HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4770 FILED ON: 5/10/2016
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Timothy R. Madden and Daniel A. Wolf
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to change the town lines between the towns of Aquinnah and Chilmark.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Timothy R. Madden | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket | 5/10/2016 |
Daniel A. Wolf | Cape and Islands | 5/10/2016 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4770 FILED ON: 5/10/2016
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4372
By Representative Madden of Nantucket and Senator Wolf, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Timothy R. Madden and Daniel A. Wolf relative to changing the town line between the towns of Aquinnah and Chilmark. Municipalities and Regional Government. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act to change the town lines between the towns of Aquinnah and Chilmark.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The following described line shall be the boundary line between the towns of Chilmark and Aquinnah:
Beginning at a point on the existing Town Line ”Aquinnah-Chilmark 11”. (Having a coordinate value of N 128303.58, E 1567381.16) Said point being S 39° 57’ 00” E 119.32 feet from “Chilmark-Gay Head 1 (WM)” (Having a coordinate value of N 128395.06, E 1567304.54) (now gone) as shown in the Town Line Atlas by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission for Dukes county dated 1907 and S 30°57’ 14” E 3.00 feet from the south west corner of the concrete deck of a car way to the “fill pier”
Thence:S 84° 11’ 45” E 35.68 feet to a bound to be set ”Aquinnah-Chilmark 12” (Having a coordinate value of N 128299.98, E 1567416.66). Said line is parallel to and 2.40 feet south of the south end on the concrete deck of the “car way”
Thence:S 20° 47’ 50” E 157.56 feet crossing the existing Town Line to a bound to be set ”Aquinnah-Chilmark 13” (Having a coordinate value of N 128152.68, E 1567472.60). Said bound being S 03° 15’ 32” W 4.32 feet from the south west corner of a building known as “Mayhew’s Fishing Shack”
Thence:N 76° 14’ 55” E 29.86 feet to a point on the existing Town Line ”Aquinnah-Chilmark 14” (Having a coordinate value of N 128159.78, E 1567501.61). Said point being N 39° 57’ 00” W 28.09 feet from the existing Town Corner shown as “Chilmark-Gay Head 2” (Having a coordinate value of N 128138.25, E 1567519.65) in the Town Line Atlas by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission for Dukes County dated 1907.
The above described new line is shown on a Plan of Land in Aquinnah and Chilmark, Mass. showing a Town Line Change Scale 1” = 20’ dated April 5, 2016 by: Vineyard Land Surveying & Engineering, Inc.
The coordinates in this description refer to the 2002 Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System Island Zone 1983 Datum in US survey feet.