§ 27 — Authorization of acquisition by the United States, and cession of jurisdiction thereupon during ownership by the United States and use fo...

§ 27. Authorization of acquisition by the United States, and cession\nof jurisdiction thereupon during ownership by the United States and use\nfor public purposes, with reservation of right to serve process. The\nUnited States has been authorized to acquire the following tracts or\nparcels of land, and jurisdiction thereof has been ceded to the United\nStates upon such acquisition, on condition that such jurisdiction should\nnot prevent the execution thereon of any process, civil or criminal,\nissued under the authority of the state of New York, except as such\nprocess might affect the property of the United States therein, and that\nsuch jurisdiction shall continue in the United States, so long only as\nthe land shall remain the property of the United States and be used for\npublic purposes.\n 1. In the city of New York. A tract of land in the city of New York,\nfronting on Wall street, and occupied on February 7, 1857, by the United\nStates as an assay office; and also the property north of the same,\nfronting on Pine street, and also the property adjoining said Pine\nstreet property on the east, and occupied by the United States, for\nrevenue purposes, on February 7, 1857, as offices for the surveyor for\nthe port of New York, and also that piece or parcel of land bounded by\nPark row, Beekman and Nassau streets, for the purpose of a post-office.\n 2. In the city of New York. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nNew York, and not exceeding in area fifty thousand square feet, for a\nsite for a post-office.\n 3. In the city of New York. A tract of land in the city of New York,\nsituated in the first ward of the city of New York, and constituting the\nentire square formed by Wall, William and Hanover streets, and Exchange\nplace, and the Exchange building and improvements erected thereon,\ncovering the whole of said square, for the purpose of a custom-house.\n 4. In the city of New York. A tract of land in the city of New York,\nbeing so much of land belonging to the corporation of such city, and\nimmediately adjoining the northerly side or boundary of the land\nconveyed to the United States prior to January 1, 1879, by the mayor,\naldermen and commonalty of the city of New York, for a site for a\npost-office, as is now covered by two sidewalks, each 103 feet and six\ninches in length, by nineteen feet two inches in width, with a paved\npassage-way between eleven feet and eleven inches in width, making a\ntotal area of 218 feet and eleven inches in length, by nineteen feet and\ntwo inches in width.\n 5. In the city of New York. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nNew York, not exceeding in area two hundred thousand square feet, for\nthe purpose of an appraiser's warehouse and other purposes.\n 6. In the city of Brooklyn. Certain tracts of lands in the city of\nBrooklyn described as follows: Six lots of land with the warehouses\nthereon erected, in the sixth ward of the city of Brooklyn, on the south\npier of the property of the Atlantic Dock Company, known as lots Nos.\n53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 58, on the said south pier of the Atlantic Dock\nCompany, on a certain map inscribed "map of property in the sixth ward\nof the city of Brooklyn, port of New York, belonging to the Atlantic\nDock Company, surveyed September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, by\nWillard Day city surveyor," said lots each being twenty-five feet front\nand rear, and one hundred feet deep on each side, for revenue purposes.\n 7. In the city of Brooklyn. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nBrooklyn, for a site for a post-office.\n 8. At Hallett's point, Queens county. A tract or tracts of land at\nHallett's point, Hell Gate, in Queens county, described as follows:\nBeginning at a point in the westerly line of lot number eighty-nine, and\nsituated one hundred feet from the westerly side of Monson street, if\nthe same were extended, which point is three feet six inches distant\nfrom the southwest corner of said lot number eighty-nine, and running\nthence northwesterly, at right angles to said Monson street, 154 feet,\nto low water of the East river; thence along low water line with a\ncourse about north, seventy-eight degrees east, about 210 feet to a\npoint in the prolongation of the said westerly side of Monson street, if\nthe same were extended; thence southwesterly parallel to the westerly\nside of Monson street and in a line one hundred feet distant therefrom,\nabout one hundred and forty feet to the point or place of beginning. The\nsaid last mentioned line or boundary being coincident with the easterly\nside of the concrete foundations built for the electric tower at\nHallett's point, for the purpose of establishing thereon light-houses or\nother aids to navigation.\n 9. At Coney Island, Kings county. Two certain tracts of land at Coney\nIsland, Kings county, the first being described as follows: Beginning at\na point where the angle included between the ranges to Centennial Tower\nand Romer Shoal light-house shall be 87Á 40'; the angle between Romer\nShoal and Elm Tree light-house, 77Á 34'; and the angle between Elm Tree\nand Fort Tompkins light-house shall be 49Á 49', and running thence N.\n60Á E., 150 feet; thence N. 30Á W., 100 feet, thence S. 60Á W., to the\nAtlantic ocean; thence along the Atlantic ocean to the point of\nintersection of the same with the prolongation of the first mentioned\ncourse; thence N. 60Á E., to the place of beginning. The second being\ndescribed as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the\nrange between A. and B. and the division line of lots forty-four and\nforty-five, and running thence N. 12Á E., 25 feet; thence S. 78Á E., 25\nfeet; thence S. 12Á W., to the Atlantic ocean; thence along the Atlantic\nocean to the point of intersection of the same with division line of\nlots forty-four and forty-five; thence along division line north twelve\ndegrees east, to the point of beginning; for the purpose of erecting\nthereon light-houses and fog signals.