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Show -75- Acts were confirmed by the Privy Council in 1773. II UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (l) Massachusetts and New York Boundary Controversy of 1784-1786j This arose out of the agreenent signed by the governors of the States in 1773 *-^ Commissioners were appointed by. New York on March 17* 1783 **^ but they failed to reach any agreement acceptable to Massachusetts. Conse- quently the latter State on June 29, 1785* authorized the Continental Con- gress to appoint three commissioners to run the line between the two States. 5 New York in March 7, 1785, also authorized Congress to appoint three com- missioners to run the line. 37 a resolution to this effect was made in the Continental Congress and approved on September 29, 1735 *^ and on December 2, 1785 * three commissioners were appointed.39 New York by the Act of April 28, 1786 ,^° and Massachusetts by the Act of June 27, 1786, 1*1 authorized their commissioners to conclude en agreement. An agreement was negotiated on Dec- ember 16, 1786 ,^2 and a final settlement was made on July 21, 1787. ^3 They were referred to the legislatures of both States but no action was taken upon them «'-W- 33See 5 Acts of Privy Council (Col. Ser.) 45 34 See supra, Appx. A, I, (7). 35 N. Y. Laws, 1777, 1784 ch. 28, p. 545, as amended by Act of Nov. 11* 1784, IT. Y. Laws, 1785-1783, oh. 2, p. 2. 36 Mass Laws, 1784 1785, ch. 11, p. 446. 37N. Y. Laws, 1785-1788, ch. 4».p- 3» and ch. 49 P« 293* Gov. Clinton t had advised the appointment of commissioners to deal with the claim of Massa- chusetts before the Continental Congress. See Report of the Regents of the University on the Boundaries of New York, 1873, P 213* See also Acts, of Mar. 7, 1785, Apr. 29, 1786, liar. 1, 1787, and Apr. 11, 1787, N. Y. Laws, 1785- 1788, ch. 28, p. 57, ch. 53, p. 298, ch. 46, p. 443 ch. 79* p« 507 • These Acts successively extended the powers of the New York Commission in order to enable them to deal with the commissioners of the Continental Congress as well as come to any acceptable agreement with the commissioners appointed by Massachusetts. 3^ 10 Journ. Cont. Cons. 237. 39ll ibid. 10. kOiu Y. Laws, 1785-1788, ch. k9» p» 293* ^Mass. Acts, 1786-1787, ch. 3, p. 18. Additional authority was given by the Act of July 5, 1786, ibid, ch. 18, p. 5$. The time for reaching an agreement was extended by the Act of Mar. 1, 1787* ibid. ch. 70, p. 219- ^Report of the Regents of the University on the Boundaries of New York, 1873. P« 220. ^•3a resolution that an agreement bearing this date be recorded was made before the Massachusetts Assembly on Nov. 21, I787. See Mass. Laws, 1786-1787* ch. 101, p. 79Uo . ^Governor Clinton on Jan. 13, 1787, laid the agreement of Dec. 16, 1786, before the New York legislature. See Report of the Regents of the University on the Boundaries of New York, I873, p. 22l+. The same agreement was referred |
