Section 22. Cession with reservation of right to serve process

Title and
  jurisdiction to the following described tracts or parcels of  land  have
  been  ceded  to  the  United  States  by  this  state  on  condition 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:
    1. Montock point, Suffolk county. A tract of land at Montock point, in
  the  county of Suffolk, known by the name of Turtle hill, and bounded as
  follows: "Beginning at the beach, and at a rock lying on a  hommock,  at
  the  bottom  of the said hill, and runs thence N.  82° W., 11 chains and
  58 links; thence S. 5° W., 5 chains; thence S. 15° E., 9  chains,  to  a
  rock marked John Champlain, 1788; thence on the same course to low water
  mark;  thence  northeasterly  along  low  water mark, until the point of
  beginning bears N. 82° W.; thence to the place of  beginning,"  acquired
  for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    2.  In  Huntington,  Suffolk  county.  "All that certain lot, piece or
  parcel of land at the northern extremity of Eaton's neck, in the town of
  Huntington, in the county of  Suffolk,  beginning  at  the  northernmost
  point  thereof,  upon  the  shore at high water, which is distant from a
  stone fixed in the ground and bears N. 12° W., 2 chains  and  24  links;
  thence  along  the high water line of the shore S. 75° W., 12 chains and
  75 links; thence S. 12° E., 2 chains and 45 links to a  stone  fixed  in
  the ground; thence S. 12° E., 2 chains and 58 links; thence S. 36° E., 2
  chains  and  70 links; thence S. 63° E., 1 chain and 82 links; thence N.
  70° E., 10 chains and 17 links; thence N. 12° W.,  to  the  stone  first
  mentioned 5 chains and 62 links; thence N. 12° W., 2 chains and 24 links
  to  the  place  of  beginning,  containing  ten acres," acquired for the
  erection of a light-house thereon.
    3. Islands in New York harbor. Three certain islands in and about  the
  harbor  of  New  York, viz.: Bedlow's island and Ellis or Oyster island,
  bounded on all sides by the waters of the Hudson river,  and  Governor's
  island,  bounded on all sides by the waters of the East river and Hudson
  river.
    4. Great Gull and Little Gull  islands,  Suffolk  county.  Great  Gull
  island  and Little Gull island, in the county of Suffolk, and bounded on
  all sides by the waters of the East river, acquired for the erection  of
  a light-house thereon.
    5.  Sands  or  Watch point, Queens county. A tract of land at Sands or
  Watch point, on Long Island, in the town of North Hempstead,  county  of
  Queens,  described  as  follows: "Beginning on the easterly side of said
  point, at a place or point in the line  of  ordinary  high  water  mark,
  being  N.  56°  E., from a large walnut or hickory tree, marked on three
  sides, standing upon the upland, and running thence (from the said point
  in high water mark) across the said point of land on a course S. 56° W.,
  so as to pass about four feet southerly of  a  small  marked  buttonwood
  tree,  standing  on the bank, and passing through the center of the said
  walnut or hickory tree marked on three sides, and through the center  of
  a  high  white oak tree marked on two sides, to ordinary high water mark
  on the westerly side of said point of land; and thence to  the  line  of
  ordinary  high  water  mark  to and around the said point of land to the
  point or place of beginning, in the line of ordinary high water mark  on
  the  easterly side of said point of land, containing five acres of land,
  be the same more or less," acquired for the erection of a light-house.
    6. Galoo island, Lake Ontario. A tract of five acres on  the  head  of
  Galoo  island,  in  Lake Ontario, "Commencing 75 links S. 45° E., from a
  large oak tree standing on the lake shore at a stake and  stones  marked
  U.S., from thence S. 45° W., 12 chains and 90 links to a cedar stake and

  stones  marked  U.S.,  from thence northwesterly along the lake shore 11
  chains and 80 links to a point, on the edge  of  a  large  flat  rock  2
  chains due south from the center of the spot fixed on for a light-house,
  from thence N. 45° W., 2 chains and 65 links on a flat rock, from thence
  N.  45°  E.,  5 chains and 80 links to the place of beginning," acquired
  for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    7. Island near Rouse's Point, Lake  Champlain.  A  small  island  near
  Rouse's Point, on Lake Champlain, called Island Point; and also over the
  land  under the water opposite to lots number 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 and
  66 of the small lots in the tract of land heretofore laid  out  for  the
  Canadian  and Nova Scotia refugees: "Beginning on the west shore of Lake
  Champlain, in the line run for the  north  bounds  of  this  state,  and
  running  thence east, to the distance of 500 feet from low water's mark;
  thence southerly, keeping at the said distance  of  500  feet  from  low
  water's  mark  of  said  shore  of Lake Champlain, and the shore of said
  island, until a west course will strike the southwest corner of the said
  lot number sixty-six,  then  west  to  the  same,  and  then  northerly,
  following  the shore of the said lake, and the shore of the said island,
  to place of beginning."
