§ 4. Vermont boundary line. The boundary line between the state of New\nYork and the state of Vermont shall be and hereby is fixed as follows:\nBeginning at a stone bound standing on the easterly slope of a hill, in\nlatitude forty-two degrees forty-four minutes forty-five and two hundred\none thousandths seconds north, longitude seventy-three degrees fifteen\nminutes fifty-four and nine hundred four thousandths seconds west from\nGreenwich, a point in the southerly line of the state of Vermont; thence\nthe line runs on a bearing north eighty-eight degrees thirty-three\nminutes twenty seconds west, three thousand two hundred five and\nseven-tenths feet to monument number two, standing at the southwest\ncorner of the state of Vermont; thence north eleven degrees fifty-nine\nseconds west, twenty-one thousand eight hundred sixty-eight and\neight-tenths feet, to monument number six on the northwest slope of a\nmountain and one hundred ninety feet northwest to a small brook which\nruns into the Hoosic river about four hundred feet up stream from the\nlower covered bridge at North Pownal; thence north twenty-nine degrees\none minute thirty-three seconds east, two thousand six hundred forty\nfeet, to monument number seven which is a large block of granite set in\nthe bed of the brook above mentioned and at the point where it enters\nHoosic river; thence north seven degrees eighteen minutes seventeen\nseconds west, three hundred ninety-six feet along the west bank of\nHoosic river to monument number eight on the north side of the highway\nleading from North Pownal to North Petersburgh and near the northwest\ncorner of the covered bridge before mentioned; thence north twenty-one\ndegrees twenty-one minutes forty-three seconds east, two thousand\nfifteen and five-tenths feet across Hoosic river to monument number\nnine, on southwest side of the west bound track of the Boston and Maine\nrailroad, and is between said track and Hoosic river opposite a ledge of\nrock; thence north thirty degrees forty minutes seven seconds west, one\nthousand one hundred fifty-six and two-tenths feet along the northeast\nbank of Hoosic river to monument number ten between said river and the\nwest bound track of the Boston and Maine railroad; thence north fourteen\ndegrees forty minutes west, one thousand one hundred seventy-three and\nseven-tenths feet across said track and highway leading from north\nPownal to Petersburgh Junction to monument number twelve, on brow of a\nhill just north of said highway and at the corner of two stone walls;\nthence north five degrees nineteen minutes fifty-seven seconds east,\nfive thousand eighty-two feet to monument number thirteen, on the north\nside of a highway known as the Skipperee road and about four hundred\ntwenty feet southeast of house on lands owned by Edgar Green; thence\nnorth forty degrees twenty minutes east, three hundred ninety-six feet\nto monument number fourteen, at edge of woods on the southwest slope of\nthe hill north of the Skipperee road; thence south seventy-one degrees\nthirty-nine minutes fifty-five seconds east, one thousand six hundred\ntwenty-six and two-tenths feet to monument number fifteen, in woods and\non the slope of hill north of Skipperee road; thence north three degrees\ntwenty minutes eighteen seconds east, one thousand four hundred\neighty-two and three-tenths feet to monument number sixteen, at the\ncorner of the towns of Pownal and Bennington; thence north one degree\nthirty-three minutes five seconds east, thirty-five thousand three\nhundred thirty-five and seven-tenths feet to monument number\ntwenty-seven, at the corner of the towns of Bennington and Shaftsbury;\nthence north two degrees seven minutes twenty-five seconds east,\nthirty-five thousand one hundred sixty-five and six-tenths feet to\nmonument number forty at the corner of the towns of Shaftsbury and\nArlington; thence north two degrees forty-five minutes seventeen seconds\neast, thirty-three thousand nine hundred s
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