2023 New York Laws › STL - State › Article 3 - Cessions to the United States › 23 - Authorization of Acquisition and Cession of Jurisdiction Thereupon, With Reservation of Right to Serve Process.

§ 23. Authorization   of   acquisition  and  cession  of  jurisdiction
  thereupon, 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 by this
  state upon such acquisition, on condition that such jurisdiction  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:
1.  At  Bluff  point,  Staten  Island.  A tract at Bluff point, Staten
  Island, for the erection of fortifications thereon.
2. On Staten Island. Certain lands on Staten Island belonging  to  the
  state  of  New York and used for military purposes, prior to February 6,
  1836, required by the United States for the construction and maintenance
  of proper defenses for the protection of the harbor  of  New  York,  and
  which  the  commissioners  of  the  land  office have been authorized to
  convey accordingly.
3. At Black Rock, Erie county. A tract or tracts of land in the  south
  village  of Black Rock, at or near Buffalo, being so much of blocks Nos.
  167, 168 and 186, in such village, required for the site of barracks and
  defensive works.
4. At sundry places for light-house purposes. Certain tracts of  land,
  and   land   under  water,  for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of
  light-houses, beacon lights and keepers' dwellings:
For a beacon or range light on Staten Island, in the rear of  the  Elm
  Tree beacon, to serve as a range for the Swash channel.
For  a  light-house  on  Point  au  Roche,  on  the  west side of Lake
  Champlain.
For three beacons in the Hudson river--one at the south point  of  the
  island  east  of  Barren  Island;  one  at the north point of the island
  opposite and east of Coeymans' bar; and one on the point of  the  island
  at the mouth of Schodack channel, and opposite Mall rocks.
For  a  beacon  to be placed on the extreme eastern point of the north
  fork of Long Island.
For a light-house on or near Carlton head, in the St. Lawrence river.
For a beacon light on south end of Cow or Campbell's  island,  in  the
  Hudson river, near Castleton.
For  a  beacon  light  on Little island, in the Hudson river, near New
  Baltimore.
For a beacon light at Priming Hook point, east side of  Hudson  river,
  north of Hudson city.
For  a  beacon  light  west  side  of Hudson river, between Athens and
  Catskill.
For a first-class light-house near "Great West bay,"  Suffolk  county,
  Long Island, New York.
For a beacon light at Lloyd's harbor, Suffolk county, Long Island, New
  York.
For  a light-house at Horton's point, Suffolk county, Long Island, New
  York.
For a light-house at Race point, Fisher's island, Suffolk county,  New
  York.
For a light-house at or near Windmill point, Lake Champlain, New York.
For a beacon light on "Isle au Motte," Lake Champlain, New York.
For nine beacon lights near Whitehall, Lake Champlain, New York.
On  Fisher's  island,  eastern end of Long Island Sound, New York, ten
  and three-tenths acres, more or less. On Barber's point, Lake Champlain,
  New York, nine acres, more or less. On Bluff point, Valcour island, Lake
  Champlain, New York, two acres, more or less. On the west  bank  of  Oak
  Orchard  creek,  near its mouth, in Orleans county, purchased from Abram

  V. Clark of the same county, one-half acre, more or less;  and  at  Fair
  Haven, Cayuga county, New York, five acres or less.
For a light-house on North Brother island or vicinity, East river, New
  York.
For  a  light-house  on  Hart  island or vicinity, western end of Long
  Island sound, New York.
For a light-house at or near Crown Point, Lake Champlain, New York.
For a light-house site and keeper's dwelling on  Cumberland  head,  in
  the  county  of  Clinton,  not  exceeding  ten acres, adjoining the site
  occupied by a light-house in 1872.
For a light-house and other light-house purposes on Lake  Ontario,  in
  the town of Somerset, county of Niagara.
For  light-houses  on the Hudson river, at Tarrytown, Livingston creek
  and in Persey's reach, between Catskill and Hudson.
5. At Suspension Bridge. A tract of land in  the  village  of  Niagara
  city,  New  York,  described  as  follows:  "Beginning  at the northeast
  intersection of Bridge and Spring avenues, and running  in  a  northerly
  direction  along  said  Spring  avenue eighty-six feet and seven inches;
  thence running easterly in a line parallel with the line of Bath  avenue
  sixty-four feet, more or less, to a point sixteen feet from the lands of
  the  New York Central railroad company; thence northerly to Bath avenue,
  parallel with and distant sixteen feet from the said lands  of  the  New
  York Central railroad company; thence easterly along Bath avenue sixteen
  feet;  thence  southerly  117  feet, eleven inches, more or less, to the
  line of Bridge avenue; and thence westerly  along  the  line  of  Bridge
  avenue  seventy-five  feet, to the point or place of beginning," for the
  purpose of a custom-house and post-office.
6. At Oswego. A tract of land in the  city  of  Oswego,  described  as
  follows:  "Commencing at the southwestern angle of the cut stone work of
  the United States pier, runs thence S. 3° W., 7 feet, to the  east  side
  line of Third street; thence S. 17° E., along said street line, 36 feet;
  thence  S.  87°  E., 115 feet; thence N.  3° E., 261 feet, to a point in
  the west line of Second street prolonged; thence N. 17° W.,  along  said
  Second street, 120 feet to the northerly side of the United States pier;
  thence S. 56° 30' W., along the northern line of said pier, 110 feet, to
  the  northwestern  angle  thereof;  thence S. 17° E., along the westerly
  side of said pier, 250 feet, to  the  place  of  beginning,  "  for  the
  purpose of erecting, repairing and maintaining a pier for the protection
  of the harbor of Oswego.
7.  At  Oswego.  A  tract  of land in the north end of blocks four and
  five, of military lot number five, in the first  ward  of  the  city  of
  Oswego, and described as follows: "Beginning at a point on the margin of
  Lake  Ontario, 164.35 feet S. 88° 14' E. of the point of intersection of
  the west line of Fourth avenue with the east side of the new  pier,  and
  running  thence  S.  3°  30'  W., parallel to the line of Fourth avenue,
  155.02 feet to a nail in a stake, marked 'U. S.;' thence N. 86° 30'  W.,
  at  right  angles  with  the  last  mentioned line, and with the line of
  Fourth avenue, and passing through a nail in a stake on the west line of
  Fourth avenue 150 feet, from its intersection with the east line of  the
  pier,  406.25  feet,  to a nail in a stake, marked 'U. S.;' thence N. 3°
  30' E., parallel to the line of Fourth avenue, and at right angles  with
  the  last  mentioned  line  75.95  feet,  to a cross on a boulder on the
  margin of the lake; thence along the margin of the lake,  at  low  water
  mark,  to the place of beginning, together with all the land under water
  lying in front of the said above bounded  and  described  premises;  the
  plat  so  bounded  containing,  exclusive of the land under water, 1.201
  acres of land," for occupation for the  storage  of  materials,  and  as
  sites  for  offices  and  storehouses,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting,

