Transfer of Land in Duxbury, Vermont from the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services

WHEREAS, certain state-owned land (the “Property”) located in the Town of Duxbury, County of Washington and State of Vermont, described more particularly below, presently is under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation has determined the Property to be surplus to its needs; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Buildings and General Services desires to obtain jurisdiction and control of the Property for the purposes of including the Property as part of the legislatively approved sale of abutting parcels of land known as the Duxbury State Farm.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, James H. Douglas, by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to the Department of Buildings and General Services for the above purposes, jurisdiction and control of the following state-owned land:

Meaning to transfer only those lands easterly of Route 100B under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation pursuant to Executive Order #11 dated May 2, 1973 and signed by Governor Thomas P. Salmon and as depicted on the map attached thereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Excepted and reserved from this transfer are all lands lying westerly of Route 100B under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation pursuant to said Executive Order #11 of 1973.

This Executive Order shall take effect upon execution.

Witness my name hereunto subscribed and the Great Seal of the State of Vermont hereunto affixed at Montpelier this 27th day of June, 2009.

James H. Douglas, Governor

By the Governor:

Heidi M. Tringe, Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 05-09