N.Y. State Law § 21: Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction thereupon without reservation

§ 21. Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction

thereupon without reservation. The United States has been authorized to

acquire the following tracts or parcels of land, and jurisdiction

thereof has been ceded to the United States by this state upon such

acquisition:

1. On the Long Island coast. Certain tracts of land on the Long Island

coast, each tract not exceeding one-half acre in area, for building

sites for life saving stations.

2. Priming Hook, Columbia county. A tract of land one-half acre in

area at Prymon's Hook, otherwise called Priming Hook point, Columbia

county, for a site for a beacon light.

3. Calver's plat, Columbia and Rensselaer counties. A tract or parcel

of land consisting of one acre of the south point of the island known as

Calvers plat. Said island lies in the Hudson river, part in the county

of Columbia, and part in the county of Rensselaer, and in the town of

Schodack; the said acre conveyed under this title is bounded as follows:

Beginning at a stake and stones at the south point of said Calvers plat,

and runs north to stake and stones at a point on the west side of said

island, 6 chains; thence S. 85.5Á E., 3 chains to high-water mark, to

the water's edge on the east shore of said island; then S. 12.25Á W., 3

chains and 11 links to a point on the shore; thence S. 73.75Á W., 1

chain and 75 links to a point on the shore; thence S. 35.5Á W., 2 chains

and 30 links to the place of beginning at the south point of said

island, for the construction and maintenance of a light-house, beacons

and keepers' dwellings.

4. Near Mull's plat, Rensselaer county. A tract or parcel of land

lying in the Hudson river, in the county of Rensselaer, and state of New

York, lying north of a line running S. 76Á 45' E., and more particularly

described as follows, viz.: Beginning at a stake set up at the west side

of an island known as Mull's plat, on a course of S. 76Á 45' E. from the

northeast corner of Barrent Ten Eyck's brick house, now occupied by

Thomas C. Houghtailing, and runs from the said stake along a line of

marked trees standing on the north point of an island known as Parcey's

island, and now in the possession of the parties of the first part, and

then runs from the aforesaid stake S. 76Á 45' E., 6 chains and 60 links

to the water's edge on the east side of the aforesaid island; then

northerly along the water's edge and east side thereof, to the north

point of the aforesaid island; then southerly along the water's edge and

west side to the place of beginning, containing an acre of land, be the

same more or less, for the construction and maintenance of a

light-house, beacons and keepers' dwellings.

5. Poplar island, Rensselaer county. A tract or parcel of land in the

town of Schodack, county of Rensselaer, and on the north end of an

island known by the name of Poplar island, bounded and described as

follows, viz.: Beginning at a stake set upon the west shore of the

aforesaid island, and on a course of S. 78Á 30' E. from the northeast

corner of William O. Lawton's brick store, and runs thence from the said

stake, N. 78Á 30' E., 3 chains and 60 links to a stake on the east side

of said island; then along the east side thereof, N. 9Á W., 3 chains and

59 links, to a point on the north end of the aforesaid island; then S.

80Á W., 2 chains, to a point on the north and west shore of said island;

then along the west shore thereof, S. 14Á 15' W., 4 chains and 4 links,

to the place of beginning, containing one acre of land be the same more

or less, for the construction and maintenance of a light-house, beacons

and keepers' dwellings.

6. Water supply at West Point. Such tracts of lands, lands under

water, rights of way and easements, at or near the United States

military post at West Point, as have been acquired or may be required

for the purpose of increasing the water supply of such post, the

commanding officer of said post being authorized to enter upon any lands

to make surveys thereof for such purpose.

7. Land in the city of Buffalo. Such lands now owned by the state

under the waters of Niagara river or in the vicinity of said river in

the city of Buffalo, including such lands as are now used for canal

purposes in the city of Buffalo and as may be deemed abandoned by the

department of transportation, as may be required by the United States in

the construction of a ship canal from Lake Erie to the foot of Unity

island in the city of Buffalo.

8. Sacketts Harbor. In the village of Sacketts Harbor or town of

Hounsfield, county of Jefferson, to carry water through pipes from the

waters of Lake Ontario and Henderson bay to Madison barracks, for the

water supply at that point of the military post of the United States,

and to acquire the title of lands necessary for that purpose, or the

right of way only. And the state of New York hereby cedes to the United

States the right to lay such pipes under and along the highways of said

state, provided the same are restored to as good condition as the same

were in before such pipes were laid, and to enter upon said highway and

keep the said pipes in repair, upon the same condition, and hereby

concedes jurisdiction to the said United States over the lands and

franchises which the United States has acquired for the purpose of such

water supply, or may acquire.