N.Y. State Law § 30: Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction thereupon, with reservations of concurrent jurisdiction and right to serve process

§ 30. Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction

thereupon, with reservations of concurrent jurisdiction and 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 upon such acquisition, on condition that the

state of New York should retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the

United States over such tracts of land in the execution of civil process

in all cases, and of such criminal process as might be issued under the

authority of the state of New York against any person charged with crime

committed within or without such tracts of land, and that the

jurisdiction of the United States shall continue so long only as the

lands shall be used for the purposes of cession.

1. At Watervliet, Albany county. A tract of land in the town of

Watervliet, Albany county, described as follows: Beginning at a stone

set in the ground, marked US. No. 2, standing at the south side of the

Shaker road, and running thence from the said stone along the said road

N. 72Á E., 16 chains and 24 links, to a stone in the ground, marked U.S.

No. 6; thence S. 22Á W., 10 chains 76 links, to a stone in the ground,

marked U.S. No. 7, thence N. 68Á W., 12 chains 81 links, to the place of

beginning, containing 6 acres and .89 of an acre. Also over all that

other certain tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying in and being

in the town of Watervliet, in the county of Albany, aforesaid, bounded

as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone set in the ground, marked U.S.

No. 4, and running thence N. 22Á E., 6 chains and 34 links, to a stone

in the ground, marked U. S. No. 3, standing at the south side of the

Shaker road; thence S. 72Á W., 16 chains and 24 links, to a stake (a

stone in the ground marked U.S. No. 8), on the north side of the old

Schenectady road; thence along the said road southeasterly 22 chains and

59 links, to the westerly corner of the burial ground; then along the

outside thereof N. 57Á 45' E., 3 chains and 29 links, to the most

northerly corner of the said burial ground; thence S. 32Á 15' E., 3

chains and 29 links, to the most easterly corner of the said burying

ground; thence S. 69Á E., 1 chain 44 links, to a stake (a stone in the

ground marked U.S. No. 9); thence S. 79Á 15' E., 12 chains 80 links, to

a stone in the ground marked U.S. No. 10, on the west side of the Erie

canal; thence along the canal N. 10Á E., 9 chains and 93 links, to the

south line of the land belonging to the people of the United States

(designated by a stone in the ground, marked U.S. No. 11); thence along

the said line N. 68Á W., 24 chains 50 links, to the place of beginning,

containing 38 acres and 7/10 of an acre; but always excepting and

reserving out of the lands above described one rod in width along the

west side of the Erie canal, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining

thereon arsenals, magazines and other necessary buildings.

2. At Watervliet, Albany county. A tract of land in the village of

West Troy, town of Watervliet, Albany county, described as follows:

Commencing at a point on the east bank of the Erie canal at the

southwest corner of the United States arsenal grounds, and extending

thence easterly along the said arsenal grounds to River street; thence

southerly along the west line of said River street thirty feet; thence

westerly on a line parallel with the said north line, to the west side

of the alley next west of said River street; thence southerly along the

west side of said alley to a point distant from the said north boundary

line 293 feet and 6 inches; thence westerly on a line parallel with the

said north boundary line, about 258 feet to the east bank of the Erie

canal; thence northerly along the said east bank of said canal 300 feet,

to the place of beginning, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining

thereon arsenals, magazines and other necessary buildings, and of using

the grounds in connection with the arsenal buildings already erected

prior to the acquisition thereof.

3. In the city of Buffalo. A tract of land in the city of Buffalo,

described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southerly margin of

the Big Buffalo creek, at the southeast corner of lot No. 50 in the city

of Buffalo, thence S. 45Á and 30" W., 1,000 feet to Lake Erie; thence at

right angles northerly and along the shore of Lake Erie, 200 feet;

thence northerly on a line 200 feet from and parallel to the first

mentioned line, 1,000 feet to the southerly margin of the Big Buffalo

creek; and thence southerly at right angles and along the margin of said

creek, 200 feet to the place of beginning; together with such other

lands adjoining thereto, and in connection therewith and the waters of

Lake Erie as shall be necessary for the purpose of excavating and

maintaining a canal or channel to be used as a public highway, and

connecting Lake Erie with said creek, and for the purpose of erecting

and maintaining the necessary piers to protect the said canal or channel

and a light-house at or near the mouth thereof.

4. In the city of Buffalo. A tract or tracts of land situate in the

city of Buffalo, and the town of Black Rock, Erie county; for the

purpose of erecting and maintaining a sea wall connecting with the pier

on the south side of the Big Buffalo creek, belonging to the United

States on January 1, 1850, and extending southerly therefrom along the

shore of Lake Erie to the northerly side of the canal or channel

connecting Lake Erie with Big Buffalo creek, and from the southerly side

of such channel to Four Mile point.