§ 25. Authorization of acquisition, and cession of jurisdiction\nthereupon during ownership by the United States, with reservation of\nright to serve process. The United States has been authorized to acquire\nthe following tracts or parcels of land, and jurisdiction thereof has\nbeen ceded to the United States, upon such acquisition, on condition\nthat such jurisdiction 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, and that such jurisdiction shall continue in the United States\nso long only as the land shall remain the property of the United States.\n 1. At sundry places for fortifications. Certain tracts of land in or\nnear Buffalo, at or near the mouth of the Genesee river, at or near\nSackett's Harbor; and certain islands in the St. Lawrence river, between\nSt. Regis and the Thousand Islands, for the sites of fortifications or\ndefensive works.\n 2. In the city of Buffalo. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nBuffalo, not exceeding (in the whole) one acre, for the purpose of\nerecting a custom-house, warehouse, court-rooms, post-office, or for\neither or any of such purposes, and for steamboat inspectors.\n 3. In the city of Buffalo. A tract of land in the city of Buffalo, not\nexceeding one acre, for the purpose of erecting a government building\nthereon.\n 4. In Sackett's Harbor. A tract of land in the village of Sackett's\nHarbor, in the county of Jefferson, and bounded as follows:\n"Southwesterly by the main street in said village, southeasterly by\nlands now or late of Edmund Luff and John Warden, heretofore conveyed to\nthem by Augustus Sackett, and on the other sides by the waters of said\nharbor and of Black River bay, and commonly called Navy point, and the\nmilitary establishment usually called Fort Tompkins, and being the same\npremises heretofore conveyed to the United States of America by the\nexecutors of the late Henry Eckford, containing about three acres of\nland more or less," for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon\nfortifications, defensive works or buildings for officers' quarters, and\nother necessary government purposes.\n 5. Islands in the St. Lawrence river. Certain islands, or parts\nthereof, in the St. Lawrence river, for sites for beacon lights and\nother necessary government purposes.\n 6. North Dumplin island. A tract of land in Long Island sound, called\nthe North Dumplin or Hammock, containing about one acre, for the purpose\nof erecting a light-house thereon.\n 7. In the city of Oswego. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nOswego, not (in the whole) exceeding one acre, for the purpose of\nerecting a custom-house, warehouse, post-office and court-room thereon.\n 8. In the village of Plattsburgh. A tract or tracts of land in the\nvillage of Plattsburgh, not exceeding (in the whole) one acre and a\nhalf, for the purpose of erecting a custom-house, warehouse,\npost-office, and court-rooms, or either of them.\n 9. In the town of Plattsburgh. A tract or tracts of land in the town\nof Plattsburgh, Clinton county, not exceeding in all one thousand acres,\nfor military purposes, for use as a parade ground, or for any military\npurposes connected with the United States military post at Plattsburgh.\n 10. In the city of Utica. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nUtica, not exceeding in all one acre, for the purpose of erecting a\nbuilding thereon to be used as a post-office and courthouse.\n 11. In the city of Albany. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nAlbany, not exceeding one acre, for the erection of a government\nbuilding thereon.\n 12. In the city of Utica. A tract or tracts of land in the city of\nUtica, not exceeding one acre, for the erection of a government building\nthereon.\n 13. In the city of New York. A tract of land in the city of New York,\nbounded by Whitehall, Pearl, Moore and Water stre
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