surveyors  at  intervals  of one mile, more or less, along said line and   numbered consecutively, beginning from the Hudson river,  and  severally   marked  on  the  northerly  side  with  the  letters  N. Y. , and on the   southerly side with the letters N.  J.;  and  third,  the  monuments  of   granite erected by the aforesaid surveyors at intervening points on said   line  at  its  intersection with public roads, railroads and rivers, and   severally marked by them, on the northerly side with the letters N. Y. ,   and on the southerly side with the letters  N.  J.  ,  and  fourth,  the   terminal  monuments  erected at the western terminus of said line at the   confluence of  the  Delaware  and  Navesink  rivers,  and  the  terminal   monument  erected on the brow of the rock called the Palisades, near the   eastern terminus, and the rock lying  and  being  at  the  foot  of  the   Palisades  on  the  bank of the Hudson river, and marked as the original   terminal monument of said line  established  in  seventeen  hundred  and   seventy-four,  as  the  same are described in a joint report made to the   parties hereto by Elias W. Leavenworth, commissioner on the part of  New   York, and George H. Cook, commissioner on the part of New Jersey.Third.  The  field books of said surveyors containing the descriptions   of the locations of the several monuments erected by  them  and  of  the   witness  marks  thereto,  the  report  of  said surveyors containing the   account of their work in ascertaining and marking  said  line,  together    with  the  topographical  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 authenticated  and  attested  by   the  signatures  of  the  said  commissioners, and placed in file in the   offices of the secretaries of state of the two states, shall  constitute   the  permanent  and  authentic  records  of  said boundary line, and are   hereby adopted by the parties hereto, and made part of this agreement.Fourth. This agreement shall become binding 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 hereto set their hands   and seals, in duplicate, this seventh day of June, in the  year  of  our   Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.HENRY R. PIERSON.E. W. LEAVENWORTH.CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.A. BROWNING.THOMAS N. McCARTER.GEO. H. COOK.   Executed in the presence of:   Witness as to Henry R. Pierson, A. C. Judson, Albany, N. Y.As to Chauncey M. Depew, W. J. Van Arsdale.As to commissioners of New Jersey, B. Williamson.Witness to the signature of E. W. Leavenworth, A. F. Lewis."Trenton, January 18, 1890.An  agreement,  made  the  twelfth  day  of  October in the year 1887,   between Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C. Hanus, U. S. N.   , commissioners on the part of the state of  New  York,  and  George  H.   Cook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney, commissioners on the part of the   state of New Jersey.WHEREAS,  by  chapter 69, of the laws of the state of New York for the   year 1887, the governor was authorized to appoint three commissioners on   the part of the state of New York, with full  power  to  meet  with  the   commissioners  duly  authorized  on the part of the state of New Jersey,   and with them locate and mark out by proper monuments and buoys the true   boundary line between the two states in lands  under  water  in  Raritan   bay; andWHEREAS,  the  said  Mayo  W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieut. G. C.   Hanus, U. S. N. , were duly appointed commissioners on the part  of  the   state of New York for the purposes mentioned in the said act; andWHEREAS,  by  an  act  of  the legislature of the state of New Jersey,   passed April 20, 1886, entitled  a  "Joint  resolution  authorizing  the   appointment  of  a commissioner to locate and mark out the boundary line   between the state of New Jersey and the state of  New  York  in  Raritan   bay,"  the governor of the state of New Jersey was authorized to appoint   three commissioners, with power on the part of the  state  to  meet  any   authorities  duly  authorized  on the part of the state of New York, and   with them locate by proper buoys  the  boundary  line  between  the  two   states of lands under water in Raritan bay; andWHEREAS,  the  said  George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney,   were duly appointed commissioners