reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-12 - Location of boundary line

52:28-12. Location of boundary line
First. The line extending from the Hudson river on the east to the Delaware on the west, as the same was laid down and marked with monuments in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, by William Wickham and Samuel Cale, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New York, duly appointed for that purpose in pursuance of an act of the assembly of the colony of New York, passed on the sixteenth day of February, seventeen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "An act for establishing the boundary or partition line between the colonies of New York and Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey, and for confirming titles and possession," and John Stevens and Walter Rutherford, commissioners on the part of the then colony of New Jersey, duly appointed in pursuance of an act of the assembly of the colony of New Jersey, passed on the twenty-third day of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act for establishing the boundary or partition line between the colonies of New York and Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey, and for confirming titles and possession," which said line has since been acknowledged and recognized by the two states as the limit of their respective territory and jurisdiction, shall, notwithstanding its want of conformity to the verbal description thereof, as recited by said commissioners, continue to be the boundary or partition line between the said two states; provided, that wherever upon said line the location of one or more of the monuments erected by said commissioners in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, has been lost, and cannot otherwise be definitely fixed and determined, then in that case, and in every case where it is required to establish intervening points on said line, a straight line drawn between the nearest adjacent monuments, whose localities are ascertained, shall be understood to be, and shall be, the true boundary line.
L.1884, c. 83, Agreement, p. 119 (C.S. p. 5364, s. 19).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-13 - Monumental marks of boundary line

52:28-13. Monumental marks of boundary line
Second. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall hereafter be known and recognized are hereby declared to be; first, the original monuments of stone erected in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, along said line by the commissioners aforesaid, as the same have been restored and re-established in their original positions by Edward A. Bowser, surveyor on the part of New Jersey, and Henry W. Clarke, surveyor on the part of New York, duly appointed by the parties hereto; second, the new monuments of granite erected by the aforesaid surveyors at intervals of one mile, more or less, along said line, and numbered consecutively, beginning from the Hudson river, and severally marked on the northerly side with the letters N. Y., and on the southerly side with the letters N.J.; third, the monuments of granite erected by the aforesaid surveyors at intervening points on said line at its intersection with public roads, railroads and rivers, and severally marked by them on the northerly side with the letters N. Y., and on the southerly side with the letters N. J.; and fourth, the terminal monuments erected at the western terminus of said line at the confluence of the Delaware and Navesink rivers, and the terminal monument erected on the brow of the rock called the Palisades, near the eastern terminus, and the rock lying and being at the foot of the Palisades on the bank of the Hudson river, and marked as the original terminal monument of said line established in seventeen hundred and seventy-four, as the same are described in a joint report made to the parties hereto by Elias W. Leavenworth, commissioner on the part of New York, and George H. Cook, commissioner on the part of New Jersey.
L.1884, c. 83, Agreement, p. 120 (C.S. p. 5364, s. 20).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-14 - Permanent and authentic record of boundary line

52:28-14. Permanent and authentic record of boundary line
Third. The field-books of said surveyors, containing the descriptions of the locations of the several monuments erected by them, and of the witness marks thereto, the report of said surveyors containing the account of their work in ascertaining and marking said line, together with the topographical map of said line and the vicinity thereof, and the several documents and books of record containing the transactions of the parties aforesaid, having been duly authenticated and attested by the signatures of the said commissioners, and placed on file in the offices of the secretaries of state of the two states, shall constitute the permanent and authentic records of said boundary line, and are hereby adopted by the parties hereto, and made part of this agreement.
L.1884, c. 83, Agreement, p. 121 (C.S. p. 5364, s. 21).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-15 - Agreement binding when confirmed by legislatures of both states and by congress

52:28-15. Agreement binding when confirmed by legislatures of both states and by congress
Fourth. This agreement shall become binding on the two states when confirmed by the legislatures thereof, respectively, and when confirmed by the congress of the United States.
"In witness whereof, the said commissioners have hereto set their hands and seals, in duplicate, this seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
Henry R. Pierson, [L.S.]
E. W. Leavenworth, [L.S.]
Chauncey M. Depew, [L.S.]
A. Browning, [L.S.]
Thomas N. McCarter, [L.S.]
Geo. H. Cook. [L.S.]
Executed in the presence of--
Witness as to H. R. Pierson,
A. C. Judson, Albany.
As to commissioners of New Jersey,
B. Williamson.
Witness to the signature of E. W. Leavenworth,
A. F. Lewis.
As to Chauncey M. Depew,
W. I. Vanarsdale."
L.1884, c. 83, Agreement, p. 121 (C.S. p. 5365, s. 22).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-16 - Agreement ratified by New Jersey

