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.
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