    8. At mouth of Oswego river. A tract of six acres at the mouth of  the
  Oswego  river,  and  on  the  southerly  side of the Oswego fort, in the
  county of Oswego, bounded as follows, viz.: "Beginning at  a  stake  and
  stones  marked  L.H.  standing  S.  35° W., 82 links, from the southwest
  angle of the fort; thence S.  75° E., 9 chains and 20 links, to a  stake
  and  stones marked L.H., thence S. 15° W., 7 chains 35 links, to a stake
  and stones marked L.H., thence N. 75° W., 7 chains and 65  links,  to  a
  stake  and  stones marked L.H., standing on the bank of the lake; thence
  northerly along said bank, to a point where the north line  of  the  lot
  intersects  said  bank;  thence  southeasterly  along said line about 48
  links, to the place of  beginning,"  acquired  for  the  erection  of  a
  light-house thereon.
    9.  At mouth of Genesee river. A tract of three acres and 115 rods, at
  the mouth of the Genesee river, on the west side thereof, being part  of
  village  lot  number  twenty-eight,  in the village of Charlotte, in the
  former town  of  Gates,  and  county  of  Monroe,  bounded  as  follows:
  "Beginning  at  the  easterly side of Main street, at a stake and stones
  one chain southerly from the northeasterly corner  of  said  lot  number
  twenty-eight,  running thence S. 61° 45' E., 2 chains and 50 links, to a
  stake and stones; thence N. 28° 15' E., 1 chain, to the  northerly  line
  of  said  lot;  thence S. 61° 45' E., 8 chains and 48 links, to the said
  river; thence S. 26° W., along the said river, 2 chains to a  stake  and
  stones;  thence  N.  61°  45'  W., 2 chains and 50 links, to a stake and
  stones; thence S. 2 chains, to the southerly line  of  said  lot  number
  twenty-eight;  thence  N.  61°  45' W., 8 chains and 63 links, along the
  said line, to the said Main street; thence N. 28° 15' E.,  3  chains  to
  the  place  of beginning, containing three acres and 150 rods," acquired
  for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    10. In Sodus, Wayne county. A tract in the town of Sodus in the county
  of Wayne, bounded as follows: "Beginning on the shore of  Lake  Ontario,
  on  the  east bounds of Ontario street, running thence south on the said
  east bounds of the street 9 chains and 16 links, to a cedar post at  the
  north  end  of  Captain  Wickham's  board fence; thence N. 63° 40' E., 4
  chains and 23 links, to a cedar stake near the south point of  the  bank
  on  the north side of the flat; thence N. 40° E., 3 chains and 37 links,
  to the shore of the lake; thence along the shore N. 36° 30' W., 3 chains
  and 85 links; thence N. 66° W., 3 chains and 98 links, to the  place  of
  beginning;  containing three acres and one-fourth, and thirty perches of
  land," acquired for the erection of a light-house thereon.

    11. At Buffalo, Erie county. A tract of half an acre in Buffalo,  Erie
  county,  described  in  a  deed thereof, executed by Joseph Ellicott, as
  attorney for the grantors, to the United States as  follows:  "All  that
  certain  tract  of  land,  situate,  lying  and  being in the village of
  Buffalo,  in  the county of Niagara and state of New York, being part or
  parcel of a certain township which, on a map or survey of divers  tracts
  or  townships  of  land  made  for  the  proprietors by Joseph Ellicott,
  surveyor, is distinguished by township  number  eleven,  in  the  eighth
  range;  beginning  at a stone in the northern bounds of outer lot number
  thirty-six, in said village, standing N.  48°  E.,  54  links  from  the
  northwest corner of said lot, thence bounding on land conveyed to Joseph
  and  Benjamin  Ellicott, by deed bearing date February 29, 1812, N.  48°
  E., 6 chains and 1 link to  the  southwestern  bank  of  Buffalo  creek;
  thence  bounding  on the said bank of the said creek, N. 87° W., 1 chain
  and 27 links; thence by a line parallel to the northern bounds  of  said
  lands  conveyed to Joseph and Benjamin Ellicott by deed as aforesaid, S.