52:28-16. Agreement ratified by New Jersey
The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed on the part of the state of New Jersey.
L.1884, c. 83, s. 1, p. 122 (C.S. p. 5365, s. 23).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-17 - Preamble

52:28-17. Preamble
Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New York and commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of New Jersey, for the purpose of locating and marking out by proper buoys the boundary line between the two states in lands under the water of Raritan bay, have executed certain articles, two copies for each state, which are contained in the following words:
An agreement, made the twelfth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, between Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieutenant G. C. Hanus, U. S. N., commissioners on the part of the state of New York, and George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney, commissioners on the part of the state of New Jersey;
Whereas, by chapter sixty-nine of the laws of the state of New York for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, the governor was authorized to appoint three commissioners on the part of the state of New York, with full power to meet with the commissioners duly authorized on the part of the state of New Jersey, and with them locate and mark out by proper monuments and buoys the true boundary line between the two states in lands under water in Raritan bay; and
Whereas, the said Mayo W. Hazeltine, Robert Moore and Lieutenant G. C. Hanus, U. S. N., were duly appointed commissioners on the part of the state of New York, for the purposes mentioned in said act; and
Whereas, by an act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, passed April twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, entitled "A joint resolution authorizing the appointment of a commission to locate and mark out the boundary line between the state of New Jersey and the state of New York in Raritan bay," the governor of the state of New Jersey was authorized to appoint three commissioners, with power on the part of the state to meet any authorities duly authorized on the part of the state of New York, and with them locate by proper buoys the boundary line between the two states of lands under water in Raritan bay; and
Whereas, the said George H. Cook, Robert C. Bacot and A. B. Stoney were duly appointed commissioners for the purpose of said act; and
Whereas, the said commissioners, acting for and on behalf of their respective states, have entered upon the performance of the duties imposed upon them by said act, and have, in pursuance of the authority to them severally given as aforesaid, agreed and hereby do agree upon a boundary line between the two states in lands under water in Raritan bay, and locate the same, as follows:
L.1888, c. 55, Preamble, p. 85 (C.S. p. 5366, Preamble).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-18 - From Great Beds lighthouse north

52:28-18. From Great Beds lighthouse north
First. From the "Great Beds lighthouse" in Raritan bay, north, twenty degrees and sixteen minutes west, true, to a point in the middle of the waters of Arthur Kill or Staten Island sound, equi-distant between the southwesterly corner of the dwelling house of David C. Butler, at Ward's point, on Staten island, in the state of New York, and the southeasterly corner of the brick building on the lands of Cortland L. Parker, at the intersection of the westerly line of Water street with the northerly line of Lewis street, in Perth Amboy, in the state of New Jersey.
L.1888, c. 55, Agreement, p. 86 (C.S. p. 5366, s. 25).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-19 - From Great Beds lighthouse south

52:28-19. From Great Beds lighthouse south
Second. From "Great Beds lighthouse" south, sixty-four degrees and twenty-one minutes east, true, in line with the center of Waackaack or Wilson's beacon, in Monmouth county, New Jersey, to a point at the intersection of said line with a line connecting "Morgan number two" triangulation point, United States coast and geodetic survey, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, with the granite and iron beacon marked on the accompanying map as "Romer stone beacon" , situated on the "Dry Romer shoal" ; and thence on a line bearing north, seventy-seven degrees and nine minutes east, true, connecting "Morgan number two" triangulation point, United States coast and geodetic survey, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, with said Romer stone beacon (the line passing through said beacon and continuing in the same direction), to a point at its intersection with a line drawn between the "Hook beacon" , on Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and the triangulation point of the United States geodetic survey, known as the Oriental hotel, on Coney island, New York; then southeasterly, at right angles with the last-mentioned line, to the main sea.
L.1888, c. 55, Agreement, p. 87 (C.S. p. 5367, s. 26).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-20 - Monumental marks of boundary line

