TITLE 5. 7. The town of Ithaca shall contain all that part of said county which is bounded on the north by Ulysses and Lansing; on the east by Dryden; on the south by Danby and Newfield; and on the west by Enfield. Ithaca. Lansing. Newfield [altered, part of, 8. The town of Lansing shall contain all that part of said county which is distinguished as that part of the township of Milton which lies within said county, and the same extended west to the middle of the Cayuga lake. 9. The town of Newfield shall contain all that part of said county which is bounded on the north by the south bounds of the Military annexed to tract; on the east by Danby; and on the south and west by the bounds of the county. Catharine, then in Chemung, now in Bee § 43, sub. 4]. Ulysses. 10. The town of Ulysses shall contain all that part of said county Schuyler, which is bounded on the east by the middle of the Cayuga lake; on the north by the north bounds of the county, extended east to the middle of the Cayuga lake; on the west by the west bounds of the township of Ulysses; on the south by a line commencing at the northwest corner of lot number thirty-four of said township; and running thence east along the line of lots to the northeast corner of lot number thirty-nine; then south to the northwest corner of lot number forty of said township; and then along the north bounds thereof, and the same continued to the middle of the Cayuga lake. TIOGA. Barton. Part of the town of annexed to S40. [Sec. 39.] The county of TIOGA shall be divided into the towns of Barton, Berkshire, Candor, Newark, Nichols, Owego, Spencer, Tioga, and [Richford], the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows:1 1. The town of Barton shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the tract called Chemung; easterly by a line beginning in the Susquehanna river, at the mouth of Mundy's creek; and running thence to the southwest corner of great lot number one hundred and seventy-one in the said tract; southerly by Nichols and the bounds of the county; and westerly by the Cayuta creek. [All those parts of the town of Chemung which lie east of the Chemung line in the preceding section mentioned, shall, from and after the passing of this act, be annexed to, and form a part of the town of Barton, in the county of Tioga.]2 [Laws 1836, ch. 77, §2.] Barton. Berkshire [Richford see sub. 9]. 2. The town of Berkshire shall contain all that part of said taken off, county bounded northerly and easterly by the bounds of the county; southerly by a line beginning at the southwest corner of lot number three hundred, in the grand division of the Boston purchase; and running thence along the line of lots to the east bounds of the county; and westerly by the Owego creek and the bounds of the Candor. county. 3. [6.] The town of Candor shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the county; easterly by Berkshire and Newark; southerly and westerly by a line 1 As amended by Laws 1836, ch. 77, by which Chemung county was taken off. 2 That part of the town of Chemung annexed to the town of Barton is so much of the original town as is not included in the county of Chemung; for the boundaries of Chemung county, see, ante, page 143, §42; and for extent and limits of town of Chemung, as established previous to formation of said county of Chemung, see, post, page 282, § 4, sub. 3. beginning at the Owego creek where the same is intersected by TITLE 5. the north bounds of the tract called Chemung; and running thence westerly along the same to the section line of township number nine; and then northerly along said section line to the center of township number ten. 4. [11.] The town of Newark shall contain all that part of said Newark. county bounded northerly by Berkshire; easterly by the east bounds of the county; southerly by the south line of the grand division of the Boston ten townships, so called; and westerly by the Owego creek. 5. [12.] The town of Nichols shall contain all that part of said Nichols. county bounded easterly by Owego; southerly by the bounds of the county; and northerly and westerly by the middle of the Susquehanna river. 6. [13.] The town of Owego shall contain all that part of said Owego. county bounded northerly by Newark; easterly and southerly by the bounds of the county; and westerly by the Owego creek and a line drawn from its mouth south to the bounds of the county. 7. [15.] The town of Spencer shall contain all that part of said Spencer. county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the county; southerly by Barton and Tioga; easterly by Candor; and westerly by Cayuta. 8. [16.] The town of Tioga shall contain all that part of said Tioga. county bounded easterly by Owego; southerly by Nichols ; northerly by the north bounds of the tract called Chemung; and westerly by Barton. changed to [9. All that part of the town of Berkshire lying north of a line Arlington, drawn due east and west across said town, which line shall com- Richford. mence in the east line of said town at the southeast corner of lot number four hundred and thirty-one; thence running due west on the line of lots to the southwest corner of lot number four hundred and twenty-one in the west line of said town, shall constitute a new town by the name of Arlington.]1 [From and after the passage of this act the town of Arlington, in the county of Tioga, shall be known and distinguished by the name of Richford.]2 S41. [The county of CHEMUNG is divided into the towns of CHEMUNG Bigflats, Catlin, Chemung, [Baldwin,3] Elmira, [Horseheads,*] Erin, [Van Etten,] Southport and Veteran, the extent and limits of which said several towns are as follows:]6 7 [92] Vol. 3.. 