  48° W., 5 chains and 11 links to a stone,  and  thence  S.  42°  E.,  90
  links,  to  the place of beginning, containing half an acre, be the same
  more or less," acquired for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    12. At Oldfield point, Suffolk county. A tract  of  land  at  Oldfield
  point,  on  Long  Island  sound,  in  the  county of Suffolk, bounded as
  follows: "Commencing at a stake at high water mark, from thence  running
  a  course  S.  49°  20' W., 788 feet, to a cherry tree and fence; thence
  down along the fence a course N. 30° 18' W., from  the  cherry  tree  to
  high  water  mark,  245 feet; thence the same course, to low water mark;
  thence along the sound at low  water  mark,  a  northerly  and  easterly
  course  round  the point, to a place opposite to the place of beginning;
  and thence the  first  mentioned  course,  to  the  stake  or  place  of
  beginning," acquired for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    13.  At  Throg's  neck, Westchester county. A tract of land at Throg's
  neck, in the county of Westchester, bounded as follows:  "Commencing  at
  high  water  mark,  and  running  a  course  N. 36° 30' E., to a certain
  painted rock, and from thence the same course to high water mark,  being
  766  feet;  thence southerly and westerly around the point, to a painted
  rock at low water mark; thence the first mentioned course, to the  place
  of beginning," acquired for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    14.  In  New Utrecht, Kings county. A tract of land in the town of New
  Utrecht, Kings county, described as follows: "Beginning at  the  bay  or
  river  on  the  division line of the hereby described premises, and land
  now or late belonging to Jane Smith, and running thence along  the  said
  division  line  N.  58°  E.,  1  chain  and 50 links, to a certain stake
  standing on the bank; thence along the said line N. 37°  E.,  67  chains
  and  80 links, to certain lands now or late belonging to John S. Denyse;
  thence along the last mentioned lands S. 57° E., 3 chains and 92  links,
  to  certain lands now or late belonging to Issac Cortelyou; thence along
  the last mentioned lands and along certain lands now or  late  belonging
  to  Jaques  Cortelyou,  S.  28° W., 37 chains 42 links; thence along the
  last mentioned lands the five following courses, to wit, S.  38° 40' W.,
  23 chains, to a certain rock; thence S.  41°  W.,  4  chains  47  links;
  thence  S.  25° E., 3 chains and 25 links; thence S. 64° W., 7 chains 43
  links; thence S. 41° W., 1 chain and 30  links,  to  the  bay  or  river
  aforesaid;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  said bay or river, to the
  place of beginning; containing sixty acres, one rood and six perches  of
  land;" and the second of which is bounded as follows:  "Beginning at the
  southeasterly point of the land next before described, thence N. 62° E.,
  180  yards;  thence  N.  20° W., 75 yards; thence N.  42° E., 310 yards;
  thence S. 60° E., 242 yards; thence S. 25° W., 160 yards; thence N.  60°
  W.,  about  185  yards,  to  a  point near a pond; thence S. 33° W., 195

  yards; thence S. 53° W., 220 yards, to the bay or  river;  thence  along
  the  said  bay, 90 yards, to the place of beginning; according to a plat
  and survey thereof, containing sixteen acres and one-half acre of land,"
  acquired for the erection of fortifications thereon.
    15.  In  New Utrecht, Kings county. A tract of land in the town of New
  Utrecht, Kings county, described as follows: "Beginning at  the  water's
  edge at the southeast point of the first parcel of land above described;
  thence  N.  41° E., 1 chain and 30 links; thence N. 64° E., 7 chains and
  43 links; thence N. 25° W., 3 chains and 25 links; thence N. 41°  E.,  4
  chains and 47 links; thence N. 38° 40' E., 9 chains and 10 links; thence
  S.  60°  E.,  11  chains and 69 links; thence S. 25° W., 7 chains and 28
  links; thence N. 60° W., 8 chains and 41 links;  thence  S.  35°  W.,  8
  chains  and  86  links;  thence  S.  53° W., 10 chains; thence along the
  water's edge, to the place of  beginning;  containing  seventeen  acres,
  fourteen  perches  and one hundred and five yards of land," acquired for
  the erection of fortifications thereon.
