The Report of the Special Master is received and ordered
filed.
DECREE
For the purpose of giving effect to the opinion of this Court
announced on June 10, 1980,
447 U. S. 447 U.S.
125, and the stipulation of the parties entered into on February 5,
1982, and approved by the Special Master:
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED As FOLLOWS:
1. That the location of the boundary between the States of
California and Nevada is as hereafter specified:
Beginning at the Initial Point on the California-Nevada boundary
as established under authority of the Act of June 10, 1872, 17
Stat. 358, by Allexey W. Von Schmidt in 1872 as an eight (8) inch
square wood post set in a large mound of stone at the intersection
to the 42nd parallel of north latitude along the southern boundary
of the State of Oregon and the 120th degree of longitude west from
Greenwich, each as reported by him; thence running southerly along
said 1872 boundary as surveyed and marked by Allexey W. Von Schmidt
to a cast iron monument designated as Von Schmidt Milepost 191 on
said boundary; thence S 00�09'15".21 W along a line directed toward
a standard National Geodetic Survey brass marker cemented in a
granite formation and stamped "VS 120, 1981", located at the
geographic position of: Latitude 38�53'51".59866 Longitude
120�00'20".93116, a distance Of 80,191.63 feet to an intersection
in Lake Tahoe with a line extending between two points, the first
of which is a standard National Geodetic Survey brass marker
cemented
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in granite and stamped "EAGLE ROCK, 1981," which has a
geographic position of: Latitude 39�06'33".17268, Longitude
120�09'38".06504, and the second being a granite stone with copper
bolt identified as No. 1 (Initial 1894), being the first monumented
point on the California-Nevada Oblique 1893-1899 Boundary survey as
determined and marked by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; thence
from said intersection point in Lake Tahoe S 48�46'02".80 E,
21,568.48 feet to said Monument No. 1 (Initial 1894); thence
proceeding southeasterly along the oblique California-Nevada
boundary line as surveyed and marked by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey under authority of the Act of August 5, 1892, 27 Stat. 357,
during the period 1893-1899, to Point No. 1 described in the
Interstate Compact Defining the Boundary Between the States of
Arizona and California executed on March 12, 1963, being a point
common to Point No. 1 described in the Interstate Compact Defining
A Portion of the Arizona-Nevada Boundary On The Colorado River,
executed February 6, 1960. Bearings, distances, and geographic
positions used hereinbefore are based upon the 1927 North American
Datum and are denoted on the attached map, Exhibit A [Exhibit
omitted], which is incorporated herein by reference.
2. That the intersection of the two lines described herein shall
form the only angle point of the true California-Nevada state
boundary within the waters of Lake Tahoe, which angle point shall
be considered as satisfying the definition of the intersection of
the 120th meridian west of Greenwich with the 39th parallel of
north latitude as prescribed in the constitutions of California and
Nevada.
3. That the necessary expenses incurred by the Special Master
incident to this litigation and all other proper expenses incurred
jointly by the parties shall be equally borne by the parties.
4. That, except as provided in paragraph 3 herein, each party
shall bear its own expenses.
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5. That any unexpended funds contributed by the parties to the
Special Master for necessary expense be returned to the parties in
proportion to their contributions.
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