§ 22. Cession with reservation of right to serve process. Title and\njurisdiction to the following described tracts or parcels of land have\nbeen ceded to the United States by this state on condition the\njurisdiction so ceded should not prevent the execution thereon of any\nprocess, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of the state,\nexcept as such process might affect the property of the United States\ntherein:\n 1. Montock point, Suffolk county. A tract of land at Montock point, in\nthe county of Suffolk, known by the name of Turtle hill, and bounded as\nfollows: "Beginning at the beach, and at a rock lying on a hommock, at\nthe bottom of the said hill, and runs thence N. 82Á W., 11 chains and\n58 links; thence S. 5Á W., 5 chains; thence S. 15Á E., 9 chains, to a\nrock marked John Champlain, 1788; thence on the same course to low water\nmark; thence northeasterly along low water mark, until the point of\nbeginning bears N. 82Á W.; thence to the place of beginning," acquired\nfor the erection of a light-house thereon.\n 2. In Huntington, Suffolk county. "All that certain lot, piece or\nparcel of land at the northern extremity of Eaton's neck, in the town of\nHuntington, in the county of Suffolk, beginning at the northernmost\npoint thereof, upon the shore at high water, which is distant from a\nstone fixed in the ground and bears N. 12Á W., 2 chains and 24 links;\nthence along the high water line of the shore S. 75Á W., 12 chains and\n75 links; thence S. 12Á E., 2 chains and 45 links to a stone fixed in\nthe ground; thence S. 12Á E., 2 chains and 58 links; thence S. 36Á E., 2\nchains and 70 links; thence S. 63Á E., 1 chain and 82 links; thence N.\n70Á E., 10 chains and 17 links; thence N. 12Á W., to the stone first\nmentioned 5 chains and 62 links; thence N. 12Á W., 2 chains and 24 links\nto the place of beginning, containing ten acres," acquired for the\nerection of a light-house thereon.\n 3. Islands in New York harbor. Three certain islands in and about the\nharbor of New York, viz.: Bedlow's island and Ellis or Oyster island,\nbounded on all sides by the waters of the Hudson river, and Governor's\nisland, bounded on all sides by the waters of the East river and Hudson\nriver.\n 4. Great Gull and Little Gull islands, Suffolk county. Great Gull\nisland and Little Gull island, in the county of Suffolk, and bounded on\nall sides by the waters of the East river, acquired for the erection of\na light-house thereon.\n 5. Sands or Watch point, Queens county. A tract of land at Sands or\nWatch point, on Long Island, in the town of North Hempstead, county of\nQueens, described as follows: "Beginning on the easterly side of said\npoint, at a place or point in the line of ordinary high water mark,\nbeing N. 56Á E., from a large walnut or hickory tree, marked on three\nsides, standing upon the upland, and running thence (from the said point\nin high water mark) across the said point of land on a course S. 56Á W.,\nso as to pass about four feet southerly of a small marked buttonwood\ntree, standing on the bank, and passing through the center of the said\nwalnut or hickory tree marked on three sides, and through the center of\na high white oak tree marked on two sides, to ordinary high water mark\non the westerly side of said point of land; and thence to the line of\nordinary high water mark to and around the said point of land to the\npoint or place of beginning, in the line of ordinary high water mark on\nthe easterly side of said point of land, containing five acres of land,\nbe the same more or less," acquired for the erection of a light-house.\n 6. Galoo island, Lake Ontario. A tract of five acres on the head of\nGaloo island, in Lake Ontario, "Commencing 75 links S. 45Á E., from a\nlarge oak tree standing on the lake shore at a stake and stones marked\nU.S., from thence S. 45Á W., 12 chains and 90 links to a cedar stake and\nstones marked U.S., from thence northwesterly along the lake shore 11\nchains and 80 links
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