52:28-20. Monumental marks of boundary line
Third. The monumental marks by which said boundary line shall be hereafter known and recognized are hereby declared to be as follows:
I. The "Great Beds lighthouse" ;
II. A permanent monument marked "state boundary line New York and New Jersey" , and to be placed at the intersection of the line drawn from the "Great Beds lighthouse" to "Waackaack or Wilson's beacon" , Monmouth county, New Jersey, and the line drawn from "Morgan's number two" triangulation point, United States coast and geodetic survey, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, to the "Romer stone beacon" ;
III. Eight buoys or spindles, to be marked like the permanent monuments above mentioned and placed at suitable intervening points along the line from the said permanent monument to the "Romer stone beacon" ;
IV. The Romer stone beacon.
L.1888, c. 55, Agreement, p. 87 (C.S. p. 5367, s. 27).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-21 - Maps to furnish authentic records of boundary line

52:28-21. Maps to furnish authentic records of boundary line
Fourth. The maps accompanying and filed with this agreement, showing the location of the above-described boundary line between the state of New York and the state of New Jersey in Raritan bay to the main sea, and the monumental marks by which it is marked and to be marked, duly authenticated and attested by the signatures of the said commissioners, and placed on file in the offices of the secretaries of state of the respective states, shall constitute the permanent and authentic records of said boundary line, and are hereby adopted by the parties thereto and made a part of this agreement.
In witness whereof, the said commissioners have hereto set their hands and seals in duplicate, this twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
M. W. Hazeltine, [L.S.]
Robert Moore, [L.S.]
G. C. Hanus, Lieut., U.S.N., [L.S.]
George H. Cook, [L.S.]
Robert C. Bacot, [L.S.]
A. B. Stoney. [L.S.]
Certified to--
Edward P. Boyle, Secretary of Joint Commission.
L.1888, c. 55, Agreement, p. 87 (C.S. p. 5367, s. 28).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-22 - Agreement ratified by state of New Jersey

52:28-22. Agreement ratified by state of New Jersey
The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and confirmed on the part of the state of New Jersey.
L.1888, c. 55, s. 1, p. 88 (C.S. p. 5367, s. 29).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-23 - Preamble

52:28-23. Preamble
Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, and commissioners, duly appointed on the part of the state of New Jersey, for the purpose of settling the jurisdiction of the river Delaware, and islands within the same, have executed two instruments of an agreement for the purposes aforesaid, one for each state, which agreement is contained in the following words:
An agreement made and concluded between George Bryan, George Gray, and William Bingham, commissioners appointed by the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania for settling the jurisdiction of the river Delaware, and islands within the same, and Abraham Clark, Joseph Cooper, and Thomas Henderson, commissioners appointed by the legislature of the state of New Jersey for the like purpose.
Whereas, inconveniences and mischiefs have arisen, and may hereafter arise, from the uncertainty of jurisdiction within and on the river Delaware; therefore, to prevent the same, and in order that law and justice may hereafter in all cases be executed, and take effect within and upon the said river from shore to shore, in all parts and places thereof where the same river is the boundary between the said states, the said commissioners do agree and establish, for and in behalf of their respective states, in manner following, that is to say:
Rev.1877, p. 1181, Preamble (C.S. p. 5368, Preamble).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-24 - Delaware river a common highway

52:28-24. Delaware river a common highway
First. It is declared, that the river Delaware, from the station point or northwest corner of New Jersey, northerly, to the place upon the said river where the circular boundary of the state of Delaware touches upon the same, in the whole length and breadth thereof, is and shall continue to be and remain a common highway, equally free and open for the use, benefit and advantage of the said contracting parties; provided nevertheless, that each of the legislatures of said states shall hold and exercise the right of regulating and guarding the fisheries on the said river Delaware annexed to their respective shores, in such manner that the said fisheries may not be unnecessarily interrupted, during the season for catching shad, by vessels riding at anchor on the fishing ground, or by persons fishing under claim of a common right on said river.
Rev. 1877, p. 1181, s. 15 (C.S. p. 5368, s. 30).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-25 - Jurisdiction over Delaware river

