man and Union Vale: Northerly, by the north bounds of the patent granted to Colonel Henry Beekman, continued to the east bounds of the county: and Easterly, by the east. bounds of the county.

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5. The town of Fishkill shall contain all that part of said Fishkill. county, bounded Southerly and Westerly, by the bounds of the county: Northerly, by Wappinger's creek, and the town of La Grange: and Easterly, by the east bounds of Rumbout's patent.

6. The town of La Grange shall contain all that part of La Grange. said county, beginning at the fording place on the Wappinger's creek, near the house of the late Samuel Thorn, and running thence east seventeen degrees south, four hundred and fifty-nine chains and four links, then north forty-four degrees and thirty minutes east, to the southwest corner of Union Vale; then northerly along the same to the north bounds of the lands granted to Colonel Henry Beekman ; then along the same westerly to Wappinger's creek; and then down said creek to the place of beginning.

7. The town of Hyde-Park shall contain all that part of Hyde-Park. said county, bounded on the North, by a line beginning in the west bounds of the county opposite the northwest corner of Pawling's patent, and running thence to said corner; then along the north line of said patent to Cromelbow kill, otherwise called Fish creek: on the East, by a line beginning in the north bounds of the town of Poughkeepsie, at the southeast corner of the water lots of the Nine Partners' patent, and running thence along the east line of said water lots, to the northeast corner thereof, and the same line continued until it intersects a line running due east from the southeast corner of the farm now or late of John Le Roy; then due west to the said southeast corner; then along the south line of said farm, to the Cromelbow creek; and then up said creek until it meets the north bounds of said town, as before described: on the South, by Poughkeepsie: and on the West, by the bounds of the county.

8. The town of Milan shall contain all that part of said Milan. county, bounded on the North, by the bounds of the county: on the East, by a line beginning in the north bounds of the county where the eastern boundary of the farm now or late of Josiah Hedges intersects the same, and running thence in a straight line to the northeast corner of the dwelling-house now or late of Jacob Best, junior, and then due south to the north bounds of the town of Stanford: on the South, by Clinton and Stanford: and on the West, by Rhinebeck and Redhook; including in said town the aforesaid dwelling-house of Jacob Best, junior.

9. The town of Northeast shall contain all that part of said Northeast. county, bounded as follows: beginning in the east bounds of the county, at a monument, being a corner between lots number sixty and sixty-two of the Oblong, and running thence

westerly on the dividing line of said lots, and the same continued to the east bounds of Stanford; then northerly along the same to the northeast corner thereof; then easterly along the north bounds of the Lower or Great Nine Partners, and the same continued on the north side of the gore to a hard maple tree standing on the west side of the highway in the line between the heirs of Elijah Roe, deceased and Nathan E. Conklin; then northerly to the southeast corner of the dwelling-house now or late of Samuel Russell; then due north to the bounds of the county, and then along the bounds of the county easterly, northerly and southerly to the place of beginning.

10. The town of Pawling shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Southerly and Easterly, by the bounds of the county: Westerly, by Beekman and Fishkill: and Northerly, by a line beginning on the easterly line of the town of Beekman, and running thence along the division line of lots number nine and ten, until it strikes the Oblong line, and then continuing across said Oblong in the same direction to the bounds of the county.

11. The town of Pine-Plains shall contain all that part of said county, bounded on the North, by the bounds of the county: Easterly, by Northeast: Westerly, by Milan: and Southerly, by Northeast and Stanford, including in said townthe dwelling-house now or late of Samuel Russell.

12. The town of Pleasant-Valley shall contain all that part of said county, bounded on the South, by Poughkeepsie and La Grange: on the West, by Hyde-Park: on the North, by Clinton and on the East, by a line beginning at the southeast corner of Clinton, and running thence southerly in the line of the tier of lots of the Great or Lower Nine Partners to the town of Beekman.

13. The town of Poughkeepsie shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Easterly and Southerly, by Wappinger's kill or creek: Westerly, by the bounds of the county: and Northerly, by the tract called the Great or Lower Nine Partners.

