three degrees east, ninety chains and twenty-five links, to a stake and stones, _TITLE 5. being the northeast corner of a lot owned by Joseph Conklin; thence north eighty-seven west, twenty-five chains, to a stake and stones in the east bounds of a highway; thence along the east bound of said highway north three degrees east, fifty chains, to a stake and stones; thence north eightyseven degrees west, twenty-eight chains, to a stake and stones in the old town line. B. B. TUTHILL, Surve. TUESDAY, November 27, 1849. Resolved, That the application of the petitioners to add a part of the town of Windsor to the town of Conklin be granted.] (Adopted.) [Annexed by board of supervisors, Nov. 27, 1849; see Laws 1852, ch. 418.] [Trangle, Nanticoke see subs. 11, 6. [4.] The town of Lisle shall contain all that part of said county Lisle bounded westerly, northerly and easterly by the bounds of the Barker and county; and southerly by a line beginning at the southwest corner taken off, of lot number two hundred and thirty of the grand division of the 12 and 13]. Boston purchase; then east to the northeast corner of lot number two hundred and nine; then south on the west line of lots number two hundred and nine, one hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and sixty-nine and one hundred and fifty-two, to the southeast corner of the last mentioned lot; then east along the line of lots to the forks of the Chenango river. 7. [5.] The town of Sanford shall contain all that part of said Sanford. county bounded northerly, easterly and southerly by the bounds of the county; and westerly by a line beginning in the north bounds of the county, at the northeast corner of Robert Harpur's patent in the township of Warren, and running thence south along the east bounds of said patent to the northeast corner of the gospel and school lot; then along the same west to the northwest corner thereof; and then south, parallel with the patent line, to the bounds of the county., [Maine see sub. 14]. 8. [6.] The town of Union shall contain all that part of said non county bounded easterly by the town of Chenango; southerly by taken off Vestal; northerly by Lisle and the bounds of the county; and westerly by the west bounds of the county. 9. [7.] The town of Vestal shall contain all that part of said Vestal. county bounded northerly by the Susquehanna river; easterly by Chenango; and westerly and southerly by the bounds of the county, including all the islands in the Susquehanna river lying north of said town of Vestal, belonging to the inhabitants residing in said town. Windsor ed to Conk 5]. 10. [8.] The town of Windsor shall contain all that part of said Wtered, county bounded northerly by Colesville; easterly by Sanford; part annexsoutherly by the bounds of the county; and westerly by Conklin. lin, see sub. [The town of Lisle, in the county of Broome, is hereby divided into four towns, in the manner following, to wit: By lines running as nearly central as may be, from north to south and from east to west, through said town; the line running from north to south Town of commencing at the northeast corner of lot number ten in the first ded into township of the triangle, in the north line of said town, running thence south on the east lines of said lot number ten, and of lots number seven, six and five, to the northeast corner of lot number five; from thence south to the south line of the said town; the Lisle, divi four parts. TITLE 5. line from east to west commencing at the southwest corner of lot number three hundred and fifty-one, in the grand division of the Boston purchase, in the west line of said town; and running thence east on the south lines of lots three hundred fifty-one, three hundred fifty-two, three hundred fifty-three and three hundred and fifty-four, to the southeast corner of lot three hundred and fiftyfour; thence northwardly by the line of lots to the northeast corner of lot number three hundred and sixty-six in the said division of the Boston purchase; thence eastwardly to the east line of said town. The name of the northwest part or division of said town shall be Lisle. Triangle. Barker. Nanticoke. Greene, in [11. The name of the northeast division shall be Triangle; [All that part of the town of Greene, in the county of ChePart of nango, lying south of a line beginning at a point on the Chenango Chenango, river, in range with the south line of John Willard's land, and nexed to running thence westerly along said line, or in the same direction to the north and south line between the counties of Chenango and Broome, shall be attached to and form a part of the town of Barker in the county of Broome.]2 Barker. Maine [altered part of Chenango, see sub. 11. [14. All that part of the town of Union, in the county of Broome, lying north of the south line of the following described annexed to lots, in the Nanticoke township of the Boston purchase, to wit: Number one hundred and fifty-one, one hundred and fifty, one hundred and seventy-seven, ninety-eight, thirteen, twenty-five, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-one, also all that part lying north of the south lines of lots one hundred thirty-five, one hundred thirty-four, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-two, one hundred thirty-one, one hundred thirty, one hundred twenty-nine, in the Chenango township of said purchase, is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Maine.]3 CORTLAND. Cincinnatus .Freetown. $38. [Sec. 37.] The county of CORTLAND shall be divided into the towns of Cincinnatus, Freetown, Marathon, Homer, Preble, Scott, Solon, [Taylor,] Truxton, Virgil, Willet, [Cortlandville, La Peer and Harford;] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Cincinnatus shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the township of Cincinnatus; easterly by the bounds of the county; westerly and southerly by a line beginning at the northwest corner of lot number six in said township, and running thence along the line of lots south to the southwest corner of lot number forty-six; and then east along the line of lots to the east bounds of the county. 