§ 7. New Jersey boundary line. The boundary line between the states of\nNew York and New Jersey is as follows:\n Commencing at the said "tri-state monument, " and running thence along\nthe line laid out by a joint commission from the states of New York and\nNew Jersey in 1774, and which was more definitely marked with monuments\nby another joint commission in 1882, under chapter 340 of the laws of\n1880, on an average course S. 51Á E. , with slight deflections as to the\nsame as marked by mile monuments, a distance of 48.20 miles to the\nstation rock on the west bank of the Hudson river, said station rock\nbeing in latitude 40Á 59' 48.17" north and longitude 73Á 54' 11" west,\nas determined by the United States coast survey, and marked as the\noriginal terminal monument of the line as established in 1774, according\nto the report of the commissioners on the boundary between the state of\nNew York and the state of New Jersey, dated March 24, 1884; thence\neasterly to a point in the Hudson river in latitude 40Á 59' 49.74" north\nand longitude 73Á 53' 38.57" west; thence southerly along the middle of\nsaid river and of the bay of New York to a point opposite the northeast\nangle of Staten Island; thence westerly along the center of the Kill von\nKull to a point opposite the northwest angle of Staten Island; thence\nsoutherly along the center of the Arthur kill or Staten Island sound to\na point at the entrance of Raritan bay, such point being in latitude 40Á\n29' 55.57" north, and longitude 74Á 15' 33.31" west, as the same is\nshown on maps and agreement filed by a joint commission of the two\nstates in the office of the secretary of state, and dated December 23,\n1889; thence easterly through the center of Raritan bay to a point\nbetween Sandy Hook and Coney Island as the same is shown on a map filed\nwith the secretary of state, and dated October 12, 1877, thence easterly\nto the main sea.\n Such metes and bounds are as reported October 12, 1887, and December\n23, 1889, by commissioners to mark out and locate the boundary line in\nland under water, between the states of New York and New Jersey, and are\nin accordance with and subject to the two agreements between\ncommissioners of such states, made, respectively, September 16, 1833,\nand June 7, 1883, and which took effect, respectively, February 5, 1834,\nand May 23, 1884, the dates of the approvals of the acts of congress\nconsenting thereto. The ratification and confirmation by this state of\nsuch agreements are continued in force. The following are copies of such\nagreements, respectively:\n "Agreement made between the commissioners on the part of the state of\nNew York, and the commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey\nrelative to the boundary line between the two states.\n Agreement made and entered into by and between Benjamin F. Butler,\nPeter Augustus Jay and Henry Seymour, commissioners duly appointed on\nthe part and behalf of the state of New York, in pursuance of an act of\nthe legislature of the said state, entitled "An act concerning the\nterritorial limits and jurisdiction of the state of New York and the\nstate of New Jersey," Passed January 18, 1833, of the one part, and\nTheodore Frelinghuysen, James Parker and Lucius Q. C. Elmer,\ncommissioners duly appointed on the part and behalf of the state of New\nJersey, in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the said state,\nentitled "An act for the settlement of the territorial limits and\njurisdiction between the states of New Jersey and New York," passed\nFebruary 6, 1833, of the other part.\n Article first.--- the boundary line between the two states of New York\nand New Jersey, from a point in the middle of Hudson river opposite the\npoint on the west shore thereof, in the forty-first degree of north\nlatitude, as heretofore ascertained and marked, to the main sea, shall\nbe the middle of the said river, of the bay of New York, of the waters\nbetween Staten Island and New Jersey, and of Rar
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