52:28-25. Jurisdiction over Delaware river
Secondly. That each state shall enjoy and exercise a concurrent jurisdiction within and upon the water, and not upon the dry land, between the shores of said river, but in such sort, nevertheless, that every ship and other vessel, while riding at anchor before any city or town in either state, where she hath last laded or unladed, or where it is intended she shall first thereafter either lade or unlade, shall be considered exclusively within the jurisdiction of such state; and every vessel fastened to or aground on the shore of either state, shall in like manner be considered exclusively within the jurisdiction of such state; but that all capital and other offenses, trespasses, or damages, committed on said river, the juridical investigation and determination thereof shall be exclusively vested in the state wherein the offender or person charged with such offense shall be first apprehended, arrested, or prosecuted.
Rev.1877, p. 1181, s. 16 (C.S. p. 5368, s. 31).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-26 - Annexation of islands

52:28-26. Annexation of islands
Thirdly. That all islands, islets, and dry land within the bed and between the shores of the said river, and between the said station point, northerly, and the falls of Trenton, southerly, shall as to jurisdiction, be hereafter deemed and considered as parts and parcels of the state to which such insulated dry land doth lie nearest at the time of making and executing this agreement; and that from said falls of Trenton to the state of Delaware, southerly, Biles' island, near Trenton, Windmill island, opposite to Philadelphia, League island, Mud or Fort island, Hog island, and Little Tinnicum islands, shall be annexed to the state of Pennsylvania, and considered as parts and parcels thereof; and that Biddle's or Newbold's island, Burlington island, Petty's islands, Redbank island, Harmanus Helm's island, Chester island, and Shiverse's island, shall be annexed to the state of New Jersey, and considered as parts and parcels thereof; and that all other islands within said river, between the falls of Trenton and the state of Delaware, which are not hereinbefore particularly enumerated, shall be hereafter deemed and considered as parts and parcels of the state to which such island doth lie nearest, at the date hereof; and that all islands which may hereafter be formed within the said river shall be classed and annexed to the jurisdiction of either state, according to the same principle.
Rev. 1877, p. 1181, s. 17 (C.S. p. 5369, s. 32).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-27 - When agreement binding

52:28-27. When agreement binding
Fourthly. That this present agreement, and every article and clause therein contained, shall be suspended and take no effect until each of the legislatures of the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively, shall have passed laws approving of and ratifying the same; which being done, the said agreement shall then be considered as a joint compact between the said states, and the citizens thereof, respectively, and be forever thereafter irrevocable by either of the said contracting states, without the concurrence of the other. In witness whereof, we, the commissioners of the aforesaid states, have set our hands and seals to two instruments of the agreement, one for each state, dated this twenty-sixth day of April, anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Abraham Clark, [L.S.]
Joseph Cooper, [L.S.]
Thomas Henderson, [L.S.]
George Bryan, [L.S.]
George Gray, [L.S.]
Wm. Bingham. [L.S.]
Rev.1877, p. 1182, s. 18 (C.S. p. 5369, s. 33).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-28 - Agreement ratified

52:28-28. Agreement ratified
The aforesaid agreement and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and confirmed, and shall be and ever hereafter remain in force, agreeably to the true tenor and extent thereof.
Rev.1877, p. 1182, s. 18 (C.S. p. 5369, s. 34).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-29 - Preamble

52:28-29. Preamble
Whereas, commissioners duly appointed on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, and a commissioner duly appointed on the part of the state of New Jersey, for the purpose of dividing the islands in the river Delaware, between the falls of Trenton, and the station point, or northwest corner of the state of New Jersey, have executed two articles of agreement, one for each state, which is contained in the following words:
An agreement made and concluded upon, between George Wall, John Okely, and Jonas Hartzell, commissioners appointed by the supreme executive council of the state of Pennsylvania, for dividing the islands and insulated dry land in the river Delaware, with the state of New Jersey, from the falls at Trenton to the station point, or northwest corner of the said state, and Moore Furman, commissioner appointed by the said state of New Jersey, for the like purpose.
Rev.1877, p. 1182, Preamble (C.S. p. 5369, Preamble).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-31 - Islands subsequently formed

