TITLE 3. diction so ceded does not prevent the execution on said tract of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state. 31 On PlumbIsland, Suffolk county. At Prince's $27. The United States have also jurisdiction over a tract of land containing three acres, situated on the south side of the west end of Plumb-Island in the county of Suffolk, and bounded as follows: "Beginning at low water mark, opposite a rock on the edge of the upland, marked U. S. 1826, and running thence north four degrees east, six chains and three links to a stake on the hill; thence running south seventy-nine degrees west, over a rock at the bottom of the bank marked U. S. to the west point of said island to low water mark; thence south-eastwardly along the shore at low water mark to the place of beginning, opposite to the first mentioned rock, butted and bounded northwardly and eastwardly by lands of Richard Jerome; southwardly and westwardly by the waters of Gardiner's Bay and Plumb-Gut;" such jurisdiction having been ceded for the erection of a light-house on said tract, by the act entitled "An act declaring the consent of the legislature of the state of New-York to the purchase by the United States of lands on Plumb-Island, for erecting a light-house thereon," passed 13th April, 1827. The jurisdiction so ceded does not prevent the execution on said tract of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state, so that such process does not affect any property of the United States, real or personal, within the said tract. 32 $28. The United States have also jurisdiction over a tract conmond county. taining about eight acres and three quarters of an acre of land, situated at Prince's Bay, in the town of Westfield and county of Richmond, and bounded as follows: "Easterly and southerly by the bay at high water mark, as patented to the original proprietors; westerly by Richard Lafourge's land; and northerly by land belonging to the estate of Israel R. Dissosway, deceased; being part of the estate whereof he died seized;" such jurisdiction having been ceded for the erection of a light-house on said tract, by the act entitled "An act to vest in the United States of America the jurisdiction over a certain piece of land at Prince's Bay in the county of Richmond," passed April 17, 1827. The jurisdiction so ceded does not prevent the execution on said tract of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state, except so far forth as such process may af fect the real or personal property of the United States, within the said tract; and the lands and tenements within said tract are exonerated from all taxes, during the continuance of such jurisdiction, in the United States; which jurisdiction is however to continue in the United States, so long only as the said tract shall be used and occupied as a site for a light-house.33 (31) Laws of 1827, p. 17. (32) Ih. p. 238. (33) lb. p. 364. [By the act of 15th April, 1828, the following cession to the United TITLE 1. States was made:] and. $29. The United States have also jurisdiction over a tract of land on Staten Islnot exceeding one acre in extent, on the lands belonging to the state, situated on and near the south-eastern point or projection, of Staten Island: to be laid out in such a manner as not to interfere with the appropriate uses of the military grounds of Fort Tompkins; upon the condition that the government of the United States shall erect and maintain a light-house on said ground; and on failure to do so, the title to said ground shall revert to the people of this state. The jurisdiction so ceded, does not prevent the execution of any process, civil or criminal, issuing under the authority of this state.34 CHAP. II. Of the Civil Divisions of the State. TITLE 1.-Of the several counties of the state. TITLE 2. Of the senate districts. TITLE 3.-Of the congress districts. TITLE 4.-Of the several towns of this state. TITLE 5.-Of the several cities in this state. TITLE 6.-General provisions concerning the erection and alteration of counties, &c. TITLE I. OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE. SECTION 1. The state shall be divided into fifty-six counties, called Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, New-York, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware, Greene, Columbia, Albany, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Hamilton, Washington, Warren, Essex, Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Steuben, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Yates, Wayne, Livingston, Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauque. [The residue of this Title contains the boundaries of each of the above counties, with some general provisions respecting their boundary lines. The remaining sections of this Title will be published in the third volume of the Revised Statutes, with other local acts.] (34) Act of April 15, 1823, chap. 211. TITLE 3. diction so ceded does not prevent the execution on said tract of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state.31 On PlumbIsland, Suf $27. The United States have also jurisdiction over a tract of folk county. land containing three acres, situated on the south side of the west end of Plumb-Island in the county of Suffolk, and bounded as follows: "Beginning at low water mark, opposite a rock on the edge of the upland, marked U. S. 1826, and running thence north four degrees east, six chains and three links to a stake on the hill; thence running south seventy-nine degrees west, over a rock at the bottom of the bank marked U. S. to the west point of said island to low water mark; thence south-eastwardly along the shore at low water mark to the place of beginning, opposite to the first mentioned rock, butted and bounded northwardly and eastwardly by lands of Richard Jerome; southwardly and westwardly by the waters of Gardiner's Bay and Plumb-Gut;" such jurisdiction having been ceded for the erection of a light-house on said tract, by the act entitled "An act declaring the consent of the legislature of the state of New-York