14. The town of Redhook shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Westerly, by the bounds of the county: Southerly, by a line beginning in the west bounds of the county, at a point west from the middle of the Stein Vallitjie, and running thence east to the bank of Hudson's river at the middle of the said Stein Vallitjie; then along the line of division between the estates of John Armstrong and Philip I. Schuyler, to the south part of Schuyler's vly; then an easterly direction, leaving the house and mills now or late of Johannes Ring on the north, till it intersects the road leading from the town of Northeast to Rhinebeck Flats; and then easterly as the road runs to the bounds of the Little or Upper Nine Partners, leaving the house now or late of Benjamin Westfall

on the north; Easterly, by the Little or Upper Nine Partners: and Northerly, by the bounds of the county.

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15. The town of Rhinebeck shall contain all that part of Rhinebeck. said county, bounded Southerly, by Hyde-Park: Westerly, by the bounds of the county: Northerly, by Redhook: and Easterly, by the Little or Upper Nine Partners.

16. The town of Stanford shall contain all that part of said Stanford. county, bounded Southerly, by the north line of lots number fourteen and twenty-three, laid out in the general division heretofore made of the Lower or Great Nine Partners: Westerly, by Clinton: Northerly, by Milan and Pine-Plains: and Easterly, by the easternmost tier of lots laid out in the general division heretofore made of the Lower or Great Nine Partners.

17. The town of Union Vale shall contain all that part of Union Vale. said county, bounded Easterly, by a line beginning at the house now or late of Darius Tallman, near the Nine Partners' patent line; then with a straight line to the house now or heretofore of William Clark; then south to the south side of the lands of Caleb Simpson, on the western boundary of the town of Dover; then westerly to a point four chains south of the present dwelling-house of Thomas Andrews, and continuing that line to the east line of the town of La Grange; then northerly to a point two chains due east of the dwellinghouse of Elisha C. Barlow; then northerly to the corner of the towns of Washington and Pleasant-Valley, in the north bounds of lands granted to Colonel Henry Beekman; then easterly along the same to the place of beginning.

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18. The town of Washington shall contain all that part of Washingsaid county, bounded Southerly, by Union Vale: Westerly, by Clinton: Northerly, by Stanford: and Easterly, by the easternmost tier of lots laid out in the general division heretofore made of the tract called the Lower or Great Nine Part

ners.

See Laws of 1852, ch. 411.

S8. The county of Rockland shall be divided into the Rockland towns of Clarkstown, Ramapo, Haverstraw, and Orangetown, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows:

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1. The town of Clarkstown shall contain all that part of Clarkssaid county, bounded Westerly, by a line beginning at the northwest corner of the land formerly of John M. Hogencamp, called his middle town lot, and running thence north three degrees west, to the division line between the north and south moiety of the patent of Kakiatt; then along the same east to the line of division between the east and west four hundred acre lots of the said north moiety; then along the last mentioned division line, and continuing the same to the line of division between the mountain lots upon the top of the Verdrietege hook mountain: Northerly, by the line

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Ramapo.

Haverstraw.

Orangetown.

Orange.

Blooming-
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running along the top of the said mountain between the said mountain lots, to the east end thereof, and then to the head of the stream of water which runs from the long clove to Hudson's river: Easterly, by the bounds of the county: and Southerly, by Orangetown.

2. The town of Ramapo shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Easterly by Clarkstown and Orangetown: Southerly, by Orangetown and the bounds of the county: Westerly, by the bounds of the county: and Northerly, by a line running from the northwest corner of Clarkstown along the south bounds of the lands formerly of Francis Gurnee and Benjamin Coe, and along the south bounds of the land formerly of Gabriel Concklin, and the same course continued to the bounds of the county.

3. The town of Haverstraw shall contain all that part of said county bounded Southerly, by Ramapo and Clarkstown: and Easterly, Northerly and Westerly, by the bounds of the county.

