§ 24. Cession during ownership by the United States, with reservation\nof right to serve process. Title and jurisdiction to the following\ntracts or parcels of land have been ceded to the United States by this\nstate, on condition that the jurisdiction so ceded should not prevent\nthe execution thereon of any process, civil or criminal, issued under\nthe authority of the state, except as such process might affect the\nproperty of the United States therein, and that such jurisdiction shall\ncontinue in the United States so long only as the land shall remain the\nproperty of the United States:\n 1. At West Point. A tract of land under water described as follows:\n"Beginning at a point at high water mark on the west shore of the Hudson\nriver on south line of lands belonging to the United States and\nnortheast corner of lands belonging to Edward V. Kinsley, and running\nthence into the river from high water mark S.70Á E., 125 feet; thence\nN.31Á E., 3165 feet, to a point fifty feet east of the most easterly\npoint at high water mark of a point of land at base of 'Battery Knox';\nthence N.20Á E., 1350 feet, to a point sixty feet east of high water\nmark at 'Gee's Point;' thence N.52Á 20' W., 1375 feet; thence N.75Á 30'\nW., 445 feet, to a point fifty feet north of the northwest corner of the\n'North dock'; thence N.47Á 25' W., 2175 feet, to a point three hundred\nfeet east of high water mark; thence N.23Á 45' W., 1420 feet, to a point\none hundred feet east of high water mark; thence N.7Á 55' W., 1718 feet,\nto a point fifty feet east of high water mark; thence N.9Á 5' W., 1803\nfeet, to a point one hundred feet east of high water mark, and in range\nwith the north line of the United States lands; thence N.89Á 20' W., 100\nfeet, to a bolt set in a rock for the northeast corner of said lands of\nthe United States"; acquired for the purpose of erecting and maintaining\ndocks, wharves, boat-houses, batteries and other needful military\nstructures and appurtenances. Certain lands in the county of Orange,\nadjacent or contiguous to the military reservation at West Point,\nheretofore purchased by the United States, for the erection and\nmaintenance thereon of forts, magazines, military academy, hospitals,\ndocks, piers, and other needful buildings and for other military\npurposes of the United States Military Academy; and any roadways thereon\nnot public highways across said reservation and also land under water of\nHudson river adjacent to and lying in front of said purchased lands, for\na distance toward the middle of said river not less than fifty and not\nmore than one hundred feet from high water mark on said lands, for the\nerection of wharves and docks and for other military purposes of the\nUnited States.\n 2. At Governor's island. A tract of land under water contiguous to the\nlands of the United States at Governor's island, described as follows:\n"Beginning at a point fifty feet from the head of the main wooden dock,\ncommonly known as the quartermaster's dock and on a line with the north\nface of said dock, running thence S.5Á 13' W., 137 feet; thence S.14Á\n44' W., 595 feet; thence S.29Á 25' W., 490 feet; thence S.53Á 58'W., 622\nfeet; thence N.78Á 27' W., 1088 feet; thence N.18Á 55' W., 1565 feet;\nthence N.17Á 4' E., 535 feet; thence N.79Á 58' E., 318 feet to a point\nfifty feet from the head of the Castle William's dock and on a line with\nthe west face of said dock; thence N.89Á 48' E., 584 feet; thence S.74Á\n23' E., 786 feet; thence S.45Á 44' E., 751 feet to a point fifty feet\nfrom the head of the stone dock, and on a line with the north face of\nsaid dock; thence S.20Á 33' E., 222 feet to the point of beginning,\n"acquired for the purpose of erecting and maintaining docks, wharves,\nboat-houses, sea walls, batteries and other needful structures and\nappurtenances.\n 3. At Bedloe's island. A tract of land under water contiguous to the\nlands of the United States at Bedloe's island, described as follows:\n"Beginning
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