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N.Y. State Law § 20: Cession without reservation

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  1. State Law
  2. Article 3. Cessions to the United States

§ 20. Cession without reservation. Title and jurisdiction has been

ceded to the United States by this state as follows:

1. Little island in Hudson river. A tract of land known as Little

island, in the Hudson river, opposite New Baltimore, acquired by the

United States for a light-house site and keepers' dwellings.

2. Lands in West Oswego. For the purpose of excavating and removing

the same, to improve the navigation of the Oswego river, all the right

and title of the state of New York in and to the following described

property, namely: Lots one hundred and twenty-three, one hundred and

twenty-four and one hundred and twenty-five in fortification block

number two in West Oswego, New York, the same being part of the island

situate in the Oswego river near its mouth.

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