NY State L § 29 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STL - State Article 3 - Cessions to the United States 29 - Authorization of Acquisition and Cession of Jurisdiction Thereupon, During Use for Purposes Thereof, With Reservation of Right to Serve Process.

§ 29. Authorization   of   acquisition  and  cession  of  jurisdiction   thereupon, during use for purposes thereof, 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 upon such acquisition on condition  that  the   jurisdiction  so  ceded  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, and that such jurisdiction shall continue in the United  States   so  long only as the land shall be used and occupied for the purposes of   cession, unless the consent of the state to a  different  use  has  been   granted.1.  In the city of Brooklyn. A tract or tracts of land in and adjacent   to the city of Brooklyn, described as follows: Commencing at  the  stone   monument,  No. 1, at the corner of Flushing avenue and the Williamsburgh   road; thence S. 82° 25' W., 599 3/12  feet  to  stone  monument  No.  2;   thence  N. 82° 30' W., along Flushing avenue, 4,152 feet 6 3/4 inches to   stone monument No. 3; thence N.  7° 16' E., along Navy street, 903  feet   to  the  point J; thence N. 25° 39' W., 479 4/12 feet to point K; thence   N. 40° 47' E., 1,357 7/12 feet to the point  L;  thence  northeastwardly   until  it  intersects  the continuation of the Williamsburgh line at the   point M, at the distance of 130 feet from the block;  thence  eastwardly   by  and  with  the  said  continuation  of the Williamsburgh line to the   center of the channel at the point N; thence along  the  center  of  the   channel  to the point O, at the intersection of the line A B, continued;   thence S. 57° 30' E., to the point A,  equidistant  between  two  piles,   driven  at  low  water  mark; thence S. 57° 30' E., 991 3/12 feet to the   point B; thence S. 42° E., 1,025 feet to the point C; thence S. 35°  30'   E.,  200  feet  to  the  point D; thence S. 29° E., 271 4/12 feet to the   point E; thence S. 4° E., 189 3/12 feet to the point F;  thence  S.  34°   30'  W.,  93  feet to the point G, in the center of the Wallabout creek;   thence along the center of said creek to the point H; thence S. 68°  W.,   244  feet  to  the  point  I;  thence S. 0° 55' E., 219 5/12 feet to the   commencement, at the monument No. 1; provided,  nevertheless,  that  the   city  of Brooklyn shall not be deprived of any vested rights in and over   Vanderbilt and Clinton avenues, as now  laid  out  and  graded,  or  the   rights of sewerage which the said city may now possess over the property   lying  between  the  Naval Hospital grounds and the easterly boundary of   the present navy yard.The free, common and unrestricted use and navigation of the waters and   channels of the Wallabout bay, from  the  westerly  line  of  Vanderbilt   avenue  in front thereof, and extending therefrom easterly and northerly   to the East river, is hereby reserved to the people of this  state;  and   the  United  States  shall  not  in  any way or manner injure, affect or   obstruct the free and entire use and navigation of the said channel,  or   the  landing  places  or  wharves  at  the foot of, or where Clinton and   Vanderbilt avenues, or either of them, reach or may extend to  the  said   channel.  Such acquisition has been authorized for the purpose of a navy   yard and naval hospital, according to the plan furnished  by  the  naval   department.2.  On  Staten  Island.  A  tract  of  land on Staten Island, Richmond   county, owned by William H. Aspinwall, lying mainly between the lands of   the United States and New York avenue, for the purpose of  building  and   maintaining forts, magazines, arsenals and other necessary structures.3.  On  Long  Island. A tract or tracts of land on Long Island, Queens   county,  in  a  direction  opposite  Fort  Schuyler,  East  river   (and   concurrent jurisdiction over all the shores, flats and waters contiguous   to  such lands, within 400 feet from low water mark, measured toward the    channel, and over the land lying between high and low water marks),  for   the  purpose  of  building and maintaining forts, magazines, dock-yards,   wharves and other necessary structures and appendages.4.  On  Long  Island  and  Staten  Island.  A  tract or tracts of land   adjacent to Fort Hamilton, Kings county, and adjacent to  Fort  Tompkins   in  the  town  of  Southfield,  Staten  Island,  not exceeding 150 acres   together with all the shores, flats and waters within 400 yards from low   water mark, contiguous to such lands; for the purpose  of  erecting  and   maintaining  thereon  batteries,  forts,  magazines,  wharves  and other   necessary structures with their appendages.5. In Hudson river. Certain tracts of land under water in  the  Hudson   river,  for  the  purpose of erecting light-houses, beacon lights, range   lights, or other aids to navigation, and light keepers'  dwellings,  and   which  the  commissioners  of  the  land  office have been authorized to   convey.6. At sundry places for light-house purposes. Certain tracts  of  land   in  or  near  the  Hudson river, for the purpose of the construction and   maintenance of light-houses and keepers' dwellings, as follows:1. For a beacon light on the eastern shore of the river near the lower   end of Fish House bar.2. For a beacon light on a dike above Fish House bar.3. For a beacon light on the southern part of  an  island  near  Round   shore.7.  At  Danskamer  point,  near  Orange  county.  A  tract of land not   exceeding one acre, situate at Danskamer point, on the western  side  of   the  Hudson  river,  at  a  point  near  the northern boundary of Orange   county; and also a tract of land not exceeding 25 feet  square,  situate   at  the  Narrow channel, on the west side of the Hudson river, in Greene   county, distant about three-fourths of a mile due north of the Four-Mile   point light-house, for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and  maintaining   light-houses, fog signals or other aids to navigation.8. Near Tarrytown. A tract of land under water in the Hudson river, in   the  vicinity  of  Tarrytown point, for the purpose of erecting a beacon   light thereon, when the  site  thereof  shall  have  been  selected  and   approved  by  the  commissioners  of  the  land office and a description   thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state.9. Sister islands, St. Lawrence county. Certain tracts of land in  St.   