2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 3 - Cessions to the United States › 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. 72° E., 16 chains and 24 links, to a stone in the ground, marked U.S.
  No. 6; thence S. 22° W., 10 chains 76 links, to a stone in  the  ground,
  marked U.S. No. 7, thence N. 68° 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.  22° 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. 72° 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.  57°  45'  E.,  3  chains and 29 links, to the most
  northerly corner of the said burial ground; thence  S.  32°  15'  E.,  3
  chains  and  29  links,  to the most easterly corner of the said burying
  ground; thence S. 69° E., 1 chain 44 links, to a stake (a stone  in  the
  ground marked U.S. No. 9); thence S.  79° 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. 10° 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. 68° 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. 45° 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.