§ 23. Authorization of acquisition and cession of jurisdiction\nthereupon, with reservation of right to serve process. The United States\nhas been authorized to acquire the following tracts or parcels of land,\nand jurisdiction thereof has been ceded to the United States by this\nstate 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, except as such process might\naffect the property of the United States therein:\n 1. At Bluff point, Staten Island. A tract at Bluff point, Staten\nIsland, for the erection of fortifications thereon.\n 2. On Staten Island. Certain lands on Staten Island belonging to the\nstate of New York and used for military purposes, prior to February 6,\n1836, required by the United States for the construction and maintenance\nof proper defenses for the protection of the harbor of New York, and\nwhich the commissioners of the land office have been authorized to\nconvey accordingly.\n 3. At Black Rock, Erie county. A tract or tracts of land in the south\nvillage of Black Rock, at or near Buffalo, being so much of blocks Nos.\n167, 168 and 186, in such village, required for the site of barracks and\ndefensive works.\n 4. At sundry places for light-house purposes. Certain tracts of land,\nand land under water, for the construction and maintenance of\nlight-houses, beacon lights and keepers' dwellings:\n For a beacon or range light on Staten Island, in the rear of the Elm\nTree beacon, to serve as a range for the Swash channel.\n For a light-house on Point au Roche, on the west side of Lake\nChamplain.\n For three beacons in the Hudson river--one at the south point of the\nisland east of Barren Island; one at the north point of the island\nopposite and east of Coeymans' bar; and one on the point of the island\nat the mouth of Schodack channel, and opposite Mall rocks.\n For a beacon to be placed on the extreme eastern point of the north\nfork of Long Island.\n For a light-house on or near Carlton head, in the St. Lawrence river.\n For a beacon light on south end of Cow or Campbell's island, in the\nHudson river, near Castleton.\n For a beacon light on Little island, in the Hudson river, near New\nBaltimore.\n For a beacon light at Priming Hook point, east side of Hudson river,\nnorth of Hudson city.\n For a beacon light west side of Hudson river, between Athens and\nCatskill.\n For a first-class light-house near "Great West bay," Suffolk county,\nLong Island, New York.\n For a beacon light at Lloyd's harbor, Suffolk county, Long Island, New\nYork.\n For a light-house at Horton's point, Suffolk county, Long Island, New\nYork.\n For a light-house at Race point, Fisher's island, Suffolk county, New\nYork.\n For a light-house at or near Windmill point, Lake Champlain, New York.\n For a beacon light on "Isle au Motte," Lake Champlain, New York.\n For nine beacon lights near Whitehall, Lake Champlain, New York.\n On Fisher's island, eastern end of Long Island Sound, New York, ten\nand three-tenths acres, more or less. On Barber's point, Lake Champlain,\nNew York, nine acres, more or less. On Bluff point, Valcour island, Lake\nChamplain, New York, two acres, more or less. On the west bank of Oak\nOrchard creek, near its mouth, in Orleans county, purchased from Abram\nV. Clark of the same county, one-half acre, more or less; and at Fair\nHaven, Cayuga county, New York, five acres or less.\n For a light-house on North Brother island or vicinity, East river, New\nYork.\n For a light-house on Hart island or vicinity, western end of Long\nIsland sound, New York.\n For a light-house at or near Crown Point, Lake Champlain, New York.\n For a light-house site and keeper's dwelling on Cumberland head, in\nthe county of Clinton, not exceeding ten acres, adjoining the site\noccupied by a light-house in 1872.\n For a light-house and other light-house purposes on Lake Ontario, in\nt
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