Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1809. Report of survey of islands

Whereas, in and by an act of General Assembly of this state, entitled “An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement, made between commissioners appointed by the legislature of the state of New Jersey and commissioners appointed by the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of settling the jurisdiction of the river Delaware, and islands within the same,” which act was published on the twentieth day of September, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, an agreement between the state of Pennsylvania of the one part, and the state of New Jersey of the other part, made and concluded by commissioners acting in behalf of the said states respectively, whereby inter alia, it was agreed and established, that all islands, islets and dry lands, within the bed and between the shores of the said river, and between the Station point, northerly, and the Falls of Trenton, southerly, etc., was ratified and confirmed, whereby certain islands, therein enumerated and described, were to be deemed and considered as parts and parcels of Pennsylvania: And whereas George Wall, John Okely, and Jonas Hartzel, commissioners on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, and Moore Furman, Esquire, commissioner on the part of the state of New Jersey, who have been since appointed to distinguish the several islands within the bed of the same river, between the Station point, northerly, and the Falls of Trenton, and to declare which of the same islands, on the principle aforesaid, belong to each of the said states respectively, have caused an actual survey to be made of the said river, from the said Station point, northerly, to the Falls aforesaid, and have reported and returned a draught of the same river and islands to the President in Council, whereby it appears that the following islands within the said river, and northerly of the Falls of Trenton, belong to and are part of this state; that is to say, opposite to the county of Bucks and townships hereafter named; opposite to the Falls township, Bird's island; opposite Lower Makefield township, Slack's three islands, Dun's island, and Harvey's lower island; opposite to Upper-Makefield township, Harvey's upper island, and Lownes's island; opposite to Solebury township, Smith's island and bar, and Paxton's island and bar; opposite to Tinnicum township, Prall's two islands, Wall's island, Resolution island, Marshall's island; Wall's two islands, Fishing island, and Pennington's island; opposite to Nockamixon township, Laughly's island; and opposite to the county of Northampton, and the townships hereafter named, that is to say, opposite to Williams township, Pohatcung island, Shoemaker's island, and Loor's island; opposite to the Forks township, Easton island; opposite to Mount Bethel, Mason's island and bar, Mason's island, Foul Rift island, M'Ilhenney's island, and Attin's two islands; opposite to Lower-Smithfield, Handie's island and bar, Goodwin's two islands, Shawanaugh's island and bar, Vancampen's island, Nicholas Depui's island, and two bars, Chambers' island, and Vanoken's island; opposite to Delaware township, Swartwood's island, and Isaac Vancampen's island; opposite to Upper- Smithfield township, Punkey's island and five bars.