2. The town of Freetown shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the township of Cincinnatus; easterly by Cincinnatus; southerly by a line beginning at the southwest corner of lot number forty-six, in the township of Cincinnatus, and running thence west to the east bounds of Virgil; and westerly by Virgil. 1 Laws 1831, ch. 160. Laws 1840, ch. 180. Laws 1848, ch. 132. 4 Taylor erected by the board of supervisors from the town of Solon, by an act passed December 5th, 1849. Laws 1852, ch. 409. Virgil [The committee on the division of towns, through the chairman, _TITLE 5. Mr. Hardy, made a written report, recommending that the petition Part of of certain persons residing in the towns of Freetown and Virgil, annexed to asking that lot No. 20 in the town of Virgil be annexed to the town of Freetown, the requirements of the law in relation to the division of towns having been complied with, which report was accepted and ordered on file. On motion it was Resolved, (more than two-thirds of the supervisors elected voting therefor.) That the said report be concurred in by this board, and that the alteration therein recommended be made. Such alteration to take effect on the first day of February next.] [Adopted by the board of supervisors, November 17, 1849; Laws 1852, ch. 425.] Freetown. 3. The town of Marathon shall contain all that part of said Marathon. county bounded northerly by Freetown; easterly by Willet; southerly by the bounds of the county; and westerly by Virgil. 4. The town of Homer shall contain all that part of said county known as the township of Homer. [90] Vol. 3. Homer. [From and after the first day of February next, the territory [Divided.] included within the limits of the town of Homer, in the county of Cortland, shall be divided into two towns, by a line commencing at the northwest corner of lot fifty-one, and running east along the tier of lots as originally surveyed to the northeast corner of lot number sixty. That part of the present town of Homer lying north of the said Homer. line shall be known by the name of Homer.] ville. Virgil [5. That part of the present town of Homer lying south of the Cortlandsaid division line, shall be known by the name of Cortlandville.]1 Part of [Lot number ten and so much of lot number nine in Virgil, annexed to Cortland county, as lies east of the Tioughnioga river, shall after Cortlandthe passage of this act belong to and be a part of the town of Cortlandville, in said county.]2 [All that part of lot number eight, in the town of Virgil in the county of Cortland, lying easterly of the Tioughnioga river, is hereby annexed to the town of Cortlandville, in said county.] 3 ville. 6. [5.] The town of Preble shall contain all that part of said Proble. county bounded northerly by the bounds of the county; easterly by Truxton; southerly by Homer; and westerly by Scott. 7. [6.] The town of Scott shall contain all that part of said Scott. county bounded northerly and westerly by the bounds of the county; southerly by Homer; and easterly by a line beginning in the north bounds of the county, at the northeast corner of lot number fifty-four in the township of Tully, and running thence south along the line of lots to the northeast corner of lot number eighty-four; then east along the north bounds of lot number eightyfive to the northeast corner thereof; and then south along the east bounds of eighty-five and ninety-five to the north bounds of the town of Homer. altered 8. [7] The town of Solon shall contain all that part of said Solon county bounded northerly by Truxton; westerly by Homer; south-formation 1 Laws 1829, ch. 121. a Laws 1845, ch. 106. Laws 1846, ch. 76. TITLE 5. erly by Cincinnatus and Freetown; and easterly by the bounds of of Taylor, the county.. see sub. 9. Taylor. Solon, as altered. Truxton. Virgil [altered, [9. Mr. Hardy from the committee on the division of towns made a report in favor of the prayer of the petitioners for division of the town of Solon, by a line running north and south through the center of said town, between lots 46, 56, 66, 76, 86 and 96 on the east, and lots 45, 55, 65, 75, 85 and 95 on the west. That the town on the east of said line bear the name of Taylor, and the town on the west side of said line retain its present name of Solon. The requirements of section two of chapter 194, Laws of 1849, having been fully complied with, and the said petition for the division of said town having been signed by more than twelve freeholders of the town of Solon: On motion of John Wheeler, of Solon, such report was received and said committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject. On motion of John Wheeler (more than two-thirds of all the supervisors of the county concurring) it was Resolved, That the town of Solon be and the same is hereby divided in accordance with the report of the committee on the division of towns, and that the eastern half thereof be named Taylor, and the western half retain its present name of Solon.] [Adopted by board of supervisors, December 5, 1849; see Laws 1852, ch. 409.] 