Norwich [North TITLE 5. 11. [10.] The town of Norwich shall contain all that part of said county bounded easterly by the town of New Berlin and the east Norwich bounds of the county; southerly by the south bounds of townships teken, number fourteen and fifteen of the twenty townships; westerly by Plymouth and Preston; and northerly by Sherburne. off, sub. 21]. Otselic. Oxford [part annexed to see sub. 4). Coventry, Vol. 3. 12. [11.] The town of Otselic shall contain all that part of said county distinguished on the said map as the seventh of the twenty townships. 13. [12.] The town of Oxford shall contain all that part of said county beginning at the southwest corner of the township of Fayette, and running thence easterly along the south bounds of said township to Guilford;. then along the west bounds of Guilford northerly to Norwich; then along the south bounds of Norwich westerly to Preston; then along the southerly bounds of Preston westerly to Macdonough; then westerly along the southerly bounds of Macdonough to the east bounds of township number three, in the tract called the Chenango triangle; then southerly along the same to the southeast corner of lot number fifty-six, in said township; then westerly along the line of lots, seventy-six chains to a white oak post in the west line of the farm now or late of Zophar Betts; then south fifteen minutes west, two hundred and thirty-six chains and twenty-four links, to a hemlock post marked for the bounds of Oxford, Greene and Coventry; and then along the bounds of Coventry easterly and southerly to the place of beginning. [87] 14. [13.] The town of Pharsalia shall contain all that part of said Pharsalia. county distinguished on the said map as township number twelve of the twenty townships. Pitcher. Line between Lincklaen 15. [14.] The town of Pitcher shall contain all that part of said county bounded on the north by a line beginning at the northwest corner of lot number ninety, in De Ruyter township; then easterly on the line of lots to the town of Pharsalia; easterly by the town of Pharsalia; southerly by a line beginning at the northeast corner of lot number twenty-eight, in Brackle township; then westerly on the line of lots to the bounds of the county; and westerly by the bounds of the county. [After the first Tuesday in March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, the dividing line between the towns of Pitcher and and Pitcher. Lincklaen, in the county of Chenango, shall be on the north line Plymouth. Preston. Sherburne. of lots number fifty-five, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two and sixty-three; and all that part of the town of Linklaen, lying south of said line, shall constitute a part of said town of Pitcher.]1 16. [15.] The town of Plymouth shall contain all that part of said county distinguished on the said map as township number eleven of the twenty townships. 17. [16.] The town of Preston shall contain all that part of said county comprehending township number fourteen of the twenty townships, except two tier of lots lying on the east side of the said fourteenth township. 18. [17.] The town of Sherburne shall contain all that part of said county comprehending the ninth of the said twenty townships. 1 Laws 1833, ch. 72. New Berlin Sherburne. [So much of the town of New Berlin as is comprised within TITLE 5. the following bounds, viz.: Beginning at the northeast corner of Part of the original tenth township, adjoining the said town of Sherburne; annexed to thence southerly on the east line of lots number ten and eleven, entirely across the same, to the northeast corner of lot number thirty; thence south on the east line of lot number thirty, one hundred and sixty rods; thence due west across lots numbers thirty, twenty-nine and twenty-eight to the town of North Norwich; thence north on the east line of the said town of North Norwich to the south line of the town of Sherburne; thence east on the said south line of the town of Sherburne to the place of beginning, be set off from the said town of New Berlin and annexed to the town of Sherburne aforesaid. This act shall take effect on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.] [Act of board of supervisors, passed Nov. 18, 1852; Laws 1853, ch. 661.] 19. [18.] The town of Smithville shall contain all that part of Smithville. said county bounded northerly by Macdonough and German; easterly by Oxford; westerly by the bounds of the county; and southerly by a line beginning in the west bounds of the county, on the south line of lot number forty-five, in the second township of the Chenango triangle, and running from thence east to the southeast corner of lot number fifty, in said township; then south to the southwest corner of lot number forty-nine, in the third township of said triangle; and then east to the west line of Oxford. 20. [19.] The town of Smyrna shall contain all that part of said Smyrna. county distinguished as township number eight of the said twenty townships. Norwich. [21. All that part of the town of Norwich, in the county of North Chenango, included in the tenth township of the twenty townships, (excepting such portion of said tenth township as has heretofore been set off and annexed to the town of New Berlin,) is hereby erected into a separate town, to be known and distinguished by the name of North Norwich; and all the remaining part of said town, not comprised within the limits of the town of North Norwich, hereby created, shall be and continue the town of Nor- Norwich, wich.]1 as altered. $37. [Sec. 36.] The county of BROOME shall be divided into BROOME. the towns of Chenango, [Binghamton,2 Port Crane,2] Colesville, Conklin, Lisle, Sanford, Union, Vestal, Windsor, [Triangle, Barker, Nanticoke and Maine;] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: altered; 1. The town of Chenango shall contain all that part of said Chenango county beginning in the south bounds of the county at the south- parts taken east corner of the second tract in Sidney, called Hammond's pa- Bingham tent, and running thence northerly along the east line of said tract ton and J Laws 1849, ch. 274. 