great lots number five and six, in the Hardenburgh patent; then TITLE 1. along the said division line, northwesterly to a line run by order of the surveyor-general, north sixty-two degrees east, from the place of beginning; then south sixty-two degrees west, along the said line to the east bank of the Delaware river; and then in a straight line to the place of beginning.

13. The county of DELAWARE shall contain all that part of this Delaware state bounded as follows: Beginning on the bank of the Delaware river, at the northwest corner of the county of Sullivan, and running thence north sixty-two degrees east, to the southwesterly bounds of great lot number eight in the Hardenburgh patent; then north forty degrees east, to the southwesterly bounds of lot number five, in the subdivision of great lot number eight; then the same course continued twenty-four chains; then on a straight line, to a point where the first mentioned line, continued, crosses the northeasterly.bounds of lot number six, in the subdivision of great lot number eight; then along the first mentioned line, continued, to the north east bounds of great lot number eight; then along the bounds of the said lot number eight, northwesterly to the southwest corner of lot number twenty in the said patent; then northeasterly along the division line between lots number nineteen and said lot number twenty, and that line continued, until it intersects the line formerly run from the head of Kaater's creek to the Lake Utsayantho; then along the said line, and the southerly bounds of the county of Schoharie, to the Charlotte river; then down the middle thereof until the same is intersected by a line run south from the centre of lot number thirteen in M'Kee's patent; then in a direct line to the northeast corner of lot number thirty-five of Fitch's patent; then westerly to the northwest corner of lot number nine; then north to the northeast corner of lot number seven; then west along the north bounds of number seven and four to the northwest corner of said lot number four; then southwesterly along a line which shall be at the same distance from the mouth of Charlotte river as the northeast corner of the land now or late of Daniel Hunt is distant from the mouth of Cherry Valley creek, to the middle of Charlotte river, then down along the same to the Susquehanna river; then down the middle of the Susquehanna river to Wallace's patent; then along the bounds thereof southerly and westerly to the land now or late of Daniel Swift; then along the same, south thirty-one degrees and five minutes east, thirty chains, and south fifty-eight degrees and fifty-five minutes west, forty-four chains and seventy-eight links, to land now or late of Benedict Northrop; then along the same, south thirty-one degrees and five minutes east, twelve chains; then south fifty-eight degrees and fifty-five minutes west, sixty-four chains. to the most southerly corner of land now or late of John Brimmer; then along the bounds thereof, north thirty-one degrees and five minutes west, to the bounds of said Wallace's patent; then along the same southwesterly to a line run south fourteen degrees west, from a large black oak tree marked T. C., and standing at the bank of the Susquehanna river, on lot number thirty-three in said patent; then along said line and the same continued northerly to the middle of said river; then down along the same to the line of property;

TITLE 1. then southerly along the line of property to the Delaware river; then down the waters thereof, and along the bounds of the state, to the place of beginning.

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Albany.

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Schoharie.

14. The county of GREENE shall contain all that part of this state bounded southerly by the county of Ulster and part of the county of Delaware; easterly by the middle of Hudson's river; north and northwesterly by a line drawn west from the southernmost part of Bearen island, in said river, to the southwest corner of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, and a line drawn thence to the place where the line formerly run from the head of Kaater's creek, to a small lake called Utsayantho intersects the Schoharie creek; and westerly by the said county of Delaware; including also in said county of Greene, Scutter's island, Little island and Willow islands or so much thereof as belongs to any of the inhabitants of said county.'

15. The county of COLUMBIA shall contain all that part of this state bounded southerly by the county of Dutchess; westerly by the county of Greene; northerly by an east line from the southernmost part of Bearen island, in Hudson's river, to the eastern bounds of this state; and easterly by the northeast part of the county of Dutchess and the eastern bounds of this state.

16. The county of ALBANY shall contain all that part of this state bounded northerly by the counties of Saratoga and Schenectady; westerly by the west bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; southerly by the county of Greene; and easterly by the county of Rensselaer.

17. The county of RENSSELAER shall contain all that part of this state bounded easterly by the eastern bounds of this state; southerly by the county of Columbia; westerly by the middle of the main stream of Hudson's river, with such variations as to include the islands lying nearest to the east bank thereof; and northerly by a line beginning at the mouth of Lewis' creek or kill, and running thence south eighty-four degrees east, to the middle of Hosick river; then up along the same, until it is intersected by a continuation of the before mentioned line, and then along such continuation to the east bounds of the state.

