Section 52-B. Governor may execute deed or release with sundry reservations; Pershing Center, West Point Military Reservation  


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  • 1. Notwithstanding
      section fifty-seven of this article, the governor is  hereby  authorized
      to  cede  to  the  United  States  full concurrent jurisdiction over the
      tracts of land comprising the Pershing Center,  United  States  Military
      Academy,  West Point Military Reservation, acquired by the United States
      for military purposes upon conditions that  the  jurisdiction  so  ceded
      should not prevent the execution on such tracts of any process, civil or
      criminal,  issued  under  the  authority of this state, nor prevent from
      operating  within  the  bounds  of  such  tracts  any  of  the  laws  or
      regulations  of  the  state,  not  incompatible  with  the  free use and
      enjoyment of the premises by the United States or the purposes for which
      such cession is made, nor prevent from operating within the same  tracts
      or  parcels of land the laws or ordinances of the county of Orange, town
      of Highlands, or the village of Highland Falls,  not  incompatible  with
      the  free  use and enjoyment of the premises by the United States or the
      purposes for which such cession is made;  and  that  the  United  States
      shall retain such jurisdiction so long only as such tracts or parcels of
      land shall be used for military purposes.
        2.  Sections  fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-five and fifty-six of this
      article shall not apply to the provisions of this section.