4. The town of Orangetown shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Easterly and Southeasterly by the bounds of the county: and Westerly and Northerly, by a line beginning in the bounds of the county opposite the northeast corner of the farm formerly of Harman Tallman, deceased, and running thence westerly to said corner; then westerly along the said farm to the tract of land formerly granted to Teunis D. Tallman; then southerly and westerly along the bounds of the same tract to Damarest's kill, or Hackensack river; then down the stream thereof to the northeast corner of a tract of one thousand acres, formerly sold for defraying the expenses of dividing the patent of Kakiatt; then westerly along the same to the northwest corner thereof; then northerly, westerly and southerly, along the land formerly belonging to Johannes J. Blauvelt, to the northeast corner of the land formerly of John M. Hogencamp; then westerly and southerly along the same to the northeast corner of the land formerly belonging to John P. Mabee; and then westerly ✩ along said land to the bounds of the county.

S 9. The county of Orange shall be divided into the towns of Blooming-Grove, Calhoun, Cornwall, Crawford, Deerpark, Goshen, Minisink, Montgomery, Monroe, Newburgh, New-Windsor, Wallkill and Warwick, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows:

1. The town of Blooming-Grove shall contain all that part of said county, bounded as follows: beginning at a stone set in the ground marked on one side "B. Grove," and on the other, "N. W." set in the old east and west line run from the mouth of Murderer's creek; and running thence south seven degrees west, to a heap of stones on the side of Schoonamonk mountain; then south forty-eight degrees east, twenty chains, to the top of said mountain; then southwesterly along

the top of said mountain to a rock marked in the line, commonly called the new northwest line; then northwest along said line fifty chains to a small rock oak tree, marked in the division line between the patent of Wawayanda and Cheescock; then along said line south sixty degrees and twelve minutes west, thirty-three chains; then south two degrees twentyeight minutes west, forty-four chains; then south fifty-two degrees and thirteen minutes west, two hundred and seventy chains; then south seventy-three degrees west, seventeen chains; then south seventy-eight degrees west, twenty-five chains; then south twenty-one degrees east, eighteen chains; then south thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes west, thirtyfour chains, to a stone marked in the line of the town of Warwick; then north two degrees east, seven hundred and fifty-six chains, to a stone marked, being in the aforesaid old east and west line; and then along said line north eightyeight degrees fifty minutes east, to the place of beginning.

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2. The town of Calhoun shall contain all that part of said Calhoun. county, beginning in the bounds of the county at the northeast corner of the town of Deerpark, and running thence east along the bounds of the county, to the southeasternmost corner of the county of Sullivan, and the same line continued due east to the easterly line of the Deerpark patent; then southerly along said line to where the same is intersected by a line run west from the mouth of Murderer's creek at Hudson's river; then west along said line to the town of Deerpark; and then along the easterly bounds thereof, to the place of beginning.

See Laws of 1833, ch. 63.

3. The town of Cornwall shall contain all that part of said Cornwall. county, bounded Northerly, by New-Windsor: Westerly, by Monroe and Blooming-Grove: Southerly, by Monroe and the bounds of the county: and Easterly, by the bounds of the county.

4. The town of Crawford shall contain all that part of said Crawford. county, bounded Northwesterly and Northerly, by the bounds of the county: Southerly, by the town of Wallkill: and Easterly, by a line beginning in the northerly bounds of the town of Wallkill, at the southwest corner of a tract called the five thousand acre patent, and running thence northeast on the northwest side of said tract, to the southwest corner of a tract called the ten thousand acre patent; then northerly on the west side of said patent, to the middle of a turnpike road leading from the village of Montgomery to the falls of Nevisink river, called the Orange and Ulster branch turnpike road; then northerly in a direct line to a small bridge erected across the old stage road leading from the village of Montgomery to the village of Kingston, near and west of the house formerly in the occupation of Adam Dickerson; and then northerly along the middle of said road, to the bounds of the county.