WHEREAS, it appears that certain lands hereinafter described and located in the Town of Groton, County of Caledonia and State of Vermont and presently under the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and

WHEREAS, the Agency of Transportation desires the use of said land and premises for its purposes;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Madeleine M. Kunin, by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of Vermont do hereby transfer and set over to the Agency of Transportation jurisdiction and control over certain lands of the Agency of Natural Resources; Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation for its purposes; said lands being more particularly described as follows:

Being part of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont by Carroll R. Palmer and Joan A. Palmer by Quit-Claim Deed dated July 14, 1978 and recorded in Book 29, Pages 606-608 of the Town of Groton Land Records; said land being designated as Parcel #6 as shown on Pages 6, 10, and 14 of the plans of Highway Project Groton F 026-1 (27)S, a plat of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, and with reference to said plat being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the existing southeasterly right-of-way boundary of U.S. Route #302, 26 feet distant southwesterly radially from approximate survey station 97 + 89 of the established centerline (established centerline hereinafter referred to said CL) of Highway Project Groton F 026-1 (27)S;

thence 41 feet, more or less, southeasterly and parallel to said CL along the aforesaid existing southwesterly right-of-way boundary of U.S. Route #302 to a point 26 feet distant southwesterly radially from approximate survey station 98 + 30 of said CL;

thence 21 feet, more or less, southeasterly, to a point 42 feet distant radially from station 98 + 43 of said CL;

thence 41 feet, more or less, northwesterly and parallel to said CL to a point 42 feet distant radially from station 98 + 02 of said CL;

thence 21 feet, more or less, northwesterly to the point of beginning.

Said Parcel #6 contains 0.01 acre, more or less.

Also included in this transfer are the following easements and/or rights required for the construction of Highway Project Groton F 026-1 (27)S:

A temporary easement during the period of construction to extend highway slopes and embankments in an area of 40 square feet, more or less, as shown on Pages 5 and 14 of the plans of said Highway Project a plat of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. The slopes and embankments may be extended at such an angle as will hold the material of said slopes in repose against ordinary erosion in accordance with the standard practice of highway construction. The Agency of Transportation shall have the right to remove all trees, logs, stumps, protruding roots, bush, duff and other objectionable materials, structures, growth and any other thing of whatever kind or nature from said slope areas.

A temporary easement during the period of construction to enter upon land under the jurisdiction of the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation for construction purposes including the right to cut and dispose of all trees, down timber, stubs, brush, bushes, and debris in an area which contains 280 square feet, more or less, and is located right of and between approximate survey stations 98 + 02 and 98 + 48 of the established centerline of said Highway Project, as shown on a plat which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Dated August 18, 1988.