18. The county of SCHOHARIE shall contain all that part of this state bounded easterly by the counties of Albany and Schenectady; northerly by part of the south bounds of the county of Montgomery; westerly by a line beginning at the southwest corner of a tract of land formerly granted to John Lyne, and running thence south twenty-one degrees and forty-eight minutes west, two hundred and nineteen chains, to the place where Joshua Tucker formerly resided; then south seven degrees and forty-eight minutes west, one hundred and ninety-three chains, to the easternmost line of the second allotment of the Belvidere patent; then south nine degrees east, six hundred and ninety-five chains, to a hill called Grover's hill; then with a direct line to the most northwesterly corner of Stroughburgh patent; then with a direct line to the Charlotte or Adiquatangie branch of the Susquehanna river, where it is intersected by a continuation of the northeasterly bounds of Harpersfield; then south

1 Altered. See title V., § 17, sub. 11.

easterly along the same, and along the northeasterly bounds of Har- TITLE 1. persfield, to the Lake Utsayantho; and southerly by a line formerly run from the head of Kaater's creek to the said Lake Utsayantho, J and by a part of the north bounds of the county of Greene.1

tady.

19. The county of SCHENECTADY shall contain all that part of this Schenecstate bounded as follows: Beginning in the south bounds of the county of Saratoga, opposite a point on the Mohawk river, where it is nearest the north line of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, at Niskayuna, and running thence westerly, along the southerly bounds of the county of Saratoga, to the bounds of the Schenectady patent; then along the easterly and northerly bounds of said patent to a line heretofore established, drawn north one degree and twenty-five minutes west, from a point on the Mohawk river, at the northeast corner of the tract granted to George Ingoldsby and others; then along the said line southerly, to the said northeast corner; then southerly along the north bounds of the last mentioned tract, and of the tracts granted to Walter Butler and Thomas Freeman, and to Alexander Philip and William Cosby, to the Schoharie creek; then along the said creek to the old Schoharie patent, granted to Myndert Schuyler; then along the eastern bounds thereof, to the tract granted to Johannes Lawyer; then along the south and easterly bounds of the tract granted to Jonathan Brewer, to the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; then easterly along the north bounds of the said manor, to a point opposite the place of beginning; and then northerly to the place of beginning.

20. The county of SARATOGA shall contain all that part of this Saratoga. state bounded northerly by the county of Warren; easterly by the counties of Rensselaer, Washington and Warren; southerly by a line beginning at a point in the middle of Hudson's river, opposite to the middle of the most northerly branch of the Mohawk river, and running thence through the middle of the said northerly branch, and of the Mohawk river, westerly, to the east bounds of the county of Schenectady; then along the easterly and northerly bounds of the said county of Schenectady, to the northwest corner of said county; then north one degree and twenty-five minutes west, along a line herefore established, drawn from a point on the Mohawk river at the northeast corner of the tract granted to George Ingoldsby and others, to the southwest corner of the county of Warren.

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21. The county of MONTGOMERY shall contain all that part of Montthis state bounded northerly by the south bounds of the county of Hamilton; easterly by the counties of Schenectady and Saratoga; southerly and westerly by the following lines: Beginning at the Fulton to northeast corner of a tract granted to George Ingoldsby and others, See next and running thence southwesterly along the northerly bounds thereof, and of the patents granted to Walter Butler, Thomas Freeman, and Alexander Philip and William Cosby, and along the same line continued to the patent of John Bowen; then along the bounds thereof southerly and westerly to the northeast corner of the old Schoharie patent, granted to Myndert Schuyler; then westerly along a line run by order of the surveyor-general, in pursuance of an act

1 Conesville, formed from Broome in Schoharie county and Durham in Greene county, annexed to Schoharie. Laws 1836, ch. 31. See title V., § 17, sub. 11.

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TITLE 1. passed the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, to the southeast corner of a tract granted to William Cosby; then westerly along the same and along a tract granted to John Lyne, to the southwest corner thereof; then westerly along the north bounds of the county of Otsego, to a line drawn southerly from a point on the southerly bank of the Mohawk river, opposite the mouth of East Canada creek, and parallel to a line run from the Little falls in the Mohawk river, to the mouth of the creek on which the mills formerly of Richard Carey were erected; then northerly with a straight line to the mouth of the East Canada creek; then up the said creek to the point where the south bounds of the tract called Jerseyfield intersects the said creek; and then north to the county of Hamilton.

Fulton.

