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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT RELATIVE TO A BOUNDARY CHANGE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF GEORGETOWN AND BOXFORD.

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 hereafter shall be the boundary line between the towns of Boxford and Georgetown:

Beginning at an unmarked point, hereby named B-G a, at the intersection of the existing town line from (B-G-R) to (B-G 1) with the westerly layout line of the Boston and Maine RR right of way, having coordinates X=241,655.801, Y=938,888.322, said point being north 66°10'12.2" west, and 1,368.992 meters distant, from the Boxford-Georgetown-Rowley corner (B-G-R), known as "The Three Sisters," and marked by a stone monument lettered RBG, having coordinates X=242,908.085, Y=938,335.217 and thence along a non-tangent curve to the right, having a radius of 883.312 meters, said curve being a portion of the westerly layout line of the Boston and Maine RR right of way, and having a chord direction and length of north 10°30'38.5" west, 154.951 meters, to an unmarked point, hereby named B-G b, having coordinates X=241,627.535, Y=939,040.673; thence south 36°38'25.4" west, 46.088 meters to an unmarked point, hereby named B-G c, having coordinates X=241,600.031, Y=939,003.692; thence north 88°45'22.6" west, 216.112 meters to an existing stone monument known as B-G-1, lettered B G, having coordinates X=241,383.970, Y=939,008.383; thence south 34°02'30.6" west, 123.848 meters to an unmarked point, hereby named B-G 1-a, having coordinates X=241,314.640, Y=938,905.759; thence north 67<26'25.9" west, 147.262 meters to an unmarked point, hereby named B-G 1-b, having coordinates X=241,178.646, Y=938,962.255; thence north 06°35'22.4" east, 56.997 meters to an unmarked point, hereby named B-G 1-c, on the existing town boundary line having coordinates X=241,185.187, Y=939,018.875; thence following existing boundary line from Boxford-Georgetown 1 (B-G1) to Boxford-Georgetown 2 (B-G 2), north 86°58'43.5" west, 188.554 meters to an existing stone monument, known as B-G-2, lettered B R, having coordinates X=240,996.895, Y=939,028.813.

All coordinate values contained in this act are in metric units, and on the North American Datum of 1983-96, Massachusetts Mainland Zone.

Monuments shall be erected at new corners, according to section 7 of chapter 42 of the General Laws.

Approved August 2, 2001.