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Selectmen authorize Paul King to lead town-line perambulation
Summary
Albany selectmen on April 22 authorized Paul King and volunteers to walk and document the town's boundary lines to resolve conflicting deeds and update markers; the effort will be volunteer-led and begins on a forthcoming Saturday.
The Albany selectmen on April 22 authorized Paul King and a group of volunteers to conduct a town-line perambulation to re-document boundary markers and clarify conflicting deeds.
Paul King described previous survey work he performed — noting he perambulated the western portion in 2003 and the eastern portion in 2010 — and said annual or periodic checks of markers are useful because deeds and field markers can contradict one another. "Accounts are required by state law to regulate the town ... every 7 years," King said while describing the role of formal documentation in maintaining clear lines.
Selectman [Committee member] moved to authorize King and "his group of ambitious citizens" to do the perambulation; another selectman seconded the motion and it passed by voice vote. King said he would not charge for coordinating the volunteer walk and expected each outing to cover about two to three miles, with a start planned for Saturday.
Board members and King discussed where records should be kept. King offered to provide his historical perambulation records going back many years so the town could compare them with its files. The board asked that any records residents find be forwarded to the selectmen's office for review.
The authorization is procedural: the selectmen approved volunteer-led field work to document and replace markers as needed. King asked that the town share the cost of replacing any granite posts or markers if they needed replacement, and he offered to be a local contact for volunteers.