to the purchase by the United States of lands on Plumb-Island, for erecting a light-house thereon," passed 13th April, 1827. The jurisdiction so ceded does not prevent the execution on said tract of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state, so that such process does not affect any property of the United States, real or personal, within the said tract.32 At Prince's $28. The United States have also jurisdiction over a tract conmond county, taining about eight acres and three quarters of an acre of land, situated at Prince's Bay, in the town of Westfield and county of Richmond, and bounded as follows: "Easterly and southerly by the bay at high water mark, as patented to the original proprietors ; westerly by Richard Lafourge's land; and northerly by land belonging to the estate of Israel R. Dissosway, deceased; being part of the estate whereof he died seized;" such jurisdiction having been ceded for the erection of a light-house on said tract, by the act entitled "An act to vest in the United States of America the jurisdiction over a certain piece of land at Prince's Bay in the county of Richmond," passed April 17, 1827. The jurisdiction so ceded does not prevent the execution on said tract of any process, civil or criminal, under the authority of this state, except so far forth as such process may af fect the real or personal property of the United States, within the said tract; and the lands and tenements within said tract are exonerated from all taxes, during the continuance of such jurisdiction, in the United States; which jurisdiction is however to continue in the United States, so long only as the said tract shall be used and occupied as a site for a light-house.33 (31) Laws of 1827, p. 17. (32) Ih. p. 238. (33) lb. p. 364. [By the act of 15th April, 1828, the following cession to the United TITLE 1. States was made :] and. $29. The United States have also jurisdiction over a tract of land on Staten Isl not exceeding one acre in extent, on the lands belonging to the state, situated on and near the south-eastern point or projection, of Staten Island: to be laid out in such a manner as not to interfere with the appropriate uses of the military grounds of Fort Tompkins; upon the condition that the government of the United States shall erect and maintain a light-house on said ground; and on failure to do so, the title to said ground shall revert to the people of this state. The jurisdiction so ceded, does not prevent the execution of any civil or criminal, issuing under the authority of this state. 34 CHAP. II. Of the Civil Divisions of the State. process, TITLE 4. Of the several towns of this state. TITLE 5. Of the several cities in this state. TITLE 6.-General provisions concerning the erection and alteration of counties, &c. TITLE I. OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE. SECTION 1. The state shall be divided into fifty-six counties, called Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond, New-York, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware, Greene, Columbia, Albany, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Schenectady, Saratoga, Montgomery, Hamilton, Washington, Warren, Essex, Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Steuben, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Yates, Wayne, Livingston, Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauque. [The residue of this Title contains the boundaries of each of the above counties, with some general provisions respecting their boundary lines. The remaining sections of this Title will be published in the third volume of the Revised Statutes, with other local acts.] (34) Act of April 15, 1828, chap. 211. TITLE 2. Eight dis tricta. First. Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh. Eighth. When and how altered. Territory. TITLE II. OF THE SENATE DISTRICTS. SEC. 1. Division of the state into eight senate districts. 2. Districts to be altered at the first session after every census: $1. The state is divided into eight districts, called senate districts, the limits of which, until the returns of the enumeration to be made of the inhabitants of this state, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, shall be as follows: 1. The first district shall consist of the counties of Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond and New-York. 2. The second district shall consist of the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan and Dela ware. 3. The third district shall consist of the counties of Greene, Columbia, Albany, Rensselaer, Schoharie and Schenectady. 4. The fourth district shall consist of the counties of Saratoga, Montgomery, Hamilton, Washington, Warren, Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence. 5. The fifth district shall consist of the counties of Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Oswego, Lewis and Jefferson. 6. The sixth district shall consist of the counties of Otsego, Chenango, Broome, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga and Steuben. 7. The seventh district shall consist of the counties of Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Wayne and Yates. 8. The eighth district shall consist of the counties of Livingston, Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauque.1 $2. At the first session after the return of every enumeration to be made of the inhabitants of the state, the senate districts are to be so altered by the legislature, that each district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, paupers, and persons of colour not taxed.2 $3. Each senate district is required at all times to consist of contiguous territory; and no county can be divided in the formation of a senate district. Thirty con gress dis tricts. TITLE III. OF THE CONGRESS DISTRICTS. § 1. The state shall be divided into thirty districts for the election of representatives in the congress of the United States, the limits of which shall be as follows:4 (1) Laws of 1826, p. 336, § 3. (2) Constitution, art. 1, § 6. (3) Ib. (4) Laws of 1822, p. 277, § 16. |