Hamilton.

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[22. All that part of the county of Montgomery lying and being on the north side of a line beginning at the northwest corner of the first tier of lots in Klock and Nellis's patent, in the town of Oppenheim, on the west line of the county of Montgomery, and running thence through the towns of Oppenheim and Ephratah, on a straight line to the centre of the new turnpike (so called), where said turnpike crosses the highway leading from the village of Ephratah to Palatine Bridge; thence easterly on a straight line to the southeast corner of the town of Broadalbin, in the said county of Montgomery, shall, from and after the passing of this act, be a separate and distinct county of the State of New York, and be known and called by the name of Fulton.']

23. [22.] The county of HAMILTON shall contain all that part of this state bounded on the south by the north bounds of the tract called Jerseyfield and the south bounds of the township of Benson continued to the west bounds of the county of Saratoga; on the east by a part of the west bounds of the county of Saratoga, the west bounds of the county of Warren, and part of the west bounds of the county of Essex; on the north by the south bounds of Macomb's purchase; and on the west by a line beginning at a point in the south bounds of Macomb's purchase, due north from the northwest corner of the tract called Arthorborough, and running thence south to said corner; then along the division line between Arthorborough and Nobleborough to their southern boundary; then south thirteen degrees west, as the magnetic needle pointed in the year one thousand eight hundred and two, to the north bounds of the tract called Jerseyfield.

24. [23.] The county of WASHINGTON shall contain all that part of this state bounded southerly by the county of Rensselaer; easterly by the east bounds of this state; northerly by a due west line drawn from the east bounds of this state, so as to strike Lake George in a range with the most westerly point of the rock commonly called Rogers' rock, situate on the west side of Lake George; and westerly by the county of Warren, and the middle of Hudson's river, from where it leaves the southeast corner of the county of Warren, until it meets the north bounds of the county of Rensselaer.

1 Laws 1838, ch. 332.

25. [24.] The county of WARREN shall contain all that part of TITLE 1. this state bounded northerly by a line running a due west course Warren. from the northwest corner of the county of Washington, so as to strike the most northerly point of the rock commonly called Rogers' rock, situate on the west side of Lake George, and continued due west until it intersects a line drawn from the Mohawk river, at the northeast corner of the tract granted to George Ingoldsby and others, north one degree and twenty-five minutes west; westerly by the line last mentioned until it intersects a line run due east to Fort George, near Lake George; and southerly by the line last mentioned until it strikes the north branch of Hudson's river, and by the middle of the said branch and of the main stream of the said river, until it reaches the southeast corner of the patent of Queensbury, with such variations as may be necessary to include the whole of every island, any part whereof is nearer to the north or east shore of the said river than to the south or west shore thereof, and to exclude the whole of every island, any part whereof is nearer to the said south or west shore than to the north or east shore aforesaid; and easterly by the east bounds of said patent, and the same continued north to Lake George, and then along the east shore of said lake to the north bounds of the said county.

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26. [25.] The county of ESSEX shall contain all that part of this state bounded southerly by the counties of Washington and Warren; Essex. easterly by the east bounds of this state; westerly by the west line of the counties of Saratoga and Warren, continued to Macomb's purchase; then along the south bounds thereof to the southeast corner thereof; then along the east bounds thereof to the northwest corner of township number eleven of the old military tract; then east along the north bounds thereof, and the north bounds of township number two, to the northeast corner thereof; then south, along the line of the old military tract, to the middle of the channel of the north branch of the great River Ausable; then down the middle of the channel thereof, to the upper forks of said river; then down the middle of the channel of said river to the south line of the great location; then easterly on said line to Lake Champlain; and then east to the east bounds of this state.

27. [26.] The county of CLINTON shall contain all that part of Clinton. this state bounded southerly by Essex county; easterly and northerly by the bounds of the state; and westerly by the east bounds of numbers seven, eight, nine and ten of the old military township. 28. [27.] The county of FRANKLIN shall contain all that part of Franklin. this state bounded as follows: Beginning in the north bounds of this state, at the northwest corner of the county of Clinton, and running thence southerly along the west bounds of said county to the north bounds of the county of Essex; then along the same west to the northwest corner thereof; then south along the same to the southeast corner of Macomb's purchase; then westerly along the south line of said purchase to the division line between great lots number one and two; then northerly along the same to the tract called the St. Regis reservation; then westerly and northerly along the bounds thereof to the north bounds of the state; and then along the same easterly to the place of beginning.