Chapter XX. *giving the Consent of Congress to the Cession by the State of Massachusetts to the State of New York, of the District of Boston Corner.* Jan. 3, 1855
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Chap. XX.— An Act *giving the Consent of Congress to the Cession by the State of Massachusetts to the State of New York, of the District of Boston Corner.* Jan. 3, 1855. Whereas, the commonwealth of Massachusetts, by an act of its legislature, approved May fourteenth, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-three, Preamble.ceded the sovereignty and jurisdiction over that portion of its territory known as the district of Boston Corner, situated in the southwesterly corner of said commonwealth, and westerly of the south west line of the town of Mount Washington, in the county of Berkshire and commonwealth aforesaid, to the State of New York, said act not to take effect, however, until the Congress of the United States shall consent to such cession and annexation:
And whereas, the State of New York, by an act of its legislature, passed July twenty-first, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-three, accepted the sovereignty and jurisdiction over that portion of the territory of Massachusetts above described, and known as the district of Boston Corner, upon the terms, and subject to the provisions expressed in said act of cession, as appears by certified copies of said acts filed in the office of the clerk of the House of Representatives: And whereas, for the better defining the limits and extent of the territory above-mentioned, commissioners on behalf of said States of Massachusetts and New York, duly authorized for that purpose, have caused an accurate survey and map to be made of said territory, and sufficient monuments to be erected in and along its eastern boundary line, as required by said acts, a copy of said survey and map, duly authenticated, having also been filed in the office of said clerk:
Therefore— *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent of the Congress Consent of Congress to setting off Boston Corner to New York.of the United States be, and the same is hereby, given to said cession and annexation. Approved, January 3, 1855.