for the purposes of said act; andWHEREAS, the said commissioners, acting for and  on  behalf  of  their   respective  states,  have  entered  upon  the  performance of the duties   imposed upon them by said act, and have in pursuance of the authority to   them severally given as aforesaid agreed and  hereby  do  agree  upon  a   boundary  line  between  the  two states in lands under water in Raritan   bay, and locate the same as follows: First. From the "Great Beds Lighthouse" in Raritan bay north  20°  16'   west,  true,  to  a  point in the middle of the waters of Arthur Kill or   Staten Island sound, equidistant between the southwesterly corner of the   dwelling-house of David C. Butler, at Ward's Point, on Staten Island, in   the  state  of  New  York,  and  the  southeasterly  corner of the brick   building on the lands of Cortlandt L. Parker, at the intersection of the   westerly line of Water street with the northerly line of  Lewis  street,   in Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey.Second.  From "Great Beds Lighthouse" S. 64° 21' E.  true, in the line   with the center Waackaack or Wilson's Beacon, in  Monmouth  county,  New   Jersey,  to  a  point  at  the intersection of the said line with a line   connecting "Morgan No. 2" triangulation point U. S. Coast  and  geodetic   survey in Middlesex county, New Jersey, with the granite and iron beacon   marked  on the accompanying map as "Roamer Stone Beacon" situated on the   "Dry Roamer Shoal;" and thence on a line bearing  N.  77°  9'  E.  true,   connecting  "Morgan No.  2" triangulation point U. S. Coast and geodetic   survey in Middlesex county, New Jersey, with said "Roamer Stone  Beacon"   (the  line  passing  through  said  beacon  and  continuing  in the same   direction) to a point at its intersection with a line drawn between  the   "Hook  Beacon" on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and the triangulation point of   the U. S.  Geodetic survey known as the Oriental Hotel on Coney  Island,   New  York;  then  southeasterly  at right angles with the last mentioned   line to the main sea.Third. The monumental marks by  which  said  boundary  line  shall  be   hereafter known and recognized are hereby declared to be as follows:1. The "Great Beds Lighthouse."2.  A permanent monument marked "State Boundary Line, New York and New   Jersey, " and to be placed at the intersection of the  line  drawn  from   the  "Great Beds Lighthouse" to "Waackaack or Wilson's Beacon," Monmouth   county, New Jersey, and the line drawn from "Morgan No. 2" triangulation   point U. S. Coast and geodetic survey, in Middlesex county, New  Jersey,   to the "Roamer Stone Beacon."3.  Eight  buoys  or spindles to be marked like the permanent monument   above mentioned, and placed at suitable  intervening  points  along  the   line from the said permanent monument to the "Roamer Stone Beacon."4. The "Roamer Stone Beacon."Fourth.  The  maps accompanying and filed with this agreement, showing   the location of the above described boundary line between the  state  of   New York and the state of New Jersey in Raritan bay to the main sea, and   of  the  monumental  marks  by which it is marked and to be marked, duly   authenticated and attested by the signatures of the said  commissioners,   and  placed  on  file  in the offices of the secretaries of state of the   respective states, shall constitute the permanent and authentic  records   of said boundary line, and are hereby adopted by the parties hereto, and   made   a  part  of  this  agreement.    In  witness  whereof,  the  said   commissioners have hereto set their hands and seals in  duplicate,  this   twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord 1887.M. W. HAZELTINE. [L. S.]GEO. H. COOK. [L. S.]ROBERT MOORE. [L. S.]ROB'T C. BACOT. [L. S.]G. C. HANUS, LIEUT. U. S. N. [L. S.]A. B. STONEY. [L. S.]Certified toEDWARD P. DOYLE,Secretary of Joint Commission.An  agreement  made  the  twenty-third  day  of  December, in the year   eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,  between  Mayo  W.  Hazeltine,  Robert    Moore  and  Lieut.  