52:28-31. Islands subsequently formed
Secondly. That all other islands which may hereafter be formed within said river, between the falls of Trenton and the station point, or northwest corner of the state of New Jersey aforesaid, shall hereafter be deemed and considered as parts and parcels of the state to which such island may be nearest. In witness whereof, we the commissioners of the states aforesaid, have set our hands and seals to two instruments of writing, one for each state, dated this second day of December, anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five.
George Wall, [L.S.]
John Okely, [L.S.]
Jonas Hartzell, [L.S.]
Moore Furman. [L.S.]
Rev.1877, p. 1183, s. 20 (C.S. p. 5370, s. 36).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-32 - Agreement ratified

52:28-32. Agreement ratified
The aforesaid agreement, and every article, clause, matter and thing therein contained, shall be and the same is hereby fully and amply ratified and confirmed, and shall be and ever hereafter remain in force, agreeably to the true tenor and extent thereof.
Rev.1877, p. 1183, s. 20 (C.S. p. 5371, s. 37).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-33 - Jurisdiction of offenses committed on the river Delaware

52:28-33. Jurisdiction of offenses committed on the river Delaware
The judicial investigation and determination of any capital or other offense, trespass or damage committed within and upon the water of the river Delaware, which this State is entitled to enjoy and exercise, by virtue of sections 52:28-23 to 52:28-28 of this Title, shall belong to and be exercised by the Superior Court or the courts and officers in the county lying and being nearest to the place where such offense, trespass or act was committed, as fully as if said place was within the body of such county, and it shall be lawful to describe said offense, trespass or act as having been committed in or upon the water of the river Delaware in the said county.
Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 888, s. 55.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-35 - Serving criminal process issued by New Jersey

52:28-35. Serving criminal process issued by New Jersey
Article I. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person accused of an offense committed upon the soil of said state, or upon the eastern half of said Delaware river, or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state, and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of New Jersey against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any portion of the Delaware river between said states from low-water mark on the New Jersey shore to low-water mark on the Delaware shore, except upon Reedy and Pea Patch islands, unless said person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the state of Delaware, or the shores of said islands, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such person shall be under arrest or such property shall be under seizure by virtue of process or authority of the state of Delaware.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. I, p. 69 (C.S. p. 5375, s. 49).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-36 - Serving criminal process issued by Delaware

52:28-36. Serving criminal process issued by Delaware
Article II. Criminal process issued under the authority of the state of Delaware against any person accused of an offense committed upon the soil of said state, or upon the western half of said Delaware river, or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that state, and also civil process issued under the authority of the state of Delaware against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any portion of the Delaware river between said states from low-water mark on the Delaware shore to low-water mark on the New Jersey shore, unless said person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the state of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto or unless such person shall be under arrest or such property shall be under seizure by virtue of process or authority of the state of New Jersey.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. II, p. 70 (C.S. p. 5375, s. 50).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-37 - Common fishing rights

52:28-37. Common fishing rights
Article III. The inhabitants of the said states of Delaware and New Jersey shall have and enjoy a common right of fishery throughout, in and over the waters of said river between the low-water marks on each side of said river between the said states, except so far as either state may have heretofore granted valid and subsisting private rights of fishery.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. III, p. 70 (C.S. p. 5376, s. 51).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-38 - Joint commission to draft laws relative to fishing and ascertain dividing line

52:28-38. Joint commission to draft laws relative to fishing and ascertain dividing line
Article IV. Immediately upon the execution hereof the legislature of the state of New Jersey shall appoint three commissioners to confer with three commissioners to be immediately appointed by the general assembly of the state of Delaware for the purpose of drafting uniform laws to regulate the catching and taking of fish in the Delaware river and bay between said two states, which said commissioners for each state respectively shall, within two years from the date of their appointment, report to the legislature of each of said states the proposed laws so framed and recommended by said joint commission. Upon the adoption and passage of said laws so recommended by the respective legislatures of said two states, said laws shall constitute the sole laws for the regulation of the taking and catching of fish in the said river and bay between said states. Said laws shall remain in force until altered, amended or repealed by concurrent legislation of the said two states. Said commissioners shall also ascertain the dividing line between said river and bay, and upon each of the shores of said two states, where said dividing line extended shall intersect the same, shall, at the joint expense of said states, erect a suitable monument to mark the said dividing line. Said dividing line between said monuments shall be the division line between the said river and bay for the interpretation of and for all purposes of this compact, and of the concurrent legislation provided for therein.
The faith of the said contracting states is hereby pledged to the enactment of said laws so recommended by said commissioners, or to such concurrent legislation as may seem judicious and proper in the premises to the respective legislatures thereof.
Each state shall have and exercise exclusive jurisdiction within said river to arrest, try and punish its own inhabitants for violations of the concurrent legislation relating to fishery herein provided for.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. IV, p. 70 (C.S. p. 5376, s. 52).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-39 - Continuance of existing laws

