N.Y. State Law § 23: Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction thereupon, with reservation of right to serve process

§ 23. Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction

thereupon, with reservation of right to serve process. 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, on condition that such jurisdiction should

not prevent the execution thereon of any process, civil or criminal,

issued under the authority of the state, except as such process might

affect the property of the United States therein:

1. At Bluff point, Staten Island. A tract at Bluff point, Staten

Island, for the erection of fortifications thereon.

2. On Staten Island. Certain lands on Staten Island belonging to the

state of New York and used for military purposes, prior to February 6,

1836, required by the United States for the construction and maintenance

of proper defenses for the protection of the harbor of New York, and

which the commissioners of the land office have been authorized to

convey accordingly.

3. At Black Rock, Erie county. A tract or tracts of land in the south

village of Black Rock, at or near Buffalo, being so much of blocks Nos.

167, 168 and 186, in such village, required for the site of barracks and

defensive works.

4. At sundry places for light-house purposes. Certain tracts of land,

and land under water, for the construction and maintenance of

light-houses, beacon lights and keepers' dwellings:

For a beacon or range light on Staten Island, in the rear of the Elm

Tree beacon, to serve as a range for the Swash channel.

For a light-house on Point au Roche, on the west side of Lake

Champlain.

For three beacons in the Hudson river--one at the south point of the

island east of Barren Island; one at the north point of the island

opposite and east of Coeymans' bar; and one on the point of the island

at the mouth of Schodack channel, and opposite Mall rocks.

For a beacon to be placed on the extreme eastern point of the north

fork of Long Island.

For a light-house on or near Carlton head, in the St. Lawrence river.

For a beacon light on south end of Cow or Campbell's island, in the

Hudson river, near Castleton.

For a beacon light on Little island, in the Hudson river, near New

Baltimore.

For a beacon light at Priming Hook point, east side of Hudson river,

north of Hudson city.

For a beacon light west side of Hudson river, between Athens and

Catskill.

For a first-class light-house near "Great West bay," Suffolk county,

Long Island, New York.

For a beacon light at Lloyd's harbor, Suffolk county, Long Island, New

York.

For a light-house at Horton's point, Suffolk county, Long Island, New

York.

For a light-house at Race point, Fisher's island, Suffolk county, New

York.

For a light-house at or near Windmill point, Lake Champlain, New York.

For a beacon light on "Isle au Motte," Lake Champlain, New York.

For nine beacon lights near Whitehall, Lake Champlain, New York.

On Fisher's island, eastern end of Long Island Sound, New York, ten

and three-tenths acres, more or less. On Barber's point, Lake Champlain,

New York, nine acres, more or less. On Bluff point, Valcour island, Lake

Champlain, New York, two acres, more or less. On the west bank of Oak

Orchard creek, near its mouth, in Orleans county, purchased from Abram

V. Clark of the same county, one-half acre, more or less; and at Fair

Haven, Cayuga county, New York, five acres or less.

For a light-house on North Brother island or vicinity, East river, New

York.

For a light-house on Hart island or vicinity, western end of Long

Island sound, New York.

For a light-house at or near Crown Point, Lake Champlain, New York.

For a light-house site and keeper's dwelling on Cumberland head, in

the county of Clinton, not exceeding ten acres, adjoining the site

occupied by a light-house in 1872.

For a light-house and other light-house purposes on Lake Ontario, in

the town of Somerset, county of Niagara.

For light-houses on the Hudson river, at Tarrytown, Livingston creek

and in Persey's reach, between Catskill and Hudson.

5. At Suspension Bridge. A tract of land in the village of Niagara

city, New York, described as follows: "Beginning at the northeast

intersection of Bridge and Spring avenues, and running in a northerly

direction along said Spring avenue eighty-six feet and seven inches;

thence running easterly in a line parallel with the line of Bath avenue

sixty-four feet, more or less, to a point sixteen feet from the lands of

the New York Central railroad company; thence northerly to Bath avenue,

parallel with and distant sixteen feet from the said lands of the New

York Central railroad company; thence easterly along Bath avenue sixteen

feet; thence southerly 117 feet, eleven inches, more or less, to the

line of Bridge avenue; and thence westerly along the line of Bridge

avenue seventy-five feet, to the point or place of beginning," for the

purpose of a custom-house and post-office.

6. At Oswego. A tract of land in the city of Oswego, described as

follows: "Commencing at the southwestern angle of the cut stone work of

the United States pier, runs thence S. 3Á W., 7 feet, to the east side

line of Third street; thence S. 17Á E., along said street line, 36 feet;

thence S. 87Á E., 115 feet; thence N. 3Á E., 261 feet, to a point in

the west line of Second street prolonged; thence N. 17Á W., along said

Second street, 120 feet to the northerly side of the United States pier;

thence S. 56Á 30' W., along the northern line of said pier, 110 feet, to

the northwestern angle thereof; thence S. 17Á E., along the westerly

side of said pier, 250 feet, to the place of beginning, " for the

purpose of erecting, repairing and maintaining a pier for the protection

of the harbor of Oswego.