G. C. Hanus, U. S. N. , commissioners on the part of   the state of New York, and Robert C. Bacot, William M. Oliver and  Edwin   A. Stevens, commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey.WHEREAS, By chapter 69, laws of 1887, the governor of the state of New   York  was  authorized  to appoint three commissioners with full power on   the part of the state of  New  York,  to  meet  with  the  commissioners   appointed,  or  to  be  appointed, for a like purpose on the part of the   state of New Jersey, and with them to locate  and  mark  out  by  proper   monuments  and  buoys  the  true boundary line between the two states in   lands under water in Raritan bay; andWHEREAS, The jurisdiction of the said commissioners was continued  and   extended by chapter 159, laws of 1888, and chapter 212, laws of 1889, so   as  to  include  the  Arthur  kill,  Kill von Kull, New York bay and the   Hudson river; andWHEREAS, The said Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore  and  Lieut.  G.  C.   Hanus,  U.  S. N. , were duly appointed commissioners on the part of the   state of New York, for the purposes mentioned in said acts; andWHEREAS, By an act of the legislature of  the  state  of  New  Jersey,   passed  February 14, 1888, entitled, "A joint resolution authorizing the   appointment of a commission to locate and mark  out  the  boundary  line   between  the  state  of  New  Jersey and the state of New York, in lands   under water in the Arthur kill, Kill von Kull,  New  York  bay  and  the   Hudson river;" andWHEREAS,  George  H.  Cook, Robert C. Bacot and William M. Oliver were   duly appointed commissioners for the purpose of said act; andWHEREAS, George H. Cook having died, Edwin A. Stevens was appointed in   his stead, clothed with the same powers; andWHEREAS, The said commissioners acting for  and  on  behalf  of  their   respective  states,  have  entered  upon  the  performance of the duties   imposed upon them by the said acts of their respective legislatures, and   have,  in  pursuance  of  the  authority  to  them  severally  given  as   aforesaid,  agreed  and hereby do agree upon a boundary line between the   two states in lands under water in the Arthur kill, Kill von  Kull,  New   York bay and the Hudson river, and do locate the same as follows:First.  Starting  from a point (at the conclusion of the boundary line   in Raritan bay) and marked for the purposes of this agreement, A.This point is equidistant between  the  southwesterly  corner  of  the   dwelling-house of David C. Butler, at Ward's point, on Staten Island, in   the  state  of  New  York,  and  the  southeasterly  corner of the brick   building on the lands of Cortlandt L. Parker, at the intersection of the   westerly line of water street with the northerly line of  Lewis  street,   in Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey.The  line  runs  thence  in a succession of straight lines through the   Arthur kill, the Kill von Kull, New York bay and the Hudson river, to  a   point marked "JJ," for the purposes of this agreement.This point "JJ," is at the extreme northern limit of the boundary line   in  lands  under  water, and from this point the line runs westerly to a   rock which is described in the report of the New  York  and  New  Jersey   boundary  commission  of 1883 as marking the eastern end of the boundary   line between New York and New Jersey, as determined upon  by  the  royal   boundary commission of 1769.The  absolute  geographical  locations  of  the  point at the place of   beginning and the point of conclusion are as follows: POINT A (PLACE OF BEGINNING). Latitude. Seconds in meters. Longitude. Seconds in meters (Latitudeand longitude not given. Description sufficient.) POINT JJ (PLACE OF CONCLUSION).   ________________________________________________________________________   Latitude.      Seconds in meters.     Longitude.      Seconds in meters.   ________________________________________________________________________   40° 59' 49"     74 N. 1534.38         74° 53' 38"       57 W. 901.46   ________________________________________________________________________    The  points  at  which  changes of direction occur in the boundary line,   from the place of beginning to the place  of  conclusion,  are  for  the   purposes of this agreement lettered or numbered, and their determination   and absolute geographical positions are as follows:    ________________________________________________________________________LATITUDE.                                LONGITUDE.   ________________________________________________________________________Seconds                            Secondsin                                 in   Degrees.  