WHEREAS, it appears that certain land and premises located in the City of Rutland, County of Rutland and State of Vermont, hereinafter described and presently under the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Administration, Department of State Buildings, has become and is no longer necessary for purposes of the Agency of Administration; and

WHEREAS, the Military Department, State of Vermont, desires the use of said land and premises for its purposes;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Madeleine M. Kunin, by virtue of the powers vested in me as Governor of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the Agency of Administration to the jurisdiction and control of the Military Department for its purposes the following described land and premises, to wit:

Being part of the same land and premises acquired by the State of Vermont from Evelyn Pierpoint, et al. by Warranty Deed dated June 29, 1897, and recorded in Book 36, Pages 657-658 of the City of Rutland Land Records and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked with a stone bound on the easterly sideline of Pierpoint Avenue approximately 685 feet northerly of the center line of State Street, which now marks the division line between the lands of the State of Vermont and the Vermont National Guard, thence running northerly along a bearing of N 1° 13’09" E a distance of 295.0 feet to an Iron Pin Set Flush (IPSF), thence running in a northerly direction along an arc of a circle with a radius of 692.05’ curving to the right an arc distance of 221.14 l.f. along the easterly boundary of Pierpoint Avenue, the chord of said arc running N 10° 22’21" E for a distance of 220.19 feet, thence running N 19° 31’38" E for a distance of 29.59 feet, thence continuing in a northerly direction along an arc of a circle with a radius of 1170.75 feet curving to the left an arc distance of 130.50 feet along the easterly boundary of Pierpoint Avenue, the chord of such arc running N 16° 19’59" E for a distance of 130.43 feet to an Iron Pin Set Flush (IPSF), thence turning a sharp angle to the right and running S 35° 25’24" E for a distance of 561.03 feet to a point in the East Creek, (this line is the division line of property deeded to the City of Rutland by the State, June 9, 1956 and recorded, BK 103, PG. 117 and land herein described), thence turning a sharp angle to the right and running S 32° 58’31" W for a distance of 8.41 feet to a point in the East Creek, thence turning a slight angle to the left and running S 20° 20’40" W for a distance of 194.37 feet to a point thence turning a slight angle to the left and running S 13° 52’20" W for a distance of 25.00 feet more or less to a point in East Creek, thence turning a sharp angle to the right and running N 87° 37’40" W for a distance of 340.0 feet more or less to the point of beginning.

The parcel herein described contains approximately 4.15 acres, more or less.

Dated May 31, 1986.