10. [8.] The town of Truxton shall contain all that part of said county comprehended within that part of the township of Fabius, lying within the bounds of said county, together with all that part of the township of Solon lying north of a line running east from the southwest corner of lot number thirty-one, in said township, to the east line thereof. 11. [9.] The town of Virgil shall contain all that part of said see sub. 51. county known as the township of Virgil. Lapeer. Harford. Willet. TOMPKINS. [That part of the town of Virgil, in the county of Cortland, lying north of a line commencing at the southwest corner of lot number forty-one, and running east along the line of the tier of lots to the northwest corner of the town of Marathon, shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Virgil.]1 [12. That part lying south of said line and east of a line commencing at the southwest corner of lot number forty-six and running to the south line of the present town of Virgil shall be erected into a town to be called Lapeer.]1 [13. And that remaining part lying south and west of the aforesaid lines shall be erected into a town to be called Harford.]1 14. [10.] The town of Willet shall contain all that part of said county bounded easterly and southerly by the bounds of the county; northerly by Cincinnatus; and westerly by a line beginning at the northwest corner of lot number fifty-six, in the township of Cincinnatus, and running thence south to the southwest corner of lot number ninety-six, in the south bounds of the county. $39. [Sec. 38.] The county of TOMPKINS shall be divided into the towns of Caroline, Danby, Dryden, Enfield, Ithaca, Groton, Hector, Lansing, Newfield, and Ulysses, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1 Laws 1845, ch. 117. 1. The town of Caroline shall contain all that part of said county TITLE 5. which is bounded easterly and southerly by the bounds of the Caroline county; northerly by the south bounds of the Military tract; and ed to Danby westerly by the section line of township number ten of the tract of land called Watkins and Flint's purchase. [part annex sub.2]. Danby Caroline. [A petition was presented to the board of supervisors of the Part of county of Tompkins, signed by twenty-six resident freeholders of annexed to the towns of Caroline and Danby, in said county, praying that all that part of the town of Danby lying east of the railroad leading from Ithaca to Owego, be annexed to and be a part of the town of Caroline. The above petition was referred to Messrs. Bull and Jennings, supervisors of the said towns, who reported in favor of granting the petition, and on motion the report was adopted unanimously by the board.] [Adopted by board of supervisors; see Laws 1857, ch. 813.] [altered, a taken off to Caroline, Part of Danby. 2. The town of Danby shall contain all that part of said county Danby which is bounded on the north by the south bounds of the Military part of," tract; on the east by Caroline and the bounds of the county; on and annexthe south by the bounds of the county; and on the west by the section line of township number seven of said purchase. [All that part of the town of Caroline, in the county of Tompkins, known as lots number one, two, three and four, in the first annexed to tier of lots, and lots number one, two, three and four, in the second tier of lots, in the south part of the northeast section of township number ten, in Watkins and Flint's purchase, and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of the town of Caroline, at a stone standing in the east line of the town of Danby, and running south eighty-six degrees, east eighty-seven chains to the southeast corner of lot number four in the first tier of lots above mentioned; thence north four degrees east, ninety-eight chains to the northeast corner of lot number four in the second tier of lots above mentioned; thence north eighty-six degrees west, eighty-seven chains to the east line of the town of Danby, shall be and is hereby annexed to the town of Danby, in the county of Tompkins, and shall hereafter be and constitute a part of said town.]1 3. The town of Dryden shall contain all that part of said county Dryden. which is distinguished as the township of Dryden in the Military tract. [91] Vol. 3. 4. The town of Enfield shall contain all that part of said county Enfield. which is bounded on the north by Ulysses; on the west by Hector; on the south by Newfield; and on the east by the line of lots in the township of Ulysses, from the southeast corner of lot number seventy-seven to the northeast corner of lot number thirty-nine. 5. The town of Groton shall contain all that part of said county Groton. which is distinguished as that part of the township of Locke which lies within said county. 6. The town of Hector shall contain all that part of said county Hector. which is distinguished as the township of Hector in the Military tract, and the same extended west to the bounds of the county. 1 Laws 1839, ch. 288. |