“ Monument No. 10.
In an open field about 300 yards south of a county road running east and west across the Youghiogheny river. The monument stands in place of a sugar tree which formerly stood here and marked a corner of the Maryland grant called 'Eelshine.' The place was pointed out by Peter F. Nine, who owns the property east of it. John Bittner owns the land to the west and his house is 100 yards west of the monument. The boundary line turns to the east and the monument stands diagonally. ”

“ Situated 8 miles southwest of Oakland, Maryland, in the angle formed by the Northwestern turnpike and the county road from Eglon, West Virginia, to Oakland. The monument is 100 yards east of the Youghiogheny river and is on a slight ridge between above-described roads and can be seen from them. ”

“ The base is of concrete, 3 1/2 ft. square and 2 ft. deep, set flush with the surface of ground. On this base the monument was built, utilizing the form which had been designed for, and was afterwards used in the construction of, the monuments along the boundary from the Potomac river to the Pennsylvania line. The monument is 22 inches square at the base and 10 inches squre at the top, the latter being built up a few inches and rounded off. The total height being 4 ft. and 4 inches above the base. The monument contains 3 1/2 bags of best Portland cement and 6 1/2 bags of white sand. ”

“ Astronomical observations for azimuth were obtained with the theodolite by observing Polaris near eastern elongation. Ten measurements of the angle between star and mark were made with telescope direct and reversed in 5 positions of the circle. The mark was a bulls-eye lantern placed at one of the transit stations a mile or more distant, northward. Time was obtained from the railroad ”

“ It is 300 yards northwest of house of Joseph Thomas and 1/2 mile south of Pennsylvania state line.
Monument No. 34.
At the intersection of the Md.-W. Va. boundary line from the south with the Pennsylvania state line. It is 2 miles southwest of Markleysburg, Pennsylvania, 1/4 mile east of point where the pike to that place crosses the Penna. line, and 1/4 mile northeast of house of M. M. Thomas. It is 1,051 feet westward from the Mason & Dixon mound in which a stone monument marked, '55.2 M 1885,' was set by survey made in 1885 by the states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. ”

“ Besides the 500-ft. steel tape, which was graduated to single feet, except at each end, where 1 foot was graduated to tenths, a 100-foot steel tape graduated throughout to feet, tenths, and hundreths was used for shorter measurements. ”

“ Mr. Edgar Allan Poe, Attorney General of Maryland, and Mr. Isaac Lobe Straus for complainant.
Mr. William G. Conley, Attorney General of West Virginia, and Mr. George E. Price for defendant.
It is thereupon adjudged, ordered, and decreed that the said exceptions filed on behalf of the state of Maryland, as aforesaid, to said report of Commissioners Julius K. Monroe and Samuel S. Gannett, be, and they are hereby, overruled, and that said report be, and the same is hereby, in all respects confirmed. ”

“ E. in a manner to follow the property lines, as acknowledged by the citizens of the two states; passing over the center of a planted stone property corner, which marked the beginning of the Maryland tract called Mount Pleasant, surveyed in 1774. ”