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.^ranted, declare the will of the legislature of 

 New York, that if the legislature of the state 

 of Vermer.t shoi-.ld, on or before the first day of 

 Januar}', 1792, declare that on or before the first 

 day of June, 1794, the said state of Vermont 

 would pay the state of New York, the sum of 

 thirty thousand dollars, that immediately from 

 such declaration by the legislature of the state 

 of Vermont, all rights and titles to lands within 

 the state of Vermont, under grants from the 

 government of the colony of New York, or from 

 the state of New York, should cease," those ex- 

 cepted, which had been made in confirmation of 

 the grants of New Hampshire. 



This proposal and declaration being laid be- 

 fore the legislature of Vermont, they very readi- 

 ly agreed to the plan, which had been concerted 

 by the commissioners from both states ; and 

 on October 28, 1790, passed an act directing 

 the treasurer of the state, to pay the sum of 

 thirty thousand dollars to the state of New York, 

 at the time proposed ; adopting the western line 

 as the perpetual boundary between the two 

 states ; and declaring all the grants, charters 

 and patents of land, l}'ing within the state of 

 Vermont, made by or under the late colony of 

 New York, to be null and void, those only ex- 

 cepted which had been made in confirmation of 

 the grants from New Hampshire. 



In this amicable manner, was terminated a 

 controversy, which had been carried on with 

 great animosity for twenty six years. Both 

 sides were weary of the contest, and happily for 

 them, the general state of iVmerica led to mod- 

 eration, equity and wisdom : And this seems t» 