Minutes.  Seconds.  meters. Degrees.Minutes. Seconds.  meters.   ________________________________________________________________________B 40    30      31    N.    956.2    74     15     30.74 W.    723.9C 40    30      56    N.  1727.33    74     15     16.22 W.     382.D 40    31      15.07 N.    464.8    74     14     47.15 W.   1109.9E 40    32      31.9  N.     984.    74     15     02.5  W.     58.8F 40    32      57.38 N.   1769.9    74     14     52.42 W.   1233.9G 40    33      32.68 N.    1008.    74     13     54.57 W.    1284.H 40    33      25.03 N.     772.    74     13     06.29 W.     148.I 40    33      37.54 N.   1157.9    74     12     53.95 W.   1269.4J 40    34      25.03 N.     772.    74     12     38.   W.    893.7K 40    35      16.12 N.     498.    74     12     27.55 W.    647.9L 40    35      51.87 N.   1599.9    74     12     00.   W.       0.   No. 1 40    36      01.   N.     30.8    74     12     00.   W.       0.   No. 2 40    36      21.45 N.    661.6    74     12     18.88 W.    443.9   No. 3 40    36      51.02 N.   1573.7    74     12     15.48 W.    363.9   No. 4 40    37      00.   N.       0.    74     12     10.21 W.     240.O 40    37      27.36 N.    844.1    74     12     15.61 W.    366.9P 40    37      43.24 N.   1333.7    74     12     09.69 W.    227.9R 40    37      53.36 N.   1645.9    74     12     10.12 W.     238.S 40    38      04.86 N.    149.9    74     11     54.87 W.   1289.3Position Center of Baltimore and Ohio Bridge Pier.40    38      15.31 N.    472.3    74     11     47.97 W.   1125.9A'40    38      30.92 N.    953.7    74     11     30.63 W.    719.8B'40    38      45.38 N.   1399.8    74     11     09.79 W.    229.9C'40    38      47.13 N.   1453.7    74     10     55.42 W.   1301.8D'40    38      30.79 N.    949.7    74     08     36.68 W.    861.9E'40    38      36.89 N.   1137.9    74     08     00.   W.      0.0F'40    38      31.37 N.    967.6    74     07     35.15 W.    825.8G'40    38      52.66 N.   1624.3    74     06     36.94 W.    867.9H'40    38      52.66 N.   1624.3    74     05     37.88 W.    889.8I'40    39      05.05 N.   155.77    74     05     14.64 W.   343.09J'40    39      04.94 N.   152.38    74     03     22.25 W.   522.65K' orAA 40    42      00.   N.     0.0     74     01     36.50 W.    857.0BB 40    43      04.68 N.   144.36    74     01     26.59 W.   624.07CC 40    45      26.82 N.   827.30    74     00     52.   W.  1219.66DD 40    49      26.82 N.  1096.61    73     57     50.38 W.   1180.6EE 40    51      03.62 N.   111.67    73     57     11.69 W.   273.78FF 40    53      19.05 N.   587.64    73     55     48.77 W.   1141.7 GG 40    55      40.03 N.  1243.13    73     54     52.82 W.  1235.61HH 40    56      48.22 N.  1487.48    73     54     33.35 W.   780.06II 40    58      54.39 N.  1677.82    73     53     47.63 W.  1113.58JJ 40    59      49.74 N.  1534.38    73     53     38.57 W.   901.46________________ Second.  The  monumental  marks  by  which  said  boundary  line shall   hereafter be known and recognized have been carefully  described,  their   absolute geographical positions given, and this description and location   will  be  filed  in the office of the secretary of state of New York and   the secretary of state of New Jersey.Third. The maps accompanying and filed with  this  agreement,  showing   the  location  of the above-mentioned boundary line between the state of   New York and the state of New Jersey in  lands  under  water  in  Arthur   kill,  Kill  von  Kull,  New  York  bay and the Hudson river, and of the   monumental marks by which such line may be distinguished and known, duly   authenticated  and  attested  by  the  signatures   of   the   aforesaid   commissioners,  and  placed on file in the offices of the secretaries of   state of the respective  states,  shall  constitute  the  permanent  and   authenticated  record  of  said boundary line, and are hereby adopted by   the parties hereto and made part of this agreement.In witness whereof, the said commissioners have hereto set their hands   and seals in duplicate, this twenty-third day of December, in  the  year   of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.M. W. HAZELTINE. [L. S.]ROBERT MOORE. [L. S.]G. C. HANUS. [L. S.]R. C. BACOT. [L. S.]W. M. OLIVER. [L. S.]E. A. STEVENS. [L. S.]Attest:EDWARD P. DOYLE,Secretary Joint Boundary Commission.