52:28-39. Continuance of existing laws
Article V. All laws of said states relating to the regulation of fisheries in the Delaware river not inconsistent with the right of common fishery herein above mentioned shall continue in force in said respective states until the enactment of said concurrent legislation as herein provided.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. V, p. 71 (C.S. p. 5376, s. 53).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-40 - Shellfish industry not affected

52:28-40. Shellfish industry not affected
Article VI. Nothing herein contained shall affect the planting, catching or taking of oysters, clams or other shellfish, or interfere with the oyster industry as now or hereafter carried on under the laws of either state.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. VI, p. 71 (C.S. p. 5376, s. 54).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-41 - Riparian jurisdiction

52:28-41. Riparian jurisdiction
Article VII. Each state may, on its own side of the river, continue to exercise riparian jurisdiction of every kind and nature, and to make grants, leases and conveyances of riparian lands and rights under the laws of the respective states.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. VII, p. 71 (C.S. p. 5376, s. 55).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-42 - Rights in Delaware river preserved

52:28-42. Rights in Delaware river preserved
Article VIII. Nothing herein contained shall affect the territorial limits, rights or jurisdiction of either state of, in or over the Delaware river, or the ownership of the subaqueous soil thereof, except as herein expressly set forth.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. VIII, p. 71 (C.S. p. 5377, s. 56).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-43 - Execution of agreement and submission to congress; suit discontinued

52:28-43. Execution of agreement and submission to congress; suit discontinued
Article IX. This agreement shall be executed by the said commissioners when authorized to do so by the legislature of the said states. It shall thereupon be submitted to congress for its consent and approval. Upon the ratification thereof by congress it shall be and become binding in perpetuity upon both of said states; and thereupon the suit now pending in the supreme court of the United States, in which the state of New Jersey is complainant and the state of Delaware is defendant, shall be discontinued, without costs to either party and without prejudice. Pending the ratification hereof by congress said suit shall remain in statu quo.
Done in two parts (one of which is retained by the commissioners of Delaware, to be delivered to the governor of that state, and the other one of which is retained by the commissioners of New Jersey, to be delivered to the governor of that state) this day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.
L.1905, c. 42, Art. IX, p. 72 (C.S. p. 5377, s. 57).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-44 - Compact ratified

52:28-44. Compact ratified
The foregoing compact or agreement, and every clause, matter and thing therein contained, be and the same is hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed as and for the act and deed of the state of New Jersey, and the commissioners of the said state are hereby authorized and empowered on its behalf to execute the same in duplicate, and to deliver one copy thereof to the commissioners of the state of Delaware.
L.1905, c. 42, s. 1, p. 72 (C.S. p. 5377, s. 58).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-45 - Governor to transmit copy to the president

52:28-45. Governor to transmit copy to the president
It shall be the duty of the governor, at or before the next session of the legislature, to transmit, a duly certified copy of this act to the president of the United States, with the request that it be communicated to congress for its action thereon.
L.1905, c. 42, s. 2, p. 72 (C.S. p. 5377, s. 59).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:28-46 - Appointment of commissioners to enter into agreement respecting boundary and jurisdiction

52:28-46. Appointment of commissioners to enter into agreement respecting boundary and jurisdiction
L.1935, c. 160, p. 387, entitled "An act concerning boundary and jurisdiction in Delaware river between this state and the state of Delaware," approved April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the appointment of three commissioners for New Jersey with authority to enter into an agreement with similar commissioners from Delaware relating to boundary and jurisdiction of the two states in the Delaware river, which agreement is not to be binding until ratified by legislatures of the two states and consented to by congress. One thousand dollars is appropriated to defray the expenses of the commissioners.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:29-2 - Triennial inspection and replacement or repair of monuments; setting of monuments where wanting

