Executive Order No. 29-55 (No. 06-18) [Transfer of Property in the Town of Cambridge from Vermont Agency of
Transportation to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources]
WHEREAS, certain land located in the Town of Cambridge, County of Lamoille, and State
of Vermont, as more particularly described herein (“the Property,”) is presently under
the jurisdiction and control of the Vermont Agency of Transportation (“VTrans”) and
is no longer necessary for VTrans purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife
desires the transfer of the Property to better manage a significant stretch of the
Lamoille River and a small developed site that provides access for non-motorized vessels
and shore fishing opportunities, known as the Dorothy Smith Access Area.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Philip B. Scott, by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor
of the State of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the Vermont Agency of
Transportation to the jurisdiction and control of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources,
Department of Fish and Wildlife for the aforesaid purpose, the Property being more
particularly described as follows:
Being part of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont by the Warranty
Deed of Ray C. and Hazel G. Perkins, dated November 5, 1958 and recorded in Book 42,
Page 371 of the Town of Cambridge land records and being more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at a point believed to be in the property line between Ray C. and Hazel
G. Perkins and land now or formerly of one M. Hawley, and in the easterly boundary
of the present highway, Vermont Route 108, 1/2 rods from its centerline and 24.75
feet southeasterly at right angle from approximate survey station 19+31 of the established
center line of Highway Project NRS 151, 1934; thence 880 feet, more or less, northeasterly
and northerly in said easterly highway boundary to a point 30 feet easterly at right
angle from survey station 28+00 of said established centerline; thence 20 feet, more
or less, easterly to a point in the westerly bank of the Lamoille River, so-called,
50 feet easterly at right angle from survey station 28+00 of said established centerline;
thence 1000 feet, more or less, southeasterly and southerly in said westerly river
bank to a point believed to be in the property line between the aforesaid Perkins
and Hawley, 80 feet southeasterly at right angle from approximate survey station 19+31
of said established centerline; thence 58 feet, more or less, northwesterly in said
believed property line to the point of beginning.
This Executive Order shall take effect upon execution.
Dated August 17, 2018