[Adopted 9-1877]
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8 Special Laws of Connecticut 85, Special
Acts No. 59, Establishing and Confirming the Boundary-Line between
the Towns of Weston and Wilton.
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Whereas, upon the petition of the Select-men
of the Towns of Weston and Wilton, in Fairfield County, it has been
made to appear to this general assembly, that, by the act or resolution
of the general assembly incorporating the Town of Wilton, passed in
1802, it was provided that the easterly boundary of said Town shall
commence at the south-easterly corner of the society of Wilton, and
run thence north (22° 30' west) six miles 29 chains to the north-east
monument dividing the Towns of Reading,[1] Ridgefield and Norwalk; that said south-easterly and north-easterly
corner bounds are well settled and duly marked, and no dispute has
ever existed in regard to them; that a line run from said south-east
bound in the direction and to the distance mentioned in said acts
leads to a point far distant and to the eastward of said north-east
monument, and would include in the Town of Wilton a large territory
which has always been treated and recognized as embraced within the
Towns of Weston and Reading, and would not touch the Town of Ridgefield;
that, on the other hand, if a straight line were drawn between said
south-easterly and north-easterly corner bounds, it would make the
Towns of Reading and Weston respectively to embrace tracts of land
over which they have never exercised nor claimed jurisdiction; that
there is a permanent rock situated in a stream or mill-pond at the
village of Georgetown, so-called, between the supposed lines before
mentioned, which rock is marked with lines crossing each other and
with the letters N.F.R., which has been, from a time beyond the memory
of men now living, reputed to be the bound where the dividing line
between the ancient Towns of Fairfield and Reading intersected the
boundary-line of the ancient Town of Norwalk, and since the incorporation
of the Towns of Weston and Wilton, to be also the place of intersection
of the boundary-lines of the Towns of Reading, Weston, and Wilton,
and that a line running from said south-east bound of Wilton to the
intersection of said cross-lines on said rock has, from time immemorial,
been generally reputed to be and has been generally recognized as
the boundary-line between said Towns of Weston and Wilton; that said
petitioners have caused said last-mentioned line to be surveyed as
a straight line between said south-east bound and said rock, and have
agreed on the same as a proper and the true boundary-line between
said towns, but that doubts have been suggested whether the same is
the lawful boundary, and embarrassments arise, from time to time,
growing out of the same: therefore,
[1]
Editor's Note: Old spelling of the present
Town of Redding.
Resolved by this Assembly: That the boundary-line
between the Towns of Weston and Wilton, in Fairfield County, is hereby
declared to be, and is fixed, confirmed, and established as follows,
viz.: beginning at the south-easterly corner of the Town of Wilton,
at present marked by a heap of stones on a ledge on the westerly side
of an old highway, and thence running northerly in a straight line
to the point of intersection of said cross-lines upon said rock situated
in the stream or mill-pond at the village of Georgetown, so-called,
which rock is marked with the letters N.F.R. and the Select-men of
said Towns of Weston and Wilton shall cause suitable monuments to
be erected and maintained on said line, at the joint expense of said
towns, and as required by law.
This resolution shall not be so construed as
to affect any pending suit, nor the title to any lands, nor any boundary-line
between adjoining proprietors of lands.
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Approved, March 9th, 1877.
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