52:29-2. Triennial inspection and replacement or repair of monuments; setting of monuments where wanting
The Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall cause to be made an examination of all the monuments marking the State boundary lines at least once in every 3 years and if any of them shall be found to have been injured, displaced or removed it shall, with persons duly authorized by the adjoining State, cause the same to be repaired, restored or replaced and cause suitable monuments to be set wherever they are wanting at points where the State boundary is intersected by the boundary of any municipalities or counties of this State or by any highway.
L.1954, c. 32, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:29-3 - Expenses

52:29-3. Expenses
The department may expend such sums as may be necessary to defray the expenses of such examination, repair, restoration or furnishing of such monuments with the incidental expenses connected therewith as shall from time to time be appropriated to the department for such purposes.
L.1954, c. 32, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:29-4 - Defacing, injuring, destroying or removing monuments; penalty

52:29-4. Defacing, injuring, destroying or removing monuments; penalty
Any person who defaces, injures, destroys or removes a State boundary monument shall be liable to a penalty of $250.00 which shall be collected and enforced in a summary proceeding by the department in the name of the State in a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58) and the rules of the Supreme Court applicable thereto and all sums so collected shall be paid into the State treasury.
L.1954, c. 32, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-1 - Consent to acquisition of land by United States

52:30-1. Consent to acquisition of land by United States
The consent of this state is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of article one, section eight, paragraph seventeen, of the constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, of any land within this state, for the erection of dockyards, custom houses, courthouses, post offices or other needful buildings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-2 - Jurisdiction over lands acquired

52:30-2. Jurisdiction over lands acquired
Exclusive jurisdiction in and over any land so acquired by the United States is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service of process issued out of any of the courts of this state in any civil or criminal proceeding.
Such jurisdiction shall not vest until the United States shall have actually acquired ownership of said lands, and shall continue only so long as the United States shall retain ownership of said lands.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-4 - Action to adjudge value of and acquire rights and easements

52:30-4. Action to adjudge value of and acquire rights and easements
Whenever the United States or any officer thereof has or hereafter shall have, in pursuance of law, leased or purchased any lands within this State for government purposes, and it may be desirable that any street, highway or public places laid out upon any map of said lands should be vacated, or that any rights, ways, easements or servitudes in or upon said lands should be acquired and extinguished, the Attorney-General, by direction of the Governor, shall on request of said lessee, owner, officer or proper authority of the United States, bring a civil action in the Superior Court to adjudge the true value of any rights, ways, easements or servitudes in or upon said lands, and provide for such acquisition and extinguishment. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise.
Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 888, s. 56.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-6 - Commissioners to fix value of rights and easements when unable to agree with owners

52:30-6. Commissioners to fix value of rights and easements when unable to agree with owners
If the commissioners shall be unable to agree with the persons holding or entitled to encumbrances, rights, ways, easements or servitudes in, upon or over said land or any part thereof, for the purchase, conveyance or extinguishment thereof, or cannot satisfactorily ascertain such owners or persons, or if such owners or persons cannot execute valid conveyances for the same, the commissioners shall examine into and adjudge the true value of said rights, ways, easements or servitudes.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-7 - Parties defendant

52:30-7. Parties defendant
The action shall be brought against all persons having or claiming to have any such right, way, easement or servitude or any interest therein.
Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 889, s. 58.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-9 - Determination of value; orders; judgment

52:30-9. Determination of value; orders; judgment
The court shall without a jury try and adjudge the value of each said right, way, easement or servitude and make such orders and render judgment with respect thereto and the payment of any amount found to be payable to any party as shall be just and proper.
Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 889, s. 60.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-10 - Governor to take possession for United States; vacation of streets, etc.; use prohibited

52:30-10. Governor to take possession for United States; vacation of streets, etc.; use prohibited
As soon as said judgment has been rendered by the court and subject to the provisions thereof the Governor shall take possession of all said private rights, ways, easements or servitudes for the public use of the United States.
Upon such taking, all roads, streets, ways and public places embraced within the limits of said tract of land shall be vacated and made void.
It shall be unlawful for any public or municipal body or any person to open or use the same, and the land when so taken shall be held free from any and every right, way, easement or servitude over the same.
Amended by L.1953, c. 49, p. 889, s. 61.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-11 - Acceptance by governor of retrocession of jurisdiction over lands acquired by or ceded to federal government