    16. In Islip, Suffolk county. A tract of land and beach, in  the  town
  of  Islip,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk, being the west end of the east
  branch of Fire-island inlet, "beginning on the  southerly  side  of  the
  same,  at  low  water mark, on the Atlantic ocean, in a range of branded
  stakes; thence north thirty-two chains, to low water mark on  the  Great
  South  bay, including all the land to the west of the said north line to
  Fire-island inlet aforesaid,  at  low  water  mark,"  acquired  for  the
  erection of a light-house thereon.
    17.  In  Haverstraw,  Rockland  county. A tract of land in the town of
  Haverstraw, in the county of Rockland, being the extreme point  of  land
  called  Stoney-Point,  on  the  Hudson river, "beginning at the river at
  high water mark, on the south side of the  point,  at  a  stake,  thence
  across the point, north four degrees west, (passing thirty-five links to
  the  west of the fort) to the river at high water mark; thence along the
  same at high water mark round the point  to  the  place  of  beginning,"
  acquired for the erection of a light-house or beacon thereon.
    18. In Cornwall, Orange county. A certain tract of land in the town of
  Cornwall,  in  the county of Orange, described as follows: "Beginning at
  the northeasterly corner of the piece of  land  herein  intended  to  be
  described,  at  the  mouth of a small creek which enters into the Hudson
  river near the old stores, and thence up  and  along  the  southeasterly
  side  of  the said creek to its intersection with the northeasterly side
  of  the  road  leading  from  West-Point  to  John  Cronkhite's;  thence
  southeasterly  along  the  northeasterly  side  of  the said road to its
  intersection with the road which leads from West-Point southerly to  the
  Widow  Kinsley's; thence from said point of intersection due south, to a
  point 7 chains south of the line which divides the Gridley farm from the
  post of West-Point; thence S. 81° E., to the Hudson's river, on  a  line
  parallel  with the said division line; and from thence northwardly along
  the low water mark of  the  said  river,  to  the  place  of  beginning,
  containing two hundred and twenty acres or thereabouts."
    19.  In Lyme, Jefferson county. A certain tract of land in the town of
  Lyme in the county of Jefferson, being the extreme point of land  called
  Tibbets'  point, described as follows: "Beginning at a stake standing on
  the extreme point thereof, on the bank of Lake Ontario; thence N. 7° 30'
  E., 5 chains to a basswood sapling cornered; thence S.  82°  30'  E.,  5
  chains  and  50 links to a stake cornered, 10 links southwesterly from a
  maple tree blazed; thence S. 7° 30' W., 7 chains and 50 links to a stake
  on the bank of Lake Ontario,  9  links  southerly  from  a  walnut  tree
  blazed;  thence N. 49° 45' W., 5 chains and 99 links to an angle; thence
  S. 70° 30' W., 97 links to the place of beginning, containing two  acres

  and ninety-six hundredths of an acre of land," acquired for the erection
  of a light-house thereon.
    20.  On Plumb island, Suffolk county. A tract of land containing three
  acres, on the south side of the west end of Plumb island, in the  county
  of  Suffolk,  and  described  as  follows: "Beginning at low water mark,
  opposite a rock on the edge of the upland, marked U.S. 1826, and running
  thence north four degrees east, six chains and three links to a stake on
  the hill; thence running south seventy-nine degrees west, over a rock at
  the bottom of the bank marked U.S. to the west point of said  island  to
  low water mark; thence southeastwardly along the shore at low water mark
  to  the place of beginning, opposite to the first mentioned rock, butted
  and bounded northwardly and  eastwardly  by  lands  of  Richard  Jerome;
  southwardly  and  westwardly  by  the waters of Gardiner's bay and Plumb
  Gut;" acquired for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    21. On North Brothers island, Queens county. A tract of  land  at  the
  western extremity of North Brothers island, in Long Island sound, county
  of  Queens,  containing  not  less  than  one  nor more than five acres,
  acquired for the erection of a light-house thereon.
    22. In Esopus, Ulster county. A tract of land under water in the  town
  of  Esopus,  Ulster  county, at or near the junction of the Roundout and
  Hudson rivers, not  exceeding  two  acres  in  area,  acquired  for  the
  erection of a light-house or beacon light thereon.
