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relation to the fisheries mentioned in the fifth article; and also civil process issued under the authority of the State of New York, against any person domiciled in that state, or against property taken out of that state to evade the laws thereof; may be served upon any of the said waters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey, unless such person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the State of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto; or unless such persons shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure, by virtue of process or authority of the State of New Jersey.

§ 21. In respect to places within the foregoing boundaries, ceded by the state to the United States, the jurisdiction of this state is concurrent with that of the United States, according to the terms of cession in each case respectively.

The places heretofore ceded are as follows: '

A tract of land at Montook point, in the county of Suffolk, known by the name of Turtle hill;

A tract of ten acres at Eaton's neck, in the town of Huntington, in the county of Suffolk;

Three certain islands in the harbor of New York, viz. Bedlow's island and Ellis or Oyster

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island, bounded on all sides by the waters of the Hudson river, and Governor's island, bounded on all sides by the waters of the East river and Hudson river;

Great Gull island and Little Gull island, situated in the county of Suffolk, and bounded on all sides by the waters of the East river;

A tract of five acres at Sands or Natch point, on Long island, situated in the town of North Hempstead, and county of Queens;

A tract at Bluff point on Staten island;

Two tracts of land and water in the city of New York;

A tract of land covered with the waters of the East river, at the Wallabout bay, and adjoining the navy yard of the United States;

A tract of half an acre in the town of Buffalo, in the county of Erie;

A tract of land in the town of Greenbush, in the manor of Rensselaerwyck, county of Rensselaer;

Thirty acres of land covered with water, situate in the town of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings;

A tract of land at the village of Rome, in the county of Oneida; and another tract of land in the town of Watervliet, in the county of Albany;

Lots at Rouse's Point, in the county of Clinton; A tract of five acres on the head of Galoo island, in Lake Ontario;

A small island near Rouse's Point, in Lake Champlain ;

A tract of six acres at the mouth of the Oswego river, in the county of Oswego;

A tract of three acres and one hundred and fifteen rods at the mouth of Genesee river;

A tract in the town of Sodus, in the county of Wayne;

A tract of land at Oldfield point, on Long Island sound, in the county of Suffolk;

A tract of land at Throg's neck, in the county of Westchester;

Two tracts of land in the town of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings;

A tract of land and beach in the town of Islip, in the county of Suffolk;

A tract of land in the town of Haverstraw, in the county of Rockland;

A tract of land in the town of Cornwall, in the county of Orange;

A tract of land in the town of Lyme, in the county of Jefferson ;

A tract of land containing three acres on the south side of the west end of Plumb island, in the county of Suffolk;

A tract of land, situated at Prince's bay, in the town of Westfield, and county of Richmond; only so long as the said tract shall be used and occupied as a site for a light-house;

A tract of land, not exceeding one acre, on the southeastern point of Staten island, for the purpose of erecting a light-house;

A tract of land in the town of Watervliet, in the county of Albany, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon arsenals, magazines, dockyards, and other necessary buildings;

A tract of land in the town of Rye, in the county of Westchester, and on Captain's island, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon a light-house and other necessary buildings;

Horse island, in the town of Hounsfield, in the county of Jefferson, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon a light-house;

A tract of land, not exceeding five acres, on the western extremity of North Brothers' island, in Long Island sound, in the county of Queens, for the purpose of erecting a light-house on the same;

A tract of land covered with water, in the town of

Esopus, in the county of Ulster, for the purpose of erecting a light-house or beacon-light on the same;

A tract of land in the town of Watervliet, in the county of Albany, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon arsenals, magazines and other necessary buildings;

Tracts of land in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a navy hospital and other necessary buildings;

A tract of land on Staten island, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining proper defenses for the protection of the harbor of New York;

A tract of land in the town of Esopus, in the county of Ulster, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a light-house on the same;

A tract of land, near the mouth of the Oswego river, in the county of Oswego, for the purpose of reëstablishing the military post, of rebuilding the forts, redoubts and barracks, and of improving the parade ground;

A tract of land in the south village of Black Rock, between Lake street and Broadway, and the easterly line of the Buffalo and Black Rock railroad, for the purpose of erecting and establishing a fort, battery, barracks, parade ground or military post, and to lands covered by Fort Niagara and

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