7. At Oswego. A tract of land in the north end of blocks four and

five, of military lot number five, in the first ward of the city of

Oswego, and described as follows: "Beginning at a point on the margin of

Lake Ontario, 164.35 feet S. 88Á 14' E. of the point of intersection of

the west line of Fourth avenue with the east side of the new pier, and

running thence S. 3Á 30' W., parallel to the line of Fourth avenue,

155.02 feet to a nail in a stake, marked 'U. S.;' thence N. 86Á 30' W.,

at right angles with the last mentioned line, and with the line of

Fourth avenue, and passing through a nail in a stake on the west line of

Fourth avenue 150 feet, from its intersection with the east line of the

pier, 406.25 feet, to a nail in a stake, marked 'U. S.;' thence N. 3Á

30' E., parallel to the line of Fourth avenue, and at right angles with

the last mentioned line 75.95 feet, to a cross on a boulder on the

margin of the lake; thence along the margin of the lake, at low water

mark, to the place of beginning, together with all the land under water

lying in front of the said above bounded and described premises; the

plat so bounded containing, exclusive of the land under water, 1.201

acres of land," for occupation for the storage of materials, and as

sites for offices and storehouses, for the purpose of erecting,

repairing and maintaining a pier, for the formation of a harbor at

Oswego.

8. At West Point, Orange county. A tract or tracts of land

constituting, on May 15, 1888, the whole or a part of the estate of E.

V. Kinsley, deceased, and to the south of and adjoining the government

lands at West Point, Orange county, for the erection and maintenance of

forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, military academy, hospitals and

other needful buildings.

9. Round pond, Orange county. A tract of land and land under water

known as Round pond, in the town of Highlands, Orange county, and

certain lands adjacent thereto amounting in all to 49.72 acres, for

increasing the water supply of West Point; and any minerals, mineral

right, or right appertaining to such mineral right, in such pond, and

the lands adjacent thereto, owned by the United States, and in lands

through which the right of laying a water pipe from such pond to the

lands of the United States at West Point, was granted prior to January

1, 1881.

10. At Whitehall narrows, Lake Champlain. A tract of land under water

in Whitehall narrows, Lake Champlain, at a point on the westerly edge of

the channel opposite Devil's Pulpit, so called, in the town of Dresden,

Washington county, described as follows: A circle 200 feet in diameter,

the center of which bears from the following points as follows: From

beacon No. 12, N. 45Á 30' E.; from beacon No. 15, S. 37Á W.; from

Devil's Pulpit, S. 60Á E.; from Pulpit point, N. 50Á E., for the purpose

of erecting a light-house thereon, and which the commissioners of the

land office have been authorized to convey accordingly.

11. At Whitestone point, Queens county. A tract of land twenty-five

feet square, situate on the north end of Whitestone point, Queens

county, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining lights or other

aids to navigation thereon.

12. On Riker's island, East river. A tract of land of the area of a

circle of twenty-five feet in diameter, on the northwest point of

Riker's island, East river, for the purpose of establishing and

maintaining lights or other aids to navigation thereon.

13. At Spuyten Duyvil. Certain tracts of land, or land under water,

necessary for the improvement of the Harlem river and Spuyten Duyvil

creek, and for the construction of a channel, from the North river to

the East river, through the Harlem kills.

14. In the city of New York. A certain tract or tracts of land in the

city of New York, being such parts of the City Hall park as have been

conveyed to the United States by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of

the city of New York; except such part of such land as may have been

reconveyed by the United States to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of

the city of New York.

15. In the city of Kingston for the purpose of a federal building.

All that certain lot and piece of land in the city of Kingston,

beginning on the northerly line of Broadway where said northerly line of

Broadway is intersected by the easterly line of Grand street, and from

said point of beginning running along the easterly side of Grand street

aforesaid north thirty-nine degrees twenty-six minutes east fifty-seven

feet three inches to the southerly line of Prince street; thence along

the said southerly line of Prince street south eighty-two degrees east

one hundred seventy-four feet to a stake on said southerly line of

Prince street; thence from said stake south twenty-two degrees west

seventy-one feet to a stake set in the ground, from said last mentioned

stake north fifty-nine degrees thirty-two minutes east thirty-two feet

one inch to a stake set in the ground; thence from said last mentioned

stake south thirty-one degrees thirteen minutes west sixty-eight and

thirty-five one-hundredths feet to a point on Broadway one hundred

forty-eight feet from the place of beginning; and thence from said point

along the north line of Broadway aforesaid north fifty-three degrees

thirty-two minutes west one hundred forty-eight feet to the place of

beginning; containing about fifteen thousand one hundred square feet.

16. In the city of New York. The block of land bounded by Bowling

Green, Whitehall, Bridge and State streets, for a site for a

custom-house.