  repairing and maintaining a pier, for  the  formation  of  a  harbor  at
  Oswego.
8.   At  West  Point,  Orange  county.  A  tract  or  tracts  of  land
  constituting, on May 15, 1888, the whole or a part of the estate  of  E.
  V.  Kinsley,  deceased, and to the south of and adjoining the government
  lands at West Point, Orange county, for the erection and maintenance  of
  forts,  magazines,  arsenals, dockyards, military academy, hospitals and
  other needful buildings.
9. Round pond, Orange county. A tract of land  and  land  under  water
  known  as  Round  pond,  in  the  town  of Highlands, Orange county, and
  certain lands adjacent thereto amounting in  all  to  49.72  acres,  for
  increasing  the  water  supply  of West Point; and any minerals, mineral
  right, or right appertaining to such mineral right, in  such  pond,  and
  the  lands  adjacent  thereto,  owned by the United States, and in lands
  through which the right of laying a water pipe from  such  pond  to  the
  lands  of  the United States at West Point, was granted prior to January
  1, 1881.
10. At Whitehall narrows, Lake Champlain. A tract of land under  water
  in Whitehall narrows, Lake Champlain, at a point on the westerly edge of
  the  channel opposite Devil's Pulpit, so called, in the town of Dresden,
  Washington county, described as follows: A circle 200 feet in  diameter,
  the  center  of  which  bears from the following points as follows: From
  beacon No. 12, N. 45° 30' E.; from  beacon  No.  15,  S.  37°  W.;  from
  Devil's Pulpit, S. 60° E.; from Pulpit point, N. 50° E., for the purpose
  of  erecting  a  light-house thereon, and which the commissioners of the
  land office have been authorized to convey accordingly.
11. At Whitestone point, Queens county. A tract  of  land  twenty-five
  feet  square,  situate  on  the  north  end  of Whitestone point, Queens
  county, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining lights or  other
  aids to navigation thereon.
12.  On  Riker's  island, East river. A tract of land of the area of a
  circle of twenty-five feet  in  diameter,  on  the  northwest  point  of
  Riker's  island,  East  river,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  and
  maintaining lights or other aids to navigation thereon.
13. At Spuyten Duyvil. Certain tracts of land, or  land  under  water,
  necessary  for  the  improvement  of the Harlem river and Spuyten Duyvil
  creek, and for the construction of a channel, from the  North  river  to
  the East river, through the Harlem kills.
14.  In the city of New York. A certain tract or tracts of land in the
  city of New York, being such parts of the City Hall park  as  have  been
  conveyed  to  the United States by the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of
  the city of New York; except such part of such land  as  may  have  been
  reconveyed by the United States to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of
  the city of New York.
15.  In  the  city  of Kingston for the purpose of a federal building.
  All that certain lot  and  piece  of  land  in  the  city  of  Kingston,
  beginning on the northerly line of Broadway where said northerly line of
  Broadway  is  intersected by the easterly line of Grand street, and from
  said point of beginning running along the easterly side of Grand  street
  aforesaid  north thirty-nine degrees twenty-six minutes east fifty-seven
  feet three inches to the southerly line of Prince street;  thence  along
  the  said  southerly line of Prince street south eighty-two degrees east
  one hundred seventy-four feet to a  stake  on  said  southerly  line  of
  Prince  street;  thence  from  said  stake south twenty-two degrees west
  seventy-one feet to a stake set in the ground, from said last  mentioned
  stake  north  fifty-nine degrees thirty-two minutes east thirty-two feet
  one inch to a stake set in the ground; thence from said  last  mentioned
  stake  south  thirty-one  degrees  thirteen minutes west sixty-eight and

  thirty-five one-hundredths feet to  a  point  on  Broadway  one  hundred
  forty-eight feet from the place of beginning; and thence from said point
  along  the  north  line  of Broadway aforesaid north fifty-three degrees
  thirty-two  minutes  west  one  hundred forty-eight feet to the place of
  beginning; containing about fifteen thousand one hundred square feet.
16. In the city of New York. The block  of  land  bounded  by  Bowling
  Green,   Whitehall,   Bridge  and  State  streets,  for  a  site  for  a
  custom-house.