\n 10. At Staten Island, Richmond county. A tract of land at Staten\nIsland, Richmond county, described as follows: Beginning at a point on\nthe farm of George W. Vanderbilt, lying east of New Dorp lane, distant\non a straight line drawn from the north corner of the Elm Tree\nlight-house reservation, on a course N. 54Á 30' E., 206 feet and six\ninches from said corner, which is formed by the intersection of the\nsouthwesterly line of New Dorp lane with the northwesterly line of the\nElm Tree light-house reservation; thence running from said point on the\nfarm aforesaid, N. 42Á E., 50 feet; thence S. 48Á E., 50 feet; thence S.\n42Á W., 50 feet; thence N. 48Á W., 50 feet to the point or place of\nbeginning, being a plot fifty feet square; together with a right of way\nfrom the plot so conveyed to the northeasterly line of the New Dorp lane\nover a strip of land ten feet in width, and having as its northerly\nboundary the line or course of two hundred and six feet and six inches\nfirst above set forth; the courses above given being in accordance with\nthe magnetic meridian of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the\npurpose of erecting a light-house thereon.\n 11. West Troy, Albany county. Two certain tracts of land at West Troy,\ntown of Watervliet, Albany county, the first being described as follows:\nCommencing at a point on the east bank of the Erie canal, and which is\nthe southwest corner of lands conveyed by Albert G. Sage to the United\nStates, by deed bearing date the seventeenth day of April, eighteen\nhundred and fifty-nine, and runs thence easterly along the southerly\nline of said lands so conveyed by said Sage as aforesaid, about two\nhundred and fifty-eight feet to the west side of the alley next west of\nRiver street or Broadway; thence southerly along the west line of said\nalley and said line extended, about 300 feet and six inches; thence\nwesterly along the south line of the Gibbons property, so called, about\none hundred and ninety-three feet to the east bank of the Erie canal,\nand thence northerly along said east bank of said Erie canal, 346 feet,\nmore or less, to the place of beginning. The second being described as\nfollows: Commencing at a point on River street or Broadway, and being\nthe southeasterly corner of the arsenal grounds, as possessed and\noccupied by the United States prior to the year eighteen hundred and\nfifty-nine, and runs thence southerly along the west line of said River\nstreet or Broadway about three hundred and twenty feet to the north line\nof lot number sixty-two, as laid down on the original map of\nGibbonsville; and runs thence westerly along the north line of said lot\nnumber sixty-two and said line extended to the west line of the alley\nnext west of said River street or Broadway; thence northerly along the\nwest line of said alley about three hundred and twenty feet to the\nsoutherly line of the arsenal grounds, as possessed and occupied by the\nUnited States prior to the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; and\nthence easterly along the southerly line of the said arsenal grounds to\nthe place of beginning.\n 12. In the city of New York as a site for a marine hospital. "All that\ncertain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the second\nward of the borough of Richmond, formerly town of Middletown, in the\ncity of New York, in the county of Richmond, and state of New York, with\nthe buildings and improvements thereon, bounded and described as\nfollows, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Bay street\nwhere the same is intersected by the southerly boundary line of the land\nformerly belonging to John Gore, and running thence along Bay street\nsouth twenty-nine degrees eleven minutes and thirty seconds east two\nhundred and seventy-two and seventy-one one-hundredths feet; thence\nstill along Bay street south twenty-seven degrees twenty-three minutes\nand ten seconds east two hundred and fifteen and fifty-nine\none-hundredths feet, more or less, to a point distant thirty feet from\nthe intersection of the said Bay street by the northerly or boundary\nline of land of George Vanderbilt; thence south seventy-nine degrees\ntwelve minutes and twenty seconds west on a line parallel with said\nnortherly boundary of Vanderbilt's land and distant thirty feet\ntherefrom one thousand and two and eighty-five one-hundredths feet;\nthence north ten degrees forty-four minutes and twenty seconds west four\nhundred and forty-six and ten one-hundredths feet, more or less, to said\nsoutherly boundary line of land formerly of John Gore; and thence north\nseventy-seven degrees fifty-four minutes and fifty seconds east along\nsaid land formerly of John Gore eight hundred and fifty-five feet to the\npoint or place of beginning. Containing nine and seven hundred and\nfifty-five thousandths acres more or less;" and also all the right,\ntitle and interest of the present owners in and to said Bay street in\nfront of and adjoining said premises above described.\n 13. Hart's Island, Long Island sound. All that piece or parcel of land\nat Hart's Island, in Westchester county, bounded and described as\nfollows: A tract of land at the southeast end of Hart's Island, situate\nin Long Island sound, Westchester county and state of New York,\ncontaining about one-half acre, more or less, about twenty thousand four\nhundred and sixty square feet and comprising all the land to the\neastward of the line A B, as shown on a map of said Hart's Island which\nis to be filed in the office of the secretary of state of this state,\nthe said line making an angle of twenty-nine degrees and forty-five\nminutes to the eastward of the true north meridian, and being located at\none hundred and thirty-two feet from the low water mark at the extreme\neasterly end of Hart's Island as taken from the aforesaid map, distance\nmeasured at right angles to the said line A B, and the said property\nbeing substantially one hundred and thirty-two feet in depth from\neastward to westward and two hundred and fifty feet in width from\nnorthward to southward--distances being taken from the low water line\nshown on said map.\n