2 By an act of the board of supervisors, passed December 3d, 1855 (Laws 1856, ch. 206), the town of Chenango was divided into the towns of Chenango, Binghamton and Port Crane; and by an act passed by said board, on November 27, 1856, the said act of December 3d, 1855, was perfected, confirmed and re-enacted (see Laws 1857, ch. 809), there having been questions as to the validity of said act of 1855, as appears by the preamble of said act of 1856. off to form Port Crane see subs. 2 and 3. TITLE 5. to the southwest corner of lot number four, in said tract; then along the division line between three and four on the east and two and five on the west, in said tract, to the south line of Bingham's patent; then along said line to the southwest corner of lot number seventeen in said patent, on the south side of the River Susquehanna; then northerly on the line of division between lots number seventeen and eighteen, in said patent, to said river; then across said river to the southwest corner of lot number thirty-four on said patent; then northerly between lots number thirty-four and thirtyfive to the south line of the Boston purchase; then along said south line westerly to the southwest corner of lot number thirtytwo, in the township of Chenango, in said purchase; then north on the line of lots to the northwest corner of lot number one hundred and eighty-one, in said township of Chenango; then east on the line of lots to the southeast corner of lot number one hundred and seventy-nine in said township; then northerly on the line of lots to the north line of said township at the northeast corner of lot number forty-seven; then on the north line of said township to the southeast corner of lot number six in the grand division of said Boston purchase; then along the east bounds of lots number six, thirty-five, forty-six, seventy-five, eighty-six, one hundred and fifteen and one hundred and twenty-six, and east and west lines connecting the bounds of said lots, to the south bounds of Lisle ; then easterly along the same, and along the bounds of the county, to Colesville; then along the bounds of Colesville to Conklin; then along the north and west bounds of Conklin to the south bounds of the county, and then west along the same to the place of beginning. [88] Vol. 3. Part of Chenango. [All that part of the town of Maine, in said county of Broome, annexed to bounded as follows, to wit: On the north, east and south by the north, east and south lines of the said town of Maine, as the said town lines existed prior to the passage of this act; and on the west by a line beginning in the south line of the said town of Maine, at the southwest corner of lot number one hundred and twenty-nine in the Chenango township of the Boston purchase; running thence on a course nearly due north on the west lines of lots numbers one hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and twenty, one hundred and seven, ninety-two, seventy-nine, sixty and forty-seven of the said Chenango township to the south line of the grand division of the Boston purchase; thence nearly due west along said south line of said grand division to the southwest corner of lot number six in said grand division; thence north on the west line of said lot number six to the northwest corner thereof; thence east on the north line of said lot number six to the southwest corner of lot number thirty-five in said grand division; thence north on the west line of said lot number thirty-five to the northwest corner thereof and the south line of lot number forty-six in said grand division; thence west on the south line of said lot number forty-six to the southwest corner thereof; thence north on the west line of said lot number forty-six to the northwest corner thereof; thence east on the north line of said lot number forty-six to the southwest corner of lot number seventy-five in said grand division; thence north on the TITLE 5. west line of said lot number seventy-five to the northwest corner thereof; thence east on the north line of said lot number seventyfive to the southwest corner of lot number eighty-six in said grand division; thence north on the west line of said lot number eightysix to the northwest corner thereof; thence east on the north line of said lot number eighty-six to the southwest corner of lot number one hundred and fifteen in said grand division; thence north on the west line of said lot number one hundred and fifteen to the northwest corner thereof and the south line of lot number one hundred and twenty-six in said grand division; thence west on the south line of said lot number one hundred and twenty-six to the southwest corner thereof; thence north on the west line of said lot number one hundred and twenty-six to the southwest corner thereof, and the south line of the town of Barker, shall be and is hereby set off from said town of Maine and annexed to and made a part of the town of Chenango in said county.] [Act board of supervisors, passed Nov. 27th, 1856; Laws 1857, ch. 808.] [2. All that part of the town of Chenango, in the county of BinghamBroome, as the said town existed immediately previous to the third