2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 3 - Cessions to the United States › 24 - Cession During Ownership by the United States, With Reservation of Right to Serve Process.

§ 24. Cession  during ownership by the United States, with reservation
  of right to serve process.  Title  and  jurisdiction  to  the  following
  tracts  or  parcels of land have been ceded to the United States by this
  state, 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 remain  the
  property of the United States:
1.  At  West  Point. A tract of land under water described as follows:
  "Beginning at a point at high water mark on the west shore of the Hudson
  river on south  line  of  lands  belonging  to  the  United  States  and
  northeast  corner  of  lands belonging to Edward V. Kinsley, and running
  thence into the river from high water mark S.70° E.,  125  feet;  thence
  N.31°  E.,  3165  feet,  to a point fifty feet east of the most easterly
  point at high water mark of a point of land at base of  'Battery  Knox';
  thence  N.20°  E.,  1350  feet, to a point sixty feet east of high water
  mark at 'Gee's Point;' thence N.52° 20' W., 1375 feet; thence N.75°  30'
  W., 445 feet, to a point fifty feet north of the northwest corner of the
  'North  dock';  thence N.47° 25' W., 2175 feet, to a point three hundred
  feet east of high water mark; thence N.23° 45' W., 1420 feet, to a point
  one hundred feet east of high water mark; thence N.7° 55' W., 1718 feet,
  to a point fifty feet east of high water mark; thence N.9° 5'  W.,  1803
  feet,  to a point one hundred feet east of high water mark, and in range
  with the north line of the United States lands; thence N.89° 20' W., 100
  feet, to a bolt set in a rock for the northeast corner of said lands  of
  the United States"; acquired for the purpose of erecting and maintaining
  docks,  wharves,  boat-houses,  batteries  and  other  needful  military
  structures and appurtenances. Certain lands in  the  county  of  Orange,
  adjacent  or  contiguous  to  the  military  reservation  at West Point,
  heretofore  purchased  by  the  United  States,  for  the  erection  and
  maintenance  thereon  of  forts, magazines, military academy, hospitals,
  docks, piers,  and  other  needful  buildings  and  for  other  military
  purposes of the United States Military Academy; and any roadways thereon
  not public highways across said reservation and also land under water of
  Hudson river adjacent to and lying in front of said purchased lands, for
  a  distance  toward the middle of said river not less than fifty and not
  more than one hundred feet from high water mark on said lands,  for  the
  erection  of  wharves  and  docks and for other military purposes of the
  United States.
2. At Governor's island. A tract of land under water contiguous to the
  lands of the United States at Governor's island, described  as  follows:
  "Beginning  at a point fifty feet from the head of the main wooden dock,
  commonly known as the quartermaster's dock and on a line with the  north
  face  of  said  dock, running thence S.5° 13' W., 137 feet; thence S.14°
  44' W., 595 feet; thence S.29° 25' W., 490 feet; thence S.53° 58'W., 622
  feet; thence N.78° 27' W., 1088 feet; thence N.18° 55'  W.,  1565  feet;
  thence  N.17°  4' E., 535 feet; thence N.79° 58' E., 318 feet to a point
  fifty feet from the head of the Castle William's dock and on a line with
  the west face of said dock; thence N.89° 48' E., 584 feet; thence  S.74°
  23'  E.,  786  feet; thence S.45° 44' E., 751 feet to a point fifty feet
  from the head of the stone dock, and on a line with the  north  face  of
  said  dock;  thence  S.20°  33'  E., 222 feet to the point of beginning,
  "acquired for the purpose of erecting and  maintaining  docks,  wharves,
  boat-houses,  sea  walls,  batteries  and  other  needful structures and
  appurtenances.
3. At Bedloe's island. A tract of land under water contiguous  to  the
  lands  of  the  United  States at Bedloe's island, described as follows:

  "Beginning at a point fifty feet from the head of the main dock or wharf
  and on a line with the southwest face of said dock; running thence S.41°
  13' W., 424 feet; thence N.72° 13' W., 423 feet; thence  N.24°  23'  W.,
  548  feet;  thence N.20° 19' E., 639 feet; thence N.62° 1' E., 262 feet;
  thence S.27° 7' E., 1255 feet, to a point fifty feet from  the  head  of
  the  main  dock  and  on  a line with the northeast face thereof; thence
  S.33° 4' W., forty feet to the point of beginning, "  acquired  for  the
  purpose  of  erecting  and  maintaining docks, wharves, boat-houses, sea
  walls, batteries and other needful structures and appurtenances.
4. At Ellis's island. A tract of land under water  contiguous  to  the
  lands  of  the  United  States  at Ellis's island, described as follows:
  "Beginning at a point fifty feet from the head of the east dock and on a
  line with the north face of said dock; running thence S.18° 30' E.,  605
  feet;  thence  S.71°  30'  W.,  202 feet; thence N.81° 19' W., 313 feet;
  thence N.32° 4' W., 178 feet, this line being parallel to  the  head  of
  the  west  dock, and distant fifty feet from said dock; thence due north
  577 feet; thence S.70° 47' E., 424 feet, to  the  point  of  beginning,"
  acquired  for  the  purpose  of erecting and maintaining docks, wharves,
  boat-houses, sea walls,  batteries  and  other  needful  structures  and
  appurtenances.
5.  At  David's  island. A tract of land under water contiguous to the
  lands of the United States at  David's  island,  described  as  follows:
  "Beginning  at  a  point one hundred and fifty feet from the head of the
  new dock, commonly called  the  coal  dock,  and  on  a  line  with  the
  northwest  face  of  said  dock;  running  thence N.3° 20' E., 755 feet;
  thence N.79° 5' E., 630 feet; thence N.6°  12'  E.,  1096  feet;  thence
  N.52°  25' E., 552 feet; thence S.69° 18' E., 647 feet; thence S.36° 28'
  E., 604 feet; thence S.35' E., 1066 feet; thence S.13° 54' E., 834 feet;
  thence S.23° 55' W., 427 feet; thence S.71° 49' W.,  1121  feet;  thence
  N.48°  18'  W., 1550 feet, to the point of beginning, " acquired for the
  purpose of erecting and maintaining  docks,  wharves,  boat-houses,  sea
  walls, batteries and other needful structures and appurtenances.
6.  At  Fort  Lafayette. A tract of land under water contiguous to the
  lands of the United States at  Fort  Lafayette,  described  as  follows:
  "Beginning  at a point ninety-two feet west from the prolongation of the
  west face of the fort, and eighty feet north from  the  prolongation  of
  the  north face of the said fort, running thence S.67° 34' E., 448 feet;
  thence S.22° 26' W., 448 feet; thence N.67° 34'  W.,  448  feet;  thence
  N.22°  26'  E.,  448 feet, to the point of beginning, " acquired for the
  purpose of erecting and maintaining  docks,  wharves,  boat-houses,  sea
  walls, batteries and other needful structures and appurtenances.
7.  At  Fort  Hamilton.  A tract of land under water contiguous to the
  lands of the United States  at  Fort  Hamilton,  described  as  follows:
  "Beginning at a point at high-water mark on the western boundary line of
  the  United States land there situate; running thence in continuation of
  said boundary line S.64° 45' W., 320 feet; thence due south for 233 feet
  to a point seventy-five feet from head of the dock (or wharf) and  on  a
  line with the north face of said dock; thence S.49° 37' E., 1915 feet to
  a  point  on  the continuation of the southern boundary line of the said
  United States land; thence along said continuation  N.21°  10'  E.,  165
  feet  to  a  point at high-water mark, on said southern boundary line of
  said United States land, " acquired for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and
  maintaining  docks, wharves, boat-houses, sea walls, batteries and other
  needful structures and appurtenances.
8. At Forth Wadsworth. A tract of land under water contiguous  to  the
  lands  of the United States at Fort Wadsworth (or Tompkins) described as
  follows: "Beginning at a  point  at  high-water  mark  on  the  northern
  boundary line of the United States land there situate; running thence in

  continuation of said boundary line N.73° 16' E., forty feet to low-water
  mark;  thence  in continuation of said boundary line N.73° 16' E., fifty
  feet; thence S.48° 23' E., 1073 feet; thence S.9° E., 1652 feet;  thence
  S.18°  57'  E.,  700  feet;  thence S.40° W., 850 feet to a point on the
  continuation of the western boundary line  of  the  said  United  States
  land;  thence  N.30°  16'  W.,  for  100 feet along said continuation of
  boundary line to low-water mark; thence N.30° 16' W., for 350 feet along
  said continuation to a point at high-water mark on the western  boundary
  line  of  the United States land, " acquired for the purpose of erecting
  and maintaining docks, wharves, boat-houses, sea  walls,  batteries  and
  other needful structures and appurtenances.
9.  At  Fort  Schuyler.  A tract of land under water contiguous to the
  lands of the United States  at  Fort  Schuyler,  described  as  follows:
  "Beginning  at  a  point  on the boundary line of the land of the United
  States at high-water mark on the north shore of Throgg's  Neck;  running
  thence  in  continuation of said boundary line N.21° 10' E., 257 feet to
  low-water mark; thence in continuation of said boundary line  N.21°  10'
  E.,  sixty-three  feet;  thence  S.1° 21' E., 988 feet; thence S.41° E.,
  1350 feet; thence S.77° 24' E., for 906 feet; thence S.44° 20'  E.,  for
  543 feet; thence S.5° 17' W., for 634 feet; thence S.52° 15' W., for 622
  feet;  thence  N.63° 19' W., for 698 feet; thence N.54° 13' W., for 1728
  feet; thence N.49° 33' W., for 1065 feet to a point on the  continuation
  of  the  boundary  line of the said United States land at Throgg's Neck;
  thence on the line of said continuation N.21° 10' E.,  for  77  feet  to
  low-water  mark;  thence  on line of said continuation N.21° 10' E., for
  123 feet to a point at high-water  mark  on  the  south  shore  of  said
  Throgg's Neck and on the boundary line of the present United States land
  there  situate;  "  acquired for the purpose of erecting and maintaining
  docks, wharves, boat-houses, sea  walls,  batteries  and  other  needful
  structures and appurtenances.