1. [3] The town of Bigflats shall contain all that part of said Bigflats.. county beginning in the west bounds of the county at the northwest corner of Southport; and thence running along the north bounds of Southport to the southerly side of the Tioga river; then across the said river to a large elm tree standing on the easterly bank of Hendy's dry brook, so called, near where the road leading from the village of Newtown to the Bigflats crosses the said dry brook and on the southerly side of the said road; then in a straight 1 Laws 1831, ch. 146. 2 Laws 1832, ch. 95. Baldwin taken from town of Chemung. Laws 1856, ch. 114, 51. Horseheads taken from the town of Elmira. Laws 1854, ch. 25, § 1. Van Etten taken from the towns of Erin and Cayuta. Laws 1854, ch. 386, 53. Section drawn conformable to the act erecting the county of Chemung. Laws 1836, ch. 77. Towns of Cayuta, Catharine and Dix taken from Chemung county to form part of Schuyler county. See $ 43, post, and, also, Laws 1854, ch. 386, § 6. TITLE 5. course to the southwest corner of Hathorn and Suffern's location in township number one of Watkins and Flint's purchase, in the southeast section of said township; then north to the westerly continuation of the north bounds of Elmira, by a line running parallel with the section lines; then west along said continuation line to the west bounds of the county; and then along the same to the place of beginning. Catlin Chemung tion of 2. [4] The town of Catlin shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly and westerly by the bounds of the county; southerly by Bigflats; and easterly by a line drawn south from a point in the north bounds of the county equi-distant between the northeast corner of the town of Catharines and the northwest corner of the county. 3. [8.] The town of Chemung shall contain all that part of said county bounded easterly by Barton; northerly by Erin; westerly Be sub by Elmira and Southport; and southerly by the south bounds of the county.1 Baldwin, Baldwin. [4. All that part of the town of Chemung, in the county of Chemung, included within the following bounds, shall be erected into a new town, by the name of Baldwin: Beginning at a point in the town line between the towns of Chemung and Barton, and on the division line between great lots numbers two hundred and two and two hundred and three, in the town of Chemung, and running thence westerly on said division line, to the east line of great lot number one hundred and thirty-eight in said town of Chemung ; thence south, on said east line of great lot number one hundred and thirty-eight, to the north line of subdivision lot number fourteen of said great lot number one hundred and thrity-eight; thence west, on the line between subdivisions numbers eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen of said great lot number one hundred and thirty-eight, to the west line of said great lot; thence south, on said west line of great lot number one hundred and thirty-eight, to the southwest corner of said great lot number one hundred and thirty-eight; thence westerly, on the line between great lots numbers one hundred and thirty-nine, one hundred and forty, one hundred and twenty-nine, one hundred and thirty-one, one hundred and thirtytwo and one hundred and thirty-three, to the town line between the towns of Chemung and Elmira. All the territory lying north Chemung, and west of the above described lines shall be the town of Baldwin; and the remainder shall be the town of Chemung.] [Laws 1856, ch. 114, §.1.] as altered, [altered, Elmira 5. [9.] The town of Elmira shall contain all that part of said Horseheads County bounded westerly by Bigflats; southerly by Southport; see sub. 61. northerly by the south bounds of the northern half parts of town taken off, ships number one and four of Watkins and Flint's purchase; and easterly by the line drawn as aforesaid north and south from the middle of said bridge on Balding's mill-creek. Horseheads [6. All that part of the town of Elmira, in the county of Chemung, lying and being on the north side of the line, which shall be a continuation westerly of the south line of the town of Erin, in 1 By the act erecting Chemung county, part of the town of Chemung was annexed to the town of Barton, Tioga county. See, ante, p. 280, § 40, sub. 1, also note 2 on same page. said county, to a point in the west line of the said town of Elmira, TITLE 5. is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name of Horseheads.] Erin. [Laws 1854, ch. 25, § 1.] altered. [All the remaining part of the town of Elmira shall continue to Elmira as be and remain a separate town, by the name of Elmira.] [Same ch., § 2.] [This act shall take effect on the fourteenth day of February, Erin. eighteen hundred and fifty-four.] [Same ch., § 7.] 