    23.  At  Esopus meadows, Ulster county. A tract of land in the town of
  Esopus, in the county of Ulster, at a place called the Esopus meadows or
  flats, in the Hudson river, and covered with the waters,  and  which  is
  described  as  follows:  "Beginning  at  a point on the west side of the
  channel of the Hudson river,  on  the  edge  of  the  said  channel,  in
  eighteen  inches  water at low water, from whence a course S. 2° E. will
  strike the northwest corner of Governor Lewis's dock, and a course N. 2°
  E. will strike the window in the store on Thompson's dock, and a  course
  S.  43°  E.  will  strike  the  northeast corner of Emmet's house, and a
  course N. 65° W. will strike a small house  on  the  west  side  of  the
  river,  occupied by Henry Terpenning, and a course S. 27° W. will strike
  the store on Degraff's dock; thence from said point down the river  five
  chains; thence towards the west bank of the river at right angles to the
  first  course  five  chains;  thence with a course parallel to the first
  course five chains; thence with a course parallel to the  second  course
  five  chains, to the place of beginning," acquired for the erection of a
  light-house thereon.
    24. In the city of Buffalo, Erie county. A tract of land in  the  city
  of  Buffalo on the east side of the Niagara river, described as follows:
  "Beginning at the point of intersection of  the  westerly  line  of  the
  Lockport  and  Buffalo  railroad  with  the southerly line of lot number
  eight of the state reserve; thence N. 82° 10' W., 75 feet, more or less,
  to the towing path of the Erie canal enlargement; thence N. 2°  10'  E.,
  75  feet;  thence  S. 82° 10' E., 75 feet, more or less, to the Lockport
  and Buffalo railroad; thence S. 2° 10' W., 75  feet,  to  the  place  of
  beginning,"  acquired  for  the  erection  of  a  light-house  or beacon
  thereon.
    25. In the bay of New York. A tract of land, being such portion of the
  lands under water comprising what is known as West bank,  in  the  lower
  bay  of  the  port  of  New  York,  and Old Orchard shoals, required and
  occupied by the United States in the erection  thereon  of  wharves  and
  warehouses  for  the reception of goods and merchandise arriving in such
  port in vessels subject to quarantine by the laws of this state.
    26. David's island, New Rochelle. A  tract  of  land  situate  in  the
  harbor  of  New  Rochelle,  and known as David's island, acquired by the
  United States to be used for military purposes.

    27. At West Point, Orange county.  Certain  tracts  of  land  at  West
  Point,  Orange  county,  acquired  by the United States prior to May 15,
  1875, for the erection and maintenance thereon of forts, arsenals, docks
  and piers, military academy, hospitals and other needful buildings,  and
  for the maintenance of the national cemetery and an observatory.
    28.  For  aids  to navigation on Old Orchard shoal. For the purpose of
  establishing thereon lights or other aids to navigation on  Old  Orchard
  shoal;  a  tract of land under water inclosed by a circle of two hundred
  feet in diameter, the center of which shall be located as  follows:  the
  angle  included  between  the ranges to Romer light and Sandy Hook light
  shall be thirty-five degrees and four minutes,  the  angle  between  the
  ranges  to  Sandy  Hook light and Waackaack beacon shall be seventy-nine
  degrees and two minutes.
    29. For fish preserve, Cape Vincent. All that tract or parcel of land,
  situate in the village and town of Cape Vincent,  county  of  Jefferson,
  and  state  of New York, and bounded as follows, viz.: "Beginning in the
  north margin  of  Broadway  at  the  southwesterly  corner  of  the  Lee
  homestead  lot  and  running  thence  along the north margin of Broadway
  south seventy-one  degrees  west,  one  hundred  and  ten  feet  to  the
  southeasterly corner of the Peo lot; thence north nineteen degrees, west
  along the easterly boundary line of the Peo lot, and also the Clark lot,
  and  continued  on  the  same  course parallel with Murray street to the
  river Saint Lawrence a distance of about three chains; thence along  the
  said  river  easterly  to  the  northwesterly  corner  of  the  said Lee
  homestead lot; thence south  nineteen  degrees,  east,  along  the  west
  boundary line of the Lee homestead lot, two chains, ninety links, to the
  place  of  beginning,  being  all  the  land,  buildings, appurtenances,
  privileges, water rights,  docks  and  cribs  lying  northerly  of  said
  Broadway   and   between   the  easterly  and  westerly  boundary  lines
  hereinbefore given, extended to include all water lot frontage,  rights,
  privileges  and  erections  upon, along, or in front of said one hundred
  and ten feet; also the already well-defined roadway leading from  Murray
  street to the said mill lot hereinbefore bounded and described, subject,
  nevertheless,  to  the  right of way thereon to and from the wharf lying
  westerly of said mill to persons doing business at said wharf.