52:30-11. Acceptance by governor of retrocession of jurisdiction over lands acquired by or ceded to federal government
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Governor, whenever he deems it desirable and in the public interest, may accept on behalf of the State the retrocession of all or part of jurisdiction in and over lands heretofore or hereafter acquired by or ceded to the Federal Government.
The transfer of such jurisdiction shall be effective upon the written acceptance by the Governor of a notice of retrocession signed by the secretary or head of the appropriate department of the Federal Government, having authority to send such notice. Said notice and a copy of the written acceptance thereof shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
L.1963, c. 56, s. 1, eff. May 27, 1963.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-12 - Concurrent criminal jurisdiction over certain federal properties

52:30-12. Concurrent criminal jurisdiction over certain federal properties
1. a. The State cedes to the United States concurrent criminal jurisdiction over lands and waters within the boundaries of units of the National Park System administered by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, that are within the State, including those owned, leased, or administratively controlled, and those hereafter acquired, leased, or administratively controlled, by the National Park Service.
b. The existing National Park Service units affected by this cession are as follows:
(1) Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area;
(2) The Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area;
(3) Morristown National Historic Park;
(4) Thomas Edison National Historic Site; and
(5) Ellis Island.
L.1995,c.212,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-13 - Cession of jurisdiction, when effective

52:30-13. Cession of jurisdiction, when effective
2. Cession of jurisdiction pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.212 (C.52:30-12) shall become effective upon acceptance thereof in writing by an authorized official of the United States on behalf of the United States, which shall be transmitted to, and filed in , the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, and a copy thereof shall be published in the New Jersey Register.
L.1995,c.212,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:30-14 - Acceptance of jurisdiction relinquished

52:30-14. Acceptance of jurisdiction relinquished
3. Whenever the United States relinquishes all or part of its jurisdiction theretofore held by it over lands and waters within the State, ceded to the United States pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1995, c.212 (C.52:30-12 and 52:30-13), the Governor may accept, on behalf of the State, the jurisdiction so relinquished. The acceptance shall be in writing and shall be transmitted to the authorized official of the United States, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey and published in the New Jersey Register.
L.1995,c.212,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 52 - State Government, Departments and Officers › Section 52:31-1.1 - Sale, conveyance of State's interest; terms; conditions; public hearing; proceeds

52:31-1.1. Sale, conveyance of State's interest; terms; conditions; public hearing; proceeds
1. The head or principal executive of any State department, with the written approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to sell and convey all or any part of the State's interest in any real property and the improvements thereon held by the department or to grant an easement in or across such property if he shall find that his department does not require such property or interest for any public purpose and that such sale is in the best interests of the State or that a grant of such easement is in the best interests of the State.
The sale or grant shall be upon such terms and conditions as the State House Commission shall determine to be in the best interests of the State and shall be by public auction to the highest bidder unless the commission shall otherwise direct.
In the case of lands subject to the provisions of P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et al.), the State House Commission shall conduct a public hearing at least 90 days in advance of determining the terms and conditions of the sale or conveyance. In addition to any other applicable requirements of law, rule, or regulation concerning notice for public hearings, the State House Commission shall provide notice of the public hearing at least 30 days in advance of the date of the hearing in the same manner and according to the same procedures prescribed for the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-53 and C.13:1D-54). Any meeting at which the State House Commission is to determine the terms and conditions of the sale or conveyance or to decide to approve or disapprove a conveyance of lands subject to the provisions of P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et al.) shall be open to the public, and the commission shall provide public notice of any such meeting at least 30 days prior thereto.
The proceeds from the sale of any property or interest in property sold pursuant to the provisions of this section or from the grant of an easement shall be paid into the General Treasury of the State, except, in the case of lands subject to the provisions of P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-51 et al.), the proceeds shall be deposited, appropriated, and utilized as prescribed pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1993, c.38 (C.13:1D-57).
L.1962,c.220,s.1; amended 1993,c.38,s.13.