ton. day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, which lies south of a line commencing in the west boundary of said town, at the northwest corner of lot number 181 in the Chenango township of the Boston purchase, and thence running easterly on the north line of lots numbers 181, 180, 179, 184 and 27, in said Chenango township of the Boston purchase, to the middle of the Chenango river; thence up the middle of the Chenango river to the north line of lot number 31 in Clinton and Melcher's patent; thence easterly on the north line of said lot number 31 to the west line of the town of Conklin, is hereby erected into a separate town to be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of Binghamton.] [ 1 of an act passed by board of supervisors, Dec. 3d, 1855; see Laws 1856, ch. 206; also § 1 of an act passed by board of supervisors, Nov. 27th, 1856-Laws 1857, ch. 809.] [3. All that part of the town of Chenango, in the county of Port Crane. Broome, as the same existed immediately previous to the third day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, which lies north of the north line of lot number thirty-one in Clinton and Melcher's patent, and north of the town of Conklin and east of the Chenango river, is hereby erected into a separate town to be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of Port Crane.] [§4 of an act passed by board supervisors, Nov. 27th, 1856; Laws 1857, ch. 809.] altered [All the remaining part of said town of Chenango as the same Chenango existed immediately previous to the third day of December, eighteen by taking hundred and fifty-five, shall be and remain a separate town, and off Bing shall be known and distinguished by the name of Chenango.] [§7 and Port of same act and ch.] 1 All that part of the town of Chenango, in the county of Broome, which lies north of the north line of lot number thirty-one in Clinton, and Melcher's patent and north of the town of Conklin and east of the Chenango river, is hereby erected into a separate town, to be hereafter known and aistinguished by the name of Port Crane. $4 of an act of board of supervisors, passed December 3d, 1855; Laws 1856, ch. 206. See note 2, p. 271. All the remaining part of the said town of Chenango shall be and remain a separate town, and shall be known and distinguished by the name of Chenango. 57 of same act and chapter. hamton Crane. TITLE 5. 4. [2.] The town of Colesville shall contain all that part of said Colesville. county bounded northerly by the bounds of the county; easterly Conklin. by Sanford; westerly and southerly by a line beginning in the north bounds of the county, at the northeast corner of Jay and Rutherford's patent, and running thence south along the east bounds of said patent, to the southeast corner thereof; then westerly along the south bounds of said patent to the northeast corner of lot number two in Watts' patent; then with a straight line to the northeast corner of Conklin; then southerly along the east bounds of Conklin to the north bounds of the second tier of lots in Watts' patent; then east along said tier of lots to the east bounds of said patent; then south forty chains to the line between the fourth and fifth tier of lots in Hammond's patent; then east along said line to the Susquehanna river, at the north bounds of the land now or late of John Doolittle; then up the said river to the land now or late of James Stringham; and then up and across the said river, on the south line of Robert Harpur's patent in the township of Warren, to the southeast corner thereof. 5. [3.] The town of Conklin shall contain all that part of said county beginning in the south bounds of the county, at the southeast corner of Thomas' patent, and running thence westerly along the bounds of the county to the southwest corner of the fourth tract in Sidney, commonly called Floyd's patent; then northerly along the west line of said patent to the northwest corner thereof, on the line of Bingham's patent; then along the south line of Bingham's patent to the southwest corner of lot number eight in said patent, south of the Susquehanna river; then northerly on the west line of said lot to the northwest corner thereof; then across the Susquehanna river in a direct line to the southwest corner of lot number twenty-three in said patent, on the north side of said river; then northerly along the west line of said lot to the northwest corner thereof; then along the north line of said patent to the southwest corner of lot number nine in Clinton and Melcher's patent; then northerly along the west line of lots number nine, eight, seven and thirty in said patent, to the northwest corner of said lot number thirty; then east along the north lines of lots number thirty, twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven, twentysix, and twenty-five in said patent, and the same continued to a line run straight from the northeast corner of lot number two in Watts' patent, to the northeast corner of lot number eight in Thomas' patent; then southerly along the east bounds of said Vol. 3. Thomas' patent to the place of beginning. [89] Part of [Lots number one, three, five and seven, and the west half of lots number two, four, six and eight in the southwest corner of the town of Windsor, in the county of Broome, are hereby annexed te the town of Conklin, in said county.]' [Part of the town of Windsor annexed to Conklin, Broome county. A survey of the proposed alteration between the towns of Conklin and annexed to Windsor, commencing at a stake in the town line at the southeast corner of land owned and occupied by Sylvester Barns, and runs from thence north Conklin. 'Laws 1831, ch. 154. |