7. [10.] The town of Erin' shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by the north bounds of the county; easterly by Cayuta; westerly by Veteran and Elmira; and southerly by the north bounds of lots number one hundred and thirty-eight 1931 and one hundred and thirty-nine, in the tract called Chemung, and the same continued west to Elmira. erected [8. All those parts of the towns of Erin and Cayuta, in the county Van Etten of Chemung, embracing the following territory: Beginning at the from Erin northeast corner of the town of Cayuta, running thence west along and Cayuta. the town line between the towns of Newfield and Cayuta, to the west line of lot number forty-three; thence south along the west line of lots numbers thirty, twenty-five, twelve and seven, passing through another lot designated as number forty-three, and thence along the southeast line of lot number twenty-nine, to the southeast corner thereof; thence southeasterly along the line of lots numbers twenty-eight, twenty-seven, twenty-six, twenty-five and twenty-four, to lot number sixteen; thence along the north line of lot number sixteen, to the northeast corner thereof; thence south along the east line of lots number sixteen and seventeen, and a straight continuation of the same to the town line of Chemung ; thence east along the town line between the towns of Erin and Chemung, to the Cayuta creek, being the southeast corner of the town of Erin; thence north along the town line of Barton, to the northwest corner of said town; thence east along the town line between the towns of Barton and Cayuta, to the southeast corner of the town of Cayuta; thence north along the east line of the town of Cayuta, to the place of beginning, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be erected into a new town, to be known and distinguished as the town of Van Etten, and shall remain with and belong to the county of Chemung.] [Laws 1854, ch. 386, § 3.1 9. [14.] The town of Southport shall contain all that part of said Southport. county bounded westerly and southerly by the bounds of the county; easterly by Chemung; and northerly by a line beginning in the west bounds of the county at the corner of lots number fiftyfour and fifty-five of the subdivision of Watson's large tract, and running thence south eighty-eight degrees to the southeast corner of lot number ninety-five in said subdivision; then northerly to the southwest corner of lot number one hundred and three in said subdivision; thea north eighty-nine degrees thirty minutes east to the Tioga river; then down the same as it runs to the head of Davis' island; then down the channel on the southerly side of the said 1 Erin altered, part taken off to erect part of Van Etten (see sub. 8), also part of annexed to Cayuta. See § 43, sub. 6. TITLE 5. island; then down the said river to the head of Big island; then on the line through the said island which divides the farms on the east and west side of said island to the lower part thereof; then down the middle of said river to the head of Rummerfield's island; then down the channel of said river on the south side of Rummerfield's and Carpenter's islands to the town of Chemung. Veteran. STEUBEN. [94] Vol. 3. Addison [altered, 10. [17.] The town of Veteran shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by a line drawn west from a point equidistant between the northeast corners of the towns of Catharines and Elmira; easterly by the aforesaid north and south line drawn through the bridge at Balding's mill-creek; southerly by Elmira ; and westerly by Catlin. S42. [Sec. 40.] The county of STEUBEN1 shall be divided into the towns of Addison, Bath, Cameron, Canisteo, Cohocton, Dansville, Erwin, Greenwood, Hornby, Hornellsville, Howard, Jasper, [Corning,] Prattsburgh, Pulteney, Trou psburgh, Urbana, Wayne, Wheeler, Woodhull, [Rathbone,] Bradiord, [Campbell,] Lindley, Caton, Avoca, Hartsville, Thurston, West Union, Wayland [and Fremont,] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Addison shall contain all that part of said county, bounded northerly by Cameron and Hornby; easterly by 800 sub. 22]. Erwin; southerly by the south bounds of the county; and westerly by Woodhull and Cameron. Bath [altered by Avoca, see sub. 26]. 2. The town of Bath shall contain all that part of said county erection of beginning at the northwest corner of lot number forty-eight, in the west line of township number five, in the fourth range of townships in Phelps and Gorham's purchase, and running thence east on the north line of said lot number forty-eight, to the northeast corner thereof; then south on the east line of said lot number forty-eight, to the southeast corner thereof; then east on part of the north line of lot number thirty-nine, to the northeast corner thereof; then south on the east line of the same, to the southeast corner thereof; then east and southeast on the western bounds of lot number twenty-nine, to the southwest corner thereof; then east and southeasterly on the western bounds of, lot number twenty-one, to the southwest corner thereof; then east on the north line of lot number thirteen, to the northeast corner thereof; then south on the east line of said lot number thirteen, to the southeast corner thereof; then east on the north line of lot number four, to the northeast corner thereof; then south on the east line of said lot number four, to the southeast corner thereof, standing in the north line of township number four, in the fourth range; then east on the said north line, to the northeast corner of said township, and continuing east on the north line of township number four, in the third range, to the northeast corner of lot number thirty-six; then southwesterly along the eastern bounds of lots number thirty-six, forty-one and forty-two, to the southwest corner of Abraham Brundage's one 1 The towns of Reading, Tyrone and Orange taken from Steuben county to form a part of Schuy ler county. See, post, $ 43, and also Laws 1854, ch. 386, § 6. 2 Corning was formerly called Painted Post; the town of Painted Post was changed to Corning by Laws 1852, ch. 121. Town of Rathbone was erected from parts of the towns of Addison, Cameron and Woodhull. Laws 1856, ch. 62. 4 Fremont was erected from parts of the towns of Hornellsville, Dansville, Wayland and Howard. Laws 1855, ch. 581. |