Lawrence county, known and designated as the "Sister islands," being two   islands  situated  near  the most easterly point of Grenadier island, in   Canada, for a site for a light-house and to be acquired  by  the  United   States before January 1, 1862.10.   At  Ogdensburgh,  St.  Lawrence  county.  A  tract  of  land  in   Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county, described as  follows:  That  part  of   block  No.  45,  which  block is bounded by State, Green, Water and Knox   streets, between Knox street and a line drawn  across  said  block  from   State  to Water street, parallel with Knox street, and distant therefrom   145 feet 7 inches, and being 117 feet and 7 inches on Knox  street,  and   145 feet and 7 inches on State street, for the purpose of a custom-house   and post-office with court-rooms.11.  At  Hounsfield,  Jefferson county. A tract of land known as Horse   island, in the town of Hounsfield, Jefferson county, for the purpose  of   erecting  and  maintaining  a  light-house and other buildings connected   therewith.12. Near outlet of Lake Champlain. A tract of land near the outlet  of   Lake Champlain for a site for a fort, and which the commissioners of the   land office have been authorized to convey accordingly.13.  Near mouth of Oswego river. A tract of land near the mouth of the   Oswego river, Oswego county, known as the old fort, military and  parade    ground,  for  the  purpose  of  re-establishing  the  military  post, of   rebuilding the fort, redoubts and  barracks,  of  improving  the  parade   grounds,  and  of  the  erection  of  a  marine  hospital, and which the   commissioners  of  the  land  office  have  been  authorized  to  convey   accordingly. Any right, title or privilege granted by the United  States   to  any  railroad  company to cross or occupy any portion of such lands,   shall not be deemed a use  contrary  to  the  purposes  of  the  cession   thereof.14.  In  the city of Buffalo. A tract or tracts of land in the city of   Buffalo, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards  and   other  needful buildings deemed necessary for the protection and defense   of such city.15. In Buffalo. A tract or tracts of  land  adjacent  to,  or  in  the   vicinity  of,  the  lands  owned  by  the United States, and occupied on   January 1, 1842, by the light-house in the  city  of  Buffalo;  for  the   purpose of erecting a fort, battery or other military works thereon, and   which  the  commissioners  of  the  land  office have been authorized to   convey accordingly.16. At Black Rock, Erie county. Certain tracts of land  in  the  south   village  of Black Rock, between Lake street or Broadway and the easterly   line of the Buffalo and Black Rock railroad, or north of block 133,  and   between the Erie canal and Black Rock harbor, or lands adjacent thereto,   reserving  a  free  and  uninterrupted  use  and  control  in  the canal   commissioners of  all  that  may  be  necessary  for  canal  and  harbor   purposes;  for the purpose of erecting and establishing a fort, battery,   barracks, parade ground or military post, and which the commissioners of   the land office have been authorized to convey accordingly.17. At Black Rock and Buffalo. A tract of land in the south village of   Black  Rock,  Erie  county,  described  as  follows:  Beginning  at  the   northeast  corner  of  Connecticut street and the Buffalo and Black Rock   railroad, thence first in  a  northwesterly  and  next  in  a  northerly   direction  along  the  easterly side of said railroad, to a short street   leading from said railroad to Massachusetts  street;  thence  along  the   south  side of said short street to Broadway; thence along the west side   of Broadway to Fifth street; thence along the southwest  side  of  Fifth   street  to Rhode Island street; thence along the southeast side of Rhode   Island street to Broadway; thence along the west  side  of  Broadway  to   Fourth  street;  thence  along  the  southwest  side of Fourth street to   Connecticut street; thence  along  the  northwest  side  of  Connecticut   street  to the place of beginning; or so much thereof as may be required   by the United States of  America,  and  necessary  for  the  purpose  of   erecting  and  establishing  a fort, battery, barracks, parade ground or   military post; provided always that this state shall have the  right  to   quarry,  carry  off,  and  use,  for  public  purposes, the stone on the   southwest side of the reserve, called the "Military square," and of  the   reserve  immediately  north  thereof,  until  the  bank  shall have been   penetrated by such quarrying to within 50 feet of the southwest side  of   Fourth  street;  the  United  States of America being allowed to quarry,   carry off, and use so much  stone  in  said  quarry  as  may  be  deemed   necessary  for  the  construction of the contemplated defenses, together   with all the  buildings  and  other  erections  that  may  be  connected   therewith,  and  which  the  commissioners  of the land office have been   authorized to convey accordingly, and also all  lands  acquired  by  the   United  States  prior  to  February  9,  1844, under any law authorizing   proceedings in the nature of a writ ad quod damnum, or  by  purchase  of   lands  in  the  city of Buffalo and village of Black Rock, and all those   streets, lanes and alleys between blocks Nos. 186, 167 and 168  in  said    village,  and  between  such  blocks  and  the  premises  above  in this   subdivision described.18.  In  Sackett's  Harbor.  Such  lands  in  the village of Sackett's   Harbor, county of Jefferson,  for  the  erection  of  forts,  magazines,   arsenals,  dock  yards  and other needful buildings as the government of   the United States may deem necessary, and on the property  owned  or  to   which it has or may acquire title.